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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-13
NETWORK. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1874.

item Of $4,000 for Fort Washington, on the Poto
mac, and little item for Fort Foote. on the same
RIVER. The free talk of Gen. Sherman before the
Military Committee, as printed IN report, was
often quoted in the course of the debate to show
that 1T was unnecessary to appropriate money i"i
many of the works named in the bill. HIS opinion
furnished the principal material for the arguments
Of the opposition, and would probably have had
moro effect II il had not been shown tha he nau III
two or three instances, cOntradlcted himself, ana
that his statements could be quoted With equal 1orce
OH both sides Of the question.
LOBBYING FOR INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
The lobbyists are often very ingenious IN their
devices to get around the strong feeling in Con-
gress against subsidies for internal improvements
The promoters of the Atlantic aud Great Western
Canal project for example are trying to fastcn their
scheme to the tail Of the iulationists' Kite They
have a bill before tho House Committee on Rail
roads and Canals which provides that the Govern
mont shall issue bonds aid in the construction oil
the work and that the deposit Of these bones IN
the treasury the Company shall receive
gTeenbacks to a like amount. The canal
scheme thus baited with a few millions OF
additional currency, is expected to catch
the votes of n few members who could pot other
wise be induced to favor IT. The plan of the south
eTn Pacific Railroad Company to get Government
and without direct issue of bonds, rs another IN
stance in point. When tue time is ripe Tor action,
W Mich the agents of the Company expect Will be III
March OF April they will bring out their project for
Congress to guarantee the payment OF the interest
a sufficient amount of the Companys OohdS 10
furnish money enough by their sale Ia complete the
road The consideration proposed to be giVe IN re,
turn to the Government is mortgage upon the lan'
grant of the road, and the free transportation Of
troops mails, and supplies.
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TcE CURRENCY QUESTION.
IHolosiaON MADE IN TIE SENATE TO ISSUE
$sfNlMO ADDITIONAL CHcULAgION--A TEST

q J 80! oHiiiON MADE IN TIE SENATE TO ISSUE
81 NAHtJ ADDITIONAL CHcULAIION--A TEST
VoIa 10 ha TAKEN TO-DAY.
irY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIEUyEl
NtsuND,VN, Feb. 12.-Ihc conjecture, yesterday,
10 poo some amendment 20 the Finance Commit
t,ea hu, tAe Senate would first come TO a square
vote On tue question whether the policy Of the Gov
unmcnt shall be to initiate the currency or to take
rcps hooking to an early resumption Of specie pay
ncuts tasnow become fixed fact IL spite Of Nh
sheuuano ireatcs that this bill, which was simply
l"tordod a. make the execution Of an existing law
possible should be allowed to pass and That the de-
eis!'n ei thc general question be postponed until
'ue debate gu the currency resolutions is resumed
ihe mi'auonists too impatient to wait, have forced
Sic Nclat, face to face with this important issue
III A'r1mou, whose anne dment of yesterday
proposed to withdraw S750O0,0O0 of bank currency
HON 1he States having an and 70 redistribute
i 90 The West and South withdrew that amendment
to-day and offered a substitute for the entire bill
proposition that the whole amount of National
SANK currency be increased $46.O00,0O0 The
i"'uhoa Oh distributing this new currency he
ie"''s Tor htule determination. This amendment,
aFieen 10, WoUd accomplish Just what the leading
1nba'onists OF the Senate desire The issue of the
%44V0VVO OF grcenbacks retired and cancelled during
Secretafy McCuloebs administration Which ove,v-
bocy expects will pass into the circulation within
few months and which win probably be legalized
b Congress, added to this $46OOOO Ce Of bank cpr
reEcy would give the country $4,000 600 Of nane,
Onoy. Tho present limit of imitation which Senat,
FerIy of Michigan proposed to Gx very early in tho
sessioD. After this amendment was offered, Messrs
Logan aud Ferry made passionate appeals to the
iDA4ti0nsfs Of the Senate TO stand togethe,
~ support, irrespective of their individual pref
~ 80 what kind Of paper the increased circu
lahon sbOuld consist Of
Tie present state OF the question necessitates
nov CANVASS OF tho Senate before any predictions
70 Che vote Oh SIR Merrimon's amendment will b
sie. h is already evident that some Of the West
en- oNponsloniSts who desire TO see legsl-tende
notes substituted for National bank notes, will giy
bat very faint support, if they support it at all
MI wright tLls afternoon offered amendment 4
oe onP'osi b'ii, ordering redistribution Of Gift!
-''ho"s ''nstoaAi vi twenty Ave. without any In
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THE CENTENNIAL COMMISSION APPEALING TO
CONGRESS.a

