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DIR. Brown-Sequard. the Scientific
American, and the Tribune have got
themselves into box. Our position Is
the best Of the three. We simply sta.
ted the theory that II would be Well to
educate children to use either hand in
differently, because this might develop
both sides OF the brain, but the other
two Culprits were sinful enough To adj
vocate the idea. Now comes a person
who has searched the scriptures and
found therein mass of arguments
against the Innovation. He says the
left hand is cursed, Let not thy LEFT
hand know what thy right hand
doeth,n proves the infcriorlty OF the
one to the other. On the day Of judg-
ment, tue goats will be put Oh the left
hand, while the saintlysheepw stand
on the right. Moreover, the right hand
IL exalted by several sayings, such as
"the Lord swore by His right hand;o
afrom His right hand went out a fiery
law;n "Thou savest by Thy right
hand them that trust in Thee" "a
wise mans heart is at his right hand;'
etc. The Scientific American rashly
Ndduced n tribe Of savages who use
both hands alike. To this the pro-
found critic triumphantly answers that
this may do for heather, but not
christians! The latter must choose, IL
seems, between using their right hand
alone, and perdition. We sympathize
wish this stickler for scriptures over
the loss of his own left hand. He has,
of course, cut il of, for it has evidently
offended him, and does not the bible
say: "If thy hand or thy foot offend
thee, cut them off and cast them from
thee.n
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sherman viii offer, Two thugs are
pretty well settled, aud they are the
definite settlement Of the legal tender
volume ut SiOO, 600, 900 and ineswelling
of the bank currency 10 the same
amount, The committee considered
to-day the question of reducing theser-
vices now required "a One-hnlf II Is
now twenty-five and lllteen per cent of
circulation aud deposits, which must
be In legal tender three per cent cer-
tilcntes, now called In, orh0nds. soma
tor Morton presents this reduction OF
reserves 10 an average of ten per cent
~ the policy the eSpansionlsts desire,
and II seems likely TO be defeated, II
will release greenhncks TO the amount
Of $50, 100000. The present circulation
OF legal tenders Is estimated 90 be ut
least S75,0O0,00O below the amount
fixed.
Mr.. Boutwell, who Is too sick TO be
present has effected u pair with an
eNpansionist. The Morton proposition
~ 10 reserves will be ten per cent ON
circulation, and five per cent on
deposits.
The post Office department have
prepared n statemont showing 10
date II has disposed Of exactly lO0,-
100000 Of postal cards, of which 81.
Louis has had 3,l0O,OO0; New York
over 5000, 900; Chicago over i,OO0OOOi
and Cincinnati less than 2,OOO,OOO.
There is every probability that postal
convention win soon be completed be-
tween this country and France.
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Kate Browns Floral Tribute to Mr..
Sumner.


One of our Washington correspon-
dents has told of this, and here from
Mrs. Ames in the Independent, is its
subsequent history: While his body
was on its way to the capitol, she
pointed to this beautiful shaft of flow
ers-by far the most exquisite that
reached his coflin--and with streaming
ewes said: ~ have lost my tower. l
paid twenty dollars for those flowers,
and if they had cost the last cent | had
on earth, Iwould have put them on his
coffin" BY what gibe of fate did that
one column of flowers, the costly offer
ing of woman despised and poor, her
last to the great friend who had never
failed her, reach, that evening, the
room ofSimon Cameron, to be sent by
his chivalrous hand, with his COM
pliments, to lady stopping at n
hotel? | would rather be Kate, weep
ing for the despoiled offering to de-
narted honor, than the woman who
received it or the senator who sent
1t. / bore upon the coffin card,
with this inscription: IA tribute
from Kate Brown to. the martyred
senator, who has gone to reap his
reward 1t is said that the shaft
was ''too tall,' to go to its intended des-
tination. Was it too tall to go back to
its giver? i must believe that by some
mistake it was carried to Mr.. Gamer
on's room. But how in keeping that
the man who despoiled the greatest
senator of his honors in life should rob
him In death even Of the flowers upon
his coffin.
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GALVESTON, April 7.--Cotton in light
demand. Good ordinary lay; middllng
16l. Hides, receipts continues light;
figures unchanged. Gold l2i@l2sc.
