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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from Telegrams of Accompanying Dates.
Wednesday, January 7. A Havana
telegram . nays the Hume Government baa
granted, without restriction, the extraordinary
power demanded by Captain General Jovol
lar....It la said to be the opinion, In official
and diplomatic circles In Washington, that
the Spanish Republic Is practical
ly ended James C Ilustcd,
Republican, has been elected Speaker of the
New York Assembly.... In the Minnesota
Ilouso of Representatives, the Vote for
Speaker was: A. R. Hull, Republican, 5.1;
Johh Davidson, Opposition, 49.... The Ohio
House of Representatives has chosen Geo. L
Converse as Speaker. Tho.rer.olutions to cen
sure Congress for passing the Salary grab act,
were reported back to the House so as to Include
president Graut for not vetoing the bill. The
Republicans sought to get a division of the
question, so as to vote first on censuring Con
gress, and In their failure to do this, voted
solidly againBt all the resolutions. They were
adopted by a unanimous Democratic vote.,
The Supreme Court of Texas has decided
that the law under which the late election in
that Stote was held Is unconstitutional. This
law directed the polls to be kept open but one
day, in contradiction of the provisions of the
Constitution, which requires them to be open
for four days. Under this decision, the sit
ting State olllccrs hold over till the Legislature
orders a new election.
Thursday, January 8. A storm of
great severity baa been prevailing throughout
the East, extending far into the South, aimost
totally cutting off all telegraphic communica
tion with New York and Washington.
A Cincinnati dispatch says the force
of the great storm seemed to have
centered about In that parallel and one
hundred miles cast of there. At Co
lumbus, Ohio, tho storm prostrated all the
telegraph lines leading from the city except
one. The sidewulks in all parts of tho city
were covered with branches of trees broken
down by the weight of ice collected on them ....
An Increase of freight rates from Chicago to
the East has been decided upon by a confer
ence of railroad men held at New York. ...Two
men named McEwan and Smith, of Bay City,
Mich., who had been afloat on a cake of ice
since the 31st ult., have drifted ashore at
Fineoning. They were both alive when res
cued, but were very much exhausted and
could not talk much, to give particulars.
They hud been afloat for six days and nights,
without anything to cat except a smull piece
of raw fish. A party of six persons left
Alabaster on the 4th, In a fishing
bout, to rescue Smith and McEwan,
and it is feared they have all been lost
as the boat has been found capsized in the
water, six rods from shore, near Whitestone
Point.... A resolution has been adopted bv
the Illinois Legislature " That we emphatical
ly condemn tho law passed by the
Forty-second Congress increasing the
pay of members of Congress and
other officers of the Government, aud in
struct our Senators and respectfully request
our Representatives !n Congress to use their
best eudeuvors to secure the unconditional
repeal of said law; and we hereby declare
our conviction that the Constitution of
the United States should be so amend
ed as to prevent any future Congress
from increasing the pay of its own members;
and we hereby express our earnest request that
Immediate measures be Instituted by Congress
to secure this end.". ...The Grand Jury of
Chicago have indicted David A. Gage, ex
Treasurer of the city, fo the crimes of per
jury and failure to pay to his successor funds
belonging to the city.
Friday, January 9. The Bank of En
gland has fixed its rate of discount at four
per cent.. ..A Madrid dispatch states thatSenor
Ruiz, the Minister of the Interior, has is-ued
a circular to the provincial authorities stating
that the principal object of the Government is
to re-establish order and show its compatibility
with the Republic and liberty. To secure this
object it will employ the most energetic meas
ures. The InipiUuliad newspaper has been
seized by Government officials, and Generals
Hidalgo and Rapall have been placed uuder ar
rest. The province of Valencia bad been de
clared in a state of siege. Castelar has re
jected the overtures of Figueras, Salmerou
and Pi y Margall, asking him to co-operate
with them in reorganizing the Federal Repub
licans.... At the written request of Attorney
General Williams, President Grant has with
drawn the nomination of the former to the
Chief-Justiceship. Mr. Williams will, there
fore, remain in office as Attorney-General
The Massachusetts Legislature has re-elected
its old officers. In his Message, the Governor
represents the commercial and indus
trial interests of the State to be
in a prosperous condition.... The New Hamp
shire Democratic Conveutiou has nominated
James A. Weston for Governor.... The bail
required of ex-Treasurer Gage, of Chicago, for
his appearance for trial on the charges of
perjury aud failure to pay over, on demand,
funds belonging to the city, amounts to $110,
000.. His friends promptly furnished the
security.
Saturday, January 10. The Spanish
Ministry have Issued a long manifest, ad
dressed to the nation, declaring their objects
to be Identical with those of the revolution of
1868. A decree has been promulgated dissolv
ing the Cortes, and announcing that elections
for the new body will be held as soon as order is
rendered secure, and freedom and universal suf
frage are unhindered. A decree has also been
issuid, culling out the entire reserve of 1874 for
active service. The suppressed Carlist jour
nals have been permitted to resume on certain
conditions.... In the French Assembly, amo
tion to postpone the hill concerning the nomi
nation of Mayors, after a violent debate, was
carried against the Government by a majority
of forty-two votes. The Cahiuet afterward
tendered their resignation in consequence of
the absence from the Assembly of a large
number of their supporters, which resulted in
the defeat of the Government. : President
MucMuhon begged the Ministers not to retire,
but to await a vote of confidence The
President has nominated the Hon. Caleb
Cushing to be Chief-Justice of the United
States Supreme Court..., The recent Dem
ocratic State Convention of New Hamp
shire adopted resolutions declaring
that the people of the Stute have the sole and
exclusive right of govereuing themselves as a
free, sovereign, independent State; urging re
trenchment, reform, and economy In the ex
penditures of the National aud State govern
ments; denouncing all unjust and unequal sys
tems of taxation; condemning land grunts to
corporations; regretting that the veto power
has never been used by President Grunt
for the protection of the rights of the people;
offering an adherence to the Cincinnati and
Baltimore platforms of 1872; declaring that
the present National Administration bus just
ly brought upon Itself condemnation and the
contempt of the American people; demanding
a repeal of the Salary act, and declaring that
they will not support any man for office who
voted for that bill, or who is not in favor of
Its repeal; opposing all monopolies which
operate for the benefit of privileged persons
or classes; recognizing the grievances of
which farmers and other producing classes
complain; approving of a judicious license
law, and extcudiug "hearty congratulations
to their brethren of the West for tho signal
Victories which they have achieved lu behalf
of the honest and equal administration of the
Government.".... A majority of the In
diana Supreme Court have decid
ed unconstitutional the 9th section
of the Buxtcr Temperance law, undur which a
person may be fined for Intoxication, and also
be compelled to divulge where he obtained his
liquor.... Helena, Montana, has been sadly
devastated by lire, a largo portion of
the place belug destroyed.... The Illinois
Legislature has passed a jolut resolu
tion recommending the Immediate aud
unconditional repeal of the Baukrupt law....
The Missouri House of Representative bos
passed a resolution 103 to 14 condemning iu
severe terms the Piesldeut aud every member
of the Forty sccoud Congress who voted for
or took buck pay, aud declaring that no Dem
ocrat who had engaged In It should be ele
vated to any office of trust or profit.
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PElUiYSBURG, WOOD CO., OHIO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1G, 1874.
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Monday, January 12. Henry W. Genet,
the fugitive from Now York, has been acen
In Belfast, Ireland. Ho was not arrested, as
tho offense for which he was convicted does
not come under tho extradition treaty.... DIs,
patches from Madrid report that 8crrano will
not convoke the Cortes for twelve months.
