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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1873-12-26

THEN AND Now.-Two years ago
Tweed was the great power of New
York. Hundreds waited in his ante
room. His coupe drawn upon Broad
way, with its satin linings, gold-gilt
harness covered with monograms, its
liveried driver and ieweled whip, at
tracted crowds. The authorities at the
penitentiary were more than rigorous in
their reception of Tweed. The larceny
jacket did not belong to the class of
crime for which Tweed was incarce-
rated. His treatment was not only
humiliating but rather rough. In all
the prison wardrobe there was not
suit that would fit the burly form of
Tweed. The one put on him would not
meet. The sleeves reached little be-
low the elbow, and gentleman who
saw him, the next morning after his iu-
generation, with his head shaved, beard
off, and this child's suit on him, said he
was the most pitiable sight he ever be-
held.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1873-12-26
NEW GRANGE SONG.

It is an ancient farmer,
And he is one Of three;
He said unto the middle man,
"We have no need OF thee.
"This man here makes his cloth,
And sells IL unto me
he buys my wheat, and thus we save
The slice that went TO thee"
Your eyes too dim are growing;
Get spectacles," said he,
"That you may see some higher grade
OF wheat than number three"
The cunning middle man
Laughed out, "Ha-ha te-hel
Upon your back III stand and hll
My pockets from the tree !"
Then turned that ancient farmer
The middle man about,
And, with soEIe words OF kind advice,
He gently kicked him out.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1873-12-26
EXuortg,

The chief of the bureau of statistics
furnishes the following information.
The exports of the following articles
from Great Britain to the United States
in the ten months ended October, 1873,
as compared with the same period in
1872, were
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1873-12-26

-Apropos of the visit of the little
Iturbide of Mexico to this country,
Orrin L. Ray of Pierson, Mich, relates
that at the battle of Huamantla on the
9th of October, 1847, young Iturbide's
father performed wonders, plunging
into hand-to-hand encounters with COM
mon soldiers. Finally, he was cornered
by six or seven men, but continued to
fight, they meanwhile trying to take
him alive, and he did not surrender till
his sword was broken in pieces and he
was covered by half dozen pistols, and
then exclaimed "The son of Iturbide
has a wife and children, or he would
die here" Which may be considered a
specimen brick of Anglo Spanish gas
conade.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1873-12-26

It will thus be seen there has been a
heavy decline in nearly every article
during the ten months of 1873, with the
exception of tin plates.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1873-12-26

The shaft that the Saratoga monu-
mental association propose to raise on
the spot where Burgoyne surrendeed,
in 1777, will be 80 feet square at the
base and 10 feet at the summit, and $50
feet high, and will cost $500, 900. Con-
gress is invited to head the subscription
List with an appropriation of 5000, 900.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1873-12-26

HARD TIMES IN NEW YoRK.-The
dullness of all departments of trade
shows how intimately society is linked
together. That the stock market and
real estate should be down is natural.
But the grocers, the butchers, the coal
dealers and the bakers say their bust
ness is reduced one-half. The oyster
men tell the same story; so do the bar
bers, the apothecaries and the presidents
of our city railroads. The same is true
of our ferry boats. How all these in
terests can suffer from a panic, when
men must ride and eat, is marvellous.
Men who usually buy six pounds of
meat content themselves with three
instead of a chest of tea a pound is
bought; seven pounds of sugar take
the place of barrel, and the reduction
is almost universal. Last year at this
time. one oyster house sent s., 900 worth
of picked oysters to Chicago a month
a hundred dollars now suffices. Men
walk who formerly rode, and shave
themselves who called in the barber.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1873-12-26

BIG GUNs.-The performance of the
"Woolwich infants, or 35-ton English
guns, will probably bring about a revoss
luton in the art Of naval construction
Experiment has shown that with the SER
vice-charge of powder and the 7OO-pouDd
shot, these enormous engines can send
the proiectile through fifteen inches of
iron at 200 yards, through fourteen
inches at /, ZOO yards, through eleven
inches at $500 yards, through nine
inches at 1000 yards, through eight
inches at A, 800 yards. In each case the
usual backing OF hard wood has to be
added to the thickness of the iron target
Thus, at a range of nearly three miles, a
shell one-third of ton in weight can be
made to pierce the sides of some of the
heaviest iron-clads, which, few years
ago, were thought to be well protected
by eight to nine inches of iron.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1873-12-26
W. G. Sheppard,
SURGEON DENTIST,
COLUMBIA, TENN.

oFTIc-Fleming's new block, Garden street,
nearly opposite the Presbyterian church.
keep constantly on hand full stock of tooth,
tablets, soaps and lotions for the mouth and gums
al recommepded by the United States dental asso-
ciation, Cal and see me,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1873-12-26
Mills Theory of Happiness.

