The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, March 06, 1878, Image 1

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igfliiritt and £ommcmal ’consolidated APRIL lO, 1876. rates of subscriptions FOR THE WEEKLY. TMr •«*ar ~* •* innths- months.. for the tri-weekly, T If not paid strictly In advance, tue price of the Weekly Courier will be $2 50 a year, and the yj-j. Weekly $5 00. • T.» dubs of 8 ve or more, otic copy will be for- n is bed free.■ t j, , The first notaWe result of the pae- sa^e of the silver bill is the advance in the price of s lver in the London mark et to 551 per ounce, which is the high est price since eiu-lv in November last The African explorers sent out by the King of B-lgium have not had Stanley’s good fortune is escaping or overcoming the dangers of Afriu’s hur- nine sands. Ttieirdeaths are annouuced from Zanzibar. Mr Ben Hill was paired on the Matr tliawe resolution and also on the final vote on the silver hill. Mr. Hill holds a goo I hand in the game of brae—two pal But think bn will find that it 't win in lb- giinf of politics. vl] The Si- fr.oikl it that hut wo .in ■ • allowed to end ' drlphia Ci.riii n !■ will compel C’oegi envelopes win- - of socks to be wael !»"■ •d ” to revive the 'h the proviso mail matter he i-. The Phila vets that ‘‘this i-n to tise twi home a pair VOLUME: XXXIL - i“5T • t' v i ■ ' . . . Ivrn c? t s-'-rrqio 1 iobilepWJL MOKNING, MARCH 6, 1878. •■“2 {'luaPp'.it r... hovi • aj NEW SERIES-NO. 27 Indian Affaire- 1 '1 A The Trny Times intimates that tin Hayes admiiiinistrfi m i- a white el pliant, which the R p.ttdtcar.s don’t want and the Dt-muom-v won’t have The Cnuriir Journal et.ys it is strung. that the Time', alter seeing its ears and hearing its bray, should mistake it for an elephant of any sort. Col. Forney writes from E .gland that ‘ no member of Parliament is a tobacco thewer, ami there is not a symptom dissipation.” Whereupon a Washing ton paper retorts that the average Eo lish M. P. doesn’t chew tobacco, but he is a great smoker, and will wagtr two to one that there are more red noses ntid advertised victims of brandy and heavy Burgundy in the English House of Commons than in any legislative body in existence. Bank President Calhoun of the Fourth National Bink, New York speaking of the silver bill remarked to an interview er that he di i not think the immedi ate effect of its passage would ‘amount to anything,” as lie saw that bonds had gone up when everybody said the) would go down. Neither did ho think that even were the basis of the new coinage enlarged, its efiVct could be op pressive for five years at least, "‘and then the bill could be amended, if found to be deterimental. ’ It is now generally understood in Washington that Mr. Hayes will veto the silver bill. It is also expected, in atlmiiiisiration circles as well as else- wli-re "'-at twn-ihir«>o .....j»**vj ,u ‘ measure will be mustered in both sen ate and house. Secretary Sherman is said to he in a very despondent mood believing the ship of state is about t.g . down in the yawning gulf of finau- e; d ruin. He would scorn to desert his p -st t 1.1 moil och an ho h -f r.-s't this. He has ds .(Tice. t -he A lady of Sou'i in-taneeof th-- Ifi. preparing to rmtk ed that she was ..ut 1 c!siinedtoherdau.li ' Lord I had a yeas' t tile door hell rai a lining was ans ven d. i n Ini' lying on th.- sill, iv.i; a single yeist that some person introducing veasl cakes deposited this sani|ile as an ad vertisement and departed to the next door. ■i lates in. er. While discover •i*t, and ex- I wish to tile Just then .-n the sura c vas round, •idv picked, ke It in.pear- Vi'asl.iaguin special 10 the Cincinnati <Lz-tt'-: Tile passage of the silver bill is looked upon here as the first victory ol die people over the bonded aris'oe- i"i"y nl tile East in sixteen years. It i- h'J’ a foretaste of wn.it IS to come, and tile representatives of ilie Shylccks will next be confronted with a prosition looking to the repeal of the resump ii.'ii act, the retirement of national bank note circulation, ami other legis lotion not in the interest oi the rich, but lor tile benefit ol the poorer 1 he inquiry into the alleged massa cre of Russian prisoners by the Turk ish troops at I’levna is being carried on cjuieily but without interruption, and notwithstanding the military honors which were so readily paid to the com mander of th- liesifged town, Osman Pasha, as be’ng responsible for the dis- c.-cipline of Ills sol iiers, will be tried by a Russian court-martial, togtther "nil all ms officers. This will, says a Corresp indent, be no novel proceeding, and Russia will be only acting Upon the same principles as were adopted by German staff during the war of •'■ 11 with regard to the French irregu lar Fr, troops, and more especially the mes-tireurs. R- turns recently published of the dividends declared by the Oldham cot ton mills show that out of forty com- hiuies o I,- four declsre 1 a dividend in l 1 '" third ai d f or'ti quarters of 1877. The averag- divi.l inl f ir me whole forty mills was 35 percent, in 1877, against 11 P er cent, in 187G Bui besides the re duced average divide I for the whole of ’oe mills, there are i q. losses made dur- In = the period- in which no dividends whatever were declared. As the Old- bam mills ar understood, for the most Part at least, to posse-s the latest im provements in machinery and to be trorked upon the most economical prin- ’ides, these tact- may be taken as fairly representing the entire cotton industry of En g l andi Gen. Howard, now on liii waylto Washington, is the bearer important information concerning Indian affairs. He says.that agents fr;m the camps of Sitting Bull and the Nez Forces now in Canada are constantly arriving in his department, and as soon as they ar rive, set at, work sowing the eieds ofdis- sension and strife among the various tribes which have hitherto : been peace fully disposed.