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A<ia vvuilTAUUH Of UPLAND BICE.
Editor Aiken Journal and Review: ?
I take pleasuro in complying with tho request
of the Grconvillo Enterprise and
Mountaineer, republished in your paper,
nud in giving whatever information I can
to thoso who desire to plaut rice ou our
uplands:
Sekd.?Thcro nro two varietios of rico,
namoly, gold rico, which grows only with
water culturo, and white rico, which
may bo grown with either wet or dry
culturo.
Of tho latter I havo planted three distinct
sub-varieties, and thcro are, probably,
several others. Tho hardiest aud uiost productive
is u flat rico, known under several
aames?Quinoa, Gopher, Bull-head, &c.,
Ac. Owiog to the' peculiar form of the ?
grain, it is not adapted to the uiaohinery in
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uiuio, uuu me miners nave
found it to fco so troublesome to prepare for
market that thoy doclino to work it on toll.
This greatly diminishes its value as a mar- ,
ket crop.
Two years ago I bought seed from tbo
West Indies. The plant grows larger and
more luxuriantly than our native kinds, resists
drought and heat bettor, docs not fall |
I or lodge, is fairly productive, and the grain
of tho first quality. It is, however, pesu- j
liarly susccptiblo to the influcuco of cold, (
and liable to rot "in tho sprout," while it j
requires fully two wcoks longer to mature.
These aro objections which become very
serious wboro tho lands ato cold or tho sea- j
son short.
Tho third variety is the ordinaly white
rioo, commonly fouud in tho markets, and
familiar to all who havo had much to do j
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It is important that the planter should
get good seed; and what the rico planter (
means by good seed is simply sound, well
ripcucd seed, frco from mixturo with volunteer
rico. Voluuteer rice is red rice, and j
its prcsonco injures the market valuo ; but
worse thau that, it ripens sooner than the (
other rico, nud full, out, causiug iu this way |
often the loss of a considerable por centago
of tho crop.
Kinds of Soil.?Rico may bo grown, j
but will not fruit well, ou very light soils.
It prefers moist loams and the lighter clays, j
Tho soil along our rivers, crocks, and
branches?mud bottoms, marsh lands when 1
drained and not too much inclined to peat, .
auu aocoud lowlands, it" not too stiff?are (
well ndaptcd to it. It oau bo grown, nnd
sometimes with favorable seasons very successfully,
on high dry uplands of good quality,
but its culture thero is hardly to bo
.recommended.
Culture.?The culture is almost identical
with that of cotton. Pulverize the
ground well with the plough and harrow.?
When the time has come for planting, run
off shallow furrows with a light shovel
I dough, three and a half feet apart. If the
and is warm and dry, drop in the furrow
in hills eighteen inches apart, from ten to
fiftcon seed to tho hill, according to the
strength of the soil, and cover lightly. If
the land is cold or wet, throw up iu beds
tho samo as for cotton, and plant on the
bed. The after culture is With the side
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Marrow ana sweep ana tbo boo?just sufficient
to destroy weeds aud grass.
Tbere is no grain that tillers so much as
rice. I havo watched a hill this season t
which came up a single blade und now has
ninety-one stalks. It may be doubted, :
however, if it is dcsirablo to cucourago til- :
lering by thin pluuting. It seems proba- ?
ble that wheu enough seed arc used to pro- :
duce at once all tho stalks tho land should 1
bear, tho rice will head out and ripeu with v
more uniformity; and that is a matter of (
not a little importance.
llico may be planted in middlo South ^
Carolina as lato as the last week in May on j
cold lands, or as early as corn, than which <
it is little uioro subject to injury from '
frost, (after it has eomo up) whera the soil
is warm. ?
The critical period is whou it is in tho j
* sprout. Too much cold and moisturo at t
that timo will cause tho sprout to rot and j
destroy tho germ. I havo known seed to t
lie in the ground for a month, and, whon
they did not sprout, mako a good stand.? ?
Jiut if you find your seed have sprouted g
and the blade does cot appear in a few days, r
tho sooner you plant over the better. To j
avoid this difficulty, tho covoring should be j
.done very lightly. This is one of tho cs^ :
sciitiul points in planting, llico will not i
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vuuiu up won n covorcu ueop, anil ospoci- <
ally if the oarth is prossed upon it, differing j
curiously iu this respect from noarly all a
other seeds.
