Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-16

corn and tobacco for the year. The cotton
 reports show heavy decline in cotton, owing
 to the protracted drought which prevailed II
 all sections of the cotton belt. The condition
 as reported is 72, or decrease of Is per cent
 during August and, as compared with the re-
 turns for the corresponding date last year, IS
 per cent. less. These reports are from 33C
 counties in the cotton section and the num-
 ber is somewhat less than usual. The ave-
 rages are as follows: Corn-The general ave
 rage condition of the corn crop on Sept. l
 was 60, or r per cent. lower than that for the previous month and 31 per cent. lower than at the same time last year The cause for the falling off in almost every section of the country is the drought. New England has been less affected than any other section east of the Mississippi river, and the reports are an average of 90. In Wisconsin, Mime sota and in most of the territories there has been more reasonable weather, and the con. dition of the crops is better, but in all other sections the reports show the effects of an unusually dry season. From Illinois, Mis- souri and Kansas come reports of ravages by the chinch bug, added to the prevailing drought, and the injury to the crop prospect is shown by the State averages, which are 5s 42 and 55 respectively. Tobacco-The re- turns give very serious decline in prospect for the crop, being some 20 per cent less than they were month since, with the ex- ception of the States north of the Delaware river. In the West the universal complaint is of drought. Kentucky and Illinois each report only little more than half crop, and Tennessee and Missouri report less than two AL. .el- fa1I fo- the whole country is only 65, as compared with S5 last month and 94 for the core spending date of last year.
 Governor Colquitt, of Georgia, reports to Colonel Corbin that owing to the failure of the last Legislature to make suitable provi- sion for the representation of the State at Yorktown, it is probable that there will be no military present from Georgia. A bill mak- ing an appropriation for the purpose is pend- ing before the Legislature now in session, but, as expenditures of this character are claimed, in some quarters, to be in violation of the new State Constitution, it's passage is doubtful. Governor Colquitt and eight or ten members of his staff will attend the eel ebration in any event.
 Under date of July 29th, the United States commercial agent at Dusseldorf sends to the Department of State extracts from a careful ly prepared report of the Prussian Minister of Agriculture, by which it is shown that the wheat crop is fully 20 per cent. less than the average crop and is 25 per cent. less than the estimate in rye. The falling of is from 25 to 30 per cent. All other crops are short from 10 to 15 per cent. In hay the falling off is from to $, while the present prices, $24 per ton, are double last years of the same time.
 The Yorktown Centennial committee of the Senate had session to-day. Senator Johns ton and Hon. John Goode, president, were appointed committee to receive the French in New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Senators Bayard and Ransom, Congressman Hawley of Connecticut, Loring of Massachusetts, ex-Senator Randolph of New Jersey, were appointed a committee of for the District of Columbia. Trouble has risen as to who shall take Presi- lent Garield's place and deliver the address. MT. Blaine was requested by telegraph, but replied that all such matters were in the hands of the Attorney General.