Ho will bend all his energies to tho
suppression of tho insurrection and to
the tranquillzation of the country, and not un
til these tasks are accomplished will he sum.
mon the Legislature.... Tho recent New
Hampshire Republican State Convention tioni
inated General Luther McCutchlns, of New
London, for Governor, and Dr. G. R. Conn, of
Concord, for Railroad Commissioner. The
resolutions condemn the want of fidelity which
has characterized a few of those whom the
party has trusted with place and power; con
demn and "cull upon our Senators and Reprc
sentatlves to vote for the unconditional lepeal
of the so-called Salary act xf the Forty,
second Congress;" and also that those who
have profited by tho back pay voted by the
Forty-second Congress shall return the
amount to the Government; protesting
against any revival of the abuses of
the franking privilege, and that "we will hail
the day wheu free pusses, favoritism, aud all
unjust discrimination shall be eliminated
from railway management, and a correspond
ing reduction made iu fares and In freights to
the whole people;" deprecating the grow ing
tendency to special legislutioj as a prolific
source of abuse, consuming time which
Bhould be devoted to general business and
tending to prodigality, corruption, and the air
grundizcincnt of Individual and corporate mo
nopolies at the expense of the people, etc.
.A State Grange of the Patrons of Hus
bandry was recently held at Hurrisburg, Pa.,
and Deputies were appointed to establish sub
ordinate Granges.... Nine thout-atid miners in
tho Pottsville (Pa.) coal region arc on a strike.
aud all the large operators in that section have
suspended work.... George M. How has been
chosen President of the Chicago Board of
Trade The Indiana Stute Fair is to be helfl ut
Indianapolis, beginuiug September 7 The
total loss by the icceut fire at Helena,
Montana, is estimated ut ($50,000 The
MeEuery Legislature at New Orleans
has adopted a resolution authorizing all mem
bers who may sec fit to do so to absent them
selves until such time as the Legislature shall
not be prevented by Federal authority from
proceeding with Its legitimate business
Isaac M. Mason is the newly-elected President
of the Board of Trade of St. Louis.
Tuesday, January 13. Returns re
ceived from the elections for the German
Reichstag arc largely In favor of the National
Liberal party, especially in Bavaria, Wurtcm-
burg and Baden.... In the French As
sembly, on the 12th, after a long and
violent debate, a vote of confidence in
the Government was adopted by a
majority of 58 President Grant telegraphed
as follows, under dato of the 12th, to Gover
nor Davis, of Texas: " Your dispatches and
letters, reciting the action of the Supreme
Court of Texas, iu declaring the late election
unconstitutional, and asking for the
use of troops to prevent an apprehended vio
lence, arc received. Tho call Is not mude la
accordance with tho Constitution of the
United States aud the acts of Congress under
it, and cannot, therefore, be grunted. The
acts of the Legislature of Texasprovldlng for
the recent elections have received your ap
proval, and both political parties having
made nominations and having conducted the
political campaign under its provisions, would
not be prudent as well as right to yield to
the verdict of tho people as expressed by their
ballotsV" Hon. William Alien, Govcinor-
elect of Ohio, and the other Stute
officers-elect, were inaugurated at
Columbus on the 12th. There
was a large concourse of people In attend
ance.... The New Orleans Eneninif Timet says
dispatch had been received in that city from
Attorney-General Williams, in which he gives
as his decided opiuion that Congress will
not order a new election for Louisiana.
FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Tuesday, January 6. Senate A bill
for free banking was taken from the table and re
ferred to the Finance Committee.. ..A resolntion
Instructing the Finance Committee to report a bill
abolishing the office of Commissioner of Internal
itcveuue, and to piovine Tor me collection or tuxes
by Slates, was indefinitely postponed. ..The
House Joint resolution authorizing Edward Young
accept a present from the Emperor of Russia
was Dassed....A hill was introduced and referred
authorizing the President of the Untied States to re-
lies i the Kcpuhllc or liaytl to luuemuiry Autouta
'elliticr fur his inmrisoninent. simliuiion and
damages, amounting loil;l.S 0. .. The bill to re
peal the increased Salary set was further delisted,
Mr. Carpt-ntersiatlng that be intcuded to vote for
lha repeal, noi because be thought the increased
pay excessive or unjust, but because its repeal was
deniauded by the people. Messrs. Cunkliiig and
Kilinuuds would vole lor and Mr. Flanagan (Tex
as) would vote against the repeal.. ..Executive ses
sion aud adjournment. ,
llome. A bill was Introduced and re
ferred for the construction of ship canals around
Niagara Fulls and at the mouth of the .Mississippi.
...A Jolut resolution was introduced and referred
reciting that well authenticated reports stated
that in certain localities of the 801116 the people
were in a condition of starvation, owing to the
failure of their crops, and directing the Hecrutary of
War to issue army rations in such quantities as
might he required. .. .A resolution of the Virginia
Legislature protesting against the passage of the
Supplementary Civil Kighis bill was read and re
ferred. ...A lengthy debate was hart on l he Sup
plementary Civil Kighis bill. Ihe principal speeeh
being by Mr. Elliot (colored) of Soulh Carolina,
who advocated the passage of the bill. Ilia
speech is reported to have been very eloquent and
was listened to with marked interest and attention
members on both sides of the House and by
crowded galleries, and at its close he was very
generally and loudly applauded.... The Naval Ap
propriation hill, appropria ing lti.500,S tf, was re
ported aud made the special order for the 15th....
Adjourued.
Thursday, January 8. Senate. Sev
eral petitions were presented. ...Messages were
received from the President, withdrawing the
names of Geo. II. Williams to be Chief Justice,
and Colonel Bristow to be Attorney -General.... A
hill was introduced and referred for the relief of
the University of the Slate of Minnesota. .. .The
bill U repeal Ihe Increased Salary act was taken
up aud amendments were rejected providing that
the pay for the remainder of this Congress shall
be such an amount as to make
the total with that already received $10,n00, $", 00
for each year 14 to4; providing that the amount of
compensation of Senators, Members and Dele
gates for Ihe year ending March .J, lnT4, shall be
7.MM, and for ltu car ending March , 18'. 5.
f'.&oU, exclusive of mileage and allowances.
Amendments were adopied providing that
mileage shall not be allowed for the first
sesslou of the Forty-third Congress, aud
striking out so much of the act of March 8 as pro
vided for an increase of the salaries of the Presi
dent, Vice-President, Members of Congress, and
Delegates, and all other officers therein named,
and the salaries of all said olllccrs aud others,
from the head of Government down, shall bo
one-half of the sum allowed and paid prior to
Ihe act of March 8, 1HV 31 to Mr.
AlHsou was nutucd a. a member of
Ihe Committee on Pension., in place of Mr.
Terry, of Connecticut, excused. ...A telegram
was presented from a committee of the McEuery
Legislature of LouMaua, alleging that, by ihe in
terference of the Federul Government, the powers
ihu loyal Stale Government of Lounaiuua had
been taken from representatives elected by the
people and given to a body of men who could
not even pretend to have been elected, and beg
ging lhat Congress, in Ihu exerclso of its constitu
tional powers, would afford such relief as the na
ture of the case might require..,. Adjourned.
limine. Tho bill to establish an educa
tional fund, and to apply the proceeds of the sales
the public lauds to Ihu education of the people,
was debated. .. .Tho Naval Appropriation bill, ap
propriating tlH.ttOb,1)!), was considered Ui Commit
tee of the Whole. . . .Adjourned.
