New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-22


lions Rales-The Wheat Crop Mate.
rally Less than Last Year.
WASHINGTON, July 2l.-Official dispatches
have been received here that the French
government refuses to exempt the North
German steamers from capture, except those
at sea ignorant of the war which may enter
French ports. ...
Internal revenue receiptr to-day 1856, 900.
The Narragansett and California have
been ordered to tit for sea with all dispatch.
The internal revenue department decides
that weiss beer is fermented liquor.
The President aud family have departed
for Long Branch The President will re-
turn at stated times, but will have special
office at one of the Long Branch hotels,
where he will tarnsact executive business.
The agricultural report for the month
SAYS the increase of acreage of cotton as in
dicated by the returns of the country cor
respondents, averages twelve per cent, and
aggregates nearly million acres. 1t is al
most literally true that the people are de-
voting all their energies to the culture OF
cotton. The condition of the crop is 80 far
favorable for good yield Fully an aver
age in Georgia, Alabama. Louisiana and
Arkansas, and slightly below the average
in the Carolinas, Florida, Mississippi, Texas
and Tennessee. tfr-
North Carolina had a surplus of rain in
June, which, in places has OccasiOned in
Jury. especially in the counties of Martin,
Carteret, Edgecomb, DertfOrd Beaufort,
Green, Rowan and Mecklenburg. The
plant is late and small in parts of South
Carolina, but they are growing rapidly in
the recent favorable weather.
To defective seed, or drought in planting
time. bad stand is attributed in many
places, and the growth has been retarded
by excessive rain. Heavy rains in Georgia
have done some damage. In Clayton and
SpauIding counties fields have been badly
infested with lice, which threaten failure in
some instances To the influence OF the
| commercial fertilizers is attributed the pro-
missing appearance OF the plant IN many
| fields.
In Alabama the crop is generally Hour
ishing, though local reports are quite va
riable Complaint of injuries from hail or
rain storms are reported in Dallas, Macon
and Etowah, and from lice in Sumter and
Randolph, while the crop is reported back
ward in some counties; it is two weeks in
| advance of last season in COnecuh.
In Mississippi heavy rains and cool nights
have proved unfavOrable in the counties OF
Neshoba, Washington, De Soto, Yallabusha
and Lafayette. Lice are reported IN De
Soto and Lafayette.
Heavy rains are more favorable for the
growth of grass than Of cotton, and are OBJ
| structive OF clean culture, and have been
injurious in Arkansas.
| In the Red river region OF Texas cotton
is generally fourishing, with some injury
from lice. Neither the caterpillar nor the
boil worm has appeared, and there are few
drawbacks which few weeks of favorable
weather can not repair. With an average
season the present average should give near
ly three and half millions of bales, with
one of the extraordinary length of the last
product would be little short of four mil
I'll, eOfrr npt~
acter for coatinued growth and late picking
that our October estimate Ia reasonable one
at the time) of 2,700, 900 bales was advanced
at the close of the season to three millions
of bales.
Hon. A. j. Springfield has been appointed
Marshal for the Northern District OF Ala
bama.
No fighting nor important political news
The report of the Agricultural depart
ment for July saws the great wheat grow
ing districts all show reduction In con
dition rendering it certain that the crop O.
the wear will be materially less than that o.
1869. The future reports of the condition
at and after harvesting, are still the ele
ments of the ultimate estimate, but the aver
age depreciation OF thirteen per cent ant
the diminutiOn in breadth of about six pei
cent would make the present estimate
about 2lO, 900, 900 bushels, the decreasing be
: ing at least 100000. As an offset to this
we are told that the increase in the breadtl
of corn is greater than the decrease in TIL
, average of wheat. 1t may be placed a
five per cent, or about 1885, 900 acres.
Tobacco-There is an increase of acreag
in Virginia and Kentucky. Our return
show an aggregate increase of about five pc
! cent. A slight decrease is indicated in Ohio
Indiana and Missouri. The appearance q
the crop is superior in Kentucky, Virginia
North Carolina and Georgia. The drougt
has injured it on the north side of the Ohio
M. Berthemy has arrived, and take
charge of the French mission. NJ. Paradoi.
remains go to France.
1890 ?. M-No fighting nor nothing start
!, ling.
The President has approved the decision
Of Secretary Cox, that the Missouri, kansa
and Texas Railroad Company has tie sol
. right to construct u railroad from haisa t,,,
across the Indian Territory to Texas, IN
: decision of the Secretary OF the lhierlo
was based upon the fact that this road ha
arrived first at the pOinl on the oouther1
t boundary of Kansas, designated by law a
the point whereon railroads were author
, lied TO enter the Indian Territory.
Midnight.-No hostilities as yet. New
comes slow.