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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-01-07

THEY have got John Chinaman. in
Australia and don't know what to do
with him. John. is a akstanding conufl-
drum with the Francisco dignitaries.
They have tried cheating, mobbing,
shooting, and various other innocent
little expedients,, with. about as much
effect as pop-guns have upon an army of
lecusts. Nobody has suggested an appli-
cation of kindness. 1t would be a novel
expedient, to be sure, but it might pay
to try the effect of a powerful dose. j.
A MADRID dispatch speaks of prepa-
rations for the coast defense of Cuba,
when the Carlist insurrection is sup
pressed - As it-fooks now, it wiH-be=a
long time before those heavy guns are
placed IN position on the Cuban Shore.
Don Carlos, having Just been left large.
fortune by the death of his uncle, will
be able to hold his provinces indefinitely.
CANNED fish generally is not a partic-
ularly wholesome food, and that it is not
infrequently dangerous. 1t should never
be eaten unless it had been heated
to boiling temperature shortly before,
even though it is preferred cold subse-
quentIy and that it is particularly liza
bic to spoil soon after opening, underline
most favorable circumstances Brands |
devoid of these necessary directions for
safe use should be avoided, and persons
who persist in putting such food upon
the market without precautions, should
be placed under hard restraint.
THE discovery of boiling lake in the
island of Dominica has excited much
scientific interest, and Investigations of
the phenomenon are to be made by geOl-
ogists 1t appears that company ex-
ploring the steep and forest-covered
mountains behind the town Of ROsseau |
came upon this boiling lake, about $500 |
feet above the sea level, and two miles
in circumference. On the wind clearing |
away for moment the clouds of sui
phurous steam with which the lake was
covered, mound of water was seen ten
feet higher than the general level of the
surface, caused by ebullitiOn. The mar=
gin of the lake consists of beds of sui
phur, and its overfowing found exit by
4 waterfall Of great height. EfA Z i
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EAST.
of Now York contains LOG

The city of New York contains 1;046,
O37 inhabitants, and Kings county, including
Brooislyn, ,216. The eSoters in New y orlv
and BROOKLYN are as follows 80 -
Native Foreign
New York x............. S9,9O7 14t POP
RrookIvn -. ........... "a, 40 GO, 1872
Thus there are over fifty thousand more
foreign voters in New York than there are
native born, among these latter must be
many who are the sons OF foreigners. In
the last ten years the number of naturalized
foreign voters has about doubled, while that
Of native born has only increased from ST.
500 to S9,9O7
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Mrs. LOUISA M. ALCoTT may be
credited with inventing new substitute
for a speech. She visited the Sorosis the
other day and was formally presented to
the club by the president As the "most
successful woman author in America"
and being on her feet, told little story.
She said at Vassar college the girls, as
usual, asked for a speech, and when she
also, as usual, told them she ticter had
and never intended to make one, they
requested that she would place herself in
a prominent position and turn around
slowly. This she consented to do, and if
revolving would satisfy or crafty Sorosis
she was willing to "revolve."
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DIR. ;GLENN, of California, is doing
fair farming business. He is now ship
ping his wheat crop, amounting to 5000
tons, to San Francisco. The grain is
placed on boat at Jacinto, carried to
Knights landing, thence by rail to VAL
lejO, where it is reshipped by water to
San Franci,co. The crop at present
prices Will net 1920, 900, the freight of
the same amounting to $4,000, leaving
the doctor the snug little sum of
$3.50. 600.
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AMERICA owes debt which amounts
to s Is a head for every man, woman, and
child. This is considerably less than the
average indebtedness of civilized nations.
while we are much better off than a
dozen nations, including France and
Great Britain. The following little
table has been complied to show how
much the nations owe per head:
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A GIGANTIC new bridge is about to be
built across the St. Lawrence at Mon
treai to accommodate street ears, car
riages and foot passengers as well rs Iail-
road trains. a viaduct 1890 feet long,
in twenty spans, will conduct from Sher-
brooke street to the river; five spans of
600 feet will cross the river to ST. Helen's
island, which will be traversed by
viaduct with twenty spans of 12O feet
each, while twelve spans will cross the
iihnavigable channel south of the island.
The bridge viii be $50 feet over the level
of the river.
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In.order to. prevent.the occurrence of

