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CEDARTOWN RECORD.
_ S- D. WIKLE <fc 00., Propno^-s,
TIMELY TOPIC’S.
I nr. Dutch war in Achecn is still lan
guishing. \ fresh Jpt of from 2,000
,rt tr,H T* «rc to lv wnt from Java,
m " after thicr arrival operation* nil! V
renewed, with the vi,
tf»o rneiuy, if possible,
Tl " : "«'"lry !» being fltx>dod with
|Hini<hlal« bp|Kwcii to the Tom S„ti
for <ho Southern IVifio mil
UEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1876.'
flighting
of the l
big printing hill
re po*
1‘ncific will proltahly find a
their next treasurer’*
• tOETHl:, in hi* *»«ventv-eighth year,
»ii.l there wn- three thing, hedewriil to
7'" “ oiouil connecting the tiulf o(
* 0KJr ” with the Pacific, another con*
"oHinp tlie Kliine ami Danube, nml,
lastly, the hnglj-.li in |><>H*c*sion of a
Suez canal. “I should like to live to
—e these great things,” mid her. “ ami
f-r them it would l*> worth while to en-
■Inr,. nuoUtcr fifty yenr.." The KiiglUli
cninc into |.)Wt»ion of n 8uc» eiinnl jnst
*vithiii the Itllif renturv.
It m Mirpriting tlml few Of the revl-
LATEST NEWS.
1M> WMT.
The annual death title In New- Orleat
•f negroc* j« dtinblo that of whiten.
‘xlfiihion of t||,. ’|’ r
ins-C'ontincittal rnilw
etl at Sherman, Tex;
the premium hog of
“ Hob Hatton
Wilson comity, T
dretl ami forty pound*, and in hv no in
fat.
Work is to commence at once on
forty utile Rap between Little Rock nml 1
Hhiff, the l.ittlc Rook, Pine Bluff'
New Orleans railroad.
Augustan, a negro, i* the man who
assassinated ex Seuator Otl'utl, of JSt. I^tm
•Irv parish, Louisiana. The murderer «i
pursue.l into * swamp, lAit will prohaldv I
•aptnred.
VOLUME If. NUMBER 34.
el lie
'I'lie
of To:
has a population of i
hundred ami seventy
impnred with a pouglutiou
teen thousimd
that
mlist* who ^
pnnuinent at present |*>-
long to the clerical ordt
theological training. II rot her Mo
most renowned of them all, is m
gyrnun. JV'ter Dwyer i* not.
Vftu Goft, Mr*,
three leniHlc rev
onlained miniate
i/Owery and the othe
valiat preacher
lotlie
eh ol
oreed!
not
f the revival-
operation* i* a ci in-
cunvortcd
aetres* ; another i* a converteil min*trel.
Oni: of the most singular hr
promise ciim*** on record ha*Ju*t«
in New York. Alnnit twelve yi
Mi and Mr*. Saulspaugh were d
In is, | they were reconciled, Mr. Saul*
vmiipli inviting hi* former wife to heemm
hi* hotiKckcepcr under the promine of re
marriage. NIontli after month panned
only to bring alKiut a |*o*tponcment ol
the happy day. Finally, the woman's
patience became exhausted, and she ha>
j««*t sited her former huahnnd for dam
ages, an *tatcd.
Mu*. A. M. Woon, eldest daughter
ol the late President Zachary Taylor,
dimi at Freiburg, Germany, aged t>5.
>ln» wits the widow of (tan. it. Wood,
United Htatc* nrnty, and mother of <'apt
John T. Wood, one of the mo*t dintln
guinhed ofllcer* of tltc Confederate navy.
Her death leave* hut two surviving
children of Prenident Taylor - Mr*. Bet-
tie T. I >amiridge, formerly Mr*. Hli**,
living at Winche*ter, Va., and (Jen.
Richard Taylor, of Louisiana, a lieu ten
nnt general in the Confederate army.
Thk following i* a statement of United
Htaten currency outstanding at the
the year lff75:
Old demand note* $ <;•
J ‘•fijd tender notes, new iunii- 31 *,j
series of
dred
id nineteen in 1870.
< ’nlifbrnin’* wine product in 1875 i
slut oil lit eight in i I lit >n s of gallons. The sup-
I'ly i* greater than the demiiml. The imikers
h ive, ill eonvrlltinll, ill rilled ihiit two-thirds
••f it might lie profitably made into Inanity if
the government would reiiiieo the tax.
Kimis IniiiuliM, uikI.t Hilling Hull, nl-
talked a while party near Port pease on
Yellow stone river, January Jd, killing one.
man and wounding five, hesidcHiMitting oil no.
Oiler
party of nin.
I hundred stru
The Initial
id it was fear
•d the
dolte, each ceiHii* having
been very Imperfect, the state Will probably
show a greater number of inhabitants than
has generally been supposed. The Ctllni
immigration has been, during the past ye
18,lit, and during the (hirtiuil years I
past, 110,087. Of these I, 106 were female
Special dispatches from Bismarck oi
tain glowing accounts from the tthielc Hills,
A party tarrying the mail between nisimirek
amt Blank FI ills had returned, and
wonderful reports of (ho richness of the
country. The report is vouched for as
nuglily trustworthy. Twelve hundred
arc now in that portion of the Black Hills
through which Rapid creek runs. The a
age diggings are $| per hour to each n
and they saw $137 taken out in six l.onrt
four men. Next day the same force in
same lime look out $112. California Jo
person of renow n among the gold miners, i
$31 taken out of one pan, there being
nugget worth $30. All of Hie reluming
party brought specimen* of gold of splendid
quality. They all agree in the stntcmcn
garding the beauty and rlohuessof the i
all
speedily assisted.
