Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-09-27
Letter from Washington.
WASHINGTON, Sept. IS, 1870.

WASHINGTON, Sept. IS, 1870.
The presence of Jack Frost among the
summer resorts of the North, is Fastening
many of the pleasure seekers to Washing
ton. Trains from the North are crowded
with passengers, who, on their arrival here
with their Saratoga trunks and band box
es, bespeak of the gay season coming
Many of the people going far South, on
their way home, tarry in Washington a few
days to view the sights in and around the
city, and in consequence, spend no little
with hotels, restaurants and hackmen.
Today, for the first time in several weeks,
we are favored with anything like soak
ing rain. 1t commenced raining about one
o'clock this morning and still continues at
this writing, , p. m, with every prospect
of an ample supply. Farmers around US
some days since despaired of their vegeta-
bles, except very late, amounting to much,
however much rain we might have, but
this rain is in time for late potatoes and
it will soften the ground which has of late
been too dry to pillow sufficiently for all
kinds of tilling.
The monthly report of Commissioner
Capron of the Agricultural Department
shows the corn crop this year to be below
the average yield in New Hampshire, Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Del
aware, Maryland, Mississippi, Kansas, Ne
braska, California and Oregon. Buckwheat
in all the states, except Tennessee, AIichi-
gan, North Carolina, West Virginia, and
Wisconsin, are below the average; in the
Middle States of ) to 10 per cent. decline;
the New England States of Is to 90 per
cent. The potato crop is represented to
be spectively bad. The sugar crop in
Louisiana ana Florida is TO 10 per cent.
above the average. Texas, Mississippi,
Georgia and Alabama 10 per cent below
A very large colored man arrived in
Washington a day or two since from Long
Branch accompanied by fine looking Irish
bride, who on being introduced to her hus-
bands mother, kissed her and called her
mother. The colored people as well as
the representatives OF the Emerald Isle
here are not a little chagrined at this oc-
currence, and are disposed to give them a
wide berth in society.
The different Republican State Associa-
tons located in Washington, are untiring
in their efforts to aid their respective States
in the approaching election. Especially
is this the case with those States which
may be closely contested by the democrats.
Reports to the National Republican Com
mittee from Delaware and Maryland where
the colored people, in November next, will
be allowed to cast their first vote for Rep
resentatives in Congress, are exceedingly
favorable to republicanism. The only feal
entertained by the friends of equal right,
Is that there may be two republican candi
dates in some of the districts, in which
case the democrats must necessarily have
the advantage.
The Cepsus Bureau is getting along fine
ly. The force, although not yet complete
are keeping up wonderfully well the worI
received from the different marshal district
throughout the country. The Bureau ex
poets to be able soon to chronicle to tn
country the population of our largest cities
With few single exceptions, as yet, Their
has been but partial returns from them
| Washington, for instance, is CONCLUDED
and reports population of III 600 inhab
itants against 60, 900 in 1860 The impe
tus given it by the war doubtless has some
thing to do with this extraordinary increas
in the last ten years but strange to not
that since the war has closed and the de
parture of the thousands of transient busi
ness men of the city, the resident popula
ton is steadily on the increase, and prop
erty in and around the city has depreciat
ed but little from the paper initiation of wa
times. This is partly owing, it is though
to emigration from the North into Mary
land and Virginia around Washington.
Delaware stands ahead in the most neal
ly completed reports of any state in tn
Union. The whole state, with the exceI
ton Of Milford and Mispellion, which It
ported 9,305 last census has been take
and aggregates 1I4,934 against I02, 81
1860, an increase Of nearly y per cent.
Maryland, the most backward in her IT
ports, out of o. subdivisions into whic
the state Is divided, but five have as We
reported. This is, perhaps, owing to a
indisposition among many of her poop
f who are semi secessiOnists to aid the enl
merators in the performance of their dt
, ties.
s 1t is quite important for your readers
t know, that by late decision of the actin
Commissioner of the Internal Revenue, a
written or printed evidence of the amour
, due less than one hundred dollars, will |
equally exempt from stamp duty as prom
issory notes, under the actof July IA, 1877
At last, the long looked for and eager
sought after report of Hon. Joseph 5. Wi
son, of the General Land Office for 1856
> is bound and ready for circulation. A
though Congress with its retrenchmeI
procliyities, have lily provided for its gel
eral circulation, am in hopes, Mr. Edito
to be able to secure one of them, at leas
for your careful perusal.
Commissioner Wilson of the Gener
Land Office, has submitted to the Secret
ry of the Interior for his approval of Ii
u No. Is, of school indemnity, selectio
made by the State of California, in the di
" trict Of lands subject to sale at San Fra
, cisco embracing tracts of an aggregate ar
Z of 13, $50 acres. Also, of list No. 2 of s
lections in the Marysville land district u
Il der the same act, containing an area of L
719 acres. Transcripts of the above lis
= when approved will be transmitted to t
Il Governor of California and to t
j Registers and Receivers at San Fra
cisco and Marysville. Other lists a
- in course of preparation of selections und
the 8th section of the act of April 4, 49,
~ granting to the State 800, 900 acres of la
for the purpose Of internal improvement
re and also under the 18th section of the
March 2, 1858, for the use of seminary
learning. LIFE.
DIED.-Henry Reyes died at Ne
bury last Saturday at 6 p. ~, after
~ illness of few days.
IN $1,000 reward is offered by t
~ proprietor of DR.. Pierce's Alt. E.
It's or Golden Medical Discovery for
at rno1;o;no tbat will oona1 - -; H. -,