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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-12-20

chiSsLln DAVIS SAMUEL u, KENT
d iCsiMoND NURSERIES.
- or TIE
BROOK TURNPIKE, ~ MILES FROM
THE CITY.
FRANKLIN DAVIS Co, PROrRIETORS.
TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE
ACRLS IN MUIR ERIES.
1880 0 Apple Trees Of the most popular varIe
Ties largely OF Wlnsap, elsamarle Pippin,
l9hnson's Fins Winter, Raves Janst, Hot,
Early Harvest, Early kipe, Red As,rsciian,
&C., sc.
s 900 Peach Trees choice collection OF most
approved corts for family use and for market
10000 Pear Trees, standard and dwarf largely
q FaTtlett Standard ana Duchess d'Angou
Ieg,ooo Cherry, Plum. Apricot, Nectarines and
OUNCES.
a,o,oOo Grape Vines. A splendid stock of well.
rooted plants, largely Of Concord.
100000 Currants, qooseberry. Strawberry.
haspeerry; Usage Orange, Asparagus, Rau'
greatest care, and is remaI kapiy thrifty and
well grown. The selection of varietes has been
made with especial reference to their adaptation
10 this and adjoining states. that thoss order.
ing OF Us may rely upon getting SORTS adapted 70
their locality.
hose wishing to plant viii do wril 70 visit the
Nurseries, or respond with us before psrchas-
ing ell cwhere
send for descriptive Catalogue.
August. 1872 2,-sw&W6Tn
MT. VERNON NURSERIES,,
UPON THE ORIGINAL WASHINGTON
ESTATE, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA,
@. GILLINGHAM l. CO., PRoPsiErogs.
A Full Assortment of
FRUIT AND SHADE TREES, GRAPE
VINES AND SHRUBS AND
SMALL FRUIT PLANTS.
SOUTHERN WINTER APPLES A
SPECIALITY.
Splendid stock of Dwarf and Standard
PEAR TREES.
FORTY YEARS EXPERIENCE.
MT. Dillingham; win consult with parties wish-
ing 10 set orchards and viney ards and give hem
the benefit Of his experience. lie viii furnish
trees and set them where IL IL desired, giving a
iull warranty as to heir growth.
send for Catalogue. Postofhce address, Ac.
eotink, Fairfax County, Va
Sc l6-wIf
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-12-20

fKASsll" DAVIS SAMUEL G. KENT
d iCliNSOND SURsEsIEs.
- THE
BROOK TURNPIKE, Id HIrLEs FROM
THE CTlY.
FRANKLIN DAVIS & Co, PROpRILTORS.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19
The Honest Erfand Boy.

That boy thiuks that good name
is rather to be chosen than great
riches,n for he has found . sovereign
that the gentleman has dropped, and
he runs eagerly to give it back. AT
first he says 1t is not his; but the boy
says, Yes, indeed, it is 1 saw it fall
from your hand when you paid q
cabman. "Why, that was many
streets backI" says the gentleman.
Yes, he knows; he run all the way as
hard as he could !; he has had job
to cath him. "Are you very rich
boy, that you can afford to give up q
sovereign when you find one ?n said
the gentleman. erich, sir ?i i have
eighteen-pence q week as errand boy.
But the money was yours, not mine ::
/ like to earn my money, not steal it.'
The gentleman smiled but only said,
putting the sovereign In his pocket,
" Well, thank you, my lad good day,
stay where do you live?n The boy
told him., and then they went their
different ways. A month or two
afterwards, when the boy had forgot
ten the circumstance, he found a gen.
tleman seated in the room with his
mother when he came home from
work. Ee recognized him at once.
He had come, he said, to offer him 3
situation: 1t was one Of great trust, and
he offered it to him because he had
proved himself worthy of trust. That
boys good nameu had stood hin
in good stead. aa i-i,
'ir " A good name is rather to be chosen
than great riches. PROV. XXI: 1. Fr.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19
Greeley on the Professions.

