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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-28

The wife of man named Even
Thomas was shot and killed in her
garden at Chattanooga, Friday night,
BY q potato thief.
The Davis mansion in Richmond
will be sold to the highest bidder at
public auction on the 18th instant for
municipal purposes. r5lr ~.
l. DIR. Payne, of Newberry, S. e., was
accidently shot few days since by
the discharge of his own gun, from
the effect Of which he died in about
four hours -Ft ..IsG -
| Governor W Use, i'm testifying before
the oyster committee of the Virginia
House of Representatives, said,
amongst other things, that the spawn
of acsingfe female oyster was capable
of producing from one to three mil
lions of oysters. $50 ..r.-
James bradbury, wealthy aud
! highly respected citizen of Fayette
county, Ga.,' was killed last week by
one Daniel Spikes, also awhile man.
He was shot with rifle charged with
seven buckshot. @l
| A Jury in the Supreme Court at
Americus, Ga, on Wednesday last,
rendered verdict Of $1,000 in favor
of A. B Greene VS.. the Southern Ex-
press Company, for false imprison-
ment. A motion for q new trial was
heard before Judge Harrell.
IL is presumed that the present pop
| ulation of Virginia will be between
twelve and thirteen hundred thou
sand. This is about the same as was
| shown by the census of iS6O. Pitts
ylvania is the most populous county,
and shows population of 3d. coo. rr
The Staurton river was more swol-
len than the Dan in the recent Vir-
ginia freshet. Its waters poured over
| the banks and inundated the low
grounds along its borders, destroying
or damaging the corn i'm i.lany fields.
The losses to the farmers are very con-
/ siderable. .1if ~ IL. rl-r .ar--
A white woman with a nursing
child was brought to Richmond from
Henry county, Virginia, last Saturday,
and lodged in the penitentiary, having
been convicted of murder in the Sc
cond degree. She is tie only white
woman now in the penitentiary, and
the first received there for many years.
/, The Synod OF Virginia is TO meet i'm
Fredericksburg on Tuesday, the LIST
day of November, at u. o'clock, p. m.
"A large attendance of ministers and
elders is expected. The proverbial
hospitality of that spirited towni is ac-
lively at work providing for ilic ac-
comnodation of the expected visitors.
1t is believed the. body of the lady
found in the river, near Richmond,
on Friday last, was that of Mrs. Ran
som, who was drowned near lynch
burg during the recent food. Mr..
Ransom has left for Richmond 10 as
certain whether the remains be those
of his late wife or not. ..fr., on
The Jacksonville (Fla) Union dis
eusses at length plan to reclaim
much Of the rich cotton land along
the St johns, now useless from be-
ing below the level of the ri, CT and
subject TO overfOws. A system of
dykes and levees are suggested similar
to those on the Mississippi.
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Wi.lic's Headache.

Willie had just begun to gotO school
which reason / fea- he can never be.
come President Of the United States. =
1t was rather unfortunate, perhaps
that his first experience of school aud
snow fell together. Temptation CAME
to him inthe shape of a sled with iron
runners, and he fell an easy victim Ia
it. SO it was. that about school-time
he became subject to an accession oI
headache, which made confinement inn.
possible, but did not at all interfere with
his going out to slide after an hour Oh
two at home.
One glorious morning, I'm particular,
he came to his mother with q " draffup'
headache-schoOl was not to be thought
of under such circumstances.
"Very well, Willie,u said she, il
you have bad headache you may stay
at home; but remember you must not
come afterwards aud ask to go and
slide" LOB -E-3liu -iI ,".i t'if
Not an hour afterward up came Viii
1ie-his drefful' headache all gone
with his usual petition.
~ "No, Willie; you know 1 told you
if you staid at home L should not let
you go out with your sled, and you
wouldn't have me tell a lie, would
your me'.t" .-'itf f1-.s
I Willie turned away thoughtfully, but
a moment after his face frightened up
as he saw path out of the dilemma,
and he sidled up to his mamma with a
confidential whisper: gif-.ag ru p
i don't want you to tell lie, moth
er; but couldn't you just fr ii. you
know, as you do when you put me 10
bed and say you are not going out, and
then go ?"-IN6rth- Western Christian
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BUT ONE PAIR OF srocr

