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CEDARTOWN RECORD.
W, S, D. WIKLE & 00,, Proprietors,
CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 187(5.
VOLUME II. NUMBER 31.
timely topics.
lNA.Min; Thomas, or Thomiukn,
rail's to a Berlin dispatch, was born
’ducated in Germany. Ho was not,
fore. a “ fruit of American civilian-
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
eok the Festal l’i
>«. arranged
.iT.il months ago," wont into effect
tiiroughout K.ivdn, Turkey in Asia,
!.;:vpt, the l nited .States un«l France,
Germany, Austria, 1 airland, Spain,
x Italy, Switzerland, ctc^ the rates of post-
11 being fixed at fix*! cents for each half-
ounce on letters v Two cents for postal
cards ; two con’,* for newspapers, not ex-
••eeding four ounces; and two cent* |»or
twi» of other printed matter and
patter^ „f mercltandise.
fm: only comment Seward mado on
hi« defeat at Chicago in 1800, was,
Well, i>owcr has departed from the
Atlantic States, to rest hereafter in the
Mississippi Valley.” Recalling this, the
New York Commercial Advertiser asks
mournfully t “Have not the events of
the last fifteen years made Mr. Soward’a
prophecy true ? What do we wo? Uresi-
dent, \ ice President, Chief Justice, and
all the chairmen of the late lending com
mittees in the house of representatives,
from the west: none from the Atlantic
-tales! New Erglund, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland. Vir
ginia and tlic Carolinas ignored.”
Till? mystery which hna from the first
surrounded the explosion of. dynamite
on the quay at Bremen grows denser with
every now dispatch concerning it. The
confession of the suicide Thompson has
tint been born out by the facts yet din-
covered. A careful search of the cargo
of the ship Halier has resulted in the dis-
covery that there arc no cases of dyna-
•n'.te on hoard that vessel, as Thompson
asserted that thcro were. Stranger still,
investigation utterly fails to confirm his
assertion that improper insurance had
l*ecn effected upon the cargo of the
Mosel, and hence the motive which he
said actuated him iu seeking to destroy
tin? steamship appears never to have ex
isted at iCIl. There is every reason hi
suppos/*, therefore, that the confession, so
far at least as its details arc concerned,
wiu' simply the ravines of an insane
man. Yet the fact that the dynamite
was on the quay ready for shipment re
mains, and there can be no doubt that
Thompson meant to destroy the Mosel,
although there seems to have hern no
motive whatever for the crime other than
that which a diseased imagination was
capable of furnishing. The whole story
»solve
r» Iks ho|H (l that the
i will spare no pains
Thk European situation is not asprom-
i ingaamaiiv journalists and correspon
dents would like. It is believed hy
many that the failure of Turkey to sub-
due the Hcrzegovininns will result in an
Austrian and Russian invasion, in the
alleged interest of peace. Once within
the provinces, they will not go out, and
Turkey will bo curtailed in her domin
ions. If this happens, other Turkish do-
(icndencics, where the (Christian jKipuln-
lion is large, will rebel, and thus the
partition of the empire Is* effected.
Should Turkey declare war against thoin-
vaders, other great powers besides those
directly attacked could linrdly keep out
of the fray. The F.nglish purchase of
the Suez rannl stock looks like a resolve
to keep marine communication with
India open at all hazards, and it certainly
is :t most imjiortant precaution against
any Kasdan movements toward Hindoo-
etan from the northeast, which an out
break of war might suggest. We can
not fully believe the prediction of the
1/ondon correspondent of the Toronto
(Jlolie, that a war over the eastern ques
tion will certainly break out during the
eomtng year, lint the sky is not wholly
free from clouds.—Orndnnali (imrtt>\
From the report of the surveyor gen
eral of California, among other items of
interest we find that, of the 3,264,900
acres cultivated, 2,166,000 aro in wheat ;
•1112,000 in barley; 05,000 in oats; and
40,000 acres in Indian corn. They have
25,500 acres of common potatoes; and
1,300 acres of sweet potatoes are raised.
There are 580,000 acres in grafts for hay.
Other products arc—peas, 3,000 acres;
beans, 6,800; flax, 1,730; hops, 1,125;
tobacco, 967; cotton, 586; onions, 860;
buckwheat, 560; and peanuts, 155 acres.
Among the products of the year were
752,000 tons of hay; 75,000 of cotton ;
16,080 of sugar beets; 10,000 of wool;
3,463 of butter; 1,700 of cheese ; 673 of
hops; 621 of tobacco;' and 448 tons of
honey produced. The state has5,464,000
sheep; 844,000neatjcattlc ; 242,000 hogs;
230,000 horses; 44,000 Angora goats, and
23,000 mules. There arc 144 grist mills,
and 323 saw mills in the state.
—The Zerarnma, an Algerian journal,
gives a curious illustration of the non-
‘•balance of the king of beasts. When
the railroad train from Constantinople to
Philleppeville wax approaching the St
©Til AMD WENT,
The annual report of the Fish Com
mission of Virginia, under its now organ tui
tion, for 1875, has just been published. The
commission iH now composed of Mr. A.