The following very characteristic let
ETY. of the Cumberland University, ON
being notified that he was, an honorary
member. 1t smacks SO ostrongly of com
mon sense philosophy that We reproduce
it entire: sI = (, .--;!
80 New York, March 26, 1872.
DEAR SIR:-I have yours of the 23d
instant, and gratefully accept the honor
of which it notifies me. & = iqy.
And now permit me to make an un-
gracious return for your kindness. ]
am impelled to protest against the de-
votiOn OF so many young men-many OF
them our ablest and brightest-to the
profession of law. I have no vulgar
prejudices against that pursuit. know
that many have ,nobly served God
and Man in that calling-I protest only
because see that profession. over
crowded while others are untitled and
neglected. Your State needs this day
ten Thousand educated and. capable
young men to teach her, where, to look
for mines and how to work them-how
to belt her soil with addiuonalrailrOads
laid with steel wrought from her own
vast wealth of iron ore-how to multi
ply her furnaces, factories. machine
shops, implement mannfactorins, &C.,
&c. Yet she leaves these needs unsrlp.
piled while she grinds out grist after
grist of superfuous lawyers and doctors.
You will not heed my protest; still,
ask you to record it for the benefit OF
the wiser and more docile generations
which trust are to succeed you. ~
Believe me yours, ISL
a r. - HORACE GREELEY
HARRY LEE GosLNG, a., - !. 3D.,
Law School, Lebanon, Tenn. .r-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19
The Labor OF q Pianist.


OF all the discoveries for which we
are indebted tn German professors, one
just published by Professor Schmidt
may claim, to rank among the most
singular. Hearing Herr Rubinstein
play at a concert, he took it into his
head to count the notes which that
famous pianist lad played by heart,
and found them amount to 62,090,
fully justifying therefore an assertion
previously made by the physioiogist
Haring, that n pianist's calling lays
about the heaviest tax of any upon
the memory. Herr Schmidt was,
however, not satisfied with this emu
meration. Applying Austrian neuk-
reutzers as dynamonletern he tested
the pressure requisite to. strike key
on, Herr Rubinstein's piano, and
found it to be equivalent to "a neuk-
reuters, which is 21-5 ounces. The
force exerted by the pianist in play
ing the 62,990-nOte piece he therefore
calculated to amount to nearly OF i4cwt.
Herr Schmidt then intruded into Herr
Won Bulow's room and tried his piano,
which has a harder touch, but which
no doubt Herr Rubinstein couid have
played on perfectly well. Here the
pressure would have amounted to
lis lilo cwt. The discovery may be
of interest to pianists who are unaware
how great an effort of muscle they go
through in playing piece, but surely
it requires German professor to draw
such a lesson from a concert. Pull
Afdv Gazette. '''' Hi q
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19
History Of ChIoroforRi.

The story of the discovery of the
properties of cliloroform Is this - J,i
A Mr.. Waldie, chemist and book
seller at LinfithgOw, had one day some
of the liquid in q saucer, when q gem
tleman entered the shop with q little
dog. The chlOrofOrm was placed on the
ground to be out Of the way, and pres
emily the dog was discovered lying by
the side of the saucer, unconscious, and
apparently dead. After time, how
ever, while the stranger was mourning
over the loss Of his pet, the dog moved
his limbs and gradually regained con-
sciousness. Mfr. Wilde began to think
that he had made q discovery; and
after having administered chlorofOrm
to q number of cats with same result,
he was confirmed in his belief. He
went to Edinburg to relate his story to
some medical men, and at the sug-
gestiOn of q friend called upon Prof.
James Simpson. After that interview,
Simpson tried number of expert
ments, and proved beyond all question
the virtues of chlOrOf0rm as an an@s-
thetic. Prof. Simpson published the
result of his experiments In 1857, and
gave full credit to Mr.. Waldie for his
share in the matter; but as the learned
physician had previously tried either
protoxide of nitrogen, and. everything
In fact that was suspected to have
an@sthetic properties, it Is more than
probable that he would soon have hit
upon chioroform. The scientific prop
critics of chloroform were first instiga-
ted by Liebig and Dumas, and they
gave 1t its presen tname from its sup
posed chemical constitution, techloride
Of formyle which was abbreviated to
chlorofOrm. ~
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19
Births OF the Presidents.

