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''1f the deaths from diseases b added, he
SUN total vii present fhe entire loss. Tho
returns Of the deld md general hospitals arc
known fog 1s61-e2. and il it b fir to aesums
that the totA mortality Of 1853 AMI 1854 waa
fully equal to that Of 1867, then the total Of
deaths IN he Confederate amy in 1s6l IS WA
It 1eastl6o, 900, exclusive Of The deaths in The
Northern prisons, which would swell tho num-
bcT to near 185. 900; and II the deaths a,non9
tho discharged for wounds and disease, md
among the sick and wounded on fulouSh. bo
Addca, the grand total Of deaths in the Con-
fede11te army, during the entze raz, did not
fall fAr ehort Of 2o0, ,0os, According to this
calculation, the deaths from disease wera
about three tines rs numerous As those se.
eultine from the casualties Of battle.
Tho aTa1ahle Confederate force capable Of
active eeryice, did not, during the entrs VII,
exceed 10000 men. OF this humber. not
more than 400, coo were enrolled 1t any one
TINE; md the Confederate States nerer hid
in the field moro than zoo coo men capsble Of
bearing Ems At Al! one tina, exclusive Of
sick, wounded, md disahled~
The only other business transacted 1t this
meeting was the introduction br Genera Iil-
low Of an amendment to tie constitution. r.
ported rs follows:
Any Confederate soldier may be eliSible
to membership in the association when his
record rs soldier is blane1sss Provided.
that where tho applicant left the setvi,e Be-
fore the end Of The va1 be ahau tave bean
hcnorahay discharged, and aYta1 learing his
conduct must hAva been ench - to leave no
doubt Of his continued devotion 10 Tho Con-
fedesste cause until the end Of the was.
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a Gonfedernfc MertanR-StntiAtlcs of
she Confederate Army.

