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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-08-02
George Eliot.
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New York Times,

| NC" 1OlA
So little accurate information ha
been given of George Eliot and the or
| der in which her works have beer
| published, that the facts of her life
and labor are not without interest. II
! seems that she ws-ss lnsyl iR Warwick.
| shire a little more thalI fifty-eight
years ago. BeforG M had published
a novel or gained ANY literary reputa.
/ ton she was we'll, Known in London,
whittier she went il her seventeenth
or eighteenth year, us q writer for the
| periodical press. She contributed
| largely to the Westminster, and was at
one time its editOr-it remarkable cir
9eInstauce, considering that she was
I -en only twenty-thIee,. ana tt Re
UielO the ablest in Great Britain. Her
first sustained effort was the transla-
ton of Strauss "Life of Jesus" 0S46)
speedily followed by her second, an
English version of Fenerback's "Es-
Sence of Christianity. Eleven years
later Il series of sketches appeared in
BldcktCOOd under the title of "Scenes
of Clerical Life" supposed to have
been based on her own experience in
the home of a Church of England
clergyman, who had substantially
adopted her. They at once attracted
attention by their freshness and VigOr
of treatment, and brought her pen
name, then used for the first time, in
to a prominence whicn has since
steadily increased. The year follow
ing she published "Adam Bede"-
she was thirty-eight at this time
and took rank as one of the first of
living nOvelists. "Adam Bede" in
troduced her to the literary world at
lasge, to the readers of this country as
well as to those of Europe. Although
her signature was generally thought
be fictitious, very few outside of her
immediate circle-a very narrow one
had any notion of her persona ity.
"Who is George Eliot21 was widely
discussed in London, most persons
feeling confident that her sex was
masculine. "Adam Bede," it was
positively asserted by numberIess
Wiseapres, cQuldp0t have been written
by Il woman; every line of it was 4
demonstration manhood. 1t Is not
often that 4 famous novelist has Writ>
ten his or her first novel so late In life.
But she had evidently been storing
ing her mind for the task, and had
stored it richly, Her second novel,
"The Mill on fhe Floss" was pub
ilSIieu III lNo3i anu allply SuSIaIIle'I
her fame. "Silas Marner," regarded
by many as the best of her books,
came two years AFTER and in another
year, "ROmola," which, though the
most artistic of her stories. has never
had the wide acceptance of the others.
By this time she was everywhere
knQwH 70 re AIlri2H HGrlaH, akeit
mo ~rlh 89owaSiid keel'i I.r >sSeft haa
lbeeu dnatIe. +'f,.-..cl H"st5 wSs BIb
lished III l6I* "Middilemarch" in
1872, and 'Danitl Deronda" in 1876;
She has issued several volumes of po-
etry, but they have no4 enhanced her
fame, being wholly inferior. to her
G@ar9ft9NHf # gsgss GR rRenf9ed t9 the bss
the mass Of her readers and the ma
jority ofcritics as her masterpiece.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-08-02

been one by one crushed out of me.
L forgave you at first. Afterwards |
grew bitter mouth by month, day by
day. 1t was sosittle you needed to
do to save me all that long horror, nv
good name, if You had stood by your
own wrong doing"
''Oh, Frank, | will atone! I am
rich. We can go anywhere where
you are not KNOWN" CleOra exclaim-
ed, sweeping towards him, and ex-
tending her white hands entreatingly.
He lifted his sOmbre eyes once to
her peerless face.
''NIiss Duhamel," he said, "there
are some things that even money can
not buy-that even the love of a beau
tiful woman cannot atone for. That
is what L came to tell you, and
Goodbye"
Without so much as touching her
hand, he was gone.
In another country, Frank Reeves
redeemed himself from the stain of
that injustice once done him, and be-
came an honest member of society
his own patient endeavor.
Miss Duhamel never married.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-08-02
CAPTURING A aaAMPUs.
One Of the Most Terocious and Formidable
Animals Of the Ocean.