Friday, January 0. Senate Several
memorials aud petltlous were presented asklug for
amendments to the Bankrupt law....Ulila were
passed for the relief of aged or Infirm pre-emption
settler, on the public lauds; making au appropria
tion of $4,0JU for legislative excuses of Colorado
Territory.... Uills were Introduced and referred
for Ihe protection of settlers iu Utah; to aid in
execution of the laws of that Territory;
provide for the army and equipping the whole
body of Ihe militia of Ihu United Stales Afli r
dehateon the Sonato bill authorizing National
Banks that have decided to reduce their slock to
withdraw s proportion of bonds apou retiring their
circulation notes, or depositing money iu pro
portion provided by law, lbs Salary kill was taken
np and further debated, several proposed amendment,
being rejected. Amendments were agreed
to fixing the salaries of Members and
Delegates at 0ti0 per annum; striking
out of Ihe House hill the words "actual Individual
expenses of each Senator, Representative and
Delegate." and Inserting Ihe words "mllvago and
other allowances allowed hy law prior to the pass
age or tne actor jtiurcn s, 1H7;" providing thai no
mileage shall hu allowed for the first session of the
Forty-third Congress. ...Executive session and ad
Jourument to the ltfib.
Jloune. A bill wns passed to credit As
sistant Treasurer Hlllhouso of New York, with
(189,000, the proceeds of tho sale of tho internal
revenue stamps embezzled from his office without
any neglect of his own.... A number of hills
were referred, Including onu to regulate
the drawing and summoning of Juries
in Unil.td Stales District and Circuit
Courts Tta Fortification bill, appropriating
f.iw.iAW. was reported rrom me uommitiee on Ap.
Iiroprlatlons ana mnde tha special order for Ihe
4t h The deaths of James Brooks, of New York,
and W. D. Foster, of Michig an, were formally an
nounced, aud eulogies delivered. ...Adjourned,
the session on the lUth to be devoted exclusive!.'
to debate.
Monday, January 12. Senate Several
petitions were presented,' Including ono from
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and
others, asking lhat women bo allowed to vote, or
that Ihe samu right be extended lo them as to ihu
colored men... Hills were introduced ceding to
several Stales wiihin whose limit they respectively
He, the beds of tniurvcyeri lakes ana other bodies
of water; providing lhat all freight and pa-senger
trufilc between Kansas city and la'avenwonh, or
any noint on the line of the Kan
sas l'acirlc and Denver Pacific Hallway,
via Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, to Ogdcn, or
any point ou the line of the Union Pacific Hall
way, or points beyond Its terminus, shall bo car
ried by said companies Jointly at the same rates as
are charged on slmil ir trafllc between Omaha antl
like points; hut Ihe Union Pacific Company shall
not be required to receive upon said traffic a less
sum than ii would be entitled to receive upon sim
ilar traffic over its own road when pro rated to and
from Chicago. Suits may be brought
and sustained in any United Slates
Court lu which auv portlou of cither of the said
roads Is situated, for triple the amount of damages
and loss sustained by a refusal lo comply wi h ihe
foregoing provisions.... After considerable discus
sion on the Salary bill and the disposition of sev
eral amendments, a substitute for the House bill
was finally passed 4B 108 repealing the Increased
Salary Act except that portion relating to the com
pensation of ihe President ami Justices of Ihe Su
preme Court, and fixing the salaries with the ex
ceptions named at ihe former rales; providing
that mileage shall be allowed for the first session
of the b'oriy-ihird Congress, and that all moneys
appropriated as compeusutiou lo members of Ihu
Forty-second Cnn-rcs in excess of mileage aud
allowances fixed by law at ihu commencemeut of
said Congress, and which shall not have lieeu
druwu hy members of said Congress, respectively,
or which having been drawn, have beeu returned
in any form to the United States, are hereby cov
ered into ihe Treasury of the United Slates, aud
declared lobe the moneys of the United Stales,
absolutely the same as if thev had uever beeu ap
propriated as aforesaid. ...Adjourned.
UimM. A lurge number of bills were
Introduced and referred, among them to reorgan
ise the Internal Hevenuo Department and reduce
its force; to aid tu establishing polytechnic schools
lu every county ajd State, aud iu the territories;
to establish a uniform aud elastic currency,
and to reduce the National debt; making Treasury
notes a legal tender for cua'crms duties;
chartering a double-track railway from
ttue.water on inc Aiianuc 10 tne Mis
souri Hlver, and to limit freights there-
ou....Tne rules were suspended aud a resolu
tion adopted 10 3 declaring it to be the sense
of the Hons lhat Ihe expenditures of the ua ion
can he and should be so reduced and regulated
thai thev can be met bv existing laxes. and that in
no event should there be au increase of either the
iuterest-heariugor nou interest-bearing obligations
of the Government. ...The N.val Appropriation
bill was considered in Committee of the Whole.
..Adjourued.
THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK.
JANUARY 13, 1874.
Cottost. Middling nplaud, lt'(Slijc.
Livs Stock. Beef Cattle J8.WKili.50. Hogs-
Live, f5.S05.8TH; Dressed, o.',5a Sheep
Live. tVSo6.SO.
Bkkadstuffs. Flour Good to choice, f7.3.V3
7.80; white wheat extra, tT.8U(riS.83. Wheat Nc
2 Chicago, tl.Bitai.W; Iowa spring, $1.57.'! 65;
No. a Milwaukee spring, ft. Moil. Mi. Kye West
ern and Slate, 1.0&l.(rTc. Barley l.ci. 65. Corn
Mixed Western afloat, Vl'.U'ic. Oats New
Western, 6 6c.
Peovisions. Pork New Mess, fl6.S016.5.
Lard U)r&yc.
Wool. Common to extra. 4(K37Uc.
CHICAGO.
Live Stock. Beeves--Choice. f5.tifl5.50; good,
$4.755.00; medium, $4.5001.75; butchers,
stock, f.'i.l.; stock cattle, $J.75:J.75.
Hogs Live, H.oas.SO; Dressed, $tj.00j6.i.
Sheep Good lo choice, t4.5IJ5.00.
Provisions. Butter Choice, SOisjtCx;. Eggs
Fresh, lJc Pork New Mess, $14.4U3
14.50. Lard 9i94c.
Bbeadstut-s. Flour Wblto Winter, extra.
$8.75.50; spring extra, 5.50((J7.5O. Wheal
Spring, No. 2. fl.si5Vr31.iKif. Corn No. !S. til
&MVC. Oata No. i. 43Htc. Rye No. 2, 80(4
UPf c. Barley No. 2, fl.50f61.6X
Wool. Tub-washed, 4flt?Wc; fleece, washed
3rtf&Pc. ; fleece, unwashed, ii2c. ; pulled,
3540c.
CINCINNATI.
BRBADSTvrrs. Flour f7.stetfi7.50. Wheat
fl.55. Corn 58 2 63c. Bye ttic. Oats 4550c.
Barley $1.4031 55.
Puovisioms. Pork f 15.sS51J15.50. Lard 8
ST. LOUIS.
Livb Stock. Beeves Fair to choice, $1,503
5.75. Hogs Live, f4.SC5.S0.
Bbkadstufts. Flour, X X Fall, $6.507.00.
Wheat No. . Hed Fall. $l.twai.68. Corn No. 8,
5758c. Oats No. 2, 44945c. Mye No. It, tSl!3
Bic. Barley fl.351.45.
Pbovisions. Pork Mess, fl4.iT315.00. Lard
ST. LOUIS. MILWAUKEE.
Bbeadstuffs. Flour Spring XX, f5.70rj.2
Wheat Spring No. 1, $1 271.27H ; No. 2, 1.25
1.25!;. Corn No. 2, 6r6;ic. Oats -No. 2, m
41c. Rye No. 1, 77a78c. Barley No. 2, $1.5!l
DETROIT.
Extra, $1.64l.b5.
Corn 669c. Oats lt34ri'4c.
TOLEDO.
BRKAOSTtrrrs. Wheat Amber Mich., $1.4(154
1.50; No. 2 Red, ft. 441. 45. Corn Mixed, 63
67!fC. Oats No. lS'SJH'Jc.
