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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-06
THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
Report of Secretary McCrary.


Hon. George W. McCrary, the Secretary of
War, in his annual report, after abiding to the
injurious effects of the constant interfering
with the army by legislation, threatening re-
auctions, urges an elastic system of orgeniza-
ton which will be capable of extension inacase
of necessity to an aggregate force of 10000 to
40. 600 men. He considers that the necessities
of the country demand a military force not less
than that now authorized by statute, which
should be capable, by increasing the numerical
strength Of the companies, of being raised to
the standard necessary to meet any ordinary con-
tingency. The report, in speaking of the Indian
service, favors the placing Of the feeding of
all the Indian nations now provided with RAJ
lions by the Government in charge of the
Conanlissary Department of the army. On the
subject of the retirement of officers from active
service: the Secretary urges legislation which
viii remove the present limitation as TO the
number of officers who may be on the retired
list at the same as at present This number is
800. By q removal Of the limitation the num-
Der will not be materially increased, as acareful
inquiry shows that with the proposed changes
there would be only about forty officers to add
to the list. The Secretary does not favor any
change in the portion of the statute which
leaves the question of retirement to the Presi-
dent. It has always been urged by the younger
ODlCCT5 VI cLlC GILL bLdt D0 ODnSGLOry
upon the President to retire officers at the age
of 81.
In regard to the recent order directing the
temporary suspension of the publication of the
record of the battles in the Army Register, the
Secretary of War says it was absolutely neces-
sary, as the list, as furnished TO the depart
ment, was in such confusion that it was impos-
sible for the officials at the War Office remedy
it. He says that originally request was sept
to officers to furnish the department with LIST
of the battles in which their several regiments
had been engaged. Some sent in answers Civ
ing list of unimportant engagements others
sent in sl1rmishes and others again list of
battles where their regiments were present, but
did not participate; while few confined their
statements to such important engagements
as might properly be designated as battles
and in which their commands were actually en-
gagged. The general disposition seemed to be
20 claim more than was deserved, SO that in
order to correct the records their publication |
was temporarily suspended. These records |
will probably again appear in the Army Register
Of next year.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-06
WASHINGTON NOTES.

At the session of the National Grange,
at Cincinnati, the constitution was amended
whereby the Court of Appeals was abol-
ished and the Master and Executive
Committee constituted such court instead.
The membership fees were fixed at So for male
and 81 for female members. resolution was
adopted declaring disapprobation of the laws
demonetizing silver, and committing the Gov
eminent arbitrarily to any fixed plan in future
for the resumption Of specie payments, and
expressing sympathy with the effort now being
made in Congress for the repeal of these
measures. The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Master, Adams, of Min
nesota; Overseer, Woodman, of Michigan !;
Lecturer, Mortimer, of Cincinnati Steward,
Vaughan, Of Iowa; Assistant Steward,
Symmes, of Kansas Chaplain, Forsythe, of
Illinois, Treasurer, Mcdowell, of New York !;
Secretary, Kelly, of Louisville; Gatekeeper,
Dinwiddie, of Indiana: Ceres, Mrs. Adams, Of
Minnesota; Pomona Mrs. Woodman, OF
Michigan Flora, Mrs. Moore, of Indiana !;
Lady Assistant Steward, Mrs. Hall, of Louis
VILE
The chief recommendations Of Secretary
Sherman in his annual report are that the duty
upon tea and coffee be restored, and that all
articles be placed upon the free list which do
not yield an annual custom revenue Of SIC, 900.
The public-debt statement for Dec. shows
reduction Of the nations indebtedness Of
81, 1923, 6S4 during the month of November.
A large number Of the Presidents nonina-
tons failed OF confirmation at the extra session
Of the Senate, and Attorney General Devens
has given it IS his opinion that the failure to
confirm the new officers appointed in place Of
old officers virtually reinstates for the time
being, and until the future action of the ap-
pointing power.
The only Republicans voting with the Demo-
Gratis for the confirmation of Ntzsimmons as
Marshal of Georgia were Conover, Patterson
and Stanley Matthews.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-06

A Paris dispatch announces that the Cab
met selected by President MacMahon has
been rejected by the House of Deputies,
and the obstinate MacMahon refuses to appoint
another.
Gen. Grant has been dining with Emile de
anardin, the distinguished French republican
statesman. Gambetta, Grevy and other noted
republican leaders were present.
The Italian Parliament has voted 10 abolish
capital punishment.
Whittaker's cotton-mill, one of the largest in
OLDHAM, Eng, containing 80, 900 spindles, was
destroyed by fire last week. The loss is esti-
mated at 81, 900, 900. Many persons are thrown
cut of employment.
Seventeen political, military, and priestly
leaders of the recent conspiracy in the Central
American republic of Guatemala to assassinate
its President and overturn the Government by
violence have been arrested, condemned and
executed.
Turkey has offered full satisfaction for the
seizure of the two italian merchantmen in the
Bosphorus.
MN. Lsisant and de la Rochelle, members
of the French Chamber of Deputies, fought q
duel last week. N. De La Rochelle was
wounded in the thigh.
A Paris telegram states that, at meeting
Of 100 members of the Republican Left, it was
decided to refuse to vote any part of the budget
until the Government returned to parliament
tary courses.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-06
FORTHWITH CONGRESS-.

