The New York Herald Newspaper, October 26, 1868, Page 3

RELIGIOUS. F fit iit H 1 iF ii | | ; g : | i : ; | i “ Ht i I i é H 5 E é i i E é i : ef 85 Fs s 4 He i i ny A aA i i a | E bi ul i i i iH ie i L American itinent lay in and in the keeping of the German and faces, The American revolution of 1776 and the con- urpose wi verized our forefathers in their ruggle for freedom, and it infused the broad, far-reaciing pa of progress which marked their civil delib- Governor Roberts, of Libe made short ad- expressing substantially that Methodism was | hy s@universal religion and has already pene- yoqiens of Africa. Brot! feelingly of the itinerant there was much credit due to for their ardent and successful labors in the of Methodism. eee eat en ee was Wenn spaced thie of There was another reunioh meeting at six o’clock. Several fine old Methodist hymns were sung by the and after ee and Scripture lesson . J. T. Peck = ihe pulpit i a ® sermon riate on. The closin; ne tune of “O16 Ht 4 San aatyreisne neat sna ee o @ doxol ‘and benediction by the = the ition won. Fated with an excellent impression of the centennial ‘The high mass at the Cathedral yesterday was celo- brated by Rev. Father McGean. The gospel of the day, which was the twenty-first after Pentecost, nar- ‘ating the story Of the servant who, having met with ‘eniency from his master, for the payment of his @ebte cast a fellow servant into prison who could not An turn pay him, was the text from which the Rev. ‘Dr. McSweeny preached the sermon: The passage, fhe said, was full of suggestions to every one. It came Bea ear aes foward their neighbors’ faults were those who were The goapel taught us just ef it Fs | Ft i il it it i hi i i ! | 5 z | g g A ! | | ft = i : : F : y H 2 i i F Hl ; j if 3 f i i i ) i ef vt es Ff iy Fee aEeBE u : 5. E A at gt E H E 2 : g : z i ie we ; & fl te Ee Bee ; iB i : Es 3E p in | z t 3 z i er i ce hets Jan. a Tous falsehood, a damnable He. “Bicased are the meek, for they ghall inhabit the earth?’ Here was to be Christ's enter into full to be cast out. speaker cl Auniversary of the New York Bible and Com- mon Prayer Book society. Theanniversary of the New York Bible and Common Prayer Book Socicty was celebrated yesterday even- ing at Uhrist church, Fiithavenve and Thirty-fifth street. The society is local in name only, its work being for the church at large, dioceses and missionary ns. Ite general object is the gratuitous sere tiaras con ee ta was, by ap) to f the ap etre missionary mg th Pa for books as would enable the society to ee vee « at the bal of ‘all city, diocesan aad general missionaries of the chureh, to'the extent of them. mnities to use and distribute fully understood by the parishioners or that th threatening ‘detetred from coming the of the meeting was not provide spiritual food to the thousands ane socere clatoring for it hed been large! increased. The exhibit of the amounts recetvea and expended and of the number of volumes of Bibies and er NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. - 5 ; B58 : i at i EB aeEat i i ae E 5 5 eS i ce thy Hf BF #3 E g i A e 5 i : ES in saving iteelf Ge ping ee soul wed- ded to the things of earth help manifesting 1tself to those around it, the case of the author of some immoral book, or some book against faith. ‘When this author passes op ip nat his book eo iy Big ics corrupting te: pose this author will not be held to account every reader of his book? As mind after coniaminated by his work, for each mind or soul luted he will be heid res) ible, and eternal mn heaped upon his We remember the Parable of the rich mga in hell’ who crieg out to Abraham to warn his five brothers nos to follow his example on earth, Why did he his brothers? 1s it because there is any charity in hell? By no means; charity is an attribute of Heaven. But he felt that his five brothers on earth would on! _ to his olhengd sae Speeane: en fivefold. ere are 8 whom you could scarcely pose anything more terrible t than to manifest them- selves to those around them. There is something they would not tell to their most intimate or dearest friends. They would rather die, as is often said, than manifest themselves. What a short-sighted way of thinking of that which is already manifest to God, and which will be made manifest to all at the last day. There is 8 manifestation which is possible to us now—a manifestation which has a blessed in- fluence on the soul, which tends to repentance and Which shall lead us to the threshold of God. This manifestation is accompanted by feelings of in- ternal consolation, and draws down the mercy of Almighty God on our souls; and this mani- festauion is the holy sacrament of penance. The Almighty Lord, then, has three judgments. the first before death, when we present ourselves be- fore the merciful tribunal of the confessional, where Christ is represented by the priest ; and the others are the particular and general judgments where jus- tice presides and where mercy does not stand in the way. Thus in time we have means to manifest our- selves