Tiib Yield.?Soveral yoars ago the i
Georgia State Fair gare a priso to a plan- r
tor ot Southwest Georgia for nn aero of rico f
which yielded ninety-thrco bushels. The (
laud was desoribod as pine land whioh had y
bocn cow-penned. I nave known an aver- ?
age of sixty-four bushols por acre gnthorod
froui twonty-ono acros. A noighbor claims
last year forty bushels from half an aore, )
and six hundred and thirty from thirteen g
acros. With tho exoeption of ono year. ;
whon, from excossivo heat and drought the f
orop was almost a oomplote failure, I have (
avoraged forty to forty-Gvo bushels, with a (
maximum on ono aero of sixty-six. In |
these last instance tho land planted was a
strong black loam, well adaptod to rico.
Exhaustion, Rotation, MAffunr,.? i
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It is often asked, "Is rice an exhaustive
crop ?" A personal cxpcrienco of ouly a
few years hardly authorizes cue to answer
this question positively. Unquestionably
rip", like many other plants, grows better
on land which has been resting, or after
other crops. Rotation with ploughed crops
performs a special pcrvico in cleaning the
land of "volunteer," which comes wherever
rico is planted continuously. On fresh
lands rice does excellently, and I have seen
respectable crops made on first yoar's new
ground, even before the largo trees had
died. On the other haud, I have very good
rico on land which has been planted in it
for three years ; and on a neighboring place
the seventh successive crop, in ns many
years, promiw^jvellj^in each ^astanco^no
if it bo a fnct, that guAno, tho phosphates,
and cotton seed, applied in the drill, after the
manner for cotton, do not benefit. Yet a
number or experiments which I havo made
Lhis year soctn to indicate it.
Paul F. Hammond.
Irish Girls op the Period.?In Dubliu
a young lady is educated for music or
matrimony?or both. She is a perpetual
piano player or a constant husband seeker.
L'hero aro no longer the "Bubv Blakes" or
the "Lady Gay Spankers" of yore; her follies
as to Bold sports are no more. The
Irish girl of the period abhors declamation
nbout "woman's rights." Sho generally
takes them?in a Plutonic way. Sho is
much more Irish than tho men, twice as
witty and tcu times as intriguing. These
girla tiavc an indescribable way of capturing
you (mentally at least) before you know
whero you are. They nro fine looking
rather than protty and commanding rather
than coquetish, yet they have their share of
ill that ubiquitous family. In point of cdulation
they are more glittering than the English
girls aud moro solid thau tho Ameri3an.
They dress too much?an excess of
fal-lals. Frills and lace, bog back and ribbons
abound about these girls, and their
ncrry laughter and soft soldor dash of
jrammachree ma cuslila sdrvo to make
hern intensely interesting, even at the rcsjcctful
distance they invariably keep you.
I'he typo of tho Irish girl, with her rosy
ind whito complexion, her largo blue eyes
md auburn hair, in her eighteenth year
s more of a child than an American girl of
hirtcon.
Tho Irish girl of tho period has one
wight star ever before her in the. hnntona
>f her hopes?a husband with a title. She
vould rather be poor Lady Splurge than
Htrvenu Mrs. Shady. Yet she is the nio9t
oving aud devoted of wives?when properly
vedded. The Irish girl loves to make a
loiso in the world?has a grand passion
or dash. She will leap soeial fivo bar
;ates and double stono walls to get the
ight man, while she would prefer to bo an
>ld, moping maid rather than be chuiucd
0 the wrong ono. She dislikes a tame
nan, and can control a wild ono. In tho
sourago of her opinions she excels both as
,o quality and quantity. She would rnth:r
rule in a certain dreadful pla:o below
hab serve in a better ono above.?Dublin
Cor. Baltimore Sun.
