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q~he Lines to the West.

4. ,,.,,ne, !, y .,carI1 has appointed CHARLES
n M,,x,Se. civil engineer, to make q recon
noissauce OF the belt OF country lying w.
tween the Chesapeake and Ohio ra'ifoau' ="
the south, and the Baltimore aud ONO raw ;.
road. on the north, 10 ascertain wne'ne' =
be practicable for dopblc.track railway ~ ',
the West ADDISON MARsuRY, ioFanet' > "
tho washington and Ohio raihoac, enc 'a',
forty Of The Costa Rica railroad, Ceh 'I
America is TO assist BIN. This appoln'lhe .,s
l. made under resolution OF Congress WIN
. v,ew Of ascertaiping The ieas'ol'i'! a'o
nr.hs nh, cost of doubletracR railway oe-
,roon the Fast and the West across the VIZ
o-,;as The engineers leave Washington 10
g fow dss.. v i'll make thorough exarni-
nation Of the country.
we see that the Hon. n oSTGoMERY BLAIR
has ,ec.me candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Congress IN the Skid Mary
hand district. His trump card is tue compile
ton OF The Chesapeake aud Ohio canal ny the
Federa, Government. His set speech is ID
GREAT degree devoted to the subject. lis
hid for the nomination is strong. For ID
these DAYS the schemes for building h'sh-
wsxs and increasing the facilities OF TRADE
GRO more than ever the objects OF public IN
tereSt.
The construction Of double.tracK rail-
way by the Federal Government Is q NOPE
lass >ch.me The plumber Of railways be-
tween The East and West are already srea''
o,6 The increase of their number should he
lett 10 private enterprise. II TINS were not
enou,f, 10 defeat the scheme the que>tous
,,I, .o,,,;ni of The road will insure It's
failure.
Not 80 our water.liDes. Their terminl are
uuaI1erable, and their construction Is te!ono
the power of private capital. while their ao-
yantages to The agricultural and commercial
classes are iues,imanie, and incomparaDiy
above those OF railway.
These remarks are peculiarly appi'caDie 10
the Central water-ine Of Virginia, WHICH Is
the hes, of all wa,er.ines that are projected.
We consider the Chesapeake and OHIO caDal
4 failure beyond It's present efhiin'S' A''
advocates have a, quesced for long years in
the idea that there was no practicable way
70 take i: across the Allegheny mountains.
The movement now upon the subject is only
inspired by the idea that the money OF the
Federal Government can be gotten to build
il with. That money, it is readily conceived,
can do anything, and the people OF the up
per Potomac valley are eager to press the
Improvement upon Congress.
We are inclined to the opinion that the in
vestigatfon and surveys now going on VIII
end in the conclusion that the Cenlca'
watcr.line is among all the easiest and most
practicable improvement, and best entitled
to the aid of the Federal Government. we
earnestly think that the prospects OF THIS
line are brighter than ever.
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JEALOUSY AMONG THIEVES. Mention has
already. been made of the murder of VIII
LIAM BENTLEY by WILLIAM WEST, fellow
convict at Sing-SiDg, on Sunday morning.
The prime motive for this act has since been
confessed by the murderer, and it demon
strates curious characteristic Of the thieves
Of New York, OF, in fact, of any large city.
They have their castles, which are as rigor-
Gus and exclusive as those Of India. a bank
burglar would no more condescend to speak
to a hall.lhief or a pickpocket than the
Prince of Wales would to dine with bis
butcher. ..
WEST, it appears, had been passing him
self off as high.toned thief among the most
exclusive of his fellow criminals. BENTLEY,
whose cell adjoined bis, in the stiffness Of
the night, tainted bin with the assertion
that he (Wgsr) Chad worked five years on
c1nal boat" This struck as sharply into his
bosom us barbed arrow, and in tones of
rage be muttered: fI'll send you to the
hospital for that in the morning." he was
true to his word, and stands over the grave
OF his victim vindicated as a.tbief of the first
water. If hanged, as he shouid.be, be will
be regarded as martyr by the profession.
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I. sr,sa paach AIT

