MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
PUBLISHER’S  NOTICES. 
TO  SUBSCEIBEES  AND  AGENTS. 
As  we  are  now  entering  ujwn  the  Beoond 
volume  of  the  Twenty  -  seventh  year  of  the 
Burax,  Nkw-Yobkeb,  it  would  be  well  for  the 
proprietors  to  say  to  Bubscribers  and  agents  that 
a  more  prosperous  time  tlian  the  present  has  not 
been  seen  in  this  ofTice  for  many  a  year. 
Notwithstanding  the  cry  of  “hard  times" 
which  has  been  echoing  through  the  land,  the 
rural  population  seem  to  bo  able  to  take  their 
paper.  It  may  not  be  known  to  many  of  you 
that  at  the  end  of  each  year  and  half-year  a*, 
newspaper  changes  a  large  number  of  its  sub¬ 
scribers.  Some  old  ones  discontinue  and  their 
places  are  filled  with  now,  so  that  while  the  list 
does  not  diminish  in  numbers,  the  changes  fre¬ 
quently  amount  to  many  hundreds. 
There  were  hundreds  on  our  list  whoso  sub¬ 
scriptions  expired  with  the  last  number  in  Juno, 
and  of  these  every  one  has  renewed  but  six. 
This  is  something  unprecedented  in  the  annals 
of  a  newspaper  office,  and  is  the  most  flattering 
indication  to  the  new  management  that  their 
strenuous  and  laborious  efforts  to  make  a  good 
paper  are  fully  appreciatofl.  With  such  encour¬ 
agement  as  this,  subscribers  and  agents  may 
rest  assured  that  nothing  which  time,  labor  and 
money  can  procure  will  hereafter  be  omitted  to 
make  the  Bubax  still  better  than  it  is. 
The  Literary  Departments  will  be  kept  up  to 
their  standards  of  excellence  and  morality,  while 
the  Practical  Departments  will  continue  to  be 
made  up  of  the  most  straightforward  common 
sense  which  can  be  obtained.  In  these  matters 
he  aim  will  not  he  to  make  them  so  scientific  that 
hey  may  not  be  readily  understood  by  every 
one ;  but  it  will  be  om’  constant  endeavor  to  pub¬ 
lish  that  which  is  abeolutely  correct.  Now,  all 
that  is  needed  is  for  each  subscriber  to  get  an¬ 
other  and  oui'  list  will  at  once  be  doubled. 
Ilcius  of  tijc  oSfllrfli. 
HOME  NEWS  PAEAGEAPHS. 
Tue  cotton  worm  h.a8  appeared  unusually  early 
in  Mississippi. 
Kansas  expects  to  make  $20,000  worth  of  silk 
this  year. 
New  gold  mines  have  I’ocently  been  discovered 
on  Beaver  Creek,  fourteen  miles  west  of  La 
Grande,  Oregon,  and  bci  sveen  that  point  and  Sen¬ 
ator  Junes'  cclebratod  c.amp  Carson  gravel  mine. 
Galveston,  ’rexas.  Is  now  shipping  wheat  direct 
to  Liverpool  at  20c.  per  bn.shel. 
In  England,  theatres  arc  being  converted  Into 
skating  links,  white  on  this  side  or  the  Atlantic 
the  reverse  is  the  case,  the  large  rink  at  Newark, 
N.  J.,  being  now  In  the  course  of  trausformatlon 
from  Its  pre.seut  condition  to  that  or  a  first-class 
theater. 
Mr.  John  Bell  or  England  has  written  a  pam¬ 
phlet  proving  the  Lnlted  Stales  of  America  to  be 
the  Messianic  \\'oria  Kingdom,  it  is  p.ainrul  to 
reflect,  In  this  connection,  that  the  Mcs.slanlc 
World  Kingdom  is  the  scat  of  the  whisky  ring. 
A  band  or  Cuban  insurgents  captured  a  convoy 
■wltb  $00,000  in  ifold,  recently,  near  v'llla  Clara. 
Tramps  are  said  to  be  becoming  so  numerous 
along  tbe  Central  Pacific  Boad  In  Nevada  that 
conductors  and  brakemen  are  scarcely  a  match 
for  them.  It  Is  reared  that  U  t  hey  continue  to  go 
in  gangs,  armed  gtiards  tvlU  have  to  be  sent  with 
the  trains  10  prolcet  passengers. 
