davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1874-02-04
FOREEGM

anna declines making n treaty with
NV ulal The latter abollshos tho eoolie traffic
ristaias her ill.gotten Celestials.
Net'lrns OF The elections for tho Reich.
m,. NJ j Germany are largely in favor Of tho
g.sa.a, -, liberal party, especially in Bavaria,
4'sAberg, and Baden.
~ effort Of the European ministers
!. "sao' tbs opening OF eli Japan TO foreign
M. u only resulted in more stringent proyi-
sssiass them than before.
s'.'ageha has surrendered and ia
a, seapled by government troops under
q. n. p.'nlques. Upon the Capitulation OF
s.,,s'l sl ne inlranaigepte Junla aud liberated
49, - went on board the trigato Numancia,
N IL STACKED by the government squad.
d.. w French assembly on Monday
IL. alter long and violent dobate. IN
IL ,aa1 'e o. which NJ. Picard bitterly attacked
W. y w tor its monarchical tendencies, a
esna.s eo'i'aence in tho government was
INV majority OF 81, The minister's
asm s'aseqaenoe withdrawn their resigna-
Tao Ooa.,,
UT V0asal general of Italy says a
d, e.s,e ~,ofee hes been published forbiddinE
aei5 s5saaat of Italian children in vagrant
aalas., va requiring tho holders Of such
vllaf 'ais country 70 repart to the con-
naas !, Il 'ueR own names a. well a. tho
6lhl, J, ~ children, and to return the latter
III sao holders expense before Nav
asav Il sutton will be sought of those who
sssslI. u o'der. The aid Of the municipal
ss \, \, WV y sought to enforce the pro
government forces oOcnpvins
Naaa VIZ fortlaOatlona ana buIla,
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1874-02-04
Cushing's Coat.

The Washington correspondent Of
the Pittsburg Leader says that an old
friend Of Caleb Gushing, who accom-
panied him when he went as commits
sioner TO China, tells of funny accl-
dent that happened to Caleb, who actu-
ated by the same impulse that led Mark
Twain to try and impress the shah,
bought himself coat ali studded over
with spread eagle magnihcence. This
coat cost the modest sum of ~, 800.
In crossing the isthmus this beloved
coat was stolen by some means, and the
commissioner to China was deprived OF
one Of his most influential auxiliaries
of success with the heather. He made
a great ado about it at the time, but on
ly succeeding in frightening misera-
bic little alcalde 10 death, who was 80
weighed down with terror and the res
possibility of looking up the great
mans coat that he was driven into an
early decline. The coat, despoiled Of
its ornaments, very likely was after
wards the dress coat of some isthmus
vermin. Mr. Gushing, like poor Jo-
geph, was robbed of his coat Of many
colors and never saw it again. II is
but another tribute to his great ability
to say that he succeeded in negotiating
a treaty with China, as desired by our
government, without the aid Of THE
magnificent ornament,
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1874-02-04

inge badly damaged by tho bomIardmopt
One OF the inHurgonl RtCRmorp which attomptad
to escape has been captured with large mum
bor Of refugees on board. The Mondrz Nunoz,
with another party Of insurgents guocoedotg IN
reaching pert Of France into which she waa
pursued by French mRn-of-war. The mcm-
berB Of tho Junta surrendered the iron-clad
Hrmanoia to tho French authorilica nj Manesl
Kebir, aud the tri-color now ioats at her mast
head.
The Spanish revolution hna now
reached ts original starting point in 1863.
after variety Of voissitudos in the courpo Of
Ave years aud three months Tho sumo men.
HorrRn0 and Ragasta, who Iod tho rovolL
against Queen Isabella Rro nov in control aL
Madrid and they have announced That tho
objects Of he prosont government aro Idon-
tiCal with those of tho revolution Of 1863 '
which were tho ROvoroignty Of tho people, and
tho baniehment of tho.Bourbong Tolcgrnphic
dispatcheR Announces that poor Bae2 haR been
kicked out of Han Domingo by n revolutionary
chief Goh2Rles, and all tho Lease mallor OF
NGmana bay must 10 gone ovor ngau
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1874-02-04
The Dend OF 1873.

