Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-04-16

CHEsAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL-Report Of
the Board Of DiTectOTs.-The board of directors
OF the Chesapeake and Ohio canal company m L
IN Annapolis yesterday, and President German
submitted report " that the coal tom age for
the month OF March was 6, 40 tons, and the ac-
crued revenue from all sources we're s8,75l.52
and maintaining the canal, including the paw.
ment in part for machinery, were S2i 900 81
The tonnage and revenue as compared with the
corresponding period of 1873 is Coal tonnage.
March, 1874, s, 40 tons; do, March, 1873, 5,5S5
TONS increase in favor of 1874, ASS tons; accrued
revenue, March, 1874, SS,75I 81; do, March
i@3 i3s 9i increase in favor of 1874, s., 3l25S
notwithstanding the slight increase ct tonnage
and revenue during the past month, as com
pared with the corresponding period OF last
year, the coal trade has not been active as
We bad hoped, and L fear that causes beyond
our control will continue during the present
month TO depress the trade. The canal is no "
in good condition through its entire length
During the past week the heavy rams caused a
greater rise IN the Potomac river than has oc
Cured in many years. The water entirely sub
merged the cana! below dams Nos. and 5, and
various points on the Monocacy division. It.
however, passed Off without doing any serious
damage. 1t delayed, however, navigation for
several days, and will somewhat increase the
expenses for repairs"
1t was determined to hold the next meeting
in Baltimore on the 18th of May. An adjourned
meeting OF the canal convention was to have
been held in Washington on the sd instant, for
the purpose of assembling the friends of the
extension Of the canal to the Ohio river, in or
der to inaugurate and cOnsummate the neces-
sary important steps. The meeting has been
postponed until the 18th Of May.
PROMISE OF THE PEACH CRop.-Amidst So Oh
an outcry as has latterly come, apparently from
the peach country, Of disaster to the crop
something definite in relation thereto will be
received with satisfaction. Quite recently your
correspondent has talked with representative
growers from all sections of the peninsula, and
feels prepared to express q positive opinion as
TO present" prospects. The trees are now in
bloom throughout the peach growing country,
save in snail belt in the northern end, and
they are actually filed with blossoms. IL any
injury had occurred, these blossoms would
never have developed, and even if they had
spread their rosy tints beneath the rays Of the
sun, and disaster had befsllen them, they would
not look SO healthy as they do. Should these
blossoms all mature, the crop will be one OF the
largest ever dreamed OF, and from present in
dications IL will be the heaviest yet marketed
There has been no failure to bloom EXCEPT i'm
isolated districts, and these not in the midst of
the greatest producing sections. L have no
doubt there are some localities where the crop
has been badly blighted by the sudden alterna.
tons Of the weather, but these are few, and
scarcely worth noting In the present prospect
Very fortunately the several past days of cold
have been dry, and although ice formed of
considerable strength. the peach buds were not
anected Observation-Disclosures Cor. Of Baltimore
American.