Governors  Tlldcn  and  llendrlclxs  have  published 
their  letters  of  accopuucc. 
D.  F.  Welling,  the  editor  and  pubUsUor  of  the 
Warwick  Advertiser  and  the  Orange  County  Cru¬ 
sader,  Chairman  or  the  Prohibition  .state  Com¬ 
mittee  and  a  prominent  temperance  rclormer,  has 
been  mtsaing  since  Saturday.  His  financial  affairs 
are  in  a  bad  slate,  and  the  ollllee  was  to  be  sold 
last  Saturday  under  a  raorlgage.  He  assigned 
some  book  accounts  to  secure  Indorsements. 
Colorado  Is  now  a  State,  making  the  thlrty- 
elghtb  In  tbo  Ust. 
There  is  now  no  obstacle  to  an  early  adjourn¬ 
ment  of  Cotigrnss.  If  the  sessloix  however,  should 
be  prolonged,  the  fair  Uiference  would  be  ibal  the 
bonorablQ  members  are  afraid  to  go  borne.  Some 
of  them  have  been  out  mlher  late. 
In  Canada  the  bay  a  nd  oat  crops  are  very  lai-ge, 
but  wheat  has  suffered  sovcrelj'.  owing  to  the 
great  heat.  'J’here  are  fair  crops  of  peas  and  In¬ 
dian  corn, but  fruits  are  less  abundant.  The  gen¬ 
eral  result  appears  ro  be  satisfactory,  and  will 
stimulate  Canadian  trade. 
The  BenaU'  of  the  Uiilieil  States  has  recorded 
its  decision  in  the  impeachment  trial  of  e.x-8ecre- 
tary  Belknap.  On  the  first  article  the  vote  stood 
35  for  conviction,  23  for  the  discharge  .of  the  ac¬ 
cused  for  lack  of  jurisdiction.  On  other  anlcles 
the  vote  stood  srt  and  3T  to  25  and  2fl.  The  nega¬ 
tive  votes  were  explained  by  those  who  east  them 
with  two  exceptions.  It  was  stated  In  nearly  ev¬ 
ery  Instance  that  the  negative  decision  was  based, 
not  oiYWie  question  of  guilt,  but  on  that  of  juris 
diction  exclusively.  Senator  Jones  of  Florida  re¬ 
fused  to  vote. 
A  detail  of  flay  more  convicts  from  Auburn  has 
been  made  to  the  Klmlra  Koformatory.  This 
loaves  the  populaUoii  of  the  prison  at  1,3(55.  Forl.y- 
one  men  were  discharged  In  Ju1.t,  and  forty-nine 
go  out  this  month,  sixty-slx  mep  were  received 
during  the  last  month. 
Urtce.fi  Chinamen  went  up  ih  a  w'aterspout,  In 
Nevada  last  week.  They  were  In  a  tent  on  a  hill¬ 
side  near  Eureka  when  the  water  broke  ui>on 
them.  Six  were  swept  down  the  canon,  and  their 
bodies  have  not  been  found.  One  was  carried  two 
miles,  but  still  lives. 
The  Centennial  buildings  were  well  construcicd 
after  all.  They  were  subjected  to  a  severe  t(sst 
by  the  recent  storm,  but  there  were  few  leaks. 
The  sleve-llkc  roof  of  the  Art  Annex  let  In 
wator,  and  the  Japanese  sllkwonna,  the  Italian 
confections,  and  the  Canadian  birds  were  slight¬ 
ly  Injnnjd,  but  the  damage  In  the  Main  Building, 
Machinery  Hall,  Memorial  Hall  and  the  other 
structures  was  trifling. 
There  are  40  cotton  mills  in  Georgia,  and  they 
have  been  in  active  operation  during  a  very  dull 
season.  Tennos-sec  has  taken  great  strides  fn 
mnnufacturlug,  and  throughout  the  South  the 
drift  of  capital  is  toward  industrial  pursuits.  The 
farmers,  too,  have  not  only  adapted  themselves 
to  free  labor,  but  ba\'e  also  i)lanted  new  crops, 
adopted  wiser  meiBods  of  cultivation,  Introduced 
improved  agrloullural  llHPleinentS,  and  begun 
to  sow  grasses  and  raise  stock.  The  South  Is  learn¬ 
ing  man^itacturlng,  stock-raising,  and  scientific 
farming  In  the  hardest  of  hard  times,  and  scarce¬ 
ly  knows  whether  it  is  going  backward  or  for¬ 
ward. 
