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Tux last system proposed Tor the i'm
Onysment Of the Mississippi River is an
engineering project Of extraordinary mag.
piude. The object to be accomplished
ia In brief, to collect the vast body OF wa
Ter furnished by the spring floods OF the
numerous streams and lakes constituting
lhe head waters Of the river into immense
reservoirs for the purpose ot maintaining
astesdy depth Of four feet in the Upper
Mississippi from July to November. To
do this will require the construction ol
Ioty.one dams, seven on The Upper Miss
lsippi fourteen on the st. Croix,tWelVe on
the Chippewa, and eight on the Wiscon'
in, The irst eel OF dams will be located
A. the outlets Of Lakes WlnnebagoglBb,
Ieech, Mudd aud vermillion, and at Po'
kepsma Falls, Gull Lake and Pine river
The total holding capacity ot these reser'
yois will equal in extent an unbroker
sea oil 100 square miles, with a uniform
depth Of eight feet. The plan specifics
that all the reservoirs shall be constructed
,qi earth and wood, no suitable stone be
ing found In the region in sufficient qpan
tity. Congress has already granted an ap
preparation Tor beginning the work al
Lake Winnebagogish, where It'll proposed
10 build adam eighteen feet high. ThO
S1Al cost Of dams, including telegraph
fines for operating them, Is set down q
ltSs than 81 $4,000. f.I
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roTARTIsHED AUGUST "a, 1852.
THRRIRLE PATAL ACClpENI.
SIX PerAOnsI Killed and Large Eun'.
bar Injured,


ST. LOUIS, March IA terrible railroad
accident or series Of accidents on the Han
nibal and St, Joseph Railroad occurred
near Macon, No., yesterday. 1t is thought
the number killed will reach ten, and
three times as many were injured and dis
abled. The first accident occurred to
west bound passenger train from Chicago
A broken rail was encountered, The en-
gine, baggage car, two coaches and one
sleeper we're thrown from the track and
badly demolished. The cars turned COM
pletely over, The engine fell upon the
smoking car, in which were tlIty.seVen
emigrants. It is presumed many were
killed. A wTeCking train was dispatched
from Orookfield to render assistance, II
consisted OF q caboose containing doCtora
and helpers, an engine and one coach, and
when about ten miles from Crooktield, In
crossing the Brussie creek bridge, the
structure gave way and the whole train
was dropped into the creek, the engine
falling on the caboose. Every person on
the train was more or less injured, and
several killed. The second wreCking train
brought the dead and wounded into
Crookaeld, where all the men on the
wrecked train resided, aud, many OF them
having families, the scene on the arrival
OF the train was heArlrendipg. DR., O,
Woods and James Tisdale were among
the eight dead men. o, Hobart, Owasao,
Mich; Simon Woodruff, Binghampton,
N. Y; Jas. Nowlan, roadmaster, and P,
Fitzgerald, conductor, were among the
twenty wounded.
( OIScINNATI, March "A BrookGeld
(Mo.) special Con6rms the rumor Of the
accident on the Hannibal K st. Joseph
railroad. The extra train was en- route to
Beaver with physicians and others for the
relief OF passenger train which was
ditChed at that place, Something about
the wrecklng car in the extra train broke
and precipitated several cars into and
through q bridge near New Cambria. The
names Of the wounded are: NJ, MCGTsll,
James Doyle, James Nolan, D. Fitzgerald,
James Cloud, James Conway, ]. Moore.
head, VIM. Hose, II. Garter, DR.. VIM,
Rear, NJ. M. Hunter, +. Tabler and Geo.
Werst. Six persons were killed, namely;
DR.. o. II. Wood, W. s. Hellett, John Con-
ners, George s. Wick, A, Ivry and =, F.
Leak. All business houses are closed to-day
and general mourning prevails.
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NEWS NOTES,

Blatoun, Black Sea, has been declared q
free port.
President Hayes and family will leave
Washington for Fremont on Saturday.
Troops under orders for Natal will In.
crease the force there by Eve thousand.
A site to cost $OS, 900 has been selected
on Georgetown heights for the new Naval
Observatory. The plan for the building
has also been chosen.
At London, Susan W. Fletcher, James
Fletcher and Charles Morton have been
indicted for deirauding Juliet A. Davis by
pretended spiritual manifestation,
builders Of New York City are looking
forward 10 busy season as soon as the
spring opens. II is the general opinion
among carpenters, masons, joiners, paint.
ers and plasterers that this years business
will be very large.
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A AaI,IitI.i, NM nnilar

