The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, June 25, 1867, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
Tuesday Morning, June 25, 1867.*
Increase of Crime-KojUii Demorall.
EAtlon.
Newspaper editors havo better op?
portunities of noting, as well in
morals na in politics, tho movement s
therein, whether*progressive or retro?
grado. They constantly receive tho
records of passing events from every
quarter, thoir attention being moro
naturally concentrated to passing
events in their own country. They
cannot, therefore, shut their eyes to
the appalling fact that crime, in all
its most hideous forms, is rapidly
increasing throughout the laud, und
that unless tho religious teachers nro
moro zealous in their commissioned
work, and tho laws of the laud moro
strictly cuforcod and moro rigidly
administered, society will becomo
totally demoralized, the foundations
of law and ordor violently toru up,
and the teachings of tho Christian
religion utterly sot at naught and its
divine principios suporceded by
atheism, infidelity and anarchy. What
hope can there be for tho country in
any respect, if this threatened doom
overtakes her?
That wo aro not merely drawing on
imagination, or exaggerating tho im?
morality that is stalking through thc
land, seemingly unchocked hy that
conservator of the good ordor and
peace of society, the law, we give
some of the head lines under the
genoral caption of crime which we
find in a few exohanges beforo us.
The following heads are from tho
Chicago Tribune, but do not embrace
street brawls, murderous affrays,
burglaries, robberies, &c, which pre?
vail in that city:
A domestic woe-A husband disco?
vers his wife in the arms of a neigh?
bor-The seducer severely beaten.
A fiendish act-A respectable girl
decoyed in a boat on tho lako and
outraged.
Divorces-Judgments against tho
owners of houses of ill-fume.
Shocking outrage-A young girl
violated by her lover.
Terrible infanticide-Babo stran?
gled and thrown into a vault.
Probable murder-A man's skull
broken with a pick-axe.
A rovolting outrage-Attempted
rapo of a child by au old mun.
The story of a womau's wrongs
Alleged adultery.
Serious stabbiug affray.
And uow wo select indiscriminately :
Throe dead infants were found in
an ash barrel standing iu Laurens
,streot, New York, Tuesday night, by
the Eighth Ward police.
In a singlo nnmbor of tho New
York Sun, we fiud the following
headings:
A Methodist minister poisons his
wife.
Inhumanity in Indiana-A girl
ten years of ago tortured almost to
death.
Reported elopement of a Metho?
dist miuister with a girl of sixteen.
Alleged outrage by a conductor
A child thrown through a car window.
This does not embrace the local
record of crimes and outrages, num?
bering some dozen or so, in tho same
issue. Indued, were wo to collect
and publish the crimes wo find noted
in all our exchanges received iu a
singlo day, our readers would stand
aghast at tho fearful record. Not
only murders, burglaries and rob?
beries aro of daily occurrence, but
the chronicles teem with outrages
against female virtue. In somo of
tho largo cities, it is hardly possible
for a fomalo to go alone in tim.streets
without being insulted. lu Brook?
lyn, recently, n girl returning homo
was drugged into a grave-yard and
outraged hy sixteuu men. In New
York, a jO.mg lady's room, in u fa?
shionable street, was entered by tho
window, and, while asleep, she war.
stupoficd with chloroform and out?
raged. But it would bo revolting to
our readers to go through tho whole
calendar of crime, .^vhieh now lie be?
fore us in a single day's exchanges.
But what can tho chroniclers of the
press do in the inattor but expose
tho crimes and outrages? Their ori?
gin, it is true, is found in corrupt
human nature; but their aggravation
and increase is to bc surely attributed
to tho unfaithfulness of so-called
ministers of tho Gospel, who havo
run after strange gods-Mammon,
politics, agrarian lectures, womans'
rights, female, and negro suffrage,
and a host of idols-anything, in
short, but the fulfillment of their
t special mission-tho moral instruc?
tion of their Hocks, and tho salvation
of the soi :1a committed to their charge.
In addition to this, bribery and cor?
ruption closes the eyes of justice and
palsies tho arm which wields the
sword appointed to execute hor do
crees. Pardons, . commutations of
sentenoe and reprieves are marketable
articles, and add to the legitimate
incomes of corrnpt State executives;
and thus it goes on-unless tho Great
Ruler and Law-giver himself inter?
poses-uutil the country bc utterly
ruined, mid good government, law,
order, virtue and morality be com?
pletely overwhelmed by the wild,
fierce and furious passions of debased
humanity. No arm but His can ap?
parently avert the impending doom
which hangs over the poetized "hap?
py land."
