The Potter Journal
AN'L*
NEWS ITEM.
COHDERSPORT. PA., Mar.28,1^3
W. C. ALBEKOER lias resigned the j
Mipei intenueney of the 8., N • k .
P. K. W. He was presented with a j
handsome silver tea-set by the em-!
ployes of the road, upon his retire
ment. Now. if the new su|>erintcnd
ent, whoever he may be, will change •
the names of some of the stations,
whether he ever gets a silver tea-set |
or not. he will earn the thanks of a
large portion of the people in this ,
section. To particularize. Emporium
was formerly known as Shippon, and
to this day is almost as well known
by the one name as the other, yet
the R. V. Co. have named the first
station this side of Emporium,
pen, thereby causing much confusion
and inconvenience. M e never have
heard any good reason given why
Forest House should !>e called Keat
ing Summit; and we hope yet that
the good sense of the company will
re-christen these two stations at least,
change Shippen to Prestonville, and
Keating Summit to Forest House.
nicd. March 25, MARY L. JONES.
So has passed away one very late
ly as bright and gay as any of our
fair young girls. Too eager, too en
ergetic, she overtaxed her strength
and health, and a year ago closed
her year's teaching in our graded
school a little before the time, too
much exhausted to finish. She ral
lied from this sickness, was married
in June, and moved among us cheer
fully and happily for several months,
but the severe winter has been too
much for her, and she has passed
away. /
She'loved teaching, loved her little
scholars, and they of course returned
the affection warmly. Some weeping
little ones could not sleep last night
because of the sad woid that she was
gone.
She has won and worn one of the
sweetest crowns of a good life—the
being kept in the hearts of the little
ones.
Peace be to her and to all that
mourn for her.
Oosv.nrrnov H eix, j
Philadelphia, Mar. IT, IS7I {
DEAR JOURNAL: Since my last, the
Convention, in committee of the
whole, has made good progress, and
has committed itself to some very
important reforms.
The article reported from the com
mittee on Legislation has been under
consideration for a week. The article
as reported, with slight amendments,
has been approved in all its impor
tant provisions. This article, should
it become a part of the Constitution,
will wholly eradicate the evils of
special and hast}- legislature. It has
been thoroughly discussed, but every
idea of the committee has been sus
tained by handsome majorities.
Among many other w holaome pro
visions this article prohibits the legis
lature from making appropriations to
charitable or educational institutions
not under the absolute control of the
Commonwealth except bv the vote
of two-thirds of all the members
elected to each House, and prohibits
entirely any appropriation to secta
rian or denominational institutions
or to communities for charitable pur
poses.
These two propositions were ercely
assailed as narrow, illiberal and un
feeling, but the delegates who thus
attacked the propositions are not
men of very large ideas, and were
answered by some of the ablest and
best minds of the Convention, aud
a large majority of the delegates sus
tained the restrictions very wisely as
your correspondent thinks.
A flood of petitions have been com
ing in, asking for clause in the Con
stitution prohibiting the sale of in
toxicating drinks.
'I he Committee of Legislation, to
whom these petitions were referred
have recommended the adoption of
the following section;
"No license shall be granted to
sell vinous, spirituous or malt liquors
or any admixture thereof, or any
other intoxicating drinks, and any
sale of such liquors except for modi,
cinal or saeredotal purposes, shall be
a misdemeanor."
1 bin section has not burn reached,
and therefore I have no means of
knowing what decision w ill be made
when it comes up for consideration.
But there are a good many delegates
warmly i)> its lavor.
A majority of the delegates hnvc
of last settled to hard work, and are
making good progress. But there
are at least foity absentee# during
• ei yta tnioii. 'I his is a great druw-
Vhyk to vhfc projor working of the
Constitution, and is discreditable to ,
the absentees.
The discussions of the Convention i
for the last week have been able and
interesting, more so than of any other
week of the session.
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Potter Count> 'a First Temperance
Society.
