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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-23
SCNDRIES.

Laura Fair is to hang July hav-
ing been denied Il new trial.
The capital invested in YES Ssels on
the Mississippi river AID in thecargoes
they are constantly carrying is esti-
mated at 81, 500, O00, coo.
Tho Governor Of Texas has ordered
an election of C0DgTessmen and to
fiji vacancies in the legislature, elec-
-i0n to commence October Sd and con-
-iEue four days.
OveI eight thousand head - cattle
.rss-ed the BraZOS at Waco, Texas,
during tie week ending June ., bring
ing into the treasury Of the bridge
company nearly 500.
John RuJiEsCn's circus is beiBg adj
vcr,.-Cd row by q story that some
Kansas Indians stole h;s elephant.
The cheerful old pacbyderm was res
cued before the savages had secured
his scalp.
Butterflies have Teen found flying
It sea, 600 mics from land. Their
Juoyancv is great, and the muscular
effort Of dying must lie small, while
the wind drives them forward rapidly
over great distances.
The Internal Revenue Commission
er has decided to reduce the number
of assistant assessors To fourteen hun
dred, being one thousand less, at the
end of the fiscal year, July /, than at
the commencement last year.
Mrs Bella French lectured in a
Western town not long ago on Cor
sets, Tobacco, and Wbiskey." y
correspondent of the Chatfield (OhIO)
Democrat says: "Her lecture has had
a telling influence on our in inhabit-
ants. Every man in our village has
left of wearing eOrsets, and most Of
the women have quit chewing tobacco
and drinking whiSkey."
SOon after the death of the poet
Wordsworth, a man met farmer of
the neighborhoCd. and said TO him,
g You have had great loss. " What
loss:' Why, you have lost the great
poet "0h, ay" said the farmer,
he's dead; but an hev no doubt
t'wife will carry OH t'bUsiness, and
make it as profitable ivvir ii was"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-23
sauTHEEX NEws ITFMs.
Galveston, Texas, is to have s15,-

Galveston, Texas, is to have f15,-
600 hotel.
THE wheat crop Of North Georgia is
turning out badly.
Florida promises to become a large
producer OF sugar.
Roasting ears plentiful at Brenham,
! Texas on June lst.
Peaches, in Middle Georgia, viii Be
very abundant this year.
, There are seven hundred convicts
in the Texas peni.entiary.
The Virginia Tobacco Fair is to be
held this year at Petersburg.
Reputation viii be main issue In
the next legislative election IN Ms
sissippi.
The new Texas State law against
carrying deadly weapons will be rigid
ly enforced after the 10th Of this
month.
Cotton, TOsin, rice and lumber, to
the value Of S2777, ,7}2 81, where ship
ped from Savannah, Ga, for foreign
ports last Wednesday.
Mrs. Long, who settled in Texas
with ker husband, Gen. James Long,
in 1915, made 4 beautiful quilt with
her own hands and exhibited il nt the
State fair.
Considering the Jlecision that tine
military court which condemned 1erger
was unconstitutional, the idea inirudes
''what if he had been accidentaIy
hanged in pursuance of the sentenee"'
Criminals are so scarce at Galveston
that they have 70 double. Of ten
leading parts in the Criminal Court,
William Murray plays three and Ed
ward Ellard and Uriah Let's two
spieces.
A determined effort is being made IN
many Southern cities by the employ
IS in stores to have the hours OF labor
shortened, so that they may have the
evenings for recreation or mental inH-
prOYement.
The Columbus Enquirer has the fol-
lowing: 1--WE hear that one of the
Sabbath schools Of Columbus il talk
FIlz, ~ -7Ts)>-,inting g aeOnu'iitee OF young
z ntlemen and l5di=5 70 ralse cnliJirsrT-
for tie Sabbath SCHOOL,
Horace Greeley, writing from Tex
as, estimates that are at least one hun
dred million acres of fertile land i'm
that State, owned by men who for va
rioas reasons are compelled To sell 1t;
and that half the land in Texas is I'm
market at prices ranging from 30 cents
to = per acre.
Last Tuesday Montgomery dray-
man was standing on his dray with
hi hack m tho Dn.Ilp when the mIllp.
as if scared, took asudden jump. The
drayman got up, felt Of his head, look
ed at the hole in the ground and re-
marked, "Dar, dat's twice you done
dat for me dis mOrnin'; git you, you
mind ifI dent. I'll scratch your back
YOU mind now"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-23

