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washed and Upwashcd Wool.

Editors OF the Intelligence:
In an article on washed and unwashed
wool In a late lNTELLIGRNCER farmers
are placed in more uniavorable light
than the facts in the case will warrant.
The figures therein given are probably
about correct in regard to the shrnkage
Of medium wool, but the difference in
wool in thar respect is far greater than Is
indicated In the article, while there is no
such corresponding difference 10 the price
usually paid for II. Some wool clips will
shrink more alter being brook washed
than others will without any washing at
all. Take the case OfA. lie buys flock
OF light flne-woOl sheep, broOk.wsshes
them carefully, and puts up his wool in
tirst'class order. The clip averaged three
pounds to the fleece. A buyer came
around. lie had bought his neighbOr's
(Bs) clip, which averaged six pounds, for
forty cents, and offered him the same.
Other buyers came, but could do no bet
ter A knew that his wool was wsrth at
least twenty-five cents on the pound more
than his nGighbor's (B's), The buyers
knew it, too, but were limited to
fifty cents, no matter what the value of
the wool might be. After q great deal Of
jockeyiDg one OF them bought it Tor fifty
one cents, on his own responsibility, and
ought 10 have lost the odd cent. That
flock Of superior SaxOny sheep was dis
posed Of to the butchers as soon as pos
sible and were replaced by flock OF
Spanish sheep, as greasy and gummy as
could bO procured. The next season they
were rushed through the brook as quick
as his neighbors and he tried 10 lap up as
much dirt in the fleeCes as his neighbors.
While manufacturers discriminate against
clean wool and offer premium on dirt
they will be likely to get it in fair supply.
The plan suggested Of making the scour.
ed wool the standard would place il on
the true basis II practical method can be
devised for carrying il ont, but farmers
will not be likely to adopt plan that
will expose them to the risks that would
be incurred in sending their clips 10
Lowell 70 be CleansCd before receiving
the pay. W.C.S.
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In tho yearly reports of our State Hos
pital, under,the heading OF Occupations OF
Male Patients" may be found the repre-.
scntstives Of nearly every voc alton in life.
But as 10 numbers the farmers take pre-
cedence. This can be explained by the
fact that a very large proportion Of our
populationIare engsged;in agricultural
pursuits. awe have not the data at hand
from which to frame a correct analysis OF
society and show:whNtl occupations are
not liable TO insanity.
The assigned .causesIoI insanity are
numerous and important; but the want oil
space iorbids the enumeration Of them
all here. We have selected, therefore, a
few Of the more prominent ones that help
TO make up the formidable srrsy-viz-
Hereditary or constitutional predisposi-
tlOn, epilepsy, intemperance, avarIce, ieal.
ousy, domestic trouble, religious excite
ment, mental fatigue, disappointed love.
fear Of poverty, anxiety, sudden joy or
Grlef, congestion Of the brain, reYeHs Of
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WASHINGTON.
ARRIVAL AND RECEPTION OF KING KALA.
KAMA,

