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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-01
CANAL MANAGEMENT.
THE PROPOSED FUNDING BILL.

THE PROPOSED FUNDING BILL.
SUMMARY OF OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED CANAL
FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CANALS NOT SELF
SUSTAINING WITH THB PRESENT TOLLS.
To the Bfifor Of TIE Trtbune.
SIR: The advocates of this bill claim that
when II shall become operative the tolls can be reduced
from the present and II mill rates to mill or less,
thereby cheapenng transportation The present rate OF
toll gives 81 05 per from Buffalo 10 Albany. re-
ducton to mill would give 20 cents per ton toll from
Buffalo TO Albany
pertinent inquiry for legislators TO make would be:
Can the tolls be further reduced mill or Will the pres
ent rates OF tolgivc sufficient annual average revenue
to pay for ordinary repairs and maintenance OF the
canals, the interest the unpaid canal debt ana the
necessary annual contribution ~ the canal debt SINKING
fund 10 pay the debt in forty yearsi
The canal accounts made for fiscal years endeu
September co. The years ls697o includes toll re-
cepts and November 1869 at higher rates than
have prevailed since May !, 1870 which gave larger
revenue fiscal year ended September So 1870 than
any fiscal year since.
The following summary OF the receipts and disourse
ments on of the NewYork canals for the 1our
years ended September go 1879 is made ny from inc
statement Of the Auditor OF the Canal Department Tor
the year 1874, page 1856:
PAYMENTS on ACCOUNT o. lht ss"
70 TbR YRAEs BINDING sEPr 81 1870.
RSceipts. Jour sedrI
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MIscELLANEOUs.

The number of emigrants who landed
at Castle Garden from Jan. to Dec. Of the
present year, was 145, ,s62, showing heavy
decrease. ~. ...--..--e ID.
The secretary of the treasury, this
afternoon, rendered the position Of supervising
architect Of the treasury TO John Macarthur,
The postmaster-general has issued an
order forbidding letter carriers to Distribute
New Yesr's addresses calculated to induce the
public to make them gifts.
Proceedings have been instituted
against Rev, DR.. Talmsdge, Of Brooklyn, by
B. o. Mitchell, on the charge Of slander.
Mitchell was for q number Of years pFomi-
nent member OF Talmadge's church, aud was
expelled en- the testimony of the pastor. who
charged him with conduct unbecoming Chris
tians. The damages are laid at 5000.
The flow of currency from New York
to the west averages about $4,000, 600 day.
Cincinnati and Chicago are paying out $780,
600 day for hogs, ali OF which passes imme-
diately into the regular ohannela OF trade.
Business OF al kinds must soon begin to feel
the effects OF this healthy stimulus. Mean
while the fact that money is easy and Interest
low IN New 1OFAs nOLWltnhbdnuiDE the large
ef8iux OF currency from that city, is zignif-
cant feature OF the financial situation.
Il appears from the market review
Of the Courier-Journal that 100, SIS hogs have
been marketed at Louisville during the month
lust closed, and 175, 74s packed, against IO5,-
600 in November of last year. The market
value of the hogs packed during the month
was about So, ,5G0, 900. The latest returns from
the principal packing centres OF the west show
that larger business has been done in Louis-
vile than in any other city, except Chicago,
although last season Louisville was ranked by
hve other points.
The protest against the proposed rec's
prooity treaty with Canada is about to be is
sued By the national wool growers association.
The document, which is signed BY Hon. Henry
s. Randall, president, directs attention to the
counsel given by Gen. Washington to avoid
political alliances in extending its commercial
relations OF the country, and ststss that the
/ people OF Canada now contribute about siz
million dollars in gold paid for duties. The
I treaty would surrender this sum and add il "a
/ our oyerweighed industries and make Canada
a thorOughfsre for smuggling for al the world
/ The chief of the bureau Of ordnance.
in his annual report, recommends the rsarrns.
mens Of the navy with breeoh-Ioading riAed
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
Gen. Lee in the Hour Of Defeat;

