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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

WIND TRAVELLING SEVEN HUNDRED
MILES AN HoUR.-The force of the wind
when travelling at high velocities is ca
pable of producing the most extraordi-
nary effects on exposed objects, such as
buildings, trees, animals, and even bodies
of water. In March, 1875 n series of
destructive tornadoes visited North and
South Carolina and Georgia, and Ser
gcant Calver, of the Signal Service, was
ordered to investigate their character and
effects Among other remarkable in
stances of wind force he reported that
ga rock weighing eighteen thousand
pounds, and having thirty-ive square
ieet of exposed surface, was moved seven
feet" "A pine log, weighing twelve
hundred pounds, and with thirty-hve
square feet of exposed surface, was ear
rfed quarter of mile" A pine board
was driven through a telegraph pole
E" A bale of cotton weighing five hun
dred pounds was carried quarter of
mile" The sergeant observer calculates
the following degrees of force for the rel
ative velocity of the wind Pressure,
269 pounds per square foot Of exposed
surface, velocity, 1873 miles per hour;
305 pounds, 7S.1 miles; III pounds,
1246 miles. He further estimates that
sJme of the results could not have been
produced by a wind travelling az less
velocity than about seven hundred miles
an hour.--M y Herald, 3d.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

PILES OF NEW SILVER COIN.-COin is
being rapidly accumulated at the treasu-
ry, in anticipation of the retirement OF
the fractional currency. 100000 in
silver was received from San Francisco
5000, 900 in dimes, and 100000 in quar-
ters. An additional 100000 in quarters
is expected, which will complete the
present order, which is 100000. The
weighing of this last supply is going on
at the treasury, and it will be stored in
the vaults at once. The vaults were ex-
amined by Supervising Architect Potter
as to their capacity, and he expressed
the opinion that there is capacity for the
$1,000 by storing the coin in the up
per and lower vaults. Both vaults are
to be strengthened at once, however, as
there is necessity for still more coin, and
orders will be forwarded to San Francis
co for additional supplies The mana
ger of the Virginia Consolidated mining
company reports the product of that
mine for March as being over $780,
OO0.- Washington Letter.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21
A THREAD OF SONG.

It was only broken chord of song
That sang itself, the ivelong day,
Over and over in my heart,
And always in the same sweet way
Always beginning low and soft,
Live tenderly spoken " Love, goodnight 20
And ending in glad and joyous strains,
Like morning psalm when the world is bright.
And the hours of the day were woven in
By the mystic thread OF the haunting song,
That somewhere out of the vanished past,
Sent forth its witchery clear and strong;
Something akin to the song of birds
When the sky is flushed with the coming dawn,
Yet sad as the thoughtful hour which comes
When the last red light of the day is gone
Beautiful echo that drifted back
From the far-Of shore of the long ago,
Over the wide and rugged waste,
Where never the winds of gladness blow,
Bringing tho odOr of wildwood flowers;
The laughing song of the mountain rill;
The green, glad fields where the cowslips grow
And the gleam of waters calm and still.
Sitting alone in the twilight still,
Whose mantle covers the earth with gray,
NV heart is touched and my eyes grow dim,
AS the glow of the sunset fades away,
And feel the presence of unseen guests,
That out of the shadOwy regions throns
And I know they have crossed from the farther
shore
On the slender thread of The sweet old song.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

to give shelter to criminal, but, of course,
our laws must be obeyed by our own execu-
tive, and strong grounds have to be shown
before we should alter our law on a point
where it has been solemnly recognized by
many treaties. The truth is, our extradition
treaty with the United States is very INSULT
cient. Negotiations have long been going
on for its improvement, and it is to be hoped
the present complication will hasten them.
Meanwhile, it will be remembered, all we
ask is reciprocity, for already by our own
act, we could not try an English forger
surrendered by the United States, except for
the commission of a crime which might be
proved by facts established in America 1t
is a matter of wonder that this question has
not arisen before, but now that it has been
raised, our government would appear to have
no discretion in the matter"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21
VOL. XXI. NO. al.

suffered, at the very lowest estimates,
over loss Of $40 100000 from this insect
in 1874. The Hessian fly often ruins
our wheat-felds over immense areas, and
500, 100000 would not cover the coun-
try's loss from the Rocky Mountain 10
Gust plague in the years 1873, 1874 and
1875. to say nothing of the suffering it
entailed. The army-worm last year again
very generally marched through the
wheat and oat fields of the country, as
it not unfrequently does. The fruit
grower is beset on all sides with insect
pests that diminish the profits of his bus
iness, and not unfrequently oblige him
TO abandon it. And so the catalogue Of
insects injurious to agriculture might be
heightened almost indefinitely, but
enough has been said to give an idea of
the losses we continually sustain from
them.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21
NIISCELLANEOUS.

