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Nanny s,Ounty Roasls.

IN anu NoiuHDla PIKE 10 carter creek
Station, i'll place of John, A. Miller,
with all the old hands,.
John King was appointed overseer of
the road leading from the county line at
Screamersvillc to Jas, d. Towards Mill,
with all hands of said road. ..,
Hilary Wright, was appointed, oyer
seer of the road from Kerr's Mill, on
Fountain Creek, G.. TB. Gresham's, via
VIM. Bryant. with all hands within
bounds. ni
Albert l.. Webster, "the farmer" was
appointed oyerseer of the Columbia and
Hampshire road, commencing at Cross
Roads and terminating at the 10 mile
post, including the culyert of Mrs. Felix
j. Webster, with all former hands.
Augustus Hoge Unsupported overseer
of the road commencing at the turnpike
west of James NJ. Granberry's and ter
minating at the Lewis county line. in
stead of Geo. Hoge, with same hands.
Thomas M. Kittrell was appointed
Overseer of the road leading from point
on the Zion Church road near the cor
ner of John j. Stephenson's field. 10 the
Mt. Pleasant and Williamsport road near
the east bank of Big Bigby, with the
hands OH the farms of James \. Friersun,
d. +. Watkins, S. X. Watkins, Esq, +.
II. Watkins, Except his Webb farm C.
NJ. Frierson, Thos. q. Frierson, w.
Vance Thompson, Major J. d. I Frierson,
Col. d. +. Wade, and mill hands of Kit
trell and Thompson. .ii ny .....
Geo. N. Mckennou was appointed over
seer of the road from Double Spring
Branch to the intersection Of the Zion
Church road, instead of John W. Mayes.
with the same hands. -., 49,
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Eurla6ll nsids On. r. = I5se vis1l
r tie ccdiss 81 the conversion, sosil1
Sfthom romarked to the General thai
several b3oGIphleo Of his generals bed
been published ssYes,n hereplfed, sabuf
I have not rcd any Of them vt. HiefO:
ries Of the late var have flooded the land
md sever&l biographies Of myself have
come ftcm the pres, but l have mot read
WSat a ths csnse of this seeming in
disepncef Il it . want Of love Of cOun-
try or Of interest, or pride in the past? or
does ho look with shame and scorn at
the yalor. sacrifices and pr0wess Of his
srmy3 None Of these things. He said
be desired that tho wounds that had been
made should heal up. He did not wish
to talk or read about the war He. did
not desire e. peEpetQate the strife Of the
past, to tear open the wounded body OF
his country. Let as initiate his exam
pie.
Mr.. Alexander, after being, introduced
by Capt. Hamilton as Capt. Alexander,
begged leave to disclaim the title Of
Captain which had been given him. He
was not and had never been . Captains,
and did not want to wear false plum>
age.
His speech was beautiful and eloquent,
aud was highly appreciated and compli-
mented by the crowd. We regret there
fore, that we cannot publish it until next
week, when it will appear in our COL
umns. 81 ka-sl iffg5
3 After the delivery of Mr.. Alaxander's
speech, Capt. Jos. H. RUSSELL was called
ON, and he responded by reading the.
following paper:
We. the undersigned, agree to form
ourselves into benevolent Association
for the purpose of erecting q suitable
monument to the memory of and COM
memorative of the Confederate dead in
TERED at Rose Hill Cemetery, in the
town Of Columbia; also to repair and
keep in repair the graves of the same.
rules and regulations rs may be hereafter
adopted.
Thirty-eight names were signed ON the
ground. -- s5cfaa s-sH sfta
p A committee of ladies composed of
Mrs. A. o. p. Nicholson, Mrs. Eliza Shell
ton, Mrs. L. d. Myers, Mrs. T., b. Rains,
Mrs. T. H; Crosby, Mrs +. O.: Cunning,
ton, Mrs. voorhees,, Mrs. A. NJ. Looney;
Mrs. w. s. FLEMING, was appointed
whose duty it is to solicit names to the
above paper, and report at the first meet
ing at O'Clock next Saturday, (to-mor-
row. at the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church. The hour will:be made known
by the ringing Of the bell. =. ~ p.
Mr.. RUSSELL made an eloquent and
stirring speech in favor Ofeyerybody sign
ing it, and concluded by appointing the
above committee of ladies to receive
names. As one of the speakers of the
occasion was moving through the crowd
after the delivery of his speech, very
old grey-haired lady spoke to him with
tears.in her eyes, and thanked. him for
his woru>, saying that her son had been
killed under Forrest. -
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Smiths Tonic Syrup.
A g UE An D FEVER
OR CHILLs AND FEVER.

