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THE STATE CANALS.
BUSINESS OF THE YEAR COMPARED WITH PRE-
vIoUs YEARS.

BUSINESS OF THE YEAR COMPARED WITH PRE-
vIoUs YEARS.
BuFFALo, N. r., Nov. 80, 1877.
Canal Collector Bssell, Of this port furnishes the
following statement Of the business transacted In his
onlcc for the month Of November aud for tho year
thus far, with comparative transactions IN 1870 =
Amount oil tolls collected in November, 1877
$60,604 ~; amount vi tolls collected in November
1870 500 552 55 dccrease in 1877 $S947 89 number
ot boats cleared IN November, 1877, 93S; number OF
boats cleared IN November, 1875, 6i8; increase in
1871 200. Amount OF tolls collected Tor the
December !, 1877, S4e7, 796 S1 amount OF tolls col
ected ior the season TO December 1876 $685. $40 49,
decrease IN 1877 $15753 CO; numUcr Of boats cleared
10 December 1917 6,vOS; number OF bouts cleared
December !, 1876, 1850; increase in 1871 zoos Ship
msnts during Noveiuoer. lS77:-Flour, Az barrels ;
oats, 497 $40 bushels; barley 265, ,072 bushels; rye
Flour, 555 barrels; wheat, S62. 200 bushels; corn
l251 697 bushels: oats &c. 45l bushels barley III 5Sl
bushels; rye, 80 3s5 bushels; total 33ls,2l1 bushels
From the opening Of navigation on May Sto December
l. l877Fi0ur, l60 barrels; wheat, 13 207 1872 bush
els; corn 30 1854 791 bushels oats 407 $50 bushels
barley, l,07S, ,50l bushels; rye, 077,334 bushels.
Total, 4S. 425, ,9GS bushels -Four 10 wheat, 90 500
bushels. Grand total, IS, 1853 bushels May
10 December l. IS71-Flour, 2137 barrels; !;
wheat H. 7243 bushels; corn, Il, ,67O e3s bushels
oats, 656 292 bushels barley. 265 965 bushels; rye
436 500 bushels Total gram, 81 60 33S bushels Flour
TO wheat 10 6y5 bushels Grand totn 81 6l5 023 BUSH
els. Also 2O5, $50 bushels OF barley malt in 1917
215, 233 bushels III 1916.
The New York herald., 1877-12-01
YELLOW FEVER IN FLORIDA.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Nov. 80. 1871
All fears OF tho further spreading Of yellow fever in
this section are At end. Last night the weather
was the coolest that has been known here for ten
years at this season. Ice formed half inch thick
here and at other points
Tho Mayor OF Fernandina telegraphs that there 10
heavy freeze there aud not . case OF sickness
Quarantine has been removed In all directions and
travel Is uninterrupted Tue cold weather continues
Sr. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Nov, 80, 1871
There has been yellow lever IN this city nor any
infectious contagious diseases The hrst frost Of
tho season occurred last night.
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A CoRPULENT CARDINAL.

The Italte. OF Rome, Of tine loh OF November. has
the folowing:-
Cardinal Barolini IL seriously III. This morning no
was ut the last extremity, and the medical men at
tending him declare that miracle alone save
him. lie the most corpulent oi NIL tho members Of
the Sacred College, and Tor years has Been unable
from that cause, lie In his bed he only sleep
sitting up Let add that " he Is tue fattcst oi
princes Of tho Church, he 10 also the largest eater
Those II pcs were written when heard that slight
patient
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CRITICAL SITUATION IN MEXICO.

ANNoYANcEs TO WHICH AMERICAN CITIZENS
ARE SUBJECTED IN TIE CAPITAL.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 80 1877
A Globe. Democrat special despatch from Tsxarkana
Ark, tays St Louis commercial traveller has just
received letter from fellow salesman representing
two large ST. Louis firms who shipwrecksd on tho
coast OF Mexico last month. The letter says:-"I am
In tno city OF Mexico where account of hosities
anticipated, we are watched aud under bonds not TO
leave until matters are properly adjusted and
their wonted course. Troops constantly parade the
streets. They surround this city watch oil foreign
ers II war had actually been declared"
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AFTER THE FLOODS.

