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'SMhMiton.
RADICAL PRESSURE FOR NEW ELEC
TIONS IN LOUISIANA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA.
Senate Ready to Adjourn
Sine Die.
SENATOR ROBERTSON' OPPOSES
PATTKKSOJPS MOTION FOK A
NEW ELECTION’ IN SOETII
CAROLINA.
Washington, March 11. Simon
Cameroon. has formally vacated his
seat la the Senate. It is supposed
Hamlin wffl succeed him as Chair
man of the Com mitt eo on Foreign
Affairs. . ■ ■
Senator Patterson has submitted
to the President an elaborate plan
for new elections in South Carolina
and Louisiana, which he favors.
Attorney General Devens accorded
the Louisiana Republicans a pro
longed Interview. They seem well
satisfied with the result.
The pressure in favor of the new
election plan is becoming earnest
from the more Radicol Republicans.
It may be said Hayes is not commit
ted to it. He and his advisers are
reported as not seeing how it can be
done without Federal interference
more in discord with the spirit of the
inaugural than the use of bayonets.
Washington. March M.—ln the
Senate, Messrs. Anthony and Whyte
were appointed a committee to wait
on the President and inform him
that unless he might have some fur
ther communication to make, the
Senate would adjourn without delay.
Ex-Senator Robertson, of South
Carolina, accompanied by ex-Con
gressman Wallace, called on the
President to-nay, protesting against
Senator Patterson’s proposition for a
new election on the ground that the
substantial and industrial interests
of South Carolina would be material
ly damaged by such election. It was
further stated to the President that
none of the Republican members of
that State had been consulted on the
subject, and therefore it was in the
nature of an independent proposition
on the part of Senator Patterson,
stimulated perhaps by Gov. Cham
berlain..
Mr. Robertson stated tiie solution
of the South Carolina complications
could be accomplished by more
simpler means, namely, the with
drawal of troops from the State capi
tal, when the people themselves
wotiW adjust the difficulty.
The President received Messrs.
Robertson and Wallace courteously,
and as they are natives of the State,
said they would at all times be wel
come.
The Postmaster-General is so over
whelmed with letters of all sorts
that it is useless to attempt to reply
to any of them at present.
Five colored men from Virginia,
thirteen colored professors and in
structors from a Maryland semina
ry, two Baltimore delegations, one
headed by Ex-Postmaster Favor,
asked for tjje Baltimore Postmaster
ship, which the President has deci
ded to give to Gen. Tyler.
Nine colored men from North Car
olina asked the appoihtment of Col.
B. D. McLindsey as Commissioner
of Agriculture. The petition closes :
“For God’s saKe and the people’s
sake.lep it be necoirded in the history
of.the Government, one request we
asked was granted.”
The Senate committee appointed
to wait on the President reported
that the Senate in extra session would
not be required longer than Satur
day, or possibly Tuesday.
Adjourned to 12 to-morrow.
Nominations—Archibald M. Ilen
ghes, Attorney Middle District of
Tennessee. t * _ _• ■ •
Confirmations-A few Northern
postmasters'
It'fereporterHjlpat tendered
the'positfen"of Xsslstanf Secretarv of
the Inferior to ex-Senator Henderson
of MiaMnuL This is the Henderson
disniUsaias assistant counsel against
Babcock for reflections on the Whit*
House*. 1 ‘■ ‘ h
Visitors at the White 'House to
day: Senators Beck, Gordon, Burn
side and Jones.
By common consent the Senatorial
question from Louisiana goes over to
next session. ' ”■ 7,..
An extra session of Congress will
not be convened befirre about the Ist
of June, if at all.
The Commissioner of Internal
Revenue has issued a circular to
collectors in the South that the ordi-
nary means or collecting revenue in
portions of North Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama
and Tennessee have failed. He ad
vises collectors that the use of the
military should be avoided when
possible, and assigns three deputies
for each collection district. These
deputies are- specially designed to
suppress illicit manufacture of spirits
and tobacco.
The Cabinet meeting did not com
mence uutil half past nine. The
postponement is said to be attributed
to the abseuce of Everts, who had a
heavy retainer iu tlie Vanderbilt will
case.
The President’s Southern policy so
far has not yet ripened into any plan’
'newspaper men on the qUI vive.
Intense interest attaches to the
Cabinet to-night, but it is mostly ar
tificial.
Some twenty legitimate newspaper
men are on the qui vive, but none of
them have as yet their special “black
cat.”
NO DEFINITE SOUTHERN POLICY’ YET.
It is impossible that any definite
Southern plan can be adopted to
night, or that authentic details can
transpire. It is most likely that
some Civil Service devico will be
adopted whereby applicants for office
may be subjected to special tests
that no oue can bear. Every one will
fail and their places will go to favor
ed ones.
NKW HAMFASIIIRK.
CARRIED BY TIIE RADICAL**.
Portland, March 14.—The New
Hampshire Republicans claim that
State by 3,700 majority, and the
Second and Third Congressional
Districts. The Democrats claim the
Frst.
