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LOWELL IN 1921 AND 1S51-A Contrast =
A correspondent of the Boston Journal, in a recent
letter, gives the following of the City OF
Spndles " as it was in 1921, and as it is now in
1851:
" If the visitor wishes to go into the factories, it
is necessary to obtain tickets of admission from the
agents, ]. w. Paige IL Co., and A. Il A. Law
renee u Co., before leaving Boston. On arrival
he will be admitted to witness the vast operations
in the Hamilton, Appleton, Lawrence, fremont,
Boot, Suffolk and other mills, which together
have capital of Sl3,000,000 invested and give
employment to 5000 females and 1000 males. The
annual consumption of cotton is 80 000, 900 pounds
from which is manufactured S0,000,000 yards cot
ton cloth, 20,000000 yards calico, $4,000, 900 yards
bleached and dyed goods, 100000 yards broad
cloth and cashmere, and 10000 yards carpetng
The annual product of cotton cloth alone, allowing
it to be yard wide, would extend over $4,000
miles of surface, twice around the globe. Such
is the vast extent of the manufacturing operations
in Lowell, where, previous to the year 1921, the
Merrmack flowed noiselessly through almost
unbroken forest, disturbed only by its own natural
ripple, as it rolled along on its way, to be lost in
the Atlantic
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hold the most ultra Red Republican principles;
they have endeavored to spread their views, and to
take part in the politics of Switzerland, by asso
ciating themselves with the most unprncipled men
and party in the land. As they can thrive only in
turmoil and war; they tried invariably to excite it
wherever they could, and to publish the most in
cendiary papers and pamphlets. Thus they have
drawn upon them the odum of the best citizens,
and retained the sympathies Of only few of the
worst. 1t is no wonder that Switzerland wishes
to get rid of them; the wonder is that they were toll
Grated so long; they would not have been in any
other quarter of the globe Nothing but the national
feeling Of antpathy to the despotic powers could
have protected them SO long. The quiet and
honest refugee has never been, and will never be
disturbed. But the restless foreigner that comes
to preach that property is robbery, to organize Sc
cret societies, to the country where he finds
asylum only as a tool for his plottings against
friendly neighbors, ought not to be tolerated.
Probably Switzerland has been hitherto too indul-
gent, and has not acted in the same spirit which
led Gen. Taylor to bring before courts of justice,
those connected with the expedition of Cuba.
Recently France has entered into some arrange
ment with Switzerland for the transfer to America
of political refugees offering to bear the expense
Upon which it was said that Switzerland had
yielded to the threats of the united despotc pow
ers, and that France was their accomplice. Now,
the fact is, that Switzerland has never been less
frightened than on this OCCASION and has not exhib.
tied even the slightest fear of war. The Age
meme Zeitung, of Augsburg, the paper which con-
| tains the most reliable Information upon German
and Swiss affairs, although unfavorable to repub-
canism, asserts, very correctly, that France alone
| has been alarmed; alarmed lest the Swiss should
rush mady into hopeless war with these great
monarchs, and the equilibrium of peace be dis
turbed. Hence that unexpected generosity OF
France, who, while she acted so numerically be-
fore to the same refugees, driving them from her
territory. is willing, unasked, to tax herself to
get them out of Switzerland.
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AMIN Blythe NewYork Express publishe,
letters from respectable sources in Constantnople
asserting that the Congress and people of the Uni
ted States have been duped by Amin Bey, who's
visit here had no diplomatic recommendation, bu
was manufactured out Of a permission given to hin
by the Sultan, at the earnest solicitation of Mr.
Dragoman Brown. These letters say specifically
that Mr.. Browns object in palming Mr.. Bey upor
the people, as special messenger from the Sultan
was to build up magnificent idea here of his own
importance in Turkey
Mr.. Brown has answered these charges by show
ing that Mr.. Marsh had more agency in the matter
than himself, and publishes letters from Rechid
Pacha, Sulyman Pacha, and others, declaring that
Amin Bey was an Imperial Commissioner
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ParOdIs

Reluctantly we confess ourselves disappointed,
sadly disappointed, with the concert Of last even
ing Parodi was evidently suffering from a cold,
and had to contend against the disadvantages Of a
bad room for sound, and an abominadie orchestra
Under such circumstances, it would scarcely be
just to venture on criticism of her power or at
but glance at the impression which
she has left upon our mind, may enable us to point
out some of the obvious reasons of her failure with
a view to their future correction.
