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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-09-28
Waste Of Human Life in War.

a French statisticiau has just been
taking the trouble To make an clabo-
rate estimate of the number of human
beings killed i'm battle or carried Off by
disease during the wars of the 18th
centuTy-the century, as he grimly
observes, "Of progress, of science, and
of humanity" notwithstanding the
general peace" which reigncd be-
tween the great powers" with little
or no interruption from downfall of
Napoleon i'm 1915 to the Crimcan war
i'm 1884, il is literally true that civilized
men have been fighting i'm one part of
the world or another without cessation
ever since the model century began.
The great wars Of the French empire
ragged from 1901 10 1915, with scconda-
ry fighting during the same period i'm
the New World between spain and
her colonies after 1909 and 1910, and
between England and the United
States i'm 1872. The war of Greek In
broke out i'm 1922, and the
Legitimist invasion ofSpain 10y France
took place III 1923, leaving that coum-
try legacy of mcTciless civil conflicts
not yet worked out to their final con-
the RusSo-TmlIish war in
1898 followed, which ended, as Count
Motlke put it, Gin bringing 2OO, 900 Rus
slams to Adrianople at the cost of
81, 900 lives and thousand millions of
roubles.u After this came the French
invasion of Algiers, the Franco Belgic
war against Holland, the bloody and
Polish insurrcction, the wars
Mehemet Ali and the sultan,
the war of the Swiss Sonderbund, the
war with Mexico, the rev.
outbreak of lS4S all over
the Continent, the desperate struggle
between insurgent Italy and Austria,
and the Hungarian war i'm which
Nicholas of Russia so madly inter
vened to save the Austrian empire i'm
order that il might decide the defeat Of
Russia six years afterwards. The
Crimean war, i'm 1854, shook to pieces
the system of 1915. IL was followed
by the Indian mutiny, 10y the French
expedition to Syria, by the Franco
Italian war i'm 1889, 10y the civil war
in the United States, Icy the Anglo
French expedition to China, by the
Danish war, 10y the allied war with
Paraguay, by the French invasion of
Mexico, 10y the AustrO- Prussian war
Of 1866, by the Cuban insurrectiOn, by
the FrOncO-GCTmanw war Of 1870 and
by the great RussO-Turkish war now
The statistician who has un-
dertakcn to compute the losses i'm the
way Of human life alone inflicted upon
our century 10y all these wars and con-
fiicts (and the catalogue is by no
means cOmplCte) sums them up, on
the faith Of the best official data, at
2O0, 900, 900 of men. In other words,
the science and energy of the nine
teenth century have been 80 applied as
to deprive civilization of the use and
service Of number of able bodied
male human beings five times as large
rs the total population of these United
States.- World.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-09-28
DON'T 90 70 TEXAS.
A Solemn Warning BY Texas PAPER x
Persons Thinking Of EmigTating to
that State.

The following article from the Dal-
| las Texas Herald should be read by
every person contemplating moving 10
the Lone Star State:
'"TO the young man with his hair
parted in the middle, who is about to
put his college education and sole
leather trunk aboard the Texas bound
train, we say stop! To the clever
artist and honest mechanic, who
thinks he will fly from the hard times
where he is, to imaginary well paid
employment i'm the Lone Star State,
We also say stop! TO the adventurous
rustic who wishes to leave the turnips
of some New York farm to find soft
thing in this land of prairies, we en-
phatically repeat-stay where yOu8re
We would he inhabiting the earthly
elysium that few Texas papers say we
do, but we don't. From the bottom
of our heart we would he glad TO think
that there was plenty and prosperity
for every one who seek tOsettle among
us, but all the same there isn't. We
do possess something of the approach
of the eternal summer and the marvel
Gus growth the east is SO tired Of hear
ing us brag abont, but isn't all. SOOth
to say there is no chance here for men
without money, all the eager, new ar
rivals to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
In plain English, the papers that
speak of the magnificent opportunities
this State presents TO the new conner
lies, and lies in a very gratuitOus,
criminal way indeed. The unvarnish-
ed truth is, that our labor market is al
ready stocked to Overfiowing, and
every fresh arriving train but adds to
the miserable multitude i'm our midst
that suffers, staTves, and finally fights
its way back east again.
Before the door of nearly every
house in this city there daily begs
swarm that would sadden tile heart of
a satyr. Men of brain and culture,
good clerks, excellent accountants,
business men Of undeniable energy,
mechanics of ability, walk the streets
i'll dumb despair, and finally take
those that lead to the chaingang and
the work-house. The writer of this
cannot remember one evening for
many that he has not been asked for
money to buy a meal, or bed, 10y men
who would have sooner died on the |
rack than to have asked aims in the |
light of day. And some of them do |
die on the rack-the rack OfcOntinued
disappointment and misery. Yet
some Journals calmly sing the same
old siren song, and still this over
crowded, over traded, and financially
prostrated community is held up with
fatal pcrsistency as the proper Mecca
of the American youth.
We beg the Journals in the east and
north to copy this. We ask that the
truth and the whole truth be told
there as a simple duty to humanity.
In the name of the distress we see
around us and are powerless tOrelieve,
in the name of the tramps and va
grants that fill our cities and towns,
we sOlemnly warn intended emigrants
of all classes, except farmers and men
with money to invest, that we are
oveTstOcked with labor, and will he
for the next four or five years. Though
his ticket be purchased and his trunk
be packed, we say to the man looking
hither for emplOyment-gO back.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-09-28
THE BATTLE OF BIG HOLE.
General Gibbons Official Report Of His At.
tack On the Nez Perees in Montana
List Of Casualties.