Captain Endi
that there
tresses to lie laid
low-tide level, ,
lily <
i the
ul to oht
: Hint ov
hundred more mu
jetties up t
million cubic
yards of earth nr deposit have already been
exeavated from the bar between the jetties,
and that two million more yards w ill inerciisn
the depth to over twenty feet.
The Philadelphia coal exchange Ini*
glut
Legal tender
186ft..
fit rl« • of 1876
Series of 1876.
<'ftp-year notes of 186.3
Two year notes of 1*6.3
fwo-yrarcoupon notes of 1*63
t hird is*
Fourth i
Fourth ii
21,76
It i
Turkey
*d tha
- $116,505,436.07
the .Sultan of
building
> intent
a grand mosque that i* to pcr|* tuatc hi*
name than defending hi* empire from
the attack* made on it. Although
menaced with the greatest danger*, he
can scarcely Iw: induced to attend to any
thing hut dancing girl* and procession*
t«* the mosque*. He wa* originally a
man of fair capacity, hut is now hi far
gone in dissipation, it i* said, a* to lie
eeuiinglv incapable of striking a blow
for hi* honor and kingdom.
A hf-ckst visitor tothe Dismal Swamp
describe* it, in FnreM and Stream, a*
having lost none of the characteristic*
which gave it .it* name. lEars arc not.
“o plenty there a* when the region wu*
rarely penetrated bv man. yet they still
> afford *y*ort for hunter*. Lake Drum
mond, once believed by the ignorant to
1*‘ bottomless i* really not in any place
more than fifteen feet deep. It* water,
impregnated with* the juice* of juniper
and gum leaves, is of the Color of wine,
and is drunk as a remedy by consump-
Thk success of the new “harmonic
system of multiplex telegraphy”—a
charmingly‘simple name, by the war—
excites the Suspicion that our knowledge
of the jsiwers and use* of electricity is
merely in it* infancy. It suggests, more
over, an immediate application of the
fluid in a manner which will benefit im
mensely all thosc large cities and towns
of the country which are gifted with
If the telegraph
FOItKIUN.
Bismarck i* still very ill.
Half a million dollar* will lie required
p.A tlie l‘auaina inilroail ii
million.
Tlie European governme
ing replies to the America
'ulmn question until they
riuminK
A vice* front the
• of Mm
huiulrcil soldii
Wee the Mexic
nary 15th, say that four
linve been sent to reinl
troops on the Rio (irainte
Of the *10(1 deputies elected to the
Hpnuisli congress, 361 are ministerialist*, in
are clerical*, I eoiitonalist, ami I (Hcnor (’ns-
tolar) a in ode rule republican.
Ilavnna journal* assert that the thihan
sugar crop w ill eertaiuly lie thirty per cent,
less Hum l ist year. They alio eoiishler the
coming tobacco crop of Vuelta Almjo almost
totally destroyed, owing to the drouth.
The French senate will include twen
ty-two radieals, sixteen IrrecouHInhlc Itouu-
pnrtist*, seventy Fuaioniat*, legitimists and
Orleanists, i. e., Ministerialists, and fourteen
I lira l.egilimist■>. This estimate iiieludes
life senators already elected.
A Bonapartist aasociation, *tylcd the
conservative national con veil lion, has issued
h manifesto aniiounuing that they will sup
port MneMahon until the expiration of his
term, in 1888. They will then denuftid Unit
an apjieal to the people be made for deter
mining the future form of government for
France.
letter* front Limn, announcing tlie
complete destruetlon of the town of Abanra
by nn earthquake on the Ith of December,
state that between I p. m of the Hh and !' a.
m. of tlie 5th no less than .37 earthquakes
oeaurred, several of which weie very severe.
Details nre meager, and the extent of Ihe
loss of life is not reported.
A special dispatch, reviewing (Jam-
bctUi’s speech delivered in private at Aix
says the speech will force itself on the at
tention of all France. It is essentially
appeal for conciliation and the programme
oi the moderate republican*. In the speech
(•nmhettH says: • We do not want a monop
oly. They nre too anxious to repair the
losses of I ranee to exclude any Frenchmen
from tlie task of raising up the country."
Moody and Hankcy, in eighteen Hun-
rlny meetings held in I’hilailelphia.addrcssH
persons, or an average of 13,500 at
|, s*lt88fnli'd. A large party is preparing
shut from Ilisiuarck for the Hills, and will
take a huge amount of goods.
I IMMI tt INIIINUTOX.
The invcHligalion id' (lie Alaska Com-
men ial company will result, it is said, in an
nulling tin-existing contract and leave the
sceretary of (lie treasiuy free to advertise
for new proposals. The Alaska purchase
cost the government, lit currency rule*, $10*'
"00,(881, f„r which less than three percent,
est is obtained in the lotting of the seal
"ics. Responsible parlies are willing to
pay,six per cent, on the amount invested for
tlie privilege of taking seals on tlie islands of
St. Paul and St. Uuorge.
