The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-11-27
FROM ALL SOURCES.


gentleman would care to parade the s,..st
in such attire that hand was ., ,
occupied in reehng the slack -. ns =. ~
after the manner OF hc,s III SHUTS a, ,ns
he ch.,srss- Of gambler on a man who
xx..rs my Jewels and rings and recognize
>. ,-sguate vulgarity in the lady who similarly
over-pads herself on occasions when personal
adjournment is not in keeping. What We
mean is that there is n modesty and sobricty
OF attire and even of bearing among recoc-
nized gentlemen which the recognized lady
has not yet attained.-.SpriHu6eid Republican.
1t is probable that the project of
constructing a ship canal across the isthmus
OF Darien will ere long assume tangible shape.
A large amount of money has been expended
oy the united states government in surveys
and voluminous reports, and, in fact, SO far
has this country gone in the matter that il
will not look well to abandon the enterprise
To foreign powers, who will surely obtain the
honor which the construction of such valu-
able worlds highway will give them il the
United States does not act A commission of
engineers will meet in Washington next
month to take into consideration the yarsu.s
routes which have been surveyed, and they
viii then make report in JANUARY as to the
feasibility of the project. The Colombian
government has made an appropriation for
surveys, and has expressed its willingness to
cooperate with the United States government
IN the prosecution of this great work, which
is OF equal Importance with the Suex Canal.
In the long run the most comfort
able people are the most moral. Those who
live in good houses and are well fed are they
who most obey the decalogue. 1t has been no.
tlced in New York, as well as i'm London,
Petkin, and other large cities, that over
crowding produces moral degeneracy Ten
years ago Glasgow, Scotland, suddenly awokc
60 the TACT that the criminals in densely pop
ulated districts were peculiarly reckless and
ferocious; whereupon the city authorities
ordered the destruction of those neighbor-
hoods and n redistribution of population
In hve years four thousand rookerie. We're
condemned and removed, and during the
next three years the crimes fell off from TO-
500 to Z, 500, those who removed to comfort
able houses giving up their vicious habits.
There seems to be much science in the
history OF CRIME as in the perturbation Of tho
stars.
A raspy CINCINNATI woman thus
speaks her mind, alter ride on the railroad :
1--WE have seen the married man, after seat.
,ng hrs wife, leave her and ge into the smok-
ing car, which is prima taeie evidence that
ms rove Tor tobacco predominates over the
entertainment afforded by his travelling COM
pan1on- We have also observed a married
man comfortably seat himself alongside an
Of seat, was left to lean on the arm of the
chair. We have noticed married men, when
accompanied by their wives on the train
occupy their time by reading, or looking
vacantiy out of the window, instead Of con-
yersing with their wives while at other
times, and in company with other ladies,
their merry laugh and repartee could be
heard over the shrill whistle of the locomo-
tive"
The difficulty between England and
China, which seriously threatened at one
time to lead to war, has been adjusted. The
Chinese government, yielding to the demands
of the British ambassador, consents to send a
political mission to England, charged with
the delivery OF a letter to Queen Victoria
containing public and full apology for the
rest; commission of inquiry is to be dis
patched from Pekin to inquire into the cir
cumstances Of Mr.. Margary's murder; this
commission is to be composed of high rank
mandarins a line of communication between
Hindoostan, Birmah and China is to be open
ed; and foreigners and the foreign trade in
China are to be treated henceforth in a lust
and liberal spirit. These are very large con-
cessiens, and denote the conviction on the
part OF the Chinese government that "out-
SIDE barbarians" can no longer be treated
with contumely and injustice.
The recent attempt of the Turkish
government to extricate itself from financial
embarrassment by an act of reputation has
stirred up the creditors to such an extent
that If the Porte holds to the plan of sup
pressing half the interest on the debt of one
thousand millions and giving the bondhold-
ers bonds at five per cent. at par in lieu
thereof, it is very likely that the governments
whe have been furnishing the Sultan money
for his harems and summer palaces will
come to the conclusion that it does not paw
70 uphold a rotten, Asiastic government in
Europe. Turkish five per cents are now
down to 20, and holders of those securities
bonds will naturally suffer very materially
II will be hard for Turkey to obtain a new
loan.
The birth of a daughter to the
duchess of Edinburgh increases the tally of
the queens grandchildren to twenty-seven,
twenty-four of whom are still alive, and that
OF her total living progeny to thirty-three,
including three unmarried children and the
Princess Louise, who is married but without
family The duke and duchess of Edinburgh
were married at st. Petersburg, January %,
1874, and the first child, a son, was born to
them upon the 18th of the following October.
The cost Of maintaining a limited monarchy
IN England is apparently increasing at an
ratio.
The expenditures of the postoffice is
n subject of much concern to the postmaster
general, and it does not seem to be easy to
reduce the annual charge of 100000 upon
the treasury. The increase of postage re-
ceipts, instead of being per cent. as used to
be customary, has fallen to ~ per cent.
This is largely attributed to decrease of
letter postage consequent upon the depres-
sion in business, but is partly attributable to
the loss to the revenue by franking the coun-
try newspapers.
Prof. r. w. Raymond, the mining
commissioner, sets the yield of gold and
silver for four years, from all of our terrific
ries as follows:
1850. Ssl 500, 900 1871 ..ssS. s6s. 600 |
1s7o......... 66,O0O,OO0 1s72....... 63,943,s57 |
Since then the yield has been about an |
average OF these four years, until this year,
creased to nearly s100,OOO,OOO. To what ex-
tent the fire at Virginia City will influence |
the product can not yet be determined.
Some light is wanted in Porto Rico.
The authorities do not like Freemasonrv. |
La Monde Aacconnique states that fourteen |
persons have been convicted of violating the /
ordinances OF religion promulgated from the /
vatican by being Free Masons, and have I
been variously stntenced to four and two
yers imprisonment housekeeping goals /
Tor initiation purposes are evidently not /
No"h shat way Also, greasy poles. [
1t must be delightful to live in Mica
ragua- The whole country is overrun with
robbers who quietly select their plumber, |
place it in boats and vehicles, and his them |
away to new fields. Last month a party of I
them entered the town of San Jan del Norte,
perforated the governor with bullets, whipped
the police, and broke down the Jail doors
and liberated all the prisoners. Ii Senior
Soto intends to take Nicaragua into his new |
Central American republic, there will have to
be some heavy reconstruction done to make !
the companionship safe.
The steady and rapid growth of the
wealth of New Yerk has scarcely any par
aIlel in the history of commerce. We hold
the commercial sceptre over 100000 peo-
pie. We are the principal factor of a coun-
try which grows 100000 bales OF cotton,
and the quantity is constantly increasing
II is to a certain extent a national MONOPOLY
Without it the manufacturing wealth of