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CEDARTOWN RECORD.
W. S. D. WIKLE & 00.. Proprietors.
CEDARTOWN, GEORGTA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 20, 1877.
VOL III. NO. 31.
NEWS SUMMARY.
THE KOl'T.i.
Cotton receipt* at /^ftoroon, Tex a*,
lmvc reat-hed about
There were 120,000 bale* of cotton on
hand in Galvea ton on the IhL y
From the lat of .September to tiio 1st
Inst, there were 31,710 bale* of cotton Ship
ped from Brenhniu, Texan.
'Die continued snow in North Carolina
i» driving flneka of birds into the towns in
aenreli of food.
According to tho governor’s mo-sage,
the debt or Mississippi, on the 1st of Decem
ber last, was only $1,100,1.05.22.
The eontinued strike of east Tennessee
coal miners is cutting short the r<*al supply
of A tlnntn nnd other southern cities.
A Mrs. Snow cowhidcd a Mr. Wyatt
in Korkport, Texas, and a hostile meeting a
la Bcnuett May is looked tor.
Tito throwing of n snowball in Orange
county, N. (’., led to the killing of Will
Thompson by Geo. l«nvd.
Three runaway couples were married
on the street, in xiurfreesboro, N. C., during
one night in Uhriitnis* week.
Nearly four thousand bales of cotton
have been shipped from Courtney, Texas,
since September 1st. When the new bridge
over the llrasos is completed, it is expect
ed that the receipts will be largely in*
Two Indian witnesses tie fore the U. 8.
court at Fort Smith died so suddenly ns to
beget a suspicion that they knd been taken
oil by poison. A post mortem continued the
suspicion, nnd demonstrated the fact that
the poison wss “rot-gut" red-eye.
legislature* are now in session in the
following southern states: Virginia, West
Virginia, North Carolina, Croatia, Florida,
Mississippi, I/ouisaun (-•), Arkansas,'Missouri
nnd T-nn«tKc. Seven United Statei sena
tors arc to be elected by these bodies.
•Savannah News: It is estimated, from
the receipts of cottons! the shipping point*
during the first sixteen weeks of the pres
ent cotton year, that the crop is 4,500,000
halos,which is larger Ilian any previous crop
since 1370, etcept that of Inst year.
8am Kiddleheger, a native of Ken
tucky, died at NashviUa, 8aturdi y. lie had
weighed as high as five hundred and forty,
three and three-fourth pounds, and lit the
time of hisdeath weighed four hundred and
Hevcnly-three. Mis cofHn was the largest
ever constructed in Nashville.
Thornburg, the absconding clotk of the
Petersburg, Va.. citixen’a bank, returned to
l’etersb irg, having seen, he says, an account
of the robbery In tho New York Herald
whHe he whs jp Pennsylvania. H« declines
to tell why hflTeft, hm thinks lie can clear
himself.
According to rc|H>rt* the farmer* of
Ilell county, Texas, will he in a better condi
tion for making n crop tlinii they have been
for several years past, as they now have pro
visions and farm supplies in abundance,and
plenty to spare to emigrants coming among
them, at reasonable rules.
Mallard News: Mr*. Josephine Wil
son esme into the carpenter shop Inst Tues
day where Mr. II. D. Gaston whs at work,and
that gentleman having in his pocket the ne
cessary papers, made the charming widow his
for life. After the ceremony by Judge Wni-
son, Mrs. Gaston went home and Mr. Gaston
resumed his work at the bench.
In Texas snow ha* fallen to the depth
of from six to eighteen inches, crushing in
roofs and freezing numbers of horses nnd
cattle to death. A negro froze to death in
Houston and one in Dallas. In Ixmisinnn
tram* have been snow-bound and a negro
froze to death in .Shreveport, In Mississippi
members of the legislature were snow-bound,
nnd for two days no (|uoruni rotild he had.
Persons have crossed the river on the ice
at Vicksburg for the first time in the history
of that section. In Al.tharnn, Tennessee,
Georgia, North Carolina,South Carolina nnd
Virginia the snow nnd cold are unprecedent
ed in depth nnd severity. In Georgia nnd
South Carolina sleet has been very destruc
tive to trees, telegraph line*, etc.
THE EAST.
A plot for the escape of the Mollie
Maguires confined in jail at Pottsrille, Pa.,
has been frustrated. James Hoyle and Hugh
McGhee, under sentence of death, bad made
extensive preparations forescape, the former
having already raised the flooring tinder his
bed.
New York World: The decision of
the Massachusetts supreme court, that Is
raelites residing in the stnU must he held
nmennh.e to its laws regulating Sabbath ob
servance, is without a doubt legal. Hebrew
citizen* find themselves at a disadvantage in
these matters, being compelled by conscience
to keep one Hahhath, and by law or custom
to observe another.
Hannah Elberling, Kxquimaux Joe’*
wife, who was here with Capt, Hall, our in
trepid arctic explorer, on’ the occasion of
bis last visit home, died on the 31*t of De
ceraher at Croton, Conn., w here she had re
sided for seveial years past. Hannah hnd
learned to speak English fluently, and was
much esteemed by her neighbors, though
she never could bring herrelf to the full en
joyment of the Friday evening sewing-cir
cles in which she was expected to move,
t THE WEST.
Jthas just transpired that Jacob Behne,
•^Ytjung well-to-do farmer, living In Colum.
hia county, Illinois," who died very suddenly
New Year’s day, was poisoned by bis wife,
whom be married two years ago and with
whom he lived'uuhappily. Mrs. Bebnc is
under arrest, and much excitement prevails
in the community.