LIVERPOOL April Cotton quiet
and unchanged. Uplands 81; Orleans
Sl@k. Sales $4,000 for speculation ana
export 1900 bales.
NEW YORK, April Gold opened
at l32 and closed at l3s. Exchange
unchanged. ,,
Cotton quiet but steady. MiddlingOr-
leans, II 3-l6@l74c.; middling. Ala
bama, II 1-16NlSBc.; middling uplands,
l7c.; low middling, &c.,; strict good or
binary, 15sc.; good ordinary, l4s(a,l44c.;
ordinary. 13se.
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Varieties.


General Banks will enter the field
again next fall--the lecture field.
The Prince Imperial's war cry is
"Empire and peace-a plebiscite and
salvation
The temperance movement will cease
to spread now that it has reached Texas.
II Boston Post. -~tT sFt
The parisians will not for-a moment
entertain the proposition to a street
through the Tullelies garden.
Tweed's Oriental club, east Broad
way has gone where, etc. The auction
sale realized about S., 900. Il New York
Mail.
According to the best estimates, there
are nearly one hundred thousand chill
dren in New York city, Of whom
nearly three-quarters are poor.
Indiana's champion orator is sixty
year old washerwoman. She lives in
Miami county and would be u success
| if her name was not Plavine. et-a%
The municipal authorities of Yeddo,
Japan, have written to the mayor OF
New York, asking him to transmit
copies of the municipal laws of the city.
Preston Powers, the sculptor, is sue
ceeding admirably with his bust of
Charles Sumner, modelled from the cast
made .of the deceased senator's
features. $3.50"
In recent trial in Baltimore it was
shown that patent medicine men can
get almanac certificates of he wonder
full virtues of their medicines for fifty
cents per head. 4 }kRG 4atb}T4
Germany has number of expert
mental farms, where all new theories
connected with agriculture or cattle
raising are tried and their merits pro-
nounced upon. r 81
In Denmark it has been made illegal
to manufacture matches, other than
those which will ignite only when
struck on specially prepared surfaces.
There's someshing rotten, etc. II
Harvard has challenged Yale to a
billiard match. These charming re-
creations are so necessary to the health
of the students, who are apt to injure
themselves by excessive boating and
base ball playing.
The first treaty ever signed in both
the Russian and English languages was
signed at st Petersburg, on Saturday,
this being declaration giving Ameri-
can manufactures the protection of
trade marks in that country
Lieutenant the Hon. II. Wood, tenth
Hussars, aid de camp to Sir Garnet
Wolseley, has presented to the queen
the royal state umbrella belonging to
the king of Ashantee, which was taken
from the kings palace at Coomassie,
and sent home for presentation to her
majesty by MAJOR General Sir Garnet
Wolseley, "as a. humble tribute of
dutiful respect and affection from her
majesty's military aud naval forces
that took part in the war;
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Cattle TO KANSAS.

Since the opening OF the cattle trade
between Texas and Kansas, Nueces
county has each year furnished large
proportion Of the cattle driven. This
and other demands upon her beef cat
tie have rendered them scarce upon the
range aud they are no longer to be
found in such great numbers as iii for
mer years.
Notwithstanding the efforts of many
of the western states to prejudice the
popular mind against Texas cattle, us
being diseased and unfit for food, and
attributing to them the introduction OF
epidemics among the stock in those
states, the supply of beef from this
state acts as a powerful lever in the
markets of the north and west.
The liberal influx of beeves from
Texas during late years, has had .
strong tendency to reduce theprices of
choice beef and pork, and place these
luXuries within the easy reach of all.
Withdraw but for a season this supply
fcattle, and mark how soon the bal
ance will be registered in favor of the
long hours. Already have the north
ern markets directed their attention to
this state as the great beef emporium
of the world. From here do they safe
ly calculate upon drawing u large por-
ton of beef and we hope their calcula-
lions may not prove them false.
The number of cattle from this state
to Kansas, during the present drive, it
is calculated, will fall far short OF pre-
vious drives. Beyond this immediate
section we are not informed rs to the
number started. From here, however,
about ten thousand head have already
taken the trail, as follows; James
Dryden, 400; Henderson Williams,
5000; Byler & Scott, 1000; M. 5. Gull
yer, 1000. The greater portion of these
cattle are destined for the grazing
grounds of Sedgwick county, and will
seek Wichita as their final outlets to
markets of the north and vest Cor
pus Christi (Texas) Gazette.
