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res2v to overlook tho sins nu,1 peccs1Ioc, =,
men. while wolnan who makes 4 n,iI4cp ,u,tnt
mover hof'o to bc forgiven. no matter hov
ei1ccro Lcr repentance may be?
Il case in point wAs furnished nome years aro
when Hickts shot Key for sed,lcing his wjfs.
hftnr his acqnitlal he petted br Aociety until
10 forsave and snok back hta erring wife; bat
when |le haldone that.--w,ch was, as I view it,
an act ehowtng ra1sIy mora bravery aud chiya]ry
than tho ehenting Of Key,--ho MAS cut
anil ostraciscd by most Of thone who had hithcr-
to affiliated with him. I am no special ssImIr.r
o. 1lan'el Z. Sckles. but shall always honor
him for hin tDagntrtmops treatment of hs popr
Young wife; and firmly believe that ~hct, he
~ stretched upon llis death.bcd, he will gontctn.
plato that one incident In hIa evcnbfHi life with
moro Hatisfaction Than bin shooting Of Ke4, or
hla really brilliant record az soldier.
l;atil ho and Iiton, in the treatment Of their
fiitting wives. whatever their motives rnnv have
boon. initiated Tho action ot the Master in II,s
treatment Of tho woman who waa taken in
adultery; and, hanover mnch We ma
condemn their general colnlnct, I think
they deserve, and should receive,
Communications, especially frpm women
for Receiving and sl,eltering thu stricken women
whotn they had once loved and l,onoroI Oh their
wives. SaUco for gooso nauce for rat,Ier."
is an Old and vulgar prorcrl, Int, If il we're
acted upon by society in tho treatment OF both
ne1cs in casea Of violation Of tho Laws Of social
purity, the standard Of public morality would ho
vastly improved. ygA,oL,
, 1875-02-06

tora required for Identification. Thesa
Wrro read by slr. Hbonrnsn. Dno dated 5sft.
2S siG, rccuuntcd Mrs. Ii1tp4s love for her b,Is-
band. which WAS. tic hitler stated. greater than
over. hlId declaring she MAS happy In 1iis lOVo.
1'hla waB identified and plhccd in evidence. The
Witness stated tint "Ahn,o." referred to In tho
letter. WIS his sister, Mrs. f.eator.
Another letter. February, laGs, ntatot1 that on
Sunday sirs. 1Hton was prevented from writing
10 him by visit from Mr. and Mrs. Oviugton.
Tho latter declared she. nha al%ays fA'thfal to
lin Ind ever been. md would to ovorrlorc.
a nnnber Of 1attnrH from 1ilton to bin vito
wore also read and placed III oytilence.
TIE PHILOSOPHY or lEALnuHY.
An er'ste written frum 1.apoTte, Ind. con-
talncd the information that ho WAS reading q
book onttlod "trlfl!th Haunt." which wan
htorY Of JEALOUSY. ut was faoiisl." ho wei. on
III tho letter. ''to bo Jealous without cauHo hut
with cause, much mora no.
:, Another lottor was written in tt>e earn In
Northern Indiana, in 1866, ro7iewing ard crit
icrtug the book Griffith tianns," which, io
stated ho llntl Just finished. II contained a
;oud plot, but was not we'll written. and LIE had
lmlibe1 from it nono of its nrinciples.
In letter from Quincy Ill. December, 1866,
ho navs he las just written to lin li.tIo grls md
lonEed to DO hume hs no1or felt AS he dill this
winter. or had sucl n hotncscknosa ovor him.
Mr. bhearmau road an additional number OF
letters written bY Triton to his wife white on Ills
locturinR to'tr and which all breatl1e1 Of dcep
loyo and affection. and lifelong attachment. md
hfs entire ,lnworthineaa Of such entira devotion.
These letters wero published entire duunE tho
earlier stages OF the scandal bY
TIE CH1CAA0 TnIBUHE.
Mr.. Blearman PROPOSED to read a portion Of
Letter from Atr. Tilson to his wife written at
Cincinnati In 18GJ.
nlr. beach objected to portion of tile letter
only being put III ovidouce, and contended that
1t should ail be read.
MIR. ShcarMan stated that ho would only leave
out tint portion OF it relating to uen. Grants
father md mother.
The Cnurt permitted this portion to 10 left
out, and tho letter was road aid put in evidence
AIR. htcarman then returned to tho reading OF
Mrs. 1iiLon's tettcrs to her husband, of which
lie read about dozen.
Mr.. Evarts read letter written by Tilton to
his wife. In DocombeF. 1863 in which ho COM
planned Of being worried BY husiuosB. and was
growing old before his time, having rarely ten
minutes OF leisure. Tho troubles lle had were
Of Ills own making, however, tho lettnr stated
Tho witness said that this iotter vas written in
his office III New York.
A1r. Evatss said there were certain letters
which he desired to haro from tho other eido
Monday morning, and OF theao le read a list
of tile dates borno by epiatlas lie read, and also
some letters Of Tittons which counsel wisLol to
read aud hRyo placed III evidouce.
Adjourned till Monday.
, 1875-02-06
THE CIVlL.RtCHTs BILL.

