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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

TRE New York Herald says: There
are about no 900 Jews in this city, 200
ofwhom have become christians. Bishop
Potter thinks this very small proper
ton, and he has therefore issued a circu-
lar to the clergy of his diocese asking for
increased contributions to establish mis-
sions among the Jews here. A Mr.. Ma
thans, who was formerly Jewish rabbi
but is now a candidate for the Episcopal
ministry, it is believed, would make an
excellent missionary among his late
co-religionists. 1t is said many of them
come to him now for instruction.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

GEORGE P. BEMIs, late private secre-
tary to George Francis Train, has insti-
tuted suits for back-pay against his late
employer at Omaha. In the first suit,
tried and won by Bemis, the plaintiff
related the manner in which Train, at
the head of communist mob, captured
the city of Marseilles, France, and held
it for three days. When the Imperial
soldiers retook the city, they halted in
front of Trains hotel and the officers
pointed the guns of the soldiers at Train
and his private secretary, Bemis, on the
balcony, waving French and American
flags. Train never wavered, but wrapped
the American flag around him, looked
defiance at the threatening mob, and
shouted, "Shoot, you miserable cowards.''
The officers did not shoot, but the smeute
was squelched.
BAYARD TAYLOR reports to the Tri-
bune that the Americans at Philadel-
phia are making up in activity what
they lacked in promptness, and that
''from present indications should judge
that the foreign display-with the posi-
BILE exception of the Oriental nations
will be fully equal TO that of Paris in
1867 and at Vienna in 1873" OF our
national ingenuity and its fruit he says
"The machinery building will be one Of
the great distinguishing features of the
Exhibition. 1t is double that of Vienna
space, and far more imposing in effect
Our exhibitors, after yielding all that is
desired by other nations, will occupy
three fourths of the space. The display
of machinery alone will be worth a voy
age from the uttermost parts of the
earth. 1t will probably be many year.
before its like can be seen again. He
csnfesses himself surprised at the
size and completeness of the exhibition
as a whole; says the commission "has al
ready conquered success" and concludes
" am now satisfied that the coming in
ternatiOnal exhibition, instead of bein,
inferior to or copy of any of the pre-
ceding ones, will be markedly superio
in many important features, and will
have, moreover, a distinguishing STAN
of its own"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

AT Wilmington, North Carolina, last
week, lot of confederate currency and
bonds and Of state war bonds, redecmable
in confederate currency, was sold The
state bonds brought from five and one
half to nine cents per 81, 900; the con-
federate bonds three and one-half cents,
and the currency one-half cent.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

THE late Countess banner, widow of
Frederick VII, of Denmark, left her
property, valued at nearly $4,0OO.OOO,
for the maintenance of an institution for
orphan and deserted girls of Denmark.
The castle of Jagerspris, in North Zea-
land, will be the central building of the
institution, and accommodations for six
hundred or eight hundred children will
IN, proyided
, 1876-03-12

The Chicago produce markets were ruther
slow on Saturday, except wheat. Mess pork
was quiet and firm, closing at So. .12t@oo. Is
cash md So. oo5@222.274 for april Lard
YVES active and SC per 100 TBS higher, closing
at S13.2o@13.o5 cash and S13. 3.3ot@13.35
seller April. Meats we're dull and steady, at
SIC for boxed shoulders, 12c for do short
ribs, and 1e4c for do short clears. High
wines were quiet and unchanged, ct S1.o5
per gallon Flour WIS quiet and steady
Wheat Was more active and &c higher, closing
at $50 for March and 99sc for April. Corn
was quiet and unchanged, closing ut 1890 for
March aud 43sc for April. Oats were quiet
and fr,n,' closing at 324@a.!o for March
and sac for May Rye WAS quiet, ut G3!@
&c. Barley wes quiet and 1c higher, closing
ct sc for March and 55!c for april. Hogs
we're in fair demand, and prices ruled steady
at Fridays decline. The bulk OF the sales
wero at $765@s.15. There IVES quiet cat
tie market at easy prices quoted at $3.5o@
$50 for common to choice. Sheep remained
firm at 81. .00@6.00. One hundred dollnrs in
gold would buy S114Go3 in greenbacks at
the closa.
, 1876-03-12

