Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-02

l has been pursued to such an extent as to l alarm the Republicans. The Democrats, as
 usual are drawing much encouragement from 1 the situation but there is no good ground ] for their hopes. The position of the Repub- licans on the question was no doubt reflected ! by Governor Cullom, when he said: ''While do not think it wise for the Republican party to incorporate prohibition plank in | it's platform, think there will be enough good men in the next Legislature who will | favor submitting the amendment. I would l favor it myself, because I think the people l have a right to be heard upon all great ques- l tions when they demand the opportunity" The money sharks in Washington who thrive on the improvidenoe or poverty of 1 government employees and charge enormous 1 rates of interest for sums loaned, are in fresh l trouble. Besides having warrants sworn out against them for not having a regular brokers license for this year, tho enterpris- ! ing license agent of the District has brought l another action against them for not having l licenses for last year. If both suits are de- cided against them, each Shylock will be compelled to disgorge four hundred dollars. The business is very profitable one, and ] it is believed they will pay this sum rather than abandon it. The prof.s do not consist so much in the interest, although that amounts in some cases to ten per cent. per month, but when making a loan note is nearly always required of the victim for an amount largely in excess of that paid over. Once in the tolls of the @ vampires it is al Ip1nnSSihIa tO oct ri6 0f he original amount received has been paid over two or three times. Tho most singular part of this business is the fact that colored men seem to do better at it than the whites. Farmer Alvah Hazelton of Andover, Yer mont, is down on'' the bible, and he does not want his children to hear it read at school To oblige him the prudential con- mittee arranged with the teacher to have de- votional exercises few minutes before the school opened each morning, attendance be- ing optional with the pupils. Everything appears to have gone smoothly until two weeks before the end of the term when Ha- zelton informed the committee of his inten- tion to stop the bible reading entirely. With that end in view, he instructed his
 
 and leave during the reading without the con- sent of the teacher. This was done, the teacher meantime insisting that they should first ask permission to leave. This seems to have caused them to hesitate until after nine o'clock, when the boy left school without permission, the teacher following him to the door and forbidding him to return. Mir. Hazelton made a fuss his children were formally expelled, and he has been fined ten dollars and costs for disturbing the school. The case goes to the county court on appeal, and bids fair to become very interesting.
 Some important information concerning the cost of the bombardment of Alexandria has been made public. Every round fired from the four 8O-ton guns of the Infexible cost e25 los. per gun. The 25-ton guns of which the Alexandria carries two the Mon arch four and the Temeraire four, cost. e. per round per gun. The 18-ton guns, of which the Alexandria carries 10, the Sultan S. the Superb 1G, and the Temeraire 4, cost @ 5s. per round per gun. The 12-ton guns, of which tho Invincible carries 10, the Mon arch ?, and the Sultan f, cost .e3 12s. per round per gun. The Penelope, which alone carries 9-ton guns, has of them, which were discharged at a cost of @ 15s. per round per gun. The Monarch and the Bittern each fired 6 1-2 ton gun, the cost being e1 15s. per round per gun The Beacon and the Cygnet have GA pound CTS each, the cost of discharging which is 1Ss per round per gun. The Penelope carries 3 4O.pounders, the Beacon ? 4O-pounders, and the Bittern 40 pounders, the cost of dis charging which was just 12s. per round per gun. In addition to this there is to be calculated for the firing of the smaller armaments of the Cygnet, Condor and De- coy.
 
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