The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-12-26

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Q from invfdious distinctions. in a
!, the various relations of public lift
Q Upon Mr.. Joseph Arch's rctur
! to England he was at, once inter
Viewed, and he made some As
+ founding declarations. .sa'I inten,
! to go on" he said, ''untiI l hay,
drained the country OF agrlcultur
al Iaborers. When the last maj
Of the last shipload quits tn
$ shore, then and not. till then ma,
5 Mr.. Arch take his own final ieavl
of his native land.
A meeting WAS held in, the bal
of the Honse of Representative
; at Washington, on Saturday even
ing, for the purpose of, comparing
: views on rapid and cheap trans
i portation. About sixty. Repre-
sentatives and several Senator.
were present. Speeches wert
made by Representatives Sypher
McNulty, Fort and Loughridge
A marked difference of opinion
prevailed as to the merits of tbs
proposed inland water routes.
j Secretary Fish has received 6
!, dispatch, from Consul Genera
HaH, from Havana, stating that he
had been notified by the superior
| political Governor of Cuba that
the following Smbargoed estates
had been restored to their owners
Jose Manudc, Marcias Gonzales
Pory, Fernando Domninguez
Manuel Filope Lopes, Manuel
Jose and Joaquin Garcia. Ongan-
cas- Brotnero, Antonio Brachilen,
Y. Morales, Emeuque Vallente
and Ramon Martinez Hernandez.
Gen. Pinckney, our minister to
France eighty years ago, has com.
monty been regarded as the orig
lnator of the expression, "Mil-
lions for defense and not one, cent
for tribute" 1t has been said that
he used the expression in reply to
q statement that certain sum of
money would settle the troubles
between this country and France;
but citizen of Charleston, S. c.,
now shows that Pinckncy on be-
ing once asked if he eyer made
such remark, replied, "No; my an
swer was not q flourish like that,
but simply, Not penny! not a
penny "-rt z<E .saI';.-
The Report of the Department.
Of Agriculture for November and
December gives the cotton crop of
1869 at 3,00S,S4S bales; the esti-
mates OF that of 1872 at 3 500, 900;
the yield indicated in November
at 3,682, $50 bales on 9,509, 524
acres--TeXas leading with 22I lbs
per acre. The potato. product is
10 per cent. less than last year.
The Louisiana sugar crop indi-
Gates a decline of some 10 per
cent. Texas promises to hold her
own, and in small way Georgia,
Florida, Alabama and Mississippi
are doing something. The tobac-
CO crop compares with last years
average at 80. An essay on Eu-
ropean agriculture; notes on bot
any, chemistry, bugs--preseFibing
tin-lanterns, turkeys, plows, sheet
lion pans, birds, torchs and, fires
for their cure; microscopy and
miscellany are added. g -
The obituary of the London.
Times of Saturday, November Is,
contained some, remarkable illus.
trations of prolonged existence in
seventeen persons, viz, nine gen.
tlemen and eight ladies, but. more
particularly in the case of five of
the former sex and four of the lat
ter, whose united ages amounted
to 781 years, giving an average of
SO years and more than 9 months
to each of these persons. The
oldest, as usual, was a member of
the fair sex, who had reached the
great age of 50 years, the young
est of the same sex being "a. Of
the gentlemen, the oldest was SO
and the youngest 80 years of age.
The respective ages of these nine
ladies and gentlemen were as fol-
lows, viz; so, three at "a, sc, 81,
8S, SO and 95 years. OF the sep
tuagenarians there were eight, viz,
four of each sex, whose united
ages amounted to 603 years, Civ
ing an average of rs years and
more than 4 months to each. The
united ages of these seventeen Ia
dies and gentlemen amounted to
1854 years, giving an average of 81
years and more than 4 months to
each. ....... -.