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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-10-21
GEOGRAPHICAL EXHIBITS.

CHARTS, MAPS, ETC, IN TIRE GOVERNMENT BUILD
ING-oTHER DISPLAYS THE WHEELER GEO.
GRAPHICAL SURVEY.
Iron OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRTBUSE.l
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 16.-Any one interested
in geography will do well to linger hour in this de-
partment OF the Government Building, and examine the
instruments, methods, and results here displayed They
illustrate the making OF geography The several charts
are so many pages showing the progress OF map from
the skeleton OF the trangulaon plot up TO the last
touch Of pen crayOn. Though not what Is usually
known as popular entertaining exhibition, yet there
is much OF beautiful and artistic in its paintings and
photographs the hitherto unknown West its wonder
ful scenery and strange people. But still its principal
characteristic Is of accurate useful and elaborate
work. and the practical opening and exposition Of the
country in which the survey acts.
owing TO scarcity Of room in the Engineering Section
OF the Government Building, where most OF the articles
OF this catalogue arranged this exhibit is necessarily
divided and its principal maps have been unroed in the
Main Building section OF the American Society OF Civil
Engineers There Is here 10 be seen an immense map,
one OF the largest in the world which intended show
the progress OF the survey up TO date that Is the
try covered by its operations the astronomical stations
occupied the routes followed etc. On this is also APP
parent the general plan and basis OF the survey,
ordered by its director Lieut. Wheeler OF the Engineer
Corps. In this project the west OF the Tooth
meridian longitude is supposed to be divided approx
matey as the shape OF the earth makes necessary into
rectangles whose dimensions % As Of longitude by
10 40 OF latitude. There % OF these 10 being n-
tegra and 30 incomplete owing TO the fact that they lie
upon borders and overlap either the Mexico
Each of these recanges is ground for sheet Of the
atlas. which will contain % pages Of topography 10 BY
"a inches In size
glance nj the progress sheet shows that ABOUT
100000 square miles Of area including nearly all OF tho
territory south Of the Pacific Railroad has been mapped
after this method This the fruit Of six seasons OF sur
vey beginning in 1869, when Lieut.. wheeler nrst toot
the field being continued under his supervision In loIi
and each subsequent year Thirty main astronomical
totions have been occupied which prolonged series
q, hservotions for latitude and longitude have oeen
made Connecting with these are trgonometI1cai Dases
49,, which great systems OF triangles have been deVef
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-10-21

it are familiar 70 the people, who repeat it in the
coffee-houses and in their gatherings. The hosems
who are grossly superstitous, are full of forebodlngs
about this Sultan Murad and declare that he will be
the last or among the last, and many of them be-
lieve that these are "the last days" of the Koran
and of Islam itself. In many places they are down
cast and desparing, and the impression is almost
universal among them that they are on the eve OF
great changes 1t is one of the fixed traditions OF
their faith that before the last days the Koran
itself will be swept away.0
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-10-21
DISMAL FoREBODINGs.

The East is the land OF prophecy. The Moslems
have borrowed just enough from the Old and New
Testaments to get matters into confusion than
DIR. Cumming and the Millerites on the subject of
the latter day Many years ago of their prOph-
cts issued sheet containing dire predictions Of the
latter-day signs and omens. 1t is called Ketdb ell
Jefr-the Book of Jefr- and contains nonsense
enough to set up new Mormon prophet II de-
clares that % the Turkish dynasty will end with
Sultan named Murad that after 30 battles by land
and sea the Turks will 90 down. The
Christian religion will grow lukewarm in 1s45. 1t
will have no shepherd until 1885, when all men
shall believe in Christ and in 1890 anti-Christ will
appear, and then the sun and moon will be blotted
out" The book is full of obscure and absurd astro-
logical illusions, all in rhyme and large portions OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-10-21