On Thursday last an Unprecedented
arrival in our harbor (St, Johns, \.
F.,) took place. Two grampuses of
large size were observed spouting with
great vigor and dashing about in be-
wildered, frantic manner in the wa
ters of the harbor. They had, proba-
bly, been tempted to pass the narrow
entrance of the harbOr while i'll pur~
suit of caplin, which are now around
the coast in enormous shoals. After
time one of them escaped, and made
its way to sea, hut the other, being
pursued by q boats crew from Her
Maiesty's steamship Sirius, with a
view to capture it, headed for the wes~
tern side Of the harbor, and at length
got entangled in some piles and be-
came completely pGwerless, its tail
having become fast between two
stakes. Ropes were passed around it,
and it was dragged ashore, where it
! soon died. 1t proved to he full-siZed
grampus, twenty-five feet four inches
in length, and fifteen feet in girth at
its thickest part. Its mouth, when
opened, disclosed an array of powerful
teeth, iartyefnUr in number, large,
conical and somewhat hooked, those
farthcst back being flattened at the
|
width, and forms very powerful pro-
! peller. The head is short and rounab
| t. lower jaw somewhat bpnJ qpWafRP!
IL nlaS three f4s-tWO pectQrals, large
and oval, and a dOrsal nearly on the
middle of its body. The color of the
skin on the back is deep black, the
| tie eye is q large white patch.
! TphIIC IL will ha CaAn that tho OroI11-
pus is % formidable animal. 1t is sell
dom seen around ~ shores, its fa=
vorite resbrsrAeing y yipA prAsniand and Da-
Wis lis Straits. Il is Sfmetimes seen in
small herds ~ ttl9e t9e S}E I}Eitish seas, but it
| is rarely captured. II is on record that
one was captured in the Thames, in
1893, whiGh WaG twenty-fouF feet III
| length; two more in 4ff3, and another
! iI-- 1893, which. measured thirty-Qne
| fe 9 in. length. One was taken lie
INnn haFhor. IN 1929, and was q .
patched with much ditiloqlty hY a
| crowd of boatmen. One of those ta-
ken in the Thames in 1772, was pierced
| with three harpoons, and pulled the
attached Loaf twice from Blackwell to
Greenwich at the rate ar eight lAlles
an hour, against the tide. So long as
it was alive no boat could venture to
| approach 1T, and the. dying eIIorIS ol
this formidable creature were really
terrible. 1t was finally killed. Qppo,
site Greenwich Hospital. Had it not
| been that the tail was caught i'll the
way [ have described, between two
near wharf, this specimen would
have escaped, as there was no appli-
ances ready for its capture.
The grampqs is a Voraoinua and war
like creature, devouring immense
quantities of cod, herring, halibut anC
skate. II, attacks the porpoises anC
dolphilIs, and makes fierce war Oh
seals. 1t is said that a small herd o
them frequently attack q true whale
tearing large nlouthf4is Of flesh will
their powerful teeth, like so many
mastitts around wild bull, and GOV
ering it with hIoud and wounds til
the great giant Of the deep succumb:
to its more agile foes.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-08-02
NEGROES IN THE coNFEDERAcY.
Their Employment in the Army-The
Subject Suggested by JEFF. Davis

Edward Spinner Tin Philadelphia w eelIl!
Times.l
Nevertheless, the die was cast. The
army could not be recruited any more
owing to the apathy and discomfort o
the people, and General Lee, it is now
known, said the cause was lost unless
he was efficiently reinforced before
the winter ended. The Confederate
| Congress met on Monday, November
Z, at noon, and as soon as 1T was or
| ganiZed the message of President
/ Davis was received. In this paper,
admirably written, with characteris-
tic courage and directness he met and
stated the question of the hour. Re-
ferring to the act of FEBRUARY II, of the
previous Congress, which, he said, was
| less effective than it was expected to
| be, he remarked: "But my present
purpose is TO invite your cOnsidera-
ton in the prOpriety of a radical mod
ificatiOn in the theory of this law.
The slave, he said, was to be viewed
not only as property but as a person
under the law. His service to the
State increased in value in proportion
as he became veteran. For this he
should be rewarded as well as his
master. He would not advise any
thing further just now than the equit-
table determination of these relations.
He was opposed at the present to the
general leSy and arming the slaves as
soldiers. "But should the alternative
ever be presented of subiugation, or of
the employment of the slave as a SOL
dier, there seems no reason to doubt
what then should be our decisiOn.U In
the meantime he would recommend
the training of 40, 600 negroes, of du- |
ties under the act of FEBRUARY Il. This |
message, in which the duty of the |
State to the slaves as persons was fair |
lyland fully and ably stated, opened the
whole question at once, and henceforth |
the history of the negro enlistments is
recorded in the proceedings of the Con-
federate Congress and the State Iegis-
latures. The soldiers in the different
camps, as soon as the question was
agitated among them, gave it their
hearty approval, and adopted resolu-
tiOns to that effect. The poor fellows
were so hard bested that they well
coined any measure which promised
them a mOdicum of relief.
Hon. James y. Sedden, Secretary of
War, in his report, supplemented Mr..
Davis message with some still strong
slaves, he said, had even stronger
interest i'll the victory of the COnfed-
crates than the white people. The lat
ter risked their political independence,
but the former their very existence as
n race. If the cruel enemies of the
South should triumph, they would en-
the negroes in few years, as
they had already cXtinguishcd the In
clians. He recommended that the
States which had absolute and cXclu-
sivc control of this matter, should ley
islate at once with Il view to the con-
of negro enlistmcnts. On
the next day, in the Confederate
Congress, Senator G. y. Henry, of
Tennessee, and Representative Wick
ham, of Virginia, introduced bills to
extend and perfect the operations Of
The act Of FehuarY i, 1861.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-08-02
A Bonanza in the Missouri.