: r.e...Ht
An old wife sat by her bright nrezl<ls,
Swaying thoughtfulIy 20 and ~,
In an ancient chair whose ereaEy1eow
Told q tale OF Long Ago; % sc 81
While down by her side, on the kitchsu door
Stood a basket OF worsted balls-a score.
The good man dozed DER the latest news,
TIL the light ofthe pipe went out;
And unheeded the Kittens whose cunning
Rolled and tangled the balls about;
Yet still sat the wife in the ancient chair,
Swaying to and fro in the hreside glare.
But anon misty tear-drop came
In the eyes Of faded blue, e,sv-sasuNEz
Then trickied down in burrows deep,
Like single drop of dew;
SO deep was the channel, SO silent the stream
The good man saw naught but the dim eye
~ oeam. s')f- ts sfLAEH{
Yet maryeled he much that the cheerful
OF her weary eyes had grown, en-,
And maryeled he more at the tangled ball
so ne said, IN gentle tone,
have shared thy joys since my marriage
vow,
Conceal not from me thy sorrow now"
Then she spoke of the time when the basket
there
Was filled to the very brim.
And now there remained of the goodly pile
But single pair-for him. -
Inen wonder not at the diurned eyelight,
night.
cannot but think of the busy feet,
Whose wrappings were wont to lay
In the basket, awaiting the. needle feet,
Now wandered so fan away:
How the sprightly steps to a mother dear,
Uuheed fall ON the careless ear.
For each empty nook In the basket old,
BY the hearth there Is an empty neat:
And miss the shadow from the wall,
And the patter Of many feet;
lis for this that tear gathered over my
sight, nan
At the one pair of stockings to mend to- night.
Twas said that through the forest wild,
And DER the mountains bold,
Wasa lai,d whose rivers and darkenilg caves
There my first-born turned from the open
And knew the shadows were only four
Another went forth on the foaming waves.
And diminished the baskets store:
But his feet grew cold, so weary and cold,
They'll never be warm any more;
And this nook in its emptiness seemeth to
% me .r' .wT'
To give me no voice but the moan of the sea.
Two Others have gone toward the setting sun
And made their homes In its light,
And fairy fingers have taken their share
To mend by the fireside bright:
Some other basket their garments M.
But mine! oh. mine Is emptier still!
Another-the dearest--the fairest, the best,
Was taken by the angels away,
And laid in a garment that waxeth not old,
In land OF continual day.
on wonderno more al the dirnned eyelighL
While mend the one pair of stocking TO-
night.
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3fli9ions.
The Dying Soldier,

Put me down." said a wounded
PIrssian at Sedan to his comrade:
who were carrying him, "put me
down, do not take the trouble to car.
ry me any farther, l am dying.
They put him down and returned
TO the field. A few minutes after al
officer saw the man weltering i'm his
blood, and said to him "can / do any
thing for your" said the kind hearted
officer.
mo, thank you; am dying" ~
is there nothing can do for you
Shall write 10 your fricnds?"
have no friends that you can
write to. But there is one thing for
which l would be much obliged. In
my knapsack you will find a testa-
incut; will you open it at the four
teeDth chapter of john, and near the
end of the chapter yeu-wiu find a
you read il"
The officer did so, and read the
words: peace | leave with you, my
peace give unto you. Let not your
heart be troubled, neither let it be
afraid w f-Vh'''f
"Thank you, sir" said the dying
man. al have that peace am going
TO that Saviour; God is with me; /
want no MORE These were his last
words, and his spirit ascended 10 be
with him he loved. r7rsi ~
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goftru.
AT THE WINDOW,


By TUE ArTnoE OF "JoHN HALIFAX, GEN
TLENAN."
Only listcn-Iisten and wait +.
For the slow, firm step down the grave
To hear the click, Click of his hand at tb,
And feel every heartbeat through care
All love is sweet when life is young,
And life and love are both so long!
Only TO watch him about the room,
lighting 1t up with his quiet smile,
That seems 10 lift the world out of gloom,
And bring heaven nearer me for a while-
A little While-since love Is young,
And life Is beautiful as long.
Only TO love him nothing more;
Never a thought of his loving me.
Proud Of him, glad in him, though he bore Z
Ny heart to shipwreck in this smooth
Loves faith secs only grief, not wrong,
And life is daring when 'tis young.
All, me. what matter? The world goes
round, IT
And bliss and bale are but outside things;
never can lose what in him found.
Though love be sorrow with half grown
wings;
And iflove flies when we are young,
Why, life is still not long-not long.
And Heaven is kind to the faithful heart;
And IL we are patient, and brave and
calm,
Our fruits will last, though our flowers de-
part;
Some day when sleep with folded palm,
No longer fair, no longer young,
Life may not seem so bitter long.
. > & >
The tears dried up in her shining eyes;
Her parted lips took a sanity peace;
His shadow across tho doorway lies
Will her doubts gather, darken or cease &?
When hearts are pure, and bold, and strong,
True love as life itself is long.
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" Who Art ThOu!"

