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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-06

From the Herald, of conrsc: "Louis
Napoleon is ;D Germany IA prisoner. at
the head of hearty three hundred thou
sand of the flower Of the old French
army, all prisoners. They love France
but they scorn the republic. 1t may
occur that King William will insist
upon the restoration of the NapoIean
dynasty, and Napoleon himself, or at
least his Empress and her son may
march into the capital of France, es-
corted by these three hundred thou
sand soldiers and their marshals, Mac
MahOn, Bazine, CanrObert, Lebeuf,
ard re-establish the power and pagean-
tries of the empire. With this restora-
ration King William can very reason
aUly insist upon keeping at least one
hundred thousand German troops i'm
France, and the Regency would very
readily accede to the proposition"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-06

There was young man once in the
office of a Western railway superinten-
dent. He was occupying position
that four hundred boys in that city
would have wished to get. 1t was
honorable and "it paid well," besides
being i'm the line of promotion. How
did he get it? Not by having a rich
father, for he was the son of a laborer.
The secret was his beautiful accuracy.
He began as an errand-bOy and did his
work accurately. His leisure time he
used in perfecting his writing and
arithmetic. After while he learned
to telegraph. AT each step his employ
er> recommended his accuracy, and relied
on what Inc did because Inc was just
right. r. :.
And ii is thus with every occ,ipa-
ton. The accurate boy is the favored
one. Those who employ men do not
wish To be OH the constant lookout, as
though they were rogues or fools. liz a
carpenter must stand at his Journey
mans elbow to be sure that his work is
right, or If a cashier must run over his
bOok-keeper's columns, he might as
well do the work himself as employ
another TO do it in that way and it IS
very certain that the employer will get
rid of such All inaccurate workman AS
soon as he caD.-I;'csidcm Idttic.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-06

An old negro woman in Norfolk.
Va, having dreamed for several sue
eessive nights OF finding concealed trca-
sure about the house, at last thought
she would search and find out if il were
true. Removing two or three bricks
from the hearth, she was astonished to
find deeayed wooden box containing
some Of the "old Continental" curren-
sy, gold watch, the works of which
lad been totally destroyed by rust, and
a number of gold and silver coins of
English and Spanish money worth
several hundred dollars.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-06
Interesting ir TrBr.

Two hundred pounds weight Of earth
was dried IN an oven, and aftcrward
was put into an earthern vessel. The
Garth was then moistcncd with rain
water, aud willow tree, weighing five
hundred pounds, was placed therein.
During five years the earth was water
ell with rain or pure water; the willow
grew. and flourisheJ, and to prevent
mixing with fresh earth and dust from
some source, it was covered with II me
tai plate. numerOusly perforated 10 ad
NIT air only. After growing in the air
for five years, the tree was removed
and found TO weigh one hundred and
sixty-niuc pounds plus, ami the earth
in the vessel being removed, dried and
weighed, and found to have lost about
twoouDces of its original weight. Thus
one hundred aud sixty.fouF pounds OF
woody fibre, bark and roots, were ccr-
tainly produced but from what source
unless from air.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-06

On Monday, as little colored girl,
about eight years old, was crossing the
river on some boards, just above the
falls, near Greenyille, S. C., she lost her
footing, fell into the stream and was
Immediately carried over the precipice
by the swift current. Death must have
resulted from the conclusion instanta-
neously, as the body was not seen after
it passed over the falls, AID has not yet
been recovered.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-06
-OuSHP PrtIiItS tHu'
An0ahfeWdness, he was per.

led Aneshfewdness, he was per-
Chemists BID trustworthy-but the
for dents IN mm Scott. There Is this
,le, stains saf ssaf reckoning yourself to be
ing i. tIaI ..YYian the rest of the world, that
~ yer You are taken in, it rankles. SO
the remembrance of Tom Scott always
irritated him. He bad taken a fancy
to the sharp lad, and put him in the
Office, where he favored, encouraged,
and trusted him more and more every
year and the result had been o cum
ming bit of roguery and flight. There
was one consolation; he had caught
the scOundrel, who was sentenced to
two years imprisonment. Had Tom
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-06