before the tribunal of meroy ere we are sum- moned to test it Ourseives before the tri- bunal of justice. If there should possibly be one it us to-day who has neglected to approach the tri al of , to him Tsay, What are you doing? How are you Jiving? Wil you not come and nt yourself now before that unal where your sits full of mercy and compassion, with his hand raised over you in absolution, and pronounces the words ‘I qbsolve ee or will you. wait until the:time when He come in His might and shall show to you His wounds, and when those who would not manifest tn ves shall be made manifest to their fellow creatures and the angels and saints, and when He shall terminate His judg- ment but to assume His eternal reign? The sermon was listened to with most rapt atten- tion by the large congregation it, and as it was delivered in amore than eloquent style could scarcely not fail to create a most profound im- ding, ‘haps, on on all who heard it, even incl! 5 hose members of the choir who am them- selves by reading the papers while the rev- erend gentleman was To of 8t, " jut allus to the Musical portion of the servi which are slways of the highest order, would be fhting a very pieas- ing part of ihe ceremonies, mass given yester- The ‘was Mass No. 12, forsolo and cl by Dietsch, aah semtoaeess waters a: rr asa 10 ans alto duet. The soloists were Mosdames Baston and Henne Messrs. Fritech and Staud, under the direction of Mr, W. F. Pecher, the organist. a Ministerng WomeneTheir Training and ‘Work. in the Christian Church. A meeting of the Board of Missions of the Pro- testant Episcopal Church was held last evening at the Church of the Transfiguration, to consider the subject of “Ministering Women—Their Training and Work in the Christian Church.” There was present @ large and refined assemblage, and the deepest in- terest was manifested in the proceedings. Right Rev. Bishop Potter, of New York, presided, and, after appropriate introductory services, Mr. William Welsh, of Philadelphia, waa intro- duced and gave a gratifying account of the results of the associated labor of the women of the churches in that city in the work of reclamation of the fallen, aid rendered to the destitute and the awakening of souls through their influence. Their pious deeds and counsel extended their beneficial effects first in the hospitals during the war, and were gradually en- larged until they permeated the family circle, the school house and the workshop, and under the biess- ures of sngpseagennans by the Convention now in session ity. . Bishop Kerfoot, of Pittsburg, next addressed the congregation and satd that there was no more hope- ful sign Of progress by the Church than the interest awakened in this feild of labor and the fact that both houses of the present ecclesiasti- cal convention had spoken ouf openly and in support of it. Of course it could not be considered a novel subject, or deemed that the Church was until now unaware of its beneficial influence. But it was in any community when things that to be permanent and operative gave evidence of having @ healthy and not too raj growth. Its pi would one of substantial strength, and they would be more likely to be ulti- mately effectual; and no person should in this case feel that there was in this movement anything alien to the spirit of the Church in the tion into sysiematized and tramed bands of men and women to assist the Church in her work, and all churchmen should banish from their minds = narrow that any organization in church matters implied something Komish, A many of the works to be done could not be properly done without organization and under the protection and sanction of authority. In closing he called upon the foliowers of the Church to organize their cultivated men and women and fit them for the work of educa- tion and the dissemination of Christian teachings. Rev. Dr. Rankin, of Baltimore, was then intro- duced and eloquently cailed attention to the fact that Christ when w earth was pleased to call to his service the aid of women, who, like Mary, the Magda- lene, and Joanna, took delight in imparting to otuers the counsels thelr Master had given them. And knowing that the life of our blessed Saviour on earth ‘was a type and lilustration of wnat Hig Church was to be here on carth, there could be no more striking and beautiful example of the necessity, eMctency ana Tathfulness of women in the work of the Lord. He believed that the Church had had and must have the of ref and. the Church had shorn ii of @ vast er in permitting Roms Ghareh, and every branch of ontintendom, and he God the tiine had now come to Us to held last evening at the Collegiate Reformed Church, corner of Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street, for the purpose of arranging some plan for joint action in regrad to the evangelization of Spain, The Rev. Dr. pened the meeting with an eloquent and arnaien Mitton and submitted the fol re- solutions: — ’ 000 of can to give the ford to emancipated 8} ‘The meeting was afterwards add: by the Rev. Bishop