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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

and rising. Arrived-R. R. Hudson,
rom Wheeling. DepArted-Nsssenger,
CAIAo, Ami 9O-Arrived- Gov Allen,
St Louis. Kyle, 81. Louis, Bee, 81 Louisi
Blgley, Louisville; Gov. Allen, Ohio nv
er. River risen 10 inches. Weather
cloudy and cold.
ST. LOUIS, April 20.-Arhyed-BGb-
bage, Lower Mississippi. DEPARTED
Mollle Ebert, Pittsburgh; Chester, Mem
phiE; Bigley, Louisville. River rising.
Weather clearing and warmer.
EVANSVILLE, April 20. = Weather
cloudy and windy, with light rain. Mer.
curry 60 70 81. IiVer swelling again, IS
feet on gauge. Up-PMker, EspersDzA.
Down-John Kilgour. All boSn wind
bound several hour. ''
LouITVrLLE, April 20.-FiVer rising,
with 6 feet In the canal and IA feet In the
chute. Weather clear and windy. Bust.
ness dull No arrivals OF departures, ex-
cept the packets. Boats due-Kittie
Hegler, Iron Mountain and TOW, Ale
gheny Belle and tow, from St Louis, End
Fearless, from above, With the Abe Nc.
DonAld's tow, for St. Louis.
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River News.