Joseph DeBell, of Nodaway county,
Mo., while visiting a relative near Fleming!
burg, become insane a few nights since, and,
revolver Jn had, forced his way into the
bed-room of Misses Amanda Hughes and
Fanny Fleming. The young ladies escaped
through a hack door, and in their night
clothes ran through Uiu snow fpa neighbor's
h half mile away. Dfcltell attempted to fol
low, but was captured and put under guard
to await transportation home.
rOHRIUH.
Kuasin has purchased 100,000 rille* for
Servia.
The Font’s Merlin apodal say* the Rus
sian consul at lhic.lmrest has been summoned
to KicliinolV.
Servia, Roumnnin ami Russia are in-
creasing their armaments and otherwise pro*
puing for war on an extended scale.
It is rumored that the ftuHsinn army
in TurkiKtanSO.OOOstrnugJins been destroyed
by an uprising of the inhabitant*.
A dispatch from Helgrnie report* that
Servia continues the work of armament.
The first class of the reserve ha* been called
out, and will ho stationed at Gladova and
Kegotin.
(Ion. Nikitin ha* Rent adjutant* to
lladojevatz, Gladova and Ncgotln. to pro
pare plans for the march of a Russian army
corps coming via Itoumania. It is consider
ed in Belgrade that the conference has mis
carried, ami a speedy declaration of war by
BuHsin is expected.
Diar. is reported to lie carrying every
thing before him in Mexico. The ambitious
Iglcsins doubtless wishes lie Imd remained
quietly on the bench, as his follower* are
tlockingto Diaz. Diaz's regent genernl, Men
dez, n full-blooded Indian, ha* issued u proc
lamation for another election,hut as nod ivy
hut Diarist* ran he candidates, it is evident
that Diaz and Mendez will count themselves
in. Poor I^erdo is said to have tied to Aca
pulco, of the manHacre fume, nnd thence em
barked foi Han Francisco, where he has
many ardent admirers.
It now ap|H‘ar* that Russia i* trying to
o awl out of her diflietilty with Turkey.
Gen. Igiintieir, the Russian representative,
ha* sent a confidential communication to
Midliat Pasha, urging the acceptance of cer
tain point* of the conference proposals, nnd
indicating the ..leans of evading others. He
advised the acceptance of nn International
commission with consultive power* only,nnd
suggested the appointment of officers of in
struction instead of the establishment of a
foreign gonsdnrmcrie, mid the appointment
ef a Bulgaiian instead of a European gov
ernor of Bulgaria. He guaranteed Russia’s
assent to the proposals thus modified, nnd
denied in the course of his letter that Rus
sia hnd incited Hervia to make war,
MISCILLARROIIS.
Harry Denrdorf, n young sou of a
prominent manufacturer of Hpriugficld, Q.,
lias been arrested for robbing tho mails of
$1,000 or $1,000. Deardorf was not in need
hut wait Induced to do wrong, it is said, by
an ardent desire to please a young lady who
is now missing. .
The debia of moat of tho Male*, na re-
period in the annual message^ of tlicjr. re
spective governors, Hrc' gradually lessening
every year, and Hie debts of most of the
large oitir* are steadily on the increase. The.
debt of Philadelphia may he set down as
the “unknown quantity,” steadily approach
ing some Ncventy millions, while Hint of the
city of New York begins the present year,
after deducting the sinking fund, at little
less than one hundred and twenty million*
of dollars.
The Cincinnati Commercial give* what
purports to lie n list of the suicide* in the
United Htales for the year 1876. The follow-
lowing is the summary :
The nilvcr coinago during the fir*t *ix
months of tho current fiscal year wa« upward
of fifty-one per cent, greater than in 1853, in
which the silver coinage, amounting to $t» f -
000,ni*i, whs the largest ever executed in any
one year prior to the organiz ition of the
mint bqceau. The directors of the mint
think the coinage of the next six months
will equal the first, which will give in round
numbers $55,000,000 in gold, nnd $20/100,000
in silver. As a result of tho coinage oper
ations silver change is becoming plentiful.
CONGRESSIONAL.
On the Oth, the speaker laid before the
house a communication from Wm. It. Morri
son, chairman of the committee on Louisi
ana affairs, relative to the refusal of Wil
liam Orton, president’*)! the western union
telegraph company, to appear before said
committee. Bills were introduced by Mr.
Watterson to regelate commerce among
states. Mr. White, (Ky.) n*ked leave to of
fer a resolution reciting that fears were en
tertained lest there shall not he a peaceful
settlement of the presidential question, nnd
declaring that any attempt to prejudice and
excite the public mind tn advance of the
decision by the authority provided by the
constitution, is unwise, unpatriotic, and full
of danger, and that it is the duly of all good
citizens to peacefully and faithfully abide by
the results reached in accordance with the
constitution. Mr. O'Brien (Md.) objected.
Mr. Hchltecher offered u resolution calling on
the president for copies of pnpers in posses
sion of the slate ana war department* rela
tive to the imprisonment of John J. Hmith,
an American citizen, by the Mexicans, and
also in reference to the murdering and rob
bing by Mexicao soldiers of Hamuel Higgins.
Adopted. Mr. Durham, from the committee
on revision of laws, reported back the sen
ate bill to correct the statute to punish coun
terfeiting so as to require intent to he shown.