ARRIVAL AND RECEPTION OF KING KALA.
KANA.
WASHINGTON, D. G, December 12.-
The train bearing King Kalaksna and
suite arrived in Baltimore at 1920 this
morning. Captains Temple, Trieuts, Tot.
ten and Emory, and Commissioner Carter,
Of the Sandwich Islands, were in walt
ing, and were introduced TO the King,
who seemed in good health. Captain
Temple assumed charge Of the visitors,
and the train proceeded for this city. Al
Wilson's Station Secretaries Fish, Bel.
knsp and Robson, and others, got on
board the train, which arrived here at
halt-past II. The distinguished party
was received at the depot by a battalion
OF marines and large crowd, and es-
Corted to the Arlington Hotel.
The King was suffering so much from
q severe cold when he reached the hotel
that DR., Turner, Of the navy, was sum-
mOned and prescribed, and the royal
patient Immediately went 10 bed. The
sidewalks OF the streets through which
the procession moved were crowded; also
the windows and roofs from which views
Of the King and suite could be obtained.
Flags were numerous on all public and
many private buildings. Altogether there
WAS good display.
REVISED STATUTES.
The Committee on Ways and Means
has authorized Mr.. Wood to report, for
the favorable action Of the House, his
resolution calling on the Secretary Of the
Treasury TO inform Congress what change
has been made In customs duties and col.
lections by the revised statutes.
PACIFIC NAIL INVESTIGATION.
The Committee on Ways and Means,
this morning, continued the Pacific Mail
investigation. A telegram was read from
Richard B. Irwin, requesting Gardner ].
Hubbard to act as his counsel, and TO en-
gage rooms for him Monday evening.
The Committe informed Mr.. Hubbard he
could not act directly as counsel, but
could suggest questions 10 the committee.
Rufus Hatch was examined by Mr.. Kas-
son, and exhibited the original checks for
$750, 900, made to the order of Irwin,
Pacific Mail COmpany's agent at San
Francisco, in 1872"
Mr., Hatch, in the course of his exami-
nation, said he had no Information direct.
ly or indirectly except through newspa.
pers, that the Pacific Mail Line Company
had ever expended one dollar to influence
Congress, and the company had no desire
to conceal or keep secret from the com
mittee any Of their books, records or trans.
actions.
AT the conclusion OF the examination oil
Mr, Hatch the investigation was adjourn.
ed until next Tuesday, when Irwin is
expected.
PRESIDENT IEDIsPosED.
The President, owing TO a severe cold,
declined to receive any visitors to. day.
APPOINTED.
Joseph n. Beatty, John Breeding and
A. NJ, Singleton have been appointed In-
ternal Revenue StorekeepeIs in the Eighth
District oil Kentucky.
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Upon this record the people Of War
rem county are willing TO receive the
judgment Of the country. From 1t they
feel that iAir.minded iellOw.cltizens every.
where must inevitably conclude that, Tor
several years past our county govern
ment has been in the hands OF ignorant
and corrupt officials, who, with one or
two EXCEPTIONS, have plundercd the public
treasury, and set the laws and rights oil
the people at defiance. That those Off.
ctaIs Of late have been so banded together
as to eilectually deprive the people Of the
remedies provided by law ,ior their pro.
lection, and secure for themselves COM
paratiVo immunity from punishment for
their crimes; that in their crusade against
the rights Of the people these officials have
received the countenance and support Of
the Governor and others oI high au-
thority in the State government; that the
Governor himself has twice invaded their
right, in open violation Of the State laws
and the Constitution, by assuming TO fill
by Executive appointment, an office made
elective by the people; that all these off.
clals have been Republicans, and nearly
all OF them Of the cOlored race, and that
not one of them has ever been molested
in hi5 office by reason Of his politics or his
color; that Our people had endured these
evils in spirit OF torbearanCe until for
bearanCe Cea!el 10 be avirtue, and that they
were impelled 10 resistance by the instinct
OF selt'preservation, assembled peacefully,
and, as the surest means OF attaining secu.
rity, demanded Of these ialthless stewards
that they resign the trusts confded to
themi that failing in this, they resorted to
the remedy by injunction in equity, In so
lar as II was In its nature applicable TO
their case; that these peacesble measures
on their part were met by scheme ol
violence and bloodshed, in which the
lives OF themselves and their families
were impaired, and they were obliged to
take arms in their defense; that in this
scheme their county officials were aided,
counse!ed and encouraged by the Cover
nor OF the State, and through his isinhuence
by other officers OF the State government,
civil and military; the citizens OF Vicks.
burg, in resisting the assault made upon
their homes, captured a number OF the
assaillnls, and arrested the Sheriff, who
had melted them to this riot, and out o!
respect to the laws and regard for human
life, no violence was done to any OF them;
that tho Sheriff has finally and freely re-
signed his Office, a new election has been
and peace and quiet restored in
our county; that there is therefore no
reason way the State should be subjected
to the expense OF an extra session of the
Legislature to make laws for this county;
that our people in the trying cirCum-
stances in which they have been placed
might well have done more and could
not have done less for the protection Of
themselves, their families and their
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The Appropriations.

