The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-12

A NEGRO named Ben Shaw was com
mitted by s. II. Brattop, near Mt. Pleas
ant, on Thursday of last week. He wa
accused of stealing q hog, and is no,
boarding with Mr.. Latta.
A COUPLE of our citizens, who hav
just returned from trip to Lawrenc
county, report to us that they discover
ed coal offspring In that county. The
brought sample of the oil, which cai
be seen at the store of Lipscomb Bros
accounts of Lawrence and perhaps Hick
man county. -
THE old house known as the 'Camp
bell Stand" situated one mile south o
Neapolis, on the Columbia and FRANKLIN
pike, is q house of great fame, being th
birthplace of President James X. Polk
His name, written with his own hand
is to be found ON the walls even now
1t is very ancient looking edifice, o
primitive architecture, and Is doubles
one of the oldest houses in Middle Ten
nessee. 1t IL surrounded by the newt
BILE locust shade tree.
THERE is a well organized band O
horse thieves who operate between Shell
byville, Mt. Pleasant and Lawrenc,
County, headed, it is thought, ~ Q motto
rious desperate named Tom Scales. On,
of the clan, it is alleged, is named King
who has been arrested for stealing
horse from Mr. Blackwell, near Mt
Pleasant, and his trial was to have come
off on Tuesday last. A party Of citizens
last, in pursuit of Scales and to recover
stolen horses.
A deer party" consisting of ]. NJ
l A1nvon6ar n AnAGan~>e To- T.
Kay, Jake Baugh, Jas. K. Polk, and
others, went 10 Hickman recently, and
returned last week. Jim Polk shot five
times, killed nothing, and ran wild on
"Long Alice" over logs, stumps, bushes
ETC., leaving his saddle bags, and every.
thing i'll them. The party killed five
deer, and if the weather had not been &c
bad, they would have killed more. II
rained every day. They also caught an
immense number of fish out Of the
"Barren Fork of Lick Greek, trout and
black perch. They caught 80 pounds in
one Lour.
A CROWD of fruit thieves, Ave or six
| in number, went into John Lockridge's
orchard last Thursday night Mr.
| Lockridge had missed peaches, and was
in the orchard watching for them, and
heard one say, 81 know where the good
peaches are, up next to the barn, and ii
is about time for them to be, ripe.". They
| began shaking the trees, and one said
| "What big ones, these are as good
at the crowd, one man cried out in dis
tress and they all made tracks.
CoNTABLE NJ. Renfro, of the Odd civil
| ard last Saturday en- the Chattanooga
Railroad. Leonord stole a claybank
horse several weeks ago from Mitchell
| Brown, of Rutherford Creek. Mr.. M.
| and his two sons-in-law, Jas. 7. Reagan,
and l.. c. Green went to Nashville in
search of the horse, and met Leonard
and shook hands with him. They could
not get the horse, however, and Mr.. Rem
fro went after him. He found Leonard
on the Nashville d Chattanooga r. R.,
and arrested him. When he arrived at
Murfreesboro he went out to Mr.. Alex
ander's, where he found the horse. The
thief had sold it to Mr.. A. Great praise
is due Mr.. Renfro, for the prompt man
ner in which he arrested the thief and
rescued the property. We have one of
the best corps of county officers i'm the
State, from Constable up to Sheriff.
The Culleoka Institute opened its Fall
session OH the Sth inst, with fiattering
prospects. The patrons of the school are
very much pleased with their new
Principal. The mode of teaching pur-
sued BIZ him is designed to mako his pu-
pills think for themselves, so we are in
formed by friend who has witnessed
some of the exercises of the school. We
anticipate renewed and increased pros
perity under the supervision and labors
of Mr.. Webb,
The grand Barbecue at Carter's Creek
Station came off yesterday About 3, 900
people were present, and the whole wood
was filled with horses, buggies. mules,
etc., one of the mules having a side-sad-
die on its lack. A large and densely
packed train came from Nashville, and
good many went from Columbia.
Immense tables groaned under barbe-
cued meats, 'enough to have fed the
County," we are told. How could it be
otherwise when it was gotten up by the
Carter's Creek people, headed by Capt.
Mac Campbell, J. NJ. Alexander, James
M'Kay and others Major W., who is
an epicure, says it was the best season
ed barbecued meat he ever saw. One
man was seen standing by a big tree
with ham in one hand pOne in the
other. Two bands of music were on the
ground. A nice party of Nashville la
dies and gentlemen had a rare time eat
ihS hioioho anu IdlhiHS--pOiltlcS, we
suppose. A side show was on hand,
with educated hog and alligator swal-
lowing fifteenth amendment.
Mr.. EDIroR:-Presuming that line from
our village may not be unacceptable TO You or
unpleasant to your readers, venture to give
you few items, which hope may not prove
altogether devoid of interest, and the more SO
as "our" "Rats" have of late disappeared from
Il h. HIM =
. love trap, or only waiting for some more
crumbs of cheese to be scattered about, this de-
ponent saith not. As Athens is famed as the
seat of learning, and as education is the bull
wark of a nation, so our village is perhaps more
distinguished for the high grade of the schools
which 1t has sustained in the past, than any
place of like size in Middle Tennessee, and as
our schools are just beginning their Fall ses-
sions under favorable auspices, it seems prop.
ertimdto allude to them. Col PEBBLES, who has
with so much ability conducted our Male High
School for number of years past, and whose
reputation as a teacher Is too well known 10
need any commentator, has commenced his
session, with pretty full school and with pu-
pills from Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, and
Arkansas, and perhaps other Southern States,
besides full quota from this and surrounding
counties, and having lowered his tuition to
suit the hardness Of the times and the impover-
ished condition of the country, it is hoped and
believed that he will have the large Academy
building filed to its utmost capacity. Prof. ..
McBlair, formerly of Jackson College, still has
charge of the Female Academy, and it is hoped
will have a full school. So much for our
schools.
Cur churches (three in numhGr the Method
list. PRESBYTERIAN, and Cumberland together
with their Sunday schools, are all in prosper
Gus condition, and all blessed with able and pop
ular ministers. The business of our place is in
healthy condition. Our dry goods and gro
Gerry merchants arc doing a thriving business.
Our two drug stores are both doing well, and
our mechanics have generally been fept busy,
and am sorry to add that our physicians too
have had their hands full. You must not infer
from this that ours is not a healthy neighbor-
hood. but rather that our doctors have such ex-
tensivc fame that their practice extcnus for
miles ground.
The excitement of our election is passing
away. suppose "Uncle Billy" has beaten Col.
McLemore and Judge Hughes, for the office cf
Circuit Judge, and If SO, his majority is sosmlll,
as to keep him in remembrance that there are
other clever and popular gentlemen of the bar
besides himself, but one 80 genial and generous
as he is, needs not to be reminded of any such
thing. "Joe's" majority on the other hand is
so large on his first ''run' that were he not 50
modest in his aspirations, he might he spoiled
by it. That young man, if he keeps his head
level, will be Governor some of these days.
Our people feel very proud the resnk Of the
election for Supreme Judges, and the more so
as our ncighborhood has honored the Supreme
Bench with the first and foremost man among
them. The Hon. A. o. p. Nicholson was born
on the place, now the residence of Anderson
McLemore, two miles west of this place, and
what neighborhood may not be Justly proud Of
such a man, He is the peer of the ablest jnr-
list and of the most profound stateman of this, or
any other age, and Tennessee will always hon.
or herself in honol inc him. And aIHars bear