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The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-09

Blackburne and Steinitz have been
matched for the chess championship OF
England and 5000. The play began on
the 18th at London, and was to be con,
tinued every Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday till one OF the players had won
tied in the Vienna tournament OF 1873,
where Paulsen, Rosenthal and Anderson
also competed, but in playing off the tie
Herr SteinitZ won. el,. -sssy s.sf.-r E
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-09


business of the House. He thought a
regular standing committee would be
better
Mr.. Whitthorne, of Tennessee, chair
man Of the Committee on Naval Affairs,
said during the progress Of the investi-
cation by that committee, certain facts
were developed incidentally, which do
affect the official character Of the gen
tleman from Florida, so much, in fact,
that his official character should be in
vestigated, and the committee had taken
some testimony on that subject already,
and would proceed with the investiga-
ton.
Mr.. O'Brien, OF Maryland, thought it
would be manifestly wrong to refer this
matter to a committee that had inves-
tigated the case when Mr.. Purman was
not present.
lieyed of load by the suggestion OF the
gentleman from MARYLAND. He felt he
was the peer OF any man upon this door,
and the investigation should not have
progressed in secret and without due
notice to him. He should have been
advised of the charges against him.. j..
Mr.. Witthorne explained again that
the matter came out incidentally. AFTER
further discussion the subject was re-
ferred.
At this point the Sergeant-at-Arms
appeared at the bar of the House, hay
ing in custody the recusant witness. A.
B. Wolfe, who was ordered under ar
rest last night. The witness was given
a chair in the area in front OF the
Speakers desk, and Mr.. Whithorne. the
chairman OF the committee, had just
commenced to make statement, when
Wolffe was taken with fit and fell from
his chair to the aoor. Physicians were
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-09

Three days Of bull-fghting at Madrid,
the return of ex Queen Isabella, and the
dispatch Of 10000 more troops to Cuba,
are to be the immediate consequences
Of the flight of Don Carlos. Having
lost prestige by it's supineness hitherto,
the Spanish .Government appears re-
solved to make the most OF its easily
won victory over the deluded peasants
Of Biscay and Navarro. r..f ..
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-01
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGs.

1t is stated that Tom Scott and his friends,
failing to get Congressional aid, have put up
$4,000, 600 and are contracting for steel and
iron rails to build 100 miles of the Texas Pacific
railroad west of Fort Worth, Texas. The road
is to be completed thus far in August. It is
understood they will push the road west as fast
IS possible, lest the California Pacific get all
the Immigrant. Contracts for all the work are
to be let Immediately.
The Writing Paper Makers convention, in
session at Springfield, Mass, last week, repre-
senting seven-eghths of the products of the
whole country, voted to run all the mills on
half time till Jan. 1, 1876, in order to prevent
over-production and bring up prices.
The society of the Army of the Potomac will
hold its annual reunion in Philadelphia, on the
9th of June. E1-Gov. Dix will deliver the
Grafton.
The Queen of England and Empress of In
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-01