20 AZ So
The Philadelphia Ledge salls Mtsnts9n ~
1 noiot in this scandal which hsttsefy eo'-
Fe,hly i'm pressed us. Rasks. fnsefereoeeto M
I,rgcHre,s ceieDraret- letter where be psaks
of !. deatl, beirg far sweeter than any fr'eno
he had in the world" this question can
q he imagined tbat~sn, -snan ettdrri''e'
those words Of intense anxiety, renorse, ana
desna,r for no other reason than because dc
was sorry be had meddled ina family dis.
ou,e pv To this question it properly an
swers that only unbounded faith In the man
or infatuated creduity would believe so.
The unlimited and constantly flowing
volume of testimony is sweiled beyond the
capacity Of The public press. The evidence.
so-called, has much the appearance Of essays
on the passions. Plymouth church seems to
have made up its mind, and the remainder OF
the trial will be employed to no great al:
vantage to the cause Of virtue and religion.
Whether Mr.. BEEcHER be innocent or guilty
of the overt act, it is plainly shown that the
morality and usages of all concerned-eon-
gresation, principals, and most OF the wit
nesses-are faulty, and need reformation.
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The Negro at the North-A Lie.

A correspondent of the New York Herald,
writing from the camp-meeting at Sea Cliff,
N. V, under the head Of "Southern Feel
ing" writes as follows:
Notwithstanding the determination the
ory that appears SO much on the outside
here, there is an inside view which has just
received an illustration OF another sort. A
colored brother missionary on the camp
ground came up on Saturday, and though,
beds In the preachers lodging.hOuse and at
least eight spare rooms In the hotel, such was
the Difference to The southern visitors here
that this good brother could not be accom-
modated with the white ministers, but he
was given cot In tent, and had to make
the best of a hard fate. He feelsa little sore
about it to-day"
This, as every one will see, is lie. There
were SO few southern people at the camp.
meeting that probably not one of them would
have known what disposition the northern
people made of the negro, do with him what
they might. What sort of people would
those northern people be if they would treat
as they thought they ought not to treat the
one negro man that sought shelter only for
fear or love of the southern white mao
Such conduct would be contemplate. But
this was not the case. They acted upon their
own Judgment for the satisfaction of their
own tastes and sentiments. We think well
enough of them to believe this, and think
the assertion that they were governed wholly
By respect for the South is falsehood. The
white man cannot fraternize with the negro,
and will not. The North is harsber 10 It's
aYersions for the African than the South, as
has been shown u thousand times over.
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DIsRAELr has boldly opened his RESPONSE.
BILE relation to public affairs In England by
making an attack upon " home rule = In Ire
land, and upon the proposed disestablisb.
ment OF the Church Of England. He has
gone even further, and declared his opposi-
tion to ritualism and his favor of q law for
Its suppression. He has thrown down the
gauntlet 10 Mr.. GLADSTONE and the Reform
ers, and will uuquestionabiy fight with
them. The rext Parliament will have
lively time of it.
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whv Did He Go to st. LOUIS ?

