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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4,1881
At is said that the new trunk line,
Bbmtu jls the Baltimore, Cincinnati and
Western railway, will touch 208 towns
BmXws n Baltimore and Cincinnati, ot
wrfcUk only twenty hare any railroad con-
JEkgixekb Wjli.ia.ms was attacked by
heart disease, while aloue on his locomo-
Hifc, on a Virginia railroad; but in spite
of the suddenness of bis death he was
atfe to whistle down brakes and close the
V+e " OhtotUe, thus averting a disaster.
Tit* Illinois Cobh Chop.—The State
secretary of the Illinois department of
^(riculture has issued a statement show
ing that the corn crop in that State for
i&iJ was 250,0117,030, a decrcaso
<oocipared with 1870 of 55,210^141 bushels.
Xu* Supreme Court of Iowa has de-
• ceded that a mill-owner who builds a dam
ehxii make it possible for fish to go up
Nkosena for spawning purposes, and that a
oaaU-«wner who acquires a right to water
SMwershali protect the fishery interests of
.ebe Aute.
Ti/xonoiu; Exner, who pleaded guilty
■qfselling a Louisiana State lottery ticket In
JTev Y ork City, has been, fined $100. The
announced that in every future
ob/z Imprisonment, as well as a fine,
<mtoid be imposed upon iulringcrs of the
J£«re than one-tenlh of the Inhabi-
&asis of the United States live in
elesen cities—New York, Philadelphia,
3»&ktj it, Chicago, Boston, St. Louis, Bal*
fioworc, Cincinnati, San Francisco, New
dkdeans and Cleveland—whose aggregate
^partition 1« 5,038,700.
Jlij-uonse Montamat personated an
■qftd pUntatieu negro at a fashionable New
Okieaue masquerade party, lie sang one
one of the current melody, “O, dem
eat slippers,” the hostess playing the
accompaniment, and was about to
the second, when he fell dead
the merrymakers.
Tax marriage of Leopold de Iloths-
youngest son of the late Baron
Eaaacl de Rothschild and Miss Perugia
of Trieste, took place in tlie Portland
street eynagqgue in London on Wednes-
»Vr- The Prince of Wales, Lord and
ZYadyr Eoseb-.ry and other persons of
were present.
Buss op the Woods—-The St.
Republican says a deer killed iu
Cnscouadc county a lew days since was
adbsowlcdged by the oldest citizen to be
Cbs-koss of the woods. It weighed 201
fand* his antlers were 27 inches long
wi tl ind.es apart at tlio points aud
were <wer 2 inches in diameter.
W. J. McAlpink, the eminent engi-
uusev, has written a paper in criticism of
3ks -proposed Panama ship-canal, in
which ho asserts positively his belief that
£as scheme is impracticable and impossi
ble -»f realization, and gives the reasons lor
belief, lie expresses the opinion that
afce Eads ship railway plan is perfectly
feasible.
A company- of capitalists is about to
Wgauizo at Cincinnati with $0,030,000
'Capital to lease the Cincinnati Southern
• -railroad for Oil years, renewable forever,
ypoyieg out of the profits 4 per cent, on
Xfce stock suid 4 per cent, on the city’s in-
WMtmeot of $18,000,000, any surplus to
Ae divided pro rata between the stock-
. Asiders and the city till the city’s portion
-sfeall reach 7 per cent, on its investment,
wrtte* the division will be made equal.
~£tt*proposed also to form a combination
varpool with the Kentucky Central, Ches
apeake aud Ohio and the Erlangcr lines
Sms Chattanooga.
TBjcw They Manage to Make a Liv-
'SMU.—Noah's (New York) Sunday Times
•nqys the acme «f meanness was reached
'orfaeu'WBfiam II. Vanderbilt used Ills
ova son Cornelius to hoodwink the con-
fifing public into selling Western Union
‘TDelegrapb short when it had fallen to 80.
. "JShe son lost $500,000 and his father more
idnan made this good by giving him a
<rh*ek for $C00,000. Ho could afiord to do
<his,liaviug made $2,500,000. An honorable
said fij^bdened man is William H. Van-
vEecbiit! He is an ornament to tbe city. It
^woold .baajdty. to.legislate against any of
Q£s enterprises.
SPat (Latest Thing Out in Gloves.
Harpers' Bazar says tightly gloved hands,
-stifl add. paralyzed, as It were, in their
•5il casings, are no longer modern or con-
veudered elegant. The poau de Suede glove
xeigusaud triumphs, to the exclusion of
uhvss’kld. For mornings and afternoons,
/■jeudressed kid gloves of the natural or me-
» Ahirusxfior are worn for dinners and sol
aces; they are of light delicate tints,
while .for balls they are white. In all
. zattomstances they must be very long,
-rnrj loose, and without buttons—three
^conditions essential at present for ele-
jganee.
'Cotton Fields Below Memphis.—
Tfce Memphis Ledger of Monday evening
asge three months of ialllng weather,
/9taisteroas winds, intermixed with numer-
-ouuov storms and unusual frigidity,
fc«t been experienced here and throughout
-dta cotton belt. Since the 25th of Octo-
Yr last not a dozen days, all told, hare
SKcn clear or suitable for field labor. As
acts lit, farm .hands hare been In a de-
nexalizeu-slateof idleness, and cotton to
3fce extent -of from one-fourth to one-
Shard of last season’s entire growth still
. wesaalns in tlie fields unpicked through a
. rv^-'.on -oT country two hundred miles
-meuth of this. This a fiords an unpleasant
project -fur the cotton planter, as the
gptewing season for a new crop is close
mimad, and even should the weather set-
the chances are against saving much
Ithit now remains in tbe fields, and this
maU be of low quality, weather-beaten,
fiadl ot leaf and dirt, or badly stained by
M2a» frosts—consequently of limited value.
<Xtuugh Weather in London.—A
TBribune dispatch from London says tbe
eut extraordinary weather supersedes
other topic, even Ireland. Nothing
iAa it has been known in tills get e atio.-i.
Saw, sleet, frost, gales, and high tides
qambiuiog have rendered London since
Xaacslay like a besieged city, every form
of communication with tbe outer world
■wing interrupted wholly or partially.
Kaflways, telegraphs, mails, provisions,
abasements and soci.-ty have all been af-
Rlver navigation waa wholly
i d. American and Pari* letters are
dayt late. Vast injury to property
innumerable casualties on sea and
sum reported. Tlie gale excepted, all
misery is due to twelve inches of
sv.- .-;:i Loudon aud the country, both
.p a showing tiller Incapacity to deal
milh this slig lit obstruction, But for the
act fim-mg the poor the whole busi-
a- ’J be ludicrous. Such a storm
Alu. nun.in iL of columns iu the newspa
pers here, while in America it might only
Irish Independence.