Portsmouth, N. H., March 14. —
Jones, Democrat, is re-elected to
Congress by a good majority from
the Ist District.
SOUTHERN ’STATE DEBTS.
A COMPROMISE PROPOSED ON THE BASIS
OK GO PER CENT.
New York, March 14.—The com
mittee consisting of George S. Coe,
J. D. Verinillye, B. B. Sherman, B.
R. Cornegys aud Enoch Pratt, who
at the recent meeting iu this city to
consider the adjustment of Southern
State debts were appointed a com
mittee to confer on the subject with
committees form several Southern
States, after conference with the
committee recently appointed by the
Legislature, of , has decided that
the following plan would be ah equi
table one for adjusting the debt of
that State. After adding all the
arrears of interest and the interest
to accrue up to July Ist, 1877, the
then aggregate amount of the State
debt would be readjusted by the is
sue of new bonds at the rate of 60
per cent, of the total amount.
For every sum of SI,OOO, then
due, new bonds should be given in
exchange and full settlement for
S6OO, or proportionate amounts. The
new bonds to bear interest at the
rate of six per centum per annum
from the Ist. of July 1877, payable
seini-annually in the city of New
York; the first payment of interest
to be made on Jan. Ist, 1877, and the
principal to be made payable in
New York 30 years from date.
The interest coupons to be received
by the State for all of the ttxes due
to it.
The committee think that the
bonds issued under the proposed ad
journment should be uniform in
forms and conditions of payment and
in their general appearance, aud
they also express the conviction that
the State will be able at an early day
to provide a fund however small,
in excess of the interest to be used
for the gradual extinguishment of
the debt.
PREIiBEM OF Tilt: ITOBM.
CAUTIONARY SIGNALS.
Washington, March 14.—Cautiona
ry signals are ordered for Cape
Hatteras. Kitty Hawk, Cape Henry,
Cape May, Atlantic City. Barnegat,
Sandy Hook, New York, New Haven,
New London, Newport, Wood’s Haie,
Boston, Thatcher’s Island, Portland,
Maine, and East Port.
The lower barometer that was off
the middle Atlantic coast is now ap
parently east of Nova Scotia, and the
pressure has risen, but fallen again
over the Middle and Eastern States,
preceding a storm, the . centre of
which is now over Lake Huron.
The barometer has failt-n some
what in the Southern and Gulf
States, but has risen west of the Mis
sissippi.
The Southern Fail Mull.
Washington, March 14.—A Balti
more dispatch says: Oh March 10th
the Atlantic Coast Line of railways
and connections between Richmond,
Va., and Montgomery, Ala., put into
effect a fast mail schedule, by which
the time between New York and New
Orleanso9-64 boors 95 minutes.
—♦ • “- U - *
The thing that is most distressing
to the Republican outs is that they
don’t know precisely, since the ap
pointments of Key atld Sohurz,
whether they are vassals or peers.—
Nashville American.
COLUMBUS, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1877.
NINTH DISTRICT OF UEOUGIA.
11. P. BELL ELECTED.
Atlanta, Ga., March 14. H. P.
Bell, Democrat, is elected to succeed
Senator B. H. Hill, from the Ninth
Georgia district.
l*an-Pre*l>y f< nan Council.
London, March 14.- A meeting was
held at Edinburgh yesterday to
| complete arrangements for the l’nn
! Presbyterian Council to be held from
July 2d to July 9th next. The ehair
i man stated that übout 200 delegates
were expected. America would
probably send tho full number allot
ted to her, including some of the
fno6t eminent men connected with
the church. Representatives are ex
j pected from tho Canadian, Austra
lian aud South African colonies, and
a large and influential body from the
Continent of Europe. The meeting
i resolved to raise $7,500 for expenses,
| and promised to do ail iu its power
| to promote the comfort of members
and the success of the Council. A
I committee was appointed to carry
[ out thes^leterminations.
TEI.KUII Al* 111 C Nl M M All Y.
Richmond, March 14. Tiie new
hotel at White Sulphur Springs,
known as the Peyton House, was
burned last midnight. Accidental,
from a line in tho kitchen. The
hotel was finished last June. Loss
$30,000, insured for $25,000, in Balti
more companies, part of tho furni
ture saved.
New York—A dispatch received
from Canada at police headquarters,
says a man supposed to be Kiug, an
active member of the Produce Ex
change eomtnited suicide.
Special Treasury agents seized this
morning, in a house on Rector street,
6.500 fine cigars, 28,000 cigarettes, and
a large quantity of fine leaf tobooco,
that had been smuggled.
THE EXTERN QUESTION.
THE TIMES DECLARES It ISSTA'S
PROPOSITION ACCEPTA BEE.
London, March 14. A Berlin dis
patch to the 'Times announces that
Germany, Italy, Austria and France
support Russia’s proposals.