The  report  01  the  committee  from  the  IJ.  S.  Hcn- 
ate,  which  investigated  t  he  affairs  of  Mississippi, 
will  be  made  soon. 
Oil  the  return  trip  from  Deadwood,  Wyoming 
Temtcry,  on  Aug.  6,  the  stage  was  attacked  by 
Indians  at  Indian  Creek.  The  stock  was  stolon, 
the  mall  bags  out  open,  the  coach  destroyed,  and 
one  pas-seager  wounded.  A  camp  of  16  Indians 
was  surprised  and  attacked  at  Old  Bridge  FeriTr', 
forty  miles  north  of  Fort.  I.aramle,  by  a  parly  at 
herders. 
The  Athens  depot,  N.  Y.,  has  again  been  burned. 
The  latest  number  of  tbe  American  Journal  of 
Science  and  Art,  contains  a  highly  IntoresUng 
per  on  HinltroparadlbrombcnzoLs  and  their  deri¬ 
vatives,  on  Mcnonltroparadlbrorabenzols,  on  Al- 
phadlnltroparadlbroraTienzol,  and  on  Natrlumhy- 
drate  solution’s  action  on  the  Alphadlultroparadl- 
brombenzol,  producing  as  it  does  a  Nltrobromphe- 
nol.  In  the  experiments  which  led  to  fJie  adop¬ 
tion  of  these  Arlstophaneslan  words  ••  a  violent 
action  set  In,  during  which  It  was  found  advisable 
to  remove  the  hurnore.”  We  are  not  surprised. 
A  further  importation  of  Improved  live  .stock  ts 
to  be  made  Into  New-Brunswlck  at  the  expense  01 
the  Province. 
The  (Chicago)  Evening  Telegraph,  Mr.  storey’s 
evening  paper,  wWch  started  eight  weeks  ago,  has 
published  Its  last  Issue. 
The  Cheyenne  Sioux  request  of  the  Government 
a  cessation  of  hostUlilea  against  Sitting  Bull  with 
a  hope  of  effecting  a  peace  5vith  him. 
Tire  House  has  passed  a  bill  repealing  the  Re¬ 
sumption  act  of  ISIS  by  a  vote  of  106  to  S6 ;  anotber 
bill  was  passed  providing  for  a  commission  to  con¬ 
sider  the  (fuesUon  of  a  double  standard  of  value 
and  tbe  pracLlcabUlty  of  resumption. 
Commodore  Vanderbilt's  condition  Improved, 
and  his  physicians  and  friends  think  he  may  pos¬ 
sibly  live  for  weeks. 
Mr.MuUot  has  now  .31  Republicans  and  2  Demo¬ 
cratic  Senators  on  his  petition  for  reinstatement 
as  Supervising  Architect  of  the  Treasury.  The 
President  Is  known  to  be  v-ery  friendly  to  Mm,  but 
It  Is  understood  he  has  s.aid  he  w'ould  not  inter¬ 
fere  with  Secretary  Morrill  In  fllllng  that  Impor¬ 
tant  offlee. 
The  President  has  signed  the  joint  resolution 
proMblLlng  the  supply  of  special  metallic  car¬ 
tridges  to  hostile  Indians ;  also,  the  act  to  further 
authorize  the  Commissioners  of  Indian  Affairs  to 
purchase  supplies  for  the  Indian  Bureau  In  open 
market;  also  tbe  joint  resolution  providing  for 
the  restoruUon  of  the  original  DeclaraMon  of  In- 
dopendenco. 
