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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25
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The lady whom Mr.. James Parton has
married was Miss Ellen Eldredge,
younger daughter of Mr.. Parton's for
iiief wife. " Fanny Fern" when she
fist besati IS use tie qq0f DE plume, was
a poor widow (AIrs. EIdredgel, residing
in second rate clearinghouse in Cam
bridge, Massachusetts, with two or three
children. and no means of support save
pen whose resources s1n.5 tgI rot yet
learned. He Fern Leaves were written
in hall bedroom in a second story back,
which was the best accommodation she
and hef children eBtild command Her
bFothet, n. P. Willis, was at tiiat time III
Ne# York, but scarcely so prosperous as
nc afterwards oeca::i1 With her in
creasing success as an authoress, hIs'
Eldredge went to New York. Mr.. Far
tri. who was somewhat her junior, was
fass;jHaieti hot less by ber piquant per-
sonaiiN than by her literary accomplish
men,ts, n; and rnatried her Her datigltter,
Miss Ellen Eldfedge, was then quite q
little girl. She has now grown up to
take her mothers place and become her
step-father's 5 wife-the circumstances be-
ING, as is Believed. almost if not absolute
Iy unique. Her elder sister hlarrled
Mortimer Thompson, but py~.e 'i '
after her marriage, left her infant
dausbtef TO the care of her mother and
sister. The child, exceptionally attfac-
| tive as she Is, became the pet Of Mr'
| Partohi's isoaeehsfd. When Mrs. Parton
died, the care of Che child deEt!*ea upon
Miss Eldredge and Mr., Parton, and theiI
marriage nov Shst'ies them to unite
more completely in caring for her Ir
Parton is surprised and shocked at find
III. that marriage which seemed tC
him 50 proper Is eQtttaty to the laws o
The s;nsc, ~ and his appeal to ihs iesisla
ture TO sanction the union will douSt
less receive prompt and satisfactory re
| SDonSp
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25
GoINg HOME.

The damp air came ehiily UP ft5rr the
ritef. Abound the behd at the Wyoiiiis-
sing, near the cave at the mill OH the OPP
posite side of the Schuylkill, an aged col
ored man was Sitting on a Stone eating
al evening meal that had no doubt
been begged from a neighboring farm
house. The stranger was type of the
real, genuine southern slave. His hair
was gray, his form rather bent, his little
eyes encamped in cluster of wrinkles !
his nose broad, ana an expression CT
honesty, kindness of heart, geniality
that could not be hid, but that burst re-
splendent through cloud of sorrow that
seemed to mantle him from his old black
hat to the well-worn boots on his feet.
My name Is Henry, sah, Uncle Hens
ry dey used to call tae when Was liFin'
whar 1 Was raised" was the reply he
made to the reporters que stion.
Dat was down iii GeoFEia. sab, 4
long time ago. Use been gitten around
de norf since de war, but is gwine to try
to go along home agin, if can, before
desc old bones wear out and dete's naffih
left O. ms
"Want to get back south again, do
you?"
% Yes, sab. 1t kind o creeps i'll my
bones to go home again. l call it home,
but it's long ways off. Was Born thir-
ty miles below Savannah, and belonged
to Colonel Higgins, Colonel Archibald
Higgins, of the Pine Hill plantation.
Ever been dar?"
Uncle Henry was t@ld ''f6."
"Pae been to many places in Gods
garden, sab, but now, in my old years, !
dun no airy a pace ike de old home
,.own dar. When General Sherman done
gone away from Atlanta, fhassa was kill.
ed and lie niggars was freed. ! cum
norf wid my son, Sht hs's aeRa s&h, sHhd
dats 10 ti3' room for me heah. Tse got
chilern Twin down dar some'ers, least
dey was livin' when we cum norf."
Can you sing Way dewn upon the
Suwanee River Uncle Henry ~ 1ht
old mans eyes fairly sPatkied and glist
eRed III tears as he replied:
Dat good old toon, how could / evel
fcrgit it? No indesd, W. the iorglt
Dat wa- AFiitc years ago, sab, but when
sing it now, away from old nome, mag
inc it was writ fo' me right now o,
tell you, nassa, dars plenty HigsgSfs il
de world singing dat old tOon what's ies
like dis here old uncle, got no hcr'o u,
wishin' dey was back ur,i, ,.,I 80.
ana .-.,rs, Swanee ribber, fsf. fl
away And the aged traveller wipec
away tears with his coat-slcete as hi
memory ran back in the teaFs that ali
past 10 the happy days he spent among
the sugar-eane and e8tton In the sunn.
land Of Georgia II WIS il sad picttir
and not met with often. He spoke O
many other good old songs the darkie
used to sing, and would have continue,
his history further had not the shades O
evening suggested a departure. Uncl
Henry was ''helped" along, but whithe
he drifted, or whether he will ever reacl
"dat good old home" he spoke Of is hare
to tell.
"Good-by, sab, de Lord bless YOU
all, y were the last words he said as ou
carriage left him far back in the twi
light.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25