The leading editorial of the Times
contains the following: It
may be truly said the crisis
of the Eastern question has
arrived. Never, during any
phase of the question has a more
important communication been ad
dressed by one State to another than
that of Gen. Ignatieff and Count
Schonvaloff have been tho interme
diaries. Tiie substance of it is that
if Great Britain and the other powers
will agree to maintain the
settlement insisted upon at the
conference, and to urge it upon
the Porte, Russia will be content to
act in accord with them, and will de
mobilize her army. This communi
cation is now under the serious con
sideration of the English Govern
ment. The terms aro considered
moderate by the powers, and if Rus
sia is contented with the settlement,
we can see no sufficient reason for
declining it.
WEATHER INDICATION’S.
War Department, 1
Office of Chief Signal Officer, >
Washington, March 15, 1877. )
For the South Atlantic States:
cooler, northwest winds, rising ba
rometer, and partly cloudy weather,
will prevail.
New York Bulletin 10.
Domestic Dry Uourtu Report.
Business has been slow as a rule
with the package houses, but begins
to show symptoms of returning ac
tivity. Southern jobbers have been
operating a little more freely in some
descriptions of goods, and reports
from the West indicate tuatjobbers’
stocks of cotton goods and prints are
gettiDg into good shape, tho best
evidence of which is seen in the in
creased number of orders coming
forward for re-assortments,
The jobbing trade has been moder
ately active with a few of the leading
houses, but general animation is still
lacking, and some hesitancy is
evinced by retailers in commencing
their operations, which, however,
cannot be much longer deferred. The
city jobbers have never before been
in such a good condition to do a
large spring business, as they have
am[ile stocks of goods bought before
the late advance in prices, which
favor the buyers.
WOOLEN GOODS.
Tnere has been a little more inqui
ry for spring woolens to-day from
out-of-town buyers, and the sales
from first hands by personal selec
tions and in the execution of orders
were somewhat larger than usual on
!Saturday. The aggregate business
of the week in men’s wear woolens
| was not as large as the week previous,
but of the most desirable styles of
spring eassimeres, all-wool suitings,
worsted coatings and cotton warp
worsteds the sales by agents were to
a fair amount, and tweeds, satinets
arid Kentucky jeans wreeaeh placed
in small lots to a moderate amount.
The distributions by jobbers were
less spirited than expected, and with
well assorted stocks awaiting a more
active trade with the interior, there
is an indisposition on the part of tiiis
class of buyers to make further addi
tion to their supplies by new pur
chases, until there are positive indi
cations of the probable wants of
dealers during the spring months.
On the whole, the prospects con
tinue favorable for a fair season’s
traffic, ami holders of attractive
sty les of spring woolens manifest but
little anxiety as to the net results of
t he current season’s trade.
STATE of trade.
From tin' N. Y. Bulletin, 13.1
Trade was fairly active throughout
the lust.week—much more active in
the country, however, wo judge by
our exchanges, than here in the city.
The rough weather on Thursday and
Friday was a drawback, and a par
j tial renewal of tho political excite
ment at Washington, about the Cub-
I inet, had more or lesaof an utiset
j t ling influence ; but in spite of these,
there would seem to have been busi
ness enougli at the leading commer
cial centres to support previously
expressed expectations of a progres
sively good trade with the advance
of spring. At Boston the improve
ment in tiie leading specialties, no
ticed for the past two or three weeks,
still holds good. The hardware
people are busy, as the
usual siiriug demand for ag
ricultural implements! has commen
ced. Jobbers are anticipating a
good healthy business. Heavy hard
ware has not yet shared quite equal
ly iu tho improvement, although
there is some change for tho better.
The boot and shoo business is also
progressing favorably. There are
not tnatty buyers iu the market, but
Western parties at home continue to
duplicate orders and urge their
speedy filling. Tho manufactories
are accordingly runuiug to their
.highest capacity where they have
large orders. The Globe says:
“Many leading houses of this city
look forward this year to a marked
renewal of prosperity. This opinion
is based upon reports of correspond
ents in various parts of the country.”
At, Chicago and throughout the
Northwest generally, the commer
cial movement is moderately brisk.
Orders from the interior for currency
have been fair for the past few days
showing an improvement over the
demand of the corresponding time
the week before. The demand for
dry goods continues quite active,
mail orders coming forward quite
freely, and for most other of the
leading staples the inquiry was good.
At St. Louis, the Republican speaks
of trade as moderately good, with
Hour, corn and provisions moving in
moderate quantites. At Louisville,
tho week was a quiet one, with a
hopeful feeling as to the future.
The same remarks are appli
cable to Memphis and Cincinnati. At
Kansas Qity, (M 0.,) a good deal of ac
tivity was noticeable in ail the lead
ing lines of general merchandise
trade during tho week. “Now that
the Presidential squabble is over, says
the Times there, ‘business men are in
clined to get right down to work,
and mail ordeis are pouring in free
ly from all parts of the country for
goods.” From Texas the reports are
not less encouraging. At Golveston,
according to the News, "business
tapered off to a fine point during the
last days of February, but March
opens better, and trade has improved
very materially in the last couple of
days.” At, Baltimore they token less
cheerful, view of the situation. The
peaceful settlement of the political
question has not. brought about a
sudden revival of trade,and there are
still some grumblers among business
men there. The Sun, however, con
soles them with the reminder that
stocks of staple articles are reduced
to vety low points, and must bo re
plenished in due time. “The pres
ent low prices ruling invite a more
liberal laying in of goods, and the
situation warrants a belief in bettor
times.”