sf~essI DlsEafeh 10 The Ghra7c Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D, c.. Feb. 5.--The Houee ba
passed very modified Civil-Ilights bill. Tht
measure fiually adopted was the Housf
judiciary Committee bill, with tho omis
alon Of tile school clause, and tbs addition. az 9
preamble OF the equul.righta plank OF the Dem.
ocratic plntfofm Of 1879. Tho bill guaraptees to
all classes Of eitizens tle full ard cquat On foy
Ment OF all privileges and facilities In all public
conveyanccs by 1aud or water, is theatres. In
hotels, pylt makea proyislon for tue equality Of
whites and blacls in death. the cemetery clause
hnving been omitted before the Judciary bill
vas introduced. The violntion Of this law is de-
clared misdemoauoE punishable by a fine of
from $500 to $1,000, and imprisonment Of iron,
thirty days. to one yHar. The United States
Courts arc given soie Jurisdiction to Adiudicats
this lAw.
THE SCHOOL FEATURE
Was forced out Of tho bill by tho e1t.eme men Of
hotn pafties, Il waB tho earnest conviction OF
doubtless \ aiority Of the Republicans that tl,n
enactment Of the kchool clause would cestapjy
destroy the separate school system iu tho Stateu
whcreit Ia Established aud successfully conduetc1
1'ha ia true ot large number Of tha Middle and
soula OF the Southern States. Even Juleo
Hosf, OF Massachusetts,, to whom on hIe flyInr
bod Charles Sumner loft the Ciyil-llghtB bill as
legacy; Voted CD = rlalnE vote to at1,ka the
"'1"'' ous. .......
mar TUE flsAt DEBATE
Hus unmarked ny spccta! incldont6, nxcort the
speech OF tien. Butler. Kellogg, Of Gounocticut,
SAoso atnohamiehk striking out tao school
csanas pFovailea. arened that whore the people
ta'ss s's tho money aud ostabltah schools they
nave t1le right 70 regulate tho expenditures.
otI' lonEoe, OF ohso. Chairman OF tho Conlustsea
on i. Laaeahon: declared that representative mon
OF Inn cG!ored race llad informed him that they
Ie!ef!oa !n't' ~ omission Of ths srhoo clause.
Ine Ilo Malter1pheile SAID that hlH opposition
~ ,no pi!' Mas nasen upon personal oomvlctona
, 1875-02-06