The river was rising last evening, with
10 feet in the channel.
The towboat Michigan passed up yes
terdsy with barges Of ore.
The Courier ia the Parkersburg boat to,
day.
The Mallie Ragon will depart for Pitts.
buTgh at 2 o'clock this morning
The Andes departs for Cincinnati at s
P. N. TO day.
The Jos. A. Stone passed up about {
o'clock with q tow ofbarrels.
The Market Boy was delayed about an
hour yesterday afternoon by the high
wind, near the mouth Of the creek. The
local packets all experienced some DIFF
ticulty in running against the wind.
The towboat James Hobson yester.
day left for Marietta, 10 bring up the
United States dredge boat Ohio, now
lying At that point.
The dredge boat oswego, lying at this
wharf, will be towed to Pittsburgh by
another steamer in day or two.
Towboas Lion and Diamond passed
up yesterday with empty barges.
The "texas" on the steamer Granite
State caught fire al Pittsburgh the other
day. An alarm was sounded, but the fire
was extinguished with q trihing loss.
Capt. Chss. Il. Booth commanded the
Andes on the last tlip, in place Of Capt.
Muhleman.
The Billy Collins Is to be repaired and
placed in the Gallipolis and Honton trade,
on opposite days to the Frank Willard.
The Portsmouth Tribune says: "ATack
Williamson caught a raft oi sixty large
saw.logs IN the Ohio river, a few days
since, and has the property IN charge"
LByTGegraph.1 ACi (
= FtTTsBURsH, April 20.-RiVer 10 feet
y y mGaes, and rising slowly. Weather
cIV1uY and warm. iris 90 lA
CINCINNATI, April sO.-River IS feet
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sTErSwAY grand, square and upright
pianos have obtained the highest honors
every awarded 10 the piano manufacturer
in the world. First Of the grard Gold
Medals of honor. Worlds Fair, Paris,
l&7-London, 1852. The worlds great.
est PianistS and Composers, including the
renowned d.. Franz Liz! and Anton Ru,
binstein, the Academies OF Fine Arts Of
Paris, Berlin, and Stockholm, as well as
the no.purchasinR public Of Europe
and America, unite inthe unanimous yer.
oct Of the superiority Of the Steinway
Pianos over all Others. Prices as low a.
The exclusive use Of the best materials and
most mo, thorough workmanship will permit.
O!d pianos taken IN exchange.
lllusttated Catalogues, with pr;ee list,
mailed Tree on application.
Adams & Lucas, Sole Agents, 1927
Market street.
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NEW sPRNG AED SUMNER GooDs.-
z. Hess, northwest corner Of Main and
Quincy streets, has just received full lines
OF Cloths, Cassimeres, YestiBgs, &c, Of the
latest styles and best makes, and adapted
to tho season and this market. Large
stock Of Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods
always in store. All the clothing manu-
iactured at this establishment warranted
TO give Satisfaction. Prices as reasonable
as any frst-class house in the city. Call
and examine goods and compare prices
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CmCUIT CouRT.-The Grand Jury oil
this Court were in session oil day yester-
day, a1d in the evening reported true
bills as follows: State rs. Benz. Lewis,
assault with intent TO commit rape; Mich.
olAs Speidel, assault with intent to main,
dis6gure, disable and kill; Charles VIII
lisms, grand larceny; John Reddy, grand
larceny; Edward Milton, grand larceny,
The Grand Jury will meet again at 10
o'clock this morning, and probably con.
clute their labors to-day.
The Court disposed OF some unimpor.
tsnt chancery business, and adjourned to
0 o'clock this morning.
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WHEELING ECIRHTIPIc ASSOCIATION
The chemical section Of this institution
made q report Of meeting held at their
rooms last night Nj. Dwight was dem.
onstrator Of the results which the section
had arrived at through their experiments,
and repeated the most striking Of these
Tor the benefit Of those Ia attendance. Al.
tet showing the progress which has been
made during the last century in our know.
ledge Of elementary substances, how from
9 belief In the existence Of but Jour ele.
mentAry bodies, FIRE, water, earth and air,
We had arrived at our present iAmil-
iarity with sixty.fiVe forms Of mat
ter which refused 70 be resolved
into simpler conditions, he proceeded
70 treat exhaushvely Of the nature and
composition Of water. he was perhaps
prompted 10 devote 80 much time and
pains 70 ~ explanation Of IL constituent
gases, from an appreciation Of the prom
ireut claims II advances IS 9 beverage in
these times Of crusading excitement Bat
be that Is II may, the fact that water IL
composed Of two volumes Of hydrogen
and ono volume Of oxygen, was very con.
clusiyely shown. Water was separated
into these gases, and the gases were com.
biaed again a. water BY a series of very
ingenious experiments. The attractive
feature. Of the evening though,
VAS the exhibition Of electricity
in its passage through what is known as
3 Geialer tube. This Is 8 convoluted
glass tube, filed with q certain gas and
hermetically closed. The one used last
night contained nitrogen, and had plsu-
mum wires at its extemiIies, which were
then connected with the poles OF q bat.
terry. The gas became at once luminous,
emitting pale purple light.
We are told that q. special business
meeting win be held for half an hour To-
night TO dispose OF some important mat.
ters crowded out BY last nights ex.
peHiments.
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An Island man produced considerable
excitement and curiosity in his family the
other evening by exhibiting the model Of
q patent cremation machine. He ex-
planned TO his vile that, by means Of this
Ingenious continuance, a man could be
disposed Of, with neatness and dispatch,
Tor the trialug sum Of 81 so. Then he
came over to the city, while she sat up
figuring until nearly midnight.
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ALLEGED TREsPAaS.-John Nolan com.
planned before Squire ChArnack yester-
day, charging Chris. MAhoncy, Andy
Banks, Fries Luker and Perry Dorsey
gentleman Of color, with trespassipg on
property owned by him on the corner oil
'Eotf and 12th streets, on Sunday last.
Warrants were Issued.
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WHEN her bonnet comes home, and
doesn't suit her, or when she Is suffering
from any other great grief, true sympathy
expresses itself best by letting her severe.
ly alone. No properly educated female
wishes to undergo the inspection even Of
familiar acquaintance, with her ewes
looking like infimed rat.holes.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

ACCIDENT AT THE ErNA Mn1.-A
young man nAmedJsmes Jones working,
Of the rolls in tho Elna Mil, yesterday
morning met with serious accident 4
hot bar struck his tongs, causing them TO
fly up and strike his forehead inst above
the right eye, making very ugly eash.
Jones reaidea at Sharon, Pa.
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ADMIRERS Of the beautiful should see the
Crsyon Portraits at Robinson's Gallery.
Dir. X. has enlarged his rooms and made
special arrangements for this kind Of
WORK. All who want portraits will do
well 10 give him a call.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

In addition to his other accomplish
ments, It appears that the local Of the
evening paper is bad man with pencil.
A sketch Of an ancient maiden, with his
signature attached, was displayed in the
windows Of one Of our leading drug stores
yesterday, and was the object Of some
merrimcnt, Il not admiration. II bis
genius were TO permit him 10 present to
the world correct portrait Of himself,
for general circulation, the public con-
science would be relieved OF a heavy
burden,
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MARTHs RRsrAURAHT.-Ths above
named restaurant is now generally con-
ceded to be the only fiIstclass institution
Of the kind in the city. Mr.. Martin Is
untifiDg in hi9 efforts to please his Gus
toners, and deserves success. For any
thing in the eating way, Martin cannot be
exeelied, and bis prices are reasonable.
Call on him, opposite the City Building.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