CONOR H8SI.ONAL.
NKNATK.
In the Mcnnle, on tlie 2-ltli, Mr. Hlu-r
man presented petitions of citizens ofOliio,
asking government aid in the construction
of the Texas nml Pacific railroad. Similar
petitions were presented by Messrs, (’iimeron
«>f Peunsylviiiiia and Wallace. All referred.
Mr. tioldwnite presented the report of the
committee of Hit- Alabama legislature, mid
the testimony token by (lie rnimuiltc
gard to the election' of (icorgu Sin
S. senator, Referred. Mi- UM..
, n ....a intent
Id nieiining of ,tlic Union Pacific rail-
mad acts. It provides that none of these
acts shall lie construed to iinthorizo nnv sub
sidy or land grants to tin- Iiniinlb.il ainl St.
.inseph railroad company, nr the central
branch of. the I nion Pocitio eompany for
anv extension of the rornl in oxeess of one
hundred miles next to the Missouri river.
„ for n li ' r " f 'be widow of
I.. II. Rohmciiii. late brigadicr-genernl U. S.
<\. was referred. Mr. Morton said tlml ecr-
laln, paper*, purporting to he the credential*
of Mr. Lustis as senator of the United States
from I/oiiImIiiiiii, were presented, the other
* i-xpitml, and what farther
.• to cnrrv into effect tl
Agreed to. Mr.
i Tuesday i
e mil'
'lay ft
* amend
day and laid u
the table
e commit I e
Agreed to.
unfinished hnsine
I'HW-
I elections,
laid before the sen
the resolution of Mr. Morton
recent 'election in Mississippi. "Mr.
Morton said Ids health was in such a condi
tion that he would not lie aide to continue
bis remarks. The senate resumed considera-
****** bill to provide for a uoiuiMissioii nil
of the alcoholic liquor Irnllie,
Mr. Bayard niihinittcd
slruetiiig Hie eommiNNioii I
the
aeh i
cting.
The officer* of the *lire«-t cable eoni-
nv in New York announce their cable
broke again about one hundred and fifty
miles from Torbey, Nova Scotia.
The bulletin of the American iron
d steel association contains a detailed
statement showing that the production of pig
in the United States in J87-i wag about
2,100,000 net tons, a falling off of about C/K),.
•00 tons as compared w ith the production in
87-1. The ■•took on hand and unsol/I at the
lose of 1875, including the stock in the
hands of agents, aggregated about 700,000
on*, against 800,000 tons a year ago.
:onsomption in 1875 wash** than it was
musical
i !*• construcbed as to produce | brought
The San Franeiuco Alta
in: “During the year
>ught us 7-1,772 persons,
leaving a gain of l
»f thc.'M in*t.
id took
The
ok away 12,502, leaving
of 60,172. One hundred
connect an operatic eompany or Thomas’ - and eighty thousand five hundred ami nine-
orchestra by wire with every town which I l y* nine ,,rr ' v al* h> one year indicate cor-
ha-s telegraphic facilities, and make one I btiuly agrowing
concert answer for all. It would lx? a | a , w '* t<?rriu,rieH » I 1
great wiving to the performers, and the
wholesale character of the ptrformanee
would undoubtedly cheapen it consider
ably.
•rest in the Pacific stales
ciilnrly in California, for
of them. The net gain
to our population by excess of arrivals over
departures has been, during the past six
years, 212,702persons. .Should we ever have
an enumeration of our population—which
substitute fur idl'd
the w.......
session, and soon after adjourned.
In tin- Muinte, on thn 25tl>, Senator
Sargent presented petitions signed by a
large number of Indies, asking that a gov
ernment be • tablished in tlie District nl
Columbia which would confer upon the
women tha right to vote,
senate resumed consideration of unfinished
biisiiii-Hs, being the hill to provide for the
appointment of a committee on the siihji
of alcoholic and fermented liquor Ini file a
manufacture. Mr. Christianity submitted
amendment declaring that a commission
Shall he appointed for the purpose of obtain
ing' information which may serve as a
guide to a system of legislation best fitted
for the District of Columbia, the several
territories of the United States, and other
places subject to legislation of congress in
reference to the question of revenue from
the manufacture and sale of alcoholic and
fermented liquors, and effect of fhe use of
such liquors upon tin- moral* or welfare of
the people of such district, territories and
place*. The amendments were agreed to—
veils, .37; nays, 20. The senate then went
hurt time
lauds In
llotl is t
IHtVJahdvc ref a
gave notice that
would call up the
lion 2.333 of tin- revived s t a tut esnf Hi el! n itVd
Males in regard to the restriction on tlie ills-
»V ,H, d <•« Inc public lands in Alabama, Mis-
idwljq", l.otijsiann, Arkansas and Florida
Mr. Davis submitted a joint rcsoliitb
b-vWiilure of Id* state relating to th
leaf tobacco, asking appropriations
tmuc Ho- improvement of the Mniiongalicia
river, and for tlm i
river and its tribal ...
river, all of which
11 o\v»- s hill to provide forthc payment of
tercst on the 3.65 District of Columbia
bonds was taken up so as to come up a* un
finished business to nioilow, mid the senate
adjourned.