A friend has given me an account
of what is believed to be the first
temperance organization in this Coun
ty, and I write it out for the JOUR
NAL.
Forty-two years ago a number of
families from the East, whence all
population comes at first, moved into
the township of Ulysses, near where
the village of Lewisville now stands.
They put up smuli log houses, but
tbe trees were so dense that these
were not in sight of each other, anil
when there had grown to be a num
ber of them, each was wholly isolated
from the rest. Of course they helped
each other in every neighborly way,
and, as the custom was in those days,
whenever a bee of any kind was held
among the men, liquor was provided
and drank.
Once all were gathered together
to put up a large house. It was a
rainy, sleety day, tlie barn stood on
rising ground with one corner, where
the ground was lowest, supported.
By the time they came to put up
the logs they were slippery with ice,
and the men—owing perhaps to the
cold and exposure—had drank more
toau usual,and were not quite steady.
No one could be induced to take the
lower side where the height was so
much greater, except a young man,
brave and strong, thought slight of
figure, who did not drink.
He took that place, but other arms
were not steady enough; the log
slipped, came down, but happily did
not hit him bodily. He went home
that night determined never to be
thus exposed again. He called on a
neighbor who saw the evil as he did,
and they talked it over. Each had
a building to put up. but though he
felt it was right and necessary, the
other gentleman thought he could
not be the first to refuse to provide
strong drink. So our young friend
prepared for his raising. He invited
the neighbors, giving notice that
there would be no whiskey. Some
grumbled, several said they would
not come, they could not lift without
the stimulus, etc.; most seemed dis
satisfied, and the prospect for the
barn looked pretty blue. But finally
they all came.
An excellent dinner was provided,
such as had not been seen before in
the new settlement, several of their
wives came to assist indoors, and the
whole affair was made a festival, with
which all were pleased and satisfied.
The other gentleman's raising came
next, and others followed on temper
ance principles, to the great benefit
! and safety of all concerned. Here
was good seed sown, and a good ex
i ample set, that three years afterward
when a temperance lecturer visited
the place, ripened into a society com
prising nearly all of those old neigh
| bors. If any one knows of an earlier
i temperance society than this, let us
i hear of it. POTTER.
THE Christian at Work of March
8 seems to be a better number than
usual, and one of the best things in
it is "Tat's Charity Lesson."
There is an article on "The State
Charities' Aid Association," organ-
I ized in Bellevue Hospital, which is
! very valuable and interesting.
It originated with some women,
! who, regularly visiting the hospitals,
saw the need of more skillful and ef
ficient nursing, and have established
a training school for nurses, "so that
in time, not only the whole hospital,
but all the hospitals, even private
! houses and the poor, will be supplied
with trained nurses."
It seems like a wonderfully bene
ficial scheme, and it is hoped it will
, meet with great encouragement.
; "Donations may be sent to the
i treasurer, 11. C. Stebbins, 5u Ex
change St., New York."
The Congressional Apportionment
Bill.
The House Apportionment Com
mittee have completed the bill ap
portioning the State into Congress
ional districts. The follow ing is an
alwtract of that bill :
first District—The First, Second,
Seventh, and Twent\*-sixth wards,
Philadelphia.
Second District—The Eighth,
Ninth, Tenth, Thirteenth, and Twen
tieth wards, and that portion of the I
Seventeenth ward lying west of
Second street.
Third District—The Third, j
fourth, fifth, Sixth, Eleventh,!
1 welfth and Sixteenth wards,
fointh District—The Fifteenth,'
T w'enty-fir-'t-, Twenty-fourth, Twentv
aevejitli,Twenty-eighth and Twenty-!
ninth w&rtJk.
Fifth District.—The Eighteenth,
Nineteenth, Twenty-second. Twenty
third, and Twenty-fifth wards, and
all that portion of the Seventeenth
ward lying east of Second street.
Sixth District.—Chester and Dele
ware.