FgoIeston SAYS of Gen. Lee in /" A
Rebels RecOiIeeticns :" &c saw him
for the Iast time during the war at Ame
liza Court HOuse, IN the midst of the
final retreat, and I shall never forget
the heart broken expression his face
wore. OF the still sadder tones of his
voice as be gave me the instructions I
had come to ask The army was in ut
ter confusion. It was already evident
that We were being beaten back upon
James river, and could never hope to
reach the Roanoke, on which stream
alone there might be a possibility Of
making a stand. Gen. Sheridan wBs
harrassiu9 our broken columns at every
step. snd destroying us piscemeal.
Worse than all, Gen. Lee had been de-
serted by the terrified government in
the very moment of his supreme need,
and the food had been snatehed from
the mouths Of the fanaished troops (as
is more fully explained in another chap
teri, that the fight OF the president and
his followers might be haEtened. The
load put thus upon Lees shoulders was
a verv heavy one for 80 conscientious a
man as he 10 bear and knowing, as
every soutberner dos, his habit Of tax
ing upon himself all blame for whatever
went GHETs VIC GauEQb MOMAEE tLhH HE
was sinking under the burden. His
face was still calm, as II always was,
but his carriage was no longer erect, as
his soldiers had been used TO see If.
The troubles of those last days had al
ready plouRhed great burrows in his
forehead. His eyes we're red as If with
weeping; his cheeks sunken and hag-
gard his face coIorIess. No one who
looked upon him then as he stood there,
IN full view OF the disastrous end, can
ever forget the intense agony written
upon his features. And yet he was
calm, self-possessed, and deliberate.
Failure and the sufEerings OF his men
erieved him sorely, but they could not
dsunt him, and his moral greatness was
never more manifest than during those
last terrible days. Even IN the final
correspondeDee with Gen. Grant, Lse's
naniiness and courage and ability 70
endure lie on the surface, and it is not
the least honorable thing in Gen Grants
history that he showed himself capable
of appreeiating the character OF this
manly fOeman as he did when he re
turned Lees surrendered sword with
the remark that he knew Of no, one SC
worthy as its o gneE 70 wear 1t,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
rae l1IsrLEroE IN AmER1CA.

H Under the Tnistletoe-J.oush;"
Not in the far-zFay Brittph isIes
An exile from home Of three thousand miles;
And the leaves are as darkly fresh and green,
And the berries a. crisply waxen white,
As they show Tonight. in so many scene,
In Old Englsud's halls OF light.
Quiet It hangs on the wall,
Or pendant droops from the chsndelfer,
! as n never mischief or harm could fan o.
From its modest intrusion, there or hero!
Aud yet, how many pulse it has fired,
How napy lip made nervOusly old,
W9en uthfpl revel went on, untired,
In the Christmas days Of oidI
The lovers beert might be low,
And the love OF bis lady very high,
With no one her iI.nost heart to know, &
Or the riddle to read Of the naughty eye;
Bat under the mist etes fairly caught.
To turn from the Kisses as sudden as thought
Aud ardent as waiting prayer? .--.
C'est Ia premiere pas qasi .eoute ~
80 they say, il another fsr-away land;
Aud the one kiss given, more follow, SIS fruit,
As the duliest can easily understand;
And then, of tue end to come, who knows,
Save ths village bells and the welcome priest
And the sister-naidens. with cheeks like the rose,
VINO assist at the bridal fsGst2
Hethinks, if the shamrock green
Is the leaf so dear TO irish heart,-
To the mistetoe-berryis silver sheen
England's love has been owing no minor part;
And greenly its stin-set leaves have twined
Round many tenderest bridal-nest,
Since that saddest Of tales sIl hearts enshrinei
In the lay Of the 50 Old Oak Chest"
What matter if centuries long.
Have hidden part Of the mystery deep
That lay in the Druid's re-echoing song,
When it glistened in Steneheuge's mighty heap
For enough slil remains to make sure the truth
That It syTnboled the great perennial good,
And they ssw from its joints springing endles
H.s. youth .lHzr -HE -HaHaer# ~a
That the force Of the ages withstood. .-ss--
Little sprig from the mother Iand!- -.zz#8
It is pleasant and cosy to have you here,
When the festive and lonely waiting stand
On the verge Of their varying Christmas cheer.
ThOughwe cannot transplant your pride Of growth
Any more than the hawthorn, wRywsrd and COY
You can give US, still, the Old English troth,
I And thought Of Ola English Joy.
Ha what? +? Do the leaves grow dim p
Do the white vaxen berries wither and feet,
Ere even the notes 0f the Christmas hymn ...
Float in DER the hush Of the silent street
But even if so, may KIND heaven forefend
That the omen stall fade from heart or brow
OF that truth to lover, that fealty TO friend,
Ever typed by the mistletoe-bough!
The Aldige for December.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
EAST.