Prot. su1Mas can scarcely be cong1atu.
lated upon his outcome in the recent exam
inaton relative to his connection with the
Emma Mine swind]a. Tho dispatch which
he sent about the 5000 tons of ore in sight
worth $4,000 ton (Which was Of itself
$1,000, ,ooo) was the stumblng-block in the
way Of self-jusffcation- Prof. S1111MAS
was at 3 loss how to explain the sending Of
that dispatch, though he co2ld not deny it.
He was constrained to admit TINT there were
not more than :, 600 tons OF ore in sight, and
that much Of it would not assay s., 600 ton.
This seems to be an admission that Prof.
Sn1NAy did not tell the truth about it. In
the matter OF the compensation he received
he must also rest under suspicion Though
he declares that his compensation was not to
depend on the character Of his report, he ad-
mits that, after receiving $4,000 IN advance,
he Was then to gat all the way from $40, 900
to $4,000 additional. Leaving it in this
way, even a less learned man than Prof.
SuLntAs would have concluded that his
chances for the larger sum were be tier with q
favorable report than they would be
With an unfavorable one. As matter Of
fact, he received $4,000 for work that, all
told, he only claims to have occupied six
months, including travelling. Is this the
usual rate Ya1e College pays its Professors?
, 1876-03-12

when money has to be borrowed to pay inter-
est on even the temporary loans, the paper
becomes of that questionable kind that tha
holder cannot depend upon its being paid at
maturity. It would be disgrace to have the
city notes go to protest, and We trust the
banks will not permit such thing to hap-
pen, II they can prevent it. At the same time
it cannot be expected that persons or corpo-
rations Will lend two or three millions Of dol
lars to City Government which refuses to
reduce its expenditures within its income,
and which refuses to levy o tax to meet its
liabilities, and which insists upon the issue of
notes growing in amount with almost arith-
metlcal progression. If tho city cannot meet
it's liabilities now, how will it do so six
months hence, If the money received from
taxes, instead Of being applied to taking up
its temporary loans, is used for current e1-
penditures :? If as fast as one certificate is
taken up another is issued for d larger
amount, the evil is really increasing, md there
must be suspension at some time. That kind
Of business must eventually reach its limit.
We hope that the banks will cordially re-
spond to the relief Of the pressing necessities
OF the city; but in so doing there should be q
free and frank conference and understanding
as to tho future conduct and management of
city aEairs-
, 1876-03-12
OBITUARY.

LlRET. WALLACE GR4aAM, Us.x.
i large circle OF friends both in The Eat -,
West, a. we'll as his companions in the ~
have been panied at the sudden death of i;.r.
WALLACE GE4HAa1. who has bean an OFFS, =.
the United States steamer Michigan TO, ,ha ~.
year or two. He had received oraers fror, ~.
Navy Department the very day he vss t,tsn
eick to report for duty On beard Of The Unta,
States training-ship Junata as Navigator !.
position for which he was in every WV vs,,
fitted, and to which he had looked forward ~
pleasure. He VAS detained By IN .tt,.t ~
pneumonia, and this Terminated in death ,h,,.
days after. Lieut.. GRAHAM was nat,;s ot r.s
Yo-E, entered the Nary Dec. 6, 1851 md ~.
appointed to Lentenancy in 1869. Du,ipv n.
fifteen years OF his Service, his tall figura com-
manding presence, thorough education and A..
acting discipline, had made him copsp;rnon,
among the young men of the Navy, vhi1s hi,
aaiable disposition and aGable msnne,s sad
eadeared him to al the officers viii
whom he was associated 1Ir, Gg.r.w
had frequently visited Chicago, and h.d
formed many pleasant friendships in this eity
There were formal funeral seryices in ris
where the Michigan is stationed at present. md
the remains we're accompanied to the station h,
the officers, Marines and crew, in tull uniform
and NTH dfaped co}ors- The body wss brouph,
to Chicago for interment to crafty the desire o,
Lieut. GEAHAMs only Sitter, hrs. EE. FA1aR.xr
at whose residence the funeral services ue,e hs,d
last Wednesday, when Dr.. LOCKE ofdciated. Tbt
pali-bearers we're Lieut. Gen. 6HzR1plx Cal
FAnRAR, Mai. HUNTINGTON, and 2Iesars. E.
HTrpArn r Fretrp and Tn.p-rs r-~.
, 1876-03-12

