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The Osceola times., 1876-01-29
Tennessee War Claims.

IweDty-nine more. war claim bills have
been introduced since the holiday recess,
mostly in the house of representatives.
In nine of these bills the amount is not
stated. The twenty Others amount in
the aggregate to 1920, $500, an average
of about 81 900 per claim. The heaviest
claim is that of the heirs of Thomas Hord,
of Tennessee, for S5S,995 for supplies
taken from Hord's farm on the battle
field of Stone river by the United States
army. Another large claim is that OF J.
Duncan, of Nashville, Tenn, for S39, ,225
for property taken and used by the
United States forces during the late civil
war" A bill introduced by Mr.. Atkins,
of Tennessee, refunds 10 II. johnson and
forty-eight other citizens assessments to
the aggregate amount of about S25, 900,
levied and collected under an order issued
by Col. J. w. Harvey, commanding the
post of Bethel, McNairy county, Tenn.
One Of the senate bills is to pay the claim
of DIR. Best, of Paducah, KY, amounting
To $4,000. Congress has once passed the
bill, but il was vetoed by President
Grant. A bill not included in the fore
going list, which comprises only southern
claims, appropriates about 81, 900 to pay
certain persons in Guernsey county,
Ohio, for damages inflicted by Morgan
during his famous raid in 1868.
One of the bills before the house com
mlttee on postoffices, introduced by Mr..
Dibreli, of Tennessee, concerns a singular
case. The McMinnvlle and Manchester
railroad, in Tennessee, purchased Of the
quartermaster- general of the United
states soon after the close Of the war
about 1000 worth of rolling stock, and
the government took as security a lien
on the eai nings Of the road. The COM
pany soon afterward failed, and the road
was sold to pay its Indebtedness 10 the
state OF Tennessee under decree in
chancery. 1t was purchased by the Mem
phis and Charleston railroad company,
and leased to l.. ID. Hickman & Co for
a term of five years. The lessess are the
mail contractors for the route served by
the McMinnville and Manchester road.
BY an order issued by the quartermaster-
general, all earnings of the mail service
on this road are to be applied as a credit
on the account against the old railroad
company, and in order to save their COM
pensation, Hickman 4 Co. transport their
mail coaches the whole length of the
road, causing a delay Of the mails for
several counties Mr. Ubreils bill prac.
tically extinguishes the government lien
50 as to restore the mail 10 the railroad.
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mittee appointed to examine into the subject
Of depredations on the Mexican border, will
favor an increase Of the army by two cavalry
regiments, in case two such cannot be at
once spared, to patrol the Mexican border
along the Rio Grande. The committee is re-
ported TO have asked the secretary of war
whether he could furnish these regiments at
once, and il he annot report will be sub
mitted to the house recommending that they
at once be recruited
The house committee on territories
agreed to have a special meeting to consider
the bill of Mr.. Franklin to establish terri
tory to be known as Okalomba. They did
this because it was urged that there are 90
600 citizens of the United States in that
country among the Indians, with no law To
protect them; 5000 freedmen, former slaves
of Indians and 10000 civilized Indians; that
there is no punishment for crime, and that
disorder reigns
The house committee on appropria-
tons have completed the consular and diplo-
matte bill. The estimates last year were ST.
-,oNpt anu tit "
2s5. The present bill appropriates $9ii,l47.
The salaries of ministers to Great Britain,
France, Germany and Russia are reduced
from sl7,5 500 to $4,000 each the ministers
to Spain, Austria, Brazil, Mexico, Japan and
China from si2oo0 to $1,000; the minister
to Italy, from $4,000 to 5000; the minister
at Portugal ,S~rizerland, Belgium, Netherlands
Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Turkey, Vene-
zuela and IIawaaiin Islands, from 1850 to
$500; Chill and Bolivia are combined in
one mission, salary $1,000; Peru, Ecuador
and Colombia are also united in one mission
at the same salary also the Argentine Re-
public, Paraguay and Uruguay, salary So
500; also Guatamala, Costa Rica, Hondn-
:as, San Salvador and Nicaragua as in the
former law, salary $4,000. The salaries of
other officers are reduced. The bill contains
the usual appropriation of $500 to enable
Minister Schenck to employ private amsn-
uensis, his right hand having been disabled
during the war.
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FOREIGN.