done, his congregation l'aye aided tho enemy
they should hnvn iahored to tic1cat, aud lsyr
demanded OF him tho cxerclho OF qux|ities In
Cuasehacd not 1T all, or in insIl,tic,ont ,lnantty
II lie ainned, aa Hsetns rrosablo from tho
evidence. ii tB e1lalty oyident TINT he BORROWED
and rcrented; that io soughs tn reform and
make Htonemcnt; that hia repentance was tlcop
ntid bittrr and Tint ho las been driven, step bY
stop, IN d downward career, by tho blind conf
dance tho iniajnIgitI, devotion, 1T hin people,
lnnk At tho tabloau OF that i3rotIkl y1t trial
aud for ouce my sympathy IL drawn away from
tho man who atands like paui aiming tho
ext VI young oaks, poor, friHuilean, and Alone
with tho hopes anl promises ii luis youth IN aahea
around him. and no prospect fnr tho future be.
yond cold acknowledgment from llA fcow-lr,erl
that his not the Gin which has blasted hig
lilo; ltAyeA this monumental ruin, and gaea to
him Klioso d"ep contrltion and anxiety tU mako
attends for i great wronE hayo bnrn turned
anide bY the cnrrent of that tupu1ar favor In
0yeB hotter tlau life, aud converted Into frothy
hilarity mora befiltiug a buffopn than a man OF
coGHcleIco. guilty or llinoceut. while charged
with such crime.
Ti1ton, even an tho typo Of vengeance. tho
vitrltief! remains OF what vas ocB II irving tIs-
band, In rcBpecthblo,-hay. gra:tl, cnIusaaI iig-
il1et inspiring awe akin to yrntra.ion, from which
one turns to look with mixture Vi Pity and CON
tomPt Oh the rubicund sfcrry-Andvev who PRO-
fesscs 10 fiud Hoinetbiag a1n14ing in the awful
deAnlaton ho 10 charged with having wrought,
II any QUO there calls for co1ntniseration, Il ia
t4ia venerable Mark Tnpley wlo is 70 jolly while
his old aud once dearest friend sits betors Inn.
from any ca,1sn, wreck
Poor 1;ceclner! how he has bcon dragged
down by tic mistaken contidcnca of friends, bv
their Insane determination to mako him ,iny tLo
roo Of John tho baptist, when the most tl,at
could iaro been reasonably expected Ut him
was, that e should follow afar oir lnat ,i,sri,,!u
who surpassed Tho other eleven in cloo,lcnco
AMI zeal. yct H{unod repeutct!. an waa forgiven,
They could not be content that he should be
himself. but they nils. force upon him char
actor ho MRS unable to sustain, drive AMI luro
him into position from which there fccIns to
DO no egrcss but with ruin or mitaculoua
preservation,
They have thrust infal]ibi1isv upon him anil
70 seeking 70 make him more than mortal they
nipua foe must wish him safe dtllycrancc but
tho result mtlAt be n material contribution to
that sentiment which holds Christian teacI,crs 10
hr1etian BtandardH, aud Which shall rcscuo The
eou" OF women from tue keeping ef male PRIESTS
mado authority. tleir humanly y-,nyetltc:l trust.
JANE GREY SwIesusIM.
, 1875-02-06
The House Ciyil-llights Bill Passed
by a Strong Vote.
It is Very Different from the
Obnoxious Senate
Measure.
The mixed.Schoo1s Section and
the Cemetery Clause
Wanting.
Abstract Of the Bill to Relieve
Tom Scott and His
Friends,
The Contingency .of the
Bonds esoing Above
g'nr Provided For.
The Order Changing Revenue Su-
pergisors Revoked.
Tile President to Send in IN Arkansas
Message Monday.
Commissioner Douglass Favors an In
crease Of the Whisky.Tox.
The Contingency of the
Bonds esoing Above
Par Provided For.
The Order Changing Revenue su-
peryisors Revoked.
Tile President to Send in an Arkansas
Message Monday.
Commissioner Douglass Favors an In
crease Of the Whisky-Tox,

THE TEXAS PACIFIC.
PROVISIONS OF THE ELL AZ AGREED Upon IN
Hrf.couurrrrt.
,Sutetn, f,sro,ct IN ~. f,.,-,o. .rx.1,,
w.s,,xnrov +, ~ ~ Ill.,, ,,o"*' ,'
f,o,,,ni..s -. ~. g. no HOUSE eao-
LuA'1'see ~ faeltio Railroads haH agreed faror.
ably 10 report to tho whole Committee Scott's
Texas Pacific Railroad bill, with sone amcrd.
.nents, Tho Suh.Cnn,1nittea IL uu,1o,,.,a, -
},nyo stocx1 70 r !, tana. ~ - ''ssSo0 ,.,t W
,,a',s,. .',:,, ~ '"'ot u 1ne o'lf' tue vote
"s'S' 'o' the o'!l, osPher OF Louisiana. BarDum
OF Connecticut Wells Of Missouri, and Hough-
ton Of California. Williams of Michigan. yoted
no, THE hill will ,,,h.l,. H.. ..-a', 'esou
tn1i Conrittaa ~, No.I.., 1 ~ A''o
,..r - ..,.. ~ m o'oaoa1' "tes hnal vote
10y W t"aon' 1he ltnrroAson now prevails
taat the Committee will fa1oraty report
tho bill or report il pfo form, =,
that it may bo cp11siac, ~, in ,ho ,rnna' ,r ."
comm;ttan !. ,1,uaot -. , -. ., oI's. 1he
s;.,:. ,,. =" ',A''eu as 'o1 tne bill and i
usa'''st H. lhs lol'o"1hE arc
TIE FtEAsc1AL PROVISIONS OF THE r1LL
na agreed upon: Guarantee of juterest I,v +ho
Emted States III, hn,ds ~ ain Ca..,..,- '"o
r<,,,+ ~, .,,,,,,,s ",1 =. wv eu'nPa"s' fer
~ A''''N', III Eoiu eo1n' aethl-anhuailv, to
secure pr,hcI9ai and interest, first mortgage to
be given tue tnitoa States. and in said mortgage
provision IL made for asinkins fund to be paid into
- N0fS+l &4.-tf IT..
, 1875-02-06