Tho death-roll Of 1873 is q long one,
and embI nces the names Of many emi.
nent men and women Of both hemis,
pheres. Among distinguished foreign,
ors who have died, and whose names are
familiar the world over, tho following
are the most prominent The Emperor
Napoleon Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton
Adam Sedgwiol. the English geologist
Mncready, the great tragediRn; John
Stuart Mill, the economist ltatazZi,
tho prominent Italian statesman CLARA
Mundt, tho novelist, better known as
Tonisn Muhlbach Sir Edward Lend
seer, the renowned artist ; King John
of Saxony, and Henri Rochef0rt, the
red republican leader of France.
In our own country wenumber among
the prominent dead, Governor Geary,
of Pennsylvania ; Chief Justice Chase,
Oakes Ames, James Brooks, William
Whiting, members of congress Mans
field r. Walworth. the novelist, killed
by his own son Horace +. Clark, the
railway operator Hiram Powers, the
sculptor Jesse j. Grant, father Of the
president Frederick Dent, father-in-
law of the president; John P. Hale, 10
we'll known in the political history of
the country; Gen. McCook, killed at
Yankton, OAK, Laura Keene, the emi-
nent actresa Gen. Hardee, author of
" Hardees Military Tactics :" Richard
Yates, of Illinois Louis Agassi2 Sam
uol Nelson, oxjustice Of the supreme
court, and others Of less renown.
Death has beon particularly busy
among prominent clergymen inAmerica.
In the list we find the names Of Joel
Parker, d. D., prominent Prosbyte-
rim clergyman, Of New York the Rev.
George Atwood, of New Hampshire;
Bishop' McTlvaine r. s. Storrs, d. d.,
of Massachusetts and GardenerSpring,
of New York the Rev. John Todd, OF
Pittsfell, author as well as preacher;
Solomon Howard, D. D., ex.president
of the Ohio University and Bishop Ar.
mitage, of the Episcopal Diocese OF
Wisconsin.
It is said by those who have com
pared the lists of prominent dead for
1873 with those of 1882 or 1867, that
though the mortality among distin-
guished men has been very great, it is
not so large as in those years, and per-
haps not 80 great as in others that might
be mentioned. However, this may be,
tho roll is n long and painful one, and
contains many names whose owners
have not only the plaudits Of their
own country, but the admiration Of the
world.
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1874-02-04

During the camp hunt on ST. James
Island by some of our citizens, IN Incl
dent occurred which is perhaps without
n parallel in the annals of hunting, and
deserves to be recorded. A large buck,
closely pursued by that famous stag
hound, old Ring, belonging to Mr.. Hop
kins, took water and headed right ont
to sea; the dog, without hesitation,
boldly followed him in his voyage over
the "dark and treacherous waves. -
They were watched with intense inter
est by the hunters until each was a
mere speck upon the surface of the sea,
and until they we're finally and totally
lost TO UicW. After some time, when it
was supposed that both dog and deer
lad found a wntery and perhaps
bloody grave, in mortal combat, or been
devoured by shar ks, small object was
discovered, which proved to be old
Ring, returning from his long swim,
much exhausted, but reaching the shore
in safety. But, to the great surprise Of
the spectators, after time the deei
also appeared in sight, making right
for shore, on reaching which he was
shot down by one of the hunters
Tallahassee FlOridian.
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1874-02-04

