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CEDARTOWN RECORD. W. S. D. WIKLE & CO., Proprietors, CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 18715. VOL. III. NO. 7. TIMELY TOIMCS. Hex. Cinder nnd five of hi* officers were insured in the New York life in- Hiirnnep company, of thin city, ami an their Hide* were taken out under a **|*«cial provision made l»y the company, the claim* will I** promptly paid nnd in »i'> way affected by the manner of their death*. Tho aggregate insurance ol the *ix officer* is $40,000, nnd in distributed as follows: Hen. Custer, $6000; Capt. ^ ntes, $6000; ('apt. Keogh, $10,000; Lieut. ('allioun, $6000; Lieut. Crit tenden. $10,000, and Lieut. Porter, 6000. — World. Liverpool rejoice* in a young living gorilla, imported by the German Africa society’* expedition. It in a young male, in perfect health nnd nlrout three teet in height. The corre*|iondent of the London Time* *avs of him; “lie |>oint* with the index finger, clap* with his hands, points out hi* tongue, feed* on a mixed diet, decidedly prefer* roast meat* to (toiled, cate* strawberries, a* I h.iw, with delieate apprcciativcnes*, i* exquisitively clean nnd mannerly. The palm* of hi* hand* nnd feet nrc beaut 1- tally plump, soft and black a* jet. He bas I»een eight months and n half in the |*t»*oa*ion of the expedition, has grown wime six inches in that time, and i* sup- |*osc«| t<> 1k« between two and three years '1 ill-: state of New York alone lias now nearly 1000 cheese manufactories, which use the milk of more than 260,000 cows, making therefrom 80,000,000 (tounds of cheese, which i* 1000 |*iuml* for every three cows. Tho cheese production of the whole Uni toil States i* now over 260,000,000 |iounds, of which 00,800,000 are exported. England scarcely exports 26,000,000 pounds, while little Holland, which used to Ik* the principal cheese* producing country of tho world, exports at present 00,000,000 pounds. This lat ter fact suggests tho extent which tho cheese production of tho United States may reach in tho course of years, and the wealth its ex|K)rtation* will bring back, an the Hollandwrs used to lmnst that their cheese production was more valuable than a gold mine, very few of which surpass the Dutch cheese in tho profits relized. The jtyiv Yurk Gra|ihic is authority for the statement that the experiment of cooperative living on the socialistic plan is bi be tried anew shortly in Vir ginia, on the hank* of Uie Potomac, where a domain of some seven thousand acres has been secured at a cost of $.10,- buu. The property includes finely cul tivated farms, with thousands of fruit trees and a valuable water power. Tho projectors of the enterprise have liecn re cruited from those in every section of the country who have an abiding faith in the l>o**ibility of realizing the dream* of I*mirier, lirisbane and Owen upon this continent. The immediate leader* are Mr. Samuel 1/onvit, of New York, nnd Mr. Charles Sears, of the co-operative farm, Silkvillr, Kansas. A monthly magnzine entitled the Eclectic and Peacemaker is the organ of the new "rheme, and w ill naturally excite a great deal of interest in certain circle*. The projector* of thi* new community believe in the sanctity of marriage, and regard !*>th the Shakers and Oneida commu nists as social heretic*. .Jefferson Davis and Repudiation. The New York Evening Po*t pub lishes a private letter from Jefferson I >avin ton lady in that city concerning his al leged connection with repudiation in .Mi*ni**ippi. He says: 1 had no more to do with the repudia tion by Mississippi of tho Imnd* issued than either of you hail. I was sent to college when a boy ; from college went to West Point, from West Point Into the army, and served on the Indian frontier until 18.36, when I married and left the army. I took up my residence in a very retired place, distant from the country in which my father lived and where I had been reared, so that I was a stranger in Mississippi, seldom leaving the cane- brake in which 1 lived, when, in 1830, the last of these notorious bonds were toned; It was seven years thereafter before I was brought into any |*>litical discussion, and then only in the county in which I resided before that time—18.33—the famous Union bank imnd* had been re pudiated, and though the question still entered into party politic* it had little more than historical existence. Upon the question a* a politico-moral one I opposed the doctrine of repudia tion. insisting that governments, like in dividual*. when claims were made against them, had no right to make any other issue than one in fact. Is there a debt, or is there not ? For that publicly declared opinion the party of repndiators made war upon me in the D'ginning of my political life, using both stratagem and concentration of their force* to defeat my nomination for '-oncress in 1846. When the federal government sought to discredit the confederacy in foreign markets, they sent to England to represent me as a repudintor. No man knew better than be the falsity ol his representations, for he was nri active ttol- itic-inn in Mississippi when repudiation iK-cnrred, an«l it was years afterward be fore he knew of my existence. A New Jehsky editor lost his best gold pen and holder a few (lays ago. \fter making a thorough search all over tie- office, and accusing a dozen tramps with in theft, he liapimned to remember where he last placed it, and bending down the top of his ear, discovered no less than fourteen penholders of various styles which he had lost during the past ten yean. latest news. mouth amo nrsT. 