Major Joseph NJ. Walker, prorrieror
of the National hotel, at Norfolk, Vir-
ginia, Committed suicide on Friday,
last. Financial emharrassments in
volved him i'm o forgery, when, rather
than face the shame, he went several
miles into the country and blew his
brains out. The case is very sad one,
indeed, as the deceased belonged to one
of the finest families in Virginia, and
was himself highly esteemed and
popular gentleman.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-06

fSlis s;,,,es m wacd IN The gutter. Buf
! .osc cases d0n0sequal thzr OF a
|. ksho will put down left bower
wsMIan he might know that the oppo-
sitc party holds Nc right and ace.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-02
FIRE. E.ExTINOUlsHER.
The union FIRE EXTIhGuISHER.
OVER FIVE MILLIONS $4,000 OOO) OF DOLLARS
WORTH OF PROPERTY IN THE UNITED
STATES HAS ACTUALLY BEEN
SAVED BY TIE EXTIN-
GUlSHER

Within the past three years. while fn Philadelphia
alone twenty-five fires, endangering property 70 the
extent OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOL
LARS have been extinguished during the past We ar
by the same means. Our Machine is the IMPROVED
CAhBONIC ACID GAS FIRE EXTINGUISHER
and Is indorsed and used by NJ. Baird 6 Co., Henry
Disston & Son. BENJAMIN Bullock's sons, Norris
Tasker Co,S Alan Wood & Co Lacey & PhIIios
Bromley Brothers, s: ]: Solms Charles Eneu. john
son Co.. Rmby Madeira, Francis Perot Il Sons
George W. Childs PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Companv
Philadelphia aud Boston Steamship Company, Phila.
delphla and southern Steamship Company and
many other OF our leading business men and corpo-
rations.
CAUTION.-All parties in this community are
warned against buying or selling "EXtinguishersv
except those purchased from US agents, under
penalty OF immediate prosecution for infringement
Our prices have been reduced, and the Machine is
now within the reach OF every property holder.
N Bone style made specially for private resi-
dences
Union Fire Exiting usher Company,
OFFICE, Il % stutfrp
No. 118 MARKET STREET.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-02
SENATOR HILL.

The First Reconstructed senator from GeorR in
Hon. Joshua Hill, who was yesterday admit
ted to a seat in the Senate, after a long period
of tiibulation, is native of South Carolina
and was born on January 10, 1912. In 1857 he
was elected member of the House of Repre-
sentatives from the Seventh district of Georgia,
by a ajority of 275. He was the candidate of
the so.called American party, his
Democratic opponent being Linton Ste
phens, the brother of Alexander H.
Stephens. In 1859 he was reelected, and during
his second term, which expired on March 4,
1861, served on the Committee on Foreign
Affairs. In January, 1861, he withdrew from
the House with his colleagues on the secession
of Georgia. He did not, however, take any
part in the Rebellion, but suffered during the
war great deal of persecution on account of his
opposition to it, while still maintaining his
ground and refusing TO leave his home. In
1866 he was appointed by President Johus on to
the position of Collector of the Port of Savan-
nah, for the acceptance of which he was thor
oughly abused by the unreconstructed Rebels.
On the 29th of July, 1868, ne was elected 10 the
United States Senate tor the term ending March
4, 1878, his competitor being ex Governor
Joseph Brown, and the vote standing
110 to "a. The action of the
Legislature soon after, In ousting the celored
members, served to retard the reconstruction
process, and Mr.. Hill failed to obtain his seat
until yesterday, or more than two years and
a half after his election. When the State was
taken in hand by Congress, and again subjected
to the reconstruction process, the election
of Messrs. Hill and Miller to the Senate
was ignored, and in February, 1870, another set
of Senators was elected II. P. Farrow being
selected for the term for which Mr.. Hill had
been elected. The Senate has, however, recog-
nized the first election as valid and only refuses
Mr. Hills colleague, DR.. Nv. Miller, a seat, be-
cause his political disabilities have not been re-
moved. Senator Hill will doubtless be found
acting in harmony with the Republican ma
jority.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-02
OBITU UARY.

