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The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1875-12-24


MOLASSES- Only 1467 bbls and 8
half-bbls came in this morning. Good
demand for all descriptions and the
supplies all sold at previous prices: %
@3Oc. for inferior, 30 a 35c. for common,
40 IA 42c. for fair, AZ 45c for prime, As
"A sic. for strictly prime, and 81 a SIC.
for choice.
FLOUR There were further sales for
Cuba to-day of $50 bbls. on private
terms. In the local trade the sales are
confined toF75 bbls, OF which 165 super
fine at "a; IS choice treble extra at
IS IS; 100, so and so choice treble ex-
ira at Sc; 60 at Sc 25 so at So IS, and
25 bbls at 81 h Dbl
Common is quoted at So rs, superfine
81, double extra 81 IS, low treble extra
"a 50(dl4 IS, good treble extra So 12A(e,
5 25, choice treble extra SIS SOFAS Is,
choice extra S6@6 so, and fancy S6 800
z 25 y Dbl.
CORN MEAL-No demand and quoted
nominally at So so y Dbl. 1t is jobbing
~ Dry ii Z SALT = IT MEATS : Supplies Of
shoulders have coming in from Mobile.
40 boxes shoulders sold at the depot at
&c, and several lots more are i'm treaty
at that price. They are quoted loose at
81 SIC per ID. Clear rib sides are
quoted at lOic, and clear sides at lO3c
per Id, as in condition. Shoulders are
jobbing and retailing at a 9ic, clear
rib sides l0ic, and clear sides at lltc
per b.
BACON - No shoulders on hand.
Clear rib sides are jobbing ut l3lc,
and clear sides at 1874 14cp ID.
HAMS-Choice sugar-cured are in
supply, and selling in job lots at TIC per
10. No demand for inferior.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-02

pered in reply that he was. "Then, 4"
pursued the sailor, hastily, for an Off
Ger was approaching, to order the pris-
Oner below, "you had better tell it,
for the officers will hold lodge in the
cabin tonight"
A very few hours suff1ced to prepare
an Indictment, summon officers enough
for court martial, and commence pro-
ceedings. Mr.. Israel was led across
from the forecastle to the cabin, where
a speedy trial and q short shrift were
in store for the rebel. And the rebel
took glance across the still water to
his pretty homestead which he felt was
not long to claim as the proprietor.
The trial was mere foTmality. Wit
ne' ses testified to anything that was de-
sired of them. The Judge Advocate
evidently felt that the whole matter was
beneath him. He asked but few ques-
tions, and those in a careless manner.
One witness, as a GROWING point to his
testimony, averted that when Lord
Howe sent to purchase cattle with
specie that the rebellious individual re-
turned for answer " that he would rather
give his cattle to Washington, than re-
ceiYe thousands of British gold I"
WHAT have you to say in pea,
prisoner ?" inquired the senior officer,
IN the same breadth giving low order
to the sergeant, which hurried him on
deck, where the rafting of block,
fixed to yard arm, could be distinctly
heard. The rafting ceased. A file of
marines marched across the deck.
Something there was awful in all this,
and Mr.. Israel's lips paled as he an-
swered. He made a manly defence,
averring his devotion to his country's
cause, and maintaining his entire limo
cence of ever having committed any
crime which could merit such hard
treatment. He was plain man loved
his country loved his home ; thought
no harm to any one al d hoped the
court would not deprive an innocent
man of his lie in the very presence OF
his family and home"
At the conclusion of his last remark
he gave the sign of the brotherhood.
A hasty whisper passed upon the judges;
an evident interest took the place of
their listlessness. Their naughty bear
ing was changed the senior officer or
dered the Judge Advocate to recall the
witnesses. This being done, the mem
bers of the court cross examined them
searchingly. It was not difficult now
to sift out of. their evidence so much
malice nd envy, that the senior officer
dismissed them with a stern rebuke
"for seeking to hurt so honorable man
as Mr.. Israel" The verdict was a
unanimous not guilty. The court being
dismissed, Mr.. Israel was sent on shore
in the captains barge, and handsome
present sent to his heroic wife, whose
GOODNESS, in defending her husbands
property, had been reported to the
officers.
So long as the frigate kept her anch-
oTage, there were numerous exhibitions
of friendship on the part of her officers,
and Mr.. Israel made frequent visits to
the ship where he had been so lately a
prisoner, but where he was now hailed
as a brother 1t is needless to add, no
evil of any description was ever inficte d
on the fortunate man. The records of
Pennsylvania show that Israil Israel
was for many years grand master of
the state.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-02
Marriage and Longevity.


