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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-20

Is deepcncd Ms the volume of water in 1t
Is increased, and elevated. or filed up as
the volume IL decreased; therefore, by
reducing tho higli-watcr channel of the
river to an approximate uniformity of
width, thus throwing down It's slope to
the Cult greater volume of water with
swifter current, the shoals which in
terrupt Its navigation might be removed,
uniformity be given to It's slope and
current, the caving of its banks be
almost entirely prevented, and its high
water line be reduced in such degree that
levees would not be needed.
This result. the Eadltes claim. backing
their assertion by argument that, In my
opinion, cannot be controverted, may be
obtained by n judicious system of cut-oifs
and bikes.
''iS THIS Way"
said Capt. Eads, with great emphasis,
''the iiood-slopc can be safely and pcrma-
nently lowered above each cutoff, the
entire alluvial basin from Vicksburg
to Cairo be lifted. as 1t were. above all
overflow, and levecs in that part of the
river rendered useless. The fiood-linc at
Cairo is flfty-one or fifty-two feet above
the low.water line. 1t can be reduced,
at not great expense. to forty feet. and
thus leave Cairo and all the rich country
around 1t, on high ground There can
be no question Of this fact, aud 1t would
be well for those most deeply interested
in the matter to ponder upon my conf
dent assertion before rejecting 1t, for the
increased value that would be given to
the territory that would be thus secured
to the uses of man can scarcely be esti-
mated"
might, with profit to the readers of
the BULLETIN. give the ingenious argu-
ments used by the Captain to enforce his
theory, but the limits of this paper and
the time have TO spare, will not permit
me to do so. J. II. o.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-20

preston of the protests against
McDonald's and Maguire's appointment
by Babcock. as tending TO show that the
defendant was an active friend OF theils
and even suppressed the presidents cor
rcspondcnce TO serve them. A remark
able feature of the presidcnts tcsti-
mony is his forgettulnesss IN not
remembering what explanation Of
the dispatches Babcock gave. although
that explanation. as he remembers, was
satisfactory to him: but tins IL u feature
of the deposition which the government
counsel will probably, from respect for
executive and love OF their own official
heads, not comment upon.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-20

Two attempts have been made within
the past week, near Pana. TO throw a
mail train from the track Oh the Indian
spoNs' cincinnati and st. Louis railroad,
but both have failed.
"A man named Himmel was arrested
10 German settlement In woodtord
county. on Wednesday, charged will, the
murder Of two women, Mrs. Eckstein
and Lizzie Miller, on the lith Inst. Al.
Ter committing the deed, which was done
for ~ yfpPf 81 robbing. uinmii Is
said 70 lAfassAed ne clothes Of hi.
victims toAsae al, and sct them
on fire, bafulhg them entirety of, and
terribly unulatIlg TIE bodies ofboth.
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A NOBEL REPUBLICAN, OFFICIAL.

- - uSs
The county Treasurer Of Wayne, one Of
the richest counties In tile State Of Ohio,
absconded some two weeks ago
leaving an unsettled account with the
county OF about sixty thousand dollars.
During an examination OF tile books and
vaults Of the.oiiicc, as ordered by law, and
The counting ofthc monies the treasurer
was observed to DE ia an anx-
ious and nervous state, but no special
importance was attached 10 the circufn-
stance sixty-three thousand dollars
were found In the safe and the counting
was discontinued until the next day-Sat.
urday. On the morning OF that day. the
treasurer did not make his appearance,
and on inquiry !. was found that he had
disappeared during the night, having
hrst made an entrance into the treasur.
ers Office through the window and alb.
strac,ed three thousand dollars OF the
hxty-three that had been counted. Fur.
iher examination OF the funds and book,
revealed the tact that the treasurer's book,
uia not balance BY some sixty thousau,
ao'iars. The dcfaulting treasurer, Mr.
LEHMAN, was Republican, who rode int,
Once !" Democratic county on the bug
oear that the Democrats were in favor o
division OF the school fund. The loca
school fund Of the county was deposlte,
In the treasurer 80.
Is for the present past IA
possibility OF being divided for an,
purpose. The people of the plundere
county arc Disguised with their "mod,
Republicn0tseasurcr." 49, ~
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-20