Rev. Thomus II. skinner, u. D., Ill ID.
This distinguished Presbyterian divine died at his
residence in New York city yesterday, having nearly
completed his eightieth year. He was born near
Harvey's Neck, in North Carolina, in March, 1871 ;
graduated at Princeton College, New Jersey in
1S09 and was licensed to preach the Gospel at Nor
rstown, n, j., on the 10th OF December, 1912. On
June 10, 1913, he ordained and installed pastor
OF the Second Presbyterian Church OF this city, as
colleague TO DR.. Janeway. In 1916 his labors were
transferred to the Fifth Presby Church this
city, OF which he remained pastor until 1892
his labors in the Philadelphia pulpit thus
extending over period OF nineteen years. During
this period, DR.. Skinner attained great popularity,
and when he left Philadelphia, in 1892, to become
Professor OF Sacred Rhetoric in the Andover Theo-
logical Seminary he stood in the front rank OF his
calling. In 1885 he resigned his professorship at
Andover to become pastor OF the Mercer Street
Presbyterian Church, New York city, in the pulpit
OF which he labOred for fifteen years, with great
success. In 1s4s he resigned, and was appointed
Professor OF Sacred Rhetoric, Pastoral Theology,
and Church Government in the Union Theological
Seminary, a position which he retained up to the
time OF his death, "dying in the harness" as he
was accustomed to say was his desire. The imme-
date cause OF his death is said to have been severe
cold, caught on the occasion OF his recent visit to
this city, TO participate in the funeral services of the
late Rev. Albert Barnes, his lifelong friend whose
illustrious pastoral career commenced ike his own
in MOrrstown, N. j.
DR.. Skinner was profound theological scholar,
and contributed largely to the literature of the
Church. His published works were "ReligIon OF the
Bible;" "Aids to Preaching and Hearing:" "ReIi.
gious Liberty :" "Hnts to Christians;" ''Thoughts
on EvangeliziDg the World;" "ReligiOus Life of
Francis Markoe;" "vinet's Pastoral Theology AID
Homiletics," which he translated and edited with
notes; discussions in Theology" and occasional
sermons. He received the degree of d. D. from
Williams College in 1926 and that OF LID from the
College at Marietta, Ohio, in 1885,
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-02

The EMPRESS EUaENE disdainfully and
Indignantly refuses to consent to the dis
menberment of France. We scarcely know
whether to laugh at her folly or to admire
her pluck but it is quite certain that the
Germans will not take much pains to secure
her ratification of treaty which is at once
acceptable to them and endorsed by a French
National Assembly. Eugenie and her son
must take back seats, for the present, with
the Bourbons and Orleanists, for, in a
political sense, there are none left to do them
reverence.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-02

IT APPEARS by the report of che Philadel-
phia Gas Works that it paid out about six
hundred thousand dollars last year as wages
TO laborers, mechanics, men employed in
laying mains, in laying pipe, setting meters,
etc., and to stokers and others employed in
manufacturing gas. 1t would be curious to
know how much of this money was used, in
cidentally, to reward layers of political pipe,
controllers of delegate elections aud conven-
tions, ETC.; but the Gas Trust is too close
corporation to blab such secrets
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-02

GAMBETTA still lives, if we may judge by
the proclamation he is said to have issued on
the LIST inst, calling upon the people of
France to continue the instruction of their
young troops and to resist shameful peace.
If verbal appeals could have driven away the
stubborn Germans he would have sent them
whirling back over the Rhine long ago; but
nothing short of miracle can now rescue
France from the unchallenged dominance of
the invader
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-02

dent Grants administration than it will be
il it is forced to rely upon the electioneering
talents of certain Federal office-holders; and
the President commits a grievous blunder
when he refuses to effect a reform that will
save thousands of dollars to the Government
for the sake of strengthening the party by
keeping certain individuals in Office when
their services might easily be dispensed with
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-02

