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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-29

In 1871 began the large intercollegiate regattas
winch eliminated in 1875, when thirteen colleges
were represented In three of the that were
FOWed in that and the succeeding years Harvard came
i'm sccOnd III one of them Yale was first but she was
never second I'm 1876 Yale and Harvard began
their fOur-mile eight-OaTed university straight
away races. The following are the results of the
thren rarns of fins kinh ihaI hive hepn rnMpd:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-29
RETURNING TO A PEACE BASIS.

A letter from Portsmouth states that orders
have been issued to stop the entry Of fresh hands for
employment in the shpyard, and that measures VIII
be AT once taken TO reduce the expenditures OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-29
WASHINGTON.
MIR. MOVES MAKES HIS Defence

MIX. NO1Ec hAhEo ITO OIAI A'NCA|'
he SHOWS A PERFECTLY HONORABLE RECORD WITH
REFERENCE TO FLORIDA "A NEW CONTRIBUTION
TO THE ACKLEN sENsATtoN-GENERAL GOVERN
MENTAL NEWS.
The session Of Mr.. POtter's Investigating
Committee, yesterday, was devoted entirely
to the Florida case. General NOyes testified
in his own defence, and General Wallace
and Others sustained his testimony. The
evidence was such that THE TRIBUNEs
correspondent at Washington declares that
nothing is left for the Potter Committee
which is honorable except to pass
resolution of vindication. Congressman
Acklen and his friends print cards to-day de-
nying the recent slanderous stories in regard to
Mr.. AcllIen. Major TwinIng has been APP
pointed District Commissioner. DR.. YOung's
coming retirement as Chief of the Blu
reau of Statistics is announced. The
Monetary Commissioners had c three hours
conference with Mr.. Evarts, yesterday. Gem
eral Ord says that the situation on the Next
can border is serious.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-29
ORD SEEKING INSTRUCTIONS.


THE SITUATION on THE MEXICAN BORDER RE-
G,RDEp AS sERIoUs-A CONSULTATION AT THE
WHITE HOUSE.
GENERAL PRESS DTsPArcHl
W,sufNGToN. June 2s.-There was very I'M
rortant conference at the Executive Mansion
Io.d,v. which was participated in by the
President, Secretaries Eyarts and McCrarV
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INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENTIFIC,

A glass OF milk at bed time will often
answer well as a hypnotic in nervous per.
som afflicted with insomnia.
Kerosene oil has been known for one
thousand two hundred years to exist in
Japan, and now it is being refined mud
manufactured there on a large scale.
The daily motion of the great Swiss
glacier, the Mere de Gace, is from seven to
thirty.six inches, depending upon the sea
son and the point OF measurement, The
motion of its tributary glaciers is less rapid
An epidemic caused by poisonous face
powder has recently prevailed in London
Young children especially suffered from it,
and many died. The powder was shown,
on chemical analysis, to contain twenty-five
per cent of arsenic,
At the New York State lnebriate
Asylum, various remedies are given as tenn
porarv substitutes for alcoholic stimulsnt.
Among the most reliable Of them is a pre-.
scription containing diluted phosphoric
acid and the elixir of calisoya bark.
A writer to the London Lancet, speak
ing of the effects of cold and warm baths,
saws: "The ultimate result OF hot and cold
baths, II their temperature be moderate, is
about the same, the difference beng, to use
the words of Braun that cold reireshes by
stimulating tue functions, heat by physically
facilitating them; and in this lies the
important practical difference between the
cold water system and the thermal method
of treatment.
Texas has produced a new medicine,
which from its intoxcmt qualities, may
vet be used as n tipple 1t is derived from
a bean growing on a plant known as the
sophora spcclosd. Prof. II. G. Wood, of the
University of Pennsylvania, has discovered
in il new alkaloid, which he proposes TO
cali SophOria Half OF one bean, it is said,
will produce delicious exhilaration fol-
lowed by sleep lasting one or two days,
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FOREIGN NEWS ITEMS.

