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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05
NEWS ITEMS.

Humphrey Marshall of Kentucky
weights 400 pounds.
A four legged girl is OH exhibition in
Tennessee.
A Poughkeepsie lady has been pois-
oned in the hands 10y wearing green
kid gloves.
Mr.. Carlyle has been reelected Pres
ident of the Edinburg Philosophical In
stitution.
American blooded cattle are now eX-
ported to England. Some were ship
ped from Portland recently.
"Henpeck" is the name of new
post office in the West. 1t does a small
business; the mails avoid it.
The New York SiU advocates Sena-
tor Trumbull, of Illinois, as the Repub-
lican candidate for the Presidency in
1872.
John Morrissey cleared $4,000 in
New Orleans by investing $4,000 in
race-horse and then betting against
him.
Ex-President Johnson has accepted
an invitation to address the mechanics
of East Tennessee at the Knoxville In
dustrial Fair on May %.
The gallant and gifted George H.
Pendleton declines the Democratic
nomination for Governol:of Ohio at the
approaching State Convention.
We see it stated that King William
has a very fine private library, and the
books have been read, and not a few
of them contain marginal notes writ
ten by His Majesty.
DR.. Bush said the reason why Ger
mans die so seldom of consumption is
the fact Of their singing from their ear
liest childhood. Another medical au-
thority says that the reason why so
many Germans die of consumption is
because they smoke too much. The
reader can take his choice.
The Missouri river, by takinga short
cut across q peninsula, has transferred
a part of Nemaha county, Nebraska,
to Missouri. This territorial accession
of the latter State comprises four thou
sand acres, and contains a population
of two hundred people and many fine
farms.
Now it is rrImored that Pap Dent,
the father-irl-law OF the Administration,
is about to wed Mrs. Smith, widow of
The late John Smith. This suggests
dreadful possibility, if all that family
have got 10 he provided for.-Boston
Post.
The Gar of all the Russias has issu
ed a decree requiring the Jews to pra-
TO God in his own language, presum-
ing that me understands the Russian
tongue
The cost to the United States for ca
Die dispatches to Europe from Novem-
Der TO- 1866, to October 8, 1867, was
Si6,5il in coin. A single dispatch
from Seward to Bigelow, including Az
words in English and 1914 in cipher,
cost Sl9,6iO so.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05
The Next Cotton Crop.
From t c New York Commerce i and Financia

From { New York Commerce i and Financial
Chronicle.
There ere some points established
with regard to the next crop which are
very satisfactory.
/. There has certainly more corn
and breadstuffs been planted through
out the South this year than last year.
We hear this from almost all our cor
respondents, and think there can be nu
doubt of it. 1t is not simply true OF
limited districts, but it is nearly if not
quite universal.
>. The expense of putting the crop
into the ground has been much less
than last year. This has arisen from
the necessities of the planter. He has
had neither the money nor the credit
to do otherwise. AS a consequence
very much less has been spent for fer
tiiizers.
3. Bacon, ham, and all "hog pro-
ducts" are now from 3G4 per pound
lower than they were last year at this
time, and the market for products OF
this description has at present down.
ward tendency, whereas year ago it
had an upward tendency.
4. These three facts, together with
the further one (which is only true to a
limited extent, however,, that better
terms have been made with the freed
men, ensure, we think, cheaper cot.
ton crop than any since the war. 1t is
hardly necessary to say that "hog and
hominy" enter very largely into the
price of cotton, and with these articles
low the cost of the crop to the planter
will be very materially reduced.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05
The Approaching Musical Treat.

