American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-03-13

way. GuaymaS is about 600 miles i'm
| an air line from Santa Fe. The
route has already been mostly surveyed, and
the work will be pushed as speedily as pos
siblc. The rails for the Mexican division
are being purchased in England, and will be
landed at Guaymas duty free. Guaymas has
| a commodious port and enjoys large coast
ing trade, and it is said the bulk of the BUSH
ness from Australia, New Zealand, and
South and Central America can reasonably
be expected to center there when the trans
continental railway is completed.
The public debt statement for March 1
shows decrease of the debt during Febru-
airy Of $5,612,019; cash in Treasury, $780,
81 ,G53; gold and silver certificates, $40 1872
$50; certificates of deposit outstanding,
Sl1, $4,000; refunding certificates, 81 $751;
$50; legal tenders, 1916, AZ, 271; fractional
currency, SIS 1871 ,311.OS.
Jay Gould, accompanied by number of
his business associates, left New York on the
2Sth for visit to the. Southwest. 1t is said
he will spend several weeks in looking over
his railway and telegraph lines in Missouri,
Kansas, Colorado and Texas.
At Lowell, Mass, there has been a gener-
al advance in wages by all the leading cor
porations within few weeks, and several
manufacturing establishments have Joined
in the increase, which was agreed to on their
part without petition or other movement of
workmen. Several of the leading railway
companies have advanced the wages Of all
the lower grade of employees.
The Committee OH Ways and Means have
virtually decided against any revision of the
tariff laws at the present session. The vari-
Gus propositions for the reduction of the
duties on sugar, steel rails, paper, ETC., were
taken up and successfully laid on the table.
There was no party division on any of the
votes taken.
The papermakers of the Northwest are
said to have combined for the purpose Of
making a vigorous effort to prevent legisla-
tion by Congress abolishing the tariff on pa
per and articles used in its manufacture.
The Mont St. Gothard Tunnel, nine miles
in length, is practically completed. 1t con-
meets the railway systems of Germany,
Switzerland and Italy, and as an engineer
ing effort surpasses the Mont Gents Tunnel,
which has heretofore given to France the
practical monopoly of trans-Alpine railway
traffic. Il
Edison is said to have invented process
for extracting the gold from ores already
used by miners-what are technically known
as " tailings." A company has been formed
and purchased large quantities of these
" tailings" in the mining districts of Vir-
ginia City and elsewhere, and will at once
proceed to work them over by his process,
the details Of which are of course not made
known.
The House Committee on Commerce will
make a favorable report on the bill intro
duced by Mr.. Clardy, of Missouri, provid-
ing for the removal by the Lighthouse Board
Of wrecks and sunken vessels lying in the
course Of commerce and .obstructing navi-
CATION in the Mississippi River and tributa-
ries.
The Treasury Department announces the
existence of counterfeit 800 bills on the fol-
lowing banks: National Revere Bank, Bos-
ton; Pittsfield National Bank, Pittsfeld;
Merchants National Bank, New Bedford
National Bank, Wilkesbarre; Pitts
burg National Bank of Commerce. The
notes on the banks mentioned are
so admirably executed they are liable to de-
;eive even experts.