- The arguments'.em ployed, as far as can be ascertei tied,' tire mainly based on the insignificant suc cess of our military operations during the past few years.'' The 'Modoc cam paign; in which a handful of half- starved savages defied a force ten times their number; the expedition against the Sioux, which terminated in tin* laughter of Custer and his command the Nez Perces war, which cost sd much and accomplished so little—all these have weakened the military prestige of- the Government, and thereby encour aged the red brother to dig up the hatchet whenever favorable i pportntii ty offers. Gen. Howard thinks—aiid hm judgment is more reliable on th 5 - subject than ou Freeduirii’a Bureau business—that the Indians in Montana and elsewhere are oi ly waiting for a good chai.ce to strike, and that the only way to avert serious disa-ter is to watcl them closely with sufficient troops properly, a-d anticioate them, if neces sary, by taking the initiative. Meanwhile the new Indian Commis sioner, Mr. Hayt, has a plan of his own whicn he is exceedingly anxious to try. He proposes to select from all the promine, t tribes the most respectable and well behaved Indians; those “who are recognized for good conduct, stand ing and influence among them people,’ and organize them into a police to keep ihe rouges in order. He is confi dent, it is said, that this arrangement “will not only have the most salutary ff-ct upon the Indians, but will serve to dispense witn the necessity of the presence of United Suites troops at the agencies,” who, as he thinks, stir up more trouble than they quell. Proba bly the Hayt plan woul 1 answer ihe purpose admirahly if we had been honest and honorable in all our deal ings with the Indians, and thereby made good Indians the rale and bad ones the exception. But our treatment has been such as to reverse the rule, and we doubt whether any tribe can be found west of the Mississippi with fifty men who could be tiUBted as Govern ment policemen. The commissiouerV theory is very pretty, but it cannot he rednoed to practiceiaod —- ’ * ‘ ’ rlayc, if ii- *,uues ins scalp, not to risk it in the keeping of his coppe'-colored police unless there are Federal soldiers within signaling distauce.—Missouri Republican. Discussing the matter of artificial butter, a leading commercial authority if Cincinnati says: “Many of the hest families in Cincinnati are using it in preference to any other butter, and the role of its fi n nds are widening daily. It is decidedly ‘the butter of me fu ture,’ and will come into use so gener- ly that ere long it will rank first, and he ordinary product of the dairy will he relegated to a ‘hack seat.’” Prol. E S. Wayne, a b-adiug chemist of Ciu- iunati. says, ill a prinl-d letter : ”Bui- er being, as mentioned, sin ply ordina ry fats, oleine, palroaline anil stearine, flavored with a small per cent, of odor fat tv matter, there is no gaud reason why it cannot be made dir* ct trom fats, in I 11 ivore I so as to represent 'hat ii.tdei from milk or cream direct. Fresh ar- selected,containing the proper proportions of oleine, palmatine and urine. These are rendered and puri I with the greatest ear -, and then churned with rich, fre-h milk. The peculiar odorous fais that impart to the in butter iheir flavor, are by the churning process taken u * by the tat, a d they result in manipulating butter that has all the taste, flavor and ap pearance of that made trom milk or cream. Artificial butter-making is like that of natural butter, and there is a ast difference in the product of differ ent dairies, some producing an exc* 1- lent article, others a very it diffcrenl one. Brooklyn Eagle: John Sherman has a dumber of most diabolical enemies. Thev are advising him to cut the throat of the silver bill when it becomes a law by not executing it in good faith. The silver bill is none of our bill but law is for Cabinet officers as well as plain people in this country. And if Mr. Sherman undertakes to get upa cor ner in nullification, this Congress will impeach and depose him so quickly tha. he won’t have even that chance to re sign, which his Federal District Judge brother was accorded some years ago, when he was awout to he removed for not separating himself from another man’s money. srir to alqoea^fjrfl lOOr^aotncnovob j id bslomtnq AHfeau?. 5 sliaU i . , . It 8eerps.impossible to. get' tq'&e bot tom of the,- extravagance . and villainy of Republican rule in SouthCarolina ffom;-186Sto 1N74-- We thought the story had;been all told, says the Mis souri Republican, 'but'the report of the legislative committee on frauds, made 'last week; adds a neiv chapter. . This report stiowe-that there wa3 expended M refresHinents 1 of. various kinds at one. session of the Legislature 8350,000 —or about • $2,000 for each member. Tne State-paid all the bills. The Sen ate bad it3 Own refreshment saloon in the i Stite-hpnse, where, Senators and their friends'drank, and smoked .their fill, and then carried off as ranch, liquor and as' .many cigars as they wanted-. The House -had '.no Saloon,: hut .the members ordered,’'-what they 1 'wanted and thp State paid .for it. The orders for liquor from one dealer in three days, amounted to S3,4S3. Another supplied the House with liquors for -a time to. the amount of S450 a day. It is cal cu'ated that the State paid for enough,, brandy and whisky to allow a gallon a day to each of the 156 members, with a few bottles of wine and ale thrown The bills for furniture in four years amounted to S200,000, of which ouly 817,71-5 worth is to be found in tiie State-house. The rest was either stolen or paid for and not furnished. At one sessio l there was 4,658 yards of carpeting charged for, although 1,300 yards will cover every hall and room the State-house. For stationery about 868,000 a session was expended; it was a common thing to charge 8100 a day for stamps. The State even paid lor rings, diamond studs, watches, and Boulevard skirts” furnished to mem bers. Is it any wonder that the white people of South Carolina lost all pa tience with a regime that was marked by such shameless robbery as this ? Washington Corretwoajiepce. 