In the andante Of Casta Diva, she evidently felt
her want Of control over her voice reaching up
to, instead Of at attacking the note and forcing
sostenmtos, which should have been piano, to keep
them from growing fiat. This of itself would have
been sufficient to. dampen the confidence of any
debutant but placed in the very midst of noisy
and badly drilled orchestra, meditation and intona-
ton become almost matter of guesswork. The
piece was coldly received, and though she made
strong effort to regain herself in the allegro, with
the exception Of one or two impassoned outbursts,
she felt and the audience felt, that she had failed.
In the second song, from Strakoschs opera Of Clio
wanna di Napoli, her hoarseness had increased to
such degree that she sung false almost from the
beginning.
To the list of disadvantages under which she
labored, we must add that of bad selection of
pieces. If Parodi expects to succeed with New
Orleans audience, even when she is herself and
las the full command of her voice. she must go to
higher school than the compositions of Mr.. Maui
rice Strakosch ears which have been attuned to
the divine harmonies of Mozart and Haydn, or
the melodies of Beini, cannot endure to be nflict
ed by the hour with strains from such source.
The inspired Prophet should speak the oracles of
God. First we had aria from Giovanni di Napoli,
by Maurice Strakosch then grand fantastic de
concert by Maurice Strakosch; and though the
second part claimed to open with " Grand Orer-
,ure for the full Orchestra" we could not be de.
ceived in the strains of the Filtration Polka by
Maurice Strakosch, which has long since had its
day and been buried
Mr.. Strakosch is a good pianist; but three
pieces out Of ten (amost one-third) is too much for
New Orleans audience on one night. We would
respectfully suggest to Mile Parodi that unless the
room be changed, she should dismiss her orches-
ira, and be satisfied to give more familiar music
with less display.
Despite of all disadvantages, however, we saw
and felt that she had power and talent of an ee-
waited character, which, at another time, and I'M
der better auspices, we shall be happy to do full
Justice to- The late hour prevents us from extend
ing our notices to the other artists, who were well
received, and deservedly SO.
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Curiosities of Legislation.

We understand that there has been good deal
OF amusement and speculation at frankie for a
week or two past on account OF the provisions of
the salary bill enacted by the late Legislature 1t
Is said that the law actually provides that the
Governor shall have yearly compensation of
$4,000 each of the Judges of the Court of Ap-
peas st, 900; each of the Circuit Court Judges
S., 600 the Register of the Land Office $4,000 ::
the Secretary OF State So, 000 and other officers in
about the same proportion.
The bill originated in the House, being reported
by select committee, the members of which
prided themselves being in favor of low salaries
We have Lot the law before us, but its phrase
oogy runs substantially thus: The Governor
shall have salary of twenty five hundred dollars,
the Judges of the Court of Appeals fifteen hun
dred Judges OF the Circuit Court fourteen hun
dred, Register of the Land Office twelve hundred
and fifty. ETC., which sums shall be paid quarterly.
1t is not provided that the officers in question shall
have salaries of the said amounts per annum the
provision is expressly that they shall receive the
specified salaries, which sums shall be paid quar-
| terly. The language is specific, and the best
lawyers of Frankfort say as the best LAWYERS every
where must say, that the law empowers each of the
officers named to draw the whole sum specified
| every three months. And we understand that the
| able Second Auditor says that, if they think
| proper to draw this, he shall feel constrained by
the plain letter of the law to pay them the money
| OF course this is very laughable, and, at the
| same time, very serious blunder and the frs
thought of some may be that the next Legislature
| and will at once correct it. This however is
| impossible. The Constitution provides tina
no officers salary shall be reduced during tn,
| period for which he is elected to office. So the
| Governors legal salary must remain $4,000
year during his entire term, the salary of eacl
Judge of the Court of Appeals must remain 6,OOC
year for eight years, the salary OF each circui
| Judge must remain $4,000 year for six years, etc
! louisville (ky) Journal of April II.
