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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.