One thousand more colliers have
struck in North Wales, owing to a reduction
Of wages.
A large failure in the silk trade is re-
ported from Lyons, France. Liabilities are
said to be 100000 francs,
The Prince of Wales has left Delhi for
Lahare and Cashmere. The raiah of
Cashmere is preparing magnificent recep-
ton.
A telegram from Berlin asserts that
Prince Bismark is personally drafting an ad-
ditional clause for the penal code against
crimes like that of Thomas at Bremer-
haven.
The Italian minister of public instruc-
ton has accepted the proposal of the United
States government for the exchange of scien.
ti6c publications of the two countries.
The Carlist leader Tristany notified
the Spanish consul Mt Bayonne Of his unre-
served submission To Alfonso. Gen. MartI-
nez Campos' army is concentrated in the
neighborhood Of Pampalua.
The secretary OF the LONDON mlsslOh-
ary society has received an offer of s25, 900 to
establish a mission at Lake Tanganyika,
where Stanley met Livingston. committee
has been appointed to carry out the project.
A Madrid paper states that when the
Carlist war is at an end a well-trained army
will be maintained in Cuba as a precaution-
ary measure, and batteries Of heavy guns
placed on the coast for protection against
invasion.
An Ultramontane newspaper at Brus-
sells says that Louise Lateau is dying. She
is the peasant girl who some time ago at
tracted crowds of pilgrims by the exhibition
on her person of the alleged miracle of
sfigmdta.
A correspondent OF the London Hour
states that Germany has limited to France
that she will transfer Lorraine TO France for
the little consideration of si00,000,000 in
gold. The French will not, probably, buy
back their own territory, as they hope some
day to re-annex it by the power of the sword.
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LATEST NEWS.
NOrrH AND WEST.

Gen. Beauregard, Of Louisiana, has
made application to congress for the removal
Of his political disabilities.
In Louisville, Saturday night, J. A.
Sproule's stables, with nineteen head Of
horses and mules, were destroyed by fire.
Strong opposition TO placing convict
labor in competition with the labor Of honest
men is developing in Arkansas, no less than
in Tennessee.
Tom Barrett was murdered at Alex
andria, Louisiana, by federal soldiers Sunday
night. One of the soldiers was mortally
wounded by Barrett's brother.
Gee. Morris colored, convicted Of the
muder of Sarah Jones, in New Orleans, was
sentenced by Judge Steel to be hanged at
such time as the govern or shall appoint.
An unknown negro was hanged at
Tiptop station, on the Louisville, Paducah
and Southwestern railway, in Kentucky,
sunday night, for outraging a respectable
young white woman.
The Southern car company, OF Jefier-
sonville, Ind, has filed petition in bank
ruptcy, The amount Of assets and liabilities
will probably be 100000, the latter being
less than half this sum.
jefferson Davis has just lost suit for
$4,000 in a court at Vicksburg Miss. The
ex.president put in claim for that amount
against his brothers estate, but the court
decided against him.
The famous Tredegsr iron works, at
Richmond, Virginia, the most extensive in
the Union, has failed, throwing five or six
hundred workmen out OF employment.
One hundred thousand dollars was re-
fused recently, for an orange grove of 1900
bearing trees, with ten acres of land, on the
st. Johns river, Florida. Several OF the
trees in this grove bear 1000 oranges yearly.
The Louisiana senate passed joint
resolution frsm the house requesting Lcuisi-
ana senator's and representatives in congress
to use their utmost effort to induce congress
to make an appropriation for levees on the
Mississippi river, and the national govern
ment to take charge of them.
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MISCELLANEOIS.

The national Temperance society has
issued a call for an international temperance
conference in Philadelphia next June.
The English national rife association
have accepted the challenge Of the rifle asso-
citation Of America to compete in the match
for the championship of the world during the
centennial at Philadelphia.
The bulletin of the American iron
and steel association contains a detailed
statement showing that the production Of pig
iron in the United States in 1875 WAS about
100000 net tons, falling of OF about 6oo,-
900 tons as compared with the production in
1874. The stock on hand and unsold at the
close of 1875, including the stock in the
hands of agents, aggregated about 100000
net tons, against 100000 tons a year ago.
The consumption in 1875 was less than it was
in any wear since 1871.
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Father and Son.