Mr. sronE1 is permitting some Of his un-
derdngs On the Times newspaper to write
him down an ass. Either he is grown sen;la
and fails to discover the true meaning of tha
articles he prints, or he has become So rack
less as to the character Of his paper that he
gives Irresponsible persons full swing to
stu1hfy him to their hearts content
We refer, as a case in point, to
the course of the Times on the
subject of municipal retrenchment and
taxation While protesting the most loyal
devotion to the Taxpayers, aud On intense de-
sire to have the City Government econom-
ically administered, the real spirit of the con-
cern was illustrated few days ago, when an
article in favor Of retrenchment in one col
umn was offset in parallel column
BY demand that the police forca be in
creased by $50, swelling the patro7men to 700
men, that portion be converted into horse
anasines, OF some other kind Of cavalry, to
ride around town and exhibit their equestrian
skill These large additions to the force
would necessitate extra station room and
$dahles for horses, and would require more
oz1cers. and add at least quarter Of million
, 1876-03-12

Tha serenade is peculiarly Washington
institution It is resorted to on every posi-
BILE occasion II 3 distinguished individual ar.
rives heis serenaded; if he departs he is like
wise serenaded If o candidate is elected be is
surs to be serensded; if he is defeated 8
serenade is ematter of course When "Boss u
SHEPHERD was inducted into Office he Was
favored with q .serenade; and when he WAS
kicked out he was the recipient of similar
favor. Every political sentiment in Wash
ington, whether OF congratu1aion, vindica-
ton, joy, depression, Success, defeat, birth,
and demise, is celebrated by the scraping of
fddles and the blowing Of horns. It is not
surprising, therefore, that the colored citi-
zens, being essentially an initiative race,
should now tander would d-be-Seaator PEcn-
DAcK serenade. This scramble is given be-
CAUSE PEcuBAcK did not get his seat, but he
would have been serenaded just the same il
he had succeeded in getting the place In
either case his co1ored fellow-citizens would
have insisted upon seranading him "as 4
token Of their appreciation of his services to
the race-" Would -be-Senator PHcHBAcK has
probably assisted before now in serenadas,-
very often, perhaps, in times past es a
twanger Of the guitar or tho manipulation Of
clarionat
, 1876-03-12

The London Times Of recent date contains
an article congratsllnting the people of that city
upon the results which have been achieved by
the Metropolitan Board Of Works with special
respect to drainage, aud c1aims what will
probably have to be admitted, that London is
the bcst-d1ained city in the werld It calls
attention to the fact that when the Metropol-
itan Board YVES organized, twenty-one years
ago, London had no system of drainage what
ever, and that during that time over 1000
miles Of sewers have been constructed, in ad-
dition to all its other works, such as the for
mation OF parks, the creation Of new streets,
end the superintendence Of gas and water
supply, and the great Thames embapkmcnt,
which has given the city an elegant thorough
fare by land reclaimed from one of its banks.
AL Of these improvements are more or less
sanitary in character; but, OF course, none Of
them in this respect can compare with under
drainage
The statement of the Times that London
has been underdrained during the past twen-
ty-one years will undoubtedly surprise most
renders, who have had the impression that the
understanding of cities was an old practice
The system, as it prevails now, is the out
growth Of the present century. The ancients,
although they constructed great sewers, ac-
complished nothing more than the carrying
of of the surface-water Of the streets. The
system which not only does this, but COR
meets with the easements Of dwellings,, stores,
barns, and outhouses, carrying off the filthy |
deposits and surface-wash into a running
stream, is purely modern work, It grew.
out of the growth Of large cities, IN which, as
they increased in size and population, the
odors and gases became go strong that they
, 1876-03-12