While in the vatican, Plus TX. saw
change in every throne in Europe save the
English.
A resident of Paris has sued the city
for Ohstructing his view of heaven by telel
graph wires
There is no immediate prospect OF a
cessation OF the distress in China. Large
quantities Of grain are being conveyed into
the famine districts.
q. w, Smaley writes that the hotel
keepers at Paris have raised prices 20 per
cent, and are "plundering " their guests
with extravagant prices.
Dispatches from London say that the
Lancashire cotton mill owners are arranging
10 bring operatives from the United States
in view of the continued lockout
The famine in India is slowly dying
ont everywhere; the survivors are recover
ING health aud strength, and the small quan-
tities Of food imported show that the people
have suficiency OF grain
English Catholics are reported to be
very desirous that Pope Leo should ADOPT
Iernsolem as his permanent home, in which
case they would purchase him territory
snough su for a suitable principally and render
him independent
According to recent estimates wine is
snnnally consumed as follows, per head
SnSin iS0 lters; France ll5; Italy, l0s
Portugal, tOs; Greece, 81 Austria, 90
STiivsrland IS; Great Britain, 8; Russia,
prnssn 4; Sweden, 3; Norway, T. The
Iiier IA little less than a quart
DIR. Muirbead, a young Englishmsn,
has sncceeded 10 applying the duplex system
Of telerraphy to the ocean cables, and the
Ji,sct limited States Cable company have
been working il for some weeks past. The
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A large colony Of Germans has settled
IN lyIer county, Texas, where they are nut,
ting IN farm of 90,COO acres under one
fence. The residences of the colonisls are
,D p9ilt toge her in a town plat as in GERMANY.
lhey have with them doetors. merchants
pendent '"0'
tennessee now has five military and
TWO artillery companies, The Chickesaw
uuards and Memphis Liqht Guards, ofNIem.
pms Porter Rifles, Of Nashville Sumner
TuardS, OF Gallstin; Knoxville Rifles of
knoxville; Bluff Cay Light ARTILLERY, of
Memphis, and Burus' Light Artillery of
Atlanta Constitution: The peniten
tlary system of Georgia appears to be an
e'Sy road to reform. According to the
Vslethorpe Echo, the convicts ON AlexanS
derH farm are allowed to gamble. One Of
the c0nvlcts, a hore>thief named McCord
won all the money Of his fellow.prisoners in
u week 8 time and then broke the guard. A
wheel OF fortune should be introduced for
'ne amusement of these fatigued villains.
Galveston News The true inwardness
oil the invasion of Mexico by Gen. Mackenzie
Is the defeating Of the revolutionIsts by the
united States troops. Now that the Diaz
forces have more than they can attend to in
ilghtng Escobedo, it stands to reason that
i,hey could not offer any resistance to the
United States troops if they were to cross
over after Indian raiders; vet Gen. Mac.
kenzle's force is the most formidable one
that ever invaded Mexico in time of peace.
1t does not number less than 500 cavalry.
and is amply supplied with Gatlings and
artillery, which is of course not tintended for
lighting fugitive Kckapoos, but it is ex.
pected to overawe the forces of Escobedo.
which are for the most part mounted on
stolen Texas horses.
Gen. W. Y. G. Hume, at the unveil.
ing Of the confederate monument in Mem.
pms Let the dead past bury its dead. We
Jailed to establish the confederacy let US
discharge our duty to our noble dead, and
to posIerlly, by cultiyating sentiments Of
love for the union, fraternal regard for alI
people, Our interests are identical We
are Americans all. To day true confeder.
ate soldier, at the invitation Of our patriotic
President Il. b, Hayes, sits at the council
board OF the nation. This is noble chal.
lenge to us. Let US accept it, and enter
upon this rivalry OF fraternsl regard for
every American citizen because he is an
American. Let us show to the old world an
example of forty million people, spread over
this broad conuu9Gs living in perpetual
peace and harmony, with no r.yalry except
that found in the pursuit Of truth lit2lli'
gence, integrety and Christian morality,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-29
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