TUESDAY, Nov. T.-SENATE.-Th Senate re-
manned In continuous session Monday night every
motion of the Republicans to adjourn or take recess
being voted down by the Democrats. The RepubN-
cans were equally obstinate in their determination
ing the Committee on Privileges and Elections from
further consideration of the case of NJ @. Butler
but to force 1t over until IL o'clock Tues
day. when, as 1t was claimed, the Senate would
enter upon new legislative day, the report of the
committee in the case of W. P. Kellogg could be
called up as question of high privilege and take
precedence. When that hour arrived, however, Mr.
Hoar, who occupied the chair, decided that the
legislative day would continue until adjournment
was had. There many interesting and some
exciting in the Senate during the
tss To q kin the time tne RsDnbns
called for the reading of the testimony in regard to
the Hamburg (S c. massacre taken by commit
zee OF the Senate year ago. and also the brief of
Mr. Corbin claiming seat in the Senate from
South Carolina. These documents consisted of
several hundred pages of closely printed matter,
and the reading of them consumed some fifteen
hours OF time. Motions without number to adj
Joufn, TO take recess, ETC.. were made
and promptly voted down by the Democrats
with the aid of Mossrs. Davis, Patterson and Como
yer. At about o'clock in the afternoon the pro-
tracted parliamentary battle brought to close
by the adoption of the Thurman resolution by vote
OF 70 to n, and the Senate adjourned.
HoUsE.-Mr. Morrison addressed the House on the
currency question. Bills were introduced BY Mr.
Mackey for the revival of the Thanking privilege
by Mr. Riddle, restoring to the pension rolls the
names OF all soldiers stricken off on account of dis
loyalty also repeating the act prohibiting the pay
ment by any officer to any person not known to have
been opposed to the rebellion /: by Mr.. Banning,
providing for the repeal of the special taxes now
imposed by the United States Government upon
brewers, rect1hers, wholesale quor-dea saloon
keepers, manufacturers, and wholesale and retail
dealers In tobacco, cigars, etc.; by Mr.. Corbett.
amending the constitution so as to give to each of
the Territories and the District of Columbia one
member Of Congress.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 23.-SENArE.-The contes
between the opposing political forces in the Sem
ate was resumed directly after the journal was
read. Mr.. Wadleigh, Chairman Of the Elections
Committee, moved, a privileged question, to
proceed TO the consideration of the case of
Kellogg over that of Butter. The Chair ruled Mr.
Wadleigbs motion in order. Mr.. Thurman
appealed f-om the decision of the Chair,
and the Wee President was sustained by
majority o. One-Mr. Oonover voting with the Re-
pubucaDB aad Mr.. Patterson with the Democrats,
Mr.. Davis, limos not voting. Upon a motion
to proceed with the Kellogg case the vote tie
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-06
Served Him Right.

William Dawson was on trial in New
York, for cruelty to animals in driving a
decrepit horse, when Charles E. Forest
in friendly way took the stand and
swore that the horse was his, and that
Dawson was temporarily employed by
him. The cotrt discharged Dawson,
and Forest grinned at the success Of mis-
friendly act. The smile, however, grad
ually crawled around to the other side
Of his mouth and settled there, when he
was told that, being the guilty one, he
could go from the witness stand to the
prisoners box and stand trial; which
cost him $40.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-06
POLITICAL POINTS.

the Republican State Committee of New
Hampshire has called State Convention for
the nomination of candidates for State officers
Jan. 9.
A Washington telegram of the 30th ult.
says: "The Senate Committee on Commerce
this morning decided to report all three of the
New York Custom House nominations, with
the recommendation that they be not con-
6rmed. The Ave Republican members of the
committee were present, but four Democrats
were absent. The vote by which the adverse
report was ordered upon each of these nonina-
tons is understood to have been as follows
Against notwithstanding, Spencer, Pat
terson and Mcmillan. In favor-Burnsde."
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-06

He urges the fostering of the pubic-school sys-
tenn, to give education to all classes
Two sensational tragedies, with love and
jealousy as the melting causes, are reported
from the South. At Montgomery, Ala, Antonio
Niorosi shot and killed his fame, Miss Aureia
Sharp, and then blew his own brains out. At
Norfolk, Va, q hoy of 10, named Godfrey.
killed Miss Winingder, aged II, and then shot
himself.
-Four Of the directors of the Union Banking
Company, of Baltimore, have been indicted on
charge Of conspiracy to defraud the creditors
of the bank.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-06
UntimeIy Criticism.