Moseley, of Richmond, Dr. \V. R. Robertson,
of Lynchburg, and Professor M. C. Elisey,
of Blacksburg, who have been extremely ac
tive in the discharge of their duties, although
with a very limited appropriation at their
command. The report is very creditable to
them, and shows a comprehension of the
problem to bo solved iu regard to the pro
tection and multiplication of food fishes in
Virginia. As might have been expected, tho
shad and the striped and black bass received
•pedal attention on their part Much also
has been doqe in regard to tho introduction
of the California salmon, that fish of the
future. They obtained n largo number of
eggs from the United States Fish Commission
for wli.oh they established two hutching
bouses, one at Blacksburg college and the
other ut the Virginia Military Institute, and
they propose to have others hereafter at the
University of Charlottesville and at tho
Hampden school, at Hampden, whenever
their funds will permit. The young fish will
probably be soon introduced into their now
quarters in appropriate streams in Virginia.
The Commissioners also did what they could
toward propugntmg the shad, although the
season was unfavorable for the fullest mens-
A factory for tho manufacture of a
new explosive, said to be ten times more
powerful than giant powder, is to be started
Virginia City, Nevada.
Tho storehouse of Walter Caldwell, in
gcutn, opposite Little lloek, was burned
•Saturday night by the explosion of n coal-
il lamp. Lohh, twenty-five hundred dollars;
insured for seventeen hundred dollars in the
insurance agency of .1. T. Trcxcvnnt.
Advices from Kansas City state that
Harvey county has brought suit against
lounty treasurer Mtingerfor ton thousand
dollars, the amount in which ho is alleged to
be defaulter.
Bill Smith, a notorious criminal and
desperudo, escaped from the penitentiary at
Nashville Sunday night. He hud served |
only two of his twenty-six yearn sentence.
Tho semi-annual report of tho Michi
gun central railroad for the half yeur ending
January 1st shows the total receipts to be $8,-
373,218, and the operating expenses nearly
l barles station, four lion.- were observed
in the track ahead. As the putting loco-
’ drew nearer and the whistle
A telegram from Fort Sully s tat os that
;i party of miners have found n supply depot
near old 81. Pierre, on the Missouri river,
and are conutftutly in communication with
camps on the Black Bills. They claim to
have found a new route by whioli the hills
are reached in one hundred miles travel,
over easy road. Their messengers make the
trip In two days.
New Orleans owes or is charged with a
municipal debt of more limn $33,000,000.
The city’s default on intercut ‘lust year was
2115,057; its deficit on appropriations for
intere«t this year, $1,242,500; on appropria
tions for schools and police, $250,220, mak
ing a total deliolt for 1876 anil 1876 of $2,-
(l!>3,777. The delinquent taxes uncollected
for the Inst six years inuoiint to $2,352,175.66.
A dispatch from Him Diego says that
Colonel Min/., with the .Sonora state troops,
attacked the mam body of the Yagra In
dians nt Pittsbnlla, on the third of Decem
ber, slid routed them with a loss of about
two hundred killed and wounded. The
Mexican loss was twenty wounded.
Tho health experience of New Orleans,
according to the last report, proves, on
the data of the la«t eight years, the entire
feasibility of confining yellow fever to the
places where it first appears by strict disin
fection. Tim total mortality from ordinary
diseases Is much greater among the colored
tliaii among the white population of the city
—nearly double.
The internal revenue agent superin
tending the government sales of lands iu
South Carolina, for the non-payment of di
rect taxes, reports that the town property in
Beaufort, South Carolina, belonging to the
government, was sold, December 30th, for
$8,300, considered a fair price. The sales at
Hilton Head and Hea Island were to he com
menced immediately.
There arc excellent prospects for fast
mail service between Louisville and New
Orleans.
It is said to Ik* a fact that convicts in
the Ohio penitentiary have, during nn un
known period, been manufacturing counter
feit nickel coin out of nn nmalgnm 'used in
(dating harness in the shops. The counter
feit coin is n good imitation of the genuine,
the main difference being iu the upper part
of the shield, which is barred in the genuine
and smooth in the spurious. Hie base coins
are all dated 1870, and it is impossible to tell
how much has been put in circulation.
The twenty-cent pieces have proved a
failure in California. The Ran Francisco
Post says: "Nobody seems to want cither to
pass or to receive tlu-m,and iu some mysterious
manner they disappear and go back to the
mint, and though destitute of such a coin,
wo will reckon in bits for all our small trans-
Utah has one Gentile to five mormons.
Nevada has a population of 60,640.
Tax-payers in Chicago are perfectly
frantic over their rates, which are six per
cent, on a full valuation for city and state.
F.x’erything of u taxable nature is taxed in
Chicago, and a inau who does business there
is kept chronically on the ragged edge.
rOKI'.IO.N I VTi;UIGE.N(X
A cable dispatch represents a fearful
nancial and general business panic iu
The Carlists are again concentrating
on the Spanish frontier.
