The New York herald., 1870-07-22

eaVihg the SHIP ana had been under iire one hour.
The men conducted themselves admirably, ard nc
complished the object OF the expedition with the
camress OF Old veterans which called forth the an.
aualusd aamirras!.c!n rs! q Con,msnder Low. Though
the Instructions to Lieutenant Bronson did not ex
Pressy contemplate the destruction OF the Forward,
still. In view of the circumstances OF the case, tho
desperate resistance and heavy fire IN her defence
the loss sustained ana the utter impracicabity or
moving her, the Forward being hard on the reef
his action received full approval. ponne was
buried at sea on the AFTERNOON o. the 18Th, with ap
prOpriate ceremonies. lieutenant Cults passenger
on ov,:n ,se M Mohica Under order. :: oin the nag
ship OF the aset yeen!yered to accompany the
expedition and was given charge Of boat. On
board oil the Forward were found George w. Holden
presumed to be the mate; L. W. Johnson, presumed
10 ne the engineer, and four men, whom Low pro-
posed turning over to the Mexican authorities at
Mazatlan. No papers were found on board.
Low says:-"In this affair I have cndeayored
o act with due deliberatiOn, have salts.
fed myself that the Forward, according to navy
regulations l,O22. wala vessel acting a. = vessel OF
war or privatcer without having proper commission
so 70 act, the officers aud crew OF which shall be
considered as pirates ana treated accordingly"
Tho Indiaus-ked ClOud u Firm Ert~n1
70 the Whites.
The Ecesf,lg Star contains On extract from o
letter written by sn officer ut Fort LARAMIE. dated
July Q. In which lie says:"Red Cloud has returned,
and Is not well. He has gone to his village. about
twenty miles from here. where ali the chiefs are 10
be called together and he viii tell them what was
said to him In Washington. Red Cloud said mere
that II all his people did not make treaty he would
leave them and join the white people. lie IL going
TO send his East TO be educated We are all safe
YET. l have not seen the 10000 dusky warriors
There were about 1000 here 10 meet him ana they
behaved well.
Appointments by the Prr-idcut.
The President yesterday appointed captain G. 4.
Hail to command the expedition to the Arctic
regions, authorized by the recent act OF Congress-
and for which the sum of 100000 was approprated;
William sherman, Thomas y. Shannon and Calvin
Brown, OF California, to be Commissioners OF the
Southern Pacific Railroad; James +. Meline, TO be
Assistant Collector OF Customs at Jersey Cy James
B. Haevely to be Surveyor OF Customs ut 81. Joseph.
Mo-; Samuel A. Orchard TO be Surveyor OF Customs
a. .naha, Neb
Tho Missouri, Kansas nd Texas Railway.
The President has 1nally approved the decision
Of Secretary Cox, that the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Railway Company has the sole right to con-
struct railroad from Kansas across The Indian
Territory to Texas. The deCi. ion OF the Secretary
Of The Interior was based "a the fac, that this
road had arrived first at the point, the southern
boundary Of Kansas, designated by law as the point
where one railroad was authorized 20 enter the
Indian counIry.
New Phase o. thc Mr(:1r, mh 20 Land Claim.
william McGarrahan has fled IN the Supreme
Court OF the District OF Columbia bill against the
new Idra Quicksilver Mining Company, and W. N.
Thompson and Others acting It's agent. lie sets
forth tnat patent was issued to him by President
Lincoln, which has lately been discovered on record
IN the General Land ONCE, and alleges the parties
are trying by every means to defeat him and 70 0o
tam from the General Land Ohlce patent for the
Panoche Grandc Rancho. Being without remedy.
except In court OF equity, there is no imme-
diate and urgent necessity for an Injunction until
Congress can act in tho premises or until the
whole equity OF the case can be tried Accord.
ingiy he asks for subpoena against the de-
PENDANTS for recovery of the amounts of trea-
sure they have taken from the mines,
! an for an Injunction restraining and en-
| Joining them from demanding or receiving
any patent from tne Generai Lana .I,,ns oniee
order OF the court. The court has issued an iujunc
ton and subpGnas winch have been served re-:
turnable In September and also iurni he'd copies Of
the notice to the Secretary OF the Interior and Go
missioners OF The General Liant Onice.
Report Of the Commissioner al Agriculture
Favorable Appearance Of Crops TrOngh-
out the Country.
The following Is from the report OF The Depart
| ment OF Agriculture for July, jnst lssued:
The condition OF wheat Is above an average In The
following States:Mainc spring. three per cent; New
Hampshire two; virginia. winter, one North Caro-
! six; West Virginia, three. Kentucky. three; Kan
sas TWO; Nebraska, two; oregon, three. An average
| Is indicated In South Carolina ana Arkansas, and
the following states fall below an averaRc:-Ver
mont spring, nine per cent; Massachusetts, three:
! New York, Twelve; New Jersey, wluier, twenty;
Pennsylvania, winter, nine; Delaware, thirty-hve;
| Maryland, thirty: Mississippi two; Texas. thirteen;
twenty i've; Indiana, winter, ten: ono. no. wines %
nine; Michigan, II teen; Wisconsin, winter, fifteen
nSS iowa sea sprs ca"na Se oregon @ The Ssa Srea
wheat growing districts all show reduction in their
condition, rendering IL certain, that the crop Of tils
year viii be materially less than that Of 1862 FIJI
tule reports OF the condition at aud after The har
vcstng are still elements OF the ultimate estimate,
but the average depreciaions OF thirteen per cent
| and dimnuti0n in breadth OF about six per cent
would make the present estimate about 2l0 o0o,o ooo
| bushels, the decrease being ut least 100000.
Tho Increase in the breadth of corn is greater than
! the decrease In the acreage Of wheat. II may be
placed at five per cent, or about i,75o 600 acres.
| There appears TO be very slight Increase ln New
EDgland about Two per cent IN the Middle States; a
and st larger Increase in The heart OF the West.
| 10 Is estimated AZ ten per ceat In ilnois
y mny nye ~ in o1 esS N san Mesa Ia Ss
| twenty-five In Nebraska, ana fifteen ~ Kansas.
Throughout The West the indications OF good crop
have never been so general since the inauguration
| OF the official crop returns.
H1hc increase OF acreage OF c0tonas Indicated by Tie
returns OF the county correspondents average twelve
per Cent, ana aggregates nearly million Of acres.
II is almost literally nue that the people deyo.
dtl tltT cHcfpIcs w tIc Huc vi Cplt'Hs Inc
condition OF the crops Is 80 far favorable good
| yled-fuliy an average IN Georgia, Alabama, Lou.
! sana and Arkansas and slightly below I'm average
In the Carolnas Florida, Mississippi, Texas and Ten
ncssee. Neither the caterpillar nor boil worm has yet
| appeared, ana there are few drawbacks which Il
| few weeks or favorable weather cannot repair.
! With average season tho present acre
| age should give nearly three aud u half millions
OF bales. With one OF tho extraordinary length OF
| the last the product would be little short or four
| millions. The crop was Of 10 remarkable charac-
ter for continued growth and late picking that our
! October estimate 90 reasonable ut The tne) of
900 bales advanced at The close of the sea
son TO 5000, 900.
The oat crop is looking better than would be ex-
pected, In view OF the heat and drought of the sea-
son. Its condition Is q full average in abOu, half
the States, including oil Of New England except
Nermont). New Jersey Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Virginia North Carolina, Alabama, Mississ pp, Ten
ue.sep West Virginia keutucky and Oregon. N a