~ 1lE ATfHnH or 'IuHN UtIIFtT, GESI T. EAiAV.
SuGge'icd by Holanp Huuf'q rcfa, a.
Weary, half weary of the work Of Ilro.
The tuRt-beguu mud nover-ondng Htrife,
O Son Of Mary;
Jesus Of Naznroth. tho carpenter,
d"d gv0n, twenty years Rgnnc. to her,
IEiH mother Mary.
I"auF, the Tnrd'a Nuoiuiod, FREQ from sin
Tho Way, by which far oH heaven we win.
Tho hnor. through which we may AL enter in,
CHRIST, Sru "r Mary,
our days, Thou tuowrat, nro short aud fnl1oC woea
pUr Cr"aR. like ihiu" too soon iln shallow inruwR
Tired 4 N "f Mary:
cur mrth-rrowua that our mothora treaauro ny.
Arc melted ut int" one htttor cup
They drink, lilr Mary
Mud with dim, frightened ryoa They also
ThoRha low Of some arrange acrmraod tree.
Whern their donr CONS give up tho gh"ni lto Thee
Great Son Of Mary.
q ruII of Itfo, with all Of ltroa lawful Joys
Calling upon Thoo in mcIlinuoua noiac,
Fair N Of Mary
Full of mau'a atrongfh to do God'a whole hohr7r
The noon-tido labor bringing evening rect,
Sweet Fou Of Mary;
! hot through nll this. IovcewtRcr far than those.
Tho shadow Of tho cropa Thy mother Roo4
In it's unTathomahle myatrrica--
Itcarr-ptorrod MARY
Tu Thou. with those divine oyon. free from fear,
Thou HooHt III" r"s!, remaining oven hero
To Thoe-Rud Mary,
ana MI ''ud people. Hl HlR fhiIdfcn poor,
Whom Thou uamcHi hrOthron: knocking Mt their
door,
Dosad Snn of Mary
Aud by-aud-byo. Thy earthly travail done.
Death "Unenmmaiug what Thy life begun,
lhoU'it Ray, "Como unto mo. each weary one"
| nm Son Of Mlry."
y Son of God. aud yet the womRu'R Heod,
IlruEe Thou Rorpout RinR. ovou though wo hnnd,
Like Thee Rnd Mary.
Forgive If We, too, tired or" work bo done.
Look forward longing to the set Of sun,
Alone no, Mary
And in tho day or evil. Rugual-rife,
Iomnmher un, Through thiH. nur mortal Etrfn
sad ma T." Thtuo Cvo' hating life,
thriat, Son Of Mary
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1874-02-04

Wild Rilv nnpreCintc in ynlre. Tfo mr.
gued that the west md south had never
been benefited by inhntion. buE those
sections would be groatly benefited by
resumption. Another difficulty. which
Pr qanted itself against specie resump-
tioa, arose from the sinking of prices
which would accompany such reaump-
tion. That difficulty ig Icaa than cvor
now, the criqiR naving brought down
prices, and for monLha past merchants
have bought carcrullv and the Ioasna
from Rhriukngo in pricc4 would now be
lighter than ever before could bo OK
pcctcd. Tho rrgumption poIicy wns
oppoacd hy throo clnggcR Firgi hon
est mon who had formed erroneous
opinions second, mon who THINK ovcrv
movo to incrpasn tho crrrcncv ID mann.
Inr and ioin in If and tbird n act oC
thoroughly rarkloaq nnd spec,r-
lotors who wauted initiation wifhout ord
that thcv r,iphl aottIo M old ecorcannd
Rot ont agnin IN full anil Tho frat cIoaa
coul be convinced bv Rouud nrpnmcnta
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1874-02-04
WEST

gThirty million pounds Of wool from
California passed through Omaha last yoRr,
Helena, Montana territory, has been
almcst entirely destroyed by fire. The logs Is
as'lmAted al as50,OOO.
Three Indiana and ono white man have
buen sentenced 10 obo hung.at Fort Smith, Ark,
On lhe "a Of April, for murders committed
b Tho Indian country.
David A. Gage, the lNto treasurer OF
Chicago, has been indicted on two counts
aAeior perjury, and for failing to turn over
money to The oity' in other words, for omb oz-
Elsmunt-tha defalcntlon being s5O7, 7og.5s,
q which ti4T, 600 was deposited In banks which
suspended
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1874-02-04
Cushing 10 JEFF. Davis.