In the recent published "Study OF
Sociology" Mr.. Herbert Spencer as
sails theory that has long been cur
gevity. That married life is favorable
to longevity has generally been regard
ed as satisfactorily proved by numer-
GUS statistics, showing. almost without
exception, q greater longevity on the
part of the married. When the ratio
of deaths in the two classes stands at
ten to four, and even twenty four,
there would appear to be little room
for doubt. But to this astute social
scientist the evidence, strong as it
seems, furnishes no warrant for the
current belief. He regards the case as
substitution of cause for effect in
other words, greater longevity is not
the consequence of marriage; on the
contrary, marriages are clearly tracea-
BILE to. influences favoring longevity.
The principles of natural selection work
so strongly in deciding between the
Benedicks and the bachelors, that the
long livers are drawn to the former and
the short hvers to the latter. Marriage,
Spencer holds, is regulated by the
ability to meet its responsibilities. The
qualities which give the advantage here
are intellectual and bodily vigOr, pru-
dence, and self control these, too, are
the qualities which determine a pro-
longed life or a premature death. An
even more direct relation is to be found
in the instincts which lead most strongly
to marriage. The reproductive in
stincts and emotions are strong in pro-
portion as the surplus vital energy is
great, and this in turn implies an or
ganization likely to last $50 that, in
fact, the superiority of physique, which
is accompanied by strength of the in
stincts and emotions causing n marriage,
is superiority of physique also con-
ducive to longevity" Another infu-
ence tells in the same direction. Mar
riage is determined by the preference
of women as well as the desires of men,
and, other things being equal, women
are attracted towards men of physical
and intellectual power, refusing the
malformed, diseased, and ill-developed
types. In the operation of those three
elements Mr.. Spencer finds all that is
needed to account for the striking diff
ference of longevity between the classes,
and declares that "the figures given
afford no proof that marriage and lon
ge7ity are cause and consequence; but
they simply verify the inference which
might be drawn priori-that marriage
and longevity are concomitant results
Of the same cause. "-Londo7 Medical
Record.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-02
White Quails.

A year ago from last fall pair of
white quaiis were Melted in the western
part of this country and were purchased
by G. II. Ribble, Esq, of this city.
They were very much like the ordinary
Quail with the exception of being pure
white. Mr. Ribble kept them until last
May and then, as they seemed dropping
and respondent, turned them loose in
the woods south of town. Nothing
more was heard of them until early in
the fall, when they were discovered On
the Lakeland farm, with an interesting
family of thirteen chicks, all as white
as themselves. They are yet in that
vicinity, our sportsmen, by common
consent, leaving them unmolested. If
it had only been freak of nature, as
was supposed by some to be the case
with the pair captured, the progeny
would have been of the ordinary color.
They are evidently kind new to this
country. What is their proper name
and classification, and where did they
come from? Will some one who Is
posted please inform us.--MeTicO mo. }
LlteiligeRceT.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-02
BaIIOOning in 1875.
An Attempt at Crossing the Atlantic
PrObnbIe.

An Attempt at Crossing the Atlantic
Probable.
Although Mr.. Donaldson, the aero
naut, did not succeed in reaching Eu-
rope last year by the aid of the easterly
current, his limited success has induced
Mr.. Barnum to make further engage
ment with him for the summer months
of 1875. A few days ago an agreement
was entered into by which Mr.. Donald
son agrees to devote his entire services
to the furtherance of aeronautic travel
ing during the next eight months, for
which he is to receive the sum of two
thousand dollars, Mr.. Barnum further
agreeing to pay all expenses attending
the experiment. During the last sum-
mer Donaldson made large number of
successful ascensions, during which
hundreds of careful observations were
made, none of the results have as yet
been made public. 1t is considered
proved, first, that it is possible to land
a balloon successfully at any point
named and to re-ascend without mat erial
loss of ascending power; and, second,
that fixed law governs the air currents,
a knowledge of which will enable the
vOyager to leave any spot and return
to the same at pleasure. During the
past winter Mr.. Donaldson has been
engaged in arranging oompactly the
results of his work during his many
years experience, and possesses therein
a more complete aerial chart than was
ever before compiled. Extensive prep
arations have been made for carrying
on a successful summer campaign dur
ing the coming months, to absolutely
determine the existence of an easterly
current. If these experiments continue
to develop Mr.. Dopaldson's theory,
there is little doubt that by October of
this year he and selected company
will have a try at the Atlantic. He is
now at work upon six balloons of vari-
Gus sizes, capable of carrying from one
to twelve people.-N. Y. World.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-02
Another German Invasion of France.