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sufficient for each man six months,
They go determined TO make u perma'
nent stand and hold the country, II
possible, Many business men are pre-
pairing TO transfer their business 10 the
mInes. LIST. Raul Mimi Press.
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WASHINGTON, April 4,-The finance
committee have been busy maturing
several amendments which Senator
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-23
Destructive Fire at Richmond, Vir.
giniassLoSs S5OO,OOO.

RIcHMoND, Va, April2l.-A fire broke
out OF 8 o'clock this evening in the upper
story Of the main building Of the extens,
i've Touring mills known as the Columbia
Mills, and owned by Haxall, Crenshaw &
Go. The fire Is raging iearfully, and has
already extended to other mill buildings.
The whole fire department are at work,
but their efforts seem to have but little
effect in staying the flames. The fire
is burning mainly on the river front and
cannot be reached but by passing through
the main buildings, and the flrcmen are
greatly impeded in the density OF the
smoke. ,...
The fire is under control. I! has des-
troyed the principal buildings, three in
number, including an immense amount OF
machinery, much oil it new, and a large
quantity Of grain and flour. The greater
part OF tho flour, several thousand barrels,
which was stored in another building,
was saved. The total loss Is estimated at
$780, 900; insurance variously estimated at
from 100000 TO 100000. The original
mill was built in 1904; that was burned
down in 1920. Itwas rebuilt in 1880, and
aiterward had two immense structures
added. These were the buildings des-
troyed tonight. Origin Of fire unknown.
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A VERY stringent bill, providing for
compulsory education, has just passed the
New York Assembly, by a vote Of 6S to
IS. 1t provides that every child in the
State, between the ages oI 8 and Is, shall
attend school or be instructed at home at
least fourteen weeks in every year, and
that no child shall be employed to labor
in any business whatever during the
school hours Of any school,day, unless the
child has attended school fourteen weeks
out oil the fEty.two next preceding any
and every year in which such child ahall
be employed. The bill also empowers
School Trustees TO enforce these rules,
and TO furnish textbooks in all cases
where parents are unable to provide
them. Although the bill has passed the
Assembly, there is little expectation that
1t will become law, as all tho Demo-
Gratis and several of the Republicans in
the Senate will vote against 1t.
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In foreign countries, and certain dntiea n
diplomatic and consular officers. Hc nro
ceeded TO explain and advocate II.
The first section provides tha. the
words "domlcile" and "reslde" are 10 M
construed as implying the fixed resi-
dence at q particular place with direct or
presumptive proof Of en- intent TO remain
indefinitely. The second section define
the classes Of persons WHO are 10 be- re-
garded as entitled 10 the privileges and
immunities OF citizens Of the United
states. The third section makes proyls-
ION lor the registry at American Legations
or Consulates Of American citizens resid-
ing abroad, and provides that citizens who
40 not comply with that requirement and
VINO remain out Of the Jurisdiction nj Tho
United States and within the jurisdic,;on
OF some other power continuously ioF two
years, shall be held as domiciled IN n
foreign country. The fifth section recor.
nlzes lawful marriages OF American cIli-
zens abroad. O''
Mr.. Cox opposed tho bill. he argued
against its police regulations and read
articles from leading German papers % es-
pecially the Stats Zsitun9 newspapers OF
views. N004Os "N
At the close Of the morning hour tbe
Dill went over until tomorrow
MI. Randall presented q petition Of ,he
workingmen OF the District OF Columbia
lor the payment Of their wages REMAINING
unpaid. Referred.
The Investigating Committee of the
House went into Committee Of the Whole
!Mr. Woodford in the chair) on the lepis.
lative, executive and judicial appronria-
ton bill. The item Of $4,000 for The
purchase Of official postage STAINS for the
Treasury Department was reduced IN
5000 on motion of MIR. Dunnel. the ideS
being to let this small sum go 10 pay Inc
cost OF furnishing stamps without regard
10 their lace value and so not 10 chsroe
The Treasury Department with payment
AN uNsUCcEssFUL ATTEMPT TO 1ScRpAsp
SALARIES.