GEN. WILLIAMS, In his opening argu.
ment In defense Of Babcook said the de-
PENDANT was born in Vermont. a State
which did not add largely to the criminal
classes Of this country, and that he was
educated at West Point, which lie not a
scaool where public robbers are educa-
ted. But Lucifer fell there is a popular
tradition that Williams himself got Ian
daulet in q crooked way and even Bah
cock may have succumbed TO the temp
tations OF crooked whisky, in spite of the
fact that he was born IN Vermont and ed.
ucated at West Point.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-20

A NEw YORK letter writer says that
Daniel Drew, who has whipped every
thing that ever stood b fore him, will find
his match in grim Death, which is about
to seize and carry him over the river.
Drew has been tolerably good christian
OF late. He gave last year hundred
thousand dollars to Methodist churche;
and seminaries. This was good, bu,
the crusaders think that Drew
neutalixed his philanthropy whe,
he gave all the bar privileges on all hi
boats to his son. lie Is worth fheci
millions of dOllars.-
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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-20

The "school book question" is on,
which will enter into the politics OF
Centralis At It's next election. Many O,
its citizens announce that they will vote
for no man who does not favor law
providing for a series Of text books,
printed ander contract given out by the
State to the lowest bidder. The frequent
changes made In the textbooks used in
the public schools and the extrayagnnt
prices at which they are sold, make
some such move az that proposed by the
citizens Of Centralia a matter OF self-pro-
lection on the part OF parents and
guardians whose children are educated
10 the public school. As matters now
are, tie cost of school books makes their
purchase heavy burden TO many people.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-20

TnR other can't get It and both are
happy. That is, Dr. Linderman says
tl,ess y no uscessity for the establishment
Of new mint in the West, and Chicago
and st. Louis will cease to worry over
hat bone of contention.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-20

The 49, = New Orleans is jubilant
over the peespects Of the success of the
jetties. Looking into the future, the
Times sees ''ships Of the largest draft
passing the bar with ease within twelve
months. and the New Orleans harbor
without Q tisal In the wOrld.r
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-20

TRR legislative, executive, and judicial
appropriation bills will probably be re-
ported iRlthe house of representatives OIL
Tuesday. They follow the general prin-
ciple Of reducing the force twenty per
cent, anAnlokries ten per cent.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-20

DAN MuxN has gone to Washington to
look up evidence In relation to bis com
ing - q 81 Louh. Num- has papers
by SAkh pc kpecb to prove his limo.
cence, SO had all the other indicted
members of the ring.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-20

"rRAsx, coniiding. artless Babcock",
says Gen. Williams. The presidents
private secretary seems to be just such
another innocent "a Beecher.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-20

TYE Mississippi house Of representa-
tiyes on Wednesday last adopted articles
OF Impeachment against Lieutenant Gov
erner DAsisb ~ . vets 'sf eighty-six ayes
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-20

II app.afsl oils sSdisd that Minister
schenck . rosisuation will be accepted at
an early date.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-20
GOOD NEVS$ SMOKERS!

FIVE
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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-20

a very confident gentleman, this bald
headed engineer, but not bOastful.
What he says TO you lie says in a modest,
matter-of-iact way, and you Immediately
assent to all he asserts. So, when he
made this assertion, ii did not occur to
me that the gentleman speaking was
telling me he was about TO prove himself
the greatest Of living civil engineers, and
l replied 10 him, with not q shade OF
doubt in the tone of my voice: "Oi
COURSE
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-20
A TALK WITH EADS.
What the Great Engineer Says
About the Mississippi River.
He Can Set Cairo on q Hill
and Raise the Mississippi
Valley Above High
Water.
The lefty Man Would Scour Out
the Channel and Drop
the Flood Line.

Editorial Correspondence of the Cairo Bulletin.)
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. 10, 1875.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-20

rHE EAps Theory Is
.hat the river flows in bed composed OF
''s deposits, with dimensions regulated
according to its own needs that this bed
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-11-15

SHOCKING MoNsTRosITY.- painful
sight was presented last evening at the
Union depot, one once seen can never
be forgotten. 1t was child, evidently
about five or six years of age, which,
besides being blind, deaf and dumb
and an idiot, was afflicted with anoth-
er terrible infirmity. This was hab
it Of putting out its eyes and cheeks
and darting out its tongue, at the same
time Kissing like a snake. It was a
shocking sight to see that pale-faced
child, sightless, dumb and uttering
such horrible noises while its father
stood by masticating food for it, and
its mother, a plain, homely- clad coun-
try woman, held down it's hands.
When it puffed out its eyes and checks
it was hideous to behold. The par
cuts of this terribly afflicted child were
on their way to Kentucky from, North
ern Texas. The monstrosity was the
result Of fright caused by a putting
adder. The mother has three healthy
good looking children, none of whom
were the least deformed.-[ Kansas
City Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-11-15
Large Additions to the British Navy.