not actually Live Oh the ta1-leyy. The ds>
onstration Of this political proposition
which is almost automatic and ONLY nesa,
demonstration to those most Ignorant ~,
lead away from the influence Of the tar aot.-
the masses who have been voting With tb.,.
by reason OF nearer approach in til. soc;.,
scale and under the common resentmept felt
against property owners and capitalists r..
human nature is as selfish among tbs wortin.
classes as among the capitalists, and If w.
former can be convinced that they psy irs.
as much taxes in proportion to their capec;t,
and condition as the millionaire, they win not
hesitate to desert the cause OF the ta1-tb;er..
and they will clamor as loudly as anybodr r.,
o reduction of the ta1-le1y.
, 1876-03-12

PIERRE LERoux and GEORGE SAND, and also
wrote aseries Of novels in the style of GEORGE
SAND, as well as Historic de Ia Revolution
de 1913, Trois Journees de Ia vie de 3IAnn;
STUART, Florence ct Turin, and DANTE ct
GOETHE. One OF her strongest claims to
celebrity, however, grows out Of her domestic
relatons. After her marriage to the Count
D'AoouIr she travelled extensively through
Europe, and during this tour separated from
her husband and placed herself under the
protection Of L1szr, the pianist, by whom
she had many children, amo2g them CESSNA,
who married DR.. H:Ns Won Bu1ow, was
divorced from him, aud is now the wife Of
RICHARD WAGNER. The Countess was SUBJ
sequeutly reconciled to her husband, and re-
gained her social standing in Paris.
, 1876-03-12

| would soon have become uninhabitable il
modern engineering skill had not devised the
system Of connections and discharges. They
have proved the greatest and most efficient OF
all sanitary measures. They have absolutely
conquered some diseases, and mitigated many
others. They have cleaned the cities, and
purified tbs water and the air. In London
and Paris most wonderful results have been
accomplished by this health-giglng system:
Berlin is suffering some because Of want Of
outlet. Chicago would to-day have been ur-
inhabitable had it not been for the system OF
underdrainaga which was commenced by
Gen. WEBSTER, as President of the Sewerage
Board, twenty years ago, in connection with
h1r. CHEsnRouGH. That work, commenced
about the same time as the London system,
shows results proportionately as great, and
has reclaimed the city from its primitive
fover-breeding swamps, and made it one Of
the healthiest cities of the world. Since the
fire nearly 4,G00 acres have been drained.
The South Side, with the exception Of some
parts Of Bridgeport, is completely drained, and
most Of the thickly-settled parts Of the North
and West Sides ara fnished,-tho extension
of sewerage now being mainly confined
to the northwest and southwest sections
Of the city. We have, therefore, fully as
much cause for congratulation as the Lon
donees,- perhaps moro so, when it is consid-
cred that the whole city has been reclaimed
from the swamps, and has been lifted up in
order to be drained With our splendid sys-
tenn of drainage and with q water-supply
such as no other city in the world has, our
bills Of mortality have been so reducel that
Chicago is to-day the healthiest and most de-
hghtful city in the United States. It is this
fact which makes Chicago such pleasant
place Of summer resort and if, as the oldest
Inhabitants and some of the doctors are now
predicting, the mild, open winter is to be
followed by an unhealthy season, Chicago will
offer her pure air, health-giving breexes, and
crystal water as Inducements for the afflicted
to come here, However unhealthy the sea-
son may be elsewhere, Chicago will be
refuge. proof against epidemics of any Sort
8 result which is largely due to our excellent
system Of underdrainage.
, 1876-03-12

