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The New York herald., 1872-12-24
BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN.

The weekly meeting Of this board was held yes
terday. President Otis I. Hall in the chair.
BADGES FOR CAR CONDUCTORS.
Assistant Alderman GELS moved the adoption OF
an ordinance requiring that every person en-
poyed as q conductor on railroad car be licensed
and wear badge, on which the number OF his
license shall be fixed, the same ordinance to
apply to all drivers OF city railway cars stages and
% y coaches; d9at there shali m oe
to the credit OF the Sinking Fund. A penalty OF
$40 to be imposed on failure to comply with this
ordinance. The proposal was referred to the Com
mttee on Ordinances.
The remainder of the business was the consider
ing of resolutions from the Board OF Aldermen,
asking for concurrence herewith. and adjourned
to Thursday next, - -
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MILITARY MOVEMENTS.

The subjoinad general orders with regard to tho
disposition OF the Military Diyision OF the Atlantic
anu the appointment OF stan oficeSs have just,
been made publlcs-
cySgRaL oRprrs-So. loS
HEApQuAxvERs ARMY
ADsUrASr GRSKRALs orrfck.l
WASHINGTON. Dec. T. 1874
direction OF The Present the Haadquar sers Miiar
Division OF the Atlantic Is transerrsd from PhiladephA
~ New York city. BY command Of .,,,u,N
r, d. TOWNSEND, Adiatant General.
GaNRaAL oIDyRs-No. ,..,.
Nrw YoRK Dec. Id. l5l2 y
Tn ohed,cpce to Order No 100 current SERIES
from the Hcadquayl VI the Army ne ,ss
hereby Command of the Military ps ~ W.
Atlantic and se Dcpartment of tho lnes
New York iy Tho following 9,ncers yoHgIi ,tb intnrv
side.de camp Captain John Wharton, sneWwy"ar nneWwsra
Twcoty.sccon in.sntry, aideaeoamp - ,,
."S'S 'NVO'' W s. HANCOCK. Malss 0enorA'-
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THE ITALIAN IMMpGRAETS
Another Card from Colonel Pratt, tho
Preside mt. OF the italian society.

Preside mt OF the Italian society.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
The Eco dpItd,t0 having caused sUneof my Italian
fellow citizens to believe that the NEW YORK
HERALD reported me as haEing said In my speech
at the Assembly Rooms on Suncay, the lota INST,
that the Italian government twas O. tyrannous
one,n beg to say that l never used that express
SION Being absent from the city on Monday, !
have not read the HERALD OF that date anu, tnere.
fore do nat know whether or not 1t has reported
me as above stated have fought for the inde-
pendence ana unity oil my country, ard am sure
patriotism. repeat that what sad simply
that 1.-THE government OF Italy, which represents
lance in not preventing designing men from i'm
posing upon the ignorant emigranta" AS wish
to restore har rHony, and union among my country
men IL affords me pleasure to make the foregoing
declaration, In the hope that they win disregard
the misreiresentatlons and mtsunderstanding
about my speech. WBEkT PkAli.
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THE LATE SUICIDE IN CENTRAL PARK.

