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British Gold Under the Waves
. Century Being Searched
for by Divers.
Condition of the Crops as Reported by
Correspondents Of the Chicago
Farmers Review.
Several Bills Of Importance to the
Cattle Industry Passed by the
Senate---EIectric Sparks.


NEW fonK. jum@ i1
Tue steamer Rescue, with crew Of
twenty Ave men aboard. steamed out Of
stspiston, Staten Island, on its way TO
Cape Hsnlopen TO search Tor $i0, 0,0oa, 900
which Ii supposed TO be buried In the
hold OF the sunksn Britlsh sioop Of var
DsbrAaA. The Dshrssh wss seat 20 the
bottom BY squssl on May rs, I7ss. A
few Of the crsw escaped and their declare
ti0n which has been handed down 10 pos
terfsy IL the foundation on which the gold
hunters have built their faith. Capt. De-
marset. of the Rescue, worked two months
last summer 10 discover the wrscksd vessel.
Aithough he didnt fnd tbs sunken vessel,
Ne found ocular evidence. he thinks that
shs wss sround there some
who're. The DshrAah vas proceed
ing to join the British West India squad
ron to take part In the var against Spain,
and she had picked mp Spanish vessel
and the gold on her way. The English
government has wanted 20 search for the
fortune on several occasions, bat the
United States has always claimed IL, be-
cause il is supposed to be reclining upon
American sand. In 1880 Uncle Sam con-
traetsd with The International Sub Marine
company OF New Haven, giving II the en-
elusive right TO carry on the search and
that concern secured the services Of the
Ocean Wrscking company Of Philadal-
phia aud the American Wsecking company
OF Philadelphia, and the Merritt Wreck
ing company Of New York TO do the work.
A small feet OF vessels viii be anchored
on the cape In . fortnight or more, and
many divers win be walking the bottom Of
the sea.
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CROP PROSPECTS.


