Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-27
,WAsHINGTON
Statistical Report Department of
Agriculture.
Illness of Treasurer Spinner.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.z-The statistical
report of the Department of Agriculture.
now in press, makes showing for corn pro-
duct quite as unfavorable as that which
forecas,ed short crop in 1860. The pre-
liminary report Of tie aggregate quantity
in that yeaT Indicated a total of ST4,000,00O
bushels, which was 220,000,000 less than
the estimate for the large crop of 1870, and
present returns point 10 Inc product of
S2S,000,0ee, Estimate of last years crop
in Illinois, 217,000,000; estimate of present
crop, 132,000,000. In only six States the
short crop is equal to last wears. viz: Vir-
ginia, Georgia; Florida, West Virginia,
Michigan and Rhode Island. The percent
age Of deficiency in the principal corn grow
ing sections, in comparison with total pro-
duct last year, is as follows: Kentucky, IL
per cent; Indiana, p; Illinois, 80; Iowa, 2S;
Mississippi, 32; Kansas, 81; deficiency for
New York. per cent; Pennsylvania, l6.
In most Of the Southern States
the crops are smaller than that of last year.
The cotton reports of November, unlike
those OF the Comparative condition earlier
in the season, make exact estimates of the
expected crop in each county, stated in form
Of per eeptage "a last years crop. The
aggregate of those estimated varies little
from 3, 100000 bales. The season for pick
ing has been unusually fine thus far, yet
the result may be modified by eXceptiona-
bly, unfavorable season in the latter part of
November and December, or by storms
affecting iniuriously the saving of the top
crop. State percentages in comparison
with last years, are calculated as follows:
North Carolina, 50; South Carolina, 92;
Georgia, 81; Florida, 81; Alabama, 81;
Mississippi, 50; louisiana, so; Texas, 112;
Arkansas, 102; Tennessee, 102 per cent.
These figures would be much lower but for
the increased area planted. Estimated
total in round numbers, $4,000 acres.
Illness of treasurer Spinner.
Treasurer Spinner, in bad health for
some time, is not able to attend to official
duties, He suffers very much from low
malarial fever. and has had several chills
lately. The Treasury was closed at noon
to-day, and in other departments business
was practically suspended at that hour.
Knoxville Soldiers Head-StOnes.
Special the the Cincinnati Commercial.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-The numerous
disappointed bidders for contracts for fur
nishing head-stones to designate the graves
of soldiers of the late war will probably
show their dissatisfaction toward the Secre-
tary of War by instigating an assault upon
that official through the agency of some
member of Congress. The marble from
the quarrieS near st. Louis and also from
quarrieS near Knoxville is conceded to be
of superior quality, but did not meet the
requirements of the case in the matter of
head-StOnes. for the reason that it is not
white-in fact, is far from white. Horace
Maynard, having the interests of his con-
sttuentS at heart, endeayOred to secure the
contract for his tOwnsmen, and may pos
sibly take hand in any fight that may be
made upon the Secretary Of War on the
above account.
The Animus Toward the South.
Special to the Louisville COurier-Journal.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 25.-The Attorney
General has just given a decision which
shows that the possibility Of a war with
Spain has not diminished his hostility to-
ward the South. The case is that of Thos.
G. Williams, who claimed pay for his SER
vices as lieutenant Of the United States
army prior to the war, in which he served
on the Southern side. The opinion is
that when a person residing in the Confed-
crate States during the rebellion and having
his domicile there before the war demanded
payment of certain balances arising under
a contraG with the War Depart
ment and payable before the war.
the title to the same iure
belli became divested from the
original owner and was transferred to the
United States; that such balances never
having been reduced to possession, but hav-
ing always remained in the Treasury. can
not be taken out without violation of the
law of March, 1867, which enacts that no
officer Of the government shall pay any
claim which accrued prior to 18th April,
1865, in favor Of any one who aided or pro-
NOTED the late rebellion. The beauty of
this decision is that it is direct breach of
the amnesty granted 10y President Lincoln
and President johnson, which expressly
stipulated a restoration Of all rights of
property. This train of decisions at the
Treasury was inaugurated by one Chand-
Ter, whose reputation in connection with
cotton claims, the Treasury cotton ring, is
none of the best.