The commercial movement in our
own markets has been, on the whole,
quiet, with business quite up to ex
pectations in some lines, and in oth
ers much below. Dry goods have
been less generally active than dur
ing the previous week, although in
leading makes of both cotton and
woolen fabrics there was a moderate
ly fair trade at steady prices. Groce
ries generally quiet; a scarcity of
desirable grades of coffee has restric
ted trade iu that article, and sales of
rice, molasses, sugar aud tea were
likewise small ; sugar was lower;
while muscovado molasses, being
scarce, was firm. Tea sold moder
ately at steady prices. East India
goods quiet. Fish trade very dull.
Drugs aud chemicals are a trifle
■better. Iron and metals quiet and
without any change indicating a bet
ter feeliug than prevailed at the
opening of the year. Hides active,
with prices lf)2e higher. Leather
somewhat firmer, in sympathy with
hides, but the volume of business
was not large. Tobacco quiet in all
kinds. Oils slow, with prices more
or less irregular. Provisions heavy
and lower all around, more especial
ly lard. Butter steadv and cheese
firm. Petroleum opened firmer, but
subsequently fell back into a quiet,
weak condition. Naval stores in bet
ter export demand, firmer. Wool
steady. Cotton quiet, demoralized
and decidedly lower, under full
stocks neglected by shippers and dis
couraging advices from abroad.
(iimmoitore VantlerlMilll’s Will
OBJECTIONS OK THE CONTESTANTS.
The objections to the admissions ol
the late Commodore Vandeibill’s will was
filled in the Surrogate’s Office Saturday.
Tiie objections allege that the paper of
lered tor probate is not the last testament
of Cornelius Vanderbilt, that Vender
derbilt did not sign it at all, or, if he did,
not in the presence of the attesting wit
nesses; that said witnesses did not sign
their names us witnesses in the presence
of each other. Contestants allege that
the said Cornelias Vanderbilt, deceased,
was not. at the time said first-named pa
j per writing purports to have been execu-
I ted of some mind or memory, or in any
respect capable of making a will or
making a codicil. That said papers, writ
ing, or either of them purporting to be
the will and codcil of, executed by Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, deceased, were obtain
ed and the execution thereof procured by
fraud and circumvention by William H.
Vanderbilt and by other persons un
known. That said papers, writing and
the execution thereof, if executed by
Cornelius Vanderbilt, were procured by
1 undue influence. It is also alleged that
j Cornelius Vanderbilt, at tbo time he is
i alleged to have executed tho will, was, by
| reason of delusion (menial and moral,)
mania, mental disorder, loss of absence
of natural affection and age, disqualified
to make any tesiamentary disposition of
bis property, or perform any testamenta
ry act or acts. — N. Y Bulletin.
Fine Wines, &c.
Sweet Catauba at $2.50 por gallon.
Port, Sherry, Sweet Malaga.
Cherry Brandy, Blackberry Brandy,
| Imported and Domestic Brandies.
Just received by
feb3 tf J. 11. Hamilton.
THIEVING BY EASTERN IMPORTERS.
MILLIUNN STOLE* I UOU THE
CIOVEH*MK.\T A\.\ TALLY.
Ciiu'iilh A lii’uihl and I,‘tiHtoin lluiibu Oltl
cinU “Nlund la."
Special Ditq>atoh to tho Globe-Democrat.]
Chicago, 111., March 10.—-If will be
remembered that that the Globe-Dem
ocrat contained a telegram from this
city a short time ago giving an ac
count of the discovery of fraud iu
the consular service of tho Govern
ment abroad, and the Custom House
service at home. The facts ns they
were then given by your correspon
dent came from the most trust
worthy sources, but as the guilt had
not been fastened upon any body by
the special agents engaged in work
ing up the cases, the matter appar
ently died out. It was then stated
that certain Importing merchants iu
New York and other cities oh the At
lantic seaboard were defrauding the
Government out of millions of dollars
annually by undervaluing the goods
imported. Charles H. Ham, Ap
praiser of this port, and a man well
versed iu revenue duties and laws,
put the amount of which the govern
ment, was defrauded at $25,000,000 an
nually. The merchants of the East
have been under suspicion for the
past five years, but the government
officers could do nothing toward
breaking up the ring, because parties
high in office opposed any iuterfer
euce with it. One of the principal
reasons why the importers escaped
was, that the American Consuls
abroad were “in with them,” and di
vided the spoils with them. The first
arrest made by the government, offi
cials bscame known to-day. This
afternoon Charles Finkler, a promi
nent business man of this city, was
arraigned before Commissioner Ho
gan on the charge of passing or at
tempting to pass fraudulent invoices
through the Custom House. Captain
Nevins, Special Inspector of the
Treasury Department, under Special
Agent Brackett, of New York,
worked the casa up. A. St. Clair
Boat, Assistant District Attorney, ap
peared for the Government, aud
Adolph Moses for the defendant.
