The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-09-19
Washington Items.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-The Au-
gust report on the crops, from the
Department of Agriculture, says that
l corn is injured somewhat in some To-
l ealities By drouth. wet weather, heat,
worms aud heavy frosts, but not In.
jared sufficiently as yet to threaten
material reductions of the aggregate
product heretofore anticipated. The
States showing condition below the
average are, New Hampshire, Massa-
ghusetts. Rhode Island, Connections,
Delaware, Maryland, Mississippi,
Kansas, Nebraska, California and
| Oregon.
There is considerable damage done
to the cotton crop from rust. worms
and unfaVorable August weather, but
the general prospect is not discourag-
ing. There is little In the figures to
indicate a decrease In the yield Of
cotton, and favorable weather hence
| forth must insure 3 considerable in
crease. The returns upon the wheat
product pertain briefly to the condi-
ton Of the crop, when harvested,
though the figures indicate in meas
ure, the extent of the yield as CON-
pared with the average at date Of the
report. However. grain is not thresh-
ed out TO any considerable extent.
So the October returns must be had
before al estimate of the aggregate
wheat production of the year can be
made.
The quality Of the grain threshed
is generally excellent; Ia many cases.
comprising four different qualities.
The rye and barley crops were gener-
ally harvested in good condition, with
but slight local drawbacks. There Is
an apparant dimunition in the rye
crop, and also in barley. Tennessee,
Michigan. North Carolina, West Vir.
GINA aud Wisconsin are the only
States which report the prospect Of a
buekWheat crop above or up to the
average. The Middle aud Western
States indicate q decline of i've
to ten per cent. and New eagland
fifteen TO twenty per can't The drouth
has blighted the crop In some looali-
tie. The drouth in many sections and
in the West have materially injured
the potato crop. In most of the States
the quality of the hay crop is above
the average.
Sorghum seems TO have been entirely
neglected east of Pennsylvania. The
crop in most of the Western States is
reported 10 be in q fair condition.
Louisiana aud Florida. report the
sugar crops five to ten per cent. above
the average. Texas, Mississippi, Ala
Dama, and Georgia, report ten per
cent. below the average. California is
the only State that reports an in
creased average In hops.
The tobacco crop is reported IL per
cent below the average. Corn be-
low in Massachusetts l0in Maryland !;
IL in Mississippi; 4 in Texas, and 2
above In New York 5 In Pennsylva-
MIA; in Virginia IL in North Caro-
lima; 10 IN South Carolina; 10 in
Georgia; 10 in Arkansas; 8 in Ten
nessee; 5 In West Virginia; s in
Kentucky; 3 in Indiana; 2 in Ohio.
and an average in Missouri, Illinois
and Michigan. Though there is
much complaint of apples falling dur
ing the last tive months. and of re-
tarded growth caused By the dry
weather, q fair product il promised
la the Eastern aud Middle States.
generally, and IL Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
and Kentucky, with from six to nine
tenths Of average crops. In the
Western States "a small general de-
cline 10 wool is probable. p -
The hogs generally compare favor
ably with those of former years. ex-
cept in several Of the Southern States.
Illinois, Indiana, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Connecticut aud Or
egon indicate a depreciation In this re-
gard.
The customs receipts last week
were 50, 053, 766,
An accurate estimate shows that
each Indian in the United States
costs the Government $3.50 annually.
WASHINGTON. September l6.-The
commissioner Of Patents, to-day, re-
fused the application for an extension
OF the re-issued patent Of Cages i'm
proved harvesting machine.
In accordance with a request of the
Indian Bureau, Gen. Pope has sent a
company of United States troon4 A.
Southeastern Kansas, for the pun ose
Of removing the trespassers on the
Cherokee neutral lands.
Daath ar n GtaauhAaf En0tnaar