Passed. Mr. O'Brien Aid.), from committee
on mines and mining, reported back the seo-
ate just resolution to authorize the president
to apooiut three commissioners to attend an
international conference on the subject of
the relative values of gold and silver, with
an amendment, authorizing the president to
propose such a conference to foreign govern
ments. The morning hour having expired
and the joint resolution laid over, XIr. Rea
gan. from committee on commerce, reported
hack the bill repealing So much of the act
«.f December 17,1*72, as provides for a pivot
draw in auv bridge to be erected over the
Ohio river between Covington and Cincin
nati. After discussion, the matter went
over and the house adjourned.
In tho house on tho 11th, Mr. Hol
man’s amendment to the consular and di
plomatic appropriation hill, decreasing the
nainrie* of rnitiisterx nnd consuls, was de
feated by a vote of 59 to 100. Mr. Morton,
from the como iltee on i.
F.noa Runyon, of the firm of Martin A Run
yon, hankers nnd brokers, New York, from
the custody of the sergennl-nt-nrius, he hnv
ing testified before tho committee. Agreed
to. AH amendments to the eonsulnr nml
diplomatic hill, were voted down nnd the
hill passed. Tito military academy appro
priation hill wit* taken up and pnssed with
out amendment. It appropriates $2(15,161,
a reduction of $129,919 from the estimate*,
nud a reduction of $24,911 below the hill of
session; a reduction in the West Point
nendomy in the pay department where $23,-
150 hnd been savod by striking out the
longevity pay nnd by not pitying the assist
ant professor* nnd teachers any more than
their regutnr army pay; $8,514 was saved in
the reduction of the Imnd at West Point,
nud $1,050 ott the item for retmir*. Consent
was given printing of the testimony taken
by the committee on the election in Florida.
Mr, Willard ofIVred as a substitute an amend
ment authorising the president, In the event
of a full remonetization of tdlver, should one
or more countries unite upon the convention
with a view to ngree upon a uniform rela
tion of silver with gold, to appoint three
persons to attend said convention, and also
authorizing him to propose to Hitch eountrie*
a* use both gold and silver as a legal stand
ard of value of such convention. The con
sideration of the bill then went over till
Thursday. Mr. Wood, from the committee
on ways and means, reported a bill to pro
vide remedies for overcharge of duties on
the tonnage Rtid import*. The bill panned,
nnd then the house adjonrned.
In the Itottno on ihoFJlh, after tho call of
committees for reports of n private nature,
the house went into committee of whole on
the private cnlander, Mr. Wilson [Iowa] in
the chair. Mr. Knott, chairman of the judi
ciary rnnnnittcc, reported on tho case of
Harnes. the reealeitant manager of the New
Orleans Western Union telegraph office,that
the house has a right to compel the produc
tion of telegrams by the officers of the tele
graph company. Mr. Harnes wan brought
before the nouse. tie declared that he is not
now in charge of the New Orleans office,
but that should he ngnin he plncod in charge
of that office, nnd rIiouIiI the telegrams
demanded be there, he would willingly pro
duce them. Witness made further answer,
declaring that ho was perfectly willing to
produce the messages If he could do so. Mr.
Knott then offered a resolution declaring
the response of witness not sufficient,
and remanding him to the custody of the
Nergeant-nt-nrin* until lie shall have produced
the telegrams nr been discharged by order
of the Ii'nise. Adopted —yens, 131; nay*, 73.
Mr. Knott, from the committee to nscertniii
privileges of the liotiso in the counting of
the electoral vote, made a report from thnt
committee, recommending the adoption of
the following resolutions: Resolved, Thnt
the conslihilinn of the United .States doc*
not confer on the president of the senate
power to examine nnd ascertain the vote* to
be counted as electoral votes for president
and vice-president of the United States.
Resolved, That the only power which the
eonslUotlun confers on the presidentof the
senate in regard to the electoral votes for
prehident nnd vice-president, Is to receive
the sealed list* transmitted to hint by tho
seveial electoral clerks, and keep safe nnd
to open all certificate*, or those purporting
to be such, in the presence of the seintentid
house of representatives Resolved, That
the constitution does confer on the senate
and house of representatives the power to
examine nnd n*«crtnin the vote* to he
counted a* electoral votes. Resolved,
That in the execution of that power in re
spect to the counting of the electoral votes,
the house has at least equal power with the
senate. Resolved, That In the counting of
the electoral votes no vote osn bo counted
against the judgment and determination of
the house of representatives. Resolved,
Thnt the committee have leave to sit again
and report hereafter further matter for the
consideration of the house of representa
tives. The report, together with the minority
report Mihmitttrd by Mr. Rurchnrd (111.],
was ordered printed. Mr. Knott gave notice
that lie would call up the resolution for no-
linn on Wednesday next. Mr. Knott also
asked that two additional members he ap
pointed on the committee to ascertain Hie
jghts and iirivileges of the hoi
ih additional members. The
speaker laid before the house n message
from Hie president, stating how the money
appropriated by the river and harbor hill
has been expended. After a speech by Mr.
Jleacnn, in which he severely criticised the
ni’fhin of Hie president In regard to the hill,
the message was referred. Consent was
n to print the testimony taken by the
HEN ATE.