NEw YoRK, March IA miniature
boiler, with which plumbers were thawing
out water pipe at No. q Third street, ex
ploded. The boiler was thrown 100 feel
and struck pillar Of the Elevated Rail
road on the Bowery over the head Of au
italian peanut vender, who escaped, al
though his stand did not. James Dia
mond, one Of the plumbers, was slightly
hurt, as was also Officer Dooley, and 1
handful Of burning charcoal was thrown
into the eyes Of John Lindeman, q passing
citizen. The latter was 80 badly hurt thai
he had to be taken 10 the Eye Inflrmary
for treatment.
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Baltimore Merchants lProtestIng Against
Politics In II, H.a..a

HnItimOfe MeFcuhhtslf slfFOt6HtluB AkHlnb'
Politics In II. E.a..4
BALTIMORE, March 2.-The leading TO-
bacco firms Of this CITY have determined
to continue the agitation as to faulty in.
spections oi'Maryland leaf tobacco until
some definite conclusion Ia reached. The
letter Of Governor Hamilton, although ex.
preasive Of sympathy, Is not deemed salts.
factory; but as the Governor stated that
the official bond Of the inspectors Is re.
sponsible for any mslleasanCe in Office,
the merchants state that as an extreme
tneasurethey propose 10 ste the Bureties oil
the inspectors. They complain strongly
Of what they term the transformation ol the
State tobacco inspection into political
machine. No actual dishonesty is sus'
pected, but the men who are appointed TO
the Offices are rewarded Ia this manner
for political services and know nothing
about the business. II takes them about
four years to learn, and Just as they have
gained some proficiency they are all turn.
ed out, and The incoming Governor puts In
a new Get. The only difficulty will be In
the matter OF procuring evidence, but the
merchants propose to make a strenuous
effort aud In every case of faulty satnp.
lihg,which ocCasiobs complaint from the
foreign buyer the inspectors or their sure.
Ties will be Bued.
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were moving down the hill. Trying 10
rise was taken prisoner and led away, On
the hill l found the body ot General
Oolley, shot through the head, Alter Q
conversation with q Boer General / in.
duced him to grant me q pass TO- come
into our camp and bIingo out slccor for the
wounded, They were lying thiCkly both
on the plsteau and everywhere on the de-
scent O. the hill, The B. or, were very
civil. ThsV took, II is true, what few
articles ] had about me, but no troops in
the world could on the whole, have be.
haVed better asvlctora. Talking with me
they ascribed their victories not to their
arms or bravery, but 10 the righteousness
Of their cause. AS to the completeness
OF their victory there can be
no question. They carried by
sheer lighting the position which their
general himself considered to be defend
ed by force which was impreguable.
Even now can hardly understand how
1t was done, so sudden was the rush, and
so instantaneous the change from what
we regarded as perfect safety 10 imminent
peril. Up to the moment when the Boers
made this rush they had effected no prog
ress whatever, A few only Of our men
had been engaged, and the Beers were
trlfing in the extreme. A few minutes
later they held the crest OF the hill, and
our men were defending the natural basin
In which they had been lying in apparent
security. II can't be denied that the cap.
tufe OF Mdjilla hill is an exploit OF which
any troops in the world might be proud,
During the enemy's advance our troops
hardly caught sight Of single Roer,
The Beers Crept through the grass,
taking advantage OF every stone and every
inequality OF the ground, When driven
back by our IRE at one point, they would
work around unpsrgeived and THENCE
open with heavy volleys upon Us, them'
selves being all the time invisible, One
lesson taught us is that II Is useless TO at.
tempt to fight the Beers with numerically
interior forces, In such warfare they are,
man for man, equal and more than equal
TO our own, They are as courageous, In.
tinitely better shots, and maryelously
skilled, taking advantage OF every cover.
Their Goolness under FIRE Ia perfect.
While fighting individually, they all work
In concert and In obeliepce 10 orders,
They openly express contempt for our
infantry, but fear our cavalry and artillery.
The correspondent adds that the Eng.
lish would have done well to have trusted
to the bayonet Instead Of fleeing down
the hill, where they were quick ly shot
down like rabbits. The number OF Beers
who made the attack on MRiella was one
thousand.
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WASHINGTON, March 9.-The President
has issued q proclamation converting the
Senate in special session at noon March
Ah. 1t was at frat the intention not 10
cali the session until the vacancies In the
Senate were filled, and the Republicans
had their full force present To organize the
Senate. ltwas found yesterday that moth.
ing would bc gained by delay, and II
would very seriously interfere with TIE
completeness Of the ceremonies on FIJI
day. Therefore, at the suggestion oi Ger,
Garfield, the proclamation was Issued.
Secretary Eyarts gave the opinion that 30
far ss the organisation Of the Senate was
concerned that was entirely In the handl
oil the Senate and could be changed OF any
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rerrlflc GeIe on IND A.Ian1Ic t,oas,,

