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ATCBDATBX0B2O2VO BEPT.tt, 1873. THE POLICE PAY. Meeting- the Officer ud Action Take a 1 the Matter For some time past, the police have 'been coffering from the deterioration of their pay, and they yesterday determined to stand it no longer, and accordingly assembled at the First Precinot a committee representing each -precinct with the exception of the Seventh beinic present, and' representing in the aggre-gate at least five hundred officers. The meeting was called to order, and Sergeant J. D.

Foster eleo ed Chairman. and Officer J. E. Garlefieid as Secretary Corporal -P. Barron, in a few words, then explained ine object of the meeting, which waa to devise some manner in which-they could free themselves from the alleged malpractices of the brokers, and save the city as well as themselves a discount on the checks.

He explained that, if they received 75c on the dollar for their checks, from the brokers, the city was in the end compelled to- pay par, losing, of course, 25c on the dollar, which came also out of the pockets of the police. Now, if the Officers sold their checks directly to the city for 90c, they would lose only lOo. on the dollar, while the city gained ten per which, on an annual saving, would amount to nearly $50,000. the full explanation of this and discussion on the subject, it was moved that a committee be selected from each precinct, to take some action in the matter, and the following were selected: First Preoinct, Corporal P. Barron.

Second Officer C. W. Weik-ham Third Precinct, Officer E. Paysant; Fourth Precinct. L.

Thibaut; Fifth Precinct, Officer T.J.Burns; Sixth Precinct, Officer J. Barrett Eignth Precinct, Clerk E. Flynn, Mounted Officer Cary, Harbor Officer M. Morris. And the following resolutions were nntnimnnalv ulantfld Resolved, That the Executive Committee appointed this day De authorized and empowered to confer with the Honorable Board of Metropolitan Police, the Mayor and City Administrators, with a view of comintr to an understanding re- pectin jr.

the deplorable condition of attain touching their salaries, aud also to ascertain if some steps cannot be taken to ameliorate their present con- ditioa and enhance the value ef police warrants, which would be evidently to the material interest of all. reference to an alleged wrong-doing in April last 'the following resolution was also adopted Bcsolced, That the delegates from the several precincts ascertain how many men of their several precincts received their checks for the month of April, and how many authorized Bruen or any other broker to draw the same. The sub-committee having been called to order, and Corporal P. Barron chosen chairman, the meeting adjourned until Saturday, the 6th at 10 o'clock, for the purpose of waiting on Gen. Badger and the Board of Police.

An Immense Amount of Idle Muscle. A stranger visiting us, or one of an -observant turn of mind, would be aston- ished to see the immense amount of idle innsc'e there is in Louisiana. In our cities and towns particularly would this remark apply. On the back streets of New Orleans, at almost any. time of day, or in fact during any hoar of the twen- ty-four, one meets with multitudes who liave no apparent ailing or means of making a living.

In that portion of New Orleans yclept Free Town, the main foroe of the habitual idlers, may be found. There we have seen, night and day, multitudes of men, women and children, whose presence was as. unaocoun table, as that of the rats in the gutters or the cats in the garrets of the squalid haanta and narrow abodes where they live. The great wonder is how this class of people is kept from starving. 'Is there a sort of com-' inn ne spirit in them by whose rules the more fortunate beggars -and thieves are obiieed to share their crams ana pinnaeri equally, or are the inhabitants of such 'places spell; workers, who work and starve by turns and go in relays, go-that some of these idlers are left in 'their habitat all the time? How these large numbers of human beings of all colors and sexes, an make even -an appearance of living is a question that few of those who live by the sweat of the brow can answer.

Some toil on day, by day, and year by year, while they are apparently no better ft than these habitual idlers and vagrants. It is the same case in the country, al-' though only one' color is represented in the vagrant class. For instance. in almost every parish of the State in-numerable little villages of ricketty and shanties are being built up and inhabited by our colored fellow-citizens. In these settlements, villages, or free towns," as they are called, large num- bers of men' and women remain ap-.

parently idle all 'the year, and, strange to say, at the end of year these va grants are in as good condition In flesh, apparel and pocket as the hard-working colored men and women who cultivate the plantations. This vagrant class to be a curse on the State. Many hard workers are discouraged and disheartened in their work, by finding men and women t. who are comparatively idle at all times do as well as they do in the long ran. Many of these country village vagrants nave hogs and chickens, while a few of them have little patches, but only a few.

The question presents itself, where do they get the corn to feed their horses, hogs and chickens are these supplies sot bv yloM iw Ynti'nna t-w aISajint iklsv vcjricuawvuv AAA MAV rUSnVU JAmUT" tation coin fields, or do they grow up inside of the miserable huts and cabins These people made enough money to get tbe land to build their Tillages on, and the planters' fences and outhouses save in many instances the incurring of the additional expense of building mate-rials. In Almost every way they are a drain on the industrious classes of the State. They are wasters and consumers of the substance of our soil and yet in the and among the plantations no apparent remedies can be applied to rid the communities of such classes. In the cities they live of! the work of ether laborers and in the country they reap by stealth what ethers sow in broad daylight. Of late this evil has been growing rapidly in the towns, and in the plantation districts.

