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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-03
The Customs Bureau

ANNUAL REPORT OF COMMISSIONER JOHNSON
AMOUNT OF COLLECTIONS DURING THE YEAR
How AMERICAN TOURISTS SMUGGLE GOODS
AS PERSONAL EFFECTS.
Henry G. johnson, Commissioner of Gus
toms, has made his report to the Secretary of
the Treasury, from which it appears there was
paid into the Treasury for the year ending
with June last, $163, 1903, 833 on account of
customs; IN fines, penalties, and forfeitures
1851, 271; steamboat inspections, 1914 400
labor, drayage, storage, ETC., 1853 684; Marine.
Hospital tax, 1852, $50; official fees earned by
collectors, 1854, S42. making in round numbers
total of $l65, 46O, 5O9 There was paid
out of the Treasury, Oh. customs account S22,- -
365,278. This sum includes 1898, 407 ex-
penses Of collection; $4,205, 70I refund
ing excess of deposits on duties; ST.
301,9 on debentures; 81, 1906 on public
buildings; So, $50, 382 construction and main
tenance of lights; 81, lee, 558 construction and
maintenance of revenue cutters; $409,037
marine hospital service; $317, 981 distribution
shares of fines, penalties and forfeitures
$l80.164 preserving life and property from
shipWreck; and $l07 933 miscellaneous &C
counts. The Commissioner says: "The
evils of the moiety system in it's practical ad-
ministration were undoubtedly great, and by
the enactment of repeal, June %, 1874, Con
gress appears to have rendered it's judgment
tenn was designed to prevent. So far as
faithful and jealous execution of the new law
by this Bureau can effect that object the
judgment of Congress against the moiety
system shall be sustained; but it is yet too
early to state what the result has been, OF to
predict intelligently what the ultimate result
will be upon the revenue and mercantile
classes"
1t is estimated the American tourists re-
turning from Europe during the year ending
June 30, 1878, numbered sc, $50, and each per-
son brought on the average seven trunks
hlled with dutiable goods, claimed 60 be per-
sonal baggage, not dutiable. We have thus
an average of 1910 trunks filled with arti-
cles claimed as duty free, representing, on $.
of $500 for each trunk, the enor-
NOUS sum OF $128, sos. 600. 1t is we'll known
that much of this baggage is in reality intend
ed to be put upon the market as merchan-
disc, and still other portions of it are brought
over for third parties, who have remained at
home. Most of those engaged in this kind of
Importation are people of wealth, who should
bear their just proportion of the
national Indebtedness, and when they fail to
do 80 by this incipient form of smuggling the
f~1I To-. Ill
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-03

hurricane at Tuscumbia, Ala. Nov. %.
made terrible havoc, killing some twelve per
sons, and lnluring many others, besides de-
stroylng one-half of the residences. Among
the killed are: Mrs. William Winston. the
+ mother Of the late ex-Gov. Winston: the wife
and two children of the Hon. j. B. Moore
State Senator, and F. D. Hodgkin, ESQ.
editor of the Chronicle, his wife, and four
children. Appeals for assistance have been
made to Huntsville, Louisville, Nashville and
Memphis. The storm also visited the town
of Montevallo, north of Salma, killing two per-
sons, and seriously injuring fifteen or twenty
others, besides destroying twelve houses
Little Rock ARK. dispatch of the Oath
of November states that Gov. Garland has
offered reward Of 81, 900 for the arrest of V.
V. Smith, the rival claimant to the Governor
ship. Smith was reported to be concealed in
the United States Arsenal at Little Rock.
Garland had telegraphed to the President that
he had no case to submit that he was elected
by 5000 votes, and would not surrender the
office.
A New Orleans telegram states that court
martial has been ordered by Gen. Emory for
the trial Of Lieut.. Hodgson, upon charges pro-
ferred by Cen. Morrow, who was sent TO in
vestigate Hodgson's actions and conduct in
North Louisiana.
Later and more authentic reports OF the
tornado at Tuscumbis, Ala, have been re-
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refusing to hand over the correspondence
Bismarck so much desires to possess.
A bill has been introduced in the italian
Parliament providing for grant of 800, 900
annually to Garibaldi.
A frightful mountain disaster is reported at
"he great Mount st. Bernard. Eleven persons
we're buried in snow, and it is supposed all
have persisted.
In response to toast at the annual BAN
quet of the cutters of Sheffield, England, Min
lister Schenck expressed the belief that En-
gland and America could, united, withstand
the whole world, if necessary
The Paris Municipal Council has adopted
the plan proposed by the Project of the Seine
for lottery loan of A, 200, 900 francs.
4 Havana letter of Nov. 81 gives discour-
aging account of the financial condition of the
island, which is daily becoming more hope
lessly involved. The government is owing
everybody and unable to pay even the smallest
debts. The Spanish soldiers are said to be
deserving by the Wholesale. AtGuasimas, re-
Gently, ninety-seven went over to the insur-
genus IN Dody.
The officers and crew of the Australian cut
ter Lapwlng, on a late voyage to Nonmea from
New Caledonia, stopped at Santa Cruz Islard
for provisions, and the savages massacred all
but one native sailor, and destroyed the cut
ter No names are given.
private letter from st. Pierre NiouaIon
gives an account of terrible tragedy which
took place at Indian Tickle, Labrador. on the
night of Nov. Is. The victims were two
families named Morrison, numbering nine
persons, only one of whom, a girl, escaped.
1T seems that of late gangs of Esquimaux In
diaiis have been committing robberies at
huts and stores, and that after the capture of
several Of the Indians they were publicly
chastised by whipping. The Indians sought
revenge, and on the night of 18th visited the
dwelling of the Morrisons, and shot and stabbed
to death eight Of the nine persons residing
there. One Indian was also shot.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-03

