The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-06-11

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acreage In cotton has decreased abou
eght per cent, and that in corn has IL
creased over twelve. per cent. smaI
grains are all reported doing well.
The Committee Of. Thirty in III
French Chambers have completed thei
examination Of the public powers bill
and agreed to report in favor Of its pa.
sage with amendments, the most impor
tant Of which are as follows, That a,
extraordinary coavocstion Of the Cham
bcrs may be demanded during proroga
tion, by third Of the members Of eacl
house, instead Of half, as originally pro
vided, and that war cannot be declare,
by the Executive without the assent o
the Chambers. The first amendment i
opposed by the government
ACCORDING TO the returns Of the DE
partment Of Agriculture, the direct losse,
OF sheep owners by the ravagcs Of dog,
reach million dollars ally in WOO
and mutton, and the indirect loss in IN,
repression Of sheep husbandry, and th,
consequent waste Of large per centagc
OF the gra~ crop is still larger. Report,
from 800 counties, representing about
one fourth Of the sheep Of the United
States, show total Of 10, 2s5 sheep killed
during 1874; and even these returns arc
not complete. In some Of the States the
loss is from four to eleven per cent. Of the
whole value Of the sheep kept. In this
State the loss is comparatively small,
though larger than il ought to be.
THE news Of the failure OF the Aber-
dare Iron Company, Of London, Eng.
land, causes general surprise. Promi.
nent men in the trade consider it a
remarkable and important failure. The
Abcrdare Iron Company is very old
cencern. II has extensive factories in
Wales, where it has for many years
turned out thousands Of tons of railroad
iron. The company has done hut little
for year or two past. The American
demand fell of entirely, and the Cont.
mental trade was very much lessened.
Then there have been numerous and
protracted strikes, which have caused
annoying and expensive delays in the
Of orders. A strike took
place recently which lasted five or six
and il is believed that this last
interruption has hastencd the downfall
Of the company. II is not thought the
failure will affect the iron trade here
The failure Of Sanderson h Co., leading
bankers in London, and firm which
failed in 1857, but afterward recovered
its business and standing, will doubtless
cause much distress in many house
holds throughout the kingdom. They
held vast number of small deposits,
and their failure to the extent Of $780,
900 will be the most painful result Of the
present complicated business disasters in
England.
7. A. TAYLOR, NJ. F., has recently
called the attention Of the British gov.
crnment TO the case of child, seven
years old, who had been sent to prison
for stealing sugar plums. The Home
Secretary did not deny the truth of Mr..
Taylor's statement, but said in explana-
tion Of the extraordinary circumstances,
that the father Of the child was an habit
ual drunkard that another child of the
same family had died from starvation,
caused by the fathers neglect, and that
this same child, seven years old, had
been convicted Of stealing,
and "as it was too young to be sent to
il was only sent to prison
as an act of kindness TO remove 1t from
The evil influences of the parent" The
Secretary further added that the attcn.
ton ofthc chaplain and schoolmaster had
been directed to the case. At the same
time this is an extraordinary comment
ary upon the state ofsociety in England
that children Of seven years can only he
rescued from the evil treatment OF
worthless father by being formally c1n-
yicted ola crime and sent To prison.
THE Board Of Directors Of the Mer,
'hants' Exchange at st. Louis have re.
'eiyed a letter from Capt. James B.
Eads, advocating direct trade with Bra
Ill, in view Of the early improvement Of
he mouth of the Mississippi river, and
he cooperation of the Mississippi valley
states is recommended in establishing
he Brazil Steamship Company, incor-
porated in 1t, Louis. Resolutions were
'assed by the board, expressive of the
paramount importance TO the CONNER
'ial, agricultural and manufacturing in
erests of the Valley States of establish
ng direct trade with Brazil, as ailording
lew markets for the produce and manu-
actures OF the Mississippi. valley, and
he reception of the products in return of
he South American States. An appeal
vas also made to the Chambers of Com
nerce and Boards Of Trade Of the Val
ey State to urge the Importance of this
upon their people.
AT Trafalgar, two Scotchmen, mess
mates and bosom cronies, from the same
little clachan, happened to be stationed
lear each other when the celebrated