CHICAGO, Sept. 19.-General Sheri-
dan is in receipt of the official report
of the battle at Big Hole, Mont, Au-
| gust 9, and of the operations i'm that
district preceding the battle. Colonel
| GibbOn reflects severely on the nIhab-
| itants of Montana, who sustained the
! murderOus Nez Perces by trading off
| provisions 10 them for stock stolen by
] them from whites, thus prolonging
their fight and adding to the danger
of the pursuit. The best estimate of
| their strength gave them 260 warriors,
well armed and equipped. BY forced
marches Gibbon came up with the
| hostiles, with command Ofl7 officers,
| 1872 men and 81 citizens. The attack
was made late in the night, the In
dians being completely surprised; but
as they Immediately sought the bushes
for shelter, and poured their volleys in
to the troops as the latter came into
the open ground, they did considera
bile execution. However, in twenty
minutes the whole camp was in pos
session of the troops, the Indians be-
ing driven out, but still they shot with
deadly effect at long range. BY a
change of base, shelter was obtained,
and retaliatOry firing was scommenced,
with an equal destruction of Indian
life. The Indians meantime had cap
tIlred the hOwitZer, which was coming
on under escort and OH mules back,
the two privateS who were with it
fleeing incontinently and leaving the
officers TO an unequal fight. During
the day frequent strategies were em-
plOyed, but it was IL O'clock at night
before the Indians finally withdrew.
On the 18th the dead were buried.
4 4
but too late to render any assistance.
The report speaks in terms of the
highest praise of the conduct of officers
and men, and mentions only a few of
the killed and wounded as chiefly
noteworthy for bravery. A complete
list is appended, showing % killed and
40 wounded. The burial party report
ed SO dead Indians found on the field,
and six more were found dead in
ravine some distance from the battle
field.
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No Great Standing Army,
Judge Blaek,s Letter to tne Plltsbnrr 2

Judge Blacks Letter to the Pittsburg Post.
1t cannot DC Necessary To tell you or
any other Sensible man that this cOun-
try viii never consent to bc governed
by standing army until the people
make up their minds to abandon Re
publican institutions utterly, and sub
NIT without murmuring 10 an abso-
lutte despOtism. The enemies of libcr-
ty on both sides Of the water have Of
fercd many excuses for maintaining
large armies i'm time Of peace, but new
er anything 80 weak rs that they set
up now. Hundreds of thousands Of
lalOrers find themselves unable tOpru-
tect themselves and their families from
starvation, and they become turbulent
as every other people has done under
the same circumstances. TO maintain
a standing army for the purpose of
keeping them i'm order is the worst
remedy tIfat could be devised for the
evil. This reduces the wOrLingman
to n state of mere slavery, where the
bullet and the bayonet Of the soldier
come in place Of the Ovcrscer's lash.
If they submit, they will he fit instru-
ments TO make slaves of us all. If
they resist, civil war will become the
chronic condition of the country.
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Total
O3,OOO,OOO gl,OO0,OOO l17.OO0. .nl

These figures are made mainly from
reports and estimates of the National
Agricultural Bureau, and are as near
correct AZ possible. They show that
the four States named will have 58,-
ON, 900 more bushels of wheat to sell
than they had last year. IL is also
stated that the aggregate wheat crops
of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky,
and Tennessee will exceed the aggre-
gate of last year by probably 81, 1000, 900
to 40,m0,0OO bushels, and that the
crop in California will fall probably
II, 900, 900 bushels short of last year.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-09-28
MEMPHIS.
The Extraordinary Disappearance aud Rc-
turn Of Horace 7. Smith.