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. l2.-The Executive
Committee OF the Centcpniai Commission began Its scs
don At the Continental this afternoon, the Hon Daniel
j. Morrel OF PennsyNanla In the chair The Hon. Geo.
H. Ccgliss Of Rhode Island the Hon. wm bo'ehef Oh
Wa, virginia Col W. W. Woods Of Virginia. Director
ensraI f,oshos II Ohio aud l. Smith Of Georgia
,,csent After settling some minor matters the
question Of Congressional appropriations was dis
cussed and draf, Of memorial " Congress
was submitted BY Mr.. Botelier, discussed.
ana with suggestions OF other members, referred 10
MIR Gosnoru be put IN shape for tho meeting o-mor
row Ibe tenor of this memorial and decided tone Oh
mint OF the Commissioners show that the Governments
most come 20 the aid " the movement or VIII utterly
fail rhey recite briefly Ia the preamble 70 tnc memo
RIA all that thus far has been done and whss mas 70 ~
done, then make respectful but nrm claim upon
Congess They do not ux the amount OF money hocuc"
but await aeuon tnc presons bill now ~ wasntnTos.
But understood t6as % oooVo VII " whs< we wv
esnWenk % vailed apVn W svN IteNtA ---
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protests Of Mr. Prince and others and the bin got 70

protests Of Mr. Prince and others and the bill got ~
votes out Of less than 100 present.
The yexod question IA to how work can De re-
sumod on tho new Capitol, with On empty treasury
and the constitutional limit Of borrowing alTealV
exhausted was solved in tho Senate to-day o. tue
passage of q resolution introduced by Mr. jacobs,
pledgng the present Legislature 30 the passage OF
act during the present session appropratIng at
least 300 900 for the Capitol On this pledge u IS
said that private capitalists stand ready to advance
tho money The Assembly will doubtless concur,
and the idle w0rkmen will soon be busy on the
walls of that costly structure.
Senator Parmenter introduced to-day bill re-
moving the disqualification now resting Oh Judges
of the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. by
which they are prohibited from sitting in cases
where thoy are stockholders in corporation that 10
party to the litigation, where they sustain sela-
tonshp to any Of tho parties to asllt coming
before them
Assemblyman Berri will introduce q bli exempt
ing women from taxation in accordance with tie
potition sent here by the Woman Suffrage Assoca-
tion,' asking for such exemption until they are
allowed to vote.
The Assembly Judiciary Committee win grant a
hearing TO the friends and opponents Of the bills 10
modify or abolish the usury laws Feb. 49,
The Way, and Means Committee are determined
to get the Supply bill through the Assembly this
year by tho LIST of March, and they announce that
they will not grant hearing in behalf OF any claims
or appropriations after two weeks from to Gay.
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INO ihI SOLoliOANo Di'No'r'HD'
THE PROPOSED INCREASE on IMMIGRANT HEAD
MoSEY-TIIE EXTENSION or THE GREENWIcH-sr.
ELEVATED RAILWAY.
lBr TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUNEl
ALBANY, Feb. 12-The Joint Committee on Com
merce and Navigation of tho House gave hearing
this evening to the steamship companies in opposi-
ton to increase of the head money. Mr.. Schwab,
on behalf of IL foreign steamship lines. read long
memorial after which Abraham Wakeman, the
counsel of the companies, addressed tho Committee
The reasons given by Mr. Lynch last week for an in
crease of the head money were scarcely alluded to-
and the argument consisted mainly in an indirect
attack upon the Emigrant Commission for its al
legged extravaganza.
The Assembly Railroad Committee had a hearing
this afternoon on the bill to extend the track of
the Greenwich-st Elevated Railway. Il. +. Brown
and d. o. Bradley of Westchester and J. Wyman
Jones of New-York advocated the bill as the only
practical solution of the question of rapid transit Tor
long time to come, unless road was built by the
city. They claimed that no existing plan, except
that Of the Greenwch-st. road, could raise money
for its construction for tho simple reason that 1t
would not pay interest on it's cost. The men having
this road in charge willing to run the risk OF
losing money by completing the road, and they de-
served special consideration as having been the first
to put in operation any form of quick transit.
A. n. Cole appeared on behalf of the original
stockholders of the road, who, he said, had spent
their time and money in originating the enterprise
but who had lost everything by tho failure of the
original company. He asked that the bill be 80
amended as to require the Commissioners to be APP
pointed to locate the route to recompense them ac
cording to their equitable rights further hearing
on the bill is set down for Thursday next
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ILLNESS OF CARDINALS.
ROME, Thnrsday. !