Historical Society wa held 1t Msuphis on the
soth ult-, Governor Harms in TIE chair, b.
Arent read communication On the Coufed-
efate aEmy, which contained the following Sta
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II neAE Sls, ,uOQ, w. which ! should think
ehort OF the true amount. In This list, hard
with u ,5oo, 600: firearms pass q, ,O00, ,o06, md
PAPER q, ,oto, ,00o- About AID below ii, 000, 600,
sre these manufactures: Book binding and
hlank book, carpets. Connecsicut tobacco
cig.Is, clothing tssoo.ot0, doar, gunpowdez
lss1 e o6o1, 1oo, edss took. hosiery (neasly
engines. sadlle.y md ha1ness, silver-rlated
1ud britannia ware, sewing silk, voolien goods.
Here are soHe special things Of which I have
personal ccEri2auee: Woven wire u.ttres se..
a Large md dereloping business, indeed, !
monopoly @andges, packing boxes, bat
tons; chid5ens eat1iaSes, clocks tsssoo, ,Uoo,.
coach l.ee, Eeady-n.sdo cofans, books and
eyes {al0o, ,oool, wi1low-ware- Colt GRATED
this las.er trsde, By planting willows on ths
great dykes he rzieed to redeem his ueadoNs.
and then importing haaket-naken from,
Alaace.
Of Connecticut had the value Of ee0o, 400, 0.
the sound fisheries nearly Il coz, ,0o02 There
ia more timber IN the State now than therc
was fifty yeAEa ago
Ten sNl1u=l corporations exist in Counecti-
cut, costing within the State limits 81 0oO, 010,
md Hartford il tho great tailroad centre Of
the StAte.
There are fourteen daily pspers IN connec-
hcut, Antin III forty-fve secular papers, and
Hartford il also the great depot Tor these
Connecticut has Il ask in insurance. shout
$500, ,000, ,oO0-
Tbs agricultural products Of the thichly
settled districts Of Hartford are - remark
Ahlo ~ any other Of its statistics In it's irn-
1nedia.e county the farms Are worth more thAn
e2o. COO C>0, and e oo0, 900 is the annual yield
OF butter md cheese round about
AL the villages around Hartford, Ike
Weathezrae!d, whoee garden seeds are hoxn
over the Cn!nn,-1Todnce. in 3 versatile
waE, odd thinsa- ~ clothes pegs,
whatever it can enter is.o the heart Of n1an to
conceive
al its lArge energies to furnishing railroad
carr with hat-ssc1s, yentlato1s, seat-sp1inga,
wtrdo~-hoistcts, cord-rings, and wh1teSef
else car nxke up Mst-ciass vehicle. This
61m takes ont no patents for anything, be-
cause one Of its nctnben is = professional in
ventor, and when anything Of his conception Is
inf1inged upon ha inyenA something better.
This Is the opan*-3sa.d Of the sp1zt OF free
trade
10K A6QkAHCx
Lite md hre insurance hss been one Of Tie
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" Ihe Expose Of Ao1mons aud Mormonitm ;
lacmans = Dictionary OF Congress, !" the lat
ter financial failure.
Wostlnnstou, DustAn i Co, This firm has
been started but few weekB. They have
bought out book entitled Men and Mys.
teties Of Wall Street" which Is meeting WITH
fair sale
O. .. Case 4 Co. Gtee1rv's Histuy OF ths
Mar, N two Volumes. 125,0o0 seta sold
tn cham neE5in.s Law Dook, meeting rapid sale
tributaries Of the Nile Year Book fos 1859,
ta woful fAii1e) and A Book on Chemistry
for sehoola."
Caee, lockwood 4 Bzaina.d, s.Home Won.
ders," Cottage Bible" in tso different ed,
ticrs. These hhles have hsd An enoruou.
/ satc-
J. rat.en Fitch "Ihe Glory Of Immortal
coluntiAn Pub6.hins Company, Kane's.
beare,s I lie md Ersstles OF ST. Pan1r
cheaper edition than sGanton's; q Rivers Of
the West" /" by Arn. uller-
Estts C. = @ Rqhish sa;.. phl2ssphE e.
World Compared With he Old By G. 4
Townsend steady sale Of 5000 copies q
month; "Loet Abroad" nalr1hve Of Eu-
wreAn travel, ororsted With story BY the
sa1e author, md now n preas-
Popular books impending ase Coughs An
NDhS%tAAfAy A3A +AA3 A&k43NA AAA4H Va AAA0A-
deus Stevens"
have seen it printed IN trade cirral1rs that
these subscription books contln little printing
nattet, but one Of the publishers at Hartford
cnrreets this error.
To ahow how much more = subscription book
cnntAins than trade book See this coupaIi-
Ron:
l. Trade Bookz-.sBatsle Among the Books, =
20 words On ! page. 2s5 pages, Il SO words-
PFice, s1.50- No engraving: cloth - Conja-
gal Sins. 24o pages, 176 words on page no
engravings- Price, s1-5o; cloth sQueens
of American Society, AGO pages, III wonis to
tho page; Is steel enGravings- Prise LOO !;
cloth " Hedged In, "'2e5 pages, rs words on
= page; no ensrasings; cloth rr:e, ak:
John Stuart a1I wofk On ''1oman Suffrage
Price, sl.t0 and Dr.. BushneIis work on the
sarae subject, same priee, will further Illus
tzate the ides Of the high psice Of trade worka-
= Subscription Books" Mark Twaina In
nocents Abroad and " "RiehaTdsons A'aaas-
fipIi." The former has 13i Illustrations, 65l
rafe4. Price $50. Give mo1e Illustrations
md 1nstter than sar book issued Paris by
Gsslisht and Sunlight" which has $50 wood
cuts and 500 closely printed pages, aud sells
for s3-sn "sunsAine md Shsdo~" has
sselrc Illustrations, 718 pages, go words to
psso- P1ico ss. Tbs Great Metropolis has
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-12
Playing Cards for . Wife.