L. J. Jennings, the London correspond
ent of the New York World, who is cer
tainly one of tbe shrewdest of the broth
erhood, does not hesitate to predict,
in that paper of the 25th instant, that
Irish independence will be tbe final out
come of tbe present straggle. He thinks
the people ot both Great Britain as well
Ireland are getting ripe for it, and the
worse than failure of all efforts at pacifica
tion will make England eager for it.
We can hardly coincide in this view
of the matter; hut it is an Important fact
that so sagacious an observer ventures to
predict it. It reads as a very gracious al
ternative to a war of subjugation, which
we fear is the more probable result of tbe
controversy; and one or the other must
come soon, as events are now tending.
The history and traditions of English
administration furnish no example of
voluntary relinquishment of foreign colo
nisi soil. Even now Great Britain is pre
senting tho strongest possiblo illustration
of an obsolutely wicked persistence in
mere territorial rapacity, while holding on
to her unjust and greedy seizure of the
Transvaal in South Africa; and agalrst
the opinion of “L. J. J.,” formed on the
spot, we will venture to predict that she
will devastate and depopulate Ireland, be.
fore she will consent to the dismember
ment of the homo territory, although Ire
land has confessedly proved an incurable
sore to.domestic tranquillity. The writer
says:
I wish, however, to place before your
readers all the issues which are being
opened up in connection with the Irish
difficulty, and therefore I must tell them
plaiuly that the great question of separa
tion itself is being talked ot in a very dif
ferent spirit from that in which it has
hitherto been approached. Observe the
line taken by Mr. Froude in tbe new
chapter just added to bis book on the
“English m Ireland.” He bolds that there
are but two remedies for Irish discontent.
One is substantially tbe Cromwellian
method of government, and this' be speed
ily dismisses from consideration as imprac
ticable. The other is the independence of
Ireland. “Let Ireland be free,” he says.
“If we will neither rule Ireland nor allow
the Irish to rule themselves, nature and
fact may tell us that, whether we will or
no, an experiment which has lasted for
700 years shall bo tried no longer.” it
-Is not only Mr. Froude whose thoughts
are taking this direction. The English
people at heart are getting sick of this
perpetual turmoil In Ireland. They can
not quite see, after all, what good Ireland
is or has ever been to them, in-old times
it was a cause of bloodshed and strife,and
the Union, as most people here read or
heard, was consummated by fraud and
corruption. Tho English government
wanted Ireland, not the English people.
England, as many people are not afraid
to contend, iu conversation at least, if uot
in the public press, could get on much
better without Ireland than Ireland could
da witiiout England. Why, then, seek
to keep a people “chained to us to be per
ennially wretched” (as Mr. Froude ex
presses it) when not even the self-interest
of England is promoted by that course ?
What should prevent England leaving
Ireland to her own devices—to her feuds
of factions, and her scrambles among
peasautry, farmers and landlords for the
soil?
this
rein'll a paragraph.
There Is nothing to prevent it but a sen
timent of national pride and honor. But,
according to my strong belief, this senti
ment is not half so powerful in England
a3 it was formerly. By one large
party it is denounced and ridiculed as
“Jingoism.” By another it is condemned
as contrary to the doctrine and principles
ot a universal brotherhood. Patriotism,
for the moment at any rate—and a jour
nalist can only speak of the moment—is a
declining, not to say a discredited, force in
this couutry- Familiarize the public with
the idea of giving up Ireland, and 1 verily
believe there would soon be very little
difficulty about arranging the total sever
ance of tlie two countries. A dozen
speeches from Mr. Gladstone, advocating
the measure and proving its absolute ad
vantages to England, would do nearly all
that was required. I will venture to as
sure you that there is agrowing feelin^
iu the country in favor of let-
tiog Ireland go lierway—“erriugsister, go
in peace”—if only we could then be sure
that tbe sister will uot come knocking at
the door any more. As for what may
happen afterwards, prophets may predict
anything they please, according to the
bent of their inclinations. That land
would change hands pretty frequently and
that property would not renresent a fixed
value, is very likely. But that would
concern the Irish. Famines would un
questionably occur, for short crops are not
tlie consequence of English rule. At such
periods the people would perhaps see that
England was not the sole cause of their
sutlerings. The scandal and disgrace,
however, would be removed from tbe
name of England. And very many peo
ple think it would be good to place our
selves in this position and give up what
cannot be held without shame and re
proach, aud what, perhaps, has already
b^en held too long.
That this will be tlie final outcome of
Gladstone’s Irish policy is almost certain,
if be continues to work on tbe lines al
ready laid down. He has induced the
English people to make surrender after
surrender, always under a pledge
that the demon ot discontent would be ex
orcised. Willi every fresh surrender agi
tation has broken out afresh, ami each
time in a more violent form than ever.
The present agitation is more formidable
than any which has been witnessed in
this generation, because it has a more in
fluential and numerous party to support
it iu England; and yet it follows upon two
very great concessions to Irish demands.
And so it will be after the new land act
has passed. Thst act will not silence ag-
itation, but simply give it new spirit sud
energy. Who can pretend that a reform
of tbe land laws is all that is sought for
in tbe face of the outspoken declarations
of Mr. Parnell, Mr. Davitt and others,that
Irish independence Is the one great object
which they have iu view? Any concessions
short of that will b# laughed at. Mr. Glad
stone may refuse to consider tbe possibility
of“Home Rule” now; but he has adopted
precisely tbe same attitude towards many
questions in his time, aud always ended
by yielding. If “justice'' is to be his
watchword, it may easily lead liim on to
the goal indicated by l’arnell. He has an
elastic mind, and one day he may ask
himself what justice there can be in hold
ing Ireland against her wish ? What jus
tice Is there la usiug force to keep down a
people? The Identical arguments which
were used to iuduce Parliament to dises
tablish tbe church and pass the land set
of 1870 would be quite as serviceable
when the separation of Ireland was the
question before the people. Mr. Glad
stone’s horrizon is always enlarging. lie
will perhaps not be ready to accept the
entire Irisu programme this year or next,
but if he should have ten years longer,
and the agitators play their cards well, he
will be ready to accede to the utmost de-
mard that can be made. As matters are
going now I do not hesitate to say that if I
life the period of time staled I fully ex
pect to sen Ireland “free and independent”
—independent beyond a doubt; free is a
very different matter. At any rate, what
ever tyranny she may be writhing under
will not be Inflicted by England.