ANNUAL REPORT OF COMMISSIONER JOHNSON
AMOUNT OF COLLECTIONS DURING THE YEAR
How AMERICAN TOURISTS SAIUGGLE GOODS
AS PERSONAL EFFECTS.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-30

A paragraph 10 the March number of this
,oVrnal mentioned the fact chat T. Dillon Il
Co., Of Normal, Illinois, had sold four colts,
the produce Of one brood mare, for So, 500 I;
and we now allude TO it for the purpose of
stating that this is not, by any means, au
exception nal case On the contrary, it has
been demonstrated over and over again that
X is scarcely possible for the general far
ner to keep any kind of stock on his farm
that will prove so uniformly profitable as a
good brood mare. Instances are numerous
where single brood mare, well and fash
ionably bred, and coupled for a series of
years with popular sires, has, by her pro-
duoe, made n handsome fortune for her own
sr and in almost every neighborhood can
bsfound mares whose produce are uniformly
Of more than an average value. The pru-
Dent, wide-awake farmer viii be on the
lookout for such mares, and whenever he
can purchase them at reasonable prices he
sill not fail TO do SO. Such an investment
con not fail 10 be better than money ut cum
pound interest, if the mares be coupled with
The right sort of stations. Good horses al
Rays find a ready sale at high prices-the
scrubs only are . drug in the markot-snd
colt can be raised ~ cheaply as q steer.
To make horse,breeding profitable, you
must start right Horees are not sold at So
much per pound in the market, like cattle
or hogs; it is the quality thst determines
lhe price, and quality is thing Of inberi-
lance, derived from the sire or dam, or from
both. If the fosl, when dropped, has not
Inherited those characteristics which give
value 10 horse, no amount of aiter-carr
and attention can compensate for the lack
Of organic quality. 1t costs no more time
or money 10 raise good COLI than poor
enc, excepting, perhaps, in the original ill.,
vestment- the difference 10 cost OF good
brood mare and a poor one, the service Of a
trst-class stallion and scrub-sHd herein
lies the secret Of success Lire Stock
Journal
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-30

Special to the St. Louis Globe,

EiNCldA " ING 90 LOUIS hlOpts
Evangeline Trenifidde, a Quakeress
poet, whose poem on Summer has late
ly attracted some attention, attempted
to obtain facilities for its translation
into the Haytien language. For this
purpose she invited BasseIt, our Min
lister to Hayti, who Ii colored, to visit
her at her clearinghouse When
Bassett arrived he was shown into the
kitchen by direction OF the lady Of the
house, who did not know him. Sub
sequently other cOored citizens of
equal prominence called TO see " Evan
geline," and were either compelled to
wait for her on the door step or sent
away abruptly. Finally, Prof. Samp-
son, cOlored, called TO engage her for
the delivery of her poem at one of the
leading cOlOred churches of the city.
The Professor, by some means, was adj
mitted into the parlor, where he re-
manned long enough TO give her his
address. As soon aS he had gone,
Evangeline' was ordered into the
streets by her landlady. The circum-
stance has attracted considerable atten-
ton and excited great deal Of COM
ment, particularly on account of the
fact that the lady is an English Qua
keress, whose father was the intimate
friend and correspondent of the late
Senator Sumner. She does not intend
10 take any legal steps in the matter,
but she has laid it before Congress for
the action Of her friends in that body.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-30

