Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1874 — Page 4

THE NEWS.

The puddlers of Pittsburgh and vicinity struck on the sth. Over 100,000 workmen were thus thrown out of employment. The King of the Sandwich Islands left Ban Francisco for Washington on the sth. , The Supreme Court of Wisconsin has declined to direct the State Board of Canvassers to give the certificate of election from the Eighth District to MeDill. The New York Court of Appeals has decided that Hr. Beecher is entitled to a bill of particulars in the cause entitled Tilton vs. Beecher, thus overruling the decision of the lower Court In the Cheap Transportation Convention at Richmond, Va., on the 4th, a resolution was unanimously adopted recognizing, in addition to the lines of transportation recommended by the United States Senate Committee on Transportation, the proposed Bock Isl and & Hennepin Canal, in Illinois, connecting the Mississippi with the Illinois River and Canal and the chain of water-ways to the seaboard, 88 a project of great merit, and urging upon Congress the necessity of speedy construction of the work. The name of the association was changed to “The American Board of Transportation and Commerce,” and Hon. Josiah Quincy, of Massachusetts, was elected President for the ensuing year; F. B. Thurber, of New York, Treasurer, and R. H. Ferguson, of Troy, N. Y., Secretary. The next annual meeting is to be held in Chicago. A deputation of English Catholic ladies recently paid a visit of congratulation to the Westphalian Countess who was recently fined for expressing sympathy "yith the Bishop of Padeborn in his ecclesiastical trials. The funeral of the late Mayor Havemeycr, of New York, occurred on the sth. A Vicksburg (Miss.) dispatch of the 7th says an alarm sounded at 9 o’clock in the morning that the negroes were marching on the town. The citizens gathered en masse , armed immediately, and advanced to meet them on the Baldwin Ferry Road. They were encountered on Grove street, just outside of the city, about 200 strong. The commander of the citizens warned the negroes to disperse, but they refused, and immediately firing commenced on both sides. The negroes retreated about a mile, and again made a stand in an old breastwork and house, but were soon routed. The loss in this enagement was one citizen, Oliver Brown, killed, and about twelve or fifteen negroes killed, several wounded, and about twenty prisoners. On the Hall’s Ferry road about 250 negroes were found and routed after a short engagement, with several killed and wounded. The attack was made for the purpose of reinstating the negro Sheriff Crosby.- It was reported that the negroes were burning cotton-gins and dwellings in the neighborhood. According to Paris telegrams of the Bth the Rothschilds had advanced 30,030,000 reals to Spain, and the bankers of Madrid 150,000,000 reals more. On the Bth the tide at St. Petersburg, Russia, raised nine feet above highwater inundating the lower part of the city and driving 1,000 persons from their dwellings. Masked men stopped -a train on the Kansas Pacific Railway at Muncie, Mo., on the Bth and robbed the express car of $30,000. All was reported quiet at Vicksburg on the Bth.

CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

On the 7th the Senate met at noon, VicePresident Wilson in the chair. Several new Senators presented their credentials. The President’s Message was read and ordered printed. Bills were introduced to provide a form of government for the District of Columbia and appropriating SIOO,OOO for the purchase of food for the grasshopper sufferers.... In the House, Speaker Blaine presided. Sundry new members were sworn in, and the President’s Message read and ordered printed. A bill was passed appropriating $30,000 for the purchase of scales for the use of the Postoffice Department. A bill was introduced to repeal the “ Press-gag Law.” The Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill calling for $19,653,434; the Navy Appropriation bill calUDg for $16,976,006; the Army Appropriation bill calling for $27,701,500; the Indian Appropriation bill calling for $4,861,507, and the Fortification Appropriation bill calling for $850,000 were reported from the Committee on Appropriations and made the special order for Dec. 15, Dec. 16, Dec. 17, Dec. 18 and Dec. 22 respectively. A bill was introduced exempting from the operation of the law requiring prepayment of postage cases where the subscriptions were taken prior to January, 1875. Bills were introduced in the Senate on the Bth to reduce the President’s salary to $25,000; to construct a Government telegraph line from Washington to Boston; amending the Currency acts of 1864 and 1866. A memorial was presented from publishers asking a modification of the Postal law. Adjourned.... In the House the report of the Committee on Arkansas Affairs was presented and ordered printed. Bills were passed—to reduce the pay of Bank Examiners; forbidding members of Congress from acting as 'counsel in suits against the United States. Bills were introduced—to extinguish the Indian title to the Black Hills; to substitute United States notes for National Bank notes; for an additional Representative from Nebraska; to regulate elections in certain States; to amend the act in relation to the elective franchise; to reduce the President’s salary. Adjourned,

THE MARKETS. NEW YORK.