CLEVELAND.
Bbeadstuffs. Wheat No. 1 Red, f 1.57(1. r8;
No. 2 Red, $1.48(31.49. Corn-62bUc. Oats-4l3
BUFFALO.
Live Stock. Beeves $5.50fft".8S. nogs-
Live, $5.406.00. Sheen Live, $4.6035.00.
Hottentot Dogs.
We find in Our Dumb AnimaU thai
travelers who have visited the Capo of
Good Hope give wonderful accounts of
the fidelity ana sagacity of the Hottentot
dogs. They are chiefly employed to
guard their master's flocks against the
lions, leopards and tigers which abound
in tho surrounding country. No doc
ingle-handed, would be a match lor one
of these fearful beasts ; and therefore the
powers of combination and organization
are developed in these dogs to a remark
able degree. At night, when the flock is
assembled in one place, four dogs station
themselves as sentinels at equal distances
along the line of danger, and watch In a
sitting position, the head stretched out to
catch the slightest noise. Nor does their
power 01 organization end here. All good
defense requires a patrol, and the four
dogs take turns, hour by hour, in walking
up and down before the camp, listening
t,, ...I , ..it...- 1 1 . i. 1 1 r
t" nuu Ttaii'iiiug iuivillljr ISJ glvo 1II1I11CU1-
ate warning ol the enemy's approach. If
a tiger or a leopard comes in sight, the
sentinel utters a cry of alarm, and the
other dogs instautly assemble, and throw
themselves, en masso, upon the intruder,
who finds their united strength too much
for him. Sometimes, however, the eneuiv
comes in force, in which case the dogs
unci iuug, jjiuiuuvo vi iub, iu can to tiieir
assistance the guard of the neighboring
flock, who respond to tho signal, aud ex.
pect similar aid in their hour of danger.
These remarkable dogs have no external
beauty to recommend them. Their color
is a dirty gray. They have square paws,
Cointcd noses, still" ears, and very rough
air. They are nevertheless regarded by
the Hottentot as members of his familv.
They have their rights by tho fireside,
and are taken care of and fed like the
children of Uie house.
Columbus, Ua., thinks she will re
ceive about 68,000 bales of cottu thig
season, 6,000 lesg tlian lout season,
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Seven Days Adrift on an Ice Floe in
Saginaw Bay—The Story of the Castaways
as Told by Them after Their
Rescue.
The Detroit Free Prtut condenses from the
Bay City (Mich.) Chrnnkte the following ac
count of the terrible experiences of McEwan
and Smith, tho two men who were nearly
seven days adrift on the Ice In Saginaw Bay:
William McEwan and George Smith went
out on tne ice on nuglniiw littv on Wednesday,
December 31, 1H73, to fish. 'They took with
thorn to the shore sundry supplies of Provis
ions, etc., intending to bo abucnt from home
several days. They toolt with them oil tho lec,
however, only their blankets, fish spears, two
nnna sieigns, tools ror cutting holes in the Ice
aud some other fishermen's apparatus. The
no nt i ins tunc was from four to six inches thick,
aim the weather was steadily hut not severely
cold. They spent the afternoon fishing I hrough
tbciee, and secured three fish. A southerly
wind was blowing, and about hAlf-nast four
r.'..l.w,l KL.G'u.u.. i..nL 1 .. u.-
" i,i,unn , , , 1 1 n v. i , u)i nuu pd it n iiinii r IIU
had been near them running toward the shore.
At the same Instant. Mt Kwan saw that the Ice
had cracked In a long line about six rods from
them, toward shore. McEwan called to Smith,
tind both ran toward the crack for the purpose
of escaping to the shore, but before they
reached It, the cruek Bt first discovery only
six or elht inches wide hud Increased so
much that it wus Impossible to jump across it.
When it was evident that there were no
melius of getting across the cruek ollicml-e,
McEwan and Smith set about chopping out a
cake of Ice largo enough to hold them, which
they prtipoectl to pole acro-s the open water
with their spear pules. Before they had half
cut out the cake, however, they saw that they
were driftintr into deeper water, aud a trial
proved th.it they were ulrendy beyond reach
of hot torn with their spear poles.
The cast a ways then abandoned all hoie of
getting to shore at that point, and Btarted
overtnu lee to Ihe west, in the belief that it
had not separated from the shore along the
west. The Ice w hich had been broken loose
had also broken into ninny pieces, some bige
uud some small. The piece upon which the
men wero was five or six acies in extent.
Passing on to the westward, they went over
cake sometimes not over six or eight feet
square. Finally the ice became su much
broken up that they could tio longer proceed.
Then they tried to pole a cuke toward the
shore, using their spear poles for the purpose
when tne water Was so deep that to reaeh the
bottom they had to put their arms into the
water up to the elbows. But after half an
hour of this desperate work they were com
pelled to abandon all effort aud make their
precarious way back to the larger cakes of lee
in the main body. This attempt was contin
ued into the night of Wednesday, whlcb was
fortunately a bright moonlight one. The
men found a seruiu piece of ice and lay down
for the nliiht, putting their hand sleighs on
the windward side, and so making a tolerably
comfortable night with the aid of their blan
ket. During Wednesday night and Thursday the
wiud blew steadily from the southwest. This
was in the second day, and still they were
drifting toward Ihe Charity Islands, as nearly
as they could judge. The ice did not seem to
waste any Thursday, but it was evident that it
was not strengthening. Neither of the men
had eaten anything since coming on the lee on
Wednesday. They had with them the three
raw ti It which they hud caught before the ice
broke away, but they bad no craving for food.
This day tiicy again moved to the westward,
to get as neur the west shore as possible, iu the
hope that the iec would ultimately dr,ft that
wuv. On Friday afteruoon, the third day,
w liile moving toward the north shore across
the drifting cakes of ice, McEwau's band
sleigh, w hich be was using to cross from one
cake to another, went down between two
cakes, and he was instautly in the water.
Smith, however, wus securely on a
cake, and reached the spear-pole to his
comrade aud helped him out, pretty thor
oughly wet. The drift was still eastward, and
on Saturday, the fourth day, they had drifted
so far in that direction thut they came in
sisht of Fi-h Point. Except that of Wednes
day the nights had not been very cold, and
Saturday night was not uncomfortably so.
Sunday, the fifth day, was the worst they had
experienced. The storm was not of long
continuance, but it was violent, and warm
rain cut boles in the Ice all about the casta
ways as large as a man's bead. Thccukc upon
w hich they were hud weakened until it was
oipy about three inches in thickness. The
heavy gule made a considerable sea, which
broke and ground up the ice on the edi;es of
the great Held, uud must soon have done the
same to the piece on which the men were, had
the gale continued. Suddenly, however, the
wind shifted to tliu northwest, and
the ice begun la join up close together. There
was a steady wind after the stoim, uud they
found pieces breaking off from the cake on
which they were floating.
The sixth day, Monday, they started fir the
east shore of the bay, having been drifii d so
far in that direction that they thought they
could soonest reach the shore there. After
going three miles they eume across at mull
ducking bout fust in the leu. This tiny did
not try to move, but traveled on till twtlreut
night, when they found that the wild hud
purled the body of ice, and further progress
lu thut direction was barred. They returned
to the westward, and taking up the ducking
bout on their way, eode.ivoicd to break their
way through In it to the west shore, toward
which they were then drifting. One of them,
however, got Into the water, aud finally lhey
were obliged to give it up again. They they
resigned lucinselvcB to wait for weather cold
enough to stiffen up the ice, or to make new
lee between litem aud the shore.