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The Young NEGRO MURDERER IN BALrI.
MoRE.-The mystery surrounding the murder of
the little son of Mr.. Rumpf has at last been cleared
up by the full confession of the murderer, who is
negro boy, named George Long, only thirteen
years of age. On being questioned with regard to
the affair, he stated that on Thursday afternoon,
he was engaged for some time in spinning top with
little Rumpf, and loaned him top cord, which he
lost. He asked him to return the cord, but he said
he could not find it he then picked up stone and
struck the child the head with it, causing it to
bleed. The child cried and wanted to run home
but he took him and pulled him back into the
slaughter house, and after quoting him they COM
menced to play together again. After a short time,
he says he again asked he child for the top cord
and he replied that he ha laid it down and could
| not find it. He then acknowledges that he picked
up stone and struck him, first on side of the
head, and then on the other, causing the blood to
| flow, when he fell back into the corner of the
| slaughter-house, with his head on the broom,
| which was found bloody. While down, he con-
| tnued to pound him on the head with the stone,
| and he put up his arms to protect his head
| many of the blows falling on his arms. He then
| left him lying with his head in the corner, and
| heard him groaning as he shut the door. He
also says he heard him groaning at a late hour
on Thursday night.
| When found, the body of the child was lying
| in the centre of the slaughter house, with his
head leaning on arm, as if asleep, and, al
though nearly twenty hours had elapsed since
| this terrible scene, it was scarcely cold indcat-
| ing that he must have lived at least twelve hours
| in the most terrible agony.
The young murderer seems to be unusually
| intelligent for his condition, and spoke freely
| using good language, seeming, however, to have
| no conception of the enOrmity of the deed that
| he has committed He says that he did not in
tend to kill him, and supposed that he was home
| next morning, until he heard that he was miss
| ing, when he looked into the slaughter-house
and saw him lying there. He was fully commit
ted for trial, and all the others honorably dis
| charged
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A GALE IN THE EAsT.-The Boston papers
contain full accounts of damage done by a severe
gale on the night of the 18th and morning of the
10th. The gale was very on the Sound.
At high tide, portions of the wharves were over
flowed. The cellars under the Custom-house were
filed with water, and many of the goods in store
severely damaged Men were employed in boats
in these cellars to paddle about and pick up articles
ahoat Considerable damage was done to the
shipping in the harbor. The cellars in Commer-
cia street were inundated. Several persons were
drowned and lost their lives otherwise. Through
out the day of the 10th, the water was at consid
cradle depth on the streets about the Boston and
Maine Railroad Depot
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FROM Nova ScoTIA.-The New York Com
mercial Advertiser has received Halifax papers to
the 18th inst.
The Provincial Legislature was prorogued on
the 18th instant, by the Lieutenant Governor in per-
son. In his address, he alludes TO bills having
been passed during the session extend the elect
i've franchise, revise the code of laws, TO form
new county in Cape Breton, 10 create Board of
Public Works, and TO erect new Court house at
the capital of the Province.
Action upon the subject of the railway was sus
pended until the return of the gentlemen compos-
ing the delegation TO Great Britain.
On the subject of the fisheries, the Lieutenant
Governor remarks:
1.-The steps taken by the Legislature for repe-
ling inrruders on the reserved fishing grounds OF
this province, will demand of me the adoption of
such arrangements as | hope may, in great mea-
sure, preserve that prolific source of wealth TO the
hardy class engaged in that branch of industry
and the encouragement proposed to advance their
interest, shall carry out with the means you have
literally placed at my disposal"
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EXCITEMENT IN THE New YORK SENATE
The Erie Canal Enlargement Bill came before
the Senate on the 18th, Mr.. Mann moved its in
definite postponement. The motion was lost. He
then formally presented to the President the re-
signation of himself and eleven other democratic
Senators, only three democrats remaining. The
Sergeant at Arms was dispatched for absentees
all were found. There was great excitement when
the body organized again, and a recess was taken.