In the Missouri below this point is a
bonanza amounting to $40, 600 in guid.
In 1851, opposite Bismarck, there was
maSsacred Il boat load of miners re-
turning from Montana. They had in
the bottom of their fiat OF mackmaw,
$4,000, There We're eighteen miners,
one woman and two girls. They
stopped short time at Fort BeI thold
and were there warned by +. +. Gil
rard against going on at that time
fiirarl was the trader at RerthoId-
The Indians l0~in the river We're bad,
!. and the prosnsotk kOT trouble good. THE
ImineTaf hoWeVeS declined the al vice,
and thought they would push 0ut for
the next landing. They had with
them little cannon and plenty of
arms. An Indian afterwards related
TO Girard the estOry of their fate. When
they were nearly opposite the present
site of Bismarck they ran into an In
dian trap. On the east hank of the
river the Indians 9ppe!re and fired q
VOlley into the boat. The miners
stored over to the west side to escape
the range. Up rose from behind the
sand-baDk near the waters odse an
other and more humorous band. The
first yOlley killed the whole crew eX-
Gept one man wounded and the WO'
man and girls. The cannon was fired
once and over went the boat, drown
ing the survivors. The Indians pulled
the boat ashore, found little or moths
ing, and then pushed her into the
stream to float on to her wreck. Gi-
rard says he never sees anything in
the Missouri that looks like lost boat,
without thinking of the Montana
maelSMaw and her gold. He has al
ways been on the lookout for the
wreck, as he believes the gold was so
securely boxed up that it is still IN
tact, and if found the treasure could
he rescued. 1t is somewhere between
Bismarck aaG the Gulf, imbedded in
the land and mud. Some dredging
boat or lucky fisherman may drop o,l
it. Girard still looks for it, and he's u
sensible man. The probability is that
the hidden h0naHsa is not far from
BismaICk.--ISt. Paul Pioneer.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-08-02
About Mary Anderson,
"Bob Creighton" Mitchell tu the Danbury
LnNIrs

"Bob Creighton" Mitchell III the Danbury
News,
1t Is true that she has been advised
by her physician not to appear as Lazy
WdcOCth, although i'll conception and
force | regard it Us her greatest 3'OiC.
The talk about her appearing i'll new
lR3@Cs Is not probable, as she never es-
says y character without at least q
seasons full study. She is now study
ing W!t;rt, but it is doubtful whether
=he will appear in it next season. Her
visit to Europe, particularly to Paris,
is mostly on 4 "shopping' tour, as
when len wing she said, "CFcightOn,
wish you would give me the names of
n few PaVis;e,n merchants where L can
Gliup without being cheated.n Miss
Anderson is n girl of singular frank
ness and cOrdiaIitY of manner, and
never fails to win the goodwill and
hearty respcot Of those who come in
contact with Jher in her prOfcssiOn.-
She Is the recipient of numerous guSh-
INC letters, and her archness of man
ner i'm turning them over to her moth
er for answer, is "tOO sweet fOr any
thing" She write2a hand rs difficult
To read n Nvas Horace GTeeley'S, but
is null OF tlashcs and angles. She has
none of the manners and accents CONS
monty attributed to Southern girls, al>
though she was brought up in Louis
Vile. Her brother is Catholic priest,
and she is devoted in her observance
of all the Church fasts and feasts. Her
mother is lady of great culture, by
birth q Philadelphian. Many a good
laugh have ! enjoyed with her over
the gushing of some of the enthIIsias-
tro admirers of the fair Mary, and on
one or two occasions had a hand in
framing the replies. This should be a
warning, as an actress of Miss Ander-
sons beauty cannOt attend to all her
CORES pondenee. On one occasion, at
her dictation, wrote reply in short
hand to a grlSher, who never troubled
her moro.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-08-02
What We Should Do.