Cotton.— Middling upland, 14X©154c. Ltvk Stock.— Be<;f Cattle—[email protected]. Hogs— Dressed, [email protected]; Live, [email protected]. SheepLive, [email protected]. Bmadstows.— Flour—Good to choice, $5.15® 5.75; white wheat extra, $5.7506.25. Wheat-No, 2 Chicago, [email protected]; lowa spring. [email protected]; No. 2 Mil wankee spring, $1.13©1.13H. Bye—Western and State, 96098 c. Barley—sl.sool.sl Corn—Mixed Western afloat, 904091 c. Oats—- _ New Western, 690694 c. Provisions .—Pork—N ew Mess, $20.50©21.00. Lard—l34ol3?* c. Cheese—l24@lsMc. Wool. —Common to extra, 43005 c. CHICAGO. Livx Stock.—Beeves -Choice, $5.5006.00; good, $4.2305.00; medium, $3.7504.25; butchers’ stock, $2.5603.75; stock cattle, $2.50© 3-50. Hogs—Live, $6.75©7.20. Sheep—Good to choice, [email protected]. Provisions.— Butter—Choice, 3S®3Bc. Bggs— Fresh, 25®20c. Cheese—New York factory,

***** -IWP rr7 » Breadstuff*.— Flour—White winter extra, No. First dear, $BO.OO©5AOO; Second dear, $46.09®48.00; Common Boards, sll-00® 12.00; Fencing, $11.00®12.00; “A” Shingles, Lath, 52.00Q&25. ; ; % / > CINCINNATI. Bbeadstuffs.—Floor—s6.oo®s.so. Wheat—Bed, sl.lo® 1.12. Corn—New. 69®70c. [email protected]. Oat*—s6 a 60c. Barley-No. 1, *1.30®1.33. Provisions. - Fork - $».2&®20.50. Lard- ****** ST. LOOTS. „ Lnr* Stock.—Beevea—Fair to choice, $4.50® 60 Fan, $4.25®4.50. Wheat-No. 2 Bed Fall, $1.07®1.06. Corn-No. 3, New. St®6Bc. Oats—No. S,sß®sßHc. Rye-No. 2, 96®96c. Barley—sl.32%®l.Ss. PBOVXBIORB.—Pork—Meaa, $19.75®20.00. Lard —I2V ® 13c. MILWAUKEE. Bkkadstuffs.— Floor—Spring XX, $5.25©5 50. Wheat-Spring No. 1, 99*®94c; No. 2,91 it® 91 *c. Corn—No. 2,75H@74«. Oats—No. 2, 53*® 54c. Bye—No. 1, 95®96c. Barley—No. 2, $1.25 @1.30. DETROIT. Bkeadotuffs.— Wheat—Extra, $1.17©1.17tf. Corn—74>A@7sc. Oats—66@s7c. TOLEDO. Bbeamtuffs—Wheat—Amber Mich., $1.01% 01.08; No. 2 Red, $1.05i4@1-07. CornMixed, New, 69K070J4C. Oata-No. 1, 55©58c. CLEVELAND. Bmadotuffs—Wheat—No. 1 Bed, sl.lo>4@ 1.11*4; No. 2 Bed, $1.05*®1.06. Corn-New, 71H@72c. Oats—s7*4®s6c. BUFFALO. Lira Stock.— Beevea Live, [email protected]. Sheen—[email protected]. EAST LIBERTY. Lira Stock.— Beevea—Best, [email protected]; medium, [email protected]. Hogs Yorkers, $6.40® 6.50; Philadelphia, [email protected]. Sheep—Best, [email protected]; medium, [email protected]*4.

Public Lands and Patent Statistics.

