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Domingo Almada, wealthy Cuban, at NewYork, aged 83. May 4, Richard Tattersall, the horse-dealer, at London; 6, Frederick Perle, philanthropist, at Philadelphia, aged 74; 14, Theodore Wythe Clay, (lunatic son of Henry Clay,) at Lexington, Ky., aged 68; 15, John Orser, ex-Sheriff of New-York, aged 62; 18, Hiram Curtis, inventor, at Albion, N. Y. June 5, Jonah D. Hoover, exMarshal of the District of Columbia, at Washington, aged 48; 11, Constantine Delmonico, caterer, at New-York, aged 48; 14, Moses Wingate, oldest Mason in the world, at Hareville, Mass., aged 100; 16, Lord Arthur Clinton, one of the Boulton masqueraders, near London; 17, Jerome Napoleon

Bonaparte, Sen., at Baltimore, aged 65. July 29, Benjamin Nathan, stock broker, (murdered,) aged 54. Aug. 18, Joseph Hoxie, old politician, at Westerly, R. I., aged 75; 19, Leotard, gymnast, at Lyons; 23, James B. Taylor, local politician, at New-York, aged 64. Sept. 19, John Kitts, Revolutionary veteran, at Baltimore, aged 108. Oct. 10, John Jourdan, Superintendent of the NewYork Police, at New-York, aged 39; 26, Major Thomas Doswell, of the turf, at Hanover, Virginia, aged 72. Dec. 12, Thomas Brassey, the English railroad contractor, aged 65; 18, Kit Burns, keeper of the dog and rat pen in Water street, NewYork.

CROPS OF 1870.

Cotton. The last crop proved considerably Corn.-The corn crop of 1870, unlike those in excess of the estimates, or about 375,000 of the two years preceding, was a full onebales more. The planting for the current the best of the past ten years. It is a crop crop has been large, and, generally speak-which yields best in our hottest seasons. A ing, the season has been a favorable one; so large area of the best corn region had rain that the entire yield is estimated at 3,500,000 enough for its full maturation. The worst bales. effects of drought were seen in New-England, Wheat. The wheat crop of 1870, in a ma- reducing the crop fifty per cent in some fields. jority of the States, and especially in those The States of the great corn region, includin which this cereal is prominent, was ma-ing those bordering on the Great Lakes and terially less in quantity than the crop of 1869, on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, without which was a very large one, notwithstanding exception made either a full or a large crop. the assertions of some croakers to the con- Illinois, the corn-field of the Union, estimattrary. The reduction was due, first, to the ed to have an acreage in maize of 5,237,000 loss of plants by an unpropitious season for in 1869-figures which proved to be three germination and early growth of the winter per cent below rather than above the actual variety, followed by an open and somewhat returns of assessors for that year-had last variable winter; and, second, to the drought, year fully six millions of acres in corn-an which prevailed with great severity in the area larger than that of the State of NewNorthern and Eastern States. This reduc- Hampshire. At the low estimate of 35 bushtion, as averaged from local returns, appears els per acre, the product will reach 210,000,000 to be about fourteen per cent. bushels. The crop ripened unusually early, without injury from frosts, and is remarkably sound, with exceptions of injury from drought.

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Other Grains. Rye gives a somewhat smaller yield than in 1869. It was grown for pasturage in the Southern States more extensively than usual. In quality the grain was generally good. Oats were not generally so productive as in 1869, except in the South, in Michigan, and in New-Jersey. There was also a like depreciation in quality in most quarters. The aggregate product of barley appears to have been less than in 1869. The quality in the West was generally good.

The average quality of the crop was better than that of 1869. In portions of the Eastern States and in New-York, the grain was shriveled by dry weather. In Pennsylvania and Maryland, the excessive moisture and high temperature of June were untimely, inducing disease and causing imperfect development. In Virginia, the quality was variable; in some places superior, in others injured by heavy rain while in bloom, some fields suffering from the midge, while occasional injuries were sustained in the stack from wet weather. In the Southern wheatbelt, including the table-lands of North-Carolina and Tennessee, the quantity was in excess of the crop of 1869; but the quality was injured extensively by rains between cutting and thrashing, though many counties report superiority in quality. Throughout the Ohio and Upper Mississippi States there was an unusually large proportion of No. 1 wheat. Occasional damage from rains while in the stack is reported from the North-sugar yield of 1870. The average condition western States. The season was comparatively unfavorable in Kansas, on account of the drought in July and August; but less injury was suffered than was expected. The Pacific Coast reports were variable.