There was no serious conflict in ro-
gard to any other item in the bill mill
the paragraph making an appropriation
lor an Assay Office at New York, was
reached. We"
Mr.. Poland moved an amendment To in.
crease tho salaries Of officials over those
reported in the bill, and making them
inc same as they arc at present. After
long discussion Mr. Poland's amendment
was rejected and the items for an Assay
Office stand in the bill as reported.
Inc llem appropriating $0,400 for an
assay office at Charleston, South Car
ollna, was on motion oil Mr. Garfield
changed to IN appropriation OF one
thousand dollars for taking care of ibo
The committee rose after dia- la
posing OF IA pages Of the bill and the
House adjourned. '
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and could not pursuade him 10 lis,en IN
1t. i was too large for his eyes 10 sec,
and he thought he saw an underground
railroad somewhere about It.
There was much more coal there then
than now, but the building stone was not
as valuable, neither would the lots have
been; but-lh would have paid well, and
l might probably have been rich instead
OF poor. No, I take that back. That is
one OF the impossibles.
all our merchants who visit Wheeling
70 buy nails and glass tell me they hear
inquiries for the man who wanted to re-.
move Wheeling Hill. am not ashamed
Of the title. Let those be ashamed who
did not move In II. But one man told me
he heard wanted the Central Ohio depot
on the Island. That was not true.
! 1belleve none will deny that / origin
ated the plan Of bridging the river, made
the contracts with Mr.. Daniel Zane, went
to Richmond, got through the charter,
and opened books for the stock before
any other man made movement or
spent dollar In Il. When the stock was
taken ! wanted Mr.. Roebling to have the
contract, who would have put the abut-
ments at the waters edge and q pier on
the bar, making It 0 railroad bridge
Then the $e50, 900 that was fooled away
on the Marietta road, applied to the Gen.
tral Ohio, would have brought It down
Wheeling creek to Bridgeport, crossing
the bridge and meeting the business ol
the Baltimore q Ohio in Wheeling. Bell.
aire would have still been q farm, the hill |
and creek both out Of the way, and
Wheeling proper compact city OF 10000 |
As your correspondent says, your city
would still be greatly improved In wealth
and appearance by the removal Of the hill
and filling the creek, and It would REQUIRE
but little money 10 do It besides what
would be made as the work went on,
Perhaps he Ia not aware that the bastard
lime stone, as 1t Is called, used for street
paving from that hill Is as much superior
10 the Louisville cement as your lime Is
stronger than the Louisville lime; vet
you pay five or six dollars barrel ior
Ioreign cement while that can be profit
ably made for q dollar.
J.E. WHARTON.
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alton for an examination Of this old route
from Cleveland to the Youghleoeheny
and survey was made under tho super.
vision Of Coils. sEDaw1cK and MRR1I1, of
the United States Engineer Corps, the
former Of whom has made report TO the
United States Senate Committee on
transportation, in which the route is
once more fayorably presented to the
public attention as q practicable and not
expensive water line between the Atlantic
Ocean and the Ohio Valley. There
would really be Il seems only ninety
miles oicanal to build between Cumber-
land and Pittsburgh, owing to the TACT that
there Is already slack water navigation
from Pittsburgh up to the mouth Of the
Youghiogheny, which is to be con-
tinued on up to Connellsville at the mouth
OF CaSsclman's river. At the summit of
the Alleghanles there would be tunnel
Of five miles in length, built wide
enough for the passage Of boats in both
directions. There would also be reser-
volr site with capacity OF 12s, 1888 20 Gu.
bic feet, which would hold a supply of wa.
ter for the canal sufficient for 1876 days in |
the dry months Of the year. The estl-
mated cost Of the ninety miles Of canal, in.
cluding this tunnel and reservoir, is set |
down at about twenty millions Of dollars.
II ever this canal should be finished,
as proposed, to Pittsburgh slack
water navigation, 1t will be carried on
10 Cleveland. and thus be made to-
drain the commerce Of the Lakes and
become great National high way
between the Northwest, with Its i'm.
mense grain trade, and the Atlantic cities
and Europe. 1t would transfer large
amount Of commerce from the Northern
railroads and from the Erie Canal, es-
peClally in the winter time, at which
sason OF the year 1t would possess some
advantages over a more Northern route.