Tltc Prospect?.
The National Intelligence)' has the
following cheering view o? the pros?
pects for tho country :
Tho unexpectedly favorable cha?
racter of the monthly statement nf
tho Treasury concerning tho public
debt has given increased confidence
to those who deemed our financial
condition very perilous. This coun?
try is, indeed, so full of resources,
and of so much elasticity and adapta?
bility in its industrial affairs, that it
ought not long to bo depressed. The
internal revenue for tho latter part
of May improved, and, though it
will not roach for somo mouths the
high average of tho past eleven
months of tho present fiscal year,
it will bo sufficient to meet tho ne?
cessary demands upon the Treasury
without a resort to loans, or to a fur?
ther issuo of currency.
But it is the prospect of good
crops of wheat nnd corn, ?ire., that
hus already inspired all classes with
new hopes of prosperity. The effect
of tho promised abundance of food
has already produced a declino in
breadstuffs, aud the monopolists who
held back their wheat for lower prices
in tho West ure now bringing it iuto
market at a dollar and a half a bush?
el, instead of two und a half, which
they could have obtained a few weeks
ago. An abundant supply of bread
stuffs will put in motiou the wheels
of commerce and manufactures,
and employment will be afforded for
labor and capital.
Tho next thing needful will be
legislative reform of our sysUnn of
taxation. It is capable of much im?
provement in the subject of taxation
and tho modes of collection.
Instead of including in the list
1,600 taxable articles, they may be
reduc?d to sixty, or even less. Thc
great object of British financiers, for
many years, has been to deviso a
I system by which the required reve?
nue would be raised with the least
possible burden to industry and pro?
ductions. They have so far effected
this purpose that tho tuxes are duly
collected from articles of luxury or
couvenience, leaving the necessaries
of life attainable at the lowest prices.
They select but a comparatively
small number of articles for internal
or custom duties. The same course
could be proceeded with to great ad?
vantage by our Cougress.
A groat impulse will bo given to
manufactures tho coming fall by a
plentiful supply of cheap food. If
Congress will reform tho tax systoni,
and net upon tho policy of leaving
production as little burdened as pos?
sible, instead of draining from it all
its vital power, there will be no occa?
sion for the demagogue's cry of re?
pudiation.
-.-*<?.?
THE STOKM IN CHARLESTON.-The
Charloston papen state that the
storm which visited that city on Sa?
turday last was tho most severo which
has beon known at this late dato for
fifty years. Trees were blown down
iu every direction; in fact, all the
fruit and ornamental trees throughout
the city have been damaged. Tho
grape vines suffered particularly, and
tho corn in the various garden lots
has been blown down almost without
exception. The tin roof of the new
custom house wes rolled up by the
wind and carried by it to thc corner
of Cumberland street, and the der?
ricks in front of tho custom house
were blown down, killing a cow in
their fall. A portion of tho roof of
the South Carolina Railroad freight
depot was rolled up, but secured and
fastened down before any damage
had been dono to the building or its
contents. A number of other build?
ings were moro or less damaged.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIUHNT.-Wo
learn that tho train which left Wil?
mington for Kingsville, on Saturday
night last, ran off the track near
Whitesville, and forty-four miles from
Wilmington. A culvert had been
washed away by tho late rains, nnd
tho eugine and leading cars were pre?
cipitated into tho wash. The engineer,
Henry Burkett, was instantly killed,
a man named ilarralson hud Iiis legs
cut off, and soveral passengers were
severely bruised,
Tho coroner's jury, on tho late
fatal duel in Charleston, returned s
verdict that Mr. Roe (who was killed)
was thc aggressor.
Immigration?
From a communication in tho
Charleston Mercury on the above
topic, wc extract the following sug?
gestions, which are worthy the atten?
tion of planters:
1. I would suggest that tho plant?
ers meet at their respective court
houses, ou the first Monday iu Au?
gust, or earlier, if practicable, and
discuss tho matter fully. At these
meetings, it would bo n good plan to
organize an executive committee, at
each court house, who shall be charged
with tho collectiug and forwarding to
General Wagoner all information
which they may deem important, and
that they bo authorized to receive
donations, or advertisements for sale,
of lands, and that they shall report
all such, enclosing accompanying pa?
pers, to tho commissioner, at Charles?
ton. The object is, to assist the com?
missioner in his duties, and not to
act independently.