Special Dispatch to the Courier Journal.
NASHVILLE, Sept. 19.-Horace F.
Smith, formerly General Freight
Agent Of the Louisville and Memphis
railroad, went boating on the Missis-
sippi river at that point, about two
months ago, and never returned 10
his home. il was reported, on what
was considered good authority, that he
had been seized with pain i'm his
heart, and that he had tumblcd into
the river and drowned. The river
was fruitlessly dragged for his body
for several days, and the search for il
was then given up rs hopeless. His
accounts were found to he perfectly
correct, and an administrator was APP
pointed TO collect an Insurance of 3d.
0O0 upon his life. This would have
been paid i'm few days, but for the
fact that his brother, w. II. Smith,
yesterday received a letter from the
supposed drowned man, who is i'm
Texas, stating that he was alive then
and penitent for his conduct. As his
domestic relations were of very
pleasant character, it is thought
that his strange conduct was caused by
arrangement.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-09-28

Gen. BOynton, Of the Cincinnati
Gozcttc, thinks "there is lesson i'm
the loss of California, which ought to
possess deep Significance for the pres
ent Administration And there is
no doubt of it, but the lesson is IA diff
ferent one from that he speaks Of
California was really carried by the
Democrats last November, hut they
were cheated out of their victory there
as in Louisiana, Florida and South
CaroIina-by fraud. Now, the real
lesson is that which every little boy
learns when lac begins to play marbles,
which they have put i'm the homely
but expressive prOverb that Cheating
never thrives." Cheating didn't
thrive in California, and when the
Democrats take possession of the
United States Senate in 1879, il will be-
found that it has thrived better no,
where else,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-09-28

All the teachers reside in the same build
ing with the pupils. This favars the exer-
else of that care and Soliciiude of which
Young ladies should not be deprived while
absent from the paternal roof. The rooms
nished, and supplied with feather beds and
pillows, soft donble blankets, heavy coIn~
forts and comfortable wood fires. Though
Modern Languages French and Germany,
are marked in the catalogues at sl0 each,
yet they will be included with the Ancient.
For further particulars address,
B. F. CABELL, President,
or w. F. WHITESIDES, Proprietor,
Woodburn, Warren Co., KY,
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Land For Sale.

valuable tract of nifty acres OF land for
Sale. lying about one half mile from Col
umbia OH the Mooresville pike, one half OF
IL finely timbered and beautiful sites for
building. VIII sell as a whole or In lots,
], 7. WILLIAMSON,
August IL. 2m Colum bta, Tenn,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-09-28

The following intelligence concern
ing Senator Morton appeared in the
indianapolis Sentinel recently:
The general opinion is that Senator
Morton will die at Il very early day.
Reports were ON the streets yesterday
that death is steadily advancing upon
the citadel of his vitality. We were
informed that his body is encircled by
a blue mark, which indicates the adj
vance of death towards the region OF
the heart and brain--a most singular
phenomenOn--and one that must ex-
cite the most painful interest to those
who watch the upward movement of
the death line. Possessed OF wonder
full vitality, the SentOr may live a cou-
pie of weeks longer, but his friends
should hold themselves i'm readiness to
hear the announcement Of his death at
any time.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-09-28
Some d ofstanley's Recent Ezpluratious.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE HcrdJd
this morning publishes a long letter
from Stanley detailing his journey to
the west coast of Africa, through the
heart of the continent. It is full of az
counts of hair-breadth escapes, Of per-
II by night and day, and of conflicts
with the rifle against the bow and
poisoned arrow. At one point he ell
countered "a series of cataracts, not far
apart from each other, aud just north
and south of the equator. TO pass
these obstacles he had To- cut his way
through over thirteen miles of dense
forrest and drag his lS canoes and the
exploring boat, Lady Alice, over
land.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-09-28

1t is said that Georgia will realize
81 800, 900 srom dried peaches this year,
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CORPS OF TEACHERS.

B. f. CABELL, A. g., PRESIDENT.
Assisted by
Miss Lou Arnold, Miss Mollie Karr,
Miss Sallie Wilcox, Mrs. B. +. Cabell,
and Mrs. Z. Fields.
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EXTRAS.

Tuition in Music on Piano or Guitar,...s20 %
iTss of instrument in practice, ............. 90
ravVing and Painting, daily leSSonS,... % W
trilweekly LESSONS. 10 W
,y,,tsters, daughters will be charged only
6ftv dollars per seseion without the extras.
SSbbath school is held in the College
Chapel every Sunday morning, ana pISacll- ,5aeL
ent denominations. ~, .
FifJy dollars must be paid in advance, the
balance OF the charges at the end of each
The Fall Term will begin on the
First Monday in September, 1877.
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Terms. Per Session of 20 Weeks.