Seventh District.—Lancaster.
Eighth District.—Berks.
Ninth District.—Montgomery and
that portion of Bucks not included
in the Tenth District.
Tenth District.—Northampton and
Lehigh, and the townships ot Dur
ham, Milford, Springfield. Richland,
Rockhill, Haycock,Nockamixon ana
Tinieum, and the borough of (Quaker
town, in Bucks county.
Eleventh District.—Pike, Monroe,
Carbon and Wayne, and the town
ships of Bucks, Bear Creek, Blakely,
Carbondale, Corryington, Jetfursou,
Madison, Roaring Brook, Spring
Brook, the Itorough of Blakely, I>llll
- Goldsborough,Gibsonburg,the
city of Carlondale and the Twelfth
wan! of Scrantou.
Twelfth District.—That part of
Luzerne county not included in the
Eleventh district.
Thirteenth District.—Lebanon and
Schuylkill.
Fourteenth District.—Dauphin,
Northumberland, Perry and Juniata.
Fifteenth District—Bradford, Sus
quehanna, Sullivan, Columbia and
Wyomii g.
Sixteenth District —Tioga .Potter,
MeKean, Cameron, Lycoming and
Montour.
Seventeenth District.— Franklin,
Fulton. Bedford and Somerset.
Eighteenth District.—Snyder. Mif
flin, Huntingdon, Blair and Colum
bia.
Nineteenth District.—York, Cum
berland and Adams.
Twentieth District.— Union Cen
tre, Clinton, Clearfield, Elk ami
Forest.
Twenty-first District.—Westmore
land, Greene and Fayette.
Twenty-second District.—City of
Pittsburg and townships of Chartiers,
Union, Scott, Stone, Robinson, Up
per and Lower St. Clair, Baldwin,
Snowden, Mifflin, and Jefferson and
the boroughs of Mansfield. Chartiers
and West Elizabeth, in the county of
Alleghany.
Twenty-third District—All of Alle
ghany county not included in the
Twenty-second district.
Twenty-fourth District—Washing
ton, Beaver and Butler.
Twenty-fifth District-Clarion, Arm
strong, Indiana and Jefferson.
Twenty sixth District—Lawrence,
Mercer and Crawford.
Twenty-seventh District.—Erie,
Warren and Venango.
The New York Evening Post.
The proprietors of the Eveninej Pout
are taking measures to secure for that
journal an establishment worthy of the
position it has always occupied in tin
highest class of metropolitan journalism.
The site chosen for the new building is
one of the best in the city. It is in the
centre of business, is in all respects the
liveliest in traffic and in travel and with
in a stone's thlciw of the office oil
the one 1 and and our chief t< legraphie
depot on the other. The property con
sists of sixty-three feet on Broadway by
one hundred and sixty on Fulton street,
l>eing the southeast corner. The pub
lishers intend to erect a building that,
for solidity, convenience and tasteful*
ncss, shall not l>e surpassed by any oth
er of the kind. The public will rejoice
at these evidences of p> osjierity in a jour
nal which has always commanded their
esteem and which has steadily held its
own for nearly three-quarters of a cen
tury. The Post was founded in
William Cullen Bryant became a con
tributor in 1526. and since that time,
though it has passed through many
storms, its course has lnen onward and
upward.—-Inter. JS'irs. Reporter.
A Possible Remedy.
The I.ockport Journal puts forth a
suggestion that the salaries of meiiiliers
of Congress and some other Federal of
ficials shall Is l fixed by an amendment
to the Constitution. Fearing t hat Con
gress would not propose an amendment 1
of the purport above specified, the Jour-
nal makes the further suggestion that
Congress may lie compelled to call a con
vention on the application of two-thirds
of the State Legislatures.