If it keeps on Increasing we will shortly have vagrant class worse than the idle drones of San Domingo and as uncivilized. However our producers must submit to be drained this great unseen drain, and are not able to abate the nuisance or bar the evil for in this free country of ours the veriest vagrant and the sturdiest laborer have equal political powers. This San Domingo class is growing in numbers in our State. This growth ia portentous; yet our citizens are unable to check it. THE CITY.

i Gambling A Warrant far the Arrest of Alleged Preprletar. Mr. J. F. Michon yesterday appeared before Judge Staea and made an affidavit against a party to be pointed out, charging him with keeping a gambling house on Royal, between Customhouse and Canal streets.

A warrant was Issued, and on it J. M. Williams, the alleged proprietor of the place, was arrested. Williams was arraigned before the court and released on $500 bonds to appear on Friday, Edward Fulton signing the bond. This establishment has been much complained about of late, and it is stated every effort will now he made to it.

The law on the subject of gambling is certainly explicit and plain, and should be enforced. Yacht Race. Ah preliminaries have been completed for a race between the swift sailing yachts the Meteor and the Grace Darling, and it will take place on Wednesday next, at 12 o'clock, at the Lake End, a the mouth of the New Canal, With a fair day and a good breeze, there will certainly be considerable sport and a large crowd on hand. Ceavlcted. The trial of Joe Albo and Chas.

Nores closed yesterday evening, aud the jury after a short retirement, brought in a verdict of guilty against both. Kicked by a. Hone. About half-past 5 o'clock last evening a boy named August Gross was severely kicked in the lett cheek by a hors9, at the corner of Poydras and Franklin streets. He was taken to the.

residence of his parents, on Poydras street, and his injuries attended to. The Hlestaad Case. John Collins, charged with having committed a horrible crime, in what is known as the Hiestand case, was yesterday remanded to go before the district court of Tangipahoa, tinder 18000 bond. Second Municipal Police Coart-Jadge Staea Presiding-. Nothing but drunks yesterday, and the same old drunks.

The. same long line, ambling, shuffling and staggar' ing in from the dock, with the same bleared, the same pufted faces, the same dejected air, forming in front of the bench and quailing before the offended law. God help them' all! Daily they come and go. and, one by one, they go for the last time, and others drop in, and the line still moves, while the world jogs on in its same old round, none knowing, none caring. The affidavit clerk reports hut one affidavit, made by F.

C. Zacharie against M. Parker, Captain of the schooner Let Go," lying in the Old Basin, charging him with interfering with an officer in the discharge of his duty, by preventing him from executing a writ of sequestration. Personal. The arrivals at the principal hotels as follows are noted St.

Charles. C. B. Black, New Or leans A. C.

Haynes, New York J. Brudger, Baltimore, A. Bering, Louisiana; W. S. Bonn, Cincinnati, O.

J. O. Nixon, Mississippi City; George Hall, Louisville W. Godfrey, St. Louis; Mrs.

Mason, Louisiana; G. G. Williams, St. Louis C. M.

Brooks, Alabama; E. B. Judge, Mississippi J. D. Rawlins, New Orleans C.

Adams, Mew York. St. James Hotzx Jaa.M. Hammier, city F. M.

Buck, Buffalo, N. J. W. Coleman, New Orleans W. H.

Green. E. J. AngelW. M.

Phillips, L. F. Mullen, Georgia: C. 8, Ruhman; U. S.

Army Meyer, Bayou Sara; B. Brigs, Mobile; G.P.Rains, Hamilton, Texas; L. Bar-bee, Fort Joseph, E. A. Stafford, C.

Gilbert, city. City. James W. Caraher, Philadel-i phhia Mrs. L.

C. Morgan, Mississippi G. W. S. Seppar J.

C. Beecher, Philadelphia; G. G. B. Alexander, P.

P. Car Company E. W. Alverson and sister. Baton Rouge Mrs.

Ella. Weeks, Texas A. J. McCreery, Miss N.Jones, Austin; J. B.

Davis, airs. N. H. Davis and three children, Montgomery, Texas E. HambleB, Houston, Texas M.

Harper and wife, Mississippi Ed. Stafford, New Orleans; T.Jacobs, Bay St. Louis; John Nelson, Lafourche. ,1 From Yesterday's Evening Edition, i Dangerous Characters. John Burke, Peter Garvey and Thomas Martin are doubtless individuals of a most forbidding aspect, and armed with weapons dyed in the blood of fellow mortals and of looks sufficient to turn the average mortal to stone.

So much for suspicion they are, however, all about fifteen years of age, dirty, ragged and without any money, so they were looked up last night as dangerous characters. Mike Nolan, who is entirely, unknown to Mr. Ernest Bailie, paid him a visit at late hour last night, and, straugeto say, so timed his visit as to enter the woodshed And there hide himself behind a pile of lumber. Suoh was enough to arouse the suspicions of everyone, aud with Capt. Malone, Mr.