THE quickest way we know Of to make
man believe that there Is nothing in the
world worth living for is to excite him
into chasing a cat across q yard where
two or three clothes lines are innocently
SwSying In the evening breeze.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

DEsERyED PRoNouox.-Mr. ". q.
Wiley, Of this city, has been commissioned
Head Clerk Of the Postal Car on the
route from Grafton TO Washington. Mr..
Wiley has been acting Is Head Clerk on
this route for several months, and his
many friends will be pleased to hear Of
his permanent advancement
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AT MARTINS FsRRY.-James Chap
man C'Chsppy'9, Of this city, and Joseph
Paden, oil Benwood, were yesterday
morning fined 81 and costs each by Mayor
Dean, Of Martins Ferry, for diRosderly
conduct on Saturday night.
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THROWING sToNEs.-Ycsterday morn.
ing b. Long entered complaint before
Squire Mccormick, charging q boy
named hox Cutran's with throwing
stones at him. A warrant was issued,
but CurrAnS had not been arrested last
night.
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SEVERELY BuRRED. On Saturday
evening q little daughter Of a Mr.. Jones,
who resides on Gravel Hill, near Bellsire,
was severely burned by her clothing
catching fire while standing near the
CRATE. Her clothes were entirely burned
from her body, and her flesh badly
burned. 1t Is thought that she will re-
cover,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

TINS month is getting to be quite re-
markable for the number Of gentlemen
who will hang on to the platform Of
crowded street cars and let an April
shower in at the back Of their necks
merely Tor the sake Of preserving q new
Int
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

PERsoNAL.-ReV. ]. II. Thompson, Of
this city, lectures on temperance In the
U. P. Church at Martins Ferry this
evening.
Rev. ]. McKendree Kelley speaks on
Temperance at Washington Hall tonight.
Joseph Hicks, aged n years, for sew.
eral years citizen Of Bridgeport, died
receRtly OF his residence in Morrison,
Grundy county, Illinois.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

BEAR in mind that Il. Frank is the
only square dealing cIothier IN the city.
He still offers One Hundred Dollars Re
ward to the first perEon who can prove
he varies from his One Priee Rule.
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JUsr oPENRD.-The largest and most
beautiful variety Of all styles Of foreign
and domestic dress goods, and much
cheaper than ever offered in this market
CAL soon and zee the great bargains at J..
". Ferrers.
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QheQnteuigstte
TUESDAY, APRIL ri, 1874.
New Advertisement.

Three Great Bargains.
Frank II. Jilton.
8 8 BIoch-ClosIng OEt.
heeting-Tempersnee.
"The Lady Of Lyons"-PaulIs.
Wanted-Bookkeeper.
Wanted-To Keep Books.
Meetpg-ROyAl Arch.
New Goods-Louis Decherts.
woven Wire MGttresses-G. Mendel
Booth & Co.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

ANOTHER large invoice OF the best
makes and latest patterns Of Carpets still al
very reduced prices just received by J. W.
Ferrel, Centre Wheeling.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

ADMEEBTRATRIx APPoHTED.-In the
Circuit Court yesterday Mens Sesbright
was appointed Administrative Of estate
Of Henry seabright, deceased. Bond,
$4,000.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

Ladies' buy your Trimmed
Ronnets and Hats at the
we'll known Millinery House
Of speyer Bros and save 90
per cent
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TRUsTEE.-In the Circuit Court yester,
terday morning Thomas 0Bden was sp-
pointed Trustee for the wife Of ". L. Nc.
AfEee, in place Of T. @. McAffee.
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ADMITTED TO PRAcrICE.-J. o. Pen
dleton was admitted to practice In the
Circuit Court yesterday.
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PIANO TUNING AND REPAIRING care.
July done, by leaving orders at Sheib's
Music Store, liza Main street. All work
warranted. ="
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sPREo has come at last. The little
birds are chanting their sweetest hymns
Of praise, and there are new potatoes in
market.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

A LETTER addressed TO John Burns,
Wheeling, Va, is held Tor postage in the
Pittsburgh postoflce.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

