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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-23
LOST AND FOUND.

I OST-On Monday, 2lst instant DARK col.
IL ORED SPRING OVERCOAT. The finder will
be rewarded by leaving at No. 2O22 street north
west. 1t
G. REWARD : Stolen June 2J;h, a WHITE
SC BULL TERRIER; yellow ears; ~
scar on hi back: answers to the name of{keA
IRISHMAN. The above reward will be psi1 If re-
turned 70 corner 2lst a nd streets northwest.
It JAMES MCCLELLAN
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IN THE SUPREME COuR OF THE DISTRICT
III

II
u OF COLUMBIA.
SpecidL Term, Probate JniSfcttOn, june 22f, 1875
In the matter Of the will Of GEORGE Nc
DANIEL: Application for letters testamentarv on
the estate Of George Mcdaniel, of the District Of
Columbia. has this dav been made by Jane Nc
PANEL All persons interested hereby no.
tined 10 appear In this court SATURDAY. the
eth day of July next. at ii O'Clock a.. M. to show
Cause why letters testamentary the estate OF the
said deceased should not issue prayed. Prortdsd.
copy Of this order be published once week, for
three weeks, in the Evening Star previous to the
said day Test: A. WEBSTER.
Je23-w.N- Register of " IIIs
CARRIAGES CARRIAGES CARRIAGESVl
~ tn hand superior assortment of 0f3h7.
Carriages, Of every description, includ ENVSS
iDg new style Coupe Rock aways, sash 80
doors. extension tops, Landaus, Landau lettes, &C.
al prices 10 suit.
Repairing promptly attended to.
ROBERT Ii. GRAHAM,
Repository AID Factory 40, Ala S;h street north
west.
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VIII write risks at liberal rates. Those
desiring insurance will find 1t decidedly to
their interest to give us call novl9-75-ly
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A gentleman whose word carries
weight in matters Iof this kind said a
tair basis on which to figure would be
100000 as the amount of real and per-
solal property left by Jacob Aston to
his son William at the death of the for
mer In 1913. The estate of John Jacob
Astor was estimated at so. 900. 900. and
the bulk of it was left to William.B. AS
tor at the time of his death. Itwould
PROBABLY be much nearer SIS, O0O, 900
than S20,CO0, OO0, as the tendency was all
ways TO exagge crate the wealth of a rich
man. However, this gentleman said,
allow $4,000, 900, as the amount left
William B. Astor. This amount at six
per cent. interest for q years-the time
which has elapsed since the death of
John Jacob Astor-would have added
S24, 800, 600 to the principal, making a
total of $39, 100000. Or, if the amount
left William B. Aston was SIS, 900, 900,
the interest at 6 per cent. would be $29,
$50, 600, and a total of interest and prin~
cipal of $47, 0S0, 600. The compound in
terest and increase in the value of GER
tain portions OF the property, he thought,
would be fairly offset by the taxes and
assessments on property allowed to re-
main unimproved, and losses OF various
kinds through depreciation of other
portions of the real estate and securi-
ties. Mr.. Astor was known to be very
careful man, preferring small and sure
returns, rather than venture some risks,
which might bring large returns and
might result in loss of the capital in
vested. Were it capable of demonstra~
ton, the gentleman said, he would be
willing TO risk his reputation for tcare-
full calculation in saying that the estate
was to-day worth less rather than over
$50, 600. 900.
The will of Mr.. Astor will be looked
Tor with interest, as possibly. giving
fair indication of the worth OF the estate.
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WAYNE COUNTY ITEMS.
Clifton, Citizen.1

Clifton CitiZen.1
We learn that the hydraulic coment
works at this place, will soon be out in oper-
ton. There is an inexhaustible supply OF
this stone in the river bluff, and the works
will be operated by strong firm, and will
doubtless be a success.
Rev. T, 5. Duncan will shortly erect q
steam Touring mill in this place. This
is something very badly needed at this
pOiEt. We see no just reason why Wayne
county should ship her wheat to the cities,
and then buy il again from the same sources
In the shape of flour. A good Touring mill
here would pay well, we think.
WayneSDOrO has already commenced feel
ing the effect of the election. Property
could not be bought at an advance of so per
cent on its valuation a month ago, and ev-
cry vacant house III town has been, or can
be rented, for next year. No longer will di-
lapldated houses on every corner attest to
the stranger, that Waynesboro is q decayed
village, but new houses ere long will have to
be built to-accOmmodate the increase ofpop-
ulatiOn.
cfety in successful operation, with w c. Nc
CuIley, as President. The Society meets Sat
urday nights for debate, and the young men
really do themselves credit by the able
manner in which they conduct arguments.
1t Is the intention of the Society TO found a
Library, and an effort will be made shortly
looking to that object. 1t is proposed to
have public debate, and concert or some
thing similar, in order to obtain funds for
an inception. A public library is a great adj
d1tlon TO any place, and we hope the young
men may meet with the success their pro-
jeCts merits.
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(HHANCERY SALE