The Constitution says such a conven
tion shall be called by Congress, "011 the
application to two-thirds of the Legisla
tures of the several states." We sup-
I pose it means of, but if Congress wanted
i to esvape calling a convention it might
make use of this technicality. Perhaps,
however, the whole power of the press
and pul lie brought to bear on a lot of
fresh Congressmen who have still some
thing to hope from the jntople, might
produce the result the Journal desires, i
As to the merits of the proposition, it
is not long since we should have said
that the question of salaries was one of
general legislation, which ought to he (
determined by Congress according to
varying circumstances, and should have
scouted the idea that the representatives
of the people could not l>e trusted to tlx !
their own pay. We have quit scouting
such ideas. We are decidedly of the!
opinion that the representatives of the
leople cannot be trusted to say how
much money they will take from the Na
tional Treasury.
We are strongly inclined to favor the
Journal's proposition. It may seem
strange to call for a constitutional con
vention on account of a single act of
Congress, but t hat act shows tliat Con
gress cannot bo trusted. It takes near
ly a million dollars yearly out of the
Treasury: and besides there is no know
ing how soouai Other lot of retiring Con
gressmen v'.fc* another imreuee to
their successors in order to get a big
back-pay steal themselves.
As to the salaries of Executive and
Judicial officers, Congress has never
shown any inclination to make them too
large; consequently there is no particu
lar necessity for limiting them and no
thing should be put into a Constitution
but what is absolutely necessary.
The matter is one of great importance, I
and wr hope to see the press discuss it
thoroughly. If the unconscionable char- •
acter of the late transaction should cause'
the jieople to take away the power so
scandalously used byCongress. the Great
Baek-piy Steal of 1573 may bo as fortu-,
nateasthe Nebraska Bill of 1574, which,
! though planned topromotetheindetinite 1
expansion of slavery, caused its final j
overthrow. —Bujfah Express.
I• • •
TUB fact that Hon. Schuyler Col-,
tax, late Vice President of the I ni
ted Stst.es, was welcomed home to
South fiend with unusual demonstra
tions of affection and esteem, and j
that lib old neighbors, without dis
tinctiot of party, who have known
him all his life, expressed their un
! shaken confidence in his integrity,
ought t-> make men hesitate to believe
that he has been guilty of the grave
crimes cf briliery and perjury so free
ly charged upon hiin by sonic of the
newspapers. The assassination ot
character for political or sensational
purposes is one of the great evils ol j
our time.
, t
Hemlock Bough Tannin.
The Williamsport (Pa.) ItegisUr
says that from a private letter from
•Messrs. Jamison, Goodcll, A Co.,
.
.whose process of manufacturing ex
tracts from hemlock boughs has cre
■ atcd sucii & sensation in Michigan, we
learn that their representative, W . 11.
Bart ram, (former editor and publish
er of the Midland Times where, the
business was first, introduced, and to
whose efforts the enterprise owes
much of its success.) w ill visit Wil
liam-port tliis week with a view of
remaining here sufficiently long to
awaken the same interest, here, in
this important enterprise, that is now
felt in Michigan. From those who
have in\e>iig!ited the matter, we learn
that the profits connected with the
business arcs sufficient to satisfy any
one who i> snk>" B
investinent. The Register says; It
is claimed Lliat a hemlock forest will
yield as many tons of boughs as it
will cords of bark; that the former is
as rich with tannin as the latter; that
a ton of houghs will produce as many
pounds of extract as a cord of bark ;
and that the extract is far more val
uable to the manufacturer of light
stock than any other tannin agent
now known to the trade. It does not
possess those properties that will
nkc it aiuni'io to the great manu
facturers of sole leather in the forests
of our State, but they can utilize the
houghs now wasted, and, by con
structing a factory in close contiguity
to their tanneries in the bush, they
can convert what has hitherto been
destroyed and wasted into a source
of profit and wealth, of greater pro
portions than their tannery meterial,
they can produce and forward to the
light stock tanneries around Phila
delphia, Newark, New York and
Boston, an article of tannin that will
enable them to manufacture a better
quality of upper leather than they
arc now able to produce. This in
dustry will thus recommend itself
to all who are interested in the vast
forests of hemlock with which North
ern Pennsylvania abounds, and in
fact, to all who are interested in de
veloping the resources of the State.
