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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04

GRANT and Babcock, tried jointly,
as whisky ring thieves, have been ac-
Quilted. Henceforth the administra
ton, as the defender of Treasury rob-
bers, will see to it that no criminal is
convicted, whose trial may implicate
any of the upper ten" who figure in
any of the rings licensed to steal.
There is one comfort, however, for the
unprotected honesty of the country,
that is, that the verdict of che public
will cling to the guilty in spite of the
demonstrations of their co-workers in
iniouity, to mslead the public on the
score of their guilt. The President has
only to drive Bristow out of his Cabi-
net to convert into conviction the
strong suspicion that he connived at
the doings of the whisky ring and ex-
erted his influence to protect one OF
the chief culprits-a member of his
household. The,effect of Babcock' S ac-
quittal will be, that all the ring thieves
will now feel secure under the protec-
ton Of the President, and it will go
forth to the world that crime, in ofici-
al circles. is above the reach of law in
this model Republic.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04
In Chaneery at charlottesville
OF tennessee.

CLERK AND MASTERS OFFICE,
March I, 1876.
Harriet f. Griffey, Complainant, VS. Jordan
Grifey, Defendant.
II appearing nom affidavit filed In this
cause. that the Defendant Jordan GrifIey is
a nonresident of the State % Tennessee.
1t is therefore ordered that he enter
his appearance, herein, before or within
the first three days OF the next term of the
Chancery Court, to be held at GAINESVILLE,
on the 18th Monday in April next, 1875,
and plead answer or demur to Com
plainants Bill, or the same win be
taken for confessed as 70 him and set for
hearing ex parfe; and that copy OF this
order be published for four consecutive
weeks in the GAINESVILLE Chronicle.
A Copy-Attest
POLK q. JOHNSON, G. g. NJ.
Quarles g. Daniel. SoPrs for Comp't.
March 4, lS76-4w-pf-S5 90.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04
Commissioners Sale OF Val.
liable Town Lot.

q. w. brown, AQml "a Va, HEIRS ana Creds
itoFs of L. W. Sampson.
Petition to sell land to pay debts.
Pursuant to a decree of the County Court
rendered at the February Term, 1876, /
will on
Saturday, March %, 1876,
offer for sale TO the highest bidder, at the
Court House door in Clarksvilte, Tenn. a
vacant lot situated on LIST Cross street, be-
tween the property of John Snadonand /.
j. Crusmari, fronting on LIST Cross Street 4s
feet, and running back 50 feet, being the
property of the late 4. W. sampson, decd.
TERMS--Cash to pay costs and attorneys
fees, balance on a credit or WE'VE
bearing interest from date, and HeA res
tanned for all the purchase money.
Sold withQgt lhe e9RilX o. dn, Ee9e
march I, lS7H-4w
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04
RIVER DISASTERS.
Burning of the Mary Bell, the Lar
gest Steamer on the Mississippi.
The Steamer OsceOla Snagged and
Sunk.

VIcKsBURG, Feb. 27.-The man.
moth passenger steamer Mary Bell,
bound from Memphis to New Orleans,
owned by Captain Frank Hicks, her
commander, and Alf Grissom, her
chief clerk, took fire and was burned
to the water edge to day at 80 P. NJ
The fire occurred near the forward
steps. The origin is unknown. The
boat was taking on cotton below the
elevator. The boat aud cargo of 600
bales of cotton, many thousand sacks
of cotton seed and sundries, and the
baggage of all her passengers, number
ing about 200 in the cabin, destined
for the New Orleans Mardi Gras, are
IA total loss. No lives are known to
have been lost and none injured. The
Mary Bell was the largest steamer on
the Mississippi river, about six months
old, and valued at 800, 600, and insured
for $4,000 in Western offices. The
cargo was insured.
STRUCK A sNAG AND SANK.
MEMPHIS, Feb. 28.-The steamboat
Osceola, Capt. Bowman, from St.
Francis river for Memphis, with 300
bales of cotton, struck a snag at Pc
ters' Landing, forty miles below here,
at II last night, and sank in eight
feet water. No lives were lost. The
City of Augusta brought the passeu-
gers up, and the Ella is taking off the
cotton, which will be saved in a dam
aged condition. The boat can be
raised, and the wrecker Eckert will go
to her relief.
The steamer Mary Bell was burned
at Yicksburg yesterday. She took
thousand bales of cotton from here,
fully insured, of which the Phoenix,
of Memphis, has $4,000, the Green &
Lucas English Agency 5000.
BATON ROUGE, Feb. 2S.-The steam
boat Rapides, from Tensas for New
Orleans, sank five miles below here
about O'Clock this morning. The
boat is total loss. The passengers
and crew were all saved.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04
McCauleY; GO
DEALERS IN
Tenn.