A  Boston  corre.spondeni  of  a  New  York  paper 
gives  an  Interesting  account  of  the  annlversaiy 
meeting  of  the  Society  to  Encourage  Study,  It 
is  doing  an  excellent  work  In  stimulating  study 
among  young  women  who  have  ended  their  school 
days  but  not  their  desire  for  learning.  The  high 
class  of  studies  that  have  been  pursued  In  many 
iDS-tanccs  by  members  of  the  society  is  especially 
noteworthy.  Might  not  a  similar  organization  do 
good  servleo  among  youug  men,  especially  with 
clerks  in  incrcauUle  business,  whose  tendency  Is 
to  drop  all  studies  and  lose  tbo  bulk  ol  the  knowl¬ 
edge  they  have  acquired  at  school  7 
Sultan  Murad's  condition  is  pitiable  indeed,  If 
accounts  from  ConstauUnople  are  true.  A  corre¬ 
spondent  of  the  Meesager  du  MUli  sends  to  that 
paper  a  leitur  pui'portlng  10  have  been  written  by 
the  Sultan’s  physician,  which  says  that  •*  Mui'ad 
is  dying  trom  delirium  tremens,  brought  on  by 
hard  drinking,  principally  absinthe,  reckless  de¬ 
bauchery,  remorse  for  his  uncle’s  death,  and  dread 
ot  a  Russian  invasion,  or  attacks  on  his  palace  by 
Mussulman  fanatics." 
The  receipts  lor  a  year’s  license  fees  from  gam¬ 
blers  IB  Virginia  City  were  $29,uoo.  The  money  Is 
collected  monthly,  and  gambling  ts  In  no  way  re¬ 
stricted. 
A  circus  wagon  containing  sea  lions  was  backed 
Into  Lake  Wlnnnebago,  Wls.,  to  give  tbe  animals 
water,  when  suddenly  the  doors  flew  open  and  the 
lions  escaped.  As  one  of  them  has  by  this  time  a 
litter  of  young  ones,  It  la  likely  that  a  colony  of 
the  animals  will  grow  up  in  the  lake. 
The  skull  race  for  Hie  championship  ot  Halifax 
Harbor  In  which  the  competitors  were  Warren 
Smith  and  Obed  Smith  of  the  Flsbenncn’s  crew, 
and  John  Brown,  was  won  by  WaiTon  Smith,  mak¬ 
ing  the  dlSHUicc,  throe  miles,  in  23  minutes. 
The  Dominion  Government  has  refused  M  com¬ 
mute  the  sentence  of  O'Nell,  the  New  Brunswick 
murderer.  lie  will  therefore  be  hanged  on  1  hurs- 
da.v  next. 
Bruce  Younger,  a  cousin  of  the  notorious 
Y’oungor  brothers,  has  been  arrested  on  suspicion 
of  being  one  of  the  gang  who  robbed  a  railroad 
train  near  ottervllle,  Mo. 
A  tornado  passed  over  Rhomero  Township,  Cass 
County,  Missouri,  destroying  several  dwellings 
and  sertou.sly  injuring  the  crops  and  farm  produce. 
Two  people  were  killed. 
Chief  Justice  .Moni‘11,  of  the  .Superior  Court  of 
New  York,  is  dead.  He  was  a  good  jurist,  and 
MgMy  esteemed  on  personal  grounds. 
The  second  day  of  the  .Maine  state  camp  meet^ 
Ing  at  Sebago  Lake  opened  with  an  increase  in 
numbers  and  enthusiasm.  The  forenoon  w'as  de- 
voi,ed  tA  reports  ot  the  reform  work  in  the  differ¬ 
ent  parts  of  Maine  and  New  England.  Owen  B. 
Chartboiirn  of  Haco,  J.  K.  Osgood,  K.  W.  Stetson 
and  others  gave  very  lntcre.stlng  accounts  of  the 
groat  work  being  done. 
Mrs.  r.  M’.  Prescott’s  large  Westborough  barn 
and  contents  were  burned  by  a  tramp.  Insured 
for  $2, 1(H).  Tlie  lietorm  School  boys  did  good  ser¬ 
vice  at  the  fire. 
The  power  of  mlofwal  water  Js  demoust.rated  by 
the  new  springs  at  Saratoga,  the  Diamond  and 
the  Magnolia,  the  latter  near  the  Hlgl)  Rock.  A 
nail  dipped  in  the  water  will  pick  up  needles.  At 
a  recent  trial  by  a  young  man  he  picked  up  and 
drew  away,  not  only  a  needle,  hut  the  young 
lady  to  whom  ft  was  aixached.  .since  then  young 
hulles  pronounce  this  spring  superior  to  the  old 
cathartic  waters. 
Two  ba1e.s  of  cotton  were  recidvcd  at  Savannah 
last  week,  one  ot  Georgia  and  the  other  ot  Florida 
growth.  Tho  Georgia  bale  was  sold  al  15  cent» 
per  pound,  while  that  from  Florida  brought  16  1-6 
cents. 