In (ho somite, ou (lie 28th, the pre«i-
dnil pro tern, laid before the senate house
bill fixing tint rale .^postage on third dnsa
matter, which wan read by its title and
f erred. Mr. Morrill reported, with,
amendment, house hill relating lo the C
tennial celebration of American indepei
cnee, and recommended ii* pnssiu'o. Pine
on tin- calendar. Mr llilelieook presented a
memorial of the legislative assembly of N«w
Mexico, asking the passage of mi net t.
admit that territory into Hi as a state
on equal footing with other state*. Referred,
Mr. Morton reported hack the papers relnt
log lo the claim of .1. D. Fusils for a seat as
'lilted States senator from Louisiana, with a
‘ at, in the opinion
no vnrimov in Hie
I. S. Plnelilmek having
|"I States senator for the
commencing March I, 1873. lie reomn.
nded tlml the papers he laid on (lie table
I printed. So ordered. Mr. Bogy pro-
Red tin- Iiicmnri.j of ti. c. Bingham, mb
jutaiil-geucnil of Missouri, asking for the
passage of a law authomiiig the examination,
allowance and payment of claims of that
state against tlie general government for sup
plies furnished Hie United States troops dur-
the Inti- war. Referred to committee on
litnrv alhiirs. A message waN received
mi the house of represeiilutivi-N, muiouuo-
C the dentil of Mr. HtnrkwoaUicr and the
ii-timi of the house taken thereon. The sen-
a mark of respect to the memory of
(lie deceased, adjourned till Monday.
HOUND.
In tlm hoiiHc, on tho 22d, Mr. Kloclo
"red a resolution directing Hie eoinniiHcr
iqipropriutioiis to inquire into llm expo-
mny of making any appropriation for Hit-
support of the Sioux Indian*, nml also into
the right of having while men excluded from
tin- Black Hills rounlrv. Adopted. Mr.
Waddell offered a resolulion requesting the
president to oommunibnlc
communications which may have paused be
tween the government id tlie United Stales
mid liny Fiironoiut government besides Spain
in regard to the island of Culm. Adopted.
The house then went into committee of (lie
nteiiiiinl appropriiitii
unimportant cliurnc-
rose without taking
D-,0 was given Hint t he
>" called on the hill
A delmte ensued of
ter, and Hi
action on tlie hill. N.
previous question will
Tuesday. Adjourned.
In tlm house, on tj)e2<Jlh, bill* were
I ii troil it I mid referred ad follows : Ainen-
dnlory of the bankrupt law. To fund the
legal tender debt of Hie. United States. For
funding tlie legal tender Holes into -10 year
I per cent, gold bonds lo Hie niliotllll of
$100,(100,000, nl rales not to exceed $.3,000,.
'Hth. To protect life on steamships,
bunts and sailing vessels; also, to provide
heap transportation on Interior
splrlts distilled
Jtor me it'itiiHtrr * “
of the
diction of North Caroflna. Hratiliug fmiu
ies to heirs of soldiers ill the late war wli
ulislcd for less than u year, and wlm wet
killed or died by reason of service. For tl
appointment of three Additional agents I
“ ' dins pending hefoi
the southern claims coiuiiiissioii. For in
pinvchiciit of the OOwbcrllilld river. 'I
irovidc (or cheap traiiN|iortiilion of freight
not exceeding fourpottuds for each package,
mid Hint the postage IliOl'coti shall be one
cent for every two ounces or fraction thereof.
Alter discussion the bill was passed without
division. Tho house (lieu went into commit-
Icq of (he whole, on llm inililm v iioitdcmv
appropriation bill, which appropriate* $2.3L-
211. Without action on tlie bill Hu- house
adjourned.
In tlm Iioiihc, ou llm 27tli, a question
of privilege was raised by Mr. Duiniell in
reference to some remarks made by Mr.
Whyte, of Kentucky, Home days ago, which
"jerc regarded as offensive to Mr. .’ d ims,
clerk of the house, and which Mr. Whyte
at the time bad agreed to expunge from ilic
report of his hpeecll in tho congressional
record. After discussion, Mr.Hoar objected
to any further alteration of (lie record, and
there the inatler ended. Much time was
wasted in discussing amendments to the bill
providing penalties for llm sending of oh-
scene literature through the mails, mid tlie
finally recommitted. The house then
on imbr adjourned,
In the Imttae, on tho 28ih, Mr. Elkin*
esenled u memorial of the territorial legis
lature for an oiWBHng net and admission of
New Mexico as a stale. Referred. Mr.
(Jnndlu asked leave lo offer a resolution
declaring that llmpeopleof llm United Hlates
constitute a nation to llm extent, and for tlm
purposes defined in tho federal constitution .
that tlie rights and powers of (lie United
States government are defined mid limited by
the federal constitution, and
larged or diminished except by amendments
o the constitution. Mr. Ilmiiifton mid otlie
‘bjeided. Mr. Springer introduced hills
holding
prohibit Ataerie
slaves in foreign countries, and to regulate
elections in Utah territory. Referred. Mr.
11 mi ton, from tlie committee on revolutionary
pensions, reported a hill to amend mi net of
l ltli of February, 1871, pensioning soldiers
of 1812, and to restore to tin- pension rolls
. whoso names were stricken
therefrom in consequence of disloyalty. Re
ferred. Mr. Ilnrmim offered resolutions for
the appointment of a committee to take
‘Ardor for superintending the funeral of Mr.