The following statement and statistics are taken from the late report of the Secretary of the Interior? • public lauds. Daring the fiscal year ending Jane 30,1874, public lands were disposed of as follows: Cash sales, 1,041,345.40 acres; military-warrant locations, 133,160; homestead entries, 3,518,801.63; timberculture entries, 803,945.47; Agricultural College scrip locations, 112,932.98; approved to States as swamp, 202,187.91; certified to railroads, 3,264,314.42; certified for wagon-roads, 57,921.11; certified for Agricultural Colleges,. 114,289.18; certified for common schools, 69,899.84; certified for universities, 64,636.52; approved to States for internal Improvements, 184,986.70; Sioux half-breed scrip locations, 720; Chippewa, do., 11,671.71. Total, 9,530,872.93 acres—a quantity less by 3,499,733.94 acres than that disposed of the preceding year. Cash receipts $2,469,938.50, being $938,577 less than those of the preceding year. During the year 29,492,110.43 acres were surveyed, making 649,393,052 acres already surveyed, and leaving unsurveyed 1,185,605,348 acres. The diminution in the aggregate quantity of lands disposed of during the year is chiefly owing to the amount certified to rai1r0ad5—3,264,314.42 acres in the year ending June 30, 1874, against 6.083,536.57 acres in the year ending June 30,1873 Nearly a million acres were entered under the Timber act, which augurs well for the now treeless prairies of the West. The entries under this and the Homestead act exceed by over half a million acres like entries during the preceding year. The rapid destruction .of timber in this country, and especially that which is found on the public lands, is a source of great solicitude to all persons who have given the subject any consideration. If this destruction progresses in the future as rapidly as in the past the timbered lands of the Government will soon be denuded of everything that is valuable. Effective legislation protecting these lands from such waste is absolutely necessary, and cannot longer be neglected without serious injury to the public interests. Under the laws now in force for the disposition of public lands it is difficult, if not impossible, to obtain more than the minimum price ($1.25 per acre) for land, however valuable. When timbered lands are advertised for sale private parties, desiring to purchase, make such arrangements and combinations as to prevent competition ; hence the lands, if disposed of at all, are sold at the minimum when offered at public sale, and, if not then sold, are immediately entered at the minimum Government price by such parties. The most effectual means of preventing these practices is, in the judgment of the Secretary, to adopt the suggestions of the Commissioner of the General Land .Office; that pine and fir lands shall not be subject to entry under the Pre-emption, and Homestead laws: that a system of surveys "be devised by which the quantity of pine and fir timber on each smnllest subdivision of a section may be at least closely approximated; that an immediate exploration by experts of the unsurveyed portion of those States and Territories known to contain pine and fir timber be made, with a view of ascertaining the geographical situation of such districts; that the reports of such explorations be followed by immediate surveys, appraisements, proclamations and sales, at not less than the appraised value, and for cash only. PATENTS. The operations of the Patent Office during the year show a large increase over those of the preceding year. The number of applications, inclusive of re-issues and designs, was 21,077, of Which 13,545 were allowed; 229 applications for extensions were filed, of which 208 were granted, and 2,683 patents were allowed, but not issued on account of failure to pay the final fees. Six hundred and ninety-six applications for trade-marks and labels have also been Med, of which 583 were granted registration. The total amount of fees received was $721,111.35, and the total expenditures were $694,075.72, leaving a balance of $27,035.63, a sum greater by $24,858(60 than that of the preceding year.

Indian Statistics.

In his report the Commissioner of Indian Affairs classifies the Indians nnder three heads, as follows: First —Thoso who are wild and scarcely tractable to any extent beyond that of comiiq; near enough to the Government Agent to receive rations and blankets. This class numbers about 59,813, and may be catalogued as follows: 44,354 out of about 52,000 Sioux; 420 Mandans, 1,620 Gros Ventres, 4,200 Crows, 5,450 Blackfeet, Bloods, and Piegans: 6,163 Utes in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico; 9,057 Apaches in New Mexico and Arizona; 4,975 Kiowas and Comanches in Indian Territory; 7,324 Cheyennes and Arapahoes in Indian Territory, Wyoming and Dakota; 5,362 Chippewas in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan; 800 Nez Perces in Idaho; 1,600 Shoshones and Bannocks in Wyoming; 1,000 Shohones, Bannocks and Piutes in Oregon.