sF. JOHNS, N. F., March 2.-The achoon.
er Q. Irving, Capt. g. Hall, hence to Cape
Britain was lost, with a crew numbering
nine. The tchooner Romeo drilted from
her mooringS, and is total wreck. Every
boat in the harbor was destroyed. II was
the worst gale we haYe had for sixty years.
II is feared that the hrigantines Margaret
and Blanca, hence to ports in the Medl.
teranean sea, are lost and all hands per:
iAhan
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NEW Yonk, March 2.-spsaking Of the
French edlct SgainSt American meats, the
Commercial Bulletin rays Il 10 charged and
not denied, that since tho export trade In
meats has been done direct from weeleft,
packers In European dealers without In.
spectlon and oyethauling Of the heaboafd,
oil this complaint about ttlchlnte has been
heard, and adds: There appears 10 be
bat one remedy, and that lies In the ef,
loTcenent Of the official inspection al New
York, and In the fefusal Of European i'm.
portets TO accept any goods that have not
bean 90 inapected,n
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CoNTEsSfON OF AnTRDEREss.
she Tells In Court How size Killed Her
C1naIh with nm Axe.

Nav PHILADELPHIA, o., March 2.-1u
The Athsy.sensir murder trial yesterday,
Mrs. Ellen Athey was the first wit
ness called, and to the surprise ol
ali made full confession Of the
crime. She gave In detail the hortid
story Of the killing Of her cousin With an
axe, and the burial Of the body III the ash
pile. II oil commenced, she said, In q
quarrel. The two then fought, and Ellen
Spying an axe ID the kitchen got 1t
and dealt Mary q vicious blow over the
face and killed her, How many times shl
struck her with the axe she could mol
feColleCt, She states that Mary struck hei
on the arm With Chait The testimony
Of tho prisoner caused a great sensation
| tis evident that the delense will claim
that The murder was not ptsmedltated.
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HONEY MARKETS.
weekly Review Of the Situation by ''Ehe
Publlo,"

NEw YoRk, March 9,-From the Public,
March 2: There was no panic in businets
outside Of New York last week. The
monetary stringenCy did not last long
enough to spread to other cities and there
as here the legitimate dealings were large,
an increase in exchanges at every city ex,
Ceps one. The largest increase was OF BOs.
ton, Philadelphia, Chicago and some other
cities, and the fact that these exchanges
result from dealings at considerably lower
range oil prices than was seen this time
last year indicates the expansion in the
quantities OF products exchangsd,has been
very great The following shows the
amount Of exchanges at San Francisco for
the week ending February 10, and at
other cities for the week ending February
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rur prealest linanCiering feat on record
,,,b,t of,his Democratic Congress, which
',,,,s5 ' in when the rate Of interest on
a a',Hlic bonds was down to 81 per cent pei
dnnnm, pr TO pass a bill to refund the bonds
=, a ner cent, and by its piraticAl pro-
Vi Siiou, succeeded in raising the rate Of in
,a,e,, in the money market to one pei
M Ilu
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Wiillhe ,Funding' iIllI he Vetoed.

wAsniSuroS, March Alt is evident
now that the Funding Bill will pass, but
there Ia q report, which has been traced
TO the White House, that the President
will veto II, An inmate Of The White
House, closely connected by official fela.
tions with The President, informed q
Michigan member OF Congress- to-day thai
The bill would be vetoed. This d mol
credited, because Il 10 known that Score
tafy Sherman advised the Republican
Oongtesemen not TO 6libu9tef against II.
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Defeat OF the wilson Railroad BiII.


