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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-10
The National Treasury.

The Secretary of the Treasury points out the
falling off in the revenue caused by the financial
criss, and bases the estimates of receipts somewhat
thereon, shows the coin receipts are still more than
the interest on the public debt and other coin ex
penditures, recommends economy, reduction IN
appropriations, and, if the effects of the derange-
ment in business should continue and make it nee
essary to provide additional means, he recommends
judicious additional taxation rather than resort to
borrowing and increasing the public debt.
The operations under the refunding act, for the
year ending December 81, 1S73 make saving of
one million dollars in the annual interest. Tee
entire saving of annual interest under its opera
tons is three millions.
He recommends that action be taken, before
January next, for the payment Of the s20,0Oo,0O0
loan of 1858; condemns the practice of paying in
terest on deposits as tending to accumulate cur
rency in large cities, where it is used largely by
Spectators whose operations tend directly to in
crease the annually recurring stringency in the
money market and to derange business generally.
The Secretary alludes to the prevailing sentiment
that more elasticity should be given to the volume
of currency, and earnestly commends to the wis
dom of Congress careful consideration of the
subject, and that IN such inquiry further initiation
of irredeemable paper currency should be avoided,
and permanent return to the second basis of
specie payment be kept in view. He regards any
large augmenta ton of legal tender notes in time
of peace as a departure from the declaration of
public policy, and the pledge of the public faith to
the national creditors made in the act of June 30,
1874, that the amount of such notes should never
exceed $500 coo, O00 as well as from that SOL
emE pledge contained in the first act of the Forty
first Congress to make provisions at the earliest
period of the redemption of United States notes in
coin.
He refers to the uncertainty in public opinion as
to the right and policy of issuing the forty-four
millions, called the reserve, and recommends the
exact status thereof be fixed by Congress. He OPP
poses the issue of any part the same to initiate the
currency; suggests it be held for reserve under
authorizing the national bank notes to be replaced
as there are practical difficulties IN carrying out
the purpose of Congress under the present law.
A thorough revision of the Custom laws is recon-
mended. The tonnage tax should be repealed and
new laws regarding the enrolment and license of
vessels should be made, far as they affect canal
boats and similar crafts employed on the internal
waters of states. The reorganization of custom
districts on the Atlantic coast and various changes
in the laws respecting our navigation are recon-
mended. 8g
The Secretary details what has been doneain the
matter of the Louisville and Portland canal and
suggests further legislation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-10
CHE Repnb1iran.
WATERTOWN,W WIS.
J.H. KEYEs, Editor and Proprietor.
English Lunches.

The dinner in England being SO state
ly and formal an affair, so exacting in
its requirements Of full dress and
knowledge of etiquette, can only be
agreeable to those persons to whom
knowledge of society is second nature
The loads of queer celebrities who
flock TO England, and of whom Eng
lish people are very fond, are often
great bores at the dinner table. One
literary lady of high eminence carried
along a husband who drank out OF his
fnger-glass one French soldier of
fortune tore the aspie of plover's eggs,
which stood before him, apart with his
fingers one young lady of grasping
disposition-I will not say what country
she came from-reached for bouquet
from the grand epergne, and tipped it
over All these things are trifes, but
they did that dreadful thing discom-
posed the lady of the house. So there
has grown up a species of entertain
ment, absolutely necessltated Gas was
told by lady who entertained much)
by these very accidents-a luncheon,
informal, gay, early, sort of midday
dinner, where ladies sit in their bon
noUS anu S0uUloI1ou III Cuo1T morning
coats-not the grand twelve-course
affair which we give in New York at 1
o'clock and call luncheon, but simple
entertainments joint of mutton,
some fruit and salad, and perhaps
claret and Madeira, where the enter.
tainment is easy and perfect, and fitted
to the enjoyment of every body. At
these pleasant affairs, there can be no
violation of etiquette; for there is no
etiquette violate. Every one is at
ease. The houses of Parliament do
not assemble until five o'clock in.the
afternoon therefore the noble Lords
and faithful Commons are at leisure
The ladies have the day before them
I suspect many of them who have been
out until the night before, make this
meal their breakfast, and the guests of
all nations contribute their quota to
the agreeability without disturbing the
English mind by any violation of those
rules of life, which to them, and to
polished people generally, are all-im-
portant. -AppIeton's Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-10
What a Pair of Sparrows Can Do.
From st. Nicholas

By careful investigation it has been
ascertained that single pair of Euro
pean sparrows, during the infancy of
their brood, feed their little ones an
average of about $3.50 caterpillars in
a week! Now, take your states and
pencils, my little friends, and see how
many caterpillars in month the
sparrows killed by that Sussex County
club would have destroyed if they had
been permitted. Think what quaint
ties OF pretty leaves, how many bush
els OF grain, and what an abundance
of nice fruit must be destroyed by the
taking Oft of 1900 worm eating birds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-10
Disaster at Sea.