'Pho motto ol tho Dawson, (la., girls I* to " let no singlcinnn escape.” The pay of members of tho Texan leg islature ban been reduced to two dollars per day. The schooner Lily of the Valley, from Milln, bas arrived at New Orleans with the crew of the schooner Lizzie, of Mobile, wrecked recently near the hallzr. There Is on exhibition at Marietta, On., three solid bars of gold, worth one hun dred nnd sixty dollar*, from Dobbs’ gold mine, loented four miles north of Marietta. Reports from nil part* of Kansas agree that the crops this year will be the largest and finest ever harvested. Most of the small grains are already harvested. Corn prom ise* an abundant yield. Weather very favor able. The cotton worm Itn* appeared In great abundance in nil the unitor, fields in middle and southern Alabama. They seem to be general nnd fears are entertained, owing to their advanced state at this date, of the total destruction of the crop. The corn crop will be the best ever mnde. A s|>ccinl from lllimnrck say* the state ment that Sittlug-llnll was killed in (lie fight with ('uster is confirmed from Indian sources. Crazy Horse and black Moon were also killed. The statement that Mttiiig-buil’s hand of I'nippnpns lost one hundred and sixty killed, nnd that the total loss of the In dians will reach nearly four hundred, is re ceived. Advices from Los Angelos state that daylight was let through the Han Fernando tunnel on the 1 r »th. This is tho longest tun nel in the United Htntes except tho lloosne, ami the last completed oil the line of the Southern I'neitie railroad between Sail Fran risen and I<«* Angelos, by connection of the now separated lines through I lit* Idg tun nel there will he n continuous railroad from this city to to Fort Fnan, a distance of over six hundred milos. roitr.ioM. The Suez canal company declared It* first dividend at the meeting of its stock holders on the 27th lilt. The dividend was 1 88.100 frillies per share, which, as the shares rnte at about 76(1 franc* each, is hut n trifle over one-fourth of one per cent, which is the sole and entire return upon, the entire investment since the enterprise was begun. The total receipts for the year past were 30,827,104 franc*, ami the total outlay, including interest account,20,737,047 francs, leaving a balance of 1,100,147 francs —*220,020 gold -to he distributed among the shareholder*. During the year, l,4!H vessels, of the aggregate measurement of 204,708 tons, passed through the cniml, and the successful passage of the F.uglish ship llnrknow, drawing 8 4-100 meters (nhi lit 28'-; feet) is cited as proof of its excellent working order. The proposition for the neiilralixntloii of the canal, and for its pur chase, or rather its support, by the maritime powers by annual contributions in lieu of toll, according to their respective tonnage, is now fnvornhlv discussed by both the English nnd French journal*. This would cost Eng land an annuity of H,8on,nOO francs, France of 1,842,000 francs, and other nations in pro portion, according to the extent of thuir merchant marine. NINeia.l.ANK«(!N. Lieutenant Nat Cunningham, U.8.A., who Mas recently tried at Columbus, O., for conduct iinhceommlng an officer and gentle- innn, has been restored to duty. IIAYWOOI) CHANT. n< HrleMN. Arbmiiiu. Haywood Grant, who wan executed at Rome, Georgia, a few day a ago, wn* born in Ohio, in 1614, of free parents, but afterward Is'nuiie a slave of hi* own accord. According to hi* own confes sion, lie had murdered several men. In 1806, while employed upon a western river, on the steamer l’otomac, he killed a deck-hand with a billet ol wood ; some months later ho killed another deck hand on the steamer Boston n. and threw him overboard. He committed many theft* nlxmt thi* time, and next inur dered an Irishman in Memphis, and rob bed him of one hundred and forty dol* ars. Then he stole a mulejniid wan ent to the penitentiary and escaped, n 1876 he was tried in Memphis for hooting at a while man and killing a policeman. He waa sentenced again to the penitentiary lor half a lifetime, and was hired out with other convict* to work, ami escaped. <)n the twenty-fifth day of September, 1808, general Thomas C. Hindman, late of trie confederate army, was brutally murdered. No clue to the murder was ever found, though large reward* were offered. Grant con fessed lie fore hi* death that he shot gen eral Hindman in the neck with an En field rifle. He also shot and killed Wil liam H. llandsborough, of Richmond, Virginia, in a Tennessee town, but wax never found out. A* much a* twenty- five thousand dollars in rewards were offered for the arrest of the criminal who committed some of the crime* above enumerated. Sitting Hull nnd hi* Jlruvos. Gen. Sitting Bull and hi* Lieut. Jtain- in-the Face, Crazy Horse and the other horoe* of the Yellowstone massacre, were armed by the United State* with Win chester rifles, that were more effective than the arms of our own troop*. They were supplied by the United State* with ammunition, stores and horse*. The blanket* given hi* command by the Indian agency were freshly supplied,and were all new and marked “ U. S. Indian department.” While Sitting Hull and lieutenants were killing Custer's men, the United States was kindly feeding and caring for their squaws and papooses. It now appear* that, since Custer’* de feat,the Indians are wearing their elothex. Perhaps it would do well -now for the United State* to keep