/title J tendent Rejmhltea/>.
—The Republicans of Hartford,
Conn, District have renominated
General J- R. Hawley for Congress.
It is noteworthy that this, the first
Republican convention held since
the passage of the amendment rais
ing the salaries of Congress, passed
resolutions unequivocally condemn
ing that measure.— Montrose Repub
lican.
; THE Pennsylvania House of Repre
sentatives having passed an Appro
priation bill increasing their salaries
to $ lf>oo, the Senate Finance Com
mittee on the 18th inst. reported the
i bill with salaries reduced to £ 1000,
and the appropriations in all reduced
nearly 1,000,000.
Another Honest Man.
HON. Clarkson X. Potter of S'ew
\ ork published the following card
yesterday morning:
To the Seryeantail-Amus of the House
of Representatives.—* in: I have your
letter of yesterday, enclosing me for
connter signat me the Sjieaker's warrant
for my increased pay, S.S(K>O, less tax,
as member of the Forty-second Con
gress. 1 favored the late increase of
salaries of the President, .Judges and
Cabinet officers, and a relative increase
to not beyond $ 6500 a year however in
Congressional saiarba. but I thought
the increase should in no case apply to
existing terms of service. lam aware
that Congress is by law judge of the
compensation of its own memliers, and
that in all former instances increased
pay has been extended to the members
of the existing Congress, and I do not
presume to judge for nor seek to influ
ence any one else, but for myself I do
not feel willing to receive this increased
eonqiensation for a service rendered in
no expectation of it, and I therefore
return you unsigned the warrant sent
me for the same, and remain
Your oliedient servant,
CLARKSON X. POTTER.
WASHINGTON.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.— Washing
ton. March 24.—The Vice President
laid liefore the Senate the following
letter:
March 24.
linn Henry Wilson, 1 icc I*resident <>f
the United SOttes:
SIR:—I do hereby very respectfully
notify you. and through you the Senate
of the United States, that I have re
signed and do resign my scat in that
both as Senator from the State of Kan
sas, and that I have forwarded ly mail,
j tost age prepaid, addressed to the chief
executive officer of that State, at Tojie
ka, Kan., a resignation in the following
form, to w it:
"U. S. SENATE CHAMBER, )
24th March, 1*73. j
"//is Excellency, Ihe Governor of Kem
sox. TojAit, Kansas.
"Sin:—l hereby resjieetfully tender
you my resignation as Senator of the
United"States from the State of Kansas,
to take effect immediately.
"Very respectfully your obedient ser
vant, " ALEXANDER CALDW ELL."
1 have also delivered in person to Hon.
Thomas. A. Osborne, Governor of Kan
sas, now in this city, a duplicate of the
laper forwarded, whose acknowledg
ment of the receipt thereof is herewith
1 enclosed.
Very respectfully your obedient ser
' vant, ALEXANDER CALDWELL.
" Washington, M<treh 24.
"lion. A. Uo.hiiecll, )V<ishinyton :
j "SIR,—I hereby acknowledge the re
i ceipt of your letter of this day resigning
j your seat in the Senate of the United
States as Senator from theStateof Kan
i sas.
"Very resjiectfully your obedient ser
vant, TIKIS. A. OSBORNE.
"Governor of Kansas."
Mr. Wright inquired whether the
Senator from Indiana, Mr. Morton, pro
proposed to take any further steps in
the ease. Mr. Morton replied that it
was not competent for the Senate to ex
pel a man not a Senator, or declare a
seat vacant; therefore he considered his
duties as Chairman of the Committee
on Privileges and Elections at an end.
Mr. Fen ton said he had intended to
make a speech on the Caldwell case, but
as it had been disposed of by the resig
nation of that Senator, it would not be
pertinent now to do so.