From the Attc Turk Grnnhie.
In the spring Of 1868 the country vaY in n for,
ment Of oxcitompnt iu regard tn t1,e ,m,,oaa1..
rno"t ~ .,.a.a.. 1s,'.s .r,e ~ tue 'lnpeaeh-
'ae''s ' o' Ahd.oN JOHNSON inc 1adc7'endeAt was
'1ee'eiseS pi''ef aea'nbt 1ho PRESIDENT and
Holno ot Ihendofe Illtons most fiery and impa4-
Hionod leading articles were written III hi.
1cura. 11o hohod IN An1ro. I,,.....
traitor =, ..o ,a,,sa -. .'Ss oa'oo' 4
1.a'S., 1."''S' ~ Nno eaueo u '"e negro, 10 tho
lsopuoilcah party. anu even to tho country itself.
Great tIon WAS his Indignation when Il ras ALL
nounced ttal Mr.. Eyarts ha,1 consonto,, m ,n-
fam, tt, pr,r;d,,,t ~ A.. .I' ~ ~
,t".,asr ~ ,'. =, nAy tueio apteareu
teauer o' hls upon tho subject. Ia which Mr.
lvarta waa denounced with wonderful ability.
The article was caIlcs, 'Ibo soilor Of a Fair
mars ,,o,,or ,f r,u,,,,;a1 10 a"s.a. .. st."1 .'
hcad to mark him q Prlncs among men. But this
tiladem Is not Of gold that no rust can corrupt,
i'm, ,ts 1,.tro so,o,,. T-,.,, .;s,. s''.' 49,.
-, ..s'',s ~ A - w. :. e"n po s'Aheo
W any toucn o. pasehehs' 1t then proceeds to
say; "Ar' Eyatts' counsel for tho President,
charge is grave but trne. To. rs nubstnnt,
ate It, 4 conspicuous actor in HcpubIica,
conventions, trusted ndyiser III Hoiuiican
councils NIL ambitious orator before Republican
candidate for tho United Htatos fsnnatornhin .
leading Republican 1nomber of tho rerrut Nav
Evasts was ssa,n,oaed 70 tha rresien.s aotonse. M
not because llo wuB s,liniug licb. in TIM Ieynj
profession bat BECAUSE he WIS an iu,lncnt,ai
lender OF tle Republican party, Tho I'rcs,dcnt
did not look to tue Bar Of Now York II l,;ro H..
most skilfuI adyocnto, but to Luy its W most vt
acryiceable Republican. II Mr. Jnhnnn, huj
been il 1lest sE,aniy OF creat Iawyer +" With III
have forgotten Nj. Evarts and remembered Sir'
O'Lonor. but Mr.. O'Cunor was Deu,ocrat.
aud tho crafty President wanted 1sopubIican''
, 1875-02-06

CuAI MINER IS 5 rH1KE tn OHIO.
6peetai Uspateh 10 TIE Ch1caao Tribune.
fnusaarawN, O., Feb. 6.~-Ths meeting eel,od
yesterday between tho coal minors mud operators
Of the Mshoniug Valley to urbilrate was not
heii. Tho latter failed to respond, aud, ~
threatened. tho luiueri ara all cut today,
, 1875-02-06

OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS.
N1w {oaE. Fob. b.-AsriTsd, steamship cim-
bsts, from Hamburg.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-04
THE LISTS.
ADVANTAGES OFTHESE LISTS

1st. The cheapness Of the advertising rates
namely, one cent. per line per paper, with
Establishments do not set up an advertisement
10tU times, but only 10 tlnTes, they can afford
this low rate, which is less than the cost Of
type setting If the advertisement We're set ny
1850 times.
I'd. The saving in correspondence and the
consequent expenditure of time, postage, sta
tiOnel y, etc. An order for an advertisement
in the l06t newspapers requires no correspond
ence with them.
Sd. rhe uniformity and neatness Of the ty-
Biography Of the advertisements in all the
newspapers.
4th. The prominence of the advertisement
ON account Of the limited space used for adver-
bisements.
9th. The saving in the cost Of cuts when
they are used to illustrate advertisements.
Only 10 cuts are required for the 1850 journals,
thus frequently saving to the advertiser $20u to
$500 on this one item.
9Th. The means afforded Of communicating
with great numbers OF people who can not be
reached for advertising purposes except
through the medium Of their own home jour
mails.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-04
The Southern RaifrOad.