II. Starkweather, late member from Umi-
Hcul, and that Ills remains lie removed to
Norwalk, Conn., under the charge of the
adjourned.
In thn Hoimln, on lh<- Mi, Mr. Wml
presented a memorial in reference to tlm
credentials of Mr. Kustis, claiming a seat ns
United States senator from that slate, and
asked that it ho referred to the committee
on privileges and elections. Ordered. Mr.
Howe reported favorably on house hill to
amend the revised statutes of the United
State* relating to naturalization. Passed.
The chair laid before the senate the unfin
ished business, being u bill to confirm pre
emption and homestead entries of public
lauds w ithin the limits of railroad grant -, in
cases where such entries have been made
under regulations of (lie land department.
Mr. Howe submitted an amendment provid
ing that nothing in the act shall he con
strued to affect the title which the state of
Wisconsin or its assigns may have to land
granted to Hint slat* to aid in the construc
tion of railroads in Hie state, by Hie act of
June .3, 1850, ami the acts amendatory there-
mte proceeded
ling discussion, the
'deration of cxrcti
ill relating to the <
hrution of American indepen
hnsiucs
ferre.d to the committee
The fl
and s
appropriation*.
i after
In the -entile, on the 27tli, .Mr. Hamil
ton presented a memorial of delegations of
the Choctaw, < 'reck and Cherokee Indians,
now in Washington, asking the repeal of
certain aids granting lands in Indian terri
tory to railroads. Referred. Mr. .Sargent
submitted a preamble and resolution recit
ing the provisions of the third section of
the act of July I, 1*62, in regard to aid for
the construction of a railroad from the Mis-
that the land granted said road not disposed
itllin three years after the completion of
oiid should be disposed of for settle
ment at the price therein named, etc., and
directing the committee on public Janas 6)
inquire at whot date said road was rum-
pie ted, if the time fixed for the sale of such
repair* of h n
the Mississippi river In Illinois. Preparatory
to the redumption of United Htatca notes
and the resumption of specie payments,
"reduce the lux oil tobacco and whisky,
restore tu the pension rolls of tin- war of
quartermasters’ stores and supplies. Mr.
whltthoriic offered a resolution calling mi
the secretary of the Ircostiry Inr information
as to the fund arising out of the proceeds
of eaplured or abandoned property.
The house refused to suspend the rules'
and tlm resolution wits not adopted.
Mr. Kassou oflered a rrsoltiUon for discon
tinuance of Hu- animal agricultural report,
and the publication in jtsstcadof tlminniilh-
nltiiral report. JTIcfe
oflered a resolution for,the appointment of a
select committee lo inquire into the initurc
aijd history of what is known as “Tlie Ib al
Estate Pool,” in which Jay ('ooke A Uo. were
interested. Adopted. Sir. Hanning offered
a resolution culling on thn secretary of war
for information ns to pay mid allowances of
army officer* stationed in Washington since
•March, 1860. Adopted. Mr. Rainey offered
a resolution calling on the secretary of tin-
treasury for a full and complete report from
the commissioners of tin- Frccdnieii's bank.
Adopted. The speaker announced tlie ap
pointment of the following additional mein-
the committee of expenditures in the
III of justice: Messrs. Durham,
hrane, MeMpfioti, and Conger. Mr. Hol
man offered a resolution instructing tlx; ju-
i- legislation a
Influc*
fie railroad hill on the third of March, 1*71,
and whether contracts and combinations
were subsequently entered into by the com
pany in violation of Unit act. Adopted.
In the houKC, on tjie 25th, Mr. Joitk*,
from tlie committee on invalid pf-mion*, re
ported u hill supplementary to the pension
act, providing that except in case of perma
nent specific disabilities no increase of pen
sion shall he allowed trt commence prior to
the date of tho examining surgeon’s certifi
cate. Passed. Mr. Rnpk reported a bill to
increase pensions in certain cases. It pro
vides I lint persons, win*, in military or naval
service, have Inst one hand or one foot, or
have been totally or peiinnneiitly disabled,
shall in- entitled to a pension for each of
disabilities. The house then went into
committee of the whole on tin; ofntoimiul
qqiropriation hill. Tlm debate was continued
by Messrs) Williams and Launtr in favor of
the. bill and Messrs Wliilcuud Goodin against
After sonic further amendment* were;
led upon the house proceeded to vole on
tlie passage of the hill and it was passed-—
In the hoiiw. on the 2<5th, a bill wa*
ssial to amend section 100 of the revised
statutes, in regard to prohibiting clerks or
ntployes in any department of the govern-
aent prosecuting claims or applications for
patents also to amend section -18(18 of
adjourned.
leu I'rmquM'ts.
Wo far ilti* winter no irnhii* been gal li
ed along the Hudson river, nml us tlm
Henson liu* advanced eotiHiderahly, with
ontinneil tin favorable weather, (lie pros-
iH*et* for a full crop nre coii*idcred poor.
,M soil for storing ire generally coni-
about tho end of December and
mis when tho Iioiihc* tire filled, early in
•’ebrnary. All the large ice companies
I denier* were about to commence tlm
ImrvcMl at I lie usual time this season,
wlmn (Im mild weather canto and de
stroyed tlm ice which Imd formed up to
that lime.