The mercury has mounted to the
nineties in the thermometer. 1t IS hoe
as-well-fire Take things easy.
Such Weather does not come often nor
stay long. Everybody can afford to
do things moderately while it lasts,
Be merciful to yourself, be mereiful to
employees, be merciful to dumb ami
mails, be merelful TO the household
help, be merciftl to peevish children,
and don't forget that their poor moth
ers require every consideration. When
becomes less fierce, when the air
grows less lilse a hot moist blankets
wrapped around your hot par-boiled
skin, and holding instead of carrying
off the perspiration, then viii lie time
enough to urge yourself on the usual
daily tasks. Such visitation of heat
is exceptional and temporary, and calls
for conduct and caretaking adapted to
the circumstances.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-08-02

Alma Tadema, the distinguished
Dutch artist, thus expresses himself
in regard to female form: 'I 10 not
agree with you that nature is harmo-
nious and truthful. Nature seems TO
me rather to follow the principle of
surprises and compensations. Hand
somely-Shaped models, nearly always
have ugly--or if not ugly, ignobie,
commonplace, vulgar-faces, such as
could not be introduced into any conf
position of an elevated kind; and pref
ty girls are often ill-shaped, and still
OfLencr deformed by cOmpressing their
form to suit the exigeneics Of modern
ureSS,n
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-08-02

There is reason to believe that Sena-
tor Conkling Will be a witness before
the Potter committee, and that he will
be called at the request of Gen. But
Ter. Some days ago Chairman Potter
said there was to be a witness for whom
Gen. Butler had made great prepara-
the belief that the witness is Senator
Conkling. 1t is expected that the re-
cent removals in the custOm-house of
New York will tend to make his tes-
timony interesting. 1t is even assert
ed that Conkling has seen the Sher-
man letter.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-08-02

There is sort of frantic desperation
in the tone in which Gen. Grants
nomination is urged. The drift of
the articles is a plain confession that
upon him hangs the only chance of
the Republican party; and that the
chance arises, not from the greater
wisdom of the Republican p.licy, but
from the dire extremity of the couu-
try. a. more ridiculous strain cannot
be imagined.-Hcupe,'s WcckLg.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-08-02

The Duke of Portland is tail, slender
and pale, and he likes cattle. He
fattens his dear on Spanish chestnuts,
but he never fires n shot. He farms
1000 acres and yearly raises 4O,OOO
trout. lie lives almost alone, shun-
ming friends more than he shuns
workingmen: He is regarded as an
eccentric and misanthrope.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-08-02

Mr.. Stephens has bccu addressing Il
Sunday school in Augusta, Ga. He said:
-"BoYs, if You hav" aspirations for
public position, seek il only to TO good
to others. Have no other object than
to confer blessings upon your neigh
bors; and, i'm conclusion, never seek
TO be great further than you are
gOOd.n
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-08-02

a curious case Of hydrophobia is re-
ported from Norfolk, Va, where q
young man has died, in all its terrible
agonics, from the bite Of apct owl. y
Manchester ltnglandJ boy Of five
died of hydrophobia last month, caus-
ed by the bite Of a cattwo months be-
fore.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-08-02

Too much Is said to children; to0
much notice taken of them and their
affairs. In this way restlessness, fret
fulness and selt-importance are pro-
moted,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-08-02

An English critic in the SATURDAY
Rcuicte, in the Park seeing the Prin-
cess of Wales, says:-"-As you reflect a
sleepy feeling seems to come oveI
YOU. The endless roll of carriages, all
going at the same place, all golpg the
same wal, is as soporitlu as the ma
nipuIationS of 3 naeAn4eriser, Sudden,
ly a thrill seems to go through every
body, Every carriage draws to the
side. A policeman in very white
gloves trots past. Then comes a little
ph;eton drawn by two gray horsea.-
A lady 'divinely tall and most divine
ly fair bows and smiles. You see a
charming vision of children's faces
the carriages close in behind, and 1t is
not till the round has begun again, thai
you are fully aware that you have in,
deed seen the Princess. She is so truly
well dressed that you have not eveT
been able to discover the color OF hel
bonnet strings" -. .
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-08-02

A soldier wrote to a Chicago pen
sion lawyer to learn whether 1nan
who had been kicked by a mule in the
service could secure a pension. The
lawyer replied that if the mule was
feeling well and had a fair chance, he
didn't think he could,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-08-02
LAND SALE.