on with the farce it is playing, pension the Indian widow*, and present Sitting Bull with a sword and the freedom of the whole Indian ountry. CONGRESSIONAL. MKN AT*. In tho senate on the 14th Mr. Slier* iiitin submitted the report of tli» conference committee on the joint resolution for (lie is sue of silver coin. Mr. Jones spoke ilioppo sitlon, when the report m iis agreed to ami the impeachment trial resumed. Evans being still absent the court adjourned till Monday with the understanding that the trial shall then proceed. The senate resumed consid eration of the rlverand harbor appropriation hill. Tho amendments proposed of t lie com mittee Mere agreed to and the senate ad journed. In the senate on the 16th, a hill, re ported on Monday last by Mr. Wright, to extend the duration of the court of commis sioner* of Alabama claims, mum passed with mi announcement making the time January 2, 1877. Tho river mid harbor appropria tion hill was taken up. Mr. Paddock sub mitted mi amendment providing for $45,000 of $125,000 appropriated for the Improve- went of the Mississippi, Missouri and Arkan sas rivers shall be expended ill improving the Missouri. Agreed to. Adjourned. Ill the senate on the 17th the impeach ment trial was resumed, hut owing to the ab sence of Evans the senate siting as a court of impeachment adjourned till Wednesday. The senate then considered the river and harbor hill. Mr. Thurman said it wan true that the Idll had broken down all jiartv lines. It broke through everything, lie slid not think the government could afford to appro priate more than $4,000,000 this year for the rivers and harbor*, and it M-asagreat fallacy to advocate the extravagance on the ground that the resource* of thi* country were boundless. The dehate wun continued liy Logan, t'aperton, Wallace and Morton. Pending the discussion the senate went into executive session nnd soon adjourned. In tho Hcnnto on tho 18th four thous and copies of the testimony wore ordered printed, wliioh wnn taken by the special committee to inquire Into the circumstance* attending the late election in Mississippi. The morning hour having expired, the chair laid before the senate unfinished business, being the river and harbor appropriation hill, the pending question being on motion of Mr. Thtiriiinn to recommit the bill to the committee on appropriation, with instruc tions to report the hill, reducing the aggre gate amount for improvement of rivers and harbors to a sum not to exceed four million dollar*. Pending the disenssinn the elmir announced senators Freliughuyseu, Ed munds and Withers as a new committee of conference on consular and diplomatic ap propriation bill. .Senator Allison submitted a substitute for the river and harbor appro priation bill wllluh approriates $5,220,000 for that purpose. Ordered printed. Senate went into executive session mid soon adjourned. In tho senate on tho Ifith considera tion of the article* of impeachment wnn re sumed, mid John H, Evans wn* nworil. Tho imnenchment proceedings were temporarily suspended, and legislative buNine** was re sumed. Mr. Windntn, from the conference committee on tho nundry civil appropriation Dill, submitted a report M'hlcli was read in explanation of the report, lie said the hill a* it originnlly panned the house appropri ated $15,250,431. The senate added $4,120,• 700, and a* now reported appropriated $10,- 22tt,777. The total amount of reductions made from the bill a* it passed the senate mm* $4,160,165. The sundry civil service bill lust year appropriated $20,044,350, or $10,414,572 more than the present hill. He was unable to nee any great saving to the gov ernment. In the reduction made in confer ence committee from the bill mm it pnnsed the senate, no fsr as amounts Mere concerned, concessions wore all made by the senate con ferees- lie Mas not satisfied with the hill a* agreed upon in conference, but he thought it Mil* the best Idll that could he gol under the circumstances. Ho then mentioned items constituting the reductions, among them the following: Public printing and binding, $4111,770; general expenses ol the District of Columbia, $600,000; revenue cutter service, $26,1140; court* in Utah, $223,0()0; Hnillhsonian institute, $20,000; examination of rebel archive*, $0,000 ; II. H. postal guide, $10,000; mint* and assay offices, $04,000; public buildings at Cincin nati, $50,000; Chicago, $260,000; nmv build- ings at Kt. Louis, $160,000; navy yard* and station, $685,000; improvement of capilnl grounds, $100,000; tcmporaiy clerks in the treasury department, $00,000; signal service, $100,(KM); testing iron and stool, $60,000; survey of public lands, $72.000; collecting revenue from the sale of puldic lands, $100,- 110; purchase of Frecdmcn's hank building, $325,000. He commented on vnrious items, ami argued that it would lie necessary to pnss a large deficiency hill for next year. As the hbl had been agreed upon in conference, it piovidcd that the public printer should be appointed by the president; that officer had hitherto bean elected by the senate, but the house had for several years disputed the right of the senate to do so, and the senate conferees thought it best to yield -the house had receded from its provisions the repealing of the election law. After long nnd tedious effort* this hill has been agreed on, and he hoped the report would be agreed. The report waa then agreed to — yeas 31), nays 12. Those who voted in the negative were Anthony, Bruce, Conover, Edmunds, Hamlin. Harvey, Hitchcock, In