To the editors of the Union and American:
A certain number of our enterprising
and charitable citizens have fitted up
a grand concert hall to be used as a
place for public entertainments during
the Exposition. The hall will seat
fifteen hundred people. Many distin-
guished persons are expected to be pres
emf. President Davis and number
of Confederate officers, the bishops and
ministers of all denominations are in
vited to attend. The finest musicians of
New Orleans, Mobile, Memphis, Louis
vile, Cincinnati, st. Louis, Mademoi-
selle Nilsson, have all been invited to
take part in the musical entertain
ments of the occasion. Every effort
has been made to render it the grand
est musical festival ever before produc-
ed in the South or West. Accounts of
it will lie given in the leading papers
of the cities before mentioned, and it
is hoped that large parties from each of
them will be present. The programme
for this festival will be published each
week in advance, Tbe first evening on
which the concert hall will be opened
will be Friday, May II, when one of
Memberships finest productions, the
Grand OratOriO of Athalie, will be CIV
en-. There will be magnificent re-
presentation of some of the courts of
the Jewish temple, where many trag-
ic incidents in the life of Athaliah, the
daughter of Jezebel, occurred. The
ladies taking part will be in the cos
tune of Jewish princesses, and the gen.
tlemen i'm the dress of the priest and
Levites-the High Priest, JOab, him.
self, in the gorgeous attire worn by
him, and attended by scriber, presents
to his armed followers the youthful
JOash attired in regal robes, prOclaims
him their king, the last of the royal
line of David, through whom is to
come the promised Messiah. There
will be one of the largest organs of the
city removed to the concert hall for
the occasion, and full military band
as all orchestra. No trouble or ex-
pense has been spared to render it in
the finest style in which an oratOrio has
ever before been produced in America.
We hope that the citizens from all
parts of our State will so manage their
visits to the Exposition that they may
have the pleasure of seeing this magni-
ficent spectacle. We do not doubt that
they will do so when it is know that
the proceeds from this whole festival
will be devoted to the Confederate Or
phanS. THE ORPHANS FRIEND.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05

THE recuperation of the Southern
States is slow, but must soon acquire
a momentum and proceed with accele-
rated speed on the great highway that
shall mark their destiny. The increase
of population since 1860, though not
great, is something, and by 1850, if no
wars, famines, pestilence, or other de-
populating agencies intervene, will be
counted by millions. Some of the
States have received additions by i'm
migration from the North and West,
which would have been greatly increas-
ed.but for the false ..and: slanderous CIV
ings-out of radical hirelings for politi-
cal effect elsewhere. No section of the
Union holds out so many inducements
to the immigrant as is everywhere Of
fered in the South. We have an ad-
vantage i'm point of soil and climate;
and the same amount of energy and
industry applied here, that is employ.
ed in other sections and countries, will
enable men in INDECENT circumstances
to acquire all independence in a brief
space of time. Lands capable of pro-
ducing the best marketable commodi-
ties are cheap, and in many places, TO
he had on the most favorable terms.
The South has began in earnest
new life, and Invested of the old preju-
dices, and made aware of the absurdi-
ties of the patriarchal style of planting
and farming, will during the next ten
years, even with radical malignity
and hate excited against her, grow
rapidly. In the very nature CT things
this must be. AS the growth ofwheat
and corn, and the raising of stock will
be united with the production of cotton,
sugar, rice and tobacco, so in time,
manufacturing will spring up and be
established, with an industrious popu-
lation. actively employed; thrift will
take the place of waste; and there is no
reason-there tcan be none-why the
boUuliI ouOulu AOI Iafc ltS IIONSilo anu
its Pittsburghs a. well as the North.
The South is rich beyond compute in
minerals; it has ineXhaustible supplies,
conveniently located, of wood and coal
aud water power and means of trans
portation, equal to any demand that
may ever exist. All it needs is indus
try and capital-somebody to put the
labor to work upon the abundant and
munificent amount ofmaterial at hand,
and to convert these into articles for
sale. 1t has been already demonstrate
ed at Chattanooga and other places,
that the best quality of charcoal, pig
iron, can be profitably produced in Ten
nessee and Georgia for less than $50
per ton. These people want no pro-
lection and ask none. When the rev.
enue laws shall be reformed, and taxa
ton reduced to purely revenue stand
ard, the South, in common with the
whole country will share the prosperi-
ty that will follow that relief. 1t may
not come sooner, but the Ides of No
vember, 1872 will forshadow, and the
fourth of March rs, consummate this
great national demand from which |
peace, prosperity and nations great
ness will ensue.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05
$1O0.00O,OOO.

lion. JAMES Brooks, in a recent
speech in Congress, proved from
official statistics that GRANTS admin
istration is, this year, wringing from
the exchequer of the people nearly
ono hundred millions Of dollars more
than is needed for the support of the
government. He shows, moreover,
that a radical congress is cxhausting
its ingenuity TO find corrupt means
whereby this enormous excess of rev.
enuc may be judiciously squandered
for the benefit of the radical party. Ii
is beyond a question that the country
might, without days delay, he re-
licved of S75,OOOoOO of annual taxa
ton, reduction which would still
leave $4,000 goo appropriablc for the
gradual extinction OF the national
.1.,hf
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05