Inc proprietor Of this celebrated ,,...,...;....
us.y Claims for it superiority over ali 1911.
ss ever onered to the public for the safe ssr.
rln, speedy nd permanent cure of A. -, y
ever, or Chl.s and Fever, whether of sh.,.s -
long standing: He refers to the entire Wss,. ~
anu SOUTHWESTERN country to bear him test,.ss'
ny 70 the truth Of the assertion, that in No ..s.
whatever will il fail to cure. il the dirret,ms ss
s..,c.ly followed and carried ont. In a rrrss
many cases single dose las been suinr;ent -,
cure and whole families have been curs, -, .o
s s,ns's oGte with perfect Restoration ofthe ZEN
eral health. IL is, however, prudent AMI 4" = -
every case more certain TO cure. fits nss =
~, IN smaller dcses for week or two sf;s,
tIle disease has beel, checked, morr als =,
ulnieuit and longstandins cases. Usually ,,;s
hSedlsine viii not require any aid 10 Keen shs
ooNe's IN good order; should the patient ~
eser, require cathartic medicine. after h.s ~,
- sls9e or four doses Of the Tonic. sir.-h
Vii ~ :. BILL Ills VEGETABLE FAMILY Pills
DIX. JOHN BULBS Princiuar t,,,,,c
NC. u Fifh, Crvss Sire.
LOUISVILLE, X
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burnt to Death.

A little girl eight Oh nine years old
named Josephine Doxey, was acciden-
tally burned to death last Sunday even
ing. The girls family live in camp out
in the cedars, above Sowell's Mills on the
river, and il is t1ought that her clothes
caught Oh fire while no one was about.
She was found burned through inseveral
places, and died during the night.
Marshall County Jail Broken Open.
Our Sheriff received information few
days ago that the Marshall County Jail
at Lewisburg was broken open last week
and all the prisoners escaped. One of the
escaped Jail-birds stopped at house in
his flight, and said that the Columbia Jail
was to have been broken open on the same
night, from which we infer that the work
of liberation was all done from the out
side. OEr Jail is safe, and will remain
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"Barrett'sr is indispensable.
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sAnrNe HILL. Nlonth Of FIow,er,

t1AnlNU lIilILs NAOIitu VI L lOHefS.
Mr.. EDT:-In all her pomp and gran
deuf that Spring Hill has heretofore held
herself, part of last week and nearly ali
this she has dropped her head to the tenn
pofary loss OF some of her fairest ladies
ana most gallant gentlemen, who have
been visiting your town and Brentwood.
Since they left us time has flown laziIy
by, and hope they will soon return to
US. Nothing ofinterest has transpired,
worth mentioning, except the, before
mentioned resort of ghosts, hobgOblins,
etc. "Ihe ca is out of the wallet" but
not until q fow of our brave bows were
banned in their undertaking to find out
the mystery: for they could not think of
venturing near enough to look into the
concern. Bully for them. !, ~
Our business men are complaining at
present about trade, as that gent has not
been seen in town for some time past,
Sam Finley says he will be here Satur.'
day to see him Individuality. i think he
will call on Bob. Orman, though, before
he leaves town, for he always does. -.
X. w. McLeniore, Esq, who has been
confined to his bed for a month past, I
am glad to learn is up and improving.
and hope that We may see the light or
his eountenance ere long in the burg.
Lost, Strayed or Stolen,r- of our
young gentlemen, who left for parts UNI
known the other day very unceremoni-
ously. The last time he was seen he
was getting of the csrs at Brentwood.
Any one seeing the said gent will please
take him up and forward him to me, as
he is lost and will return his thanks.
Send by z. .. d., and oblige RATS.
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1t is a great mistake OF those who
say that any business i'm Columbia is
OverdOne i'm any degree. Thousands
and thousands of dollars go to Nash
vile that ought to be taken in by our
own merchants. Columbia is the
poorest advertised town gifts size in
the State, and the consequence Is they
losca portion of their Legitimate trade.
OF course there arc number of live
men among Us, and of them are the
Messrs. Shcegog & Son. This firm
defy Nashville prices, and let the peo-
pie know it thoroughly, and time and
again. They are now doing some
thing new. under the sun. They take
measures for suits of
clothes, and send to New York and
have them made by firstclass tailors.
If upon the arrival of the suit it does
not please in every particular the gen
llcman who sent for it, he need not
take il. We are reliably informed
that these suits cost % per cent less
than they can be obtained otherwise.
A number of our fashionable Young
men have tried it, and the above facts i
ire givrn by them.
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NEwBUna, LEWIS Co,