disasters like that which Happened to the
lsseamship WaeoyHear Galveston, the treasury
department has decided that vessels carrying
oil must unconditionalIy surrender their GER
tihcates. This will doubtless abate the bust
ness Of running Heating powder magazines.
--. Ex- Congressman Rice, of Kentucky,
has been appointed Congressional Librarian,
in place of ]. ]. Piatt, removed. @
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A NEGRO boy in Fairfield county, S. c.,
was packed up in bale of cotton last
week The deceased was engaged in
packing cotton ut Mr.. James Jones' press.
About half a bale had been trampled
down, and the other hands went for more
cotton, the deceased being ordered in the
meanwhile to drive out some cattle. On
the return of the hands the boy was not
to be seen. The balance of the cotton
was put in and trampled but slightly,
the bale being light. The bale was then
packed. On removing it the negro was
found dead in the middle of the bale 1t
is supposed the boy entered the box and
had gone to sleep and was sufiocated.
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New raids of Mexicans and Indians
are reported as taking place on the Rio
Grande. The system inaugurated by
Captain McNally, in command of the
state troops of Texas, seems, in the alb
scnce of any aid extended Ivy the govern
ment, to be the only method of securing
quiet in that region. McNally proposes
follow the raiders back across the
river and punish them on Mexican soil
As the MeXicans are constantly filling
their orders for beef cattle by riding into
Texas, the Mexican government can
take no exceptions to this violation of its
soil by Americans. The Mexican claims
commission, appointed in 1872, will,
probably, make a report to congress next
month, at which time something should
be done to restore quiet TO the disturbed
region along the Rio Grande.
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MISCELLANEOUS

At the services in the Catholic Church
at Mayonoy Plain, Pa, last week the Rev.
Daniel O'COnnor, the pastor, read letter
from Archbishop EWood, of Philadelphia,
which was the formal excnmmunication of
the society Known as the Molly Maguires,"
otherwise the "Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans"
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GENERAL CoLQuITT, Of Georgia, in a
recent address, said "To remove stumps
from a field, all that is necessary is to
have one or more sheet-iron chimneys,
some four or five feet high. Set. fire to
the stump and place the chimney over
it, SO as to give the requisite amount of
draft at the bottom. Ii will draw like
stove. The stump Wilt sJch be con-
sumed. With several such chimneys of
different sizes, the removal of stumps
may be accomplished at merely nominal
labor and expense.
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EXTREMES meet, and in this doctrine
is a whole library of explanation of sing
ular things. Physically extremes are
always meeting. Westward the course
of empire takes its way ;" our fathers
came from the cast and our songs go to
the west, but if we should wish to see
our fathers we should only have to go.
far enough to the westward, while if we
chose to travel long enough towards the
east we should come across our sons
again. In the ring also extremes are
always meeting, and the ring is one of
the symbols of eternity. -
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co ouf1NBIAr II EI p oT3ENNEssEEs S FRIDAY jar
THE ARGIVE aOTMER.

By. MARGARET E. sASGSTER.
. q 49, - tsro;S ;7,,o.& &SSL3
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THE sun.

The vcrnal equinox or suns entrance
into Aries occurs March 30; the summer
solstice, or sun'scntrancc into Cancer, oc-
ours June 90; the autumnal equinox, or
SUMS entrance into Libra, occurs sep
tember p; and the winter solsticc. or
SUMS entrance into Capricorn, occurs De
cember u.
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Slavery Redivivus.

The Georgia and Mississippi Legisla.
lures have recently both passed bills
which. when fully carried out in all their
bearings. will virtually revive the slave
code in those States in its most revolving
features. BY these laws, convicts are 10
be hired out TO private individuals or
corporations. such AZ manufacturing aud
railroad companies. who may place over
secrs over them. Under the operation
Of these infamous statutes, with the aid
Of the lash and starvation. The States
in question receive nothing for the ser.
vices Of these prisoners, those hiring
them agreeing TO clothe and feed them.
It is precious little, however. OF either,
that they get, and the most trihing
breach OF duty. or no breach at all. is
frequently followed by the most inhuman
cruelty, wreaked upon these suffering
convicts Very often. IL is stated on
good authority. the poor fellows whip.
ped until they fall down from utter ex.
haustion One instance 10 given recent
ly In which one poor victim. after having
been laeerated fearfully by the whip. had
bis entire body drenched with water,
when his tormentors compelled two other
convicts to rub his back with salt and
turpentine the same treatment being re-
peatcd the following day, until the vic
tim fell and died in the most excruciat-
ing agony IL is understood that the
matter is TO be investigated by the Judi
ciary Committee but the presumption -
that their time will be 80 occupied with
other matters that they will not be likely
TO reach an investigation, that may place
the friends Of the dominant party IN the
House in an uniayorable light Steu-
bcnyille Herald.
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A Negro Prayer Meeting
EXTRACT FROM Ny JOURNAL.