The Germans are getting back into
FTauce-this time on peaceful mis-,
sion, apparently. The French COM
plain and take consolation in a round
of abuse, as follows Germany is a
shabby land, as it's inhabitants can t
stay at home. Prussia sends back into
Gaul her discharged soldiers, on the
close of their war labOrs, to gobble up
all the best paid positions which the
Gaul is foolish enough to give them,
generous hearts abdicating vengeance.
These Germans are not only eovetous,
but spies of Bismarck, to ferret out all
the secrets of the shop, families and
state, and yet thrice silly GauI persists
in wearing her heart on her elbow, for
the DAVIS to peck at. These Germans
are permanent overseers, not discour-
aged by hatred and contempt, only
thereby rather more slimy. These
Germans are Austrians and Poles, or
give themselves out to be, while taking
the front ST ats in trade and manufac-
ture. These Germans left US to get
their weapons across the Rhine they
came back aud skinned us alive they
then went home to hang up their
bruised arms ; now, like vultures, they
have come back to pick our bones.
These Germans have been particularly
spotted of late in the projects reports.
They prohibit the expectation of their
horses to Gaul, which in turn should
prohibit the importation of all their
two-legged animals, not wanted and far
more dangerous than quadrupeds. And
go we go. The Truth is, the Germans
like France-lovo her-got tirst-class
taste in 1870, and subsequently itched
to get back. France il a pretty girl
her teeth are like a flock of sheep, and
Prussians like sheep meat. CONNIE
fn1LS les chifnS
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-02
Leonard versus Cow.


Sir Samuel Baker, in his interesting
work on Ceylon, tells us that the leop-
ards in that country cause no little loss
among the cattle. They are so daring
that they will get to the sheep and cows
by scratching through the matched
roofs of the sheds in which they are
kept. Sometimes, however, they meet
with their match in the small but active
cattle, as in the following instance
About three years ago a leopard took
it into his head to try the beefsteaks of
very savage and short horned COW,
who, with her calf, was the property of
blacksmith. It was dark, rainy
night. The blacksmith and his wife
were in bed, and the COW and calf were
nestled in the warm straw in the cattle
shed.
The door was locked, and all was ap-
parently secure, when the hungry leop-
ard prowled stealthiIy around the cow
house, shifting the prey within. The
strong smell of the leopard at once
alarmed the keen senses of the COW,
made doubly acute by her anxiety for
her little charge, and she stood ready
for the danger, as the leopard, hav-
ing mounted on the roof, commenced
scratching his way through the thatch.
Down he sprang, but at the same in
slant, with splendid charge. the COW
pinned him to the wall, and battle en-
sued which can be easily imagined.
A coolic slept in a corner of the cat
tie shed, whose wandering senses were
completely scattered when he found
himself the unwilling umpire of the
fight. He rushed out and shut the
door. In few minutes he succeeded
in awakening the blacksmith, who pro-
ceeded to load a pistol, the only weapon
he possessed.
During the whole of this time the
believing of the COW, the roars of
the leopard, and the humping, tramp
ling and shutting which proceeded from
the cattle shed, explained the savage
nature of the fight.
The blacksmith, who was no sports
man, shortly found himself with Ian
tern in one hand, pistol in the other,
and no idea what he meant to do. He
waited, therefore, at the shed door, and
holding the light so as to shine through
the numerous small apertures, he look
ed in. The leopard no longer growled,
but the COW was mad with fury. She
alternately threw a large dark mass
over her head, then quickly pinned it
to the ground on its descent, and then
bored it against the wall as it crawled
helplessly toward a corner of the shed.
This was the beef eater in reduced cir
cumstances. The gallant little COW had
nearly killed him, and was now giving
him the finishing strokes.
The blacksmith perceived the Loop
ards helpless state, and boldly opening
the door, discharged the pistol, and the
next minute was boiling as hard as he
could run, with the warlike COW after
him. She was regularly cup" and was
ready for anything or anybody. How
ever, she was at length pacifed, and the
dying leopard was put out of his misery.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-02
The Earth-Its Heat and Contraction