There are two singular patrons OF the
police station in Springfield, Massachu-
setts, father and son, of whom the Union
thus speaks: When the old gentleman
gets into limbo the son appears and pro-
cceds to read him long lecture on the
sin of drinking and its attendant evils,
usually winding up with, IT'S good
enough for you. Ihave done all that
son could do to make you live properly,
and you have no one to blame but your.
SELF Money is raised to pay the old
mans fine, and then the son takes his
turn at getting drunk and smsshiug
things. Straightway the father appears
at the station-house, and with benign
expression on his countenance, plaintivcly
inquiries: is this the example which J
have set YOU, and am l to be thus repaid
for ali INV watchful care and tenderness?
The family pay the sons fine, and then
II is the old mans turn. The funny part
of the affair is that father and son have
been lecturing each other in this way for
about nine ysars, and neither Of then
seems 70 have the slightsst hea q ~
extveue ludicuunme1 vh1dh -! -
Sinns1 exhsglnlions kGyo a11nln
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,ETTEY g. co.

and the elIOrls iuduc w supPiy uoni.
Our absentees are returning, and hope
the earnest and beautiful appeal made to
the country in your, proclamation may
stir up the whole people, and that they
NAV see their duty and perform it,.
Nothing is wanted but that their forti-
tude should equal their bravery, to in
sure the success of our cause. We must
expect reverses, even defeats. They are
sent to teach us wisdom and prudence,
to call forth greater energies, and to pre-
vent our falling into greater disasters
Our people have only to be true and
united. to bear manfully the misfortunes
incidental to war, and all will come right
i'm the end.
know how prone We are TO censurc,
and how ready to blame others for the
non-fulfillment of our expectations.
This is unbecoming in generous peo-
pie, and | grieve TO see its expression.
The general remedy for the want of sue
cess in military commander is his re-
moval. This is natural, and in many
instances proper. FOR, no matter what
may he the activity Of the Officer, If he
loses the confidence of his troops, disas-
ter must sooner or later ensue.
have been prompted by these refec-
tions more than once since my return
from Pennsylvania to propose to your
excellency the propriety of selecting an
other commander for this army. have
seen and heard expressions of discomfort
in the expedition. ! do not know how
far this feeling extends in the army. My
brother officers have been too kind to re-
port it, and so Far the troops have been
too generous to exhibit it. II is fair,
hoy.27. 3m. B. +. BUTLER.
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A PiOus Daughter.

Children, says the Rev. W. Jay, have
conveyed religion 10 those from whom
they ought to have derived it. "Wcll,"
said mother one day, weeping, her
daughter being about to make a public
profession of religion by going to the
Lords table, al will resist no longer.
How can bear 10 see my dear child love
and read the Scriptures while ] never
look into the Bible; TO sec her retire and
seek God while never pray; 10 see her
going to the Lords table while HIS death
Is nothing to me =" "Ah," said she TO
the minister who called to inform her OF
her daughters intention, wiping her eyes,
" Yes, sir, know she is right, and am
wrong. have seen her firm under re-
proach, and patient under provocation,
and cheerful in all her sufierings. When
in her late illness she was looking for dis
solution, heaven stood in her face. Oh,
that I was fit to die! ! ought to have
taught her, but am sure she has taught
me. How can bear TO see her joining
the church of God and leaving me behind
perhaps foreverl" From that hour
she prayed in earnest that the God of ner
child would be her God, and was soon
seen walking with her in the way ever.
lasting.
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ER0M WARRINGTON.

Charges of enormous expenditures at
the United States court at Fort Smith are
made. 1t is said to be as high as s4Oo,0oo
year, and the committee proposes a thorough
investigation of the subject.
The senate finance committee has
agreed to report favorably on Senator Hawes
bill for the appointment of a committee on
the subject of the alcoholic liquor traffic, and
to recommend its passage with certain
amendments, the most important being re-
quirement that fermented liquors and the
manufacture of all kinds Of liquor shall be
Included In the proposed inquiry.
II il stated that the congressional com.
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Timber |! Lumber !!
my
ssf ,Sf. AYRES' SAW MILL.
du
&C prepared 10 furnish oil kinds aud size
car, NJ short notice.
alil'rs Filled With Promptness
,a n, and Dispatch.

