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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-10-21
Population Of the United States.

In the columns Of our contemporaries we regu-
larly meet with the widest and most unreasonable
guesses regarding the present number of our popu-
lation. 1t is often stated as low as 10000, 900, and
never higher than A., 900, 900. The former figures
amount to lampoon on the truth, for they indi-
cate that the increment of our people has been less
than 500, 900 during six years, or hardly so much
as our numerical progress between 1920 and 1880.
when ten years give us an augmentation of 3,227,-
567 inhabitants, Although the last decade con-
tanned four years of war exceedingly destructive
of life, as well as largely repressiVe OF foreign i'm
migration, the people increased 7,1l5, 050. Even
at the rate of increase between 1860 and 1870,
which was ~2,O6O.sl5 per cent annually, our popu-
lation would have reached over $1,000, 900 four
years ago. AT the percentage of growth the pro-
cession of numbers would have been as follows:
SO, 35z, 9S7 in 1871; 40, 163, 97s in 1872: AZ, 69s,6 GIT
in 1875; and 43,57s,556 in 1876 But those figures
are certainly much too small. During the last five
calendar years LAO, 905 foreign immigrants came
to the United States, against s02 1927 during the
first eve years of the last decade, besides which we
have had no great war TO thin out our numbers.
1t is reasonable, therefore to suppose that our
people are augmenting at least as rapidly as the
annual rate between 1850 and 1860, 3,090646 per
cent exactly. On that basis of increase our popu-
lation. on the first day of June in each of the years,
would be as follows: SO, 750,073 in 1871; 4O,97S,-
707, in 1872; ~, 245, ITO, in 1873; 1880 59. in
1874; 44s96. 745, in 1875; and 46, 2S4,3 44 in 1876.
Continuing the calculation for the remaining years
of the decade, we have these results: Al, 714,S26, in
1877; 49, 1S9, 535, in 1878; so 709, 599, in 1879: and
81, 277 esq in 1880. These approximations are
passed upon deductVe prooaDilltleS which are both
reasonable and strong; they steer clear of the mere
guess-work of the day, which is SO slovenly, unsat-
isfactory and misleading; and, in the absence of an
actual count of the people, they possess enough of
the likelihood of accuracy to answer for all prac-
teal purposes. For the computation of per capita
of currency, or Of imports, or of exports, or OF
taxation, and the like our figures will prove use
full. Last year we showed that our population
must have reached about As. 600, 600; and the argu-
ment by which we supported the conclusion was re-
garded in the East as settling the point, so that
our estimates were there widely adopted by the
Press. But twelve months have elapsed since then.
We have been growing in numbers during that
time. Its now necessary to put the figures, dated
at June l, 1876, at 46, 2s4, 344. AT the present mo-
yond that date, it is probable that the increase
amounts to about l75, 900 more.-Iater Ocean,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-10-21
True Love Out of Fashion.

The country never produced so many beauti-
full manageable young women as it does at
the present time. And why do we not have
more marriages? We answer, because marriage
for love is the exception and not the rule.
The young people of this age have gone fash
ion and money mad. If the dandy bank-clerk
who pays one-half his income for board and the
other half for clothes cannot improve his con-
dition he will not marry. The shop-girl who
car good wages and cannot be distinguished by
her dress from the bankers daughter, certainly
will not plunge into matrimony unlss she can
better her condition in life. If a man is for
tunate enough to possess money, it matters not
how old or ugly he may be, hundreds of intelli-
gent, handsome young women can be found only
consideration. They marry to be supported
hear the remark. Better to be an old mans
darling than q poor mans slavei" Alas! too
many of them are not satisfied to be d~arlings.
They will persist in loving other men after they
arc married. 1t cannot be denied that n great
number of the unmarried men are adventures
looking for wives who can keep them without
working for q living. The peace and content
ment of q happy home are not taken into con-
sideration. They are willing to suffer q hell
upon earth if they can be kept in idleness.
If our young people do not abandon their ex-
trayagance in dress and greed for money our
country will be filled with old bachelors and
old maids. We must have more genuine court
ships and marriages to have prosperity and happi-
ness in this world. Too many marry for money
only to be disappointed and unhappy the rest
of their lives.-ABany Argus.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-10-21
Our Government.