WHAT TIE SOUTH dhs DGNE.- The
Iocisville Coutier-Jourlral reveals the
startling fact Tx. since the inauguration
Of the national governnicH. shere ha7
f.... spent about one hundred and nlfc,y
million dollars cf psblic money on PuDiic
;,,,nrove,;.ents in the nC'.s"rn states
while the expenditures in the 7'9'H
have not exceeded seventeen million ooi-
IT, Il adds that this is the more sur
,,,,f,;,.o when we remember that the
.outberh states have at all times, eN-
rrt4ine during the war, furnished one
b.lf 10 three-fourths of the exchange
,,;t-, which we have paid our ioreigi
dc6ts .nd that, in default of souther,
PRODUCTIONS, the supply of gold and 81
ror would be fnadequate to pay Tn
annual interest charges on the natloha
debt. and the government oi the Chi'e'
states would inevitably have dishonore'
It's foreign obligations.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25

In June, 1858, he was appointed Minister
10 England to suceeed the Hon. Charles
Francis Adams. He negotiated treaty
for the settlement of tie Alabama claims,
which did not meet tile views Of the
bRited states Senate, and it was fejeeted
by very large majority. He was re-
called iii 1869, and has since resided in
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25
TIE PROPER TREATnENT|-A

TIE PROPER TREATMENf~-A coIie'-
oot,deut writes to the Druggists CIrc"-
lar lar describing a mode Of treatment 10,
Iime in the eye. lie says: \ coioreo
man ratse TO me in intense agony some
unsloked lime having got into ms eye.
That the lime must We neutraiized AZ ai
hazards I felt certain. / chose sulPhu'ic
acid ] put one drachm and a half OF
,hc diluted acid in a four ounce gradua'e'
GIled II with water, and told him TO WASH
bis eve with the liquid. He did as nc
uas told, and was relieved almost imme-
d;atclv. Then ! made him rinse ms eye
With purc water, aud after that ! tola
sta, 70 apoint it with olive oil and to
contin3e the application for some tlh'c'
To-dov he Il almost well, and can sec
With his eye again. IN another similar
case no remedy was Immediately appheu'
a. . doctor had 20 be sent for from some
little distance, and the man lost his eye
/ entirely.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25

Nothing IS calculated to make a
Young man more deliberate than the
srectacIe of seventeen pair OF st1Ped
.tockiDgs hanging on the clothes-line oi
horse where there is only one young lady
=, tho family.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25
HrSB;xDS IND UIIES.

Ingratitude and Indifference sometimes
;rar Che character of men. a husband
returns fToht hrs business at evening.
During bis absence, AID throughout the
live-long day, the wife has been bdsy With
mind -.Hd hands preparing some little
surprise, some t;t,sepeeted pleasure to
make home more attractive than ever.
He enters, seemingly sees no more fTb"t
has bean done to please him than if he
we're blind man, and has nothing more
to say abottt it shan if lie were dumb.
MANY loving wife has borne in her
heart an abiding sorrow, day after day,
from causes like this, until, in process OF
time, the fire and enthusiasm OF her orig
ipai iiAlh.c haze burned out, and mutual
indifference spfcads sss pail over the
household.
Many women have little idea OF G""
greatly they shock the taste, and really
eildahsser the affections of their husbands
Nv th4fr ttrsecn1y domestic apparel.
There is not 4 nan Of sense and refined
feeling anywhere who Eoii'd hst prefer
some simple and chaste adornment fcf his
wife in tie nreruing TO any extreme OF
spIendor at the cvenifii@ i'aiI. Let wo-
man by all means dress briilIaG's7 on
tboz, occasions that render it proper we
Saee no lesnc 30 abridge her privileges
nor baai her instincts 10 this particular
hut We claim that II IS important for her,
If slIe 4albe ner household sctenity, chat
she should gi4e eqiai heed TO her cts
tomary domestic attire. flde female who
coes about the house untidily dresser ha'
no right to the title Of woman. She Is
wjthsut those marks AMI indications by
which si,e esii he classified,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25