This is a forecast which, I dare say,
would be rejected with indignation by a
section of tbe English press. But every
thing is moving towards its accomplish
ment. The Radical party will throw no
obstacles in tbe way. If a man of gen
ius arose to lead tbe cause of Irish inde
pendence, and if the people were to obey
him implicitly, the victory would be al
most assured. At lbc head of the British
government Is a man who is not afraid to
advance in any direction whither Iiis con-
science beckons him; and whose con
science never allows him lo be very long
at rest. Some great statesmen have been
afraid to undertake momentous changes
u Jaw or government, but of Mr. Glad
stone it may truly be said that be never
seems to feel he is doing his duty unless
such changes form a part of his daily
work. It is no unmeaning peculiarity of
his disposition that his very play con
sists in felling full grown trees. It must
be remembered, also, that he has earned
title to be remembered as the great con-
ceder. By Ills instrumentality tbe Ionian
Islands were conceded to Greece; he is
about to concede Candabar,and there Is no
reason why Ireland should not be tbe
subject oi the last and greatest concession
of all. The arguments in favor of relin
quishing tbe Ionian Islands were cliieily
these: It cost England a good deal of
money to keqp them and they were a
source of constant annoyance. Surely all
this might be agglied with teufold force to
Ireland. It Is easy to imagine how effect
ive and unanswerable a speech Mr. Glad
stone could compose on tbe 700 years’
failure of British rule in Ireland. If he
should live long enough be will make that
spouch some day. It is only necessary that
he should keep straight before him on tbe
road which he has been following since
Lord l’almerstou’s death.
The Tennessee Senatorial Election.
The Tennessee Democracy solved
tbeir troubles at last by tbe election on
tbe 2Gtb inst., and on the thirtieth ballot,
of Howell E. Jackson, a State credit
Democrat, as United States Senator, in
the place of Mr. Bailey, whose terra ex
pipes on the fourth of March next. We
know nothing of Jackson. Hls name
does not appear up to and in the 27tb
ballot. He seems to have been “a dark
borso,” with a merely local reputation,
but his response to the nomination was
wise and genial, and the result was far
better to tbe Democracy of tbe State and
country than might well have been feared
It will be well now for the Tennessee
Legislature to take rcsolule hold cf this
bond compromise question and remove it
if possible from the range of disorganiz
ing issues. Let them compel a show of
bands. It is certain tbe Radicals will
commit themselves to nothing, unless they
are brought to the vote. They wish to
use the question only to divide and dis
tract the Democracy, which they will do
effectually, unless seme decisive disposi
lion of the question is now effected.
Boycotting.
This 1s a terribly significant word, and
means ostracism, persecution and isola
tion of tbe most awful description. There
Is nothing Jke it known in tbe annals of
proscription. Excommunication on the
part of His Papal Highness is a trifle com
pared to it.
The “Boycotted” individual dwells in
solitudo amid teeming thousands. With
a pocket full of mouey he is in'immiuent
danger of starvation. Tabooed in society,
avoided, bated aud loathed as tbougu
afflicted with the plague of leprosy, bis
life is a perpetual desolation, with no “city
of refuge to flee to.” Such are tbe horrors
of political an 1 social vengeance as enacted
in Ireland. Boycotting is graphically de
scribed in the New York Sun as follows
What Is the process known as Boy
cotting, aud which is fast taking the place
of the shillaleh and the shotgun among
the instruments of Irish protest and re
sistance? It is a species of social ostra
cism, enforced with pitiless severity in
the minutest details as well as iu the
large concerns of life. The presence of a
Boycotted person is not ackuowledged by
a word, a look, a gesture. Not only is
there no intercourse, but no business is
directly or indirectly transacted with
him. Nobody will buy his grain, his
fruit, his garden produce, his horses, cat
tle, fowls, or anything he has to sell;
nobody wiil soil him a pound of meat, an
ouuce of flour, a gill of whisky or an hour’s
work. No oue will give or lend him
assistance in auy way, and uo mouey will
tempt a man to approach his dwelling.
Under such circumstances a Boycotted per
son muststock his house as if he were going
on au Arctic cruise, for otherwise, no
matter how large his bank account, he
may starve in the midst of plenty. Even
when supplies have been procured from a
distance, he would lead the life of a
castaway on some desert island, with the
stinging consciousness that, in h:s case,
soliLudc bore constant witness to the
bale and loathing of every human being
within reach of eye or ear.
This is a dreadful picture of society,
and may well cause the American citizen
to bo satified with his lot, despite the
drawbacks of corrupt Radical legislation
special tariff] for the protection of favored
classes, excessive taxation and venality in
high places.
Alas! What is to be tbe fate of unhap
py Ireland.
no bse Railroads.—Tha Philadelphia
Times says the number ot persons using
the horse cars in that city during the past
year was about one hundred millions.
Think of the saving of time and muscle
to the pedestrians?
It is unfortunate that the street rail
road of Macon should have been aban
doned. The privileges and franchises of
tbe owner are tbe most liberal and re
markable on record. All that was wanted,
iu the opinion of many, was a judicious
change in tbe location of some of the
routes. It is true that our city of “mag
nificent distances” is not specially favora
ble to an enterprise of this kind at pres
ent, but the population inside of the cor
porate limits is Increasing and becoming
more compact every year. It la only a
question of time, therefore, ere the road
will again be In operation. Indeed, last
summer a Savannah capitalist offered
Hr. Hill a considerable sum In cash for
tbe possession and franchises of the prop
erty. Meanwhile, there is current talk of
cheap omnibus er cab line te be run
from tbe suburbs to all parts of the city at
low rate of fare. Such an investment,
we believe, would prove profitable, while
contributing immensely to tbe comfort
and convenience of tbe public.
Help for the Fort or Brunswick.
A committee of tbe Board of Trade of
Brunswick, composed ef Messrs. C. P.
Goodyear, A. J. Crovatt and J. M. Dexter,
have addressed a very timely and able
memorial to tbe Georgia delegation in
Congress, asking for tbeir united efforts
iu behalf of an appropriation for the Im
provement of tbeir harbor, and the erec
tion of a suitable building to be used
a custom bouse and post-office. The re
quest is reasonable, and should bo grant
ed without hesitation.
In lbc memorial is included an interest
ing extract from the report of Commo
dores Woolsey, Claxtou and Shubrick,
commissioners appointed by Congress iu
183G to examine tbe barber of Brunswick,
with tbe view of establishing a navy yard
at that point. Tbe report was highly fa
vorable. The committee also prints the
annual exports of their port for the past
five years, which show an increase from
$030,328 in 1875 to $1,304,401' in 1870.
The arrivals of vessels lu 1879 counted
two hundred and twenty. Brunswick is
steadily growing in wealth and popula
tion.' t ' " t" V***: i* •
Tue average yield of cjjm is less than
one half of tho possiblo yield. When we
think how litllo the second half of one
hundred bushels of corn costs per acre,
the profit of growing such a crop becomes
apparent.
From Florida.
That the freeze of this winter did not
kill the orange trees, or discourage tbe
culture in middle Florida, the Floridian
of tbe 25th shows, by a long list of gentle
men making fresh ventures in the busi
ness about the region of Tallahassee.