|. OF The eighteen Presidents iof the
United States seven We're born in tile
vernal season of the year, viz: James
Madison on March 5, 175l; Andrew
Jackson on March Is, 1867; John
Tyler on March 90, 1880; Thomas JEFF
ferson ON April 2, i74S James Monroe
on April IS, 175S; James Buchanan on
April %, 1871; and Ulysses s. Grant on
April 81. 1922. The only incumbent OF
the Presidential chair born in the sum
mer season was John Quincy Adams,
whose birth dates July IL, 1867. Those
of the Presidents who were born in
the season of Autumn were: John
Adams on OCTOBER so, 1885; James X.
Polk on November 2, 1885; Zachary
Taylor OH November q, 17S4 and
Franklin Pierce on November g, 1904.
The Presidents that were born during
the winter months were: 7 George
Washington on February IL; 1872 /;
Martin Van Buren, on December 1882 ;
William Henry Harrison on February
8, 1773; Millard Fillmore Oh January
Z, 1900; Andrew johnson on December
%, 1865; and Abraham Lincoln on
February 12,,'1S00. President Wash
ington died in his 6Sth year; John
Adams in his 74th; Jefferson in his
9lst; Madison in his S5th; Monroe in
his 73d Jackson in his 18th; John q.
Adams in his list Van Buren, in his
S0th; Harrison in his 69th; Tyler in bis
73d Taylor i'm his 66th Polk in his
5ith Fillmore is still alive and in his 73d
year; Pierce died I'm his 66th; Buchanan
in his nth; Lincoln in his 56th. John
son is alive and in his Gath year, and
President Grant is 50 years of sge this
month
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19
Excellent Interest Rales.

Fol-. finding the interest on any prin-
cipal for any number of days. The
answer In each case being in cents, sep
arate the two right hand figures o.
answer to express in dollars and
cent. .9i1si ss -
-Four Per Cent.-MuItiply the prin.
cipal by the number of, days to run
separate righthand figure from product,
and divide by o.. ~ 10. i,...,
Five Per Cent.-Multiply by number
of days, and divide by 72. ..1
= Six Per Cent-Multiply by number
OF days separate right-hand figure, and
divide by 6. .s.
Eight Per Cent. Multiply by num-
Der OF days, and divide by As. ...,.
Nine Per Cent.-Multiply by number
OF days; separate right-hand figure, and
divide by 4 a4 3.1 q -...s
Ten Per Cent.--Multiply by number
of days, and divide by SO.
Twelve Per Cent.-Multiply by num-
Der Of days. separate right-hand figure,
Fifteen Per Cent.--Multiply by mum.
Der of days, and divide by "a.
Eighteen Per Cent.-Multiply by
number Of days: separate right-hand
figure, and divide by 2.
Twenty Per Cent.-Multiply by mum.
Der Of days, and divide by Is. m
Twenty-Four Per fCent.-Multiply by
number OF days, and divide by Is.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19
XVI. mo "a.
A vigorous, Genesratlon..

I 1t is reported on good authority tina
Mr.. Seward Is busily engaged Yritin:
his autobiography and an account 0
his recent trip around the world. Mr.
Bryant isG preparing for a. trip, t.
Mexico, having finished his grea
i labor s0f, transiatiag ,, Homeri ! Mr.
Gideon rWeiles is, ,pDyingp by frequent
4 and trenchant articles for, the lmaga.
zines, that age has, neither, withered
his intellect, nor dinimed the bright
ness of his memory Of wrongs en-.
dured. Mr. J. 8. Black, while con-
tinuing his legal practice, is still find
ing time to deaf hard blows at his
political other magazine
essays. Mr.. Caleb Cushing's hand. is
diseernible i'm some Of the most bower
/ full of our late State papers, and he is
/ on theeve of departing for Geneva as
| counsel in the Alabama claims ar
bitratiOn.o Mr.. Charles Mathews--to
pass to another sphere-has jast de-
| lighted us with acting which, forgrace,
ease and facility iOfexpression, is hard
" to be equalled by the younger gen
Grafton of actors, at whose birth it
may be said this veteran comedian
attended Mr.. A. b. Durand, the
Oldest of our artists, has just completed
a picture which in size is one of his
largest, and in strength of execution
one of his most important. MIR. Have
meyer has proved his capacity for
effective work for the public as chair
man of the committee of seventy, and
has shown US that energy and ability
to render great service for the public
do not always depart with the coming
of many years. -,
The venerable Judge LowefI Of Bos-
ton. furnishes the bar with decisions
which for clear and compact state
lnent, and comprehensive grasp of the
subjects with which they deal, are
models OF American Judicial opinions.
Mr.. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Whose
years count up so many as to
make those of us who knew Of him
in his ''DiaW days sadly turn to count
our own grey hairs, has never pro-
duced a more finished work than that
he has lately given us-wOrk rich
with the ripeness of thought and ex-
perience, and polished to diamond
like brilliancy. n Bishop Potter avoids |
no Episcopal, duties, and even resent
ed it as. almost q reflection on his
character when the division of the
diocese of New York, now accom-
plished, was first proposed. Mr.. Van
derbuilt directs his half-dOzen great |
railroads, and pushes his vast, finan-
cial enterprises witha n clearness and |
of judgmentin in every way |
wonderfuE-and with a brow which |
tells no story OF, care, plays his little I
game of whist in the evening as il he
were nothing but an, easy, well-tO-do
old gentleman, outside the turmoil
of. business or, adventure. Captain
John Ericsson, who presided at the
birth of the locomotive, being a rival
of Stevenson as far back as 1S29, and
whose pupils are now old men and
engineers, is still work
ing with a vigor and ciearness of intel
lect really unexampied even in his
own marvellous career. He is now
engaged upon the most abstruse study
of his liie-solar. physics,-and has
already accomplished enough therein
to make a reputation. even if he had
done nothing else.-NeW York Times.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19