The last Congress made an appro-
priation of 100000 for Arctic explora-
ton, of which a portion was placed
at the disposal of Capt. Hall. A pow
erful steam tug of 400 tons, the Peri
Wrinkle, and christencd the POlaris,
has been procured from the navy de-
partment. A whaler will be sailing
master. The company will consist of
twenty-five picked men. An astro-
homer, geologist and meteorolo-
gist accompany the expedition. Capt.
Hall will sail from Washington about
the 18th of May. lie expects to make
so degrees north Of King Williams
Land this season, and winter there
next spring, then with sledges cross
the ice for the open Polar sea.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05
Terrible Encounter Of q Lady with a
Burylar.


The Baltimore Sun gives the follow
ing account of midnight encounter
with burglar, which happened at
the house of Mrs.. Carlotta Sarr0ccO
in that city Oh Monday night:
"Thc lady states that about mid
night she was awakened by some one
feeling under her pillow and about
the upper part of her person. She
Immediately sprang up into half re-
cumbcnt position, aud asked, What
do you want?' scein. at the same
time a large colored man standing
over her. The reply was, flush, or
I'll kill yOu.' Mrs. Sarrocco, who is
a large and muscular woman, evident
ly weighing not less than two hun
drcd pounds, instantly jumped from
her couch and grarpled with tho ne
gro. The contest must have kr.n a
terrible one of strength. as was evil
denced by viewing the apartment
yesterday, when finally the man drew
the weapon which has recently be-
come so popular with colored despe-
radces, a sharp razor, with which he
inflicted several severe cuts ON the
face of the lady, she bravely holding
OH to him all the time. Finally, TIE
man became desperate, and inflicted q
severe cash across her throat, the ra-
zcr cutting downward toward the
breast bone, and merely grazing the
windpipe. Mrs. Sarrocco sill held on
to the would-be murderer, who grad
ually worked his way toward a rear
window, by which he bad evidently
entered.
''In the meantime the noise of the
scufllc awakened a colored boy who
slept in the house, and he rushed up
stairs to the rescue of the lady, but
his footsteps were heard by the rufiian,
who at once knocked the bleeding
woman down with his fist, and after
kicking her several times, made his
escape out of the window, leaving
his hat behind. He escaped just as
the colored boy entered the room.
The boy at once raised an alarm, and
as soon as possible assistance for the
wounded lady was at hand"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05

THE census of the population of the
United States, which is now compile
ted, will show the exact population
of the States to be 3S,l0i,Sl0; of the
Territories and the District of Column
bia, 1861. Total 3S,51l,53L. As
Congress has provided for the publ
cation of only three volumes Of the
seDsus returns, no preliminary volume
will he printed, and the first volume
will not be ready in less than from
three TO six months. Extracts and
synopsis of the most interesting por-
tions of the work will, however, be
drawn off earlier, and TO persons i'll
tcrestcd i'm special branches of statis-
tics
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05

THE Lebanon Herald Las teen en-
larged to thirty-six columns, and is
printed on new type aid new press.
Its local page is also greatly improved,
and bids fair in this respect 10 rival
the best. The quality of the Herald
has always been superior to criticism /:
now, in quantity, it is Inferior TO none
of the country weeklies. 1t is a good
sign to sec newspapers improving in
appearance. The improvement of
the communities they represent is
sure TO follow.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05

WASHINGTON kilograms intimate
that Grant designs making some show
of enforcing the Ku-Klux law before
it becomes obsolete. The only organ
ization against the law in the South
ern States at present happens to be
the Radical negroes Of ChicOt county,
Ark, who have driven off State judges
and revenue officers with threats of
summary proceedings. But, if he
feels dclicacy in disturbing the wards
of the nation, Mr.. GRANT might ex-
ercise his hand in the North on the
New York Raft, a secret society
just brought to light, which has in the
short space of a few weeks, grown to
5000 members, with branches
throughout Massachusetts,, New Jer-
sey and Pennsylvania, and which
seems specially designed to influence
elections. Here is case in point for
the President, which it would be a
shame for him to overlook, after his
special message ON the urgent necessi-
ty of Ku.KluX legislation.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05

