The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-08-03
General News.


mills in the United States, giving
employment to 10000 men. These
mills turn out annually 50.000,00C
barrels of -four.
There are said to be two or three
cases of genuine leprosy in the Char
ity Hospital on BtacitweIl's Island
New York. The lepers came from
Cuba. One of the isolated sufferers
is an ex-member of the volunteer
fire department.
There are about 1900 articles
taxed in our tariff, and the whole
product of domestic manufactures
in this country is over "a 600, 0O0, 0O0
per annum. III one-half this pro-
duet is affected by the tariff, which
averages 40 per cent, then the whole
cost of the protective tariff to the
country is S533.090,0 70 year, and
of this amount the government ne
ceives only Sl3i 100000.
The British Anti-Slavery Society
presented memorial TO Prince Bis
marck, requesting him to submit to
the Congress declaration that the
slave trade be hencefortli regarded
as piracity, and that slavery shall
not he recognized Us t, legal institu-
tion by any of the states forming the
Congress. The memorial says that
the trade for the supply of Cuba and
Mohanimedan countries causes loss
OF $4,000 lives annually in Eastern
Africa.
Il melancholy disaster overlook a
church picnic party in the valley of
the Allegheny. near Pittsburg, Pa,
July nh. During :. terrific wind
and rain storm large portion of
the party took refugc un,ler Il large
tree, w,,iciI was blown down, falling
upoa them. Ten were instantly kill
ed, and some fifteen others so seri-
ously Injured that several of them
viii probably ,lie. The same storm,
which WAS terrific III Its force and
accompanied by lightning, rain and
hail, did great damage to property
in that region.
Information has been received at
the Treasury Department, through
the Department of state, that the
Japanes,. trade dollar of 420 grains,
iiueRe-s $40. has been made 4 legal
tender throughout Japan, and the
charge for calming che same at the
Imperial mint has been reduced from
u ~ per cent. This establishes
the dounie ur hi metallic standard
ia the japanese Empire, on the re-
iaiivp valuation of 10 2S-l00 to |.
The Tendency OF this will, as long
rs thc price of SILVER remains below
- cratS, lac 10 increase the circnla-
tion of silver Ia the exclusion of
gold. Il sill also open a new mar
ket tor Ihc silver produced on the
Pacific cni,st.
The London Times financial arti-
Gle says: Active preparations are
FOR i;tvuranle change in
commercial a.sai,s. which is expect
ed iH consequence al 5he settlement
ot ;l,e Eastern question. Although
as yet there Is no marked change for
he hotter in the manufacturing dis
tFiclS, i more hopeful feeling pre-
walls. Reports fr"m various centres
Oi iFnn industry are decidedly more
encouraging. especially from Shelf
field. whence the must gloomy ac-
counts have oI' late proceeded. |
More work is said 10 be going for
ward. also in South Wales. than du-
ring the last month. Business in
cotton in Liverpool has been large
during the last few days with rise !
in almost every description. Add ,
to these favorable circumstances the |
fact that the harvest prospects have |
materially with fine fore
ing weather, aud we have brighter |
future already for commerce than |
could be hoped for Il couple of weeks
since.
THE GREENBACKERs.
The platform will embody Peter !
cooper's views and be more radical |
than that adopted at Toledo.
The leading features are as follows:
The Greenbackers believe the panic
vas produced by the war against
common sense, by Secretary Sher-
nan and the gold wosilipers, and
First-To pay the war debt ac-
to contract, in greenbacks;
hey To be at all times convertible
ntO 3 per cent bonds, and they in
urn convertible into greeubacks.
Second-Greenbacks to be taken
or customs duties.
Third ,eoal teudar certificates I'm