Would announce 70 their friends that
having greatly reduced their expenses, aa
compared with last year, We are In the
most favorable circumstances 10 sell goods
at the lowest possible cash prices. We
carry no rubbish, but replenlsh our stock
weekly direct from the Manufactures and
Importers. We handle the purest and best
goods. and conscientious In the manipula-
ton OF drugs, we promise those faVoring
us with their patronage that we VIII dis
pense nothing but pure medicines.
Thankful for the very liberal past favoTs,
we hope 10 merit continuation OF same.
Respectfully,
MeCAGLEY a CO.
n. BAH those indebted 10 me indivldu-
ally, or 10 McCnulcy A CO., are earnestly
requested 70 call at my store and settle,
as my business IN such that cannot call
on you.
Respectfully,
Jan a. '7s-tf. &. =. l.. McCAULEl.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04

GRANT, with all his obstinacy and
self-safficiency, finds himself in hob
BILE. To turn Bristow out would be to
discard the only member of his Cabi-
net who seems honestly intent upon
correcting the morals of Radical
officials, and to retain him is bitter
pill, and bending of his will to the de-
mands of public opinion. TO do the
first, would be fatal stab at his party,
and to do the latter is an endorsement
of Bristow's policy and of the guilt of
those of his friends who have already
been convicted. The next horn of his
dilemma is what to do with Babcock !?
To reinstate him in spite of the public
verdict against him, will be hazard
Gus experiment, and to promote him
will bea defiance of public opinion, and
q tacit admission of his own connivance
at the corruption of the whisky ring.
Ii he is working for a third term he
ought to promote Babcock, and thus
secure the support of every scoundrel
in the Radical ranks-an immense vote
to begin with.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04


The current expenses of the State
for the year 1875, according to an
article recently published in the
American, and coming professedly from
the present Comptroller, amounted to
100000.
The interest for July of that year
(for it will be seen that the Comptrol-
Ter includes the January interest in
his estimate) was $6S7 ,250.
Now the assessed value of taxable
property in the State for that year was,
IN round numbers, $275, 0O0, 000-a tax
of 40 cents upon which would amount
in the aggregate to 81 ,125, 900. The
amount realized on the privilege tax
and clerks could hardly have amount
ed 70 less than that of the previous
year, and may be placed at $3.50, 900.
Summing mp these we have
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04

the federal census Of 1870-parf Of her
bonds bear seven per cent. interest,
aud about ons-fifth of them have their
interest paid in gold. Her bends are
rarely quoted below par, and her in
terest is met as il falls due. Tennessee
has bonded debt equal to about five
per cent. of her property under the
federal census of IS70-her bends all
bear interest at six per cents, payable
in currency. How they are quoted we
are ashamed to say. Why they are SO
quoted it is needless to ask.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04
A PLAN FOR RELIEF.