THE steamship Vile du Havre, from New
York for Havre, was sunk at sea by a collision
with the British ship Locherne, on November
%. She had on board 313 persons, of which
number only 81 were saved, making loss of
226.
The Vile du Havre was strnck amidships by
the Locherne and sunk in twelve minutes
after the collision. The Locherne immedi-
ately lowered their boats, which rendered all
service possible by them. Fifty-three of the
crew were saved, including the captain, and
these go to make up TIE eighty-seven saved.
Among the passengers saved are ten women,
which number she transferred to the Tri-
mountain of New York, and they were taken
to Cardiff.
With the exception of the Great Eastern,
she was the largest steamer that ever entered
this port. Her dimensions were 430 feet by
48 feet. Her carrying capacity was $500 tons
foreign measurement. Her main saloon was
fitted up with marble wainscoting of three
varieties; the upholstering was velvet, and
the wood work carved in the most unique de-
signs. Her engines were compound direct
acting, 5000 horse power, made in England.
The Vile du Havre was formerly the Napo
leon III. She was altered and enlarged last
winter, and came here for the first time as the
Vile du Havre on the 9th of April, making the
passage from Brest in nine days and twenty
three hours.
The Locherne was SO badly damaged by the
collision with the Vile du Havre, that persons
rescued by her from the wreck requested to
he MT on tho Trina ountain All uora co fol
transferred with the exception of three per-
sons who were too badly injured to be re-
moved. After the collision the Locherne put
for Queenstown, where she was due about the
18th ult. Nothing yet has been heard of her.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-10
Plants as Weather Guides.

A Prussian horticulturist has made
some interesting observations which
tend "a show the usefulness of certain
plants as weather guides. He finds that
certain varieties of clover contract their
leaves on the approach of rain when
the leaves of the chickweed unfold and
its flowers remain erect till midday,
tar weather is at hand; but the closing
of the flowers of the wood anemone
indicates that rain is close at hand.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-10
How Mrs. Brown Drowned the Kittens.

She had been talking about it good
while, and Sunday she did it. While
church was in she got the slop-pal., and
wiped it out with her checked apron.
Then she set that slop-pail in the wood
shed, ard filed that slop-pail with wa
ter. Then she went to the barn and
brought the kittens out by the nape of
the necks, and put them into that slop-
pail. Then she went to the pantry,
back of the fireplace, and took down a
large tin dish and returned with that
tin dish, and placed it over the mouth
of that slop-pail. Then she put brick
and rusty axe-head on top of that tin
dish. Then she rolled her arms in that
checked apron, and rested upon her
left limb, all the while humming Sc
rious air, and beating time to it with
the toe Of her right foot. Then those
kittens sang small. Then, about an
hour after this time, Mrs. Brown stop
ped humming and tapping. Then she
unrolled her arms out of that checked
apron Then she bent down and re-
moved that brick and that axe-head
from that tin dish. Then she took
that tin dish off that slop-pail. Then
she looked at those kittens, and pretty
soon went into the house to see If the
potatoes were done.-Grap,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-10

IwAKURA is said to have stated that
he saw nothing III all his travels which
astonished him SO much as the changes
which took place in Japan during his
pSence
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-10

MANY proofs are now before the
people of Japan that public opinion
has great weight with the officials in
the government and in all departments
of state.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-10
Famous Trees.