2. I would suggest that the class of
immigrants whom wc aro likely to
obtain, and who are most desirable,
aro small farmers, of humble means
and humble position in the old world.
If any one expects them to pay enor?
mous prices for land, giving imme?
diate wealth to tho seller, tho sooner
such an one withdraws from tho cause,
the better will it bo for the cause
itself. The plan I now proposo will
enrich the present owner, in a few
years, to a far greater extent than to
kill tho gooso at once for tin; egg.
A has 1,000 acres of land. Let
him measure around his dwelling, iu
convenient shape, 833)j acres. This
is as much land as any of us can
again profitably keep. The balauce
I would divido into lots of eighty and
twenty acres-the first lot of eighty
and tho second of twenty ncres, and
so on until you exhaust the remain?
ing portion of your tract, taking caro
to keep the eighty aero lots next to
your present neighbor's laud. Tho
twenty acre lots 1 would give away to
immigrants, who will bind themselves
to live upon and improve thom. This
arrangement will enable you to settle
seven families upon your 1,000 acres,
leaving you a farm of 33o13 acres,
and 525 acres in lots for futuro sale
at a very advanced figure. Your im?
migrant's family will be growing up.
The twenty acre farm will soon be?
come too small, and ho will not only
be able but willing to pay you moro
for your lot of eighty acres adjoining
than you will ever be able otherwise
to realize from the whole. He will
be compelled to ditch your land, in
order to drain his own. Idle mem?
bers of his family can be employed I
by you, in and about your home- I
stead. These seven families will
build up respectable schools and
churches in your community, giviug
employment to the educated young
meu in our midst, adding to our
military and political strength, as
well as developing the vast resources
of our .State.
3. In refereucc to those who have
good locations, water, Ac, for mills,
factories and mechanic arts, it seems
practicable to sell, or lease them for
a number of years, in preference to
letting them remain unprofitable,
while tho State claims so urgently the
uso of every available means. Every
available locality near a navigable
stream, where health and thrift can
be secured aud trado carried on,
should be laid oil' in large lots of five
acres, where the family can till tho
soil, while the husband and father is
engageil in manufacturing shoes,
hats, Atc. I propose to bestow every
alternate lot to sonic hardy white
mechanic, who will bind himself to
remain upon and improve it. In a
few years, the remaining lots will
sell for a large advance, and more
than pay for tho one given away.
German mechanics aro accustomed
to these rural villages, and would
prefer them to the cramped localities
now composing tho most of our coun?
try villages. In like manner, tho
depots along our railroads, in high
and healthy localities, can, in many
instances, be converted to the pur?
pose of rural manufacturing villages.
.1. The-greatest obstacle in tho way
is tho fact, that a large number of
our people are expecting to substitute
foreigners for freedmen, thinking
thereby to carry on the immense
planting interests of the South as
heretofore, forgetting thal the induce?
ment to tho loreigner to leave his
native country is the hope of obtain?
ing a home tor his family in a country
where the avenues of wealth and
honor are opcu beforo him. His idea
is independence.
:>. Hut I suggest that thc 333Jj|
acres reserved by the proprietor from
every farm of 1.000 acres, properly
manured and cultivated, is amply !
sufiioieut for the employment of every \
freedman who will be in the State for
the next twenty years. Foreigners
settling upon the surplus lands will
in no way interfore with tho presen!
freed laborers, except as a stimuli;
to greater exertion to retain the con fi
dence of their employers and support '
themselves creditably. This they will i
then be compelled todo. As long as1
wo eau keep the freedmen in the cul- j
tivation of cotton, prudence and |
policy alike dictate the propriety of '
doing so, but unless wo can secure an '
imposing competition in the matter i
of labor, and a preponderating whito
inlluonco, tho horrors of Hayti and J
St. Domingo will palo into insignia-1
canee before what is in ?toro for UK.
Gen. John E. Millford, formerly !
com'missioner for tho exchange of
prisoners of war, has gone to reside j
iu Richmond.
Tit? Futuro of tile (Colored Popula?
tion.
Thc following interesting article is
from the New York Sun, a moderate
conservative and well conducted jour?
nal:
The growth of population is go?
verned by certain laws which make it
quito possible to form approximately
correct estimates as to tho future.