THE Color OF THE Moon. The
dark side of the moon il visible TO
us when the noon is not full, receiv-
ing its light by reflection from the
earth. In total solar eclipse, when
a large portion of the earth, lying
directly under the moon, is obScur-
ed, chenge in color Of the latter
might be expected. These expeeta-
tions have been realized. AS early
as IVA, Lambers observed the re-
markable phenomenon, that the or
binary ash-colored moonlight Of the
dark side of the moon in its first and
second quarters was changed into an
olive green, tinged with yellow. In
ponderiug upon the cause of this
singular appearance, he found it re-
ferable to the position of the moon,
then situated vertically over the
Atlantic ocean, and receiving upon
its right side reflected light from the
green forests of South America.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-23
Drill and Broadcast Sowing.


At the annual meeting of the East
crn Forfarshire Formers AssOcia-
ton, Mr.. Henderson, cf kincraig,
read the following report OF expert
ments in drill and broadcast sowing,
made by himself and Mr.. Peter
Haughs, ofhinnaird.
The field on which these expert
ments we're made is y light, black soil
lying on gravel, is under rotation
of sc ems, and had been in tUrnips, in
1869; well manured with farm-yard
dung, having cwt. guanoand 2 cwt.
dissolved bones, in addition. The
season, the reporter would remark,
was an unusually dry one, and un-
favorable for crops ON such soils.
lie believes, however, that ii afforded
fair test of the comparative merits
of drill and b5oadcast sowing, and
reports as follow:
Barley sown by drill, lst April 1870,
| acre, seed, 3 bushels. Cut 18th
August, 1870. Produce-weigbt, 55
lbs. per bushel, 4 qrS , bushels 81
lbs; light grain, 293e lbs; 9S stones.
Barley sown broadcast, on same date,
| acre; seed, 1 bushels. Produce
weight, a.: lbs. per bushcl, 1 qrs. 9
lbs.-2 bushels 2S lbs. straw, 81
stones i6 lbs-lj stones 6 lbs.
Result-Inerease of barley after
drilling, 2 bushels 2S lbs; add for
ex ira seed to broadcast, l buskel J
buslels % lbs. In straw per acre,
10 stones lbs. i'll favor of drill.
Oats sown by drill, 3lst March,
1870. Produce-weight, 49, Tbs. per
bushel qrs. bushel and - los.
light grain, 30 lbs; straw, LII stone
2 lbs.
Oats sown broadcast, Of same date,
/ acre; seed, 4 bushels Produce
weight, 43 lbs. per pushel, ) qrs. IS
lbs; straw, les stones l3 lbs-S
stones ii lbs.
Result - Increase Of osts after
drilling, AZ lbs. add .,rtztra seed 10
broadcast, / hu,hel. Say l hushel q
lbs. in favor of drill. In straw, per
acre, 8 stones IL lbs. in favor of the
drill.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-23

Secretary Seward, while in India,
was invited to Patealla 10y the Maha-
rajah, aad received there i'm grand
style. Miss Olive Risley, one of the
venerable Secretary's travelling COM
panIons, and his adopted daughter
writing horne, says blue velvet earri-
ages We're sent for the party, the Ma
harajaL himselfeOming to meet them,
and they were escorted to the city
gates amid an escort of sOldiery, cal
eium lights, music and cannon. There
twenty-four elephants stood in line,
with "h0usings of gold cloth and ear
rings that came to their feet" Mr.
Seward aud the ladies climbed UP the
sides of these magnificent animals by
ladders of silver, and seated them
selves in howdahs OF gold cushioned
with crimson velvet, an thus they en-
tered the city. Three miles they rode
the elephants, through avenues of
torches, until they alighted at a gorge
ous palace. "This Is yours y said the
Maharajah to Mr.. Seward, as they en-
tered. The next day they were treat
ed to an elephant fight, and held
reception, where they sat on gold
chairs, and saw dancing girls, and the
Maharajah gave Mr.. Seward turban
aud each of the ladies a Cashmere
shawl.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-23
Atmospheric Currents.

