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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-17
Foreign Intelligence.

The message of President Mac Mahon was
presented to the French Assembly OF the Sd.
The President announced his intention to oc-
cupy the post which he had been called to fill,
to the last day, with mistaken frmness and
scrupulous respect for law
A Madrid dispatch announces the pardon
of the American, Dockeray, who had been
sentenced to death as a spy by the Cuban au-
thorities.
A telegram from Carlist sources says the
Government troops in Valencia had been
totally defeated by the Carlists with a loss Of
600 killed and wounded and $50 prisoners.
In the German Reichstag on the 4th Prince
Bismarck announced that the Vatican lega-
ton had been abolished and the sum appro-
priated for its maintenance was stricken from
the budget
delegation Of Catholic ladies from En-
gland have reached Munster to congratulate
the Westphalian Countess who was recently
fined for signing an alleged sedtious address
to the Bishop of Padcborn, sympathizing with
him in his resistance to ecclesiastical laws.
Madrid dispatches of the 4th mention a
mutiny in one of the regiments ordered
north. Thirty arrests had been made. The
Carlst leader Sohano was captured on the
Sd while travelling on a railway train to Cor
dova. On the 4th he was shot, having been
adjudged guilty of assassination and robbery.
Paris dispatches of the Sth say the Roths-
childs had advanced 100000 reals to the
Spanish Government, and the bankers of
Madrid 80, 10000 reals more. Runors pre-
vailed that Don Carlos was negotiating with
ex-Queen Isabella.
At st. Petersburg, Russia, on the night OF
the 18th, the tide raised nine feet above the
high-water mark, partially inundating the
lower portion OF the city. Over 900 persons
of the poorer classes were driven from their
homes.
Dispatches from India, received at Green
witch Observatory on the 9th, announce that
the observation OF the transit of Venus in
that country had been entirely successful.
Over 100 photographs had been taken. Sue
cessful observations at Cairo Suez and Thebes
had also been made. At Shanghai the wealth
er was overcast and the sun obscured.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-17
The Navy

The annual report Of the Secretary Of the Navy
shows the navy 10 be Ia o remarkably efticicnt
cobdit ion. both ~ regards the number Of vessels
and their armament aud sea-gOing qualities The
navy al present consists Of 1863 ye-sels with .354
guns. or iron-clad or arnofed vessels, sixteen
are Of class and In condition for actual and
efficient service. -Four Others, of the class OF
powerful doubletGrrcted monitors. actually
on hand undergoing repairs, and a NTH ~ well
worth the same attention. but the re-
mainder may he counted as really useless for
any active aud efficient purpose. Onc-half
OF the steam navy adapted 20 cruising II In com
mission aud III actual service. This number Of
vessels cannot Dc prldeDtly diminished; but. II
ii l. To be maintained. there must be gradual
and constant addition 70 the navy 10 supply the
81 ces OF rhase which are each year found 10 be
worn o,it and unfit for further service. and for
ihis piirp)ae Fixed aHonnt for Tonnage should
he luilf every year. This TONNAGE may be small.
bui II shou be constani and nnfailng To
this end the department has accumulated u
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-17