The Senate after meditating upon and
discussing the provisions Of the Wilson
railroad bill, which passed the House Of
Delegates last Friday, by 81 to 20, came to
the conclusion yesterday that 1t was an
impnctlcsble piece Of legislation, and
gave 1t an elTectual quietus by q refusal
rs TO Gl to order 1t TO lts third reading.
This vote was equivalent to vote ot In.
definite postponement, and has Bubstan.
italy the same parliamentary effect.
One Of the good effects growing out OF
The agitation caused by the introduction
'ol this bill will be to indicate to projectors
oinew railroad enterprises in West Vir'
Ginla, that the nober second thought Of the
Legislature can be relied OH 10 prevent
the passage Of crude and Impractical bills.
While the people ARE naturally and
hghttully jealous Of the power exercised
by railroad companies, yet they are fully
aware Of the fact that no real good TO the
best interests Of the State can be accom-
plished by attempting to deal with them Ii
Anarrow and illibsral spirit. There must bl
a degree Of latitude allowed 10 railroad
in the adjustment OF freight schedules |,
the necessities OF traffic along their linel
They cannot be tied down by, an iroi
handed mileage law, such as the Wilson
bill proposed. What ls wanted is q fai
rate between all local points, with tn
power 10 make special rates Il
given cases where such rates ar
demanded by tho necessities Of trade. Al
We understand the case, the chesapeake
K Ohio road was not shown 10 have glvst
preferred rates over its line between riva
interests, aud the legislation OF 1870, 1t
regard to the baltimore 4 Ohio road, for
babe the granting Of preferred rates. |
provided that "Shen special rates havI
been granted to any shipper or shippen
ol lfeight at any point or station on IL
railroad, upon any article the SAM
special rNles shall be granted 10 any othei
shipper by tho car load Of the same O
similar article from the came point OF eta
tion, or from any other point or station
having the same rates Of charges on th
regular AhtI list Of the company, unles
Sucn o'aet stallion be a competing one"
lola was the sense Of the l.eglslSLute d
Tue close oil the exhaustive railroad aRila
'ion oil 1879, andve Judge that II stand
as thesen'e oil the Legislature to-day, Th
trouble with the Wilson bill vas thAt
undertook to dispense with the laws n
necessity aud experience in ralltoadipO
and thereby gave notice to all ptoieOto,
Otnew enterprises that they need e1pet
no conformity to these laws ou The p.tt !
the Legislature oil this State. Tbis wonl
certainly not encourage new projects, M
on tho contrary would decidedly tend
discourage them.
The people Of West Virginia want isi
rates and iSir dealings on the part Of Tie
'a'IFoads, and II they get these from the
there will alwOysbe wisdom enough In Il
legislature to allow the companies su,
t'ude Mtu'ude LOT the uAnsaCliOn Of busIneso
Tiy TH necessities Of trade may demAn
inls ls our experience al least from d
SWVHIIsefysiiye WII.y action Of the Senate on d
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1t is impossible 10 Judge how large Q
part OF the exchanges at New York last
week were due to the operations in stocks,
because the most important feature. here
was the violent disturbance OF loans oi all
kinds, while the banks were calling In
loans amounting 10 many millions every
day, and money to q large amount was
borrowed daily from private lenders. The
volume OF these transactions bore no in
considerable proportion to the cost OF
oil stock sold, yet II Is impossible 10 esti.
mate what proportions Of the loans thus
shifted or called was due to other opera.
tons than In securities on the usual basis.
2,037 ,94l shares have been sold during the
week ending Thursday, and OF an average
price certainly below ssyenty.fve dollars
per share. The amount OF exchanges
not due to such transactions would be GO.
timated at $703, ,2S7, ,446 for the week end.
Ing Saturday last, but 1t was probably
somewhat leHs because the shifting Of
loans was entirely dlsproportionats to sales
effected. There is no sign Of unsound.
ness In business In any part OF the ooun.
try, even In California. The volume OF
business is increasing without the revival
oil unhealthy speculation which formerly
made exchanges at San Francisco 30 large
AT the principal centres OF the wholesale
trade remarkable increase In the amount
oil payment Ia more encouraging because
In hardly any branch Of merchandise have
the recent speculative dealings been unu.
sually large.
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FUNDING BILL PASSED.
House Agrees 10 the senate Amendment
and RepnAaaa the RllI.

