The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-19

sioners OF Parks, and to Comptroller
Green. considering that the Democratic
RefOrmers won the victory, and a1u en-.
titled to fill offices aud direct party af.
| fairs.
PHILADELPHIA, November l7.-Tbe
funeral services Of Rev. Alfred Cook.
man were held this morning, in the
Union Methodist Episcopal Church.
Tho coffin was placed on catafulque
! used Cor the remains of Lincoln. The
renalns were Inferred in Laurel Hill.
WAsnlNGToN, November Is. Lord
Icnter'len has been appointed British
agent to tho Geneva arbitration.
The Dutch embassy at the Pupal Court
has been abolished.
Penfied e Sons hardware works at
Miudlctown, Conn, were burned this
morning. Loss $50,000
Two cholera dcuths ut the New York
quarantine yesterday.
Tho schooner Alice Mary was lost in
Petite Pussage. The French ship of-wur
Bonnate was lost on Folly Reef, but the
crew wcro saved.
Tue Sevcnty-eig Regiment leaves
Halifax for Queenstown this week:
The majority for Bevcridge, Congress
man Mt large in Illinois, was only -, ,O00
Tho disguised men who hung thre,.
negroes for the murder of tho Park fa-
mlly, met no serious resistance. The
assailnnts beat down two doors Of the
Charleston Qnd.) JUL, when the sheriff
gave them tho keys to the third. 1t is
understood that tho negroes made nddl-
t'onal confessions before their execution
Three Counties contributed tho men en-
gagged in the execution.
The Guardian Savings Institution, To-
Gated Ill Chatham street, New York. has
iniled. Tweed was President The trus
tees say the assets nre abundant, though
not immediately available
The crew of tho vessel 5. c. Sherman.
wrecked on Luke Erie are snft. except
the chnnlbermaid. who died from cx-
pOsuro. Tho crow drifted twenty hours
III an open bout.
Several of tho crew of tho City Of
Mexico. from Havana, have been arrest
cd III New York, for smuggling cigars
Tho importers of New York publish Il
letter, complaining Of the continued nb
strHction of goods comiug through the
custom honso.
AT Prospect Park, Kingston and mate
beat Honest Allen and mate for So, 900;
time 2. 1913, l7Ll. 2 1873, 2 20.
NIGHr DISPATCHES.
WASltISGrON, November lS.-Tho No
vembtr returns Of tho Department Of
Agriculture relative to the condition and
yield OF the cotton crop, Indicate IL lurgcr
product than was expected in October,
and promise fully to make good the
moderate expectation Of July and Au-
gust. There had been no killing frosts
up to the date of these reports. In rich
aud well cultivated soils Of the lower tier
tut, Il, "A
vigorous us III summer. Iu some places
tho top crop was maturing, though com
plnlnts OF tho imnaturity or loss Of the
latter growth, are quito general. In the
latitude of middle Georgia tho squares
formed between August % and Scptem-
Der %, under favorable circumstances,
prOinls, Il to mako good cotton. Tue
principal cause Of tho reduction OF yield
III Icxas IL drought in Louisiana
drought and black rot; in Mississippi,
wet weather IN spring and drought in
aud iii isolated sections the
ca crpil!ar or boil worm: in Florida, dry-
ing winds and floods, which occusioucd
nearly IL total destruction Of consider
ablo areas. Drought has wrought more
or less injury in Alnbamn, Georgia and
South Carolina. Tho yield per mere as
Indicated by County estimates, is largest
III Arkansns, decrensing in the following
order: Texas. Tennessee, Mississippi,
Louisiana. North Carolina, Alabama,
Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.
Tho more Northern belt Of cotton esii-
mates shows tue least reduction from
their usual average. The tabulations for
November are estimates for each Coun v
of the total product Of the year, express
ed rs per ccntlges of the actual crop of
4
with regard to the relative production OF
lowing result ns tho average Of each
Stnte: North Carolina, SO per cent :; South
Carolina, GS; Georgia, 67; Florida, IS;
Alabama 13; Mississippi ~; Louisilm.
90; Texas GS; Arkansas So; tennessee 90.
Il few Counties in Virginia, Kentucky
nnd Missouri make tho reports Of much
the same tenor as the returns from North
Carolina and Tennessee. The qunit,
OF the fibre IS reported good in all sec
tons up to tho present date. 4 very
small proportion of discolored or trashy
cotton has been gathered; some ntten-
ton has been paid TO Improvement in
qnnilsy, by the introduction of tho Prcl-r
and other improved varieties. Many
correspondents note tho superiority IN
yield and comparative exemption from
disease, under careful culture and Judi
cious fertilization. The November and
December numbers Of the "Monthly"
Will be issued together. and will contain
the substance Of nll the cotton report,
up to December.
The President saw no visitora. Thr
Washington treaty commission adj
jonrned to December g.
Horace ID. Harrison has been appoint
ed attorney for Middle Tennessee.
Probabilities The barometer will pro.
hnbiy fail decidedly on Sunday from
Pennsylvania South. westward. North
rlStcriy winds with thrpntetliuoy wt.,.