Ihe Judge Of the Common Pleas Court in
Philadelphia has set aside the verdict of the
Jury N the Gi1ard College case On the ground
*that it vas procured by improper means. It
WILL be remembered that the jury was drawn
70 decide whether Gi1ard avenue should be
Strengthened by cutting through the College
grounds. The decision was adverse. Tie
Jury Was composed of *<prominent and we'll
3nosn" citizens, Who seem to have &C.
q1nred peculiar facility in entertaining ssim-
proper considerations" It does not enpear
that there was any bribery in the case.
, 1876-03-12

It will be remembered that few days since
the cable te1egrnms announced the death in
Paris Of MARIE DE F1Av1aS1, Countess
DAGoULT, who had attained considerable CO.
lebrity IN letters By the works she produced
under the non, de plume Of 90 Daniel Stern. ~
She WIS born at FranHort-o -the-Main in
1905, Was educated in Paris, and in 1897 mar
RED Count HECTOR PHILIPPE D'AGour
She was the nuthor of q novel entitled
" Nelida, y published in 18i5, contributed pa.
pers On Germany to a review founded bv M
, 1876-03-12

dollars to the taxes Of the city for police
force which already costs far too much. Is
all this because the editor of the Tines and
the gentleman who enjoys tho sinecure know
as City Marshal happen to be cronies? Or is
it because Mr. STOREY has arrived at that time
of life verifying the adage "Once man,
twice child? IF sot there ought to DO
some truth in the rrmored sale Of the Times.
, 1876-03-12
SOCIAL, DECENTRALIZATION

In the light Of daily revelations, there can
| be no one who can dispute the widely-ox.
tended decentralization of society. Crime has
| ceased to be odious or repulsive. The time
| was that the discovery Of dishonest juror
would hive astounded the community, when
the purchase of grand jury would have so
alarmed men that the iniquity would be sum-
marily punished. Such things are now not
exceptional, but common; jurors seek ap-
pointments for the money they can make in
Office #; and the appointment Of jurors is a
matter Of patronage, distributed with or with
out q consideration. Defelcatious in public
Office and in private institutions have be-
come 80 common that they no longer attzact
any more attention than changes in the
weather. Society has reached that point
that it is appalled, By nothing. 1nddelity in
all the relations Of life, in the family, in
business, in all commercial and financial
transactions, works no social exclusion The
possession Of money overrules all inquiry as
to how the money was obtained. A thou
sand families are at this moment plunged in
distress because Of the detection Of as many
heads OF families in confessed conspiracy
to rob the Government +; and yet society in
general is not in the least disturbed, assam-
ing that no one will be punished, but TINT
these persons will be all restored to social
confidence again.
After the long and protracted wars OF Eu-
rope at the beginning Of the present century,
England was stricken with the moral palsy
which now prevails in this country. The
same corruption of private and public morals
existed. Society YVES rotten to the centre.
Offices were bought and sold; the wealth
accumulated in the wars had demoralized eli
ranks in life; and conspicuous among the
criminals Of that day was the brother of the
King, who, through his mistress, sold CON-
missions and contracts. The struggle was
long one. Paper money hnd added its cor
rupting influence to the evil times. At last,
through the resumption of specie payments
and the desolation Of q panic, the moral in
tell1gence Of the nation recovered its su-
premacy.
ine work OF reform was severely performed
Ihe civil service Of England, which had be-
come even worse than our own, YVES turned
inside out. The dishonest were Dismissal
ABUSES were dlseountenhnced and prevented,
corruption and the means of corruption were
erad'cated, frauds and denominations were
exposed and punished, and long string of
sinecures was abolished. These reforms Ind
strong effect upon society. It ceased to be
fashionable to be dishonest The possession
Of wealth ceased to be worshiped There was
q return to frugality, economy, and industry.
The constitution of the Kingdom felt the |
force Of the moral reaction. Parliament WIS
, 1876-03-12