4
:, EDITOR HERALD:-This note will in
form you of the defunct condition of Our
county. Under the registration of John
Halle, We polled 331s votes, all '.loyaI."
We had the Sheriff, Clerks, Justices of
the Peace. Some of the latter could
neither read nor write, and kept their
docket on nOtched stick; their Judge
menI always resulting in favor of, the,
loyal. At the late March election, how
ever, a ticket of new men who believe
that white man is as good as negro.
was elected by the Rebs. The success
full candidates presented themselves be-
fore the County Court on the firstj Nom
day In April, but their bonds were made
so high and the security required to take
such strange Oaths about how much thew
were worth. that the bonds were not ac-
ceptable. So you see we will have to
hold over unless the Rebs can borrow
some men from Maury who can make "a
good bond. :
am glad to inform you that we have
posted" this county, and there will be
no more promiscuous hunting over our
wild bills. We have been driven to do
this because some of your Maury county
boys killed some venison down i'm these
parts some time since that had wooy on
II. A very lively lawsuit took place in
our town the other day between Oliver
Sharp VS.. Nehemiah Sharp; a damage
suit for land rent. Dent Pennington ap-
peared for the plaintiff, and Lee Bullock
for defense. During long and exciting
debate, Lee said he was representing q
hero of New Orleans, and old Dent re-
piled that his client had knocked dust
out of the Red Coats at Bunker Hill.
man went under for two hum
dred and fifty. rt. .lF ~
We wish to know if your Bank will re-
ceive genseng, and dried pumpkin on de-
posit. LEWIS.
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state Of Tennessee Bank Notes
Bought and sold at Bank of Columbia.
May 6-1m
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Men and Boys Summer Hats.
Another new lot just received by SHEE-
sCG & Son.
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hSOb Okkkk, Nay =, low
Nh. EDITOR Il saw in your paper Of last
week sbout a fellow losing his fish on paper
string, which induces me to give you an account
Of fishing party, consisting Of Rev. Henry
North of Williamson County, Rev. Mr.. -,
Presiding Elder OF the N. E. Church, DIR. II. of
SpEng Hill. They started from the residence
of old Brother John T. veetal--who is celebra-
ted for his fishing propensities-and gayer
crowd never set out for q fishing spree. The
party came back in quite different spirits, how
ever struggling along, one at time, and hun
cry enough aimost 10 eat raw the only fish they
caught, which was . cat. One OF them Also
captured one of Bank Wells "nigger babies"
a "water-dog," mean. But like the four
and-twcnty tailors who went out to kill snail,
the best man smong them dared not touch his
tail; so they came back minus hook. a
There was large crowd out at the Baptist
Church last Sunday, and it being the first Sab
bath in May, everybody tried to look as pretty
rs possible in honor of the day. Rev. Mr.. Hull
preached very charitable and forgiving SER
mon. About thirty Of his members had felt too
much Christmas In their bones, and in conse-
quence had to be drawn over the Goals, as
refiner to consume the dross. They have about
twenty five or thirty Sabbath School scholars
under the Superintendent Of Mr.. Haywood.
Mr.. T. r. vestal addressed few remarks to
the Sabbath School in beautiful and touching
manner. We have four Sabbath Schools with
in less than three miles of each other. and !,
think that is doing finely for the backwoods.
But the very best one we have is at Gravel Hill,
owing in a great measure to fhe untiring devO-
ton and regular attendance of Mr.. S. and his
most excellent lady, who are the principal
teachers and head Of the school. I speak in
the supcrlative degree, because We have the
most scholars, the best books, the finest singing
and the largest audienc: in these parts.
wish you could come out to our Hill some
evening. We have preaching every other
week by Rev. Mr.. North, and hold School out
of doors in the cool shade, and the woods re-
sound with the infant voices, awakening sweet
melody as the hills echo back the praise of
God. They are building q fine church which
is so high that VIC can almost see your city,
although II is ten miles away. A church the
good people are determined to have, and they
say that Mr.. s. will pay not less than three
thousand collars for his part. VIC all hope
that as be lendcth to the Lord so may he reap
his reward. In closing my remarks l mus
thank You for the pleasure your paper gives
me. II rs one Of the best home papers ever
read. Crops are very fine in this part Of the
country and wheat especially so.
SCHOLAR.
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" Barrett's Elegant Hair Restorative.
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Reaper for Sale.