Professor p. NJ. Duncan, T. r. s.,
recently delivered at the Royal lnstitu-
ton a course of lectures upon " The
Grander Phenomena of Physical Geog-
raphy." He pointed out that there is
strong evidence that the earth is solid
body now cooling. because the deeper
man can get in mines or il borings the
hotter is the temperature, and the tenn
perature continues to increase at depths
to which man cannot reach, a tempera-
ture of 3, $50 degrees would be found
at depth of forty five miles. At this
temperature GRANTEES and lavas fuse.
Assuming, then, the earth to be hot
body now cooling, as it cools the rocks
must contract (; moreover, those rocks
which are rich in SILICA will not con-
tract so rapidly on cooling as others,
consequently herein is q source of
change of shape Of the earth. It is
we'll known that surface changes are
going on, that some large areas of land
are IN course of slow upheaval, while
others are slowly sinking, and that at
one geographical period there was
great upheaval of the larger portion of
the continent of North America The
globe. therefore, is cooling unequally.
greater than at others, so in this there
is a further source of disturbance. Sir
William Thomson has calculated that
every year ninety-two horse power of
work-for heat means works. got rid
of from every two hundred and forty
seven acres of the surface of the globe.
The dissi patton of energy and the con-
traction of rocks not being uniform,
l;cET11-INs 5r
to produce horizontal thrusts, which
form mountain ranges by crumpliDg up
the earth, for mountains are formed by
this crumbling action, and not usually
by direct volcanic or other upheaval.
The changes produced by the contrac-
ton are slow, and there is every reason
to believe that our present sea floors
and our present continents are ex-
tremely old, geographically speaking,
so far as their present forms are con
cerned. He said that the upper part
of Snowdon consists of sea land,
fossil sea fishes, and volcanic ashes, all
mixed together in fact it appears to
have been at one time in the same con-
dition that the Bay of Naples is at
present, that is to say, volcanic ashes
fell into it and sometimes buried fish.
The lower part of Snowdon consists of
vast streams of old lava. At some
geological period the crumpling action
already mentioned took place below
the Bay of Snowdon consequently
the bottom of the bag was Elevated and
became the top Of the highest noun
tain in Wales. Rain, and rivers, and
atmospheric changes then played upon
it during the course of long ages,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-02
Magnificent Fishing in Florida.

South from Jacksonville about two
miles in Alachua Lake. Formerly this
was vast prairie of over twenty thou
sand acres of good grazing land. In
the midst of it was deep hole or land
sink, of which there are a great many
in the state, into which the waters of
McKinstry Lake, situated further north,
and the surrounding country used to
flow aud find a sUbterTanean outlet to
The sea About four years ago the out
let,got more or less choked up, and the
surplus water backing soon covered this
condition it has remained ever since,
increasing and diminishing in area as
the season varies from wet to dry. This
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-02
The Figure and Color of Wood.

