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DYING OUT.
Decay Os the WOman's Suffrage
Movement,

DcCRy oG the WOman's Suffrage
Movement,
Female apathy and contempt have
killed off two of the woman suffrage as
sociations in New York city-thG two that
made the most noise and promised the
greatest longevity. One was ''WOman
Suffrage Association by name, and the
other was exactly the same thing under
the milder and more captivating title of
the ''Workingwomen's Union" Among
the members of each were women OF as
much brains, persistence, logic and 10
quaCity as any similar body has ever
boosted Of. The Journal Of Commerce
remarks:
"Thc savings and dUings of these rival
concerns have furnished much spicy read
ing for New York papers, and their death
will be mOurncd by those journals which
habltualy gave a column OF two to re-
ports of the wordy squabbleS in which
the members were always engaged with
each other and all the rest of womankind,
and mankind too. Any other enterprise
having the amount of free advertising
and first rate notices enjoyed by each of
these societies would have rapidly grown
in stature and soon have Overshadowcd
the land; but upon them the
magic of printers ink aud the most unrc-
hitting ''reportorialn attention, and the
fattery or good-natuTed Tailiery of editors
were entirely wasted They were like
tropical plants, which no assiduity OF cul,
tivation can keep from dropping away
and diving in the open atmosphere OF The
North. The airs of female indifference
that blew in upon these lotteries from
every side chilled and killed them, in spite
of all the fostering, friendly pat
ronage of SO many leading papers
and the tOlerating amiability of the rest
Both of them started on their misan
thropical mission by rcviling the men
who were uniformly painted in the black
est colors of the disappointed female
pallet; but they soon began to find GU
that their only implacable foes were Wo
men themselves, and from that date the.
furnished the reading public with quaint
ties of "wOman's thoughts about wO
man" vastly more amusing and instrucuy
TO the uniform masculine mind tina
Miss MulOCh's book of that name. III
anti-suffrage women met these as
saults by the mastery sualt
gy of staying away from tn
meetings more resolutely than ever, wit
E the additional game Of cutting the sui
f frage women's acquaintance, and free
. ing them out of society with an Arct
= rigor. And so it comes to pass that thc'
e two organizations are dead, and have lie
behind them as little impress upon the az
as any minor occurrences that took pla'
in the days of the PharaOhs. Their ia
may prove but fOrcrunncr OF the ear
doom of the whole woman suffrage NOV
= ment under the same awful, invincll
c chill Of female aversion. At any nome
Is it may collapse and tumble out OF SIS
/. and hearing.
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DRsNKENNESS IN THE OLDEN
TIME.

A law to prevent drunkenness by pro
hibiting the public promiscuous sale OF IN
toxicating drinks was by no means original
in the State of Maine. The vice is as old
as our race. Our ultimate ancestors, the
Vikings, drank fre-water upon earth and
auaffed mead in Paradise; our more recent
procenitors in Great Britain drank gin and
groTeled. A gin shop in Southwark, Lon
don. hundred and thirty years ago, had
this alluring sign: Drunk for penny;
dead drunk for tuppence; clean straw for
nothing" What more could man, the
image of his Maker, ask! And is it won
derf1l that Swift, diseased and half fren-
zied, poured out his profuse contempt in
Lapute and Houyhnhums? People often
died of drunkenness in the taverns; and
there was temperance party, even then,
that demanded prohibitory law, and they
succeeded in carrying bill through Par
lament which laid upon liquor tax SC
heavy that it became too costly for the
poor. and which produced the sale o.
| drains. Sir Robert Walpole, whose booz
ing orgies at Haughton are not unknown
finally acquiesced in the law.-Edltor'
EqaV Chair in Rqrpey'S Magazine.
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THE FENIANS.
not Dend Yet.