On Sunday they saw in the direction of the
Saginaw libt-boui-e the smoke of a steuin
vessel, and thought then thut their fi lends
were at lust uppiistd of their siluulinu, and
were making an effort tosuvethem. This w as
the smoke of the tug McDonald, which went
out some miles beyond the light house and
returned when the stoiin came on, having dis
covered nothing. The tug's smoke was pecu
liar, and they recognized It at once us the first
sign they hud received thut anything of their
f ule wus known at home. The hope which
this sight Inspired of course died away during
.Monday, when nothing mure of the kiud was
seen.
Monday night brought the cold, freezing
temperature which the castaways hid beeu
looking and hoping for, and on the morn
ing of Tuesday, which would have
been their seventh day, they found that the
old ice li.iawiot only beeu materially strength
eucd uud frozen together, but that u sheet of
new lee had been formed stretching off to the
west shore. Here wua deliverance, aud none
too soon. Though Ihe night before had beeu
friendly in its freezing, it had also been fuller
of peril than tiie others. There must have
been a storm outside, for during the night
the cakes of lee were constantly cracking and
breaking. Once the cuke upon which they
were broke wilhiu two feet of them as they
lay upou it lu their blankets. They were com
pelled to move three times during this night
in consequence of the Ice breaking near them.
When at last It broke within two feet of them.
us above noted, they got up and did uot agalu
attempt to lie dowu to rest. Tho ice was
drivcu inward about a mile during this time.
About seven o'ciock 1 uesiluy morning they
were uguiu on the move, and got to the little
bout before mentioned. There thev left every
thing but their sleigh and spear poles. With
these they struck out for the ice bridge for de
liverance between them aud the shore, which
had formed during the night. It was six
miles to dry land, and the new lee was only
about three-fourths of an inch iu thickness,
but it was very tough. They went in single
tile over it as rapidly as possible, and It bent
aud sunk beneath their feet at every step, but
It did not break fatally, though Smith went
through once, and wua helped out by McEwan
with hia spear-pole, Wheu near the I'iiicon
nii.g bar they descried some Indians
on the Ice uear the shore, and soon
onu of them skated out to McEwan.
who was uhcud of Smith. As
soon us the Indian came up
McEwan gut upon his hand sleigh and bade
the Indian push liim to the shore Tito red
iiiuu did so, and McEwau sent him back for
Smith, who was brought iu the same way on
shore agalu. The wonderful enduranceof the
castaways was suddenly at an end. Thev had
euteu nut a mouthful since Wednesday until
Tuesday morning, when they took about one
quurter of a pound each of the raw tUb
which they had carried throughout their drift
lugs. They had not felt weak up to the time of
getting ashore. Then their strength gave out,
and they were barelv able to WttlU tlk t Ii tuilltlH
of Mr. Joseph Muach, Here they were fur
nished with vlctuuls. McEwau ute sparingly,
but Smith gave way to the weakened cravmgs
of apputite, uud ale rather Imprudently.
It was ten o'clock Tuesday morning when
they reuched Muuch's bouse, aud at twelve
they were takuu ou au ox-sled to Flucouuiug
station, There McKwau telegraphed the glu4
nows of the final rescue, which went over the
city llko a flash yesterday afternoon.
These t wo heroes of one of the most won
derful adventures on record, at half-past ten
last night, were In as comfortable condition as
could be expected. Smith Is suffering from
overeating on first landing but McEwan was
apparently as good as ever, saving his frost
bitten feet. Of course, however, both men
feel a weakness which they did not notice so
long as tne struggle ror lite lasted.
TEMPERANCE REVIVAL.
How Ladies Disposed of the Liquor
Traffic in Washington, Ohio—The
Saloons Surrender, and the Liquors
are Emptied into the Streets—The
"Good Time Coming" Already Come.
Washington, tho county seat of Fayette
county, Ohio, Is a busy, thrlving'own of some
3,000 Inhahltauts, situated on tbe Cincinnati A
Muskingum Railroad, about seventy miles
northeast of Cincinnati.
For several years an effort has been made
to dispense entirely with the sale of intoxicat
ing liquors iu the town, but with Indifferent
success. Tbe good temperance folk were
grieved at the Increase of lutcmpcrance but
had about resolved to make no further efforts
to stay It progress.
Last Christmas Eve Dr. Dlo Lewis, of Bos
teu, lectured before the Literary Society of the
place on the subject of "Our Girls," at the
close of which he offered to deliver a free lec
ture on tcmpcrence at one of the churches ou
the following day, and in that address be
would give bis hearers a plan by which tbe
teomen of the town, themselves alone, could
abolish the liquor truffle from their midst, and
forever keep it out.
At the appointed hour on Christmas morn
ing the citizens assembled at the church, eager
to hear aud see what was to be done. The
meeting opened with singing and pravcr. An
appeal to present to the liquor-sellers wits
drawn up, lend and adopted, and the meeting
adjourned to meet the following morning at
the same place; aud tbeu aud there the womcu
were to start out upon their errand of
mercy. The hour having arrived, the women
from the families of the leading citizens of
the pluce met and formed iu procession, fifty
or sixty of them aud tho march commenced.
Drug-stores and saloons were visited each
duy, and singing and prayers were held in
them, until tho drug-stores all signed the
pledge, and the saloons were broken up.
When a saloon keeper surrendered, the fact
was made known by the ringing of all the
bells lu town; people would gather at the
scene of actlou to the number of several hun
dred, to witness the destruction of King Al
cohol. Women whose husbauds, sons, or
brothers had suffered must were selected as
the oues to demulish tho whisky-barrels,
which deed was done with axes; and they
never worked harder in a more noble cause.
One man, who had suffered much from the
evil effects of intemperance, while assisting
in getting the barrels of whisky in the street,
mounted the top of one and remarked that he
had often been under the stuff contained
iu the barrel, but now he was on top of it,
aud be intended to keep on top. His wife
broke iu the head of the barrel, aud let the
whisky flood the gutter.
During the entire time that the women were
praying and singing iu the saloons, the Christ
ian men of tho place held a protracted prayer
meeting at the church; and that the womcu
might better judge of the earnestness and
siuccrltj they felt in their behalf, they caused
tbe bell of the church to be tolled at the
close of each prayer.
The work done there created quits a sensa
tion throughout that part of the State, and
the ministers aud several of the leading
women iu the work received letters from
neighboring towns, urging them to come and
start the ball rolling Iu those towns; and they
have consented to go, aud set tho time fur
the mccllngs.
SAD FATE OF A MISER.
A Beggar Woman Having Three Hundred
Dollars in Her Possession, Found
on the Streets New York City in a
Starving Condition.
In the City of New York, a few day sgo, a
policeman discovered what he supposed was a
heap of rags lying upon the steps of a house.
A closer examination disclosed a pale, trem
bling, emaciated old woman (Margaret Fitz
slmmous, aged sixty-two) whose thiu apparel
was far from sutlicient cither to hide her
nakedness or to preserve warmth. The officer
took the woman to the station, and from
thence to the hospital, for it was evident that
she was tbe victim of consumption, aud thut
she had but little longer to live. Food was
offered her and she devoured it as would a
ravcuoue auimal. She stated that she had uot
eaten anything for several days, aud that she
was starving. She was too weak to
endure a bath, and her clothes were removed
and she was placed in a bed. Her dress
was tattered, black with dirt, aud filled with
vermin; and when it was carelessly thrown
aside by an attendant, the old creature sprang
out of bed and seized and chuckled over It as
though it were precious beyond compare. The
exertion was too niuuh for her, and soon after
she died. Upon examining the dress it was
found to be absolutely quilted with money. It
contained nineteen pockets, each of which was
filled with money, from pennies up to dollars.