The following is copy OF Caleb
Cuahing's letter to Jefferson Davis
WASHINGTON, March 20, 1861, l,--Dodr
Sir: Mr., Archibald Boon, for the last
six or seven years q clerk in the attor-
ney generals office, desires from mo a
letter Of introduction to you, and he
desires ii not in view of anticipating adj
ministrative favors, but that he may
have the honor of your personal inter
course. OF this I take pleasure in as
surfing you. be Ia eminently worthy, n
southern man by birth, family and af-
fection. He has carefully studied and
ably discussed in Mr.. Debow's Review
and other southern works, the lamenta-
BILE events which have been gradually
undermining and have at length over
thrown the American union. Whilst
practical man, he is also ripe and ac-
oomplfshed scholar, with, indeed, pre-
dominant literary tastes and habits. In
the discharge OF his official duties he
has combined to singular degree the
purest integrity and most enlightened
intelligence with modest contcntment
inhis lot. having more than once declined
offers Of more conspicuous employ
ment in the public service. lie now
resigns his present Office from senti.
ments to that which alone he can feel
to be his country, namely, the confed-
crate states, from one Of which (Texas)
he was appointed. Imost heartily COM
mend him as o gentleman and o man to
YOUR confidence and esteem, and am,
with highest consideration. your obodi-
ont servant. G. CUSHING.
Hon. Jefferson Davis, Prest Confed-
crate States.
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1874-02-04
what Il Coming Down Was ThcrCl


t'''", Ut '"'''7'' WIS., "'" va ''''
inG tho RtoFY "' F''"' 'n','n /" MN ny
on" ct ms supporters, Nlt'F "''' IN
| trodHot"rY dl7cnRainh "' inc W'hIhNF
md the "tato "i p"ril'a, Ii1 V"t'r OK,
! pInln"h I" mo pFNRiu'nI 'Ilhb no hhl
orllcd upon h1m to ask for IN" "it'Ho OF
chief Jnat'oo OF tho .nltod HtHtrH. Mr.,
Madison wnH Il lIttiN RurPr1Rrd, put,
with That r"ady tact WhIch IL" hRd
brought from hiadiPIomnlro experience,
he ooncHnIed hlH nHt"nshment. lie
took down tho volume winch contained
tho constitution OF tho United 7tatoH'
aud explained t" thus Mr. SWcar'ng!n-
If tlnt were his namo-that the judges
hold "Iltoo on tn" tenure OF good DO
havlor, and That Judge MarEhhIl, then
the ornament OF tn" bench could not
horomovcd to make plaoo for him. Mr.,
Swcarlngin received the announcements
quietly, and nitor moment, RhId h"
Thought he would tlko TO bo Hocrotnry
of state, Ih" pr"SIdont "a'd TINT TINT
wna undoubtedly y piaco whore man
could do good Rorvtco TO the country
but thRt Monroe, IIko Mr. Hwonr'ng'n
and hInReif, wnH FlrElnI"n, ana ne
dId not IlI" to remove G'm: I'loh'
RnId Mr.. Swc"r1nR'n' , VIII n' score
tnry OF tho trenEury' upt"rt,ln@to'y'
tho proaIdent Hald, the present 'houmo-
ent WnH fonnRy'Van'"'' IL ""7 "r'"7-
Rhry 10 'on"'''h'' Tt"Hy 'FtnIn'' ,f,I "'a' no
Con'd ho' rem "" ','"'' ,l',', H''''
Mr. SWearihR'n., INN" ! "''' Ro
HproAd' ! Sh"''" ',H' l." x" 60 70 + '"'IT'
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1874-02-04
Creating an Inland Sen.

