New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-24
BY TELEGR H
WASHINGTON.
The Fnrra gut Prize Money.

W ASHINGION, Juuo ~o-lu no ScCIVidIy VI
tho Navy has made requisitlOn for f36O. .OOO
on the Secretary Of the Treasury to pay the
remainder of the FArragut prlze awards
The original amount WAS $500, 900. The
sum first named will be placed to the credit
OF the assistant treasurer for the use Of the
prize fund. 1t will be distributed among
1900 persons, heretofore attached to thirty
five or forty vessels Of FArragut's fleet,
which made the capture from the COnfed-
crates. The aggregate amount OF money
derived from such naval captures during
the late war was about $38, 900, 600, Of which
ST., 900 900 we're turned ever to the navy
pension fund, SIG, 900 distributed to the
captors, and the remainder absorbed in ex
penses, etc. The Farragu: cases are the
last to be adjusted.
Crop Prospects.
The following synopsis of the condition
of certain crops has been received from j.
K. Dodge. statlstician of the department of
agriculture:
The condition Of winter whea. generally
is reported as comparatively low. A marked
improvement is noted since the April and
Msy returns in the wheat prospects Of the
West, especially in Kansas.
The State averages of the condition Of
winter wheat in the Alleehenies are as fol-
lows: West Virginia 60, Kentucky 80, Ohio
50, Michigan 80, Indiana II, Enois ii, Mis-
souri, 50, Kansas ". Rye promises better
than wheat, yet it may not mature full
crop. 1t is best in Northern New England
and in the Gulf States. There is a small
increase in the breadth OF the oat crop,
caused in part by the abandonment of win
ter wheat areas Its condition 10 generally
goOd-almost full average in the States of
largest production, and better in the central
districts than Oh the Atlantic coast Of in
California.
TeleGvash Lsne 70 Gsri Sit.
The Signal Bureau telegraph 10 working
to Fort Sill, Indian Territory.
Sixth AudlitOs.
Tho Preeldent has eigned the commission
Of McGrew, to be sixth auditor vice Sheats;
also that Of Miller. to bs postmaster at
Tuscaloosa.
Important Declsisa.
Tho Controller Of the Currency has re
rendered by Judge McCandless in an action
of debt brought agains, the cashier of the
MonongahelA National Back of Browns
vile, Pennsylvania, to recover penalty Of
$500 for the refusal Of the cashier to permit
the deputy collector Of internal revenue to
examine the checks on file in said bank.
The court entered judgment for the defend
ant, holding that the Internal revenue col
lector had no right. under sectiOh 3l77 Of
uuC hoSIesO u E5tAtuSCSS " CACACIDC tuC IOS01b
claimed by him.
Secretary Deineo.
Secretary DelaDo has returned.
4 New Ceusterfeit.
A now and dangerous counterfeit was
discovered at the national bank redemption
agency OF the five dollar notes of the First
National Bank Of Canton, Illinos. This is
evidently changed from the plate on which
the counterfeit on tho Traders National
Bank OF Chicago and the First National
Bank of Paxton. Illinois, were printed.
syssem Of International Exchange.
Preparatory steps are being taken to bring
about = aystem of international exchange
between Great Britain and the United
States, through the medium Of the co Ope-
rative sOcietes in Great Britain and the
Patrons Of Husbandry in America. The
central cooperative board Of the co.Opera-
tive societies has been in correspondence
with Secretary Kelly. of the National
Grange for some time past relative to tho
project, and ut meeting of the executive
committee of the National Grange next
week the subject will DO formally presented
by a deputatiOn from tho cooperative 60
cieties, en- route to the United StateA
The British cOOperators ask the accept
ance Of their plan Of union, and state that
tho object 10 to reform commercial abuses,
get rlO OF MlOul0 men, restore integrity IN
dealing, squalize wealth and represent that
3 much greater quantity of American pro-
ducts would oe sold in England but for the
extHavagant charges of middle men, and
that the same is true of manufactured A.
ticles sent to America from England.
They propose to operate with the Grangers
on direct trade lines, sending their own
ships freighted with their own goods 20 ex-
change tor American products. such as
wheat and cotton, on fair, equitable and
economical terms. The cooperative eocie-
ties of Great Britain number about 100000
members. while the Grangers are estimated
at 100000. As the latter already have
State agencies established for tho pur-
chase at wholesale rates and for cash
Of all the articles they desire, the
plan of exchange proposed is believed
to be, since cooperation is ono of the under
lying principles Of the order. Prominent
Changers now in the city, especially those
from the South and West, are anxious to
have the proposition of the British co-ope-
ratOrs accepted, since they assert they could
sell their agricultural products to better ad-
vantage in tie European markets, and get
many articles of English manufacture at
cheaper rates than in this country.