Tha Alabama Legislature, before adjourn
S1g, adopted Centennial resolutions. This is
good sign Nowhere arc the effects Of the
Centennial likely to be-n more value Than in
the lately rebellious States.
, 1876-03-12

Tho dissatisfaction of the Iowa people with
the present arbitrary railroad tariff is con-
stantly increasing. The inhabitants Of the
interior towns complain that the only effect
OF the tariff is to benefit the merchants of
heofuk, Burlington, Davenport, Dubuque,
and other nver towns, who add the difference
between the old and the new rates. tn their
prces, and still are able to keep tada away
from Chicago,
, 1876-03-12

The safe~burglary scandal has becoms tire
Some to many newspaper readers; but there
is kernel to it, which, if once reached, will
vel repay I'll the labor that has been e1-
pended upon it. The people ought to know
who the rascals are, why they have escaped
Punishment thus fa-, and how long they are
70 re,uatn In the company Of honest men.
, 1876-03-12

The Prince Of WALEs is now on his vev
>home. His tour in India las perhaps been
fruitful IN good results to himself. having
gwen him opportunities to enlarge his store Of
information, correct his loose habits, and i'm
prove his esthetic sense; but it is question
whether the English people vin ever sec in
their future King the good effects Of the
money they have expended on this e1pedi~
rim
, 1876-03-12

The appearance Of ex-Secretary .Wu1Es to
testify against 11r. RoBEsoH seems not to
1s.1Te produced great results It would have
been worth while, though, to hear Secretary
S7AN1oSTs opinion of BE1Ks.P.
, 1876-03-12

The proposition to submit wo1nan-suf-
tage amendment to the people of Iowa has
been twice defeated in the State Senate The
people might be trusted to decide question
II this kind for themselves,
, 1876-03-12
ADJUSTMENTS.

TO-DAY.
Mcc0HN1CK HAIL-North Clark street, cezner Of
F1a:ie Lecture ut p. n by Prof. II. D. Cunning.
subj teGt: ~ F1o7era and Ide:s Friends.
NEW CHICAGO ruEArRE-clsrk street, between
AXE aDd Randolph. Fernando"
FIRST METHODIST cHCRCH- -Coru1r Washing
oc .:d Cl.sG streets- Concert in aid o{ tho Good
sl,a1titans Eo.He It n II
, 1876-03-12

TOMORROW.
AO0LE3E3 TUEATkE-K4Ddolph street between
C:A.E and LaSAle- The California AiustrrlA
. ADE1.puI THEATRE-Dearbo,a street, ccrner
Mnnsoe. HE11ptF Du.upty."
, AcVICEERS THEaTEE-Madi.on street, between
Dearborn snd s.ata- Ecgagenent Of Ernma Waller
= Mtg Herrles."
PLYMOUTH CHrRCH-Bos.on Philharmonic Club
, 1876-03-12
BUSINESS NOTICES

DISEASES or DOGS AND HOW TO BREED DOGS,
hesdos al the recent sasf, ehoo:iag, bzsa ball snd
athletic events, IN tie CA.ed9o Frd handsouely Illus
rtated. Fur Ss}e hy N rexs dealers.
, 1876-03-12

CORISTH1AT CHAPTER, No. e. h. 4. M-ReR.
ular coavoea:;on Monday evening, March L. at 7:3o
c'1ock- Work On the P. zad II. f Degree
In HENDERSON. Il P
, 1876-03-12

MASONIC CS0C1ABLK-Ano:her Of those enjoyable
eoci2bes given b; Corinthien HILL Trustees viii come
-o1 On Tuesday evening, Haren II, ut their hall 187
Tast kinze-st-, TO which tbs fr1ternity and their
<-lends kts cordiany Invited
, 1876-03-12

LAFAYETTE CHAPTER, No 2 L. M.-Han, r
Aoc1oe-st-s1ated Convoeatioa Mo19d2y evening,
Match Is 1T $50 O'Clock, for business and xc1k On
fho IL E. nsgrse. b anter Of the Il. P.
E n TICKER Eae.s