The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-13

TIMELY TOPICS.
BISMARCK, doubtless, pricked up his
ears when he heard that the French
assembly had voted 100000 for
supplemental war expenses"
The great calamity of the time is the
deluge, which is devastating the whole
western country. Such fall of water
is something actually unprecedented.
PRoF. JOHN WISE does not believe
that Donaldson, the balloonist, is dead.
He thinks that he and Greenwood, the
reporter, have landed in the vast forests
of northern Canada. In that event il
would take at least three weeks to hear
from them.
THE New Orleans Times learns that
a northern gentleman contemplates To-
eating there to CARRY on the grain trade
on large scale, being confident that
with increased depth of water at the
outlet of the Mississippi there will be
chance for paying business.
RFLE-sHooTING is the mania of the
day, and the interstate rife match,
which is being arranged for October.
will doubtless be attended by repre-
sentative rifemen from all parts of the
country. The match will take place at
the historic Creedmoor, and bull's-eyes,
subjects of friendly competition be-
tween north, south, east and west.
Mrs. JOHNSON, relict of the deceased
statesman, lies seriously i'll at the resi-
denoe of her daughter, Mrs. Brown, in
Garter county, and is not expected long
to survive the shock occasioned by her
husbands death. Those cognizant of
the deep devotion of this self-forgetting
and retiring wife, will be most alarmed
at her present illness.
SENATOR JOHNSON leaves a widow
two daughters and one son Mrs. Pat
terson, wife of ex-senator Patterson,
the lady of the White House who re-
ceived and entertained during her
fathers administration with such dig
nifty and grace; Mrs. Brown, formerly
Mrs. Slower, at whose residence he died:
and Andrew Johnson, Jr., of the Green
vile Intelligencer.
IT is a melancholy sign of the univer-
salty with which Americans seem to be
forsaking farm work, that, even in
period when the dizziness of manufac-
lures and trade leaves thousands unem-
pIoyed, the farmers find it hard to get
sufficient help. The complaint is gen
eral in all parts of the country that
sufficient help cannot be obtained to
handle the crops with.
THE stockholders of the Augusta
cotton factory have resolved upon the
issuance of bonds to the extent of
$500, ZOO. AS this concern has hitherto
been believed to be the most successful
cotton manufacturing establishment in
the south, the fact that it is compelled
to borrow money on so large scale
looks rather discouraging for the imme-
date future of that industry.
THE difficulty of recovering any thing
from Boss Tweed and his associates may
be seen from the fact that, of the Isl
vouchers on which warrants were issued,
al of them have been stolen, and the
plaintiff is required to produce the
stolen vouchers and bills attached, and
specify which portion of them is fraud
ulent. AS the bills cannot be repro
duced, the dilemma is apparent. The
plunderers seem to be safe.
SENATOR NoRwooD, of Georgia, in
his recent address at Emory College,
made some interesting points. Among
them were these "While emancipa-
tion diminished our wealth, it increased
our political power. Negroes vote for
men and not measures, and their 800, 900
votes will be added to ours. The negro
gravitating toward us. The people
of the north will soon rise and demand
a surrender of the elective franchise or
colonization"
GREAT excitement prevails in Decatur,
ILL.,, on account of the recent discovery
of gold near that city. Besides gold,
lead and copper have also been IN
earthed in the same vicinity. Prepare
tons are being made for thorough test,
and should gold be found in sufficient
quantities to pay, stock company will
commence operations at once on a large
scale. Old gold-diggers have visited
the field and tested the quality of the
gold, and pronounce it equal to Califor-
mia gold in purity, but that it abounds
in sufficient quantities to pay for min
ing remains to be seen.
AT last the cotton states are learning
wisdom. The experiment of diversified
cropping, which the more prudent have
for years been urging, has this season
been tried with most encouraging re-
suits. 1t is fact that the gulf states
have grown surplus of cereals, if the
estimates of the papers of those states
can be trusted. Not only is there an
unprecedented wheat crop, but cotton