Ptscc, mules. cattle, hogs. &C., taken IN n
lnent Tor lumber.
and am usprevtitr- ,issar deliSfregd
personal examinations and giving the
personal supervision u the operations in
the field which feel to he necessary
am 80 dull that in making use of the
eyes of Others l am frequently misled.
Everything, therefore, points to the ad-
yantagcs to be derived from new COM
mander, and | the more anxiously urge
the matter upon your excellency from
my belief that younger and ADLER man
than myself can readily he obtained. |
know that he will have as gallant and
brave an army as ever EXISTED to second
his efforts, and it would be the happiest
day of my life to zee at its head a worthy
leader; one that would accomplish more
than could perform, and all that have
wished | hope your excellency will
attribute my request to the true reason,
the desire TO serve my country, and to
do all in my power TO insure the success
of her righteous cause.
have no complaints TO make OF any
one but myself. ] have received moth
ing but kindness from those above me,
and the most considerate attention from
my comrades and companions in arms
To your excellency | am specially in
debted for uniform kindness and con
alteration. You have done everything in
your power 70 aid me in the work com
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A WAR SECRET.
ssruerri Robert y. Lees PROPOSED Ressu'
nation lsss Letter so Sea Davis
Afuer liettysburg.
Charles c. Jones In Scribner for February

Charles C. Jones In scribner for February.
Although the campaign into Penn
sylvania was not unfruitful OF results
beneficial to the southern states; al
though by the recent shock of arms and
this aggressive movement the federal
advance upon Richmond had been
materially delayed; although the state
of Virginia, nor the time being, had been
delivered from the waste and burden Of
hostile invasions although General Lee
had, from perilous environment, with
drawn his army strong in organization,
proud in spirit, and with confidence I'M
shaken, and was in full possession Of his
legimate line Of defense, he could not
but acknowledge that all had not been
accomplished which the late advance
was designed TO compass. This has
been sad day for us, colonel, sad
day; but we cant expect always to gain
victories" was his remark to Colonel
Freemantle, a. sublime in his indif-
ference to personal danger, and calm in
the midst Of the hurry and confusion of
the scene, the confederate leader encour-
aged his men when, torn and worn by
the battle, they fell back before the tri-
umphant roar of the federal artillery
which swept the whole valley and slope
of Seminary Ridge with shot and shell.
As a soldier, and as the chief captain Of
the confederate hosts, he admitted that
he had been foiled of his aim; and
although, in his own language, If spirit
of disappointment and discontent existed
in his army, his brother officers had been
too kind to report it, and his troops too
generous to exhibit it, the tone of the
public press and the sentiment of the
country indicated dissatisfaction with
the result OF campaign from which
grander achievements had been blindly
expected than the troops and resources
employed in its conduct ought, in rea-
son, to have justified. II was not in
human nature, and its most heroic de-
velopment and conscious of its noblest
effort, 10 remain under the circumstances
entirely Indifferent to or unaffected by
such expressions. As at the time of
Pickett's repulse he said to General
Wilcox, who in sorrow reported the
almost total destruction of his brigade /:
I" Never mind, general, all this has been
my fault it is who have lost the fight,
IL ..-..----G - "A vs- ~ - n a = xtka bost
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pIeted in July last. The length of the
main canal or first level is seven miles
including second and third level, nine
miles; depth of water, II feet. The canal
is owned by the city Of Augusta, and is at
present under the control Of the following
board of managers: Hon. Charles Estes,
president; John U. Meyer, Thomas g.
Barrett, Alexander Philip and M. Il.
Hill. The location Of the canal is In the
heart of the cotton raising region, and at
one of the most important inland markets
for the staple in the country, together
with the even temperature of the climate,
the moderate cost of living and the
abundance of labor, renders it peculiarly
adapted to the profitable manufacture OF
cotton goods, as is evidenced in the sue
cess of the Augusta, Graniteville and
other factories in that vicinity.
At time like this, when public atten-
tion everywhere is so largely directed to
the development of southern industries,
it is certainly worth while watching the
progress of enterprises of this character,
as they seem TO offer not only desirable
outlets for capital but also tempting OPP
portunities for business men, which are
not over plentiful in the more thoroughly
worked states of the north and east.
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''--o''o '"A'''@
The aggregate tonnage as here shown
is materially larger than in 1870, when
the total was 2,793, 402. As regards the
tonnage of the sailing vessels of the
United States, it should be noted that
only sca-going craft are mentioned. The
coastwise and lake fleet is immense and
would undoubtedly swell the total
nearer that of Great Britain, where
almost everything aaoat is counted. II
cannot strictly be said that all the British
vessels mentioned are ''sea-going." Ow-
ing to our large extent Of territory, it is
difficult to keep record Of every vessel
that Is built. The cozstwise and lake
chipping, however, s.nount 10 a iormida-
bic total.
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\ RECENT visitor to the Dismal Swamp
describes it, in Forest and Stream, as
having lost none of the characteristics
which gave it its name. Bears are not
50 plenty there as when the region was
rarely penetrated by man, yet they still
afford sport for hunters. Lake Drum
mond, once believed by the ignorant to
he bottomless, is really not in any place
more than fifteen feet deep. Its water,
impregnated with the juices of juniper
and gum leaves, is of the color of wine,
and is drunk as a remedy by consump-
tiyes,
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OsCEOIA ARKANSAS SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1916