+ A few Sundays ago, as Mr.. Beccher
was about commencing his sermon, a
stout fatherly-looking man was en-
deayOrihg to make his way through
the crowd, to get within better hear
ing distance of the distinguished ora
tor. At that moment Mr.. Beecher's s
voice rapgiout the words of the text :
"Who art thou" .Who art thou -
again cried out the dramatic preacher.
The stout party, thinking himself in
the wrong, perhaps, by pressing for
ward, and believing himself to te per-
sonally addressed, startled the brcth-
ren and nonplussed their, reverend
chieftsin by scdately replying: SIN
a pig merchant from Chicago, sir. 1
hope you amt mad. There amt nary
chair or else I'd set down." plymouth
Church didn't recover its serenity for
ten minutes.
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A Brace OF C0nundruIls.

As specimens of domestic Compli-
cations. we think the following arc
almost beyond unravelment. A friend
in Anderson county, says>the Louis
vile Commercial, after pulling him.
self for a month over them submits, in
sheer desperation. We give our read
ers an opportunity of either unravel-
ing the complication OF of becoming
insane in the attempt:
William Hughes, living in the low
er part Of Anderson county, was mar
ried three times. His third wife
was Joseph Swazy's daughter by his
first wife, lie having been married
k>rec times also. Swazy's third was
ghes oldest by his lHughes'1 first
Vie. Both parties had children by
their last wives.
What kin are these children 10 each
other.
AGAIN:
Lem. McKinny, living at Beaver
creek, Anderson county. was the son
of Webb McKinny, and married Me.
shack Presnall's first daughter. Webb
Mckinney, the father of Lem. Nc.
Kinney, married Mcshack Presnalrs
second daughter. Mcshack Presnal
married Webb McKinney's daughter
Lem. McKinney's daughter, Lem. Nc.
Kinney's sister. All have children.
What kin are these children to each
other?
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-28

An immense cataract, which rivals
Niagara, has been discovered on the
Pota:a, a tributary of the Essequcbo,
in British Guiana, South America.
The breadth of the river at the top of
the cataract is 100 yards, and the vol
ume of water l5 feet in depth. The
fall has a clear descent of $50 feet, in
this repcct exceeding the falls of Nj
agara, which descend l64 feet on the
American side of the river, and only
150 on the Canadian side.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-28

Brass, though very good material,
very soon loses its color, whether on
the knob of door or the human face.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-28

The Rev. DIR. Ever, rector of Christ
Jhurch, New York, while making
drawings of some public buildings in
Paris, was arrested under the .suppo-
sition that he was a Prussian spy
sketching the Notifications. lie was
thrown into prison, where he was
kept confined for two days, when he
was liberated through the influence
Of the United States Minister.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-28

A medical authority says Pulver-
ised alum and common salt put on
piece of cotton and chucked. into a
hollow tooth, will shut up itsv aching.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-28

Mrs. Partington is often very much
incensed over the difficulties of the
English language. She cannot for
the life Of her understand how. for in
stance, the word "tear" can be pro-
rounced both teer and tare. One
day at dinner she illustrated the alb
surdity of this license by calling the
attention of the guests to the appear
ancc of Ike, who had celebrated the
possession of bran rev suit of
clothes by damaging them terribly In
the attempt to-rob- birds nest.
"Therew exclaimed the old lady,
"there comes that boy lke-like
Niobe, all tedrs.r ~5Hri"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-28

Brooklyn became a city in 1880, and
then had only 1926 inhabitants.
The present census gives it 406,997.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-28

Religion is the best armor in the
world but the worst cloak. -..r
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-28

A Rev. j. w. Tucker, Of Troy, New
York, has been Unidentified a. " the IA
ther of child not born in wedlock, I"
of which one of his flock Is the mother.
j. w. L. has suddenly Withdrawn
from the pastorate, and got into hands
of the gossips. .It.5 naf.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-28

The census will show Tennessee TO
he the healthiest State i'm the Union.
There were SO few deaths, compara-
lively, during the year ending June
l, that note of explanation will have
TO be forwarded, to the Department
at Washington to convince it that all
due diligence has been used to obtain
the proper mortuary returns. Ten
nessee being at once one of the most
healthy and productive States in the
Union, there is no reason why its
growth should not be rapid and
throughout progressive.-BdnRer.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-28

