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made an archaeological expedition in Guate- 

 mala, and on his return established himself in 

 London. Here he occupied himself with mak- 

 ing the lithographic drawings which were to 

 illustrate a work upon the ruins of Palanqu6 and 

 Chiapas. But believing, from his own obser- 

 vations, that the designs he had been employed 

 to put upon stone were incorrect, he deter- 

 mined to visit these ruins for himself, and, tak- 

 ing a position as mining engineer, left England 

 for the silver-mines of Italpuxahua. He re- 

 mained in this position only a short time, and 

 set out to visit the Toltec and Aztec ruins. En- 

 couraged at first by the Government, he passed 

 three industrious years in studying in detail 

 the ruins at Palanque, in making maps of the 

 region, and in collecting specimens of the flora 

 and fauna. Falling out with Santa Anna, he 

 lost the greater part of his drawings and his 

 note-books, and was obliged to give up his re- 

 searches, and returned to Europe after twelve 

 years' absence in the New World. After his 

 return he busied himself with archaeological 

 studies, and sold to the French Government 

 his drawings made in Palanqu6, the publica- 

 tion of which was begun in 1863, and for which 

 he himself, after his 100th year, made the litho- 

 graphs. He was made a member of the council 

 of the Society of American Archaeology, and in 

 1837 published " Voyage arch6ologique et 

 pittoresque dans le Yucatan." 



WALKER, AMASA, LL. D., died at North 

 Brookfield, Mass., October 29th. He was 

 born at Woodstock, Conn., May 4, 1799, and 

 was educated in the common school in North 

 Brookfield. Between the years 1825 and 1840 

 he was engaged in mercantile pursuits in Bos- 

 ton. Having for many years been an earnest 

 student of political economy, in 1842 he ac- 

 cepted a professorship of that science at Ober- 

 lin, where he continued for about seven years. 

 He then returned to Massachusetts, and en- 

 gaged in politics, leaving the Democratic party 

 and joining that of Free Soil. He was in 1848 

 elected member of the Massachusetts House 

 of Representatives, and in 1849 became State 

 Senator.- In 1851 he was chosen Secretary of 

 State by the coalition then formed in the Mas- 

 sachusetts Legislature. Among the early Abo- 

 litionists he was distinguished for his gener- 

 osity, acumen, sagacity, and common-sense. 

 Prof. Walker was a member of the Massachu- 

 setts Constitutional Convention in 1853, and 

 was elected to Congress in 1862. In 1861 he 

 became a lecturer on political economy at Am- 

 herst College. In 1843 he went to Europe as 

 a delegate of the first International Peace Con- 

 vention, and again in a like capacity in 1849. 

 He was the author "The Science of Wealth," 

 of which five editions have been published. 

 He was also a frequent contributor to the peri- 

 odical press on finance and other parts of po- 

 litical economy. He was a clear and forcible 

 advocate of free trade. 



WANZER SEWING-MACHINE. R. M. 

 Wanzer, of Hamilton, Canada, has won a 



place among the most deserving improvers 

 of the sewing-machine, and has also proved 

 himself one of the most energetic manufact- 

 urers and exporters of that invaluable in- 

 strument, creating depots and opening up 

 markets in Europe and the East, which oth- 

 er makers have scarcely been able to reach. 

 The results of Mr. Wanzer's inventive studies, 

 known in the trade under the names of the 

 "Wanzer" and the "Little Wanzer" sewing- 

 machines of various classes, are an improve- 

 ment on the Hunt-Howe (shuttle and lock- 

 stitch) model, with novel adaptations for the 

 prevention of the breakage of the needle or 

 thread, and of the failure or unevenness of the 

 stitches. The shuttle and needle are made to 

 complete their motions at the same instant. An 

 improved thread-holder feeds out the thread at 

 a firm and equal tension, releasing it at the in- 

 stant the needle pierces the fabric. As there 

 is no strain on the eye of the needle, it cannot 

 be deflected and broken, nor go to the wrong 

 side of the thread. The inventor claims for 

 his instrument that it is capable of a greater 

 range of work, and that it is more durable, of 

 simpler construction, and less likely to break, 

 than any other. A principal distinction of the 

 Wanzer machines is their comparative cheap- 

 ness. Various prize -medals and honorary ti- 

 tles, awarded to Mr. Wanzer in different coun- 

 tries, attest the real merits of his manufacture. 

 The extensive factory of Wanzer & Co., in 

 Hamilton, Province of Ontario, Canada, is ca- 

 pable of producing as many as fifteen hundred 

 machines a week, and this enterprising house 

 is not only competing with the other manufact- 

 urers in the older markets, but is trying to 

 introduce its product into the countries of 

 Eastern Europe and Asia, in which sewing- 

 machines are as yet a rarity. 



WASHINGTON TERRITORY. The popu- 

 lation in 1853 was 3,965; in 1860, 11,594; in 

 1870, 23,855, including 207 colored persons, 

 234 Chinese, and 1,319 non-tribal Indians; in 

 1875, estimated by the Governor at 36,000. 

 There are seven Indian agencies in the Terri- 

 tory for the supervision of the tribal Indians, 

 viz., the Colville in the northwest, Yakima in 

 the south, Neah Bay and Quinaielt on the 

 coast, and Nisqually, Skokomish, and Tulalip 

 on Puget Sound. The size of reservations and 

 number of Indians belonging to each agency, 

 according to the report of the United States 

 Commissioner of Indian Affairs for 1875, are 

 as follows : 