Some Curious Statistics.?Allowing
wo square feot to each person, the entire
>opulation of Boston could stand ou the
tublio garden, with a good deal of room to
pare. Tho entire population of tho United
States could stand on lioston proper (not
ncluding Brighton, Dorchester and West
toxbury.) The cntiro population of the
vorld (now estimated at 1,410,000.000)
:ould stand on the island of Martha's Vinerard,
or in tho spaco occupied by the towus
>r Boston, Brooklinc, Newton, Lccdham,
Dedhatn, Hyde l'nrk and Milton. The
>tato of Massachusetts would, in this way,
iccouimodato seventy times the present pop1
Infirm nf* ajAnIrl ? *
v. .?u nunu. jliiu ciitiru popuiaion
of tho world, plnficd side by sido, allowng
two feet to each person, would cnoirclo
ho earth twenty times. Tho States of
tIaine,Now Hampshire and Vermont, taken
ogether, aro as large as England. Any ono
if the States of Georgia, Illinois, Iowa and
lorth Carolina, is as largo as England. Kan*
a* is as large as England nud Scotland together.
Ireland is about the sizo of Maine,
franco is more than twice 09 large as Eugand,
Wales and Scotland together. Texas
s 35 times as largo as Massachusetts, or as
argo as Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
dassachusotts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
'low York, Now Jersoy, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, Ohio and Indiana combined.
Tho entire population of tho United
States could be provided for in the Stato of
Texas, allowing each man,.woman and child
bur aorcB of laud. Tho entire population
>f the world oould bo provided for in tho
Jnited States allowiug each person odo and
i half acres of land.?Boston Transcript.
As his life was nearly the end, Dr. Wilintn
James, of Albany, said "No young
prl evjr felt a more delightful fluttering
n the prospect of a European tour than I
eel in tho prospect of soon sooing tho land
if nover withering flowers, and of seeing
3hri?t, and of honring Ilim, and being
mown by llim."
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Did tho man who "shot nt mnilnm" t.s?
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English Farmers for the Booth.
Why it it that they go to Texas Intttad of Coming
to South Carolina 1?The Importance of Lcgitlative
Action. .
To the Editor of the News and Courier;
I have read with much interest tho valuable
paper in your issue of this date, under
tho tiile '-From England to Texas,"
and also your editorial comments thoreon,
in which you ask, "Why is it thnt Texas
gets these peoplo and South Carolina does
not ?" The ajiswor to this iuquiry is oasy.
It will bo remembered that at the last scs[
sion of tho South Caroliua Legislature several
propositions were submitted, having
for their objuet the introduction of just
such a class of immigrants ag have taken
up thru- residence in tho State of^ Texas.
and (or publishing such statistics as would
furnish information in relation to tho value
of the lauds in South Carolina, with the
dissemination of such other matter as would
prove of iuterest to thoso who might be
desirous of making their abode in this
State. Other papers were placed beforo
tho Legislature, looking to this desirable
movement, in which it was urged that
agents should be employed to canvass for
emigrants. Argument, pro and con, was
heard, but a do-nothing policy prevailed;
and, in the face of every exertion that has
been put forward by our sister Southern
States to invito immigration to their several
States, South Carolina has failed to enact
suitable laws to meet the necessities of her
ease.
In the expression of views on tho floor
of tho House at the last session of tho Legislature,
it was urged by several members
that a certain class of immigrants would
couic to South Carolina, composed of worthless
tramps; while, on the other hand, it
was shown by thoso who favored measures
having for their object the introduction of
useful citizens, that the State would bo
materially benefited thereby. South Carolina
fccliug, as she docs, the necessity of
nu additional increase of population by
by means of immigration, nevertheless fails
to adopt provisions thit would add materially
to the wealth aud benefit of her people
generally, and allows .the opportunity to
pass, while those of our neighboring States
use 6uch means for tho iucrcasc of their '
orosneritv. that, mnnni. f?it nf ?lm ???? "
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mcnt of the objects aimed at.
It will not auswer merely to appoiut 1
agents rho remain at home, and expect
measures to be perfected that require their
immediate presence. Emigration agents,
from other States, visit tho fields of their 1
enterprise, nud superintend, in person, the
business with which they are entrusted.?