Second— Those who are thoroughly convinced of the necessity of labor and are actually under taking it, and will more or less accept tne direction and assistance of Government Agents to this end. These number about 51,429, and are summed up as follows: 5,769 Chippewas and Amenomonees in Minnesota and Wisconsin, 338 Sacs and Foxes in lowa, 4,622 Sioux, 730 Poncas and 978 Rees in Dakota; 3,289 Pawnees, Omahas, Ottoes, Sacs and Foxes in Nebraska: 1,830 Flatheads in Montana, and 2,500 mixed Shoshones and Bannocks and Sheepeaters and 1,209 Nez Perces in Idaho; 295 Kicka?oos, 303Kaws and 2,372 Osages in the Indian erritory: 100 Pah Utes on reservation in Nevada, 575 Utes in Utah, 1,450 Mohavee and Hanlapaes in Arizona, 9,066 Navajoes in New Mexico, and 15,056 among the different tribes in Washington Territory, Oregon and California. Third —Those who have come into possession of allotted lands and other stock property in stock and implements belonging to a landed estate. This class comprises 5,140 Senecas and other Indians in New York; 11,774 Chippewas and other Indians in Michigan. Wisconsin and Minnesota; 2,780 Siottx at ffisseton, Santee and Flandrean agencies; 266 lowasand 1,735 Winnebagoes in Nebraska; 750 Pottawattamies and Klckapoos in Kansas; too Osages. 15,600 Choctaws, 1,800 Creeks, 600 Chickasaws, 2,138 Semlnoles, 17,217 Cherokees and 4,141 belonging to smaller bandß in the Indian Territaw?; 100 Eastern Cherokees in North Carolina; 1,307 Nez Perces in Idaho; 5,112 Yakomas and others in Washington Territory, and 10,905 Pueblos in New Mexico. Within the above classification, modified somewhat, might he included 4,300 Pimas and Maricopas and 6,000 Papagues in Arizona, and a majority of the 5,000 Mission Indians in California, who have always been self-supporting and only within a short tune have been furnished by the Government with an agent and a few employes. A fourth class of roomers and vagrants is enumerated, consisting of 600 Wlnnebagoes in Wisconsin, *SO Klckapoos in Kansas, known as Mokohoko s Band, 5,000 Diggers and others in California, 8,000 Indians on the Columbia River, Utes in Nevada, Utah, Colorado and Arizona; 2,060 Yumas and others in Arizona, and 1,200 scattered Indians in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida and Texas.

The Commissioner says a decided advance has been made during the year in the direction of securing control and influence over the Indians embraced in Class 1; and the way has opened quite perceptibly for a much larger and more hopeful work among them during the coming year. The first requisite in the treatment of afi Indians of this class is firmness. Any outrages or depredations should be followed ttp promptly and punished at all hazards and any cost. Any leniency wnich comes in to prevent this is an expensive and mistaken kindness. The 51,429 people embraced in Class 2, the Commissioner says, ©ay he property classified as

teachings and influences of missionaries. They need some form of civil government and the Inauguration of a process through which they may cease to be Indiana by becoming American C Of'he roamers, numbering about 14,000, Nttle can be said, except that they are generally as harmless aa vagrants and vagabonds can be la a perance, idleness and poverty, without ’a land, unwilling to leave their haanta for a homestead upon a reservation, and, scarcely in any way related to or recognized by the ’Government, they drag oot a miserable life. The report states that the Sioux Bomber 50,000, the greater portion of them “ yet nnreached by eivilfzatioa.'” Four thousand four hundred and forty-four of the more tractable received rations from the Government at eleven different agencies, and from 5,000 to 10,000 of the wilder class “consented to visit the agencies" when on “an occasional raid for rations.” The wildness of the Sioux and the non-adaptability of the conntry they inhabit to their support in a civilized mode of ltfe make the future of the tribe a serious problem. In reference to the .Black Hills the Commissioner says that all legislation looking to settlement of this region by the whites should be frowned down, as it would create demoralization among the Sioux. The relinquishment of the right given in 1868 to the Bed Cloud and Spotted Tail Agencies to hunt in Nebraska, It is believed, can be obtained by paying the Indians $25,000. Their right to roam in Wyoming still exists, although their repeated violations of the treaty made with them would justify the Government, the report states, in abrogating it. Without calling for vigorous operations by the military, it would be impossible, Commissioner Smith asserts, to put a stop to the constant and murderous raiding by Indians belonging in the southwestern portion of the Indian Territory. But the necessity of fighting these Indians would have been obviated by firmness and promptness in procuring the punishment of the crimes of individual Indians and of white marauders in their territory. The question of the future of the wild Indians in the Indian Territory, he says, is a very serions one, as their deep and avowed aversion to any settled life cannot be overcome so long as they are on the border of vast, nnoccnpled plains and almost within sight of herds of bufihlo, and makes it well-nigh impossible to secure settlers in Northern Texas and New Mexico from pilfering and murderous attacks by small parties or by individuals of these tribes. The remedy suggested Is to procure from the Cherokees, Choctaws and Chickasaw* a sufficient quantity of land, in five different tracts, suited to herding and agriculture, disarm and dismount these wild Indians and remove them to these localities, furnishing them cattle in return for their ponies and rations and clothing in return for their labor In building houses and opening farms for themThe Commissioner concludes by stating his conviction of the feasibility of Indian civilization, and that the difficulty of its problem is not so inherent in the race, character and disposition of the Indian, great as these obstacles are, as in his anomalous relations to the Government and in his surroundings affected by the influence and Interest of white people; that the main difficulty, so far as the Government is concerned, lies in the fact that the Indian’s deepest need is that which the Government, through its political organizations and operations, cannot well bestow. The first help- which a man in barbarism requires is not that which can be afforded through a political party, but that which is offered by a fellow-man wiser than himself, coming personally and extending a hand of sympathy and troth; that no amount or appropriations ana no governmental machinery can do much toward lifting an ignorant and degraded people, except as it works through the willing hands of men made strong and constant by their love for their fellowmen.