Mr. Wright moved that the Senate
take up the Clayton case.
Mr. Clayton remark* d that it was due
j to himself and to the State which he
| represented or misrepresented that his
! case be now culled on. After a
1 bate the case was taken up by a vote of
; 3(> yeas to 11 noes, ami the following res
olution came before the ltodv:
7iV.se/eed, That the charges made and
referred to a select committee of the
last Congress, affecting the otlicial char
acter ami codduct of Powell Clayton,
are not sustained.
The Philadelphia Press has an
article on the "Harrisburg steals."
The biggest steal we know of is the
1 one for which the Pre.-t.-t blows the
hardest, to wit: the million Centen
nial job.— Warren Mail.
AN animated debate took place in
: 1
; the State Senate on "Wednesday, the
10th inst., on the following resolu
tion :
"THE HF.ATIIKN CHINEE"
Mr* W A i,i, ACE called up Senate
bill No. 109fi, entitled Joint resolu
j tion instructing our Senators and re
j questing our Representatives in con
gress to introduce and vote for a bill
to prevent the introduction of Chi
nese laborers into the United States.
With slight amendment it was
passed.
MR. MORTON offered the following
resolution, which was ordered to be
printed:
That the Senate of the J
United States has received with joy
the intelligence that the Republican
Government of Spain have abolished
slavery in the island of I'orto Rico,
and raised the colored people in that
island from the condition of slaves
to the rights and privileges of citizens
of the Spanish Republic.
Resolved , That by this act the peo- J
pie of Spain have given new assurance
to the world that in in establishing
republican institutions they arc ac
tuated by genuine love of liberty and
the sincere regard for the natural
rights of all men, and that it will be
accepted as an omen of power and
perpetuity of the Spanish Republic.;
MICHIGAN AGAINST THE EXTRA
SALARY BILL. — Lansing , Mich., Mar. J
19.—Both Houses of the Legislature!
adoped resolutions condemning the ac
tion of the majority of the late Con
gress in voting to increase their pay
during the expiring hours of the scadon,;
! and applauding all those who opposed
, the measure.
PITT down a long credit mark for the
! large-minded Mikado of .Japan, who has
issued an edict proclaiming the tolera- j
; tion of Christianity throughout the Era
' pire and throwing open the whole coun- j
try to foreigners. Now, then, walk-up j
John Chinaman, if you don't want your ;
enterprising neighbors to get a thousand
' years start of you. Japan is constantly i
; winning the resj>ect and admiration of ;
the nations by her amazing progress in
Western civilization and by the bold
{K)licy of her rulers. — Buffalo E.cjircss.
Very well, but if John Cliiuainan '
is to "walk up and not let his enter- j
prising neighbor get the start of him,
j what shall we do who oppress and
jeer at John Chinaman, in spite of our j
! Christianity and regard for foreigners, j
■ Suppose we "walk up" a little.
THE weather is so remarkable of
late that it seems well to note it for
future reference. Our six or eight
inches of snow on this stormy 26th
■ of March seems to have been equalled
.! in the West yesterday, as the follow-
I
:: ing notices show:
CHICAGO, March 25.— The snow
storm which began here last evening
. and continued during the night and
to-day, culmiiiatad to-night in one of
. the worst storms of the winter. The
■ ; wind blows a gale from the northeast.
J At least eight inches of snow have
fallen and there is no abatement of
.'the tempest. Street railway travel
" j is entirely suspended on some routes,
. ! and on others four horses io a car are
> I necessary. The railroad trains are
delayed in every direction.
ST. Lot is, March 25.—A heavy
snow storm has prevailed here all day
_ j and night. The storm is the most
' i severe of the present winter.
1 ! '
-i KINGSTON, N. Y., March 25.— The
! cold weather for the past two days
has strengthened the ice in the Htid
! son and crossing bv teams with heavy
r ' i loads of freight has been resumed.