mitted TO my charge, without omitting
anything to promote the general welfare.
| pray that your efforts may at length
be crowned with success, and that you
may long live to enjoy the thanks of d
grateful people.
With sentiments Of great esteem, !
am, very respectfully and truly yours,
X. +. LEE, General.
His Excellency jefferson Davis, Presi-
dent Confederate States.
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EAST.

The town of Apollo, on the West
Pennsylvania railroad, was almost destroyed
by fire last week. Forty houses, including a
number of stores, were burned. The loss is
estimated at $40, 900 to $4,000. Insurance
ID,
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An inquest was held recently in Il

An inquest was held recently in the
case of deceased clergyman, aged seventy
three, residing at bennington, England,
at which it appeared that, compelled by
poverty, he had lived for several years
upon Sd. per day, subsisting on bread,
milk, cheese and cocoa. Tie was found
lifeless in his room. The jury said he
died /" from natural causes" Clergymen
in England are not always well-clothed,
well-fed, and well paid. We treat them
better in this country---especially in
Brostlyn.
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The Worlds shipping.
New York Bulletin

New York bulletln
With reference to the present relative
standing Of the different nations in mer-
camille fleets, the following compilation
as regards sailing vessels has been pre-
pared from reliable sources:
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Business Enterprise In Georgia.
New York Bulletin.

I The enterprising spirit which charac-
terizes the people of Georgia, even under
the most unpropiti0us and disccuraging
circumstances, has fresh exemplifcation
in two documents which lie before US.
One relates 10 the favorable progress OF
arrangements for making Atlanta the
seat Of an important cotton manufacture; ;
the other sets forth the capacity and ad-
vantages of the Augusta canal as a means
for the encouragement Of the manufac-
ture especially of cotton and woolen
fabrics. in all that section of the state.
First, as to the cotton factory in At
lanta; the citizens, impressed with its
importance, subscribed the necessary cap
ital, directors and officers were elected, a
location selected and the business of
building factory was formally inaugu-
rated on the 4th of July, 1875. Since
that time the plans for buildings have
been decided upon and the work Of con-
struction has since moved steadily. The
directors agree 10 erect buildings sufi-
cient for 10000 spindles at first, and put
in the machinery as fast as the business
would warrant. The committee having
the enterprise in charge, we are told, gave
very careful attention to the estimates Of
cost and production and compared them
with detailed statements of the best mills
of the south, also with some Of the very
best mills in the north. The plans for
the arrangement of machinery is such
that it can be put in three sections. The
first section will have 9,072 spindlcs and
auxiliary machinery The second Sec
ton will be sufficient TO- make up the
number to 1850 spindles, and the third
will make total OF 20,736 sp;ndles, 500
looms and auxiliary pickers, cards, speed
ers, etc, which will produce twenty-four
thousand yards per day. The directors
have decided to produce a finer class of
goods than are now made in the south,
and have adopted as standard number
i tarn to yards Of cloth to the pound.
machinery will be arranged to pro-
Is to "a yarn, from which several
Hes of goods can he made, probably
less than ten different styles. The
r, ,mittee conclude their report by an
eal to capitalists to come forward with
} + subscriptions necessary 10 make the
erprise great business success.
Text, as to the Augusta canal, which
. projected by few public spirited
lavkens of that place for manufacturing
poses, and for the securing of an
nov ndant supply Of water for the city.
work was commenced in 1915 and
pleted in the early part of lS47. In
nc Z, ii was resolved to enlarge its capac-
and that work was Dractically COM
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WASHINGTON ladies evidently do not
allow the hard times tointerfere with their
desire for dress, for the Star says of them:
at is universally the subject of remark
that the dressing this season is more mag
nifcent than has ever been the case
before in Washington"