In the afternoon, the bill was again before tho
Senate, and undergoing violent discussion when
the dispatch left. The telegraph has told us that
the bill was lost
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HAYTI.--A letter from Hayti received in this
city, dated March IS, says: "The Haytien
Government had demurred about paying the claim
for damages for the illegal imprisonment Of Capt
Mayo, of the American brig Leander, saying that
all the forms Of law had been complied with. Com
modore Parker, of the Saranac, replied that the
remarks of the minister were totally unsatsfac-
tory and asked a decisive answer whether the
money would be paid or not. Three days elapsing
without any answer, the Commissioner made Sec
ond demand lmitiag the hour that he would
wait for an answer" The time had not elapsed
when the letter written. Other letters state
that the Emperor's Government protest against
this claim for damages, saying that nothing more
was done in this than The laws of the country
demanded. Boston Traveller
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WHITE AND BLACK BASIS IN VIRGINIA. -
Western Virginia wants and insists upon having a
representation provided solely upon the white popu-
lation. Eastern Virginia insists, that blacks TO
some extent, shall be counted as well as whites
This long controversy before the Convention, is
likely to be settled, it is said, by adopting the mixed
basis for the Senate, and the pure white basis for
the House. H. A. Wise, though from the East,
has been pressing the pure white basis accord
ing to the official census of Virginia, there are in
the Eastern portion of the State seventyone coun-
ties, and in the Western sixty-eight-or one hun
bred and thirty-nine counties in the Old Do
minon.' In the Eastern there are 40l $40 whites,
46, 1893 free coored, and 400 ,703 slaves; in the
Western, 1872 600 whites, 1923 free colored, and
SO, 233 slaves The total free population, 94S, 055
slaves, 473, 026-an aggregate of ,42l ,0Sl in the
State 1t will be seen that there is slave for
every two free persons"
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FIRST and Fourth Pages.
The Weekly Crescent

viii be ready for delivery early this morning. 1t
contains full report of the Speech of James Robb,
ESQ.,, before the Railroad Convention recently held
in this city leading Editorials, Sketches, and a
General Summary of News from all quarters. To
be had at the counter, and at Morgan's, adjoining
the Post-offce. /.
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CROPS AND WATER IN LAFoURcHE. - The
Thibodaux Minerva, of the 10Th, has unfavcrable
accounts of the crops:
The Crops-Great complaint IS made by the
planting community at the backwardness OF the
growing cane crop. Many allege that their stub
BILE or rattoon, from some unknown cause is en-
tirely blasted-or so much SO, that should il not
assume more favorable appearance soon, that
they intend ploughing it up and planting the ground
in corn. The plant cane is also said to be very in
ierior in comparison to other seasons in fact the
present prospects for an average crop-aking the
past as correct data to base an opinion upon
are rather gloomy"
The Minerva says that the Lafourche still con
tinues at high water mark, though we have nj
new crevasses to record; matters and things in tn,
neighborhood of the one at Gailard's, still go or
sspisnnli,, olu
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TORONTO, c. W., April l6-Wm. Lyon Mack
enzie, after an interval of several years, is again
elected to Parliament. Mr. Mackenzie was re-
turned from the county of Haldimand. The bal
the polls last night, the vote stood for Mackenzie,
the Independent and Anti Ministerial candida,e)
462; Ronald McKnnon, Tory " Conservative y
399 George Brown, publisher of the Toronto
Globe, the Free Trade Ministerial nomnee) 2S3 /;
and Horatio ~ Case, tanother Government =" Re-
former ',) ia
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goods and annoy visitors. To get rid of them is no
easy matter. To shoot them would be destruction
to the glass, and the Council of Supervision have
sent to Edinburg for thirty of the best falconers
who will come to London in their national cos
tune. The chase is to commence some days be-
fs,a the a hhtiop
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EFFECTS OF ABoLITIoNIsM.-The is likely
to be general bursting up'' in Boston before
three months come round. The negro cloths" o
Lowell, the "negro shoes" of Lynn, and the
negro notions" Of New England generally. re-
main dead in the lofts of the warehouses. Ever
the slaves themselves, it is said, refuse to wear tn,
manufactures of the abolitionists. The Boston
Atlas, as the organ of Sewardism in New England
has much to answer for in the day of reckoning
New York Mirror
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INDIAN NEwsPAPER.-The Dakota Tawaxtku
Kin, or Dakota Friend" is the title of seven
by-twelve sheet published at Milwaukee, in the
language of the Dakota Indians. 1t is a monthly,
started by the Dakota Mission. The March num-
Der contains number of articles in the Inda n
tongue, with English translations, and gives an
interesting account of the Dakota tribe. There
are now two Indian tribes in this country pos
sessing types and printing presses--the Dakotas
and Chernkeps
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SAD ScENE.-A New York letter of the 18th,
says: The police this morning, in a miserable
howell, 693 Sixth street, found a boy about nine
years old, lying in dying condition near his dead
mother, while his father, insensibly drunk, was
lying in stupor in another corner-one of the
most shocking exhibitions of the effects of intern.