johnson Said to Have Been . Policy
Children the Cause-A singu Letter.
Mr. Charles Johnson, late OF II East Fourth street.
who shot himself through the head with Derrnger
pistol in Central Park Saturday last, it appears,
was q policy dealer and kept several socalled
exchange offces in the city. Johnson, was Q
ane-ooking man, and, although very decenty
dressed, was quite poor; but the principal cause,
doubtless, which prompted Mr.. Johnson to termi-
nate his earthly career was acute sorrow and an
guish caused by the death OF his wife and children,
whose remains lie in New Canaan. The letter shows
that the author was an uncultivated man, and the
phraseoogy of certain portions OF the letter, writ
ten in an ilegible hanl, on both sides OF a sheet
OF foolscap paper, strongly indicates that Johnson
was in an unsound state OF mind at the time Of
writing. He speaks az deliberately about the dis
position OF his remains after death as one would
converse on an ordinary matter OF business. Below
will be found copy OF the letter.
NEW YoRK, II EAST FOURTH STREET.. Nov. 90 1872.
pEAT sInI wish YOU to dispose q all Of my property
s.fs a%s
three trunks work stand clothing books &C. &C.
Z, SSn fsrsss Sss"sy, !, %1lsSs
SiT iofS es
sna @ SSsy Ss % es win %
delay. j IN hopes tnerc wall be enough Dear
expenses which will be somewhat near Sie0 and If
to Darius St Johns family Now Mr. Kennedy, ] am
going TO give you the tronlewl you sec that my desire
Is carried out and obge yours CHARLES JOHNSON.
have nothing TO say than this. have tried 10 do
duty TO every one Justly and fairly You know how
have been treaed-efrauded most shameflly. forgive
them. May they all prosper with il hayc no one to
care tor or care for me; not relative in the world
have wish to live nor have wished the last
CHARLES JOHNSON.
commenced board on Monday afternoon; paid in ad.
$40, which will be next Monday afternoon, 2d
inst AT my funeral no expense plain pine coffin,
cheap possible. did intend to die at the grave, ind
have my made the proper sizc with bundle of
straw at the bottom and then bundle at the
top. and filled up with dirt and gravel, to
trouble and expense; hope you will make II as cheap
possible, Tor am but DUST and TO dust wish 10
turn as pure as came into the world Somehngnoth.
ing but dust So may he. Farewell C.J
bureau. and writing which wish published TO the world
alter proper correction rs 10 have u read ntegiby,
out the substance the II is written II Is not very
pain so you will have be CAREFUL ana nope you Will
pe abc 10 make 1t out all correct called last night be-
tween nine and ten O'Clock. She would not see me- NJ
and pube a. large writing isior the Pgnes oNsJ
MY spirit will be wandering IN the world for long
time TO come after the death Of body There SHAH be
famine ana pcstcncc and terror ana irrtpuon IN the
esrth lthasa salready begun my murder and robbery
NOVEMBER 2.
Hoagc left me yesterday, with s3s 5s in my deb-bus.
ness ~ the 10 tsx days he did the commission OF - or
~ q day.
iit ist .............s............... SGD R
cstcrday morning book short. 20
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CLOSING PRICES O'CLOCK P. Il
COMMERCIAL REPORT.

Cotton in Demand and Firmer; Receipts
1t the Ports, 2O,9s8 Bales-Flour More
Active-Wheat Eirmer-Corn Steady
Oats Firmer - Coffee Firm Sugar
Quiet - Provisions DNll - Petroleum
Nominal-Naval stores Firm-Whiskcy
Steady.
MONDAY, Dec. 23--6 p. M.
The trade movement continued slow in most
departments. but the markets were very
generally steady. Business was still held in
allegiance by the nearness Of the holiday season,
and whenever purchases Of merchandise could be
postponed 1t was done. On Change there was q
ircer movement In breadsturs in response to the
improved tone Of the Liverpool market and the
consequent increased orders per cable. Prices
advanced fully &c. per bushcl, and shippers
appeared willing ia Ill their ordern on
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MUNICIPAL AFT AIRS.
CONTINUED FROM EIGHTH PAGE.