Bo-roy, Dec. 3O.-Two companies Of
Fcnian volunteers have arrived here,
equipped and uniformed, forming part of
the ith battalion Of the Legion of St
Patrick They were mustered into service
last evening 10y Col John Brown, muster
ing officer Of the Legion for Eastern Mas,
-achusetts. Each company numbers fifty
men, properly differed. The Legion is in
command of Gen. Burk, whose head
quarters are in New York, and IT IS thu
military force of the John Savage wing
Of The Fcnian Brotherhood.
waiting Eor II Coup d'Etat.
The avowoj purpose Of this movemcn
is to prepare for any opportunity for {;
coup detat in Ireland. There arc com
panics in Lawrence, Lowell, and all cite
and considerable towns in this section
and their numbers are said TO he formids
b'n
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THE CELESTIALS.
Chinc,c Chnrnctcrs.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3O.-John G. Walker,
the gentleman having in charge the
Chinese who arrived here Tuesday night,
in a communication to the Republican
saws: A marked characteristic of the
Monaghan race is suspicion and want OF
confidence, and this tendency can only be
combatted through strict adherence t.
truth and compliance with promises.
Sam5o Snfe.
There is little prospect at present thai
Jobu will trespass upon the domain OF
SamEo to any serious extent Those VINO
have held out hopes of procuring very
cheap labor by importing ii from The
shores of Eastern Asia are, | think,
Mistaken
In their conclusions From one end o
China 10 the other the value OF labor II
America and California is well known
and although labor in China isveTy cheap
able-bodicd men will not engage 10 cNpa
triatc themselves for a series of years eX
cent on condition of receiving such higl
wages as will enable them so return HON
in comparative atilucnCc.
am confident no reliance can be place
on obtaining and roaming Chinese labor
ers for agricultural work, cXccp' at tn
wages Of the country where the Labor /
performed. and much more is this ID
case for railroad labor.
Mr.. Walker believes, however that
considerable number of excellent laborcl
NAV now be found in California at trol
twenty-six 10 twcnty-cight dollars p,
month and they find themselves, or scycl
teen 10 nineteen dollars and found.
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CHICAGO.
VIII some NnshviIIian set zap on
FiHuFPS.

VIII Some NnshViIIian sicL zap oar
Figures.
CH1CAGs, Dec. 3O.-Thc following fig
ures are taken from the annual report OF
the business of Chicago during the past
year: 49,
Total value Of manufactures is SOS,
900, 600, against S63, 100000 the year
previous. Total value Of goods received
in the city $4l5, 652, 900, against 1897,
552, 900 last year Total wholesale so taI
as reported 1865, 935, 500, against S349,
| is9, ESQ last year, Net incomes are estI'
mated at S73, 900, 600.
The total issues of the daily and weekly
papers during the year, foot up 81, 1874, OOC
| sheets.
The number of buildings erected during
the year were 5,423, against 4,4l0 thu
year previous. The character OF thu
buildings this year is superior 70 that o
! last vCaI
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WALL STREET.
Ano,her DubIous BANK

Another Dubious Bank.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-Another bank
defalcation was whispered at intervals
during the day, and towards the close
rumors vaguely spread the loss at $780,
900, and located the bank up town.
Gold Sales.
The report that the Treasury Depart
nlent had ordered the withdrawal of two
million of gold advertised for sale to NOR
row, freely circulated to-day, is denied at
the sub-Treasury.
Injunction on Gold Exchange.
The gold room has been served with an
injunction restraining arbitration in the
matter of some operations growing out of
the September panic.
settlement.
1t was stated to-day that further i'm
portant settlement had been made in re-
gard TO gold transactions of September
last, and there are now but few bears of
that movement left.
The Consolidation FurOre.
There are some railroad managers con-
nected with the Pennsylvania Central and
Western companies in town, and theiI
presence has given rise to rumors of
further consultations of Western roads in
the interest of the Pennsylvania Central.
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MONTGOMERY.
Taxarion-State versus Federal.

IHNaIIOn-NtaIe NCESHs
MONTGOMERY, Dec 30.-A case IN
volying State and Federal jurisdiction has
arisen here. The State law levics a tax
upon the Southern Express Company.
The Company applied to Judge Busted,
of The United States Court for an injunC-
ton, which was granted. The State
Auditor has issued a circular 10 TaX-col-
lcctors ordering them to collect the tax in
spite of the injunction. The case prom
ises 10 be one of great interest, and the
State and Company both have eminent
counsel to fight the case through the court
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CUBA
Reported Probable Recognition OF
BeIIigercnt Rights.