The long impending strike in the pot
teries Of Trenton, \. J., began on the Sd inst :
The establishments Of Yates, Benedict L
Allen, and J. Moses closed The employers
guaranteeing work for the winter at a redue-
ton OF 10 per cent. in wages, the employees
refused with the above result.
One hundred women employed in a
factory OF the New Brunswick rubber COM
pany have struck agaiusta reduction OF wa
ges. They have been employed in stamping
rubber shoes by hand The company recently
introduced machines for this work, and re-
duced the rates on piece work. AS the women
cpald only earn tBo-thirds Of their former
wages, they struck.
at the final conference. between the
iron manufacturers and puddlers at Pittsburg,
last week, the proposition made by the manu-
facturers Of $5 per ton for boiling, was re-
jeoted by the puddlers. The result is that a
general suspension Of The mills viii take place
on Monday, with the exception Of one or two
mills, which viii continue at the present price,
s6 per ton, unJl their contracts are filed. A
large amount Of muck-bar and finished iron is
held in stock BY the various firms in this city,
doubtless sufficient to meet the demand for
some time to come. The result OF contin-
ned lockout will be somewhat discouraging.
The failure OF the two parties to come to an
agreement, viii throw out of employment
forty thousand men and seriously Affects the
iron and coal mining interest of the state.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
Giving a Hint.

A story is told of couple OF farmers
who lived not q great distance apart,
one of whom was noted for being very
penurious. One day his neighbor called
upon him while he was eating dinner,
but instead of asking him TO sit down
TO the table with him, he kept on eat
ing and talking, just as though the visi-
tor had not q mouth in his head.
"WeIl, what's the news, neighbor
Brown ?" Nothing much" "No
news up your way, eh ?" he asked, still
helping himself to his good dinner
while his neighbor looked on with anxi-
ETY. and appetite. Well, yes, new
that 1 think ont, there is just a grain
of news. Mr.. Jones COW has got five
calves" replied the visitor. Five
calves I never heard Of such thing.
Why, what the dickens does the fifth
one do while the other four are suck
ing ?" s. He stands and looks on like q
darned fool, Just as I'm doing now. I"
sob, an Hannah, put on another
plate"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
HF-saving Rafts.


Among the many varieties of life
saving apparatus invented during the
Iasbz few. years for nse on the sea, two
rats, knOwn respectively as the Mon
itor and Ammen, have recently received
especial attention The Monitor raft
consisbsOf two strong Vuleanized rubber
cylinders, twenty-five feet long by
twenty-six inches In diam nster, covered
by stout linen canvas Or duck, to sus-
tain the pressure, aud supported by
a wooden frame, fitted with seven
thwarts OK seats, and cushions Allied
with cork shavingsa The frame thIarts,
ETC., are 50 arranged that when folded
up the raft occupies q space OF abOut
nine by two feet. The cylinders are
inflated by bellows at one end. The
proBTieiors set its buoyancY ct i've
tons, the time, required to initiate It at
from four 10 six Fninutes, and It's weight
450 pounds. One of the most interest
ing experiments with raft OF this con
structIon was made IN January, 1867,
when twenty-five soldiers aRd all their
equipments. with four days rations, an
officer and four seamen. were landed
| from q vessel anchored three miles
from shore. pulling with four oars at
the rate of FIVE miles an hour, and
shipDinp no water. The Ammen raft Is
fitted with oars, mast and sail. 1t
consists of two cigar shaped cylinders
U1a5e of cedar. put together Ia slaves
Ike a essk. These are hooped with
o,.lyaDized iron and sustained In posi-
/ ton nv a system of framework of
| Iigbt GOOD. 80 arranged that the whole
| tbing can be readily taken apart and
put toQethar in a few minutes, leaving
/ the cylinders intact and IN form 70
/ throw over IN case large buoy should
I be wanted. This raft "a put on board
! of rnanv TJnited States vessels.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
NUMBER II.

been found using these articles, one of
whom confessed that he kept two bank
accounts The companies will have to
try again-ingrsined or confirmed dis
honesty is hard to beat. When, more
over, men with two or three aliases are
found as conductors on the New York
Third-avenue road, it is q pretty coed
sign that there is something wrong.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
EoREIcM.