CONGRESS- yesterday agreed to modify the
test oath SO as to let up on the Rebels Since
the iron-clad guarantee against treason has
thus been destroyed, it would be we'll to have
additional guarantees against dishonesty and
peculation created. Let each member swear,
for instance, that he never has connived at,
and never will connive at, swindling mis-
appropriation of the public money, and let
him be punished for perjury by imprison-
ment, if it can be shown before a proper
court that this oath has been violated. The
people need at this moment, above all other
things, better protection against robbery by
their servants in Congress and in executive
offices of various descriptions; and if any
form of oath can promote this desirable end,
it cannot too speedily be devised. We are
safe enough against treason, for time at
least, but in perpetual danger of unnecessary
taxation.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-02
GLASS AND QUeRNsWARE.
WORTH OF
CHINA, GLASS and EARTHENWARE
TO BE CLOSED OUT, REGARDLESS OF COST.
Gays China Palace,

ls
Are obliged TO close out their immense stock In con-
sequence OF the building they occupy having been
sold. The entire stock must be closed out by the 1st
of April, they obliged to vacate the premises
by that time. Below we quote prices OF few lead
Ing staple goods. Fancy goods are at still greater
discount from former prices.
White French China Dining Sets, 1911 pieces $500
White French China Tea sets, 44 pieces. 80. SIS
White French China Tea Sets, 46 pieces. 6'75
S one China Dining Sets 9S pieces .......... 7.75
Stone China Tea Sets (eups with handes) "A ps so
Stone China Tea Sets tcups with handes) 46 ps 800
Stsne China Cups and Saucers, per set IL pieces so
Stone China Dining Plates, per dozen 80. 60
Table Tumblers, per dozen. Observation-Disclosures. so
Table Goblets, per dozen. en.................... rs
Glass Tea Sets "a artcles) s).................. As
Bohemian Cologne Sets, Bottles and Puff Box 80
Bohemian Liquor Sets, Glasses, Waiter and
An endless variety OF Fancy Goods, at an i'm
mense reduction from former prices.
SO casks of Parian Marble, Leek, and Majoca
Ware, all new designs, just Landed from steamer
Helvetia, will be Included In the SALE
Goods to go out OF the city Will be packed and de-
NVered to transportation Office free OF charge, and
insured against breakage to destination.
SHOW ROOMS OPEN TILL O'CLOCK AT
NIGHT
STORE FIXTURES FOR SALE 13 stuthlm
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-02

The LOWER BRANCH of the State Legislature
yesterday unanimously agreed to the appoint
ment of a committee of six to superntend
the printing of the wrappers for the Legsla-
tive Record. When the proposition was first
made it was objected to as too small a matter
for legislative supervision, but it turned out,
on inquiry, that $13, $500 had been paid
for printing these wrappers in 1868, aud
$12,6S3 in 1869; that is to say, the State has
been taxed about one hundred dollars for the
wrappers used by each member of the House
and Senate in sending Legislative Records to
his constituents. The true value of the paper
and printing actually consumed for this pur-
pose would be much more nearly represented
by an allowance of one hundred cents
for each member than one hundred
dollars, and the extra ninety-nine dollars is
made up mainly of pickings and stealings.
Really, this is too heavy percentage even for
Harrisburg thieves They ought to be salts
fed with charging the State ten dollars for
what costs them one, and some people would
even be satisfied with bare profit of sone
hundred per cent, and we are not astonished
that a charge of one dollar for what costs
about cent has at last shocked even the dull
legislative sense of justice and proprety.
However, while Bergner continues to flourish
at the State capital what can the people
expect?
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-02

In YOUR THROAT Is SORE or you are annoyed by
constant Coughs use promptly DIR. Jaynes Ex-
pectorant 1t will relieve the air passages of all
phegm or muous allly Inflammation, and so give
the diseased parts chance TO heal. No safer
remedy can be had for all Coughs and Colds, any
complaint OF the Throat or Lungs, and II taken In
time short trial will provo its efficacy Sold every
where.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-02
Rev. EIeazer e. Fitch, ID. d.

This prominent divine died at New Haven on
Tuesday evening. He graduated at Yale College In
1870 and from SIT to 1852 Professor OF Divinity
in that institution. The degree OF D. d. was CON
ferred upon him by the University OF Pennsylvania
in 1929,
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-13

SHOCKING SU1cIDE.-Tuesday a most shock
ing suicide took place in Melford, N. H., un
der the following circumstances: When the
seven o'clock passenger train from Wilton haG
reached point near some dwelling houses, 20
rods this side of Milford station, man by the
name of John Morrill, was seen standing on the
track by the fireman, and without the least
show ofexcitement hethrew himself in front Of
the locomotive and was instantly killed. Onr
informant says that his head fell upon rail
and was cut completely off and thrown some
distance from the track, his brains being scat
tered in all directions, while the body was car
rled under the engine and crushed and man.
gled in fearful manner, Morrill, was an ex.
celent mechanic but had been sick and gloo-
my for several days in consequence of hard
drinking.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-13