Read "Barrctt'sv Circular.
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BULLS


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"Barrctt's" is the household word.
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Lewis County
Crowded Out.

There is not family living in New
berg, county seat Of Lewis county.
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Miss n. Il. played la Gazellc i'll ;
manner that fully displayed her great
musical talents.
Miss NJ B, the very queer
of song,- sang solo, "L'Estasi,
which SO charmed and electrified the
audience that they asked her TO sing
You'll remember me them Thi:
also brought down the house" il
storms of applause and beautiful
bOquet.
"Memory Bells" by Mrs. O.
Mrs. P, Mr.. Smith and Captain
| Russell, was sung well.
Rcbekah at the Well, represent
! cd by Miss Nj, was SO good tina
the audience caused il to be repeated
"Mrs. Jinks of Madison Square,
by Miss Il. c., was almost perfect
The foolish woman of fashion an(
the world was given with striking
truthfulncss. A storm of applaus,
caused il TO be repeated.
When thy bosom heavcs a sigh,
by Mrs. G.. and Mrs. p, was worthy
/ of those talented singers.
1.-The Tender Chord a tableau
was first-ratc. y young man kneelet
ut the feet Of his lady love, awaiting
the question he has asked.
Solo, LA Primivera," was sung b,
Miss T. q. in a most beautiful and ar.
tistic manner.
Don't you go, Tommy was CAPT
tai. Capt. RUSSELL was Tommy, and
Mrs. G.. his mother.
Two notes were read Oh the plat
form by Capt. Russell, calling OIL
Prof. Esievc TO sing "Shoo, Ety.
but that gentleman refused to appear
The Concert was in every respect ;
decided success" both in point o
the number of the auditors, and thu
manner and degree in which the.
were pleased. Mrs. Porter and Capt
Russell, however, always command
success by their talents and energy.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-07-21
WOLCOTTVILLE.

On Saturday last match game of base ball came off here between the Dutton B. B. O., of Litchfield and the Etna B. B. O., of this place. A thunder shower came up just as the severth inning was being fin ished and the game was called, the score standing 31 to 10 in favor of the Etnas. It is seldom that the Dutton club have had cause to say anything against an umpire when visiting this place. but after the game thoy oauo tu tho uunclusion that if Mir. AL dis would get copy of the rules adopted by the National Base Ball Association and study them faithfully and carefully for two years he would do pretty nearly as we'll at umpiring game of base bali as most boys of the age of seven or eight years. Three balls in succession were called on Vessels. the pitcher of the Duttons, without giving him warning, or even letting the first ball pitched to the striker pass. The Dutton men could not get ball where they want ed it and at last struck away promiscuous- ly, so as to get through the game and start for home before Sunday morning; but, al! this the Gtna pitcher had but three or four balls called on him during the whole game. The other decis- ionr of the umpire were given as we'll as his knowledge of the game would permit Catlin of the Duttons reached his first base three times and after standing on that base some 10 or 15 seconds the ball was thrown there and he was declared out. On the other hand if Wolcottville player got anywhere within six paces of a base before he was touched with the ball he was deci- ded not ou. Following is the score:
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-07-21
Book Notices, &c.

PETERsoN's MAGAZINE for August, con- tains: The Red Flag; Much Ado Noth- ing; Put out of the Way; Woman's Sphere; Grandma Lippincott; Who Shall Wear the Coronet?; The Prisoner of the Bastile; Together with the fine Engravings, Music, Receipts, &c., Sc.
 c. J. Peterson, 3O6 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia; $2O0 per year.
 A new serial serial story by a distin- guished American writer, whose name is held in reserve, is to be begun in the Au- gust GALAXY. The tale is said to be full of incident, dramatic, novel in scene and character, and admirably adapted for seri- al publication.
 GoDEY's LADY's BOOK contains: Wall Flowers; Honoria's Pride; Marrying Ti- tie, No XIII; Why She Married; Work De- partment; Receipts, Sc. Engraving "Going Home;" Fashion Plate, Patterns, Poetry, Music, Short Articles, &c.
 Louis A. Godey, Philadelphia, Pa. s. OO @ year.
 EVERY SATURDAY for July 23d. which can now be obtained at J. W. Wheeler's, has for its principal illustrations, full page likeness of Christine Nilsson, splendid copy of Delaroche's Condemnation of Marie Antoinette," Jo and the Professor, illustrating scene in "Little Women, " copy of "July" by Gavarin, Blithe May Day from painting by Petite, and scene on the beach at Newport. Dickens last story is continued.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-07-21
July 18th, 1870
WASHINGTON.