At the meeting of the Board of Trus.
tees of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad,
held yesterday evening, the contract to
grade and do the masonry on the inclined
plane, in Ludlow, to the waters edge,
was awarded to Francis Peteler at a
cost OF $4,000, Engineer Lovett sub
mitted his report OF tue examination Of
the bids for iron and steel rails. The
contract was recommended to be award
ed to the Cleveland Rolling-mill Company
at it's bid of $52 70 per ton for iron and
$76 70 for steel rails, to be delivered at
Ludlow, Ky.
He recommended one-half Of each kind
of rails. The report, with the recom-
mendatiops, was adopted. The award,
however, depends upon the company ac-
cepting certain conditions named by the
Trustees in regard to carrying on the
contract. The cost will be $659, ,375 for
iron and $S44, $50 for steel rails. or vi l,5O3,-
625 for the whole. The track thus far
provided for will reach from Cincinnati
to Emory Gap.
A determination was made by the
Board to readvertise for proposals for
the iron-work required OIL the line from
here to Kings Mountain, including the
Kentucky river bridge. This contract
had been awarded to a Philadelpbia
Company some time ago, but never ful-
filed. By the re-award now at least
$2OO, 900 will be saved on account OF the
decided decrease Of the iron trade.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-04

The members of the Shakespeare Club
deserve the gratitude of Cincinnatians
in bringing before them the choicest OF
lecturers and the most interesting OF
subjects, whenever they undertake to do
anything in that line for the public enter
tainment, but they have this season, il
possible, even surpassed their former eff
forts in this line. Not content with the
presentation of Mr.. Murdoch in series
Of readings some weeks since, they have
by surprising display of energy and
enterprise obtained his services for q
course of three lectures. and Tor the SUBJ
ject that most interesting one, "Remin-
iscences OF the Stage"
The first OF these lectures is to be given
tomorrow evening at Melodeon Hall,
and it will be remembered the rush for
seats at Mr.. Murdoch's last appearance,
at that place, and the numbers that were
turned away after the hall was filled, is
a sufficient proof that those who obtain
seats this time will be among the lucky
ones. Tickets are now OIL sale at Robert
Clarke II Co.'S. The lectures are an
nounced for February 9th, Eth and 18th.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-04
The Weeklu Star.


The current number Of the WEEKLY
STAR contains leading editorials oD the
Emperor Of China-Forward Look, Not
Backward-The Coming Man-How
Common Folks are Treated-Senator
Johnson-Morton's Amendment-Peni
tentiary Management-Indian Trouble
Impending-Lobby Remuneration, &c.
Also the telegraphic news brevities for
the past week. Latest news by tele.
graph. A full market and financial re-
port. A large amount of interesting
reading matter. Poetry. Gossip. Gem
eral news items. Fashion news. Notes
on the progress Of the Tilton-Beeeher
trial. Interesting correspondence. Con-
gressional and Legislative matters. Re-
hgious news. Personals, together with
several short Interesting stories, &c.
Price cents, to be had at the counter
in wrappers ready for mailing.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-04
n SERIOUS Story.

A man giving his name as g. A. Beck
enstoe was yesterday arrested by the
officers at Plum-street depot, on q charge
of a Mrs. Jennie Howells, of Columbus.
She claims that there was an engage
ment between herself and Beckenstoe,
and that he had obtained possession OF
her furniture which was to be sent to St.
Louis, but that instead of SO doing he
sent il here and sold il for $780,.
The furniture was found in Blinns
auction store on Fourth street, whence
it had been sent from Lipmans pawn
shop. On this charge his case was con-
tinued in the Police Court this morning.
When he was arrested yesterday there
was with him young girl, giving her
name as Cordelia Hicks. She says she
lives at Sandoval, ILL.,; that Backinstoe
met her near there a few days since aud
represented that he was ner second cou-
sin. and had been sent by her grand
mother, who lives In ChillicOthe, to ac-
company her to that town.
On Tuesday evening they took an Ohio
and Mississippi tram, and berths We're
engaged in sleeping-caE During the
voyage Backinstoe represented that the
car was overcrowded, and forced him
self into the berth with Miss Hicks. I'M
proper advances were made, and even
threats that, unless the girl yielded, she
would be deserted at the next station,
but without success.
On arriving in this city early yester-
day morning Beckmstoe took his travel
ing companion to the Indiana House,
where room was engaged, and while
there, as Miss Hicks states, he accom-
plished his base design.
This charge was dismissed in the
Court this morning, the girl being over
IS, and the law it was claimed only ap'
plying to charges Of seduction where the
victim is under IL.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-04
How n Woman Posts a Letter.