Senator-elect Jones delivered a stirring
speech on the 19th before both houses of
the Legislature in joint session, and a
numerous general auditory.
East Florida is importing Italian labor
ers to take care of her orange groves. The
first Installment reached Jacksonville last
Friday. /
A correspondent of tbe Jacksonville
Union claims that “there has never been
a time before In nearly a quarter ofa cen
tury that we have lived in Florida, when
there has been a heavy frost or ‘freeze,’
that it did not Injure the trees or damage
the fruit more iu Orange than Duval
And the reason is apparent. It is unfor
tunately just enough warmer in Orange
county to keep the sap moving
more o p less in tbe trees all winter. And
when tbe cold comes it hurts far more
there iu Duval, where the trees are cooler
and the circulation dormant during tbe
winter.”
On Monday last, says the Key West Key,
one of our smackmen, named Amos John
son, a resident of this city, was taken se
riously ill, which soon developed hydro
phobia In its worst form, and died on
Wednesday evening at 10 p. m., leaving
a beloved wife and three children to mourn
their loss. Mr. Johnson was attended by
Drs. Harris and Sweeting, to wbora they
devoted tbeir utmost skill and attention
without avail. It seems difficult to de
termine the cause of this disease unless it
emanated from a dog bite some twenty-
seven years since, or from the bite of a red
snapper at a later date.
German Finances.
The following presents a very bad out
look (or tbe German Exchequer:
German natioual finance is in a bad
way. From tho estimate submitted to
tbe Reiclisrath it appears that during the
past session ordinary expense has outrun
income by *39,000,000 raaiks (tbe mark is
25 cents, and extraordinary expenditure
has exceeded tbe provision made for it by
10,003,000 marks. This deficit of 49,000,-
000 marks follows one of 35,800,000 in the
last budget, and one of 0,000,000 in that
preceding it, which have uot yet been
completely covered. A total sum of$82,-
000,000 marks has to be found to balance
tbe budget. The finance minister pro
poses to find 51,000,000 by loan and to
provide for tbe rest and for repayment by
levying additional contributions on the
Federal States. Twenty-one millions,
for instance, must be furnished by
Bavaria, 4,500,000 by Wurtemberg, as
much by Baden, and more than 0,000,
000 by Aisace-Loraine.
Prussia, whose contribution this year
was 38,000,000 marks, will-have to pay
54,000,000, although there is a deficit in her
budget of 30,500,000 marks. In point of
fact, ever since the constitution of the
empire the military and naval expendi
ture has been growing so rapidly and
steadily that ueitlier Germany nor
Prussia can make both ends meet, not
withstanding enormous increases in the
taxation, amounting in indirect taxes
alone to £4,000,000 within tbe last fuur
years, and in spite of constant augmenta
tions in the contributions of tbe Federal
States. The last of the Frencli indemnity
has been spent, as, for tbe first time, no
mention of interest on any balance of it
is made in the estimates.
Plenty op Cotton Still Behind.—
One of our most enterprising and success
ful wholesale merchants, who has just re
turned from an extensive tour through
southwest Georgia, reports that he made
it his special business to visit every giu
house on the lino of his route, and inva
riably found that some of tlie staple was
still awaiting transportation _wlieu tbe
roads again become passable. In several
instances, the amount of unmarketed cot
ton remaining on hand was considerable
The farmers were quite “blue” from the
continued bad weather, and so far bad
been able to make but little preparation
for another crop. There is time enough;
however.
Plow Stock on the Rise.—The Co
lumbus Enquirer-Sun reports a considera
ble advance iu that market m the price of
mules over that of tbe past year. Then
these long-eared and useful animals
brought from $75 to $150, according to
size and quality. Now from $75 to $200
is asked.
We can sec no reason for this enhanced
price, as the market is well supplied, aud
farming operations have been much re
tarded by tbe wetandunpropltions season
The trade of .the country, too, isexcep-
tionallyjdull for this period of tho year,and
there should be a shrinkage in lieu of in
crease in the cost of ^plantation stock and
implements.;
Too Complete a Conquest.—The
papers say the Cnilians have made their
conquest ot Peru altogether too complete
(or their own purposes, Inasmuch as it
leaves no Peruvian government which can
poesibly bind Peru to any treaty of peace.
Their first business in band wiil necessa
rily be tbe (ormation of a Peruvian gov
ernment for that purpose, just as Ger
many bad to virtually make and recog
nize a new government in France be
fore it could terminate tho Franco-Pros-
sian war.
Great Musical Treat.—We learn
that several of our citizens contemplate
attending six performances of Her Mqjes-
’s Opera Company, which will be given
tbe great Musical Hall at Cincinnati,
commencing February 21. The orchestra
will embrace 100 instruments and a mass
chorus of350 voices. It will be the grand
est sffiiir of the kind ever witnessed in
this country*
Ashes sre, for many soils, a standard
fertilizer. Pisces where a tree or a brash-
heap has been burned often show the ef
fects of tbe manuring for years. It is su
old saying, “The land never forgets
ashes.” ‘
Darien’s Lumber Trade.—We have
received from the office of the Gazelle the
ruual annual statement, compiled and
printed in a very neat style by the editor
of that journal. The number of feet ol
the various descriptions of lumber ex
ported in 1880 foots up the large figure of
85,771,873 feet, which was shipped in 250
bottoms.
Opposite to the Southampton Docks
England, in tbe Cannte road, is the Ca
nute hotel, which hears the inscription:
“Near this spot, A. D. 1028, Canute re
proved hls courtiers.”
The Tennessee Legislature has chosen
a woman as engrossing clerk. The sus
ceptible ball-headed members swear thst
the is the most engrossing cleric they ever
had.
Is This Simple REPUDUCANisM.-rhe
car in which Gen. Garfield will ride to
Washington in March bas been made at
Jeffersonville, Ind., at a cost of $17,000,
and everything in it, except the carpels
and some mahogany, holly and ebony
used in decoration, is the product or In
diana and it is tlie result of Indiana me
chanical skill.
Ike Cotton Worn Icvestaeation. I One Hundred Thousand Dollars
Prof. J. P. Stelle summarizes tbe labors Per day la reported by tbe business men
of tbe worm commission ms (ollows: of New York as the measure ot tbeir
As a few among the*mapy things that losses at this time from bad streets, bard
toientl^: teT ° qUMUOn “ ,y we ‘ ther * nd ,Mnffidcnt transportation.