A Salt well has been discovered in
Anderson county, Tennessee.
Tennessee has received 1900 Northern
settlers within the last ten months.
The Pensacola Advance says the
orange planting mania is increasing in
Florida.
The sheriff of Pickens county, $. O.,
charges that FIVE revenue officers brutally
murdered moonshiner named Ladd.
The first colered Baptist church in
Nashville is said to be the finest church
e1ifce ever erected by colOred people in the
SOUTH
A member of the Central Baptist
church, in Nashville, has been expelled Tor
allowing his child to be baptized by Catho'
lie priest
The New Orleans managers OF the
Morgan railroad assert that the road will be
built through to Texas in the shortest pos
sible time.
They have located Captain kidd's
treasure near Key West, Florida and there
is considerable excitement over 1t IN the
neighborhood
The Atlanta Judge to whom was re.
ferred the legality OF the ordinance against
opening barber shops on Sunday has decided
that shaving is moral necessity.
An Edgefeld, Tenn, firm has just
sbinned two hundred thousand feet Of wal
nut lumber to a firm in Richmond, Ind, to
he converted into church furniture.
The rapid increase Of population in
Texas may be seen from the popular vote az
the atate elections In 1866 the total vote
foy governor was sc, ,6S3; in 1870, 1884 in
1S7S. ssS6l in 1876, l9s,1S7 The vote this
year will probably reach 25O'ouo'
Mississippi has no public debt except
small amount in funds which are held AZ
home and are worth their lace IN golu.
Stale tax is very low and county ta4es are
reasonably so. The court dockels, elVil anu
criminal, are cleaner than ever neiore'
Cen. BENJAMIN f. l. Bonneville died
i, Nav Orleans a few days ago. he was
tbe oldest living graduate Of West Point
lie served with distinction in the Florida
anS Maxican wars. His career furnished
IT Irving with the material for bis Bonnevilles
Adventures"
ri ia stated that several pushing men
have organised for the purpose ol manulsc' ,S,
turing iron cotton ues AZ Ihe oiu ioI4An NJ, 80.
IN IN north Memphis. The capacity OF the
works will be from forty thousand W ny y,
thousand bundles OF ties per anhHni' ~
about one>third Of tho number annualIy soiu
in that city.
Can Antonio Herald The farmers
.ho~t % Renbsm, encouraged by an offer Of Il.
aoGaI Es;sobe made by circular, to pay elsh ior m
bdans Eaasv planted the crop extensively EIisShe
Dea"'I penn baeE ON his promise, and plies Of that
wsns wSsstabIe % large enough to excite the envy Of
vegtorOv gem now W. rot on the wayside and IN the
| fields,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-29
MISCELLANEOUS,

Peter Cooper's lifelong business rules
have been few and simple-to avoid debt
and idleness.
South Carolina supplies nearly halt
the rice produced in this country. Georgia
is next, or nearly seven million pounds
ahead Of Louisiana. Nearly oil our rice
comes from these three states.
The mining and manufacturing of
the phosphate rock in South Carolina has be.
come one of the leading and most important
industries of the state. From small begin
nings, the shipment and manufacture had
risen in nine wears 10 the large amount OF
l99OS6 tons in 1877-7S of which 1895
were shipped to foreign ports, 6i4S6 tons
coastwise, and 6,G36 tonsconsumed by home
manufacturers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-29
ALL SORTS.

Solomon temple is generally supposed
to have been Of vast dimensions. The nc.
count given in the bible hOwever, shows
that in size II did not exceed many private
houses Of the present time. Length sixty
cubts, breadth twenty cubits, height thirty
cubts The porch was twenty cubits long,
and ten cubits broad. The cubit Of the
Jews was about twenty-five inches in length.
The United States consumes annually
between six and seven hundred thousand
long tons of cane sugar less than 13 per
cent, of which is OF home production. The
leading sources Of foreign supply are Cuba,
45O 900 tons Spanish possessions, 10000;
Porto Rico, 500UO French Islands, 22O00 ;
Brazil, $4,000; Dutch East Indies. 1000;
British West Indies 10000; British Guiana,
lO0O0; Sandwich Islands, 10000. Twenty.
one other countries supply less than as MANY
thousand tons in all. In 1862 cur home
product was $4,000 tons it fell TO 5000 tons
in 1868, then slowly rose to 1900 tons in
1871, The crop OF 1876 was II 900 tons.
During the twenty years ending June
30h, 1876, the United States imported over
100000 tons of coffee, less than 10000 tons
Of which were Ie exported. During the
year ending June 3Oth, 1877, we imported
100000 pounds of coffee, three fourths Of
which came from Brazil. For the twenty
years mentioned our consumption Of coffee
averaged 800, 600 W0 pounds year. During
the last five years of the period it was S0O,'
100000 pounds. Latterly, the relative
amount brought from Brazil has declined,
owing to the greater increase in the amount
imported from other countries. Last year
our coffee account with Brazil exceeded the
sum of our exports thither by more than
SIS 100000.
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Dogs on ErrandS of Mercy.