The Diocese of Nebraska has unan-
imously chosen Bishop Clarkson as its
Diocesan. --- -
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-28

The extent to which water mingles
with bodies apparently the most solid
Is very wonderful. The giittering opal
which beauty wears as an ornament,
is only flint and water. OF every !, 800
tons of earth which a landlord has i'm
his estate, four hundred are water. The
snow-capped SUBMITS of our highest
mountains have many million tons of
water in a solidified form. In every
plaster-of-Paris statue which an Italian
carries through the streets for sale,
there is one pound of water to four
pounds of chalk. The air we breathe
contains five grains of water to each
cubic foot of its bulk. The potatoes and
turnips which are boiled for our dinner
have, i'm their raw state, the one seven
ty-five per cent. and the other ninety
per cent. of water.
If a man weighing one hundred and
forty pounds were squeezed in a hy-
draulic press, seventy pounds of water
would run out, the balance being solid
matter. A man Is, chemically speak
ing, forty-five pounds of carbon and
other elements, with nitrogen diffused
through five and half pailsfull of wa
ter. In plants we find water thus
miDgling no less wonderfully A sun
flower evapOrates one and quarter
pints of water a day, and q cabbage
about the same quantity. A wheat
plant exhales in one hundred and sew
eEty-five days about one hundred thou
sand grains of water. ,,,,,
Tie sap of plants is the medium
through which the mass of fluid Is con-
veyed. 1t forms a delicate pump up
which the watery particles run with
the rapidity of swift stream. BY the
action Of the sap various properties
may be communicated to the growing
plant. Timber in France Is, for in
stance, dyed with the various colors
mixed with water, and sprinkled over
the roots of the tree. Dahlias are also
cOiOred by q similar process.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-28

A precious revival has recently been
experienced by the Cumberland Pres
byterian church, of Liberty, Mo. 1t
has resulted in 80 professions of re-
ligion and 40 accessions to the church.
"Thc converts, for the most part, are
from the ranks of wicked men, some
of whom are heads of families. The
convictions appear to DC deep and
pungent, and the conversions clear
and satisfactory" -.
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By THE ACTuoE OF "JOHN HALIFAX, GEN.
TLENAN."
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Examination of Teachers.
At PRIVATE SALE.
School COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,

School COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
Westminster, Md, Aug. |, 1870. (
INHE certificates of qualification ofpublic
i school teachers heretofore issued from
this office having being annuled, all persons
of each election district respectively who
desire to procure certificates and become
teachers under the amended law, are hereby
notified to meet the undersigned at II
o'clock, a. NJ, in the Public School House,
at the following named time and place:
Hampstead. Sth Election District Thurs
day, August llth.
Manchester, 9th Election District, Friday,
August 18th.
Carrollton, lth Election District, Satur.
day, August 18TH
Carroll Academy, (Myers' } Sd Election
District, Monday, August 18th.
Taneyiown, LIST Election District, Tues.
day, August 10th.
UniontoWn, I'd Election District, Thurs.
day, August 18th.
New Windsor, llth Election district,
Wednesday, August 18th.
Middleburg, 10th Election District, Fri.
day, August 10th.
In Franklin at Ridge School No s, 9th
Election District, Saturday, August 10Th.
Freedom, 9Th Election District, Monday,
August 22d.
Westminster, East Enid It'll Election
District, Tuesday, August 23d.
ssS" Applicants will please provide them.
selves with paper and pencils.
]. NJ. NEWS0N,
aug 4-3t Examiner.
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BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET,
August o. 1870

Beef Cattle. offerings at the Scales
during the past week amounted to 1859 head,
The prices ranged as follows: Old Cows and
Scalawags, at 25a$4 IS; ordinary thin
Steers, Oxen and Cows 5 50a$6 90; fair quail
ity Beeves 45aS6 rs; aud the very best
Beeves at 775 as s per 100 lbs. the aver.
age price being about So 50 gross.
Sheep.-Fair to good wool Sheep at IA
8 cts. per pound gross.
Hogs.-Pric@ ranged as follows: fair to
good fat Hogs IL 5Oa$l3 90 per 100 lbs
net.
Ledtbcr.--City Slaughter Al to A cents
Rough Skirtipg 33 to IS cents; Spanish Sole
So to SO certs; Country Slaughtered 3s to
Al cents.
Hides.-city Steer ct l2l to l2l cts; Cow
III TO 1l9 cents.
Hay. --PennsylyaBia bqled Timothy at
l6aS22 per top. n
Feathers-Quote ~ 40 to so cents per lb.
for common to prime live geese.
Wool. unwashed, free of burrs,
2sa30 cents; do. bury, 22a25 cents; fine
unwashed, 25a27 cents; do, free Of burrs,
25a2l cents; tub washed, 42a46 cents; pulled
2saSs cents,
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CHANGE OF TIME.
WESTERN DID. RAILROAD.
Ia 49,