A[ouNTAIN OF SALT.-A mass o'
ninety million tons Of pure solla' com
pact rock.salt, located on an island one
hundred and cighty-fye feet high whicn
rises from miserable aea-marsh on 'nc
route from Brashear to New Iberia up
The River Teche, in Louisiana, Is one o.
49, 49, ,~onders Of the world. How this
;Ioud Ia containing over three hundred
acres of excellent land ever came NV" INV.
cxistence in such locality IS mater matte
IS coniccturs Vegetation is prolific
" "a ,Lo scl. .rv i- eautiful and varied.
IL !. ou ..nnsc he'd of pure rock
~ wbo-o extent rs as yet only esti-
r'a,ad am ientifc men arc puzzled to
l,uow wba produced it.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25
-. IN The middle Of geography

nCIass in the InluuI0 O1 .9W-l,.+
-,.nd mn sad a achoolmaster' W nav c
STAND up P',;do,r ? he asked. "A pile OF
: q r p = circus. ons on top of the other
ssWhere is Egypt %, AN over
vasp "Where's Wal, al - 80
he sea" every vel" a'o 'iio eeno' ,,
master, stay there till snow Wy ~ ~;
species of birch that grows 81
country"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25

DrscovERY OF An ANCIENT IoMB.-
~ tLa line =, the Charles river, mile
or more firm Dedham centre mas
: rourh wa!lsI p2ss4geway has De~n rs
covered, With a Roman arch at 'ne
entrance two feet high and three broad
The passage was ten feet deep, ending
in a stone cell ten feet across and hFe
feet high. On the floor was Piie pi
chalky white dE.t, which crNplDieo'
changed color and hardened ON beng c%- ?,
posed to the air. On the top oi the pnt
was soft, black substance, wlSch Wo"iO
appear to be pure lampblacll or carbon
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25

A. leap year has come, good many
Young men are procuring bogus niarli''sO
certificates to carry about their persons
as a means of protection.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25

"A certain eOlored deacon, on occa-
sions of missionary collections, was wont
to shut his eyes aud sing: Fly abroad
thou mighty Gospel" with such earnest
ness and JUNCTION that he would quite
forget to see the plate as it came around.
"Oh, yes " said the plate bearer. "but
just You give something to make it fy.n
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25

-.' ! wish J might die, sighed SEN
timentai ,oaid as she stood rubbing the
shoulders of her dress with benzinc and
yet the very next time he came she let
him lay his head right in che same spot.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25

as the workmen describe it as being
"smeary, like soft, black putty" but,
unfortunately, none of this substance
was saved. No coin, implement or
weapon of any kind has yet been dis
covered. Specimens of the hardened
white duet, of the mud mortar and of
the rock have been sent to Cambridge
for examination.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25

UNITY OF LANGUAGE IN GERMANY.
Anon" the earliest measures with
which the Prussian Diet has been busted
is bill dealing with the delicate ques-
ton Of =" the langtiage of administration" !"
in tne Prtssiaii doininioiis. 1t inttst be
remembered that u per ctht. Of The pip
ulati9n Of ,PfHssiB speak habitualfy Ian
gdages differing Ill their essential charac-
tiers from German, not merely Germaii
dialects. There are, first of all, 2,500,-
600 who talk Polish in P6sen and the
neighboring pfoyincec; 14e,oOO Lithua.
',ians speaking the old Lettish; 14j, 900
Danes, chiefly in the EIU- Nio' ~
900 Czechs, and some 10000 other less
linguistic dissidents. These particular
lists are, of course, looked on with disfa,
vor by the new school Of policy which
raises German unity TO the height Of q
dominant principle in modern civiliEa
ton. The bill, therefore, introduced IL
the Landtag proposes to make German
henceforward the exclusive language o
administrative business and judicial pro
ceedings in every part of the PrussiaI
kingdom, irrespective of local circum
stances.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25
TO-DAY.