perance recorded in a long while. The father was
conveyed to the station house, the boy to the hos
pita, while the Coroner was sent for to hold an in
quest on the mother
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1t is now quite evident that Amin Bey-" the
Turkish ambassador"-Was not an ambassador at
all. He is an officer in the Turkish service, and
simply Obtained leave of absence Of the Sultan,
n order to visit this country, and to observe its
various improvements and mechanical wonders.
He was not commissioned by his MASTER and
was acting as a private individual. 1t must be
confessed that he carried on the humbug bravely,
and that Uncle Sam contributed $4,000 to it.
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elp@ ODD FELLOWS HALL ASSOCIATION. - Notice is
hereby given, that election will be held MONDAY,
9Th May next at the Office of Odd Fellows Hall ASsoca-
on, No ID Camp street, for the purpose of choosing
Directors to for from date of their election
apes ts G. w. SHAW, Secretary pro TEN.
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The PLoUGH, THE Loom AND THE ANVIL
We are glad to see by the April number that thi,
valuable publication is to be continued. The un.
timely and lamented death of its distinguished pro-
prietor, the late John S. Skinner, Esq, it was
feared, would produce the discontinuance of the
work and we are therefore rejoiced to find that
such is not the case, and that the journal will be
continued without interrupton.
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Atthe term of the Circuit Court of Coosa county,
Ala, which closed on the 18th inst, Judge
Goldthwaite presiding, Wilson, a slave, was con.
victed Of the manslaughser of negro woman, and
sentenced to be branded in the right hand with the
letter M, and to receive thirty-nine ashes, which
punishment was inflicted by the Sheriff
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The Mississippi river at Vicksburg, on the 22d
inst, was falling at the rate of an inch within the
twentyfour hours At Natchez, the river had fallen
four inches between Thursday Of last week and
Monday last. On Wednesday, the 23d inst, it
was falling.
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In this city, on the I'D instant. by the Rev Dr. Neville,
JOHN II. ALLISON, formerly Of Louisville, KY, 10 ELIZA
SETH PosTLETHwAIrE, formerly of Natchez, Miss.
On Wednesday, the 23d instant, by the Rev. Theodore
Clapp, Mr.. ROBERT +. COMPTON to Miss ELLEN ROCHE,
bOtn OF this city.
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Many arrests Of persons for carrying concealed
weapons, have been made in Philadelphia recently
On the 10th, Judge Parsons sentenced to one years
imprisonment each, two persons convicted of this
offence.
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GEN. BRADY DEAF. The National Intelli-
gencer says it is now stated by telegraph that Gen.
Brady died on the 18th, from the injuries he re-
ceived from being thrown from his carriage on the
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OMISSION was an omission to credit
the news by telegraph in pap er, yesterday, to
the Picayune
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STEAMER NArcHEz No. 2.-This favoite packet. Capt.
Hendrck. its faithful officer, second none other than
Captain Leathers himself favored yesterday with Vcks-
burg papers, The Natchez No. leaves for Vicsbug, and
all intermediates landings. this afternoon at O'Clock. posi-
4 s,alxv