The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-10

iditions GOOD, and on the whole better thnIl
last wear hut the plant Is smaller and ten to
fpt1Ttaay1 tlaVs latsr. number OF complaints
| are made OF cold nights In the early Dor ton
| Of June, impeding the growth OF the plant.
| The weather Ia complained Of as having been
| too dry. -.
| Arhansas -4Onr report I'd made up from
| sixty-nire replies from tN enty-seyen cotitl-
| Ties, average date June 30 The weather dali
| ring the month OF June has been with but
few exceptionsl very dry, with cool nights
| and, In comparison with same ttne last year.
decidedly more favorable for the cultivation
Of the crop. owing to the excessive rains ~
same time last year. There has been slight
decrease til acreage since our last report IN
some localities, owing to excessive drtuth
The stands are reported good: the plant is
small. but blooming and forming we'll. The
present condition ct the crop Ia Glenn and free
from grass and weeds, and Is more favorable
than ut this period last year. Rain rs very
much needed throughout the State, many r.
porting no rains from six TO eight weeks. The
crop ~ from ten To fourteen days later.
Vim. A. GWyn, chairman: J.. f.. Bsrge
Chris. Chaffa, IT,, w. II. Howcott, A. q. Ober,
Of COMMITTEES on information and statistics.
There was 81, $4,000 OF gold drawn out Of
the treasury between June | and June Il,
against s4Do,u 900 drawn out Ill the five months
before. This gold was drawn for export. But
the gold receipts Of the treasury In the
same. period have been heavy, and there Is
more now In the sub-treasury vaults than
there was on january 1, 60 that resumption
has strengthened instead Of weakening the
specie resources of the government. The I'M
ports Of specie ut New York up to June IA
since January have been $4,77a,4ts, against
$12, 723.t 1873 for same period last year, and an
averageof about VA. 100000 for the same period
In fhEf eify1Yf Mt
the present year may bs assumed to be entire
" normal. The exports of specie from New
York between january and June ID have
been s10, TAT ,43a against ss,552s07 for same
period last year, and an average Of about
$2s 900, 600 for the same period for eight years
previous to this Resumption has thus re-
suited IN anything else but @ drain Of specie.
nor Is 1t likely that aehange IN the balance Of
trade, such by ID indicated by the reduction of
the line OF exports and the Increase IN i'm
ports, will cause drain Of gold unless this
change should BE- accompanied with Il decline
In the price Of United States bonds, of which
there Is no present likelihood.
We find In the Cincinnati Enquirer q full
telegraphic synopsis OF the long talked OF and
eagerly sought for report OF Congressman
Glover, concerning thefrauds committed Upon
the United States TREASURY, printed in the
New York Star Of the sixth instant. The fol-
lowing excerpt from this document possesses
local interest:
In 1862 Congress provided for treasury spe-
Cial agents collecting captured and abandoned
property at the South, and for turning into
the treasury the proceeds Ut such property, to
be returned to the owners on proof before the
Court OF Claims oil ownership and freedom
from completely with the rebellion. Under
this act 10000 bales of cotton we're collected
and sold. the proeeeds being, as nearly Us
could be ascertained, sac. 100000. Of this. 3d.
$40, 7a7 were eaten up In Expenses leaving
over S27,OUo,O0O. OF this, s9.545, 900 have been
returned to owners under Judgments Of the
Court OF Claims, 81 .G23,o0D by The Secretary
Of the Treasury. s2g2,p00 under special nets Ut
Congress, and $1ss00o under act Of May is,
1s72-in all, s11 G4s,O0B. This should leave on
hand over sl5.5oU.000. but the report Of the
Secretary Of the Treasury shows but about
$g, OOo, 600 on hand. What has become of the
other $780, 900 the COMMITTEES could not learn.
This great raid and seizure IL 175,D0o bales
Of cotton, however, Wfts not the whole spolia-
tion. Contrary to law thousands and thou
sands Of baIes were seized by qnartermasters
and other tlrmy officers aud sold, the pro-
cseds never reaching the Treasury. In one
year MAY. 1863, to May, 1864 the chief quar-
termaster st New Orleans. Col y. B. Hola-
bird. received t2.77g bales, worth at least
yGb It BDly Acknowledgment o954,BUb
net proceeds, and states that this sum was
spent for army purposes by order of Gen.
Banks.
Also, contrary to law, Admiral Porter,
while patroling the Mississippi and Its tribu
taries, seized large amounts Of cotton on land
and shipped 1t to Cairo as maritime prize Of
war. The Supreme Court has decided TINT
this cotton was unIawfuIly taken by Porter,
yet the treasury refuses to return the money
to the owners.
When the Committee on the Treasury
called Ia 1916 for the production Of the original
records OF cotton seizures, Il Cabinet meeting
was held and an Executive order was issued
books and papers before committees Of Con-
gress.
FREE QUININE AND IT'S EFFECTS Is
limited now, upon reasonably good authority,
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