A Kingston, Jamaics, letter puts the
damage 70 that island by the typhoon OF Nov.
let, at s85o.0o0
Spain has appointed board Of COM
n,issioners. With Castelar, as iis president, to
represent that country at our centennial oxpo-
sition. 8
Capt. Geo. s. Mares, now in command
Of her mAjeaty's ship Challenger, has been
se,scted - command the expedition to be 1T
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11

Louise KELLOGG fastens her garters
with $500 diamond clasps. Anna Dick
inson snaps a pair of amethysts round
her little calves, and the widow of Capt.
Jack ties her old army socks with
pair of Shaeknasty Jim's old snspenders.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11

TIE "bel punch, invented TO keep
car conductors honest, has be beaten.
Two kinds of spurious bells have been
made and sold TO initiate the true
ring" One OF these Is carried in the
palm of the left hand, and the other mp
the sleeve. Several conductors have
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11

-'' Matchless maid 7" is the way a
presumptuous young man addressed a
lady of very uncertain age
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.
WEST.

Omaha wants Nebraska to move her
capital from Lincoln.
Chicago having promised to take pre-
per precautions against eonhagrations, all the
Hartford compsnies, except the Phoenix, are
again taking risks.
The calaboose at Pontiac, Ill, was
burned, last week, and Frank and Samuel
Danning, who were. confined in it for indecent
conduct, were burned. to death. They were
the sons Of old and respected citizens.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
THE PURLIC DERT-

Regular Monthly ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
in NOvembCr, SI23, ,437.
The public debt statement has Just
been issued, of which the following is
a recapitulation
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-23
A Word for the Boys.

was always used TO boys and their
rough ways, for all my cousins and
other connections invariably were boys.
Consequently, when grandma is at her
wits end; when Grandpa glowers over
his spectacles at "the little rascals;'i
when Bridget fumes and frets at the
muddy feet and endless door-slamming:
when even Papa RACES over the lost
shovel, etc., etc., / take things very
cOOlly. And, between you aud ], il
didn't, should have been dead long
ago. And have made up my mind to
this: "Boys will be boysr as long as this
world endures, and there is no use in
forever fretting and talking and scold-
ing. 1t does no good, but, on the con-
trary, ii does do harm. l do not like
my carpets and furniture spoiled; l do
not like this running in and out in win
ter time to warm hands and feet, thus
leaving in the cold air. don't like it;
but, at the same time, what can l do
about it? If you know anything Of
boys, you know that they cannot sit
still too minutes in succession. And
then to get rid of them awhile, we're
glad to let them 60 out. Then they are
not out any time scarcely ere the spirit
of contrariness tells them how nice and
MaAul ~ - III Aiit A4OuoCf AuN III lhtS
come again. So it is perpetual motion
perpetual noise, perpetual mischief, till
blessed night brings rest for the poor
mother, as well as for the boys. Trou-
blesome? / should think SOL And yet
/ pity the little fellows. How they are
hustled around and snubbed. What
black looks, what short answers they
get. They are not wanted in the parloT,
and Bridget tcOPt have them in the
kitchen. 1t really seems as if there was
no room for the boys anywhere. Sol
emn respectability frowns at the pecca-
dilIos of his neighbours boys, as though
his own had received a diploma for
riphteousness-whic everybody else
knows they havn't, and 4, for one, don't
expect either his or mine to get just yet.
Old maids, aud ladies without "a family
Of BOYS" would as soon sit down by q
bear as a boy, but some day comes in a
married lady who has neither boys or
girls of her own, but her big warm heart
fakes i'm all those Of her neighbors. She
sympathizes with your perplexities and
troubles, and after having made both
Won and your boys fall in love with her,
ends her visit. But it hasn't been in
vain. In thought you follow her home.
I You see her handsome carpets, her pol
ished furniture and spotless cleanliness
/ of room and hall. And then you look
AZ YOUR own surroundings. Above all,
| on The ruddy faces Of those ''noisy, hor-
ribIe boys,n and you say in you heart,
"a tbe noble Roman matron, Cornelia,
once said, 'eThese are my jewels"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-23