The story is told at the expense of a
well-known Westfeld church member
who had an earnest brother Christian
visiting him the other day. The latter
is not so demonstrative in his religious
fervor as his host, and being asked the
first morning of his visit to lead the
family devotions he began an earnest ap-
peal to the throne of grace, while the
family kneeled around. The hosts son,
a lad of 5 years, fdgeted around on his
knees for minute or two and finally
shouted, "Stop him, mother, stop him.
He don't know nothing how to pray.
Let father show him "-Spr5ngfeld Re
publican.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-06
What Stanley Has Found in Africa.

a correspondent gravely asks rs wh8a
Stanley has discovered Gin equatorial
Africa. It is possible that there NAV
be others in the same state of deplorable
ignorance, and we will, therefore, briefly
set forth the result of Mr.. Stanley's
three years of exploration-for we do
not suppose that even our inquirng
friend forgets that before that the Young
man had found DR.. Livingstone in that
region. When Stanley started, he de-
scr1bed the work before him as that of
finishing the labors OF others, for many
travellers had preceded him into that
country Of danger and fascination. and
seen parts of lakes and rivers, without
settling anything about their relations
with each other or their Importance to
the world. The sources of the Nile, the
problem Of ages, were yet unbound. No
one knew anything about the Congo.
twenty-five miles from the Atlantic
coast. Now Stanley has left very little
undone Of what he undertook to do. He
discovered, in the first place, the farthest
southern waters that contribute to the
Nile, the Shimeeyu river, pouring into
the Victoria Niyanza from the southeast.
He, for the first time, thoroughly cir
COMMUNICATED the great Victoria lake,
and followed up its great tributary, the
Kagera, on the southwest, through it's
scores Of lakes. He has settled the
puzzle of the Tanganyika, which had
been considered by Livingstone a reser-
voir of the Nile, and to which Lieut..
Cameron had given an outlet through
the Lukuga into the Lualaba; both these
notions he proved wrong, and made it
certain that the lake has no outlet, but
is an inland lake of comparatively recent
formation, which is rising steadily, and
will, one day, make Cameron's belief
true. And finally he has proved the
Lua1aba, which Livingstone felt sure
was the Nile, to be, instead, the Congo,
by following it from the center of the
continent to the Atlantic wonderful
voyage of over 1000 miles and through
seven or eight degrees Of latitude, cross
ing and recrossing the equator, In deadly
perils of disease, privation, trackless
forests, unknown waters and fierce saw
ages, which no other explorer had vent
ured to face, and which Cameron had
shortly before turned away from. The Sc
are the principal geographical discov-
cries Of Stanley, but to make complete
list Of them would occupy too much
time and space.-SprsnQ6eJs RepWb-
I5c0u.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-06
An Awful Tragedy.

And the winds blew upon the woman
and whirled her hat over the fence, and
tugged enthusiastically with her over
skirt, and. when she held the front down
the back flew up. And straightway the
fiery spirit of her sex arose within her,
and she backed up against the fence,
shut her knees together on the front
breadth of everything, poked the hair
away from her eyes and smiled sweetly,
while the wind howled and shrieked
around her; and moaned, and sobbed,
and darted between her ankles; and
found naught that it could wiggle ex-
cept the loose end of shoe string
Fulton ~. " Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-06

such Sums and on such contracts as would Sc
cure to 1t the most general circulation. Ii
could be easily redeemed in United States
notes and gold coin, and only reissued when
demanded for public convenience
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-06

The New York and New Haven steamer, G.
H. Noruham, was burned at the former city last
week. Three colored men persisted in the
flames. The vessel was valued at $3.50
The failure of Evans, Dalzol & Co., iron
manufacturers, Pittsburgh, is announced.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-06-01
Millet for Fodder.

As there are many inquiries of late in
The columns of your paper, made by
farmers asking for information as to the
cultivation and value of millet as for
sge for stock, will as briefly as can,
give my experience. More than twenty
wears ago, in one of our very wet sea-
sons, (Which caused the corn TO rot in
the hills, or so much of il on our level
land that a paying crop could not be ex-
pected) l was induced to SOW few
acres with the millet then known as
German millet. About the tenth OF
June ] procured two bushels of the
seed-said TO be sufficient for five acres.
With my hoe | cut up the few scattering
stalks of corn, and thoroughly narrowed
the ground; sowed the millet, and again
lneiy narrowed. AT the time of this
work the rains had ceased, and the
ground was in very fine, mellow con.
dition. In about sixty days the millei
was fit to cut raised the sickle-bar o.
my combined reaper and mower to the
highest notch, II being necessary to dc
this, as the drive-wheel would sink al
inch or two into the soft ground as /
rolled over it, and by raising the bar
the sickle would pass over and abov,
The dirt, cutting higher than in Ina!
meadows. At the time Of the moving
the ground was very dry, yet the heav!
mower required as much horse-powe
~ In common meadow, though tn
strain on the sickle was much less.
The growth of the millet was enor
nous, standing three TO four feet high
AS the weather was then dry, ii eure'
without being teddercd or stirred mp
Then put il into large cocks, and
remained for several days Ia this way
until Il became thoroughly cured. From
the five acres obtained twenty as heav
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-06-01
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RADICAL CUR &
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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-06-01
Minerals, Shells, Birds, &c

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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-06-01
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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-06-01

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