Melivaine, of Ohio, Dr. Buddington ana others acquainted with the affairs of Spain. Bishop Mclivaine remarked that we are living in an era of ene ‘and revolutions, and made close and forcivie comparisons between moral, physical and litical convulsions. Earthquakes sometimes open res and close them up again. ‘The recent revolu- tion in — has 0) issure which should at once be filled up with Bibles and tracts. We do not know how long this opportunity may last, and there- fore no time should be lost in taking advantage of it. ‘This is also a time of tidal waves, when Eee. iad are thrown far up inland, and our sympathy with the priest-ridden people of Spain should now roll up in One great wave of love and friendship, and inun- date their beautiful country with religious literature. The next speaker meee memorializing the Pope in favor of religious om, and urging upon him the necessity of listening to the voice of the nine-eenth century. A gentieman who had formerly been United States Consul at Valencia next addressed the meeting. He spoke of Spain as the Niobe of nations, and was of opinion that the success of the present liberal move- ment was wis, attributable to the number of Bibles which been smuggled into the country from time to time. By floo Spain with Bibles now we could make a reformation of the revolution. Spain has been the greatest country in the end and she may yet be the greatest in Europe. All that is wanted is a little money. The above resolutions nance bees adopted, the meeting was closed with the singing of the Dox- ology. Political Salvation of Our Country the Hope of the World. The announcement of the above theme as the sub- Ject of last evening’s discourse at the Congregational church in Harlem, corner of 125th street and Second avenue, by Rev. E. Bowem, the pastor, drew out only slim congregation—a fact to be attributed, doubtless, not to the indifference of the church-going people of the upper end of our island, to the impor- tance of the subject to be discussed in the present political excitement pervading the country or to lack of attractive eloquence in the preacher, but to the inclemency of the weather. The reverend speaker took as the basis of his dis- course the text Isaiah 1. 2, “And it shall come to pass in the last days that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established inthe top of the moun- tains and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it.” After explaming the contents of the text he stated that all the prophectes given with rd to the ancient Jews had equal ref- erence to the Gentile nations of the earth. He spoke of universal hhecies, and not mere local ones, as that the Jews should possess the land of Canaan, and the coming of Ohrist. Any nation having the same moral, physica! and phical grounds could claim the fuidiment of the prophecies of promise to nations contained in the Scriptures, and lally was this 80 orienta Speeieacene sae Clee ional, and with om condit the ancient Jews failed to pomaiy: and lere the fulfilled. tional: firmly established here. ive spirit has made our country what it is. of the United ‘States asa government has gune over the whole worid. ‘There is not a despot in Europe who does not fear more our moral power than our army or our navy. Napo- pire D the tim ‘of our distress, but failed and em] uy ie our leon has to pay a stand! ‘army of 1,300,000 his own empire. in was now medi- tating wing our example. Turkey was being ornewerelige nd old rl Gur geogran mations id and ol sition he next showed as giving evidence of the fulfilment of the hecy embodied in the text. Asia on the west and countries of Europe on the east would all their riches among us, lc Railway finished ‘oi roull great i centre 0! the world’s stre: Another cause helping to the fulfilling of this prophecy he set forth as the revolu- ‘qrelling on tals subject he spoke ot the present state on e of politics in this country and how the political sal- vat of the country was to be effected. He insisted that ministers of the Gospel had a duty to do poiiti- pulpit “Women, le urged, were-s strong, saving ele, femen, were,a , saving muent, and he noted the increase in the number of women attending political meetings and believed it them politically. ‘Many good Christan men hed a them poli le men had @ horror’of politics and would not vote. He insisted that it was the jal duty of all such to secure the election of moral men to office—men who would lift up the country from the poiitical degrada- tion to which it had sunk; men for school commis- stoners who can read, men for judges who are not more criminal than those upon whom tl ‘pass judgment—men who will not rob the’city by onerous ixes. By taking this eourse, he urged in conclusion, our country might be saved and a great and glorious career await its future, THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CONVENTION. Review of Its Action—Prominent Members of the Convention—The Russo-Greek Church— Female Diaconate. The Triennial Convention of the Protestant Epleco- pal