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY IN WEST VIRGINIA.
IBx TELEGRAPH TO rnE HERALD
WHEELING, w. Va, Now 80. 1877
The Reristsr has despatch from Aooreasld, Hardy
county W. Va, saying that the destruction IN shss
county alone will reach 100000 There are mot .
thousand shocks OF corn in tho valley Of the south
branch Of the Potomac. Farms have. been washed
completely away, ana land that was worth 500 an
acre - now utterly without value. Tho suffering 6
among the cattle - very great, and hundreds OF
farmers are ruined. The torrent reached from noun
tain 70 mountain and was twenty feet deep.
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CHICAGO BANKRUPTS.

CHICAGO, Nov. 80, 1877.
George B. Mansur, the well known manager Of Dex-
ter Park racing course and keeper OF saloon nied
voluntary petition in bankruptcy to-day. Liabilities
$40 900; assets, mortgaged land
Frederick Lett, . contractor, fled voluntary pet
tion with secured debts $06 000 unsecured $4,000;
assets, S52, 900 worth OF heavily mortgagcd land
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RESULT OF A CATS BITE.

SPRISoPTRLD, Mass, Nov. 80, 1877
selectman Eibridgs E. Cabot OF Enfield, has been
strangely sick days, resulting from bite by
a cat on the thumb eight weeks ago. Three doctors
are undecided whether IL Is hydrophoba or acute
maria Cabot raves at times and 10 tied 10 tho bed.
He SAYS lie shall die IN o lew days horrible death.
Tho cat Bit two year old boy who yet remains In
rood health
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CANADIAN BUSINESS TROUBLES.

QUEBEC, Nov. 30. 1877
w. Biumhart stationsr. has made an assign umcnt.
A writ of attachment has been issued against the
Quebec Brewing Company
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CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH.
SEDALIA, Mo, Nov. 80, 1877.

SEDALIA, Mo, Nov. 80, 1877
The house Of Eliza Nurse colored. burned last
night during hor temporary Absence and her two chill
dYen aged respectively eight and i've years. pershed
In the famea The nrc believed TO have been started
BY voudoo doctor named Eddy.
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LONG AND LAFLIN.

Professors Long aud Latin met yesterday, at The
iaers place OF business to arrange the premina
for their contest with the gloves The formers hacker
was not present. u 1nal arrangement postponed
until to-day. Latin ready.
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ART NOTES.

The American Water Color Society will bold It's
eleventh annual exhibition the Attn OF February a
tho Academy OF Design. and the artists are already
preparing their pictures.
Mr. Corning will on Monday morning next resume
his lectures on "Art" ut Association Hail. The new
will deal with art IN the sixteenth Seventeenth
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries tho lecture or
Monday bong on tho .Rennssance."
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BOSTON BUSINESS TROUBLES.

Bosros, Nov. 80, 1871
During this month there have been ny four failures
In this city. The aggregate liabilities are
ST. ,2l2 10; the total assets $245, 083.
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MINISTER WELSH.
PHIAprLpHrA. Nov. 80. 1877.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 80. 1871
John Welsh, the newly appointed Minister to Eng
land will leave here In special train for New York
shortly alter eight O'Clock tomorrow morning. and
Will sail for Liverpool In The Adriatic tomorrow alter
nnn
The New York herald., 1877-12-01

THE TESTIFY lNQUTRING AT THE DRUGGISTS
Won will learn that iIALg's HONEY HoREH0uSp
Tau has lar larger sale than any other cough medicine
PIKE's TooTnAcHE DR0rs cure In one minute
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THE WEATHER YESTERDAY.

Tho following record will show tho changes In the
temperature TOR the past twenty-four hours In
pnrson with corresponding date or last year.
indicated by the thermometer at Hudnurs pharmacy
HkA Ru dinn.-
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MURDERER HANGED.

