The Hickman courier., 1873-07-26
to purchase tOrpedOes with which to close the

to purchase torpedoes with which to close the
port when captured.
Reports of the condition Of the cotton crop
to the department of 0griculture to July LIST,
indicate as follows Owing to the causes re-
ported in June the crop is generally from two
to four weeks late throughoutfhe cotton states.
Weather unprecedentedIy wet, varying from
25 to 35 days, ending about 25th of June. The
area of cotton planted is sufficient to tax la
Dor to tn psf under the most favorable
cireums 'wet we lther preventing work
and stiE ing the growth of grass and
weeds, notsonly caused poor stands and grassy
and otherwise unfavorable condition qui 3
generally, but has MAZE necessary the aban-
donment of a large portion of the area
planted, probably nearly enough to bring the
acreage down TO what it was last year. Re
ports, with rare exceptions, are despOndent
and picture a somewhat gloomy prospect.
Doubtless the majority fan in with the com
mon tendency to exaggerate the bad effec =,
upon crops Of unfavorable weather prevailing
at the present, and to undervalue chances on
from those effects Reports
show generaIly that fayoEabie weather t1r 10 Z
iast ten days " june had the effect o change
e condition somewhat rapidlforthy the better &
Cotton worms, caterpillars and lice bad made
their appearance in small numbers at several
points, but as yet have not occasioned much
apprehension of damage. The average condi-
ton for the cotton states, not counting Vir-
ginia, made up from all counties reported, was
s9.5.
The war department. has issued order
that supplies, stores or property Of any kind,
procured out of army appropriations, shall
-.
for the use Of Indiana, except
under au obtained from the secretary
of war, aS 4 any officer violating this or
der shall be Charged with the money value of
supplies, stores or property transferred, and
be otherwise held accountable according to
The plates for tie new so cent note have
been prepared at the bureau of engraving and
printing Of the treasury department, and the
work of printing the new note has been COM
menced, though it VIII be, probably, some
davs before the note will be issued to the pub
lie The new note will be about one-quarter
of an inch shorter than that now in circulation,
and a quarter of an inch wider, its dimensions
being Ss< inches long by iches wide. On the
face of the note, left-hand side, is a vignette
head of Samuel Dexter, who was secretary of
the treasury in 1901, and former governor OF
the state of Massachusetts,.
The commissioner of customs has just
prepared report for the use of the secretary
of the treasury on the amounts Of customs
frauds ON the government for the fiscal year
ending June 80 showing that they were settled
ON the basis of payments aggregating 81, 1872
1OO,, Taking into account the fact that but
comparatively small proportion of the frauds
committed are discovered, the exhibit is truly
a serious one.
3 The ttorney-general has decided that the
present commissioner of internal revenue has
no right to open for re- adjudication claim for
taxes illegally assessed, adjusted and settled by
one of his predecessors, because, in his opir-
ion. such. predecessor erred in Judgment,
there being no new evidence or facts in the
case. -