The suggestion of the Wchr Zeitung is
that race ofdogs should be attached to
armies in their campaigns, or at least to
the corps of ambulance service attend
ing upon them, and that after every bat.
tie the dogsin question should be sent
forth to range over the field of battle in
search of those wretched wounded sol
diers who have not been killed outright,
but who have hidden themselves in
some refuge, and after figuring in the
list of "missiDg" men too often perish
miserably before any relief can find
them out. 1t seems that the idea OF
employing dogs in this way is by no
means new one, but was brought for.
ward two years ago at Dresden, where
some dogs qualified for thispurpose were
shown in an exhibition. Since that time
experiments have been made by means
OF crossing the St. Bernard with other
races with view to obtaining the most
suitable breed, and a very satisfactory
result is said to have been arrived at BY
the German fanciers. The precise mode
of employing the animals en- their ben.
efcent mission is described in the vi.
emma paper, which explains that the dog
is furnished with a leather cellar and
plate, having marked upon 1t his num-
ber and the division of the army to
which he is attached, and the Geneva
Gross. To this collar is suspended a
small leathern bag, containing pencil
and alin of uarar and aVan a IittIa Ian
tern in case of his being sent out at
night. The wounded man, on being
found, opens the bag and writes HIS
name ifhe can upon the paper, together
with the natGre Of his injuries, and on
the return Of the animal to the ambnr
lance assistance is sent under his guild
ance to the spot where the sufferer is
concealed. Land and Water
In l. kho vrtnRk Of a v,htioaov.ko. - -
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uperinteudent Of the Cable compinv says
1t works eriectly and has doubled the ca
plcty Of the cable,
A German inventor has found new
use for asbestos, in the shape Of leaves for
a bankno'e album. These albums are said
to protect bank notes or other valuable doe.
uments to such an extent, that If they are
laid between the leaves and the album is
closed firmly they even remain legible after
being burnt to cinders.
The German telegraph oflioe is RAPIDLY
introducing the telephone; sxty.eight sta.
tions are already provided with this instru.
ment, tcrty.One others will have it in a few
weeks, and one handred and eleven more
before the end of the year; thus there will
be then a total Of two hundred and twenty
telephone stations in Germany.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-29

RUSSIAN universities don't stand any
foolishness from the students thereof. A
collegian was expelled from the uni
versity Of Kew because he violated some
of the rules. The other members of bis
class made a fuss about his removal,
whereupon the Rector sat down, as it
were, on the whole class, and expelled
the 14O that composed it. The matter
did not stop here, however, as the
students felt called upon to make some
warlike demOnstrs tions on account OF
the expulsion. They did not demon
strate to any great extent. They were
arrested, and are now completing their
education by serving term in prison,
There was an unfortunate sequel. A
few days after the confinement of the
students, the rector was killed by a shot
from an unknown person He will not
long remain unknown, however. An
official execution of student at klew
may soon be looked for.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-29

board the Challenger, showed that tho
great ocean has three immense basins
viz, one extending from Ireland to the
upper North American coast, with an
average depth of 5000 athoms, one
dividing Europe and Central America
with an average depth of 5000 fathoms;
and one running from South Africa to
South America with an average depth of
$500 fathems.
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pounds,

THERE is strong evidence that the
art Of printing was practiced in China
long before it was known in Europe.
The ancient Romans were very near to
arriving at the discovery of printing.
They had engraved or stereotype plates,
with which they stamped pottery, etc.
When the art was first practiced in
Europe only one sice Of the Leaf was
utilized. Afterwards they came to
paste the two blank sides together.
Caxton, wealthy merchant, having
been sent to make a commercial treaty
with the duke of Burgundy, returned to
England with this invaluable art in
l464, The invention of the italic letter
wss made by Aldus Msnutius. Obs
serving the inconvenience Of using vast
number of authorizations, he contriyed
the expedient of the italic letter, which
was originally named after him, the
Aldine,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-29

L.,e imaginary wants, why do
L,.e imaginary satisfactions :?
|. hsppier frenzy Of the two to
/. n,I A!hanian, who thought
l., ,hst came into the harbor
oru tban be still tormenting
|rah insatiable desires,
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FACES AND RAKgIEs.
Owed % Spr,,v

spTins spfang It's bsautiay rpr,ng r.
And wilI-wingei ssrblers az vsSnsi,,,...-. = sl's'
be soit '2uth 6rs ave tFe, ding bIoss
That thAvs mp the ice With rtmsTttbis
~ ,,i helteresi ume Of all timer tha, have tina,
! II ihyme thee rham OF OF tsndsr,st rbnms,
M ie'l the how OF In my longinzs Tvsinn,
10 Welcome thy coming o, beautiful sprung.
symbolcal aosson txqusiteat SGucze,
Ali nature, uprising In geeiu lest glezs.
Wide0pens tts tn hroat-iatch to whoSp and IN ,bo,t
Exuberant pleasure and gratetuest qfout.
The blithe little nV1leis run 10 the scar
The little buds swen on the bushes and tretr
Tne geese are screaming their sorummIest scran,
And the frogs that were dreqInlng are drummiog
dTPm.
Buffalo Commercial.
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hanna ha. been introduced all
noantsiaous portion of the
1 lsc railroad, the boxes being
4, fre miles apart, SO that
E., can report whenever they
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-29