galls, Logan, Mitchell, Morrill and Hpeneer. The impeachment trial wiin then resumed, nnd Crosby, chief clerk of war department, recalled nnd testified. Mr. Carpenter an nounced that this clased the case for the defense. Manager McMahon stated the managers had nothing to offer in rebuttal. Mr. Carpenter asked that some arrangement be made about Humming up tliejciise, and announced that three of the council for the defense desired to he heard. Manager I/ord suggested that the time for argument he limited. He said only two of the managers desired to he heard on the question of met, but if there were to he an argument a* to the effect of the two-thirds vote on the ques tion of jurisdiction a third mnnager desired to he heard. Mr Carpenter said the counsel for the defense would argue all there was in the case, and lie regarded this as one of the best point*. Mr. Conkling submitted an or der ilint three manager* and three counsel may be heard in order a* they may arrange among themselves. The order of Mr. Conk- ling was agreed to, amt the Hcnntc, sitting as a court of impeachment, adjourned until to morrow. I/egislative business was resumed, and without important action, the senate ad journed. In the senate on the 20th Mr. Patter son submitted a resolution ,requesting the president to communicate to the senate, if not incornpatiahle with the public interest, any inforiuantion he may have in regard to the recent slaughter of American citizens in South Carolina. Agreed to. Soon after the consideration of the articles of impeach- .raei.t were resumed and .Mr. Blair, of the counsel, opened the argument for the de fense. In conclusion Mr. Blair urged that iiis client should he dismissed because there was not a legal two-thirds vote of the senate asserting jurisdiction. After some discus- 1 B ion as to whether ft mnnager should go on (lie government I reduced a hill authorizing tho printer to continue the public printing ft with the argument on the side nf the prose cution In the absence of Mr. Carpenter, who reply, the senate, Hitting ion of Mr. Conkling, took .ante*. Upon re-nssombllr , proceeding* were suspended tempura rijv and legislative hiiHlnes* resumed. Mr. Windum introduced a hill to continue lor ten days from date the provisions of the net it> provide temporarily for the expenses of *' •* * Mr. Anthony lo ir the congressional i (Idle printing for a jtcriud of (tin days hi advance of the regular appropriation. Fussed. The impeachment trial was then resumed,and It wn* announced that manager Lnphnm, who had been un signed to open for the prosecution, was ton sick to go on tr-duy. Ills place was taken by manager Lynda, who commented on th effort of a vote of less than two-third* of th neunte in favor of the jurisdiction, and ar gued that on the impeachment of judge Barnard various senators who voted i^niiist. jurisdiction voted in favor of Ids convic tion. The question of jurisdiction in thi* ease Ims boon decided according to law, and was binding upon all senator*. He quoted various legal authorities in support of Ids views, and when lie concluded, the senate sitting as n court adjourned until to-morrow. Legislative business was resumed, and a message was received from the house an nouncing the passage bv that body of a hill July 31st, and the senate concurred therein. Adjourned. In the senate on the 21st, the impeaeli- incnt trial was resumed, hut oil the state ment that Mr. ('arpenlcr nnd manager Dalhani were sick, the senate, ns n court, ad journed till Monday, nnd continued to dis cuss the river and harbor hill. Vhe hill re moving the political disabilities of George W. Jackson, of West Virginia, passed. The senate return'd to the question properly he- 'yinmitmeut of the In tho liotiBo on tho 14th a roHolution was adopted directing the secretary of tho navy to prevent the dcHtruuUon of the wreck of the monitor Tecumaoh, sunk in the Mobile harbor, and to repurehase tho wreck if lie- cessary. The house then went into commit tee of the whole, Mr. Blackburn in the elmir on the private calendar. The hill to nonfirm certain laud claims in tin* state of Missouri was discussed hut no action reached. Mr. Lyildc, from the conference committee on hill to amend bankruptcy net, made a report, which waa adopted. House then adjourned. In tho Iiouro on the 16th Mr. Uannon suggested that the committee on invalid pen sions should an early day report a hill granting a pension to the children of the men who fell under the lead of (Sen. Custer. The house then went Into committee of the whole, Mr, Monroe in the elmir, on (he Idll for the protection of the Texas frontier. Af ter a short discussion, Mr. Dunnell opposing that part o the hill which allows ILK, troops to pursue murdorers iulo^feiic.o, the emu* mlltco rose fora few moments, and Mr. Ilusk, of the committee mi invalid pen- finiiH, reported a hill granting, a pension of fifty dollars each to the father and mother of Gen. Custer'ami brother*, and it was passed without division. Mr. Conger moved that the committee on pensions be instructed to report a hill for the relief of tho families of those who fell under Gen. (-lister, hut Mr. Jinks objecting the house again went into committee of the whole on I ho Texas lull. After a long discussion (he committee voted the Idll hy sections, the first section provid ing for a military force on the Hio Grande, wan amended in several particulars. With out coming to a vote on tho amendment tho committee nroso and the house adjourned. In tho