The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-03
GENERALITIES.
Which Horn-.O Eishe

No faithful oflcer ever discharge his duty so un-
fortunately as the captain OF the revenue cutter
corps of Colonel Ryan fhe 400 or 500 men stored
away at the Brooklyn Navy Yard constitute the
in a long time. What, in the name of all piscatory
pursuits will Grant do with these pseudo fishermen?
the neutrality laws, who would have the courage to
enforce the sentence? And on the contrary, IL they
are allowed to either by BY wi the
method Of judicial jugglery, who would have the
cnee6 6r stop sqe Which
Grant?-N. T. Commercial
Yankee Spirit.
In Melbourne, Australia, q great deal OF excite
ment has been caused by the introduction of
stages" something like those that ply up and down
who is largely Interested In the coach business
Hitherto the local passenger traffic OF Melbourne has
been carried by curious kind OF vehicle, part ON
nibus, part cab, and part jaunting car-that is,
posed OF the worst features OF each of these convey
aet nn pnbIic nsIgnation ~ aSainst the new s@es on
the ground that Mr.. Hoyt and his partners are OPP
pressing the poor man" Dy deprlylng Nun OF MS
bread The effort, however, has been lnenectual.
A Curious Decree.
The Chilians possess a vast amount of supersti-
ton and fear concerning cofins and other parapher-
nalie associated with the grave Many Of them can
not be prevailed upon under any circumstances, to
go near an undertakers shop. Some idea Of this
superstition may be obtained from the following
order which has just been issued by the Intendente
Considering:
l. That the cofins exposed to the public gaze in
the shops in which they are sold impart an ugly and
IL That the sight OF them alone is not unfre-
quently the cause of serious illness TO persons OF
nervous and impressionable constitutions;
have resolved and decree:-
]. The proprietors of shops in which collins are
sold shall not in future be allowed TO keep them
within vew either in the window or in the interior
OF the shop; nor shall they be allowed to hang them
outside their shops as sampea but they shall con-
their
ii. The infrngers of this decree shall be fined
from two to fifty dollars, or shall suffer commensu-
rate term OF imprisonment.
Ill. This decree shall come into force fifteen days
Let it be noted, communicated, and published.
B. OPAsso o. RENGIFo, Secretary.
Interesting Statistics.
The following statistics are part of note to the
text of HOLSTERS forthcoming Istory of Hayti:"-
houses 3Os9 indigo factories 2slO cofee plantations
705 cotton estates 60 chocolate plantations, 173 rum
distlleries, anneries, 2s potteries and S3 brick
yards. There were also 5,9Os horses and mules
1894 horned CATTLE 7166,225 banana trees 127s, ,22a
a @ acres o1 anS acres
Guinea corn. The best French writer's tell us that
the aggregate Of annual expectation from Hayt
at that period amounted to more than sXty-six mil
lions and half OF Spanish dollars The staples
ported consisted OF white and brown sugar, coffee
cotton, indigo syrup made from the juice OF the
sugarcane, rum, leather cassa, MANILA, hemp, chO
| colate, mahogany, lgnumvit@, and oil OF Palma
Christi. The valuations given are reckoned in
French coin at the lowest prices that colonial pro-
ducts ever sold for in the market The staples above
| enumerated were OF sufficient weight TO load 60C
vessels OF 300 tons each and, as the imports from
| France were much more bulky than the exports 0
this island. the national commerce employed in 17Ss
In this trade more than 900 vessels and more thar
1000 seamen At its height the foreign import anC
export trade with the French colony amounted (
| 100000 francs. This was tribe compared will
the trade between the colony and the mother coun
try. These statistics are gathered from the stat
papers OF France, corroborated by the best writer
of that day. They indicate more clearly than rheto
ric could do the fertility OF the best island OF th
Antilles. The country could easily support O0O O0
| Inhabitants"