1 pf* bu * Greenbacks. ~ : „ ' ■ — | tidad edt nr ed trn— * - . --. -, .. i r ’ ' “\VlsHfiftSSxr Feb?33,'‘lw8?' j MjSf&FS** ;•&*• B “I »■ »»»«••* Murpliy^lils bide flbbon 88fMra La ai { a*anmu!!S2«ni the various'iqcal temperance orgftniza-1., . .There being no subject of deeper in* lewstib onripeople than the movement in favor of an exclusive national ureas- Capt. Hvwgate’s plan for a new expe dition to the North Pole has met the ap proval of the Seoate and House oommit- tees on naval affairs. It is proposed to appropriate 850,000 for this “Polar Colo nization’’ scheme. Capt. Ilowgate has obtained the support of many prominent geographers and explorers, who have, at their own expense, sent out an advance expedition to collect supplies for the permanent colony. The place selected as the site for the coloay’s headquarters is on the shore of Lady Franklin Bay, near a seam of coal found by the English explorers of 1875. Capt. Howgate thinks that if the colonists build substan tial houses they can live there «• ~5 f jium atmoNpia. os ine men oi Signal Service s*ationed on the summits nf Pike’s Peak and Mount Washington. There seems to be do doubt that Lady Franklin Bay cau be reached anuuaUy by steamer, and the colonists thus sup plied with provisions, while they grad- ally advance stations further and fur ther north. This plan for reaching the Pole is similar to that adopted by be siegers when they close in upon the ene my’s citadel, but in the Arctic region the lldiers who undertake the “reduction” if the Pole will fight only against natu ral forces. Tne total number of hogs packed at the various Western citirs up to Feb ruary Jo’-h is estimated at 5,760,000, or bout S45.000 more than the same time ust. ye .r. The remaining two weeks bid fair to make the increase for the caPon upward of 1,000.000 head; Chi- igo will gain about SOO.OOO over last ear, Cincinnati 100,000 or more; St. - mis fully 75,000; Milwaukee up- -ils of 100,000, and Louisville 65,000, while Indianapolis will fall short about 200 0 head. Thus an increase of fully ,100,00"t at the six cities is indicated, title interior points will not fall much f any short of last wirier, so that the nal at all points is ;nt unlikely to ■ach 6.200,000 head, , r over 60,000 more than the largest number in noy reviuus winter. Boston Post: Young men and middle- aged ones with the emigration fever open i hem should think twice before they fol low the well-worn injunction to “go West,” for Western men, to a considera ble extent, have imbibed the idea that they cau do better by going South. Farmers from Indiana, Illinois and Iowa have betaken themselves in'considerable numbers lately to Mississippi and Texas, .for the purpose of colonization. If this policy is based on sound ideas and expe rience, the young meu of the East can skip the experimental stage and go South at once. Courier-Journal small talk: As the gold-bug came mournfully down from the sweet-potato vine, he was met by the" Iihir faithful bug, the Colorado beetle. The yellow iusec: bowed mechanically to the striped one, whereupon the latter spoke up: “I hope, my dear fellow, that you do not fail to recognize me. I am your long-lost brother. Let us take cour age. I have it from a Washington cor respondent that the President is certain to veto.” The gold-bug, hearing this, stridulated joyously. The two insects locked arms and marched up and dowr in the highest spirits'. After this they got into a little buggy and drove off. Some may suppose that this a World fa ble, but it is not. tions. wrth their' fed ribbon hdbei had tl rnunoijoly of the celebt i &ti'rig-’ ness on' the* ff2d , ’in8t, Washington birthday?.' 1 ^ Beyond a falr displBy’ hunting And 1 tfiffstereotyped imnuh! servances indult^ed in by the'Oldest habitants’ Association, no formal cera- • monft-S 1 ^n?2tTeffi|,teaQ# the Govern ment ur the municipality, though the day had been decreed a holiday within the,District cqiiflnes. j The streets 1 weip crowded as usual whenever the depart mental employe,is let loose,'and don’t really knew what to do .with' him Or isrseifi TfWP ib? ladies composing the cream of.Washington society j were abroad on iheir d iij[y’round of c ills to excite tha^dmiration of the many, bi-aus stationed along the line of that, .thoroughfare to revie.w them, or to asperate their sister less successful obtaining her share of masculine atten tion, and who was correspondingly lij-- dignant with these possessed of greater attractions. But the celebration by the. temperance men was the great feature of the day. Considering the number of people in Washington the procession was not large, but ‘he very fact that public sentiment has so far advanced here as to tolerate a temperance cele-, bration at all, is encouraging. Up to within a very few years those here who were at all sensitive to the drift of pub lic, or “society’’ opinion, shrunk from identifying themselves in any conspic uous way with temperance reform, be cause of the ridicule and other un pleasant things they were sure to invite.’ It appeared to be about the same up through the various gradations of so ciety till the upp*r crust—rather the most intolerant, probably—was reached. The original movers in the remone tization cause—some.of them, at least— appear about the only ones very un happy over the modified silver bill as passed by the Senate and concurred in by the House, and which goes to the President to day for his signature. Nnw that a little time has, been allowed for reflection, I believe the great mass who were opposed to the Bland movement because they feared it covered a scheme for inflation, are not very rabid in their hostility, even if riot quite reconciled to the measure, as it now stands. No one appears to have any wed grounded opinion as to what the President’s ac- nry nine currencv. wie publish in fall a ieopy inf the bilinow before the House ;of Representatives: .:oI£«iC enacted, etc., That, as soon as 4riay.,be, practicable after the passage, of this act the Secretary of the Treasury Hhajlj Caus^ tb .be prepared an issue of IrvaiAiry 'notes equal in amount to thfc : circrilatioD'' of the National Banking .Association’e on the firs: day of Feb- r'lary, A. D. 1S78, ..being - the sum > of 832Q.6A7,6^P, .which shall be used in file redemption and retirement, in the •*av hereinafter provided, of the circa- Utuig notes ..of: the • national banks, which treasury notes shall be in the t'olliiwiiig form: "Was!mpm? D. C.^The; United: Stahls'ut America are indebted- to the. nearer lil ttie snm :o. — dollars,' lion will be; but as we'may reae-— expect the maUer decided spec- The report of Mr. Sherman’s com mittee, appointed a few weeks ago to look uo the missing 81.800, to the effect that they could find no trace of it, cer tainly looked as though it was designed to shield some, besides, as a matter of fact, it looked very absurd Since that lime the publicity given the matter of assessing all the 8900 female employ* a of the Redemption Division of the Treasury, except Mr. New’s neice, 817 50, in open defiance of law and equity; the eccei.tricities of Mr. New’s nephew, who was appointed messenger by that gentleman, and the dismissal of Guthrie, late cashier to Mr. Ntw, under very suspicious circumstances, has wonderfully stimulated the de mand that the abuses said to exist in that Department, and the alleged op pression of female employes, shall cease, and that the administration of Mr. New be subjected to a rigid scruti ny with a view to the promp' dismissal of the dishonest, if any. and the little petty tyrants who have Used their aC cidenta 1 elevation to oppress and insult those every way their superiors except in official preferment. Ksox. Railroad Crash. A revised circular, just issued by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, sus pends the offers of reward for information as to illicit distilling in the States North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala bama, Mississippi, Tennessee, A rkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia, as more effective methods for the suppression of illicit distillation in those localities are now being put into operation. ■ A Birmingham, Ala., correspondent of the Mobile Register writes that the Ger man element, on the line of the South'&■ North Alabama railroad is becoming qnttean important one. The new cona- ty of Cullman is now so thickly popu lated with this people, that in traveling through it, one almost imagines himself transported into sotne jiroyince of Ger many. A horrible accideut occurred on the Riobmoud, Fredericksburg and Puto mac r.iilroad on the night of the 24th of February, near Millford station, about forty miles north of Richmond, by which one passenger was instantly killed, three others thought to be fatal ly injur-d, and several others more or less seriously hurt. A correspondent of the New York Herald who was on the train telegraphs to that paper, from which we extract as follows: The express train for the north left Richmond last evening, and went on its way at the rate of about thirty miles an hour. Toward midnight the coup ling connecting two Bleeping cars in the rear with the rest of the train snapped asunder. The engine, with the bag gage and two passenger cars, kept up its rate of speed, followed at about a mile’s distance by the two sleeperB, un der the additional impetus of a down grade. A brakeman assuming the chief com mand* and twice pulling the cord iu the baggage car, ordered the engineer to stop. At the second pull the loco motive came to a standstill. Several of the passengers wanting to know the cause of this sudden stoppage in the midst of a dismal Virgiuia swamp, in the darkness of a starless night, went to the front platform of the ill-fated car. The conduct ir of the train now saw the two sleeping-cars closely be hind, and wildly called out to the en gineer, “for God’s sake go on!” It was too late. Down came the two sleepers upon the passenger car. and a terrific shock awoke the sleeping in mates and jammed four unfortunate men between the pUtfortns of the tiro passenger cars. The lawyers of the City of Mexico' must have a tender regard for the ban* ished and implacable Lerdo de Tejada. They- Jirienuy dTBHBSf him Perpetual Rector of the College.of- Lawyers at the capital. . Lerdo is not just now ina posi tion to enter upon his rectorship. and snail ne signed by the Treasurer of -tha United Stales and countersigned by the Register of the Treasury, or their signatures shall be thereto engraved, and shall contain suen devices and su- perscriptions as the Secretary of the Tresiury shall direct, and the denom ination ut such notes and the general .similitude thereof Bball conform as nearly as m iy be to those of the United Suites notes commoaly known as legal- tetider-notes. They shall be