house on tho J7tli Hit' following were among tho bills introduced and re ferred: By Mr. Hoskins, appropriating $100,Off) for Ihn continuance of the Wash ington monument. By Mr. Phillips (Kan sas): authorizing the president to accept of volunteers from Kansas, Ne braska, Wyoming. Golorado, Dakota and Utah against the Sioux Indians. By Mr. Waddell: for the erection of an equestrian statue of General (’uster in Washington. By Mr. Landers: for the immediate utilllizii- lion of gold and silver bullion hy certificates of value to encourage the coinage thereof, and to make the standard silver dollar a le gal lender. Referred to committee of tho whole on motion of Mr. BankH. By Mr. Karnes: an addition to thu hill for the re sumption of • specie payments, requiring mount of standing legal l aside every year until per cent. the legal lenders are of equal value with gold. The resolution of Mr. Piper 'or the appointment of a committee to proceed to California, after adjournment, to investigate, conjointly with a senate com mittee, or otherwise, the extent and effect of Chinese immigration, was adopted—ayes 185, nays 14. A hill to reinovd the political dis abilities of P. G. T. Beauregard passed. Mr. MeDougal introduced a hill granting pen sions to the heirs of the officers and mei* killed in Custer's recent battle with the Hinux at Increased rates, proportionate to that of fifty dollars per month, to the legal pension of a lieutenant colonel. Referred. Sir. Lane introduced a bill to pay the states of California and Oregon the expenses incurred in suppressing uldinii hostilities in 18.2 ami 1873. Passed. Adjourned, In the house on the 18th a bill waa in troduced providing for the election of a gov ernor, secretary, treasurer, auditor and su perintendent of schools in the several terri- torlea. Mr. Kelley introduced a hill for the coinage of the standard dollar, the weight to ho 412M grains as provided for in the act of January 18, 18.37, and to make it legal ten der for all debts both public and private. Referred. The senate concurrent resolu tion making special committees of the two houses on the coolie question a joint com mittee. was concurred in. The house then went into a committee of the whole with Mr. Monroe in the chair, to protect the Texas of South Carolina, in connection with the Hamburg troubles, that no troops shall he withdrawn fiojn South Carolina. At. the close of debate Mr. Hancock moved a sub stitute for Mr. Kmalls’ amendment, to the effect that no troops shall he taken from any state or service where the public interest re quires their continuance. Mr. Emails ac cepted the substitute, and it was agreed to hy 80 to 83. The committee then proceeded to the consideration of the hill authorizing the president to order troops to cross the Rio Grande in pursuit of robber*. Without action the committee rose and the house ad journed. In the house on the 1 Dtll the bill ex tending the duration of the court of com missioners on lliu / laharna claims until the fust of January next, passed. The house then considered the Mouth Carolina con tested election ease on the unanimous re port of the committee that neither the sitting member, Mr. Mackey, nor the oontetitan', appropriation Idll. The motion in regard to reorganizing the army nnd the reduction of the pay of the officers, which Ims been the point of dilfieully between the two houses, is referred to a commission, which is to sit •luring recess. The report was agreed to nod the hill now goes to tho president for IiIh signature. The house then went into committee of the whole, Mr. Monroe in tin* chair, on tho hill for the protection of the In tho house on tho 20th, tho hill for the protection of the Texas frontier passed, after the rejection of the second section, hy a vote of yeas 8!>, nays Oil. The following Is the text of the hill: Thai for the pm pose of giving efficient protection of the country be tween Uin Grande and Nueces river*, in the state of Texas, from cattle thieves, robbers and murders from the Mexican side uf the river, the president of the United State* he and is hereby authorized and required to station, and keep on the Rio Gramle river, from the mouth or the river to Fort Duncan and above, if necessary, ..... regiments of avalry for field aorviee, in addition to such infantry force ns may ho necessary for garri son duty, and to assign recruits to said regi ments, so as to fill up each troop to number of one hundred privates, and they shall he up to that strength as long as they shall he required In that service. Mr. Randall made a conference report on the sundry civil ap propriation hill oml explained it. After n long discussion the report was adopted. The hill now goes to the president for signature. Mr. Itandall from tho committee on appro priations reported a hill appropriating $7,000 lor the expenses of tho Joint select commit tee on Chinese immigration. Fussed. Also a hill extending to the thirty-first of July the bill making temporary provision for the expenses of the government. Fussed, Mr. Sampson from the committee oil patents, re ported hack the Neunte Dili to punish coun terfeiting of trade marks. Fasseil. The house tlien adjourned. In tho house oil tho 21*t, a number of private hills were reported and acted upon, when the house went into a committee of the whole on the private calendar, the first hill being one conferring certain laud claims in the slate nf Missouri. After discussion the eu leting clause was stricken out and the ported to the