HE terrible disaster of Chicago continues
TO be The topic upermost in the minds of all
classes of people. Go where we will, it is the
theme of conversation. The blackened ruins
OF city nearly swept from the face of the
earth, the thousands of homeless people, shell
terless upon the prairie are sad reminders of
the wonderful greatness of the past. But al
ready there is a brighter side, not only in the
active benevoIence that has stirred all classes
OF people in the country but in the indomita-
BILE courage of that people who have already
set themselves to the work of rebuilding. The
flames had hardly ceased to lick up
whole squares of buildings ere the work of
restoration was begun. We already read of
the brave record its revival in the short para
graphs which tell of the reopening of hotels,
the restoration of the telegraph, the press re
Stunning its daily record, merchants laying the
foundations OF another start, business men
gathering to cheer each other and to express
common determination to bring back it's
magic glory. Such paragraphs as these spar
kle amid the general gloom as sure promises
that Chicago will continue to be the Queen
City of the West.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-13

DESTRUCTIVE FOREST FIRES IN THE West
A dispatch dated at Detroit, Mich, the 18th
lust, says the news from st. Clair and Huron
counties of this State is of the most distressing
character. All of that section of the State east
of Saginaw Bay and north OF point 40 miles
ABOVE Port Huron, has been completely swept
by fire. A number of persons have persisted
and it is feared that we have not heard the
worst.
The villages of Forestville, White Rock, Elm
creek, Sand beach and Huron city are entirely
destroyed. Rock Falls and Port Hope are par
TALLY destroyed Nothing has vet been heard
from Port Austin or Port Crescent, but it is
hardly possible that they have escaped. At all
these towns there were large stores, many fill
cd with winter stocks extensive saw mills,
shingle mills, and docks covered with lumber,
all OF which was swept away. 1t is said but
one block is lett on the shore about Forest
vile.
A steamer which left Port Huron last night
for the relief of the sufferers returned this eve
ming with about forty men, women and chill
dren, five living seriously burned. The Teve-
nue. cutter Fessenden, which started for Port
Austin picked up sail boat containing Isaac
Green, the pclncipal owner of Forestville, with
his family and IS or twenty others who es-
capped the flames at Forestvle.
The telegraph operator at ForestVille escap-
ed through the fire back into the country. All
telegraph offices along the shore are destroyed
but communication will be restored soon.
Five children persisted near Rocktalls. p.
B. Hubbard at Union City shot his horses and
cattle to prevent their perishing by fire. He
loses heavily, losing large store, mills, docks,
&c. The extensive property of Stafford and
Raymonk at Point Heape is about the only one
that escaped $4,000 were subscribed to-nig bit
for the relief of the sufferers of the State
The light rain of yesterday seems to have
greatly abated the fires throughout the State
and it is believed that the worst has passed.
Scarcely county in the State, but suffered
from fire, and the loss will amount to hundreds
of thousands of dollars. Tho damage to pine
land is incalculable.
Saginaw City only escaped destruction
through the determined efforts of the citizens
Bridgeport was saved by the rain yesterday
morning. At Holland, on the east shore of
Lake Michigan the flames made clean sweep
There is scarcely building left. The. suffer-
ings of the people were promptly cared for by
the mayor and citizens of Grand Haven.
Prot. Charles Scott of Hope College perish
ed and a minister, whose name is unknown.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-13

writer in Merry's Museum, describing O
visit to the White Mountains. says: sit had
been designed to go to Gorham by the Grand
Trunk Road, and thence to the Glen House.
But we learned in season how much we sbonld
gain by going by the way of North Conway
The distance is not nearly as great, the route
is far more interesting in every respect, while
the approach to the mountains from Gorham
is not at all to be compared with that by way
OF Conway. Several of our party have been
both routes, and can testify from experience.
No one should think of going to Mount Wash
ington by way of Gorham, unless it is as mat
ter OF novelty"