indorsing the candidacy of Senator Conkling
for the Presidency was adopted unanimously.
Republican conventions were held on the
Oath of May in Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota,
New Hampshire Nebraska, Kansas, and Da-
kota Territory. The Illinois convention, in ad-
dition to the appointment Of delegates to the
National convention, also put in the field
ticket for State officers headed by Shelby M,
Cullom for Governor, and Andrew Shuman,
editor of the Chicago Journal for Lieutenant
governor. The delegates to Cincinnati re-
ceived no instructions, but are understood to
be largely for Blaine: The Missouri conven-
ton elected a delegation said to consist
as follows Blaine, 10 Morton, 81 Bristow,
S Hayes, 2 j; and Conkling 1. The Minnesota
delegation consists largely Of Blaine men, bat
the convention refused to instruct, or direct
the delegates to vote as unit. Nebraska in
structed her delegates to vote for Blaine. New
Hampshire expressed no Presidential prefer
ence, and the delegates were left uninstructed.
The sentiment of the Kansas convention was
strongly Blaine, but the delegates were left
untrammeled. Dakota Territory also sent an
unpledged delegation to Cincinnati.
The Michigan Democracy, in convention at
Lansing last week, adopted a hard-money plat
form, and selected delegation to st. Louis
understood to be largely in favor of Tilden.
It is stated from Washington that an infor-
NAL conference between some of the members
of the Cabinet was held recently, to consider
the propriety of any of them attending the Gin
cinnati convention, as one or two are anxious
to do. The sentiment was decidedly adverse
to any person holding such, intimate relations
the progress of the convention, and mutual
understanding was had that all should re-
main away, to prevent any criticism upon the
administration of trying to Influence the nom
nation.
The Iowa delegates to st. Louis are put
down eighteen for Tiden and four for Hen
bricks.
Recent important accessions Of strength en-
courage the friends of Mr.. Blaine to believe
that he will be nominated on the first or sec
ond ballot.
The California and Kentucky Democratic con-
ventions were held last week. The former
Endorsed Tilden, but gave the delegates no in
structions. The Kentucky convention ex-
pressed no Presidential preference, though the
delegates chosen are said to have leaning to
Tilden.
Robert NJ. Douglas, a son of the late Stephen
A. Douglas, is delegate from North Carolina
to the Cincinnati convention.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Four of the Greek sailors who some time ago
murdered the captain, mate and second officer
OF the ship Lennie, have been executed at
London.
The Spanish Government has granted Carlist
exiles further, but fnal delay Of one month
in which to send in their submissions.
An engagement is reported near Los Cruces,
Cuba. lasting all day, between the Spanish
forces and the insurgents, the latter being VIC
torious. The Spanish loss is said to be between
1000 and 1900.
English cotton manufacturers complain that
prices are lower now than they have been for
thirty years. Some of the mills will be tempo
rarily closed, and others are already working on
short time, under the discouragements Of con-
tinued decline and uncertainty of prices.
The steamer Pandora has sailed from Ports
mouth, England for another voyage to the
Arctic regions.
Gainsborough's portrait Of the Duchess OF
Devonshire, which was purchased last month
at auction for $50, 500, has been stolen from
Mr.. Agnew, of London, its new owner. A
thief gained access to the room in which it was
kept, cut the picture out of the frame, and
made off with it. A reward of $4,000 is Of
Tered for his recovery.
Prince Arthur will marry the daughter of the
ex-King of Hanover.
The official inquiry into the origin of the Sa-
Ionica outrage shows that the American Consul
was absent when the Bulgarian girl arrived, and
that his brother sheltered her one night.
Official kilograms received at the Turkish le-
cation in Washington, represent that sentences
have been passed upon twenty more of the Sa-
Ionica rioters Four of them will suffer death.
or terms of years.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-01
CONSUMPTION of Paper.

According to the estimate made by
DR.. Kudal, of Vienna, the quantity Of
paper Of all kinds produced in the
whole world amounts TO 100000 600
pounds. Half of this quantity is en-
ployed for printing purposes, sixth for
writing purposes, and the remaining
part for divers uses. The whole nlay
be thus categorized For government
purposes. 200, 100000 pounds are used ;
for instruction, 18O,O00,OO0; for com
MERGE, 100000, 900 for industrial manu-
features, 100000 for private CORE
spondence, 100, 100000; and for print
ing, 900, 100000. For the production
of these /, 300, 900, 900 pounds of paper
there are nearly 1000 manufactures,
employing 10000 men and 100000 wo-
men, and in addition, 100000 persons
are engaged in collecting rags. The in
dividual consumption of paper is, in
Russia, an annual average of one pound
to each person, one and a half in Spain,
two in Mexico, three and a half in Italy
and Austria, seven and half in France,
eight in Germany, ten and cne-quarter
in North America, eleven and one-half
in England.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-01
CENTENNIAL HISTORIES.
A Fourth or July Injunction by the Pres
ident.