About eight month since a man liv-
ing in the northern part OF TINS city
went out into the eastern part OF the
State to seek his fortune in the new
mines of that section, leaving hrs wiie
and one child here in town. some
seven months ago gallant disciple OF
St. Crispin persuaded the White Pine
widow to take up her abode with him
i'm n house which he furnished for her.
The new pair lived together for about
seven months, when a few days since
the genuine husband returned. VI
course there was trouble in the camp,
but after some quarralling the two men
agreed to play a game of seven-up 1or
the woman. The game came OIL last
Saturday night, and the husband won
his wife back by just "two points" "
The man claimed his wife, and the man
of leather could not say but that he
had fairly won her. The woman pre-
terred the shoemaker, but the husband
and winner was determined to have
his own. He packed up what furni-
ture they possessed, and last Sunday
evening" with all his household goods
and left i'm fast freight wagon for Cali
fornia. When the wagon started from
North C. street there was quite ascenc.
"A crowd of nearly one hundred per,
sons had collected to see the husband
carry away his stake" and there was
much merriment over the rOmantlc al
fair. The woman cried and wanted t6
STAY with the shoemaker, and tho
shoemaker cried at parting with the
treasurer he had lost by not holding
enough I" trumps." He asked some o
the crowd if they thought he would bt
arrested if he attempted to take TIM
woman ont of the wagon. They t0lt
| him he had lost her ION the square,
and he must bear it like a man, SO tn
wagon moved on, and soon the fai
one was "gOne fcOm his gaze."-v VI
! nilain lNCr00dl Enterprise.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-12
How TO Dress Infants.

Little children need to bc dressed dif-
fcrently from what is customary. The
long clothes that are made and put Oh
to their bodies should not be worn. The
bands around the abdomen are not at all
necdful. There is no danger of protru-
sion of the bowels nor hernia; nature
takes care of that without any difficulty
if in other respects the child IS properly
cared for. The old band practice is nee
essary where the long skirts are worn,
because the little child soon after its birth
begins to use its legs. With skirts that
come down over its feet IRON eighteen
inches to two feet, there is such a me
chanicaI leverage that it is difficult for
the child to fiex his legs upon the body
at the hips; and the moment one under
takes to lift a leg with something heavy
on the feet to lift, strain comes upon the
abdominal muscles. Ii illustration is
needed, let a person pus pair OF heavy
clogs on his feet and then attemt to walk I;
hc will find himself strained i'm the abdO-
men. He is then on good scale cores
pondinc to the child's attempt to lift his
iegs i'm long clothes. One thus clad
makes efforts to get bis feet up, and so
bands are put arOuhu 10 Keep MIN iroi,i
receiving injury ut OF about the navel.
But if the clothes are cut so that the
chiId's feet. can be easily moved, no ne
cessity whatever for bantlages exists.
Another point with reference to the
dress of the babe is, that it should have
its lower limbs warmly clad. This Is
perhaps the reason why long clothes are
so much in vogue, it being supposed
that. coming over the feet as they do,
they, keep out the air. But this is not
at an ncccssary; the feet and limbs can
be kept warm without at all hinderlnS 3
the case of the child's motions. Dress
the child loosely, On no account pnt
can on its head. What was the fashion
when was boy, is coming back again,
OF putting caps on babies heads. Never
do that if you want your child to re
healthy,-Ldl-s 81 Life.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-12
Martha Kingsley.