By virtue of an agreement between the
parties in interest in the cause OF VIM. f:
and e. Cooper VS.. J. L. Baird, this day filed
in said cause:
will proceed to sell at public cutlery to
the highest bidder at the Court House door
in the town of Columbia, on MONDAY, Dec
9th 1875, on credit of one and TWO years,
and without the equity of redemption (notes
with approved security, and bearing inter
est from day of sale, required of the purcha-
SER:
The following tracts of land, to wit:
LIST. a tract or parcel of three hundred and
five acres, being in the 9th civil district Of
Maury Co. Tenn, on the Hampshire pike
and bounded on the South by the lands OF
Vim. ]. Armstrong, on the West by the lands
of Wills R. Frierson and Others, on the
North by the Williamsport road, and on the
East by the lands of Thomas C. Walker
known as the "Matthew d. Cooper farm"
End. The undivided interest being the one
half thereof of defendant J. L. Baird in and
to tract of one hundred and forty-f1ve
acres in the 9th civil district of Maury Co.,
Tom, and bounded by the lands of D. j.
Estes, George Howell, James p. Baird, and
Joseph Edmundson, lying on the waters OF
Green's Lick Creek, and known as the
Joyce place.
Nov. 10Th 1915. d. B. COOPER, c. & NJ.
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The TYndaIl Reatitudes.


A friend in England has kindly sent
me an advance sheet from little book,
now in press, for use in evolution Sum
day schools in that country. The de-
sign of the book is to implant in the
youthful mind moral preoepts in har-
mony with the newly discovered laws
of nature. These laws are self asser-
ting, involving endless strife, termed
"the struggle of life" in which are pit
ilessly sacrificed the weak to the strong
the fittest MISUNDERSTANDING the
emotional as having no worthy place
in nature; aud recognizing no superior
their own self existence. Righteous
ness, purity, charity, self~denial, hu-
mility, patience, long-suffering the off
spring of morbid emotion aud discard
theology, with their asylums, aim
houses, hospitals, the physician, devices
TO defeat nature in it's work of Destroy
ing the weak and the worthless, all
must give to the new gospel of nature,
the tidings which science makes glad.
CHAPTER I.--LESsoN 1.
l. Blessed are little children who fight,
for they thus early learn the struggle of
life.
2. Blessed are fhe peace-breakers, for
they are in harmony with nature.
3. Blessed are the proud in spirit, for
they shall have self assertion.
4. Blessed are they who rejoice, for
they shall have good time while time
lasts.
5. Blessed are the impure in heart,
for they shall have the great qualification
of their lusts,
6. Blessed are the unrighteous, for
they shall stir mp strife and keep the
laws OF nature in healthy activity.
7. Blessed are the merciless, for they,
like nature. are ''pitiless."
s. Blessed are they which are persecu-
ted for Pv"lution's sake, for its heaven
shall be rheIrs.
9. Blessed are We when men shall re-
vile you and prosecute you, and shall
say all manner of evil against you truth
fully, for you have foretaste of that
heaven which science is preparing for
you; and so prosecuted they the sciens
lists which were before you.
10. Blessed ere war, famine and pes
thence, for they do help nature in the
destruction of the weak and in prepar-
ing the way for the survival of the fit
test"
IL. Blessed are the dead Who die in
Tyndall, for they shall disappear as "a
streak in the evening sky, lost in the
infinite azure of the past"
IL. Blessed are they which are with
out hope, for they shall not be dissp>
DOiuted,
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY ITEMS.
Franklin Review.

