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had regarded rails as contraband of war ; 

 but, upon the certificate from the Roumanian 

 Government that the rails were destined for 

 the Roumanian railways, the Government 

 of Hungary gave orders to have them re- 

 leased. Measures had been taken by the 

 Government for the purpose of settling the 

 question whether rails were contraband of war 

 or not. The new tariff was submitted to the 

 Reichsrath on November 10th. Its most im- 

 portant features are : 1. That goods coming 

 from states which treat Austro-Hungarian 

 ships or goods less favorably than those of 

 other countries, are subjected to an additional 

 duty of 10. per cent. 2. That a system of 

 stricter control is introduced with regard to 

 the free import of goods for finishing purposes. 

 3. That the duties are to be henceforth paid in 

 gold, instead of silver. The general principles 

 of the tariff itself are the following : 1. Better 

 protection of all textile goods, especially wool- 

 en and silk. 2. A counter tendency to com- 

 pensate for this rise in the duty on finer goods 

 by a lowering of that on cheaper materials. 



3. The introduction of new or higher duties on 

 articles of consumption. 



The Diet of Galicia was opened on August 

 8th. The Landmarschall Count Wodzizki, in 

 opening it, spoke of the relation of Galicia to 

 the Empire, and expressed the hope that the 

 Diet would be able to keep aloof from influ- 

 ences which would make it subservient to 

 foreign interests. In referring to the troubles 

 in the East, he said it was not the province of 

 the Diet to express an opinion on the subject. 

 Whatever course the events might take, the 

 province would hold faithfully to its monarch. 

 A committee was then appointed to draft an 

 address to the Crown. Considerable excite- 

 ment prevailed throughout the province in 

 consequence of the war ; and, in spite of the 

 speech of Count Wodzizki, the Poles were ac- 

 tively working for a reunited Poland, and were 

 therefore bitterly opposed to a Russian alliance. 

 These views they sought to embody in the ad- 

 dress to the Crown ; but the discussion on the 

 address was cut short by the closing of the 

 Diet, on August 30th, by the Government. 



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BAILEY, THEODORTTS, rear-admiral of the 

 United States Navy, died in Washington, Feb- 

 ruary 10, 1877. He was born in Plattsburgh, 

 N. Y., in 1803. He entered the Navy as mid- 

 shipman in 1818, and was made lieutenant in 

 1827. In 1840 he sailed in the frigate Constel- 

 lation on a voyage around the world, which 

 lasted about three years and a half. In 1846 

 he was ordered to the Lexington, the store- 

 ship for the Pacific squadron during the Mexi- 

 ican War. After the close of the war he was 

 commissioned as commander, and in 1856 was 

 assigned to the command of the St. Mary's, in 

 the Pacific squadron. He was made captain 

 in 1855. On the breaking out of the Civil War 

 he was put in command of the frigate Colora- 

 do, of the Western Gulf blockading squadron. 

 He cooperated with General Harvey Brown 

 in the operations at Pensacola, and afterward 

 joined Farragut's squadron at New Orleans, 

 becoming second in command to Farragut, and 

 leading the attack on the forts. After the 

 capture of New Orleans Captain Bailey was 

 made a commodore, and was assigned to the 

 command of the Eastern Gulf blockading squad- 

 ron. After the war he became commandant of 

 the Portsmouth navy-yard. In 1866 he was 

 made rear-admiral, and soon after retired from 

 active service. 



BAPTISTS. I. REGULAR BAPTISTS IN THB 

 UXITED STATES. In 1876 there were in the Uni- 

 ted States 1,005 associations, 22,924 churches 

 13,779 ordained ministers, and 1,932,385 mem- 

 bers, showing an increase over 1875 of 180 

 associations, 1,669 churches, 662 ordained min- 

 isters and 117,085 members. The following is a 

 summary of the statistics of the Regular Baptist 

 churches in the United States, as they are given 

 in the American Baptist Ytar-JBook for 1877 : 