"Jane Blair, was that you laughing?"
asked Mrs. Seymour of a pale little girl
between eight and nine years of age.
at was, nla'am.r
"COme up to my desk then" Trcm-
blingly the little charity scholar ap-
preached the teacher.
"This makes the second time you
have laughed ont to-day, aud rs have
expressly forbidden any such conduct. 1t
remains for mo to do rs said should,
punish you."
The fair-haired child held out her
hand. The ferrule was about descending
upon the small, white palm.
"Hold. Mrs. SEYMOUR exclaimed
Martha Kingsley. Her black eyes flash
cd, and her whole frame sh,Ok like leaf
Little Jenny was not to blame, for
made her laugh. made face, know,
for l pinched my fingers twice i'm my
slate, and papa says when turn up my
nose, and throw down my eyes, it Is
enough to make minister laugh; and
don't wonder little Jenny did what
minister might do; and if any one Is to
get whipping, am the one who de-
serves it, and if you will please whip me
instead, l will promise never to make
any more faces when l hurt myself, if [
can help it."
Tears stood in the eyes of the proud
girl, who, though, but eleven years Of
age, quailed not before the yellow fer
rule that was still raised. Every eve
was OH Martha, and the teacher, Mrs.
Seymour, looked ut both children rs they
stood before her. The ruler dropped.
"No, MARTHA" exclaimed Mrs. Sey-
mour; "yOu have acted nObly in saving
little Jane. Here Is book | designed
to give, OH Friday afternoon, to the best
behaved scholar, and now present it
to you, both for your trathfulncss and
nobility, and l hope this little transac-
tion this afternoon will be lesson to
every pupil present. Be always trath-
full, and never suffer another To receive
chastiscmcnt for that of which y0el may
yourselves be guilty."-Uestetn 1bnr.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-12
How the Prince or Wales Looks Now
a-Days.

In q large box on the grand tier sits
broad-shOuldered, full-ficed man, his
head supported OH his hand, and fast
asleep. He bears q striking resemb-
lance to the Holbein portrait of Henry
VIII when youth, which hangs In
the gallery at Hampton Court; he is
apparently about forty years old, and
his head sinks further forward, you can
see that premature badness has al
ready thinned his hair. It is the Prince
Of Wales, twenty-eight years of age,
and the husband of the fragile-looking,
pensive beauty with the sad, soft eyes,
and swnn-like throat, who sits beside
him. Very fair to look upon is the
Princes of Wales, and no portait of her
that have ever seen, whether photo
graph or painting, can give any idea of
the peculiar lOvliness of her counte-
nance, particularly when it is illumin-
ated with one of her rare but charm
ing smiles. The fair-haired, sinister
looking lady on the other side of the
Prince is that titled dame of whom II
issaid that she vowed to make Alexan-
dra Of Denmark rue the day OH which
she became the wife of the future King
Of England. The bridal coronet of the
Princes Of Wales has proved almost in
variably thorny circlet, from the
days Of Joanna of Kent to those of
Caroline of Brunswick and fear that
its present fair, gentle wearer has not
escaped the heritage of woe bequeathed
TO her by her predecessors. 1t is to be
hoped, however, that better days are
in store for her. 1 am told that the
Prince is kind-hearted and generous,
always ready to aid with his purse or
his presence any charitable undertake
ing; and surely il there be any trust
to be placed in the purifying and eleva-
ting influence of true and noble wo-
manhood, the son of Victoria, the hus-
band of Alexandra, may yet retrieve
the errors of his youth by the virtus
of a worthy nanhOod.-Lippincofts
M(Sydzinc.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-12
2aetry.I 200 u
A SUMMER DAY.

Sunshine over the meadow lands,
Kissing the crimson clover,
And sunshine haunting the lily cups
Thai the yellow bees hing over lft
And sunshine over the hazy hills, 'tAfAft'
And over the dimpling river,
And / wished that the sun and summer day
Might shine and last forever. t3.
We walked down by The meadow path,
The broad highway forSaking,
For the quiet of that lovely spot
Seemed better for our love-making;
And was silent and she was Shy,
AS we walked down thToughtthe clover,
But We thought it the sweetest summer day
Tllatevcr the sun shone over.
We heard the birds in the waving grass,
As they twittercd to each other
About the nests they had hidden away,
And the coo OF each glad blrd-motheS;
And we thought, as we walked that summer
day
Through the clover blooms togetb er,
That mt last The world was i'm perfect tune,
In the glad, bright summer weather.
L caunet ten what I said to her ~ ;ttt4t
As we walked knee-deep i'm clover;
But know that the robins meTrity sang
Their sweetest of sweet songs over,
And down I'm my heart loves own bird sang
A song that was gladdcr, swectcr,
And its echo Joined with the worlds sweet
hymn,
And made the day complc.er.
And when we came up the meadow path,
Our hearts sang over and over:
80 sweet, glad day for blossom and bind,
And for every blithe young lover /"
And yet know not the words she saM,
Or whether she spoke at all;
But of oil sweet days, that SulnmeE day
count rs the best of all. ~
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-12
Equine Sagacity.