Bailie found the said Mike hid there they very naru rally locked him up for being there under auspicious circumstances. At Last. t' For a long time 'past numerous complaints have been, made of the arious driving of milkmen on the Shell Road, causing danger to buggies and other light vehicles which may be on the highway at the same time, but somehow the Uhlans have turned a deaf ear until last evening, when Officer McNainara seized a milkman, Bapttste Gaftterajs, for furiously dring his vehicle, aud, locking him up, sent his vehiole to the pound. Bam Fat. '-It is very sad indeed that Edward Becket should nave lived sixty-seven years in this community and never been in jail, before, and then to have been locked up fot stealing five pig valued at $20.

Yet such was the case, as duly set forth by Mary Aubrom, who, haying procured a warrant, had the festive E. B. locked up for the same, Grievous Thomas Call ih an, or a young clerk an swering to that name, was yesterday evening found grievously drunk ia mm buggy on Johnson street, where it' had doubtless wandered from the Shell Road, the driver being too far gone to see where he was going. Officer Kennedy, who made the find, drove the young man to the calaboose in his own buggy. and then afterwards carried it to the pound.

High way KODsery. About 1 o'clock this morning, as Sir. James Johnson, an elderly gentleman of about 50 years, was walking along Cana street, near Romain, he was set upon by two colored men, who knocked him down and were proceeding to go through his valuables, when a police officer com ing in sight, they very considerately fled. Mr. Johnson, examination, was found to have bad his leg broken, and otherwise so seriously injured as to ne.

cessitate his removal to the Charity Hospital. Of course his assailants made their escape. la Calaboose. It will be remembered that about a couple of weeks ago some persons, at that time unknown to fame, invaded the premises of Mr. SeebolJ, on Canal street, and without the invitation of that gentleman even, helped themselves to a lot of gold rings valued at about $500; with which they made their escape.

The matter having been placed in the hands of Detectives Devereux and Pearson, they, at an early hour this morning, coralled Messrs. William Rielly, Charles Williams and John Garrity, the former of whom is by his friends familiarly denominated the weasel," and locked them up in the First Precinct Calaboose, charged with the larceny of the rings. They will be arraigned in a couple of days, when the proof will be brought against them. Destructive Fire la Aiders Loss" about At about o'clock this morning a fire broke out on Elmira street, between Thayer and Patterson, in a twa-story frame house, owned and occupied by-Mrs. Mooney as a boarding-house, which was completely destroyed with a loss of about $8500.

The flames thence spread to the adjoining two-story frame house, occupied by Mrs. Brooks and owned by Mr. Jerome Hanley, which was destroyed with a loss of about $2500. The devouring element, continuing its course unchecked, caught the adjoining one-story cottage house, owned by Mr. L.

Bernard and occupied by Ben. Johnson, a colored man, which was destroyed also, with a loss of about $2000. The flames were here checked by the Algiers Fire Department, who worked in a gallant and untiring manner, but the scarcity of water prevented their being as efficient as they would have otherwise been. The fire originated in the kitchen of Mrs. Mooney's establishment, and is supposed to have been Mlseeilaaeena, T.

Smith, thirty-one years of age and married, last night gallantly sailed in for the honor of the family, aud battered Mrs. Smith almost to the utter extinction of her vital Sergt. I eabe lie hearing of these disturbances, procured a warrant, and going to No. 836 Jackson street, where the fracas took place, yesterday took Mr. Smith into calaboose on the above charge.

Paul Williams, a youth of fifteen summers, yesterday stele $2 25, currency of the realm, in Milneburg, and through he strove to flee, was nipped incipientiy in the hud and incarcerated in the Fifth Precinct calaboose. Julia Hare, a housekeeper, was run to cover on Magazine street, near Thalia for disturbing the peace. Mr. Phief ner collared Mrs. Fisher, and was arrested for the same.

Antoine Dumont, a sculptor, was carried last night into calaboose for lying drunk on the sidewalk. First District Coart. Paul Phillips, charged with entering a shop in the -day time with intent to steal and larceny, was arraigned and plead guilty of larcenv. AnnieFortune, found guilty of assault and battery, was sentenced to three months's imprisonment in the Parish Prison. Mrs.

Augnstin and her daughter, Mary, charged with assault and battery, were acquitted. Warren J. Mnsson was found guilty of larceny and recommended to the mercy of the court. John A. Louis, alias Jones, was found guilty of larceny, with a recommendation to the mercy of the court.

There were a number of (arraignments on minor offenses, the accused all pleading not guilty, i The trial of Joe Albo and Charlie Nores, for entering an office in the daytime, larceny, and with receiving stolen property, was progressing this morning. There was a colored man on the stand, who, under cross-examination, wanted it understood dat no lawyer is smart enough to catch me. Tse here to tell tbe Hevwantedto question Mr. Gastinel, was anxious to propose "just one question" to his Honor the Judg, was considerably astonished that the Judge would not be catechized, and finally subsided after a reprimand from the Judge, brought on by a fifteen minutes' argument on the part of counse: for State and defense. Haperlor District In thii court the city has instituted suit against Andrew J.