Our merchants are complaining bitterly
about the habit of a great many persons go
ing TO Nashville for everything they want
Ihey say they sell goods as cheaply here as
they do in Nashville. Now we wish every-
body would test this matter, and buy their
goods at home. This way of trading from
home Is wrong. We must help each other
and encourage home folks and home enter
priSeS
Money matters are tighter now than at
any time within tn recollection of the old
est inhabitant. Merchants farmers, pro.
feSSiOnal men, mechanics, laborerS all are
pressed Tor cash. In our opinion one thing
that contributes to this state of affairs is the
TACT That there is disposition with too many
men to hold all the money they get and let
their debts float. \ few hundred dollars ex-
pended in the payment of debts in our
midst, would be made to do the mission of
thousands. suppose every body would de-
termine to liquidate his Indebtedness as fast
as possible, and carry the execution into
practice, now short a time would expire be-
fore things would brighten up again. The
money now stored away in private places
II started into circulation in the manner
indicated, would, III our opinion, loosen up
matters wonderfully. Every man who owes
money, and locks up dollar from circula-
ton instead of applying it to his honest
debts, Is contributing more than he is aware
OF to hard times so much complained of.
There is scarcity enough of money in circu-
latiOn with all of it afiOat, but enough to
make business and confidence much more
lively and general than it is.
That ching of beauty" has arrived and in
deed ii will be ga joy forever" We are in
debted,We suppose, to the Hon. c. G. GierS, the
torIt: 1t represents the wisdOm-like phiz of
the distinguished and talented ink-Slinger of
the Lebanon Herald, viz: DIR. RehObOam
Lebanon Cesar White. We shall demolish
our Devils looking glass and appropriate
the frame thereof as a receptacle for said
treasure. We shall hang it, too, in g. promi-
nent place, and forever cherish it as one
would q beautiful panoramic view of any
other lovely object
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dents of Nashville for any length of
time; the fare is good and substantial,
and rooms well furnished with all that
Is necessary for a student. A street car
runs to and from the city, which is
mile distant from the University. Near
ly every day visitors come out to adj
mire this colossal structure, and are re-
ceiVed with great courtesy by the chan~
cellor, and shown through the building.
The Library is being daily supplied
with the best of both modern
and ancient literature; almost any
work can now be had by call
ing upon the Librarian. The museum
has quite collection OF geological spec
linens, which are very essential to the
profitable pursuit of this science. They
have in the Library the bronze statutes
of Button, Huxley, Cuvier and other
scientific men, who have thrown such
q broad light upon their department.
The skeleton OF the huge megatherium
in the museum is, l suppose, 20 feet
long, and must haYe been of ponderous
bulk when animated with life. Also an
entire skeleton of the genus homo in a
solid rock, thus giving 1t tomb that
Times corroding touch cannot obliter~
ate or annul. The Chemical Depart
ment is the most perfect now in the
United States; the apparatus is entire,
and every point of this important
mented, by. Prof. Lupton. The services
at Chapel every morning at 81 O'Clock
are conducted by one of the Faculty,
and every Sabbath evening an address
is made or a sermon preached for the
young men, all of which are very logical
and are replete with good counsel, which
if adhered to will not only fit them for
this stage of action, but for the bound
less.eternity The portrait of Commodore
Vanderbilt is prominent in the Chapel,
and is said to be well executed design
by those who have seen the original.
Well, will not weary you with any
more at this time, but will bring my
letter to terminus, by thanking you
kindly for the HERALD AND MAIL,
which comes every Saturday, to my
great delight.
l remain yours faithfully,
L w
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What Shall We Do Ahout IT,

From the Lebanon Herald, Nov. "a.
With the best intentions in the world,
cur friend, Hon. G. c. Giers, has caused
us serious annoyance. While in Nash
willie, the other day, we dropped into
his Art Gallery, as we frequently do,
finding il one OF the pleasanJest posi-
BILE places to whilo away a spare halt
hour. With the remark that his gall
lsry of eminent Tennesseeans was COM
plete with one exception, he seized us
straightway, ard, bsfOre we had time to
tell him that we couldn't do anything
oithe sort without Horsley's permission,
he had us clamped IN "A chair, and an
artist was taking" us.
A lew days atIerwaTd we recei Ted
through the mail a bundle of photo
grspbs-the result of the taking pros
cess alluded TO above. They were fin
ished in the style which has made Giers'
GALLERY famous the country over, and
were pronounced by our friends an ex-
:.Ct and faithful likeness. And then our
trouble bsgau. Every single day since
ne photographs srri we'd, the Herald Of
Toe mas been besieged by young ladies,
9 ;ch OF whom was determined TO obtain
y assess N of one of them or perish in
{ 9 attempr. The supply was exhaust
ell at onre, bUt still they came and still
gey come. We have fed tho Office in
GIsmay, and DO not know when it will
l'5 safe To return. We write this par
Alsraph on the root of the cOurt~hOuse,
aud, CHANGING cautiously across the
Square, we see the pavement in front Of
t1e Herald office crowded with young la
dies sndesvurIug TO effect an entrance,
while our foreman, who has barricadtd
the front door, Is gesticulstiug franti-
cally from an UPPER window, doubtless
endCavoTinE To explain the situation.
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To the Editor Of the Herald and lfdil:
1t has been several weeks since you
have received letter from Southport.
No news of very much Importance since
the last letter. Most of the farmers are
busily engaged in gathering corn, SOW
ing wheat, hauling wood, etc; great
many have finished sowing wheat, and
some have finished gathering corn, and
as tor the cotton they made very little
of that, and get very little money for
what was made, theref re the cotton
crob is very light indeed, almost a fail
ure. Butt suppose the bOuntitulness of
the corn crop, will supply this vacancy,
for it is said TO be better,than it has been
for years; SO l suppose we will have plen-
Is OF bread and molasses for another
year, whether the meat is very plentiful
or not.
We ara very glad indeed TO learn that
our friend Capt. Galloway is once more
able to be up, and walk about on his
clutches, after his being confined o his
bed six weeks without turning over.
l have before stated that l have moth
ing of much Importance to write this
time. Times seem to be very quiet,
though not so very dull. l believe
none of the old bachelors or widowers
have been able to marry yet, though
Locks seem to be great tavorites with
some of them, and as Christmas is so
near at hand, it is possio ole that some
one of them viii be able to purchase
them. Ii so, l will inform you.
ZETA.
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NOTICE SALE OF LAND