Atmospheric currents are common.
ly attributed to the combined effects
of heat, aud the rotation of the earth.
Air rises in the warmer latiiudes, and
colder currents set in nom the North
and South latitude to fill the gap.
But as these cold currents have par
taken of a slower rate of rotation than
prevails nearer the Equator, they are
too sluggish for the faster regions and
therefore the earth's surface slips I'M
der them, 50 as to give the impression
of wind flowing from the East to the
West, very much on the principle Of
the wind raised by a faStgOiDg iOcOmO-
tive. If this is true explanation of
the trade winds, it is somewhat diff
cult TO understand how a ship can
make westingby them any more than
the locomotive can get blown back
wards by the wind it raises. 1t is
now asserted that the heat of the
warm districts has very little to do
with the atmospheric current, and
that there is dominant and primary
movement of the whole atmosphere
around the globe from West to East.
Subordinate currents are produced by
local causes on the surface, but the
great westerly current prevails still in
the higher parts of the atmosphere
over these, and it is the fundamental
movement 10 be recognized ir all
study of the winds. This is very inn
portant if tue. As no terrestrial cause
can I've supposed for such a universal
movement Of The atmosphere, 1t Is
referred to celestial influences
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-23

NOVEL SUBSTITUTE FOR GUTTh
PERCHA-A singular mafine plant Il
washed upon the shores in the vicini-
ty of the Cape of Good Hope, South
Africa, which has come into conside-
rable use as a substitute tor gutta per-
cha and similar substances, in the
canes, picture frames, inlaid work,
etc. II is ola dark color, and when
fresh, il is thick and tlcshy; but when
it il dried it becomes compact, and its
surface looks like beautifully grain
ed deer's horn. After it becomes dry
and hard, it can be rendered soft again
by sleeping in water, and in this con-
dition il may he stretch and formed
into various shapes. 1t can also be
reduced, when dry, TO powder, then
made plastic by soaking in water and
in this condition it may be struck into
almost any sbapein die press-com-
ing out of the mOlds like articles
formed of gutta pcrcFa. The plant
is prepared for its industrial uses by
cleaning it first with weak caustic al
kali, and then with dilute sulphuric
acid, after which it is washed, and
before it is quite ory it may be pressed
into sheets or any other form. 1t
then may he rendered very hard by
sleeping it IN hot solution Of alum,
after which il is removed to a hot
room, where it Is dried, and retains It's
shape afterward. Reduced to powder,
it may also be mixed with various
substances, like india rubber, and
nodded into great variety of articles
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-23

FIDELITY.-Never forsakc af riend.
When enemies gather around, when
sickness comes, then the world Is dark
and cherries, is the time to try true
friendship. The ieart that has been
touched will redoublc its efforts,
when the friend is sad or in trouble,
Adversity tries true friendship.
They who turn from the scene Ofdis-
tress bciray their hypocrisy, aud
prove that interest only moves them.
If you have a friend who loves yOu-
who has studied your interest and
happiness, be sure to sustain him IN
adversely Let him feel that his
former kindness is appreciated, aud
that his love was not thrown away
Real fidelity may be rare, but it
exists in the heart. Who has not
seen and felt its powers? They only
deny its worth and power who have
never either loved friend, or lab
ored TO make him happy. The good
and kind-the affectionate aud the
virtuous. see and feel the heavenly
principle. They would sacrifice
wealth and happiness to promote :he
happiness of others; and in return,
they receive the reward Of their love
by sympathizing hearts and count
less favors, when they have been
brought low by distress and adversi-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-23
K LOURING MILLS
FOR SALE.

THE UNDERSIGNED DESIRE TO DIS
i pose of their Steam FIGURING Mills at Pleas
ant Grove Immediately on the Nashville and
Decatur Railroad. The surrounding country
is one of the finest wheat-grOwing sections IL
ii etate. and the best Southern markets are
in easy and speedy connection. The Mills viii
be sold for money, on time, or for real estate.
Apply to DIR j. I. AKIN. jaz0-u
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-23

" Hans, when l pay you cash, you
charge more than when it goes on
the book Ya'as, dat is richt. You
see, have 70 much scharge on my
book, Un zondimes lose, Um 20 ven |
ave Q goOt cash customer, | scharge
goot price, but ven [ puts it on my
book, l no like to charge 20 much, 70
if he never pay um I no lOOze 20
mnch.'
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-23
HARD WARE.

The House of MeSSrS. Treppard *
Co, keep on hand and for sale, large
assortment of American and English
Hardware. They buy from Import
ers and Manufacturers only, and can
sell goods in this line at the lowest
rates. Their stock of Hardware con-
sists ofaIl the goods usually found in
houses of this kind. Their stock of
Table Cutlery is the finest in the city
casting from 60 cents to SD per Sc
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-23

"Rarer than the phoenix says De
Quincey rs the virtuOus man who will
consent TO loose a good aneedOte be
cause it is a Ee."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-23
RRITANIA WARE.