The New Law Relating to Newspaper Postage.

Washington, Dec. 6. The following instructions have been approved by Postmaster-Gen. Jewell in relation to the prepayment of postage on papers and other printed matter on and after Jan. 1,1875, under the act of June 23, 1874:

Section 5 of said act divides the matter therein described into two classes and fixes the rate of postage oh each as follows: On all newspapers and periodicals issued weekly or oftener two cents per pound or a fraction thereof; and on all those Issued less frequently three cents per pound or a fraction thereof. Under Sec. 6, upon the receipt of such matter at the mailing office, properly assorted into the two classes, it must be prepaid (after deducting the weight of the sack) by special adhesive stamps furnished by the department for this purpose. Ordinary postage stamps cannot be used for this purpose, nor can these stamps be used for any other purpose. Postmasters will make the following deductions for the weight of sacks, viz.: No. 1 jute sack, two and a half pounds; No. 2 jute sack, two pounds; No. 1 cotton sack, three and a quarter pounds; No. 2 cotton sack, three ana a half pounds. On receipt of the postage the Postmaster will give a receipt from a book of blank forms furnished by the department. The stamps will then be affixed to the stub of the receipt and canceled by perforating them with a punch, and the blank spaces in the stub be fillec to correspond with the receipt. The stubbooks are to be kept permanently in the office, to be ready to be produced whenever demanded by the department. The Postmaster will render promptly at the end of each quarter, in blank forms furnished for the purpose, a statement of the postage collected from each publisher or news agent during the quarter. These special stamps will be charged to Postmasters, and accounted for in the same manner as ordinary postage stamps. Newspapers, periodicals and circulars deposited in a letter-carrier office for delivery by the office or its carriers are subject to postage at the following rates: On newspapers, regular or transient, not exceeding two ounces in weight, one cent each; on periodicals, regular or transient, not exceeding two ounces in weight, one cent each; on periodicals, regular or transient, exceeding two ounces in weight, two cents each; circulars, unsealed, one cent; weekly newspapers to transient parties, one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof. These rates must be prepaid by postage stamps affixed. Weekly newspapers to regular subscribers will be five cents per quarter. Under this section county papers pass by mail free to subscribers actually residing within the county, but when delivered at letter-carrier offices or by a letter-carrier they are subject to the rates of postage fixed in the laws and regulations, page 67, Sec. 158, namely: On publications not exceeding four ounces in weight, issued less frequently than once a week, one cent for each eopy, and when issued once a week five cents additional per quarter, and five cents additional per quarter for each issue more frequent than once a week. An additional rate shall be charged for each additional four ounces or fraction thereof. These rates must be paid quarterly before delivery of such matter, either at the office of mailing or delivery. When not so paid, postage must be collected on delivery of each copy at transient jwfes, viz.: One cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof. The foregoing instructions are to take effect on the Ist day of January, 1875, and to continue in force until modified or superseded by the department. In regard to the question where newspapers and other printed matter must be weighed for prepayment Of postage under the new* law on and after Jan. 1, 1875, it may be stated, by authority of the Postoffice Department, that the general rule requiring the weighing to take place at the rostoffice where the matter is mailed will be modified for convenience of publishers in any locality where It is shown to be desirable that weighing should be permitted elsewhere than at tne Postoffice. It is understood that New York newsjpaper publishers prefer the weighing to be done at the Postofflce, while at Chicago and other cities it is desired to have printed matter received and weighed at the railway depot. Each application for a modification of this rule will be decided on its individual merits.