large amount of live-oak timber In vasious navy
yards. where 1t will yearly improve in condition
and be sgaiable as the very best material for the
sary or desirable TO build. The rapid and almost
complete disappearance of this most valuable
ship-lumber from our shores, large quantities
being sent abroad, should arrest the attention OIL
Congress, and measures should be taken to Sc
cure what remains.
The Secretary recites the facts in the Virginius
affair, and refers to the yellow-feyer epidemic at
Pensacola and the great naval trial off the coast
OF Florida, He recommends that If the icelandic
committee sent out in Government vessel to
examine several points on the Alaska coast with
view to settlement by their countIymen shall
find at any point on the Pacific coast q satisfac-
tory location, whatever assistance the Govern
ment is competent TO extend toward es-
taoishing an lcelandic colony there be
promptly offered, as the Icelanders would
be q valuable and fruitful source of supply to the
naval service of trained American seamen in
time Of need. The Secretary calls attention to
the importance of the photographic office. He
thinks special attention should be given to sur
veys of the North Pacific Ocean. and urges the
sources of the navy yards. The approria-
tons applicable to the fiscal year ending June
80, 1874, including the unexpended balance
of appropriations for the building of new
sloops, and special appropriations to reimburse
the bureaus for their great expenditures during
the threatened complications with Spain,
amounted in the aggregate to 81 f47 Sa7, and the
actual expenditures for the same period from
these appropriations amounted to $26,254, l55. or
about seOo, zoo less than the whole amount The
appropriations made available for the current
the aggregate to $ls,sfs,7s1 The. amount
oil these appropriations for the cur
rent year; drawn for the five months since July
up TO Dec. |, 1874, is Sll,S54, 446 which is re-
duced by the amount refunded during the period
and that remaining in hands of paymasters and
agents of the Government, which will leave little
less than Sa,0OO0o0 as the sum actually expended
from the current appropriation during the five
working summer months OF this year,
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-17
Incidents and Accidents.

While workmen were engaged in
sinking the pneumatic cylin der which is to
form the pier of bridge now in process
of construction az SHADES Ferry, Mass,
the other day, the upper tlange Of the air
lock, to which the tower was secured, to-
gcther with the cover, was blown oil by
the pressure Of air in the cylinder. Eight
men were on the cylinder at the time OF
the explosion, three Of whom were killed
outright, one fatally injured, one serious
ly, and three escaped uninlured.
"A gentleman in Louisa County, one
night last week, hearing a noise about
his courthouse, went out with double
bafreled shotgun, and, seeing what he
supposed to be a man, fired, killing him
instantly. Upon closer examination he
discovered that the man he shot at was
sitting upon lever, which had been in
serted in a crack, and the house bodily
lifted up, while two others were in the
cracks getting out the corn. A still
closer examination revealed the horrify-
ing fact that as the first man fell from
the lever the house had closed down upon
the unfortunate wretches, MASKING the
life out OF them. Thus the three men all
lost their lives in an instant in q trap
which they themselves had set.-C2tar-
t0ttesgtEke Va.l Republican.
The Seaford (Del) citizen has reports
from Bridgeville, in the lower part of
that State, of terrible tragedy which is
said to have been enacted near that town
recently 1t seems that IA farmer who
was disturbed during his sleep discovered
a man in the act Of getting through the
fence Selling butcher knife he gave
chase, and overtaking the man, who was
now in fight, he seized him by the throat,
and being greatly exasperated he sew
cred the mans head from the body. The
wife and daughter of the farmer, who
had followed him from the house, picked
up the dead body and head, and while
the murderer washed the blood from his
hands conveyed it to the house, where
il was viewed by many persons, but no
one recognized it except as the body OF a
stranger who was first seen in the neigh
borhood the day before.
"A Santa Rosa (Cal) paper tells a
story which shows that chance dog has
more soul than some men. The dog, an
intelligent pointer, was travelling on a
| railroad train with hrs master. When the
train arrived at Santa Rosa Edward Sean
| Ian was not aboard, but his dog was and
appeared to be in great distress After
the tram had gone by he lay down on the
track and whined, and ran up the track
as If he were chasing phantom, and re-
turned and whined and paved the feet
of several people piteously At last a
man resolved 10 put himself under the
| guidance and direction Of the dog, and
| followed him three miles up the road.
| Here the body Of Edward Seaman was
found, cut almost in two It was put In
box and the dog mounted the box and
rode home. The account further states
that since the funeral tire dog seems
heart broken and utterly refuses food.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-17

In the House, on the 9th, the bill in
reference to the railroad bridge at Omaha was
postponed until the second Tuesday in February
-. Various parts of the Presidents Message were
referred to appropriate committees. The bill 70
continue the Board of Audit, to examine and
trict of Columbia, was amended and passed.
Adjourned
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-17