der the direction OF the Commissioners Of Charities
and Correction. The resolution was adopted.
The board adjourned to meet on Thursday, at
nalEpast three O'Clock p. N.
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Wheat was decidedly more active for export and
prices were about &C. better for prime Spring. but the de-
mand ma was checked by the extreme views Of y holders
The market at the close rm with 81 30 bid and
q 60 asked for No. milwaukee,. The sales were about
$1,000 bushels at 81 80 for No Milwaukee, 81 for
fer No sMIlxaakse and 81 IS red Winter western:
Corn dull and almost nominal at about &c. ahoat
for full loads The sales foot up about ls oo bushels at
DO atost old Western mixed in store nominal at about
CSC. 6ac. Oats iyelicr and in moderately fair
demand sales IS 900 bushels, at 4c the track and
45c 4sc aoa for good to choice black Illinois 46C
c. for light new mixed Western aoat 48c Soc. for
inferior 70 choice new white Western aoat and Ole for
dealt In parties being still apart in their views
FREI0Hrs-Therc was little more doing to-day IN the
way of grain engagements by vessels the berth, but
the general market was quiet and Vessels
terial change In rates The engagements wsre:Tc Iy
bacon 6os 100 bales cotton, Nd lll6d, and BY sail
g. 500 bushels corn ut 3d. To London by sail AO bbls.
-four at 3s 4ld, and 1000 bbs do. at S. ia. The.
only charters we heard of "A British bark hence
to direct Mediterranean port 100 bbs alcohol on pri
vatc terms; Norwegian bark hence to Continental
MOLAssEs.-The general market continued dull, and,
aside from small unimportant sales OF domestic, there
W. 4 nothing Accomplished. We uuOte
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NAVAL srosrs.fnc market for spirits Of tSrpentns
70 a There s only SS s %s: @ s in
I9s sUsn s%Ss, entirely
demanded iul We heard Of sale Of 100 bbls Of
PsraoI1us..Ths marke. for refined remained exactly
owing Unsettled market At ths Greek quoted q
o o
s,'' sns e; }sss
tirsly nominal There was nothing Offering. Cargoes
sges meats, 1,s0i DO lard Sy7s Ses and tisrces
arc q M m @ d Mes oSea az e S
FOR gnnspectsa and SlS for for prime mess Bacon.Ihe
s!mmated future delivery sales 500 boxes short
CLEAR ss: s sa
,S
8 :s.rs G% mess ss!s p;%s tsIsss
%i1sss a and
$sssS
au.et and easier saes2 tescss at 7c 7sc for
moderate Sales % erces Carolina at 7c SIC. and
s Sass KansoGn little or no lie
as asre
2 note sale Of 80 hhds strictly prime refining Cuba at
q IiAc. for standard AS and l24c. for hards. We
quote Cuba-Refnng, interior 70 common sac. &C.
grocery iaiI to GOOD prime % ,shSice ls
ses' hhds. and boxes TIC . &C.. mclado, &c. 7c.,
Havana-Boxes, Dutch standa1d, Nos 7 to ?sAc &c;
to is l0lc lie do 70 to 90 1l1Ec. ls&c white ic.
oc. grocery fair to choice, 9ssc 10c Brazil-Dutch
standard, Nos Sto T. &C. 93c Jaya-Dgtch standard.
No was reported TODAY and prices
were In consequence quite nominal Il
TALLow.-The market was steady at Sc with sells Of
800 bbls. - - .
eraely active and steady at the closing price OF Satur-
day sales bbs at 96sC.
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The following table shows the highest and lowest
prices OF the principal stocks during the day.

In Philadelphia Reading was steady at 116. The
directors OF the Reading Railroad have declared q
dividend Of i've per cent cash, payable January a.
the transfer books closing December 81 and reopen
ing January Ia
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The QuOAtiOnS are bhSeu on cOOn IN St0re running III
quality not more than half grade above or below the
grade quoted.
FLOUR AMP GRAM.-Receipts-Fo 1886 bbls wheat,
80 400 bushels; corn, ,SO do meal LOO bbls and
3,l60 bags oats ~ 02t bushea; barley. 9OO DO The
mand and prices Unchanged The sales aggregate
range OF the appended quotsuQps, Corn nsaaf was IN
moderately fair dsWand Win safes reported Of 600 bb
S3 80 for DO white So 80 $3 90 Brandywinc. We
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THE LONDON PRICES Primer
A Higher Market and More Activity at the
Stock Exchange.
A RISE I'M WABASH SHARES.
Erie a COnundrum and Pacific
Mail Puzzle.
THE DIVIDEND ON READING.
WALL STREET,
MONDAY, Dec. 23-6 p. N.

