The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-15
s0UfgERs NEWS IfEXs," e., !.

i Silver ore M has ! bespp discovered near
IN the Georgia penitentfary. there are
427 convictsA7G whites and 36T blacks.
| VIM. Probst;;-of Columbus, Ga, was
thrown from a mule and Killed on Sat
urday. q m
AZ searcey,, All, Boasts t atSo. yea sye,ar-old
fihog chat weighs s1neatly seven hundred
pounds 10 anoiaiyiU y19oredD DE
k,lThS Dickens &qssiperH, say that Ag-
mes, the heroine OF DaXido Cnpperfeld,
/ was the only woman that Dickens eyer
,lpyeta though AZ did q not Warry her,
/ Tn5heE and ponnelly are At Mont!
ig ! @ sah65 s. cca t9Fs4t dtt sSme eta time
III sffJ ,IodmayoH, :, pEE y9K ;,
Al achimaent 10 fRS XfIaahta IA fIair, Ii ID 40
t'Yambet, a. SD prfemihn Being offefsred
ssa t tAe frettttesA4f ts4ns9 baby ha tdsr % two YEARS
GbAAG 4 humber Ii pibr , ,Hppfaiss55be Hppfaiss55bers eanhhed in
the Petersburg Va. J Jail attempted to
burn their way pdit,' but only succeeded
II, burning theihSef Yes ii? ?9'% .yTt7f
|onA |.iA yoahg lady 81 Baton Rouge sent a
Bses f @ se se eaRes 9seasast ses,s,sd
next day TO seei IT. headedmSfy fnirti-
eth n 10 was ab6ut her bifth-day.io
'c The astron6mtcaf editor Of the Au-
gustai Chronicle and Sentinel af,nbun-i
'ees that the moon is now nearer to the
earth thar II has been fort%enty years,
or will beag1in m hundred years to
1mes Hence its unusual size. .raH
The Savannah Republican speaks of
| a Radical politician IN GborgiA whoIis
both O preacher and q lawyer, as "a
man whom the devil has deceived into
the Belief that he has deceived into the
belief that he has really something of
virtue Lett In bis nature a,n;- :.
General Robert F. Lee has refused,
on behalf Of Mrs. Lee, to accept the am
nufty of $3, 900 settled upon her by I b,
trustees of WASHINGTON College, The
Board, however, has, as delicately as
possible, fntimated to him that they
must adhere to their original plan. ic
% Thomas NJ Cook, Sri, who was one
the Oldest prienteEs 10 Georgia, and for
fifteen years postmaster at Milledge-
vile, died on the Odd oil. June, at Val
/ dosts.F u E. % u zoIsloK ,Ii'IiW n
} Mr.. Porter, one af thefproprietors Iof,
the Rockbridgs. Alum Springs, Virgil
MIA, died q few days, since from ihe ef-
fects Of Injuries received Id the upset
ting Of q stage about week previous.
The Board OF, Trustees Of the Wash
ington College Of Virginia, have elected
Hon. J.. Randolph Tucker o professor
In the law department Of the institu.
ton, and M. w Humphreys Adjunct
Professor Of Ancient Languages. p ~
'i9 On last Saturday the survivors OF
Company C, 18th Mississippi regiment, |
met In Goodman, Miss, In obedience
10 q call for the purpose Of initiating
measures to raise monument TO the
dead Of the regiment HiiiB tuI lp A
y fAhorse-thief named John Bacon was
overtAhen near Iathonia, Ga, q few
days ago, by q young pursuing party,
and, refusing to halt, was shot dead BY
o man named Mel Villains, from whose
father the horse had been stOlen.. biI
J. During the presence of q ,wind-stofm
at Graniteville, Ga, ON Tuesday, q log
house wAs .hloMn down, killing Q child
instantly and severely, n not fatally, !
woundipg the wifeof Mr.. David Smith, 4
formerly Of Aaghstau ngo 5n iadI all