A seems determined to furnish
|loyment for her citizens. In
Gnty they have begun raising
Pc article furnished is equal to
Ftd product. Tea culture is
|ding in Georgia, and many
pants have been set out this
which are doing finely. This
PpIdly becoming noted for its
agricultural resources.
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2,54O emperors, kings snd
i, over 6l nations, 296 were
|. 81 abIicated, 2S committed
went mad, 100 died on the
/ l29 were made prisoners in
were pronounced martyrs and
we're as3assinated, 62 were
and l0S were sentenced to
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Philadelphia Ledger suggests
ssnsi,s Of the eight hour law
by,eadel to a much larger class
made to apply to the working
with special clause
|tb,tthe babies should sleep
| bours devoted to the rest and
| Ioitbe mother,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-29

apanele have a record Of all
Ees in the larger cities of the
y the last 1900 years, The
slight shocks is very large,
! have been l49 destructive
b during that period. There
~ eight of these latter in the
Jury, and sixteen have oc>
|the present century.
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has purchased the steamer
Cne Of the fastest of the line
tween New York and Havana.
Zee is soon assured Russia will
handsome feet at any rate.
d States has a few more steam.
and We hope will soon be in a
70 build vessels for all the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-29

q, domestic tea, raised in
y. ~, and cured in Baltimore,
ss;,eJ in Washington, and were
!, deceive the largest dealers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-29

LI arrangements have been
porting the arrival of vessels
'IIy Islands by a service of car.
y The pilot boats that @
ls Tor ships now take along
Sna a'soon as they pick up a
20" Its name they let loose a
note containing the inGorma.
! vessels are now reported at
o. twenty and thirty miles at
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-s,gg soldiers on the pension
Tnited States army have lost
,..,v.ope both hands, and one
1, ,Dd both legs
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-29

binchon, bug is the last pest.
|eing japanese plantations,
Is a taste for tea. 1t saps the
lblrk and the leaves wither and
Epiae is lrightfully dear already
! bug gets the upper hand it
Ii,e beyond the reach of the
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eo of London originated in
,tsg. in the time OF Charles
|, ,.,,st plague occurred in the
-, 1869, when 6S,596 rer-
,l Ia have paIished.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-29

psNGR's splendid statue of Ze-
| sold the other day in New
Rl,15O at auction. Miss HosA
led Slj,OO0 at the various ex-
b the statue some years ago,
|Giswold, of New York, paid
for it. The statue WAS sold
CriswOId's household effects.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-29

s,y iatSN ID n is not to be hanged !;
~. ~ III the Georgia state prison
a''' She killed the woman
III IN husbands paramour +; she
..I .uas General Cole did-iust
",S q S'ckles did--but they were
\ sulle she was sentenced to be
Is finally sent to the state
\. Q a TACT that the deed for
= '.S southern is made to suffer
'ad degrading punishment is
'ae deed which makes heroes
1, ia'' u s. because men are jurors 2
Is the reason, is It not a dis
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-29

The latest scare in New York i, the
wind That eminent engineer, Mr..
Roebling, maintains that great peril will
attend the crossing of the BROOKLYN
bridge, when completed, by horse cars
during gale. A resisting power Of
twenty-ono pounds to the square foot is
necessary to ensure safely. This states
ment has turned attention toward the
elevated roads constructed and being
constructed in New York, some of the
up town streets of which are hurricane
conductors. The strongest resisting
power Of the cars of these roads is nut
at thirteen pounds to the foot. Inquiry
at the signal Office has elected the fact
that a sixty-mile wind, not uncommon
in New York, needs a resistance of 1S
pounds to the foot. On the 29sh Of
March, 1876, ,ther. was aseventy-two.mie
ga,o, "a 'TShieh T...ol required a resistance of 26
pounds.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-29

0APSoN's soundings Of the
'eSn' Of the apparatus on
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learn not thou even the huns
U''Re' making or other pkill
|l''d'' for by 80 doing thou
| some future day be enabled
myself with honest bread.
Y improve thyselt in those
rne' yclepted polo and base
IeAefcl'e OF the which shall
\ much muscle wherewith TO
/ when in prison--[ Courier