BCIliEercni hiSnts'
Correspondence of the New York Times.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-There comes a
ranort in reference to Cuba from such a
well informed and usually trustworthy
source that your correspondent does not
feel at liberty to disregard it, although 1t Is
so important and unlocked for that he does
not feel at liberty to credit it. 1t Is to
the effect that the administration has
now under earnest consideration the
propriety of changing its course with refer
ence to Cuba, and speedily recognizing the
belIiCerent rights of the insurgents. 1hls
course is impelled by the evident feeling OF
the people of the country, and the temper
of the majority in Congress. The report
further states that Secretary Fish and Sen
ator Sumner have expressed, within three
davs mast. such views as would indicate a
changing policy toward the Cubans, and a
biober confidence in their future. The
President has been informed by leading
Republicans in Congress that the coun-
try is greatly dissatisfied at the Cu-
ban policy of the administration, and one
of the leaders of the House assured the
| President that it would be impossible to
| urevent in Congress severe criticism OF the
DOSltlOn assumed IN the message Wien une
| HOLIDAYS we're over, unless some early anc
| favorable action were taken on the Cuban
subject. In further evidences Of the prob
| ability of the change indicated, Senator
| Sumner has assured gentleman OF hlgl
position that he was prepared to sustain
| the recognition Of Cuba as soon as he be
came convinced that the Republic WAS com
mitted to emancipation. In the same IN
teryiew the Senator intimated that he wa
now more favorably impressed on tina
point. The administration is in possession
of official copies Of President Ces
pedes' proclamation of Nov. 30, ant
of detailed accounts of the operations OF tn
Cuban army under the Cavadas, the favor
able character of which documents ma
have had some effect The foregoing IN
formation is not derived from Cuba
sources, no member of the Junta, or an
agent thereof, so far as is known IN tn
CITY. But if the information indicated
this dispatch is worthy Of belief, as 1t az
pea.s to be, there is little doubt that th
Government will soon accord the rights {
belligerency to the Cubans. The wrltel
however, does not vouch for the statements
but transmits them ON account Of the
Importance.
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ROME.
suf0ufiIC,

RoME, Dec. 5O.-The infant Princess
Christine, of Naples, was baptized to-day
by Cardinal Patrizzi The Empress of
Austria is god-mOther -Four hundred
notabilities were present.
EcumenicaI and Philosophical.
The session of the Ecumenical Council
yesterday lasted five hours. The subject
of discussion was whether philosophy was
heteredOX.
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FRANCE.
ETnUpnIRu.

PAEIs, Dec. 3O.-Thc excitement at
tending the trial of Traupman for the
murder of the Kink family, increases as
the evidence grows stronger against him.
The medical evidence adduced this morn
ing declares that Traupman is capable of
committing all the murders with which he
is charged. This is generally believed,
notwithstanding Traupman still persists
in saying he had accomPlices.
Lateral 10 this evening the trial OF
Traupman for the murder of the kinB
family terminated in conviction and sen,
tence of death. The prisoner rose, anc
smiling, thanked the court" Jcrcmcrc't
| la cO3tT en- SOItTidRt "
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BOSTON.


Dali aIlHcs ih" NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BosroN. Dec. @0.-lhc January dlyl-
dcods of the manufacturing companies
show a comparative decrease, but not to
tbrc ytcntthe talk of dull times would seem
10 Justify. OF the companies which
nay dividends in Boston only six pass: the
Dwight and Great Falls and Manchester
-,rini for the second time, and the Atlantic,
Il continental and Everett mills for the first
y time Scmi-annual dividends of the other
iwcnty-thTee range from three TO twelve
per cent, one being of twelve, three OF
len. one of eight, one of SIX, four of five,
cirbt Of four and five of three per cent
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ENGLAND.
Our Navy.

LONDON, Dec 3O.-The Times has an
editorial on the subject of the American
navy. The writer blames Secretary
Robson for combining his attention to
cruisers rather than the line-of-battie-
ships, whereas the English admiralty is
satisfied that the greatest offensive and de
fenceless qualities are incompatible with
cruising.
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At Manistec, Mich, last Saturday morn
inf, a fire originating in the Tyson House
completely destroyed that hotel and four
teen other buildings adjoining, mostly
stores. The loss is estimated at 500, 900.
The fire had made such progress in the
Tyson House when discovered that many
of the inmates were obliged to jump from
the windows, and one servant girl in Sc
doing had both legs broken.
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SPAIN.


MADRID, Dec. 3O.-Minister Of Justice
Gorilla has been generally badly received
during his semi-official journey just
finished, at Valencia, Barcelona and some
other large cities. His speeches in favor
of monarchy were interrupted by re-
publican vivas.
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RUSSIA.
Banks as a Rifle Broker.