Those only are happy who have their
minds fixed on some object other than
their own happiness-on the happiness
of others, on the improvement of man
kind, even on some art or pursuit, fol-
lowed, not as a means, but as itself an
ideal end. Aiming thus at something
else, they find happiness by the way.
The enjoyments of life are sufficient to
make it pleasant thing, when they are
taken en- PEASANT, without being made
a principal object. Once make them
so, and they are Immediately felt to be
insufficient. They will not bear scru-
tinizing examination. Ask yourself
whether you are happy, and you cease
to be so. The only chance is to treat,
not happiness, but some end external to
it, as the purpose of life. Let your
self-consciousness, your scrutiny, your
self-interrogation, exhaust themselves
on that; and, if otherwise fortunately
circumstanced, you will inhale happi-
ness with the AIR you breathe, without
dwelling on it or thinking about it,
without either forestalling it in imagi-
nation or putting it to fight by fatal
questioning.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1873-12-26
Have sunshine at the Table.

1
Meal-time ought to have been the
pleasantest time in the day at Mrs.
Fraser's. The family gathered around
the finest damask. The china and sill.
yer and cut glass made the table bright,
and the cook understood her business.
But it was not a cheerful time at ALL
Moth,r had formed the habit of taking
that time for doing up the family re-
proving. It SEE med quite handy as the
family were then all together Those
not in fault could get the benefit of the
example made of the delinquents. So
it naturally became a time when each
brought up his charges against the
other. Susy had something to tell of
Mary's bad behavior at school, and Paul
was sure to mention any misdoings of
Tom. It was not hard, in such family,
| for the others to retort and find enough
flaws to pick with sisters and brothers.
There is nothing so contagious as i'll
temper, and so the whole family were
in a well-bred snarl by the time the
carving was done. If they had lived in
cabin they would likely have tried the
arguments in knocks and blows upon
each other. As it was the war was one
of words only. But how demoralizing
the habit on all parties. How destruct
i've of that peace which should reign
around the family board. Was food
eaten in such frame of mind likely to
be well digested and made over into
good, rich blood, that would nourish
all parts of the system?
IF you observe in your family the
least approach to this custom, Danish it
as you would the most unwelcome
guest. It will grow upon you, unless
you resolutely set your face against it.
Study the very best time to administer
reproof, and never let it be at meal-time
or bedtime. Don't have your little |
ones SO accustomed to punishment at
the latter hour, that they shall say like |
a poor little fellow when he began to |
feel drowsy:
81 am so sleepy, mamma. Please
whip me and put me to bed"
What memories of their early home,
think you, do such children bear with
them out into the battle of life? Are
they those that will make their arm
strong in the conflict? Will they be as
a talisman to guard them from the wiles
of the tempter? All, there are no holy
SO childhood's spells surrounding
faultfnding home. The children OF
such mother cannot come up and call
her blessed. They will early leave such
q home and rarely return to it.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-02-19
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE.
RECOMMENDATIONS RELATlVE
TO THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM
OF UTAH