On tho lltli, the chair laid before tho
senate the credentials of E. II. Rollins, dent
ed senator from New Hampshire. Laid on
the table. Senator Edmonds [Vt.] said no
one would question Hie election of Mr. Rol
lins, hut the certificate did not set forth
when the legislature met and the time of
his election. A question might be raised
about the credentials not setting forth all the
fact*. Monitor Spencer presented a petition
from the citizen* of Alabama In tavorof the
government nssuming control of the tele
graph nnd for cheaper telegraphic facilities.
Referred. Senator Hamlin reported back
the house hill to estnlilish certain post
routes, nud raid the committee hnd consider
ed the disagreement of the two houses In re-
gnrd to the fast mail service, and thnt the
committee had instructed him to report in
favor of the senate insisting upon its amend
ments and i£ove Hint a committee of con
ference he appointed. Agreed to, nnd the
••hair whs authorized to appoint the commit
tee. Henator Mitchell gave notice thatntan
early day he would ask the senate to con
sider the hill for the relief of Dr. J. Milton
Rest, of Kentucky, which had alrendy passed
congress nnd been vetoed. Kenator Withers
gave notice that If he could get the floor on
Tuesday next, he should cull up the motion
of Senator Preston in regard to the military
occupation of Petersburg on the day ol the
* il election, and would submit dome
unfinished business—house Hill to Perfect _
revision of the statues of the UaftRa HtAt.es,
and an amendment whs adopted requiring
ordnance officers to make attanerly returns.
The bill was then laid afjdrf' informally, as
Henator Hamlin desired.Jo submit certain
amendments in regard to pOgtsfoiite*. The
senate then.went into executive abnion, and
when the doors reopened adjwtadd.
Id the senate on the 12tli,'fi«4tor Fre-
linghuysen presented a petition of persons
representing the financial, commercial, man
ufacturing nnd business interest* of Newark,
New Jersey, asking Hint in counting the elec
toral vote all party consideration be laid
aside, and that pure, unselfish patriotism
guide ttie action of congress. The petition
waa received, and after a brief speech by
Henator Frellnghnyaen, referred to a special
committee of seven senators, appointed to
consider the presidential difficulties.' Henator
Thurman submitted n resolution instructing
the committee mi revision of laws to inquire
into the propriety of providing fok the pub
lication of it new edition of the revised stat
utes, iis corrected, and to include the laws
paused since 1873, and also the articles of
confederation am! constitution of the
United States. Agreed to. Senator Paddock
Introduced a bill to nuthorim tho removal of
the obstructions in the channel of the Mis
souri river, nnd to repair anil protoot the
levee* at Omaha, Plattsmouth am! Rrtwus-
vlllo, Nebraska, and Sioux City and Council
Hlufft, Iowa. Referred. It authorizes tho
secretary of war to expend tho sum of $75,*
000 in removing Hand-hare mid other obstruc
tions in the olmnnol of th*, Missouri river,
between Brownsville, Nebraska, nnd Sioux
Uity. lows, and $50,000 to fepnir the levees
nt Omaha, Plattsmouth and Brownsville.
Nebraska, nnd Hioux City, and Council
Blurts, Iowa. Henator Chnffco Introduced n
hill to abolish the use of staven for henting
passenger railroad cars. Referred. Henator
Mnxey submitted a joint revrdntlon tn amend
the resolution of Jnly3, 1875, authorizing
the secretary of war to issue anna to certain
states and territories, so at to provi.te for
the Untie of fifty ball cartridges lor each arm
isiued. Referred. Senator Gordon intro
duced a bill to create a sinking fund for the
liquidation of the govsrufuent bonds ad
vanced to the Western PotjHe railroad com
pany, the Central Pacific railroad company
of Unlifornin, and to the Uilion Pacific rail*
ro id company, under the set of July 1,1862,
and the act* amendatory thereof, for the set
tlement of the claims of the government in
regnrd to said bonds. Referred. Henator
Booth called up the resolution submitted by
him on Momlny la 1 tin regard to counting
the clrctornl vote, and spoke at length In
favor thereof. At the conclusion of Henator
Booth’s remarks connidemiion waa resumed
of tho hill to perfect thd revision of Hie
statutes of the United Htate*. Henator Ham
lin siihmittod mi amendment, setting forth
in detail the fees to he allowed to weighers
and gaugers, and explninedthnt it was for the
purpose of mnkiug the reviled statutes agree
with the law ns originally passed. The
amendment was agreed jo and the hill
passed. After executive sOhsIoii (lie senate
ndjoruned until Monday.
TilK BURNING MINE.
Thmiannit* of Dollars DalSsie nw4 Hnn-
itwh or Non Oat sfllMi-Tha Eire
nun noroith*.
The Philadelphia Tint** nay* the fire
which broke out in thrf Lykenn Volley
mines is said to have originated through
tho carelessness of one ortho miner*, who
throw a *park from a lump which lie was
trimming asido carelessly. In Ion* than
eight hour*’ time the fire hnd spread over
nn nren of ovor five hunqrod yards in tho
shaft, which was *j>eedlly filled witli
fire, go* and smoke, suffocating eighty or
eightv-flve valuable rallies before they
could be rescued. Adjoining tho burn
ing mine nnd directly connoctcd with it
i* nn abandoned slopo, which has always
contained more or loan quantities of
strong gn*. This mat tot fed the tlamc*
of the first mine nnd .caused them to
spread with fearful velocity in every di
rection, till up to thiswour (eloven p.
m.) It hr safe to say about two and a
quarter mile* of subterranean fire i* rag
ing. Operation* have (been *u*pcnd«d
altogether, the miners /nnd other em
ployes ileeing in horror worn tho abaft*.
