Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1846-01-07
NEWS ITEMS.

'a'o" OF .he school fund to its liquidali IN. Tn,
only good result has been 10 reveal The true stat,
OF me case, winch we learn thus from The 4dr;
az E1Posator. wenty years ago The State laie
Tue foundation OF school fund BY devotioe te
.aal onject certain small revenues, which wer.
Ioanea oul aud The accruing interest added to the
principal.
:. IhIs was to he continued until The sum amount.
: ed to $4,000 900. Ten years ago the Stale Dor.
rowed Inc fund amounting 10 1926 900 for the pur
pose oil building Stare House. Thirty three
years must yet eapse before the fund would reach
the contemplated amount, when of course the i,,-
terest would need be levied yearly by tax.
This being the case, the Stale 10 effect reneal-
ed the low by which the fund was first founded
aud cancelled the debt.
we cannot see much wisdom in tie whole on
efa'ion' but certainly it is small affair 20 excite
Inc zeal OF half a dozen Democratic presses IN
Such iervor against the g federal" Wings.
STRENGTH OF THE U. S.-As much has
been said, during the agitation of the Oregon oucs
ton, ia relation TO the numerical strength OF he
United States militia, it may not be undressing
to our readers to know the number of enrolled n.,
subject to draft m the United States. B1 refe,inp
10 Inc Amy Register, the whole number of mli
lila reported as enrolled in the several States. is
io3, olO men- From the date of many of the re-
turns they must necessarily be far below the true
sanuaro, Out Inc number may safely be stated at
:, ooo,e meU. Allowing, therefore, that "A reg
lment should number 1000 men, ia very large al
'owance) you have 1000 regiments Now, re-
qure Que Company of 100 men from each regiment
and you have the lumber of 100000, as required
by Col. Benton. Thus il will be seen the mum.
Der can be raised by calling out one tenth OF the
actual militia force of the Country
SHIP BUILDING AT PoRTLAND.--For the year
Just ended there have been bull ships, II barks
IL Origs, and schOoneIs, with an aggregate ION.
mage oil $3.50 ions. There are six or eight more
about ready 10 be surveyed not included in the
above.
LUMBER TRADE OF BANGOR The Bangor
journal ays that The amount of lumber surveyed
Inc past business season, in that cuy, is I7I73S.
SOB, feet. This is between for:y and 6ftv million |
ieet over the las; or any previous wear.
LETTERS BY THE ACADIA.-Thc number of
letters at the New York Post Office, per steam. |
boat Acadia. for delivery ia that CITY. and for dis
.rIoulion, including packages and circulars. was
iI'Io3; number OF letters received for delivery &
distribution by mails. 10000; to.a, 1898.
FRErGMrs For l34G. The transport ,,ion Lines
are early IN the fIed. eagerly soliciting contracts
tor bringing msrchandizs from the east. at las,
seasons rates, les The reduction of tolls which |
takes effect in the spring, on tho Erie canal.
Prices charged in lS45 for all kinds of merchan |
die by sail on the lakes averaged per 100 lbs |
from New York 10 Detroit 30 20 5:5c. (Fron Al |
bany and Troy D cents less
Deducti differences on tolls on Sugar. Molssses
Coffee, Nails Spikes, Iron and Steel. I6sc.
MAKES THE RATES FOR 1916. on these articles
from New York TO Delroi. ISL to 33h .(On all cast
ings &c per IO0lbs I9ss.)
On all other merchant re the tolls are reduced i
mill per mile on lOOlbs, making prices for 1916
from New York, 46 TO sic. LESS from Albany
and Troy 5c.)
1t goods are brought by steam to 10 cents
per lOOibs are charged extra. Detroit charges
Tor dockage, to &c per 100bs: for storage ia &c.
0ErThe Charleston News coneratqlates those
friendly TO a change in the system of South Car
DINA industry. on The passage of two bills by the
Less lature. for chariering manufacturing assocI
atoms. 1t says that the waJ is now open to al
most unettered enterprise for those in Sou,h Car
DINA who are disposed 10 engage in manufactures
and urges them 10 come To the task of chang ing
the present scheme Of industry with the energy &
caution that will insure success
0TThe Legislature of South Carolina adlour. '
ned on the 18Th inst after session of only three {
weeks On the last night Of the session the House
Representatives, by vote of fifty yeas to nine b
Teen nays, adopted resolution expressive of their :
opinion that the election of President and Vice.
President of the United States ought TO be t:ans-
ferred from the Legislature the people, and tina,
the election by the people ought to be upon the
principle of the general ticket, the said ticket TO |
be composed of one EIector from each Congress S
slonal District, and one from the upper and one
loom the lower division of,be State
Sonh Caroliua is the only State in which al
present the people do not vote directly for presi- p
Dental electors. and judging from the above act n
of the most numerous branch of her Legislature. \
we suppose 1t will not be long before this priv. y
eye OF voting for themselves will be allowed TO
hem.
e.
IHEPARKERsBURGH KIDNAPpERs We learn al
rom the Richmond Wing that the supreme Court "
adjourned on Tuesday, without coming TO decls. n
on on the celebrated Parke rsbureh case, the CON-
against Garner and others for kidnapp. az
nc. Ii was understood that there were fourteen
members present who were equally divided as TO Y
ne question of jurisdiction. The fifteenth ap
earring, was undecided on the point at issu. and tt
ne case was accordingly adjourned over TO the W
ext term, to be held in June to
NEW HAMPsHIRE.-The Concord Courier states B
nat the MAJORITY against Woodhurv acco,d,no I'm |