The last census of "tho United States,
taken in 18G0, showed tho population
at that time to bo 31,443,322. With
these statistics, and a knowledge of
the previous rato of increase, it may
safely be estimated that the popula?
tion nt tho present time is nbout
35,000,000. Supposing the same rate
of increase to continue, the popu?
lation in 1870 would bo 12,000,000; in
1830, 50,000,000; in 1S90, 77,000,000;
and in tho year 1000, there would be
within the territory of tho United
States about 100,000,000 inhabitants.
It is interesting, in this connection,
to note the difference between thc
rate of increase of tho white and of
thc negro populations. In the year
1700, the total number of colored per?
sons in the United States was 757,303;
and in 1800, it WAH about 1,000,000.
In the year 1830, it had increased to
2,323,000; and in 1800, it was return?
ed at 4,435,709. According to nil
estimates on this subject, the rate of
increase of the colored population
has been gradually diminishing, whilo
that of the white race lins been grow?
ing constantly greater, lt may be
assumed, on this ground, that tho
colored population in i\nM will be
only 9,491,459. liven this may be
regarded us a liberal estimate, and a
huge proportion of that number will
bo of mixed descent. Many new
cause? will operate against the multi?
plication of the colored race, in a
state of freedom, that did not affect
them as slaves.
Much improvement in the condi?
tion and intelligence of the colored
race will doubtless bo effected by en?
couraging their education, nud it is
highly proper that every reasonable
opportunity should be freely offered
to a people who have so long been
held iu bondage. It is an incontro?
vertible fact, however, that their ca?
pacity for improvement, as a race, is
limited. They will be likely to excel
in music and dancing, aud will pro?
gress greatly in :etshetics; but no
sophistry or partial reasoning can
make it appear that culturo alone is
necessary to bring them up to the
standard of the Anglo-Saxon race.
Such an argument may answer ver?
weil for philanthropic purposes, but
it has nothing to do with the indis?
putable history of the black race.
Inferiority may have been tho origi?
nal causo of their enslavement, and
not its result, though that furnishes
no justification for their oppression.
The probabilities aro now that the
: real negro will gradually disappear
from this continent, uot by actual
extinction, but by being scattered all
over the States, by mixing with other
races and losing the peculiar charac?
teristics of the African. The negro
population will, bj' degrees, be wholly
absorbed by and assimilated to the
moro vigorous races, by whom they
will be constantly surrounded. Tho
negroes have nono of the qualities
that would lead them to form exclu?
sivo communities and preserve their
nationality; they lookup to tho whites
and inclino to seek their company.
The negro has none of that pride of
raco which distinguishes tho Indian,
and hence the great probability that,
in tho course of years, the former will
bo lost sight of in the great and rapid
march of civilization on this conti?
nent.
TCMIJLINU.-The New York Herald,
of Friday, says:
PrieoH of flour and wheat "touched
bottom" in this market yesterday, tho
decline in flour from the highest
prices in May being nu average of
fully $4 a barral, and in wheat 81 per
bushel. Thus has flour followed pork
and cotton in a great declino from
prices which bad boen reached in an?
ticipation of a deficiency in tho sup?
plies. In the case of pork and bread
stuffs, theso breaks in prices took
place most opportunely for tho finan?
cial soundness of the trade, being nt
tho commencement of tho marketing
of now .rops, when stocks were small;
but in cotton, the decline was, unfor?
tunately, on a very largo stock, and
tho losses were ruinous. We take it, as
already said, that prices of flour and
wheat have "touched bottom;" be?
cause the decline luis boon sufficient
to per.nit the execution of export or?
ders. Now we have no flour nor
wheat to sparc, and we cannot look
for any increase of supplies for sonic
weeks to come. We have in stoic no
moro than is necessary to carry ns
through. Wo cannot, therefore, per?
mit tho execution of export orders to
any extent; prices must ut once rise
above them. In the meantime, let
ni hope that bakers will take? cogni?
zance of the fact that flour is Si pet
barrel cheaper than six weeks ago.
and show it in thoir loaves.
l?r.iEvr IMPORTANT INVENTION.
Tho sowing machine is likely to have
a rival in an invention recently per?
fected! by which wearing apparel of
all kinds-shirts, pantaloons, vests,
skirts, Indies' mantles, jackets, coats,
Ste,-are both woven and sewed at
tho same time. Tho sowing of tho
seams is stronger even than baud
sowing, and perfectly smooth and
even, and the articles are woven and
sewed of any pattern, of wool, silk,
cottou, or any other material.