They keep a large assortment Of all
kinds of Britannia Ware, consisting III
part Of Tea Pots. Coffee Pots, Soup
Ladies'. Spoons, Drinking Cups, Tea
Spoons. Table Spoons, Water Dip
ners. Molasses Nuns. etc. etc.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-23
CRATES AND DMANTEsL

The House Of MessrS. Ireppard 4
Co. keep the finest assortment of
Nantcls and Crates kept in the city,
consisting of ten different styles of
Mautlcs. and one hundred assorted
patterns of Crates. They sell the
patent of all kinds of Crates made.
Their prices for Crates and Mantles
are the lowest in the city, ranging
from 500 to SO for Crates, and from
So to SIcO for Mantels. lfyOu want
goods in this line you need look no
further for quality or price, for what
they have not got to show you Is not
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-23
TIN MARE.

McS>rs. Treppard & Co. sell all kinds
of Tin, Plate, Copper, Bucket Covers,
Sheet Iron, &c, &c. Country Shops
will find ii to their interest to pur-
chase from this house as they buy
from the importers and consequently
can sell at the lowest prices. They
warrant all goods of the best quality
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-23
'THE FAvORiTE.
STOVES.

Alter ncdIit tAhA's
ricncc in the manufacture and sale ol
Stoves in the Southern States, MeSsrS'
Trcnnard & Co., have succeeded Ill
1rocnriur an article which is geneT-
aII, conceded to be superior to all
others which is named The FAyolHTE
CooEIyG STOVE, and which has now
bco1 in use for something over ten
rcars- There is probably no article
of Household use about which there
ace generally so many complaints as
The titcben stove and which when out
or order Is as great a nuisance down
stairs rs a piano out of tune is up
etairs The great advantage the FA
,,,pTTr offers over all other Stoves Is
tbe small quantity of wood II burns,
the uniform heat it produces and the
f,c;Iity with which its various COM
partments can be adjusted to any de-
scrintion Of cooking. Messrs. Trep-
psrd & Co., being familiar " 18th the
wants of the people in Tennessee and
other middle and Southern State
brought out the FAvoRITE COOKING
STOVE. and the immense number they
are selling is the best of evidence that
the FAyomTE is the best of all Cook
ing Stoves sold in Nashville, and we
know of none better sold elsewhere.
McsSrs. Treppard & Co. are now
one of the oldest and largest dealer
IN Stoves in the States, and keep con-
stantly on hand a large variety Of
every description of Cooking and
Heating Stoves, suited to the South
ern Trade. They have twenty differ
ent sizes of Cooking Stoves for Coal
and Wood, at prices ranging from
$1,000 to $4,000.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-23
FARMING TOOLS

Trcppard & Co., keep for sale all
kinds OF Farming Tools, such as Hoes
Chains. Lines, Cradles, Cotton Scrap
era. Rakes, Snothes, &c. Sold whole
sale and retail at bottom prices. Don't
forget their numbers No. 10 and p
North College Street, Nashville,
I.nn
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-23
SILVER PLATED WARE.

NessTs. Irenpard q %, ueaI IN nc
best brands only of Plated Ware, all
ofwhich they warrant to be best and
purest quality of Silver Plating.
Their prices for this line of goods Is
very low
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-08-18
Varieties

Terre Hau.e, Ind, hss Al ordnance prohlo-
iting the hitch.ng Of horses TO shade trees and
case is to be tested whether man has the right
to hitch his own horse 10 his own tree.
Thirteen millions Of money sat down TO break
fast 81 Saratoga recently.
The products Of the Lake Superior mines for
1871 are estimsted at 30 900 tons.
An Ilinois Agricultural Society offers pre-
MUM to the couple who viii bring 20 the far
grounds the largest number Of children, grand
children and great ditto
Colorei silk stockings, costing 50 20 IL per
pair, sre the latest female foibe.
Cur brains are saysnty-year clocks The an
gel Of life winds them up once for all, then
closes the case and gives the key into the hand
Of the angel Of resurrection. Iic-tsc, tic-tsc 20
the wheels Of thought our will cannot stop
them they cannot stop themselves sleep can
not sail them madness only makes them 60
faster death alone can break into the case, and,
seiziug the ever-sWinging pendulum, which we
call the heart. sileucse al last the clicking Of the
terrible escapemeut We have carried so long be-
meath cur wrinklel f-rehesds. Olircr Hen
dali Holmes.
How much cloth Is required 20 make spirit
wrapper They're not made of-c-oth- Only
little il.ut.0R.
The London Globe understands that some i'm
portant intelligence has been received from Aus
trails with respcc, TO the Tichborne care One
Of the gentlemen Of the long robe has started az
the shortest possible notice On an errand which
Is likely to reveal the whereabouts q the second
plinoiD4l hero in this romance in real life
4 Georeis editor announces that be will pub
lish original poetry at the low rate Of 80 per
line.
The Il 600 hestlen Ct:nese 10 San Francisco
don't mske much aoise ia the world, but they
own S74.010 in real estate, AMI Sl,leo,ol1
in personal property.
\ London uolisemsn. not understanding all
the eccsntricities Of royalty, undertook, the
Other day. to arrest the emperor Of Brazil for a
communis, and dangerous character generally,
because be found MIN walking around the streets
a. O'Clock in the morning.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-08-18