WALL STREET, |
MONDAY, Dec. 23-6 p. ny
On Change to-day cotton was in moderately fair
demand and armer at the opening, but subse-
quently closed dull Flour was more active and
steady. while wheat was frmer and corn un-
changed, ,4,s- sAS'".'
COMPARISON OF THE IMPORTS.
The following shows the imports. exclusive Of
specie. at the port OF New York for the week end
ing December q and since the beginning Of the
year.
1870 1871. 1872.
Dry goods. 81, 644 104 $1470,798 81 a09, 74S
General mdse... 4,67444S 3,764,232 5,OO2 caa7
Total for week. $6,3l8,552 $5,2S5,O3O $6912O75
Prev. reported. 2ss,12l1S4 3s24So,3O2 4O7,242,757
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NH S3S IS for me.
Mr.. Kennedy, the friend OF deceased, according
to request took charge OF the remains and yes
terday sent them to New Canaan, Conn, for Inter
ment.
An Inquest was held in the case by Coroner Herr
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THE RAILROAD BONDS

The railroad bonds were firm, with the continu-
ance OF well-distributed demand. Union Pacific
frsts sold at eoss. The following were the bids at
the regular call -
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In the gold loan market the rates ranged from
per cent for carrying to nat for borrowing. The
operations OF the Gold Exchange Bank were as
follows:-
Gold balances. 1,204,2s7
Currency 1,4S7,303
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For future delivery basis low middng The sales have
twelve 400 ut 10 sl6c 300 At 10 3l6c,
March @ 4 o 4 snaar HS e02 5 s. al y 500 asp az
29 SlSc Total 200 bales Sales to-day 70 three r.
100 AZ 70 7lSc, r 400 at ~ 100 at l91c s.
ary s al sS S AZ & at s 10 isp' s5 t
ISc, 800 at i9 sss 200 at Ssc 100 at Y 9lGc 400 at
2oCst 70 g SIC, loo At 200 AZ 10 iSc Z. 300
81 ~ G a o sar16 o % ~ $ $ S 10y M e. q s q n e.
sSS Il sSsc. 200 @ & Soslssy 3 $ & B
100 at 20 66c, 100 at 2Ohc 100 at 20 7l6c 200 At hc 100
q go q ye a. sc iosa bslss GTSna @ al
total 1890 bales Rates on cotton 70 foreign ports
sail, lc; compressed. To Hamburg by steam, %d com
presSd Nv TS sremsh og itsa sa aT so any
siSa sd last halt January regular boats M ThsrecsIps
Orleans $3.50; Mobile, 1851; Savannah, 4,4s9; Charles
ton 60s6; Wilmington, 1861 Norfolk, 9s2; Baltimore 6
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Monday, Dec. a3-lO,15 A. M.

5000 US $40 65 a.. ll55s $40 Us $40 67. I6s
5000 Us 3d. r. 81. s3 ll21s 1900 US $40 6s. &C ll6s
10 A. M.-HefOre Call.
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TUESDAY SUPPLEMENT-

tnis basis but holders generally demanded
stu further enhancement. In view OF which
buyers were compelled to withdraw, and the actual
transactions were circumscribcd. Freights were
also very irm. and this checked the movement In
wheat Corn was duh and TO great extent nom-
inai. Oats were lrmer and in moderately fair de-
mand. Provisions continued quiet but there was
no material change In values. Groceries were like
wise quiet excepting for coffee, which was firm
under continual good demand. Cotton was in de-
mand and better prices were realized. Petroleum
still nominal Naval stores generally quiet but
nrm. Whiskey was moderately active at the closing
demand continued fair for Rio but other
descriptions neglected. still the market firm
throughout. We heard OF sales OF 400 bags Linus
and 4, 100 bags MendorA, at Baltimore both pri-
vate terms. We quote :kl0-Ordinary cargoes, l5lac
&c., fair carg0es l6hSc. l6c; good cargoes, l7xc.
ssss So ese S.;Sss Do ds5s G sfsss mats isc
Singapore co O20 grass ts) 15c l6c; Ceylon, bhc
16rc Maracabo l5c. 615c Laguayra, l6ac. l7Mc;
TO 20 days
Corros on the spot was an &c. per ib nrmer at the
opening but subsequently the market closed dull Fu-
ttrc delivery, under a good demand, advanced hc
b part of which, however. afterwards lost
The sales reported on Change to-day sum up Us toll
lows
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COMPARISON OF THE IMPORTS.
1924, ,43s, 1885 $367, ,674, 1882 $4l4, ,sS2