s.What is all this worth?' is the caption of an
article in the New York Tribune. Weare burning
powder in celebrating our one hundredtha nnIyersa-
ry, and rejoicing over our ACHIEVEMENTS during the
century. We are jubilant because we cast off
the restraint of British monarchy and are free.
But we must not. says the writer, confound
the blessings We derive from other
ces with those conferred by our form of govern
ment. We do not owe our broad domain OF fer
tile territory and vast resources to any form of
government.
Has our government proved better than that of
Great Britain, the Dominion of Canada, or Aus
tralia? Ours has not been particularly pure, but
rather corrupt. Nor has it been very economi-
cal. Municipal government alone costs us more
than all forms of government cost Great Brit
ain-its Crown, it's aristocracy, its Established
Church, its dissatisfied ireland, its enormous
standing army, its scattered g%arrisons all over
the world, its vast navies which uphold the
majesty Of Great Britain on every sen and in
every foreign port. Besides this we have costly
State and national establishments. and are prob
ably the best taxed people on the face OF the
earth. We do not boast of these things.
Life is not better protected here, nor property.
Our enterprise and inventive genius have not
yet enabled us to supply human wants at lower
cost than they are supplied elsewhere. We can
buy n suit of clothes and many necessary artl-
cles, cheaper in Canada. With n bad currency
and an unfit fiscal system, with taxes and bur-
dens, and q rotten civil service what Is 1t that
we rejoice over? Having these abuses we rejoice
that we have freedom to reform them, and that
we can and will do better.
That is the worst and the best of free govern
ment. 1t makes blunders. But it also makes
men. Through continual errors and stumbles.
which prove that it has not yet learned to go
alone, the child gains the strength and self-com-
mand to walk. A century of freedom has only
proved that we are not yet fit to govern ourselves.
But it has educated n whole nation so that at
last they begin to know what good government
is, and to strive for it resolutely. Rightly con-
sidered, this same spirit of reform, which has
oyerpowered the baser elements in both parties,
is the finest fruit of american freedom.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-10-21
Tax Dodgers.

Some interesting and important litigation is liza
BILE to grow out of the action of the assessors
of Boston, this year, in trying to circumvent
the wishes of tax dodgers. Forty-seyen persons,
covering n valuation of a little less than IS ,000,-
900, have been assessed in Boston, thirty-nine
of whom paid their personal taxes in other
municipalities last year, and the other eight in
tended to do so this year. Both classes are
probably assessed in municipalities other than
Boston, and under the law, unless one tax is
abated, they will have to pay both assessments
and sue to recover the one they did not wish
to Pay. On the first day of May the assessors
were divided into squads of three, who visited
the individuals in question at their Boston resi-
dences, and, finding them at home, served upon
them 4 special request to make q statement of
their finances to the permanent board. As the
measure was intended to test the efficacy Of the
law recently passed, only those were assessed
who were actually residing in Boston on the
first day of May. In nearly all cases the parties
were at breakfast. and after the brief interview
with the officials, returned TO the meal with
abated appetites.
THE New York Herald says that Grant will live
in the splendor of history long after his accusers
have been forgotten. But it will be precious lit
tie consolation to Grant to know that he must die
before he gets Justice, if the Herald is cnrretf.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-15
WHEELER & WILSON'S
New No. 6 Sewing Machine.

We, manufacturers of Boots and Shoes, are
using Wheeler & Wilson'S New No. 8 Sewing
Machine in all kinds Of stitching on our work,
and confidently believe that it will supersede
all others in this branch of manufactures, for
the following reasons:
/. The work done by this machine is superior
to that OF any other in variety, amount, excel
lence and beauty.
2. This machine is more durable than any
other of its class, requiring much less outlay
for repairs and renewal of parts.
3. 1t does the cording or staying OF button
holes in most elegant and substantial man
ner, without the expense of royalty.
In short, because by the use Of this machine
we can turn out superior work at less cost than
with any other.
TsIaNED BY MANY.l
BGg- 1t is fast superseding all other ma
chimes for leather work.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-15
Our Cotton Fabrics Abroad.