Fourth or July Injunction by the Pres
ident.
Several of the Governors have al
ready recommended to the people OF
their respective States, in compliance
with the joint resolution of Congress,
that brief histories of counties and
towns be prepared and read at public
meetings on the centennial Fourth of
July, and that copies of these historical
sketches be preserved among county
records and sent to the Librarian of Con
gress. 70 make these recommends
tions more binding, President Grant has
issued the following proclamation
By the President Of the United States
proclamation:
WHEREAS, joint resolution of the Senate
and House of Representatives was duly APP
proved ON the 18th day of March, which reso-
luton Is as follows
''Be 1t resolUed, By the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Amer
lea, in Congress assembled, that it be and is
hereby recommended by the Senate and House
of Representatives to the people of the several
States that they assemble in their several coun-
ties or towns on the approaching centennial
anniversary of our national independence, and
that they cause to have delivered on such day
a historical sketch of said county or town from
it's formation, and that copy of said sketch
may be filed in print or manuscript in the
clerks office of said county, and an additional
copy in print or manuscript be filed in the
Office of the Librarian of Congress. to the in.
| tent that complete record may thus be OBJ
tanned of the progress of our institutions during
the first centennial of their existence
| And ac7aereaS 1t is deemed proper that such
| recommendation be brought to the notice and
knowledge of the people of the United States
now, therefore, /, Ulysses S. Grant, President
of the United States, do hereby declare a1'i
make known the same in the hope that the
object of sucn resolution may meet the ap
proval of the people of the United States, anc
that proper steps may be taken to carry the
same into effect
Given under my hand at the city of Wash.
iugton, the 25th day of May, in the year OF Oul
United States, the one-hundredth. By tn,
President, u. S. GRANT.
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-01
A VermOnter Sold.

A Frenchman sold horse to Yer
monter, which he recommended as
being a very sound, serviceable animal,
in spite of its unprepossessing appear
ance. To every inquiry of the buyer
respecting the qualities of the horse the
Frenchman gave favorable reply, but
always commenced his commentator
with the deprecatory remark, "He's not
look yer good" The Green Mountain
boy, caring little for the looks of the
horse, of which he could judge for him
self without the sellers assistance, and
being fully persuaded, after minute ex-
animation, that the beast was worth the
moderate sum asked for him, made his
purchase and took him. A few days
afterward he returned in high dudgeon
to the seller, and declared that he had
been cheated.
"Vat is de mattaire2" inquired the
Frenchman.
"Matter replied the purchaser ;
''matter enough-the horse can't see.
He is as blind as bat"
"Ah," said the Frenchman, "vat I
vas tell you? vas tell you he vas not
look yer good-be gar, I don't know if
he look at all :"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-01
GEN. SCHENCK.
Report of the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee.

Report of the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee.
In the House of Representatives at
Washington, on Thursday, the Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs reported the re.
suits of the investigation of Gen.
Schenck's connection with the Emma
mine. The report is signed by ali the
members of the committee, and the find
ings are as follows:
/. AS previously declared by the Secretary of
State, it was not proper for the American Min
lister to connect himself director with the
Emma Mining Company. [Philmore is quoted
as sustaining this doctrine.]
2. The relations of Gen. Schenck with the
Emma mine were such as to bring suspicion
upon his motive and subject him to unfavorable
criticism, but the committee hold that he was
not guilty of any fraudulent intention in his
connection with the company. or the vendors
of the mine.
g. His speculative dealings in the shares of
the company were incompatible with his deplo-
matte station and the maintenance of his use
fitness at the court to which he WAS &C
credited.
The resolution is as follows
ResoLUed That the House of Representa-
tives condemn the action of Gen. Robert G..
Schenck United States Minister at the Court
of st. James, in becoming director in the
Emma Silver Mining Company of London, and
his operations in connection with the shares OF
said company and the venders thereof as i'll
advised and unfortunate, and inconsistent with
the obligations and dignity of his official
nOSitiOn
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-01
Scientific and Useful Notes.