receivable in payment of all axes, customs, ex cise, debts and demauds of every kind due to the United States, and ot aU claims and demands agaiustthe United States except for obligations made pay able in coiu by existing laws, and shall he received by the Secretary of the Treasury at par for the 4 per centum bonds of the United States authorized to be issued by the act et titled “An act to authorize the refunding of the ’national debt,” approved July 14,1870. Immediately after the Treasury notes provided for in the preceding section shall be ready for circulation, the Sec retury of tbe'Treasury shall cause them to be forwarded to the Assistant Treas urers of the United States at New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cin cinnati, Chicago, St. Louib and New Orleans in amounts proportioned to the receipts and disbursements of their several officers, with regulations’and in structions to the following tenor, to wn: First—That the said Assistant Treas urers shall immediately after the re ceipt of such treasury notes cease to pay in disbursement of the public fund.* upon any account whatever the circu biting notes of the national banks then in their several offices, or thereafter re ceived into them, but shall pay ouc ii the place and stead of such nationu hank notes and in substitution therefor. otoSStbe’wno'e'circulating notes of the national banks shall have been retired, and the Assistant Treasurers may at any time issue such treasury r.otes in exchange for bank notes upon the ap plication of any person nr bank. Second—That the Assistant Treasur ers. eve y thirty days after the process of retiring the national bank notes shall liave been begun ais above directed, or oftener if the Secretary of the Treasury shall so require, transmit to the Treas urer of the United States, at Washing ton, all the national bank notes re ceived by them up to the date of such iranaiclinn, which said notes shall be received by the Treasurer in liquida- • iou of the charges against the several A-sietant Treasurers on account of treasury notes as hereiu provided. It shall be the du y of the Treasurer as rapidly as the notes of the national hanks are received into his office from the Xssisuul Treasurers to cause them to be counted and assorted and toe notes of each association carefully as- c r ained, and whenever those of any association shall he ascertained to the imoint of 85,000, or any multiple of 85,1 :U0, such association shall be noti fied ihereol and shall he entitled to re ceive upon demand and payment of a like nun in legal-tender notes or the treasury notes authorized by this act, or id drafts or certificates of deposit ot tne Assistant Treasurer, or of such na- linnnl hanks as may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury for that purpose, its bonds on deposit with the Treasurer for security ot circulation to the amount of its notes so ascertained and in lfil-d, itud to that extent shall be discharged trom mx on its circulation; and ilaiiv national bank shall fail or neglect fora period of sixty days after the ratification above directed to make payment in redemption of its bunds in accoriai.ce therewith, then to that ex tent interest ou iis bonds hearing inter est athighest rate-hall cease and be forfeited to the Uni„ed States during the whole period such failure or neglect shall continue, and a .v banking asso ciatin' desiring so to do may withdraw all it* muds on payment into the treas ury a legal-tender notes or the notes auihcrized by this act, to the amount of iti circulating notes outstanding at the date of Buch payment. The Secretary of the Treasury is here by required from time to time. »b pay ments are made by the national banks on th? withdrawal of the bonds, or as treasury notes may be received in ex change for 4 per centum bonds, as au thorized in the first section of this act, to expend the sum of such receipts, eitbe.-in treasury notes or legal-tender notes, as may be most expedient, in the purchase of 6 per centum bonds of the Lnited Stat-s redeemable at the pleas- tie of the Government, or in the pur- ciase of gold or silver coin with which to redeem and pay such bonds. Any national bank desiring to cltnge its 6 per centum bonds for the trosuiy notes authorized by this act, upn applicut on to the Treasurer of tb-United States, and upon payment ina the treasury, in accordance with sub regulations as the Secretary shall estblisn, of legal-tender notes or treas- nit. notes equal to its outstanding cir- cuation at the date of such applies- tin, shall be entitled to received treas- uy notes to the full market value of its6 per centum bonds on deposit with th' treasurer for security of circulation atjhetime, and in addition thereto, the ■unt of iu accrued interest and pre in at the market rate. All bank- associations organized under exist- laws with power to issue circulat- notes redeemable in gold coin shall tea monthly deposit in theTreasu- f the United States in gold coiu of own circulating notes equal to 5 per centum of. their circulation ont- standing at the date of the passage of this act, arid when an amount equal to the outstanding circulation of such gold banks shall have beeu deposited with the treasurer in gold coin or in their own circulating notes the bonds of the United States held by the treas urer to secure the circulating notes of said gold banks shall be reassigned and delivered to said banks, and thereafter the circulating notes of said bauks shall he redeemed at the Treasury of the United States. Nn circulating notes shall be issued to aay National Banking Association after the. passage of this act, but nothing herein contained shall b- construed either to au thorize or allow any contraction