1. That tbe moth producing the cotton Tbe J r c * n>t *hip then: orders or half of
worm hibernates in tbia country, aud them. The foreign steamers are off be-
therefore doca not come to us every year fore a fifth part of their freightage is de-
from the trepica, as has been maintained I it mr -i . , 6 ^ .
by many investigatora of the past. livered on the wharf. The complaints
2. That tbe first cotton worms appear tgftuut the city government and the street
in small numbers, much earlier thau has cleaning department are of tbe moat un-
been hitherto or is usually supposed, and sparing character; but it is evident that,
regions where the parent moth survives I factorily when tbe weather was good, tbeir
winter* failures are a great deal worse now. For
•AXS'tt/SSEd VSop” “““ C * DUOtthe forcesofnature,
which attracts the attention of the plant- They * re * * re4t de * ! 100 much for hIm *
er, and may be looked for early in May, A i® w degrees of cold or beat by the mer-
or even by tbe middle of April. While I cury—a little too much ram or wind—a
make on the leaves, which spots are a | the utmost power of millions of the hu-
aure Indication either that the worm is naan race; and it is no use grumbling
present, or that it has been, for these early I about it, but let tbe whole human race
Dy^ireneS 811 ^*^ entlreIy otf I frankly own up with old Dr. Watts in
4. That the eggs in early summer arc the h y m “» “What feeble worms are we I”
laid on the underside of the leaves, and Exactly so! That is a concise and true
very uniformly on the older leaves statement of the case. All New York, In-
£?« a jsssss ^
worms fead there for a few days, produo 18* 0ri0U5 company of tho millionaries and the Investment* Their paper has become
ing the spots above described, before as- nabobs, may fret and fume as much as ^ ue *nd gone to protest. Tbe conse-
ceuding to the more tender leaves. they please, but “a slieht sDell of weather” 1 uenco 18 that R»Is section some of the
5. That the parent moths, while fond of I nrvl , . * >e .. . j most piosperous merchants have gone to
all sorts of sweet exudations and ripe I ® ys diem * out > •J ust as if they were ] the wall or else have been crippled terri-
fruitsjobtaintbeirchiefnourishment^near' on ty common people. And though the bly this year. Upon a cash basis tbe
ly summer from the glands on tbe uuder- I newspapers may rail at tho corporation break would not at least have been so
side of these leaves and on tbe involucre, authorities thev all know the anthnrftiaa Sffeat* This has opened tbe eyes ot the
They suck up solid particles, and may be a ' . k “°7 aulJl0rities people, and next year will mike a new
killed by poisoning tbe sweets they feed ar * #s P° wer ess as themselves. era j U the history ot planters.
° D 8 That »ho „r hoii *“® * 1$0 l03t largely from bad The above Is more or less the expert-
rarely on the squares or tbe bolls, and the 1 ‘ SS fretted over il » but the weather Is too a t a preposterous rate of interest for meat,
young boll worms likewise feed upon the stro,, S* There is no remedy practicable, com, plantation implements aud house-
leaves iorsome days before entering the j unless we apply it leisurely and at long | hold supplies, lias been his greatest bane.
Cause of Southern Failures.
The Mississippi Valley Cotton Planters’
Association . in the Vicksburg meeting,
which was held on the 18th instant, pre
sented in tbe course of their proceedings
some of the philosophy of tbe failures
among Southern cotton merchants which
have recently attracted attention. The
following is an extract:
Some recent work has been advocating
loan agencies In the South, where
planters could, upon good security, obtain
money with which to raise crops upon a
cash basis, and not have to pay commis
sion merchants from 12 to 18 per cent.,
besides pledging their entire crops and
paying out nice little sums for handling.
The planters could afford to pay 7 or 8
per cent, for the money aud hire tbeir la
bor by tbe mouth. In one or two years a
good manager would not have to borrow
at all. Labor would be in a more set
tled state, and the laborer himself more
prosperous. This year has been very bad
for cotton, sad tbe crop in tbe Mississippi
valley is one-third short. Men who have
had to pay middlemen the ruinous rate of
interest have been unable to pay at all.
The laborer is in debt. Tbe planter is
encumbered with bills to meet, aud ha9
to meet them with a short crop. The
merchants who advanced heavily upon
the growing crop have not realized from
squares or the boll’s, and there may be de-I time and larce exneW *Tf u-n mniiT I ““ u , su<s ’ varsity of North Carolina. Displace,
staoyed by poisons as readily as the cotton ^ ^ If we 60 . Ibusiness on earth could be made to - y '
worm. j mar * £ l b° sloughy spots in our most-travel- I yield returns sufficiently remunerative to
7. That tlie cotton crop may be effectu- ed roads and treat l hem to deep and ex- co rer rates 0 f interest which run all the
ally protected by a seasonable application tensive drainage and macadamizing,perad- way Up from 25 to 75 per cent. And yet,
° b!°That the cojt of these poisons need I ™ a ! Ure Tf f as f ab,e ™ aci3 |“ I mau y farmers still continue the suicidal
not exceed one cent and a half per acre of sucb ' veat ler 43 we bave bad,but it would j policy of planting nearly all tbeir land in
cotton, exclusive of the cost of application, bo a work of time and to be done in good I cotton, to the neglect of provision crops
“^ThatThe ret n or e ?h« 0t h^ “Z’ M '° appUed 0a ^ ai > and the raW “3 of tbeir own meat. It is
aUAt I>U6 rot Ol lu6 DOlly SO COmmoQ I tlifiV will RPrvft hilt llfflA nnmnut n'l,* ] .. - , ,
in many seasons, Is produced by the boll r * ® Dut , , P ur P<we, The a matter for congratulation, however, that
worm, and I * orce8 °* nature only show us our impo- I some of them have seen the error of this
1°. That it may bo prevented by an ap- tence and are meant to do so. Work on course and are , therefore, beginning to
ply^rinkHugr^r^aothe^woriB'thaftlie I ^ 1° a „ COnditl ° n of ,obIolly * prosper substantially. Ills safe to say
poison which destroys the cotton worm I , WaS e * ev ® ry “ an R°wfeels the 1 that the sale or (Vestern corn and bacon in
also prevents the rot. importance of good roads, and lot our road this state has declined fuliy one-half witb-
Formostofour workers, say# Cotton, superintendents project for ihefuture. in the past five years. We long to chron-
tbe season has been an extremely unfa- . . „ ... . \ ., r .” ,
vorableoneon account of wet weather, on,, v — *p a * I lcle Ue fact that m>t one pint of the form-
nevertheless, the public will doubtless be Hew Tennessee Senator. I er, or a single pound of tbe latter can find
well satisfied with what they have done; The Tennessee Democratic papers are I a market In this heaven-blessed region.