About $:100 were found, including $8 in pen
nies. The bank bills, of which there were
many, were absolutely rotten and crumbling
to pieces. The uufortuuate old woman waa a
miser one of those queer persons whom not
even the pangs of hunger could Induce to
spend sutlicient to buy food. She had no
home, and hud evidently been begging and
starving herself for yeurs, just lu order to
scrape together the $:!00 which wus found iu
her worm-eatca dress.
It is estimated that the number of
railroad ties in present use in the Uuiled
States is 150,000,000. A cut of 200 ties to
the acre is above rattier than under the
average, and it therefore has requirctf the
product ol 760,000 acres ot well-Umbered
fund to furnish tho supply, lttiilroud ties
last about live years; consequently 30,-
0ti0,tl00 ties are used annually for repairs,
taking the timber from 150,000 acres.
The manufacture of rolling stock dis
poses of the entire yield of 350,000 acres, and
a full supply of 500,000 acres more every
year. It appears, then, that our railroads
are stripping the country at the rate of
1,000.000 ncreB per annum, and their de
mands are rapidly increasing.
The American trado dollar has been
formally recognized by the Chinese Gov
ernment as a medium of trade, and will
nenceiortn be received by them iu pay.
ment of duties at its intrinsic value,
which is found by assay to be 89.01 of
pure silver. In the ofticial proclamation
announcing this the following compari
son is made: One hundred American
trade dollars are worth 100.07 new Mexi
can dollars, or 101.48 old Mexican dollars.
Therefore, the American trade dollar is
one-fourteenth per cent, better than the
new Mexican dollar, and within a frac
tion of i per cent, belter than the old
Mexican dollar.
Youno ladies about to be married, ten
derly preserve your intended husband's
love letters, though never so calty they
may be. You may find a world of com
fort iu them, as that poor woman at Osh
kosli can tell you. Bite says ttiere is
uo'hlng like it, looking over the old let
leis and reading "My dearest darling
angel, Heaven alone knows the depth of
my love lor you," iust after tho writer,
now her husbitud, has finished kicking
her down, stain.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
To curb a fast young mrn Bridal
him.
.St. Louis Is delighted over licr bridge
oi size.
To mark money Get an appointment
in tne mini.
A good occulist is prepared to meet all
difficulties as they are eyes.
Emuhoidert representing Ivy leaves is
uie latest, anil very linnusomo It Is.
Tub tasto of poetry, like that for po.
tatocs, is different in different Individ,
uals.
A Wisconsin mnn has sued It is wife
for slander, and he wants 150,000 dam
ages. Artificial wants are more numerous
and lead to more expense than natural
wants.
The National Republican says that
Washington City Is "comparatively a sin
less city."
Carl Benson says that tho proper tem
perature for a bed-room is about sixty
degrees.
When your antagonist Is getting tbe
better of you, tho best way is to "strike
out" for home.
A Connecticut clergyman, who bad a
donation party lately, has beans enough
to last tliirly-seven years.
A New York paper says that a bald
headed mnn will marry three times to
any other man's once, all things being
even.
A word to prosy lovers It is not only
those women who wear car-rings whose
ears ure bored.
If the averago modern lecturer's wit is
not. always clear, it certainly isn't for
want of straining.
Canniu.vi.I8m flourishes in America.
Here, for instance, is nn advertisement
for "a good girl to cook."
The man who still thinks there arc
only twenty-six letters in the English
language is not connected with the post-
ollice.
God made man to go by motives, and
lie will not go without them any more
Ihaii a boat without steam or a balloon
without gus.
Ladies carry to parties nowadays bou
quets of wax flowers, heavily perfumed,
and so adroitly arranged as to pass for
natural nowers.
"He was a good man," says an Iowa
paper of a deceased citizen, "but then ho
sometimes bet on the wrong horse, the
same as the rest of us."
Judge Christian, of Lawrence, Kan ,
married a couple the other day and took
his fee in butter. The parties belonged
to the cream of society.
A large meteor fell in East Nebraska
City, Nebraska, recently. I was about
one foot and a half in diameter and nearly
six feet in circumference.
TnE Jewith Mesienger says Christmas
trees are a religious ceremony in which
Jews are not interested, and considers that
"they promote a venial error."
It could not have been so in the davs of
Vigilantes; he still lives the Ban Fran,
ciseo man who advocates tight lacing be
cause it prevents waist-lulluess.
There is said to be a vigorous conver
sationalist iu Livingston County, Ky.,
who will hang his hat on a gate-post aud
talk to it ten hours on a stretch.
The only infallible method for discov
ering what the weather is likely to btf on
any given day is to wait until that day
arrives, and find out for yourself.
iv "Thortcr out West reouinraun Jurl Iho
Christian religion to the ungodly, because
he had been a church member fifteen years
and it hadn't cost him but 15 ceuts.
The first marriago at Hebron, N. II.,
within a period of lifteen years recently
took place. It is said to have excited
much interest among the inhabitants.
Ziba Darlington of Chester Countv,
Pa., recently discovered a tortoise marked
"Z. D., 1820," which he recognized as the
work of his baud fifty-three years ago.
Stkhbinb says: "Elderly people ought
to retire early at this season of the year.
It is better for their health. Besides it
gives the young folks a belter chance."
A Dubuque young lady gave up the
man she loved and took the one her parents
favored iu consideration of the sum of
three dollars and a sky-blue merino dress.
Persons with small capital are advised
to take a three-acre sand patch in Virginia
and raise five thousand dollars worth ot
peanuts on it. It has been tried with suc
cess. A roLiCE court judge at Biddeford, Me.,
has decided that Confederate money is not
counterfeit, and so discharged a woman
wno Had been paying her debts in lhat
wav.
The President appoints all postmasters
whose salaries are above $1,000. The
railroads pay for the delivery of all mails
at terminal points. At other places, the
government pays.
Tue Golden Age says Prof. Agassiz
"took tho island of Perfekcso from Nature
and gave it to science." The prevalent
opinion hitherto has been that he took it
Irom John Anderson.
A touching feature of the Boston tea
doings was a group of sentimentalists,
who stood for un hour, in the chilling
fog, looking contemplatively into the
water of the wrong wharf.
The Smithsonian Institute at Washing
ton was founded through a bequest mado
by James Binillistm, of London, England.
It was formally accepted by Congress in
au act passed Aug. 10, 18143.
The quotation " God tempers the wind
to tho shorn lamb" is not found iu any
part of tbe Bible, as is so often erroneous
ly supposed, but occurs in Sterne's cele.
brated wrk entitled "Tristram Bhandy."
Among the curiosities at Fort Yuma,
Arizona, is a gigantic " prairie schooner"
of 20,000 pounds capacity. Said vessel is
drawn by fourteen mules, the smallest of
which is fifteen bands high, and weighs
1,350 pounds.
The baneful habit of opium eating is
increasing in this country. From three
to five years of indulgence wrecks the
finest constitution, the eyes are sunken,
the frame is emaciated, and death ends
the wasted life.
The officials of a village near Wethers
field, Connecticut, have forbidden one
Weatherwax to raise onions on his cem
etery lot. For this unwarranted restric
tion of his rights be has determined to
shed no more tears.
Gun flints are mado by chisel and ham
mer the flint being easily converted into
its peculiar form, when freshly quarried.
A skilllul workman can easily produce
1,000 well formed flints in three days.
Made principally In England.
An instance of the tyranny of men was
exhibited at a woman's rights meeting in
Titusville, where a genlleman entered and
told his wife, one of the officers of the
meeting, to come home quick, " as the
baby bad the colic." She went.
Visiting cards far this scaso1 are of the
finest unglazed Bristol board, and a littlo
larger than formerly. Some are In deli
cate tints. The shape is more oblong
than square. The London styles for gen
tlemen are very small those for ladies
very large.