The New York correspondent of
the Cincinnati Commercial, writing OF
the expenditures Of candidates for
Congress in the late November elec~
ton, gives the following facts which
are of some local interest, from the
fact that Mr.. Hewitt is large stock
holder in the East Tenn, Va. & Ga.
r. r. and in the Roane Iron Go. at
Chattanooga. The writer says:
i understand that the personal expendi-
ture of Abram Hewitt, Democrat, who
was elected to Congress over his adversary,
q boiling Democrat, was about so 0OO,
but besides this, there we're Tammany and
other subscriptions to his side of about
$1,000, making total of say $40 900, and
as the vote cast for him was $500, the
outlay on his voters WAS just about three
dollars per head. Of course, whore man
is the candidate OF party which has an
overwhelming majority in his district, his
outgo is much less than in cases where
there is close contest; but, in any event,
election expenses in thi- city bear heavily
on those who arc honored with numina-
tiona. Hence, near y I'LL our candidates for
important offices are wealthy We had
four candidates for Mayor three of whom
were rich, and the one who was not rich
got but handful of votes. Nearly all our
city Congressman just elected, Fernando
Wood, Abram Hewitt, Dick Schelllh the
rest are rich. 1t seems 10 mo that II would
be worth while for any patriot to Invent
some sort of way by which the election
expenses of candidates would be rendered
unnecessary, made illegal, or at least lini
| ted
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-30
4 Roman Catholic View OF Religious
Liberty.

The New York Fro6mdn's Journal thus
Indicate its dissg with the views Of
Bishop Ryan, Of ~. Louis, on the appica-
ton 20 this country Of some Of the questions
Involved in the Manning cCntrO-
yersy: In d condition such as We are 10,
IN the United States, il j. the dictate OF
good common -en-r, and ut religious inter-
ests, that the largest decent liberty should
mutually DO accorded hy u Americans to
each other 10 the matter ul religion But
il will not do 20 erect this necessity Of our
position into q principle No, -ir! That
will not do II is u necessity incident 10 our
condition. In the little paragraph We have
quoted, and it j. repeated by the interview,
sr, Bishop Ryan j. represented a. thinking
it sure the Gladstone assault on the Catholic
Church will not extend 20 this country.
Yes, il not only exists, hut rage The
question il. whether there rests with MS The
nerve, or, 70 speak more ChTistiauly, the
conscience and the humble spirit Of ohrdi,
once 10 the Church Of Christ, 20 obey God
rather than man 90
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-30

The Country Gentlemen says: Pack
tbe beet, cut into pieces weighing not over
SAX or eight pounds, into a cask, using
pounds of salt to 100 pounds of beef. In
from two to four days the meat will be
nearly covered with brine composed prin-
eipally of the blood which was in the meat,
and which was drawn out by the action OF
the dry salt. Then take out the beef, rinse
Il we'll to remove all the blood. and repack,
using pounds of salt TO the 100 pounds Of
beef. Then take for each 100 pounds of
neat, pounds of salt, = ounc5s Of saltpe-
ter, 2 ounces of cloves, l ounce Of Cayenne
pepper, and pounds of clean light sugar
or piDts Of molHsses. II the beef is not
rom a young animal add TO the above =
ounces Of ssleratus. Dissolve the iDgred-
ients in water, boil and skim, then cool aud
pour over the meat, adding water enough 10
cover all we'll. A stone should be laid on
the meat 20 keep it beneath the brine. The
drying" beef and tongues must be taken
out in four weeks, washed and hung up 10
dry. Beef cured in this way will keep into
BOT weather. Ii the brine is drawn off in
Nay and new put on, with 3 or 8 pounds Of
sRk 10 tn 100 pounds, adding also pound
Of black p PIPER, the beef can be kept all
throug hot vesther, though it will not BE-
"a tender after the second brine is pu. on.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-30
GerebrO-SPInaI Meningitis and Bad
flour.