The work of the Appropriation Com
mittee Of Congress previous to the meet
ing Of that body seems to have been well
done although there is no doubt that
some Of its estimates will be materially
reduced, The aggregate Of the estimat-
ed appropriations is $SlO03O,769 50. OF
this sum, $605O,l37 is for the pay Of
officers and members and employees oi
Congress, a saving Of two millions as
compared with the last fiscal year. The
large reduction Is attributable to the re-
peal Of the salary grab" act.
The Executive Department proper re-
quires $7S 400, saving Of about three
thousand dollars.
The Department Of State-$l ,G3s,7G5,
a,saviug Of over two millions,
IaThe Treasury Department-$l7l ,0GG,, :,
2l4, being 100000 less.
The War Department-$52 sos, ,0i0, o
reduction Of $S,00O,OO0,
The Navy Depsrtment-$?l ,OSO G27,
an increase Of 100000,
Interior Department-$42, ,15S ,053, an
increase Of 100000.
PostofIlce Department-$l0 4OS, $50, an
increase Of 100000.
The Department Of Justices, ,l0O,.
$50, on increase of $4,000.
The Department OF AgriculIure-$27G,'
ESQ, an increase Of 5000.
The difference between the estimates Of
last year and those Of the present are in
favor Of a reduction of $9,lO7,987. Ac-
cording to.the report Of Secretary Bris-
tow, tho estimated revenues for 1876
will amount TO $2OS,OOO,OOO, or seven
teen millions less than will be required
to meet the appropriations as at present
estimated. The Secretary further est-
mates the expenditures for the fiscal year
at $s79, ,77s,OOO, which would leave a sur.
plus to be applied to the sinking fund Of
upwards Of twenty millions, in itselfless
by nearly twelve millions than the sum
required for that fund, Itis evident still
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A Church Scandal in baltimore.

BALTIMORE, December ia number
of persons assembled at Raines' Hall, to.
night, TO hear Rev. Daniel SOmmer, pas.
tor Of the Dolphin Street Christian
Church, read statement written by him,
covering charges oI sllegedgross immor.
ality and unministerial conduct generally
against Rev. Alfred N. Gilbert, pastor Of
the Paca Street Christian Church. The
audience included members of both con.
gregatiOns, and considerable feeling was
manifested. One ol Gilberrs friends
arose and interrupted the reading by pre-.
nouncing the statement an Infamous lie
At the conclusion Of the reading, another
Of Gllberts parishioners declared that the
charges were wholly false, and that Rev.
Mr.. Gilbert would in good time fully vim
dicste his character. Some confusion en-
sued, At one time there was every in.
diCation that the meeting would wind up
In a row.
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Thu HospItal for the Insane at WeS-
Tou..Tho last Report Ofthe InStiIu-
tlO1.
This Institution, projected and aulhori-
zed by the Legislature Of Virginia, receiv.
ell its first appropriation, amounting to
twenty FIVE thousand dollars, in March
1858. In addition to this sum, one hund.
red thousand dollars were procured from
the same source, and forty thousand dol
lars from the restored government" oI
Virginia. 1t appears that the major part
Of these appropriations was expended In
laying the necessary foundations for the
entire building, as II was deemed advlsa-
bic to complete this part Of the work be-
lore commencing the construction Of the
superstructure: The amount Of excava-
tion and depth oi stone work required to
make a permanent and durable base,
proved to be somewhat more costly than
was at frat anticipated, However, when
it Is remembered that the building lacks
but few feet Of being quarter Of mile
long and that much Of tho stone entering
into the foundation lies buried twenty feet
beneath the surface Of the earth the ex-
penditures can be readily comprehendGd.
When this nucleus !oI noble charity
fell to the fostering care Of West Virginia,
by the right Of separation, there was no
humane receptacle within our borders to
shield and protect the unfortunate insane.
As soon as practicable however work was
resumed with renewed vigor, and by the
latter part Of 1894 the extreme one.
story building adjoining the south wing,
had been pushed to completion.
The Board Of Directors having appoint.
ed corps Of officers to take charge Of
the hospital, the first patients were admit.
ted 10 its wards on tho 22d day of Oc.
tober, 1864, which should properly be
considered the date Of its opening. The
muniGCent appropriations, aggregsting
about 100000, obtained from the State
up to this date, have enabled the Direc.
tory TO complete nearly three.iourths oI
the building in accordance with the origi.
nal ,plsn, which embodies much arChi-
teCtural symmetry and magnifCence, and
is well adapted to its purposes.
AS. the beneficiary of Virginia, this In.
stituliOn was intended solely for the
curative insane, and was to accommo-
date only $50 patients. That necessity
has compelled a radical change OF this
original arrangement is self evident from
aglauce at the Hospital reports. Its walls
now shelter 347 patients, which Is a strik.
lug increase over the meagre number
luine) received at its Inauguration:
The changes that have taken place In
its legitimate population, during the past
ten years Of its history, are contained in
the accompanying table.
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CHICAGO, December ia card will
be published in the city papers to morrow
from Potter Palmer, denouncing as utter
ly false in general and in every particular
the reports recently published here and
reproduced in New York and elsewhere,
concerning his family matters, and in
volving his father.in.law, Mr.. H. Il. Hon.
ore, and his brother.in.law, Colonel Fred.
D, Grant.
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FaIal Difficulty Between ROughS.
woman and Ohtld Burned to