The Corn Trade Association of Liver
pool publish the following statement of the
, . . , . -,i estimated stock of breadstuff there on 31st
; icm Hue warning of imminent ix-nl, D „. emWr 18; ,, „ compared with tlm
three slowly left the track and entered a . .
neighboring brushwood, but the fourth Bame t,rae ^ y,rlir ' D#c 3J , yj
and largest was so disdainfully slow in his j wh-at. , in .irt-rr Z'..vds> is * 144.211
movements that lie barely escaped the
wheel of the locomotive. I barrel”..””””'.'"".’. j?'.'/.-
Tho liOtulon Times says it is abun
dantly manifest that the working of the
British high court of justice has already
boon highly beneficial, and when some to
poraryobstructions arc removed and hoi
defects remedied, the act is calculated
produce the most salutary improvement iu
the administration of justice.
Tho Canadian government luw hern
notified that tho surveys of tho t'anadiiiu
Pacific railway from both ends of the route
have been connected. Tin- connection Is in
latitude 56 deg. 6 min. 36 sec. north, mid
longitude 113 dog. 2 min. 45 hoc. west. Those
chains of accurate instrumental measure
ment arc the first of the kind that have ever
been mado between the -Atlantic and Pa
cific within the limits of the Dominion.
A ('amidin 11 company is proposed to
construct n tunnel under Detroit river.
•- niM EU.AXEai s i\TEM,i(ii;\n;.
A company has lately boon formed to
introduce a new invention, called the "Bray-
ton Ready Motor." It consists, concisely
speaking, of an engine deriving ita power
from the explosive energy of a mixture of
Uie vapor of erode petroleum and air.
The popo iH preparing to manufacture
several more cardinals. The -olloge lacks ton
of the requisite number (70), and these dis
tinguished princes of the churuh finvo been
dying nil so rapidly that it is/necessary for
his holiness to make frcqueid'noiui'iatloiiH
The commissioner of cdimntion iu his
report states that the school niildren of tho
United States pay $50,000,000.a year for text
books, and the publishers Jpol brokers
pocket 66 per cent, of this sum,' or $83,000,•
000 per annum.
WANIIINOTON
The report of Dr. Lindcriuun, director
of the mint, aa to tho cslabliHluncnt of n
branch mint at hoiiio point iu the Mississippi
valley,recommend# Indianapolis ns a location,
for the reason that iu tlint city them is a
government building 110 Linger required for
other purpoBuH, which can lie utilized without
the delay or expense attendant on the con
struction of a now edifice.
Tho following iu a statement of tho
United Slates currency outstanding at (IiIh
(late:
Old (IpiikiihI noies *
Two-yssr noise of HS1 pi.yu
Ooinpouiul lnt»ro«t initial .ivi.tci
Krm'floiml i-urrvncy, (list Imiic i.j'WjIl
vifi!. 1 V«. 11 .'!! I .'’!!!* ::::::zuls;!!!?
The official debt Htatmont for January
1st, printed below, shows an increase of liic
public indebtedness for the month of De
cember of $ 1,015,002.
Kite'pi re* lit. boiliU........ * 's/ii.'simIyw!
T..i«I coin Imii'l- H,' -- •«*' Co
M m 1 j'lMi t! w',7 K’! mo
Total without liili'fM IS7,H7,XU
Total ilshl t'2,vn,l‘JV,'.iT>
Honda
Interval n
liilorrst paid by tho UiillmJ Staler...
liitorsst jepiiid hy tran*|M>rUthui of
The treasury department decides that
under the law domestic Hpirits cannot be
transferred in bond from the hooded ware
house to the manufanturing warehouse,
there to be manufactured into oil article for
exportation, with the rebate or drawback of
the internal revenue tax.
The secretary of the treasury has be
fore him the decision of the supreme court
affirming the award of tho court of claims in
favor of the Union Pucillc railroad company,
but before biking final action awaits the
opinion of the attorney-genera), as to whether
lie has complied with the clause of law re
lating to three per cento net earnings.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.
In the Senate on the 5th, a communi
cation whh received from the Secretary of Wn
aippi, which
zens of New York petitioned, through Sena
tor ('oakling, that the constitution of the
United Suites be ho amended ns to prohibit
the - •-*• - * ’ *■
of t
Senator Morton’s State’s-rlgb
came up, but was laid over; an wan also his
resolution to investigate the Mississippi elec
tions—the latter till Monday. Senator Bout-
well gave notice that on Thursday, next
week, he would submit to the Senate resolu
tions relating to the service and public char
acter of the late Vice-President Wilson.