Several cases Of cerebro-spinal meningitis
sewing occurred at Peters burg, Mich, last
spring, an investigation was made into the
cause Of the disease. The physician who
examined into the case reported that the
Eheat grown in the neighborhOod last year
Sss more smutty than usual, and he was
Inclined 70 attribute the disease 10 thst
source. II il well known that smut taken
INTO the system is capable Of producing se-
rious Illness.
There are two species Of smut in the seeds
q wheat, formed from gluten, albumeu
-tsreh or sugar, and n little oil. The fun
-ezls consumes all the nutrient substances in
the seed and becomes itselfs poison in -four
1Ad bread. Careless farming increases this
s1Dut parasite. Il grows on corn, oats, bar.
ley, and several meadow grasses, and ia tbs
cause of some diseases in farm stock not IN
gisrstood BY their owner-. Many expert
Enents have been made with these corn
fungi in Europe, N some Of which We shal
recur heres.ter- Union and american
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-30
The Sale Of "A Cadetship.

4 curious case has arisen IN Mr..
Stowel's cadetship investigation. II
has been proved that 81 700 were paid
to one Graham, now "A State senator
OF Virginia, for procuring the appoint
ment Of a cadet, which forms the sub
jet Of the investigation. While IL was
proved thrt Graham received this
money and caused the parties paying
it TO believe that Representative stow
ell received portion Of it, there is 10
evidence whatever to show that his
assertion was true. The committee
has summoned him, but he has thus
far avoided answering, basing his re
fusal upon the claim that, as he Is a
Senator of the sovereign State Of VIr-
ginis, and in attendance upon the Leg
islature now in session, he can not be
interfcred with in the discharge Of his
duties, even by process emanating
from the Congress Of the United
States.
1t is expected that q formal notice OF
his refusal will be communicated 10
the House tomorrow, when the com
lnittce will ask an order for his arrest,
and the relation Of the State of Vir-
ginia 10 Congress will become mat
ter for discussion Washington COR.
Cincinnati Gazette.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-30
ADDICTION.
A Married Man Leaves HIS wife and
children and Eiopes with n Young

From the New Market News
On Tuesday morning, the 18th inst.
Que John Davis, married man, left
for parts unknown, taking with him a
young girl, Salle BrogdOn, about six-
teen years old.
Davis, who has been living in and
about New Market for several yea r.
past, working ON the railroad sec ion
had hired Sallie Brogdon ~ a cook, his
wife being in delicate health. Every.
thing went on smoothly up To about
three or four months ago, when Davis
quit work on the section and was max
lug preparations to move his family
into Cooke county (where he married
and moved from to New Market soon
after the war;, when it was noticed
that he seemed very anxious To take
the girl with him, giving as a reason
that she was good cook and suited his
wife. The father of the girl objected
to her going, probably from being
warned by other parties that all was
not right between them, aud placed
the girl at the house of G.. w. Dice tC
work as she had been doing, with spe
cial instructions to Mr. Dice's family
to keep her close at home and hel
work.
Davis, however moved his family, AZ
originally intended, into Cooke county
but soon left, going tn the Cincinnati
southern railroad, where he has been
at work until about two weeks ago
when he came back to New Market
claiming to want to hire hands fol
some Contractor on the road. Using
this pretext rs blind to his real mo-
tive in returning, he aud his accom-.
plices succeeded, on the above men
toned date, in getting the girl away
from Mr.. Dice's house and taking heI
to the house of negro family living
| near the depot, to await the arrival Of
! the Western bound train, which passes
here about 10 O'Clock in the night
On the arrival of which train, they
both boarded it, and lit out" we
presume, for more cOngenial CLINE
Two men have been arrested, as ac
completes in the abduction, aud tried
before q Justices court, and each held
in bond of $500 to appear at the next
term of the Circuit Court.
Mr., Davis has u wife and three chill
dren, who are now at her fathers In
Cooke county. Mrs Davis is said &c
be a nice, clever woman, coming from
a nice family. He should be followed
aud punished to the full extent of the
| law.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-30
The Future of the Iron Trade.

At the recent meeting of the pig-iron
manufactures, in Philadelphia, it was stat
ed that in 1885, when the annual produo-
ton Of the world WIS about 100000 tone.
It was predicted that in 1875 il would reach
1900, 900, and this limit was passed Last
year, for it Was $1,000, 600 tons At tn
close of the present century it is believed
that an annual production Of 25, 000, 900 vii
be required to supply the wants of man
England, in 1853, furnished one-hslf the
annual supply, and she has been able g.
maintain this ratio till the present time
But her resources will be tasked to their ut~
most to keep up with the increasing demand
at its inevitable rate of progress, when T.
ehall exceed 10000, 900 tons per anDum.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-30
The Reaction In massachusetts.

