The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-20

cnlldren are bastard6, and his wives by
Mormon marriages concubines, which
would seem to be the fact. '..-'
REPORTS continue to arrive Of the dis
astrous effects produced by the recent
rains throughout the west, and especial.
ly in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Iowa.
Whole sections of country are flooded,
and the damage to grain crops not yet
harvested or standing in the shock is
Immense. Railroad tracks and fences
are washed away, and in many instances
houses and barns have been DESTROYED,
The committee appointed to count
the funds in the treasury on the retire
ment of Mr.. Spinner are about ready
to make their report. They have been
engaged for the past week in an investi-
cation of the $4,000 robbery, and after
taking mass of testimony without
lnculpating any single individual, ex-
press the opinion that the money was
taken by an employee of the cash-room /;
and, further, that it is possible for such
robberies to occur at any time.
As Washington died before the close
of the administration of John Adams,
there was, of course, no ex-president
living when he was gone; ind now,
again, the death of Andrew johnson
leaves the country without living ex-
president. Within three presidential
terms, five presidents-Pierce, b.
chanan, Lincoln, Fillmore, and John
son have died. Mrs. Polk, Mrs. Fill
more, Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. Lincoln, and
Mrs. Johnson, the wives of presidents,
are living. But two ex-vice presidents
-Hamlin and Colfax-are living.
WHAT remarkable strides we arc max
ing in the increase of our domestic ex.
ports of produce is shown by little
statement just issued by tho Statistical
bureau. In the fiscal year which ended
June 30, 1874. the last year of which
that bureau has made up full returns,
the domestic exports amounted IL specie
value to over 1868, SEQ, 0O0. For the
corresponding fiscal year of the previous
decade, that ending June 80, 1864, the
specie value of the exports were but
$143, $780, 600. Here is an increase of
more than tkree-fold in ten years.
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A COMMISSION Of the architects of
Chicago has directed, after a close ex-
animation, that the work on the new
oEstom-house should be resumed, as
they find the foundations strong enough
and the Butna Vista stone good enough,
if carefully selected. Potter, super
wishing architect, thought the walls
should come down, but the Chicago
people want custom-house, and are
willing to risk the present foundations.
If demolished, as proposed, 1t would
occasion delay of three years and
loss Of 81, 100000.
The manufacture of glucose, or corn
syrup, should be very profitable in this
country. The foreign article, OF which
immense quantities have been imported
since 1867, is charged 20 per cent. duty,
besides ocean freight. This advantage
to the home manufacturer is enhanced
by the fact that the raw material in the
United States is far cheaper than in
Europe. A busheI of corn in Illinois
costs from 80 to 60 cents, in New York
IS cents, while the European manufac
turer of glucose and grape sugar hes to
pay $125.
The English having loaned the Turk
Ssh government several hundred millions
OF dollars for the purpose of affecting
internal improvements" are now get
ting somewhat alarmed when they find
the sultan spending the greater part If
the money on personal luxuries. The
sultan in fact has entirely too much fam,
ly, his wives numbering eight hundred
and the household expenses alone
amounting to $1O,0OO,OOO. This item
alone keeps him sick" and the sooner
England can induce him to settle down
with one wife the better it will be for
all parties concerned.
IwENTY-sIX crimes of various mag
nitudes, from counterfeiting to wife
murder, are the subject of twenty-six
special kilograms in western paper.
There are forgeries, riots, incerdiarism,
thefts, murders, embellishments and
crimes of darker hue. This savory
mess is served up in column by itself
so that no family need miss it, and is
garnished with startling and magma
tive headings. With such diet as this
dealt out to the community every day
the New York Tribune thinks there
need be no wonder if crime ''doth make
the meat it feeds on"
The Army and Navy Journal, COM
menting upon the ravages of the yellow
fever at Pensacola, very sensibly sug-
gests that, as the soldiers stationed at
the two forts there are really not needed
in time of peace, the place should be
abandoned in the sickly season and the
troops sent to healthier locality, thus
avoiding the awful sacrifice of human
life which has characterized the summer