Daveno, as pria-oipaL and P. Halpin and Michael Con-dran as sureties, for the recovery of $10,000, the amount of a bond given for the faithful performance of the duties of office as Constable of the Second Justice's Court by Daveno, which bond it is alleged has been forfeited, on account of the failure of Daveno to turn over funds collected by him in the discharge of his duty. 1 Sukdat Excursion. Steamer Creole. This favorite steamer will leave the Lake End Sunday morning on arrival of the 7 o'clock train, on her regular Sunday excursion to Mandeville, Lewisburg and Madisonville, returning in time for the 7 P.

M. train to the city. Fare for the excursion only one dollar. Sbixino Out, Sxixraa Our. The pub-lie will take particular notice of the announcement of Messrs.

Hebert Miret Pinsard, of No. 149 Canal street, who for purposes of liquidation are offering their 6tcck at a great bargain. For diarrhea, dysentery, cholera, cholera morbus or any derangement of the bowels, use Maguire's Extract Benae Plant, the well-known remedy of over thirty years' standing. Southern agency, 38 Magazine street. SOUTHERN HEWS.

IjOaiolaaa. Everything r.uiet in Bossier, i The caurpillar is the only disturber of Che peace just now. Their ravages on some places are enough to mako a farmer or commission merchant feel blue. So says the Bossier Banner. Three bales of new cotton have been received in Alexandria.

The first bale was from W. J. S. Johnson, on Bayou and was shipped on the St. Mary on Wednesday; the other two were from J.

F. Davis, Hard Times, and were shipped on the Darf ee on Friday. I Intelligence from Alexandria reports the past week aa one of intense neat, with tees showers than have fallen for two months, all of which is beneficial to tbe crops. Great preparations are being made by the Rapides Agricultural Fair Association for their first grand fair, to be held on tbe 15th, 16th and 17th of October, and the programme promises to be one pf varied attraction. OliooJeaiapI.

Yicksburg has received the largest consignment of cotton this season live bales from Lawrence and two from Bolton's depot. The shipment was made to Messrs. Young of that city, and is considered an early one of the new staple, i The first bale of cotton received in Canton was shipped by Mr. C. L.

Gross to Memphis, aud brought 41 cents per pound. The Yicksburg Times of the 5th notices the laying of a half-mile of the track of the Mieaiaaippij Valley and Ship Island Railroad. i Tbe Holly Springs Reporter says the first bale of new cotton was brouKUC to Holly Springs on Tuesday. September 2. It was raited by Jell D.

Milam, sixteen miles west of Holly Springs, weighed S40 pounds, classed Middling, and purchased by Sam Frank Co. at 19 cents. The usual demijohn of old Bourbon was exchanged. This enterprising firm for tbe last five years have bought the first bale of cotton sold in this market. Mr.

William Looptrott, a carpenter McComb city, who removed with his family from New Orleans to that jlace, fell dead on Monday last, while in the act of removing his eflects from the depot to his residence. An inquest was and a verdict returned of death from a disease of the heart. The first bale of the new crop of cotton was brought into Summit on the 1st by Mr. Hafemeister, and sold to Hynian at twenty cents per pound. Ibis is nearly two weeks later than the first bale of last year's crop, which was brought on the 20th of August.

The iron and rolling stock of the Yicksburg and Ship Island Railroad have arrived at Warrenton, the terminus of the graded and equipped portion of the road. The trains will ran to that point from Yicksburg by the 10th of September. Arltaaoao. Warm weather in Magnolia, and rain needed. Corn is plentiful, aud selling for one dollar per bushel.

The people of Dallas county met a few days ago, and agreed to assist in the building of the New Orleans, Little Rock and St. Louis Railroad. The present general supposition of our farmers is, that there will be a heavy yield of cotton made throughout the entire county, if the crop continues unmolested by worms, Magnolia Flower. About $25,000 have been subscribed toward the establishment of a cotton factory at Little Rock. The amount required is $50,000.

Twonjd be a shame upon the "City of Roses" should the enterprise go by default for the want of such an insignificant sum. Hot Springs Timti. Alabama. The Times reports the' cotton receipts of Eufaula, for the past year at 26,747 bales. But the shipments (including cotton that never entered the warehouses) are stated at 82,541 bales.

The Mobile Register says: Too much rain is still the first word from all parts of the State; and the cotton caterpillar is the next. We do not know to what extent the caterpillar is damaging the crop, but think it is doing considerable work foremost of the planters who have not applied Paris green. Our exchanges talk as follows We heard yesterday that the boll worms were making a heavy attack in seme plantations in the' Pleasant Hill neighborhood. Selma Times. The rains have been less frequent since our last issue, and cotton picking has commenced on many plantations.

The increase of the caterpillar and the appearance of the boll worm -have saddened the hearts and lessened tbe expectations of many planters in this couuty, some of whom nave said that next year they intend to turn their attention to the production of corn. The caterpillar and boll worm have very materially injured the cotton prospects here. Wilcox Hews. I Since our last issue the weather has been favorable for cotton, which is opening rapidly. Planters south of this, and some, no doubt, east and west of Greens-boio, have been engaged this week in Eicking.

