Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-24
WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON, July 2S.-The President
arrived this morning aud will return to
Long Branch tomorrow night. All the
heads of departments were present at the
Cabinet meeting to-day except Secretary
Delano, who left Washington lsst night to
participate in tie cahYass In North Caro-
lima.
The President said to day that while he
would soon take trip down the St. Law
renee, be would not visit Niagara Falls.
The Southera Pacific.
The President t,lis morning appointed L.
N. Foulke, Calvin Brown and Eugene L.
Sullivan, OF California, TO be commissioners
to examine and report upon the railroad
andtelegrspa line CONSTRUCTED by the South
ern Pacific Railroad line.
Competitive.
A competitive examination will be held
on the I'd Of August for the purpose offlling
a vacancy in the Office of Deputy Comptrol-
Ter Of the Currency.
July Report ON AgricuIture.
The July report On agriculture is now
ready. The report of the Commissioner re-
present Dsi counties including area Usual
ly producing seven hundred millions bu-
shells annually end indicating an increase
Of 3 PER cent. This is an equivalent to
more than three-fourths of million acres
and the total area in this gfeAt crop of the
country, which nearly equals in extent the
aggresste Of all other TILED crops together,
is probably about thirty-five million acres.
The States in which an increase of acre
age is reported are as follows; New Jersey
2 per cent; Pennsylvania z; South Carolina
D.. (n.,o,oio Alahapao 2, RficSfooiy,r,s .
Louisiana s; Texas 5; Arkansas 4; West
Virginia 2; kentucky 2; Ohio 2; Michigan
10; Indiana !; Illinois 2; Iowa, Missouri
and Kansas Is; Nebraska 20; California 1.
A diminution appears in Maine of 4 per
cent; Vermont, p Massachusetts, and Rhode
Island, 8, Connecticut, 6; New York, /;
North Carolina, 2; Tennessee, 1; Wiscon-
sin, 4; Minnesota, 8; and in the remaining
States it is reported the same as last year.
OF the reports from $50 counties, 263
place the condition above one hundred, and
4l3 below one hundred. Illinois is repre-
sented by 45 counties, of which % stand
above the average and % below. Of 81
counties in Missouri, the condition of corn
is above the average 10 15 and below in %.
Of36 counties in.Kansas only send fg
ures less than 100. In Iowa, where cool,
cloudy weather generally prevailed in the
spring, followed by chaDgeable weather,
and in some sections heavy iains, only
two reports of the condition above lee; and
in Ohio where The drought las been severe
but lnree repoTts OF torty-fve give figures
higher than 100. States making returns
higher than 100 are Vermont 10l, Nerth
Carolina 101, Alabama ll0, Mississippi 10,
Louisiana 119, Texas 119, Kentucky 103,
California 101. The following is the return
of the condition below the average:
Maine 90, New Hampshire 9S, Msssachu
setts 9S, Rhode Island 96, Pennsylvania DS,
Delaware 92, Marland o., Virginia 81,
South Carolina 96, Georgia 81, Florida rs,
Arkansas es, West Virginia 95, Ohio 80,
Michigan SO, Indiana 95, Illinois 90, Wis
consin So, Missouri 81, Kansas 9S, Nebras-
ka 81, Oregon 69-Tennessee is placed at
100.
WHEAT.-An improvement II the con-
dition of wheat, is reperte3 from New York,
Maryland, Virginia, Michigan, Missouri,
Kans2s and to slight degree in some other
States, while small decline is reported in
Ohio and in some of the Southern States.
The averages in the winter wheat States
stands as follows; Connecticut "a, New
York rs, New Jersey 90, Pennsylvania "a,
Delsw re -, Maryland 81, Virginia 90,
North Carolina 112, South Carolina 100,
Georgia 102, Alabama 119, Mississippi los,
Texas las, Arkansas 106, Tennessee 109,
West Virginia 8 3, Kentucky 112, Ohio IS,
Indiana IS, Missouri u. OfStates produc-
ing almost exclusively spring wheat: Maine
l0S, New Hampshire 103, Vermont 104,
Wisconsin 10l, Minnesota ITO, Iowa los,
Nebraska 112, Oregon 95, California which
is not fully reported 12e for early sown and
112 for late, Kansas spring 95, winter 65,
IlliEeis spIing 104, winter, Michigan spring
s., winter 81. The average condition for
the United States is almost exactly
IS the same as in July or
81, six per cent less than an average. The
quality of grain is uniformly superior in
the middle States, in Ohio, Michigan and
Missouri, and wherever an inferior con-
dition is reported the straw is short but the
heads are generally long and well filled;
the kernel is plump and heavy. The
quality of Southern wheat will probably
prove as fine as any ever produced in that
section. In the spring the fullness OF heads
in proportion to the quality of the straw
causes the yield to excel the expectation,
and may 90 far to effect the small decrease
in the report of the condition. 1t Is quite
probable the general excellence of the grain
will make the present crop of equal value
to that of last year. There has been almost
an entire exemption from rust, and compar-
atively little complaint of insects. The
Hessian fly is reported several places, more
numerous in the Ohio valley; and the chinch
bug has caused losses in many counties OF
Illinois, Iowa and Michigan.
The Attempt to Enforce Equality.
Special to the Louis vile Courier-Journal.
WASHINGTON, July 22.-The advocates
of social equality at the last session of the
District Legislature digested bill which it
was supposed would compel the employees
at hotels, restaurants, ETC., 10 become for a
while the servants of such celored guests as
should choose to employ them. Heretofore
many white men refused TO serve negroes
in this capacity, and others demanded very
high rates for such services. To prevent
the latter method of avoiding the fine " hlch
the local courts have always assessed upon
white men who declined to serve colored
guests, the law of the local Legislature,
which went into effect yesterday, requires
that prices of articles used in restaurant
| shall be posted in conspicuous places there
| in. The bill, however, seems to be inetfect-
| ual for the purpose, and unless the judges
| come to the aid of the law with some judi
cial legislation, it seems that it is not likely
to be effectual for the purpose intended by
it. The placards in many OF the restan'
rants show brandy, = dollars drink
whisky two dollars, etc, with liberal reduc.
| tions TO regular patrons. 1t is understood
that discounts are allowed to white persons
in such manner as to place prices at theiI
former figure.
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