wAsuIEGToS, Feb. li.--Tho president
sen. the following message 10 Congress to-
day:
To the Senate and House Of Representa-.
uves:
! consider IL my duty to call the at,en.
tion ot congress 10 the condition of affairs
in the Territory Of Utah, aud to the dang
ere likely TO arise, II 1t continues during
the coming recess, from threatened cop-
tlct between the federal and territorial
authorities. No discussion is necessary in
regard TO the general policy OF congress
respecting the territories OF the United
States, aud only wish now to refer TO 40
much OF that policy as concerns the actual
facts and the enforcement of the lava
within their borders. No material differ
snces are found in spect to these matters
in the organic acts Of the territory, but an
examination Of them will show 1t has been
the invariable policy Of congress to place,
and keep their civil and criminal jurisdic-
tion with certain limited exceptions in the
hands OF persons nominated BY the presi-
dent and confirmed by the senate. And
that the general administration Of justice
should b. as prescribed by congressional
enactment. Sometimes the power given
to . territorial legislature has been some
what larger and sometimes somewhat
smaller than the power generally con.
fsrred. However, powers have been
given 10 territorial legislature inconsis.
tent with the idea that the general judici.
AIRY Of The territory was " be under tho
direct supervision OF the national govern
ment. Accordingly, the Organic law
creating the territory Of Utah, passed
4 nsptsnbsr Q, 1869, provided for the an.
p0intment Of . supreme court the judges
Bef which are judges Of the district court, n
& e!ssb, . marshal and IN attorney, and 10
tbses esderai oAicen IL con Hded the jurs-
dietios IN al important matters. But, as
'ASeitsd rscsntly by She supreme court,
W. oct requires the Jurors 70 serve In these
y courts 70 b selected Ia such u manner AZ
the territorial legislature sees a. 10 prc.
scribe. II has undoubtedly been the de.
sirs Of coag grease Sar - the same right be
compatible with the supervisory control OF
the fs1sssl sOvesssnsnt to leave the mi.
/, .es details connected with the admins
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-02-19
THE> SEWING MACHINE PAT.
ENTS.

The manufacture OF sewing machines
in the United States has grown to be
one Of our greatest industries. The
profits on the machines manufactured
during the last ten yevrs, reach the
enormous sum Of two hundred millions
Of dollars; and the profits for the year
1871 alone amount TO twenty millions of
dollars. These figures explain OF once,
the anxiety felt by the owners Of the sew
Ing machine patents to secure an
extension Of their monopoly Of
the manufacturing Of machines, and their
willingness TO expend large amount Of
money in the effort TO secure the extension
Of their patents. The sewing machine
has grown to be household necessity, and
high as the prices for them range in COM
deemed family necessities, the sales are so
large as TO excite wonder. Tailors, dress.
makers, shoe.makers, shirt-mnkers, and
many other mechanics, find the sewing
machine an indispensable instrument in
their several trades. And no one of either
Of the above named trsdesmen
or tradeswomen would attempt
to carry on business without it. The
needle of the poor seamstress IL found to
be weak competitor Of the swir.-runaing
sewing machine of her more fortunate
. neighbor, and many woman prichs The
life blood from her heart rs well us from
~ her finger, in the vain at,emp, TO earn the
sum necessary TO purchase machine.
Manufacturers Of sewing machine. make
clear profit Of from forty to fifty dollars
and upward on every machine sold, and
will continue 10 do so,
at the expense of the people, ms long
US they are niloWeu me monopoly
they now enjoy. There is not one good
reason why the sewing machine patents
should be extended, and no reason at all
except TO ensure to the holders of tho
patents a continuance Of the dispropor-
,ionate profits they now maze. On the
contrary, justice to the mass o, the people
dictates the breaking up Of the sewing
mschine monopoly. The demand, great
a. it now is, would Immediately increase,
and in these articles as in everything
else, tho best would command the highest
= prices. The subject, in which nearly
overy man and woman In the land is
directly interested, is being widely agi,a.
ted the people expect their representa-.
tive, in congress to cast their votes agains,
the uonopolis,s and in favor of the
masses.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-02-19

Tns Hon. Robert ]. Cross, member Of
tho house Of representatives from Win.
nebago county, died last week.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-02-19

TO-DAY committee of senators will 20
10 Joliet to investigate the charges Of
fraud brought against the peni,ehtary
commissioners. ,. %.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-02-19
Our Home Advertisers.
-
Z. WINSTON,
REAL ESTATE AGENT
No "a ONO LEvEE.