Individual trees, planted by famous
men, are still to be seen by the pill
prims who visit their homes and haunts.
In the last century there was quite a
fashion for planting willows. It is
said that the first weeping willow seen
in England was sent to the poet Pope,
as present from Turkey, by his friend
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and
planted by him in his garden at Twick
enham. It is the famous Saix Baby
lonica of the Psalter, upon which, on
the banks of the Euphrates, the weep
ing daughters Of Jerusalem hung their
harps. Garrick planted two willows on
his lawn, beside his Shakespeare tenn
pie; in the midst of thunder storm,
which destroyed one of them, the pious
widow of the great actor was seen
running up and down, excitedly
crying out, "Oh, my Garrickl Oh,
my Garrick!" The willow, known as
DR.. Johnson's willow, at Litchfeld,
was blown down long ago it was said,
in the Gardeners Magazine, to have
been planted by him, but it is more
probable that his admiration and talk
OF it developed the legend of his plant
ing it. At the time of its destruction.
it was thirteen feet in girth. Pieces of
household furniture and snuff boxes
were made of it, and slips from it were
planted, by his admirers, throughot
the neighboring country an Offset Of
the old tree was planted on the same
site. Thomas Moore tells us that when
Byron first went to Newstead Abbey,
from Aberdeen, at the age of ten, he
planted young oak in some part OF
the grounds. He had a notion Cor
thought he hado that as it fourished
so should he. Six or seven years later,
on re-visiting the spot, he found his
oak choked up with weeds, and almost
deac.-Chauber's Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-10

A TACOMA On. H.) gardener has
raised radish weighing II pounds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-10

The House was called to order at noon BIZ
Mr.. Mcpherson, Clerk, who called the roll OF
members by States. The galleries were crowd
ed, and most Of the seats in the |. sllWere oc-
cupied When Louisiana was reached the
Clerk stated that there were but two unchal-
lenged certificates received from that State
those of Messrs. Darrall and Morri from the
Third and Fifth Districts. AS to the Ninth
District OF Indiana, papers were returned by
the Governor which could not be accepted by
the Clerk, as they were not in accordance with
law, and, therefore, there was DO person en-
rolled from that district. For four seats from
Arkansas there had been but two certificates
presented, those of Snyder and Hines. Conf
piications We're also reported in regard to the
Stare OF West Virginia. James G.. Blaine was
reelected Speaker, receiving 100 votes. Fer
nando Wood n, S. S. Cox 2, Clymer 1. Alexan-
der Il. stevens 1. On taking the chair. Mr..
Blaine said:
GENTLE1EN OF THE House The vote this
moment announced by the Clerk is such an
expression of your confidence as calls for nv
sncerest thanks. To be chosen Speaker OF
the American House Of Representatives is al
ways an honorable distinction. To be chosen
third term enhances the honor more than
tnree-fod. To be chosen BY the largest BODY
that ever assembled in the Capitol imposes a
burden OF responsibility which only your
indulgent kindness could embolden me to as.
sumo. The first occupant of the char pre-
sided over house OF simply five members,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-11-21

PERsoNAL.-Mr. Edmund Berkeley, the
Artist, of this city, who took the first prize
at the exhibition of the Maryland Acade-
my of Arts at Baltimore last year, has re-
moved to Lexington. He is recognized in
his profession as an artist of high talent.
and Lexington is fortunate to get him.
Mr.. G. Thos. Smith, Senator elect from
from Nelson county, was in the city this
week.
Among the Staunton arrivals at the
Richmond hotels in the past week were
Mai. Ed. Mcmahon and G.. H. Platt.
MI. F. J. Calhoun has been appointed
Superintendent of the Western Division
of the G. & o. R. R. vice Vancleve resigned.
The Charleston, S. c., papers publish in
full the speech of Gen. r. D. Lilly, of
Staunton. delivered before the State Fair
at Columbia, in advocacy of the establish
ment Of South Carolina chair in the
Washington and Lee University. He met
with good success.
Judge W. G. Riley, former U. S. claims
commissioner in Staunton, has been ap-
pointed consul to Laguayra.
Col. Mills, member of Congress from
Texas, who has been sojourning in Staun-
ton for some time, left with his family,
Tuesday, for Washington, to be present at
the meeting of the national legislature
His residence will be at the Continental
hotel.
Gen. Fitz Lee nephew of Gen. Robert
E. Lee,) was at the Virginia Hotel, Tues
day, on his way, with his mother, from
Lexington to Richmond.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-11-21

MIsCELLANEoUs.-T first sleigh OF
the season appeared on the streets Tues
day morning. 1t had joyous time strug-
Cling through the mud.
That very rare piece of merchandise, for
Staunton, a bale of cotton, arrived here
this week to be used at the factory of j..
FL. Rankin near Sherando. Its iron ties
and general makeup were objects of Gu
riosity to even the S'oldest inhabitant."
The mail to go East by the C. Il O. r. R.
now closes at $50 A. M, and that going
West and for Lexington and down the
Valley at SP. NJ.
MI Andrew Jackson Carney, halling
from Loudon, was doing some very elo,
quent street preaching from the Court
House steps yesterday. He is an indepen-
dent travelling missionary, and says he
looks very much like President Lincoln
He takes up his collection regularly.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-11-21