CEMENT FOR STEAM PREs.-Cheap
and steam-tight cement can be pro-
duced by mixture of rye -four and lin
seed oil, with an equal portion of white
chalk.
CEMENT TO FAsTEN LEATHER UPON
METAL.-Soak the leather in hot solu-
ton of nut-galls, and apply it TO the
metal upon which it is to be fastened
the latter must be provided with a coat
of glue. When dry, the leather will ad-
here so tight that it will tear before sep
arating from the metal.
KEEPING THE HANDS SMOOTH
writer in the american Grocer saws
that glycerine is not used in the right
way. She asserts that to preserve the
smoothness and softness of the hands,
keep a small bottle of glycerine near
the place where you habitually wash
them, and whenever you have finished
washing, and before wiping them, put
one or two drops of the glycerine on the
wet palm and rub the hands thoroughly
with it as if it were soap; then dry lightly
with the towel. Household work and
bad weather will not prevent your skin
from being smooth and soft if this plan
of using glycerine is followed.
A COMPETENT authority discourses thus
on the lining of walls and roof in
house The roof should always be
ceiled or underdrawn, as protection
against heat and cold. For covering the
walls OF cottages, paint and ime-wash
are better than paper, as paint can
readily be cleansed, and hme-wash re-
neWed. when SOiled or infected by dis
ease. Green wallpapers are especially
to be avoided, as they always contain
arsenic, and are very injurious to health.
The bare appearance of white wash may
be avoided by adding to each bucketful
little umber, ochre, copperas, or
lamp black, with two or three ounces of
alum. To prevent the Judgment of SCOT
in the chimney. it should be plastered
inside.
HARNESS, and other articles of leather
that are iniuriously acted upon by the
ammoniacal exhalations common in sta
bles may, according to Prof. Artus, be
thoroughly and effectually protected by
the addition Of little glycerine to the
oil or blacking with which their surfaces
are treated.
DYEING WooD MAHOGANY Color
! Obtain quantity Of mahogany shavings
or sawdust, and boil in soft water. This
liquor makes an excellent dye for light
colored woods which it may be desirable
to give dark or mahogany shade.
Eastwood, poplar, pine, and similar
/ light-colored woods, may be made to
look like mahogany with this dye.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-01

dia was ffty-seven years old on the oath of
May, and the anniversary of her Majesty's
birthday was duly celebrated in various part
of the United States by stanch Britons tenn
porarily sojourning among us, and by Ameri-
can citizens of English birth who cherish low
ing recollections of the mother country.
Disastrous fires are reported at San Fran
cisco Gloss $500, O00), and at Tamaqua, Pa. Gloss
$50, 00O).
Chicago has been selected as the place for
holding the session OF the Presbyterian General
Assembly for 1877.
The President is disposed to look leniently
upon the incursions of gold-hunters upon the
Sioux reservation in the Black Hills country,
and to accept as an inevitable and accomplished
fact the occupation Of that country by adven-
turous miners. Gen. Sheridan has been di-
rected to afford protection to all persons COM
ing away from or transporting stores and sup
plies to the Hills. This order does not include
miners at work or en- route for the Hills, but
their safety will be largely increased incident
ally by the presence IF the troops.
For the first thirteen days of the Philadel-
phia show, the aggregate attendance was 498,
838, or an average of fraction more than
38, 900 day. At this rate, supposing it to be
practicable to keep it up, the whole attendance
for the season may be computed at three and
half to four millions, giving revenue, with
allowance for dead-heads, of less than two
million dollars.
James F. Joy has resigned the Presidency OF
the Michigan Central railroad.
vessel sailed from New Haven, Conn.,, g
few days ago, loaded with more than $780,, 00C
worth of arms and munitions purchased for the
Turkish Government.
Nine cadets have been expelled from the
Naval academy at Annapolis for robbing 8
Baltimore peddler.
Dist. Atty. Dyer, of st. Louis, in a commu-
nication to the Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue., states that he has obtained judgments Oh
all the bonds of the distillers arraigned fol-
violation of the law, and forfeiture of the
property, including that claimed by the banks,
which will amount, in the aggregate, to nearly
| 81, 900, 600 also, that he has obtained judg-
ment against the Iron Mountain Railroad
Company for upward of $4,000 for back taxes.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-01