Several Southern States havo pcrfocted
methods for meeting tho demands of the
occasion, thereby establishing diruct com- 1
uiunicutiou between the parties interested
in the accomplishment of the purposes for !
which they have been selected. They do 1
not wait to bo sought, but apply themselves 1
to seekiug out such persons ns desire to
cast their lot with tho State of which they
nro the immediate representatives : and unless
South Carolina is prepared to do likewise,
argument, submitted, from a distance,
will not encompass the desired ends, and
can but oventuato in a loss of time and tho
wasting of all means.
Our publio men must adopt such mothods
us will meet t he demands of the moment,
and there will be found thousands who will
ombracc tl/c opportunities when properly
i -t 1 o i
nuumuiiu mereuy ooum Carolina will
attain all that may bo desired through the
channel of immigration. Much has been
snid and volumes written in relation to this
important subject, but thcro remains the
necessity for proper enactments, without tlio
aid of which no successful movement can
be made.
In brief, then, at the approaching session
of our Stnto Legislature, let those en- '
trusted with tho creation of all measures 1
of public benefit review the several propositions
which have been submitted, and
thereby adopt a lino of policy that will
satisfy the demands of the times; and it
cannot tor a moment bo doubted that suoh
laws could bo enacted as would command the
consideration of the olass of pe>plo whom
it is desired to reach ; and let men of rolia- 1
bility be entrusted with agencies among
the parties whom wo desire to interest in
this behalf, and then it will bo seen how
South Carolinu (in connection with Texas.
Georgia, Virginia and North Carolina) can
reap a portiou of the immigration which
we so much desiro, and which can be obtained,
if tho "right men aro in tho right
places." This dono. and tho remainder
will be oasy of aooompli&hinent.?A. Y. Z
in News and Courier.
A scoptio, who was badgering a simpleminded
old man about the miracle of Balaam's
ass, finally said : "How is itpossi
ble for an ass to talk like a man ?" "Well,"
repliod thft honest old boliovor, with meaning
omphasis, "I don't see why it ain'toasy
for an ass to talk liko a man as it is for
a mam to talk liko an ass."
"Green street 1" called out tho conduc
tor. "Grocn'a treat, eh?" ojaoulnted an
inebriated individual in tho eornor of tho
car. "All right, (hie) just's lievo drink
off of Green (hic'a) any other man."
The Game Law.?For the iuforuiation
of sportsmen wo print the provisions of the
law now in force as to the seasons of the year
when it is lawful to huut deer, aud partridges
and other birds.
Deer.?Tho oennral ntnfntna I
went into effect tho 10th of February, 1872,
prohibits the killing of any doc or fawn botwecn
the 1st of January aud the last of
July,andthckiIliugofauy buck between the
first day of September and the last Friday
of October, and between the 1st of March
and tho last of April, under a penalty of
S10 for each offense.
Another section of tho general statutes
provides a penalty of ?25 for killing docs
between tho 1st of March and tho 1st of
September.
' ny tho general statutes it is also made
unlawful for any person to kill any deer in
the night tiuic at any season, except in his
uytii wucioseu grounds, under a penalty of
$20.
lly the net of March 12, 1872, it is made
unlawful to kill any deer, or worry them
with dogs or otherwise with the intention
of destroying them, between the first day
of January and the first of September in
any year, uudcr pain of a fine of $20, or
imprisonment for twenty days.
The net of February 27, 1873, amends
the act of March 12, 1872, by substituting
"August" for "September."
As fhere is no provision in either of tho
two last nets expressly repealing any of
the provisions of the general statutes alluded
to, it would seem that they arc all in
forco except those which nro supplied by
the two subsequent acts. Our conclusion
is that uudcr all these acts the law at present
is ns follows:
Froui January 1 to August 1 all deer
avc protected.
From August 1 to September 1 does are
protected.
Froui September 1 to the last Friday in
October bucks arc protected.
Birds.?As to birds, the act of March
12, 1872, amended by the act of February
27, 1873, makes it unlawful to catch, kill
or injure, or to pursue with such intent nr
to sell or expose for sale, any wild turkey,
partridge, dove, woodcock,suipe or pheasant
bctwccu the 15th of April and the 15th of
October, under penalty of a Gnc of 810, or
imprisonment for ten days ; and if the fine
is imposed one-half shall go to the informer,
and the other half to the school fund of tho
county.
The Tie That Hinds Brave men.?