WASHINGTON, Dee. g.
The Attorney Generals annual report
shows that there were judgments during The
fiscal year In civil suits in favor Of the United
States of S202l, IA; ountactually realized
1861, 1872. OF the criminal cases, 6,0lS were
terminated, including 1913 convictions OF
which log out Of 96G were under the
Enforcement acts. The total suits to which
the United States were not a party Is 10, 1874,
Of which II, 400 were terminated, the judg.
ments being 10 the amount Of sl0,50s, ga
The expenses OF the Marshsls, Commission.
ers, etc, for the year were 5000 730, or
1851 1873 less than the previous year. The
amount awarded by the Court Of Claims was
S24ls,sD4 against total claims Of S4,054, 36
The Attorney. General recommends that the
United States District Courts be given author.
ity to ssue subp9nas directing the attendance
Of witnesses before the Court Of Claims. and
that the latter be given power TO punish for
contempt any failure 10 obey; that the
heads Of departments be given author
ity for use in the court Of the Confed-
crate records in possession Of the Govern
ment; that the police force Of the District Of
Columbia be increased; that all District-At.
torneys and Marshals be paid by salary only,
fees being abolished: that penitcntiary be
erected In the District Of Columbia for the
confinement Of convicts, instead Of that At
Albany; that a uniform mode he provided for
the selection Of jurors for United States
Courts, and the enactment Of a law rcgulat-
ing the fees and costs Of clerks, Marshals and
attorneys of United States Courts.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-17

The number Of special agents, route agents
mail.routc messengers, railway postoffice clerks
and local agents IN service during the year ended
June 3D. 1874, was 2,i75, at an aggregate compen-
satiou Of s2,31s0S.G3.
THE MoHEY-oRDER SYSTEM.
Number Of new mODey-Order offices established,
358; discontinued, linking the present num-
her S.10i. Number of domestic money orders
issued during the year, 3530,6B, the aggregate Of
value OF which was S94,42iB5i.72. The fees re-
Ceiyed by Postmasters for the issue of domestic
money orders amounted 10 s4Gi ,}s2.Y. gain Of
Sig,iaH63S.Ol, or 2.A per cent, Ia the amount OF
orders Issued and Of Si0b,7S0,5 or 3'iI per cent,
in the amount Of fees received. IL shown by these
figures over the transactions Of the previous year
The revenue account OF the domestic money
order system AZ adjusted and reported by The
Auditor shows the receipts 10 have been 3 81 2SS.-
, expenditures. Ss57, 1871; excess Of receipts
over expenditures, 0j,iDsIl
The amount OF revenue Is greater by S35,6l4.f2
than that Of the previous year. an increase OF 534
per cent
ESTIMATES,
The total expenditures for the Ascal year end
ing Jnne 20 lA7 are estimuted at S3G.nG3.03 (;
estimated revenue sg1,ifs,l y. These estimates
do not include appropriations for steamship ser
vice and stamps, amounting TO 81 $500.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-17

RECENTLY at Allegheny City, Pa, John
and Jacob fisherman, two butchers, were
arrested for buying poll.eviled and spav'
ined horses and killing them at their
slaughterhouse, selling the carcasses for
meat, and making bologna sausages from
them. The skeletons and boofs OF nine
teen animals were found on their prem
ises. A barrel Of prepared horsefiesh
WAS also found. The accused were
locked up
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-17

= During the last year | $50 new build
ings have been built IN Chicago, at
total cost Of about $l2 .GD4 200.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-17

M. Noucl, French scientist has re.
Gently devised an original plan for pro
tecting buildings from lightning. The
idea is not to prevent the bolt striking q
house, but TO direct its current so that it
shall harmlessly reach the ground.
Usually the highest point, say the chin.
ney, of house attracts the fluid.
Thence it makes its way from one metal.
lie projection or surface TO another until
il attains the spout, when it follows the
stream of water TO the ground As water
IL an excellent conductor Of electricity
NJ Nouel suggests that the chimneys OF
city houses be provided with an iron bar,
or even with tunnels, which shall be
united with the spout by plates OF zine.
Thus the lightning, first striking the
chimney, will leap along the track laid
down for il and enter the ground without
DETECTING from its course and causing
damage TO the house or its inmates.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-17
The East.