Total for week. $6,3l8,552 $5,2S5 ,O30 $8912O75
Prey. reported. 2Ss,12l1 1S4 3824303O2 407242 767
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FJNA NCIAyA.

A MONEY TO LOAN IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
IA. and Queens county H. l.; also for the purchase OF
city first and second mortgages.
SAWARD & LEAV!TT, ~ Wall street.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-10-20
AMERICAN COOKERY.

1t is blessed thing that the frying
pan is fleeing before the march of civ
ilization, even if in its flight it leaves
many Parthian sting in the stomach
of middle age. Nowadays only the
country tavern breakfast, let us hope,
fries things-corned beef, it is said,
with the rest--and end itself, and per-
haps the delicate traveller, with pickles
and pie, The frying pan has made
many martyrs, but Of the two utensils,
so far as we know, it Is only the grid
iron that has ever made bona tide
saint altough more than one dyspep-
tic, l fear, canonized solely by the fry
ing pan, has mistaken change of
stomach for change of heart. So the
hotel breakfast is frequently good
not so much because it takes an unu-
sual degree of perverse talent to spoil
chop or a boiled egg, as because the
breakfast is cooked to order, seldom
fried, and eaten generally with its first
natural flush upon it. The misfortune
to the urban Oeetsteak of our day, it
would seem, is that in too many kitch-
ems it has jumped from the frying pan
into the fire, And to burn in broiling
is the objectionable sin of cookery.
But with breakfast, unfortunately, the
cuisine of the great hotel is too apt to
end its success, since We take for
granted that ON the tables of men or
women truly wise there's no such thing
as supper, or at least that those with
whom erring custom has linked the twi-
light of sadness of tea and preserves
take little thought to themselves as to
the tea wherewith they shall be druged
or of the preserves wherewithal they
shall be depressed. The acute observ-
err who has boarded long at hotel
may, through many experiments and
by series Of hungry iuductiops, learn
with some degree Of sxaetusss wbsn
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-10-20
THE DEATH OF POE.
"MY BEST FRIEND WOULD BE
The MAN WHO WOULD
BLOW OUT MY
BRAINS

The following is from sketch of
the life Of Edgar A. Poe, in 'Harpers S
for September;
He started from Richmond on the
Cd or Sd of October. What happened
in the next two or three days is in.
VOWED in considerable obscurity, but
the facts as far as can be ascertained,
appear to be these He arrived at Bal
timore safely, but between trains, I'M
fortunately took drink with friend,
the consequence of which was that he
was brought back from Havre de
Grace, by the conductor of the Phia-
delphia train, in state Of delirium.
1t was the eve of an exciting municipal!
election, and as he wandered up and
down the streets of Baltimore he was
seized by the lawess agents Of some
political club and shut up all night in
a cellar. The next day he was taken
out in state of frenzy, drugged, and
made to vote in eleven different wards.
The following day he was found in a
back room of a headquarters and re-
moved to hospital on Broadway,
north of Baltimore street. Tie was in
sensible when found, and remained SO
until Sunday, October I. A doctor
and nurse were with him when he first
showed consciousness. "Where am |? p
he asked The doctor answered, "You
are cared for by your best friends
After a pause, in which he appeared to
recall what had occurred, and, to real
ize his situation, Poe replied, "My best
friend would be the man that would
blow out my brains Within ten
minutes he was dead.
"Oh let him pass he hate. him
That would upon the rack OF this rough
world
Stretch him out longer
He was buried on the Sth of October
in the burial ground of the Westminis-
ter church, at the corner of Fayette
and Greene streets. The funeral was
attended by cousin, member Of the
Baltimore bar, classmate, who was
afterward Judge of the Balti-
more Superior Court, and Methodist
preacher, relative by marriage. The
spot selected for his grave was near the
grave of his grandfather, Gen. Davis
Poe. There was vacant place left,
but il was filled several months ago by
the body of Mrs. GLENN, who died, up
wards OF eighty years old, in the hos
pital where her dear Eddie" expired
some twenty-five years before, and was
buried at her own request, by his side.
"Out are the lights-out all
And over each quivcring form
The curtan-a funeral pail
Comes down with the rush of a storm.
And the angels, all paid and wan,
Uprising, unyeihng, affirm
That the play is the tradgedy Man.
And the hero the conqucror Worm.'
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-10-20
us. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1872 SUPPLEMENT.

