National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-18


CUSTOM RECEIPTS FOR WEEK ENDING
SEPTEMBER "A
Boston, ess0ei1.ti: New York, t2ss2leoj4
PhiladelpAIa els2.Is110; Baltimore, s1oz 2ss.oa
DISTRICT INTEREST.
On the lst Of July last the Government adj
vanesd over quarter million Of dollars 70 pay IN
tsress then accruing On the bonded debt Of this
District General Ketoham, one Of the Conmis-
sioners governing the District to-day paid back
to the Treasury Department out Of tho moneys
collected for TAXES tlsI s2l2s on account and no
rnedthe seFetary that the, balance would Be
paid shortly.
OFFICIAL ETIQUETTE
The Secretary Of War orders IS follows
CisrkE IN the employ Of the -DepArtmenf, on
pexs Of the army and ehieis Of bureaus q the War
Department must observe TIE rule thai applioa-
sionI for cpinicnl o. decisions upon questions 70
lstipg to ofleial business are not 70 Be made 70
oHicsrs connected with other brnnches Of the
GoYsfhmsnt without first snbmilting sueh ques-
tion 70 the head Of the Department, that Il may
be transmitted through The regular ehsnnols.
The practice nov existing n some Of the bureaus
Of the Departmsnt % the contrary must cease.
WHEAT.
The September returns Of the Department Of
Agriculture incststs an average condition Of g,
against Is IN September 1sIs. The acreage Of
the crop is seven per cont greater than last year.
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an average On last years. acreage. All Of the
New England and Middle States are above nyer-
age, except Delaware, which Is full average. All
the South Atlantic and Gulf States are below
average, except Alabama-101. The inland
Southern States are All above average, Arkansas
presenting the maximum OF the whole country,
which Is 10. North Of the Ohio river most Of the
counties not visited By the ehlnch presentsuperier
crops. Ohio. Michigan and Indiana are shove
average; Illinois two per cent. below; Wisconsin
Is reduced tWenty-thFes per cent. below By
drought and ehinches. West Of the Mississippi
drought, intense heat, hot winds, ehinehes and
RTasshoppers have reduced all the States below
average, except Missouri The Pacific States
are above average.
NAVAL NOTES.
The United States steamer Ticonderoga an
rived at quarantine at Portsmouth, y. H., Tees
day evening. Fourteen men on board are sick,
flour with yellow fever. but they are recovering.
The Ticonderoga viii probably remain thare
until cold weather for repairs. The following
orders were Issued yesterday; Acting Assistant
Surgeon VIM. Martin to temporary duty at the
navy ysrd, Pensacola. Detaehed-CaptAin WIN.
K. Major has reported his return home, having
been detached from the command Of the Omaha
on the 18th alt, and has been placed on waiting
orders. Naval Constructor Isaiah Hanscom
started for Boston yesterday on ofacial business.
Orders we're issued yesterday to have the United
States steamer Gettysburg put in order for 8 trip
10 New Orleans
The Alaska sailed from VILE Francks the lat
ter part Of August for q cruise 10 the eastward
She viii visit Naples, Messina, CephaIonia,
Cerigo, the Piraeus and Athens, Syria, Smyrna
Rhodes, Cyprus, and such other ports on the
Syrian coast a. may be advisable, Port, Said,
Alexandria, and Malta, and retura to Vile
Francke By the 10Th OF November. The Swa.
tara arrived at Cape Town, August s; all we'll on
board. On the Tth, accompanied BY some Of the
ON = Of the ship, and four chiefs Of parties,
Captain Chandler visited the Governor, Sir
Henry Barley. The Governor expressed himself
much interested in the expedition, and was most
cordial to his visitors, and subsequently, enter
tanned them at dirrey. Her Majesty,s corvette
Encounter, with English observers OF the transit
OF Venus on board, met with an accident to the
trien- up gear Of her screw. Another vessel had
been ordered out to take her place, bat in the
meantime her repairs mad so progressed that she
would be able to take her party 70 KeFguslan IN
ample time. Captain Chandler extended an in
Vitaon to the party TO 90 In the SWatAra to their
destination, but the completion Of the repairs to
the Encounter, rendered 1t unnecessary to avail
themselves Of the offer. The ofacers and citizens
Of Cape Town were most profuse in their hospl-
tAlities to all on board the SWathra The SUa-
tara on the passage from Bahia TO Cape Town
made At one time eleven knots an hour. She has
compound engines.