Senator Dorsey submitted a resolution di
recting the Committee on Transportation
Routes to the Seaboard to inquire and re
port whether the interests of the General
Government do not deinnnd thata complete
hydrographical survey be made of that por
tion of Arkansnsriver between Fort Smith,
Arkansas, and Pueblo, Colorado, to deter
mine whether Hint portion of said river
is now or can be made navigable hv the re
moval of any obstruction that may he iu ex
istence. Referred. lie also submitted a
resolution instructing the Committee on
Transportation Routes to inquire as to the
feasibility of improving the navigation of
White river by removing the obstructions nt
Buffalo Shoals, and further, as to the prac
ticability of deepening the channel anu re
moving such other obstructions as may exist
in said river so as to open it for navigation
by light draft steamers from Newport, Ark.,
to Forsyth, Mo. Agreed to. Mr. Crinkling
introduced a bill to amend the act
creating national currency secured
by pledge of United States bonds, and
to provide for circulation and redemption
thereof, approved June 3, 1807. Referred to
Finance Committee. It is a copy of the bill
of same title reported from the Senate Fi
nance Committee April 14,1867, relating to
national bunks in liqiiidnil.m, nml proceed-
ing to enforce individual liability of stock
holders. Tl|e following D a full text of the
mil introduced to-day by Senator Morrill, of
Vermont, to provide for the redemptb
legal tender United Staten notes in accord-
anee with the existing law: Belt enacted
etc., Tluit to further enable
rotary of the Treasury to provide for
(he redemption of tint legal tender United
States notes iu acuordaneo with tlui existing
biws, be is authorized to ls»
po e of at not less than par iu legal tender
Unit, d states notes, either of the descrlptioiiH
of bonds of tho United' States, bearing in
terest nt the rate not exceeding 4 b, per cent,
per annum, described iu an not of Congress,
approved July 14, 1870. entitled "An
authorise the refunding of the national
debt," with like qnuutitioN ami privilege
and exemption to the extent* necessary t
cuiry into full ert'oot. the net of.Congress, up.
proved J unitary 14, 1875, entitled "An net
for the resumption of apeoi^iarineuta," ami
to use the proceeds thereof or the purni
aforesaid; and the said legal sender nrif.
obtained upon tho issue of said bond - shall
be held and considered iih a part of the tlnnl
edeiiiption of such notes, provided for in
iot of Congress herein lust 11
hall be treated accordingly, 1
irovidod tluit tho principal of the bonds
icrciii authorized may be made redeemable
d any time not less limn .(>, nor exceed
ing 4l> \ earn from date of issue. 2. That
nil contracts entered into or niudo aftei
the 1st day January, 1878, shall bo pay
able in accordance with the l»gnl standard of
gold and silver, unless otherwise provided
r at the time of tlm contract. 3. That
national banking iiHsqEinlious shall
, and are hereby requtstod to bold
colli an part of their lawful money
*ve on hand aft or the 1st day of January,'
1877, one-fourth, after the first day of Jiiuu-
ary, 1878, onu-lialf, and after the Istduyof
October, 1878, three-fourths. Adjourned'.
In tho Senate on the 6th Air. Sherman
presented 51)0 petitions, signed hy 211,866 per
sons, praying for tho unolltioii ilf tho bank
cheek sunup tax. Referred. Mounter Dor
sey introduced a bill authorUitig tho sale and
disposal of the Hot Springs reservation in
•ban Mjaaa
mltteo
that it Is within the
the somite to el
at tho prosqpt time if 11 majority of tho sena
tors ho desire. The committee made no roe-
ommondatiou, however, as to the advisability
of exercising Ibis power. Tuo report was
concurred in by Nciuitnra Morton, Wadlulgh,
Mitchell, Cameron (Wis.)imd MoMillen—-all
Republicans. Senators Cooper and Merri-
mini dissented. Several petitions wore in
troduced praying the anpolntmenl of a com
mission to look after the liquor tralllo. Sen
ator Morrill called up Ids bill to further pro
vide for tlio redemption of legal-tender
Unitoil Stales notes, etc., which was discussed
the remi inder of the day’s session without
definite result. Adjourned.
In the Bonate on tho 7tli tho furtlmr
consideration of the report of the Commitlc
toiiHtiiiitional power of
1 Uriviltq
presiding olllee
sand Flections, In regard to the
f till! !
s laid .
funding tlio cotton t
, UTiief
Also, a memorial of tlV * jic. Jegislnture
asking nn ftppioprtutliVfi'ifif ftfi?improTRnimil
of navigation in Bayou Rnrtholoinuw. Dor
sey presented a memorial from the legislature
‘ sklng for an appropriation for
•nt of navigation in White
al from the hiiuie body
asking for tin* construction of a national
levee to reclaim the alluvial lands of the Mis
sissippi river. Other bills, hut of 110 especial
importance, were introduced, mid several re
ports were made of claims reported upon ad
the improvement of navlgalh
id the .Senate iuljo!
M011-
by tho dealli of
uessee, was sworn in. After the discus
sion of other matters, iiiuong them (lie re
demption of United States notes, the partial
, and the grail-
presented,
repeal of the legal-
ual reduction of lugal-teude
her of billa and resolutions w
among them a resolution Instructing tin:
committee on mivnl nflitirs to inquire and re
port wlietht-r any iimtnrials Indniigiiiy to tlu-
Uovernnieiit have fru* 'Tflntly or
wrongfully remove ..inn iliirhiJjw-varils.
and whether there havo been any unlaw fnl
combination for the 'purohoHo of the same.
Also, whether any port of the money appro
priated for tlm construction of eight vessels
of war, authorized by net of Fnbrunry 10,
1873, has been applied for political purposes
or used in any manner to promote tho success
of any political party, amt especially whether
any money has been paid to incompetent
persons, possessing no ineehiiiiieal skill, who
luivo been employed in navy-yards on condi
tion, expressed or Implied, hint they would
vote for the nominees of any political party.
