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The Rains Ceased For A Time On

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Day
4
Month
August
Year
1865
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Public Domain
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Friiky aftenioon last. since tóch the farhsors liave boe fuvoved wilh first-class haryal wertlur, w Uich we have reasan lo believe lias been thomnghly iiuproved. By tilia time the wiieitt ctop is neurly all ia stack and bairn, ftml tlwiuli soiiicwhat yrowji, we trust in touch better comlltiim than has been reporta!. The erop, liowcM-er, is nut either in tutautily qualily wliat tii growor anlicïjjateil previous to llw ruiny wrather setting ín. Oats aro a large erop, and by tliis time are CieariyU well bccuied. Barly. like wheat, lias been ronsiderably dnmaged by lh uufsvurable wliealheï. Haying was iept back füll tbree weeks by the rains, and ttra retn.lt is that ïuucli hay will beef R poor (juality, the grass har i Dg Kjjñed so ai to Mnke il seaiethtó,! liko reeds incoad of tha sweel aud juicy arliële our fHrnliTs uro aeeftítoMed to c;?.ktCoru is cumiin; ferward lii.ely, and no.v mimises the hne.-t J?iU tiiat lias beau fciiown fóf yea. A fotfce Irost, ií al! Itftt h liecei.viry. And we 1U4V sav the samo of l'üt.atoes wliiclt liave made IMjrtd growth, af.d liow pi'umiïses e.buiidaiit!y. LL" Tlio irrtraoii Counoil bna JoliTiniiicd lo i'iiforce l'.ie Sauday 0idiiru.ee, - lliat is ihe ordinance against saloons Ijecping vpen and ttelliag Kquor, wine, a:id ler on Sunday, - and has airead}' giren uotice to tlist effect. We '.hink tiiat all good citiïeiis siiould sustain the OoUJicil in tliis aelion. We ftie neeing dtunkennebs enough, on llie six Wei'k dayg, mid ought to be ptíviteged to hare one day oí froeduní froiu rowdyiïHi. Tile saloon kaepei-s should ykld a ready obedieiica to the law. iUapt. W. W. Van AhtWïR?, late of llie Fonrth Michigan Cavalry, has become j'Mnt editor Mid prtprietor of the Jackson Vatriol. Van is a practical printer, has long leen connected with tbs Patriot ollko, aud bis introiiuctory gires promise of iucreased vigor hd strength for that journal. Having been throngh the war and doné good service his political opponents ought to give him credit for patriolism, but, we pi-edict that ali that will go for nawght, and that he will be branded as a " copperhead : for venturing to oonect hiuiseli' with a Üemocratic [aper JJ3T" Louïs Sïoskopf, ono of tlio six Yale Boys made " iinmortal " by beatiug the Harv .rd 13oys in the great boat race on Friday last, making the best time- 3 miles in 17 minutes 42) secontl - ou record, prepared in the Union School of this city, and Was two years a student iu the Miabigan University, a luciuber of the receutly graduated tlass. L" A Iiailrottd aud Steamboat excursión, to Detroit nnd Slocum's Island, has been arranfüed for the benefit of the Misses Clark, to take place about the 20th of this ttlonth. We bespsak a largo turn-out, and a general good tima. L3T Tho Wolverino Buse Ball Club of this city go to Jackson o:i Monday next, to play a friendjy home and hom match with the Central Club. We believe that the Wokerines also dpsign to go to Adrián at the tima of the Slaw Fair. t The Wnol market is unusually diill, and but iittle is coming in. Prices rango from 57 to CO cents, but tend downward. Full oue-third of the clip of the county is yet in first hands. See wool report in iuother column. SST Driiuken sproes, and consequont assault and battery cases are just now plenty. Sheritl' ffl.NEOAB keeps his boarding house full. EjC Wu aro indobtod to Hon. A. C. Buuwis, for the Congressional Globe and A ppendix for the. last session of Congress. - Also to Hon. John W. Longyear for the Globe and Appendix fw the flrst setulon of the 38th Congreas. four volumes. Tbcae favorj are appreeialed. Eip We hftve Kweived Part XLV1L1. ot' tliu Rebelliou lincord. It is enibrllished with Üue povtraita uf Maj. Gen. l'hil. Sheridau, and Gen. E. 'J. 'i'ownsend, and records Ihe cloèin eveiits of 1863 aud the opening eveuts oi' 13()4. GO cents eacli inontlily part. Address 1. Vas NWSTEAKO, 193 Broadway. N.Y. E" The July iiumbor of , icaod's EJinhuryh Magazine lias the following papers : Miss Majoribanks ; Corneliua O'Dowd ii[)on Mei. and Women, and olheiTilinga in Seneral ; Carlyle's t'redeiick the Qfeat Sir lïrook Fosbrooke ; Tlic Ítalo of ínter, st; Piocadilly; Mr Gladitone at CbeHtei- Mid th Past and Coming Parliainent.- f la yoar ; with tlio foar Keoiewê, $10. Ad drea Lkosaru Scott & Co , Btí Walker Bi., jg--SL= We ure inJubted to Dr. 0. B. l'oiiïEH lor Chicago duilies CODtioiog the uroceedings of the American Deu tal Assooiation . ExPKNSSd AT TUK WlUTK II0B8B. The Koobester lhmoomt explamo htw the lato Pruaidcnt Linéela was able to va $50,000 lrom hu Biilary. It dolste that the trouble with a Presideat of reasonablo frugal habita ia not bW to savu bis sulary, but how to spond it. In the first place ho luis uü reut io puy. Uougress furaishes thu White iiöuse lrom garret to cdlar, and prffvides all that is needed ia kuchen aud pantry, as wull as in puilor lio has ik wagee to pay. Cuttgreua pays his servants, FroiB private suurelary to bootblack and sculliou. It also próvidos hita with fuel and lights, and pajï the expeuses of his stables. It providuB him with a gardeu aud a corps nf garüeners, who oughL to see ihut ho pays QOthing ior vejjutablus or fiuita or floWers, In short, oí' the ordiuary expenses of housekeepiug, the only bilis the President is called upon to pay are the butcher's aud the wmu Mor ohant's. Even the latter has not falleu upon the reueut oi;eupauts of the White House, whose cellava have usuully been kept well stocked by preseuts oí wiues and liquors. When all these items are deduoted, and vvheu it is considered that it is uot etiquette in Washington to cali upon the Presideut for contnbuXous to ordiuary ubarities, it can be easily uuderstood how Mr. Lincoln uould lay up one half or more of his salar) . And this eeouomy wil] be moio compivhen.-ible if the faet be, as universally asserted aud credited ii) Washington, that the expenses of the partios aud state dinners oeeasioually given by the President, were, :t Mr. Liucüln's request, paid for out of governiuout funds. AFkmaleHechha. - The Uoverninent, ut the instigaiion of Gov. Atidrew, of Massachuaetts, has granted the use ot a ste.unboat to trau.-port three huudred ladv passengers ti) Aspiuwall. whence they will be taken aeross the Isthinus and up thu ooast to Wa.-liiugtou Teiritrtry, the whole voyago to be eutiroly free. Tho steainer will sail ftom New York ou the 20th of August. The cirigrants are promiscd when they get to Washiugton tenitory good wagea, to bo paid iu gold, and have the adJod iuducement of probable niarrintre wit.hin three moutlis if they wiuli. 'J'hus Gov. Andrew's gre;it pi-ublom is solved, and Massadiaseltfl h:is the pio-pcet of gattiiiii 1 id of I; er ''supoi liious fomaics."

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