Offers the following valuable real es ate for
sale, which Is selected from n very large list
Of VALUABLE real estate for sale and lease,
as presenting very favorable terms for in.
vestnents:
A large two story house, in good repair,
together with lots, on Cross street, near
school house, No. 1 bargain.
That line large house aud lot @, block ~,
city, on Washington avenue between Fourth
and Fifth streets.
Lot No. 8, block No. 0, Ohio L"vee.
Two splendid high lots on Walnut street,
next to corner Of Eigth street. Very cheap.
Two lots on Tenth street, between Walnut
and Cedar streets. Very desirable and will
be sold cheap.
Three lots on Cedar street. well situated
nj n bargain.
Those two fine business lots, Is and 10.
block II, city, on Commercial avenue, near
corner OF Eighth street, on W ich now
stands the livery stable Of Miles Parker.
Possession given tir-t of April.
-Four lots on Twenty first street. near Com.
mercial avenue and freight depot of the c.
Two lots on Commercial avenue. near cor.
ner OF Thirty.third street. Win be sold
cheap.
Two good business lots. : and 2. block Ar
city. on Washington avenue aud corner OF
house
Lots Q, 10, II and ~ same block and in rear
OF last mentioned lots, on Fifteenth street.
Lots and ~, block 30. city. on Thirteenth
street, nea. Commercial avenue. Price $500
each.
A Inc farm Of $50 acres, with good i'm.
prov ments at Goose Island. adjoining the
farm Of .. Greenlee, Esq The soil and fer.
tilt, are unsurpassed, being rich bottom
land entirely above overflow.
Several well imp owed fruit farms In Pu.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-02-19
GO TO RIVER SIDE WATER CURE.

Hamilton, Ills, or send for free circular ant.
list Of questions for "hone treatment No
drugs. Fifteen miles Mississippi river view.
Male and Female physicians 2-l5-rr
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-02-19
TUE DOLLAR WEEKLY BULLETIN

John II. Obcrly has reduced the subscrip.
on price Of the WEEKLY CAIRO BULLETIN
One Dollar per annun, making IL the
cheapest paper pubishedi in Southern Illinois
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-19

way refreshed, and | shall never forget the
ready sympathy and deep distress they mani
tested in The fate Of the army Just driven from
Richmond. Erhe picture is before me now. The
ragged foot sore, dirty veterans, some wound
ed, all detected and sad, surrounded by eagerly
crnuiring strangers: women seeking lldlngs OF
their husbands, fathers cuqurlng after their
bovs All with distressed faces, some were IN
tears, that after all Ice was compelled to give
up the stronghold. Some asking again; could
lit be possiblc, it is surely not true that lee had
been Whipped" and others utterly -tnereduE",lS
and counting our story as the tales OF dlSserters.
Aud then the kindly interest manifested ID us,
shown by acts more than words, at time when
"a. dinner given away meant something. the. do
sn,ofs: not knowing certainly that The next meal
would be obtainable for themselves. Such was
and Is Fredericksburg, dcsolated, bighted, i'm
poverished, yet kindly and lopen-hearted still.
noticed curious fact in this place. People do
not seem TO think it necessary TO fasten their
front doors, and. hal thieves are not knovp. |
called to see a gentleman here aud found him
gone to dinner he had left his Office open and
yaluables living about. | asked him when he
returned if he was tot afraid he would be rob-
bed to which he replied that there was not the
slightest danger no one ever troubled his at
fairs. 81 that il fredericksburg has its dlsad-
vautages in being dull aud deserted, it has some
compromising advantages to which Alexand! Ians
are strangers. Ii.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-19
Letter from Nelson County.

Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette. |
ELMINGToN, Va, July I7.-The little vii
lage of Ellington isinproving greatly. Mr.
Perkins. the principal Of the Elmington Mill
,ary and Classical School, is about erecting an
other large and commodious building. He has
engaged the services of two gentlemen, grad
yates of the University Of Virginia, OF the
highest character, competent to teach all the
ancient and modern languages. aud his school
promises to be one Of the largest and best
schools in the State.
Immense quantities of tan bark have been
and are still being shipped from this p ace
The steam saw mill Of hlessrs B. II. Goodoe
& 60. is situated about a mile from this place,
and is shipping lumber from here to Alexan.
dria and other points along the ". g., '. NJ.
Il e.. S. h. h.
The wheat harvest is over, and think there
has bceu a very good yield. The oat harvest
is Just commencing, aud promises 10 be very
abundant The corn is looking remarkably
well, and the tobacco is looking better than |
ever saw it for the time Of year. one gentleman
in the neighborhood will 5000 have 20 top his.
The northern bound express train on the w.
G.. V. NJ. 4 q. S. r. r., on last Sunday
night, ran over the watclInan on the sectlnn
above here, horribly maugliug his body. In
attempting to cross the cattle guard his foot
became fastened, and SO near was the tram
upon him that all escape was hopeless.
There is much talk about the coming cleo
ton, and many candidates are spoken OF and i
good deal Of ccctonecriug is gong on
tTI,IIt
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-19

