Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-10-18
From Washington.


WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct THE official re.
port of the agricultural bureau says: The cotton
reports for October are unimproved. The aver
age of September is sustained in no state being
for thetirst week in October &c. against 80 peIlct
in September. Injuries reported are from rust
shedding Of bolls, prematurely cold weather IN
northern Attitudes flood and foundations i'll
Florida and Georgia, ana boil and army worm
in portions of Mississippi and more western
states. Losses from insects are not very serious
or general. Drouth occasions more depreciation
than any other cause. The present indications
are that the crop will not exceed 3,000,000 bales,
and, if the remainder Of the season is unlavor-
able, must be small
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
The civil service commission commenced its
sessions to-day. Mr.. Medill was absent, owing
to the Chicago calamity. Mr.. Cattell was de-
tanned by business, but will be here in day OF
two. Discussion on the opinion of the attorney
general upon the questions prOpOunded to him
will continue several days.
MORE KUKLUX ARRESTED.
A dispatch from Corinth, Miss, reports the
arrest of five kukluX in TishOmingo county, with
complete DISCUSSES 1t is believed that the
entire gang will be captured They shot Il white
man and woman two weeks ago. iniuring both
seriously.
ANOTHER "IRREGULARIsT."
After the exposure of the Hodge defalcation,
an order was issued to examine the accounts of
all dsburSing officers of the government. These
examinations have been conducted in Il most
rigid manner and resulted in unearthiug many
Irregularities The accounts of Gen Bullock,
who has been acting as discussing officer Of the
ireedmen's bureau, are discovered to be irregu-
lar in many particulars He had LARGE amount
of money deposited IN New York. The exam
inatiOn of his accounts shows discrepancy of
100000 between the amount which he claimed
to have deposited in New York, and the amount
actually found there to his credit.
Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars of
this amount was found to have been deposited
in the United States treasury in bonds, con-
trary to law, which makes it felony and en-
bezzlement for any officer of the government to
exchange government funds for any other pur-
pose for which the funds are placed in his hands.
The balance of the 100000 has not YET been
discovered. Various rumors prevail as to the
extent of Bullock'S criminality. When these
irregularities were first discovered, the war de-
partment issued an order for BullOck's arrest,
which was subsequently modified to suspension
ordiSmiSsal. His accounts are now undergoing
an examination in the second auditors office.
The officials are very reticent on the subject.
MARTIAL LAW FOR THE KUKLUX.
presidential proclamation was issued to-
night reciting that:
Whereas, the insurgents engaged in unlawful
combinations within the counties Of Spartanburg,
York. Marion, Chester, Laurens, Newberry, Fair
field, Lancaster and Chesterfield, in the state of
South Carolina, have not dispersed and given up
their arms and DISCUSSES, in obedience to the pro
elamation Of the 18th inst; therefore,
l. Ulysses $. Grant, president of the United States
OF America, do hereby declare that, in my judg-
ment the public safety especially requires that the
privileges of the writ of habeas corpus be suspended
TO the end that such rebellion may be OverthrOwn,
and do hereby suspend the privileges of the writ of
habeas corpus within said counties, in respect to all
persons arrested by the marshal of the United
States, his deputies or any military officer, soldier
or citizen acting under their orders.