February 18th, 1876: the Sabbath. I
went down this morning to old Abram' 3
cabin, and read to him and some Of his
friends a hymn that had Just written
What think you of Christi and an es.
say Of mine that has just been published.
about money-ge tting. They were both
listened to attentively. | then read a
few verses in the Bible about the love Of
money being the root OF all evil. and pro-
posed that we should sing q hymn and
pray. jeff Robinson raised the tuEe and
gave out the words. The hymn was a
very familiar one: "Hark, from the
tombs a doleful sound jeff had a tune
to the words while he was giving them
out, as well as while he was singing
them; q tune Of very peculiar modula.
tions, which no doubt added much to the
effect produced by the hymn. IL went
up and down through the whole range Of
the gamut. He seemed to be put out IL
he did not give each word its proper
pitch and the precise tone belonging to
IT. All presen. sung with life and ami
nation. Their feelings seemed TO be
deeply moved. After the singing was
over, led in prayer. Every petition |
offered up was followed by grunts and
groans, and audible expressions Of assent
and appreciation, such as: "Nes. Lord"
Grant il for Christs sake" So we all
prayed together.
On the whole, we had very pleasant
meeting and my mind was deeply i'm.
pressed with the conviction that white
men cannot conduct prayer meeting
acceptably to the colored people We
have not enough Of feeling and fervor
about US to satisfy them. Our manner
OF singing and praying is too dry and un.
interesting for them. They have very
musical voices, and never sing hymn
without being deeply affected by the sol.
emn and tender sentiments il contains
Singing with them is all devotional, and
constitutes the most essential part OF
their worship. IL touches the deepest
feelings OF their hearts. The more IA
miliar the hymn, the more they seem to
be affected By IL. They may know il by
heart, but to produce its proper effect u
must be given out line by line, accord
ing To immemorial usage. The finest
strains Of church music cannot produce
upon refined and educated people a
sweeter effect than is produced upon
them by the simplest hymns, sung with
all the quiyering modulations Of the
voice, in which they take so much de
light and by which their feelings seem
to be so powerfully wrought upon.-lJ
S. w. in y. Y. Observer
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/ vocacy Of Bristow too thin" Tell ua
what great things he has done in days OF
the past 10 entitle him 10 be made Pres
ident2 You never heard Of him ten
years ago, five years ago, or even three
years ago. And now talk OF him for
President Why IL is absurd II is all
bosh. and from the manner in which you
are pitching into every one else talked
about for the Republican nomination,
you are certainly working for pay How
much does Bristow. or his friends, pay
you for advocating his claims7 Or. in
the event Of his election, are you TO be
his honored successor as Secretary Of the
Treasury You say there is no chance
Tor Morton, Blaine or Conkling and you
undertake 10 ridicule Gen. Hayes clear
of the track. in the interest Of Bristow.
In your leader Of April 2l. headed "Bris-
tows Presidential Prospects" you say:
The Ohio delegation win probably give
Hayes full complimentary vote"
Probably, you say when there is no
probability about il, a. you well know
Then in one place you admit there may
be two diversions possible, one is TO
Hayes and the other 10 TO Washburne"
There, Mr. Commercial Editor, Is Just
exactly where the nomination is going to
90. IL will not be Morton, Blaine, Conk-
ling nor Bristow (he's been talked up"
too much by you;) IL will be a new man;
and as you. even you, admit, the diver
sion may be TO Hayes or Washburne."
Then would not the Ohio delegation be 4
set OF fools-the laughing stock Of the
whole cOuntry-to abandon Hayes, their
noble, able and gallant leader-who de
feated in turn the ablest men the Demo.
cratic party Of Ohio had in It's ranks:
Thurman. Pendleton and Allen-turn
away from "the man Of destiny" whose
record Knows no defeat Turn away
from him, with his triumphant nomina.
tion within their grasp! The Republi.
cans Of Ohio in National Convention as
sembled will prove themselves worthy Of
the great constituency they represent
the Republicans Of the great common
wealth Of Ohio-tho third State Of the
Union. and they will stand BY Hayes un.
Gil he is the nominee Of the Republican
party for President Of the United States
Men may At times learn some profitable
lessons from the sayings Of political enc
mies The New York sun Is one Of the
ablest journals in the country opposed 10
the Republican party. IL can not DO
charged with fayoring Hayes. as it op.
poses all Republicans For the benefit
Of the Independent Commercial please
let q Sun article Of the issue Of April
Goth follow this Respectfully.
DAVID Y. BAKER
Portland. Indiana. April "a. 1876
[The article to which our correspon.
dent refers, Hayes OF Ohio Probably the
Republican Candidate appeared in the
Times OF last Friday.-ED TINES
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From the New Haven Register,
Our Ministers Sermon.