n our issue Of last week, 70 pro-
posed to show by few figures how
little cause for distrust there really
was at present among the friends of
State credit in Tennessee. Some off
cial estimates have been made and sent
forth to the world, which do indeed
present a discouraging state Of affairs,
and may well raise apprehensions of
the most serious kind in the minds Of
those who, toiIing honestly in their
own avocations, are in the habit of
leaving the affairs of State altogether
to those whose duty it is to take care
of them. Let US. however, instead Of
accepting vague estimates ofthe future,
based upon calculations as to how far
the tax collectors of the State will
fall short of their duty during
the next few years, start from the
last official report of Comptroller
Burch, made to the Legislature of
1875, and placing the current expenses
and interest against the taxes levied
for that year, ascertain precisely where
we stand to-day, or rather where we
stoodat the beginning of the year 1876.
The following report. published last
week, shows THE financial condition
of Tennessee" at the beginning Of the
year 1875.
coMPTRoLLER's RzPoRr-JANUARY 1875.
Financial condition OF Tennessee. Dec.
/ 10, 1874.
| LIABILITIES.
/ Warrants outstanding .........-....S 2S3,290 IS
! Loan Account. OoiuOO W
/ Interest due January lS75.........-. 6S7 ,25O "
81 ,O35,54O 4s
ASSETS.
UucolIected ,S2S,332 s.
CASH on hand 80. ................. 32S,7Qi 5
/ Interest due Jan. 1875 from Rail-
roads dosOuo %
e. 255 ,G0i .;
| Assets over Liabilities 81, 30, 763 rs.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04
CHANCERY SALE or VALUA-
BILE PROPERTY.
SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1895.
I'D. VESTS al. vs. D. weaver ct Al.

Pursuant 70 decree IN this cAuse nt the
Nov. Term 1875. OF the Chancery Court =.
win sell at public nutlion d
the highest bidder. at
, 1876-01-22

It, a lttlo paltry; And the qnt1otic spectator
would prefor loas mag1.ioaneut Words aud more
libnrst deeds, il the piaeu Ut tha1a.
Il las been n1do q n1attor Of rorroacl to Cor
man women that thoy arc. outside Of tAe!r oxn
personal Affairs,
INCAPABLE OF xSrUrstAsa.
| That tloy are capable Of little cjaculstosy
| shrleks and spasmouc a01ectlvcB. 10 conceded !;
tIom7 Ground down, by sordid details living
! ~ though perennial war-pEIces wcto hn unaltcr-
hb1e condition Of tlllnGe; Inspired by that
ttteary "ca1ctnlEoss about lnany things" TINT
! Heenis 10 her the normal LAW Of hOr bong. how
| should tho oppressed Iausfrau 10 worry enthnsi-
aatlo On large outside questions +? And whom
YOU Md famine pElccs to thoso pf WAT, increased
and eSes.ncreahing taxatiou. highor house rent,
n!ppt3g ccOnoin!eh, is Il huy wonder II tho iron
ot the res aayusta donf enterB into her SOUL
| tho Gtound7 Every ltoM OF t4ousehold.o1nendl-
| ture Ia reckoned by the husband at ita minimum
cost, aud no margin IL !cft forthe little fenlnsno
| iieshly xcaknesHes In tho Iuattor OF humb!e
tho cost Of everything reckoning 1t 1t !ts choa}-
| cst tA1t Bho Cannot, dGaplto hbE culinary atlll.
tios "cook" hOr roog lt.o houscho!1-sc-
counls. IL this Htato Of thugs likely TO take 4
tic for tho glory OF lie r4sherlapdl Rto has
J given uncoulptainIng)y her husband. her SOUS,
/ llor brothers aud she has hor reward III =
united Germany. Ia Ghps 10 the family circle,
and hlaek GOWN Of, tho istnly ctothes-prEs. She
tremblos 1t w4rs and EluloFs Of walsi what IL
matorei in bar stlr,ES Jrotn further und cruelns
! oconom,os what is spiritual tronbles at tho
thought OF fEosh sacrifice. md weeps.-weopa
tears Of blood 1t nsy bo. remembering pant be.
| feayaMeNt9. ..
Yet, should you venture to lot your pity bo.
coma yocal,
| BAE WILL FLY At YOUR THROAT,
true woman - aAa is. hug her cha!ua the tight.
u, md call opoa you loudly to xltnsAs tha
, 1876-01-22
Il DOOMED FAMILY,