1t is beginning to be more plain why Gene
raj SHERMAN went to st. Louis as his heao-
Quarters. His theatre of action was upon
the plains and mountains Of the fur west
with the Indians. In Washington all the de-
tails of the service in that quarter were man
aged through the tedious ways OF req tape.
His orders had TO be referred to the Secre-
tary of War, who referred them 10 the Sec
retary OF the Interior, who referred them 10
the Commissioner Of Indian Atttirs, igno-
rant OF military affairs, who referred them
bdck 10 the Secretary of War, who finally
refused or gave to General SHERMAN permits
sion 10 do what General SHERMAN wanted
TO do.
This manner of making war was not
pleasing to the Gencrai-was too daWdl'ng
and tedious. when the loss Of fifteen minutes
of time might be fatal in the decision OF the
matter in hand. BE- going TO st. Louis he
Gets from under the upas tree OF req tape,
and can conduct the Indian war with thai
vigor and promptness which must De main
tanned in a wild, rough war with Indian
raiders.
The combined movements of the mos
warlike tribes against the frontiersmen at
period when they more than ever need pro
lection demands unusual activity in tht
measures of the War Department, and Gene
raj SHERMAN has taken probably the best stel
to accomplish this object. The extension Q
the railroads to the Pacific and the settle
ment with rapidity unparalleled Of the ia
West demands vast Increase OF protective
power and vigilance Of our Government
General sHsRAAN has struck the right key
and we shall see In time the wisdom Of hi
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takeuas Parrolys Cietk, In the d UNITY q
siiddAex, OF ne 23tf Of July ISL =, te:
foE m. ssS1H Jttsttee Of the Peace. and
aqgis asicorou@ for tneAaid county : Upon
tEsFfew Of thehody oE3ohn w Ross, there
|fffTg dead the jurors sworn to enquire Wien,
where, how and By what means the SAID
John W. Ross came to his death, upon their
oaths do shy that John W. Ross came to
his dsath on Sunday. July 18th, 1874 De.
tween the hours Of Z and 10 O'clock 3. III,
BY reason OF certain gun.shot wounds which
entered TIE body of deeehssd III st6s region
OF the heart, and that the said wounds We're
inflicted from gun discharged by KHf.ls 3.
Fisher. 5.4 u i !, !, (. go.
20 In, fattmoDy whereof the said coroner
and Jurors hare hereunto set their hfnds and
seais. Z 2 tsE2 r. W. 2 Fcofr, q
JofP p. aud acting CORONER
.- 9. e. ID. HMtIARD,
- ~ Foreman J.,
Here follow tie names of the restad the
jurors, ---: .----
Fisher and Wagcc have been xrested and
put in jail. y w -
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

NE CURING VERSUS COBBH4NG..-
There are many medicines That give transfenr relief
In sickness without touching the source anCse OF
the complaint Hostetter's Stomach Bittes tsnot
one of these The great tonic and restoratiye'does
not cobble the diseased and enfeebled system. is
not a mere palliative, that only temporarily son-
trolls few unpleasant symptoms No /; its invtso-
ratiug regulating, restorative principle penetrnTs
to the very source OF the difficulty In the fluids and
solids of the body, and hence Its cures are radis7l
iandahorough. In dyspepsia 1t strengthens the stoT
mach, I'm liver complaint It regulates the fow Of
bile, in constipation It promotes puncua habit Of
body In nervous ailments It tones the sentlen IS and
motive dbres, In rheumatism 1t counteracts pain,
aud in cases Of general debility rehabllItates the
elpaciated frame. jy 30-eod&w1w
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YS1sI5pI 4 obla dsd 81 terHpf
ofll||sesto FIya6sYEARs Term longer ts si

N IsIopI & bIo-ez lied 30 terss Is
ofiSs sto FIyasY EARS tctn oiiger s
MI bf any TIER in th4 hioasave thasa
setiator Of thu tfnied 81 Rrecelsdsasr
-iye rears one hundred ana tEeBsy.aae thou.
sand dollars urom an impoverished country
Now, taks the Treasurer bf State. He Is Q
statssman.af. national ffame.;;-a gentleman 81
unsurpassed respeetab billy and ,re eff
a.nssp, in,shortayastly superior ip eyery way
to General MAHoNE. Take him;srhet has o
greater responsibility than General MALONE,
aud he receives for his services only two
thousand dollars per annum. He would
have TO serve slYTY-TWO YEARS AND
SIX MONTHS to earn one hundred ana
t,oenty fce thousand dollars, WHICH GEN
ERaL MALONE MAKES IN HIS. SIN
GLE TERM OF FIVE YEARs!! If this
"a NOT mohstrous we should like TO know
what IL, This Is heavy: weight for the
President of the Atlahtfc, Mississippi and
Ohio 10 carry, and we are satisfied will,
added 10 the popular discomfort he has
caused, do a great deal to!bring about the
prophecy which this paper has ventured TO
make. j. ....... i. z.as b.. l..i.
We beg our contemporary of Petersburg,
who discusses this matter With something
like decorum, to consider well these points.
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JOIN MITcHEIi AT .CoRK.---D blins July q.
John Mitchell has arrived at Cork he is Ill,
but will come to Dublin on Wednesday.
The Fenian Amnesty ISOLATION are organic.
ing. a. torchlight demonstration and banquet
in his honor. Mr.. Marin, member of Par
lament for Meath, will resign his seat in
favor of Mr., Mitchell,
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VERY DISTRESSING .INDEED.-The Chicago
Tines says: ls''"i t..sa.i'' '.i III ,-ifri u
1T is really distressing to feel that one
must incidentally encourage that.most per-
sistent of pests, the lightning-rod man. but
truth must be said though the heavens fali.''
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u PonKro,, for bribery in tie. notorious
YORK case, is up for trial in the United
States District Court. He is quibbling and
proposing postpopementss
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DEATHS.