TO assist her, or provide for his own
wants. In her present destitute situa-
ton, the smallest amount of relief
would be thankfully received by her.
Her condition is one of absolute pdnt,
and she has but short time left to en-
joy any better fortune in this world"
1t is supposed that an appropriation
for her relief would have been made if
she had lived long enough for the
tardy action Of congress. She died in
1S43, in a mean abode in the city of
New York. attended in her last mo-
ments by sisters of charity. Her son
survived her years during which he
was utterly unable to help himself, and
would have starved to death but for the
charity of few persons who knew his
situation and knew, too, the melan-
choly tale of his familys ruin. Occa-
sionally paragraph in a newspaper
would make known his wants to the
public, when small sums would be sent
in for his benefit | was myself
bearer to him of one Of the newspaper
collections, amounting to twenty-five
dollars, few months before his death
n 1854. He sat silent in a miserable
room in St. Johns Square-an elderly
gentleman in an extremely shabby suit
of black, with a pallid expressionless
face. explained to him the object Of
my visit, and handed him the money
He gazcd vacantly at it, but did not
hold out his hand to take it, and evil
IDENTIFY had not understood word that
| had said. therefore laid the money
upon an old chest, and went in search
of some one who could be supposed to
have charge of him. | believe ! found
some such person at length, aud sue
ceeded in leaving the money so that it
would be extended for his benefit
Woods Household Magazine.
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cuse, New York, where the salt de.
posts appear distributed in the strata
called by biologists the upper siluran,
accessible to the natural subterranean
water-courses, which are pierced with
wells and tapped by pumping more
easily than the solid salt could be
reached. No doubt many miles of
caves have been formed there by the
washing out of the salt deposits, now
filled by water.
We have said that the sadness of the
ocean is still increasing. This is
strictly true yet the present increase
is very small when compared with the
enormous amount of marine brine.
Let US illustrate this by brief calcula-
ton.
The surface of the earth is, say, 200
million square miles the area of the
ocean, say, three fourths, or 100 mil
lions, and its average depth say two
miles. We have, then Total amount
of water, 800, 100000 cubic miles ;
cubic feet in one cubic mile, about AZ
0O0,00O,OO0; weight of brine per cubic
foot say Ga pounds. Hence, weight of
one cubic mile, 9,4Os, 900, 600, 900
pounds, equal to i,704, 600, 900 tons.
Hence, weight Of the whole ocean
1,411 200, 900, 000, 100000 or more
than one sextillion of tons. As about
one thirtieth of this weight is salts, We
have for the salts in the ocean about
A. ,040, 900, 900 900 900 tons, of which
the 4 ZOO, 100000, tons carried annu-
ally to the sea by our present rivers
would form but one ten milionth part.
At this rate, it would take ten million
years to make the ocean as salt as it is
now. But We need not suppose so
long a period, for many rea,ou In
the first place it is not likely that the
ocean ever was without saline matter
ia solution. la the second place the
activity Of rivers and springs in this re-
gard must have been much greater for.
merly than now, when the land is pretty
thoroughly washed out. In the third
place, we have taken no account of the
enormous action of the ocean itself on
its sides and bottom Ex.