Absolute purity of soul, is, perhaps,
never seen here upon earth. There is so
much all about us impure and unclean,
that we cannot puss unsullied. Our souls
early lose the whiteness of their youth,
and are thenceforward soiled beyond our
cleansing.
Phofessor Lb Contk, in the American
Naturalist, in his paper on economic en
tomology, gives an instance In wbicU all
tho caterpillars In a nine-acre piece of
woods were destroyed bv a disease which
had been communicated to them by a
sick silkworm. Tho same principle
migut be used tn destroying tho cotton
worm anu others ot liko nature.
How familiarity begets Indifference. A
Maysville (Ky.) paper relates that when
tho first steam-mill was put up in that
county, and the engineer turned tho
steam-cock to try tho steam, " tho hissing
sound and donso white vapor not un fre
quently scattered tho crowd like lriglit-
eneu sneep."
An excellent washing-fluid may tlius be
in nu it : j nrec titblcspo itituls ot soda, the
same quantity of dissolved camphor (the
same as kept for family use), to a quart of
sort water: bottle it up and shake it well
before using. For a large washing lake
four tablespoonfuls of the fluid to a pint
of soap, make a warm suds, and soak the
clothes half an hour; then make another
suds, nsing the same Quantity of sonn and
fluid, and boil them Just filtecn minutes,
men rinse in two waters.
Tu LaOrange Reporter desires to call
tho attention of the press of Georgia to
tho following matter: Within tho last
three months two or three well-known
men in Georgia have been announced
dead, and the newspapers have written
eloquent obituaries over them. But these
men, with a perversity as provoking as it
is inexplicable, still live. Now, when a
newspaper in good standing mt.kes tbe
solemn assertion that any man is dead,
that man should die. For him to live, is
a dangerous infringement on the liberty
of the press. We hope the Press Associa
tion will petition the Legislature to pass
a law that a man announced dead by tho
press must die.
m i m
The New Hampshire Republicans.
The following resolutions were adopted
by the Republican State Committeo ol
New Hampshire, recently held at Con.
cord:
If mired. 1. While we recall with nrirle the no
ble origin, the heroic career and Ihu beneflceut
achievements of the, Kcpiihlican parly, we reirret
and condemn the waul of fidelity which has char
ac eri7.eil a few of those whom it has trusted with
place and power.
2. The bill providing for Ihe back pay anil In
crease of alarie, passed hy ihe Krty-second Con
greis, was a violation of the pledge
of economy contained In the l'hil
adclphla platform. renewed by the press
and on the stump thmtiirhnul the Presidential
campaign, and reafllrmed after the election of
I'rrsmcni Grant.
a. we call upon onr Senators and Representa
tives to vote for the unconditional reoeal of the so-
called Salary act of Ihe Forty-second Congress,
aud to ue their influence and voles to re-estuhlir.h
all salaries, including the salary of tbe President of
the L'uited Slates, at the old scale, so lar as the
Cons tuition will admit
4. In view ol the urevalllnrr Industrial and flnan.
ciul depression, we rail upon our Senators and
rtt'prepcmativrswrio have profited by tbe hack pay
voted bv Ihe Kortv-second Conirresi to make resti
tution to the Government which they have helped
iu cm ii
5. We earnestly invite the co-oueration of Ihe
Rennhlican nartv of other StstM in a united and
determined effort to preserve the organization
from reproach from any quarter, so that it may
continue to occupy the proud position of bcinjr
Ihe party of tbe people, fur the people, by the
people.
ft. as in a Kcpunnc there should he no privileged
class, and the burdens of eoveinment should be
equally borne, we protest uv'ainst any revival of
the abuses of the franking privilege, and will hail
the day when free misses, favurilifin. aud all un
just discriminations shull bo eliminated from rail
way management, and a corresponding reduction
made lu fans and freights to Ihe whole people.
7. We call upon Congress lo nave the wav by
early and wise legislation for such improvements
in our nanaing system, anu ror as speedy a return
to specie payments as will be most beneficial to die
great industrial and commercial interests of the
country.
8. c demand ?ach a revision of the laws cre
ating and governing savings banks as shall lead to
the luvetm-nt of their funds in undoubted seen
ritici, and real estate within New Hampshire, and
the total separation of their management from
Oilier OaUkltjg tnetllwllmiF, to iku maii that Ihfir
funds may be securely invested, and bur towns and
villages built np and our mechanics and working
men encouraged to provide homes aud farms fur
themselves.
. We call upon the next Legislature to make a
thorough revision of the laws relating to taxation
and valuation, so that taxation shall be just aud
equal, and no unjust burden be imposed upon the
earnings of Ihe poor.
iu. i nar agncuuti.ai pursuits are tho bases or
all material prosperity, and best calculated lo fos
ter those habits which conduce tothe highest wel
fare of a Slate: that we hail with gratification ihe
advances making iu the science of agriculture aud
the evidence of awakening interest in it a a pur
suit in our own Stale; that the H"publican party
will welcome the healthy influence
which tillers of the soil always
bring to their councils, and accord to them
I heir full and legitimate weight in the Government,
and that we pledge our utmoat efforts to redress
all grievances and unjust discriminations which
the farming interests suffer: to abolish all special
privileges, and to give all classesof men equal aud
exact justice.
The remaining resolutions denrecata
the growing tendency to special legisla
tion, deplore the prevalence of intemper
ance, commend tbe efforts of Congress
and the Administration to reduce ex
penses, and point with pride to the results
of Republican rule in New Hampshire.
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Laplanders and Reindeer.
Many have the impression that Lapland
is dark in the winter, but that is an error.
The country is illuminated by Northern
uguis every nignt. l wanted to seethe
Liiips and drive a reindeer. Trey can go
fifty miles an hour for two hours daily.
The sledges are narrow, have an oscillat
ing motion, and one unaccustomed to
them will tumble out in all directions.
You drive with ono line only, that reaches
from the animal's horns, and is tied
around vour arm. After vou pet nitched
out, tbe reindeer stops when he is tired
ol dragging you through the snow. Some
times they bout luce and buck vou out.
and not uufVequenlly perform that tusk
by kicking. I was keeled out by a kick,
and snatched along 200 yai.ls t tho rate
of nearly a mile a minute. There were
Laps a I lend aud Laps bell in I. iu caso of
accident, uud they came to the rescue
pretty otten. 1 learned the business in
four (lavs, beinir tumbled out the first dav
one hundred and ten times; tho second,
seventy ; the third, thirty ; the fourth, ten ;
next day, no times, and 1 thought that
was bully. The cold was forty degrees
below, yet I did not sutler from it. The
climate is dry and healthy. We drove to
an acquaintance who owned 4,000 rein
deer. I went into his tent, and found
men, women, and dogs and other animals
sleeping together, anu I found so many
fleas there that 1 took my bag aud weut
out to sleep in a snow-bank. All the
Christians read and write, school attend
ance being compulsory. Their mode ol
locomotion is funny. They wear snow
shoes ten feet long and four feet wide, and
go sliding about in a comical manner.
1 he natives live on reiudecr meat and
coffee. All the money gathered by sell
lug the smoked meat and skins of their
animals is bartered for coffee, which they
drink continually. Their hair is flaxeu,
eyes blue, skin exceedingly white, cheek
bones high, and faces very red from ex
posure lo the cold. Thoy are intelligent
and honest. I lett a bag of gold, $500, in
a house, and the woman followed me
thirty miles to bring it. I ottered her
$30, which she indignantly refused; in
fact, she would accept no present ; so I
kissed her. At first she was astonished;
1 kissed her again, and she got accustom
ed to it. A kiss was all I could give hor
that cost nothing.- jf'rom a Lecture by
2'aul Da Chaillu.