of the currency by reason of its operation, and should any National Bank after its pass age retire its ciicnlatfun in pursuance of existing law, , the Secretary of the Treas ury is hereby directed to i-aue iu the pur- cuase of 5 per centum bonds of l be United States, the Treasury notes author ized by this act to the full amount of the circulation retired by >ucb association, and all the Naiioual Batik notes redeem ed under the several provisions of this act shall be cancelled and destroyed under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Fretoury shall prescribe, and in the monthly statement of the con dition of the public debt made hy the Secretary, he shall iuulude an exhibit the amount of the .Treasury uotes h-r. in provided for outstanding at the dale of such a statement, together with the amonnt of National Bank uetes which up to the same date, have beeu redeemed aod destroyed or held for cancellation The third secti m nf the act entitled An act for fixing the amount of Uoited States notes, providing for a redistribu- of national bank currency, and for other purposes.” approved June 20. 1874. re quiring the national bauks to keep ou de posit with the Treasurer of the United ■States, at Washington, lawful money equal to five per centum of their circu lation, to be held and used for the re demptioc of such circulation, is hereby repealed. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby Judge George W. Faschall. The committee vote was in detail as follows:-U i: i.: ;Ye»s.—Messrs. Buckner (Mo.), Ewing (O.), Yeate?, (N. C.), Hartzell (III.). Bell (Ga.). Fort (Ill.), and Phillip* (Kan.)—7. Nays—Messrs. Hardenbergh (N._ J.) and Earaes (R I)—2 Mr. Hart-(N. Y ) was absent, and Mr. (Jhitteinleu, ou the final question, de timed to vote, although he.had previous W manifested his opposition to the bill The British Coal Supply* Some ten years ago a British scieti tific commission reported that the coai suit tl' Utfi -a I iVi trait j', "owing’ to 'th* lepth front which it roust be raised— would practically fail within fifty years. Fresh explorations were caused hy the alarm raised by this report, which confirmed some and contradicted other parts of the statements of th commission. Uneasiness, however, has ever since prevailed in the British coal and iron interests. It was found that in the thirty-five years, ending with 1874, the British output of coal bad in creased 95,500,000 tons, or four-fold that of Belgium and France in the same ratio; that of Prussia fourteen- fold; that of the United States ten-fold, and yet Great Britain has not held her position. Mr. Courtney, M. P-, one ot the editors of the London Times, reas serts that the failure of the coal fields is so rapid that they will practically giv* out this century, and recommends ef forts to prepare for that event. We Imv seen statements, however, purporting to be based on the latest Caleul itlnui* n d commission, indicating the Enefi-I coal supply would hold out for at lea- one hundred years. Boys and Gther Colt*. Now, boys, let the colts out into th- lots, and see them rut*. Don’t kee| them penned up iu the stalls. That is as baJ as keeping a healthy hoy in he. all day. They were never lll-ide fm prison, hut. for freedom. More c*,n are permanently ii jured hy lack of ex erciso than any oilier cause. What the. want is a chance to run, and race, an* corvette, anil kick up their heels, and draw the cool, fresh air Into their tung- atid blow it out with a sunn. Bring them all out into this four acre lot, slit the halters, cltmli up on the fence and see them go it. What a sig‘ t! He- them sweep! 8ee them circle! Ha! See that fellow trot! Did you see tin- chestnut catch his gait? Here they come, heads and tiils up, streaming toward us like a torrentof leaves blown by the gale 1 How their eves shine! H »w their feet fly 1 How full of life, and vigor, and fire they are! There is no sight iu the cities like that, boys; no work purer, healthier, manlier than yours.' Stick to he farm and stable, and the free, exhilerating life of the couutry. You are a deal happier than you would be measuring tape and clerking it for eight dollars a week iu the city. A young widow whose aged husband had died becomingly appealed two months afterward at the Paris Maine to annonnee her forthcoming marriage to her cousin. “Pardon me. madam,” observed the clerk, “but the law peremptorily for bids a woman to marry within ten months of her husband’s death.” “Yes, truly,” replied she, “but are not those eight months of paralysis to be taken into consideration.” The little daughter of a leading phy sician in a certain country town pre seated the folio iring as her first school essay: “There was a little girl, and she was very sick. They sent for my papa, and she died very quick.” “You must cultivate decision oi chsr- acter, and learn to say ‘no,’ ” said a father to his son. Scon afterward, when the father said to his son, “Chop wood,” the boy said “No” with an em phasis that showed a remembrance of the lesson; York Tribune.] The Hon. George W. Paschal], ot Texas, well known as a lawyer and writer upon law, died at Washington, on Sat urday morning, after long illness. He was born in Greene county, Georgia, No vember 23,1812. His father was a Rev* olutiouary soldier, and fais mother, who survived until 1860, was a pensioner mi the time of her death. The failure ot his father left young Paschal! dependent upon his own exertions. He determined io enter the State College at Athena. With bnt a little money, he taught in the preparatory contse, kept bis landlord’s books for his board, and studied daring the night. While engaged in serving his helplessfather he studied htw with Joseph Henry Lumpkin, and in 1832 