There Is horse ut the Government
corral at this place noted for lOOsening
the knot of the halter-strap with which
he is tied, It Is useless to tie him with
any ordinary knot. He will work the
strap loose with his teeth, and go about
the corral just when he chooses. There
Is well I'm the yard from which sll the
Government stock are watered.
Day before yesterday the pump--a
force-pump. worked by brakes-got out
of order, and no water could be obtained.
The animals were taken to the creek
close by for water. The horse refused
to drink. was taken to his stall and tied
as usual. In few minutes Inc deliber-
ately united his halter, walked over to
the pump, and finding no water in the
trough where he was accustomed to
drink, Mt once slezed the brake with hts
teeth and worked it up and down sever
III times, then put his nose TO the spout,
evidently expecting water 10 come.
Again and again for nearly five minutes.
did he sieze the brake and work it and
then put his nose to the spout.
Finding his efforts useless, he walked
of, evidently disappointed. Several OF
the hands ut the corral and others wit
messed the above, and can testify to lis
correctncss.-Aastin, TeraS, Repubiicdn.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-12
Got an Answer.

a correspondent of Boston paper
tells the following story Of camp Lie
"a whining, pcevish man, who was
always trying to get ON the sick list,
although apparently as healthy as any
man in the amy, went to the chaplain
one day, in his doleful style, and re-
orested that letter be written to his
wife. telling her of his condition,
"Tell her, chaplain" said the soldier
that I am TOO sick to write myself, and
harsgot you to do it for me. Tel
,at l should die to-day, Pm sure
~ for the desire have TO wait and
scd her once moro before dic." The
chaplain wrote as directed, and afteI
q few days he called the wouid-be sich
soldier to his tent and handed hin
This answer to his mournful letter
9Dcar sir-Tell John not to wait fol
me. as | have already set up house
Leeping with another man."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-12
Snowman Elsquchce.

The following is the latest piece of
Snowman elOquence:
"Gentlemen, this is the celebrated
boa constructor the finest, largest,
strongest and prettiest animal Of its
species I'm this country. He wascaught
I'm South Africa, as he lay torpid after
swallowing two oxen and a drove OF
sheep, in wire net, his capture Afford
ing beautiful illustration of success
ul wire pulling. 1t was supposed that
the sand where he was torpid was hot
enough to boil eggs, and that his skin
was mt least "well done "-this Is
proved by its highly finished appear
ance. His color is supposed to COM
bine all the hues of all snakes that
that ever hissed or bit, from the "old
serpent" to the Conger eel. His size
is variable, as, like most other objects
in nature, he expands with heat and
contracts with cold. For every rise
of five degrees in the Thermometer he
gets q foot i'm longitude. In hi kative
sands he is 150 feet long. Tf1e&arm
season of our our own country stretch
es him % feet. Last January, when
the thermometer fell to Is degrees, he
shrunk into such trifling dimensions
as to be invisible through q micro
scope. His psesent length you can see
for yourselves. His temperance prin-
ciples are of the Goughest kind. He
is a dozen cold water societies rolled
into one. His drink at his present di
mensions is three gallons Of cold wa
ter per week, and his food three more
gallons. He has great natural talents
for politics, which he shows by chang
ing his coat four times year. Price
of admission, 25 cents.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-12

The medical profession Virginia
are agitating the formatiolt ap1pa state
Medical Society.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-12
Asaths' Sspsrtmsnt.
rIiE SILLY rsUHG nAssrr.