An idoa. FnyE Galignani'a MessaonEcr,
wns started not long ago on tho prNotj-
hjlity Of forming m inland sea in
Fronch Algeria. There exists, south Of
tho AtlnR, u chain Of snlt lakoa chilled
Chott," that go from cast to west,
following q general depression, which
lies Mt m average depth of from eighty
to ninety feet below the level Of the
Mediterranean. According to all proba-
bility, there formerly was n sen therO,
of which tho ChottE are more remnants.
It would be easy to restore this inland
gulf by merely opening short canal
connecting the Gulf of Gnbes with tho
nearest Chott, according to tho dosCrip-
tion lately given to the Societe de Go
ograhie by Captain Roudairo, who hna
himself surveyed the Mol-Rhir. He
states TINT tho ChottB aituated south Of
Biskra are n series Of shadows, varying
bet cen twenty TO sixty kilometres III
length, and generally dry in summer,
They form chRin about 800 Kilometres
1925 mileB) long from Chott- -Faroun
to Chott- Mel Rhir, which lies in the
meridian of Biskra. An insignificant
chain of downs or RRnd-hillg separates
the Gulf of Ctabes from Chott-ol- ol-FarOuD.
The surface Of these shadows, rs smooth
aa that of barn, is sprinkled with salts
of mngnosiR, which gives them tho rs
peot of being covered with hOar frost.
The western bank Of Chott-Mel-Rhir,
Mt tho mouth of the Wed-Cedra, is
twenty seven metros (eighty.ono feeD
below the level of the sea, and its bed
has n slope eastward Of twenty-five
centimtros per kilometre, or four tenths
per cent. Should this inclination con
tinue as fnr as Chott-Sellem, (sixty
kilometres, farther east, the latter
would be sforty-two metres Q26 feoD
below the 'evel of the sea; without this
being nscebtained, tn q latter Chott lies
certainly lower than the Rhir. From
various cu$aory observations, there ap-
pears to bo no doubt that from the
latter to the Chott-e Faroun thore exists
nm immense depression, which might be
filed with the sen from the Gulf of
Gabes. The advantages to bo derived
from this plan would bo considerable.
Sea-ports SSmight be formed Mt eighty
kilometres south of Biskra; the wander
ing tribes of those regions might thus
be kept in obedience, and the nUmer-
ous and 1ich oases of the Sourf and
We'd. .Rhir, whose dependence from
France is merely nominal, would be
nfTectually held under rule. The pres
enoe of the tsea, moreover, would rem
der rains more frequent, and thus for
Utilize tho country.
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1874-02-04
n,rra OLE AnNERTIgINH .
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
SOUTH.

The little steamer Frank Forrest,
fr1n Osoeola for MemphiH, II ia reported,
arnoh anag u! tho hoad Of iBland 4eRnd,
sunk No lives were Lost.
Tho National BrioklRyer'g union, in
ssason 81 Baltimore, adopted resolution call
ss for tho removal Of A. u. Mullot, United
B.Aic suporvianR architect.
John Smiths and James Ross have
basB arrouted for mskinR counterfeit Mexican
dolnn, which the captured correspondence
Bdiontsd wero for the Texas market.
The section master Of tho Memphis
ma Charleston road named Harris, was run
sysg last week near Oorinth, Miss, by tho
ssTtsrn express ami instantly killed. Whom
AFsl discovered hO was lying on the track but
Ia engineer was unable to stop the train.
Y. o. Armiio, tho woll-lrnown sheep
bing Of New M0xiao, committed suicide Iaat
seeh Tuesday night at Santa FC, by shooting
ltnhef through the body, tho ball paHHing
nssa lhe heart. Ho died "Wednesday morning
disappointment In love In Raid 20 be tho cause
Gf thiH rash act.
]. D. Thompson died ut his homo in
Harodsburg, Ky,, Jan. 7, aged "a years. TIo
aas member Of congress In 1slO and several
moosssive terms. In 1851 he beat Robert
WyckIife for lieutCnRnt.govornor after mo-
morablo and brilliant contest. In the Hamo
year ho wan elected 10 tho United States
senate,
In Princeton, Ky, some days since,
George Petit while drunk, fred Il pistol into n
crowd OF littlo boys, almost instantly killing
Charlie Scott, aged 10. Petit was arrested
and st tho trial pleaded that he was entirely
Ignorant of what he was doing at the tin,e OF
tho killing. Ho was held In 5l5,OOO bail to
answor tho charge Of involuntary manslaugh-
far
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1874-02-04
A Claimant to the English Crown.