Condemnation Of Reports Received by the
Chicago Fsrmerx Rsvfsw.
cnncAoo. Juns 10.
The following report will appear In this
wesk's Fnrmsrs Rsusem; Correspondents
scattered throughout Hiincis. Indians and
Ohio report that the soil generally 10 hard
and cloddy. Corn and oats are not thriv-
ing az they shouid. In Ohio. the condi-
tion OF wheat has visibiy improved. No
particular change In Indiana. Illinois re-
ports show q decline OF several points.
This is in part due TO injury by insects.
The Hessian fy has damaged wheat In
Christian county 76 per cent; In Fulton
county, SO TO 10 per cent: Mason and
Pulaski counties. 10 per cent; fields In
Madison county are said TO be full of the
hy."
In Jackson, Jersey and Washington
,eountiss, oats are said to be severely dam
aged BY the grain plant louise. In Indiana,
the grain plant louise has bean working on
wheat and oats In Crawford and Knox
counties and the latter crop lie said to b
greatly damaged. Rains continue Ia
Michigan and Wisconsin. Corn is late
and some farmers have been Obliged 10 re-
plant, ewing 10 rotting Of the seed, Dui
present conditions are favorable 10 growth,
Oats are in ane condition. The condition
Of wheat hss improved ssnce last report.
III sonls OF the counties Of Missouri and
| Kansas lossl rains have fallen sufficient fol
the present need OF tho crops but In many
parts of these states oats, wheat and corn
are suffering for raiA. Reports show .
marked decline In tbs condition of wheat
and the average condition Of oats 10 very
Low. In Barry and 80. Charles counties,
| No., oats have been seriously injured by
the grain plant louse.
| In Nebraska corn conditions are much
| the same AZ in Kansas. Where local show
ers have fallen. as has been the case In
many parts Of the state. corn Ia thriving
Ii is too late, however, 20 repair the dam
ace which the oat crop has sustained b,
/ the prolonged drouth:
In Iowa crop conditions are promising
cut worms are doing considerable dAmags
| 90 corn.
In Minnssota. also, crop conditions an
4 favorable.
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b&ouM NkU Asv@ ntouMs
Sioux CErr. June Is.
Hogs -Essamassd sssssDts. 1850; ofacaal
yssssrd.y sL shspm.s,s.s p.,. o. a. sszkss sssS y: 3
Quotations: Light, sa-sogaOi mixed and
heavy, &065&}8.3zs4.
,.s.s = ssss.as s:s.gs. Y sss.: ss si s ,: .s
ss.sos a.: msdism % 5000. ss;ssess fssd,
..s. shoass 90 e looo posnds. ssassss. y: me
es.oegsss medium 70 good. - 7osss.oo :lnfsEieE.
81 - ss ,sssss seoas 70 ss.ss,aa
ines sa0oaa ara; balla. choice. o. asdDa 30; eom-
mon. y, i,gsasas; veal calves poor 20 shoaes'
south omahm Iave ssses.
sourn 0MkmA. June Is.
Hoss KatlmAasa rsesipts. s.sa0; osioiai ysa.
tesdny, A. 49, Shipments, ears. Narkat opensd
sssonEsr. ssliins = =: s:ss@ses -. -,
ysslsrd3y slo; shipznsEts. az cara. MARKET
steady quality fair.
Chis~ws EAvs saeek.
CH1cAeo. Jxns ID.
Hogs issosfpss. $4,000 Msxkst acsivs. arm
.nA hlxhss. Lght. ea7o84.os; hsswy packing
Il, ussxls'r I Rsaslpss. s,soo Markst weak but
ssss1y. Reeves, 3s6Sas6eo, sIocksrs and feeders
sa4o5sso rsxsa sseasss sasosAoo. stoeEera
~ shssp% ss %Rsssipss. @ sooo. MAsAss dall and
| wsAk Mutxons. eS.eo9s.o0.
CAseswo Prsxaaes.
| CmcAso, Suns fa.--S no u. ~, close.
\ Wnams~-Ffrm, aaah. ssas; Jnly. seSa.
| Corn-Firm eash. Va sSl@o July sssSe.
| 0s1s-Firm; cash and July, NAs.
Pssms TinesSy -Esr4 q .. .sgai.s&
A
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Ma.ns Rspahlieans.

AUGUSTA. Me-. June u.
The republican state convention met at
Augusta, Ne. Hon. Fradazick - Rnxaxsy
Of Houlton. was mede temporary chair
man. Gov. Burleieh was ronominated by
aociamation. The convention then took 9
recess pending the report Of the committee
ON resolutions.
The platform was unanimously adopted
st the afternoon session. II unrsssrysdly
Esnsws the adhesioa Of the republican
party OF Maine 10 ths principle OF prohibi-
ton Of the liquor trains and demands Of
eonersss the enactment Of such legislation
- shall enable each state to exercise full
consrol 'within its borders Of trafac In all
liquors, whether imported In original
packages OF Otherwise; favcrs policy
of protection, liberal pensions, free ballos
and free count; al measures for national
defense and the revival Of American COM
msrce; regulation of immigration TO pre-
vent the Introduction Of convict labor and
criminal classes; unreservsdIy commendz
the administration Of President Harrison
and pledges 20 Il its earnest and faithful
support; recognizes the magnificent con-
Test made by the republicans IN the house
Of representative Cor the riehfs Of ths
majority 10 transact tha business Of the
country under ths leadership Of Speaker
Reed, who has, by his courageous dis
charge Of duty, done honor to the stats
and great public service to the country.
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R. H. Wallace, Who Robbed His
Uncle OF $50, 600, Returned
With His Accomplice.
Remarkable Story Of His Downfall
and Flight The Prisoners Now
Under Indictment
Forger Bedslfs Far-Reaehing Crime
The Checks Forced Back Upon
the Indorsers



