Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-11

1--we Iaited IN many D srtians of III
STATE, and only legislation can pravsn
Iufther laying base of the moantain
whose vardnre ultimately affects IN,
crops Ii see ms strange that ff,is wa,,
known TACT has failed to take si,ans !,
the Legislative halls of State a. Isrsa
~ gwen to agriculture. but no sen
seem to have been taken by the other
wise energetic and widea wake Caiiforn
iafis, and ruinous waste continues.
sot Vet Decided.
WASHINGTON. March I0.-Ths aues
aon as to WHISTLER the tax on CAPITA
ana deposits OF banks, bankers an
banking associations vii, csase. unde
operation of the act OF March Sd. 10 re
ouce internal tax t.ion. has no. vet bse-
decided. No decision will bs made OF
tnis question until a case arises. TIL,
statement that IN opinion had been re
quested from the Attorney General /.
Incorrect. II is the opinion of certain
oncef5 OF the Treasury department
mat under section 13. which prescribe,
tnat repeal existing laws enumerated IL
tni5 act shall not affec. any RIGHT &C,
crosd or accruing. it will probably bs
heid mat such taxes must be levied 70,
the period ending March III. tue date Of
the passage of this act. Unless this
ruling shall prevail the National bank.
VIII nave paid taxes on capital and de,
posts 10 January 1st. and other banks
anu bansers to Dec. Isl, giving the las
ter al advantage of one months taxes
Postinasters Appointed.
Thomas P. Edwards. Lead City, Da.
kota; Alex. Z. Safely Boulder, Colorado
Freighis tor ff,e Pacific.
NEw YORK, March 10.-No material
change to note IN the clipper freights
market. which is more than fairly act
i've. Tho usual quietness incident to
this season Is fast approaching. OF
ships IN berths ths s. l.. Whitmore Is
most advanced, and will be foil early
next week. The Vesuvius has mos. of
her cargo engaged, and, with pie ,sani
weather. should get away i'll ten days,
leaving bu. three ships III the berth.
two of which have nearly 2000 tons coal
and railroad iron to 90 on board. thus
reducing the capacity for general car
go To q narrow limit. Rates are steady
ON the basis of $3.50 and 50 per ton.
Freight to Portland is more active, and
both the Carrie wins!ow and tho st.
Lucie will leave next week. Froights
via the Isthmus are fairly active, and
the steamer hence today has on Caiifor-
etc. At Philadelphia freights
are quiet; no vessel on the berth. This
fact helps this market, as most offer
lngs are sent here for shipment. Over
land freights at Boston are rather act
i've. Shipments the past week we're 38s
packages of fish, 1860 cases canned
goods, 300 boxes candles, 30 cases wine.
~ packages tobacco; also, for British
4S0x barrels and 30 boxes
sugar, 20 kegs syrup, and 93 packages
tobacco. No movement is yet made to
reduce rates of the Sunset Route, and
none will be made while yet, or until
the full effect upon al, railroutes can be
felt. The only uneasiness seems to be
on the part Of the Union Pacific Rail
road, whose general freight agent has
the trunk lines to urge
them to assist them by cutting rates.
This tho latter lines will not do. They
cannot see why they should. in view of
the treatment heretofore received at the
hands Of this General Agent.
Demand Redress.
New York. March i0.-The Ti,nes' At
torneys, the Chinese recently driven out
of waynesboro have instituted suits for
damages In the United States District
Court at Savannah against various citi-
zens of Waynesboro. placing the dam
ages in the aggregate sum at $ll5,000.
There are three suits, one for $50 eco,
one for $4,000 and ono for So, 900.
The defendants are eighteen in number
The prosecutions are being pushed I'M
der the direction of the Chinese min
lister.
Going 10 Corca.
A Washington special to the Tribune
says: Lusius III. Foote, minister to Co
rea, sails from San Francisco via Yoka
hama on April 20. Foote has little hope
tlst he will be we'll received. His chief
aim will be to open tho country to
American commerce.
Chicago vs.. Mutual Union.
CHICAGO, March 1o.-Judge Drum
mond, of the United States Circuit
Court, has rendered final decision in
the case of the Mutual Union Telegraph
Company. He emphasized his former
opinion that tho Mayors action. in cut
ing the wires. was unlawful and action
able. but held that as the Mutual I'm
ions rights had terminated under its
charter the Court could not order the
wires repaired or prevent the city from
carrying out its ordinance which pro-
hibited the stringing of wires.
About Divorces.
New YORK. March i0.-Dr. Dix last
night delivered the fifth of course of
lectures on woman, which have awaken
ed much angry discussion. He inveighs
bitterly against the evils of the divorce
system, and especially in New England.
He said that divorces occurred there
ono to every fourteen marriages. A
practical result of this facility of d.
yorce il that in the New England States
alone 200 families are broken up every
year, four thousand persons being di-
vorosd. While the laws protecting mar
riage have been thus gradually weaken
ed and facilities for divorce extended,
crimes against chastity. morality and
decency have been steadily increasing.
In Massachusetts in the last ten years
divorces have increased two and one
half times, while marriages increased
hardly one fifth. Those known as be-
ing against chastity, morality and de-
ccncy-fiithy crimes, ioathsome, infa-
NOUS. nameless crimes, have increased
three fold. In Mainea divorce is grant
cd by any Justice of the Supreme Court
whenever in the exercise of sound dis
erection and he deems it reasonable and
proper, and conducive to domestic har-
mony and consistent with the peace aud
morality of society. When one mar
riage may 10 lightly set aside and an
other entered into, We shall have reach
ed ths condition Of the Mormon, with
this sole difference, that his polygauly
il Simultaneous and ours consecutive.
Apropos of DIR. Dix's lecture last
night tire following appeared in
the Tribune this morning, re
garding the Sprague marriage: ut
was said yesterday that the Ex-Governor
might lind il hard to pay alimeny to his
former wife, and help to support the
children. rs he may yet be compelled to
do, and at the same time support an
other family. He was not granted 4
divorce from Mrs. Sorague, and accord
ing 10 the general understanding of the
lay of divorce, he had no right to marry
again. but the recent decisions If the
Court Of Appeals in this and other
States, the laws of which are similar to
those of Rhode leland, have given a
legal status To such marriages as that Of
Sprague to Mrs Calvert"
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