The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-04

Il democracy which shall end foreign wa
by arbitration, civil war by amnesty
and distress by education. Sound sense
but little in advance of the times.
WASHINGTON ladies evidently do no
allow the hard times to ointerfere with thei
desire for dress, for the Star SAYS of them
1t is universally the subject of remark
that the dressing this season is more mag
nlhcent than has ever been the case
before in Washington"
The country is being flooded with
pamphlets opposed to the Tom Scott
subsidy for the Southern Pacific rail-
road. These bear no imprint of the
oihce of publication, but the stockholders
OF the Union Pacific will probably find a
big printing bill in their next treasurer
report.
AN Irish paper says: Great num-
bers of Irishmen are returning home at
present from the United States. Times
are very bad in America, just now /;
large numbers of people are out of EN-
Pioyment, and many are beginning TO find
that Ireland is not 50 bad place to live
III as they once Thoughtful"
PARIS levies tax which has Indirect
iy preserved her asphalt pavements from
obstruction. The municipality levies a
graduated tax oU wheel tires which is
heavy on narrow ones and almost nothing
on the very broad. The latter are there
lore almost exclusively used, and conse-
quently no ruts are worn in the streets.
GOETHE, in his seventy-eighth year,
said there were three things he desired to
sea canal connecting the Gulf of
Mexico with the Pacific, another con-
Meeting the Rhine and Danube, and,
lastly, the English in possession of a
Suez canal. 81 should like to live to
see these great things" said her, " and
ior them it would be worth while to en-
dure another fifty years" The English
came into possession Of a Suez canal just
within the half century.
i THE general, lieutenant. general and
three major generals of the United States
army cost the country over $200,0 900 a
4 year. The aggregate, as shown by the
army register, is as follows. Three major
/ generals, $2S, ,416; nine captains, A. d.
4 T., $3O,024; add rent of headquarters.
clerks, Orderlies, fuel, stationery, etc, $780,
900; total cost Of three major-generals,
S8S, 40; total cost of one general, S7O.-
900; total cost of one lieutenant general |
/
IT is surprising that so few of the revi- |
valists who are prominent at present be- !
long to the clerical order or have had |
theological training. Brother Moody, the |
most renowned of them all, is not cler- |
gyman. Peter Dwyer is not. Widow |
Van Cott, Mrs. Lowery and the other
three female revivalist preachers are not
ordained ministers. One of the revival
lists now carrying on operations is a con-
verted pugilist; another is a converted
actress another is a converted minstrel
ONE of the most singular breach of
promise cases on record has Just occurred
/ an New York. About twelve years ago,
Mr.. and Mrs Saulspaugh were divorced
In 1874 they were Teconciled, Mr. Sauls-
paugh inviting his former wife to become
his hOusekeeper under the promise of re-
marriage. Month after month passed,
/ only to bring about a pOstponement of
the happy day. Finally, the wOman's
patience became exhausted, and she has
Just sued her former husband for dam
ages, as stated.
IT is asserted that the Sultan of
Turkey is much more intent on building
/ a grand mosque that is to perpetuate his
name than defending his empire from
. the attacks made on it. Although
menaced with the greatest dangers, he
can scarcely be induced to attend to any
thing but dancing girls and professions
TO the mosques. He was originally a
man of fair capacity, but is now 50 far
zone in dissipation, it is said, as to be
seemingly incapable of striking a blow
for his honor and kingdom.
Mrs. A. NJ. WOOD, eldest daughter
of the late President Zachary Taylor,
died at Freiburg, Germany, aged 65.
She was the widow Of Gen. b. c.. Wood, |
United States army, and mother of Capt
John r. Wood, one of the most distin-
prlished officers of the Confederate navy.
Her death leaves but two surviving
children of President Taylor-Mrs. Bet
tie T. cambridge, formerly Mrs. Bliss,
living at Winchester, Va, and Gen.
Richard Taylor, of Louisiana, lieuten-
2asit general in the Confederate army.
A RECENT visitor to the Dismal Swamp
describes il, in Forest and Stream, as
having lost none of the characteristics
which gave it its name. Bears are not
30 plenty there as when the region was
rarely penetrated by man, yet they still
afford sport for hunters. Lake Drum
mond once believed by the ignorant to
I've bottomless is really not in any place
more than fifteen feet deep. Its water
impregnated with the juices of juniper
and gum leaves, is of the color of wine,
and is drunk as a remedy by consump-
tives.
The following is a statementof of United
states currency outstanding at the end of
the year 1875:
old demand notes.. .........S 69,6I2JO
Legal tender notes, new issue 81, ,SS1, 1856. 90 !
Legal tender notes, series of
1862 256, ,4S6 10000
Series of 1S76...................... 5S,S5447SOO |
Series of 1S75...................... 2i,7O5 1890
Oue-year notes of lS6S........... 64,4S5.OO
Two-year notes of 1S63.......... 100000 |
Two-year coupon notes of 1868 26,500OO
Compound interest notes.. 5O,62O00 !
Fraction currency, first issue. 4,2gS, ,77501
second ue........................ 3,120, ,46OO3
Third issue 3,O97, ,S26.7S
Fourth issue, first series........ $3.50, 1861
Fourth issue, second SERIES. 1885,, ,S6S.25
Fourth issue, third series....... 3,719,O1S.50 |
Fifth issue 23,2l6, ,S27. GA