ICE JAM. —We hear that there is
I an ice gorpe about one mile long, up
! the liver between kinzua and Cory
: don and near the mouth of Sugar Run,
which forces the water over the ad
joining flats. Other gorges are also
j reported below Warren, but high wa
iter w ill doubtless clear the channel,
j Warren Mad.
ES.
' THE (ialax y for April appears with
j its "usual supply of good tilings," ar
j we so often read ; and as usual we find
j the best relish in the latter part. "Wan
ilerings" by Lady Blanche Murphy, i.-
n very interest ing descript ion of Roman
Festivals. The first article of " Drift
wood " tells one of those saddest of all
sail stories, of the torturing of 1 itll<
j children in order to make them expert
j leggars. There is a good little artich
|on the " New-lxim Republic" saying
I what most of us feel. In the Scientific
; Miscellany is an account of an investi
gation into the origin of the " L'lagiu
i that tor the last two years lias been rag
i ing in Persian Kurdistan." Whethei
j this is the same disease that used to 1
| called by that name, the article does not
say, but says it came from the opening
| of some caves where had been burned
! forty years liefore, tiiose who had died
of this disease.
-
DKMOUKST'S Young America is an in
' teresting little magazine. The April
j Xo. seems to lie an improvement on
j those before it. s2.<H> per annum, b3b
Broadway, N'ew York.
A MONO notices of April magazines,
will it bo allowable to say a word of the
I Atlantic for March. "The Madonna of
i the Future," shows such a new kind of
| life —it seems to bring Florence and
pictures and Italian art nearer, and
: make them more visible than anything
| else we have read. Being indebted to
I Theoliold we must recommend others to
| read this article.
Scrtbners has an article on that most
interesting of all historical subjects
"An Ancient American Civilization,"
the old story of Manco Capac, and
Manco < H-lla ; but gives no new discov
eries, nor new thoughts upon it. it lias '
also in the "Nature and Sciences" the
following description of the remains of j
an ancient city in Arizona. It is sur
rounded by a wall of sandstone neatly
quarried and dressed, was 12 feet thick j
and originally 15 or 20 feet high. With- 1
in are the walls of houses, temples and
markets, all of solid stone, and showing
excellent masonry. These walls are
covered with hieroglyphics cut deeply;
into the stone. The whole of the ruins, i
like most of those of the Orient, and
more particularly those of Arabia and |
Assyria, are more or less buried in sand.
This city is some ix miles from the ■
boundary between Utah and Arizona.
It is close to the desert, and is surround
ed by extensive sandy plains." I'iice
54.00 per annum, Scriliner Jk Co., New
York.
THE NEW YORK Independent sends
an unusually good numlier: more like
its old self than it has been for some;
time. $3.00 a year, Henry A. Bowcu
l\ (). tox 3787, Naw York City.
'"THE Cradle of the New Worp
with its instant thought of infancy z- a
greatness, opens Harper's \prilnun' i
with a vivid portraying of the first v 'J
by Columbus of Santo Domingn . *
splendid troph al island tliat so ch;in
the discoverers. It gives :i
Samana Bay—so recently acquire i'
Americans; and many
places in that country. "Sea and Sbo*
is a wonderful article—explaining p.
various depths of the bed of the '
its channels, currents, waves, stonT
etc., with many interresting
tions.
mm.
Spain.— Madrid. Mch. 23.-T:*
senibly met yesterday wieh the imdr
standing that a vote should be taken c
the bill for the abolition of slavery -
Porto Rico. A resolution was adopts
at the beginning of the sitting,that :. 4
Cbainlter would not adjourn until , ,
subject had been disused of.