he was admitted to the bar. In January, 183$ he set out fur the gold region of Georgia, It was about the time of the removal ot the Cherokee Indians trom the^tate, and Mr. Paschall acted upon the staff ot Gen eral Wool, who was charged with the service. Mr. Paschal! married fiarafai. the daughter of Major Ridge, the prin cipal Cherokee chief He removed to the new State of Arkansas in 1837, where he at once occupied a prominent position at the bar. Within four yearn he was elected a Judge of the Supreme Court—the ouly office which he evei held. Judge Paschall did not long remain •qiou the bench, preferring a lucrative practice at the bar. Iu 1848 her removed io Texas. Io politics, be was at this time a Jacksonian Democrat, and he was always a strong Union man. In 1837 tie established, iu Austin, a newspaper called the Southern Intelligencer, for the pur pose of oppo-ing secession neresivs. The crisis of 1860, found Him the leader of what was known as the Union party ot •Vxus, and a warm supporter of Mr. wtptaway hy thestorm. Judge Paschall retired to the privacy of his home and ■ibrarv and to his legal studies. His sons joined the armies of the Union. Upnu the return of peace, Judge Paschall resumed the practice of his pro- ft-si. in and continued the editing of bis works. In 1869 he removed to Wash ington, D. C., but he never surrendered his citizenship in Texas. Since 1865 be las published fonr editions of his “An uotaled Digest of the Laws of Texas,’* two editions of his “Annotated Conarira- ■ ion of the Uoited itates,” five volumes >f “Texas Reports,” and a "Digest of Decisions.” He also printed many pans- uhlets and articles npon questions of jurisprudence and the polidcsof the day. Ho was identified with the Republican party after the war, bat in 1872 he acted with the Liberal party and warmly sup ported Mr. Greeley for the Presidency. Judge Paschall was an untiring worker, and his unremitting labors doubtless ■•.fc'WfiSJlJiy’fBtJust constitution. He Was hrice married, and leares a wiaow ana five children. Cr’7- ! U'^H ,T S5 v £f ADVERTi ;f»i One f 4aftu* ou tstohlh.... One sq nitre twelve month* One-fourth colnmn one month One> fourth column three month# One-foarth column eix months _ One-fourth colnmn twelve month* One-helf colamn One-half column three months One-half colnmn six months One-half column twelve months One colnmn six months-..— One colnmn twelve months^.. „ The foregoing rates ar© for either Weekly j Tri-Weekly. When published in both paper*, additional npon table rates. psrcenki The Silver Bill Passes over President’s Veto. WasBiXQTDX February 28.—f the _ House, the President’* message vetoing the silver bill, wa. laid befn the House by the speaker. The P e dentsays it has been his earnest desire tl concur with Congres in the adopt! n o8| I a measure to increase the silver coii eg- I of the country, but so us cut not tuin-pai the obligation of contracts either pubiii j ! or private, or'injuriously affect the publi-Jj I credit. It was only- on the eonvictind r'; that this bilLdid not meet that essentia . F " requirement that he felt it his doty t* withhold from it his approval. Tin message farther states that the capital tie feet of the bill is that it contains no pro vunn protecting from its operation pre existing debts, in cane the coinage which 4 it creates shall continue of less valor; than that which was the s le legal tender when they were created. In the jndg ment of mankind, it would be an act o: bad faith. -The standard of value should not be changed without the consent ol both parties to the contract The nation al promises should be kept with unflinch ing fidelity. He could not sign a bill which would *. authorize the violation of sacred oblige-’' -- tiona. The obligation of the public faith transcended all questions of profit or pub- ' lie advantage. Its unquestionable main tenance was the dictate of honesty well at of exptd ency and should ever be care fully guarded by the executive, by Gon- grew and the people. ' Before proceeding to vote on the ques ! ” tion, will the house, on reconsideration, lrr pass the bill? Cox, of New York, made the remark that message was a “charge. , of fraud by a fraud,” on which bis col--’ ■ league, McCook, made a point of order The speaker decided that the remark wa. madeoutof order and that it should not '■ be printed Record. The house then pro- Douglas for the Presidency. When the ceeded to vote and the result was yeae : , rebellion came the Uoi-m party was 196. nays 73. The speaker declared the •• bill as passed, and the announcement was received with general applause. In the Senate the silver bill passed,j the President’s veto notwithstanding, by . a vote of 46 to 19; Mr. Hill, ot Georgia, voting with the majority. Three Things. lb An Entire Village Swept Away. San Franc'sco, Feb. 27.—It is re ported that the village of laleton, on Andrews island, in the delta of the Sacramento river, was swept away last uigbt in consequence of the pressure of water brought upon the levees by the cutting of the dikes on Grand island just across the river. Reports continue coming of disaster by flood in the Sac ramento valley. The water covers the whole face of the country, and the des- ruction of property from Colusia to the mouth of the river already aggregat s one million dollars. Fortunately, with two or three exceptions, as far as learned io loss of life has occurred. Steamers and barges are employed onve> ime live stock and other prop- riy to places of safetv. The legislature ■ is apnroriat-d 823,000 lor the relief of hemiff-rers. “Dene Quit all Da<- Wow*” e» Yort World. Mr. Stephens has many stories to tell f n-groes, and one is of a famous cot- iii and chicken depredator, who, since tie war, met the ex-Vice President in le null. “Well, Thomas,” was the kindly sal tmine, “I was sorry to hear th it you ail been in trouble about Mrs. Tripp’s biekens. "Y-s, Mars Al-c, but I done quit 11 ilat now,” said the negro very peni inly. “How many did you take before you lopped?” asked Mr. Stephens. ‘I tuck ail she had,” was the perfect- innocent reply. Washington, Feb. 25—Hon. R. W. Teylor, the First Comptroller of the Treasury, is dead of paralysis, lie was at his desk this morning. He was ppointed by Li' Coin Gov. Hampton, of South Carolina, commended to the President XV. J. Lovsl and Thos. G. Clcnson as honor ary commissioners to the Paris exposi tion. They have been appointed. The honorary commissioners from Mississippi are Felix LaBoove and F. E. Whatfield. New York, Feb. 25.