The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-03-27
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/ weeks ago. and to day Is 50 great that 1t
IS dlHieult TO conceive Of. the Change.
Tie thermometer then indicared the mer-
rnfy below zero: now it is 90 degrees
above. Then the ground was frozen and
ice thick enough to skate on, and good
| fires were Indispensable inside-now here
Is no frost III the ground, farmers are
hu~iiy at work putting in their seed. and
50 warm Is il outside that doors and win
/ dnw- are thrown open to inhale the pure
. all Without. The board Of public works
which has, during the past session been
| favored with nearly tour millions of dol
/ lars BY Congress to be expended for inl-
! prayements in the District OF Coluinbia
are now paying off their past indebted
ness with i view OF at once letting new
c ,ntact> for 'leveling up, and leyeling
j wa, and paving streets, building new
| sewers and repairing the old. building
| tri3ges &c, &c Ere the meeting OF
| Caugres, in December next it is hoped
| ii tac board judiciously expends the
| ulofey intrusted them, the Capitol Of the
! Nation sill present such improvements
rs yoar readers Will be proud of
Most Senators and Representatives
who &,iicipated bringing their families
with hem next session, have already
engaged quarters for them. Several have
It ea>ed furnished houses for a year, re
| rrngiu4 to relable parties through the
Summer. This way is deemed the most
safe aad economical.
TIE vote by which Congress rassed the
retroactive salary clause was 50 to 90.
/ OF the majority Sc were from the South
aul the northern votes were mostly
CIedil AIohiler men or Democrats The
very large rumber Of absentees indicates
puI pose to dodge this i'm poriant issue
! 10y many honorable gentlemen, who
should have been IN their seas 10 pre-
/ Vent the spoliation Of the Treasury III
| fictcd bY this hig handed measure
Republicans here from the southern
! States are much isapp0inted that the
/ President did not select at least one
member Of his cabinet from the South.
Ex-S. uator Pool. of North Carolina, was
/ ufc-d as q representative man on whom
all the South would unite in endorsing
Tne Commissioner of Agriculture has
! received reports showing that the cotton
cso.. al the present year has greatly de-
. cliued in quality below that realized in
iuImor years aud especially before the
war. The Commissioner has directed a
correspondence with the ieauing cotton
/ r,iruers Of the United States with view
81 learainC the truth of these reports.
There Is so doubt that the conditions of
production the past season, we're very
exceptional, resulting in marked changes
III the character Of the staple. The cot
ton producing industry has ever been a
tuyerioh affair, very little quieted by gen
eT;:l science, aud looking to sudden and
rapid realization of profits by the exbaus-
t.on ofthe soil rather than to a permanent
production.
Mr. Boutwell, has left a successor, in
Judge Richardson, who fully sy mpathizes
with Ills ideas Of financial policy aud
w"use appointment is satisfactory
pledge ou the part of the Administrator
that that policy Will be maintained
President Grant deprecates all sudder
AID ,.i>iacatiug movement in The matter
II our currency and distinctly avows hi,
purpose to leave well enough alone.
Erjy little sensation has been felt iu
monetary circles by the change. There
VII lie no initiation Of currency by the
re emission OF the farty-iour millions oI
legal tenders retired by Mccullough.
w are slowly working our way back tc
specie payments. Patience. skill and
steady waiting are the foundations of sue
cess in the present crisis.
The first volume of the census report.
ja~t gbrough the press, presents a very
iqae feature In it graphic Illustrations.
Onr map shows by It's lighter or deeper
Shading he relative density of popuIa-
'fou. The darkest zone runs through
be New England and Middle States.
ajnng the coast to the Potomac. The
c.,lo'cd population Is illustrated by q
4 iiegeur map. The heaviest shading j,
shown along the CheSa peake, Lower
Fr-~i ~ipii, in central Virginia and in
the famous black delt, running through
&c rgia aud \ labama The foreign im-
migrant population spreads its deepes,
~ua3iag through laweG New England ana
+ New Jersey and along the northern lake:
and western rivers The dark shadow
ut iIiI'oJacy, in another chart, Is found
lHnv>fA :G the South, while the golden
jiue 81 wealth marks the career of civil
2 f,iou H. the North and West These
! charts viii he made the groundwork o
1iany IN editorial and statistical article
io the press.
Treasury reports ind icate n greatly in
creased export of our articles of home
production during the current fiscal year
OF Agrj, litural implements We have sen
f, t..re5gn countries 81 800, 600 or doubl,
rhe aggregate of the SAME portion of las
car. Publications. ii all sorts have 10.
..r.---ea i. eqssa! ratio while the different
nrgucI'esef manufacture slow large incre
wenJs IN spite Of greatly Increased dc
maua AZ home. In leather. ana is u.sn
Ctactu-es wc are taking leading position
~ she general trade Of the world
Tie President new Cabinet OF rashe
! the cd one modified by charge IN IL,