The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-07

"SPoPCis III NFEeslC britain. VI theS
ii we're dailies. Now there are 1,642
Of these England publishes 1,276, Scot
land l52, Ireland 13S, Wales 81, and Tn,
isles 10. There are 90 daily newspaper
IN England, 16 in Scotland, l9 in Ireland
and . in Wales.
Nor among the least of the sufferer
oy the.Belknap breakdown are the fe
male correspondents at Washington, VIII,
nave been wont to gUsh publicly ovel
the accomplishments, graces, dignity
amiability, etc, of Mrs. Belknap. /
the dreadful lesson shall subdue theil
tendency to gush at all times and in all
places over everybody and everything
the daily literature of this country will
be lightencd of load under which il
has long groaned.
THERE appears to be an unfortunate
defect in the law imposing penalty on
the introduction Of spirituous and intox-
Icating liquors in the Indian country.
By the terms OF the law all Indians are
exempted from the penalty. and a num-
Der Of the shrewder % children of the for
est" are ayailing themselves of this ex-
emPtiOn to carry on a lively trade in the
cup that inebriatcs as well as cheers.
The attention Of CONGRESS has been called
10 the subject, and it is more than prob
able that the law will be amended
Ir would have been better for Mr..
Frederick A. Dockray, perhaps, to have
stayed in Cuba and fed upon the vapors
of his Spanish dungeon than to have
ventured back to his country while the
spirit of investigation is on us. Mr..
Dockray has been seized, and is to be
investigated. lie is charged with en-
bezzling five thousand dollars, while col
lector of the port OF st. Johns, Florida,
and is now on his way south for trial
Political rancor, he seems to think, is at
the bottom of this surprise.
RICHARD HENRY DANA, JR., has been
called before the committee on foreign
affairs to answer the charge of literary
piracy, preferred by Gen. Ben. Butler.
Until this matter is disposed of no action
will be taken upon Mr.. Dana's confirma-
ton as minister to the court of st.
James. Mr.. Dana is charged with delib-
erately appropriating William Beach
Lawrence's notes on Wheaton's Elements
of international Law in his own edition
of Wheaton, and with having been con-
victed in 1867 of the ofense General
Butler has interposed this obstacle to
Dana's diplomatic career, probably being
actuated by an old grudge, as they have
been political opponents.
THE San Franciscans, who, not long
ago, were holding mass meetings for the
suppression of some of their daily news
papers, are now in a ierment over their
Mongolian immigration, and are to meet
again. Thousands of the dusky heathens
are preparing to leave their country and
brave the christian prejudices of the
strange land of California, and the wrath
Of the Mclean man is reused. Congress
is to be appealed to. and there is trouble
ahead. If worst comes to worst, the ce-
lestial "wave may be turL ed upon the
south and utilized in restoring the glory
of the republican party in that section.
80 much voting material can not we'll he
wasted at time like this.
\ CORRESPONDENT of the Pittsburgh
Chronicle, who has been wandering
among the New Orleans cemeteries,
writes " For the accommodation of
tb,sa ,,,l,n arn mot oI,Io 70 oNs,rJ N tor,b
the cemetery association have erected
large tombs containing a hundred or
more compartments, called ovens. These
compartments are about two feet square
and seven feet long. They are built of
brick, four tiers high, and extend accord
ing to the demand. These are sold at
about twenty dollars apiece. In sealing
up the compartment, room enough is
left in front to insert marble slab bear
ing the usual inscriptions"
The price of living in the city of New
York has not, it is estimated, declined
more than five per cent. in the past
three wears. An article in the Times
shows that in meats of all kinds there
is no reduction; in fresh fish the price
appears to be about fifteen per cent less,
while in smoked and shell fish the cost
is about the same as it was about three
wears ago. Poultry and game show no
decline, and butter, lard, cheese and
fruit remain at about the old prices.
Vegetables show a considerable reduc-
ton, at least twenty per cent, and eggs
show about the same decline in price
Flour, by retail, is from one dollar to
one dollar and fifty cents per barrel
cheaper, or from ten to twelve per cent.
less than it was three years ago" Mean
while, there is a tendency to economy.
and consumers are finding that they can
with little care save more than five
cents on a dollar.
CARDINAL MANNING in recent SER
mon referred to English pauperism in
the following pointed language: "En-
GLAND, the richest of all countries, has
upon it stain and shame not to be
found in countries which Englishmen as
sumo to despise: he meant pauperiSm, an
intense demoralized state of poverty.
Poverty in itself was an honorable state;
but pauperiSm was something altogether
distinct from poverty. Pauperism was
that wrecked condition of men and OF
families out of which there was no rising
by any effort of their own. And what
did it come froml 1t would take too long
to endeavOr to say. One reason he would
state; the overwhelming prosperity of
the rich, the closeness of the hands and
the hearts, and the ignorance in which
the rich lived and died, of the state of
the poor who lived and died round
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