North oi this picking has ardly commenced yet. We heard last Saturday, while spending a few hours up town, extensive complaints of the injury done by the caterpillar. Some estimate the damage done by his pest at one-half the crop, others at one-tbii d. Greensboro Beacon. Cotton, as a general thing, not much to brag on.

The weed is fine, better perhaps than it has been in a number of years. Bnt the fruit is not at all abundant, and what there is of it is being rapidly destroyed by the boll vromi. This worm is doing great damage. We have heard more complaints from it than from the common caterpillar. Altogether the crop is anything but pleasant to think of.

We supposeand we base our opinions upon the conclusions of several old farmers, there will be considerably less than a half crop made Opelika Locomotive. I The impression is getting to be almost universal that in several sections of Alabama and Georgia, the destruction of the cotton crop ia only a question of time The last two weeks have made great changes for the worse in the pros- Sects of the crop. In some places a de-notion of three-fourths is made on the estimates of two or three weeks ago. This is particularly true along the Uchee and Cowikee Creeks and the bottoms of the Ch attahoochee River. The accoun ts from Southwestern Georgia are equally unfavorable.

The reports are more cheering from all the counties lying north of the prairie belt in Alabama, and throughout Middle and North Georgia. Montgomery Slate Journal. Georgia. j- F8T 8aijc of Nkw Carolina Rice. The first arrival of the new crop of Carolina rough rice, say three hundred bushels, from Rantowlce.

consigned to Messrs. Stoney Lowndes, was milled at West Point mill, placed on the Charleston market on Saturday, and sold at ten cents per pound. It was Snrchased by Messrs. Dan Tatmadge ons, New York, was beautifully cleaned, and remarkably flinty for new rice, and classed fully good. i The cotton situation.

is thus given by the Columous, (Ga.) Datfy -Sua: Reports from this seotion are very contradictory. Some aay that the caterpillars are ruining them others re port crops as greatly exceeding that of last year. Some indorse Paris green others say it is not worth a cent aud merely adds to the rapacity of the worm Col. W. 8.

Shepherd showed us yesterday two bolls which the boll worm had punctured. He gathered them casually. Caterpillars have completed webbing and will soon be ready to commence their work of destruction. In the meantime commission merchants report, that a very large crop will be gathered, aud $5,000 bales are calculated to be the lowest number of bales that Columbus osn receive. The probabilities are that the receipts of the-year will exeeed tbote of the last.

Certainly the crops sotth of Columbus are muoh better. The rod of tbe eason will tell. A prominent member of a Savannah commission house rf ports that in many southern counties the caterpillar had eaten one-ibird of the crop and that the remaining two-thirds would produce twice as much as tbe yield last year. The figures at the end of the season tell. Letters report that the caterpillars "cleaned out'' West Florida some fifteen days ago.

Such general statements are very apt in some measure to be exaggerated. Augusta advices report the heat as intense, tbe thermometer registering in the 908 at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Angueta received 180,890 bales of cotton during tbe year ending on the 31st ult. Stock on hand on the 1st inst. 1212 bales.

Tbe total Sea Island cotton crop of the year just closed was 25,238 bales. From as high ud as Decatur county come reports of the ravages of the caterpillar; but we have seen no accounts of them on or above the Upper Chattahoochee. Tbe An trust a (Ga.) Chronicle and Sentinel, alluding to the ravages of the caterpillar, says: The caterpillars appear to be playing sad havoc in the cotton fields of this vicinity. We are informed that in two tieias, aoout two miles trom tue city, where the cotton was green and flourishing last Sunday, nearly every leaf had disappeared yesterday, myriads of caterpillars having passed over them in tbe twenty-four hoars. The fields literally presented tbe appearance of having been swept by fire.

As an evidence of the value of cotton factories to a city.it is "authentically stated that a tract of land near Augusta, which could have been bought for $20 an acre three or four years ago, sold a few weeks since for $300 per acre. The tract was one adapted to the location of a cotton factory, and it was bought by English spinners, who said that they could manufacture yarns hero and ship them to Europe for about the same out. lay that the raw cotton would coit there. Texas The Waco Advance says: McLennan county has this year raised an excess of both wheat and corn, over the home demand. Corn and flour are being shipped lrom Waco to other points, and the question arises, will it pay This is a question which vitally interests our farmers.

Shelled corn can be placed on the cars at thiapoint at about 40 cents per bushel, and flour at $4 to $5 per hundred. How muoh railroad transportation will it bear, and yet bring paying prices to the of our contemporaries on line of railroad will confer a favor by giving us their burin it quotations to be republished for the benefit of farmers and shippers. Reports from Clay, Montague and Cook counties announce the excellent condition of the crops and the promise of a superabundant yield. From tbe El Paso Sentinel we learn that a shaft has been recently sunk and active operations commenced in the mining business near that city. In the immediate vicinity of El Paso, coal beds of inexhaustible deposits have been opened up.

Iron ore of a superior quality is found contiguous, in large quantities. A stalk of cotton six feet high and containing three hundred bolls and squares, has been shown the Waco Advance, which says the field from which this was taken will yield one and a half bales per acre. The Waco Advance has this item Mil-lett leaves on the Waco Tap at the rate of one car load per day. Corn is also being shipped in large quantities. Hay and grain are taking the lead of King Cotton this year.