A foreign correspondent of the Boston
Transcript writes:
The unquestioned superiority of Amer
ican cotton fabrics over the English war
rants the attempts made by the Amer
ican weavers to introduce their wares
into English markets, especially the
home market of Britain. On a recent
visit to Liverpool, London, Manchester,
Edinburg, Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin,
l visited the wholesale jobbers and re-
tailers, and had free d scussion with
them in relation to the merits Of English
and American cottons.
All the jobbers expressed an opinion
favorable to our fabrics, and the retail
ers, those who, yard stick In hand, dis
cuss with customers the qualities, whose
Judgment is the result Of handling the
goods daily, in most cases expressed the
Delief that ours were the best to wear,
while none placed them below the stand
ard Of the English. Manchester has lost
all her colonies here on coarse cotton
yarns, used in domestic weaving with
wool. American cotton and American
style of manufacturing commands the
entire market in these colonies tor that
article. l named the'circumstance to a
Glasgow jobber, who formerly supplied
this yarn to the colonies, and he admitted
the fact, and added that we were cur
failing his orders for sheeting and shirt
ings, too. not only in the Canadas, but
but also the West Indies.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-15
SEWING MACHINES.
Wheeler { Wilson S
ROTARY-HOOK, LOCK-STITGH
SEWING MACHINES.
MORE THAN
100000
OF THEIR,
Family Machines
I'm USE.
A Quarter Of Century's trial has Dem
Onstrated their Superiority.
A Quarter of Century's trial has DEM
Onstrated their Superiority.

Wheeler G Wilson'S New No. 6
Machine must eventually suPer-
sede all others now known with
which 10 comes iM competition. We
recommend for it the hig hest
award which IL is i'm the power of
tine Institute SO bestOw.',-Fromt the
unanimous report of the five Judges Of tha
American Institute, New York, 1874
The Board of Managers unanimously ap-
proved the report, and recommended for this
machine tho Gold Medal of the Hnstt-
tute.
The Board Of Direction unanimously ap-
proved this recommendation, and awarded the
Gold Medal to Wheeler & Wilson, the only
Gold Medal awarded for Sewing Machine By
the American Institute for many years.
The Austrian Official Report Of the Vienna
Exposition pronounced il " the marvel Of the
Exposition" and added, " this universal ma
chine sews the heaviest leather harness and
the finest gauze with truly pearl STITCH"
The Grand Medal of Progress was
awarded for it,
What the Leading Manufacturers Of Booh
and Shoes say Of
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-15
KiYar News.

The river here at . A. NJ. was fall.
ing slowly, with 81 feet 8 inches in the
channel, T9H feet space under. the sus-
pension Bridge, ana Z. feet Under the
Newport Bridge.
Special to the STAR:
PITTsBURG. Sept. 15--9 A. M.--Rivsr
0 feet inches and rising Weather
cloudy. Thermometer "a deg. Wind
southeast.
STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS.
The Potomac arrived this morning
from Huntington, and will return this
evening, ;. The City Of Portsmouth
will leave tor Chilo this
afternoon. ;. Capt. y. P. Shinkle's Gold
en- Rule will depart for New Orleans to-
this morning from Carrollton, and will
return this afternoon. She is we'll
adapted for the trade, and in command
of efficient and gentlemanly officers ....
The Mary Miller. under the command
of Captain Jno. N. Skunk, with ]. II.
Griffith in the Office, leaves for st. Lou
is this evening. Sne is unsurpassed
in her passenger accommodations,
and has superior facilities for
handling and stoffng freight. :.
The Gen. Lytle, from Louisville, had LOG
head stock, % boxes medicine, 120 brl 8
lime, l6S brls potatoes, % boxes starch,
6S bdIs hides, 100 empty kegs, $50 SKIS
wheat, 200 empty barrels, 80 butts, 10
hhds and 46 caddies tobacco. She will
return this evening. :. The Era No. 8
was towed from Fulton to the foot of
Ludlow street this morning to finish re-
pairing. =. The Fanchon arrived from
Wheeling early this morning with good
trip, including II kegs lead, 937 kegs
nails, 100 bags bark, Al bdls hides, 100
beer kegs, IA brls apples, 8 SKIS pota-
toes, 10 brls -four, S33 pieces iron, 10
brls beans and u boxes bottles. She
will return this evening .. The Jas. w.
CAT arrived last night from Memphis.
She registered on the up trip LAT passen-
gers. 20 OF whom are en- route to the east.
-. The Shannon was towed TO the New
Orleans Whartboat this morning from
Fulton. She will load for New Orleans
next week 49,. The Bannock City arrived
and will return to Carrollton this alter
noon. :. The Wildwood, from Maysville,
had A hhds tobacco. She returned at
noon. =. The Virgie Lee arrived and will
return to Kanawha tomorrow.
T0wBoAT MOVEMENTS.
The Raven from Middleport en- route
to st. Louis with a tow Of salt arrived
first of the coal fleet, arrived this MORN
ing. .. The Billy Parsons arrived from
above with a tow Of bark. The Etua
will leave for Iron:oA this afternoon.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Wharfage receipts for the week end
ing last evening, STA 20. The Mary
Houston was sold at auction yesterday
at Louisville and purchased by Capt.
Chris. Bonsche, of N. Nippert u Co., of
that city, for So, ,235. She will undergo a
thorough oyerhauling and be put in the
Cincinnati and New Orleans trade un-
der the command of Capt. Chas. Miller,
her former commander. Capt. T. o..
Sweeney stopped off at Wheeling and
left the FaDchon in charge Of her COM
petent clerk, John T. Hambleton....R.
p. Glenn, the well-known Memphis
wharfboatman, is in the city .. Gus.
Honshell has returned from Philadel-
phia,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-15
WEST CONVICTION, KY.

