The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-03-30
Items of News.

| thhte, parity European ana American tur
nlture, bat reserging enough of the Oriental
TO give it an air OF elegance and refinement
1t is constructed with sliding panels Of lac.
quer work; oruamentcd with delicate ira
eings Of gold and silver wreaihs of flowers.
etc, which allow the floor to be subdivided
into rooms or thrown il to the whole at will,
and although we have not one pane Of glass
in the building, but oiled paper instead you
have no conception Of It's cheerful aspect
All the panels are in this way doubled, so
that while they obstruct the view they nd.
nit the light. We have the reliuue Of II
prince.
The United States bought of Great Bri
tain. in 1870. more than Russia, Belgium,
Italy and France combined, and eight mil
/ lions in round numbers more than all Ger
many. the next largest buyer of British
/ goods. The enormous Volume OF our i'm
ports 10 1871 undoubtedly increased, 20 n
very large extent, this preponderauce of
American Custom, which exceeded that of
| the British possessions in North America
and India added together. British exports
| to the United States were, in 1910 E2SS,.
020, but in 1870 they Amo .nted TO G2s, 1856.
S9i.
Later dispatches from Mexico, while
probable success of the Government in
suhduing the revol ton, yet give n sad
account Of the condition of the country.
Agricultural industry is ruined; despolir
acts are com mitted by the authorities in
many localities, and disorder and anarchy
| prevail thro ghout the Republic. The
chances for internal peace are spoken Of as
| being remote.
Tka Nan York "a, a.. - = E,.rol Ill
during the coming season, suffer from
greater scarcity Of water than has ever been
experienced The reservoirs, it is stated.
were never before so low as they are this
spring. and the principal dependence for
filling them is in heavy rains, as there is
very little snow on the mountains. Orders
have been issued for closing the outlets of
the reservoirs, and this action will cause
serious damages to the owners Of mills stu.
Atsd on the streams that feed the canal.
Three members OF the Virginia Senate
and three members Of the House of Dele.
gates have been served with notice BY the
United States Attorney (Hughes) iha, he
will institute proceedings against thom for
a violation Of the Fifiee ,tk Amendment. by
acting as members Of the General Assem-
bly, while laborin under political disabil
| ties.
A dispatch from Nashville, says that on
Sunday. q negro, named David Jones.
robbed the house of a farmer, named
Murray, and when the latter offered
resistance, the negro shot him dead. The
murderer was arrested and lodged / Jail
but at . o'clock ut night an iniuria,ed mob
broke open the prison aud took him out
and shot and hung him, but the police
rescued him. He is morlally wounded.
Thirty eight converts from Romanism,
all Cubane. were confirmed by Bishop Pot.
ter, Sunday afternoon in the Episcopal
church on Twenty second street, New York
This church is the first Spanish Protestant
| organization in the United States. The
prayer book, translated into Spanish, is
read al each service.
The temperance question is causing great
excitement ~ the Northwest, illinois hay.
ing passed sirin ent liquor law, and SINH
lar bills beng pending in the Legislatures
OF other States The Germans Of illinois,
j. Is sand, will make the reputation Of the
Illinois law n political test. The Iowa
Senate. on Thursday Of last week defeated
bill copied from the Ohio law.
Callioruia was shaken by an earlhqunk e
at ~ minutes past ? o'clock Tuesday morn
ing. The central force Of the earthquake
was IN the Sierra Nevada. east OF Vlsalia.
In Nisalia, goods we're thrown from shelves
and walls cracked by the shock The
vibrations were very sli ht in San Fran.
cisco
correspondent writing from Nebraska
TO a Cincinnati paper, says that the winter
mas Killed more cattle thrun il the Fern
!ories Than any two winters previous
Cpon the Laramie plains the weather has
been intensely cold, the thermometer cja.
stantly registering from 10 to 20 degrees
below zero.
II IS stated tina. Secretary Fish has sent
nm energetic protest to Madrid against the
the action OF the Spanish Government in
the case Of DR.. Howard the American
whom The Spaniards in Cuba have senteu
eed to be transported to the spanish penal
settlements on the coast of frica
The house OF Sandy Clayton in Lawrence.
hansas, was burned On the night OF tue
2lst. Clayton and his three sons tas ED
est IA years Of ae, we're barue to death.
Mrs. Clayton aud her infant were seriously
injured by the flames, and the recovery Of
the mother is doubtful.
| Paraguay has to pay liberal price for
being thrashed. She had To cede To Brazil
all the territory comprehenIed sithiu tue
margin OF the Apa. and to enter into obli
cations Tor the payment Of an indemnity to
the amount of $3.50, 200, 900
A N. 7. Herald correspondent has been
captured by the Lowery gang OF outlaws ia
North Carolina, and held prisoner of war.
lie put himself in their power to interview
the outlaws. They are now interviewing
him.
The Prince and Princess of Wales Wed
nesday visited the Pope, and seem to have
been cordially received. lie expressed his
thanks Tor the evidences of ~ npat y shown
hin by the Queen, aud praised TIE plety OF
the people OF Great Britain.
In the Senate OF Pennsylvania on Wed.
nesday evening u report in in favor of Nc
Clure to tue seat ned by Gray was made by
the Election Committee, aud tho Senate
passed resolution giving it 10 the former,
who was sworn in
A man named Clark, 10 Cold Sprin :,
near Gus, Massachusetts, while caresss
handling loaded gun, shot aud killed aus
SIS er, aged twenty three, and wounded MIA
daughter, aged SIX, SO that alnputalion Of
| the arm was necessary.
The amount OF gold produced in the Pa.
chic States and Territories in 1868 and 1870,
was between SIO,OOO, 100 and S75,OOO,OOU
each year. 1t is estimated that the amount
produced III 1871 reached $4,000, 900.
A committee OF the Georgia Legislature
has arrived in New York, TO take testimony
IN reference to the conduct of ex Governor
Bullock, especially his transactions with
the State agent.
A Memphis paper states that man was
hned forty'three times in that city, recent.
ly, for contempt of court. He lost his
temper and called the judge hard names, AT
the rate OF ten dollars for each offence
AT New Orleans ON Monday, Judge Abel
sentenced James II. Henry, u deputy con.
stable, to three years imprisonment, for
having embezzled S4s entrusted to him by
| lady 70 pay her taxes