TO take effect Tuesday, June 18th, 1870,
4 Calvert Station, Corner Franklin and
Calvert Streets, Trains leave 7,s5 A. NJ,
and $50 7; ~, for 0wings' Mills, Refs
terstown, tinksburg, Westminster, New
Windsor, Union Bridge, Middleburg, Dou
ble Pipe Creek.
RETURNING,
Leave Union Bridge at 4. 40 and T.0s A.
NJ. and a.3Q T.. n.
Double Pipe Creek at 6.45 A. NJ. and
800 p. NJ.
Westminster ai $40 and 7.52 a. NJ. and
owings Mills at 6,55 and 0, l6 A. N. and
5.54 p. NJ, and arrive at Baltimore at s. Is
and 1918 A. NJ. and 7.15 p. NJ.
Stages connect at Glen Morris Station for
Hampstead and Manchester on arrival OF
100 A. NJ. tain from Baltimore; at Mid.
dleburg Station for Taneytown and at Dou
BILE Pipe Creek Station for Emmittsburg on
arrival same train.
An Express Car leaves Calvert Station,
baltimore, daily, Except Sunday,) at $50
L. NJ: Light freight and parcels can come
by this car if delivered before s. 90 p. NJ.
PASSENGER STATION. The Demo. Of N.
c. Il, w. Freight Station Garner Centre
nd North Streets.
Office Of General Freight and Passenger
Agent, No. 1919 North Street.
Office Of President aud Superintendent.
No, 81 North Street, Baltimore. ~
n, B.-A Ticket Office has been opened
at No. North Calvert street, onposite
Barnum's Hotel. Tickets can be- procured
Mt any time. during the day at all points on
line Of Road. Baggage called for. checked
and delivered upod application at this Office.
JOHN T. RI6NEY,
june 2s Master Of Transportation.
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WATCHES!
WATCHES!!

A new invoice ofLABIEs Com WATCHES
IA AND CnAINs just received. Special
attention is invited to this stock, as Il EN-.
braces large and choice variety Of Goods
of all styles and prices, such as
American Watches in Gold and
Silver cases,
Stem Winding Watches,
Fine Gold Watches and
La 0ntine Chains for Ladies',
Is kt. Plain Rings,
Bracelets, Collar Buttons,
Solid Silver aud Plated Ware,
Sets Pin and Ear Rings, &c, &c.
Call aud examine the above goods. Won
will lind somethin nice and low prices.
RsJ~ Repairing neatly done and warranted.
WIN. MOORE,
Main street, two doors West of Court.
aug At
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Twelve million sets of corsets arc
imported annually into tho United
States.
In one Saratoga hotel the guests
represent sij0,O00,00O at another,
$500, 900 900.
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SOLU BILE
PACIFIC CUANO,
IMPROVED IN
QUALITY AND CONDITION.

THE quality Of this Gunno is materially
l. improved this season by the addition
to It's composition of large per cent of the
Salts of Potash.
1t is improved in condition by being
brought into market sufficiently dry and
uniformly fine to pass with facility and
regularity through the orifces Of the
WHEAT DRILL.
More than 81 1000, 900 is involved In tho
production Of this Guano, md the trade in
it has steadily increased, until now it far
exceeds that of any other fertilizer.
The Pacific Guano Company has far
greater interest in the maintenance of the
quality of its Guano than any number of
consumers can have; hence no apprehension
need exist as TO its continued excellence.
JOHN 8. REESE 4 CO.,
General agents for Pacific Guano Co.,
No. 10 South Street, I'D Floor)
Baltimore.
S~Sold by Dealers throughout the
county. aug 4-3m
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WAN TED.

A n active business man as Agent for the
n Mutual Life Insurance COMPANY Of
Baltimore. A man who has had some ex.
perience as q solicitor is preferred. as we
wish to thoroughly organize and work up
Carroll and the adjoining counties.
No one need apply who is not willing to
give the business his whole attention. With
such an applicant liberal terms will be made,
Office No. 1876 Baltimore Street,
aug at Baltimore.