Cleveland, O., September 21.?Editors
Constitution : Enclosed piease find draft
for 825, which I wish to coutributc to the
fund which I learn from the papers is being
raised for the benefit of the ten orphaned
children of General Hood.
Permit me to say that I am a Republican,
with all that the name implies?a radical
of the "stalwart" sort, if you please,
and. during the war, I was one of those
terrible "yanks." While in General Hood's
front, at Chickamauga, ono of his "johunics"
sent a bullet through a portion of my
i?j>u6 luu uu. iuu biien lor tnree
months, though ho failed to do the lusincsB
for me ns thoroughly as ho intended, for I
rejoiucd try regiment and remained in tho
field until the curtain fell upon tho last act
in the drama at Appomattox. I mention
these facts to afford me the opportunity to
say that, barring our political differences,
wo are a good deal aliko. North and South.
Even at tbis distance there is no heart untouched
by the spectacle of tboso helpless
little ones, bereft of both father aud mother
by the awful scourge.
A thousand times my memory has recalled
au incident of tho battle of Peachtree
Creek. July 20th, 1864. After tho
fighting had ceased in our front, the field
being in our possession, our efforts were
directed to caring for tho wounded of both
sides. Among thoso brought in was a
place boy, scarcely moro thau sixteen, belonging
to a Georgia regiment, very badly
wounded in tho thigh.' As wo laid him
upon a blanket in the shado of a tree, aud
gave him water from our canteens and
bread from our haversacks, he looked into
our faces, his eyes filling with tears and he
Baid : "Why, they told us you killed all
you took prisonors."
I was a member of the fourth corps, and
it was our fortune to meet Genoral Hood
on many hard-fought fields during tho latter
part of tho Atlanta campaign, and a
little later at Franklin and Nashvillo. We
all honor and ndmiro a brave soldier, and
such wcro tho feelings inspired by the valor
of General Hood, and his heroio endeavors
to rotrievo tho fortunes of his army and its
cause. I beg your acceptance of this trifle
ns an offering laid upon the altar of common
humanity.?Atlanta Constitution.
" What was tho causo of your father's
death 1" tho olergyman asked Thompson
at tho lost sociable. "Asthma," unblushingly
answered Thompson; "ho foolishly went up
an elovation, and got so high ho oouldn't catch
his breath." Now the fact was tho older
Thompson was hanged, but tho olorgyman
did not know that, so ho juBt said, "Ah!"
with ft n'tfuinrr onnnr*f *?'! s-lL-J 1 I
_ f-J (, xvwuv, IIIIU HIUII WlliVU JK)Iitios.
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It is reported that tho Indians in Florida
turn niunbcr only <100.
DEFERRED HEW8> ITEMS.
A Nkw Story By a Laky op Savannah.?
The Savannah Weekly Netc* of October 4th will
contain the first chapters of a story of thrilling
interest, entitled Anabkl's Secret, by Mrs. J.
O. Branch.
>Vo desire not to anticipate the ploosure which
the readers of the Weekly Neiot will derive from
the perusal of this charming story, and therefore
will not speak of it here further than to say
that in the management of an original and intensely
interesting plot, not less than in her powora
of description, her lifc-liko delineations of character,
and the pure moral tone of lier reflections,
the accomplished author gives assurance that
sho inherits the genius of her gifted mother,
Mrs. Caroline Lee Hcntz, whose works of fiction
havo been so universally admired and still rank
among tho most popular American books of
their class. "Anabel's Secret" is devclpcd in
California, of which State the author was at ono
time a resident, and her vivid descriptions of
some of the most wouicrful scenery of that picturcsquo
region arc among the striking features
of the story.
The new serial will run through some eight
or ten numbers of the Weekly. Subscribers
who desire to have the story complete should
sand in llmii- '
- ? ...... auugviipuvus iii ui1cc.
Subscription $2 a year. $1 for six months.
Money enn bo scut by Money Order, Registered
Letter or Express, at our risk.
J. II. ESTILL,
Savannah, Ga.
Ciiari.es Francis Adams's Goldkn 'Wedding-.
?The fiftieth marriage anniversary of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Francis Adams occurred AtQuincy,
Mass., en Wednesday lost. It is an interesting
and very unusual fact that three golden weddings
of successive generations of the same family
should have been observed in the same house.