By virtue of a deed executed to me on I'D
of October, 1874, and registered in Registers
Office in book X, vol. 2, page $50 and l5l.
hereby referred TO, and also by decree Of
the Chancery court at Columbia, Tonnes
see, rendered at its October term, 1875, In the
case of m self as Trustee Of John W Cecil,
decd, vs.. Lucille Cecil ct al. will sell at pub
lie sale on Saturday, December IS, 1873, at
10 O'Clock, on the premises, two miles west
Mt. Pleasant. on the Hampshire road, a
tract of land of about 237 acres, bounded and
described as follows: Situated In civil dis
liiCt No IL, in said county and state, and
FOUNDED on the north by the land OF Mrs
Morgan and the heirs OF Samuel Cecil,
d ec'd; east by the land of W X Kindel;
south by the lands of + and Joseph
Brooks; west by The lands of ID NJ Goodloe,
Lewis Grimes and the heirs of Mrs Nick
Dickson, deed; being the tract and parcel OF
land devised to said Jno w Cecil by the
will of his father. John w Cecil, decd. Said
land will be sold on a credit of one and two
years, with interest from day of sale, except
three hundred dollars in cash, notes and
good security will be required of the pur-
chasers, and lien retained for payment of
purchase money. The same VIII be sold
free from the right and equity of remdem p
ton. In selling said land will first sci
that portion of the land not included In the
dover, and 1t that fails to sell for enough to
pay the debts, then / will sell the remainder
interest in the dover. LLOYD CECIL,
Nov. IL, 1875. Trustee.
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Letter from Maury Boy at the Van
derbilG University.

derbiIt Universtty.
10 He Editor Of the Herald and Matt:
This institution is still in a most
fiourishing condition. One by one is
still added to the number on the rolls,
and could you be present some time at
roll-call you would think that it was al
most interminsble. From every part
of the South, under almost every
nomenclature imaginable, are found stu
dents who with buoyant expectations
prosecute their study. The Professors
are all men of profound judgment and
require the work done in good order,
and an hour each day is devoted to the
calculation and investigation of the
subjects separately considered There
are now about 80 Biblical, 16 Law, and
lao Medical students, besides many who
pursue the thorough classical course,
making total OF $50. Mr.. Fl. d.
Hughes, young medical student, is
making rapid progress, giving a most
thorough examination to his profess
sion, and predict that erelong he will
reflect great honor on this University,
and be an ornament to the medical
world. The building is still incom-
pIete, but is daily rendered more inn
posing by the finishing touch which
the painter contributes. ] went to the
top OF the steeple yesterday, and took a
view of the surroundings, which is mag
nificent; it proudly overlooks the resi-
dences of the Officials and Professors
the most prominent is the home of Bish-
OPP McTyeire, beautifully situated in the
rear of the University. The health OF
the students has been only moderately
good, but / think will favorably COM
pare with any body of pupils. have
had the melancholy occasion to be pres
ent at the funeral of one of my fellow
students, a Mr.. Cooper, q young man OF
high-toned, moral principles and intel
lectual ability, besides devoted chris
tian, who met death without fear.
The price of board ranges from $40. 90
to $500, which is considered very rea-
sonable to those who have been resi-
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The Astcr Estate.