There aro probably from 0,000 to 8,000
en along tho Hudson waiting for tho
work of gathering ice, and considerable
wu (Turing la reported among Homo of
them. The ice dealer* of Huh city have
baud a eoimidornhle quantity and in
Mm poorest noiwon inpuauu to obtain a
good supply, nllliotigli obliged lo Heeuru
it from remote point*.
The iee business lias gono up from
Himill beginning* to be one of the large*!
minor induHtne* ol the country. It
employ* a capital of over #20,000,000',
and the aggregate Hale* of ice. are more
than #.'ii),000,0(i(), Forty year* ago tlm
capital invented was less than $100,000,
and tlm aggregate sales not more tlinn
$125,000.
Over omi hundred Hmtisund ton* are
exported to southern cities and foreign
countries. A* many person* tire aware,
t lie ico-hoiiHc* aro huge buildings, from
one (o two hundred Icel. in widtli and
from two hundred to four hundred feet
in length, generally of wood, though
sometimes of brick, with double, triple,
quardruple wiiIIh, the interAticc* parked
with Home non-conduct lug Hit balance,
Hitch a* spent, tan bark, saw dust, etc.,
with doors cloning tightly on each floor,
but no windows, and with incline plane*
moveable and adapfed to each story,
without as well mh within, and in flm
cane of tlm larger bouses a steam elevator
is employed to drag the bloeks up the
inclined planes and lower them on llm
inside. During the harvest season the
work of gathering ice is pushed vigor
ously,an(l at some of the. large ice-houses
(100 tons aro harvested in an hour.—
Alban;/ KvcnilitJ .fornnal.
Lohb of Hie Nleamer Dante.
Another great maritime disaster ha-
occurred in Hi. George's channel, involv
ing a loss of no fewer than twenty-one
lives, 'flm stcamor Dante, ownnil by
Messrs. (Hover Brothers, of London,
sailed from Liverpool on a voyage to
Bombay, with a crew of twenty-seven
hands, all told, and two other persons,
who were either passengers or tho doctor
and purser. She was under the command
of (/iiptiuri Buchanan, and her Liverpool
agents were Messrs. Stoddard Brothers,
of Water street. About midnight aim
had passed tlm Smalls, and was between
that point and tlie Tuskar light. The
watches were being changed, wlmn tlie
red light of tin approaching vessel was
seen approaching lo slarboard. The
night was dark and cloudy, and there
was a strong breeze from the south-west,
with a good sea on. Tim helm of tlm
steamer was ported, hut in a short time
into by the vessel, which
proved to he the Norwegian hark, (irons-
vair, IkmiwI for Liverpool. The Dante
vuh struck amidships, on tlm |>orl side ;
ind such wtis the force of the shock that
In; sank seven minutes afterward. The
ihief officer and three men ( lumbered on
to the bow* of the hark, and the others
ter carried down with the steam-
re left struggling in the water,
ud engineer was picked up four
hours afterwards, floatingon a spar. The
laptain, chief engineer and a fireman
vere discovered clinging lo a lifi-hoat of
tin; Dante after eight hour*’ immersion.
All these men were taken oil hoard the
hark, which put out boat* to search.
'The survivors were brought
The Gronsvu*
having her
take
the soldie
/erpool.
is Injure), hut HliglitJy,
ter and hows partially
of the survivors were
home, Liverpool,
The Dante ■
attendc
I of J tons, and
. md was built in
thirl fin** mail mat- 1874 ^ ' f - ^'Bly & Co. She was valued
\-uIch Hint all mailable matter of ul -#10,000 and the value of her cargo
tin; third dim referred to in sections .3*7* ' was between eighty and one hundred
and 3UU of the revised statutes, muy weigh J thousand pounds.
<1 statute* in relation to tl.,; alignment j j «00 horse-power, and
of j tt (:nt-s. Mr. Clarke called untlie hill J , k7<1 |,„ , ^.oiv A- fj.
regulating postage
MISSISSIPPI VAI.I.KV TIIAMNU CO.
lt«*|ioi-l ol III.. KiiKlUh l)..|Hifiitlon l-'ii..ia
nl" I mi|*oi-lhlire nml FIkiii-i** or
t'tir readers will remember that, last
Hummer Memphis wn* visited by a dep
utation of Englishmen sent out by tho
•* Mississippi Valley Trading Company,''
a British association regularly organized
and chartered, with an aggregate capital
ol one hundred million of dollars, it*
operation* embracing a variety of munu-
facturiug and utoretintilo interesla, and
u mammoth business of dealing in sup
plies. This deputation visited tin
southern and western stales for the pur
poseofreporting timm tlm feasibility ol llm
iiHsoeiution establishing direct relation*
with tlm grangers lor a mutual inter
elumgo of produetH. Tlm full report, m
published in tho l'o-operative News,
evidence* that tho deputation has been
both careful and precise in their Inves
tigation, great st tea* being placed upon
the enterprise of opening n general direct
trade between Great Britain and this
country by means of tho Mississippi
river; and “ tho removal of the Imr at
the mouth of this river is an object of
tho greatest interest not only to the
United State* but. to F.ngland.” u* sueli
would cheapen the transportat ion of
duets l>otwccil these countrio*. “ High
tiiritTrates,” say tho deputation, “mean
for England (lour bread and cotton, and
(or the American farmer a smaller re
turn for the products of hi* laud and a
higher price for the innnufimltires he
wants. A lew cents on each bushel of
corn will stop millions of bushels that
should find their way to English mar
kets. It is further shown that the Mis
sissippi valley is littod to ho the granary
of the world, and could lie made to sttp-
port four hundred million* of people;
and if cultivated as it might he, this
population could he increased to one
thousand millions. The corn growing
state* of the Mississippi valley will pro
duce an annual surplus of four hundred
million Imahcl* of cereals, which would
find a profitable outlet to Europe by tlm
Mississippi river and tho gulf streams.