A LIFE HANGING ON A MARRIAGE
RECoRD.-Mr. Geo. K. Nash, Prosecuting
Attorney of Columbus, O., has been in the
city several days examining the marriage
record of Rob't B. Dunlap, who is to be
tried there on the 9Th proximo for the
murder of James Carpenter, on the 18th
of September, 1872. It seems that the on
ly witness of the murder was Dunlap's
present wife, whom he caught in the en-
brace of Carpenter, and if she is his legal
wife, cannot be used as a witness against
him. 1t appears from the record here that
Dunlap was married in 1852 to Elizabeth
J. Cason, Of this county, and deserted her
in 1856, and that in 1868 she married again.
1t seems that this fact did not free him,
and that his marriage in Ohio was illegal,
and the woman he married is therefore a
competent witness in his trial. 1t appears
also that Mrs. Dunlap applied for divorce
in the Circuit Court OF Augusta, on the
ground of desertion and adultery, which
was not granted, but the case was dismiss
ed as ''agreed" and never tried. 1t will
be remembered that Dunlap fled from the
county under an Indictment for perjury.
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Died


Trenton, N. j., Octo-
Der 9, 1878, Adam Rhulman, formerly of
/. Hafper's Ferry, W. Va, in the 73d year
of his age. The deceased was for many
years an Inspector in the U. s. Armory
at Harper's Ferry, and upon the break
ing out of the late war, he was sent to
Europe by President Lincoln to inspect
arms for the U, S. Army.
MEADE. White Post, Clarke county,
Virginia, on Saturday, November Sth, Of
Pneumonia, in the SD year of his age,
Philip Nelson Meade, Oldest son of the
late Bishop Meade.
RUSMISEL.- the 9th of August, 1878,
at the old homestead, near Moscow, Au-
gusta county, Va, Sally, consort OF Ad-
am Rusmisel, ST., deceased, at the ad-
vanced age Of 80 years and months |fs
HOLMES. the 24th Of October, at his
residence in Stafford county, Va, Col:
John NJ: Homes, in the 55th year OF his
age:
WHITCOMB.-In staunton, November
10Th, Miss Mary D. Whitcomb, sister OF
Col. II, D, Whitcomb.
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Married..


TRESIDDER-BROWN.-Ont the 18th
instant, at st. John s church, Richmond,
by Rev. Henry Wall, D. D., MI. Thorn
as Tresidder, of England, and Mrs. Kate
Brown, Of that city.
Oct. 10Th,
1873, by Rev. J. NJ. Shreckhise, Mr.. Jas.
w. Smiley and Miss Elizabeth F. Buch-
anan, all of Rockbridge county.
FISHER SWARTZEL.-On Nov. 4th,
by the same, Mr. David Fisher and Miss
Mary E. Swartzel, all of Augusta.
HUTCHENS- BLACK.-On Nov. 9Th,
by the same, Mr.. Jacob E. Hutchens and
Miss Julia A. Black, all of Augusta.
D-WELCH.-On the 9Th inst,
at the residence of the BRIDES mother,
by Rev. j. L. Hemphill, MI. D. H. Gar
land and Miss Elizabeth S. WEIGH, all Of
Rockbridge.
NEWMAN-LUCAS.-On the same even
ing, and near the same place, by the
same officiating minister, Mr.. James W.
Newman and Miss Lizzie Lucas, all Of
Augusta county.
LUSHBAUGH- HARDY.-On Thurs
day, Nov. 18th, at the residence Of the
brides parents, by the Rev. SIS. RosZell,
ID. Mr.. John H. Lushbaugh and Miss
Mollie E. Hardy, both of this place.
MoNCURE-kNox.-N November 18th,
In Fredericksburg, by Rev. p. G. Muir
daugh, D. D., assisted by Rev. Arthur
Johns, VIM Eustace Moncure, of Stat
ford county, son of Judge R. G. L. Mon
cure, and Miss Mary c.. daughter Of
Thomas F. Knox, Esq, Of Fredericks-
burg, Va.
JoHNsON-JOHNsON.-On the 18th
inst, pear the White Sulphur Springs,
by Rev. B. S. Highley, Charles 0. John
son, formerly Of Louisa county, Va,
and Miss Sallie S. Johnson, of Greenbri-
er county, W. Va.
MOONE-BROWN.-On Tuesday, 18th
of November, at Rugby, near the Uni
versity of Virginia, the residence of the
brides father, A. J. Brown, Esq, by
Rev. J. S. Hanckle, Rev. F. D. Moone, Of
Nashville, Tenn, and Miss Lilly L.
Brown.
Observation-Disclosures t.
in Richmond, at St. James Church, by
Rev. DR.. Peterkin, Mr.. James E, Hanger,
formerly of Staunton, now of Richmond,
and Miss Nora Mccarthy, of that city.
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COMMISSIONERS OFFICE, srAUN1oN, |

