The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-07
EDITORIAL NOTES.

~ .lO lIlt ANCh
York Freemdn's ,IOhndt announces
that the Pope has named DIR. Micu-
acl COrrigan, now bishop of NV
arr. n. j.. TO be coadiutO, of the
Archbishop of New Y ork, withright
of succession, and with line title of
archbishop ia 1,drtid"s i!fdefl"m.
The Albanians have found Il
ready solution 40 the difficulty about
the possession of DulcignO by set
ting the place on fire. Heroic as
this stroke of diplomacy is, how
ever, it may not prove effective after
all, since the question at issue is one
of territory rather thnn of houses.
and the g omnd will still be left TO
fight over.
Progressive France has estab-
lished friendly relations with Mex
leo, and each government will, short
", be represented by u minister
plenipOtentiary at the capital of the
other. Nj. VelascO, who has con-
Quoted the negotiations for Il restO-
ration of friendly relations, on the
part of Mexico, il is said, will rep
resent that government at Paris. and
Baron Boissy-U Anglas, who speaks
Spanish huently,. will be the French
minister at Mexico. ...t r..
The Pullman PA ace Car Com
pan in its annual statement tOrtlfe
fiscal year ending july 81, 1880, re-
port Il .ross IevcUtIe from III: sources
OF S2.635. 4GS. and cXlienses'of $g!a.-
047. leaving as net receipts ine very
snug sum Of 81 ,6Sl.l3l. In View ii
these figures, ono Mould think -tITi
the price seats and berths in the
comnanv'A ears might be reduced II
trifle, and slill leave the stock worth
holding. The hope that it. Wat r
coolers might as II q, neral ching be
supplied with ice wales would not
seein TO be very unreasonable cx-
pectatioD, either. .isa h.'. -. ID. .,5 e.
in view of.the numerous fatal
accidents to river steamerS aud ex-
cursion boats during the season just
ended, company haa been formed
in New Yorkito remedy the lack OF
system in the present management
OF excursions and construct iron
steamboats, which win be safe. This
company is organized with II capital
stock of S10,000.0 900, its plan being
TO build fleet ofeXcnPsion steamers
combining safety, sDeed and c6m-
fort. The boats are to he built
wholly Of iron and STEEL, each TO be
divided into twelve water-tight
compartments, and to draw not over
eight feet of water They will not
sink from the effects of a-coIlision,
and will be fireprooI shei proposil
ton is To build right 'bf- trese
steamers At once. and 10 have-a' iiect
OF thirty ready~in time for the New
York exposition of 1854. g 2
The Comptroller Of the Cur
rency reports thctadditi..nal circula-
ton issued during the months of
August and September to be S?02,-
630, the amount surrendered and
destroyed $939,569, having a de
crease of circulation during the two
months of $236.939. The net in
crease of national bank notes dur
ing the year ending the LIST of Octo
her, 1880. was $9,754,7l3. The in
crease of legal tender notes on de-
post for the purpose of retiring ma
tional bank circulation during the
months OF August and Septeulbcr
was $500. 05I The increase during the
year ending October J., 1880, was
S7.l79.962. and the amount of legal
tender notes now ON deposit is $20.-
So. 2S3. the total amount Of na-
tional bank notes outstanding ON
October |, 1880, is S3t2.579. oS3- not
including national guild notes. which,
amount TO 81 80. 060- 7.,.fl,
The extent of the. emigration
from G. crmany to this country nj the
present time IS moi generally known
but il is fact that the German emf
grants arriving during August were
more numerous than those from any
other European country. The whole
number of foreign arrivals during
the month was 5S.972, OF whom 1911
were Americans returning, 2i90 wers.
aliens not intending To renIain, and
T0,5OS were immigrants, of tlrsc
622sg came from England, 6l57 from
ireland and 1914 from Scotland and
Wales; 5I72 came from Sweden
Norway and Denmark 1873 cslne
from Germany. and l722 from Aus
tria and Hungary. There were H.
sos immigrants nom Canada. the
! greater part OF whom doubtless had
come originally from Great Britain
and Ireland, but even counting them
all i'm this class. the English-speakine
! Immigrants are hardly one-half al
! the whole.