TORONTO Ont, Nov. 80, 1877.
John Williams who murdered his wife at Weston
on the 22d OF September last. hanged mere this
morning.
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EXECUTION OF AN INDIAN.

san Francisco, Nov. 80. 1877.
An Indian named Mateo hanged at Napa to-day
Tor the murder OF an Indian named Guadalupe last
lune
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A POLICEMAN ABSCONDS.

wIxxrPKG, Manitoba, Nov so, 1877.
ofnccr Mordant, Of tho mounted police, has sb-
seconded with large amount Of money, entrusted IN
him by the men for deposit In Winnipeg
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EARTHQUAKE.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. go 1871
A Portland despatch reports an earthquake at four
A. N. There were two slight shocks
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n APPLETON 4 CO,
HAVE JUST PUBLISHED;
knrrERY ANn pORuELAIN

POTTERY AND PORCELAIN.
PHIA EXHIBITION OF 1876. BY Chas Wyys Fl.
lott. With 165 Illustrations. and the important
marks and monoxrams VOL, Sv0.. cloth, sxtrK, S.
What have attempted has been gather and prssnt
In be easiiy understood the most important fses
Pottery aud Porcelain" The OF this H.
terestng subject has for than
In Europe. and notably during the last
education In the United states something
done the pubiic mind Is asking. Whxt IL 10 that
Pottery asd Porcelain attractive scholars,
statesmeu, women and ~
degree answered this question. Ny
OF the work has been tp gather where could such has.
and technical facts and snch illustrations seemed
valuable only 10 the student bat 70 che cosc
tor-Extract from Preface. fMtsN
great and noble work. rich In iniormstou eloquent
and .choiary u style earnestly devout In feeling
wa TIE LIFE AND WORDS OF CHRIST
By Cunningham Geikie, D. ID. With ~ engravnRs oo
steel In two Volumes. Price, 81. sea
The distinct Of this Life Of Christ the slah
earthly history have been described London Literary
World.
Indeed tho book so exhaustive that We can scarcely
think any scattered grains inform alton for
Bull.
The author has brought MS d0Acut and noble task
stores eloquent we'll inormeu and drvout mind lie
has great degree. accomplished wnst he proposed
and brought before Ills reAuers the worn in which Jeso
moved the country In which he ved the people
whom he and minstered the rsltxipn In whtsh
part the civil social aspects time
the parties Of the day tsr opinions and their spirit;
customs that ruled; the influences that prsvaed the
syens social Religious and politics.. sos %ssntoned in sh.
they ba rccovered.-londou STANDARD. tssa<
u. APPLETON 4 co. have ready new edition Of
JANET Er SES. ..AMIS: 4
story In Frcpch for young readers and pupa VOL
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JANET AND HER FRIENDS.

book 10 French Tor children. with simple limpid. A.
tractve and very ghtful series Of iusratons
The grace and purity OF the French stve euts
able Ia American writer, FOR scarcely betray
In stating that the anthor Mrs. Janet Chase
ioyt younger OF the late Chief
using both aud pencil has long been privately
exercised for the or hcr freEds lribune
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-14
Russia VS., Turkey.