| The senate committee on territories
has agreed to report bill establishing the
territory of Pembina.
The nomination of Richard II. Dana,
jr., of Massachusetts,, for minister to England
was rejected by the senate.
Full returns of the election in Rhode
Island for governor give Leppell, republican,
1857; Howard, prohibition, $685.; Beach,
democrat, 1902.
The house committee on military af-
fairs has unanimously adopted a report trans
ferring the Indian bureau from the interior
department to the war department.
The house committee on public lands
has agreed upon the bill granting to the
territories of Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho and
Montana two townships of land, of seventy
two sections each, for the purposes of collec-
ton.
The order issued from the war depart
ment, transferring army headquarters from
st. Louis to Washington, has been amended
so as to direct the adjutant-general and in-
spector-general to report to the general of
the army.
An order "by the president was is
sued on the 5th as follows: "The headquar-
ters of the army are hereby re-established,
and hereafter, in time of peace, shall be at
Washington city, and all orders and instruc-
tions relative to military operations or affect
ing the military control and discipline of the
army, issued by the president through the
secretary of war, shall be promulgated through
the general of the army"
AS it passed the house, the bill restor-
ing to the pension list those southern veter-
ans of the war of 1912 whose names were
dropped from the rolls during the late un-
pleaSantness, does not allow them any ar
rearages OF pay, and they begin to draw
pensions again only from the date of the
passage of the bill. 1t appears, however,
that the widows of those who have died in
the interim will be entitled to arrearages
from May 1, 1865.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

The IMPEACHMENT MAEA6ERs.-The
following parts have been assigned to the
managers in the impeachment trial of
Belknap:
On Rules-Messrs. Lord, Lynde, jerks
and HOar.
On pleading-Messrs. Knott, Mcmahon
and jerks.
On Jurisdiction of Scnate-Messrs.
Lord, Knott and Hoar.
On the preparation for trial of fact and
examination of witnesses-M Messrs. Nc
Mahon, Lynde and Lapham.
On questions of law on trial Of fact
Messrs. Lynde, jerks and McMahon.
On the final submission-M Messrs. Lord,
Knott and Lapham.
Each manager is to sum up the case il
permitted, or each may hand in and have
printed with the proceedings his argu
ment.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

HINTS FOR L UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE.
The other day young man much given
to the use of slang of the day called on the
prosecuting attorney and announced the
that he wanted warrant for the arrest
of a saloon-keeper who had assaulted
him, and this is the way he made his
want known. "LOok a here, l want a
warrant for a feller !" What did he do
to you ?" asked the attorney: He fred
me out" Fired you outn What do
you mean by that ?" "Oh! well,
he stood me on my head" "Do
you mean to say that he stood you
on your head how did he do it ?'' &c He
didn't exactly do that, but he elevated
me. Kinder raised me and slid me off
my ear" What did he do that for ?''
Why, 1 asked him for drink, and
when teld him to chalk it in his head,
and that when l came round again I'd
kick it out, he told me to pull down my
vest. / told him to comb his hair, and
he just then boosted me-" He obtained
a warrant far assault and battery.-,Sdn
Francisco Call.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

IN England they tell how Sankey
walked up to grenadier, and taking
him affectionately by the belt, said !:
" Young man, likewise am soldier, a
soldier of heaven" Old 'un," returned
the grenadier, you're long way from
your barracks, anyhow" Well, there
was a rough young man, whom Sankey
saw staring around at the close of the
meeting, and kindly asked, " Young
man, are you looking for salvation 2"
"No," was the reply, " / am locking for
Sal Jackson. "Let us sing a hymn
said Sankey.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21
EAST.

The New Jersey legislature has de-
feated the bill to tax church and educational
property. Vote, 42 to 16.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

THE only way for an editor to get a
dead-head ticket to the Centennial ex-
'hibition is for him to have his photo
graph taken, to be gummed on his ticket.
This is in order to enable the door-keeper
to see that the editor who presents the
ticket is the one to whom it vas given,
not some friend to whom he has lent
his privilege.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

YES, this is leap year, but yon won't
see young ladies who have any respect
for themselves standing ON the street
corners, watching the boys hold up their
pants as they wade over the crossing"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

THE reports from the Black Hills are
encouraging. The entire population has
left off digging for gold and gone to spec
ulating in town sites. Gold mining is an
uncertain and demoralizing pursuit, but
specializing in real estate is one of the
solid industries of the country.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

NIAGARA, Ont, responds to the Ken
tucky meat shower, by reporting a rain
Ofgoose-eggs, with the explanation that
they probably fell from a flock of wild
geese which had become bewildered in a
storm and were unable to reach their
usual laying place.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