said, presently. IN am myself again
now. No, no Do not go for a doctor
am not Ill. At is nothing but az
overdose Of Happiness; medicine y
he added, with a sadssmiIe, "that
have not beeH accustomed to-" ~
fou ares great friend of his, per
hapsT asked Harry. rho Looked
pazzled bnt Susan glanced rapidly
nom the youthful features of her
bfother to- the careworn~face of the
other, and light fias he'd upon HI
Father !" she cried, = ~
My girl My childrentp I Gl
In the course of the eaening he told
them all. How that wien al few
years of his sentence had. expired, he
was allowed to live las "A. free, man
within the boundaries of the colony;
how his bOOk-craft had <gained him
the situation of librarian to weaAt thy
settler, who had q touch of biblies-
mania, which it was difficult togrAtify
out there; how he nearly diedsof the
gnaWing desire to communicate. with
his wife, but fought the. battleI out
with what he felt to be self, and CON
quered; how at length, when frae to
return to Europe, he had-engsgeh in
certain library pursuits, which there
is no occasion to specify, but inwhich
he was eventually SO successful As to
be in receipt of an income far beyond
his wants how that shearing Of his
wife's death and certain that his khil-
dren could not recognize him, he had
come to England, and he had con
trived to obtain Hadgings in the same
house, and to=mhke their acquaint-
ance. -5s7 = -.
"And If it had not been for ltlis
happy confession, would you n ever
have told US who you were, paPa?"
"After the trial r have dome
through, !" replied her father, ~ think
Tmay boast, never!,' . r1i
1t is felt in certain inhuentieal cir
cles that something should be done'
for poor Mapieson, something is also |
70 be done for his son Harry. This |
vague announcement sounds, L giant, |
wofully like "chDps- for twO" hut / |
i'm in o position to state that Mr.. Ma
Dleson will have a pension, and that |
Harry will get a nomination; and |
xhenbit comes to competitive exam
nation, within certain limits, I'll |
pack him. Meanwhile father and son
md daughter are settling down int0
.heirrelationship, and Harry has been I
of a nightmare. 1t was this:
He fancied that perhaps the man.
'ince dead, by the by who comm itted |
he crime his father suffered for, had
made him the various presents he had
.ccepted; and one evening, when the /
hree were together, he owned that his
suspicion made him wretched.
"Sillyv' cried Susan; "why Of 7
course Mr. Anonymous was papa :"
"Is that fact, father?" ~
"Susan is right, my boy" hra-
Chambers Journal. I1l1ug ! yHE !
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19

The Washington Annual Conference
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church,
composed of eolored people, was organ
lied ten years ago with seventy.tkree
preachers, and IL ,551 members. Since
then the Increase in membership Is
5,07 and in the ministers forty. This
conference is said to be doing great
work in the education Of their coIored
IaCe
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19

The Pope, at a public audience lately,
said the misfortunes of the Catholic
Church dated back to 1S4S. Hefurther
stated that the existence of the two
powers in Rome at the same time was
impossible. The report that he is pre-
pairing to leave the city is false.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19

The Huntsville, Ala, Reporter"
of March 18th says: Last Saturday
evening John Lemly was shot and
killed, few miles south of Hunts
vile, by one VIM. N. Putnam. There
is said to have been some little feud
existing between them, owing to the
carrying of news back and forth by
ONE third party"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19

A temperance lecturer, being seen
coming out of a tavern wiping his lips,
efIectually disarmed suspicion by ex-
planning that he had q severe tooth
ache, and only went in to get aelove TO
put In his tooth.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19

Some robbers having broken into a
gentleman's house, went to the bed Of
3 servant and told him if he moved he
was q dead man. "That's lie," said
he. "for if move Pm sure that Pm
aIiye,u
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19

Mumps is now having an extensive
run at Grove Hill, Ala.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19

Col. Fleet Cooper has again taken
editorial charge of the Summit
'"Times.n
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19
SCIENTIFIC VENTILATION.