Also, a resolution was adopted authorizing
the appointment of a select committee to in
vestigate the condition of the Frccdmon’s
saving hank. Mr. Bright gave notice that In-
would, next Tuesday, move the J rouse to
adopt soitohlc proceedings in relation to the
deatli of Kx Ureaident Johnson. Under
culls, bills were introduced and re*
follows: By Mr. Frye: To pro-
after the 22d of Jantin.y next. Also, for
equestrian statue of /.achary Taylor, twelfth
President ol the United States. By Mr.
O’Brion: A resolution directing the t.'orn*
mltteo on Naval A Hairs to investigate dis
bursement for support of the marine corps ;
to inquire into the expediency of abolishing
Htmh corps, or transferring it to the army;
adopted. Also, a resolution calling on the
Secretary of the Navy for information as to
whether any officers of the navy or marine
corps'ovcr the age of 62 years are still* re
tained on the active list, and if ho. why they
have not been retired; adopted. To protect
tiie postal rights of inmates of insane
asylums; al o, resolution instructing the
Committee on Education and Labor to in
quire into the expediency of making a mod
erate appropriation on rates of illiterates for
•States which have established, or will estab
lish a permanent aysbqn of common schools
for the education of their youth; adopted.
To restore to tin- pensiou rolls the names of
persons stricken therefrom for disloyalty.
Resolution calling on the Secretary af War
for information as to the number ol United
Slate troops Alutioued iu the Stales of Ala
bama, Mishiskippi, Arkansas and Louisiana,
on tin: btli December, 1875; adopted. By
Mr. Whitthorne—To improve the navigation
of Tcnncsi
postage on
amend the. j exnt
Mr. DribbrcJI—Fi
Tcnnessi-e and iliawassa rivers; also, to estab
lish a United Htates District Court at Uliattii'
nooga. Mr. Caulfield offered a resolution
stating''tluit certain charges have been made
implying fraud and mismanagement in tiie
he Committee on Public Buildings and
j rounds to enter upon an investigation of
uch charges; adopted. The House at 4;10
In the House on tho 6th Mr. Barnhill
(•ported n 1 (-solution instructing the Coin*
nittce on Military Affairs to take into imme
diate consideration the pay and allowances
of all the officers of the army, and to report
whether in any, and if so, in what eases such
pay and allowanced should he reduced.
Agreed to. Bills were introduced and re
ferred, as follows: Appropriating $1,500,-
000 to complete the Centennial building; for
improvement of the Missouri river he-
stocks
Charles aild the mouth of the Mis-
Iso to impose a tax oil the sale of
d bonds, and to mluoe the tax on
By Mr. Rhea: A resolution de
claring it to he the opinion of the House that
the imuiiler, and to the extent that il has beet
done, lias boon detrimental to the bi sines
of the country; and that in the present IlnnU-
Referred. By Mr. Glover: A resolntie
ing oil the Mcoretnrv of War for informal i<
as to the otfieerH oi' the United Stales lining
engaged iu the military service of foreign
governments, and by wind authority, etc.
Adopted. By Mr. Wilslilre: Resolution di
recting the Committee on Indian Allairs to
investigate the client and operation of In
dian treaties, and the conduct of Indian
agents, edidiaetors, etc., furnishing and dis
tributing Indian supplies. Adopted. Also
resolution calling on the President t'oi in
formation as to the number of agents, etc.,
iu tlio Indian service, lin’d the cost of the
Adopted. Also a bill to
ECCLESIASTICAL.
settlement of ciulnia for stores or supplies
taken or furnished during the rebellion. By
Mr. Durand: A resolution condemning the
practice of making assessments on govern
ment employes for political purposes, Adopt
od. By Mr.'Reagan: Approprlaliiu
account of money paid by'I
frontier defenses in Subfile I
peal the act of March 2, 1866,
payment to persons not km
prohibiting
uooppoHQit
„. ..... ...hellion. By Mr. Hancock: For Hie
iiayment of losses of citizens of Texas from
Inijiau depredations. By Mr. Hohloleher: A
•esolutlim for the appointment of a select
oomuiHtdc to inquire Into Inroads, robberies
nnd murders along the M ox lean horde
iqtllro
1 long
Adopted. By Mr. McCrary:
To r
ulate commerce* by railroad among the
-ml States, and to establish 11 Bureau of Coin*
mem*. By Mr. Oliver: Amendment to the
Constitution to elect President, Vice I’rcsi-
lent and Senators by direct vote of the peo
ple. By Mr. Faulkner: To indemnify the
State of West Virginia for destruction of
roads during tlio Into war. By Mr. Kidder:
solution instructing the Committee on
Indian Allliirsto inquire into the expedienuy
of opening the Black Hills to settlement hy
liiise from tho Indians. Adopted. By
Maginuls; To mound the eqluugo not.
Also, for improvement of the upper Missouri
and Yellow Stone rivers. Also, for the sale
of Umber hinds iu the Territories. Also, to
aromoto education in the Territories. Mr.
Blaine asked Mr. Randall w hether he (lesirod
to bring the House to vote on Ids amnesty
bill Monday next. Mr. Randall replied that
lie did. $lr. Blaine then suiil lie bad a sub
stitute to ofl'or to it, which he wns asked to
•ail nnd ordered printed. The Hiihstl-
.... a .