The War Department.

Washington, Dec. 8. The Secretary of War states that the actual expenditures of the War Department for the year ending June 30,1873, including river and harbor improvements, were $46,325,308.21, and the same for the last fiscal year, ending June 30, 1874, were $42,826,314.71, showing a reduction of $3,998,903.50. The report trill also contain the following recommendations: Monthly additions to be allowed to the pay of officers acting §5 Assistant Quartermas-

annually for the manufacture of arms. An Increased appropriation is desired for arming and equipping the militia. Steps should be taken to relieve the various States from the indebtedness for arms charged to them during the rebellion. Sales of various arsenals, such as those at Allegheny, Columbus, Detroit, Flkesville, Watertown and Washington, are recommended. The Springfield Armory, the Frankfort Arsenal and a few others are recommended to be retained. The proceeds of those sold should be applied to the erection of one grand arsenal for manufacturing purposes, to be established near New York. The proceeds of the sales of those named would be amply sufficient for that purpose, and (here is no necessity for their retention. A powder depot and experimental grounds, for testing heavy ordnance, are estimated for. The revised statues which were enacted Into a law at the last session of Congress included much absolute legislation, which has been inconsiderately Included, and attention is called thereto. Desertion should he considered felony, cognizable by courts at criminal jurisdiction; the offenders should he arrested by Marshals and deputies, like othfficriminals, but the jurisdiction should be concurrent with that of the military courts. Jurisdiction is recommended to be conferred on military persons charged with mprder and other felonies. The reduction of the army is discouraged at present. A reduction of the number of men without a reduction of officers and posts is not economical. A larger appropriation for the publication of official records of the war of the rebellion, both of the Union and Confederate armies, is desirable. This should become immediately available. The President should be authorized to drop from the rolls of the officers of the army those who intentionally and criminally duplicate their pay-accounts—in other words, present accounts for the same month more than once and obtain payment thereon. The provisions of the act of May, 1874, as to the extension of time during leave of absence in which full pay can be drawn should apply to all officers stationed In the Department of Texas. Calling attention to the names of those officers who have been 6ent to the Senate for brevet Appointment for service in the field in action with the Itfdians, the confirmation of these brevet appointments is recommended. The pay of Sergeants should be increased. An appropriation for a permanent military prison is recommended. Payment of soldiers by checks is discouraged, and attention to the Paymaster-Gener-al’s application for the appointment of additional Paymasters is invited. Appropriations for walls and lodges at certain national cemeteries are recommended. The recommendation is made that the hill which passed the House of Representatives authorizing the President to establish a regulation for tne army should be taken up and passed by the Senate. Boys should be enlisted as field musicians, as formerly. When vacancies occur in the office of Regimental Quartermaster and Adjutant, no reappointment should be made to these positions, bnt the duties now performed by them should be performed by detailed officers. The establishment of a professorship of rhetoric and English literature at West Point is recommended. THE ORDNANCE BUREAU. The Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, in his annual report, recommends the rearmament of the navy with breech-loading rifled cannon, which can be done at a very small cost in view of the reduced number of ships and of guns required. The present types of foreign armed cruising ships carry four and one-half and six inches of armor, and at present we have no guns except the fif-teen-inch in the monitors which will seriously injure the lightest of these armored Vessels. Substitute a seven or eight inch rL fie for the eleven-inch' smooth-bore, which even our smallest ships carry, and few of them would come off without great damage. The Chief of Ordnance says the recent experiment on the conversion of smooth-bore to rifled cannon developed no unexpected*results, and he does not deem it possible .to convert a cast-iron smooth-bore Into an efficient rifle by any system of rifling.

Atty.-Gen. Williams’ Report.