Competition  for  Uic  selection  of  a  Canadian 
ride  team  to  compet  e  at  Croedinoor  Is  In  progn-si. 
The  members  of  tho  Attslrlau  team  to  take  part 
at  Croedmoor  will  jiartlclpate  In  the  matches  ol 
the  Ontario  Rifle  Association,  which  commences 
at  Toronto  on  the  2'Jth. 
A  new  relic  of  Washington :  A  lady  In  New¬ 
burgh  has  in  her  jiossesslou  a  piece  of  the  table¬ 
cloth  the  Father  or  his  country  ate  on  at  Morris¬ 
town.  She  gives  thU  account  of  it  in  the  New¬ 
burgh  Journal;— "Gen.  WAsliingUni  gave  It  to  the 
washerwoman,  and  by  accident  It  got  scorched. 
Wlien  »»»€  returned  It  to  him  mere  wa.sa  .vonng 
lady  present  by  the  name  or  Eunice  Llurtsly,  and 
he  gaYie  It  to  her.  Aud  when  she  m.'lrried  aUe 
made  a  wedding'  skirt  of  It.  It  was  the  fasMon  In 
those  days  to  wear  sklrxs  and  shoidgowus.  one 
of  Gen.  Washington’s  generals  gave  tlie  same  lady 
her  wedding  ring.  She  lived  and  died  in  West- 
town,  in  the  town  of  .Mtnlslnk.  .Mr.  Edmund 
Cocks’s  wife  was  a  granddaughter  of  tlie  lady 
spoken  of.  She  gave  the  piece  to  me.  She  was 
formerly  of  Newburgh,  but  now  of  New  York." 
The  Washington  oorrespondeut  ot  the  Boston 
Herald  furnishes  this  Interesting  news "  I'lie 
proposition  to  give  President  Grant  a  pension  for 
life  has  become  a  subject  for  discussion  among 
Congressmen,  and  ft  looks  as  if  an  effort  to  that 
end  might  be  made  next  winter.  Members  of  the 
House  are  talking  tbe  matter  over.” 
Col.  Sellers  to  the  front  I  Great  gold  discoveries 
W  Vermont. 
There  are  12,000  men  and  boys  In  San  Francisco 
looking  for  work.  If  the  surplus  capital  that  la 
now  locked  up  In  railroad  and  mining  slocks  were 
used  to  bolster  up  manufacturing,  the  unemploy¬ 
ed  might  earn  a  living. 
The  early  settlers  at  .Saratoga  mixed  biscuits 
with  congress  water,  using  neither  cream  of  tar- 
ur  nor  saleratns,  so  great  was  Us  effervescing 
quality  at  that  time.  The  pillars  of  Old  Tnlou  Hall 
at  Saratoga  were  overgrown  with  tomato  vines— 
then  considered  poisonous,  and  called  love  ap¬ 
ples.”  Boys  and  girls,  on  their  way  Irom  school 
would  slop  there  aud  throw  the  red  apples  at  one 
another. 
J.  8.  Poland,  Captain  or  the  otli  intantry,  writes 
from  Headquarters,  Military  Station,  standing 
Rock,  D.  T.,  under  date  01  July  'a,  to  the  Adjutant- 
General,  Department  of  -Nfiniiesota,  giving  an  In¬ 
dian  account  of  the  battle  of  the  Little  Big  Horn 
on  June  25.  The  account  does  not  differ  essen. 
tlally  from  tho  reports  already  published.  It  says, 
however,  that  .Sitting  Bull  was  neither  killed  nor 
personally  engaged  m  the  fight.  He  remained  In 
the  councfll  tent  directing  operations.  Crazy 
Horse,  with  a  large  band,  and  Black  Moon,  were 
the  principal  leaders  On  the  65th  of  June. 