PIE OF pUblc luOIdlllA nut tNtI9 vi h'''
was outraged" The language is strong and yigor-
Gus, but that account it is not whit the more
in consonancc with English feeling When Mr.
Gladstone has said the Turkish yoke IA the Christian
provinces is intOlcrabc. and the Duke 81 Argyll has
asserted that Turkish dominion il eXccrably bad
as 10 justify every attempt of the Christian com
munities to cast it Oh"-which he did at "A meeting
at Glasgow the other niplit-Lord BeacOns6cd can
not expect much sympathy for the outrage com
mitted upon Turkey by Scryia III the peace media
lions Lord Bcaconsfeld claimed that Lo,d Derby
had not oIhy induced the Powers 10 act with him II
mediation but he had obtained what under the CIR
cumsanccs was the most difficult thing III the world
an amisice. The favorable terms-for he con-
sdcrs them soOf the arInlstcc aud the basis of the
peace negotiations. Lord Bcaconsicd claims to the
credit Of Lord Derby, and the next step now to be
taken by the British Government is, Lord Beacons-
field says to resume the place they occupied before
the Servian war. "What was that position I" asks
Lord BeacOnsfield. What indeed! lie says il was
attempt 10 settle, with the concurrence of all the
Powers of Europe, the future relations that should
subsst between the Christian subjects Of the Porte
and the Turkish Government In other words,
suppose TO obtain promises of reform from
the Porte, the issue Of more hattis and firmans
promising equal rights TO all crceds Of the subjects
of the Sultan. If Lord Beaconsicld thinks the
British nation VIII stand any more of that ktnd OF
settlement he will find himself grievously mistaken,
and he need indulge in no vain hope that he will be
able to "educate his country" into accepting any
such arrangements. No more ConstantnOplc
promises or edicts will be accepted by the nation
whose urequaed outburst of indignation will only
have subsidized to rise again at the bare suggestion.
His sui sequent remarks more in the nature
Of reply TO the suggestions which have been made
til an nythng else. Few will quarrel with his idea
that the expulsion of the Turks from Europe is a
wild scheme No responsible politician has ever
made the suggestion, and Lord Beaconsfeld only
wasted words in replying TO it, He referred directly
to Mr. Gladstone and Of his pamphlet SAID he thought
Mr.. Gladstone would live to regret having written
it, The autonomy of the Slavonic Provinces he
was convinced would not work. Moreover, 1t was
the opinion of other governments as well as his own
that such course would land us in European war
OF no mean duration. 1t is a pity the Premier did
not give some reasons for that assumption, for as
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-16
PiscatOrial Gleason.

The Lake Minnetonka Tourist comes to
hand with the following notice of an old
friend:
P. Gleason is the "boss" sport of the
lower lake, up to date. He took in, one day
this week, over 200 pounds of fish by troll
ing, and spent good portion of the mid
die of the day in the hotel. Some of his
victims we're fine bass and pickerel of three
and four pounds weight. We want the
name of the gentleman who beats this.
Dear old "P. G." He would stop the sale
of seats any time at the Old Drury to tell
of fishing exploits at Minnetonka, and some
of his stories had a close squeeze to get
within the bounds Of probability. "P. G.
was reared in Ireland, and there were no
little hatchets or cherry trees on his
fathers place; but he never aspired to be
President, and would do a friend favor
much quicker and stick to him longer than
George Washington would. We are bound
to accept the statement that 'P. G." took
200 pounds of lake fish in single day with
hook, and that he spent the greater part
of the day in the hotel, because it is 80 re-
ported in the Minnetonka paper; but there
comes the harrassing doubt that he may
have seen the editor and enlarged the fish
That the editor is so certain about the por
ton of the day spent at The hotel, gives s
suspicious air about the whole fish tory.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-16
Matrimonial.

On Tuesday evening last our young, enter
prising and prosperous fellow-citizen, Mr..
Isidore Danziger, was united in marriage
to the fair and accomplished Miss Amelia
Dreyfous. The affair was one Of those
happy occasions, VIXEN the event and its
surroundings are of the most harmonious
and pleasing nature, where the hand only
follows the heart, and youthful lovers are
in the God intended sense of the phrase
made one flesh"
large and fashionable company were
present and joined in the most sincere
wishes for the health, happiness, long life
and prosperity of the happy pair.
May time III passing DER these two
Bring naught but pleasant hours.
Or bringing grief, may it be brief
As April's fruitful showers,
Which mask q moment natures face.
Yet surely for the shade
Each f1owret gem upon its stem
Is brighter, sweeter made.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-16
Persistently Wrong.