lfAOA tn0 ENeW 1Olk WOriuJ
The contest will only be the continuation Of
a conflict which has spread over FIVE centuries,
the origin of which extends far back into the
obscurity of primitive and barbaric life in Gem
tral Asia. From the earliest, times of which
historical records furnish an account OF them.
the Slavonians in Russia have regarded the
whole country from the White Sea down to the
Black Sea as their own rightful inheritance.
So far back as the beginning of the ninth cen.
tury, and before any Slavonicjcommunities had
been planted south of the Danube, we find
them invading Constantinople, and making an
effo1tsto gainIpossession of the district. After
the Greek Empire crumbled away and the
Russian grand princes became heads of the
Greek Church, new zest was given to their po-
htlcal ambition by an overwhelming desire 10
gain the holy city of their religion. From the
time they shook off the yoke of their Malone
etan oppressors aud have seen Constantnople
occupied by the followers of Isamism, their
religious and political ambition has been grow
ing in intensity. Ivan, the Threatening, tri-
umphed over the Golden Horde, and expelled
the Tartars from Russia. Ivan the Terrible
invaded the Crmea, then no part of Russia,
and beat the Tartars in their own territory.
Peter the Great who really built up the nation,
left as legacy TO the Russians the overthrow
of Turkey. In I771 Catherine H. conquered
the Crimea and secured Azoff in 1774. Dur.
ing his long reign Emperor Nicholas nursed
the hatred OF Russia against Turkey. Through
the treaty Of Alderman in 1926 he obtained
Russian protection for Wallacha, Moldavia
and Servia. Combining with England he Sc
cured to Greece her independence in 1880. In
1858 he embarked on the Crimean war the re-
suits of which are matters of modern history.
1t is really more matter of wonder that war
between the two parties should have been
averted so long, rather than that 1t should be
resumed so soon. The feud has existed from
time immemorial, and can only terminate with
the extinction of one or the other of them.
That the Ottoman Empire is crumbling away
of itself is quite evident, and a contest with
Russia may only quicken the disintegrating
forces which, like the mills of the gods, wesk
slowly but surely.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-14

A REMARKABLE protest by a Russian
against the oppression of the Poles by the
Russian government is published in the Con-
temporary Negs of ST. Petersburg. The
writer, M. Ivashin of Suzdal, says that he
considers it "a sacred duty as citizen of
Russia, to protest against the systematic per-
secution of the Poles in Russia, and against
the malicious circulation Of calumnious state
ments about the Polish population of the
kingdom of Poland and the western govern
ment3 of the empire" Such statements, he
adds, can only tend to keep up the feeling of
hostility between Russians and Poles, thereby
menacing the most vital interests of Russia
herself, by creating in her midst an enemy
who by more lenient and just treatment
might be made friend The present sys-
tenn of rule in the Polish provinces of the
empire, ''can only be Of advantage to Ger
many" who hopes to see the power of Rus
sa crippled by internal enemies. "The time
has arrived" proceeds NJ. Ivashin, "when
the exceptional treatment of the Poles should
cease, when all the DEGREES which restrict
their political and social rights should be
abolished, and when they should in all re-
spects be treated on a footing of equality
with tie other subjects of Russia"
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-14
Church Architectural Terms.

A church or cathedral is commonly built in
the form of cross, having tower, lantern or
spire erected at the place of intersection. The
part Of the cross situated toward the west is
called the nave. The opposite or eastern part
is called the choir and within this is the chan
Gel. The transverse portion, forming the arms
OF the cross, is called the transept. Any high
building erected above the roof is called a
steepe; if square-topped, it is tower; if long
and acute, spire; and if short and light.
lantern. Towers of great height in proportion
to their diameter are called tnrrets. The walls
OF Gothic churches are supported on the outside
by lateral projections, extending from top to
bottom, at the corners, and between the win
dows. These are called butresses, and they are
necessary to prevent the walls from spreading
under the enormous weight of the roofs. On
the tops of the buttresses and elsewhere are
slender pyramidical structures or spires called
pinnacles. These are ornamented on their sides
with rows of projections, appearing like leaves
or buds, which are named crockets. The sum-
NIT, or upper edge of wall, if straight is
called parapet; if indented, a batllement
Gothic windows were commonly crowned with
an acute arch. They were long and narrow, or
by mullions. The lateral spaces on the upper
and outside of the arch are called spandrels;
ana the ornaments on the top, collectively
taken, are the tracery. An oriel, or bay win
uoW, Is projecting window. A wheel, or rose
window, is large and circular. A corbel is a
bracket, or short projection from a WALL serv-
ing to sustain statue or the springing of an
arch. Gothic pillars or columns are usually
clustered, appearing as if number were
bound together The single shafts thus con-
nected are called boltels. They are confined
chiefly to the inside of buildings, and never
support anything like an entablalare. Their
use is to aid in sustaining the vaults under
the roof, which rest upon them at spring.
20 ;nfa
other. forming angles called groins. The parts
which are thrown out of the perpendicular, to
assist in forming them are the pedentives. The
ornamented edge of the groned vaults. ex-
tending diagonally, like an arch, from one sup.
port to another, is called the ogive. The Goth
ic term gable indicates the erect end of a roof,
and answers to the Greek pediment, but is
more acute.-Nationol Repository.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-14