PARIS, Dec. 30.-Ln LibGrtc says that
about year ago Russia ordered 100000
rifles of new pattern from American
makers. Gen. Banks has been charged
from the United States to deliver these
arms to the Car. The General has
accomplished his mission, and returns to
America with new orders for 100000
rifles
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FRANCE.
Ministerial.

PARIS, Dec. 3O.-The new ministry is
still the matter of general speculation and
newspaper comment.
Prince de la Tour D'Auvergne, Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, and NJ. Gressier,
ex-Minister of Public Works, have been
appointed Senators.
LATER. to this time, 8 O'Clock
p. NJ, there are no new developments in
regard to the ministry.
specie.
There has been an unusually great
outflow of specie from the Bank of
France this week. The amount
on hand to-day is fully $4,000, OOOf less
than at the close of the bank hours last
Thursday.
Fire.
The Lunatic Asylum at TuIle was
totally destroyed by fire yesterday. No
lives were lost.
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UTICA.
Accident 20 noratio ScymOrc.

UTICA, Dec 3O.-As the Hon. Horatio
Seymour was driving from Utica to his
residence in Deerfeld last evening, his
horses became frightened and threw him
from his carriage dislocating his shoulder
He passed the night in much pain, but is
better to-day.
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SPAIN.
A Fragile Toy,

MADRID, Dec. 3O.-In the COrtes this
morning, Senior CASTELAR,, the leader OF the
Republican party, delivered strong and
impressive speech in which he severely
denounced the governments being ready
to throw the crown of Spain, as though 1t
we're fragile toy, to a mere boy king
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\ TIE ThENCH INDLF
ENGLAND.
EnntCrburYs

LONDON, Dec. 3O.-Rcv. d.. Temple
was formally enthroncd as Archbishop OF
Canterbury at Exeter, yesterday. The
procession was loudly cheered on its way
to the Cathedral, and the ceremonies were
of an unusually impressive character.
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SUEZ.
.e.,on.c 90 English stories.

PoET SAID, Dec. 3O.-The steamer Ster-
ling passed through the Suez Canal yester-
day in twelve hours. She left Immediately
for Bombay. Several other steamers were
following. This refutes the statement that
the passage of the canal is impeded, and
every confidence is now expressed IN the
complete success of the enterprise.
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ST. LOUIS.


ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3O.-The total number
of fires in this city from Jan. !, TIL Nov.
"A, one hundred ami iifty-nine. Total
loss S64l, no; insurance, S461, SO; loss
over insurance, Si7i, 400.
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WINNEPEG.
ncDougaII RECALLED.

OTTAWA, Dec. 3O.-Vicc Chancellor
Spragge has been sworn in as Chancellor
of the Court of ChanCeTy.
The cabinet has formally decided to re-
call Gov. McDougall. He is expected
here in the course of a week.
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WASHINGTON,
New Yemr CaIIs.

-, - -,
NAsHlNGToS' DEC Cine noGfs Iof
reception oy 'he NIce-liesluen' anu MIS-
ColfaH are ron IL lill o CLOCK p N,
Ire OaOlheI oHlceIS VIII receive rom
III p. NJ. hecepuons ny puohc Olilceis
and ciuzchs VIII proOaDiy De greater In
numbers IMAM heretofore. OIllcerS Vi inc
army VIII aSseniDle at me p" ar Depart
ment and proceed IN body to the Mhite
House TO pay theT respects 10 the fiesl-
cent. -
AN sn' OOiyei' ~ 80 - Ioin' $500
''-- &c rr .,o,,.S
~ -
30,
,ho,,,s
Ices ta1',,s'
h r !,
r., D-,.;, 60 Cou-
-, ,-l1'T - had rood i
S,;,,' -, -; 81 cont :, - tra Coc.
,,,a-I7 1F &C.
'O'"'9 u -
nc " p vi
COlyer AeDs1aeNcu lhe leIteI 10 ceha
tor Sumner, Chairman of the Committee
and Foreign Relstions, who, after read
ing it, said the movement was important,
and could have but one termination.
Meanwhile, our Government waits tOT
the movement OF LnSlanu, WAlcn Is Ias'
sGcS ILie use'c'7Lic'S anu !lli
oi a Eui'l''an oinl'iio III 'ii'9 n0' HIS
Sill
- ILL., roI,Iics tn Lc nal,
-, III a., ~, ,,,,,,-iaIist-
'''N --C,--o-- -
The IOmptroler Oh currency WARM
The PuOLG 10 releci al S2O anu SlVg DllL
oi Inc rns' NalIOl0I 10 DIE ooo e % 80.
City, OF which some II, OUO OF unslgnel
impressions were stolen from Ihe bureau
IN April, 1867. The bank VIII, however
redeem al sucn nOtes.
Pubic LANDS
The Department of the Interior state
that the estimated number of acres o
public lands unsold and inappropriate
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CUBA.
DIsarnlInE