VEoLraA Guitars and oil kinds Of Ausi.
cal Instruments carefully repaired at
sheibs Music Store, 1ll4 Main street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

APPLICATIONS for coffee house licenses
for the ensuing year will be received by
Council tonight.
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Thermometer REcoRD.-The follow.
ing shows the range Of the temperature as
observed at Slvey's Drug Store, corner
opposite the Post Office, yesterdsy:
sAH ~ '.;n 7En
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

TEE Knights Of Pythiss go to Pitts
burEh on special train tonight.
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THE cheapest and beat place 10 buy
Musical Instruments Of any kind is Gt
sheib's Music Store, lll4 Main street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

JEANS Pants, lined, at 81 rs per pair,
at Franks, 40Twelfth street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

SODA WATER. after the first Of May, will
cost ten cents q glass.
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ExClTENEHT.-One lot more Of 1000
White Bed spreds al 80 cents, and some
other goods just as cheap. Call soon to
secure them, as the first lot Of 500 was
sold in two days. J. ". Ferrel, Center
Wheeling, Main and Goth Streets,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

ORGANS carefully repaired. Leave or.
ders at Sheib's Music Store, lila Main St.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

OvERAL1s reduced TO 40 cent?, at
Franks, 40 Twelfth street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

The U. s. Court is now in session in
the Custom House.
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SPRING weather had the upper hand
yesterday.
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U.s. INTERNAL REVENUE
SIP ECIAL TAXES,
NAyI ~. 10 Anil N 1s7s
MAyI, 1874, 10 April 80, 1875.

The Law Of December a, iE74, requires every
person engaged In any business, Avoc1tion, or
emploJmept vi ieh n ndeEs him liable 10 Special
Tar, TO PROCURE AND PLAo8 ooBsPICUoCiLT II
MS EsTABLIaHHENT Oh PLACE or BUsMEbs .
Stump 6enOung the payment OF said Special
TG1 for the Special Tar Year beginning Nay /,
1874, before commanding or containing 6aEiness
a we April ~ 1874.
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HEAVY striped carpets at Is cents per
Heavy striped carpets at 40 cents per
yard.
Good Powered carpets at 80 cents per
yard.
All at Sitter & Eoshs, corner Main and
2lst streets.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

THERE was no temperance meeting
last night.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

CrTY COUNCIL tonight.
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Accom-, durable everyday suit can be
bought for IS at Franks One. Price
Clothing Hall, 40 Twelfth street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

FoR the cheapest and latest styles of
Carpets go 10 J. W. Ferrel.
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ANY person, 70 liable, who shall fail 10 comply
with the foreGoing requirements viii be subject
toseTefe penalties.
.Pe.sons or Arms liable 70 pay any Of the spe-
Gal Taxes named above must apply 10 I. II,
DUVAL. Collector Of Intern1l Revenue 1t Wheel
ing, ". Va, Gndpsy for and procure the Special
Tax stamo or Stamps they need, prior 70 Nay /,
ls74, and IsIt9out JtiTE4Gr notes.
]. W. DOUGLASS,
Commissioner OF Internal Revenue.
OFFICE or INTERNAL RKvEHUH,
m8Ii9-w2,I6 -dH 7,2i
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POLICE CoURT.-The docket Of this
court was larger than usual yesterday
morning There were six cases disposed
Of, as follows:
VIM. Releford and Bud Rose, for dis
charging firearms in the city, were fined
g and costs each, which they paid.
Daniel McCluskey, for drunkenness,
was committed for ten days, in default Of
S and costs.
John Richie paid fine oil IS and costs
Tor disorderly conduct.
John W. Thompson was committed for
ten days, in default of IS and costs, for
disorderly conduct.
The case oil Charles Heldt, charged
with fast riding, was continued until this
morning.
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NELL & ELLINGHAM,
VIII olesaIe GEocers,
1905 MAIN STREET.