The immense shower of flies which fell
on the snow of Ontario last month is sup.
posed to have originated in the same way
as the Kentucky fall of meat. These
flies are said to be about three times as
large as the ordinary mosquitoes, and are
thought to have been waited from the
West Indies. 1t is probably the first
time that Kolus ever undertook to
whistle Shoe Fly.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

FROM the effects of the sultan's pecu-
liar financial policy, the Turkish treasury
has been so thoroughly exhausted that
the government has not been able even
to furnish hospital supplies for the troops
operating against the rebels in Herzego.
.vinia. The mortality in consequence has
been terrific. A surgeon in the service
reports that the losses of the force in the
FIELD, mainly from disease imperfectly
Created, have not been less than 10000
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

VIRGINIA has been doing something
for the cause of education since the war.
"a correspondent of the Richmond En-
Huirer estimates that $5,65O,OOO have
been appropriated to educational pur-
poses in the state during the past ten
years. In the same period endowment
.Bchemes for the benefit of the colleges
Rnd theological institutions in the state
have been wholly or in part carried out,
amounting in the aggregate to $8,4OO,-
hoo
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

IF you would pass for more than your,
value, say little. 1t is easier to lock wise
than to talk wise.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

ALWAYS be as witty as you can with
your parting bow; your last speech is
The one remembered.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

"WLL, sir, what does hair spell?'
Boy don't know " What have you
got on your head ?'' Boy (scratching -
| guess it's a muskeeter bite"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

MILANEsE botanists assert that Europe
can not claim to have done anything for
America gratis, when the latter gave her
the sunhower, tobacco, potatoes, jalap,
red pepper, tomatoes, quinine. guanO and
corn, not to mention cotton, petroleum
and ether things.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21
TIMELY TOPICS.

The Mikado of Japan has granted to
Journalists the right of sending whatever
communications they may desire from
one part of the empire to the other free
of charge.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

The ice companies of New York have
had their supplies increased by the ice
dealers of Maine. They have made large
purchases, paying for much of the ice
the sum of 81. so a ton.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

THE people of Georgia do not believe
in newspaper quar-els. The grand jury
bf Polk county, at its recent session,
made the following report to the court
after returning several indictments:
g We also feel it our duty to censure the
course and conduct of our two newspa-
pers toward each other, and urgently re-
quest the two editors to cease wrangling
about themselves and branch off into
agricultural articles, or others that will
tend to develop the interests and welfare
III onr cOmntrYn
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

A REMARKABLE case was decided in
the New York supreme court recently
Josephine Ash brought suit, through her
guardian, against Henry Astor, one of
the well known Astor family, for S2O, 900
damages for assault, alleging that, in
1869, Astor violently pushed plaintiff,
then only four years old, from chair,
causing such internal injuries as to Grip
pie her for life. Her father testified that
the girls backbone was around her hips,
and that she was compelled to go around
the house on all fours; and that she is
now unable to walk or care for herself in
any way; and that Mr.. Astor made him
promise not to tell any body, saying he
would put $1,000 in the bank for the
child, which he never did. The jury
found verdict for plaintiff for the full
amount claimed, and the court added
81 900 for costs.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

Col. JOHN II. STONE, the newly
elected governor of Mississippi, was
born in Henderson county, Tennessee.
when the war broke out he was living
at Iuka, Mississippi, and went from that
place as captain of the Iuka Guards. He
distinguished himself at the first battle
of Manassas, became colonel of the second
mississippi regiment, and served with it
throughout the Virginia campaigns.
After the war he was chosen treasurer of
|Tishomingo county, and was Subsequent
|ly elected state senator, which position
|he has held for six years.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

THE London Times has an editorial
on the subject of the adventures of
the survivors of the emigrant ship
|Strathmore, which concludes as follows ::
''The vessel which at length arrived to
rescue them was United States whaler,
on her course to the South Sea fisheries.
Her captain, we are told, gave up the
chance of the vessels profit for the sake
|of the poor creatures he found at Crozett's,
and who needed an amount of care they
could not have received if he had taken
them with him. We are sure the Eng
lish nation will judge as it deserves the
sacrifice to which Capt. Clifford sub
mitted, and will not fail to do honor,
and something more than bare honor, to
the deed and to the man."
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

INDIANS IN THE DOMINION OF CAN
ADA.-The total number of Indians in
the Dominion is returned at 81 ,9IO. OF
these $4,000 (roughly speaking) are in
Ontario, II, 900 in Quebec, $4,000 in
Manitoba and the southwest territories,
5000 in Rupert's land, and $1,000 in
British Columbia; Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick each containing less than
1000, while Prince Edwards island only
contains 302. These figures, especially
those relating to the unsettled and semi
nomadic tribes of the northwest, can
only be taken as somewhat approximat-
ing truth. With regard to these later,
no attempt can be made to compare their
past numbers, for all such statistics must
necessarily be of little value. But in
the more settled provinces some approach
to accuracy may be reasonably looked
for, and so we find that among the Onta-
rio tribes the increase during the past
year is noted as 200, and the decrease as
~; in Quebec the increase is % and the
decrease 12S; in Nova Scotia the in
crease is 16 and the decrease 4 i; in New
Brunswick the increase is "a and the de-
crease So Toronto Mail
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21