themrelvesfowing^tothefaSthatinmau^ J I, eI , sa J Isdsd witb tbeir new Senator- Pay cash for everything, and raise your
localities they got upon the track of some- 1 ct ' Jacksoa was a flrm supporter of own “grub,” is tbe only true policy of out
thing witli fair promise of success, that on K a iley> aud would not consent to run un- agricultural friends,
account of bad weather and for want of tl!Bailey withdrew and urged him to be-I - < <
more time they were unable to reach, come a candidate. The Nashville Amer- I Effects of the Late Frost on the
exicnnlnating’fbe insect for "this country! ican •P** ka of Jackson as a man in many Sugar Cane—The Louisiana Sugar
aud of keeping it out by a careful guard- respects like Bailey—like him when he I Hotel, of the 10th instant, says: “Fortu-
mg of the importations. first came into political life, an unassum-1 nately, the bulk ot the csno crop bad
Up to last year we had no hopes what- lmr i aTT er like him mn,Icnt as a wnm«n been converted into sugar when last
ever in that direction; but our lVte expe- a 7f ’ “ ’ T „ “ a Woma "> week’s freeze came, so that iu any event
rience has quite (uliy convinced us that aut ** a - * 10n » and firm as a rock, j i^ e loss will not be heavy. In the Atta-
such a thing is entirely possible, and that, and like him, fresh from outspoken con- [ kapas parishes little cane was left stand-
with u season more favorable for invejti- victions. J >»g> but in Terrebonne and Lafourche
gations, or even with a few months more ToWmniiio c.iiMt«n n r. there was more, and ou tbe Mississippi
as it was, we should have worked out a - lelefirap , c di5patCJC3 of fcUdtation I river a greater percentage; however, as
means of entire extermination for this I * rorn many important points in Tennessee I the weather has continued cool, with lit-
couutry, aud entireprotectiou to the cotton 1 crowd the American of the 27tb. Mr. tie sunshine, no cane has as yet spoiled,
crop for the future. . Jackson was serenaded at Nashville, on and wo hope that tlie bulk of that frozen
Unfortunately for the people the com-1 th« ..«-!■» it.* ov,i. „„ i „„ will yet be saved without material loss,
mission was put upon its finishing work ' ° . 1 “' 1 *’ an ‘ m3d *' an eI °* I We see no reason to change our estimate
just oue year too soon, ass everything 11 uent speech m response. I uf tbe year’s crop, made at tbe beginning
indicates that the present year will be one The Chattanooga Times savs of the I of tlie grinding season, and still think it
in whicli the cotton worm will appear in s „.,„ tnr p i p „.. „w,. TbpVmi _ "ill reach 225,000 hogsheads, notwith-
imineuse numbers throughout the cotton I , elect . Mr. Jackson is a Demo- standing the Picayune’s assertion that,
belt. It will be what is termed tbe crat °* the decided State credit school, I tho crop has suffered a loss of 20 per
“climax” in tlie wave of appearance sitni- though that had nothing really to do in cent.”
lar to that of 1873. These appearances | the contest. He is a brainy, broad, forci-1 The writer has often demonstrated the
seem to come iu waves, as it were, as wo I. _ ’ „ " *”*-• j - .. ... .... . Hampshire, New York aud Vermont will
hare learned by a careful examination of b ^i*-character, we^11 preserved—a thorough nit of the aboie statement in southern eaclj Iosc ooa. Representative, while the
the history of tlie iusett since its first gentleman, & man who will command the j Georgia, when a sudden cold snap had
appearance in 1703. respect of all persons aud parties wherever j frost bitten the standing cane.
llie crest ot the lat-sst of these waves j 10 abides.” I If ground and boiled Into sugar or
ffi. rh0 Me “P bia Blanche says: “Judge syrup while in a frozen state and before
worm in 1871 corresponded almost exact- Howell E. Jackson’s election will strength- the thaw sets in, not the slightest injury
ly with the appearance in 1870, and the I eu the Democratic party by weakening I is sustained. But once thawed out, the
appearance 1 u 1872 corresponded equally j the repudiation faction. His election aiso juice sours and exudes from the stalks,
tkeyear preceding, "riiisfuf coura^leads S lves tbe P art y in lhh stale another lead- and it requires long continued boiling and
to the reasonable conclusion that 1881, nr without fear aud without reproach, and evaporation to produce even an interior
like 1873, will bo the “climax” or worst in tbe National Council a representative I grado of syrup. Sugar, under such con
• '’“a* - °( tlie visitation, and therefore should | 0 f W hom every Tennessean, be be Repub- ditions, is' impossible. The sour juice
licau or Democrat, high or low tax dc- j may be boiled iuto candy, but cannot be
liave been the year in which for the
United States entomological commission
made to granulate.
to have finished its workT But as it is, the | gree, may justly feel proud.”
couutry wiU receive a rich return for the
I A Military NATiox.-In France the I Mineral Wealth of Eastern Ala-
Texas, outside of the commission work', government has resolved to make trained bama.—There is a wealth of hidden and
that will be worth more to that State than soldiers from their very infancy, as it V13l bl e treasure all along the line of the
many times the amount of the appropria- were, of tho boys who attend the national -Alabama and Great Southern railroad
tiou, to-wit: an easy means of destroying | gcllool3# from Chattanooga to Birmingham, a dis-
Tho male pupils are organized Into hat-1 * a!ice ap miles. On the Lookout
“The Good Queen Bess.”—Strange I talions of six hundred, which iu turn are I Mountain side of the narrow valley
and perplexing contrasts of opinion divided into four companies each. through which the road runs is coal, and
abpund in the views expressed by eminent j Their equipment consists of a light n- I on tbe r ‘ght or Sand Hill side is iron,
fie with bayonet, belt, looso jacket or Ridi imitations °r this wealth may often
blouse, and striped trousers. They are > b° seen from tbe car window. The coal
Debt of Hew Orleans.
New Orleans is attempting to make
some settlement of her municipal debt
which amounts to $15,300,908 already
bonded, as reported at tbe close of 1880
besides $2,500,000 in judgments and ac
crued interest. The State constitution of
1879 limited taxation in tbe city to 10
mills, but tbe Louisiana Supreme Court
haa decided that the State bas no power to
impair the obligation of contracts, as they
are protected by the Federal constitution.
This opens the way for meeting the
expenses of tlie city government and the
interest on the debt, loo, and a syndicate
are trying to establish an underetanding
between tbe city and ita creditors.
It is a difficult task, for 40 per cent, of
the taxpayers are habitually delinquent,
and want the debt repudiated; tbe United
States courts are ordering the levy aud
collection of taxes to meet obligations
falling due, and the grand jury receotly
reported that “every charge, dependency
and work under public control has fallen
beneath tbe stroke of a fatal palsy, and,
what Is worse, of official incompetence
and malfeasance.” There is some talk of
shirking the burden, as Memphis has
done, by abolishing the municipal corpo
ration, but tbe better class of citizens are
bopeiul of reaching some permanent com
promise with (heir Creditors honorable to
tbe city and satisfactory to all.
Personal. We regret to learn from
tha Raleigh News and Obserter that Rev.