As to what Congress will do in the mat
:er has not been indicated by any move
nent since the report was made. We
presume that the project, for the present
1t least, will take It's place on the shell
With the James River s Kanawha Canal
project, and with all the other lines that
lave been projected in the interest of
ome particular belt of country.
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Letter From James E. Wharton In
Regard 10 the Wheeling Hill Pro.

MANsFnID, O., April 81, 1874.
Editors OF the Intolllgeneer:
If all your customers read the INTR1-
LIGENcER with the same avldity I do, you
must have very grateful set Of readers
l find very much In almost every paper
that deeply interests me, not simply be-
cause 1t comes from a city where l spent
the best part Of my life, and for which
shall ever feel deep interest, but because
Of the intrinsic merit Of many of your cor.
respondence, as well as the high tone of
your editorial columns.
My purpose at present, however, is TO
make some remarks upon the article Of
"Our Old Employe" In yours Of Monday
last, in relation to filling up the lower
part Of Wheeling Greek. have not seen
the articles in the Register to which he
refers, but as he refers to me as the pro-
jector Of the plan, propose to present my
views upon the subject as they were in
1887, when I first proposed It, urged 1t for
many years, and have always regretted
that I gave 1t up, although the PROPOSE
tIon fell as cold upon the people Of that
day as upon tn clears Of the dead:
My proposition, made after full calcu-
lation, was 10 cut through the ridge be-
yond the place indicated by your writer
and turn the creek into the river at
Jonathan's Gut, which could be done by
q very small tunnel leaving the
freahets in the creek to enlargeit. 1then
proposed 10 remove the hill 10 grade Of
less than five degrees and with the earth
till the bed Of the creek. This I offered.
to do, In 1S43, for the contents OF the hill,
one-hali the lots In the hill and three.
fourths OF those made in tho creek, giving
the city the other for streets.
Instead Of this proposition being Wis.
ionAry, as It was regarded by those In
Wheeling who had not sufficiently ma.
tured to attain their cyesight, held the
written offer of gentleman Of large
wealth, residing in Philadelphia, who
had seen 1t during my discussion Of 1t, to
furnish all the money requisite, II
would secure the contract.
I knew then as well as now, that
Wheeling did suffer for the want oi that
work, and would suffer more from year
TO year THAT withoutit she must be shaped
like the iutestines Of an unclean bird, not
only suffering In personal appearance,
but in health and strength. II Is true
that your street cars and letter delivery
furnish you some relief, but had that hill
been removed as early as 1945 even, the
city would have had double It's present
population and more than double It's pres
ent wealth.
lat that time the Zane estate owned the
whole hill, except a few lots at the base,
q lite estate he had given to saukmAn,
and twenty acres on the summit which
he had conditionAlly decided for college,
the conditions Of which not being COM
piled with, 1t reverted to the heirs, I be-
lleye, about forty-elght or fifty. Mr. r.
! R. Armstrong was the agent Of the heirs,
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ENGLAND.

LONDON DRPRRcATEs TIE 1NFLAroN OF
US. CURRENCY.
LONDON, April 22.-The London Jour.
mails deprecate the initiation Of United
states currency, but think 1t would be fol.
lowed by flow Of bullion to this country.
NATE OF THE FRENCH STEAMER L'AMER-
... IQuE COMMITS SUICIDE.
LONDON, April 22.-Christian, First
Mate Of the French steamer L'Anerlque,
committed suicide. -"
THE DUTCH AND TIE Acn1ENEsE.
Later sdvices from Achien say tia,
the Dutch troops attacked an Acheenese
entrenchment near Kratan but were re.
pulsed, losing s killed and 90 wounded.
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South America and Mer,car Now,

HAVANA, April 29-Adyices from Ven.
ezuela to the 12th inst, say that Pulgar,
Governor Of Maracaibo, had fled from The
province, the people having revolted
against his despotic rule. he went to
tae Island Of Aruba, thence to Kingston.
II is stated that President Blanco has Of
Tered him a mission to France 10 keep
him out of the country.
Havana advices from Mexico state that
The pearl fisheries Of the Gulf Of Calilor-
MIA have been divided into four sections,
70 be Worked succeeding years. A law
log inc preservation oil oysters in the gull
has been passed.