ROME, Thursday, FEB. ia, 1915
Cardinals Antonelli, Capalti, and Tarquini
arc seriously ILL., The last mentioned Is OF tho
dinals recently appointed by the Pope.
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AN IMPERIAL VISIT.

DEPARTURE OF THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA FOR ST.
PETERSBURG.
VIENNA, Thursday, Feb IA, 1914
The Emperor Francis Joseph left here LASS
evening for ST. Petersburg on visit to the Car.
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THE WAR on THE GOLD COAST.

PREPARATIONS FOR THE WITHDRAWAL on I'M
BRITISH FORCES.
LoyDoy, Thursday, Feb IA. 1874.
The correspondent Of The Times with tho
Ashanee expedition, In hs dispatch announcing tho
successful termination of the war; says: Gen BIT ar
not Woseley has made ARA ,gements for himself ana
his white troops to leave the Gold for England ON
the Ist OF March"
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FOREIGN NEWS.
POLITICS IN GREAT BRITAIN.

LONDON, TbuFsday, Ftb "a lsTI
There is considerable speculation as To whether
Mr. Disraeli or tue Earl Of Derby viii become Pro-
mier.
Lord George +. mmilton and Mr.. Cooper, Con-
seryatives, have been elected to Parliament for the
County of Middlesex by overwhelming maJonties.
The county wac last represented by Conservative
aud Liberal.
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ALBANY.

TWO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS DISCUSSED.
THE PROPOSED INCREASE or IMMIGRANT HEAD
MoSEY-THE EXTENSION or THE GREENwIcH-ST.
ELEVATED RAILWAY.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-01-22

from reproach from any quarter so that it may
continue TO occupy the proud position Of being
the party of the people, for the people, by the
people.
6. A. in Republic there should be no privileged
class, and the burdens of government should be
equally borne, we protest against any revival Of
the abuses Of the Thanking privilege, and will hail
the day when Tree passes, faVorlti-m, and all un-
just Determinations shall be eliminated from rail
way management, and corresponding reduction
made in fares and freights to the whole people.
Z We call upon Congress to pave the way .by
early and wise legislation for such Improvements
In our banking system, aud for a. speedy a return
20 specie payments "a viii be most beneficial 70 the
great industrial and commercial interests OF the
country.
s We demand zach revision of the laws Gre
atlng and governing savings banks shall lead TO
the investment Of thsir funds in uudouhted -ecu
rifles and real estate within New Hampshire, and
the total separation Of their management from
other banking Institutions, TO the end that their
funds may be securely invested. and our towns aud
villages built mp and our mechanics and working
men encouraged to provide homes and farms for
themselves
o. We cali upon the next Legislature to make a
thorough revision or the laws relating TO taxation
and valuation, 50 that taxation shall be Just and
equal, and no unjust burden be imposed upon the
earnings Of The poor.
10. = hat agricultural pursuits are the bases of
all material prosperity, and best calculated TO fos
ter those habits which eonduce to the highest well
fare of state; that we hail with qualification the
advances making in the science of agriculture and
the evidence Of awakening interest in ii as pur-
suit in our own State; that the Republican party
will welcome the healthy influence
which tcrs Of the soil always
bring to their councils and accord to them
their full and legitimate weight in the Government
and that we pledge our utmost efforts to redress
all grievances and unjust determinations which
the farming interests suffer- TO abolish all special
privileges and TO give all classes Of men equal and
exact justice.
The remaining resolutions deprecate
the growing tendency to special legisla-
ton, depIoTe the prevalence of intemper-
ance, commend The efforts of Congress
and the Administration to reduce ex-
penses, and point with pride to the results
of Republican rule in New Hampshire.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-01-22