HAve now In store and for sale:
700 Bhls Flour, embracing White Rose. Rdel.
Tets, keystone, Howard and other standard
40 Half Bbls Lake Herring.
100 White Fish.
300 No. 3 Mackerel
200 No . MGekerel.
h.s,o fS sHS g. AasksFe Nos in quarter
y Tierees choice CarolInA RIca
l9o bbis choice n. o. Molalsee'
% hhds choice N. o. Sugar.
~: SOo BIS stAnaafdsA A, B, Extra G, er.uuIa.ed
FI }SS &C.: CI9shed, Franklin and % sugar..
dAn Chests prime 70 choice G. p, ress
Ssaseies prime 70 choice 6. P. Teas
~ 81 HAt Chesn prime 70 choice Blaef Teas
Unf Tobacco embraces Halbroot'a r = MIN.
among tSs H.. tn d other good reliable brands
t1ll and complete, and Win ~ oSsrs5 sI e ~
sIoss N.Y. ~ tae lowest market priea We invite
SoSe .I 70 eau and examine on. stock DO
IaAss9 NELL q ELLnIaHAM.
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A MYsTERY.-The small trade bost,
caught on Wednesday Of last week, near
BellAire, belonged to one John Hurd. II
seems that the boat lay for several days
under the stern Of one oil Armstrong &
Co.'S baEges, up Of the crib. Mr.. Eurd
had several times come aboard the Mont
tor in the evening TO talk with the men
who stayed on board al night On Tues.
day night last, he came aboard the Aoni-
tor, and after talking little while, asked
Mr.. Batter, the fireman, il be hal the
morning paper. Batter went up stairs
and got him the paper, after which, leav.
ing Hurd in the engine room. he went Of
70 cover the fires under the boiler.
When the fireman returned Hufd had
gone. A abort tune alter Batter was out
on the barge and called to Hurd, but get.
ting no answer supposed be had gone 10
bed. On Wednesday morning the Moni.
tor showed out very early, and run down
to Benwood. About 8 or 0 O'Clock o
small boat was observed floating down
the river right in the pathway Of an up
steamer, which whistled several times
without attracting any attention from the
little boat One oil Captain Armstrong;
men then took skiH and rowed out and
found It to be the little boat that
had been lying at their landing.
On procuring keys they succeeded in
opening the door Of the boat and found a
lamp sitting on the table and burning,
but no one on board. Capt. Armstrong
took possession Of the boat and brought
it 10 his landing, from whence it had
broken away, but the owner has not yet
appeared. II Is feared that in going from
the Monitor engine room he may have
made MIST ep and fallen into the river,
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-20

The CENSUS OF FRANCE. The French,
says the Pail Mall Gazette, must have in
their census for 1872, recently published,
more than one unpleasant piece of evidence
of the losses inflicted on them by the war.
Whereas, in 1866 the native population was
returned at littl. over 3S0CO,C0O, it now
shows a diminution OF nearly 100000 on
that number, The exact difference against
1872 is given at 1856, 900, of which 1.6OO, 900
is due to the separation of Alsace-Lorraine,
and the remaining $50, 900 must be accounted
for by the direct action Of the war. The loss
of territory is probably more difficult to re-
| place than that of numbers for the acreage of
the missing departments now turned over to
the German Empire, taking IT at fair agri-
| cultural value, may be valued in fee-simple at
not less than e173, 900. 900, being but a trfle
less than the money indemnity exacted. In
| only thirteen departments Of France has thero
been any increase OF population during the
four years, and such us is to be found in
any of these is under 5000, excepting
in the Nord. the Seine, and the Loire, where
the existence of large cities has had its usual
effect of promoting an influx of inhabitants !:
but the largest addition, that caused by Paris
to the Seine Departments only 81, 600, where
as the war losses in the rural districts are terri
bly, apparent, the population of the Dordonge
having diminished by over 10000, and that OF
La Manche by nearly $4,000. Of the &c, 6,OOO,-
600 OF Frenchmen left, there are no fewer
than 13,500,000 returned as living actually in
the country, while over 1S,000.0O0, or rather
more than one-half the population are de:
pendent on agriculture-an enormous dispro-
portion wnen contrasted with our compara-
lively small rural population. The agricultu-
raj wealth still remaining, despite the i'm
mense exactions of the war, is sufficiently
shown by the fact that France has still left
to her; in round numbers, 5000, 900 OF horses,
100000 mules, 100000 asses, IL ,OOO, 900
of cattle, 25,OO0,OO0 of sheep, and
| 100000 of swine. The education
| al part OF the statistics appears far from
satisfactory, since there are 10000 tpos-
sibly this may include the infants) who can
neither read nor write, and nearly 4,0OO, 900
| more who can read only. As to religion, the
| bulk of the population are, of course. re-
turned as Catholic; but there are $50, 900 rec
ognized Protestants, and very nearly 50,099
Jews.