, 1881-01-01
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New YuKh, Dc. - Tn New York
Tr;suHs. JAY Gcai4 organ, thinks that
financial CT SIS, similar 70 that of 1873, IS
Il..a.udins. and the remit is attributed {"
railroad spccu'ati1hs. Take for example
several propositions u build railroads
:crgss that ihou-ard mile desert between
the Mississippi alluvial hasin, all Of which
e,;.ect t, make. dlvideiis from the mar
row snip of fertile soil and tae scanty
r..pu!a,Ion Of the Pacific States, besides
coming INTO direct competition with the
original Pacific road, which, after ten
Years experience finds 1t impossible 10 get
return loads, the carrying capacity OF
which is SO much more than equal tO all
that can be put in use, that junction
with the nearly completes, eastern and
a. stern portions If the new track al Rio
. Grande with the original road IL conf
IDENTIFY expected early in the new year
T The census returns shows the population
. uf California to be about $1,000, or less
than million inhabitants for the whole
. /
suppose that with a free ocean way
rvnfe and two railroads III operation,
: all the traffic To and from the Pacific
would be accomplished The speculative
mania amounts - madness. Cheap money
proposes Ia build at least live more rail-
! roads. Gle each nn Canadian and Mexican
territory. aud two at least On our own
f t,,r
/ the construction of which there may be
[ soln,. excuse III the next generation, he's
7 vet 10 encounter IFS most formidable diff
/ cu,ties OF long snowy winters III crossing
{ the backbone ridge of the Continent The
| thirty. fifth parallei route lLas even l'ss eI-
cuse for its proposed construction than
( the Northern Pacific, as 1t has IL cross
these somc mountain G. aims with scarcely a
vestige Of population or anything on which
10 support it. That part which IS not
mountain is either deep ravines or dry
desert, and it is tianked throughout by
the thirty second parallel Of TIE Texas
route now rapidly approaching comp 'letion.
What rational nduceinent can he found
for emharking III such colossal schemes,
unless it is the facilities with which their
projectors can borrow from credulous cap
italists money enough to bulld these rail
rods
Washington News.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-The Sioux liz
dams demand s. 200, 600 for c"nceding
railroad privileges through their lands
! The reported GOODNESS between Gen
/ Sherman aud the President is well found
ed. The trouble is based on the Ord and
Mcdowell matter.
The cabinet oppose giving Whiteaker
another chance at West Point.
Winter on iae Rampage.
CHICAGO, Dec 9-Thermometer 20 to
% degrees below zero. Weather extremely
cold everywhere, even extending into
Texas.
The Gold snap.
CHICAGO, Dec 29.-The e"ld weather
continues, This morning the mercury
was at 10 Ia e2 degrees below zero in the
city; a: S o'clock, it was - degrees be-
low. At other points IN the Northwest,
it stood as follows: Detroit, IL degrees
below; Milwaukee, - deg, and ST.
Paul deg; Dubuque, ~ deg; Peoria,
10 deg; Davenport, IL deg. keokuk, IL
deg; Des MONIES, l. des-all below
zero. Tne sky is clear and wind north
west. Trains ere somewhat impeded but
there are no accidents Reports from all
parts Of the Southern States indicate
snow storms and colder weather thsn for
years past.
4 Chinese Mercantile Marine.
Four iron vessels building III the Clyde
for the China Merchants Company are
to ply between San Francisco and Hong
Kong, commencing III August next; they
will run weekly and are to be manned
by Cinnamon, and "ficered by Americans
and EngEshmrn.
The National Present Taksr-
PHILADELPHIA. Dec 90 The one hun
dred thousand dollars, to be presented to
Gen. Grant, Is ready for delivery.
ton.rr>>ionai.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 80.
Congress will not much longer endure
such interference with the rights of the
people as has lately been exhibited by
railroad managers, and there is a growing
sentiment here in favor of national legis-
lstion looking to government supervision
of railroads.
Regain proposes at the first opportunity
to call up his interstate commerce bill,
and says he VII get at least twenty more
votes in the House FOR his bill or some
similar one than he could have got amonth
ago. The present outlook is that the
work Of the remainder Of the session will
be almost wholly confined Ia PASSING Of
the regular annual appropriation bills
that and other measures Of national ian
portance likely to get through are refund
ing bills and bill Of some kind TO carry
into effect the new treaty with China un
the subject OF Monaghan Immigration,
and the time is short for absolutely neccs-
/ sary legislation from this short time
there must also be subtractcd the time for
couating the electoral VOTE
The Re-apporiion,nrni Law.
Gen Walker. Superintendent Of census
will have all necessary data for the re-
arportionuen; law III readiness for the con-
, siderarlOn OF Congress upon its re-assem-
bling; but there appears to be disposi-
tion among republican members to let
the subject 50 over [" heat winter, and
both for this reason and also because Of
the sborrness 0f he session, the chances
are how against The psssage of this Impor-
taut hi! 10y the present Congress.
In Arms.
). coERo, y. NJ, Dec. 2S-The Amer
leans here ale urming and also III neigh
horin. towns to arrest the murderers #
ConkliuS. \ lcal war is feared.
FOREIGN.