Died. suddenly, On " edpesday. morning, July
a9th, STA Mis-. MARIA BQUfSA PAkHAM.;
wife OF Mr. z. e. Parham Of this city, and dapgh-
ter OF the late DR.. George Fled, ot Sussex county,
Her funeral viii take place at a O'Clock THfS
fThursCayl AFTERNOON from Broad-Stfeet Ne
thodist church. The friends Of the fainl, are III
yIfan IN a,trntis ~ - stssssskastss
Ned, sunday morning, July Goth MATTE H.,
miami daughter OF Johp h. ana ~. y. dresn
: r,ed rwo mon ms and twenty three Gays.
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a a HETEROGENEOUS, u. 81

We have inst received another and full supply OF
BrRTON.s ENGLISH EXTRACT OF MALT and
Hops, which has been so fayerabiy prescribed bs
our best Physicians as tonic In general debility,
wake fulness, arqensness, &c, ssas &.
ta5 <.ssassss - Sif = ~ MADE BARER. 80
Dispensing Pharnacis
an IL sl8 Main strssh
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IIT7ATIIRaL -.FLOWERS EMBALMED
fiNsrR jlt,.r d MUSIC AND SINGING,

Mrs. L. L. TREEMANt:l5 ls4.,
has removed 10 No. 404 Broad street, BETWEEN
Fourth ana Fifth streets. ly as-Ste
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x1,G1,AirIDllI.

RALLRTUE HIGH SCHOOL, q, -.
DMnia ana Tennessee railroad. Is m;,s w VIZ.
Tsa.s HalaaI ss sssD9 Nm XIX
Beautiful and healthy Location. FaIi cn.s IN.
s1ruet0rs- Pupils are mersbas Of the fsmkns p
catai0Tue Or inform alton address, q. BeIisny Fat
. iy 3-eO90m WM II. ARRiIftrr. n ntue Y. D.
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: AR :, yIsHsa GAVE y NE Two DOLLARS

~s''N .
and some clothes, and about peck cakes,
and told me- / must get out o.. the way, and
conceal myself. Made me promise IL i was
caught that would not swear this deed On
him. II went down in theEw9ods and carried
the clothes and cakes and fiye-shootea',
which he gave me also, determined to stay
in the woods, but after being there some
time theughr that Mr. Fisher cnty wanted
me to run off so that they might lay the, khl-
singsof mir. Ross on me. So ! concluded 70
come back here and tell you the whole truth
about the natter fEf l{gstg
~ Nearly all Of this testimony was corrobo-
rated by the two sisters efI Ben. Robinson
and by finding the Clothes and cakes as ne
had described them. < Il ~. s:sss.zsg !. .:.S / !,
Amer hearing considerable more eifcurn
stantial evidence, nearly all OF which yas
conclusive as to the guilt of Rufus +. sishel
and James P. Wallace, the jury rendered th,
following 5s &. .,:s ..ks
L f;Ylss@@i, VERDICT: $500 ~
IS Middleser county, 10 nit AN inquisltiQ!
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HAMPDEN SIDNEY COLLEGE.