The new Navy list for this quarter
shows that the Government is conduct
ing it's ship building operations with
exceptional activity. The largest part
of the work by far is applied to the
construction of unarmored vessels.
Altogether ~ vessels are in hand, of
which fonr only--the Ajax. Agamem-
non, Nelson and No,thampton-are
ironclads. The remaining 80 are un-
armed. Two of them, the Bacchante
and Euraylus, are the largest cruisers,
and are designed with special view
to speed; at the same time they will
carry heavy armaments-that is, heavy
in comparison with the usual arma-
ments of cruisers. Two other cor
yettes of a smaller size, the Garnet
and Turquoise, intended for foreign
service chiefly, will soon be ready.
The Iris and Mercury, two steel
ships, designed as dispatch vessels,
for speed, are also small, but are inter
esting as experiments in the use of
steel in ship-building; it is expected
that 10 knots, or 90 miles an hour will
be obtained from them. Their design
has been followed up by rather large
order for six small steel corvettes,
which are just commenced, and are
called the Champion, Cleopatra, Curae
Goa, Carysfort, Comus and Conquest.
They will in all probability be used
chiefly on foreign service, but are in
tended, if necessary, to take an active
part in fighting. Two sloops, the
Cormorant and Penguin, are being
completed at the Royal dock yards,
bnt have no distinctive character.
The rest consist of four gun vessels,
the Condor, Falcon, Flamingo and
Griffin, and twenty gunboats. With
the exception OF two of tlese--tlie
Pincher and Ticker, whose cons'ruc-
ton is at present suspended-all these
vessels are being rapidly proceeded
with.
1t is worth notice that great part
of this large programme is in the hands
OF private builders, only ii being built
at the Royal dock yards, leaving 81 to
be built by contract. At time OF
depression like the present this vigor
GUS effort on the part of the Admiralty
to recruit the navy is, no doubt, as
welcome to the ship building trade as
it is satisfactory to the country Pail
Mall Gazette.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-11-15
$3.50 REV. ARD +!

TINE ABOVE REWARD WILL BE
j. paid for the arrest and delivery in
Alexandria. La, in the Jail, of JAMES
and WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT, alias
WHITE, who murdered Frank A.
Biossat at Cotile, La, on Oct. 4, 1876.
DESCRIPTION:
JAMES LIGHTFOOT is about thirty
years old, large light colored eyes, high
cheek bones, dark hair, very backward
in conversation, quiet and non-intru-
sive; about 5 feet 10 inches higl
weighs about 1870 pounds, rather lighr
build, aud wore no beard at the time.
WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT is about
"a years old, blue eyes, sandy hair,
full face, rather stout, weighs about
lao pounds, very free i'll conversation
and friendly, and wore light NOUS
tache at the time.
The said parties moved originally
from Alabama to Texas, in the neigh
borhood of Layaca County, and from
thence to Cotile, La.
Besides the above reward the Gov
ernor Of Louisiana will offer a liberal
reward.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-11-15

Pastry in variety and quantity, Mrs
A. G.. Compton, Marble Biscuit Board
Display of Preserved Fruit, Mrs. A
G.. Compton, Pair Preserve Dishes
Display of Jellies, Mrs. A. G.. Comp.
ton, no competition, half premium
Specimen OF Berry Wine, Mrs. J. w
Prescott, Silver Ladle.
Specimen of Berry Cordial, Mrs. E.
NJ. Wells, complimentary notice, no
premium offered.
Specimen Brandy Fruit, Mrs. j.
Geigcr, half dozen self-sealing Fruit
Jars.
Muscadine Wine, Miss Salle Hyn-
son, no competition, half premium.
Assortment of Pickles, Mrs. L. NJ.
Wells, no competition, half premium.
Butter, Mrs. II. A. Boyce, Patent
Churn.
Lard, Mrs. F. Seip, no competition,
half premium.
Display homo made Candy, Miss
George Compton, no competition, half
premium.
Largest display of Confectionery, j.
Levin, Diploma.
Specimen of Tomato Catsup, Mrs. j.
Geiser, Silver Butter Knife.
Display of Catsups, Mrs. E. M.
Wells, no competition, half premium.
Home made soap, Mrs. J. Geiger,
Lo competition, half premium.
At meeting of the Board of Direc
tors held in Alexandra, October 9th,
1876, it was
Resolved, That the thanks of the
Board are earnestly due to those Ia
dies who generally placed on exhibit
ton specimens of their handiwork for
which no premium had been offered by
the Association, and that each and ev-
cry article so presented richly merits a
handsome testimonial, bnt owing to
the embarrassed condition of our ex
chequer we can only offer our CRATE
full thanks.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-11-15