Thnt of President John Adams and his wife was
celebrated on the 25th of October, 1814. That
of their son, President John Quincy Adams,
and his wife wns celebrated on the 2Gth of July,
1847. The third has just taken place. It will
be noticed that the intervals between these occasions
wero respectively thirty-three and thirty-two
years?almost exactly the lifetime of a
generation. At the time of their golden weddings
President John Adams was 79, and President
J. Q. Adams had just entered his eightieth
year. Mr. C. F. Adams is 72.
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Qckkn Victoria's Crown.?The following is
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.. . a? ui itiv juvYvia coaiainea in the crown of.
England :
20 diamonds round the circle, worth...$150,000
2 large centre diamonds 20,000
54 smaller diamonds at the angle 600
25 diamonds composing 4 crosses CO,000
4 largo diamonds on tho top of the
crosses 200,00012
diamonds contained in fleurs-de-lis. 50,000
18 smaller diamonds in the same 10,000
l'earls and smaller diamonds on
arches and crosses 50,000
141 other small diamonds 2,500
2G diamonds in tho upper cross 15,000
2 circles of pearls about the rim 1.5C0
It contains a total of upward of three thousand
precious stones of various sizes, ranging in
value from about two to ten thousand pounds,
giving a total of $559,500 for these alone, without
taking into account tho gold in which they
arc set.
T11r. Cnani.eston Citadkl.?An officer wits
sent by the .Secretary of War to Charleston with
orders to turn over the Citadel to Gen. Jlagood,
Col. C. I. Walker, and Moj. II. S, Thompson,
"to be held for safe-keeping and use as a place
of Education, subject to the future action of
Congress in ratifying, or the reverse, the relinquishment
of possession, and free of all claim for
rent, uee and occupation, by the General Government,"
and with the further agreement to surrender
the building at any time upon demand',
of the War Department,"
These trustees do not feel at liberty to accept
the trust, inasmuch as they arc not authorized
by the State to act in this matter, ami n.?v
not desire to waive any right the State may hav*
for rent while in possession of the U. S Government.
The Citadel is now unoccupied and
unguarded.? Car Spartan.
As Ci.rar as Mud.?"What does l'2mo mean?"
asked a pupil of her teacher, a few days since.
"Twelve mo? Why, don't you know what that,
means? It means the i&nio as d&weowly.?
Haven't you seen it in advertisements in tho
newspapers ?"
Now, ean any one, not connected withn Daily
or Weekly newspaper, tell us what d&weowly.
means? Here's a chance for some one U> gat
into the secrets of a newspaper office. The one
who solves tho mystery can apply for a position
on the editorial staff of his county paper. [Ed.
Timks.]
The Anderson Intelligtncer says : "The suit of
clothes worn by General Washington when ha
surrendered to the American Congress his com
mission as commander-in chief of the American
armies at the olose of tho revolutionary war,,
and which can now be seen in the Patent Office
at Washington, was mado in Charleston, 8. C.?,
by a Mr. John McFall, an Englishman tailor,
and the grandfather of our townsman, Dr. J.T.
McFall. This bit of history is authentic."
Important to Teachers.?Among the proceedings
of the State Board of Examiners at
their recent meeting in Columbia, the following
resolution was passed, :
Jieiolved, That any County Board of Examiners
may, in its discretion, recognize certificates
of qualification granted in other counties as evidence
of qualification to teach in the public
schools, without subjecting the holders of said,
certificates to another examination.
mi rxooD or I-'obbion Gold.?New York,.
September 10.?The steamship Algeria, from,
Liverpool, yesterday, brought $ 1,660,*200, and
the St. Laurent, from Havre, 1,690,000 in speeiev
The steamship Welland, from Hamburg, this
morning brought $1,290,000 in French and
German gold coin. The steamship Weter,
from Bremen, brought $460,000 in foreign coin
and bars.
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ino cotton orop of the United States as made
np at the New York Cotton Exchange for the year
from Septmeber 1, 1878, to August 81,1878, wns
five million and soventy four thousand one hundred
and fifty-five (5,074,166) bales.
How Btrnngo it in t^nt hot words should
produce a coolness