The Jefferson Tribune says The cotton worm is increasing on the farms in this county and the crop will undoubtedly be cut short. The new bale of cotton, yesterday, brought 25fe cents, gold, and a sack of new Texas flour thrown in. It was purchased by Messrs. Graham Taylor. The cotton worm is in all the fields of Harrison county.

Times gloomy in Grimes county; worms in the cotton patches and niggers on the war path political. A telegram to the Mercury from Navi-BOta says the worms have eaten all tbe leaves off the cotton in that county, and not over one bale to the acre may be expected. CROP PROSPECTS IX THE COUNTIES. Johnson Weather very warm and rain much needed. A full crop of corn and cotton will be raised.

Bood The Vidette says 3000 bales of cotton will be raised in this county. Plenty of corn and wheat. GuadalovpeThia county is producing unusually nnepeaches. As much oottoa will be made as can be gathered. Coryell.

A. splendid cron of cotton will be made. Corn crops good. Caldwell. Weather dry and warm.

Reports of crops favorable. Bastrop. A better crop of cotton aud corn will be realized, than has been for years. Titui. Corn will yield a fair average.

A better yield of cotton has never been seen in this county. The same flattering intelligence comes to us from Henderson, Rusk and Harrison counties. 7 LATEST BY MAIL. 1. Courier-Journal.

SPANISH CLAIMS COMMISSION. Washington, Sept. 2. The American and Spanish Claims Commission met on yesterday. The counsel of the commission have ruled that the commission may continue in session till all the claims over which it has to pass shall have been adjudicated.

They are empowered to examine all claims arising out of the Cuban insurrection, and one of the most knotty problems before tbe commission is whether the insurrection shall be held to be ended. The deoision of this matter turns upon the further question in international law, to what extent an insurrection can exist in a country and the Government be considered remaining in full power. The difficulty of getting accurate information from Cuba in its unsettled condition is a very serious obstacle to the progress of the commission in its labors. TBK TRANSPORTATION QUESTION. Senator Windom, chairman of the Sen-' ate select committee on transportation, reached here yesterday, and is busily occupied in getting ready for the consideration of the committee the information gathered during the summer, in response to the questions which were sent out on speciho subjects.

The committee will convene at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, on the 10th inst. A number of leading railroad men will vail themselves of the opportunity offered them to present their side of the transportation question. The committee have also sent, some time since, invitations to the leaders of the farmers' movement to present their grievances at this meeting. This invitation has been partially accepted, and efforts are making to have a representative of the farmers' interest from each State present. The meeting of the committee is expected to be very interesting and important.

TBK STEAMBOAT LAW. Mr. D. D. Smith, Supervising Inspector General of eteam vessel a propos to the Wawawett disaster, says that his trip to tbe West demonstrated to his mind that the steamboat law was more generally and intelligently observed, there than in any other part of the country, and tht be hopes the owners and officers of boats on Eastern waters will be led by the example of the Wawasett to a srricter observance of the law.

The owners of this boat are to be vigorously prosecuted, and it is thought tbe penalty recovered will bankrupt the company. City nan. The Administrator of Improvements is Btill ponderin the street question, and ia at the same time making such repairs on those most in need of it as the means at his command will permit. In answer to his communication to the President of the Louisiana Levee Com-j pany preferring a claim of $82,000 for I repaixs to the wharves and levees in the Fifth District Algiers), tbe Mayor has received an answer notifying him that the matter will be laid before the Board of Directors at the earliest moment. The Administrator of Finance is down on all unlicensed carts, and public vehicles of all kinds, and will move against them to-day, and from this time out.

and is determined to show them no quarter Administrator Turnbu'l has recovered from the dengue, and put in an appearance yesterday at his office. The diatom-House. There has been no information, official or otherwise, received at the Custom-House touching the action taken on the bid of the city on the Marine Hospital, though it is propable that during the fore part of next week Deputy Collector Herwig will be notified either of its acceptance or rejection. he general dullness which pervades the old granite building has a very depressing influence on the spirits of every one connected with it. Mr.

Herwig. however, predicts a busy time coming which will begin at the end of the present month and run right on until the end of the season. Amusements. Academy of Music It is announced that the box-office, to enable persons to secure seats for the initial performance, will be open from 9 o'clock in the morning until 9 o'clock P. M.

This arrangement has been made for the especial convenience of those who may desire to be present on the opening night, which will doubtless be one of great eclat as introducing to the publio Lulu and the new combination company. Conservatory of Music The initial "concert of the season will take place at the well known hall this evening as 8 o'clock, when will be presented by the amateur singers selections from the various popular operas. The pupils will all dress their parts, and as the singing will undoubtedly be fine there will probably be a large attendance. (AdTertiaemenc) From ta Jtobile The Louisvjjak Hotel A Lire Rouse in a Lite City. There is nothing that speaks more strongly for the progress of a city than the improvement in its mans of entertaining strangers.