Local Items.
POST OFFICE HOUBS.-Tho office is
open from 8 a. m. until 3,1..' p. m.,
and from G until 7 p. m. Tho North?
ern mail closes at 3'j p. m., and all
other mails close nt 8 p. m.
Is Tm: PROVISION LINE.-Wo arc
indebted to Mr. James Hunter, of
this city, for a rack of "extra family
Hour, made expressly foriumily usc,"
which, on examination, proved to be
of the very best quality. His mill is
working finely, and planters can have
their wheat converted into tho "one
thing needful for bread" at short
notice.
A G.M.E.-For tho last three days,
we have had a regular North-caster,
accompanied by heavy rains. Prom
all we can gather from our exchanges,
thc storm has been general, and we
fear that much damage has been done
to tho wheat yet unhoused, and to tho
growing crops.
SUPPORT YOUR OWN JOURNALS.
The Gleaner, issued every "Wednes?
day, .from this office, defies competi?
tion as a literary and news journal.
Those who subscribe to it a;e kept
well posted up in the current eveuts
of the day, as it embraces the tele?
graphic news, political, commercial,
state of the markets, Ac, up to the
hour of going to press.
BARBECUE.-As will be seen by re?
ference to our advertising columns,
the members of the Independent Fire
Company propose giving the Com?
mittee of New York firemen a "sub?
stantial" demonstration-that is to
say, a barbecue, in Siduey Park, on
Friday next. As this is a matter in
which our citizens generally aro in- j
terestcd, wo hopo thero will bc a
general turn-out. Ticketscan bc ob?
tained at the storo of Mr. A. L. Solo?
mon, on Plaiu street.
REMEDY, rou Der.- TIMES.-The
best remedy for dull times is to ad?
vertise freely. Merchants should not
let their stocks stay shelved until
they become old, stale and unprofit?
able, for the sake of the small ex?
pense it would cost them to adver?
tise. If they try it regularly and
persistently, they will find the in?
vestment to be a paying one.
A CHURCH SEEKING Aro.-Among
thc churches destroyed in this city on
the night of tho 17th February, 1SG5,
was tho neat building occupied by
the Lutheran congregation. Wo no?
tice hy the Charleston papers that a
collection was to have been takon up
ou Sunday at St. John's (Lutheran)
Church, which wo trust has resulted
favorably. The congregation is small,
and need aid to rebuild. We com?
mend this matter to tho benevolent
wherever tho congregation may apply.
Jon PRESTI?O.-The Job Office of
thc Phoenix is as complete as any in
the South. It is furnished with new
fonts of type of all descriptions and
of the most modern styles. All work
executed promptly, with taste and
skill, and at reasonable rates.
CHURCH MUSIC. - Hero is an item
for our correspondents who have been
discussing the innovations in church
music in this city:
"Signor Mora, organist of Zion
Church, New York, is in trouble.
The rector objects to hearing ah! non
giuuge, or 'Lanigan's Ball,' on the
organ, either as voluntary or during
the panses of tho service. But Mora
undertook 1<> inanago an opera. So
tho rector gnvo the organist his walk?
ing papers. The Vestry backed Mora.
The vestry were fond of ah! non
giuuge! and they doted on 'Lani
gan's Ball," and 'I'm the CoveVot
Drinks.' So they wouldn't pay Dr.
Culler, thu successor of Mora."
REMITTANCES TO THIS OFFICE.-As
several letters have failed to reach us,
we desire to say to all OUI*ii'iondswho
may be making remittances to this
office, to do so either bj* "registered"
letters or through the agency of the
Southern Express Company. The
latter is a reliable and safe mode of
transmission on any line over which
it i\oon business. We hope those in?
terested will attend to this request.
TEEEGUAPHIO DESPATCH^. -The
Plaenix and Gleaner ?re the only
papers in the State, outside of the
city of Charleston, that receive and
publish tho latest telegraphic, de?
spatches, market reports, etc.-Ame?
rican and European. Recollect, also,
that tho news iu these publications is
furnished throughout the upper Dis?
tricts twenty-four hours ahead of the
Charleston papers. The subscription
to the daily is $8 a year; tri-weekly
5, and weekly $3.