TIIE MOUNTAIN
Over nnd nbbvethl*
enrth la opening in long
lGUATER.
EfftwT
nas" the
„ „ ..raiding
nnd forming immciiHC nits, from which
atnoke and atenm nnd Sulphurous gn*e*
issue a* from tho crater of a volcano.
The men employed to combat tho do-
atruotlve element are endeavoring, but
vainly, it aeein*, to cnjhfine the flames
nnd keep them bolow Water-level, and
for thin purjionfl the channel of Bear
creek, a considerable stream, has been di
rected into the burning mine, ro far
with little npparent effect. Men veroed
In the topography of the mine* contend
thnt the underground conllngrntion can
not lie got under; that it munt lie per-
milted to rage until it* fury la exhausted
for want of fuel.
A PANIC PREVAILING.
A regular panic exist, among tho busi
ness men and coni operators nnd tho
eight hundred miners tnat will be thrown
outol work. Liko most ’other calamitiea,
the |qs* will fall on those who cannot
well bear it. Tho fact that so many men
head* of familie*, are tfgfywn out of em
ployment in mid-winterla truly lamenta
ble. About seventy-five per cent, of
the property owned nt the village* of
Wiooniaco and Lykens is owned by work
ingmen, employes of these mines, for
years, hut many have nothing to sustain
theniHclve* nnd families but their daily
labor.
A Cause for the Falling Bridge.
A correspondent of the Chicago Inter-
Ocean is responsible for the following
theory of the diMster:' There i* one fact
that seems to be overlooked among the
pooeible causes given for the recent rail
road disaster, and that One Is atmospheric
pressure. We are all familiar with the
fact that a storm is announced by a fall
ing of the column of mercury in the
barometer. Tho more severe the storm
the more rapid and tba greater the fall.
A bridge tested by six locomotive* whon
the barometer marked thirty-one degrees
might not show the ^kn*t Htrain, but
when the barometric AjMumn hail fallen
three inches, to twenty-eight, might give
way nnd precipitate the whole into the
abyss. During *cvero storm* the pres
sure of the ntmosnhere is even greater.
Then, if we take into account tne fact
that the wind blows in a circle toward
the storm center we eon understand how
the atmospheric prewtare may lie very
preat at that center. Then, if the storm
h a snow Htorui. nnd panting up a valley,
the weight of the atmoophere must be
very great indeed. Now add to all this
the fact of moving a heavy train directly
Bgnhtst this storm, nnd we have a scien
tific explanation of the circumstance of
the Ashtabula bridge falling on that par
ticular night. Underfiftcli circumstance*
that train *hould have been divided.
The Far!* Exposition.
A good dr. I of anxiety, not loudly ex
pressed but very evident nevertheless, is
manifested :e a j>;-ctiug the suceess of the
exhibition of 1378. Not only has Ger
many testified her refusal to take offi
cially any part therein,but Italy has not
yet signalized any intention of partici
pating. As to the United States, 1 pre
sume that congress will indulge more
in speech making respecting it than ap
propriations. A* to the French them-
seive*, they grumble heartily ovor the
near approach of anothor exhibition,
when, ns they say, they have made no
particular progress in any form of art or
industry since the last one, and will hnve
nothing new to show, .'jjado i* very hnd
in Farts just now, the export* having
fallen off greatly, and the u*ual influx of
winter visitor* having failed to arrive.
House agent*, tradespeople and hotel-
keeper* all complain thnt there are nei
ther Russians nor Americans here this
season, and the prevalence of tho yellow
placards that announce " Furnished
apartments to let," tell a conclusive tale
oi the lack of inhabitants in the quar
ters generally favored by foreigners.
Tho hard times in the United States, nnd
the war cloud that broods ovor Russia,
hnvo kept the citizen* of those great
money-spending nations At home, nnd
their low is severely felt.—Cor. St. Lout*
Times.
t.AFTAIN EARN* SUCCESS.
Th* JHIIh omHsll^|>rUSM to m mm Ar-
At last tho official survey has been
made, which declares thatatlea*t twenty
feet of wntor for n width of two hundred
feet throughout the entire length of the
J etties, is to lie found. A certificate hns
•een given by general Comstock, United
States engineer in charge, to enptain
End* in proof of this fact,nml captain
Fad* ha* left for Washington to claim
his flr*t installment of $500,000.
In accordance with tho provisions of
the Inst section of tho “Grant, authoriz
ing the construction]of the jetties,” it is
expected thnt tho wnrrnnt of tho secre
tary of war upon tho secretary of tho
treasury will bo paid to captain Fads in
five per cent, bonds, whicn the act or
grant authorizes the secretary of tho
treasury to Issue for that purpose, “un-
les* the congress of the Unitod States
shnll have previously provided for the
pnymontof the same by the ncccHsnry
appropriation* of monoy.” As no ap
propriation of money has been made and
will not now ho made, the bond* should
ho issued, nnd no douot will be, as tho
whole mnttci in now in the hands of tho
secretary of war, alone.
A navigable depth ot twenty feet, with
out regard to depth of channel, has long
been secured by means of thq jetties, a
Atll year in advAnoe of the time limited
in tho grant. The channel i* broad,
straight and open, so that vcssols may
nail in without a pilot. A remarkable
illustration of tho value of tho jottiea, s*
a harbor and road stead, in time of
rough weather, wn* icon while thq mem
bers of the congressional committee were
at Fort Had* a fow days ago. The
steamship Rappahannock, having been
caught out in a storm, sighted the jetties,
nnd had already put into her Airnace*
the last pound of coal. She was without
sails ami must linve Wn wrecked hnd
*hc not got safely into tho jetties without
finding a bar. General Hurlbut certi
fies thin fact to tho secretary of war as
having occurred tinder hi* own observa
tion.