Judging the progress of Louisville by that staud-ard, she must have improved greatly of late from the appearance of the new Louisville Hotel. This popular house has been thoroughly and most completely refitted from top to bottom has in fact been made anewnoteL The vestibule and office have been enlarged and made lighter by the introduction of arched supports, and by a handsome marble floorin g. TJp-stairs, the spacious parlors, all connecting en suite, have been completely refitted, painted, and papered with quiet but unexceptionable taste. And the same may be said of the entire house, up to the highest story. Every room is fresh, new and neat and every room has been freshly carpeted, papered and refurnished with new aud rich furniture of oiled walnut.

The dining-rooms, billiard-rooms and saloons have shared in the general improvement; the closets, bath-rooms and all modern improvements are of the most approved plan. There1 are two elevators, one steam and one hydraulic; the latter running at all hours and thus insuring convenience. The Louisville Hotel appears to us to combine every possible advantage known to the hotel business. Its refitting has cost over $80,000, and has been under: the personal supervision of Mr. M.

Kean, whose 25 years' experience of -hotel life fits him peculiarly for suoh direction. The same gentleman furnished, opened and kept the Maxwell House in Nashville. This alone is an earnest of success in the Louisville Hotel. As a matter of interest to our readers we may add that Gen. Thos.

H. Taylor, so widely known and so universally popular in the South, will assist Mr. Kean as his A. A. G.

We have before noted this connection of Gen. Taylor with this hotel; and his many friends will rejoice that Mr. Phil. Judge whose, name and ability are familiar to all old guests of the Louisville Hotel will also assist Mr. Kean in the office.

We can also add that an Alabamian, Mr. J. Yenable, of Huntsville, for four year steward of tbe Max Well House, twill rank aa first in command ver the larder The Louisville Hotel is situated on the corner of Sixth and Main streets, directly inethe heart of business Louisville and on the lines of railroad, giving easy access to every pointlin the oity. fresh and scientifically fitted up, and certain to kept in the very best style, the Louisville will, beyond all doubt, become a popular resort for the travel of the South; and, in the hands of its present managers, we can recommend it to Southern custom cordially as candidly. Tbe Nixon Hotel at Biloxi is in every retpect advantageously situated.

The raobt attractive feature of the place, or wb at ia more attractive to those of cultivated taste, is the magnificent groves of live oaks that are scattered over the extensive park in front of the main building. The live oak is the most beautiful and msjostie of all American trees. The sloping shores of Biloxi are covered with them, and with such trees on the shore, salt water in the sound, and fresh breezes continually blowing in from the south, this is probably one of the very pleasantest watering plaees on the American coast. Furniture. General household furniture, this day, at 11 o'clock, at 0 Camp afreet, by Messrs.

Montgomery. The Graphic's great balloon is intended to cross over the Atlantic Ocean in sixty hours. The managers selected the Domestic sewing machine over all others for its great qualities and elastic stitch. for the required strengt l. Then over eight miles stitchi ng done chines for sale at 103 Cans 1 street.

was Ma- The Best is the li apest. For first class dental operat ions call on Dr. James West, No 3 North Lafayette Square. Jtrect, opposite All the ladies want to know the best sewing machine. ThehrtZ ning Domestic answers this Made on an entirely new princic'r bo light a No.

8 thread of cotton Sl used for a band. "Fnr a1A at nsea ior a Dana, or sale at ins oueeii, uy aa. o. ueaxiCK. a a a wv vi To Owners of Horses and Catt.

Tobias's Derby condition powders warranted superior to any others, pay, for the cure of distemper, c-? bote, coughs, hide-bound, e1 horses, and colds, coughs, loss of black tongue horn distemper, efcT cattle. Price twenty-five cents, iw 10 Park Place, New York. T7 Pork and Grits. See D. E.

iior-1 -auction advertisement. Hams, Hams. See D.E.v pby's auction advertisement. If you are in need of a tonic, nss guire's Sarsapariila Bitters. Ik frt tone to the system, it will crests tite.

and promote -digestion. The prej pal ingredients are sarsapariila, lin gia, yellow dock, blood and and roots, and calisaya, prickly ash aad vr. 1 uuu vuk oo street, Ek Sure and Call for "Mrs. uJ lOW SOOTHING STRCP." Millioas mothers can testify that it is a perfec'V safe and reliable remedy. Ik relief the child from pain, and cures 4Tri and diarrhoea.

It softens the auces ranammauon, cures wind et and carries the infant safely tire the teething period. fBy TelesTspb.1 EBREvxroRT, Sept. 4. To J. Blooa 4 The Bastrop left last night v- full load, fiiver falling fast.