Young Robert II. Wallace and lgnatx
Batch Lovistz, who robbed WallAoe's un-
els and employer, John H. Wallace, pro-
prietor Of Waiiacs's MonshiB, OF e52, 600
in bonds sad hsd 10 HavanaA we're bronsht
back to-day by detectives and locked up.
Wallace tells remarkable story Of bis
downfall and fight with Lowietx. One
day last October Wallace said he met
Lowietx in--ths corridor Of the Stewart
building, whore the oiices Of Walsace's
MonfAIv ara, ana Lovistx asked him 10
cash $50 check for him. Wallace cashsd
the check. which was on the Wocnsockst
Silk Mill company, and wss
signed by n. w. Watts. Wallace sent
tbs check 10 the bank, and before he hsd
time 10 hear from there Loweitx asked him
TO cash similar chsck for S20o. Wallace
accommodated him. The next day tho
irst check came back 10 Wallace marked
worthless. Wallace says that when be
asked Loweifz to make good the checks
Lowiesz said hs had lot Of diamonds In .
pawn shop, and that II Wallace would ad-
vance the money to redeem the stones he
would sell them and more than repay Wal
lace. The latter says that he gave Lo~
weitz chsck for slice. LoweitE re-
asensa me uaAmohas anu sou = =
.asm. $50 pss aaa NOV Isesy -, 10y pa
sns Ssoo Nc haa AasAnosu niM oh sA's
DoKus ~ snsoAs -
Ansn i1o~isss saaa w nim - :.
pea, my BOY On. ! u goihs 70 s1e 800. =
making Dusansss ana ~ah 800 :. ~s :,
repay JON. "Sos ssys .has
mao no iaok. ~. soaA m aasn
.nins ON which hs Nsnou ~ 49,.
WailAce soaa him snas he coa'a ssss hlnl
no "oss cnscas' e 1ne nonss hsI -
oa1. 1nen waasce, a-o"assa sass, sno~ss .,s -
nn nln G no~ - oou'u s~'.a.e - 1ne', - =
s.'oov ws'honI osans lo.ha oa.. s so'1
Mses - snS~ - u.ols s~o oas1ss, 80
~ - sne $50. ~ -, - - :.
s~&A w sss..sa 80 s1s .s 80. s..ss.s..
loa SAso0 sru ~ a1 w,-sss..
ls~ans - ns I1ss so1ss1. - saas s..'- '-.'-ss
- 49, - s.s - !. !
- 'hssss - 'a' .ass - sf..r - = = !
~ aass sasa ~ asa 20 ' 1a-sss- r. - Aaa 49,,
"sa's ' ssa a s,.s -, =
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saaaanb asAa s1@e - T -
=.
'sa 11as. a. -. $3.50.
.va aass .ns - - = - - - - saaSs :
yoA sness s.a' .s - III,
..ssa Sw',.a - - 80 Asas.s 49, s -
~,
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BAD RAILROAD WRECK.

Hs Turns out Mot So serious, However, ss
First nsport@d.
CLEVELAND. June "a.
A passenger train ON the Connoton
Valley railroad wac run into BY a switch
engine ai tho crossing at Newburg. sub
urb, two miles from Cleveland. and six
persons were killed and twelve wounded.
later Reports.
Later reports FROM the railroad accident
say nobody was killed, but twelve or thir-
teen people we're injured. soms seriously.
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@*tF~~s%"
Captain Thomas Porter and Inspector
Frank Hitchcock, of the government
secret service st Chicago, arrested Jamss
Blaneo, alias Henry Hughes at his room
in the Peacock block, Rockford. Blanco
had been In the city since Last December,
and during that time has been engaged In
the manufacture OF spurious coin. The
oficers hare been on bis track some time
and when they forced an entrance into his
room the morning they found him 81 work.
The money made vas principally dimes
and % cent pieces, and they aro most per-
sect counterfeits. A half gallon JAR full
Of the spurious coin was found and con
fiscatsd, together with all his dies, etc. He
was taken 70 Chicago by the ofasess. II Il
not Thought that much Of the stun wa
put in circulation here, most Of II beins
sent Co confedermtss elsewhere.
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mis Fergea Chscks Forced HAck Upon ths
0rawsnsa fssdorsews.
Nxw YoMK 1uns m