house, which coil- PHILADELPHIA LETTER. The Itrewery IIiiIIiIIiik .Iiiiuiii Jiipniicm* Curmic.r I’nrc-liilii. Cmiuilc*. tcr.v Vi-Ri'lnliln Wn* The Me ri'lnry'i Oillee .vilMccllitti.r. TilH IIUKWEUY IIIJILDINOH. TIiIh i* failed the brower’* building, and to tho vi*itor who will survey it* protontioUH architectural display, * and then ciitor, and wonder at the ninny hop* required to advance this intoront to it* preHont poHition of importance, he will readily conceive bow grandly signljlfeuiit i* the onward march of lager; how weak- kneed drink*, Hoda, elder, and cobbler*, yield in despair; and bow tho more vital lluid*, cognac, whiHky, and absinthe, treinhlo at tho vieloriou* progress of king Gamhrinti*. Wo arc becoming a jM'ople of modified drinker*. What once wish Hpooinl and violent—ensuing result* from strong liquor, and their attendant pernicious example*, ha* changed to gen eral and conservative, tending to stupid ity (in exec**, I mean,) anil harmless rivalry. I cite tho Teuton who drank seventy ghi**0H on a wager, and then Haiti, “ Now, Hlicntlcincn, I drink* for m I no pleasure.” I* lager beer intoxica ting? Oh, no, of course not! Hut, thi* wiih a German who drank thtiHly. Could American do likewise? I can’t Hay. m’t; can you? Then leave the ques- tion open to temperance social debate, for it will be coiitinuouH. “ In medio tiitisHinuiH,” “ keep tho middlo cour*o,” i* good advice, not to ho intomperuto nor intolerant. Who can ? I can't. A* Homo HiiggCHtod during our Into war, had hung a Hcoro of loader* on each *ido, would have rattled it. So, do you think, to hang a wore of temperance or a nil-temperance leader* will Hollln tho question? I think not; ho let u* turn to the brower*’ building again. The building j* an immciiHc affair to be devoted touHpocialty—two hundred and seventy-two hy ninety-nix feet of wood. The contents are malt , hop*, barley, feed mill*, masher*, wankers, valve*, malt bag*, ice Hwimmers, hop kiln*, kegs, hogsheads, malt hIiovcIh, barrels, rin*ing machine*, steep tub*, vats, tank*, funnel*, yeast uievc*. cement floor*, *enmlc*K bags, com- Miiinil for lining barrel*, Hlovc* to dry iopH, and all the material that is necos- sary to sot up a first-class brewery, lienee, any of the reader* of thi*, hy cutting it out, will always have a guide for establishing mi establishment hy which, when their thir*t becomes so ar dent and unquenchable a* to demand largo quantities, they can absorb it at wholesale rale*. The exhibit* in the building represent two hundred nnd thir teen breweries and lieercries, scattered over Europe mid America, the principal of which in the latter country arc those of the city of New York, city of Phila delphia, and the stale* of Wisconsin, Ohio, Maryland, New Jersey, Michigan, and Illinois. JAPAN. I have made frequent allusion to thi* country. Her marked sympathy with the United State* in the centennial movement, also her material aid rendered in the variety and value of exhibit*, thi* in itself will allow a more extensive no tice of a country, and a people, with whom our relations, social, in a certain sense, educational to a degree ; ns I no tice a great interest in the Japanese in the matter of educating their youth in our country, and the increasing extent of our commercial relations: lienee it will he of value to the general reader to know a few details hot found in the school- books. J he emblem of the Japanese empire consists of the sun represented by a gold en ball on a red ground for the imfierinl standard, and by a red ball on a white ground for the national flag. In ancient times the flag* bad a double crest, the sun and moon crescent-shape, the flag HhajK-d like a pennant. The Shioguns, of the Ahlikaga family, introduced the vertical flag* four hundred years ago. Under tho Shioguns of the Tokugawa family, the emblem of the sun alone fig ured on tho flag, and ha* now been adopted for the new flag* of the different departments. JAPANESE rCUUENCY. The Japanese adopted the decimal sys tem for weight* and measures, many conturics before the Chinese. Tho unity of the weight is called the ” Monte,” or t he modern name of “ Son,” which Is the same us thoOhiliese “Mace,” and iscqual to three grammes, 760,621. This unity is divided into 10-100-1000 parts. Ku- war-ino I* the highest unity and equal to one thousand nuunoor threo kilo*, 760,- 621. For vnrious kinds of goods the " kin," called catty hy foreigners, is used. It is equal to one hundred and *ixty illume, or six hundred nnd onegramme*,- 01, or nearly one nnd a half pounds, En glish. It varies according to tho nature of tho goods and the locality. For their measure* of capacity lor cereal*, liquid*, etc., they have the knku—11 Do—100 Kho—1000 Go—048,2000 Japanese cubic lines, or one hundred and eighty litres, thirty-nine, and are in the whape of wooden siiuare boxes with a diagonal iron rod stretched across the top, the upper surface of which is on a plane with the rim of the lwx. £Onc of the richest ex hibit* of the Japanese !h their “ Iknnlm- ri,” from the name of the inventor. KomcLhingjlikc “Pnpir Macho,” only that this l* made from numerouH layer* of their paper, which are adhered hy glue, prepared from fern roots and unripo per simmons. JAPANESE POnCKLAlN, CKItAMICS, POT- This !h tho most important feature of Japanese industry. Janune*o legends at tribute the invention of pottery toOosoi- tsuml, who lived in tho time of Oaiui- much-no-nilknto, six hundred and sixty B. G. In twenty-nine B. C., Injnnui figures wero formed