The Father Commits Suicide. and thu
1lothcr lx Killed by flcr Sou-r,vn
or til. Sens 31ur,lcrcd. nnd .n,,vo
uonv,,trr. t,,o oJu.orn-rno.t, 60,
xcnrnnc.,., -, nnn,t. r. r,,,..,ar ''A
Ss,,,., ~, r..o
.e''.sH '"o'' 1~'1o''
4uo lnrle5 1a'nlls. OF Copper County, eau
safely be dsnoutn4ted q 'dooneI' tribe" DR..
Jesao r. Turley was the father of a larca family
of cl,;Idro, nnl t,nved ~ PATHS cou,tv In tesS
TT. Inv. ,rar, 49, ,,;..t;o.o's w., 49, ,.:..
80 o VIZ ~. ~ .''eso'."'' "' N"1 ~" u'.n
much t9o'lble' uas'd' particularly was alwaTH in
some kind Of broil IIo got into difficulty
which prom.sod to give him considerable trouble,
and uc1 t,o st,.o .ud uo,t IA f.ol;fo,,io T., 1qs7
neo ,o 49, "ou. " sato.'s ~ !7s''
+,uios Wv ~ D"'o 'Asue' atl'ca a'''se,' nia
older brother died. bis younger brother accid0nt-
ally killed his mother, aud wns himself na,lered
q rbort tirno afterNRrt by tlle bu.l..shackers nh
his ctdcst siator horan,o in4,uo md d.o1
r1,a IT.: .s.,, r. .;a. 49,. 49,. s,,a..t.s ~
lne o'a 'naa nA'4us 4e'1 conslaHfaoto pEopeltyt
and the family hnvinR been cffectuAlly thinncd
out, Dave returned to Missouri In 1866 received
handsome sum Of money cotntuenccd life Of lIs.
sina,op am, o.tr.v,r,ncc anil aoon ran thronrh
..,s, - A ~. .1 Aua ' '"n ",s.''
Win u Al. he inca f'romsea 10 gus "hsiy
and DO better and ono ot Ills lronds lo1uea bin
uouoy to Btnrt sa!oon At Georgetown. Bat
Daye p1oyota to bc lin oyn hnst customer. md
r,,,. r." .,-.r,,, H., ,,naJ;. .s.fo.. h.u
Ip God.,;" On T." ue ~,
tus t.a. 'oM .,at wv w.
~ y, %.,S .er a.d. H. ~,
a. ~ LUX & u'"a un .neu naau0 .1T Ana .stnn
i1as VI eseaJ teiSo,a III tas p'aea.
81 ~, va s', o.,, ..asa, 4' w" 1 a.t
tor ottn,'.,a ~ ,,so, h,a t1n
w ssrars, nnnssons Iia isi;aS mmhc sau.ts
ant a's ~ ~ eo,. Fuo' ''0'''
T., r "uo r, So, ~ a., W. nr i,r h,at,
nu;sod NM wln r al ai,,o IL .art.,oss hn nnul3
~ t.i'.'. n,,t ~ -a,,, ~ -. T.';tn.s,. ,n,, TO-.
Up ataEs7 aaa 1stFSa ny M TO- @ wato1pni aHn Luz
.,!nnt ..as- oo :, Wo.,9r, i.,s." Ir ~.
eHous 5c1' "Fo' ~ " "eos1t" Hs"""' eA'. a.
, 1876-01-22
. . :. -
;. l., through which asl officers are obliged 10

