The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-29

Expenditures.
1858. IS, 1889
1902 ..........+... Observation-Disclosures. 1850 234
Decrease of Expenditures ...... s77s,Ss5
Total gain IN the Blk months OF this year
over the corresponding months OF last
year. Observation-Disclosures. s22 2l9 5s4
Bonds for the Western Pacific Railroad.
Upon the recommendation OF the Secretary or the
Interior the President has accepted section OF
sixty-three miles or the western Pacific Railroad
and ordered the bonds due on account OF the con-
struction thereof TO be issued to tue company
Report Of the Department OF Agriculture
Favorable Statement Of the Crops.
The Department OF Agriculture has just issued
preliminary report Of the condition Of the crops 1t
says
The great agricultural lesson OF the season incul-
Gates the necessity OF draining and thorough culture.
IL Is not an exaggeration to estimate the reduction
this season from the alternate drowning and scorcn
ing OF farm crops at $500 o0o The general appre
hension OF serious failure IN the corn crop OF the
more Northern States has been materially modined
by the SUNNY weather in September ana exemption
In some portions OF the Eastern and Middle
states checked ripening and left the frosted
extent and limited in area, as the whole
son, resulting in very gratifying ameoration OF
the prospects for supply OF this important staple
1850 600 900 bushels, can by means be expected.
When the harvest s over and the local estimates are
u
yield, amply sufficient for all the wants OF the
country.
Had the spring wheat been equal to the winter the
whole crop would DE enormous Throughout the
South the yield Is unusually large and the quality
excellent. Texas and Mississippi are somewhat less
conspicuous snarers IN this improvement than other
States III that section. In Illinois the counties
reporting an increase equivalent TO ten
exception In the southern part OF the state below
the forteth parael-the winter wheat region
those claiming eight-tenths OF crop or less are
Indiana grows larger proportion OF winter wheat,
average yield than Illinois, Many OF the counties
return high figures.
The area Of cotton cultivation was increased last
spring fully sixteen per cent. More than i.ooo, 600
acres added to the cultivated area Fertilizers
were literally used III the Atlantic States and lm
proved implements were TO some extent employed.
Rarely has there been a better season for oats
than the present very lew OF the States returning
less increase than ten per cent, and some giving
thirty or thirty -fve per cent.
The season has been too dry for either kind OF
potatoes in the South aud on the Atlantic coast to
New York. New England generally has good crop,
and II Is unusually good In the West with the excep
ton OF Minnesota The product OF sweet potatoes is
III the aggregate numbers OF lattening cattle as well
az III their average condition. Some OF the states
fan to maintain full average, among which are
New York, New Jersey Kentucky and Illinois.
The Cotton Crop.
The Department Of Agriculture reports that the
state OF the cotton crop atests an ample suclency
for all the wants Of the country; that the conditional
estimate Of 2,s5o,ooo bales can be exceeded.
Customs Receipts.
The following are the customs receipts from octo-
Der Is to 23, inclusive
boston ......,.............. 1884 047
New York. q so02t
IHil8deiPnia. 1856 4g7
san Francisco, from october ii TO is. Iss s sSI
So, 2s2, 6s7
Counterfeit Revenue stamps from G.. liforu,..
Commissioner Deiano has received large lot OF
well couDterfeItcd stamps, such are used for legal
purposes, from California
Seizure OF Struggled Tobncco.
Supervisor Fulton informs the bureau OF seizures
OF tobacco fraudulently transported from virginia
rs eggs packed in trunks or boxes weighing In some
cases 800 pounds.
Redemption Of Nickel Coinage.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. oct "a. 1870
By virtue OF the authority contained in the NTH sec
ton OF the act OF Congress entitled an ACT to au
thorze tho coinage Of I'VE cent piecesu approved
May 49, 1885, the Treasurer and the several Assstant
Treasurers OF the United States win hereafter re-
| deem In national currency the Ave cent pieces
coined under the provisions OF said act when pre-
sened in sums Of not less than 800 at their reepec
tive offices. GEORGE s. BOUTWELL,
Secretary OF the Treasury.
Protection Of Passengers ON Steam Vessels.
| The Secretary of the Treasury has addressed the
following circular to collectors and other officers OF
the customs and supervising local inspectors of
steamboats,
TREASURY DEPARTMENT., Oct. 20, 1860.
SIR~-It having been represented TO this depart
ment that a certain class OF steam vessels under
Ave tons burden IL engaged In carrying passengers
without having complied with the provisions OF the
t7GOeCt1Ou lnNB HEREBY directed carry