of clay and buried with tho deceased members of the impe rial family, tliUH obviating the necessity of their servants accompanying their masters to tho grave. I am assured thi* idea wn* heartily relished hy the servants who as compensation for living imperi ally in tho kitchen, wore reimirod to he buried in the same grave with their mas ter*, while alive. In tho Oth century u Coroan tile manufacturer came to the capital to touch hi* profession, and from that to the 10th century continued to flourish. At this period a now articlowas introduced called raku, by aCorean. It was a common black eartbemvuro. The beginning of tho mnkingnf real porcelain, was under direction in (loro diiyu Shonsui, a native of I so who wpnt fco Chinn, where lie Htudied tho art. Oil Id* return he settled in tho province of I lizen, which i* to-day the most im- iKirtant centre ol tho porcelain industry. The dilleront kind* ol porcelain manu factured hy this pioneer and continued to tho present are, Homo-tsukl or blue, are painted with [cobalt oxide under the glaze ; the Kanyu or 11 ilki Cragull; tho Seldzi or Seladon wi Arkai, ortho red ware ; and tho Gosai, which latter mean* five colors. This i used for tho porcolnin painted with vitri- liablo colors uj>on tho glazo. It is liotT .called Nishkhfo. In 724 A. I)., a prlont named Giynki, introduced tho potter's wheel into Jupnn. VEGETABLE WAX. This is a valuable production nf .Japan, which seems to have escaped tho atten tion of correspondents. It is produced from tho fruit of several trees, belonging to tho genu* Rhus, amongst wjiich the Rhus Huccedrlcu is Important. Tho lac quer tree. Rhus Vcrnlclfora, also yield* Tho Rhus Hylvostrl* is the wild tree, The cultivated wax tree* inmorlod from tho Loo Choo Is lands. The berries, the size of a Hinall pea, and united in hunolie*, contain* the wax between the kernel and tho outer *kin. They are crushed, winnowed, steatnod, placed in licmp-cloth hag*, steamed again, and afterwards pressed in a wooden wedge hy Imnd. To facilitate the flow of wax, a jier cent age of To no alitiral (oil from Porilla of oimoidc*) m added. This wax i* made into candles; thu art was introduced from I*>o Choo towards tho end of the 10th century. Another tree yielding a kind of vegeta ble tallow is the “ Cinnaniomum Pedun- eulatum.” There is also an Insect pro ducing a kind of wax exclusive of the honey lice. They are identical with tho Chinese “poln.” They livo ii|M>n the Ligustrum ” Ilmtn. It i* wonderful the variety of design* mado from thi* ego table wax. Candles are painted and f a variety of shapes, crude and artistic. Tills wax tree a* well as the wax Insect could he introduced into the United States with the mo*t productive fruit*. There is nothing known to tho varied flelds of agriculture or horticulture, and assaults in any part of the world, an l»e reproduced in America, and ocossity for thin introduction is ap parent, when we consider how diflbrcntclo- merit* exlmii*t themselves, and a balance of powor cart alone he preserved hy pro- muling HUppInnting gift* whose strength will take the place of tho effete produc tion of a coil devoted to a specialty for generations. I*!t our people study Japan and her resource*, and the consuqnonce will he a resulting profit. the hkcbetahy’b office. This i* really the executive head of the centennial movement, n* from it* flat there seems to bn no intelligent tvppeu!. Tho experience of the secretary and the competent expert* lie lias gathered in the (urination of Iiis clerical staff, renders all the rulings of the Mon. Jno. L. Camp bell acceptable to the commission. Thu staff of the office have liccn selected for their intelligence and addrem, a necessity in this case, ns contact with the brains and manners of the educated and pol- i*hed of the circle forming the upper strata of international society do* innnds corresponding ability. Chief of tho office, I . C. Do Sample. Chief auditing clerk, Wilfred I’atter*on; E. H. Fletcher, chief bureau of correspondence; W. II. La ridel 1, head of mulling depart ment; D. C. JInuxhurHt in charge of the contract department. These gentlemen are the prominent aid to the office. A) correspondent of the Newspaper Union I am indebted to them for many courte sies, and the country is under obligation to these gentlemen for their efforts in accomplishing the to be desired great ends of the centennial exhibition of 1870. MJHCELLANY. A UHtria exhibits some rare specimens of parquetry. Some of the patterns are I neautiful. Austria exports largely of this specialty to northern- Germany, 1 Russia and Greece. Vienna send* from one baking establishment thirty varieties of biscuit. Russia exhibits bitumim coal from a mine that ha* been on I since 1700, and it still burn*—how wonderful it is, can be appreciated by hose who liavo experienced tho boat of I'hiladclphia for tho past two week*. Hero we we tho sun's rays, that pene trated tin' earth thoiiHand* of years ago, when solidifying into carbon his intense heat, has awakened from hi* torpor, and bursts out in lire and smoko from Ills tenement to destroy or defructlfy. Ger many make* a splendid exhibit of ecrumies. I have alluded to tlume of Japan. The immense value of those of Germany deserve sjiccliil mention. The ceramic productions are prepared in small furnace* and gas mil flic-furnaces. Tho lino cruRhing ol glazing and enamel colors is performed with steam power in mill contrived fur this purpose. The soot or lamp hlnek is produced in furnaces. There are