RELIEF OF THE DESTITUTE POOR OF
THE Sotrrn.-Ou u recent business
trip to the North, wo were informed
of a mnmmoth affair, in which the
ladies of New York aro engaged, for
the relief of tho suffering and desti?
tute poor of tho South, and after
careful inquiry into thc matter, be?
came fully satisfied that it is no
"gag." Some of thc first ladies of
the city ure connected with it. and
aro using their utmost endeavors to
I carry tho affair through successfully,
j Mrs. Hnrlowc Mather, of No. 290
Fifth avenue, a liberal, charitable
and enthusiastic elderly lady, is the
Secretary of the Association, and
among the honorary members may
be mentioned Mrs. L. W. Jerome.
Mrs. "Wm. Iveson, Mrs. W. 13. Astor.
Mrs. A. T. Stewart and Mrs. August
Belmont. It is also endorsed by tho
military commander? and Governors
of nearly all the Southern State?.
Au entertainment is to bo given in
the city of Washington, on the first
of August, tho price of a ticket to
which will be two dollars, nud at
the conclusion a number of valu?
able prizes will be distributed, con?
sisting of an elegant mansion iu
Fifth avenue, New York, valued at
8S0.000; 820,000 in Government
bonds, valuable diamond sots, pius,
rings, studs; coral and gnruet sets;
watches, writing desks and a number
of other articles. Full particulars
will be found in our advertising co?
lumns in a day or two. Tickets eau
be obtained at thc Phonix office.
A BLENDER, on A FRAUD.-A very
extraordinary fraud, in connection
with Attorney-General Stanberry's
opinion, has just been discovered by
a Virginia paper. In that document,
as published by the Northern press,
occurs the following sentence:
"Municipal officers-that is to say,
officers of incor-- ratod cities, towns
and villages, such as mayors, alder?
men, town councils, police, and other
city or town officers, are not subject
to disqualification."
We received our earliest copy of
tho document through thc Richmond
Dispatch, iu which the above omission
occurred, but, fortunately, before wo
published the summary in which the
above section occurs, wo were ena?
bled to supply the omission.
UP-HLLE BUSESESS.-One of the
slowest, and hardest, aud most un?
necessary jobs ever uudertaken, is
for a mau to build up a successful
business without advertising. Fifty
or a hundred years ago it was easier,
because there was less competitiou,
and tho facilities for gettiug adver
tisersents before the public were not
so good; but iu the jostle of modern
competition, those who sit down and
wait for customers are almost sure
not to get many of them, while by
judicious advertising a mun may, ?n
six weeks, make his name and busi?
ness as familiar to the public as those
of his competitors of twenty years*
standing._
NEW Anvr.r.TisKMKNTs. -Attention i- ?.
ed tu thc following advertisements, whieb
are published this morning for the dr-:
Um?:
M. L. Ito wer-Cow Strayed.
Jacob Levin-Variety Sale.
Win. Wallace-Petition for Chai ter.
I). C. Peixotto-Auction Sale.-.
Meeting of Executive Committee.
Dr. Wm. Young-Marriage Guide.
T. H. Wade-Tax Notice.
O. li. DeSanssure-Brick lor Sale.
Fisher A Heinitsh-Fruit Preserver,
Somo four wooka ago, anticipating u
heavy decline in goods, Mr. It. C. Shiver
eominoneed his grand clearing sale?, which
was a success; tor tho decline has come,
and with it a largo lot of m w goods. So
that his will he the place to buy new goods
and at low prices.
THE CROPS.-The Eastern (Ben
nettsville) Journal says:
"For several days past, n consider?
able amount of rain has fallen in our
vicinity, but we think that the crops
nie rather beuclitted than otherwise.
Corn ?nd cotton are. doing remark?
ably well, and our farmers, so far.
appear cheerful aud satisfied with
their success. Somo of our friends,
however, ure very much in tho grass,
but will soon get the upper hand
when the weather becomes dry and
more pleasant. Tho wheat crop y-.
excellent, mid we hear of no com?
plaints of failures."
Of Union District, the Tiuus snyc:
"During the past week, heavy rains
havo fallen in this section, and the
water courses have been very full.
Bottom lands generally have been
overflowed, anti considerable damage
done to thc corn crop. We also learn
that large quantities of wheat have
been carried off by high water, ftftei
being v ut."
No ono has ns yet been up thc
White Mountains this year. Parties
report tho snow twenty feet deep iii
many places in the road, while the
general courte of the road-bed is be?
neath the snow.