Mr.. Philip Mcguire is an honar to the
town he represented in yesterdays DEM
Ocratic Convention at Covington city.
The foundation for the new public
school building is being pushed to COM
pleuon, and will be ready in few days.
Centennial Hall will soon again be the
scene OF one of those very agreeable
society hops for which the new place is
already famous.
Dan. Knoll, the handsome young beer
driver, Is the most popular man in that
business, and it affords us pleasure to
record the same.
TIPPECANOE CITY, o.
+. NJ. Sterrett, Esq, Republican can
didate for County Clerk, was in town
last night, as was also George Green,
County Recorder, ana John Byrkett, all
Of Troy.
Hon. George Arthur, of Springfield,
o., Democratic opponent OF j. Warren
Keifer tor Congress from this District,
gave us a talk last night; and, as Re-
publican, must say, facts were COM
modify in which he dealt largely.
LUDLOW, KY.
Mr.. JAS. NIXON is hard at work on the
Ludlow Depot.
Ash street, when completely finished,
will present a very handsome appear
ance.
DAYTON. KY.
A meeting is called for tomorrow eve
ming at Millers Hall, for the purpose of
forming Tilden and Hendricks Club.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-15

GREEN FRUITS There is quiet ana
steady market for apples with liberal reeeipts,
and good to choice are worth 81 25al 10 In store,
and 7bca$l on arrival per brl. Plgms are get
ting scarce and are hrmer nc VI sSaz per Du.
Grapes sell at 81 S0al T5 per box. Lemons are
worth sS 50a9 so per box.
HAY-There is a quiet and steady market
and prices are unchanged. No. J tlmotny VI
worth $t1al2, and lower grades S7al0 per ton.
all on ARRIVAL In store dealers want W more
per ton.
HEMP-The demand is light but the offer
ings are moderate, and there is steady mar
ket at $1l0a115 per ton on arrival, and about 70
more in store. Dressed is jobbing at 9a9hc per
pound.
MILE FEED-The demand Is moderate for
bran at 80 Uai0 per ton. Shipstuffs are quoted
$llal3 per ton and dull. Middling5 are steady
and quiet at $l4als per ton. These figures are
all on arrival, and 81 more in store is required.
MOLASSES-The market is steady with
moderate demand for prime to choice New
Orleans at 55a60c per gallon, Inferior quality
is dull at 3oa45c per gallon.
0lLS-Prime linseed oil is worth 4Sa5Oc per
gallon and quiet We quote extra lard Oil,
current make, S3a95c per gallon, anG refined
petroleum 25al6c per gaiGon. 8
PUrATOES-The market remains steady
and quiet, and prime IN store are worth 81 9O
az per brl, and quoted 81 Goal Is per brl on
arrival at Landing. Sweet potatoes ale Of
rcred at $2a2 70 per brl for prime in store.
RICE-Is in light demand at 5da6c for Lou
isIana. and 6a7c for Carolina per lb.
SALT-Domestic is ia moderate request, and
worth 24c per bu, and 81 ~ per brl OF bushels.
Liverpool coarse is quoted 81 goal 30 per sack.
Turks Island Is held at 36a3Sc per bu, and
dull.
SEED-Prime timothy is held at$2 per bu
in store, and u 75 on arrival, with moderate
demand, and market steady. Flax seed is
worth 81 15al 20 per bu for prime.
SUGAR-The demand is fair, with steady
market, and we quote New Orleans 104c, yell
low refined 10ka10%c, extra sc" 10tSal1c, "B"
white 11Ha1lNc, "A" white 1lxah nc, and
hard 12c per Id.
TALLOW-There is steady market, with
fair demand, and we quote Sc for city. and 7Kc
for prime country per pound.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-15
Unlicensed Milk Vendors.