mis Fergea Chscks Forced assck Upon the
Original Hssdorssws.
Nxw YoaK. june Is.
The suit of Barlow, shipmsn. Isarouque
4 Cheate against the Bank Of ma stsfs Of
Nsw York. to recover slee.o45.s0. ths
amount of the shscks frsudnisntly OBJ
tsinsd and endorsed by the fosgsr Bedsll
and paid BY the bank. has beer dseidsd In
thssr favor and against the hank by the
rsfsree. Hamilton w. Odell. Esq Bsdell,
who was tho confidential clerk OF the plain
tins, obtained their signature to ths checks
In question by representing that thsy were
Tor customers of the hrm or for parsons
borrowing money from their customers on
bonds and mortgages. The paysss OF ths
checks were In many cases fictitious
and imaginary. Bsdsli indorssd the
names of the payess ON the checks
And deposited them In other banks, Who
pleced the amounts to his credit and col
lectsd them from the Bank Of the State Of
New York. The pass-book OF the nrm VS.
repeatedly written mp, and three cheeks
we're charged ON IL with others, bat their
fraudulent indcrssment was not discovered
ttli several years afterwsrd. Tue nrm then
sued 10 have the amount Of the cheeks rs-
stored 10 their credit and 10 hold shs bank
liable for the same - " they had not been
pAsd. The Bank Of this State OF New YORK
will nov call upon the other banks froe'
which II resolved tins checks 10 make good
To amount, and thsss hanks will probably
assums the task of carrying the case TO th<
eonrt OF appeals.
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sprseksls Net woq " sAs rruss.

Pn1EkDnLrnTks June n.
The report thai Sugar King Hpsseksls
had been won over by the sugar srust by
rsason IL the lossss he had suffered while
ekrrysne on his stubborn Aehf against Il
has bssn denied Ia toto by CLAUS a.
bprsoksIs, ~. TIE report was pronounced
dsvire 10 farther ths sais af certificates.
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Mall nnmns g Trenlsle.

HAM FRANcxacos june Is.
Col. e. G. Foster, the special agent OF
the department Of justice, who has been
investigating the flibustering movement
10 capture Lower Cslifornia, says: The
flibustsring scheme is fully ss extensive
- reported. II may result In an increased
military force being placed along tbs Msxi-
can border, and especially ON the Pacific
coast, By ths United States government.
The rssult Of the Investigations viii NOT
cause any troubls between The United
States end MsxSco,"
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YnTLADKLPMaA. Juns u.
Miss Alice Goodail, pretty English
Girl, ON her way 10 DO married 20 one cf
her oounirymep In Chicago, was dying -
ans Ballimore 4 Ohio express relied into
Philadsiphia. She bad been taksn With a
severe hsmorrhage Of the lungs soon aftsr
lsAving New York, and DIR. Elliott who
cared for her. said shs could live oniy Q
few hours.
II havs autographed 10 tha young rnan In
Chieaeo 90 come on at once snd meet 10 In
Washington, said ths doctor. ~lf shs Il
still alive, viii have her removed 10 ne
hospitAl. But do not think she wiz sus-
viYe thst lsngsh of time.
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Another Mammoth Ran