The President has not recognized the gal
lantry of General Crster by any official or
der, but he has appointed his son, Frederick
Dent Grant. to vacancy made by the
death of brave officer on the field where
Custer fell.
The above is from the New Orleans Times
of last evening. The Times persists in be-
ing wrong. Lieutenant Grants regiment
was not in the Sioux fight. The vacancy to
which Grant was promoted was not made
by the death Of anybody. We have already
explained that Lieutenant Grant was pro
NOTED from the gaade Of senior second lieu,
tenant of the Fourth Cavalry. to that ot
first lieutenant of the came regiment, vice
Lieutenant Robert G. Carter, retired from
active service. If the promotion of Lieu
tenant Grant was not in order, will the
Times please state who should have been
named to fill the vacancys
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-16
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

THE AMERICAN ANGLERS GUIDE. BY
John j Brown. Published by d. Apple
ton & Co.. New York.
This is perhaps the most perfect book for
it's special purpose ever published. 1t Is OF
more than 400 pages, with picture on
every page, describing everything in the
fish line from a small hook up to big fish,
and is a complete fishers manual for the
United States, with descriptions of all fab
to be taken with hook and line from the
ocean and from the rivers, axes, ponds and
brooks of North, East, West and South,
with instructions how, when and where to
fab
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-16
Charity HOSPITAL.

The treasurer Of the Charity Hospital,
j. d. Lichtenberger, ESQ.,. under direction
Of the Board Of Administrators, is paying
out to the old creditors $4,000 in State
warrants of 1874 and 1875, at the rate Of
about seventy-ive cents on the dollar.
Most of the creditors accept their pro rata
willingly; others are anxious to have their
accounts settled in full at these rates, while
still Others hesitate and seem inclined to
hope that the Legislature, some day. will
appropriate funds to pay them in full.
Lawyers and others acquainted with the
financial and legislative departments OF our
State have no such hope.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-16
PERSONAL.

New Orleans has in some degree the at
1t mas quantity of individuals, more or
less distinguished, who think that when
ever they ride in the cars the event is
worthy of notice in public print. One OF
these, with personal mention thirst, en-
gagged the attention of Mr.. Bates at an early
hour yesterday morning. He stepped in
suddenly, wearing long linen duster and
carrying palm leaf fan. and said 81 am
going away
"Glad to hear it," said Bates who evi-
IDENTIFY did not comprehend the case, or
else he felt pleasure that the visitor was
able to travel.
"Most everybody round here knows me, "
ventured the tourist.
"Yes, sab, reckon they do
"Any of the reporters about ?"
Not yet" said Bates. "rhey is SO pow
erfully hard worked nights, dsy most gen
ally late in de mornings"
''Ah! thought they might mention me
in the paper, am SO well known"
Bates inistOok the character of Lis Gus
toner at once. He thought he belonged to
the numerous class who wish to be left on!
on account OF the feelings of an old and in
fuential family, and so said soothingly:
''If you has only been a simple drunk
reckon they won't put you in the de paper
nohow. You m.sht jest leave a note to de
boss, and ask him to s'press ye."
The man laughed at the simplicity Of
Bates, but he left memorandum for the
reporter, to the effect that "oar old and es.
teemed friend, the courteous and ever.
popular Washington Smith, the wellknown
shirt dealer, of Cross street, left the city
last night by the reliable Skinner Handle
line. for the purpose of visiting the cen
| tennial, etc." 1t was further intimated
that Smith expected to be absent some
weeks, and that he should have a new
stock of goods on his return, and that he
had partly decided to purchase tall hat
and red necktie in New York, if success
full in his undertakings.
"Here,' said Mr.. Smith, 'hand that to
the reporter with my compliments"
"Yes, sab" said Bates, who also remarked
to himself, "I'm most certain dey'll leave
dat man out. he don't look like he could
be blamed for anything nohow, he's sc
spectacle like; an it's like enough the
! tother ms n struck him fust."
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-16
Especial Correspondence of the Republican,
ARKANSAS.
Little Rock-Rush of lmmigration-Don ona-
tton of Lands-Cr0ps and Praspects-
Politics, etc.