The religious press of Europe are re-
oicing over news that the Turks have
permitted the Christians to place bells in
the church of the Holy SePulchre at Jeru-
salem, recalling the fact that no bells
have been heard in that church since the
great Saladin entered the city in 11S7.
For several centuries past the use of
church bellshas been prescribed through
put the Ottoman empire, on the ground
that they afforded an easy means of arous-
ing and exciting the people for revolu-
.tionary purposes.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21
HOUSE.

In the house, on the 4th, the senate
bill giving the consent of the United States
to the county of Dubuque, Iowa, to construct
county buildings on Washington square, in
Dubuque, passed. Mr. Schletcher reported
n bill to provide for the protection of the
Texas frontier on the lower Rio Grande. 1t
authorizes and requires the president to
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-21
Buried Alive.

A Fort Madison (Iowa) correspondent
of the Burlington Hawkeye relates the
following ngextraordinary occurrence: "We
notice an account in tO-day's Hawkeye
of a sad accident which occurred in this
city on the 18th instant, in which Ger
man named Stephen Pollmeyer lost his
! life by the caving in of well thirty feet
deep. The article was correct as far as
the writer knew, as no one at the time, IL
was written had any idea that the acci-
dent would result in anything but instant
death. Such, however, was not the case,
the circumstances of the affair being as
follows: Two men were engaged in clean
ing the well, when the man below (said
Stephen Pollmeyer) called to his COM
rade to draw him out as the well was
about to cave, but before he could be
drawn out the sides caved, covering him
up. A force of men were at once put to
work to extricate the mangled (as they
supposedly body of the unfortunate man.
They worked steadily in wind and rain
until midnight, when one of the work
men, merely out of curiosity, called Poll
meyer by name, when what was his sur
prise TO hear, as he supposed, voice from
the grave answer him. At two o'clock
in the morning the buried man made the
alive, NTOu :
sake help me OUT Shortly afterward,
upon lifting large stone they discovered
the head of the dead-alive man. But he
was so completely wedged in that they
did not get him out until five O'Clock,
after having been buried for eighteen
hours. He was perfectly conscious, and
related the following story: Seeing the
wall about to cave in, l supposed my
time had come, and shortly after l found
myself in total darkness, with a large
stone resting against one cheek, and one
over my head, forming a complete arch.
l could breathe without any trouble, but
could not move. 1 think fresh air must
have reached me along the rope, which
| had hold of at the time of the accident.
| could distinctly hear the men at work
above me endeavoring to extricate me.
came very nearly sIIffocating the last
halfhOur, as the men working above me
packed the earth so tightly that it was
almost impossible for me TO breathe.
feel very sore and stiff, but l think l will
be around again in few days. will
not attempt to describe my feelings while
| was buried alive thirty feet Deep
Upon finding that the man was alive.
a physician was called, who prescribed
for him, and at last accounts he was doing
well. Truly this seems like a miracle"
The New York herald., 1876-02-05
No Seat No Fare.

1t must be distinctly understood that no
lobby influence shall be allowed to defeat
Mr. Killian's bill for the protection of pas
sengers on the street railways. This meas
ure is to be introduced into the Assembly on
Tuesday next, and its motto is mo seat no
fare" But for the lobby such law would
have been passed long ago. and the disgrace
and discomfort of overcrowded cars, which
have been common to all the roads in this
city ever since street railways were built,
would have been prohibited. Even as late
as last year lobby influence destroyed q
measure of this kind, and simultaneously
with knowledge Of the present bill comes
the warning notes of activity in the lobby.
This time, however, the corruptionists must
not be allowed to triumph. Every member
will be held to the strictest accountability in
this matter, and the committee to which the
bill is referred must be made TO feel that it
would be perilous to smother it. In q word,
the railroads must not be allowed to buy the
Legislature, nor the Legislature to sell
measure so necessary to the protection
of the people. Every member who
directly or indirectly opposes it will incur a
responsibility involving his political future,
and punishment will be made to follow dere-
liction. Already the agitation of this ques-
ton has resulted in great increase of ac-
commodation, as was noted yesterday, after
the severe storm Of the previous night, espe-
cially on the Third avenue line. Now that
the reform has begun it must not stop until
there is seat provided for every passenger
and sufficient accommodation for all. This
can only be secured by some such measure
as that proposed by Mr.. Killian, and the
passage Of his bill is a necessity.