Here is circular, just out, admonlHh'
ing ug that another claimant hns mp
poarod, the estate in this case being on
" the crown of England. Thomas
Frederick George Gnelph, 4 ThornhiII
Crescent, Barnsbnry, London, proclaima
his ability and resolution to prove thnt
he'is "Duke of York, rightful and law
full descendant by tho legal nnrrinRo
between George tho Third and Hannah
Iightfoot, and untitled TO the arms OF
Hanover and tho dragon Of Wales,
and that the ao.called Prince of Wales
"is only entitled TO the arms of Saxo-
Coburg--the arms that were his faith
er'e." Tom /. Gas we will il him for
short) writes "My mothers father
(the Rev. David Davis, who was strict
Protestant minister, and the lest male
descendant of Llewellyn, the king OF
Wales). after having been dend many
years, was communicated by priest
on Palm Sunday in the year 1872, Mt ~.
Albans. Brooke street, HolbOrn, II. q,
This is mysterious, but looks ns il Tom
I. had two strings to that bow with
which to shoot the golden apple from
Alberts head. But the TichbOrne trinl
must encourage hih. iV" '""'"
it cost to prove he is not the son OF
George ILL.,. and Hannah Llghtioot
r. is odd how long that pretty lIttl9
Ouakeress Hannah haunts the royal
house. Poor King George, when he IN
dulred in that Irritation, could have had
little idea that it would give rise to two
parliamentary debates, and two costly
trials, with no end Of scandals. Ii IL
said that Queen Victoria hos not been
80 CAV since her husbands death ng on
the day when she heard of the death Of
Mrs. Rives-the old lady, who, until
three years ago, sat by her hreleg8
hearth fumbling over the papers which
lin her belief, and that Of some OF the
best lawyers Of England entitled her
to the crown and now Hannah, 30 re
poatedly laid to rest, starts up in new
avatar.-C Cincinnati Commercial LctteT'
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1874-02-04
Proposed Ship Canal Across Florida.

Tho general increase of manufactures
in the Southern States, and tho multi
plicatiou Of schemes Of commercial
Improvement. led MS to hope for a
speedy relief there, of project Of a
shin canal across Florida. She as we'll
as her sister States of Alabama, Missis-
slnpi Louisiana and Texas, and espe-
cialy the ports of Pensacola, Mobile,
New Orleans and Galveston, arc vitality
interested in the success of the meas
ure.
Action, having for it's object the hold
ing of convention in one of those
cities, should at once be taken. Such
a convention by awakening public at
tention to the vast Importance and en-
tire practicability of the enterprise,
would soon place itself in funds, sufii-
cient to pay for nm accurate survey Of
the most eligible route across the pen
insula, the preparation of estimates of
the cost of construction, and the pubi-
cation of nm exhaustive report. The
taking of these initial steps should be
regarded in the light Of duty, which
the people of that section owe to them
selves. and when the duty has been
faithfully performed, then let an ap-
peal be made to their Legislatures, to
capitalists, and If need be, to the Fed
eral Government.
The most important, the most diff
cult and most interesting engineering
work at present constructing in Europe.
is acknowledged to be the Amsterdam
aud North Sea Ship Canal. This has
been undertaken to benefit the com
merce Of a single seaport. To facilitate
traffic by water between the Gulf and
the Atlantic cities, is to give new life to
the empire Of the great Southwest
No unusual difficulties need be appre-
hen6ed in the prosecution of the Amer
lean work. Moreover, the wondrously
improved machinery for excavation, as
we'll RS the better materials and meth
ods of construction, which the e1pe-
rience Of the Suez and the Amsterdam
canal engineers brought into requiBi-
ton, are we'll known to their American
and their use would mateTl-
ally lessen cost. Let but a moiety Of
the energy which is now expending
itself in the search after new and
cheaper means Of transportation by
land be devoted to the opening Of a
yhip canal anross Florida, and the sue
cess Of one OF the greatest projects Of
the age II assured,
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1874-02-04
A Short Session Predicted.

Old members of the house begin 70
predict short session. The ground
for this prediction in the fact that there
Ia no surplus in the treasury to be leg.
islated away. At best, four-hfths OF nil
the bills introduced look TO the expen-
diture of public money, directly or IN
directly; but as there is no money to
spend beyond what is absolutely necee-
sary to meet the requirements OF the
regular appropriation bills, it follows
that all this mass Of Legislative, pro
positions will have to go over until next
session without definite notion. The
folly of spending time upon measures
which cannot be passed, however merl-
torious they may be, for want of money
to pay the demands they make upon
the treasury, begins TO be apparent.
Beside the empty treasury, there is an
other circumstance that will help TO
shorten the session. All the members
of the house will have to go before
their constituents for reelection next
fall, and all are therefore interested IN
making as economical a showing an pos
sible Of the results of the sessions
work.