The auxiliary works at thehepd of tho
pass— fourteen mile* from the jettlee—
are, with the aid of three dredgeboats,
producing n fine, hrond channel through
the obstinate bar nt that point. Alrendy
there are more than nineteen foot clenr
in tho channel thore at low water which
ht now eewEty #b*4 U whltb. Ik
dredges are new rapidly cutting it dowi
to twonty-four feet, and with tho first
ri*e in the river the pa*n will bo thrown
open to commerce. Vessels of twenty-
two feet, draught may then enter this
poit with safety.
Tito jetties are an accomplished fact,
and deep water hah been obtained.-—
New Orleans Times.
flitrango Course of the Gold Market.
A recent Now York letter onys: ** Tho
cour*e of tho gold market has haffied the
wisdom of that numerous class who think
thnt the prosperity of the nation is inti
mately connected nnd bound up with the
Hticces* of their party in the presidential
election, or the slate election, or the town
election, or *ome other election. Of nil
the things that could hnppen in a politi
cal way to send gold up, nothing could
possibly hnve happened no well calculated
to that end ns a disputed presidency. Much
gold won bought at 110J within a fow day*
succeeding the election, on the hynotho-
*i* that Tiiden and civil war, or Hnyr*
and military depotism, were coming in,
nnd in either case that liberty was going
out. The insensate and perverse market
fell steadily to 107, where it remains a*
heavy ns a stone quarry. The precise
reason for thin is that we have beet lat
terly exporting more produce and mer
chandise than we have been importing,
nnd the balance has been coming to us in
gold, which gold ha* to be sold liko any
other article of which there is nn over
supply. If the panic stricken politicians
had Inraght all that was offered, and
were able to hold it. the price would
have remained at 110); hut, as the sup
ply exceeded the demand, it naturally
fell. The eventuality much yearned
for by Mr. William D. Kelley and other
philosophers for commencing to resume
specie payment*— i. e., a balance of trade
in our favor—ncems to have oome.”
icn
& in
Chinese Coinage.
China ban no real coinage for purposes
of trade. Little bits of silver assayed
and weighed, and dollars of the Mexican
republic, battered out of shape and
classed one, two and three, at different
values, according as an affected compro-
dor pretends to have found more or less
bronze in their composition—this is the
ridiculous “coinage” of the coast. In
Hong Kong itself, when I took my let
ters to the po*t nnd gave a dollar to the
clerk to pay for stamps. I had to wait
while he nit it, tried it with acid, weighed
it, and rave me the change, not as though
my dollar were n dollar, but according to
its weight, which was 99-100 of what it
*hould have been. Thl* was no excep
tional case, but wo* the practice gone
through in every instance. 8uch is the
repute of English coin that the Hong
Kong mint would In a few years have
intrixiuced the use of its dollar* by the
Chinese people throughout the trading
portions of tne empire, without contin-
uingto Impose any charge whatever on
the English taxpayer. The history of
dollars would be a curious one. The
Chinese look doubtfully upon all that do
not bear the name of some well-known
Chinese firm stamped upon them, as we
write names across the back of a bank
note, except they are of one kind. Mex
ican pillar dollar*, the two pillars of
which are described in their Cblnene
name, “Twoplecy-cnnneltick” dollars,
that is. two-candlestick dollars. A note
in the history of dollar* that I propose
would have to record the fact that our
expeditionary force to Abyssinia had to
be suppAed with Maria Teresa dollars.
The rogues’ gallery in New York ct
tain*, at the present time, 1,429 photo
graphs, which cost the city $7,145.
FLORENCE, THE ACTOlt.
CSHRhllnN llthl l*lnrr. lint ll«-t|MMt Out
Ii, nn laittinsHl WM Wt-nllrninn.
A relative of tho well-known come
dian, William J. Florence, lolls tho (ol
lowing:
Many years ago, while Florence wn*
under an engagement at tho Winter Gar
den theatre, New York, he formed tho
acquaintance of u young girl who played
minor part* in tim’dranm t hen represented.
One day after rehearsal he invited her to
dinnor at n Broadway restaurant. Both
were hungry and they ordered a plentl-
Atl supply of food. When tlmlr appe
tite* were satisfied, Florence called lor
the bill, and to hi* titter dismay discov
ered that ho had no money. In chang
ing hi* clothing In tho morning, he neg
lected to take Mia money from hi* dis
carded pantaloon*. He told the gill of
tho fix Im waa in, and asked her for a
loan. Mortified and chagrined, she an
swered that all.sho hnd wn* just sufficient
to pay her fare homo. Then tho actor
called the restaurant keeper nnd told him
tho truth about tho money. Tho quick
ly excited man raved nnd stormed nt
Florenc*', saying thnt he had resolved
not to l>e swindled by any one, and that
he should send for tho police.
At this time a short, stoutold gentleman
stepped up to tho proprietor, and firmly
“ How dare you speak to a gontlemnn
in tho way you have done?” Hi* mi*-
tnko is a perfectly natural one, and such
it* might occur to any man. I am
ashamed of you I I’ll dine no more in
your house, nor permit my friend* to do
«> in tho future. Hire, take thin!” and
the old gentleman took a fifty-dollur
note from a fat waltot nnd handed It to
tho discomfited landlord, saying, “de
duct tho amount of tho young man’s hill
and return mo the chnngo.”