Il. l., through Which a.l officers are obliged to
Dur.nq Tho Revolutionary War. and aas,a AZ
late ~ tho War Of 1919, tho Bs.lhh prcss and
rutl denounced tho Use Of the riio bv thu
American troon4 a bagbstous, anil sho piosina
IN OF mtn as long ranges - murdstous and In.
hn nau- Ie nTorn fnM.HntHr.
The bloHiLg up ut Graut's poydcr hnlk Al
City Point, ia 1861, was not aedBmpished NJ
machine on tho villain II, ,maB' model. but By a
volcanic fuse, With = R,,nlet re!n., whtci, wAt
screwed into barrel OF fixed ammunition ou
on City Point. md eontsinlng nearly 4ou TOM
Of powder aud ammunttioa-the reserve aup.
ply Of tho "Gssnd Army Of Tho Potomac
thou tnSestln2 Petersburg snd Richmond.
Il waa accomplished BY, rnomber Of The
oral outltoes as rofugeo and obtanod employ
mens At City Point, ia the Quartsrn'a,tss's Or
Ordnance Department until an opportunity
offered. lila fNAe was regulated for shzee da5a
from tho tlmo ho crushed tho vial OF sulohur1o
acid contained In the head Of tho fusc; II took
that time for tho released acid to cat through
tho copner plates placed under It and comm,lH,-
cato with The composition beneath them, wheu
tue fuHe exploded. In tho meanwhile tho opera.
tor made hfs eacapo. and. having carried out hia
desperate enterprise. returned safely to Rich
mond.
1t is fortunate that Thomas and bis a7soc!asca
were ignorant OF tho certainty of tho McEvoy
volcanic fuso and retained tito antiquated and
exploded t5ssem Of tho clocdHork firing ap-
parALua.
In conclusion, I may aay that 1t uns proposed
by COMMITTEES OF the Eaui9n Congress- assotp-
blod In Now York III 1867 to distribute quantl-
ty Of coal torpedoe3 in tho coal cellars OF Hes
n London. bat waH abanloned on tho auggos-
ton thai saanr Kitchens IN 1.oudoa would Lava
Irish maids connected with the scullcry depars-
1nsnt. atn sir. rcry respectfully. E.
, 1876-01-22
h!Y CREED.

7 nrn, ,,.,iar. That IN us terc sro rIyen
ir1al nnr.d. nj rtrpn,,th zcsrrtlir,. 10 or ken:
sums n.jnicss trrni the runahhr . 4ths to Heaven
Thct 1a a.xs1.fr.R vonl,t be IL weaker ueu
soo ,,-,v, In. torrcn,. onl md ,Icl.uiur'g lash
80, ., i. "t,I ~ t,-rnr in t1,a - -,Tr
ArI Law 81 ,;srrinr y,,irr ft ,A,u,irroua ctaah
~ ts,.t .,,uII innv lin l.. u raluner Iffo
so,,. e,f, HIN only IN tnuu1luous r.ro
nT IL ,st," t,,,l,t wnrr. ,yri.Is hp safspa rod.
VA T., ,hs .s.n S NJ ti,.i- r.d,,Gn i u.uys
Wnnih rtsrI rrfu.a hin, il 4 Nrrcy's GoL
so,n. ao..,, him ,,r obr.,anre aAy won.
A"b ~, hr inrrnse. toytIai robes and yuch.
,y,. ,',..,,, ~ *, =. rnt,t,r's N,rE Il ~
Wnn,. ,s,s,4r IN lntr clr,ruts fruu liz touch
c,,,,o tr,,. ,dn, ,n,y ~ i. pleasant tnood
s.t,r,, II, isrJs ,,rana tfawtrs a:ars and EatuYu
,ni,,h. "
,.r+ MAJ un,,d hre,n this Go1 Of their creed rude
'ee"@N''" @'''". " "
s,,rs .,rr,r mill him 10 thrir sha,m and witt
A>"e :. :, .,rn, nv h,np,, t,y ,t,rr sfrtfy br.uth
t.r,n, nnt ;5eto,lt tsu.i, susst. s,,J still
tAs4' ''"' ~ - ''"~A ""' - Wv s@3'F ~ 1''
Anil tr,.s. IL, n,ect In frcn 1icd will array
IN ~ h,tt,;,r, .urts nn,t hur1 H.r.n tnt!,,ts
,,I ,r,,n ff,n ostb h,n eintt uf Ealti, Iway
"A0 o''u' "'''' ''>'et "-' @'0"' ''4'As 0<ss'''
yhn,1, 1sit,s ~. in ,,nt tr,, ,,av as.,s, ntm.urr
n'tt, H.. so,p. n,,a ns us is ,x ~, ~
, 1876-01-22