NEW YoRE, June u.
Two tugs have left New York for st.
Johns, N. B., TO take in tow another mann
moth raft consigned 10 James ID, Lsary,
OF New York. Leary was the owner OK the
famous Joggins raft which broke away
from the steamer Miranda during storm
In December, 1887. The new raft b IN
seventeen cigar-shaped sections, each 100
feet long, twenty i've feet deep, and thirty
Ave feet wide. II viii be bound togsthei
with chains, making a:struciurs i,T0o test
long, and the sections will be dstaohable
10 lessen the danger Of the loss Of Tia
whole rafe In case Of accident. IL win take
between fifteen and eighteen days %
act the raft TO tbs city. The raft contains
a00, 600 feet more lumber than the Jogsin'
ruff carried.
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NAcTNR, VIA. june 10
A trial Of strength between two tugs over
the poasesaion of soow, valued as $2, Co.,
occurred In shs Racine harbor. The owner
Of the tug City Of Green BayJlsased the
scow sampson until next Decsmber. The
owner Of the scow akterward sold hsr 70
parties In Maniafse. The tng Williams
arrived from Manistee after tho scow. kni
the man who leased Il refused TO give n up.
The fwo tuRs made fast to the disputed
craft and started 20 pull for possession, bat
stopped before sithsr won. Legal talent
was engaged and ths new owners of the
scow carried their point.
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CTscENNkTIs june II
A special from Msysviile, KY, says: A
train ON tbs Chssapeake A. Ohio railroad
ran or - embankmsnt because Of o wash
ous. The snginssr. fireman and another
srsinman were killed.
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COLUMBUS. o.. June IL
The striking street car men at Columbus,
o., have accepted the proposition Of the
Consolidated street Car company, and
win return 10 work at compromisa scale
OF e1.70 Cor conductors and $I.6O for
drivers.
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BAToN RoueRs La, Juno ~.
w. 4. Crandall, chairman Of the demo-
cratic state central committee, wrote LETT
ter to State Senator Foster, leader Of the
anti lottery faction In the Legislature, sug-
gssting ~ means Of settling the lottery
question: and avoiding dissensions within
the party ranks that the state central COM
mittee be convened within ten days, and
that they order primary election through
out tbs stais, st which white people only
will Be allowed 20 participate. The said
election to bs held within thirty days, and
II majority voting - the primaries fAvol
the submission Of the lottery amendment
10 tbs people, the governor 20 cali . apscia
session Of the Legislature for that purpos'
within thirty days after said slestion
''You will, Of coarse, understand that In
order 10 carry out tho above suggestion
the cooperation Of the government viii b
necessary"
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MEMmA, n. - June ~
Frank WArrsn was shot and instantly
kilis6 ~ his l6-ysar old SON. while quarrel
lne with hts wife. Yonng Warren. who 10
: school Eoy, has been arrested. He b
vsry cool and poIlsatsd. bns Nays nothing.
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M1nskN hTAKxuM, ISA.s Jmnn -
Jose Carsxsco and Manuel Bssco. two
Msxican oowboyss hAd . singular and fatal
duel. They msa In the road, quaxrelled
about COW, and snds&vored 10 lasso saeh
other. Carssco lariAfsd his opponent by
the neck, dragged him FROM the saddle and
SET oIz II full speed. Basco VISA dragged
nearly mile. His mack waa bEoken.
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No Psrsicaimrs, Nut serious Disaster RS
powkes&s
I.HMAms. Juns ~.
Reports received here are 20 The effect
thss eycioas Swept over sibisy this
morning. destroying many buildings and
severely iniurine several people. The St.
Paul train dns hsrs this morning Is held
a siblsy.
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zhs Grew Rescued.

TsoEpon. Ju.e -.
The british steamer Wilmington has
rescued the crew Of the Swedish bark
Lena, from Ship Island April 70 tor
Grimsby, which was abandoned In mid
OCEAN Ia ! leaking condition.
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Mmw T0Mx mne Ia
The indictments against John Keenan,
and ex-Aldsrman Ssyiess charged with
having participated ID the Bs0adway rail-
road fsanchiss stsal, LA bssn dismissed.
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Evsalng Thslr just Taxes.

LANstN0s Mtcnes duMo h9
The suprems court Of Michigan has
granted Attorney General Huston an order
requiring the National Loan and Trust In
vestment company to show cause why IL
should continue to 10 q general banking
business. Ths last Legislature exacted q
ia~ exemPtiHg sAe stock ct eaiaains and
loan associations from taxation. Since
that time there have sprung up consid-
cradle number Of great corporations. with
capital ranging from 5000. 900 20 $5o,-
000. 600, and under the gene raj title Of
building and loan associations and the
protection Of this law they are doing
about everything that legally incorpor-
poratsd bank does except TO discount billa
of exchange. They accept money on de-
posit. loan ON real estate, Issue paid up
stock bearing interest, and, in fact, trans
act general banking business. The
question Of their kuthoritv 10 do this In 4
bag one, and great interest 10 felt in ths
test case begun against the National.
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Cesssa Crop Rspsrs.