ST. PAUL, MINI, December 1e-To.
day, at Bismarck, Dskota Tenitory. a
rough named O'NGill,wss hotthroueht The
heart by another rough, known ss Paddy
Hall. O'Neill had been been drinking
considerably yesterday, and was crazy
drunk at night In the evening he had a
scutIlle with Hall, and shortly after
O'Neill got revolver and shot gun and
chased Hall around town. Hall also got
revolver to defend himself and the result Is
as above stated. Hall surrendered him.
self Immediately 10 the Sheriff. O'Neill
has been bad man, and Is believed to
have been murderer evading Justice.
In Beaver Falls, Renville county, a few
nights ago, the residence John MangIn
was burned, and his vile and one son
perished In the flames. Mrs. MsnCin
feared to follow her husband through the
flames OF the burning dwelling, and con.
sequently she and young child were
burned 10 DEATH
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For the Middle States generally clouJv
weather, with light rain or snow, viii
prevail, and with slight rise of temper.
aturc' falling barometer, and southeast 10
southwest winds.
For the Lake region cloudy and colder
weather, with snow, north or west winds,
and rising barometer during Monday, ioI.
lowed by clearing weather in the Upper
Lake region. Ff>'
For the northwest, decidedly cold and
clear or clearing weather, with northeast
to northwest winds and rising barometer
in Missouri and Iowa.
For the GulfStates, Tennessee and Ohio
Valley, generally cloudy weather and
areas otrain, southerly winds, shifting 10
westerly and northerly, except near The
Gulf coast followed by lower temperature
and risi1g barometer
For the canal regions Of New York
pennsylvania and Ohio, temperature will
ialI below freezing during Monday night
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Halbor ImprOvemcnts a, GaIyc,ton


NRw ORLEANS, December l2.-In re-
lation to the Galveston Harbor Improve
ments, General Bragg says: The plan Of
operations iS novel and bold, and for thai
reason the United States EnpIreer De.
partment and the Secretary Of the War
Department only asked, and Congress
gave, a small appropriation to make an
experiment as test. That test has now
been made, and is eminenty successful
The delays incident to the commencement
of new work on q new principal with
raw, unlnstruCted men, having been over.
come, and In very short time, the pro.
cess OF placing the gabions and placing
the present jetty toward the main channel
was commenced few days since.
The work has progressed far enough 10
show the practicabilIty Of the novel and
cheap method for building training walls
on unstable foundations. What Is more
important 10 prove, the effect produced.
is even greater and more favorable, and
more rapid than the protector Of the work
or his able assistant anticipated. The
western swRsh channel, which conveyed
large quantity Of water 10 and from the
bay, has been reached, and the current
diverted toward the main channel, and
the head oi Galveston Island Is rapidly
extending cast across It's bed. Where
there was twelve feet Of water few DAYS
since, the men now wade around in the
execution oI their work; and the accumu.
lation Of drift about the works Is SO rapid
in progress as to give strong assurance
that It will be permanent The test SO
far is so entirely satisfactory that Lieut..
Quinn has reported 1t to his chief, and
urged Iurther appropriation at an early
day 10 enable him TO work more rapidly
and more surely. He Is also justified in
the conclusion that the work can be done
at about half the original estimated cost
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greater economy must be practsed in the
several departments, and retrenchmcnt
prosecuted whenever It can be without
serious injury to the public service. 1t is
not likely there will be any provision
made Tor an increase Of the revenues at
this session Of Congress, At all events,
there will be no increase OF taxation.
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THE DOMINION.
Amnesty to RieI and LcpIue.