The farmers are in the midst of having and harvest. The former is not very la- borious operation on dry upland meadows. Instead of counting so many loads to the acre, it is so many acres to load. Bless ed are they who have swampy land this year. The cattle on thousand hills, low over barren pastures, and streams of milk flow in less and less supply. Honey bees are working themselves to death. having no time to rest; for our Judea bees will not keep the Sabbath. Wonder if the an- cient ones did? If this is not the driest time ever known, it is still dry enough.
 = The city boarders are upon us, the old resorts being full. H. W. Woodruff's new house has had three applicants for ev- cry room. If the Society would sell him the Congregational Church, he would soon fit it up, and have it full of boarders in 8 season. a H. H
 = The Second Reunion of the Alum nj of the Gum Academy commences on Saturday, and promises to be g success.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-07-21
Legislative.

Edward Baylies has been released from State Prison.
 The bill diyorcing Edward s. Preston from his wife on the ground of insanity, has passed both Houses.
 A bill has passed the Senate fixing the salaries of judges of both the Supreme and Superior Court at $3, 800.
 An act providing for the compilation of the Private Acts, and printing 2,5OO cop ies, has passed both Houses.
 An act has also passed, postponing ses- sion of the Supreme Court in this County till the Sd Tuesday of September.
 The Amnesty resolutions have been in- definitely postponed by the House. Bun combe is felt to be out of order after the 4th inst.
 An act has passed allowing towns in- debted to an amount exceeding $lO,OOO, to issue bonds. u.-..ss .s
 The Chapin Machine Company of New Hartford has been chartered by special act.
 The bill striking out the omnibus clause of the divorce law was lost by disagree ment between the Houses.
 The bill allowing the dissection of un- claimed bodies of hospital patients, pass ed the House, but was voted down in the Senate.
 A general act has been passed exempt ing town bonds issued to aid railroads, from taxation.
 The report of the committee appointed by the last legislature to examine into matter of Prohibition, and who recom- mended State Constabulary, was contin- ued to the next Legislature. s
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-07-21
L1TCHFIELD.

The East Mill has been sold by the heiIs of Gregory Seeley 10 Rodman Kenyon of Hartford for Sc, 600.
 The town is fast filling up with it's summer population. Judge Woodruff, Prof. Dwight and others arrived last week.
 The photographer who occupied the East Park got puff from the Sentinel on Friday, and on Saturday struck his tent and retired.
 -" Brother W, preaching in X-. sent around his hat, as was his wont, for collection. It came back empty; whereupons Brother W returned thanks for the recovery of his hat from Mdt congregation. "-Miscellanea 6acra. . We have ceased to expect any useful le- gislation from this General Assembly. If we can only get back the estimable gentle men Litchfield has contributed to the First and Third Houses, it is all we now ask!
 On Saturday last tie Actives of Vol cottviEle beat the Actives of this place by &h0 FNII1
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-07-21
For the Enquirer. PLYMOUTH SKETCHES.-No. 34.

LII mOO II O3. After becoming considerably acquainted with the people about the Centre, I am constrained to say twill they pardon me for saying it?) that they appear to be some what imbued with selfshness for they seem to think themselves higher up in the world than the people of the surrounding villages. For instance, they consider themselves somewhat above the people of Terryville, and great deal above those of Thomaston. And furthermore, they don t seem to have had the least idea that flood in the Naugatuck, or even an earthquake, will ever bring them down from their ex- alted situation! F
 The members of the First Congregation al Church have adopted the plan of only one service and sermon on a Sunday, through the hot weather; a similar pro- gramme is also being tried in Thomaston. To your correspondent this plan seems of doubtful expediency; but,
 Experience will decide
 How blest are they"
 Who go to meeting only once day!
 PLYMoTHEAN. Julv 18th 1870