Tho proprietor* apologies were un
heeded. lie handed the old gentleman
$47.50, and again essayed apologies.
When in the Htrrot Florence imnded
his l)C!ie r nctor Ids professional card nnd
Address, adding thnt he should ccrtninly
reimburse him. The old getitleinnu’s in
dignation quickly passed away, nnd be
ginning to smile, ne said;
“That’s all right, young, mnn; I’ve
been trying to pit** that counterfeit
bank note all day.”
Story”Night.
“ A mothir" rends tho following no
count of tho way in which tho little ones
of her own and n neighbor's family are
amused nud culMvntcil, which will bn of
interest to a largo number of our renders:
It is quit© easy.for grown pooplo to
amUsoand entertain themselves nud each
other during tho long winter cvoningH,
but a more difficult task for children,
lo be sure they hnve blind man’s buff,
magic music, forfeits,'Wrlor croquet, and
similar game*, hut a friend ana I have
pon ii plan which has proven very
:otis in many ami which otir
children like very much indeed. Every
week we hnvo one evening that is called
"story night.” On this ovening each
person present tells a story, made tin for
the occasion, or gleaned from leadings.
The youngest members open the enter
tainment, then the next older, nnd so on
till the fathers, mothers, mints, uncles,
nnd visitors, if any are present, tell a
story. Irately, since the children have
been in school, they frequently select
poems from their rending book* and re
cite them with Appropriate emphasis nnd
gesture, or write out u story nnd rend it.
The evening spent in this way is quite
tho pleasantest ono of tho whole week,
nnd looked forward to with nnticipative
preparation by every member of tho two
families. If any one chooses to *ing a
song, or play nn instrumental pieco on
the piano or organ, that is gladly ac
cepted in lieu of a story ; hut no one is
exempt from contributing something to
the common fund of entertainnient. It
is wonderful the improvement mnnifest
In the ability of tho younger ones, and
the elder ones, too, in narrating event*
and handling character*. We manage
the affair in such a way tliut there i* no
feeling of embarrassment with even the
youngest, and n* everybody must take a
part, each is kindly and forbearing in
criticism, and ready to he nimired and
entertained by all tljo rest.— Tribune.
Tho Tobacco Crop.
The agricultural report for November
and December says:
The tobacco counties reporting the
comparative product make returns not
quite so favorable in the aggregate ah
tnose of lost year, and the decrease of
the product Is indicated in Massachu
setts, Connecticut, Now York, Mary
land, Virginia, North Carolina and Ten
nessee. An increase is indicated in Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Indiana nnd Illinois.
Kentucky reports about tho same ns last
year; in Ohio, Indiana nnd Illinois the
Increase in the ptodirct Hffcxtrnordlnnry.
In Ohio, Montgomery county reports the
best and finest crop of seed leaf tobacco
ever produced. Monroe county that the
quality was depreciated bv excessively
wet weather. In Illinois the season was
very propitious for maturing and curing;
in naninc nnd Johnson the crop was < uteii
by worms, the ravages of Which were
worse than for years. Vermont nnd
Massachusetts also had more worms than
ever before, but other returns are favor
able in respect to both yield nnd quality.
The quality of tho entire crop averages
the same as lost year.
No systematic returns of tho cotton
crop were collected for December.
Woman Who DefleH Time nnd the
, Lawyers.
Mrs. Mira Clarke Gaines, says the
Washington correspondent of the Cincin
nati Commercial, is a wee bit of a womun,
with eye* of piercing brilliancy ; in color
one moment of the blackest hue, the next
a steely gray, and tho same eyes, wbou
softened Djrtho recital of another's dis
tress, becoming of the most tender blue.
8ho wears her light hair in curls, and
rnrelv appears without her bonnet, if
the (lninty bit of Ircg and velvet, half
concealing a few rare flowers, can be
called bonnet. She is one of the best
conversationalists you ever listened to,
and one of the most agreeable women it
was ever my fortune to meet. Her
“laugh” hns been celebrated for forty
J ears, and time, that ruthless destroyer,
os neither marred nor destroyed the
rippling qualities which make it so in
fectious that whoever hears it must join
in with it, even though lie knows not
what has provoked the mirth.
THE lttl.l»-IIKt
Anil liail folilwl Imt pinions llirre;
Hut nun tiny iliornjulnml wir Im Imml
A lMhl-ho.iilo‘1 tyrant from Nn-imuiVlitml.
Oh, Ilia cloqxit rnmo In thn itrait of nl R lit,
I .Ikon Mh v,'.'wn I n-niMnl' »"■'fora hlMiiJlit,
• nr hiMitx xt.MHl Him when we In-nnl him try
For never a emit enilM hi* |xiwnr wltlmtiimt,
Till* h.iltl-hMiloJ tyHint from No-msn's-hiinl.
Willi lib liMilhlew unm* nml lit* vnnmt stniu,
Amt hi* helnloM limli* xn frnlt nml wimk,
Till I rrloil, In n voted of Mem rnmmnml.
• Go up, tlmu liuhl-liMd from Nn-rnsn’s-lninl ?"