Eighty per rent, of the wheat surplus of
the west is growing in localities easily
•essihle to and bordering on tlm Mis-
tippi river, while more than two-third*
(six out- of nine million tons) ol'tlm agri
cultural products not required in the
states raising tho same seek an outlet
from districts to which the Mississippi
ami its tributaries would idler better and
more accessible transportation, if ren
dered available for cheap carriage. Tlm
deputation report favorably upon the
Mississippi jetty improvements, which,
with tlm removal of obstructions at
dlier places in tlm river, would reduce
llm <:o*t of transportation to England on
grain at least ton cent* per bushel.
This is all tho morn lmiKirriint. when we
see that of (ho flvo hundred and twenty-
eight million one hundred and forty-one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one
hundred weights of grain (or its equiva
lent in flour) im|wirted into tlm united
kingdom for tho fifteen year* ending
1872, more than two-thirds was obtained
from the United Htutes, and less than
otto-third from Husain. This grain was
transported to the sea-hoard principally
by llm lakes and railroads, "the export
on any great scale by the great natural
highway ol' tho Mississippi being pre
vented by tlm im|N)H*ibility of bringing
large ocean steamers with safety to New
Orleans ou account of the impediment
at the bar.” Tito report sayH further:
“The conclusion at which we have
aimed, after a careful review of all the
fuels, is Hint when the channel at the
moil tit of thn Mississippi is deepened t*>
thirty feet, and the impediment* to its
free navigation up to &t. Louis
moved, there is no road which e
pete with It for cheapness and regularity
•n the transportation of the heavy ttgri
ultimil products of tlm west. The re
sources and trade of llm south and west,
l.hc wants of the I'nlrons of Husbandry
and thewaiitsofthe co-operative societies
of tin- united kingdom warrant tlie
formation of tlm Mississippi Valley trad
ing company. In every town and city
of tlm son th and west which we visited
we found the people and press favorable
to direct trade with England. It, is im
possible to doubt that the development
of direct trade with the Mississippi val
ley will give a great impulse to the
movement in favor of free trade in tlie
United States, and tend to promote
FACTS AND FANCIES.
M i: know all about shooting stars, but
often forget that tho earth is a revolver.
Fi.ibh cause
faulty in litis world. This i
of a bald-headed man.
“ Wii.i, you have me,.Sarah ?” said a
.voting man to u modest girl. “ No,
c-fifth of all the pro-
i ’3 tho opinion
Tiih Chicago Times is willing to for
give Jeff. Davis lor Andersouville, but
win never forget that he was once an
insurance man.
“Go out, young matt; she'* not here,”
said a I'cnnsylvanin prenchor, *hu other
Sunday, in tho midst ol his sermon, to a
youth who be saw standing hesitatingly
in tho doorway.
“ Hekmb to mo as though all rich men
wore mado and Het up in businos* nfuro
my t ime,” was the remark of a sad-cyed
•nan, and thou, with a deep sigh, ho
added: “There’s uo uso'it try in’.
Nothin’* loft for u feller now-n-dny* ’eept
to start ti monument fund and l>o treas
urer of it.”
Tin? most wretched being this season
tho man with an Ulster overcoat. Ho
Imil not counted on a mild winter, and
the I are thought of how he is to got tho
wear out of that coat makes him burst
into anothor perspiration and look more
like a stage driver than ever.
Pit A ykh i* the rustling of the wingH
of the angels that nre ott their way bring-
tho Ikmidh of heaven. Even as a
cloud foreslnidowcth rain, so prayer fore
shadowed! the blessing; even hh tho
green lilado i* tho beginning of the liar-
iH prayer tho prophecy of tho
blessing tluit i* about to coine.—8pm-
tfCOII.
.SnvKitAii years ago a noted highway,
tin was arrested in tho south of Ireland
and curiosity drew number* to tho jail
to see dm man loaded with iron* who
had long lrnett a terror to tho country.
Among (filters was a hanker, whoso note*
at that Unto wore not hold in the highest
estimation, who insured die prisoner
that he wa* very glad to see him there
at had,. 'The highwayman, looking up.
plied: “Ah, sir, I did not expect tlint
from you — indeed, I did not, for you
know well tluit whep all tho country re
fused your note*, I took them.”
(Jameroii’M March Across Africa.
Madcria correspondence of tho London
Telegraph gives further detail* respect
ing Lieut. Gameron's expedition. Tho
gallant explorer, in traversing the
breadth of tho entire continent, from
Zanzibar to Angola, met on tho whole
with a favorable reception from
the natives. lie reached Benguella
on the 7tli and Loanduon the 1'Jth
of November, with fifty-seven caso
coast men, all in good licalth. It
was Gameron’s intention to remain sit
Lonndn until an opportunity arrived for
sending his men home around by the
Gape to the esiHt coast. Ofoonrse, tlie
especial interest attaching to his mission
is the great question of tho connection <>l
the Congo with the great eastern lakes.