Kill  Eagle,  a  chief  of  the  Blackfoec,  at  the  head  of 
some  20  lodges,  was  at  this  agency  about  the  last 
of  May.  He  was  prominently  engaged  in  the  bat¬ 
tle  ot  June  26,  aud  afterward  upbraided  Sitting 
Bull  for  not  caking  an  active  personal  part  in  the 
engagement.  Kill  Eagle  has  sent  word  that  he 
was  lorced  Into  the  fight,  and  that  he  desires  to 
return  to  the  agency,  aud  tliat  he  will  return  to 
the  agency  if  he  is  killed  for  It.  The  report  cou- 
cludes  as  follows : 
‘•There  is  a  general  gathering  in  the  hostile 
camp  from  each  of  the  agencies  on  the  illssoun 
River,  Red  Cloud's  and  Spotted  Tail's,  as  also  the 
Northern  Cheyennes  and  Arrapahoea.  They  re¬ 
port,  for  the  special  benefit  of  their  relatives,  that 
In  the  three  Qghts  they  had  with  the  whites  they 
have  captured  over  400  stand  of  arms,  carbines 
rifles,  and  revolvers  not  counted;  ammunition 
wltbout  end ;  and  some  sugar,  coffee,  bacon  and 
hard  bread.  They  claim  to  have  captured  from 
the  whites  this  summer  over  200  horses  and  mules. 
I  suppose  this  Includes  operations  against  the  sol¬ 
diers,  the  Crow  Indians  and  the  Black  Hills  mi¬ 
ners.  The  general  outline  of  this  Indian  report 
concurs  with  the  published  reports.  The  first  at¬ 
tack  of  Reno’s  bf’gan  well  on  In  the  day.  The  In¬ 
dians  report  about  300  whites  killed,  and  do  not 
say  how  many  Indlan.s  were  killed.” 
A  report  from  another  source  says  the  Indians 
obtained  from  Cn.ster’s  command  carbines  and 
revolvers.  I  havx‘,  since  writing  the  above,  heard 
the  following  from  returned  hostlles ;  They  com¬ 
municated  as  a  secret  to  their  particular  friends 
here  Information  that  a  largif  party  ot  Sioux  and 
Cheyennes  were  tfj  leave  Rosebud  Mountains,  a 
hostile  camp,  for  this  agency,  to  Intimidate  and 
compel  the  Indians  here  to  join  Sitting  Bull.  If 
they  refuse,  the.vare  ordered  to  "soldier "them, 
beat  them,  and  steal  their  ponl(3s. 
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FOEEIQN  NOTES. 
The  new  French  postage  stamps  are  now  in  cir¬ 
culation.  They  represent  Commerce  with  the 
caduceus  and  Peace  with  an  olive  branch  joining 
hands  over  a  terrestrl.il  globe,  upon  which  is  put 
a  number  Indicating  the  value  of  the  stamp, 
Tnc  zither  la  fAst  coming  into  fashion  In  London 
drawing  rootn.s  and,  It  ts  said,  threatens  the  ex¬ 
clusion  of  other  now  iiopnlar  Instrumenfa. 
The  proprietors  ot  tho  I’arLs  tiewspapers  which 
w'ere  fined  for  libel  on  the  Jesuit  College  have  ap¬ 
pealed  from  the  Judgment  of  the  court. 
Queen  Isabella  has  Informed  King  Alfonso  that 
she  has  decided  to  take  no  part  whatever  in  the 
political  affairs  of  tlie  kingdom. 
Toro>'to,  -Aug.  1.— The  fourth  annual  meeting 
of  the  Canadian  Labor  Congress  was  opened  here 
this  altfunoon.  A  large  number  ol  delegatos  are 
present.  A  motion  vv-as  carried  advocating  uni¬ 
versal  suffrage. 
Toronto,  Aug.  1.— Tlio  Globe  to-day  publishes 
the  second  series  of  crop  rcpoiis  from  all  parts  of 
Ontario,  tinebec,  New  Brunswick  .and  Nova  Sco¬ 
tia.  Tho  ro))orts  show  that  tlie  sanguine  Antici¬ 
pations  Indulged  in  a  month  ago  have  not  in  some 
respects  lieen  realized.  Tho  hay  crop  l.s  enormous 
aud  the  (luallty  e.xcollent.  The  root  crop  gives 
good  promise ;  tho  Instances  where  It  Is  not  re- 
porMd  AS  doing  well  arc  few.  The  loosUmulaX- 
Ing  effects  of  the  weather  have  been  prejudicial 
to  barley,  the  berry  In  many  pl.icus  being  thin 
and  llglit,  and  the  crop  Is  expected  to  turn  out  an 
Inferior  one.  But  this  stawi  of  things  Ls  by  no 
means  uulvei-sal,  and  In  many  instances  the  ap¬ 
pearance  of  the  harlcy,  now  rapidly  ripening.  Is 
said  to  bo  most  sallstuctory.  On  the  whole,  tho 
biirley  crop  may  not  bo  very  much,  If  at  all,  below 
tho  ayerage. 
