The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1870-07-29
THE NEWS.

Senator Ames of Mississippi was married
last week to Miss Blanche Butler, daughter of
General Butler.
President Grant and family have arrived
at Long Branch, where the President has
cottage and will remain during the warm
| season
letter Philips, the wife-murderer, was hung
at Richmond, Va, on Friday last.
The Department ofAgriculture on Thurs
day last issued its monthly report ofthe con-
dition ofthe crops for July
| Whedt-Aaccording to returns the great
wheat growing districts all show reduction
IN condition, rendering it certain the crop of
the year will be materially less than that of
1869. Future reports of condition at and af-
ter harvesting are still elements of the ulli-
mate estimate, but the average depreciation
of 10 per cent, and the diminution in breadth
of about per cent, would make the pres
ent estimate about 210,000000 bushels, the
decrease being at least 100000 bushels.
Some unevenness ofyield appears in Penn
sylVanla one-third OF the crop in Union
county has been destroyed by hail rust and
weevil were injurious in Montgomery; storms
beat down the grain in Lehigh; the weevil
did some damage in LuZerne. Late wheat
was more injured by heavy rains than that
which was Sown early.
From Delaware and Maryland serious COM
plants OF winterkilling were received, fol.
lowed by fine growth in April and May, and
the prevalence of rust, scab and blight in
June, after long season of east winds and
toggy or rainy weather.
Late wheat was injured slightly by heavy
rains, and in places by rust in Virginia and
the Carolina, but the crop as whole is ex-
cellent in quality and large in quantity In
Georgia this crop is regarded as one of the
best ever known; in Clayton county, the
best harvested in twenty years; in Columbia
the best raised in ten years; in Newton,
equal to any crop before grown" Ala
bama was equally fortunate; and fair yield
on narrow breadth sown was obtained in
Mississippi. Wheat sustained injury in Texas
from wet weather in the Red river valley,
and in more southern counties from drought,
large yield is reported in many portions of
Kentucky. " -.
C0rn.-The increase In the breadth of corn is
greater than the decrease in average of wheat
1t may be placed at five per cent. or about
l $780, 900 acres '| 3l
b. F. Lindsay, of Chester, Virginia, was
killed by his father in-law, Capt W. H. Hay
ward, last week, for the seduction of a daugh-
ter of the latter, and after examination before
a magistrate was dismissed from custody with
the appreciation of the CONFERENCE.-The
Attorney.
The state of affairs in North Carolina is
simply terrible. Gov. Holden and the State
Militia exercise despotic sway over many
portions of the State-martial law being de-
cared and parties arrested without charges
preferred and held without due warrant of
law. The New York Herald says:
Governor Holden and the State Militia of
North Carolina are becoming more outrage
GUS in their wrongs upon the people of that
State every day. 1t is certainly the duty of
the President to interfere, under that clause
OF the constitution guaranteeing q republican
form OF government to each State.
Since the declaration Of war all the ship
ping grades of flour have advanced from 81
to $3.50 per barrel, and wheat Ono. 2 Mil
waukee," by which cabalistic formula the
trade express the standard,) has gone up
twenty cents per bushel, or from 81 80 to ST.
80. 1t is beyond question that there would
have been a greater advance than this were
it not for the very great obstacle offered by
high freights. To Liverpool the rates ad-
vanced on the declaration of war from five
and one-half pence to twelve pence per bush
ell for wheat and from two shillings to four
shillings per barrel for -four. ....I .
Governor Holden of North Carolina refu-
ses to surrender to Chief Justice Pearson the
citizens of Alamance county arrested and
now detained by Kirk through his orders.
The refusal is in reply to the order of the
Chief Justice to produce the men Kirk has
now in custody-over one hundred citizens.
1t is said that Governor Holden has order
ed a military commission to assemble at
Yanceyville to try those under arrest
Three companies of artillery left Fortress
Monroe on Tuesday last for Raleigh, N. O., to
aid the Governor to enforce the laws of that
State.
The cause of all this difficulty is the desire
to manipulate the coming election in that
State. ,'