\ correspondent Of the Richmond Enquirer
has lately had a conversation with Ex-Gov.
VIM. Smith, of Fauquer, and sayS:-"I asked
him rs regards the action of the Convention.
lie said we must have decisive and plain plat
form of principles that the people of the State
could rally upon, and that the nominee should
be man that the people could and would sup
port. In answer to the position he occupied,
he said Il shall support the nominee of the
Convention no matter who he be. If it be
deemed necessary by the Convention to nomi-
nate me as necessity to unite all parties, |
would consider it a great honor aud exert my
utmost strength for the cause. | have taken
10 steps to secure a nomination, and shall not
= If can be of.service to the people, am ready
now as have always been, to perform the
part allotted me" The same correspondent
says that prominent gentleman from Fairfax
county, tod him :i'thatve could not afford to
run risks; that we could but ri>k our chance of
success with any other man than Governor
Smith, and that be intended to plainly express
his views in the convention. - <......
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Fredericksburg.

Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazotte
WEsTMoRELAND COUNTY, VA, July IT,
| hope the good people Of Fredericksburg will
not conclude from my last letter that | intended
to run down or make little of their town; far
from 1t. found the same old Virginia welcome
there as in times gone by, when a more pros
porous day shone on her-may it come again
soon, and more than ever prosperous-aDd the
genial hospitality of that people has no superior.
[ well remember when passing through there
atthe close of the war hungry, penuiless and
tired, hoS was cared for, fed, and sent on my
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-19

Washington dispatch to the Boston Globe
gives the details of project for the develop
ment of the Southern States. By means Of
short canals, connecting the various rivers flow
ing into the Gulf Of Mexico, uear their mouths,
steamer from St Louis can make the trip
from that place to Savannah without venturinc
into the open sea. The cost Of loading and un.
loading, &C., will thus be avoided, but what is
even more important, the distance between
New Orleans and the Atlantic coast, near the
northern line of Florida, will be reduced by a,
least ne-half
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-19
"A ALEXANDRIA,, VA.
FrNu Interests of Midland Virginia.
SATURDAY, JULY IS, 1878

from Interests Of Midland Virginia.
a5lFhe recent exploration and discovery by the
! authorities Of the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron Company of extensive deposits
and veins. Of, magnetic and hemathe iron ores
along the immediate line ofthe late Orange and
"A Alexandria Railroad, in the counties Of Abe
: marie, Nelson; Amherst and Campbell, IS au
event Of, great significance to the future pros
perity of our people and State. When we are
told BY those who have made the subject
speciality, and whose experience is enlarged by
years OF professional labor and service in iron
operations, that the iron ores referred to are as
extensive in quantity, and superior IN quality
to any similar development to be found 10 the
great iren State Of Pennsylvania, we may con-
ceive some idea Of the importance OF these dis
coveries, and the benefit which is to result from
their appropriation to the uses Of mankind.
Iron is Of universal demand wherever clvlllza-
ton extends, and that country enjoys most
prosperity which can best furnish this most
valuable metal, and convert it at the least cost
to the purposes! of society. We congratulate
the friends Of the railroad company upon the
discovery Of these valuable ores for transporta-
ton where such vast mineral wealth was not
supposed to be stored, and our community up
on the advantages presented Of being able to
receive the crude material at the minimum
cost at tids-w.ter, and by proper manipulation
to add more than hundred fold to their origl'
nal values! Beyond all other raw material iron
derives most additional value through the varl-
Gus processes of labor, and is therefore most
desirable in the development and building up
of the manufacturing interests OF our cities If
these valuable resources can be properly organ
lied, aud capital secured for their handling and
development, it would not be difficult to esti-
mate the impulse which Virginia must at once
receive In the onward march to a material
prosperity heretofore unknown and not as yet
anticipated by her most advanced statesmen.
Indeed We can hardly realize at present the cx-
tent Of progress which Virginia will make In
the next decade, and the prospect presented to
her people Of great future wealth and material
prosperity. '