in  proportion  to  the  area  planted  ot  oats,  the 
crop  win  be  a  very  heavy  one.  Tire  storms  have 
in  many  sections  done  .some  injury  to  struggling 
grain,  and  here  aud  there  t  iio  fro.sl  is  said  to  have 
affect.ed  the  oats,  but  the  yield  will  be,  both  as  to 
quality  and  quantity,  above  tho  average.  Indian 
corn,  where  early  planU;.!,  and  In  fairly  favorable 
situations,  Is  looking  well,  and  will  be  a  good  crop. 
Potatoes  are  promising  well,  and  will  yield  appar- 
entl.v  an  abundant  return.  Colorado  beetles  do 
not  seem  to  1  le  much  less  numerous  than  formerly, 
but  the  me.an8  taken  to  Insure  their  dcBlructlon, 
and  the  extraordinary  growth  Of  the  plant,  have 
gr  eatly  fru-straied  their  ravages.  Peas  have  been 
iDjurt'd  by  storms,  and  the  season  generally  of 
late  has  not  been  very  favorable  to  their  develop¬ 
ment,  but  the  crop  will  probably  turn  out  on  the 
whole  a  fair  one.  The  crop  01  flax,  so  far  as  it  is 
cultivated.  Is  also  reported  on  favorably.  Of  fruits 
the  crop  will  be  small.  'fherB  seems  to  be  liter¬ 
ally  no  plums,  and  peaches  will  be  scarce.  Cher¬ 
ries  have  been  more  abundant,  but  smaU  fruits, 
both  field  and  garden,  have  been  much  injured  by 
rains.  The  Intemse  heat  of  the  weather',  accompa¬ 
nied  by  rains  and  a  close,  humid  atmosphere,  have 
during  the  pa.st  month  done  Immense  damage  to 
wheat. 
The  negro  Cooba,  one  of  the  most  prominent 
Cuban  lAsurgent  leaders,  has  been  killed  In  am¬ 
bush  near  Sagua. 
The  Mont.enegrlns  are  armed  with  the  Kraka 
rifle. 
.Sultau  Murad  had  at  one  time  the  reputation  of 
being  a  hard  drinker. 
The  Sottas  In  Che  Turkish  service  cany  a  green 
bag  having  a  long  Arabic  Inscription  In  red  letters. 
Tho  Red  Republicans  control  the  Roumanian 
Chamber  of  Dejiutles,  and  are  of  course  friendly 
to  Servla. 
Great  Britain  has  about  60,000,000  Mohammedans 
In  Jier  East  India  Empire.  Her  Christian  subjects 
there  do  not  number  quite  »o0,000. 
Selim  Paaha,  killed  at  the  battle  of  Urblza,  bad 
been  nearly  a  year  engaged  in  war  against  the 
Herzegovinians. 
The  Circassians,  who  are  In  part  responsible  for 
the  Bulgarian  atrocities,  migrated  Into 'Turkey  be¬ 
tween  IB60  and  1&64  to  the  number  of  150,000. 
A  dispatch  from  Ragusa  says  tirat  .Mukhtar 
Pasha,  with  the  remainder  of  his  army,  variously 
essl mated  at  from  six  te  nine  battalions,  had  ar¬ 
rived  at  'lYebtgne,  having  evacuated  Bllek  imme¬ 
diately  after  the  battle  of  Urblza.  The  Ottoman 
authorities  admit  their  defeat  In  that  battle,  and 
also  the  following  leases;— Selim  Pasha,  killed, 
and  Osman  Pasha,  taken  prisoner,  together  with 
two  colonels,  three  Ueiitenanl-coloneis  and  seven 
majors.  Two  battalions  of  infantry  and  one  of 
ebas-sem-s  were  destroved  to  the  last  man,  and  all 
the  other  battalions  suffered  more  or  less.  The 
Turkish  loss  was  between  5,o(H(  and  6.,ooo.  The 
number  of  Tuiklsb  Inferior  officers  killed  la  enor¬ 
mous.  The  pursuit  was  continue  to  the  walls  of 
Bllek.  Corpses  were  lying  thickly  In  the  road  be- 
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