NJ. NORM, IN a paper read before one
of the scientific associations Of Paris,
holds that outlets for the escape of bad
air should always be at or near the
floor of a room, and the inlets for
fresh air near the ceiling, or at such q
height as to prevent the sensation of q
draught. The carbOnic acid produced
by, the breathing of people in room,
instead of being allowed to vitiate the
entire. atmosphere, should be at once
discharged at its source. This discharge
is besfefIected by suction, and to main.
tain this suction, nothing more is re.
required than ordinary fireplace. This
being the case, the same system Is ap-
plicable to ordinary dwelling-hsuses,
as well as to public buildings the dis
placement Of foul air by the mechani-
cal forcing in of fresh ARM NORM
maintains, is far less effectual, and re-
quires more attention than the suction
system. 4e- 80, 81
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19
BOOTS, sA0Es, &c.
L1Q UOR: DEALERS.

rHEATlIAM a. WOODS, Nos. and q.
" south College st, corner of Church, Mash
Vile Tenn -
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19

ssSsS
SAL b.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19

oeiuiHS III LIS Oitsoh hO"io' '1ou'
hope.
"Harry, Harry!" .g B.
"Well, well, l forgot myself; don't
look frightened, Susan. 1t is well
that the wretch was spoken at last, at
all events our poor fathers memory
will be cleared from reproach; and
you can stay sometimes with those
good Poynter people and see little
society,""
Susan was protesting that she was
quite contented and happy under the
present circumstances, when she was
interrupted by a knock at the door ;
and the fellOw-lodger entered the
room. He, too, had a newspaper i'm
his hand; he, too, was evidently
under the influence of some strong
emotion, for he stood glancing from
one to the other with q strange, yearn-
ing expression in his eyes; twice he
essayed to speak, and twice his voice
failed him. .,-f-t.. 81.
"You have seen this account i'm the
evening papers, and have concluded
that we belong to the family of Mr..
Mapleson whose cruel story is told
there ?" asked Harry. .v..t
The old man nodded.
"You are right, We are his children.
This sympathy is indeed kind"
perhaps you yourself are a connec-
ton ?" said Susan, with a woman's
penetration.
The fellow-l 1ger at last forced
words to his lip Yes" he said, 81
-I-"
"Look to hi fry," cried Susan;
and if they M1Rhot run forward to
support him, the old man would have
fallen.
They got him into chair, bathed
his forehead, gave him sherry, and he
soon came out of the faint. 1.-THE
motion was too much for me-" he
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-16

ty-four hours. Departed-Right Way,
Hesper and Bertha for New Orleans.
CINCINNATI, October 15.--River three feet
in the channel and stationary. Weather
clear and milder.
LOUISVILLE, October 15.-River still fall
ing, with twenty-tw two inches in the channel
at Puppy creek and twenty-four at Flint
Island. Weather clear and cool
CAIRO, October l5.-Arrived-R. G. Bry-
arly, from Louisville, at nine last night !;
Colorado, from Vicksburg, at IL p. a..
Departed-Cresoent City and barges, for
New Orleans, at p. NJ. Bryarly, for Red
river. River stationary, Weather clear
and cool.
ST. LOUIS, October 5.-Arrived-C Charles
Bodmann, from New Orleans. Departed
II. S Turner and Atlantic and bargeg' for
burg. River falling. Weather clear and
warm.
PITrsBURG, October l5.-Stone marks
show thirty inches in the channel River
stationary. This is six inches less than the
old metal marks Indicate
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-16
BRRWERTES.
GEORGE IEIsz~ H>>>>>N''''H1>NN>o''Nr>@-
OLD CANAL LAGER BEER AND ALE BREWERY
Corner Where and Toulouse Streets,
NEW ORLEANS.

take leave to inform our saloon keepers and the
public at large that tie new installation for the
manufacture of Lager and Ale on the ICE AND.
COOL AR PRINCIPLE is now in full operation.
can furnish the public with an article inferior to
none manufactured in the West or East, and suus.
ror to any beer manufactured here, and at a rata
much cheaper than the imported ger from abroad
Facts will prove the truth ofny assertion.
Orders dlled with all necessary carefi,Inasa and
promptness and particular attention is paid to the
shipping for country customers. Come and trv
and yon win be satisfied in al and every res-..,.