*y
ndmcnl to the ( •institution of the United
States, with the exception of Julie
vis, late President of the Ho-oitUod
Stutes, shall lie relieved of such disa
bilities upon their appearing hefi
—Thorn tiro nearly 100,000 colored
Baptist)* in Georgia. Tho Ebenczcor as
sociation has over 11,000 moinbera, the.
•Southwestern over 10,000.
Mr. Charles G. Yates, of Oreons-
boro, N. 0., recently presented tho Pres
byterian church In that city with a line
bell weighing 1,200 pounds.
fhe Presbyterians have among the
Germansin America ninety-five churches,
one hundred ministers, and seven thou
sand five hundred members.
—Kcv. A. G. llaygood, late secretary
of the Sunday-school department of the
Methodist Episcopal church south, has
been elect nil to tho presidency of Emory
nolloge, Georgia.
—The census returns show not quite
1)00,000 Christians iu India, or less than
one in two hundred of tho population ;
nnd oven of these 260,000 appear to ho
Europeans, or to have European blood iu
their veins.
—It is expected that tho $300,000 ne
cessary to the removal of tho Houthern
Theological seminary (Baptist) (rom
Greenville, H. C., to LouihvUIo, ICy.,
will bo raised. A further sum of $200,-
000 will he asked of tho southern states
for nn ondmvmout fund.
—The southern Methodists aro carry
ing 011 an important mission work aiming
tho Mexicans on tho border of Texas.
One missionary and live nativo prcachors
are engaged in tho enterprise. Two new
missions lmvo been established, and fhe
baptisms reported at 108, and tho num
ber of members at 100.
iTlit* following qunliit, tmt forolhli* vowm, *r
llol.urt Sniilliwrll, 11 Ciitliiilir wwl of tlio rolfl
Kllziihoili ox ecu tud nt Tyburn for liln rellKlon In
jour l.v.M.1
Shun ihJsys, they lim'd roniorso,
ruin* thy time, while I lino Is lent tlino;
Creeping Minds lmvo weakest force,
l-'ly their fault, lost thou repent thee;
Gihhi I* liest when soonest wrought,
Lingering labor conies to nnughf.
1 lolal up Hull while gale doth last,
Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure;
Seek not time when lime Is imsl,
Knbor jqwod Is ivlsdiiui's lrhure;
After-wits nro dearly lmughl,
I.et thy foro-wlt gulile thy thmight.
TlaiO wpnrs nil Ills loekn Isdoie,
s thou held upon his forehead ;
a urn lie Hies ho turps no more,'
And tiohlml Ills scalp Is nnkcil:
Works adjourned havu many stay*,
Ding duiuill's breed new deUrs-
Keek thy salve while wire Is green,
I'osUir'd wiuiuds ask deeper Inaciug ;
After cures lire seldom se«>n,
.... .. .. e vor chnnoinftt
Tlmo and pfneo give liesi advice.
Out of Hoimon, out of price.
juilgo ut the United !
•nth, to bo duly attested anil 1
.. Jjpordoil, viz
ilemnlV swear, or nffirui, tluit I
will support and defend the (iiinstituti
the United Htates against all eneinies, foreign
and iluuiestie; that I will hoar true faith and
to tlio sanio; that I will tuko (his
best of my’knowledgu and ahility I will faith
fully disoluirge the duties of 11 citlzetririf the
llirfted* Hteles. The .Uouso at -J:.U* p. lit., ml-
jotiruod.
TREASURE DIGGERS.
'!•<* <*|-iiihImuii of 11 0,V|i»j 4 l>l«-f l*m-suiiiu
III*. 4 11111 ti jv In fivm Vnrli -The XVoniler-
“ What do you think,” said a wealthy
prnporly owner on tho East Hide to a Mer-
reporter, '‘yesterday 11 middle-aged
asKed me whether I would |>onuit
him to dig in my cellar fur a treasure
which he believed was buried there.”
“ Did you give him poriniwtiiin?” asked
tho, reporter. “No, I thouglif he was
azy; lie told me a long rigmarole about
rod of fortune, hy tlio inclinations of
which, ns lie had passed my house, lie
knew that there was money hurled in my
Allen street. When I turned a
deaf ear to his representations he said 1
would ho sorry for it” The reporter
ipied the address which the treasurc-
iigger Imd left, and repaired to a base
ment near the foot of Rivlngton street,
icbHIio seeker after treasure,
an of about fifty, with a gyp
sy-like complexion. The basement in
widen he lived looked like a cross hu
ll a junk shop and chemist’s labora
tory. ilo acknowledged lie was a profes
sional t re ns u re-digger, lie was a nativ
••'' * 1 spoke Gc
of Alsac ,
fluently. 11 is father had he
fill treasure-digger in Alsace, and his
grandfather had boon chief of gipsies,
lie had possessed the evil eye. Whcro-
ever lie appeared farmers nnd peasants
had paid him not to look at their cattle.