pY-JoHH- BOYLE o'EEILLf
Only from dav TO day
The life of q wise man runs
What matters II seasons tar away
Have gloom or have double suns
To climb the unreal path.
We lose the foadwdy here,
We swim the rivers of wrath,
And tunnel the hills OF fear.
Our feet on the torrents brink,
Our eyes on the cloud afar,
We fear the things We think,
Instead Of the things that arc,
Like ride our work should rise,
Each later wave the best
Tomorrow forever flies,
To-day is the special test.
Like a sawyer's work is life;
The present makes the flaw,
Aud the only fell for strife
is the inch before the saw
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25
r,tE MExfcIy n6RDEG Troubles.

General Ord, commanding the militia
r9 department Of Texas, was examined
before the selett committee Of the holtse
OH the Texas frontier troubles, and gave
a very full and intelligent account of the
cattle raids to which the rancheros on
the American side of the Rio Grande for
five hundred miles along the river and
for one hundred and fifty miles back are
Subjected. The country which is the
scene of the forays is separated from the
river by an extensive underground forest,
which form shelter for cattle thieves,
and renders itnext to impossible for the
military patrols or posts to interiors with
them. There are two classes of Mexi-
Gains on the Texas side-one intelligent,
honest rancherOs, as much opposed TO
these rasds as the American portion OF
population; and the other, consisting of
worthless fellows, most or tnen ~! v!iaWs WI:
ar desertefs, from the Mexican army,
aWh3 oct as eTies fst tRsir torirrdes wher
thev cross the river on their cattle-steal-
ing expeditions. On their own side of
the river these bands, which sometimes
number from one hundred to one hun
dred and fifty riieii, are in league with
the local authorities; their reeeghised
chief being Cortina, so that all facilities
are given them for disposing of their
plunder. The. national government of
IteAico is hist to he bjahted; in General
Orr's opinion, for this state Of things,
because the system of government is to
| let each state take care of its own affairs.
Tee only remedy for the evil which the
general Is Urging Oil the Var department
is to increase the, cdyalfy force on the
Rio Glands, aid give him aj!thority
when his troops come the trail of these
! thieving bands to let pursuit be contin-
ued to the Mexican side of the river, and
let the troops deal summary punish
fieft. He says that hHw III Hhe Or m5fe
northern states himself aid the Mexican
commandapt have mltual Arrangement
BIZ Afiish ttdiAi c&teditidt!5 art ftlloH-
ed on either side of the river, and on
some occasions American and Mexican
troops have co-operated.
L
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25

FHs carnival 10 be held in Memphis,
ebraafy 29th, Will be the growing effort
the managers Of the grand apecFaets.
he Mempti. the Ulks, and the Motley
cew will exhibit additional attractions
the splendors of the last annual pa
PANT. The Mardi Gras of Memphis
lands unrivalled. 1t is said that Lou
eubrie, Count DeNasN~.'' 's t'& pro
'.niter VI ~ these grand novelties.
'emphis should exhibit her gratitude,
'ld wreath the brow of Lou Leubrie
ith her gayest chaplets.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25

THE London Times, in an article on
merican grain expectation, shows that,
hereas nine years ago forty four per
ent. of the grain exported TO England
lme from Russia, and only fourteen pei
ent. from America, now forty-foWr per
mt comes from America and but twen-
zone per cent. from Russia. To this
ate of things is partly attributed the
reat monetary crisis a, Moscow, tho con
uuous depreciation of the paper cur
|ency, and the excessive distress in south
kru Russia.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25

The recent marriage of Miss Belle
|nthicum, a. clerk in the treasury de-
|rtment, to Senator Christiancy, of
|chigan, suggests that the treasury girls
We chances, after all. Miss Linthicum
nineteen, and pretty. Senator Chris
|ncy is sixty-foar years Of age, and a
|dower of ten months standing. 1t
hles no difference. He is senator,
d Miss Belle will take kindly TO the
ty-four years for the honor Of being
Eenatdr's wife.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25
HE WEEK PAST.

