ITEMS OF AMERICAN NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 159, 3 July 1873, Page 4

ITEMS OF AMERICAN NEWS.

7 7 7 ; Lite .fish were sent by Mail from Naples to London*; packed in seaweed. \y? iy A. good Bhare of the business of the 7 American Congress seems to be the ;7 exposute ; of its guilty members, .as - ; re-! 777 gards conduct unbecoming national legis-* ■~'y?? : \iiotß,?'?y-p : ' '■ '_." 7 '•'* . ' \ j y77 : ;Sii*i_h^Prajncipcp , fl.'Gity: Hall x has already 7,cpßty9dO,ooo dollars, and the foundation is 7not yet completed. It is a mile out3ide of 7 the business centre of the town, but the 7 ' place experts to grow. 7 The San Francisco Bulletin says : — 7 7 There are7more than ten million acres of 7 ;7 land suitable for farming purpose's' ini California, which may be bought fori 77 prieea^ranging from two-dollars to fifteen, T777dpllMs:ari;acre..7 7,7';...^' _ 7. Robert B. Cranston, a prominent Rhode; ; 7 ; lelatid politician,' who -died ait, Newport iPI. recently, left 75,000 dollars to those poor; 7 -Pfibple^ho are too honesV to steal and too; 77 .T^^^tp'^b^^aB Js £ worded in tiis will, in ! ¥is native city of Newport. 7 7 'y.About i Tdopracres-of timber are cleared 77^ -Gf„. '.thei 7 i-i? annual crop; £75i0()0,000 dollars /worth j P?. gpoH^^ to^Kel/ aind twice as much to fencing. 7j7. .T^ consume 7 -;>nS lessTttian tpO^Opd; cords or' 500 acres p?p;S?y^w?y 'y? } .y . v-."-''"'-'-. ■-..-! " ' '"'"■" 7 7-7yiv^aniel7Webster, in his last days, ;said p??^>i Prbfessor Silliman :— "The law is un7:ceHaii^ and pities' are utterly vain; but 7:77 there i is a nobleness of certainty in science 7 7;7t which, j commands my admiration*; and I -;7y would- cjwillihgly pass, the rest of my PPi-life Btudying s its7truthß." 7""Ex-Gr6vernor Seymour, of New York, ?P ;^esMent of * the \ American Dairyman's pp T; Association, has applied to Congress to 1 3;Xmake/che^BJe^anT;army. ration. The Masaa!??;)^Bp^yßoUghman says **— " He is right, /yT^-andtwe see no reason why cheese should 7 ynot-be largely consumed in* the army. It ,7 ia nutritious, easily transported, palatable, l^Ta.ndTheiUhful/' "??..." ; ■^7 ,7 i77"'--Ttt\.iirominent features, of the progress iX ''. -y* of Californian agriculture are the, extension of the area in grain, the construction ;^,;^pf:7ttip.; tule dykes and irrigation canals, and the rapid multiplication of sheep, 777 y 7 Oyer the -barl of an hotel near; Hartford, lyilCoun., which is located opposite a burial •77 Aground,, is vthe sign/ fuller of rneaning x?j?y Jtban was 7 intended : " Those interested 7 -'Mn 7find7 the key of the cemetery in" ?£ioffio^i.y 'P "" * 1?'". , ; ...,-'"/ P?P.ypyMceßsnß is being taken of the popula--7 -t;7 tiony of pSan Juan and 'the other islands glatsely^ ini dispute, A few months ago they ;T77cpntained /pnly 73@0 or 400, inhabitants; -.■;---■-' now T; the: residents are said to number 7 ,2000. ."'/ "7 The New Bedford 7 Mercury says that 7:77 r in that^city: are two girls, 12 and 14 years „••*■' of, a^e, sisters, who are miracles of , smart- - liiessY Their father died some years ago, and since that time to the present they ;*.7 ;: 7.liay,e7.takeb-,"'the' care of a horse, five 77 cpwß,7*nd a, .great flock of hets, have /!p done any amount of odd V chores," have :77/7'*a'tten_dedT4be';publie schools, and have taken high ranks in their leisure moments by taking lessons on the piano. 7 px^l^Sy^ai6p:-^Gli^e. says : — The total . value of tlie exclusive of cargoes, 7 belonging tb, Or bpund to or fk'om ports '\7--l|if^e-:|Biii'tald ! ..States' f reported totally lost 7 yi- .■■'■"an'd; missingy during the past month is 7 estimated at l,356;000dols. There were : 49 veßsels, %\ of which were wrecked^ and include *3 steamers, 10 ships, 16 y barqueai 5 brigs", and 15 schooners. Nine ; of the vessels, : including the ship Nor' West and barque Leonidas, hailed from /Boston. ;7 Until within, a few years we were ac--7 customed to ship more flour to Europe than wheat, the freight on the former 7 being relatively cheaper; But all this is -'now reversed, the proportion of frheat haying greatly increased; while flour has pp largely decreased. This is explained by 77 ;the retreat of wheat cultivation Westward, 77 while consumption has rapidly increased 7;*yiiithe7 Eastern States; the reduction in 7 the cost Pf handling by the elevator process has ftlso given wheat the advantage, 7 while the English buyer gives wheat the pP preference, for the reason that it furnishes P.. business foi, the English millers, and cph•tributestp;; the supply of feed stuffs. 7 It has for several years been held by tbia Courts New; York, that where a man and woman live .together as man and. .'y. wife, and publicly acknowledge such rey? lation, no marriage service, or ceremony, ;■ is necessary to legalise, the union and givi her a title to his estate. This view of ? « Tthe marriage/relation has lately been re-