The last official document issued by the
late Mr. Haf1meyer, Mayor of New York city,
was a communication to the President of the
Commissioners OF Charities and Corrections,
protesting against the alleged Partially
shown toward Mr.. Tweed in his prison con-
finement and asking an inquiry into the
same
Hiram Smith was hanged at Watertown,
N. Y, on the 4th for completely in the murder
of Charles Wenham, Jan. g, 1873.
The funeral of the late Mayor Havemeyer,
of New York city, took place on the 9Th.
The longshoremen's strike in New York is
ended, the steyedores having come to an
amicable understanding with both men and
ship.owners Further troubles are reported
in the mining regions of Pennsylvania
growing out of the needy condition oil
large numbers of unemployed miners. Law
lessness and crime are the order of the day In
many localities.
After weeks of consultations and confer
ences between the iron manufacturers and
puddlers of Pittsburgh the latter inaugu-
rated strike on the 5th, and over 100000
workmen are thus thrown out of employ
ment
The New York Court Of Appeals has de-
cided in the case of Mr.. Tilton against Mr.
Beecher that the defendant has right to
have the bill Of particulars asked for in the
court below.
The Proctor. Moulton libel suit has been
compromised, Moulton paying the costs,
amounting to about $1,000 Miss Proctor
solemny AYERS that there was no truth in
the charges made against her as to her reia-
tions with Mr.. Beecher, and Mr.. Moulton
admits that he spoke merely from hearsay.
West and South.
The Grand Encampment of Knights TEN
plar, in session at New Orleans on the 90
elected Sir james II. Hopkins, Of Pittsburgh
Grand Master; Sir Vincent l.. Hurlbut, Chica
go, Deputy Grand Master; Sir Walter L. Bragg
Montgomery, Ala, ,irand Generalissimo; OIL
Edward T. Schultz, Baltimore, Grand Cap
tain General; Sir Benton II Langley, Winona
Mimi, Grand Senior Warden; Sir Charle'
Woodruff, Louisville, Grand Junior Warden
A New Orleans dispatch Of the 80 says
Judge Durell had forwarded his resignation
to the Pr sdent.
Rev. George d. Gillespie, of Ann Arbor, has
been chosen Bishop Of the newly-createo
Western Diocese Of Michigan.
In the contested election case between Mr.
McDill and Judge Cate for the seat in Con
gress from the Eighth Wisconsin District
the State Board of Canvassers has decioes
in favor OF Judge Cate, declaring him electe'
by two majority.
j. IL. Iickercll, Of Illinois, has been eieepee
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-17

WHEN fl;tterers meet, the devil goes
to dinner.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-17

THE following interesting statistics arc
compiled from the annual report of p. Nj.
Gen Jewell,
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-11-01
Platform Of the White People Of Louisiana.

We, the white people of Louisiana, embra-
cling the Democratic party, the Conservative
party, the White Mans party, the Liberal
party, the Reform party, and all others OPP
posed to the Kellogg usurpation, do solemnly
resolve and declare that the government now
existing in Louisiana originated in and has
been maintained by force and fraud in orpo-
ltion to the viii of a large majority Of the
voters of the State, in opposition to the pril.-
oiples of the Constitution of the United States
md in violation Of every principle Of justice
md liberty.
That the dominant faction of the Radical
party in this State has, by false and fraudulent
repre- sensations, infamed the passions and
preiudices of the negroes, as a race, against
the whites, and has thereby made it neces-
sary for the white people to unite and act to-
gether in self-defense, and for the preserva-
ION of white civilization.
That the rights of all men, under the Con-
,tituton and laws Of the land, must be re-
spected and preserved inviolate, irrespective
Of race, color, or previous condition /; bat we
deny that Congress can consttutionally enact
laws to force the two races into social union
or equality.
That the white people of Louisiana have
no desire 10 deprive the colored people OF
any rights to which they are entitled, but We
are convinced that reform is imperatively de-
nanded. and can he effected only by electing
10 office white men Of known sapasity and in
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-11-01
Address 70 the Conservative Voters Of the
Parish Of Orleans.