Any day when you have time you can
see how she does thy dropping into the
post-othce. She arrives there with the
letter in her hand. 1t is a sheet OF note
inclosed in a white envelope. She halts
In front of the stamp window, opens
her mouth to ask for stamp, but sud-
denly darts away and looks AT the letter
to see il she made any errors in names
or dates. 1t takes her five minutes to
make sure of this, ard then she balances
the letter on her finger, and the awful
query arises In her mind: "Perhaps it is
overweightW She steps to the window
and asks the clerk ii he has a three cent
stamp, tearing that he HASN'T, and she
looks over every compartment of her
porte-monaie before She finds the
change to pay for it.
The fun begins as she gets the stamp.
She slides around to the side, removes
her gloves, closely inspects the stamp;
and hesitates whether to slick" it on or
wet her finger. She finally concludes
that it wouldn't be nice to show her
tongue, and she vets heg finger and
passes it over the envelope. She is so
long picking up the stamp that the mois-
ture is absorbed, and the stamp slides
OFT the envelope. She tries it twice more
with the same success, and then. getting
desperate, she gives the stamp ''lick"
ana it sticks. Then comes the sealing of
the letter. She vets her finger again,
but the envelope flies open, and after five
minutes decay she has to pass her tongue
along the streak Of dried mucilage. She
holds the letter long time to make sure
that the envelope is all right, and finally
appears at the windows and asks:
"Three cents is enough, is itW eyes,
ma'am."
And this will 60 out to-dayw "Cer-
tainly."
"Will it go to st. Louis without the
name of the county onW "Just the
same."
"What time will it reach there?" "To-
morrow morning"
She signs, turns the letter over and
over, and finally asks, "Shall l drop it
into one of those places thereW "Yes,
ma'am."
She walks up in front of the six cri-
fees through which letters fall upon the
table, closely scans each one of them,
finally makes a choice, and drops-no,
she doesn't. She stops to see where it
will tall, pressing her face against the
window until she tlattens her nose out
of shape, and she doesn't drop it into the
place she meant to. She, however, re-
leases it at last, looks down to make
sure that it did not fall on the floor, and
turns away with sigh of regret that she
didn't take one more look at the super
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-04
KIVER NE WS.

The weather to-day is clear, and
very cold, the thermometer indicating
eight degrees above zero early this
morning. The weather eport to-day
shows that the thermometer is n degrees
below zero at Omaha, which indicates
that there will be some interesting
weather here in short time.
The river fell one inch during the
twelve hours between six O'Clock yester-
day morning and evening. Since then it
has remained stationary at twenty-one
feet and ten inches.
AT Pittsburg the river is rising, with
six feet and six inches. The Griver is
full of running Ice. A hurricane blew all
night from the southwest.
The Louisville did not get of for New
Orleans until this morning.
The Tigress will lay over for fairer
weather before starting for Pittsburg.
The ground hog was succeeded by a
revere day early this morning, which is
noted by the boys as being the sign of a
little cold weather. Ice is forming fast
in the river, and if the present weather
continues there will be another freeze
over and interruption of navigation.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-04

A curious phenomenon frequently met
with in the Indian Ocean, the real cause
of which. has not yet been ascertained,
is the existence off Malabar, and IN cer-
tain spots along the Coromandel coast,
of vast mud banks, and tracks of mud
suspended in the sea, wherein. many
kinds of fish find abundance Of food,
immunity from much disturbance in the
surrounding element, and place In
which to breed. The exact cause of the
existence OF these large tracts OF sea,
wherein mud remains In solution IS still
my stery, but at any rate the tracts are
SO smooth that, even during the height
of the southwest monsoon, vessels can
run for shelter in their midst, and once
there are as safe as when inside break
water.