The minister said last night, says he,
Don't be afraid of givin;
III your life amt worth nOthin' TO other folks
Why, what's tile use OF livln'?
Aud that's what say TO my wife, says /,
There's Brown, the mis,r!lble sinner,
He'd sooner beggar would s;arve than give
A cent towards buyin' Il dinner.
tell you our minister is prime, he L.,
But couldn't quite determine,
When heard him givin' IL right and left,
Just who was hit by his sermon.
or course there couldn't be no mistake
When he talked OF long-winded prayin
For Peters and johnson they sot and scowled,
At every word he was sayin'.
And the minister he went on to say,
There's various kinds Of cheatin',
And religions as good for every day
As II Is to bring TO meetin,
don't think much OF the ~I1n that gives
The loud amens at my pI.tchin,
And spends his time the followin' week
In cheatin' and overreachin'."
guess that dose was bitter enough
For a man like Jones to swallow:
But / noticed he didn't open his mouth,
Not once, after that, to holler;
Hurrah, says I, for the minister
OF course said IL quiet
Give US some more OF this open talk,
It's very refreshin' diet.
The minister hit 'em every time,
And when he spoke of fashion,
And higgins out In bows and things,
As woman : rulin' passion,
And coming to work to see the styles,
couldn't help a-winkin'
And a-nudgin' my wife, and says /, "Thats
you,''
And guess IL sot her thinkin.'
Says L 10 myself, that sermons pat,
But man Is a queer creation,
A nd I'm much afraid that most OF the folks
Won't take the application.
Now, II he had said word about
My personal mode Of sinnin,
I'D have gone to work to right myself,
Aud not set there a-grinBin.
Just then the minister says, says he.
"And now I've come to the fellers
Who've lost this shower by usiu' their friends
As a sort o. moral umbrellas,
Go home" says he, "and mud your faults,
Instead OF huntin' your brothers
Go home" says he, "and wear the coats
You tried to fit for Others"
My wife she nudged. and Brown he winked,
And there was lots o. smilin.
And lots olookin' at our pew.
IL Sot my blood a-biln,'
Says / TO myself, our minister
Is gettin' little bitter,
I'll tell him, when the meetins out, that
Amt at all that kind of q critter.
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sistants His subscription list must be
worked up, and kept up too, and he
must see to it, that all subscribers pay
up in course of time. He must collect
pay for his advertisements, and job work,
and unless he has a large stock OF pa
tience and forbearance, he will occasion
ally get mad, when told to go to the
devil with his little picayune bill. He
must have the soul of an angel, the vigor
Of steam engine, the cheek of the evil
one, the patience of JOB, eyes as numer-
Gus as the stars of heaven, disposition
as smooth as oil. be able to dispense with
all tender feelings, and be imperturable
20 blows from every jackass s heels in his
j lurnalistic diocese. Who can edit a
country journal and be happy.-White-
hall IN. Y } Times.
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II is said there are people who prefer
the filthy shinplasiers called fractional
currency 20 silver coin. Probably this ~
true. for some people are not very fastid.
ious 10 is q question OF taste a. much
as anything. and there may be persons
TO whom a dirty piece Of paper soaked
with beer slops and saturated With hu.
man exhalations Is not repulsiye. We
speak now Of the paper as paper. and not
as currency. OF course IL is easy 20 say
that anybody Is very willing 10 take all
he can get OF 10. no matter how much
small pox and typhoid fever IL may have
absorbed in its travels from hand "
hand. but that Is not the point. The
question is a. 10 the relative desirable.
ness OF clean. bright coin. and greasy.
unclean paper. People who prefer the
latter are perfectly welcome 10 their pc
euliar partiality. whatever may be said ~
to the grounds for u. There IL not much
risk in saying, however. that zs between
a roll Of dirty shinplaster scAbs. such As
may be seen any day on any bank eoun-
ter, and an equal denominational guam
tity OF coin, nine persons out OF ten
would choose the latter. The eagerness
with which the silver is sought for AZ the
Sub-treasuries, where IL j. now issued for
/ the first time since the war. clearly indi
Gates the popular preference, and the
I general desire 20 exchange the papcl
\ substitute for real money. There vii
be no trouble in taking Up the shinplas
ters. the only difficulty being In keeping
the silver from being boarded and there
by taken out Of circulation.-LC Columbu
Journal
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Blunders in Speech