Senor Figueras annaunocd that t (
ministry had decided to stand or \ ~
with the measure. Contrary to
exjiectation the House resolved not p.
continue the debate, and subsequent
by a unanimous vote passe d the bill fq
the innnediate emancipation of slave*
in the island of Porto Rico. Tie at.
nouneement of the- result was received
with cheers. The biil declares that
Rrpublic of Spain will preserve them.
i tegrity of tlie Spanish doininion, ant
1 provides that emancipated slaves
; Porto Rico shall enjoy all polity
■ rights dccorded to a citizen of Spain,
The Government took ample piecus.
I lions against any disorderly deraenstra
: tions in the city.
1 WASHINGTON, March 22.—Si Cretan
i Fish to-day receivt d the following jy.
i patch, dated Madrid, March 22:
"The immediate emancipation Ist
| for Porto Rico passed to-night uiub
I mously. There was great enthusiast
1 in the Assembly.
(signed) Si< KLES.
MAPKID, March 28.— The Asseml!;
j is considering a resolution for the a;
j pointmeiit of a permanent Commit,
; composed of members of the I louset
| watch over the Government after t
' adjournment of the Chanilier.
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Franco. — Paris, March 23d.—Tl.
J French and German Governments Lav
; exchanged ratifications of a treaty!■
j the evacuation of France.
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£Vn and srtssoT*.
NEW JERSEY has Ix'ati-n tin nn : p
lists at last. The general railroad 1
giving an open held to competition, w
passed by tiie Senate at Trenton yeSi
day morning. In a unanimous vote. T
bottom of tin- railroad riiigdropjui <■
completely at'ti r the recent defection
Senator McPhcrson, who had previoi;
been the leader of tlie Scott party
J>uffa'o Ks\iicss.
GEN Kit AT. II AWI.I.Y is the next m
I who takes no hack-stealings. Hedri
(only the pay honestly due him and i:
dined the share of plunder that fell
him. What is inure, lie didn't procia
ids virtue from tlie housetops by wi:
ing a letter about it. Well done, th-i.
all Tlie next!
ILLINOIS litis 102 counties and A ra
road in every county but seven; whi<
fact is quoted as evidence of her pr
l>erity. But if, as the Illinois farnn
say, "the railrotids are sinking tin
alive," then of course the more tilt
arc of these corporate savages the wor
for Illinois.
THE rn Farmer says : "A
j (.'alifomia correspondent, who hastate
i wheat bread at supper the materia!! :
I which was standing in tlie tiehl at sui
! rise, says that when the grain is ii|*- )'•
I is often cut, threshed, and put in ti
! sacks the same day. Instead of t t
rea|nr. the ''header" is now geniialj
listd. It cuts tJie straw midway.ami
its swath has a width nearly doubledim;
of the reaper. With two head'-is ami
five wagons a large threshing inailiiirc
is kept running, and in this way t"d!
acres ai d 1500 bushels of wheat 9ts
harvested in a single day.
Ti lK lower branchof the Illinois LegiJ
latere has adopted a resolution censur
ing the members of Congress from ttiat
State who voted for the increase of sau
ries, by a vote of 103 to 4.
A BILL lias passed the
Legislature amending the tippling la**
of the State, leu\ ing the question to
vote of the jn-ople of the different dr
tricts, wards, etc., on the first of .Ju
whether they will allow tippling heiw
in their respective localities. Tfn-l
will lie signed by the Governor.
ELLIS 11. ROBERTS, editor of tf
Utica Iferuld and Congressman f' nff
the Oneida District, has refused •
receive the back pay voted by the recr*
ant majority. Good for the press.
The following is found in the
wers to correspondents in the K't
atone Good Templar:
Bayeux Tapestry, is a roll of
en cloth '214 feet long and 20 v ;
and represents, in embroidery
evnts of the Norman invasion
England. It contains t>23 men. - *
horses, 55 dogs, 505 other iinini :
37 buildings, 41 ships and hot , :1I:
411 trees, in all 1512 figurs. B
all executed with the needle b*
tilda the queen of William the 1
queror, and by her presented w -
Cathedral of Uaveux.