Church in the United States of America has now been in session more than two weeks, and ia rapidly drawing to its close. A few days more and the su- preme legislative body of the Church will have ad- journed, and the clergy and laymen comprising it will be travelling homeward to give an account to thetr constituents of the results of their deiiberation, Bince the convention of 1859, held at Richmond, Va., no such numerously attended meeting of the body has convened as the present one. Not only are all the dioceses in the whole country—thirty-five in number—represented, but for the largest part of the session they were represented by full deputations on the clerical as well a4 on the lay side of the House, and in some of the delegations are found many men of distinction and eminence in Church and State. Several of these were mentioned mm the HERALD of last Monday, but not all; nor ts it proposed now to fame them ail, as space would not suMice. At the con- vention following that of 1860, held in New York city in 1862, only twenty-two dioceses were represented. The only Southern dioceses among them were Ken- tucky and Maryland. In the next convention, which convened in Philadelphia in 1865, the number of dloceses represented had increased to twenty-six, and North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas were the only additional Southern states sendit | tractive and effective kin i l Babe i l i i i uj i i d i i 188 i i i e ef 2 : y | i i a3 gs fe i; 2: Be E fr cif 285 gee 3 5 E i Bes 5 4 5 S several convent : F id not a word, but he is alw: the proceedings limits nis action to quiet su; tions to his a Lucius B, Otis, who all the talk! leputies {rom Illinois, Often, in the mi ent, Judge Ota would bane.dowe and listen to 2 3 BES of old Dr. Benjamin Franklin, 5 Yaentire demeanor is the same. He is never hasty or inconsiderate, is never betrayed into mi @ lengthened speech; alw: inted and eminently precise in his statements; he loves to reason prag! ically from cause to effect and vice versa, pe always commands the strictest attention of the House. Next to himin learning and classical acquirements May be ranked Rev. Dr. Richard 8, Mason, of North Caroiina. wreek and Latin (barring his wretched ronunciation of the latter, which certainly is not xonian), he has complete control of, and as chatr- man of the Committee on the Book of Common Prayer, he, in lus suggestions for changes, riddied the venerable standard edjtion on account of its bad grammar and bad translattt being amas ter of church lustory he always rises to correct any erroneous assertions by other members, and from the remotest antiquity to the present day occurrences as well as dates are always at his ready command, He looks thoroughly the bookworm, and were it not for his white cravat, in the streets of Heidelberg or Jena or Leipsic he would Ce be taken for @ jearned professor of the University. Virginia has a very able young lay representative in the person of J. Johnson Barbour, of the renowned Barbour family of that State. On Wednesday last he electrified the House with a most perfect gem of a speech on the destitution and sorrows of the South tosuch an extent that, at its conclusion, the whole House, old and young, clergymen and iaymen, gave way to ita feeling in a perfect storm of applause, lasting several minutes, in which the audience out- side the bar heartily joined. Who does not know, at least from hearsay, the cotton manutacturer of Massachusetts, Amos A, Lawrence? He ts a lay deputy from the Old State, but takes very little active part in the - ings, except by voting. More active is his medical col- lengne, Dr. George ©. Shattuck, a practising physician and professor at one of the medical colleges of Boston, He is a working member of the Committee on Chris- tian Education, and has ediy addressed the House on subjects connected with’ education. His style of speech is not oratorical, but is rather of that concise, yet lucid, character of a professor's lectures to his students, Hets always full of practical sug- gestions, drawn from experience, and his short ¢s- bas are always replete with useful information. r, William Welsh, of Philadelp| is also justly to be counted among the more prominent members though he is better known am church men outside their c1 for hus zeal- ous work in the interest of the Chu especially on the fleld of missionary labors. FEMALE DLACONESSES. To his efforts may especially ne ascribed the found- ing of an institute in Philadelphia, as the “Bishop of training urch towards educa’ tal and employing them for tl of the Gospel and the strengtl jurch, first idea was ted b; ‘There are many women of education, refinement and nest earn f here fm which 1 work Qed Rata sae smicted: Rhore arc those whose charactors and whose ‘would be vastiy improved occupation. inspire affection; and in ‘an ahe possenses the experience snd ihe ready retaufoe which springs gener. Sai useful We vs vat to weigh conside ‘amount of talent and hearty zeal ‘women awaits to Seles cs heweemeso pene: (ea bee ct vaceeee $e they are ih what they. mg Dey if pervaded with Se cet cthion bak Crganlontion ent 0 wine ‘directing spirie inneeded tokchleve thia mighty and beneficent Tever “* 3 ‘This portion of the address was referred to a spe cial committee, of which Mr. Welsh was an enthusi- astic member, and it reported in favor of an insti- in “for the education of faithful women as visitors and nurses for all ‘ on the 11th of June, 1967, he had th ification of assisting as principal manager at the public official spenng oe * ho Potter Memo- rial House.” At this baer 4 Bi Stevens de- livered @ long address, from which the following ex- tract gives a clear view of the object of the insti- tute:— It isa calling out and developing in the Church Protestant denom! ve lon; Poy it and organic fc to influences which only need ms giving ven ree to bo whsly guided tonecure, Diessed resulta.” It in, ese to put women In the place where our Lord put them when ‘on earth, when he graciously accepted t) nistries where the Aposties put them, Lydias and Phoves and Priscillan and id that noble roll of Christian women recorded by Ht. Paul in the Kplatie to the Romans labored, under deacons and elders, im the primitive Chureb: Tt ts using an instrumentality Of the most gentle, i to do a work that needs a woman’ rt, an attemy of work, to 4 the ‘wholentes Meine and ‘inthe of ih to the every-day of m world lyin; in wieked owing to that world, that, ie religion of Christ is not only .salvation to the soul, but salvation ale, mental, social, political, to the bodies of men. ‘The institute is now in a flourishing condition. From the first annual report of the principal (Mr. Wm. Welsh), made to the bishop in April, of this year, it appears that thirteen ladies had already en- tered the ranks of the Protestant “Sisters of Mercy,” and by this time their number has still further in- creased, and Episcopalians all over the country expect great resulta jor the Church from the intro- duction of this ‘Female Diaconate.” UXION WITH THE RUSSO-GREEK CHURCH. A very interesti on the efforts of an in- tercommunion of being prepared by the Ri Young and Rey. Dr. Milo already granted by the House to print it, and wii probably be laid on the table of the House in the ri rere supporters of the 5 ‘on the 17th of October, 1962, the Convention passed the following resolution: — the House of Biel That n joint ‘on the concurring, ‘Of this House of five, be ap- fency of communication 4 Kk Church to collect authentic bearing on the subject, aud to report to the next vention, On the 10th of October, 1865, at the last Convention, Dr. Mahan, on behalf made @ voluminous Resolved, committee, cont yoin' #8 i ; ! 83 Ai ue i & p it Ft ag } ef Ay ge FS th ropoltas of Moo in sale te Naren eee the question of establishing's Husslan’ church ‘af San Right Rev. Dr. John F. Young also visited Russia on this miasion, with the most Sraitiying resniin, and it is believed that the report expected him and Rey. Dr. Mahan to-day will give striking evidence, not only of the entire foast 'y of the project, but also of the present ones of the negotiations en- into to realize i mate of the Number of Bales Made=The Crop Not to Exceed 2,100,000—Why Cot- ton is Being Liberally Carried to Market— Thirty Cents Per Pound Rejected by Some Planters. ATLANTA, Ga., Oct, 21, 1868, Directly or indirectly every man, woman and child tm the South is imterested in the cotton crop. ‘Though no longer king the staple yet possesses an influence considerably greater than many would imagine. The 1,600,000 bales sent to Europe yearly represent a sum in gold coin which aids to a greater extent than any other of our articles of export to reduce the amount of coin needed to pay for our im- Ports with. The 1,000,000 of bales consumed at home keep busy the mills of New England and give @ support to many thousands of human betngs out- side of the millions engaged in the culture of cotton. ‘Thus the dethroned monarch, though for the present deprived gy political power, is nevertheless potent in business and social circles, and the question as to whether he will be tm force this year is one of de- cided interest. * THE INJURIES SUSTAINED BY THE CROP. What will be the cotton crop of 1868-9? Specu- Jators in the South and at the North, interested in depressing prices, are endeavoring to underestimate the ravages of the boll worm and caterpillar and to overestimate the yield. But this style of reckon- ing will not do. No single individual could possibly have made @ more extensive tour of the South dur- ing the past season than has your correspondent, and carefal observations prove that the planters have but little exaggerated the injuries sustained by the crop. On the whole a larger area of land was planted in cotton this year than was last year. Not in all of the States, it is true; but in Alabama, Missis- sippi, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee and probably Louisiana, this was the case. But even had there not been there was no reason why the present crop should