Little Rock-Rush of Immigration- D ona-
tton Of Lands-Crops and Prospects
Politics, etc.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, July 3, 1876.
EDITOR REPUBLICANS:
About fifty years ago an enterprising
steamboat captain, while ascending the
Arkansas river, found point of rocks, ex-
tending into the river, from the South side,
and as it was small, compared with the
big rock, which is 800 feet high, mile or
two above, on the north side. he named the
place Little Rock. These are the first visi.
bic rocks above New Orleans.
Soon town was begun here, and Little
Rock now contains a population Of 10000
souls, and is beautifully laid out on the
south bank Of the river, with wide streets,
good buildings, including many costly and
very beautiful residences SO tastefully
adorned with flowers and shrubbery that it
is very appropriately called the "City OF
ROses.' Little Rock covers the largest
area Of any city of the same population in
the world.
CATION at all seasons, and already five rail
ways divergs from it, extending to st.
Louis, Memphis, Nav Orleans, Texas and
Fort Smith, nearly three hundred miles
west.
The water power is good and almost IN
most unlimited here, with abundance of
iron, copper, lead and coal in the vicinity,
aud an almost inexhaustible supply of the
very best of hard and soft woods through
out the State. All things considered,
believe that wagon, agricultural implement
and furniture factories would be very profit
able in this vicinity.
The rush of immigrants to this State this
year is unparalleled in it's history, and the
greater number are settling in the north
western portion, along the Little Rock and
Fort Smith railway, which extends up the
Arkansas valley through q very rich agri
cultural and mineral region. very heal:hful,
and in which apples, peaches, and many
other fruits, never fail.
The lands that have been forfeited to the
State for non-payment of taxes are donated
to heads Of families on condition of set tie
ment and cultivation of five acres of the
l6O, or the cultivation of ten acres without
living thereon.
There is not much United States govern
ment land in this portion of the State, but
the railroad land is sold at from s. to $l2
per acre for cash or on long credit.
The wheat and other small grain crOps
are good. The corn, grass, vegetables, vine
and fruit prospects are very promising.
The present State government is Demo-
| cratic; but in the northwestern portion
| there are some towns largely Republican,
| which will vote solid for Hayes and
Wheeler, and most of US hope for the good
time coming when we shall not only have a
Republican President, but Republican
| State government again. CONWAY.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-16
Personal.

Mr. George w. Ruef, for many years
connected with the Office of II. Ronzano,
CustomhOuse broker, took his departure for
Ruatan and other bay islands, per British
schooner Jennie Wood last evening. Mr..
Ruef's visit to the islands has for his
object the establishment Of large and per-
manent business relations with the princi.
pal merchants of those fruit islands.
He will also bring back with him &C.
lection of choice products of this years
growth for exhibition in the agricultural
department of the Centennial International
Exhibition.
Hart II. Harris, Esq, arrived from Chi
cago yesterday and left again on the
Natchez for his plantation in Concordia
parish. We learn from him that there has
been no rain in his parish for several weeks
We hope in the distribution Of yesterday
Concordia came in for q shower.
Governor Kellogg has granted the follow
ing leaves of absence:
To John S. Harris, superintendent of live
stock, forty days.
To Morgan Morgans, tax collector of st
Charles parish, seventy-fve days.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-16
Louisiana Agricultural and Mechanical
College.

Louisiana Agricultural and Mechanical
College.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
members of the board of control of this in
stitution, on the eleventh instant, it was re.
solved to close the session on Friday, the
fourteenth, and to pay the salaries due to
the faculty on the closing day, although
duelpnly July 81, the close of the fiscal
year.
The board also appropriated small sum
Of money to pay the mileage expenses of
two of its country members.
The bids for the erection of college
buildings at Chalmette were opened, and,
on motion, all rejected, owing to dearth
of funds wherewith to build.
A letter from H. Conquest Clarke, score
tary of the board, asking to be excused
from attendance at the meeting, was duly
received and acquiesced in by the board.
The college reopens first Monday in Oc-
tOber
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-16
The Temperature

The thermometer at Louis Frigerios, No
50 Chartres street, stood as follows, July Is
At 8 A. NJ, S8o; at ? P. NJ, S6o; at 6 P. M.
$50. Lowest point during the night of July
IA. 8Oo.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-16

The REPUBLICAN this morning contains
an article on Indian fighting from the pen
of the lamented Custer. It is from the
New York Monthly Ga!ary for July, and
was one of his latest productions.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-16
Butter and Watermelons.

