Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-26

HE PRESIDENT Will, 1t is expected, leave
the first of next month for Cape May.
SECRETARY SHERMAN returned to the city
this morning from Atlantic City.
SECRETARIES McCrary and Thompson were
absent from the Cabinet meeting to-day. No
business OF importance was Transacted.
PRESIDENTIAL APPoINTMENTs.-The Presi.
dent today appointed Andrew Cone, of Penn
sylvania, to be L. s. consul at Pernambuco,
vice Joseph w. Stryker suspended. He also
appointed James A. Nixon as postmaster at
Cortland, New York.
THE VALUE OF NATIONAL HONEsTY.-The
Treasury department has information that
the French five-per-cent. rentes 200 par) have
advanced in the London market to 1855 the
highest price ever reached, and five per cent
In advance OF the per cent. bonds of the
United States. London bankers say that the
difference in favor of the French bonds is
owing to the traditional honesty and good
faith of the French people in preserving their
national integrity and credit. Among them
word uttered against the national faith is con-
Sidered worse than utteranceS of conspiracy
or treason, and consequently In times of revo-
luton, even When without a recognized gov
ernment, France has always been able to bor-
row money at reasonable rates, and at all
times to maintain a high credit in all the
markets OF the world.
REPRESENTATIVE EUGENE HALE, of Maine
his district: the national candidate, he says.
being man who boasts that he never was at
school in his life, does not own a cent of
money, and is the head center of the strikers
IN his neighbOrhOod: Mr.. Hale does not think
that such man will go down with his intelli-
gent constituents.
THE INDICTED REVENUE OFFICERs.-Com-
missioner Raum had an interview with the
President yesterday concerning the cases of
he off in
have been indicted for the killing of Amos
Ladd. 1t is considered certain that the cases
will be taken before judge of the United
states court on writ of habedS corpus.
MIR. Earle, who has been engaged by the At
tOrney General as special attorney for the
revenue officers imprisoned in South Carolina,
arrived this morning, and had a conference
This afternoon with Commissioner Raum. He
favors the issuing of writ of habeas corpus
to procure the transfer of the cases of the four
officers who are charged with murder to the
United States Court as soon as Judge Bond
shall open his court. 1t may be possible that
special term of the court will be called
DECISION IN A LAND CAsE.-The Secretary
of the Interior has reversed the decision of
the commissioner of the General Land Office
in the case of the application of the heirs of T.
wallace More to purchase certain lands in
Los Angeles district. California. 1t seems that
grant of land was made by the Mexican gov
ernment to Carlos Antonio Garlic, and the
territory OF which GARLIC supposed himself
chase into, the hands OF Mr.. More. It was
established, however, that cNe original grant
did not cover all the land to which Mr.. More
supposed that he, was acquiring title. The
commissioner OF the General Land Office de-
cided that the land not included in the grant
might be purchased by the heirs of Mr.. More
under the statute which provides that when
PERSONS IN good faith, and for a valuable con
slderatlOn, have purchased lands of Mexican
grantees or aSSlgneeS, which grants have been
subsequently rejected or where the lands
- Inc HaI fpnI fha
survey OF any Mexican grant, such purcha ,er
may, under certain specified conditions pIlr-
chase the same at the minimum price eStab
llSEed. The Secretary decides that the lands
involved in this case are not of the kind con-
templated in the statute, and refuses the heirs
OF More the right 10 purchase any of the lands
outside OF the corrected boundaries of the
original grant.
LIEUTENANT HOXIE. - By direction of the
President, First Lieutenant H. L. Hoxie, CORDS
OF engineers, will report to the engineer com
missioner of the District for duty as one of
his assistants, as provided by the District bill
LABOR AND TRADE IN SCOTLAND-Mr John
T. Robson, U. s. Consul at Leith, reports to
the Department of State, at considerable
length, numerous statistics and facts regard
ing labor and trade throughout Scotland.
Among, the LOthians he gives the income of
farm laborers as in 1873, $2lS.40 per annum; in
1873, s2ll 20; in 1873. 5000; woman } in iS78.
sl2I2O; in 1878, slH. In the northeast coun,
tles Hifsbnn men IN ls5 slgl2; in lS!s female
board, s55.2 20 per annum in 1873, 1850 In ex.
IRENE northern countries, men in 1873, $175.2D;
IN ls1o, $3.50. Day laborers get from IS to u
1873 Specially skilled or trustworthy S; men men
and women receive higher wages than those
above specified In most cases married men
are are paid monthly, and single men half yearly.
Married servants, who occupy cottages as
rule, live comfortable, happy, moral life,
glviinns their children good elementary
education, On the railways the WAGES
s64s; frei ght conductors, sz56 5'S:1s porters
S504. Sunday labor is paid for, extra:
engine engineers err receive sl6S pei, day: tremen, 96
works earn IS per week; women, $265. A
week is 56l3 hours. Carpenters are paid si.05:
masons, $50: laDorerS, 50 cents. day is ID
hours. Bookbinders earn $50 per week shoe,
makers, 80 for 80 hours (aS a rule they work
by the pleeel cabinet makers $7.20; printers,
work 5l1t hours. night hands 4S hours per
week. In publishing houses they earn S575
for 54 hours: Painters, $7.65 for 81 hours.
piece, averaging Sc. Is per week. The advance
in artisans wages has mot Injured to their
benefit SO greatly as in the case of the farm
Iaborer; the latter being much better off with
board and lodging provided. Paper money is
OF OF the some value as gold and silver. Clothing
10 HO utdTcT III OcOtlaQQ tfan IL was 80 40
years ago; but tastes have changed among the
people, and there is a greater display and va.
rlety OF dress than in former years. But for
thls extravaganza large amount of money
might be saved among Scotch farm servants.
Strikes are frequent in all trades, but as a
rule, result in the impOverishment of the
wOrkmen, the tendency of wages being down
ward
FAMINE IN MOROCCO-Mr. F. A. Matthews,
United States consul at Tangiers, reports to
the Department of State the prevalence of a
terrible famine in southern Morocco The suf-
fering is indescribable. 1t seems to be an ex.
tension of the great famine of India Some
rice and flour are being imported from Eng
land and France. The import duty of 80 cents
on each sack of flour, the consul thinks hind
ars impOrtationS from the United States Th.
cattle are dying by thousands Cows are driven
into the city and sold for dollar apiece
want OF rain is the cause of the distress an
famine Relief societies are being formedi
the cities, in Gibraltar and other adiacen
places. The Jews are said to be acting nobly
in the crisis. The British government sub
scribed Il eco to the relief fund raised in Glib
raltar: 1t is to be hoped that many who have
visited Morocco and met with proofs of the
kindness ana goodwill of the natives to for
eign travellers will contribute in some way, to
relieve the horrors of the famine.
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