The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-08-25

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| During the war the south built only four
| hundred and fifty miles. The sixteen thou
sand miles in the south now represent prob
| ably $600,00O000, and the system of rail-
roads is in its infancy. The Railway Age
concludes the people of the south are fully
awake to the importance of increased facili-
ties for transport htiOn. The end of the next
ten years will see vast addition to the pres
ent railway milesIge and corresponding in
crease in wealth and prosperity throughout
the garden region of the south.
News has been received by way of the
Red Cloud agency of the arrival of an Indian
from the hostile camp, who says that Sitting
Bull is fally prepared and eager to meet
Generals Crook and Terry, or both combined,
and feels confident of his ability to whip
them. He further states that reinfOrcements
are joining the hestiles daily from North
and British Amefica, and a few from Mime
sofa.
Reports received at the war depart
ment from Gen. Sheridan states that many
of the Indians now coming into the reserva-
tions carry arms captured from the sew
enth cavalry in tile late Custer massacre.
Mrs. RObb, of Corpus Christi. is fairly
entitled to her name as Cattle Queen of
Texas" She owns $4,000 acres of land, in
closed by twenty-three miles of fence, on
which IL, 900 beeYes per annum are fattened
for market. Her husband, who died some
years since, refused an offer of $4,000 for
one brand of his stock, which has been large
ly increased since. Mr.. Weller's advice con-
cerning widows iS not likely to be regarded
anywhere in that section of Texas, at least.
A despatch fr pm the Big Horn expe-
dition, on Goose treek, via Fort Fetterman,
says Gen. Merritt with his forces, has joined
Gen. Crook and they are now ready for ag-
gressive action. This united column has
over twenty-one hundred fighting men. I'm
der the new organization, Merritt is the
ranking officer of cavalry, and Col. Cham
bers commander of infantry. The entire
column, with the pack-train, will move at
once toward Tongue river with its three hun
dred pack-mules, one hundred and fifty
thousand rounds of ammunition and twen-
ty-fve thousand ratiOns, and forage. This
is the lightest marching condition. Men and
horses are in the finest possible trim. Scout
ing PARTIES have discovered large fresh trails
of Sioux leading toward the lower Tongue
and Powder river. 1t is believed that the
savages are in need of victuals, as the picked
carcasses of dogs are found around their
camps. They have fired the prairies to ruin
pasturage and render the cavalry useless.
Gen. Terry has not been heard from for a
He is believed to have nearly two
thousand men.
The annual report of the Chicago and |
Northwestern railway shows the gross earn
ings to be $12,77$,771; operating expenses, |
s., ,4OS, ,S57; interett and other expenses, 49, |
567 3O2; net income, 1,797, 800.
At the South Pass there has been ex-
cavated new and;deep channel through the |
old bar to the sea and over 5000, 600 cubic |
, ards of sand and mud removed in addition |
to the sediment ordinarily contained in the |
river water and that of the ocean currents |
which sweeps atPwart the outer bar crest |
and bear away to the westward the earthly !
materials so CARR I'D out.
In reviewing southern manufactures, !
the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times says: The |
south has to-day more furnaces in blast in |
proportion to h%r number than the north |
has, and very few of ours are losing money,
while constant lois at the north is the rule.
We believe the only mill in the United
States running exclusively on railroad iron,
which declared h legitimate dividend for
1878 was the RoJne iron company's mill i'll
his city.
Nine of the iu rymen at the Hamburg
inquest could not sign their names to the
verdict.
Texas Legislators only get two dollars
Der day, but then they are allowed to sit
With their coats of.