The Government charged that Fink
ler had defrauded the United States
Revenue out of thespecie sum of $15,-
000 by undervaluing imported gooas;
the papers in tiie possession of Fink
ler clearly proved the fraud ; that he
used two invoices, one to show the
real cost of the goods to customers,
and the othershowing that the goods
were worth abuut one-half as much
as they really were worth. The lat
ter invoice ho turned over to the
Custom House officers for the pur
pose of deceiving them. The goods
were “Italian,” and were shipped
from Ausberg, Germany, by the firm
of Finkler & Sons. Capt. Nevins,
during tho proceedings, was subject
to a very close examination, and he
revealed some things far from com
plimentary to the Government offi
cials of this and other poits. He
said the passage of undervalued
goods, at a loss of from 25 to 50 per
cent, to the Government, had be
come a common occurrence. The
Government agents had their eyes
on numerous cases of the kind, all
of which would be made known at
the proper time. He intimated that
there were many of tiie best houses
in the largest American cities which
vvoul-4 bo overhauled before long.
He knew of cases where the Govern
ment had been chiseled out of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars.
HOW IT IS DONE.
The way in which the frauds were
committed was simple enough. A
fine point-lace shawl, for instauce, is
shipped from Paris. Its actual value
is S3OO or SSOO. It will come invoiced
to the American importer at its real
value; to the Custom House officials
it will be invoiced, in all probability,
as “imitation” lace, and billed at $25
or SSO. The attorney for Finkler
made a very weak defense, and the
case was continued until Monday,
the accused being held in bonds
of $5,000.
This arrest, the officials say, is but
tho commencement of a raid upon
American importers generally, but
particularly in the East. The best
ousines3 men in Chicago are anxious
to have the Government push the
investigation of these frauds, as it
will prevent the New York mer
chants from underselling them. Let
•ters from prominent St. Louis im
porters have been received here by
tho Government officials, asking
them to spare no pains towards fas
tening the guilt on the defrauders.
St. Louis and Chicago merchants
have not been able to compete with
New York and Boston men during
tiie past four years because of this
ring, and they are nowanxiou3to see
it broken up. It was expected this
evening that some Government
agents would bo examined, but the
bearing of their testimony, which
will, in all probability, be of an in
teresting character, was postponed
until Monday.
Much in l.lto
What is done at once is never for
goten.
Proud hearts and lofty mountain?
are always barren.
Had there never been a cloud there
had never been a rainbow.
Tiie veil which covers tho face of
futurity is woven by the hand of mer
cy.
The present, with its duties, and
the future with its hopes, aro all wo
have to do with.
Dean Swift says, I never wonder
to see men wicked, but I often won
der to see them ashamed.
When charity walks in tho lowest
places of want, we seethe beautiful
purity of her robes most, distinctly.
He who refuses to do justice to the
defenseless will often be found ma
king unreasonable concessions to the
powerful.
There is nota heart but has its mo
ments of longing, yearning for some
thing better, nobler, holier, than it
knows now.
Prosperity is redoubled to a good
man by his generous use of it. It is
reflected back upon him from every
one whom ho makes happy.
ship News.
New York, March 14.— Arrived: Bo
livia.
Arrived out: Joseph Clark, Gen. Lang
don, Kate Davenport, Parthta, Persim
mon, Aggie, Santoria, Ruth, Condarek,
Mathilde, Morning Star, Wurdstreamer,
Cecelia, Atlantic, Bell, Amazon, Caron
dslot,
WHEN HE WAN A BOY.
- ■— ■■■
From tbo N. Y. Olorvr.l
Apropos of his birthday, or ns the least
of his childhood, we give tho following:
In ah article on "The Historic Buildings
of America,” iu Potter’s American Month
ly for June, Dr. Lessing tolls a delightful
anneednte, introducing us to the early
boyhood of Washington and his friend,
Richard Henry Lee. The nnnecdote is
told in connection with an account of
Stratford House, the family seat of the
Lee family, and is us follows:
"It (Stialfort House) is only a mile
from the birthplace of Washington, and
stood in the midst of a highly cultivated
country, dotted with the mansions of peo
ple who formed a very refined society.
There Washington and Richard Henry
Lee undoubtedly often played together,
and within that mile between the dwell
ings was tbe sceue of tbe following cor
respondence when they were boys only
nine years old, there being only a few
weeks difference between their ages. Lit
tle Lee wrote:
“ 'Pa brought me two pretty books full
of pictures he got them in Alexandria
they have pictures of dogs and cats and
tigersand elefant ami ever so many pret
ty things cousin bids me send you one
of them, it has a picture of an elefant
and a little Indian boy on his back like
uncle jo’s sain pa says if I learn my task
good lie will let uncle jo bring me to see
you wifi you ask your mato let you come
too see me.