s
WASHINGTON. june II.
The statistical returns for JnDe TO the
department Of agriculture show an in.
crease Of acreage In cotton In nearly every
stste. The area ~ compared with acreage
of 1859, IN reported In this preliminary in
vsstigation ss foliows: Virginia, 50; North
Ca1olina, i02; South Carolina, I03; GeCr-
eia, l02; Florida, ios; Alabama, l02; Mis-
nissippi, 102; Louisisna, %; Texas, LOO;
Axkansas, 30; Tennessee, 100, average, Io2:
average condition, ss.s. The psrcsntags
OF Virginia Ia 90; North Carolina, 80; South
Csr0lina, s7; Georgia, "a; Florida, 92; Ala
bans, %; Mississippi, 81; Louisiana, o.;
Taxes, 81; Arkansas, IS; Tennessee, 81.
Ths fair price prevailing with low prsess
for other products stimulates the extsn-
sion of planting. The ossraows I'm Ar-
ksnsas and Louisiana delayed planting In
those states and prevented the increase
which would otherwise have bean made.
There are locations where rsplanfing 70
perfect stands injured by cold nights is
NIL continued and viii be In extreme cases
TIL June 25. Stands are generally very
rood In the carolinas, with exceptions in
the Low areas, where frosss or cool nights
have destroyed plants. In tAs Mississippi
valley and In Texas heavy rains.
local foods and innndations have
oansed an unusual amount of re-
planting and on the Mississippi and
other great rivers delay Of planting until
the waters rscsde. In such cases ths seed
has been dropped In the mud and the
plants have appeared promptly, sometimes
within four days from planting. Exospt
ON the Atlantic coast the excess OF rains
has retarded ehopping out and cultivation,
leaving the crop somewhat grassy, though
recent fine weather has done much TO
secure clean cultivation. In more south-
srn iatitndss the plants are beginning 10
bloom. while Ga the entire breadth, AZ q
rule, the plants are healthy and growing
rMnidlv
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A Paradise for Negroes.

Henry M. Stanley says, ina letter
to Messrs. Fords, Howard & HUI
bert, praising their publication, aAn
Appeal to Pharaoh::" ,,i .3SSs
"There is space enough in ono s.
section Of the Upper Congo basin to
locate double the number Of the the
negroes of the United State without
disturbing a single tribe Of the
Aborigines now inhabiting It. IS2
refer to the immense Upper Congo
forest country, 100000 square miles
in extent, which is three times larger
than the Argentine Republic and
ono and a half times larger than the
entire German Empire, outrageous
forest land, wherein every unit Of
the 100000 negroes might become
the owner of nearly q quarter square
mile of land. Five acres Of this
planted in bananas and plantains
would furnish every soul with sutfi-
cient subsistence-foo and wine.
The remaining 27 acres Of his estate
would furnish him with timber, rub
Der, gums, dyestuffs for sale. There
are $50 days of rain throughout the Z
year. There is clear stream every
few hundred yards. In aday's Jour
ney we have crossed as many as
thirty-two streams. The climate is
healthy and e. liable, owing to the
imperyious forests, which protect
the land from chilly winds and
draughts. All my white officers
passed through the wide area safely.
Eight navigable rivers course through
it. Hills and ridges diversity the
scenery and give magnificent pros
poets. TO those negroes in tho
South accustomed 70 Arkansas, Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana it would be a
reminder Of their own plantations,
without swamps and the depressing
influences of cypress forest. Any
thing and everything might be grown.
in it, from the oranges, guayas, sugar
cane and cotton OF sub-tropical lands
to wheat Of California and rice of
South Carolina. If tho emigration
was prudently conceived and carried
out the glowing accounts sent home
by the first settlers would soon dissi-S
pate all fear and reluctance on the
part of the others" s5.S