ing upon tia goltrous. aud living in goltrouB
atmosphere from time immemortal. "a to any
other remote cauaca assigned hy scionce. II ia
no blemlsh dofoct 10 eyek that src ussd to II j;
tho man or girl who l0ayos tho ys!tnEo will ro-
turn to settto there aud marry tho lover left bo-
hind. and 60 the Rhaatly disease ia porpotunted,
aud genera! comp'accncY pseyaila.
The aamo may DO said with regard to tho
AwFuLLY.AffLlcrEp rRErlSs,
who start1o and lorT,fy ono in Ill tllcso mo,.ns
ta,n-vIllagos. Where Nature Ia 50 boautifu! and
grand, tho shock IN atnoat unondusabIo ~hon
tho Oye falls Oh row, Say. Of thtco or four OF
theao blurred deiormoa and degraded spoci.
meus OF humanity sitting saugod upon . wall,
their ,gnomo llko ilgures, uagasny iiubs. aud
AWfully.imboclU countohancea atriksnX ulsuiay
into your worry soul; doaclont ~ thoy aro in uI.
dssstaudnR. they ret know how to be8; x,,d will
gln down from tho wall with Weifd agility for
which yon lad not given them credit, aud co1no
clanloriug round tho carriage with hileous glb-
lnsrings. and ghsstly. ipafticulato utterances:
sepsa Of sickoniug disgust. "Fo" s.il
pretty German friend; "hsve they mot ~
much right to Gods dear sunshine IS wei" The
abaahed; but the next common sense rotectod
tho soft optimism. 1t wss fAiao sentiment after
a,ls TOT tie uuhappy, ioathly creatures oqhld
hAyo enjoyed "uod'a dear auuihtns" just ~
reverence for tho image OF tho Maker which
causcs All tuetlncsiys1Y to turn AWay from an au.
tnal out OF which the Qod.like. tho divine, has
10 aHful]y and so mYsteriou4ly disappeared. 1t
seetnea to me TINT tho police, who wete ON.
ploJoa in coorclnB ua 81 10 our Faesse and
i4leine, would 4ASa bsea fsr botter aud moro
practically engaged II lhoy had taken tho help
leAs, hsdoous gang OF uoppors sud ,nowers u,.
der their charge, and conducted them To \ place
OF safety remote from tho Kings highway, Du,
aucL afflicted beings are coasideseblo soirco
Of income to thels parents aud guasdsans. 4
hssty impulse causoe tue traveller 10 plunge Into
his pocknt for coin 4 fAlso banavolsuce, 4
senss ot ths aHsul, iunnlts ahasua bst9ssa thsm
, 1876-01-22