Washington, Dec. 8. The Attorney-General’s annual report shows that there were judgments during the fiscal year in civil suits in favor of the United States of $2,021,724; amount actually realized, $867,192. Of the criminal cases, 6,018 were terminated, including 2,633 convictions, of whiqh 102 out of 966 were under the Enforemient acts. The total suits to which the United States were not a party is 19,194, of which 11,490 were terminated, the Judgments being to the amount of $10,508,624. The expenses of the Marshals, Commissioners, etc., for the year were $2,609,730, or $361,138 less than the previous year. The amount awarded by the Court of Claims was $2,418,804, against total claims of $4,054,866. The Attorney-General recommends that the United States District Courts be given authority to issue subpoenas directing the attendance of witnesses before the Court of Claims, and that the latter be given power to punish for contempt any failure to obey; that the heads of departments be given authority for use in the court of the Confederate records in possession of the Government; that the police force of the District of Columbia be increased; that all District Attorneys and Marshals be paid by salary only, fees being abolished; that a penitentiary be erected in the District of Columbia for the confinement of convicts, instead of that of Albany; that a uniform mode be provided for the selection of jurors for United States Courts and the enactment of a law regulating the fees and costs of Clerks, Marshals and attorneys of United States Courts.

A Providential Man. —This title now justly belongs to a physician who has added to the list of medicines a new remedy, whieh appears to include ail that is most valuable in the old pharmacopoeia, and not to include any of the drawbacks with which the so-called specifics of the Faculty are chargeable. The Providential man is Dr. Joseph Walker, of California, whose Vinegar Bitters has achieved, in the short space of two years, a degree of popularity never before attained by any advertised preparation In this country. We have too much confi-' deuce in the shrewdness of the American people to suppose that this sudden and surprising celebrity is the outgrowth of a delusion. Indeed, we have reason to know that it is founded on innumerable and well-authenticated cures of almost all the bodily ills that flesh is heir to. Not the least among the merits of the famous Tonic and Restorative is its entire freedom from alcohol, as well as from all mineral drugs. It jf composed exclusively of rare vegetable extracts. 12

Seed House of David Land reth Sc Sou. It is pleasant to note the flourishing fall trade doing by this lohg-established firm In the midst of dull times, fn the prevalent stagnation, enterprise has the. field almost without competitors. 80 determined are the Landreths to secure, as usual, a large share of the approaching year’s business that they have now nine of the fast steam presses of McCaU&yt Stavely diligently at workprinting their “ Rural Register" lor 1875. This has never before occurred in the history of their house. The “ Rural Register ” is furnished without charge to all who use Landreth’s seeds—and who do not ? —Philadelphia Commercial List. —The North Carolina State debt is f 88,921,549-05,

~ ***** | Ftae new rosewood pianos for SBOO. Good second-hand nianos $l5O to S2OO -—‘ * - —The new trade dollar prepared esSSJahM ’ r alre^y ß di»placed $9*000,000 of Mexican coin in those far-off realms.

A Walking Advertisement.

Limestone Springs, S. C. Dy. R. Y. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.: Dear Sir —l am a walking advertisement for your Golden Medical Discovery, Purgative Pellets and Qr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy, they haring cured me of Catarrh of nine years’ standing, which was so bad that it disfigured my nose, and while caring it your medicines also cured me of Asthma in its worst and most aggravated form. Before using your medicines I had become reduced ip flesh from one hundred and fltty-flve to one hundred and fifteen Bounds, and I now weigh one hundred and sixty-two pounds and am in better health than I hare enjoyed for twenty years. Yours truly, •' * : ' r ‘ * -W J. L LUMSDEN. The above is hut a fair sample of hundreds of tetters which are received by Dr. Pierce, and in the face of such evidence who can longer donbt that the Doctor’s medicines cure the worst cases of Chronic Catarrh? The Great Favorite With the Ladles. Wm.Forsyth, Bynum A Son, druggists, of Live Oak, Fla., write, Sept 16th, 1874, as follows: “ Dk. R. V. Pibrcb, Buffalo, N. Y.— Your Golden Medical Discovery and Purgative Pellets sell very largely ana give complete satisfaction, as many of our customers and friends testify with pleasure. Your Favorite Prescription is indeed the great Favorite with the ladles, and numbers can say with joy that it has saved them from eking out a miserable life or meeting with premature death and restored them to health and happiness.” Thousands of women bless the day on which Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription was first made known to them. A single bottle often gives delicate and suffering women more relief than months of treatment from their family physician. In all those derangements causing back-ache, dragging down sensations, nervous and general debility. It Is a sovereign remedy. Its soothing and healing Berties render it of the utmost value to a suffering from internal fever, congestion, inflammation or ulceration, and its strengthening effects tend to correct displacements of internal parts, the result of weakness of natural supports. It is sold by all druggists. Dit. Pierce’s pamphlet on Diseases Peculiar to Women will be sent to any address on receipt of two stamps. Address as above. Safe, Permanent and Complete!—Wilhoft’B Tonic cures Chills and Fever, Dumb Chills and Bilious Fevers—those Titans that kill their thousands where this remedy is unknown. It cures Enlargement of the Spleen. It cures Hypertrophy of the Liver. It hurts no one. It cures all types of Malarial Fevers and is perfectly protective in all Its effects. Try Wilhoft’B Tame, the great infallible Chill Cure. Wheelock, Finl,at & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. For Sale by all Druggists. Every wise business man shapes his business so as to make it conform to the circumstances by which he is surrounded. Believing this, the Sherman House, at Chicago, has. reduced its rates—an act that should be appreciated by the traveling public. Now is.the time to buy presents for Christmas. Combine beauty and utility, and give your gentlemen friends a carton containing one hundred Elmwood Collars. They will last him some time, and he will think of you with pleasure every time he puts on one. Dyball’s finest candies mailed free to all parts at 60c per lb. Address Dy ball, Chicago. The Northwestern Horse-Nail Co’s “Finished” Nail is the best in the world. The Little Corporal.—The December number abounds in good things, among which is an illustrated story—" What Happened on a Christmas Day’’—by the editor, Mrs. Miller. Parties raising clubs at sl.lO for each snbscriber receive valuable premiums, a list of which is published in the magazine. Single subscription,’ postage paid, $1.50; two names at one time, $1.25 each; five,sl.loeach, and a premium to the person sending the club. Published by John E. Miller, Chicago, 111. *