There has been much speculation as
TO the value Of real and personal prop
erty left by Mr.. Astor. Some of the a
mounts named are alleged by eXpeTi>
enced tinauciers TO be simply ridiculous
By some the value of Mr.. Astor's real
and PERSONAL property was placad as
high as $500 OOO, OOO, while very many es-
Inmate il at not less than SlOO, 600, 600.
In the obituary OF Mr.. Astor printed IN
Tribune the estimate of his property
was given as net to exceed S50,000,0OO
Those whose opinions are entitled to
weight say that this is probably nearer
lIlllIi The larger estimates.
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COLUMBIA MARKET.

ONCE of EDsALL & MCEwEN,
Dec. 3, 1875. !
Bacon-Shoulders, lets sides, 15cts; hams
15cts.
Butter-2O and Csc.
BeesIOdE-2Oc
Blackin0-75c.9lO 90 . doz
Cotton-8 to Il34ctS.
Cotton Seed-30c per 100 fbs.
Corn-30 to IS cts. per bushel.
Co6ec-25 to &c for Rio by Sack 2412 to q cts
LaRuira CSC. Java &c.
Coal Oit-I75 test, 40cts. per gallon.
Candie. -2211z 925c.S . ID.
Eggs cts.
Ftoua 400. per 100 lbs.
Gin0er-40950c.
Hungarian Grass Seed-225. q. bushel.
Lard-I6 to Is cents.
E6me-25930c. y bushe1.
MeaL-5O to 60 cts.
MoIasses and Svrups-common, 75c.g9Oc; COL
den syr1p, S1@1.25.
Pea Ntts-75 to 80 cts. Dull.
Pepper-35940c.
Rtce-l1@l2c.
Rye-75cts per bu.
lSait-SO0 825. for bu; for 81 bushels, $3.50.
Soap-109l5c.
SOdd-l0cts.
Suoar-New Orleans, lO@l3c; Demerara, IA .
I5c; A sugar, I2c79 crushed and granulated
139l4c.
TeG-1.O0@2.O0 Fn-
IdLloao-6c. d II.
WooE-Dull atquot ations, 20 to 40.
WheGt-60 to 115.
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Average ....4.O3s.OOO

In New York, the impression seems
to prevail that the report ofthe National
Cotton Exchange for October was mani
pulated in the interest of the bull party
to the speculation which was in progress;
and it is also believed that the construc-
ton which has been put upon the Novem.
Der report of the bureau is forced and
misunderstanding, perhaps, The increas-
ed acreage, and The fact that the increas>
ed percentages of yie.l take place in sec
tons where the greater proportion of the
crop is usually grown, and the decrea ed
percentages in sections where the growth
of cotton is at the best, mot large. Should
the November estimate of the Agricuitur-
al Bureau prove correct, the receipts at
the ports must henceforth show a falling
off.
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Conflicting Reports of the Cot
ton CrORS.

The New York Herald calls attention
to matter of supreme importance to all
growers, dealers in, and manufacturers of
cotton-the apparently irreconcilable
difference between the reports of the Ma
tional Cotton Exchange and those of the
agricultural Bureau at Washington-and
gives the annexed table, comprising the
estimates of the United States, based on
October and November reports from
those sources, as showing the inconsist-
encies and contradictions complained of:
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TNsoLvENT CLAIMS FOR SALE.

By virtue of a decree of the Chancery
court at Columbia, Tennessee, rendered at
causes of z. D. Wilson, etc. VS.. R. L. Farris
Administrators, ct al, and Thos. HI. Williams
VS. ]. NJ. v ilson ct al, 1 will on Monday,
for cash, at public cutlery, to the highest and
best bidder, at the courthouse door in Co.
lumbia, certain insOlvent claims now in my
hands due the late firm of John NJ. Wilson
& Brother.
Nov. 26, 1875. D. B. COOPER, G.. & NJ.
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NONRESIDENT NOTICE.

Joel b. Stockard Admir-, VS.. l.. r. Cheatham
ct al.
1t appearing to Inc from the petition OF
Joel b. Stockard, Administrator of John
Cheatham, deceased, which is sworn to, that
Lewis r. Cheatham, Thomas Cheatnanl, Jr.,
Andrew J. Cheatham, Archie Winn, Polk
Winn, Jane Love, Melvin Cheatham, John
L Cheatham, Emma Cheatham, John
VIM, William Winn and George Merritt
are non-residents of the State of Tennessee
so that the ordinary process of law cannot
be served upon them, it is therefore ordered
by me that publication be made in the Co
IulnDIa he[tdQ anu MALI Ma a newspaper pup-
said defendants to be and appear before the
County Court of Maury County at its Janua-
nv term, 1876, and show cause why said petit
ton to resign should not be granted.
Dec. 3-IS75. a. n. AKIN, Clerk.