Dr. Skinner, the pastor of the Baptist
church in that city, has been summoned
to New York to the bedside of Lis son,
‘who is very ill. This is a disappoint
ment to the public, as the Doctor bad con
sented to deliver tbe annual address be
fore tho Alumni Association of the Uni-
however, will be filled by Hon. K. P.
Battle, the president of the university,
who will perform the duty gracefully and
well.
Steam and Water Power-Relative
Use in Cotton Mills.
Speaking to this point the Charleston
News and Courier, says:
The common idea is that cotton mills
cannot be run with sufficient cheapness,
except by water power. This is an error.
Water power has its disadvantages
iu the irregularity and uncertainty
of tbe supply of water. Steam
power does not vary, and work can
go on night and day without change
or stoppage. The United States census of
1S70 is conclusive on this point. At that
time there were 950 cotton mills in the
United States, and more thau half of the
looms were run by s'eani; tbe steam,
power of tbe mills was 47,117 bones, and
tlie water power only 99,191. In Great
Britain and Belaud in 1871 there were
2,483 cotton factories, and the steam
power was 300,480, and tbe water power
only 8,390. No more need be said on that
branch of tbe subject.
The South Under the Hew Appor
tionment.
The Philadelphia Record says: I!
Congress shall accept Mr. Cox’s appor
tionment bill as amended in the House
committee ou the census, tbe number of
Representatives will be increased from
203 to 311, or a little over six percent.;
which is not excessive considering that
the official count of the population of the
country has increased upward of 30 per
cent, since 1870. Upon the proposed ba
sis Arkansas, California, Georgia, Iowa,
Micbigau, Mississippi, Missouri, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia aud
West Virginia gain one each; Minnesota
and Nebraska gain two each; Kansas
gains three, aud Texas four. Maine, New
British historians with respect to tho in
tellectual attributes and physical charac
teristics ot Good Queen Bess. By one she I _ A
is described as a poetical genius of extra- drilled every week, and reviewed once a I
^SS^'^SSlSlXSSS. —• Vwouly-three youth,
iricious, and timid woman, at once stub- j between the ages of eleven aud thirteen
jorn aud passionate, avaricious and re- I years have been thus organized,
vengeful.^ But all the cbroniclers of Lliz-1 Georgia is doing about the same thing
is in seams or strata from one to twelve
feet in thickness, and exteuds back into
and apparently Ihrongh the mountain.
On the other side, the range seems to be
composed of iron ore alone, tbe hill being
_ , as bare as though tlie re was not even soil
at Athens, Dahlonega, Milledgeville, I enough tosupjxirt the shrubbery sufficient
Cutbbert, fibomasviile, etc. I to bide ita bleak and naked sides. All
This military feature in our schools I »Iong Use very n»d bed ore rich enough
state papers oy a wen-anowu aiuiqua- i j mt >roves the carriage aud Dbvsiaueof tbe 10 ? leId seventy-fivepounds of pig metal
riau, confirm the impression thst love of lm I*° vcs *" a f “ pby8 ' q , f tb 10 the hundred pounds orore Is so plentiful
finery was a leading trait or her Majesty’s y° un S men, cultivates an esprit du corps as to be gathered np by the wagon load,
character. In the year 1001, when she I among them, teaches them the proper use I the tou» the car load, or even the shipload,
had attained the ripe age or Oilier stock of arms in the school of the soldier, and H?
SffldSTcSftuSS!*102 n “Frend? C go" ? nJ” wlU f “ rn ‘ sh b ? nu . cleu . s of an 5mmen, « gathered and stacked along tho track, ac-
100 robes with trains and 07 without, 120 ““y ia tbe ° norei 3 n invasion, evenolt cording to tbe convenience of lanners,
“antique dresses,” 138 “bodies,” 125 tu- 13 also a manly pastime which is worthy I miners and others living along the line,
uics, 00 mantles, 85 peignoirs, 18 mantil- of all encouragement. Iplaces many'carload# thus collected sre
las, 13 aprons, 27 fans, and 9 pairs of gathered by trains sent from Cliattaneo-
slippers. Atlier death, two years later. | a Good Servant Gone The death • for y* PnT**** Between the schedule
abetb’s life and times are agreed that site
was uncommonly vain of her personal at
tractions, aud tbe recently published sta
tistics of her wardrobe, gathered from the
State papers by a well-known antiqna-
were found in her several wardrobes "and I Marry Stephens, tbe faithful colored
duly catalogued. Taking these figures friend and majordomo of Hon. ;A. H.
into consideration, it may well bo believed Stephens, is announced. He died at
"liberty Hall,” In Crawfordville, and Is
time of other trains these cars are filled,
| hauled and delivered at the blast furnaces,
thus making a profitable pursuit lor hun
dreds of people, and leaving ample room
for tbe employment of thousands mere.
pensively, if not the most becomingly, .. r , ’ . , , *
dressed woman of her day. I said to have left an estate valued at $20,-
'ooo. '
Sitting Bull Resumes his Seat.—
The great Sioux chief, Sitting Bull, foar-
Tjie Splendor of a Railroad j T1| e Washington correspondent «t the j ing, as he says, treachery on tha part of
Grandee.—The Cincinnati Enquirer I Chronicle and Sentinel pays the following I the American military, surrendered to
says: General Washburn’s costly private touching tribute to the memory of honest British authorities, and has been, or will
car has just reached its owner at Uinue- Harry . .fcaUy be turned over to tbe United
a *The middle panels of tho car are Harry originally belonged to the Gooeer states. M^or Ilges telegraphs as follows:
adorned with a fine vtew, elegantly | forajlyiand^ln 1850, ^wsGngwhMaaftar I «i think after I hare cleaned up every-
palnted, of a scene on the Dalles of tho Mr.Stephans.In 1843 Mr.(Stephans thlng i, erej a „a g^aii have forwarded all
St. Croix, and a view of Lake Minueton- bou H ht a little colored glri named EIiza, 0 f tbe prisoners to Buiord, we will have
bagged at least seven hundred of them,
and that Sitting Bull will have lost inter
est as an objective point for the operations
k - | who afterwards became Harry’s wife and
There is a dining room, a goneralsoclal ™tberofa numerous progeny. For
room, the president’s private room, a I more than thirty years Harry has been to I ^ u,,^
geueral wash room, a china closet, a wlno ^ Stephens a servant, a friend aad i I 0 f t h e army.”
closet, and a general parlor. | majordomo. No mother could have)
The president’s private room is finished watched over and nursed a child with |
m ebony and gold, aud is elaborately de- more tenderness, constancy and patience
slfrnpd and corceouslv decorated. Tha in- than Harry did hls old master and friend.