THE military contributor of the Paris
Steele, M. Martin, retired colonel of cav
airy, who, as correspondent during the Turko
Seryian campaign, had an opportunity of
forming an opinion relative to the capacity
of the Turkish officers, pays homage to their
excellent military qualities and instruction.
In his view the ignorance which is but too
prevalent in the East should not be extended
without distinction to them, Moreover, the
Porte sends the cleverest students to the
most reputed establishments in Europe for
military instruction, at Berlin, Vienna, Lon
don and Paris. The.systems in vogue in the
respective countries of which these cities are
the capitals have for long time been adopted
with reference to officers of the Ottoman
staff. There are certain number of Turk
ish generals emanating from this corps who
have completed their studies in several Eu-
ropean capitals successfully, so that they
have been enabled to add a knowledge of for
eign languages to their military requirements.
Many of the general and superior officers of
the Turkish army speak French, German,
English or Italian.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-14

THE shipment of horses from this country
to Europe is becoming a feature of our trade
hardly less marked than the shipments of
dressed meats, and shows clearly that the
true road 10 prosperity in this country is by
developing our agricultural interests. The
farmers of the United States will be surprised
to find how great is their advantage over all
competition, and prosperity once restored to
the agricultural classes will not long delay in
reaching all the other interests.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-14

THE United States is the richer for the
payment Of $1,000,000 of the $1,000, 900
loaned to assist in the completion of the
Centennial Exhibition buildings at Philadel-
phia. The money was advanced, without
interest, at time when it was desperately
needed, with the express stipulation that it
should be refunded out of the receipts of the
Exhibition. 1t was hard pull on the pros
psctive dividends of the stockholders, but
the Supreme Court decision left no alterna-
tive but to pay over. The remaining $780,
900 is to be paid this month.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-14

A NEW difficulty has arisen in connection
with the settlement of the Lick estate in San
Francisco, and one which threatens to fur
nish business for the lawyers again. 1t had
been agreed to pay the sum of $685., 5000 to
John Lick as compromise of his claim to the
entire property, and the trouble now is that
the various societies who were remembered
handsomely by the dead millionaire refuse to
contribute in equal proportions out of their
beques.s to make up this sum, but expect
that two. societies, the Academy of Sciences
and the California Pioneers, shall bear the
whole burden. These two societies decline
the exclusive honor of shelling out to this
large amonnt, and there the matter hangs.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-14

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Cara certificate couDtersigned by Stanley L.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon US by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-14
THE1 PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING, MAY II.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-14

Hiram G. Gore of Ray mond, n. H., is
under arrest for a tempting 10 shoot William
M. leighton while qua'reling over the owner
ship of COW.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-14

The Indian commissioners in New York are
examining the specimens of merchandise and
other commodities sent by applicants for con-
tracts. No awards will be made for several
days.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-14

PEOPLE are becoming somewhat impatient
in regard to the war, and are beginning to
think that it will not amount to much after
all, because no fighting of consequence has
yet taken place. War was declared by the
Cars manifesto at Kischeneff April "a, and
since then the Russians have really mani
tested wonderful alacrity and diligence, since
they have advanced in four columns in Asia,
and have brought their heavy artillery, infan-
try, and baggage trains over two hundred and
fifty miles of Roumanian mud, the worst in
Europe. No war of consequence in modern
times has actively opened wifi field engage
ments short of two or three weeks after the
declaration, and we must not, therefore, ex-
peet too much from the Russians, who are
proverbially slow, or from the Turks, who are
incomparably slower. We shall doubtless
hear from them both in due time, and unless
the indications are very Deceptive, the foreign
press agents will not lack for war news, nor
the leader-wr tiers for subject, for many
months to come.