The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-05-02

you-but she has worn concealment long to
fulfil the vow she made by that sisters death
bed And whilst the conscience stricken
Howard rushed madly from the room Florence
turned with smile of softened feeling, to the
noble and gifted Osmond, who had sought her
long and who. with all others, deemed that the
retribution was just, and that he who dellbe-
rately wins woman's love to cast it from him as
a worthless thing, deserves his punishment
SHIPS AND SH1pp1sG-Rapid as has been the
progress of population in this country for the
past forty years, the increase in the amount
and value cf the tonnage employed in the carry
ing trade has vastly outstripped it. While
population has about doubled itself in thirty
four years, our tonnage has quadrupled in
that time. In the year 1920 the total tonnage
registered and enrolled was $50, i So tons, and
in 1854 it was 4,802, 902 TONS The general
4 pacihcation of Europe in1 Is found us with
tonnage Of 1,368,127, of which 545,2 ,2O4 tons
were registered, the remainder being enrolled
and licensed, representing with tolerabe accu
racy the proportion of the tonnage engaged in
the foreign and coasting trade. From 1915
till 1922 it appears that the tonnage declined
in amount, and it was not until the year 1928
that it again equalled whatit had been in 1915
/ The cause Of this decline it is now our pur-
Epose to explore. 1t was doubtless caused
mainly by the ability Of the nations of Europe
to do for themselves that which, as neutral
nation, we had been doing for them on the
ocean during the progress of the continental
war. From 1924 till 1928, the amount Of
tonnage gradually increased, and in that year
it reached l TAI, 1891 tons The next year it
decreased nearly half million of tons, and
did not attain the point it had been at in 1928
until the year 1884, since which time it has been
steadily increasing. From 1884 to 1914 the
Z increase Of tonnage was about sixty per cent,
and from 1914 to 1854 it has more than
Z doubled sgse Z g- ar.- .--... r-..s.--...
, The investment in vessels is very large one
and the amount will perhaps astonish some, Of
! our readers. If we estimate the first cost of
Mhese yessels-steam and sailing-at fifty dol
mrs per ton, a very low estimate it will
amount to S24O, ,645, O0O,. the annual interest
on which at the legal rate, is fourteen millions
fourNundred thousand dollars. But the annual
earnings Of the vessels must not only include
the int1yest on their cost, but also repairs and
renewalA If we place these as equal to a total
) destruction in twelve years, we shall have
, S2o, ,5O3, 7aO, which, added to the annual in
terest, makes 1884 903, ,705 as the total annual
earnings of Sur commercial marine. This
> amount, them represents the value of the labor
; either directly og indirectly employed in the
r home department. of industry pertaining to
navigation.
GEORGE LAw.-Me New York correspon-
y of the political movemep pts in the Empire City
, tLo T
for the presidency is creaNg quite a comrno-
T ton among the working cNsses: His qualifi
+ cations are undergoing pretty free discussion
It festo, pronunciamento, or whatever you may
please 10 call it, in reply to the kennsy
1t at Harrisburg, seems to have really gained hin
u many friends, even among thosA who were
e formerly ultra sticklers to the old PARTY land
e marks. Being a common -sense-like document
s devoid Of quibbles, they are able to Eompre
hend its meaning. Adler men, and more
d scholastic politicians, might learn wisdom from
a its simplicity. Business men are rather inclined
$ to look upon him with favor, in consequence O
1 the indomilable perseverance and successN
n managerial qualifications he has evinced in thu
L conduct of his private affairs. The working
] classes like him because he has furnished thou
sands OF them with work upon the numerous
$ bridges, railroads, steamers, &C., with which
t he has been and is still connected, and the
. masses, on reviewing his career, are led to be-
l lieve that he has done quite as much, if not
more, than any other man in the country to
advance the interests of trade, by opening chan
} nels of communication in all directions both
internally and externally. These sentiments
are not confined exclusively to the know moth
ngs, who are reported to claim him as their
particular candidate, many foreigners, who
} know the man, are quite much attached to
| him as those who are ''to the manner born
If the truth were really known, it probably
would appear that Mr.. Law was named in con-
nection with the presidency by some wag, who
thought it would prove good joke, but finding
that the people here and elsewhere have taken
the matter into serious consideration, said Wag
is either afraid or ashamed to confess himself
Mr.. Law is undoubtedly honest, and would
perhaps, by his practicablity, make amends for
defects of education, if he should happen to be
chosen to preside over the affairs of the nation.
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MA1NE.-The Legislature of Maine, which
recently adjourned, passed two acts relating to
naturalization, which contains some important
changes. One act provides that no person of
foreign birth shall vote in the State, unless he
shall, within three months at least before the
day of election, exhibit to the regularly consti-
tuted authorities of the town OF city in which
he resides, his naturalization papers, and the
authorities shall enter his name in a book, to
be kept for the purpose, together with the date
of the issue of the papers, and the court by
which the same are issued. The authorities are
not to enter his name in the book nor enter his
name in the check list, if they satisfied that
the naturalization papers are not genuine, or
that the person producing them is not the person
to whom they were issued Another actannuls
the naturalization power Of the state courts
and declares that no court of the state, nor any
functionary of any court created by the author
lty Of the state, shall hold or exercise any ju
risdlction in the administration of the laws of
congress known as the naturalization laws, nor
shall any court take cognizance of any appca-
ton Of any alien to be admitted to become a
citizen, to make any record or grant, or issue
any certificate or other document Or paper,
whereby any alien shall be naturalized or made