“Richard Henry Lee."
“To this note little Washington re
plied :’’
“ ‘Dear Dicky—l thank you very
much for the pretty picture book you
gave me. Sam asked me|.o show him the
pictures and 1 showed him all the pict
ures in it, and I read to him how the
tame Elephat took care ot the master’s
little boy, and put him on bis back aud
would not let anybody touch his master’s
son. I can read three or four pages
sometimes without missing a word. Ma
says I may go to see you aud stay all day
with you if it be not rainy. She says I
may ride my pony Hero if Uncle Ben will
go with me and lead Hero. I have a lit
tle piece of poetry about the picture book
you gave me but I mustn’t tell you who
wrote the poetry:
“G. W.’ compliments to It. H. I*.
Aud likes his book full well
Henceforth will count his friends.
Aud hopes many liappy days he may spend,*’
“Your good friend,
George Washington.”
“The ‘poetry’ was written, it is said,
by Sir. Howard, a gentleman who used
to visit at the house of Mrs. Washing
ton.”
The Wild Yak ot Northern Thibet.
This handsome beast is of extra
ordinary size and beauty, measuring,
when full grown, eleven feet iu
length, exclusive of its bushy tail,
which is three feet long. Its height
at tiie hump is six feet and the head
is adorned with ponderous horns.
The body is covered with thick black
hair, which in tho old males assumes
a chestnut color on the back and up
per parts of tbe sides. It roams in
unrestricted freedom among the in
hospitable wastes of northern Thibet;
but is found also further north.
Although endowed with an acute
sense ot smell, its sight and hearing
arc defective, and even on a clear
day, and on level ground it cannot
distiuguish a man at any great dis
tance ; but it will scent him to half a
mile windward. Wilkyak shooting
is a dangerous pastime, for when
wounded it will often attack its pur
surers. Such is the toughness of its
tiide and strength of its bone, that a
bullet aimed at the body very seldom
wounds mortally ; and one fired from
a first rate title fails to penetrate the
skull unless it hits the brainpan. If
it were not for its stupidity aud in
decision, Preievalsky says that it
would be a more formidable foe than
a tiger.
He describes his slaughter of one,
at which he and M. Pyltseff and one
of his Cossacks fired volley after
volley with their rifles, aud although
he frequently fell, he rose and
charged them until ho stopped, and
it was then too dark to continue the
lire. Next morning they found him
dead, with thirteen bullets in his
body ttDd three in bis head—one
having fractured the skull. On ex
amining the body of another yak
which he killed, he found that seven
bullets had lodged in his chest, and
stuck there like a row of buttons.
And yet the brute kept charging
until he fell dead ! Tiie Mongols are
terribly afraid of the wild yak ; but
their gluttony sometimes overcomes
their fears, and for the sake of its
oeef they go out in parties of ten and
deliver a volley from their match
locks, while safely hidden in some
ambush. We need not dwell upon
the extreme usefulness of the yak
when domesticated. Next to the
camel, it is “the ship of the desert;”
and, indeed, surpasses that animal
as a beast or burden in high latitudes,
for the camel cannot climb precipi
tous passes where the yak is quite at
home.— Blackwood’s Magazine.
GERMANY MENACING FRANCK.
THE NEW FRENCH FORTIFICATIONS THE
BASIS OF A DEMAND.
London, March 10. —The Evening
Standard publishes a special telegram
from Paris, in which its correspondent
says: "Information of tho gravest kiud
reaches me from a well-informed source.
I think it very doubtful that tbe Gov
ernment will allow it to be transmitted by
telegraph, and therefore send it by post.
The German Government has assumed
an attitude towards France which is cal
culated to cause serious uneasiness as to
the maintenance of peace. Tbe German
Government lias been consistent in their
manifestations of ill will. First came
thjeir refusal to take part in the Exhibi
tion Of 1878; next, the attack of the Ger
man press against France, and now I un
stand that the Cabinet at Berlin have in
timated to France that they regarded the
construction of a second line of fortresses
as a hostile step. The second line ot
fortresses was intended to create an arti
ficial frontier line between Germany and
France, without which the latter country
is open to invasion- This pre-tension on
the part of the Berlin Cabinet is simply
monstrous. The French have as good a
right to fortify Arras, Verdun, Bessancon
and the Plateau of Langres as the Ger
mans have to increuse the fortification of
Mayente, Strasburg and Metz, and to fhr
tify the Vosges. The French Govern
ment has, I understand, complied, par
tially, at least, with the demands of Ger
many, and has undertaken not to con
tinue the fortifications of Arras, but it is
feared fresh concessions will lead to fresh
exigencies und that these will be carried
solar that Frunce will, in self-defense,
have to say no and bid the Germans do
their worst.”
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE DAILY TIMES.
M O \ KY AMD NTOrKN.
LONDON. March 14.—Noou—CouhoU 96 6-16
for money, 90 7-16 for account. Erie 7%\ Street
rate 1% and 2. Bank rate 2.