HAVANA, Dec. 3O.-The Governor OF
Matanzas has issued an order directing all
citizens having arms in their possession to
deliver the same to the Spanish authori-
ties within two days. Those neglecting
TO comply with this order will be court
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I.OGANSPORT


LoGANsroEr, IND, Dec. 5O.-Scnator
Pratt, after carefully weighing his duty
in the matter, has determined not to re-
sirn his seat
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To Buy our Congress.

The VOce al Cuba to-day publishes a
slur, telegraphed from New York, stating
that Cubans have gone to Washington to
hnV Senators
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At Springfield, ILL.,, last week, Jacob
Smith married girl of thirteen, named
Harriet A. Gould, daughter of a free
love writer, the father STIMULATING that
Smith, before wedding the girl, should
agrec that he would forever abstain from
the use of tobacco and profane language,
and that he would treat his wife as his
equal, disclaiming all ownership in her as
exclusive property. The clergyman was
also TO perform the nuptial ceremony
without requiring the lady to promise to
obey her husband and the condition was
observed.
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At Oak Harbor, Ohio, Tuesday evening,
Dec. q, woman named Mrs. Mary
Heating, living near that place, visited a
saloon and fell asleep, intoxicated, upon
the floor, and as it was not uncommon to
see her in such state she was not dis
tur5ed, when at o'clock she was found
10 be dead.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-12-31

On the morning of Dec II theboiler in
a steam mill, owned by Mr.. Callen, at
Bethel, Illinois, exploded. The heavy
boiler, a new one, was lifted bodily from
its bed. 1t passed through the side Of the
building, making a curve in the air, and
landed one-quarter of a mile distant. On
striking the earth it continued toroll, end
over end. for some distance, narrowly
missing the house of Mr.. Kimball, and
killing two hogs that were in pen near
the house. The only person in the mil
at the time was the miller, and he escaped
rniniurpd
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SUEZ.
increasing Depth.

LONDON, Dec. 3O.-M Lesseps telc-
graphs that the depth of the Suez Canal
has increased seventy centimcteres since
opening.
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The symptoms are pain in the stomach,
with diarrhGa, hot skin, quick pulse, red
smooth tongue and great soreness of mus
Giles. Trichina is found npork, hamSa and
bologna sausage made from the pork, also
in the muscles of those who died. The
sufierings of the patients are terrible.
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MEMPHIS.
Democratic.

MEMPHIS. Dec. 3O.-The Democratic
Convention this afternoon nominated
John johnson for Mayor
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SILENCE in the court room, there, -
Numbered a police magistrate, the other
morning; ''the court has already commit
ted four prisoners without being able to
hear a word of the testimony"
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BELNlDERE.
Trichina Horrible.

BELyIDERE, Dec 3O.-No further
deaths have occurred in the families pOis-
oned by trichina, near this place, since
Yesterday One of the victims can
scarcely live twcnty-four hours. Two
new cases have appeared within the last
fifteen hours, from eating the same meat.
There are nine cases very sick; as before
stated, three have died. Those who have
died were taken sick about twelve days
after eating the pork and died in foul
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-12-31

A German named Louis Widau shot
himself through the head in the dining
room of his boarding house, at Clevclsnd,
on Christmas night and died in few min
utcs. Sometime ago his father, who lived
in Ladoga, Indiana, died and left his
property to his widow and children.
Louis having dissipated his share, became
Respondent, and it was in one of his mel
ancholy fits that he killed himself.
Carloads of wagons, from Fond du Lac
Wisconsin, arc taken to, and sold a
LawIgafe, Kansas.
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EasiIY Manufactured.

Vincent CoTyer, of New York, yester-
'o"t Grant memo
of rronerfy