Boston has grown tired of being
snubbed by New England towns that
boast (heir six-toed babies and double
headed calves and ancient marines who
have captured the devil fish, and has
squelched the ambitious rascals, by tell
ing about her young woman with two
wooden legs, who in the past year has re.
fused fifty odd matrimonial proposals.
Pennsylvania's annual production of
minerals, aearlv eouula that of all tliu
other Slates and Territories put together.
in llio last year, reported by census, her
mines yielded 170,207,800 worth of min
erals, aud all the rest of the country,
fy0,b00,004 worth,
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A Faithful Dog.
Miss Burdett Couttb has recently had
erected a monument to the memory of
"Bobby," who died January 14, 182. Of
his eventful life the Edinburgh SroUman
of April 13, 1807, relates tho following
strange story:
A very singular and Interesting occur
rence was yesterday brought to light In
the Bur iih Court, by tho hearing of a
summons in regard to a dog-tax. Eight
and a half yenrs ago, It seems a man
named Gray, of whom nothing now is
known, except that be was poor, and lived
in a quiet way in some obscure part of
tho town, wns buried in Old Greyfrlars'
Churchyard. His grave, leveled by the
hand of time, and unmarked by any stone,
is now scarcely discernible; but although
no human interest would seem to Bttacli
to it, tho sacred spot lias not been wholly
disregarded and forgotten. During all
these years the dead man's faithfuldog
has kept constant watch and guard over
the grave and it was this nnitnnl for
which the collectors sought to recover
the tax. James Brown, the old curator of
the burial ground, remember's Oray'g
funeral, and the dog, a Scotch terrier,
was, he says, one of the most conspicuous
of tho mourners. The grave was closed
in ns usual and the next morning
"Bobby," as the dog is called, was
found lying on the now-mado mound. This
was an innovation whlcb old James could
not permit, for there was an order at the
gate, stating in the most intelligible char
ncters, that dogs -were not admitted.
"Bobby" was accordingly driven out;
but next morning he was there again, and
for tho second time was discharged. The
third morning was cold and wet, and
wheu the old man saw the faithful ani
mal, in spite of all chastisement, still
lying shivering on the grave, ho took
pity on him and gave him some food.
This recognition of his devotion gave
"Bobby" the right to make the church
yard his home, and from that time to the
present ho has never spent a night away
from his master's tomb. Oftrn in bud
weather attempts have been made to keep
him within doors, but by dismal howls
he litis succeeded in making it known
lhat interference is not agreeable to him.
and latterly he has always been allowed
his own way. At almost any time during
the day bo may be seen in or about the
churchyard ; aud no matter how rough
tbe night may be, nothing can induce him
to forsake the hallowed spot, whose iden
tity, despite the irresistible obliteration,
lie has so faithfully preserved. "Bobby" has
many friends, aud the tax-gatherers have
by no means proved his enemies. A
weekly treat of steaks was long allowed
him by Sergeant Scott of the Engineers,
but for more than six years he has beeu
regularly fed by Mr. Traill of the Res
taurant, 0 Greyfriars' Place, ne is con
stant aud punctual in his calls, being
guided in his mid-day visits by the sound
of the time-gun. On the ground of har
boring the tlog, proceedings were taken
against Mr. Triall for payment of the tax.
Ihe delendttnt expressed his willingness.
could he claim the dog, to be responsible
tor the tax ; but so long as the dog reluscd.
to uttach himself to any one, it was im
possible to fix the ownership and the
Court, seeing the peculiar circumstances
of the case, dismissed the summons.
"Bobby" has long been an object of curi
osity to all who have become acquainted
with his history. His constant appearance
in the graveyard had caused many inqui
ries to be made regarding bira, and effort a
out of number have been made to get pos
session ot htm. 1 he old curator, ol course,
stands up as the next claimant to Mr.
Traill, and yesterday offered to pay the
tax himself, rather than have "Bobby"
tireylnars' Bobby," to allow nun his full
name put out of the way.
Short Talk.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.
every one to a
slander, but thare ant but phew but what '
dispise the author ov it.
What a heartless world this would be
thare waz no tears in it.
Thare are but phew people here belo
that hav branes eutiff to amuze tbemselts.
Wize men are never surprized, while
phools are alwuss wondering at every
thing that happens.
Alter trieng tor more than forty years
hav mi own way, I hav finally cum to
the konklusbim lo split the difference.
V ithout munny, without mends, aud
without impudence, iz about az low down
this world az enny man kan git. aud
keep virtcwous.
Beware ov the man who lz alwuss ready
swop old friends for new ones.
1 he dog that will phollow everyboddy,
aint worth a kuss.
Thare iz nothing lhat a man iz so cer
tain ov az he iz ov what he sees, and yet
thare iz nothing after all that deceaves
him oftner.
I know ov menny people who ain't
happy until they hav red the last book
out ; thezc folks quite often git phull, but
seldum git phatt.
One ov iho most pertekt viktorys yu
kan achieve over enny man iz to beat him
politeness.
the rarest artikie quoted in market
ust now iz good common sense.
Yung mau yu had better be honest than
cunning, and it iz bard work to be both.
The world at lurge judge ov us Dl our
sukcess.
It ought to kure tbe pride ov enny man
when he reflekts that there ain't no one
living but what owes more to the world
than the world owes to him.
To be familiar with every one and pre
serve yure respekt, and their esteem, iz
an evidense of the most remarkabel tal
lents. Too mutch branes in a man's lied iz
like too mutch milk in a pitcher, must bo
carried with a dredful stiddy band or it
will slop over.
The best utilized woman ov tue luui cen
tury iz the average mother-in-law.
W ize men sometimes bud air Rustles
but tare them to pieces when they git
thru; it iz ouly the phools who bild them
and then undertake lo liv in theni.
A klear consilience, plenty to eat, and a
good digestion, are the three best kards
iu the pack.
1 lie best bin ov lure 1 Kno ov iz a gooa
appetight.
I konsider forms and cerimonvs the
mero triks ov civilizashun, but to observe
them iz the only wav i kno ov to protekt
oursclls aginst the common herd.
Sum folks never Bit reddv : thev are al
wuss behind hand; they will sum ov
them be too late to tend their own phu
neral. Whenever yu cum akrost.a man who
telling evryboddy bo meets how long
he haz wore tliu pair ov boots he baz got
on, yu kan safely konklude that mau iz
tilling uiz destiny, and aint good lor eu
nything else mutch.
Kullivute a taste lor walking, it iz not
only the original way of gitting thru this
world, but thare iz helth and iudepen
danse in in it, which makes it one ol the
luxurys of living.
The more secrets yu divulge, even to
your best friend, the less he will think of
yu, and tho more ho will think ov him
self. Ask no favours ov enny man that are
not strikly legitimate.
If a man iz strikly honest with himself
he is sure to be so towards others. New
York Weekly.
An exchange says: "In these days
when diseases of the throat prevail, and
particularly a dry hacking cough, which
not only distressing to ourselves, but
to those, with whom we are brought in
business contact, those thus altlicted may
be benefited by trying the following
remedy: "Last full we were Induced to
try what virtue there was in common
salt. We commenced by using it three
times a day, morning, noon, and night;
we dissolved a large teaspoon lul of com
mon salt in about half a tumbler of cold
water, and witli this wo gargled the throat
most effectually, lust before meal time.
Tho result has been that during tliu
winter we were not only tree from tho
usual coughs and colds to which, as far
as our memory extends, we have al way a
been subject, but the dry backing cough
has entirely disappeared ; we attribute it
entirely to tho salt gargle, and most
cordially recommend it to those of our
readers who are subject to disease of the
throat."
Over 000 persons are at tho Albany
(X. Y.) Penitentiary.