The figure of wood depends more up
On the particular mixings and directions
of the fbres than upon any difference
of color. If tree was found formed
of merely circular rings, like the sec
ton of an organ, filed with layers of
peel instead of pulp, the horizontal sec
ton would exhibit circles the vertical,
parallel straight lines and the oblique
section parts of ovals but few, if any,
trees are to be found either exactly per-
pendicular or straight, and, therefore,
although the three natural sections have
a general disposition to the figures de-
scribed, every little bend and twist in the
tree disturbs the regularity of the fibre,
and adds to tie variety and ornamental
ton of the wood. A perpendicular cut
through the heart of the tree is the
hardest and most diversified, because in
it occures the most profuse mixture and
density of the fibre, the first and the
last in point Of age being presented in
the same plank; but the density and di-
versity lessen as the board is cut furtht r
away from the axis. Curls are formed
by the confused filling in of the space
between the forks of the branches. The
beautiful figure thus induced causes a
log, say of mahogany, to be valued in
proportion to the number of curls it
contains. There is great competition at
public auction for such logs, and prices
which seems astODishingiy large are
sometimes given for log known by
Judges to contain several fine curls DC.
casionally some disappointment may be
experienced when the log is opened, but
not often. The curl generally shows
itself on the outside, where il can be
seen, and there is always the possibility
of there being interior ones as well,
which do not show on the surface. Fig
ure is also produced as follows: The
germs of the primary branches are set at
an early period OF the growth of the par
ent stem, and thus give rise to knots.
But many fail to penetrate to the exte-
rior, and are covered over by The more
vigorous deposition of the annual rings
Each branch is miniature tree down to
the smallest twig. and this process goes
on in each individual branch Just as in
the trunk. These knots produce figure
in thefollowingmanner: When the germ
succeeds in forcing it's way to the sur
face, the future rings of the trunk bend
and turn aside when they encounter the
knot. and in the softer woods do not
unite with it. This accounts for white
wood knots being so liable to fall out.
The turpentins in other sorts of wood
acts as a sort of cement and keeps the
knot in it's place The hardness of knots
is due to the close grouping of the fbers
and to their compression by the sur
rounding wood, which itself is allowed
expansion by the yielding nature of the
bark
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-02
lake is literally alive with fish. have

lake is literally alive with fish. l have
seen colored boys with an ordinary
pole cut from the woods. line not over
four feet long, and fly, rudely con-
structed of white and red flannel, catch
eighty pounds of black bass in a couple
of hours. These fish average from two
to twelve pounds. An eight-pound bass
is common. A few days ago gentle
man residing in Gainville caught and
weighed on Fairbanks scales, in the
presence of number of northern visit
ors here, black bass weighing nine
teen and one-quarter pounds. Tradi-
ton says one was caught here last year
that weighed twenty three pounds. All
the small streams flowing into this lake
are also full of bass. Day before yes
terday I saw three small boys standing
in stream, about three feet wide, and
may be a foot deep, each armed with a
piece of hoop iron, with which they
killed, in the half hour I was present,
eight good sized bass. Another boy of
the same party, with two-bushel corn
bag, made one haul in the same stream
of ten bass
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-02
TRUTH AND FALsEHooD.
BY JOHN G SAKE.

List a tale well worth the ear
OF al, who wit and sense admire,
Invented it is very clear.
Some ages prior to Mathew Prior.
FaIsehood ard Truth, upon time" I
One day in June's delicious wea Ser,
Twas IN distant age aud clime),
Like sisters, took walk together
On. on their merry way they took,
through fragrant wood and verdaat meadow
To were beech beside brook
Invited rest beneath its shadow,
There, sitting in the pleasant shade,
Upon the margins grassy mating,
q velvet cushion readv-made),
The young companions fell TO chatting.
Nov, while in voluble discourse
On this snf that, their tongues were runnfu
As habit bids, each speaks, perfOrce,
The one is frank, the other cunning.
FalsehOod at length, impatient grown,
With scandsls Of her own creation,
Said, Since we two are quite alone
And nicely screened from observation.
Suppose in this delightful riu,
While all around is so propitious,
We take bath7" Said Truth. 4" will;
A bath, I'm sure, viii be delicious %
At this her robe she cast aside,
And in the stream that ran before her
She plunged, ike Oceans happy bride,
As naked as her mother bore her
FalsehOnd. at leisure now undressed,
Put of the robes her limbs that hamper,
Ard, having donned Truths snowy vest
Ran of IS fast as she could scamper,
Since then the subtle maid, in sooth,
Expert in lies and shrewd evasfons
HAS borne the honest name of Truth.
And wears her clothes on all occasions
While Truth, disdaining to appear
In FalseboOd's petticOat and bodice,
Still braves all eyes, from year to year,
As naked as a marble goddess.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-02

charaoteristics-although entirely free
from alcoholic named it Vinegar
Bitters, and despite the prejudice ex-
listing among his profession, against all
patented medicines, he determined to
brave the jeers of his brother practi-
TONERS, and give to suffering humanity
the benefit of his accidental discovery.
He did so, and the benefits from its
use became known. The demand in
creased, and immense quantities were
sold, at merely nominal price. It's
merit is told in the fact that "in two
years over six millions of bottles have
been sold," and still the demand in
ranked among the benefactors OF the
human race.