1:30*. M.—Conaol* 90’,' for money, 96% for
account.
2:00 p, m.—Consul* 98 7-16 for money, 98 9-19
for a< fount.
4:00 p. k( —Oonaols 90 9-16.
PARIS, March J4.—1:30 r. at.—Kenton 1071. and
40c.
3:oo—Rentes Jo7f. and 60c.
4:00 p. m.—Kenteii 107 and 80c.
NEW YORK, March 14.—Noon—Gold opened
104*. ■ ;
NEW YORK, March 14.—Noon— Stock* active
and irregular; iu"n**y 2; gold 4 % ; exchange, long,
4.84%; short 4 Hit; Govuramenta ahade lower;
State bonds steady.
NEW YORK, March 14. Evening Money
•any at 2(q,'2%; storting quiet at 4,U;; gold quiet
at 4 4 i(<jDV: GovsrumeuU dull and steady—new
D'h 9V; States qniet aud nominal.
COTTOK.
LIVERPOOL, March 14.—Noon—Cotton dull
andcanier: middling uplands 6\d, Orleans 6
9-1 Oil, sales 8,000, speculation and export 1000,
receipts 39,000; American 38.000.
Futures 1-lGd cheaper than last night's closing
prices; uplands, low middling clause, March aud
April delivery, 6 ft-16@9-82d; April and May 6\'
(fi: 11-32d; May and June 6>4<c015-32d; June and
July 6 17-32d; July and Auguat 6’id; shipped
February and March per sail 6 7-lfd; May and
June delivery 6 7-16d; July and August 6 19-S’Jd;
shipped February and March per sail 6 13-32<1.
1:30 p. m.— Uplands, low middling danse,
March aud April delivery 6 ! . t '<a>9-32d.
1:45 r. m.—Uplands, low middling clause, ship
ped February and March per sail tD,d.
2:30 r. m.—Uplands, low middling clause, July
and August delivery 6 9-10d.
Sales American 6,300.
4:30 r. m. —Uplands, low middling clause; June
and July delivery shipped February and
March per sail 6 11-32d, 6,‘,d.
6:00 r. m.—Futures quiet, uplands, low mid
dling clause, May aud June delivery 6 13-16d.
NEW YORK. March 14.—Noon —Cotton quiet j
uplands 11 15-16; Orleans 12 1-16; sales 1129.
Futures opened weak, as follows: March
11.80®.84; April 11.84®.86j May 11.99® 12.01;
Juno 12.13(g . 14; July 12.23^.23.
NEW YORK, March 14. - Evening Cotton
quiet; middling uplands ll’i; sales 695; net re
ceipts 485; gross 4623.
Consolidated net receipts 30,257; exports to
Great Britain 6100; to France 6684; to Continent
8183; to channel .
Futures closed barely steady; sales 104,000;
March 11.750.78; April 11.770.79; May
June July August 12.20
.21 ;Beptem her 12(vl2.0l; October 11.76<g77;
November December 11.65<$ 67.
GALVERTON, March 14.—Cotton dull; mid
dling 11 s £; ne t receipts 811; sales 643; exports
to Great Britain 3641; coastwise 623.
NORFOLK, March 14.—Evening—Cotton dull;
middlings 11 v 4 '(§>'; net receipts 956; sales 50;
exports coastwise 663.
BALTIMORE, March 14.—Evening Cotton
dull; middling 12; net receipts —. gross 17; sales
276; spinners —; exports to Great Britain 107;
coastwise 105.
BOSTON, March 14.—Evening—Cotton quiet;
middling 12net receipts 244; gross 244; ex
ports to Great Britaiu 616.
WILMINGTON, March 14.—Evemug —Cetton
dull and nominal; middling 11%'; net receipts 83;
•ales —; spinners —; exports to France —,
coastwise 390.
PHILADELPHIA, March 14.—Evening—Cotton
firm; middling 12% ; net receipts 487; gross 1325;
sales to spinners 759; exports to Great Britain —.
SAVANNAH. March 14.—Evening —Cotton
easy; middling 11#; net receipts 265; gross 270;
sales 1550; exports to Great Britain 7481 to conti
nent lb&0; coastwise —.
NEW ORLEANS. March 14.—Evening—Cotton
dull; middling low middling 11; good or
dinary 10%, net receipts 2724; gross 2824; sales
2000. exports to Great Britain —;to Continent —;
to France —; coastwise —.
MOBILE, March 14 —Cotton weak aud irregu
lar; middling 10%($il; net receipts 454; sales
1000; exports to Great Britain —; Coutlnst —,
to France —; coastwise 101.
MEMPHIS, March 14.—Evening—Cotton qniet;
middling 11 %*, rocelpts 335; shipments 107; sales
700.
AUGUSTA. March 14.—Cotton quiet and easy;
middling 11 >4; receipts 206; sales 314.
CHARLESTON. March 14.—Evening —Cotten
easy; middlings 1 net receipts 378; sales
500; exports to Great Britain—; to France 900;
coastwise —.