WOMEN IN .-"TheTe
is sad enough need of elevation of wOm-
Ell in Switzerland" said the Zurich cor
respondent of the Boston AdUertiser:
"One hundred women climb each day
to the splendid Buildings which over
look the city of Zurich-the first foun-
tain of learning in the republic; a thous-
and women toll from sunrise Till late
evening in the narrow lanes below,
dragging heavy hand-carts,. staggering
under large burdens balanced upon their
heads, saving wood, or gathering the
refuse from the street with basket and
shovel-in short, performing the most
mental service that the lowest class OF
male labOrers are condemned 10 do IN
America. / have often seen two slender
women saving oak and ask wood in the
street, while a stout fellow stood by,
leisurely splitting the sawn sticks. One
poor old creature, the other day, sat
upon the curb-stone, holding her saw
reversed between her knees, and in utter
weakness was rubbing the stick of wood
upon il to saw it in twO.n
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-23

"OUR GIRLs.n-Dr. Dio Lewis lee
tured about "Our Girls in Philadelphia
recently. There seemed, he said, to be
something in the climate of America
which produces q higher and rarer type
of beauty, more clearly outlined features
and expressive eyes than are found any,
where else in the world. 1t was un-
doubtedly the fact, however, that Amer
lean wome have been degenerating in
vital energy OF late, more particularly
within the last five years, and have less
animal strength and not so good health
generally as formerly. He ascribed this
to the "intense" life which has gener-
/ ally been led by women, since the war
especially. As 4 general thing, they
are taller and what is called "firmer
I fOrms;n but the majority of them-Dr.
/ Warren, of Boston, says five-sixths OF
/ them IN that city-are afflicted with
curvature of the spine, which, however,
/ is hid by the art of the dressmakeri and
il has been found that the lungs are
small ard chest fiat. These peculiarities
of the American women are chiefly due
to her carriage and dress. he advised
that every young lady should make it q
rule when in the house to walk an hour
day with a weight-say 3 bag of beans
1Iaughter1 upon her hand, and she
HOuiu lhA9 S.'7tiJ s.Ci iuAAS an CIect post
ure which would throw her chest for
ward and give her graceful attitude.
He believed that in the matter of dress
wcmen were crazy. Laughter and ap-
plause.l They could never be healthy
while they went around with their feet
almost unprotected from the damn earth
and under big balloon. He advised
woolen covering for the legs and feet,
anu snort dresses except in a ballroom
or on state occesion; and uneouiyo-
cally condemned the use of corsets,
which, he said, should be done away
with entirely, in order that women
might have the form and appearance
which God originally intended they
should have.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-23
ITO be eontInued.I

A man in Iowa was brought before a
Justice of the Peace, charged with kiss
Ing young lady, "by force aud vio-
lence and against her will.n The young
lady, who was very handsome, gave her
testimony in q modest, straightforward
manner, after which his honor gave the
ioLowing decision: ''rhe Court in this
case sympathiZes with the defendant,
and will therefore discharge him with
out nnei Imprisonment or reprimaud.
because the Court, while this case has
oeen In progress, has been Obliged TO
hold on to both arms Of his chair in
order to keep from kissing the COM
plalnant himself
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-23

The abolition of the free pass system
Tor members of the legislature by the Ill
inois Legislature has already had good
went home two or three times week,
making very little stay In Springfield,
have arranged for board there six or
seven days a week for the present win
ter. II IS cheaper to pay board than
railroad fares.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-23

Everybody is fond of giving advice,
and the following may be read with
both profit and pleasure: Buy in the
cheapest market. Sell in the dearest.
The number Of children your next-door
neighbor may have is nothing to you.
The plumber you have yourself is.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-23

y parent who found that the ROD
didn't keep his boys from spolIIIng, GonI Sad
fideniatllyim that when all else l.acL nad
failed, he found no difficulty in keeping
them at home nights by simply proyid5i ID
ing them with patched breeehes;; ,;,,,a ana i1
n5w, also, they are reformed oiliiaFa-
PLAYERS.
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JUDITH MILES:
what shall be Done with Her.
By ssEs. P. F. vIcroR. .

Entered, according 10 the Act Of Congress,
in the year 1873, Icy Mn. F. F. Victor. in the
ONCE Of the Librarian OF Congress, al washing
ton City.l
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-04-16

days the sshnllpaMEssT,--During the past six
Comstock m;r sn'pped by rail from the
this vicinitn nI to the several mills in
or ii 7on ny So amounted to $50 carloads.
News, lot G'0'o pounds. = [Gold Hill