It appears that ho followed a large river
flowing out of Lake Tanganyika in a
southwesterly direction, tracing it*
whole course till lie came upon anew
lake, which he named “Livingstone.”
From this body of water a second large
river runs westward, which the lieuten
ant, having traced it for a considerable
part of its length, believes to he the
('ongo. It would seem that he was una
ble to continue along the river on ac
count of meeting a tribe of hostile na
tives. Ho had to choose between fight
ing his way through these unfriendly
trils-s, with the risk of losing all his
journals and papers, or of taking a differ
ent direction. 'The latter alternative
seemed preferable, and though it. prejj
vented tlie absolute verification of his
inq-ortant discovery, he has personally
no doubt tluit tho stream flowing out ol
Livingstone Lake and Congo arc one
and the same.
Dum.vu leap year the girl who counts
all tho gray horses she secs, until she
lias got up to .- hundred, will Is; married
within a year, t<> tho first gentleman
with whom site shakes hands after count-
j ing the one hundredth horse.
;D<\iuzet.
French papers overflow with anecdotes
meeting the lamented find popular
Dcjazet. Bite wn* a great admirer of
tho first Napoleon, and when she hoard of
tlie second marriago of Marie Louise she
exclaimed, indignantly: “How could
slieV If that great Iioro had ever so
much a* kissed my,bond J never should
have wiishcu it again ! ”
Once, when she was at t ’aen, sho took
. /iincy to visit the market on a market-
day. There, among the noisy jxnjmnnrt,
who were crying their wares and disput
ing tho prices thereof in their loudest
tones, she noticed otic who whh the most
active and oopiihir of tlicin all, and whose
face seemed strangely familiar. Dojnzot
was about to approach her, when tho boll
of the market sounded tlie signal for
closing. The mniket-Womnn climbed
into her cart, whipped up her horse, and
disappeared. Her lace,however,haunted
tho actress so persistently that, (hiding
out Unit site occupied ti small farm not,
far from t’nen, Dcjazet resolved to pay
her a visit. On arriving at the farm,
she found its proprietress in the act of
peeling carrots for soup. On beholding
Dcjazet sho started to lior feet with a
shriek, and carrots, knife, and all, went
rolling on the ground.
“ Virginia! ” sho cried.
“TheodoreI” oxoluimed her visitor,
who iu the market-woman recognized
one of the former stars of tho Gymnnse,
the heiiuliful and gifted Mmlnuic Theo
dore, who, wearied of her profession and
its triumphs, had ten years before quitted
tho stage and disappeared from Paris.
Tho two former comrade* embraced each
other warmly. Drawing Bejnzet into
her little narfor, she pointed out to her
tho wreaths of silver and of gilded
laurel* that hung against tho wall, the
solo remaining rone of a brief and bril
liant career.
The Colton Tax and Mississippi Levees.
1 a letter to General Cyrus Bussey,
president of tho New Orleans chamber of
commerce, congressman Morey, speaking
of tho cotton tax collected by the govern
ment, say*: “If the chamber of com
merce would approve the idea, I suggest
Unit tlioy pas* appropriate resolutions
asking tho senators and representatives
front tlie state to support a measure
looking to the setting aside of the pro
ceeds of the cotton tax collected in the
stutes of Louisinnn, Mississippi, Arkan-
1, Tennessee and Missouri ns 11 fund for
the reclamation of the alluvial basin of
tlie Mississippi river. I venture to say
that the prospect of the cotton tax being
ifuudcd to those who paid the tax i* de
cidedly slim. Tin: objection that the
money would go into tho hands ot others
than producers, the question of tho par
ticipation therein of tho la1>orer who was
interested by virtue of having planted on
shares, and had the tax deducted fiom
hi* share, tlie suspicion of jobbery that
lias attached and will altuch in future to
all attempts to have tills tax relunded,
are reasons that will lie pleaded, and, a*
I think, successfully, to prevent the pas
sage of any measure of that kind.”
ThhAviciiaob Ebro of a Woman’h
...jVKL. -W. W. Story, in his last chun
ter of “In a Studio,” makes one of his.
conversationalist* discourse as follows on \
rage hero of a woman’s novel: “ Do
women like brutal men.'.' They are cerl
tainly fond of drawing th- in in their nov
els. They generally either give us as tjieir
hero a consumptive clergyman, devoted
to tho poor, and constantly investigating
slums, and getting a typhus lever in con
sequence; or a fellow with brutal man
ners, large muscles, and an infinitely ten
der heart, which ho displays in the most
peculiar and uirxpeeted moments* It
would seem as if, by contra < to their own
intu.'’*, U -“v pr* {erred a to oh.ot brutal
ity at: 1 j! nev . i our so.. If they do
not tu ’<» this, tf.-.'y go in Vr the Lam
and G- . d style- m ’ ue , y creature,
who hie suffered t r- ty, .10 loves to
skulk in ’shadow v. to avoids society,
and culthiit-. s hi* wv 1 jod heart.”