—At a meeting of the socialistic labor party in the Germania assembly rooms yesterday, the red flag of the Commune wes dis played. Resolutions were adopted de nouncing the standing army, the exist ence of armories in cities, and retting forth that more protection should be given to free speech. One speaker said: Only let the army be abolished and la bor would make such a move a* would insure i's rights and render it equal with capital. Three things to love—courage, gen- jhi tienees and affection. pu Three things to admire—intellect, - dignity and gracefulness. Three things to hate—cruelty, arro- L gance and ingratitude. Three things to' delight in—beauty, ‘ frankness and freedom. Three things to wish for—health, friends and a contented spirit Three things to like—cordiality, good humor and cheerfulness. Three things to avoid—idleness, lo quacity and flippant jesting. Three things to cultivate — good • Three things to govern—temper, tongue and conduct Three things to think of—life, death, and eternity. It is not always safe for an editor to send the business manager of the office to describe the costumes of ladies at a gathering. One recently wrote his ex perience thus: “Miss A wore a: red bombazine dress, ruched with poiDt; alpaca; and an overskirt of rose ging-1 bam with a border of parsley blossoms-1 Her torture was particularly notices-. ble, from the fact that her hair was so: deliciously scrambled in front. She! wore No. 6 lilac double-button gloves, t and No. 4 store shoes, slashed ut the t heels, and pompadour eocks.” A grumbler write* to the Brooklyn l Eag e: “LastSunday, when subscriptions ] were beiug received for the liqaidat ou of: lb» debt ou the Tabernacle church, a lady sent up a diamond ring. A t moment latera jeiorold woman declared, in a trembling voice, that if God spared her life she world give ten cents a week for six months to the cause. In the t evening Dr. Talmage told the story of i, the riug, exhibiting it on liia finger. But he said nothing of the [m >r woman's ten cents.” i Good looking young man, who has R called at the house on business—"I re gret, miss, that your father is not at , mime. I had an important proposal ’ to make to him.” Young lady of the house, demure- 1 ly—“Well, perhaps you could make • your proposal to me, I nrn disengaged at present.” 4 present. Good looking young man excused ' . himself and retires in confusion. . ' i.‘ Bismarck is reported to be on the verge f bankruptcy. He got swindled when , be bought Varzin, and ha- been engaged in some very foolish speculations. His financial troubles no doubt make him irritable and imperious—not a very safe ’■* mood for the Atlas of the German Em pire to be in just ahout ibis perilous pe- f ")d in European affair.-. The Virginia papers report a contl.!- erable decline in the receipt" from the . whisky bell-punch in that State, and 1 B yet they do not report any perceptible change in the bibulous habits- ot the j J “first families ” The ii.fi rence that either the bar-tenders or. the h patrons, or both, bave learned how “beat the machine." the : to 9 New York, Feb. 25.—About 7 o’clock this evening, during a dense fog, the ferry boat James Fiak, jr., of the Third street line collided with the schooner Jueie Crawley. Three of the former’s passengers were thrown into the water, bat were picked up. Several other passengers standing on the forward deck it is believed were swept into the river by the jib of the schooner. The deck hands of the ferry boat were killed. The latest and wickedest on dit about the clubs is to the effect that a married lady in this city, well known to socie ty, but name not given, has recently fallen in love with her husband.—N. Y. Mail. New York, Feb. 25 —W. A. Ransom & Co., the oldest jobbing firm in the shoe trade, failed yesterday. Their liabilities will exceed 250(000, princi pally dueto Eastern creditors: A man who bad a scolding wife be ing asked what be did for a living, re plied that he kept a hot house. A few days ago a very handsome wo man entered a dry goods bouse in New York and enquired for a bow. The polite clerk threw himself back t*nd declared he was at her service. “Yes, but I want a buff, not a gret n one,” was the reply. The young man went on measuring goods immediately. “In chooeing a wife,” says the Phre nological Journal, “be governed by her chin.” The worst of that is, that after having chosen a wife one is apt to keep on being governed in the same way. Thirteen school teachers went into a South Boston savings bank on their pay day, to get fifty dollar bills changed.- That started the rumor of a ran, and be- ; fore night there was a run indeed. The New Orleans Picayune says girls ! at the North are waiting for spring I violets. The girls at the South are j waiting for two lips, we suppoer. The boy who grows up with an over whelming fear of dogs will not develop into a book agent in afterlife. ‘!sda acr is*^t!=.i.T