i. was a Scotch woman who said that
butcher Of her town only killed half a
beast at time. IL was n Dutchman who
said that n pig had no marks on his ears
except a short tail. II was a British
magistrate who. being told by vagabond
that be was not married. responded
That's good thing for your wife. IL
was English reporter who stated AZ
meeting Of the Ethnological Society there
~ere casts Of the skull Of an individual
at different periods Of adult life. 10 show
the changes produced in ten years,
though Dean Swift certainly mentions
two skulls preserved in ireland, one OF n
person when he was a boy and the other
OF the same person when he grew TO be
man. IL was a Portuguese mayor who
enumerated among the marks by which
the body Of a drowned man might be
identified when found "A marked imped.
iment in speech" II was . Frenehman.
the famous Carlino. who. contentedly lay
ing his head upon a large stone jar for
pillow, replied, 10 one who inquired n 10
was not rather hard Not AZ all for
have stuffed il with hay IL was an
American lecturer who solcmnly said,
one evening. Parents. you may have
children; or, if not. your daughters may
have.
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VOL. 32-----NO. 1S.
DIR EcTORY.
JACKSON COUNTY OFFICIAL DIREC
TORY.
L - 70.

Judge. Court OF Common Pleas-Porter Du-
State senator-Isaac T. Monahan;
Representative-ArthurB Ii. Monahan.
Probate Judge-John ]. G. Evans.
Auditor-Thomas w. Patterson.
TreasuIer-Aaron Kirkendall.
Clerk-William II. Horton.
Shsrif-John M. Ewing
Prosecuting Attorney-John L. Jones'
Recorder-Asa A. Farrar.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. johnson, Samuel
Innrmary Dlrectors-Peter Bum, w. &. Schel-
lsnger and Joseph Rule.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Lick Township-Jas A. Aleshire, David III.
scioto Township-Andrew II. Rehs, Robert
Hamiiton-Harrison Canter, George Gilliland.
Jefferson-J. Edward JONES' John isaac
Madison Jonathan Davis, Edward Hunt,
ioomfeldoeirimsley Poor. VIM. L. Perkins.
Milton-George w. Whitman, Samuel Demp-
Mashtpsten--Jacob A. SELL John @. Ray.
Jackson-Joseph Rowland, /. III: McCormick.
Franklin Armpstead Scurlock, Joseph J.
Tiberty-wm. Callaghan, John Mccartney.
PosroFFIcEs AND PosTMAsTERs.
Jackson-S. p. Baldridge.
Berlin X Roads-Mrs. Electa Erwin.
Dawkins Milis-Mrs. Kirkendall.
Leo-Geo. II. Greene.
Meadow Branch-Wm. b. Pratt.
Webers-J. Calm.
Mabees-Samuel Jackson.
Grahamsville-JacobP Pierce.
Monroe Furnace-M. ii. sloan.
Oak Hili-W. W. Morgan.
Samsonville- Geo. Reniger.
Jimes-C. III. 5hiers.
Byerp-James Scully.
Clay-D. ]. Richards.
Rays-I II. Mccormick.
Keystone-Henry Prescott.
Camba--B. b. Evans.
Rocky Hill-E- w. Marvin.
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were at once put under one thousand
dollars bonds for trial
The trial after an excellent charge
from the Judge. issued in q verdict Of
conviction. This, being a criminal suit.
brought in the name Of the Government
brings no damages to Mr.. c., but
his witness fees, and the kind hospitality
Of friends, leave him no poorer for his
fortnights soiourn in the City Of Broth.
erly Love.
lie is well satisfied so far, and willing
TO have been the occasion Oft is to be
hoped-a final decision, by the Supreme
Bench, favorable to the great principles
of right, and appropriate to the Centen-
NAL year-the double jubilee Of freedom