Ifis most valuable property had been an
old rod of fortune, which he bequeathed
to his son. The latter hud made a good
living by discovering hidden treasure
through the indications of the rod. Be
tween 1880 and 1860 his father had thus
:artiled forty old chests with gold and
silver notably one at Colmar, contain
ing upward of one hundred thousand
francs in gold crowns. His father had
died in 1867, and he had embraced the
profession, his principal exploit had
tlio discovery of a large vault under
he palace of Nancy iu 1861, where a
lumber of coats of arms of solid gold and
silver were found. During the Franco-
Jcrmanwnr ho rendered the French gen
erals valuable service j as 11 spy. Taken
•risoner by the Prussians, lie escaped,
nit was sentenced to death, and his prop-
rly at Guenwillcr confiscated. Two
years ago he had come to New York, and
commenced selling his grandfather’s pre-
jriptions. As for treasures buried in
New York, lie said his rod of fortune had
indicated tho presence of a good many in
various parts of the city, and he had re
covered three of them. The rod was of
ry dark wood, and ornamented with
narrow strips of gold plate; No. profane
eyo must see it. In iiis hand, hut only
on certain days, wh$n he passed houses,
the ground in front of which was broken
, it would incline, and thus indicate
that treasure or human remains were hur-
Tliis alternative had deterred seve-
iple, to whom he had applied to dig
ir cellars, from granting it. Tho
ro«l of fortune, however, would “work”
only on certain days and under certain
'onstel hit ions; nor would he dig for
xccpt at midnight during a full
moon week, or on Ft. John’s (midsum
mer) day. Another reason, lie said, why
people had refused to let him dig on their
nremises, waa their liolicf that finding
jtunxn remains would involve the
trouble. “ Believe me,” lie said, a
rejairter hade him good-by, “ there Ih plen
ty of gold buried on this island, and I
could find it if properly encouraged.”—
New York Mercury.
total elm roll property of the land is
about $364,483,581. Of this amount tlio
Methodists own $69,854,121; Catholics,
$60,986,666; Presbyterians, $63,300,000;
Baptists, $41,600,000; Episcopalians,
$3(J,614,640j Congrcgationiiiists, $26,-
—Dr. Alexander Eokor publishes a
few very interesting remarks “On a
Fluctuating Character in tho Human
S .” This character is tlio com-
vo lengths of tlio index and ring
s. The index may bo either (n
shorter than the ring finger, (2) of equal
length, or (3) longer than tho ring
linger. The last mentioned proportion
appears to ho tile proper one, and the
sign ol intellectual superiority.
i —Uov. A. T. Greyliill, under tho au
spices of tho southern I'reshyterinn
church, is carrying on tui important mis
sion in Mulamorus, Mexico. As tho re
sult of nineteen months labor, a church
has been constituted with forty-one mom-
hors. schools for male and fumale t
tablislied, one convert is preaching
evangelist, and two others are studying
tui candidates for the ministry. Jtev.
Sumuol I’ttrdie, supported hy the Society
of Friends, lias a mission in tho Hamo city
with thirty-two members.
—Tho statistical fables of the synod of
the Reformed church in tlio United Htates
furnish tlio following summary result
(.Masses, 8; ministers, 188; congregations
419; members, 63,666; unconfirmed
members, 36,181; baptisms, 6,467; con
firmations, 3,874; received on certificate,
946; communed during the year, 48,982;
excommunicated, 27; dismissed, 676;
deatliH, 2,072; Hunday-sehools, 484; Hun-
day-school scholars, 29,870: benevolent
contributions, $36,774.10; loetd objects,
$210,473.10; students for the ministry,
60.
-Dr. J. II. Vincent .proposes a Httnday-
Hcltool congress, to meet in March next
year. Its object is to thoroughly con
sider three fundamental topics, namely; I.
Our international lesson system. ThiH is
to bo considered with reference to the mis
sionary efforts, reformatory movements,
catechetical instruction, church yours
and all Htteh special features, which some
workers deem inscperahlo from their own
work. The aim is to perfect tho lesson
system in itself and its application to
our respective lines of foil. 2. Norma!
work in all its ranges will he considered,
with a view to securing more of it and to
making all of it more effective. 3. The
duties of superintendents, as the leading
school officer, will he fully considered.
—At the church door we should hid
farewell to all sublunary concerns and re
member that wo are in tho Sacred pres
ence. With this view, therefore, tho
opening prelude should he reverential in
style, Holier, suggestive, skillful, equally
removed from flippancy nnd dullness. A
broad, massive manner of harmony in ac
companying, is a warm stimulus to con
gregational singing; it inspirits the
timid to sing out, not “peep or mutter,”
and a goodly volume of sound drowns
false notes. It is a hint worth taking,
too, thata beautiful strain of music dur
ing the offertory (not a jig from one of
the vile operas in vogue, winch isa burn
ing infamy for even nominal Christians
to witness,) lias not seldom melted a
frosty heart and unclasped a tightly
closed purse. Dodwcll, a learned old
Oxford doctor, said of the organ, that its
notes had “a power to counteract tho in
fluence of devils on the spiaal marrow of
human beings.”—-N. Y. Observer.
—The stat istical returnsof the various
Methodist branches in tliiH country show
tho following results in membership
MetMMfit Kpli
The grand total of Methodists through
out tin; world is 4,149,105 members.
