Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-25


A tabular statement has been prepared at
the Postoffice De artment making compari- !
son between the issue of stamps, stamped
envelopes and postal cards for 1878 and 1879
The total value of this years issue is SIS, 539,
$50, an increase OF S97l ,S66 over the value of
that of last year. The increase in the number
of ordinary postage stamps issued Is 429 per
cent. There is decrease in the value and
number of newspaper and periodical stamps
and stamped envelopes and wrappers. There
were 22l, 1907 900 postal cards issued, an in
crease of more than 10 per cent The increase
in the value OF total sales is Sl,O03,2lS.
The returns to the Department of Agricul-
ture OF the cotton crop show that the condition
OF June, which was &c. has not been main
tanned, and is, for July l, SO. The area
planted in corn in the whole country exceeds
that planted last year, North Carolina, Mis-
sissippi, Arkansas and Tennessee being the
States that show the largest gains in the South.
The acreage of tobacco Tor the whole country
shows a decrease. The returns for July give
the average condition of spring wheat at 81,
against LOG on July l, 1878. The average con-
dition of winter wheat is 81, as against lOl on
July l, 1873.
Foreign News.
The funeral of the late French Prince I'm
perial at Chiselhurst, England, was an " inn
pressive display of respect Tor the young SOL
der and of coincidence for his bereaved
mother" Queen Victoria, the Princess Bea-
trice, Prince and Princess of Wales, the Dukes
OF Connaught, Edinburgh and Cambridge with
other distinguished persons, were present The
pail bearers were the Prince OF Wales the
Dukes of Edinburgh, Connaught and Cam
bridge, the Prince OF Monaco and the Crown
Prince of Sweden. The chief mourners were
Prince Jerome Napoleon and his two sons
Princes Victor and Louis. Then came the
dead princes horse, " Stag and three faithful
servants. On arriving at the Roman Catholic
chapel, the Bishop OF Southwark received the
coffin, which was borne by officers OF artillery
to the catafalque prepared. The funeral err
vice was then begun. The Bishop OF South
wark intoned the solemn preface; Madame
Lablache sang the Ave Maria OF Saint-Saens,
and then, walking around the bier, the bishop
gave the absolution. The rite ended, the
cadets fired three volleys of musketry, each of
which was followed by the roll of muf1led
drums. The assemblage now filed past the
coffin, and rs they left the chapel the building
was occupied by the students, worlImen and
populations from France, who walked rever-
emily around the coffin, strewing flowers and
whispering prayers. AT night the coffin was
transferred to a place beside the tomb OF
Napoleon Ill.
An Alexandria (Egypt) dispatch reports
that the Egyptian steamer Samanoot has been
| lost Mt sea. Tweni y-thTee natives and two
Europeans persisted.
| Rev. DR.. Talmage, OF the Brooklyn Taber-
nacle, has been drawing great crowds to his
| sermons and lectures in London and vicinity.
From twenty to thirty thousand persons went
| to hear him lecture at the Crystal Palace, Sy-
denham, the trains from London thither tax
| ing down immense throngs.
| In Germany a new ministry has been formed
i'll harmony with Prince Bismarcks policy.
| A dispatch from Bombay says that plague
of rats is causing widespread distress i'll Dec
can, India.
The late French Prince Imperial is TO have
a marble statue erected to his memory in
Westminster Abbey.
In consequence OF the depression in Lanca-
shire, England, large numbers of cotton opera
tives are emigrating to America.
Trade i'll the cotton manufacturing districts
of England is in a depressed condition and in
many places nearly all the looms and spindles
ere idle. The prospects are reported to be
very gloomy
Some wonderful shooting has been done by
American marksmen at the Wimbledon range,
in England, this year.
Late advices from Hayti report desperate
fight with pistols in the Haytien Chamber OF
Deputies at Port au Prince. M. Canal, brother
of the president, was shot by another member
who took offence at the language which had
been used. Though wounded in the arm, NJ
Canal returned the fire and shot his opponent
There was then general firing in the House
and the populace and police outside fired into
the building. The president of the Senate
with others was shot down, and the govern.
ment troops raked the street with mitrailleuse
Some forty members Of the Chamber, beside
a number of outsiders, are reported to have
been killed. The town was set on fire BY
shells and all business was suspended.
The steamship State OF Virginia, from New
York for Glasgow, ran ashore at Sable Island
200 miles northeast OF Halifax, N. S.. during
a dense fog, when the captain thought he was
twenty-five miles from land. The steamer
grounded on a sand bank, and it was soor
found that she could not be floated again
Six minute guns were then fired, when the
governor of the island, Mr.. Mcdonald, came
to the vessels assistance in Il surf-boat. This
boat took ashore eleven women, four men, the
purser, four officers and the doctor, all OF
whom were safely landed The boat then re-
turned and took off eighteen more persons
but when fifty feet from the shore it capsized
and all the occupants were thrown into the
water. Some Of those struggling in the water
succeeded in clinging to the bottom of the
boat, which presently was righted and was
washed ashore. Those clinging to her were
badly bruised, but thankful to have escaped
: with their lives. 1t was found nine had beer
drowned, as follows: Miss Marie G. Moulin
about fourteen years old-her mother was
, saved; Alice Wilson, four years-mothel
saved; Mrs. Mary Peden and two children
Mr.. Peden was saved; John Widestland, age
thirteen-his parents were saved; Miss Cole
man, Mrs. Walker and Mrs. McGlone, whC
had no friends among the passengers. TIT
/ other boats went around to the other side o
the island next day, and all were safely LANDED
and taken to Governor McDonald's house
where everything possible was done for thei
convenience until they could be transferred t.
the mainland. The State of Virginia carried
= 81 passengers, u crew OF ~ men, 1872 cattl
and general cargo. A portion of the carg;
: floated ashore, and sixty OF the cattle, thrown
overheard to tighten the steamer, made thei
= way to land. Sable Island, the scene OF tn
wreck, is a small island in the Atlantic Ocean
; lying directly in the track Of the vessels sail
ing between the northern ports of Americ
: and Europe. 1t is low and sandy, about q
miles in length and ii in breadth, and ha
@ been the scene of many and melancholy ship
y wrecks. A company of men, furnished witt
! provisions and other necessaries for the pur
. pose OF relieving shipwi eeked mariners, is sup
Y ported on the island by the government at al
annual expense OF $4,000. The island is GOV
} cred with grass and wild pease, sustaining b.
1 its spontaneous production about 900 wilC
a horses and many cattle. There are successful
{ fisheries in its vicinity.