The New York herald., 1870-10-22
crop rs In a superior condition and promises yield
of syrup oil fine quality.


of syrup OF hne quality
COTTON CULTURE.
The increase In breadth OF cotton was estlmaled
In July at twelve per cent; combining the elements
or acreage planted and It's condition on the lsG OF
october, the natural expec,aiioaoo.her clrcn,
with last year as follows:-North Carolina, 10 per
cent; South Carolina, 9; Georgia, 8; Florida, O; Ala
bama, S; Mississippi, 10; louisiana 10; Texas, 80;
Arkansas, 16; Tennessee, /. This would give crop
exceeding three and q half millions OF bales; but
October i, and the probabilities OF favorable
autumn for maturing ana picking the .t0p
CROP do do not prosnosticate q return OF the
The present crop was vigorous in early growth rum
ming 10 weed rather than boil, then burned with
drought In August and subsequently flooded with
ram In September, has endured vcissitudes unia-
vorable TO continued frutfulness. as general she'd
ding OF forms and occasional rottng OF the bolls
attest. The boil worm and army worm have been
at work In places and rust Is less prevalent
in all the cotton states. The opening OF the later
Dolls ls unusually well advanced In most places and
the last picking promises to be light. These indlca
TONS instead OF pointing 10 an increase Of third OF
million bales, render probable that the present
crop Will be no larger than the last, and II the re-
mainder Of the season should be very unpropltous
reduction OF quarter OF q million bales might re-
suit; another month or two will determine whether
the present crop shall be limited TO 100000 or
bales or rise TO $500 ooo as predicted early N the
the price to fifteen cents per pound, or to the very
verge OF profitable cultivation and correspondents
already reporting the ruin or planters who grow
cotton exclusively and buy all agricultural sup
plies.
There, is q comparatively large surplus Of old
wheat In Tennessee, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and
Nebraska, and as much as usual In Ohio, Indiana,
Kentucky and the smaller States. There is no evil
dence OF any large surplus to add materially to the
supplies OF the year. The supply OF fattenlng cattle
IS somewhat IN excess OF former years, with great
local variation.
Report OF the Third Auditor.
Third Auditor General Rutherford, In his annual
report which VIII soon be submitted to the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury gives, among other things the
following interesting facts-The requlslrions drawn
on the Secretary OF the Treasury by the Secretaries
of War and the Interior for the last fiscal year
OF these amounted to $91, ,107,151. The more
important items are in the Quartermaster's
Department-s1s, l36.534; incidental expenses
s5,e292a7; barracks and quarters, s4,44o, ITO;
army transportation, $l6l27, ,419; cavalry and artil-
lery horses. $4o0o,s14; army clothing, $334l, ,532;
subsistence of the army, s4,S5e,651; invalid PEN
sions, lo,o29, 76O Widows and others pensions.
$1S 258, 2S2; support OF the Bureau OF Refugees,
Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, ST, Ass, 1903; Engi-
neers' Department, s4.6s 002 capture Of Jer Davis
$780, 7S3. Eleven counter requisitons drawn in favor
OF the United States Treasurer amounted to
$780, 403, 1896. The Auditor reports that $50 officers
of the Quartermaster's Department. with an aggre-
gate indebtedness against them OF $50 77s have
not yet taken the necessary steps to settle their
counts. Four OF such cases have been reported to
the Solicitor for settlement, and in l44
cases the securities or bonded officers have
been notified when the officer himself neg
lected to settle his accounts. The number
Of pensions on the rolls OF the Office,
June 80, was follows:-Revolutonary 727;
war of 1872, Florida, Mexican and other wars,
1.2s6; rebellion, invads &c. 1877; widows, $40
making total not including children, who receive
two dollars per month, of la, s30 Total amount
pended during the year on account OF pensions,
SIS. .2s4,043
To the annual report is annexed the quarterly
report or the Office to September &c. 1870. In tins
he Auditor states that the act VI Congress of July
1870, changing The mode OF paying pensions, nearly
doubles the amount Of labor to be performed IN
the pension division, ana viii require yearly
double the force formerly employed Instead OF
pensioners ale now paid four times
year. The new mode OF paying pensions
sdered much the better one for the pensioners The
Auditors report is gotten up in detail, and is very
interesting one.
Custom House Appointments.
The following customs appointments were made
to-day
George Fl. McCallum and Thos. II. Smyth night in.
spectors at san Francisco, Cal; George l.ayiand
Curtis Peck and James A. Lucas, inspectors; Il. A.
prpuy. night inspector; Nathan Kingsley, Store
keeper; Taylor >. Ncrthrup, sau2er, and ". i. Per-
Ter and Isaac Walbrun, clerks IN the New York Gus
tom House,