—The bureau" of education at Wash
ington makes Uie following report of the
theological schools of the country
lltliolic
I’rrutiyl riiin ",
ivri’tfntlonal.,,,!
—Chemically, black is the absence of
all color, and wnitc is tho presence of till
, colors iri their original combination mak-
thc ing the hue of ruv of white light. But
1 in ordinary parlance both aro colors.
According to the dictionary, black is “ the
color of night.” and white is “ the color
of pure snow.”
FACTS AN1) FANCIES.
—A gentleman ontors it room where
hangs a portrait ; |x>inting at it, he says,
“ Brothers nnd sisters have I nono, but
that man’s fnthor was my father’s son.”
Plonso say whose portrait it was.
—Tho oldest otticor in tlio Prussian ar
my is Field Murshnl*Von Wrnngcl, who
will complete nextyonv tho 92nd yoar of
his life, and the 80th year of ids servico
in tho Prussian tinny.
—It has been discovered that tho same
kind of coloring nmttor which poisons tlio
striped Htockings is also used to color bad
whisky. In both cases it goes to tlio legs
and ruins the understanding.
—“ Why don’t men swonr when they
are alone Y” asks 'Palmage. Did Mr.Tal-
utngo ever lay around tlio fcnco-corncrs
anu sco a lone farmer pick up a bumble
bee ? Whut did that farmer say ?
—In Franco tlio averngo salary of
workmon (without board or lodging) is
08 cents; in Germany, Italy and Swit
zerland, 38 cents; in England, 88 cants,
living being thirty per oont. dearer than
in France.
Grace Greenwood has knot with an
old French lady who know Napoleon Bo
naparte well as first Consul and as empe
ror, and who gives a vivid description of
him. Sho says that though in youth he
was thin and sallow, and in middle ago
stout nnd pnlo, his fuco hud always it
strange beauty—stern, yet doliento;
something almost fenrfttl. “ lfis oyes
were like blue steel, yet when at rost
they had an absent, dreamy look; it was
only when thoy regarded you that you
felt their power; then something cold
and sharp seemed to pass through you.
His finely curved chin wns firm as mar
ble. hut it had a dimple fit for n young
girl. He had a small, benutiftil mouth,
which seemed always ready to smile, und
never smiled. His speech was abrupt
and startling; it rtlftuo ono tromblo if no
only said “ good morning.”
Tint Litti.k Hiiown Htockino.—
Horn is n lit I to lirowii iitockliiB,
Fulled liy ninny yonrn,
lliildon nmniiu my Ireoriures,
Ktnluod xvllli ninny tears;
It linriK In n clilmnoy cnrtiur,
On a Chrlutmim Iiiiik ago.
Lornlcd with tirndotm goodies,
Full from tlio lop to too.
Two oliiililiy hnml* unloaded
The gifts of Kuntn Ulaun;
Oh, how tils lilack eyes sparkled !~
And surely there was causa.
You sou Hint little hole thorn?
Thoro's where 11 itorso was tied—
So heavy Unit II loro It.
ir-hofsn 111(1x1 superb,
Than lie on Ids risking ismy,
With saddle, whlpunu ourfi.
(Mi, that wns the merriest (,'hrlnlmnx,
And lie the lulllest boy,
Ami this Is the sweetest memory
1 ever slmll enjoy!
The red leaves of tlm autumn
I,In (lend above him now;
The prattling lips lire silent,
Is left of that
ulait day;
d t hn mem
Aro mine to keep nlwny.
Slate Populations In 1875.
Fifteen Htates of tlio Union bare made
a census of their inhabitants in 1876, and
have the results of eight states, as fol
lows;
Lisi.iiw 1,:ML'flt
?!w |S:r
itimilo IhIiiikI ...
Hi ytrpaiiu.
Tho seven states of Florida, Iowa, Min
nesota, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon and
Wisconsin have also taken censuses this
year, and with results only partially
known to us. Wo estimate the increnso
of population in thorn at 085,000. Tho
total increase in fifteen states would thus
he a little over 2,000,000 since the gene
ral census of 1870. Tho fifteen states
named had in 1870 a little more than one-
tliird the population of the United Htates.
‘" n assume a common averngo progress
in all, tlio increase in all should, at this
time, ho Ytnwurd of 6,000,000, swelling
tlio population of the United Htates U>
44.000,000.
The figures ubove given, for the eight
states, have been definitely ascertained
and announced since tho Superintendent
of the United Htates Census Bureau pre
pared his hist annual report to congress.
The superintendent in that report took
a gloomy view of tho “comparatively
small results to lie derived from tho an
ticipated state census of 1876,” and erred,
1 think, in expressing the opinion tluit
. noiigli is already known to indicate
clearly that the progress of our popula
tion has received a temporary check.”
The figures do not show it.
Ten nnd Coflbe*
Tlio researches made hy Maurice Block
show that tho leading European notions
consume tea and coflcc in about the fol
lowing proportions per annum und per
iiead of tlio population:
ows at the first glance that tho coun-
wiiere civilization and prosperity in
the mass of tlio people are at tneir low
est, the consumption of both tea and cof-
r co is also the least. These countries aro
Austria, Spain, nnd Russia.