wrecked in the twelve month, against Az
in 1872. This is an increase of ten per
cent, and the gross damage amounts to
from s11 ,097 900 to 81, $4,000.
"A calculation has been made based
upon the weather reports OF the last two
years, that the average rate OF progress OF
a storm in January is $50 miles day, and
its average direction five degrees north OF
east; for February, 140 miles, and dlrec-
ton thirteen DEGREES north Of east; March,
$40 miles, eleven degrees north Of east;
and for April, Gl5 miles, sixteen degrees
north Of east,
The great cities of the United States
stand relatively in the following order
regarding exports and imports: Exports
New York, S313000000; New Orleans,
St04, 100000: San Francisco, $3900OOOO
Savannah 1872 100000; Boston %21 900,
600; and Philadelphia, S34, OOC,O0O. I'm
pOrts-Ncw York, $4,000 600; Boston,
$GS,O00, 900; San Francisco, S39,OO0,OOO
Baltimore, $50, 100000; and Philadelphia,
$2j,0O0,000.
In an Essay on the Annual Report OF
the Illinois State Board OF Agriculture
for 1872, w. j. Flagg has collected some
interesting facts as to the corn crop of the
State. According to the census reports
for 1870, two counties produced more than
1000, 600 bushels of corn each seven over
5000, 600; twenty-one over 2,000,000; and
fity-iive more than 000,0 600 bushels each,
FIVE counties had from 100 to 40 acres
of each GAO in corn, and forty had 100 or
more. Mr., Flagg estimates the cost of
producing a bushel Of corn 1917 cents.
San Francisco papers claim that the
population Of California has increased by
10000 during 1878, and the population Of
OF San Francisco by 10000. The States
exports seward exclusive of specie Che
expectation Of which has decreascdL have
increased 100000 over those of 1872,
and now aggregate about $50, OOO,OOO.
The exports by rail, for the first eleven
months of the year, aggregated S2,52S,O3l
pounds of merchandise, as against Co.
2Sl ,9Ol pounds for the same time last
ycar-an increase of over 26 per cent.
Their value is estimated at $4,000.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-01-22
United states Finances.

The following table, made up by The
Nes0 Yorh EDeajHg Post from figures ac-
companying the report of the Secretary Of
the Treasury, will be found interesting
and valuable for reference. The second
column Of figures shows the amount Of
outstanding principal of the public debt
of the United States on the list of January
of each year mentioned, and the third the
gross expenditures Of the Government for
naph GgpoI ypar.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-01-22
The Republican-Farmer Candidate for
Governor OF New Hampshire.
CoNcoRD, y. H., January