and Repasses the Bill.
WASHINGTON, March AIN the House
Of Representatives to-day all the Senate
amendments to the Funding bill were
agreed to without change and the bill
passed. Mr.. Carlisle moved 10 suspend the
rules and pass the bill amending the
Funding bill Just passed 30 as 10 make II
conform 10 the amendments recommend.
cd by the Committee on Ways and Means.
Among the amendments Is one providing
that nothing in the act shall be construed
as 10 repeal, modify or effect sections
$500, 5,S2l, 5,622, G,629 and 6,5A Of the
revised statutes.
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mad state Of AfTalFa In the saudWleh
islands

sAS FRANclsco, March 2,-The Bulletin
will publish an interview with a reliable
gentleman, passenger by the bark Ella,
which arrived yesterday from Honolulu,
He reports tleplotable condition oiafTaitr
there, small pox is epidemic; many
houses are quarantined and no epe ALLOW
ed 10 enter, or leave the city and lnter.com
municalion between the ialands stopped
The city ls In very bad sanitary oondi
tion. There Is not q single sever within
the city limits and the gtound is honey
combed by vaults, which have not beef
cleaned In a quarter Of century,
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T.s Cincinnati Ga:etIc is publishing "a q
.s,i,l me history OF MCOlellan's cam
o,iyps. It undertakes to tell just where
,bo enemy and McClellan's forces were
lor,,el @ At various times. 1t ought to be
instructive reading for Mcclellan, who
w',uover quite clear as to the whereabouts
silber Of the enemy or the active portion
.,thisown tToOps,
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A. oIL prisnner.

CoLuMnus, O., March 2.-GOvernor Eos
ter to-day granted a pardon to Ferdinand
seits, Of Hamilton county, who was re-
peived on a lie sentence for murder, thir
tyIthree years ago, and has spent thai
length Of time In prison.
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An exchange propounds this interroGA'
nry. "why don't the demagoguea in
c,nvre,s and the different State Legisla'
tnres, who have been SO fierce for show
Inv sympathy for Ireland, by firing of
hrpcombe resolutions against the English
government, do likewise for the gallant
BoeuY Ia it because the latter people
have no representatives. here who are
yo,e,squ
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HARrroRD, c., MARCH 0.--The Corpo.
fatots Of the Woman's National Hospital
for the treatment Of women addicted to
The excessive use Of alcohol or narcotics,
have chosen Dr.. Nation Slime, Of New
York, for President. The Trustees are
leading physiCiansS Of len different stales
Governor Blgelow and staff left tonight
for " ashington,
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The North German GdkiI says. Ger.
many 3 interest In the negotiations at Con.
sLantinople ls confined to the maintenance
Of peace Germany does not Covet the
leadership, which might entail more dis.
Satisfaction than gratitude. Germany will
be The power least affected by the re.
suit ol Negotiations on the Greek question,
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NRw YoRE, March IA band Of Young
robbers were captured 10 day, tie oldest
ten and the youngest seven ysafs Of aee.
The boys banded together for The btltpoSe
Of robbing the children going TO and tom
school and had made q number Of suo.
cesslnl assaults, dividing the plundef,
which contested Of elatea, books, lack.
knives and odd pennies, '-
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Nav YoRE, March 2.-The tchoons,
Carrie 9, Webb, from Porto Rico with a
cargo OF sugar and molaeses, ran SAhote
10. day In Homer shoals down tns bay,
where abe spfAne a leak and hunk. ME
bark AuguStie is Still aground on Rom0t
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PARIS, March 2.-DsLessepS says the
Panama Canal will certainly be finished
by 1883, at an estimated cost of5l2 900, 900
ffanCs. The work will not require more
than from 5000 Il" 10000 workmsn, In the
most busy period Of the work, who will be
recruited from the colofed population Of
Columbia and the West Indies.
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PARKERsHuRa, W. Va, March IA man
named Thomas Edwards was instantly
killed here yesterday at the Baltimore &
Ohio depot, about 8 O'Clock, by falling I'm.
der the cars. lie was a wheel Taper, and
ID attempting to Jump ofTthe moving train
fell under In some way, and was crushed
in two. lie leaves vile and one child.