butternut, oak, aud holly. The carving between the two, sa\ e In the civic status
la vprv fiMirnte and elaborate I ef tlie colored man. He had been allow-
Tlie parlor is furnished with the most I ed to do as Uc pleased, as aslave; ho had tell them all he had learned in hls trip
costly upholstery and ebony. Tho car is |° uc ' 1 mo f° i be A l - v t ,“, a ^w “roundthe world. The New York jour-
r? 1 - - • • Si mt’. I did it ever enter into that noble mind, (or I . . „ „ *
-i. tn.t.nf tlmfr flinrn alinnlil ho a aover- I IialS OSSert it WOS all taffy that ll8 WOS
The “Great Mendicant” or the
Age.—General Grant’s laudation of the
New York -legislators was simply diagust-
He had been allow-| mg- An exchange says be undertook to
S b ,>one f with 0 iUfinbi. tonZre mid I ^1^ thS* tbero “should'“beT'sev^ I ««* “ ™ a » “‘“V ““ ne was
anrdlanenscfMt about S”003 * ’ J « lice of thc rcIat!on between him aud Mr. dosing them with, when saying that “the
P rho traction of the ear embraces Stephens. While life lasted both were Legislature of the Empire State, after
all^oftheTatestand bMt im^ovements— faithful to each other and to thc.nselv**, Co 8 aad lha British P.rlUm^t, was
Westiugbouseair brakes,Milderplatfon.., | «-Si-^oiUei body in tbe world,
Tlie 80,000,000 of Russia, tbe 400,000,000
of China, the 40,000,000 of Austria, the
42,000,000 of Germans, the 38,000,000 of
French, tbe 23,000,000 of Italians and the
inhabitants of other respectable nations
would call this a strong statement.
Baker Heaters etc I fore > tbo wblte man ’. ’S' 110 , llever « s P ect i !d
There Seeping accommodations for to survive his colored brother, mourns for
fourteen persons, and these appliances are him as David did for Jonathan
all hidden away and covered up wlfh
carvings and other decorations so as to
entirely elude discovery by a novice.
The car was designed by a Frenchman,
Haden.
ANew Daily in Eufaula.—In a pri
vate note received from our friend, J. D.
[Jlojle, Esq., recently of tlse Dawson
Weekly Journal, we Icaro, and take
Queen Maroabet, of Italy, went out p ] 0asllre j n announcing,thathe will short-
shopping In Rome for her Christmas pres- P“ „
ents, like any other good mamma. She I ly begin the publics ion of a paper at Eu-
was dressed plainly and accompanied by I faula, Ala.,to be called the Daily Bulletin. J civ jj ^ newspaper men.
the Marcliese Villamarina and iiis i£r. Hoyle was one of the best aud most ju- | «»»»--
The Queen was recognized more than . u Gl:oU press and A man named Sterling was hanged ia
t rineeroly .rust wiU mak*\ ’success of Youngstown, Ohio, in 1S77, for the mur
Christmas, her son and her three nephews, j,[ 3 new enterprise. We extend to him er of a young giri. He was convicted on
sons of the Duke d’Aosta. She took them tll(J , )lt i, am i pf foUowship, and gladly tlie evidence of a huckster, who a few
, ss!sx»>. aasasa I s* »<*“»»° ur
and enjoying their delight. list. 1 he was the murderer.
What is fame? asks the Philadelphia
American. Fame is tbe recult of being
confessed that
nineteen other Slates—Alabama, Colo
rado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida,
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New
Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Tennessee aud Wisconsin
—remain as they are.
This distribution ought to be satisfac
tory, since it makes less change in the
number of members of tbe House allotted
to tho various States than auy other reas
onable ratio that could he selected. Of
the eighteen additional representatives
tlie Southern States, including Missouri
and West Virginia, gain eleven, aud the
Northern and Western States tho other
seven. Should the bill pass in its present
shape tlie electoral vote will be 387-
This a good showing for a region which
has so recently been swept by the tempest
of war, losing hundreds of thousands of Its
population and billions of capital in money
and slaves. The Northern rads continue
to chew tbe end and knaw the die of bitter
disappointment at this unexpected result,
but they cannot help It; and every new
census but confirms the truth of tbe situa
tion.
Steel-Clad Ocean Steamships fob
American Lines.—There is, at this
time, an iuuneuse activity at tlie ship
building works on the Clyde, at Barrow-
on-Furness, on the Irish Sea, and at Birk
enhead, near Liverpool, in the construc
tion of ocean steamships for existing
American lines. The Cunard Company
are havug four new steamships built,
one of which, the Servia, is to be 8,500
tons and of 11,000 horse-power, and is
calculated to attain a speed of eighteen
knots per hour. Besides the Servia, they
are having built the Aurania, 7,000 tons and
8^00 horse-power; tho Pavonia, of 5,000
tons and 4,500 horse-power. The fourth
steamship is, as yet, unnamed, but it Is to
be 5,100 tons and 5,000 horse-power. Tbe
White Star lane bas also in course of con
struction on tbe Clyde a new .steamship
of not lass than 8,000 tons. At Barrow-
ou-Furaess several additions are making
to tbe fleet of the Anchor Line. TbeFur-
neseia is to bave a gross tonnage of 5,500,
and is to be of 4,000 horse power. There
Is also building at Barrow for the Inman
Line, tbe steamship City of Rome, of a
carrying power of 5,500 tons. Ail these
vessels are of steel, and are calculated for
high speed with comfort combined. There
are also many others of less tonnage 'tin
the stocks,all of steel, and all built for tbe
American trade, making altogether a car
rying power of between sixty thousand
and seventy thousand tons.
Nevada's Sparse Population, but
Great Politicar. Power.—It is now
seventeen years since Nevada was made a
State, yet the census of last year shows
that her population is only 02,265—an in
crease of less thau 20,000 since 1870. At
this growth she will not get the number
of inhabitants now required in other
States for a single Representative in Con
gress until 1920. Meanwhile ‘she casts
one vote in tbe House and two in tbe Sen
ate. New York with 5.0S3,173 inhabitants
has thirty-five votes in the two houses of
the National Legislature. Each vote bas
behind it 140,233 people. Each of
Nevada's three votes has behind it
only 20,755 people. An inhabitant of
Nevada may therefore be said to exercise
seven times as tuuen power in tbe busi
ness of legislating for tlie United States
as one inhabitant of New York. This is
a curious anomaly, but there is no reme
dy for it. Nevada is a sovereign State,
and her autonomy cannot be taken from
her without tbe consent of her people,
which is not likely to be given. Unfor
tunately, there is no prospect that the
State will increase its ratio ot decennial
growth. Her wealth is nearly all under
ground, and tbe great mining activity of
the last few years precludes the idea that
there exists on her territory any very im
portant amount of undiscovered mtneral
wealth which may attract additional pop
ulation when developed.—Globe-Demo
crat.
Popui.ak trial shows the worth of ev
ery article, and thirty-four years of con
st ant use bas proven the great efficacy of
Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup; it has co supe
rior.