The Richland Beacon, published at Ray
Vile, is one Of the most enterprising Demo-
cratic papers in louisiana In its edition
of last Saturday is published Tilden's mess-
age on Louisiana affairs to the Albany
Legislature, and local melange that can
items are as follows:
Bring us in some butter from the country.
Who will bring us the first watermelon
and get the paper!
Any lady in the parish can get the Beacon
by saving few pounds of butter ana never
miss it.
b. K. McLemore has our grateful &C
acknowledgements for a piece Of nice corn
beef He has plenty more for sale.
We notice in our exchanges that their
friends have been bringing in large water
melons Several days ago they brought
melons into Bastrop, but as yet no melon
We offer the Beacon from now till Janu-
ary, 1877, to the party bringing the largest
melon, and also one copy of the paper for
the first good melon. Who will trys
If any gratitude, any bowels of compass
sion, were left in the Democratic party, the
cry of the Beacon man would be needed.
1t is not enough for ward club to meet
once week, indorse the course of the Bea-
con. select it as an organ, and send the pro-
ceedings of the meetings to the editor for
gratuitous publication, and then have the
members borrow the paper to see how the
resolutions look in print. "F'ine words but
ter no parsnips," and it may be said that
parish platforms butter no watermelons
and fail to buy butter. "Bring us in some
butter from the country is a wall that
speaks for itself. 1t is just possible that
Richland is in the country; but that makes
no difference. Behold the gratitude for
corn beef; behold the envy with which Bas.
trop is looked upon as place where water
melons without number have been rolled
into the offices of less deserving editors.
These things tell of inward anguish, and
picture distressed man standing on the
banks of the bayou watching, like Enoch
Arden, day after day, the appearance of
the melon lugger, aud yet no sail appears.
In vain it is to offer copy of the Beacon
from now till doomsday for the largest
watermelon. The melon man does not
read, and he would not give marketable
watermelon for all Of the Democratic edi-
torials that can be written in Rayville, to
say nothing of butter. 1t is shame that
in land Of plenty any man should be
| suffering for want of the common water
melons of life. There is something wrong
| in such state of affairs, and whatever
remedies may have been suggested, it is
certain that the election of Tilden will not
influence the present melon crop.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-16
eouthwest Pass.

SOUTHWEST PASS, July Is. 1876.
TO Captain c. W. Howell, Corps OF Kngineers,
Cnited States Army:
Depth of channel at mean low tide, six
teen feet six inches. Least width for that
depth, eighty feet. High tide at A: M.
Depth of channel at high tide eighteen feet
six inches. Bottom hard.
CHARLES II. ELWELL,
Master of the Essayons.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-16
At StaubsS.

The latest from the Sioux country. the
illustrated papers with sketches Of the fallen
heroes and the places their death has made
famous, Rarpers Monthly, with revolution
ary "reminiscences and pastoral sketches,
these are among the attractions Staub Of
fers this morning to his patrons at No. 69
Canal street, Goldthwaite's book store.
BY the use Of kernine and sedine, the re-
cent discoveries from the cotton plant. the
most obstinate fevers can be quickly
broken. They are certain specifics. M. B.
Morrison g. Co.. agents.
Sow the seed.
Sow the seed.
Sow the seed.
Buy ticket
Buy ticket
In the Golden Drawing
In the Golden Drawing
OF July %,
Of July 49,
And win prize.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-16

To Secretary Chandler is due the credit
of the discovery of these defalcations.
Other secretaries seem to have neglected
to examine these bonds and ascertain if
they were legitimate. But when the care
of the Indian trust fund was given 10 the
Treasury Department, Secretary Chandler,
with the business care and sagacity that
characterizes him, examined every one of
them as carefully as if it was his own prop
erty. The country now sees the result of
his fidelity.