Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-09-17
WASHINGTON NOTES.
A Radical Mississippi Delegation Wait
on the Attorney General Advised
to 90 Home Cotton Report.
NEWS IN GENERAL
Joe Crews Murdered Mere Revenue
Frauds Fatal Explosion 4 Pre-
tender 10 the Sersian Throne.
G OIL . Is 7-3.
WASHINGTON.
Affairs -Cottou EeNor
Icy rELraF,PH TO THE rorr;H

" Asia INt4CGH. Seint. H.. :. :4!itoT
| Bruce, Of MISSISSIPPI, W tn Il dclcga-
/ ton from thst State. had long iutst-
view with Attorney Genera Pi4rrepCit
| this morning.
| Tl.e delegation consists nf Senator
! Bruce, Sheriff Buchanan OF Marshall
county ex-Co, ~ t8$man Howe, s. Gre
! t;.ry of State +; Hi, C!luirmai. Of til"
| Republican State Ca7rl1;ft"t ANA Juo
B. Wnruer, editor Of the Pint.
Mr.. Plerrtpout questioned: e. + on,.
separately. They agree tiiot ~ reg
county as quiet, and the emergency
was3h demanded federal interference,
has for the present passed. They
represent the number of white RepHb-
lieans in Mississippi as very few, and
as there is no military organization i'll
the State, except White Leaguers, they
fear trouble at the next meeting She
Republicans attempt to hold. Judge
Pierrepont asked why the Republicans
did hot organize and defend them
selves. They replied that they had
no organization, and when they came
in contact with the organized White
Leaguers they fled before them. They
stated that the sovereignty of Miss s.
sippi VAS unable to protect itself with
out the aid of the Government, and
stated that if troops were not sent be
fore the November elections many
Republicans would be interferred with
at the polls. Pierrepont said that he
had advised Ames to perfect some
military organization to protect the
people of the State in their political
rights. He advised the dcPutation to
return home. aud should further
trouble occur. to let him know. No
further action will be taken upon Gov.
Ames' requisition for troops.
The Department of Agriculture re
ports the condition of cotton better i'll
September than in August in Missis-
sippi, Louisiana and Arkansas; ard
worse on the Atlantic coast, Alabama
and Texas. The prevalent draughte
of July were succ eded by rains in
August, too copious for the best results
in the Mississippi valley, and qnite in
jurious in the heavy soil Of the eastern
belt. causing rust, shedding of leaves
and fruit, and to some extent rotting
IF the lower balls. There is rank
recent growth which will yield largely
with favorable and long autumn
season, or prove a disappo ntmrnt III
case of an early killing frost. In some
parts of Texas draught continued for
nine weeks, but the seaSol,abie rnins
since the middle of August have placed
the fields III high condition, except il
the most severely parched localities.
T. e losses from the prevalence Of
insects viii scarcely be Il fraction in cal
culating the product of tt e present
year. A few counties i'll Florida and
Lower Georgia report that the cater
pillar and boll-worm is more numerous
in Lowudes county, NJ S., and also is
heard from in few other counties.
Lice are mentioned by some cores
pondents. and in C0vington, Albania,
the correspondent reports new enemy
which he calls Il minute gnat, whict. Is
harder on leaves than lice, producing
widespread and serious injury. As
compared with September, 1874, the
only States reporting a lower coudi-
tioh are South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida Ii the Mississippi valley the
improvement is very marked, particu-
larly in Tennessee aud Arkansas, il
which the averages were very low il
1874 \ large proportion of the cotton
area OF the country is represented IL
Septe -nher returns which include nc
less than sixty cotton equities III
Texas, and seventy-six III Georgia
The State averages OF the condition
are as follows
North Carolina, 70; South Carolina.
so; GPorg,r, rs; Florida. 70; Ala
bama, 81; Mississippi, 3d. Texas, 81
Louisiana, So; Arkansas, 80; Tonnes
| See, 9f
WAsHINGToa, Sept. 14-No action
has been taken in the Miss SSippi que5-
ton, nor will there be Until all the
papers and official correspondence are
got together.
The Secretary Of War has returned
from his Western inspe' tion tour.
A colOred woman has sued the Pull
man Car Company, for $500. for re-
fusing her sleeping ear accommodate
tions from Cincinnati hither.
The Government is still waiting for
further official dispatches from Missis-
sippi.
Late this afternoon the Attorney
General received a dispatch from ex-
Senator PeYse, and one from Lieut..
Guthrie, commanding the u. S troops
III the vicinity of the recent reported
disturbed districts. Both report every
thing perfectly quiet. There is no
disturbance. and they regard the send
| ing of troops there entirely unneces-
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