he brother of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart
ordered a monument for the raiders
Ve; consequently the headstone that
Virginia Legislature contemplated
Pting viii be set up over the tomb of
b. Edward johnson. Elk President
Ter, whose grave at Hollywood is un-
Fked, will also be paid the tardy
hors of a monument.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25

THERE was quite a sensation in New
rypOrt, Massachusetts,, last week, over
e marriage of James Parton, author,
his step-daughter, the same being for
Flden by the statutes of that state,
be bridegroom learned his status oh
E morning after. the wedding, and
prevent further scandal, left his hotie
charge of his wife anil took rooms for
Ahseif at d boarding house. He will
ply 10 the legislature for special act
nctioning his marriage.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25

FTRE entire Area OF public lands in
kansas is 33, ,4O6, ,72O acres, of which
ere is still undisposed of $500, 700
|res; in Louisiana the entire area is
,46I,440 acres, of which 5.SsA3 3Re0 9e-
bin Uhdisrcsed OF; IN Mississippi the
tire area is 80, ,1SO,S4O acres, of which
R63, ,52O are mdisposed of; in Alabama
|e area is 81, ,462, ,OSO acres, of which A.
|6, ,s0s remain undisposed of; and In
Iorida the entire area Is 1881, ,520
res, of which l6,946, ,226 remain hndis-
hsn1 Of
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25

The great falling off in foreira imm;-
rration last year is shown III the re.,o,.e
Df the New York Emigration copeInis.
|sioners of the numEer of arrivals at that
bort. There We're landed at Castle Gar
ien during 1875 but 81, 500 immigrants
compared with lao, ,O4l for the previous
yer. In 1872 the immigration Wis New
|York reached the large aggregate of
poi ,5Sl, so that last years arrivals were
hot much more than none-fourtho oftbose ot
iS72. The decline is almost equally dit
IGused among the different nationalities
IGermany last year contributed 25.5
ireland 10, ,924 and England 10. 793 Tho
destinations annouced by the emigrants
were chiefly the middle and western
states
THE peanut is said to be a native of
Africa, and was first introduced in North
Carolina as an article for production.
about thirty-tivc years ago. At Il >.
time a small lot of the peas was ..,t -
Wilmington from st. Tho-,os :, ~
West Indies, by parties who nurohosoJ
them rom the Clects of Spanish
schooner lrom me west coast of Africa
whicn W. wrecked near st. Thomas
MI henry Mutt, of that city, bought
me entire lot, sent and disposed of them
10 Messrs. \. \. Nixon, Luke Nolan.
my, and some other parties on the sound.
who planted them, and found as a result
the first year, that the soil and climate
agreed with them remarkably well.
They brought the product to Whining
ton and sold them to Mr.. Mutt. who. in
turn, sold them for export. This was
the beginning of a business which has
since grown TO be of considerable imnor-
tance in North Carolina.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25

N Russia ladies seem to have peculiar
lities for entering the profession of
dicine. At the St. Petersburg medical
ege there were last year III female
dents, 102 of whom belonged to the
'nilies of the nobility, the remainder
ng the daughters of merchants, clergy.
n, etc. A large number of lady ply.
ans are engaged in the practice of
eir profession In Russia.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-25

AMONG the many beautiful objects to
exhibited by Spain at the centennial
II be building illustrating Moorish
;hitecture, and in il will be qualtefed
detachment of soldiers from The royal
gineers, composed of lieutenant, a
geant. a corporal, and twenty privates.
e soldiers will come armed and uni
med. They will act as guards in the
|anish department, end yin take part
parades and other occasions of cere-
hnV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-25
GEORGETOWN,

THE FIRE LAST NIGHr.-Au alarm OF q re
was turned I'm aoout l2ls O'Clock this m,r i
ing by Officer Fisl.sl i,o.., .oA .. sos 1 ie
burning Of small clubhouse In the rear II
kins, on Gay street, between washinRtoa
and Greene streets. Engines No and 4
were promptly on the spot, bat the IRE was
so quickly extinguished by offioers and citi-
needed.
GRANNY canal Boat Ellen Brookes,
with 1000 bushels yellow corn TO ]. q. 4 j,
n. Waters. By rail-: 200 bushels wheat 10 7.
Q. Wheeler, sold from 81 q TO sl.2s per bush.
There were no offerings on Change this
morning.