employed two pro fessional chemists, a painter on porcelain to try colors on divere ceramic, shards, lour male and eight female workers in the artistic part of the factory making the exhibit. The products for the use of ceramic* are supplies of liquid and torri- lied manufactures of metallic ingredients, gold, cobalt, uranium, Iron, antimony, chrome, and alloyed with fluxes uml reduxes. Liquid lustres are metallic oxides dissolved in volatile oil, nnmtly applied to glazed articles. Enamel colors are metallic, oxido alloyed with fluxes in torrlfied powder, which compounded with tur])Oiitiuo oil are painted upon porcelain, or in water colors. When naked in an oven tho lire, is while heat. This valuable branch of industry waa only introduced into Germany in 1808, ami its progress is an exhibition of what can ho done hy a nation of workers and thinkers. Our prttifdf should study this principle of commies and apply it to our manufacturing interest; ana thoro fe no reason why it should not bo that the vase of Vienna, the ceramic* of Berlin, or the porcelain of China and Japan, may not lie excelled in the United States. The rule in Germany is, that when working-men are sick, they recoivo one half pay. medicine and medical advice gratis. This is another European rule that should bo adopted In this country. Austria shows ogrlots from Snalato, from which the far-lamed Maraschino is pro duced. Elegant specimens of lace from Bohemia. The art. school for lace making in Austria, which country exhibits tho rare Bohemian lace, was founded in the year 1866, by her I. It. highness, the archduchess Sophia of Austria. J. II. HITTING BULL AND THE SIOUX. I'ffimounl Nkrlrli «»r Hie Nnvng* ( lifer I’t-riillitrlllra or Ilia* Till»o Mill'll on (lie Wnr l*ii(li. Tho Ht. DmiH Globe-Democrat, of Saturday give the following sketch of the Sioux chief, in a conversation with Mr. J. 1). Keller, of that city: Mr. Keller was from J8G8 to 1873 dork tho agent at Standing Rock, and had ample opportunities to got ncouiunted with this trllio of bloodthirsty savages. In fact lie lived among them so long that ho learned to speak tnolr languago “liko a iiatlvo,” nnd was a great favorite of tho big chiefs who camo to tho agency. They cuTlod in “ Minnehrtn Onltlln,” (tho writing hoy). Tho word Sioux mean* " cut-throat." According toMr. Keller’* statement, the various bands, of Sioux number from tldrty-livo -.thousand to forty-live thousand, and are divided irtta the following different tribes: Unkapapa, Black Feet, Sans Arcs, Two Kettles, Upper Yauktonals, Lower Ynnktonal*, Santoo Sioux, Burgklys, Minneconjon*. and Gnlkii*. Part of these live east and part west of the Missouri river. Tutonko Otnhka, (Sitting Bull), who led in tho fight against Ouster, belongs to tbo Unkapapa* (dried bool enters). Mr. Keller knows him well, and describe* him to bo about live feet in height. IJo . lias a large head, eyes and nose, high cheek lnine*; one of 111* logs is shorter than the other from a gun shot wound in the lea knee. His countenance is of an extremely savage typo, betraying that bloodthirstiness and brutality for which ho has been so long notorious. Ho has tho name of being one of the most successful scalpers in the Indian country. There bus Is-en a standing reward of $1,000 offered for Ids head for the liwt eight years, hy the Montana people, who have siHJcial cause to know his ferocious nature, some of his worst deeds having been perpetrated in that territory. 1 he Sioux, when on the war path, black their faces from the eyes down, tho forehead being colored a bright rod. When in mourning, and vory eager to revenge the doiith of friends or relations, they cut their hair short nnd daub their faces with white earth. Their feats ol horsemanship are. wonderful. they consider the greatest act of valor to bo the striking of their enemy with some hand instrument whileallvo. and, whether alive or dead, it Is the first one that strikes the fallen foo that “counts the coup" and not the one that shoots him. they do not always scalp. Their object in scalping is to furnish a proof of their deed, and give them to their wonien to dance over. They always attack In a sweeping, circling line, eagle-like, give a volley, pass on, circle nnd return on a (liirerentcn K lc. When thny kill one ol the enemy there is always a rush to got tho first crack at him so as to count the coup," and then some Indian who was disappointed ill getting a cut at tho victim while alive scaljis him. Sioux camp with tepcH (lodges) in a circle, making, as it were, a stockado, and when on dangerous ground they picket their iMinies in the center. Mr. Keller is familiar with the ground where the d isastrous engagement of C'u»le(■occurred. Concerning this he said: My idea of the Custer slaughter is that tho Indian* had no wonien and children in their lodges, and had parapets dug under the lodges out of sight. Custer, thinking it a family camp, rushed into the center ot their fort, where resistance would necessarily prove fatal. His only means of escape was, after finding himself in this fix, to run right through and out, nnd not stop to fight, but join Reno s command and retreat.” A Queer Vehicle?—A New Haven (•nrringe-mnktrhns just finished a cabriolet for a missionary in India, with an cx- tention top bo that it can converted into a covered couch at night. It will Ik; drawn hy sacred white oxen; a box for the driver is prepared where the whifllctrce usually is, and he guides the oxen by a dextrous twisting of their tfijls,