ST, PAUL., MIEN., December IA
special correspondent OF the Press at Fort
Garry. Manitoba, telegrsphs that, in spie
OF contradictory news, he knows positiv-
ly that the lmpetiel Government into nds
10 issue amnesty to Rel and Lepine, in
accordance with what is claimed 10 have
been Sir John MacDonsld's promise. 1t
is fact, though not heretofore made
known, that Riel passed through this city
some two weeks since, on his way 10
Canada, alohough premium was then
and now offered for his arrest, and the
officers are waiting to arrest HIM.
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Taking 450-347 Of whom are in the
Hospital-as an approximating lumber
Of insane in the State, and divide the
present number Of inhabitants by the
same, and the quotient will be about one
10 erery eIeren hundred From the liberal
margin allowed in this calculation, the
figures are sufficiently correct to render
very favorable comparison with other
States as well as with other nations-as
will appear by the annexed tabular state
ment:
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MEMPHIS.
DEATH OF A MASON.


MBMPHIs, December ia dispatch
from Knoxville Ssys: John W. Paxton,
Past Grand Master Of the Masonic fra
tcrnity, died here on the 9th.
DISMISSED.
Judge Ballard, Of the United States
District Court, has dismissed the grand
Jury until January.
FOUND DEAD.
!. j. N. Bridgers, a prominent citizen oil
Grenada, Miss, was found dead In the
woods near his plantation fifteen miles
south of there, on Tuesday. Supposed
10 have died Of cholera morbus.
THE CORINTH NIss., ROBBERS.
The latest from the Corinth bank rob.
bers states that the sherifI's posse is In hot
pursuit, but nearly twelve hours behind
them. The robbers were making for
Sand Mountain, Ala.
ARREST OF A sUPPoaRD BANK RoBBRR
MEMPHIS, A man supposed to be ]. c.
White, leader in the Corinth bank rob.
berry, was arrested at Helena, Ark, yes.
terdsy. Parties from Corinth passed
through here to-day, enroute TO Helena, TO
identity him.
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THE BLACK HILLS.


CHICAGO, December I9.-Lieu,enan,
General Sheridan, in an interview 10.
DAY, expressed an utter want OF beIief in
inc stories recently telegraphed here
from sioux City Of the entreence OF
prospecting parties Of miners in the Black
hlIIs country. All adviCes received by
the General from the CONN q 7dsn,s oftbe
mI1iiIIitAry posts on the borders OF the Black
hiIIs country go to show that no white
men have penetrated that region since
oenefal Custer's expedition OF last sum-
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SALT LAKE, December 12-The Utah
Western Railroad will commence run
ming regular trains west from here on
Monday next. The road is now com
pletCd twelve miles, and will be continued
west TO Stockton as rapidly Rs possible.
The grading on the extension OF the
Utah Southern Railroad Is completed 10
Payson.
Brigham Young and George A. Smith
are at St. George, Utah, In good health.
The weather has been extremely mid
30 far this winter, and miners are gener-
ally actively engaged in the mountains.
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Omaha News.

OMAHA, December 19.-The revenue
officers have seized sixly.one thousand
cigars, valued at 5000, at BrownyilIe
Nebraska, alleging that the firm was sell.
ing unstamped cigars
The new japanese Consul at Washing.
ton and suite will arrive from the Yves,
tomorrow, en- route to Washington.