L. P. Dsxhocsate, Clerk. ira C. rjnhamers Thermometer, ui CasaJ e'eloek.

A. 1C 12 o'clock. o'cioek. P. o'clock.

P. 5 8 a Trom the Bmlthsonlsa Iastltat HmtMtt. mf Lool Frigerio. Channs (treati A.K. (r.v 6ptember 5..

to to Lowest point daring tne nlgbt Bpteaib TBE 8TM8TOM8 OK HEALTH. Health baa Its artniXoau as wall aa u. 1 lit clear eye. tbe treaa eomnlexioa. tha aw.

hasd, the fcrm step, ths uoctouded braim. bnu. Teas oi Ediths, auu a disposition to ioqk at hrlgbt sifle of anything are pudicattaai that tit animal machinery la la perfect werkiag arte. Eddt ai tbey wboM runnier reared i. thia excellent condition, and fortunate tat are they who know now to brio It late aoeh c-aition it All whs have xprlMt or witnessed the effect of Hoatetteft Sumtct Bttletanpon tne weak, broken down, dpocdr victims of dpepepaia.

liTer com plaint, lever tal ane, rheumatism, nerrona deUUity, or pra. tare decay, know that la thia aaprvia tenie at alter) lye there oxista a specific pnaaipie vtxa reacbes the very eonroe of is efl ecu an abaolo te aad permanen ear, Pi. ribaa TJnnia might be aptly lnaeribed ea jaDei. ior ue preparation ia a pwreuiy or ra dee condensed lnte one irreeUuble aaUdott J29 "73-lyddtW rtlfll BECKWITH S30 POBTABLX FIX ILT SIWINQ MACHINE, ON THXBTT DATS' TRIAL," With strength and capacity eqaal ts aay, irardlesa of cost This machine does sway va all complication, and with the mOTamesttf OTSZ.X TWO PARTS, (the Needle Am aa Looper.) froth simple and atronc. It atakei 0 Stitch, xeeda the Goods, halt golds Us OeO, fastens' the Beams, sews on BraM, gainers aW Tuck.

Hems and Embroider. Remember, ft movement ox only two parte doaa all tttia, wlua entirely does sway with all th complication a liable to get out of order, and so often the tout of annoyance to the opera Mr, besides toe re ons expenditure of foroe In propelling Vim. Our 8eml-G aiding Peed requires tat ulrtiiw at only one hand or even one flager, thnalnv ing the right hand entirely at liberty te ply wheel, which ran easy and even aa a wen aV need wheel with aa toilsome tread at ftj treadle. Order promptly filled on neeSgt f20, Beckwitb. Be wine Maolun Coin paiy, Si- Broadway, Keir Tore.

EDWARD THOHP80S, ISA Peter street. Row Oriaaai General Agent tar Louisiana, Mlaalacipfl Texas. Jyas-SAWJa G. W. W.

BOODWYH 82 GKAVIEB STREET, Wear Tchotrpltonlat CEAXJCB, TJt 8TOVX8 AND TTJTWASX Among hi assortment of OOOKTJ79. sivVH Invite special attention to the OOTTAGS THE BEST, as Being UN8XJKPA8BXD ANY Cooking Steve ta thia market. hare all the modern improvement ar pete -baker, and, without extra charge, are tin lor bnrnlnK wood, eok coeJ. ad gaaoaia-i to gtv satisfaction. I MATINS BTOYXS Ha varwa eTtyVwI the on sale.

I arent. lo. thej KI BAXTIMOBB PIKK-PLACE HEATXS, meat perfect, cheerful and economical HaU win heat tram on to a hall ooeawa tooms at a cost tor eoal, ot JS cent yet 6 TUSWABJi constantly on hand roll assort3 hlaline. 1 Ia BOLK manufacturer tlila city tar tat lowm extiolee. BANKEB'S PATENT 8AXETT CASS th tranportatio of oil, aioobol, to.

1UJ1U11 IE, OR WOMAN'S FBIEKD. Over nrm mm wlthnnt liaMdlA mc.i iw. vui 4mda or extra aoap used. It eoaeus soap, lea Urn and lea roel than thrdi(r method. It Bare JLabor, Wear a Ctotnlag.

It require attenttsa waUtJ proeeaa of cl lg 1 going on. Itdosfttif. work. Every One la TTJIXT WABBANTJjTi ana see. nea tHmoeiaia, to.

JOBTKJt, PETEESOa FXaEX A fewA -haft aaAsmw wi a WXW TORE BELTTSa AJTJ' fACXI COMPANY. i- i' Th Idea aad largest itianafaerarem VTJIjCANIZED eubbeb taeeicb. Adapted KXCHCAHICAI, PtTBPOaXS. machine bexttho, steam packing. naaman nw- 4, wnSa.

eH IV' OP EEBT BII AJfI VABIETX. Paaeripttv pawipbWta. eaataftag tuU tntennatfcm. may be ebuamd, ST erwl. oa applicatiea to HOBTXB.

PXTEBSOW fJ nivre-ty iT gCAlOCS WEIGH TOTJB COTTOJf OS A BKXIABUS BEAat. Cotton. Baar and Ttoeav Platform aad every oeecriptlea wj Warranted correct. For aale at New York prifa Troemaer 6teel Km, for Cofte and Bpioe. ilea's Thief DeteeOns Money Lett Copyin Pre Pairbaaka A Bootnera Seal SS Cams etret Hext to Bavlnr Bank.

I W. B. BOWMAN, a. DAS PIT. Art! FBXNCH COBSETS, PASCY and ST DBY GOODS, -S46 and 34S Waaaxla Door trom I i 1.

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