A raid was made by the police yes
terday afternoon upon the men who sell
milk in the city without licenses. The
following named men were gathered in:
At Ninth-stree-W Bergeman, 7. G.
Thompson, Henry Burwinkle, Richard
Barchaw, Henry Thomas, James Cos
grove, Frank. Swenglel, Geo. Bobrick
and Fritz Bergulsh.
tOliYer-street-M.G .Groneman, Frank.
Niehaus, Henry Meyers, VIM. holler,
j Jacob Myers and James James.
At Bremen-street - Barney Rosen,
Cbas. Hoppe, Henry Wiechause, VIM.
Krebs, John Meyer, l.. z. Bonmy, Henry
Meyer, Tifhause g. Mess, Geo. Wonder
han, q. f. Blockbaum, Elizabeth Hotfer
and Peter Kursten.
They will all he arraigned in the Police
Court to-day.
All the milk men appeared before
Judge Lindemann this morningan were
dismissed by the payment of costs.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-15
A Subterranean Lake.
IMontgomery (Ala.) bulletin. I

81 lmOuUEOHoIy lAAld.J 0ulLStlu.
At the Dickinson place, on Bullard
Creek, near Six-mile Station, Is ten
acre field which is nothing more nor less
than a subterranean lake, covered with
soil about eighteen inches deep. On the
soil is cultivated a field Of corn which
will produce thirty or forty bushels to
the acre. If any one will take the
trouble to dig hole to the depth of a
spade-handle they will tind it TO ill with
water; and, by using a hook and line,
fish four and five inches long can be
caught. These fish are different from
others, in not having either scales or
eyes, and are perch-like in shape.
The ground is black mari, alluvial in
it's nature, and, in all probability, it was
at one time an open body OF water, on
which has accumulated vegetable mat
ter, which has been increased from time
to time, until now it has q crust sutfi-
ciently strong and rich to produce fine
corn, though it has to be cultivated by
hand, as it is not strong enough to bear
the weight OF horse. While incoming,
the field hands catch strings of delicate
fish by merely punching hole through
to the water. A person raising on his
heel and coming down suddenly can
see the growing corn shake all around
him. Any one having the strength to
drive rail through this crust will find
on releasing it that it will disappear en-
tlrely. The whole section of country
surrounding this field gives evidence OF
marshiness, and the least shower of rain
produces an abundance of mud. But
the question comes up, has not this body
an outletY Although brackish, the water
tastes as if fresh, and we have no doubt
but that it is anything else than stag
nant. Yet these fish are eyeless and
scaleless-similar to those found in
caves. 1t is subject for study, and We
would like to have some Of our 'pro-
found" eitizens to investigate.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-15
WHEELER & WILSON'S
New No. z Machine,

Now for the first time introduced to the pub
lie, ranks in excellence with their famous
No. 6 Machine, but has some notifications
adapting it to special classes Of work. The
Tailor will find it as we'll suited to his work
as is No. to leather work. 1t might properly
be termed the Tailor's Machine.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-15
FINANCIAL.
CINCINNATI. Sept. 15-l:ao r. III.

CINCINNATI. Sept. f5-l:3D p. III.
Gold is buying to-day az 109H and selling at
ill., Gold cheeks on New York HUN.
Eastern exchange LILO discount buying and
par selling, with aquiet and steady market
Sterling exchange is hrmer to-day. We
quote sight drafts 81 So, and sixty day bills
81 "a, gold, and moderate demand.
The money market is quiet and easy with
only a moderate demand, and the banks dis
count readily at Z TO S.per cont.
There is quiet and steady market for Gov
ernment securities and no material change.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-15
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