IL Il 3a< IGs1@-r, -'r1'"fh
The mex. session OF HAMPDEa syrrv,.
begin September Sd, 1874. I1s-1Y ,,'.'>>-.ai sii
, go 5 FACULTY:
Rev: }. D. p. ATKINSON. D. D., Fres,den, 49,,
Aie lessor Of Moral Science. .1N~TNttAH"'P!os
4. u. ho1LADAx, a. b., Professor Of -.
wAEgEH BLAIR. &. NJ, Professor oe
.-l.s instructor In German. = 80 - Aa'n ast
DE. kBn?ER, A: 81. Professor Of Mstb.,,,s,.
ADDISON HnsE. A. H., Professor % GrrrE 80
ssructOr IN french. - IT.. { ! 'eA 3ASi IA,
HAMPDEN SIDNEY CoLLfGEts st,,.
Prince county, Va, within v few mr., "a
yartks Of Union Theological -Seniussy. and u,.st
mltes tsom h4rnFie, fonlthe Atlantic, Aissis ~,
In thls instiint5on the Curriculum, b rs.,,. :.
non 3 eomptehensive and tlorcreh. anS
studeot adFa6ced u higher class yithnn, Wv 40
ing searching ezzsuninatioU. ps'-
Expenses are moderate, and, from TIE rps.,,r
gance arc few. eA''ha'
Prpysiop has been made for the esab,ssue,,
a MESS HALL" which, to those avaInnI ,s",M,l
selves OF It's advantages, Will materially leSen ,Ss
price Of board. 49,, '''u VIC
Catalo9ues can be obtained on application, ,oA.
Undersigned. J. NJ. p. AfkISsoV as
'2se Hsmpden Sidney College.
1y 16-eodSm - Prince Edward cnuniy u
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no TRAVELLERS AND CITIZENS

!, for. balance Of Summer, viii seu Tesappe v,
spRisG ASDSUMMEK DRESS 6oop'
AT BAKGhIN PRICES!
suIrrNGs and PoPLiSs; nm:
J.pASHsr SILKS asd poPLIss, zoe. an' Op'
). GRENADINES, 0RGAspIEs, LAWNS
STRIPED and PtAfs sibKs
PloUEs lxhi,e and colorea, Be-; 80 ro.uOs-
sns srock OF Black Mobsirs Alnasaass .h bS "
zines, Black Iron Greusaia,s a. Isarsas biacE
ai ssw b6a pEHs sna oiber prints just ops'e''
"a 4x. Z q
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JUEUEsr - -.
Fisher and jWafsacc have been xrested and
put In jail. w
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"llidagessa county, 10 ult AN nquisltioa
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I, The lT, neI. session Of HAMPDEa SIDNEY >,
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BEN RoBlSsoNsi CONFESSION.
az made Il statement yesterday which !
know was entirely wrong. Now will tell
you all about it. | met Mr.. Rufus Fisher
Sunday morning, July 10, at the red gate at
the turn of the road. Mr. Fisher said,
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PULLED THE BODY OUT OF TIE BUSHES,
tied his hands together with his (Ross's) sus-
penders. tied bis feet together with q piece
of rope. Mr. James Wallace and myself
carried the body doWn to the creek on a rail,
Mr.. Fisher going short distance, ahead Of
us. In carrying him through the woods one
shirt.sleeve was torn of. We went all the
way through the woods to the lsnding.
When we got to the creek with the body we
tied rope around the neck, put him 10 the
water, and toWed him out .inthe river to
nine feet deep water. When We got out in
the river Mr. Fisher fastened the iron around
Mfr. Ross's neck. The rock vas tied up I'M a
piece of new domestic and fastened 70 one
foot. In going out In the river Mr.. RosYs
pants came partly of, AID we too6 them on
and fastened them around his neck with the
iron, Before letting him, sink, Mr, Fisher,
with d Knife, cut Mr.. Ross open in two
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-06
l,0ntaGi0us EriSndsliiu.