not have equalled that of 1867-8, for it must be recollected that the overflow of the Mississippi river and its tributaries destroyed a very large amount of cotton in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Ten- nessee—probably aggregating 300,000 bales, and yet left @ crop’ of 2,500,000 bales in round numbers. ‘There have been no overflows this year, and had not other sources of injury appeared there is no doubt that the present crop would have touched 2,750,000 bales. Y During the early months of planting thé cotton looked well and promised a large yield; but a long drought, followed by a perfect deluge of rain, seri- ously affected the prospect, though not to a suffi- ciently alarming extent to render planters appre- hensive of failure. A greater danger was, however, athand, During the month of July the caterpillars made their appearance, and in a few weeks three- fourths of the flelds presented a dreary, desolate as- pect. I have travelled for scores of miles through Alabama, Georgia and Florida, and fatled to see an acre of cotton land with a single green leaf on it. Nothing but dry, black stalks, dotted here and there with @ few bolls, which had atrived at maturity be- fore the enemy appeared, and were prematurely opened by the rays of @ burning sun. The ravages of the caterpillars were capricious. Some planters were nearly if not entirely left undisturbed, while their neighbors on all sides were utterly ruined. As ‘an instance of this singular immunity from damage Twill take Leon county, in Florida. Colonel Wil- lams, a very extensive planter, and afew others have made unusually large crops, although their neigh- bors will suffer heavy loss, Whether their good luck was caused by their having a different description of soil from that ravaged,or from a difference in the method of cultivation are questions I cannot answer. And it is this happy e: in that saves the crop from Frequently the north half of a country was traversed by myriads of caterpillars, while the south half saw but few or none. Every Southern State was more or lesa visited by them, although they appeared so late in Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas that the damage done is jess than in the other States. The boll worm also destroyed some cotton, but I do not think any considerable quantity. Aiding to no small degree in the work of decreas- ing the yield has been the conduct of the negroes. No matter how radical letter writers declare to the contrary, itis undeniably the fact that the negroes do There are too’ many political meetings to attend and the laborers much less work now than before the war. too many jealousies between for anything lke fall crops to be made, ‘The aystem of hiring hands to work on shares is bad and has proven so. If ® planter employs fifty negroes to work for one-half of the crop and one takes tll or goes fishing, the chances are that the re- maining forty-nine fill abandon work because of the absent one. They argue that if they do not work the logs is theirs, forgetting that the heaviest loser by their idleness is the owner of the land. Nor are the planters wholly blameless. I hazard the assertion that 30,000 bales of cotton will be ieft in the Belds ungathered in Georgia, Alabama and Florida the present year. On many of the plantations where the caterpillars were particularly destructive from thirty to fifty pounds per acre of the staple can be obtained, but not the slightest effort is being made to gather it, I know of one gentleman in Alabama who has 120 acres which will yield probably twelve bales if the cotton was gathered, and yet he informed me that he would not trouble himself about it. If the negroes chose to pick it they could do so and have it for themselves. He was endeavoring to sell his plantation, so disheartened was he at the heavy loss he had sustained. Aad there are many such cases in the South. . To sum up the injury done to the crop the follow- ing estimate will, I think, be found tolerably correct. In Georgia three-cighths of the cotton planted hae Deen destroyed; in Alabama the same; in Floride i g g text these words, from St. Paul's : | 3 | EE ‘8 very pi oes | ese i i i ffer- ing, cheap means education through its Sis- of M the children of his coperega| been led from home ‘and attended the Sncoe ot these sisters, where they were Rot alone instructed F : i i 2 : : g E in point to communicate with diherican committes in to = nion with the Russo-Greek committee reper at the convocation in February, 1 G to continue its labors. a measu' ‘Bastern rch association”? was formed, wi following faite declared objecta:— : BS. i Re 3852 55 g a 4 #2 3 fl Moscow on this subj or saya: Hews the attention of the imperial authorities to the atriti raphical analogies between American € clon, 1u the vast verriorial expent izE ze 3 i : cotton is grown, and in those States the damage has deen trifling. RSTIMATE OF THE PRESENT CROP, To form a fair estimate of the probable yield this year it will be crop. The ascertal totake s glance at the last yield of 1967-8 was as fol- 240,225 North Carolina. 