PMO VISIONS. At.
NEW YORK, March 14.—Noon- Flour quiet
aud unchanged. Wheat dull and declining, corn
quiet and heavy. Pork firm at Lard
firm,steam $9.55@60. Freights quiet.
NEW YORK, March 14. Evening Flour
qniet; prices unchanged; demaud mainly for
immediate wants of local trade, at $5.80(®56.7&,
Southern flour steady; common to fair extra
$6.80@58.50; good to choice do.
Wheat dull, millers out of market, limited ex
port demand. No, 2. red Western, $1.40, white
Western $1.61. Corn shade easier; only very
moderate business for export and home use;
ungraded Western mixed old Western
mixed afloat 68 %, yellow Southern on dock 66>4;
white do., 68&59. Oats rather more steady;
mixed Western aud State 60. Coffee, Rio, quiet—
cargoes. 17(>21 for gold job lots, 17%@22 for
gold. Sugar very dull and heavy; 8%@9 for
fair to good refining, refined quiet at 10%; IJ,' 4
for standard A, granulated 11%®%, 11%
for powdered aud crushed. Molasses—refining
stock dull and heavy, grocery grades quiet; N.
0., 40®66. Rico steady, moderate business;
Carolina 6%®6%, Louisiana 4%@6%. Pork
opened firmer, closed dull; new mess, sl4 50®75.
Lard opened firmer, closed heavy aud lower,
prime steam closing $9.55. Whiskey steady at
7%. Freights steady.
CINCINNATI, March 14.—Evening Flour
firmer, not quotably higher; family $6.60®56.80;
superfine fall $5.25® 60, extra $6.76®56.15,
double extra do. $6.35®50, treble extra do.
$5 60. Wheat stronger; red $1.46@1.56. Corn
In fair demand firm at 41®4$. Oats dull at 35®
39. Rye strong Mid higher at 72®74. Barley
dull aud heavy, fall 69®80. Pork strong at
$14.25®,50, Lard in fair demand, and higher,
steam $9.12%® 15, kettle slo.oo® $lO 50. Bulk
meats active and higher—s%, 7%®7%, and 7%,
for .boulders, clear rib ad Bacon strong
aud bigber—nd B*. for .boulders,
clear rib and clear etdee. Whiakey irregular, ac
tlve and higher atS@t. Butter steady; Western
reserve 24@2f1, Central Ohio 20(0)28.
ST. LOUIS, March 14.—Evening—Flour active
firm for supers and extras; superfine faH J6.26@
*6.15; extra do., so.oo@*jk4o; double extra
do., $C.50(e6.75, treble extrtf do., *6.86@57.00.
Wheat firmer and active; ho. 2. red
bid, No. 3. do., $1.41 bid. Corn quiet; No. 2.
mixed Oats firm and inactive; No. 2,
Hf >4. Rye steady and firm at 64H. Barley Inac
tive, atrlctly prime to choice Minnesota 86@90.
Whiakey quiet at 4. Pork firmer, at *l4 20.
Lard dull and nominal at *q. Bulk meat, firmer
_4 y. and 1%. for nhouldera and clear rib aldea.
Bacon quiet at SJf, B.q and *q for ahouldera,
clear rib and clear aide,.
LOUIHV.LLE, March 14.—Flour qniet, extra
(5 75(2*6.00. Wheat firmer, not higher; red
$1.50, amber $1.55, white *l.M!@s6. Corn dull.
No. 1, white 42. mixed 41. Rye In fair demand
at 75. Oats cull—No. 1, white *2. mixed 41.
Pork unsettled at $14.50. Bulk meat, dull and
nominal—sJ,',7>i, and 7X, for ahouldera, clear rib
and clear aides, bacon unsettled—#q, Bq, and
8J„ for ahouldera, clear rib and clear aide#.
Hugar-cured bam, tteady at liq@l2q. Lard
nominal, tierce 10q, keg 11. Whiakey qniet at
106. Bagging quiet at 1201(318.
BALTIMORE.March 14.—Oata .teady and firm.
Southern prime 41(344. Rye active at 7*#7B.
Provisions nominal, jobbing lots moderately ac
tive and lower. Pork $ 15.60®$ 16.00. Bacon—
shoulders clear rib 9*®%- Haros 13#
14%. Lard.refined 10%. < offer steady and firm,
J0b517%®22. Whiskey nominal at 9. Sugar
quiet and lower At 11%. ‘
Tike invention of the telephone in its
original shape is claimed for M. Dela
cour, the sub-director of the Danish Mete
orological Institute,who has been carrying
on a variety of experiments with it for
manv years, his purpose being to perfect
a “phono-telegraphic” system of practi
cal utility. The results of bis investiga
tions were displayed a few weeks ago to
a company of, electricians and members
of (he Danish Parliament. AI. Delacour’s
system is founded on the application of
vibrating currents, tuning forks of the
same number of vibrations per second
being brought within the influence of the
current at both ends of the wire.
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