Governor OF New Hampshire.
CONCORD, n H., January :.
Should the Republican party be tri-
umphant again in March next, as it has
seventeen years, the next Governor of
New Hampshire will be a working
farmer, and, strangely enough, the first to
fill the Office since the adoption Of the
State Constitution. The Convention was
one Of the fullest ever known in the State,
there being GS6 present of the fun Con
vcntiOn OF 10S mem bers. General Luther
McCutchins, of New London, was nomi-
mated for Governor on the third formal
ballot, by clear majority Of 80 General
McCutchins' strength increased wonder
fully during the forenoon, and the in
formal ballot showed that the contest was
already narrowed down to two Candi-
dates, Bell and McCutchins, with the
latter considerably ahead, although scat
tering votes were thrown for almost every
available candidate in the State. On the
formal ballot McCutChns showed much
larger gain than Bell, but ON the second
ballot all the Richards vote went over
TO Bell, and though McCutchins
lacked but two of the ncces-
sary number of votes, Bell was only % be.
hind. On the third ballot there were 80
more votes than on the previous one, so
that it is not easy TO say whether any
changed to Bell or not, but from all ap.
pearanCcs the Bell party stood close to.
gether. The two men represented the
two cXtremcs-one broadcloth ana kid
gloves, and the other hOn.e-spun and bare,
hard and horny hands General Nc
Cutchins is unqucstionably the farmers
candidate. He has been IA farmer all his
life, digging his own potatoes, hoeing his
own corn, and milking his own cows, and
has by suict attention to business secured
property worth seyerat thousand dollars
The Convention was comparatively quiet
and there was but little excitement except
after the second formal ballot, when some
eager partisans could hardly find suffi-
cient vent for their feelings in eager shouts
of " Bell" "McCutchins :"
After the nomination of General Luther
McCutchins was announced, that gentle.
man was called for and spoke rs follows
perhaps there Is 10 one here more surprised
than am AT the result of your action, and | do
notrecelye 1t SO much as an honor conferred upon
me, but as conferred upon the class whom repre-
sent, the farmers of New Hampshire. Applause.
Ii has been said of New Hampshire that II is a
good State 10 cmigratc from, bat | should wish il
20 be a good State to live IN, n believe il is
accept he nomination not 20 set al variance any
parties at this or any other time. Although myself
belonging to the farming class, have here mon
of all classes ministers lawyers doctors, railroad
men and manufacturers; We need all these men 10
make up the one stupendous whole in the body
polite. But personally represent here more par
uCularly The farmers of New Hampshire This is
the HrSl time since the adoption uf our State Con
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-01-22

Now is the time for good resolutions
so resolve that hereafter you will always
look we'll by wearing The Elmwood OIL
Warwick collar,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-01-22

The Omaha HraH says that in 1860
the entire population OF the Territory of
Nebraska, which then embraced q large
portion of what is now Dakota, Wyoming,
and Colorado. was 2S,Sli Then there
was only three.eighths of a human being
to each square mile of jaud-rathera hin
settlement But lin 1870 the State of
Nebraska contained 1229G3 inhabitants,
making for its 10000 square miles OF land
one soul and tye.eighJhs OF a soul OF
population to the square mile, not 81
thickly settled country yet, When wc con.
slider that the tive-ciLhths generally held
some local office on went to Congress.
To day ii. thinks that the State has a
population of at least 100000.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-01-22

The public debt Of the United States
is about 10000 times greater than was in
1885, less than forty years ago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-01-22

TuIs world is Ike milk-Its ours.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-16
THE FLOOD.

A dispatch from New Orleans last
night gives the following latest particu-
lars in regard to the prevailing over
flow and its effects: "The river has
risen about three inches, and is now
five to seven inches above high water
mark. 1t Is over the levee on Orange
street, and is over a foot deep on the
Mobile railroad track from Jefferson
street to the lower end of French
market. McCullum and Bonnet Car
ae crevasses are both regarded as be-
yond control, and nothing is likely to
be done to them until the river falls
ten or fifteen feet. Governor Kell-
Ogg to-dayaddresseda circular to all the
police juries in the river parishes, say
ing that the exigenicies were beyond
all provided means TO control the
threa,e led overflow, and advising
them to 90 to work, build up and
protect the levecs in their respectivcs
parishes, promising to recommend to the
next legislature to reimburse the par
ishes for the money thus expended.
The State authorities, also, advance to
the levee company, which, by acts of
the legislature, creating the monopoly
of levee building in Louisiana, thirty
thousand dollars in advance of the
credits of this years levee tax to help
them meet the emergency.-4ppeal Of
The 18Th inst.