38,087 Virginia... Tennessee, Rien Total..... Add to ‘the’ above, consumed in GANA COLA. sees sss ceceeececceeecceese es 1678,209 The return for Louisiana embraces the yield of Mis- siesipp! and part of Arkansas, and for Tennessee that 8 much larger amount of cotton is being carried to market at this time than was last year does not by any means indicate an increased yield, After ob- taining after Motal.....0e sorcerers +02)700,000" Estimate of total crop for the present year, caterpillars, bol! worm, &¢. It fg barely possible that the above figures may be increased to 2,100,000, if the damage in Mississippt, all the statistics possible, as well as gathering derable amount of information from numer- ous planters, I venture to give the following eati- mate:— deducting 745,000 bales destroyed by 2,015,000 Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee prove to be less than at present stated. Neither in Georgia nor Ala- bama can the yield be 10,000 bales greater than the estimate, which is by no means underestimated. ’ Indeed many planters and cotton merchants with whom I have conversed are strongly of the opinion that the crop will fall below 2,000,000 bales and may not exceed 1,800,000, but they not being specu- lators are naturally disposed to depreciate the yield in the hope of running up prices by doing so. Their estimate is, therefore, too small and will pr ove to be 80, By the figures given above it will be seen that the crop in Texas is largely increased. This is ex- pected land pl: tities tl observ: toll ec year. explat and a ure tt year. thh ane e1 game t ar strange. to bring about this condition of affairs. In the first an has been I hij cope nt naoubtediy tras at cl ‘undoul te vember 15 will gee the eatire crop gathered, and although the receipts at the different ports now are greatly in excess of last months, as they are call December next, a heavy and sudden decrease as compared resel e next cause is Oe eld to withine few days of considerable tm prices held Total But of cotton are of an uni will be larger than that of last year, crop is smaller, The entire yield of cotton in 1367-8 bie P ae ce le being kiven The: estimated vait by all parties interested in cotton, the area of janted in that State this year being consider- ably larger than it waslastyear. The yield of Mis- sissippi and Louisiana will also be larger than last year; were n but, then, it must be remembered that there 0 inundations this season, On the whole it can safely be asserted that about three-elevenths or over one-fourth of the entire crop has been de- stroyed by caterpillars, boll worms, &c., aad that the balance wil not exceed 2,100,000 bales. WHY COTTON IS BEING LIBERALLY CARRIED TO MARKET. It may seem singular that,,while the present crop 1s 500,000 bales mauler than the last one, that cotton should be sent to market earlier, and in larger quan- nan last year. To those in the Souta thig does ” Two causes have operat the caterpillars having eaten all the leaves From’the cotton salks, the bolls, exposed to the 1n- tense heat cf a midsummer sun, soon opencd and be- came fit for gathering. Thus cotton was gathered in September in unusually large quantities. My own ations influence an agreement with an in- Georgia planter, who has published teresting letter on the crop, at this ssa, tte San tht tay tton. The stat atere: have thered their entire e very farthest No- A the fic tens cotton ade of and, with the same months last js, then—the ravi of the caterpiliar— ins in greater part ce it wi 5 a ~ So 5 i a i = 5G 8 5: F crop of othe will saree uly 1,000,000' Dales - for home maption, . ar the prospect, ti it’ becomes evident there will be a demand for at least 2,000,000 of bales’ whi p is nevertheless true that the other descriptions “The long fine siaple, five cents per In n than, Yor several yeats past and will have the effect of tly Increasing the money value of the crop. Hada. i the planters the quality would not only have mu “than the best average year, but the yield would have been considerably ai Jars, boll worms and have attended the growth of the cotton. been taken bi jittie pains on ich bet in properly cultivating properly RE ented, in spite of caterpil- e numerous other evils wiht VALUE OF THR CROP. I haye already argued that in consequence of a de- ficit. of 900,000 bales the price of cotton cannot fall below twenty-five cents per pound for some time to a ar at any rate, Until the present crop is wath l. ulators endeavor to the they sa eucossefutly piayed last yee, bert they pressed by will not succeed. Except those hardly creditors the of th mined not to sell for less than twenty-five cents per e planters are “eter- |. The money value, then, of the present cr x though ihe 000,000, the av -Ave dollars, Below ue of the present crop, aver- aging each bale at $110:— every dition —— Estima te-————— Crop dy Bales. Money Vali. + 330,000 $36.300, nearly correct at the crop will yleld ‘over 2,100, Or auuire at the South kDoWws (0 be bl