DURSUANT to a decree of the Honorable
ChanceTy Court at its April term, in the
case of J. J. Grau berry W. Mrs. y. q. Jack
son, ct al, offer for sale very desirable
home on the Mt. Pleasant pike, known as
the MIlt VOORHEES, place, about two miles
from the public square in Columbia. said
place CONTAINS about twenty-SeYen acres,
has "A splendid well and ciStern, and good
apple and peach orchard. The house con-
tains six large rooms and two halls. Per-
sons wishing to secure home will find it
10 their Interest to call on me- If not sold
privately by the first Monday in October, 1
will proceed to offer said place to the high
est bidder, at the courthouse door in the
town of Columbia, on a credit OF six, twCIVe
and eighteen months, except the sum of
two hundred dollars in cash, note with ap-
proved personal security, and a lien re-
Iained on said land until paid.
id GRANBERY,
July y, 1873. Commissioner,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-08-02

Father Ryan was presant on the oc-
casiOn of Jefferson Davis meeting of
the Army of the Tennessee, at Mis-
sissippi City, and made some remarks.
The New Orleans Times says: "Tha
speaker paid an eloquent tribute to
Mr.. Davis WORTH although expressing
regret that the unkindness of some
has at times caused even the great to
need the helping voice of the servant
Of Christ. He defended him fran ms
detractOrs, stating the highest point of
his career Was that marked by his
great humility and patience to miss
fortune. "The first Washington was
right, and Mr.. Davis, the second
Washington, Waq rlghtn This eX-
Hressiqn aud another one-tMr. Davis,
you We're never Observation-Disclosures
round after round of applause.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-08-02

The Paget family, of England, into
whiph Miss Minnie Stevens, the beau
tiful daughter of the once widely
known hotel keeper of New York,
Paran Stevens, is going to marry dates
from William Paget, Wha was enl-
ployed in tlle gaiyet service Of Henry
VIII, ana was made one of the exec
utorS of that mOnarch's will. The
young man, Ar+hgr IEin... aenIF lta, FitAroY
gagged, is tweptE-seyen years Of age,
and Is a CAPTAIN in crack regiment,
Scots Fusilier Guards. There are too
many cousins between him and the
only peer in the family, the Marquis
of Anglesey, to make it probable that
Capt. Paget will ever gain a title OF
nobility ....s.s .e-E r
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15
Potter Investigation,

New York, Aug. l5.--John A. Leete
testified before the Potter Committee. to-
day, that Anderson told him be had car
ried out the programme arranged between
him and Kellogg to keep the republicans
from voting in East Feleciana.
Anderson said the republican party was
demoralized there, and would have been
defeated; be didn't mean to make any
protest until he found out where
the land lay. Witness advised Anderson
not to protest, though Kellogg was ex-
ceedingly anxious that he should protest
Witness and Anderson agreed the repub-
licans were defeated, and were sorry fol
Hayes, but glad Packard was beaten; they
also agreed the republicans would wiz
some way. Witness knew Sherman and
visiting statesmen who came down to thu
state
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15
OHIO,

COLUMBUS, Aug. 15.-The republican
convention for the 9th, congressional dis
trict declined to make any nominations, to-
day, but endorsed Lorenzo English OF
Columbus as the independent candidate
for congress,
CLEVELAND, Aug. .l5.-The republicans
new l7th, congressional district held their
convention at Elyria, Ohio, to-day, for the
purpose of nominating a congressman;
Hon. James Monroe, the present member
Of congress from that district was nominat-
cd by acclamatiop,
CINCINNATI. Aug. l5.-The 3:20 p. m'
way freight of the Marietta Cincinnati
railway while on a heavy grade near
Cbillicothe, Ohio, last night, struck q
horse, causing the engine and twenty-eigh
cars to leave the track. Pat Shane fire.
man, and Mont Henry brakeman, wer,
killed; J. Balterher engineer. seriously
scalded and bruised.