Nov. 6, 1873.
TING Thomas Y. Sterret,, Plaintiff and Will
i liam G. Sterret, Admir- of David Sterrett,
decd, Jacob Shuey, the representatives of Geo.
liam S. Young, decd. Ann F. Sterrett, James
Trimbe and Isabella E c. his wife, and John
NJ Travis and Mary Jane his wife, Defendants,
and to all persons holding claims agiaint the es-
tate of David Sterrett, decd.
TAKE NOTICE. That in pursuance of decree
ofthe Circuit Court Tor Augusta County, rem
dered July 26th 1870 in the cause of Sterrett VS..
Chancery shall, on the 18th day of December,
1878 at my Office in Staunton, proceed to take
state and settle
LIST. An account of the transactions of David
Sterrett, decd, as Elk or of Thos Young, decd
adopting as basis the report of Cum'r Clarke
confirmed by the county Court of Augusta at
its May term, 1858, 4p& sa5@eH
I'd. An account of the amounts now due from
the Estate Of David Sterrett, decd, as Elk or, to
the surviving legatees of Thos. Young. decd
Sd. An account of the transactions OF the de-
fendant William G. Sterrett, as Admir- of David
Sterrett, dec d, showing the amounts and dates
of all payments made by said Admir- to the dis
tributes respectively since his qualification, and
whether proper refunding bonds. with sufficient
security, have been taken in each instance.
4th An account of the personal assets of the
estate of said David Sterrett, decd, including
debts due to said estate.
5th An account of all outstanding and un-
satisfied claims against the estate Of David Ster-
rett, dec d, according to their respective priori
ties and including the amounts due from said
decedent's estate, as fduciary, to the parties in
in this cause respectively. a II. .lys
9Th. Any other matter deemed pertinent by
myself or required by apy party in interest to
be stated.
At which time and place you are required to
attend and all creditors of said David Sterrett's
estate are required then and there to appear and
file with the undersigned proper evidence of
their claims.
Given under my hand as Commissioner in
Chancery of the Circuit Court for Augusta Co
the day and year first aforesaid. ~
J. w. GREEN SMITH,
Nov TAT Comm'r.
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IRON MINING CHARTER GRANTED.

IRON MINING CHARTER GRANTED
Judge Mclaughlin, in chambers, on the
18th inst, granted a charter to the 'Coto-
paxi Iron Company for the purpose of
mining and manufacturing iron in Angus
ia Co. The capital stock of the company
is to be not less than $50, 900, in shares of
500 each. 1t is to own not more than
10000 acres, and it's place of business is to
be Staunton. The officers Of the company
are Thos. K. Menifee, President, Chas. S.
Arnall, Secretary and Treasurer. James
Bumgardner, ST., Rob't G. Bickle, M. G.
Hartman and VIM. A. Burke are the Direc-
tors. The place of operations is to be the
Cotopaxi Furnace, about 8 miles South of
Greenville in this county, and in the midst
of one of the finest iron regions in the
country, and the company have secured
the right to work the sBare'' ore-bank and
the ''Fine'' ore-bank, two of the largest
deposits in the county. The present fur
mace has capacity of seven tons day,
but it will be greatly enlarged by the new
company.
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Mr.. Bagby said the city now had house,
one story high, fourteen feet by ten, IN
which some paupers were put.
Mr.. German thought the committees re-
port ought to. be indefinitely postponed,
1t was resolved to postpone the consider
alton of the report, and in the mean time
continue the present system of relief. =
IF any member of the council wishes to
see the workings of the ''present system OF
reIief,' described with painful minuteness
let him read the INDICATOR of March
18th, 1878, which will be shown him at
this office.
After giving the question Of the poor its
usual postponement the councilmen put
on their comfortable coats and adjourned
to their comfortable homes.