The result Of the city election, Tuesday,
shows both the weakness Of the Democrat
ic and the strength Of the Rpeublicsn par
~. As usual, after a short enjoyment OF
power, the Democrats qusrreled over d.
vision Of the spoils, and broke TO pieces.
The Republicans, warned by recent de-
feats, put forward some Of their best men
for office, men worth the support Of all
good citizens, and they put forth the noe
essary effort to elect them. Tie revolution
was effected very quietly and quickly, but
none the less eiIeclually snd the next city
government will be tie strongest and ablesi
Springfield has had for many years
Springfield Union.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-30
Interesting A.ntrmen1 h, w Weed

In the course Of Mr.. CLoatc- speech Of
welcome TO Sir. Forster, ut the Union
League reception, he read the following ex-
tract from letter from ThuTlow Weed:
And while yOu are recognizing with ap-
PrOpriate honors the clam OF an eminent
British statesman TO our own regard, ] am
cure that you will cheeglully, gratefully,
and with deep and profound sense OF the
obligation, remember the action of the
Queen, on a question Of Iagmentous impor
lance. When Lord Palmcrston went to
windsor with dispatch demanding from
our Government the surrender Of Mason
aud slidcll, for the Queens approval, her
Majesty absorbed by solicituie for the
health Of Prince Albert, had beard little or
nothing Of the Trent affair, and was start
ed and shocked at the idea Of war with
America. Not liking the peremptory Ian
guAge and defiant spirit Of the dispatch, the
Queen took it TO the apartment Of the Prince
COnsort, who used his pen for the last time
10 modifying and softening the tone Of that
dispatch When, on my return from Eng
land, l informed President Lincoln and Mr.
Seward Of this incident, the Secretary re-
marked that this had rendered il easier for
oaf Government TO discharge It's part OF q
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-30
rnE SEARCH ron CHARLIE ROSS.
Hopeful words from Philadelphia
Tho child SIM AIive-Prospeets Of
Ultimate Success, Nc

The Philadelphia Ledger, Of yester-
day, in an editorial article on the ab.
duction of little Charlie Ross, which
inspires a great deal of hope in the Ill
timately successful issue of the search
for him, says that while the secret of
his whereabouts Is still a mystery
those engaged in seeking him are un-
dismayed by disappointments, and
still continue the search. The Ledger
says:
"The police authorities OF the cities
of Philadelphia and New York do not
share the general and quite natural
fear that the child Is no longer alive.
They have never had any reason TO
suspect his death, but on the contrary
one of the very few salts 'actory results
Of the searching inquiries made by the
Philadelphia party who spent four
nights aud days at the work last week
IN New York, was Ia make it clear
that the child WAS living few hours
before the two brlgands were killed.
This does not refer to what Douglass
last said while he was gasping In the
throes of death, but TO other con-
vincing information independent of
that and as conclusive as any circum.
sNAntldl ONlucuCc, VI any luibH SnOIJ VI
actual visible proof, can be. Either
the child was living on Saturday, De-
cember -, or else the brigands did not
know anything to the contrary at that
time. If we were at liberty to place
the testimony which. warrants this be-
lief, before the public, 1t would be
found to he a full Justification for the
foregoing statement, but the particu-
lars can not be published without the
risk Of defeating the chance that fur
Their valuable information may be Ob
tanned from the same source. The
readers of the Ledger, of course, un
derstand that we are not in the habit
of INDUCING in editorial statements
without sufficient voucher for all that
is said, whether the statement be made
upon positive knowledge, or upon
convincing reasons for belief; so we
repeat that there has never been any
reason TO believe that Charlie Ross Is
not living, and that there are OH the
contrary, convincing reasons for the
belief that he was living on Saturday
night, December 12, and there is no
evidence that any harm has come to
him since that time.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-30
Senator ashurz.

Washington Special to Cincinnati Gazette 2lstl
Senator Schurz was asked to-day
whether there was any truth in the
story running through the newspa-
pers to the effect that he had ANNOUNCE
ed, or caused to he announced, that
he would not take any denomination
or reelection to the Senate from the
Missouri Democrats, and that his
friends were urging him for the mis-
sion to Russia. He answered that, for
very obvious reasons, he had never
thought Of making any such announce
ment, and for equally obvious reasons
he had never thought of going as Min
lister Of Russia. Both stories, so far as
they referred TO any declarations, in
tentions, or aspirations on his part,
were utterly uufOunded.