moAnlY bora, and
OUT OF TUE rALE or GOOD SOCIETY,""
A woman OF declared literary" ptoponst-
i!es nubt accopt the faso thruat, nole7is 70.
outer court Of tho Geutile4 to which she
Ia tudiscI Intimately feleRatel together With
Arcadiaua. Dohomiaus, boou-conppn!oua, aud
inferior persons generally y y, Of cou1ae: out
frau, OF thst what she las In tho place of a mind
can be giyen up to ths unutls OF The atore-
room and exigoacies Of tho la1ler. Tho fiat has
gono forth, aud shc mnst console herself NTH
tho psnsent instance, it will be observed that tle
lady waa in no wlsa consulted aa to her yiews or
feelings on tho uaatlor3 aaa 1t ia to be hoped
TINT the blank. expressive silence which, fell
may, without Tho suggested marital ceercsou.
havo gavaa her from futthor foisles Of tho kind.
Ihayo soen Eugl,sh gcnttolacn. introduced.
Without duo preparation, into strictly Ger1nan
cilcIss, mado miserable for whole eyanlng, aud
titfnily dnren TO Tho verge of distraction. by tho
gentle persistent attentions OF Tue ladles of the
bouec, When he 1e1llzes that he IL being waito4
upou by theso fair damaels, tho Eugllshman 1umps
wildly aud apoloHeticslly from hts chair htau-
uets confused aud bashful excutes, clutches the
cupa and platte5s cut Of the mioaterinR angols
land aud sutailes. red aud RULED, into bis scat.
He hopes 1t will nos happen again ho dosoutiy
tIusts 1t IL oye1. But, no Scarcely ~ MS conl-
plsxtoa recovering its norma! hue; when @ smother
lovely beinR Ia 'ytaJiDg him" with apples
bringing him butter in lordly dish, or odoriug
sauBsges 1t his shrine. Agnin 10 houucea out Of
hss seat like al luda-rntber ball. again clutches
eonyulsiysy' apologies contonn1s t9a. n!msel'
aud subsides exhausted into his chair.
IIo looks round and AasA that alI tho othor men
s1a being waitod upon he porcelses that Is IL
"Tllx CUSTOM or THE COUNTRY"
! that Il proceeds, not from tho psucit9 Of ser
wants. but from : pientisude Of femalo dero-
| tlon. II servants ware wanting, than surdly tht
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-06

THE London Times says in its financial
grain trade in southern Russia. Russian
agriculture and commerce are threatened
with a collapse. Chief among the causes is
the keen competition of America. Since the
civil war in that country, the British import
of American wheat has increased until it
stands now where the Russian importation
stood in 1867. Then Russia sent out 44-100
of her total import, and the United States
only 14-100. In 1873 the United States sent
out 44-100, and Russia only 21-100. This
does not represent decrease to that extent
of Russia's total exports; on the contrary,
they have slightly increased, but Americas
have increased much faster. The chief
causes are declared to be Americas superior
transit advantages, her virgin soil and Ler
more scientific agriculture. The Moscow
Gazette urges Russian agriculturalists t. in
corporate new lands, use better appliances
and more skill but says that cheaper inland
transportation is the chief need. The Ga
zette's Odessa correspondent writes that the
Oldest inhabitants declare that Odessa was
never at such standstill since its foundation.
No transactions are. effected, and bankruptcy
follows bankruptcy. Houses have fallen to
30-100 of their value, and wheat is lying in
the storehouses. Repeated failures of the
crops in the southern districts of Russia are
partly the cause of the difficulty. The Ca
zette, however, says the condition of affairs is
largely influenced by the misplaced activity
of private banking houses, which made cred
its absurdly easy and cheap, which OCCASION
ed storm offeverish speculation and created
ephemeral undertakings. They are now
forced to curtail their credits. They have re-
duced to the most awkward position many
who thought such state of things would last
forever.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-06

The increase of nearly two million dollars
in the public debt last month is a!tributa-
BILE to the large falling off in revenues, usual
for the month of December. The receipts
last month from customs were less than eight
million dollars, and nearly three millions less
than in November, which was the lightest of
the first five months of the present fiscal
year. Compared with December, 1864,
which was the lightest month of the last fis-
cal year, the receipts last month fell off about
one and one-quarter millions. The customs
receipts for the six months ending Dec. 81
are nearly four millions short of the receipts
for the corresponding period of 1874. For
several years past the debt statement for
December has shown an increase in the pub
lie debt. In December, 1878, the increase
was So, ,453, ,273; in 1874, S3,659,96S, while in
1875 it is $1,O15, ,053, or about one-half what
it was in 1874. Compared with last year
there is a marked improvement in our finan-
cial condition. For the six months ending
Dec. 81 the public debt has decreased $S, $780,
231, against $4,07O, ,939 for the corresponding
period of 1874. The internal revenues show