THE PRESENT FRENCH ARMY. =
France, the destruction Of whose i'm
perial army was hailed as the premise
of disarmament, is now organizing AN
army by the side of which Napoleon's
himsy battallions were mere train
band. Every Frenchman who is not
positively crippled or invalided now
belongs to the active army for five
years between the ages of 20 and 30;
not all serve this length of time, q
certain proportion who are drawn by
lot being furloughed after six months
service; another class in pursuit Of
liberal education get off by volunteer
ing for one year, passing an examine
ton in their studies and paying COM
mutation of $500. Then there are the
"reservists," so-called, the older men,
who are supposed to have graduated
from the active army. Once in two
years, the reservists meet and drill for
a fortnight. They have just been un-
der drill, the men being called out, in
the same order as if The present or
ganization had been in force for some
years. Nine corps of 10000 men each
have thus been under drill, many of
them veterans of the last war, but
strangers to the new arm (the fusil
grass which has been adopted since
they were in the field. A third grand
division is "the territorial army" or
men from "a to 40 years Of age, who
orn orl,, RI Ia, o,ll,j ,nt IN <lnfonc1 nj
the district in which they are enrolled.
The whole male population are given
illegal status as belligerents, in order to
protect them from any of those scru-
pies which led the Germans, it is said
to shoot citizens in defense of theil
homes because they were irregulars
But, practically, every man from q
to 40 years OF age, is part of the
army.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-11-15
Turkish and Russian Soldiers.

The Turkish infantry is superior in
weight and size to any European army
save those of England and Germany,
and possibly the Navarasse and Biscll
vans who composed the late Carlist
army in Spain. The Turk is robust
very clearly in his habits and feeding
and consequently very healthy; he can
carry heavy pack and marches equal
to Stonewall Jackson's celebrated "foot
cavalry" He is docile, obedient, in
telligent and "brave as Julius Cesar
is highly drilled and disciplined, is fed
clothed and equipped better than his
possible Russian adversary.
The mass of the Russian army is
composed Of men smaller and lighter
than the French regiments of the line.
They are poor marchers, unable to
carry Il heavy pack, uncleanly in their
mode of living, suffer much from sick
ness in consequence and are indiffer-
emily clothed, shod and fed, and are
not intelligent, as compared by a Eu-
r0pean or American standard. Their
strength lies in numbers and as against
the Turk, in the superior education OF
their officers.
The opinion above is formed from
actual observation, and some statistics
upon European armies, furnished by
the "Intelligence Depai tment" of the
Imperial German army at Berlin,
Kinglake's '.History of the Crimeau
War;" DR.. w. II. Russell's interesting
diary and the surgeon generals re-
ports of both the French and English
armies in the Crimea, all of which re
fer to the poor stamina and small size
of the wounded and prisoners that fell
into their hands during the operations
in the Crimea; the same remark was
made of the Russian prisoners cap
tured at Bomarsund. in the Baltic, who
were confined in England until the
conclusion of the war; Extract from
London Letter.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-11-15

AN item in the papers states the
fact that the Bank of England clips
every light sovereign it receives, and
that one machine weighs 5000 an hour.
1t does not state the interesting fact
that the machine is an automaton, the
sovereigns being put in a hopper like a
grist at mill. The light ones drop
on one side, the full weight ones on
the other, and the machine never makes
a mistake. 1t is very simple. The
full weight sovereigns bears down a
balance so as to drop the coin on one
side--the light weight fails to bear it
down, and it falls on the other side.
In 1875 the bank weighed S22, 100000
worth of coin and rejected $640,G00.
= Exchange.