There was young rabbit
Who had q bad habit
Sometimes he would 40 Wnas MS motn13
forbid,
And one frosty day,
His mother did say,
:" My child, you must stay In the DurroW
close bid;
For I hear the dread sounds
or huntsmen and hounds,
Who ore searching around for rabits Ike
Should they see but your head,
They would soon shoot you dead,
And the dogs would be of with you quicke
than boO!"
But, poor, foolish being,
When no one was seeing,
Looking out from his barrow TO take SNORT
play,
He hopped DER the ground
With many bound,
And looked around proudly, rs III ne "ouio
say,
Now catch me who can!
50 this young rabbit ran to fine apple tree,
Where, knowing the bark,
He thought rot to bark
The coming of hunters, so careless was he;
Now, as rabbits are good,
When roasted or stewed,
a man came along, hunting rabbits for din
ner,
He saw little Bun,
Then raised his big gun
And there he lay dead, the foolish young
sinner.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-12

MARRYING A WIDOW" If ever you
think of marrying widow my som
said an anxious parent TO his heir,
g select one whose first husband was
hung that's the only way to preycnl
her throwing his memory IN your lace :,
and making annoying comparisons.
eEvcn that won't prevent cxclaim-
cd a crusty old bachelor; shell then
praise him, and say hanging roald DC
too rood for htR.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-12

Last Saturday night Thos. j. Sloane
and son were killed by Reeves and son
about twenty miles from Mermentau,
about thirty miles west of Abbeville,
La. The trouble arose from difficulty
in regard TO cattle.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-12

A Sunday or two ago, as Philadel-
phia lady was proceeding to church,
she encountered n half-starved dog.
Her feelings of pity were nj once arotis-
ed, and she took the animal home anu
fed him high. She was Just eongratti-
lating herself on her humanity. when
the dog bit her husband so that he cam
not recover, and had to be killed bya
policeman to prevent him from tearing
the lady into strips. II isn't likely that
she will meddle with any more dogs,
unless she marries again.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-12
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

New Orleans has smallpox but no
yellow fever.
Jefferson Davis is in Chattanooga in
good health.
Memphis has Emusic OH t'ae square, "
and it is popular.
Norfolk, Va, has new sweet pota-
toes at q quarter a quart. 81
Three men broke jail i'm Kansas City,
Missouri, on Saturday.
Tho, New Orleans irenlen met with
q roeSng 1eoeptIop at homo. I. = & = ~
Que ndlesiand tventysaght deaths
ID New Orleans ~ week = : r. s :, s, 5
eAlquiet on tlle POtoInac since the
recent traecdies. -
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-12

The Greensboro Ala. Be"co" says
-hai The nMobilc Charitable Associa-
tion'' refuse to pay a prize drawn IA
their lottery short time ago, ~ Inp-
tain w. II. Trice, of that VicililS. Inc
prize was SlS,o00, and the amount l,1lu
Tor it $500. The agent has palu Mr..
Trice $500, and informed him tilat was
all he had.
"I say John, where did you get mat
rouge's hat? ~
HPlease your HONOR said John, " It's
an old one of yours that the missus give
meyesterday, when you went to town.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-12

A difficulty occnrrcd in the Rich
rond, Va, penitentiary Sunday after
,inon between two white convicts
naned Frank Holloway and james
"nriev which resulted in the serious
etabbins % of Holloway by CurIey. The
,,-o,,nJ inflicted was In the abdomen,
and is supposed to bemoitai'
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-12

A negro policeman named Martin at
tempted to arrest some United States
soldiers who were disorderly, in Charles
ton, s. C., the other day, when w. A.
johnson, a sergeant of company A,
Fifteenth Infantry, sllQtand killed him.
Johnson and five Others were arrested.