Ilul hi* nlijool slim** limy lurmil on me ;
Liko the boar* In tho Hcrlplure, tlmyM mint mo
The while I'lmy wmnhlix-il with tolltlod knee
Thl* rulhlexi wioti li wllli IlmmlHxleu lutlr;
For he m e* llirm nil with relenllex* Imml,
Thl* IflliMmiulixl 1} mill Irnni No-iuiui'h hm*t 7“
Then I *enrohn<l for help In nvery oil mo,
For muni hint fle-l from my ilwollluu now,
Till I nnnllv IhtniwliI of old rsthor Tlmo,
And low before him 1 unde my bow,
“Wilt thou deliver me nut ol hi* Imml,
Thl* linld-hninh-d tyrant I mm No-mnti'n-liind."
Old tlinii ho looked with
And n
“I'll tnki
ml n riiiIIo oi
i'll lake I ho tyrant under my euro ;
Wiiteh wlmt mr hour-uln** due* In him,
' 1 hnmlmutlmiover wn* plnmmd
o hnld-ht-iid from "No-imiuVIai
wlih i
">' Im
hIi'i I voloil ti
Amt Niultenr* full nx t r
Could 1 st/y tho touch of
l would keep tho Iwtd-hond froi
loan of po«(*n I hnvo cmuMKl to earn
nln, I've lenrned, fnrimol
•h who fnrunttlie hair
unit without n to.Hit,
And ho rule* mo Im. with hi* Huy Imnd,
Llkoothe
-led nlm
Till* Imld-liciuhxl tyrant from No"
FACTS AND FANCIES.
“Didn’t she return your Jove?”
“Yes, she did; she said sho did't want
it. That's what's killin’ mo.”
The modern cookstovo i* approach
ing a degree of perfection which will re
quire a competent enginoor nt u stated
salary to run it.
When n man gels a llttlo money and
HtartH. out lo hurst a faro hank, it i*
not hard to tell that ho will hreakfaHt
tho next morning at a freo soup-house.
Scene on a streetcar: Conductor to
passenger who i* smoking: “ If yon want
to smoke on this car you must put out
your cigar or get off right away."
“Whatdid tho puritans come to this
country for?” asked a Massachusetts
teacher of hisclA**. “To worship in
their own way and make other jieoplc do
the saino.”
Before 1870 there were no horse rail
roads in London. There are now twenty-
four routes in running order, nnd tho
traffic Inis Increased from 4.000,000 pas
sengers in 1871 to 27,000,000 in 1670. .
Talent is i*>wor; tnctlsskill. Talent
makes a man respectable; tact makes
him respected. Talent convinces; tact
converts.. Talent commands; tact Ih
obeyed. Talent is wnnething; tact is
everything.
“My son,” said M\ X., kindly, to his
youthful heir, “nccustoT yotmolf to he
polito to tho porter, tho servant girl, tho
conchinan, to all the servants; thus you
will come in time to l>o courteous to all
people, even to your parents.”
He was a well-meaning man, hut they
had l>cen married a long whilo, and
when ho playfully asked her wlmt was
next to nothing, 'sho sarcastically an
swered that fit this season of the year sho
thought Ufo winter flannels were.—A f or-
wick Jhiljftin.
The ■Cherokee* have over eighty com
mon school*. Tho Chickasaw* have four
public nnd nliout ten di*trict school*.
Thu Choctaws have two public schools
nnd over fifty district schools. Tho Creeks
have three public schools anil about thir
ty district schools.
OF one thing there is very little seen
nowadays, even in the houses of tho
wealthy, and that is solid silver. To pos
sess it is to send nn Invitation to the bur-
lars from far and near, wo respond to it
at once, and pick out tho good from tho
imitated with a care and accuracy which
might excite admiration, if tho conf
luences were not so disagreeable.— Jennie
One,of,tfie most graceful things over
said in the complimentary line was tho
observation made by n Now York paper
Inst week concerning tho integrity of
8wnn. the defaulter, in his denlings with
thcBleecker street savings bank, of which
he was secretary. •“His position,” BnyH
the paper reeferred to, “gave him no
opportunity to handle the fund* of thnt
institution, nnd his connection with it
was marked by strict integrity.”
Tragedies like this occur in golden
California; John Cl. Dawes left two
weeks ago with his flock of 2,000 sheep
for the north. While crossing the alkali
lands noar Tulnro Inke ho camjied for tho
night, and In the morning when he awoke
he saw his sheep all lying down Imt one,
and oil examination found that there was
but that one alive. They hud all quiet
ly died iu the night—a loss of more than
$5,000.
A VENERA RLE divine, who had been
dining out the night before, went into a
barber shop ono morning to bo shaved.
He saw that the barber had been getting
more drink than was good for him, for it
made bis hand shake, very much, nnd,
naturally a little indignant, he began to
give him a little moral advice by Haying:
“ Bad thing, drink.” “Yes,” raid tho
barber, “It makes tho skin remarkably
tender.”
The School Population.
Gen. Eaton, the commissioner of edu
cation, rays in his annual report that
only one state, Delaware, and three ter
ritories, the Indiun, New Mexico and
Wyoming, do' not report their school
population. In tho other thirty-six
states and eight territories there wire
14,007,521 children by their several laws
entitled to instruction. All the states,
either by actual count or by estimate,
report pupils enrolled in tbu public
school system, giving a total ol 8,750,057.
The commissioner says a most grntilying
fact often noticeable is the interest, skill
nnd energy with which evils, old nnd
new, are encounter.d. The great fr<c-
dorn of thought and action encourages
truth in the encounter with evil, nnd all
arc at liberty to follow tho wisest course.
