World News: Flood in Virginia, Vatican Plans, German War Fund
GERMANY has a war reserve fund of $292,000,000. A TELEGRAM from Rome says it is thought that Christmas is the time fixed for the pope to issue apostolic letters re-establishing the Roman hierarchy of Scotland. VIRGINIA is suffering from a big flood. The James, Shenandoah, and Potomac rivers are all very high, and more rain is threatened. Bridges are gone in every direction, and the damage to all kinds of property is immense. The James river and Kanawha canal are badly damaged. Richmond and vicinity expect to be damaged $1,000,000 or $2,000,000. Private property at Lynchburg has been damaged $50,000. Chambersburg, Pa., has suffered $30,000 damage. THE whole world has heard of the thieving of New York under William Tweed. The entire amount of money diverted from the treasury of New York from Jan. 1, 1868, to July 1, 1871, a period of three and a half years, is estimated at $50,000,000. This was bleeding at the rate of $20,000,000 per year. It was doubtless thought best by these monsters to bleed freely while the veins were open. The city has expended nearly a half million dollars in lawyers' fees, &c., to recover about enough to pay the expenses of the efforts thus far made.