The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-07-17

Night Associated Press Roportl
John Nichols, of Raleigh, North
Carolina, is here, strongly recon
mended as collector ofthe sixth North
North Carolina district. Both he and
the present incumbent are republic
cans.
Colonel Young claims, under the
civil service regulations, MIR. Nichols
friends push him under the present
rule, that eight years tenure does not
give the holder 4 right to continuance.
General =. Is. Hawkins will accept the
place on condition that Colonel Young
resign. This il an extraordinary con-
test, as no one OF the asplrants charges
the other with rascality.
Appointments-John A. Boush, APP
praiser of merchandise, New York.
Lieutenant w. $. Simmons has been
promoted captain OF the revenue ma
rine service, vice Pease resigned.
The following from the Star will
elicit some authorized statements A
delegation of Alabamians, composed
of Messrs. Reed, Pelham, Harris and
Knox, called at the white house this
morning. They have been in the city
a good while. They claim to be rep
resentatives of the republican party in
the state, and on that issue seek to OBJ
tain the offices in preference to the
carpetA baggers.
a million young shad are euroute
for the Chattahoochie river in Georgia.
Fifty thousand will skirmish from CO.
iumbus.
General b. +. Butler bought $780,
0O0 four per cent bonds for the Ma
tional Soldiers and Sailors Home, Of
which he Is president. The home sub.
scriptions TO the bonds, at par, which
closed to-day, aggregate $4,000, O00
Acting Secretary Mccormick, issued
a call for ten millions of bonds, dated
July /, 1865, interest ceases on the 10th
OF October.
], Ii. Pierce, marshal OF the north
ern district of Mississippi, resigned, to
take effect on the 3lst of July. Resig>
nation accepted.
Mr.. Lake, marshal for the southern
district, will forward his resignation to
obllge the president but not now. Sec.
rotary McGreary has returned.
The July returns OF the condition of
the cotton, rs received by tho depart
ment OF agriculture, cover an area of
three hundred and sixty-one. counties,
producing x.tenths of the cotton OF
the United States. Thirty.aye coun'
ties OF Georgia are represented. The
average cond' ton of the whole area is
ninety-three and fourteenth per cent,
four per cent. less than the average for
1876, but better than the condition for
1874 or 1873. Only Louisiana gives a
higher average than In July OF last
year. The state average Is rs fol-
lows: North Carolina IS; South Caro-
lima 81; Georgia %; Florida 05; Alsba-
ma %; Mississippi SO; louisiana lO2;
Texas 81; Arkansas 81 Tennessee
gG. The crop Is from one
to two weeks late In the more
northern belt. The nights hive been
too cold, and In many sections
an excess Of rain has retarded cul'
tiyalion, rendering the fields grassy
and the plant uuthriity. Rains have
been general aud long continued In
Texas, but fine weather Is producing Il
rapid improvement BY an overflow
Of Arkansas river sixty thousand acres
of cotton were drowned out The
lowlands in tennessee have been very
dcstructively inundated. While the
losses have been mainly from rains,
there were some localities east Of the
Mississippi river that have suffered
from drouth. Insects, as yet, have
done little damage. The cut worm IL
reported troublesome In Florida, and
lice abundant wherever the plant has
become unthrifty from cold nights and
excessive moisture. Grass worms are
doing some damage, mainly in Texas.
The cotton caterpillar il reported In
Hafkin, Ataskosa, Brazoria, Uvalde,
Jasper and Victoria, 10 Texas. Cotton
blooms In the CULTS states were reported