Board, Washing, Fuel, Lights, Furnished
Rooms and attendance on rooms......SoO W
Tuition tfrou g hout the specified course
%oSeTS Ian9nages, 25 90
IncidanfsI Fee .,..... ................. ! 90
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-09-28

Merchant aud Custom Millers. Orders So
Iicited and filled with dispatch CustoIn
Grinding done to order, and satisfaction
FOR SALE-Four good Turbine Water
Wheels, almost new, for less than half the
original cost Also, Bevel gearing, Spin
dies aud counter-shaft, complete for two
ASHTON q MCGAW,.
fuIy6-Snl Columbia, Tenn
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Grain Drills,

We the Kentucky Grain Drill the only Drill made that
will do good work in stalk and trashy land.
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First Monday in September, 1871
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A Resident of Enfield. Nass., Afllci-
ed with HSdr0phobia, krs"i'lnE
from the Bi,e of a Cat.

A Resident of Enfield, ,lass, Anlic'-
ed with Hydr0phobia, hes"i'IhE
from the Bio OF car.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Nov. rcmsTka-
bic case Of hylrophobia, or disease ro'
s1mbling it, resulting from the bite ota cat
is exciting the people Of Enfield, ana al
tracing the attention OF the doctors OF that
REGION. Eldridge z, Cabot ore OF the most
prominent citizens, was bitter The
thumb by I family cat, who jumpc gon
him from post a, he was going TO .de
barn, on the morning OF sept ID. lie
shook her OF without difficulty, and said
nothing about it to anybody. Next day
the cat attacked boy living with Mr. Ca
bot q, ward, fret on the hand aud then on
the leg, cllnginIng so tightly the second
time that lie could not shake Ler of and a
neiKhbor, who was attracted 10y the boys
cries, was forced 10 kin the animal TO loos-
en- its hold. Mr., Cabot consulted his phys
icisn subsequently about the boy. butHfd
nothing OF his own case. His friends have
noticed growing nervousness in him the
last few weeks. and on Monday he became
sick. He at frs, said nothing to lie doe
tor about having been bitten, nut at last
codfessed il. aud inquired il his symptoms
were not those Of hyjrpphobIa. The doe
tor endesvored to quiet him, bat he grew
nervous, and on yesterday became VIA,
breaking away from TIE people il h.shed'
room, rush Ing out Of doors and only being
subdued after a long rtrugg'c. To-day
he Is duister, but has made his Viii, snI
insist that lie is going 10 die, We cannot
take drink, and many symptoms rettm-
Die those OF AydroploJia. The general
opinion Of the doctors is that itis a case OF
acute mania, Iesuluug from hia UWeAn.
morbidly on hi. condition 20 many weeks,
| il having leaked cut that ne consulted
about all the symptoms OF the di'ea @
| some time ago. lig. Cabot is about q.
years old, ana one OF the mont proiueni
| citizens OF Enled. The boy who was tit
ten by the eat also .oDP.a,ns Oh feeling un'
rsll.
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Unquestionably the Les sustain cd
work Of tho kind IN the World"
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Notices Of he PreSa.

The MAGAZINE has attained IN It's one quarter
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III is vain to blame and useless TO praise" The
lustro OF its long-agoattained reputation has in
creased as the years have passed, and its future
seems as bright II not brighter than at any time
since the golden hue ofpTOsperity settled around
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Harpers Monthly is marked by the same char.
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Win the better class OF readers. II combine
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lures merely designed 10 catch the eye Of the
Ignorant are never inserted Chicago journal
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Ner.sus psbility! Nervous Debility
Worms! Worms ! Worms !

E.T. Kunksrs Worm Syrup never fails 10
remove al kinds Of worms. Seat, Pin and
hsl's Worm Syrup. Dr. kunkei 10 the only sue
eessfal Physician In the country Tor the remov-
q Of Taps worms. He removes them in 10 :
hour, with head and al! complete, alive, and no
- sAtil bead ia passed: Common sense teaches
worms can b. readily destroyed. Ask your
druggist for bottle Of Kunksl's Worm Syrup.
PYtos q Der bottle. IL never fails. II he mas il
net, have him get It, or send 10 Proprietor, L.
J. kunksi. 10 North Ninth Street, Philadel-
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Books and Pamphlets.

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Rensonls Capcine Plaster

R.rr.l thc h ighsst Medal al the Centennial.
tits Tow the standard remedy. It's SIS
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,bove ailments. Sold py sIi Druggists.
Price, - cents.
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wASTIINE
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The ordinary Porous Plaster, on account
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