JENNY LrED's LAsr-I - assisted, - the other
night, at rather melancholy entertainment 1t
wss the performance Of Otto Go!dschmiit's S.
cred pastoral, Ruth the principal soprano
part in which was taken by his renowned wife,
Jenny Lind There was brilliant house. reso-
lutte TO be pleased. Jenny Lind had grand re-
cep;ion, the cordislity Of which was undoubtedly
enhanced by the general desiIe 10 mark a sense
Of ndignstion at the wanton and cruel cAlum-
nies which lately assAilel herself and her hus-
band But il was heavy and mournful bust
ness. Can that be Jenny Lind - some of the
younger listeners whispered That heavy, home
ly mAron-ihat striving singer with the worm
out voice which struggles SO painfully with the
high notes and is 90 hoArse with the ioKl Can
II be that twenty years ago Europe and America
were filled With rsp'urous admiration over the
divine glories of that voice the artistic perfec-
fion Of that stylel Greater singers than Jenny
Eod there certainly were, but no singer ever
bore the same triumphs and the same renoyu.
What was the Piccolomin MANIA the Patti ms
nis, the Nilsson mania, when compared with the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-08-18

A VFRuoyrrR KILLED N TIE FERRY Boar
DIsAsrER.-Mr David Dow, of Middlesez, ana
his daughter. Mrs Richards, of New York city,
started two weeks sgo lsst Wednesday for the
CITY. f5r the purpose Of burying child OF Mrs
Ricnaris'. which had died at Middlesex. by the
sjIe Of one previously deceased in New York
Itappears that Eir. Dow had never rode upon
8 steamboat, and On Sunday Of last week, Mt.
Dow. in company with Mr. and Mrs. Richards
and Mrs. Turner, another daughter OF MI
BOWS. started for Staten Island, on board the
i-fatei Westfeld They we're all upon the up
ncr decl, Of the steamer when the explosion TOOK
place, by which Mr.. Dow was instantly killed.
Ills body, which was blown into the water anu
was not recovered until Monday night, WAS
somewhat burned. The remainder Of the party
essaped without injury, with the exception Of
Mrs Richards, who had her ankle badly spra.nel
BY Jump from the deck on TO tie NharI'
distance Of twenty-one feet
Mr.. Dow : age was sixty-f0ur years. lie was
buried in Dux0ury on Wednesday OF last week
We have Obtained few additional particulars
in regard to Mr.. Dow S death. At the time Of the
explosion be was standing nesr ms daughters
and son-in-law. Mr. Richards. Mr.. Richards
saw him snd stoke TO him after the explosion
took Mace. and he said he was all right, and but
little injured Mr. Richards lett him to look
after his wife and friends, and never saw him
Afterwards uatil his body WAS taken from me
water about night the next day-Moniey. Mr.
Richards thinks Nj Dow was more seriously
burned. or perhsps had inhaled the steam, and
must either have jumped OF wss crowded over
board during the excitement after the explosion
-U-rfrimun.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-08-18

madness for Jenny Lind, And nov " Lor ~
mains Nothing, il seems TO me, e1oep' ~
edge Of music ard high srtlste Pu4Pe::L ,L.t
f4ncies, no art. could do any lhlg ~ hiots5
n ne n the Jeupy Lind Of fame. The pspe!e
bsre n-siseI the rerforuaace. Of course, when IS
q r;,F I, is cruel mistake Tor singer 10 sp-
rssr - mile af,e- her zine -LoHaon cor