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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.”