The five years rule of the carpet
baggers in the South, row happily
drawing TO close, has almost impov-
erishcd that section. North Carolina
has been plunged into a debt of sl9,-
100000; Georgia into debt of $4O,-
100000; Florida, S5,0O00O0; South
Carolina, nearly S20,0O0,0OO; Louisi-
ana, Sl2,OOO,OOO; Arkansas,s5, 100000
Mississippi, SS,O0C,0OO; Texas, ST.
OOO,GOO; Virginia, s33,0OO,OOO; and
Tennessee, s36,OOO,OOO. Here is a
debt of nearly s2OO,OOO,OOO, most OF
which is due to the corruption aid
speculation of the characterless adven-
tureTs who have had possession of the
Southern States governments since
the close of the war.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05
Zen, Sherman on the Situation.

General w. Il. SHERMAN, accompa-
MED by several officers of his staff,
lately passed through New Orleans
for Texas. lie was given dinner by
the American Union Club, composed
of cx-Fe;leral officers and soldiers.
Being called ont for speech, he said
that .hc believed the Confcdcratcs
surrendered in good faith, and wodld
shave lived up TO the letter of their
agreement if there had been 10 re-
construction acts Of Congress" lie
further remarked: Il probably have
las good means of information as
most persons in regard 10 what is
called the Ku-klux, and am perfect
"ly satisfied that the thing is ovcrcsti-
mated, and that if the ku-kluX bills
were kept out of Congress, and the
army kept at its legitimate duties,
there are enough good and true men
"in all Southern States TO put down
"Ku-kluN and other bands Of maraud-
"ers."
Thus spakc brave soldier and an
honest man and it will be seen he is
unreservcdly down upon the late IN
famous act of Congress, which has
excited auch sensation throughout
the country and called forth the con-
demnation of every patriot III Inc
land.
As regards GRANTS foolish and cor
rupt San Domingo scheme, he Is
reported as saying: 1--WE haveicrrl'o-
'ry enough more than we can have
..use for. We can hire coaling station
lin the West Indies for three thousand
dollars year, and We had better do
chat
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05

BRIGHAM You've, in recent sermon
wrested with The Indian problem
BRIGHAM says, if the Government
wants to exterminatc Lo it must not
fight him. but attempt TO civilize him.
Give Lo. fine flour 10 cat, good cloth
es TO wear, houses to live in, and good
whiskcy to drink, and he will soon
pass in his checks. Tight lacing, CHG
mons, high-hcadcd shoes, and camel
hump paniers will do as much for Mrs.
Lo! BRIGHAM thinks it would be
cheaper TO kill Indians with civiliza-
ton than TO kill them with gunpow-
dor
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05

NEW ENGLAND is winning for itself
the unenviable reputation of mono
poly of the crime of incest. Close
upon the trial of Perkins for the de-
bauchery of his daughters, at Litch-
field, comes the account of another
man attempting the same crime, and
from Springfield, Mass, there watts a
story of attempted rape by a clergy
man of eighty-two summers.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05

GENERAL GRANT is roaming about
the country, and is received with less
respect and attention than was ever be-
fore exhibited 10 Chief Magistrate.
Our most unpopular Presidents enjoy
ed, apparently, good fame and credit
compared to the present one. The uni
versal GOODNESS and aversion displayed
by the people to his person can not but
he seen and lamented 10y GRANT, not
withstandinG the obtuseneSs Of his SEN
sihilitics.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05

Mrs. GRANT, at q late reception,
wore a white silk, dotted with black,
made with a train and high corsage,
black lace trimming the skirt. At
Mrs. Fish's party she was attired in q
heavy silk, pearl-colored ground, with
small flowers brocaded upon it, made
with train and high waist, and with
lace about the neck and sleeves. Mrs.
Sprague wore rose-pink silk, with
train and silvery 1ounces, brocaded.
Her ornaments were pearls and dia-
monds, and two sprays formed of these
jewels were fastened in her hair.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05