G.. P. Huntington, Vice-president Of the
Central Pacific Railroad Company, has written
letter to the Chairman of the House Com
mittee on the Judiciary, in which he says the
company recognized as fully as the committee
the desirability, both to the Government and
the company, Of an equitable and final settle
ment of all matters and questions of whatever
kind between them, and this, he thinks, can be
effected by an amicable arbitration, with good
mined by the committee to insist upon the cash
payments named by one of the committee, the
company would prefer the contract as it is,
| leaving the question at issue to be set
tied in future on equitable terms. The
contraction in values, he says, has largely
exceeded the calculations of the company
and the amount received from sales of lands
has not been as large as was expected. The
road was built in times of higher prices, and,
although economically constructed, cost very
large sum, and he raised the question whether
the nation, it being the principal beneficiary,
should not share in the shrinkage, the saving
to the Government every year being more than
the annual interest it pays On the bonds of the
company.
Secretary Robson has addressed commu-
nication to the House Committee on Naval At
fairs. demanding a hearing for himself and
any naval officers against whom any damaging
testimony has been taken in the recent inves-
LEGATIONS of the Navy department. He also
asks that the hearing be had in open session of
the committee.
The President has appointed Edward F.
Beale, of Washington, Minister to Austria, vice
Orth, resigned.
The Postmaster general has decided to issue
the new Centennial stamped envelopes to all
postmasters ordering them, and to print special
requests on them, the same as on the ordinary
envelopes. The prices will be the same as for
the ordinary envelopes.
The President has nominated James r. Ru-
tan, Of Pennsylvania, to be Consul at Florence,
Italy, vice Writ Skies, withdrawn George W.
Patton, United States Marshal for West Vir-
ginia, and Robert P. Richardson, Postmaster
at st. Joseph, Mo.
The Senate Committee on Appropriations
has struck out Of the legislative executive,
and judicial appropriation bill the sections pro-
viding for ten per cent. reduction of all the
salaries of clerks in the executive departments
prohibiting political assessments; requiring
the Secretary of the Treasury to make reduc-
ton of ten per cent. in the salaries of all GUS
| toms officers and employees, and prohibiting
the employment of any persons except those
for whom specific appropriations are made.
The Secretary of the Treasury has directed
the retirement of $4O4, 2OS in legal tenders,
that being so per cent of the National bank
circulation issued during the month of May.
This leaves the outstanding greenback circu-
lation 1870, 1913, sos.
The President has nominated Hedgeman
Slack for United States Marshal for West Vir-
ginia, and George A. G. Wooley for Register of
the land Office at Springfield, Mo.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-01
The Last of Two Culprits.

Jim Kavanagh, formerly member OF
Congress from Montana, was telling the
other day that on one occasion there
were seven men standing on empty
boxes, and with ropes round their ne &c
under the limbs of a tree, just ready TO
be hanged. One OF them, 9, German "a 2;
began to cry bitterly as he thought that
he was about to die. The man next TO
him was an Lishman, who was much
bothered by the Germans weeping. SO,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-01
YIcariOnS FIOggingS.

The Emperor of China is six years
old. His mother and grandmother-the
two Empresses regent-are anxious for
his early education. He will study in
the Jou-King room of the Imperial pal
ace; Hong-Toung-Hoet and Hia-Ioung
Schian will be the tutors to install into
his Maiesty's mind all the necessary
sciences. He will learn the Mautchou
and Mongol languages and literature at
one and the same time, with riding,
archery, swimming, blowing, and other
bodily exercises. The prettiest part OF
the business, however, is that from the
day his education begins there will be
appointed for his Majesty a companion
destined to receive all the foggings in
CURED by the Imperial boy, and the 14th
of May was considered by the astroio-
gists as the most propitious moment for
bis education and the foggings to com
monca
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-01
POLITICAL POINTS.

The Democracy of New Jersey have declared
for hard money and Joel Parker for President.
The New York State Committee of cOlored
men held meeting at Utica the Eother day.
Three delegates were elected to the National
Republican convention, ''to lay before that
body the serious evils to which freedmen are
exposed through Democratic supremacy in
some of the Southern States" resolution
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-01

In Cuba the spring campaign is end
ing with the Spanish assurances COM
pletely falsifed. The insurgents are
acting on the offensive In the central
department, where they are steadily en-
croaching upon districts hitherto deemed
secure from their attacks. While the
Cubans are thus aggressive and defiant,
the Government is trying vainly to meet
the war expenses. The attempt to col
lect an income tax of thirty per cent.
having failed, Gen. Jovellar purposes
increasing the export duty on sugar and
Leaf tobacco. This will, of course, press
heavily on the planters, while it will en-
able our producers to undersel them.
With scanty treasury and gold at 229,
it is no wonder the Captain-general wants
to go home.