Sugar-Cane.-There was a large increase in the product of canc-sugar. For several years a considerable part of the crop has been used as "plant-cane" for extending the area of cane culture. This extension is beginning to enlarge production materially, and has aided, in connection with the fine condition of the growing plant, to swell the

of this crop in Lousiana is placed at eleven tenths, or ten per cent above a medium. In Texas, the prospect is equally favorable, and generally favorable returns come from the other sugar plantations.

Vegetables.-The yield was large, except of turnips and cabbages, which were much injured by the drought in September. The quality of some of the late-dug potatoes suffered from the same cause.

Fruits.-The season was one affording an extraordinary yield of all kinds of fruits. Beef Cattle.-The supply of fattening cattle was somewhat in excess of former years, with great local variation. In Maine, NewHampshire, and Vermont, it was caused by an apprehended deficiency of hay and other

feed, and their condition was relatively low. A good supply was reported in the West in fair condition. A deficiency was reported in California, Virginia, New-Jersey, NewYork, and the southern half of New-England, in somewhat reduced condition except as to Virginia.

Swine. An unusually large number were fattened during the season, and it was estimated that nearly four million would be slaughtered and packed during the season of 1870-71.

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The crop of Sea Island for the season of 1869-70 was as follows: Florida, 9948 bales; Georgia, 9225 bales; South-Carolina, 7334 bales. Total, 26,507 bales, against 18,682 bales for the previous year. Of the crop of cotton, 806,860 bales were taken by the Northern Mills. The cotton exported numbered 2,178,917 bales, to the following ports: Liverpool, 1,465,207; London, 410; Glasgow, 1257; Queenstown and Cork, 7821; Havre, 346,447; Marseilles, 3; Amsterdam, 12,269; Bremen, 158,644; Antwerp, 5255; Hamburg, 38,642; Rotterdam, 1750; Barcelona, etc., 61,778; Santander, 200; Malaga, 4576; San Sebastian, 1220; Genoa, 14,404; Salerno, 7546; Gottenburg, 600; St. Petersburg, 8281; Helsingfors, 3264; Cronstadt, 22,990; British North-American Provinces, 316; Mexico, 14,124; Havana, 1912. Total, 2,178,917 bales.

At the commencement of the crop year of 1869-70, the crop was greatly under-estimated, and the New-York market opened with buyers of low middling at 28 cents for delivery in the following December; but as more liberal estimates obtained, there was a rapid fall to 19 cents; and the European war in the summer months, with favorable reports of the growing crop, still further depressed the market. The crop for 1870-71 is estimated at 3,500,000

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THE TOBACCO CROP.

COMPARATIVE ESTIMATES OF THE GROWTH WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.

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.FRANCIS E. SPINNER, of New-York.
.ALFRED PLEASONTON, of New-York.
MORTIMER D. LEGGETT, of Ohio.

HENRY VAN AERNAN, of New-York.
..ELY S. PARKER, of New-York.
....JOSEPH S. WILSON, of District of Columbia.
..HORACE CAPRON, of Illinois.
..JOHN A. EATON, of Tennessee.

.Brev. Maj.-Gen. E. D. TOWNSEND, of Virginia.
.Brev. Maj.-Gen. M. C. MEIGS, of Pennsylvania.
FRANCIS A. WALKER, of Massachusetts.
.HILAND R. HURLBURD, of New-York.
WILLIAM A. BRISTOW, of Kentucky.

UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.

.SALMON P. CHASE, of Ohio.

.SAMUEL NELSON, of New-York...
NATHAN CLIFFORD, of Maine..
NOAH H. SWAYNE, of Ohio...
STEPHEN F. MILLER, of Iowa...
.DAVID DAVIS, of Illinois..

.STEPHEN J. FIELD, of California

WILLIAM STRONG, of Pennsylvania

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Reporter.

JOSEPH P. BRADLEY, of New-Jersey.

JOHN WILLIAM WALLACE, of Pennsylvania...

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