ReoaGs DnaomATIc PA1nz Ooon1r1K.
New Orleans, Sept Is, 1874
The Democratic Parish Committee deem II
necessary at this moment 70 call the attention
Of their Conservative fellOw-citizens to the i'm
portance Of preserving and perfccting their or.
eanixation for the coming campaign.
II is the plain and manifest duty Of every
patriotic citizen to register, to VOTE and TO see
that his vote Is counted.
The same dc cided expression Of public senti-
ment and general enthusiasm which gained FOL
us the victory over the usurpation on the 18th
inst. viii command fair registration, TAN
election, and fair count We ask no more to
secure the success Of our cause at the November
election.
Register every conservative voter. Urge upon
every citizen Of foreign birth entitled, under the
law, to naturalization; the duty OF immediate
action, that he may at once assume the full privi-
leges Of American citizenship and aid in the glo-
riOus work Of the States redemption.
Maintain the organization and efficiency 81
your clubs, and make . manly and determined
EFFORT to redeem the State by the election of hon
est and capable men at the approaching election
P. MAIOcuEE, President.
WILL. STEVEN, Vice President.
E. L. BOWER Secretary. s26
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-11-01
THE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN, SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1874.

tegrity; and We believe that large numbers Of
eolored citizens will vote with US, to secure q
government which must be beneficial alike to
both races
That We disclaim earnestly any intention
of carrying, or attempting to carry, the
approaching election by violence, and that
charges to this effect emanating from our
Radical enemies are without foundation, and
are falsely made for the purpose of obtaining
States in order to overawe the people, per-
petuate the existing usurpation, and subvert
the true principles Of the Government
That w. p. Kellogg is mere usurper, and
We denounce him as such that his govern
nent is arbitrary, unjust End oppressive, and
that it can maintain itself only through Fed
eral interference !; that the election and regis
tration laws under which this election is being
conducted were intended to perpetuate the
1surpation by depriving the people, and espe-
c;ally our nat,sralized citizens, Of an opportu-
nifty to register and vote; but we announce
distinctly that it is the determination of the
people to have fair and free election, and to
see that the result is not changed by fraud or
violence.
That we extend to all of our race, in every
chime, the right hand Of fellowship, and o
cordial invitation to come and settle among
US and unite their destinies with ours. That
while we are in favor OF meeting punctually
the payment of the legitimate debt of Louisi-
ana, we are immovably opposed to the recog-
milton Of the dishonest and fraudulent obGga-
tons issued in the name OF the State, and We
pledge ourselves to make searching inyesti-
cation in the matter.
We advise our people to vote against the
amendinents>to the Constitution proposed by
the usurping Legislature, and pledge our
selves. on the restoration Of the Government
to honest hands, to provide for the payment
of all honest indebtedness OF the State.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-11-01

GROWTH OF THE HEBEEws.-Rev. DIR. Lii
lenthal, of Cincinnati, consecrated new
Jewish Temple at Macon, GA, few days ago.
and remarked AS follows of the prospect y Of
the Hebrews Very small, indeed, was their
beginning. But look at them now! Look at
their mum bers, more than quarter of mil
lion III the United States; look at their costly
temples, which everywhere rank among the
grand ornaments of the cities; look at the
sublime divine worship, introduced every
where, so sublime, that. even the stranger,
who visits them, respectfully exclaims ::
This is none but house OF God, and
here too we find the gates of Heaven! And
what so grandly has been accomplished in the
East, North and West, is now going to be con-
summated in the blessed, beloved and sunny
Southwest, too In New Orleans stands q
temple, credit to our brethren orna-
ment to the Qneen City Of the Gulf In Vicks-
burg and Natchez I, myself, have consecrated,
amidst the sincere interest of the Christian,
community, splendid little temples. l.: Nash
vile they have bnt lately laid the cornerstone
OF such an edifce; in Memphis they are ma
turing the plans for erecting a splendid house
for divine worship; and now am standing in
your growing place Of Macon, ON the soil of
the gigantic and beautiful State Of Georgia, to
consecrate this temple; and not only We Israel
ties, but our G ristian brethren and fellow
citizens, are rejoicing with as.