In village on the Blue Connecticut.
where young shad are sailed and sold for
the best Mol mackerel, and negro su rage
is considered an insidious device OF federal
tyranny-ln this Arcadian .amleS. where
innocence exists to degree that is OpDres.
sive to the senses, once Knew two senera.
BILE men, whose friendsh p for each other J.
have never seen equaled. vor years tn "
had peregrinated togethe: in this vale Of
tears, until they actually became as lie as
two brothers in physical aspect. .he nose
of one had the same caloric hue with the
nose of the other; the breath of one e.haled
the aroma of liquid of the tropical isles.
only to exactly counterfeit the ..est indian
fragrance labiated by the Otaer. Even in
the management of their tumble.s they
were like man and his ioohing-g ass. and
sober once, when they were children. said
that even then they seemed much drawn
together whenever they got into tAe same
wagon.
At last one of them died suddenly of a
distracted panorama Of monkeys. and was
placed in the village graveyard under a
stone bearing the simple Latin inscription,
"Hic!" The survivor uttered no lamenta.
tioIs; his only words for wee. were but
reiterations of the one syllable of his
friends epitaph; he shed tears to such an
extent that, inasmuch as he never touched
water, indicated that he would soon weep
himself into dust. One night, while return.
ing in great mental misery from ? ,otract.
ed interview with the g lass clerk of the
village hotel, he was attacked with great
violence by both sides of the road and
driven irregularly into the wayslde inclo.
sure where rested his friend. And upon
that friends grave did he sadly sire tch
himself; nor was the touching nature of the
act lessened by his supplemented belief
that he was retiring to bed at home, or by
his broken utterance of word something
like "Wairzerquilt."
At morn they found him there. reused
him from his slumber, and rudely dragged
him before the squire.
What is the matter with you asked tie
magistrate.
upon constable to support him under his
emotions, and said solemnly:
"Isht z frindship.
''And is it frindship, too, that makes you
speak in that way!' asked the Squire.
"Yeshir," murmured the aged mourner:
"Yeshir!"
Il am afraid you are intoxicated
The venerable man smiled seraphically;
but happening to remember himself he
trowned terribly. Then he smiled very
violently again. and laid himself more COM
fortabiy upon the constable. After which
he repeated his friends epitaph several
times, with tears.
"Noshir," said he, 'noshir! noradrop."
''How, then, does it happen asked the
squire, chat you are found in your present
condition."
"Condisczh'n" calculated the old man,
"condischzh'n. Di' you knor my f-tren -hic-
on'z tombctoe? He was drink'nman -hic-
cn'z tombstoe-and l caught it eiz-siz-
szleepin' on'z grave!"-Gr0phic.
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The Tinted States Marine Hospital.

Heber Smith, NJ. D., surgeon of the United
States Marine Hospital service in this city,
in his annual report to James NJ. Wood
worth, M. D., supervising surgeon of the
service, complains of the administration OF
the shipping act, passed June Z, 1872, on the
ground that it's execution is put into the
hands of selfish and INSCRIPTIONS men,
who are intent only on securing the fees
which the law permits them to take from
both the shipOwner and the sailor. DIR.
Smith thinks the act should be SO worded
as to prevent the shipping commissioners
from multiplying tees to an amount greatly
in excess of the $4,000 which is allowed
him by law. The system of advance
wages is also an evil one, as it is
through the payment of these wages that
the boarding-ho keepers are enabled to
fleece sailors by compelling the payment OF
extortionate board and rum bills, thus send
ing them again penniless to sea. 1t Is
claimed that the sailor should make bis own
bargain with the captain of the ship, as the
sailmaker, carpenter and steward make
their contracts. For the fiscal year ended
June 30. 1873, the total expenses of the hos
pital service at this port, including sur
geon's salary, was $34,070. The expendi-
lures, under the old contract system during
the fiscal year ended June 30, 1870, were
$Sl ,4S6 II. This saving is due almost entire
ly to excluding from the hospital those ap-
plicants who are not strictly subjects for
hospital relief, although no one entitled to
the fund was refused, and an aggregate OF
$38, 5O4 days maintenance and medical and
surgical care was furnished for the former
sum.