The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-30

abundant.
THE Chinese have, for the first time
whipped the FormOsan savages. These
aborigines number 10000 only, and YET
they have kept 10 terror about two
millions of Chinese settlers
TIE revenue officials have abandoned
the idea of placing a revenue stamp nc
every cigar, and smokers can still inhale
the dreamful vspor without the dis.
comfort of the burnt paper taste.
THE inquiry into State Auditor Gin
toms affairs. at New Orleans, has IN
earthed Benham, another member of
the ring who is charged with bleeding
the state with fraudulent vouchers to a
large amount.
ORDERS have been sent by Gen. Terry
to the commander at Fort Randall, to
expedite the departure of cavalry
force at that point, under orders to
proceed direct to the Black Hills, and
bring out all persons found there with
out authority. Meantime, so far as we
can observe, the gold excitement seems
to have almost entirely died out.
The monument for Edgar Allan Poe's
hitherto neglected grave will be COM
pleted in October. A small stone half
a foot high and three inches square now
marks the poets resting place in the
Baltimore graveyard. The new monu-
ment will be surmounted by bust of
Poe, which is SAID to be an accurate
LIKENESS.
In addition to the shortage in the
United States treasury caused by the
theft of the S47, 800 package, there is a
$1,000 shortage in the redemption di-
vision, which was discovered in January.
This was reported by treasurer New
when he took charge. Otherwise the
funds are all straight, and Spinner is to
be congratulated.
APRoPos of the recent shipment of
Florida fruit direct to Chicago, the
Mobile Register says that, with some
improvement in railroad facilities and
proper cooperation among the ship
pers, prudent and industrious farmers
could realize more from vegetable
gardens in Alabama in six weeks than
they could make in a twelve-month
upon an Iowa or Illinois farm.
THE British government has fulfilled |
its pledge to appoint royal commission
to inquire into the subject of vivisec-
tional experiments. The instructions |
to the commission are to inquire into |
the practice of subiecting live animals |
to experiments for scientific purposes,
and to consider and report what meas
ures, if any, it may be desirable to take
in respect to any such practice.
Mr.. JOHN BRIGHT writes thus sensi-
bly, to a Glasgow workingman ga
book, and not a small one, might be |
made up of the strange doings of the
trade unions. Monopoly is hard to
teach, and fear the workingmen will
only learn through suffering, and they
may do mischief which cannot after
ward be repaired" The advice applies
equally well in this country. and the
recent Pennsylvania coal troubles afford
an apt illustration of its truth.
KING GEORGE, of Greece, seems to be
in an unhappy predicament. His king
dom is threatened with revolution he
is unpopular, and nobody takes his
hat off to him on the streets; the
queen has been insulted, and he is
afraid to go to the Hellenic Long
Branch, at Dek sleia, because he thinks
ii quite probable he will not be able to
get back into his capital again. Two
Russian ships are ready at the Pireus
to carry him away in case of a revolu-
tion.
JAY GOULD intends to remain king of
Wall street. He proclaims his power
by allowing the New York Tribune to
publish the facts that he owns 100000
shares of the Union Pacific stock. The
present value of this amount of stock is
81, $780, 900; but no doubt much of it is
bought with borrowed money, and held
on margin. Gould is of Jersey birth,
!
and is now past sixty. He was brought
up a leather dealer in what is called
1.-The Swamp"
The trial of the notorious John D
Lee for completely in the Mountain
Meadow massacre of 1857 will not come
off until the 18th inst. The difficulty
IN this case will be that of obtaining a
proper jury, as the Mormon element is
very strong and preiudiced in Lees
favor. Lee was indicted last October,
and the witnesses against him will be
persons who witnessed the massacre
when children, seventeen years ago, Lee
and his fellow-murderers having spared
that number. The MormOns claim that
the Indians did the killing, but this, it
Is said, can be entirely refuted.
On Ascension Day there was a horri-
bic row in Jerusalem between some
Greek and Armenian priests VINO had
been allowed by the Lstins to make
use of chapel built over what is be-
heved to be the Savior's footprint
The Quarrel arose on a question of
precedence, and ended in fight, The
priest want at it "tooth and pail,"
fighting mp and down the sacred edifice