\ correspondent thus refers 10 the
railroad depot at Columbia, South Ca
rolina; The depot is gorgeous struc-
ture; lis roof the sky; its walls, freight
cars; lis floor, mad; its restaurant, an
occasional yender OF decayed apples,
and its tout ensemble, discouraging, dis
piri;iag, disagreeable, disgraceful.. It
is moi place TO loaf in, and that is its
redeeming feature"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05

y story comes from Connecticut that a
man, whose son being under age. mar
RED against his Will, took oifense thereat
and got himself appointed guardian over
him. Then, under a law which permits
a guald dian to sell the property of a Minis
or Il an amount not exceeding three
hundred dollars, without advertising it.
he obtained permission of a judge OF pro
bate to sell his sons half interest, worth
81 coo, in his grandfather'S estate. and
without the boys knowledge did sell it
10 a sheriff for the pal'ty sum of S275,
md by him it was transferred to the
as mother at the s-Te price. And
now the boy, thus defrauded of his in
heritance, proposes TO see ifthe courts of
Connecticut will tolerate the proceedings
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05

The taxes last year in Great Britain,
SO says the Cincinnati Enquirer,
amounted to but 100000, 600. With
this they had to pay an interest on a
debt one-third larger than our own
In the United States the taxes of tie
Federal Government are $4,000, 900
more than this, and in addition the cost
of our State Governments must be at
least S25O, 600. 600. Our taxes are near
ly double those of Great Britain. Such
is the difference between the so-called
model Republic and the much-abused
corrupt Monarchy.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05

Sargent ID. Prentiss fought only two
duels, one of which was with FOote.
When everything was in readiness
for the latter little ceremony, and the
great crowd was gathered on the
ground, so dense that there was only
lane left for the passage of the bull
lets, Prentiss heard noise behind
him, and turning around, he saw a
half-clad urchin climbing tree not
far in his rear. ''Get down, sonny
he said, "you are in a dangerous fix
there; Foote is shooting quite wild
TODAY:
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05

1t has been suggested that as the re-
suit of the war with Prussia has proved
that the French had forgotten their
cunning in its art, they are now prac-
ticing among themselves in order to
get familiar with it and be in readiness
for another brush with the German
T',,>,,i-e
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05

The San Francisco Bulletin gives a
LONG statement of the manufactures and
industries of that city during the past
wear. which shows that the number OF
manufacturing establishments exceeds
500 employing an aggregate capital of
sJs osS 600. They furnish employment
=, In Gai white men, 296 women and
IL asG boys. and 3.S02 Chinese, maxi
;nr = total of Is, 22S hands. The average
wages are SIS per week for the men ~
ner week for the women and g'r!S, anu
- for the boys, and 81 for inc INNS y, re
During the year nia ,.eriad i ni" mcrchan
600, 900 has been CONVEX l',, id, INV
J;se valued at S4l0,o0,oOo.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05

An old bachelor says that giving the
ballot to women would not amount to
anything practically, because they
would insist that they were too young
to vote until they got too old to take
any interest in politics.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05

An exchange says: PARKER PILLS
BURY, the Abolitiouist, is preaching
Oh Tree religion and now, what is
free religion Why, it is what
they call over Oh Roaring Fork pro-
miscuous and indiscriminate scramble
hellwards.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-05
SMITHS TONIC syrup
FOR TILE CURE OF
AGUE AND FEVER
Or Chills and Fever.

The proprietor of this celebrated medicine
justly claims for it n superiority over all rene
dies ever offered to the public forthe SAFE, GER
TAIN, SPEEDY and PERMANENT cure of Aguc and
Fever, or Chills and Fever, whether of short or
long standing. He refers to the entire Southern
and Western country to bear him testimony TO
the truth of the assertion, that in no case what
ever will it fail to cure if the directions are
strictly followed and carried out. In a great
many cases a single dose has been sufficient
for a cure, and whole families have been cured
by single bottle, with a perfect restoration Of
the general health. II is, however, prudent,
and in every case more certain 10 cure, IL Its
use is continued in smaller doses for a week or
two after the disease has been checked, more
especially in difficult and long standing cases.
Usually this medicine will not require any aid
to keep the bowels in good order. Should the
patient. however, req Tire cIthartic medicine,
after haviag taken three or four doses of the
tonic, a single dose Of BULL's VEGETABLES FAM
lily Pills will be sufficient.