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1 rittkA* egar Bitters are a purely Vegetable preparation, made chiefly from the native herbs found on the lower ranges of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, the medicinal properties of which are extracted therefrom without the use of Alcohol. The question is almost daily asked, ’“What is the cause of the unparalleled success of Vinegar Bitters!” Our answer is, that they remove the cause of disease, and the patient recovers his health. They are the great blood purifier and a life-giving principle, a perfect Renovator %tud luvjgorator of the system. Never before in the history of the world has a medicine been compounded possessing the remarkable qualities of Vinegar Bittbrs in healing the sick of every disease man is heir to. They are a gentle Purgative as well aa a Tonio, relieving Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver ana Visceral Organs, in Bilious Diseases. The properties of Dr. Walker’s Vinegarßittkes are Aperient, Diaphoretic, Carminative, Nutritious, LaxativerDiuretic, Sedative, Counter-Irritant, Sudorific, Alterative. and Anti-Biiious. R. H. MCDONALD A CO., Druggist* and Gen. Agta, San Francisoo, California, and cor. of Washington and Charlton Sts., N. Y Sold by all Druggist * and Dealer*. R. P. HALL’S ~~ ipHMLECTIUm Is imbedded in a medicated / x plaster, and when applied to / \ the body produces a conl UP \stunt current of electricity. \ M j forming the most powerful \ J remedial agent for the cure / of Rheumatism, Neuralgia , \Wa5HApr / Sciatica, ffeadacie,Spraine, Spinal Difficulty, Nervous , Diseases, or Female Weakness ever known. Its effects are magical. Sold by Druggists, or sent by mail on receipt or 50 cents. Address A. H. TAYLOR, No. 4 Trilmne Bulldlng, CHICAGO, General Agent for the West For ONE DOLLAR we will send, postage paid, The Weekly World, One Year. All the news of the past seven days Is riven In the weekly edition of The World (Wednesdays), which contafns, in addition to the news, many special features prepared expressly for it. The Grange department gives each week the latest news of the Order and of the Patrons. The agricultural department presents the latest experiments and experiences of practical culturists, full reports of the Farmers’ Club of tha American Institute, letters from practical farmers, and interesting discussions of profitable fanning. The page for the family furnishes interest and amusement for the fireside during the long winter evenings. Full and trustworthy live-stock, country produce, and general produce market reports show the state of trade. For TWO DOLLARS we will Mad, postage paid, The Semi-Weekly World, one year. The Semi-Weekly contains (Tuesday and Friday) all the contents of the Weekly, one or two first-rate is qyels during the year, and all the cream of the Dally World. “ The World, In point of ability, enterprise and influence, stands at the head of the Democratic press In this country.” Address “THE WORLD,”

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