The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-04

neighborhood linear Bigbyville) met il
convention, whereupon.A Austin Kenne'
dy was called to the chair, ard William
Hunter appointed Secretary. Kennedy
upon taking the chair, in Few brie FIRE,
marks explained the object Of the meet,
ing to be solely charitable, and for M
other purpose than to form permanent
organisation to raise fund to aid the
orphans and destitute Of their'race. AT
ter some other preliminary business,
they went into the election of officers.
which resulted as follows: 80 =
Austin Kennedy, President; William
Fountain, Vice President; VIM. Hunter}
Secretary, and Evans Thompson, Treas
urer. -" rs
Z. The meeting then adjourned in good
order. We hope for good results from
this commendable undertaking.
Major Vance Thompson is not opposed
to anybody understanding the new Con.
stitution, and not only voted to have the
newspal ers publish it, but will 60
among his fellow-citizens and talk to
them about it.
"SPRING."
SPRING HILL, Tenn, Feb. g.
M'. Editor: We noticed in your col.
umns something further from our ex-
cursion to supposed party at Neapolis,
written by an unknown correspondent,
who is pleased to sign his name ''Rats.".
we do not deem it advisable, nor do we
feel at all disposed, to reply to Mr.. Rats.
We only wish TO correct, through your
columns, some false statements which
we presume he has unintentionally
made, and which are calculated to do
injustice to ourselves. In
his first account Of our trip to Neapolis,
which appeared in your columns about !
two weeks since, he stated that on our
arrival at ,Neapolis we stopped at Mr..
Sam C.'s saloon and took on some of
Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup" We
are glad TO be able to prove by Mr.. Sam
c. and others who were present, that
here were no spirits or intoxicating
liquor of any kind drank by any of our
party during our stay at his (Mr., C.'sj
grocery. ....f -as .4zgf
He furthermore states, in his item of
he 24th, that Billy c. was prohibited by
his father from returning with us home.
His cause for SO doing he (Mr. Rats sup
poses to be too much up our noses. In
reply to this, we can safely state that |
Billy c. did not 60 to Neapolis with the |
expectation of returning with us. He is |
yoing to school at This place, and as it
vas Friday evening, and consequently |
here was no school on the morrow, he |
vent to Neapolis to spend the night
With his father, which accounts for his
lot returning with us. Billy C. and his
ather will certainly corroborate this
tatement. There is no truthful person
II persons, either at Nearolis or this
lace, who saw us on the night OF our
who can say that any of our
u.
We cannot believe Mr.. Rats has thus
nisrepresented us through any prejudice
o our party, but are lead to conclude
hat he must have done so through igno-
ance '.NEw ISL"
Mr.. J. NJ. GARDINER, near Mt. Pleas
mt, in this county, says he expects to
ave, three or four years hence, abont
sn thousand sheep on his farm. He
kinks Maury county is the greatest
Ountry in the world, and is simply 60
,g to take advantage of her luxuriance.
oming as he does from the great graz
,g country of West Virginia, he under
lands the art of sheep raising, and has
lready a handsome flock of Spanish
lerinos. ,- ....saH 81.
The old Rock House, OH the Mt Pleas
mt Pike, for long time inhabited by
ats and hobgoblins, and known among
ne darkies as "the haunted house," has
cen fitted up, and is now inhabited by
'rof. DopsoN.
w. HUMPHREY HARRISON, of jones'
'end-the "Back- Band District" as it is
New Ruin, died OH the 10th
February, of dropsy, supposed to have
cen caused by very severe wound in
icted by JAS. T. MOORE, mot "Fishing
IM,~ on Bear Creek, in November,
1853. Mr.. HI. belonged to the Maury
rays, in the early part of the war, and
fter being discharged from that COM
any joined the 9th Battalion of Ten>
essee Cavalry. At one time he owned
IL of New Ruin.
In LickskiIlet, nine miles east from
on Duck River, about last
Polk c. married Miss
They lived together three
II four weeks, when they parted for
God. He gave as his reason for sending
is wife back to her fathers forever, that
he ate too much meat. He said she ate
even large rations of bacon at one meal,
Or breakfast, and twenty-four pounds
n two days. He was not able to sup
ort such all expensive wife. 4
Wallace's Mills, in Lickskillet, on
buck River, is not exactly pleasing the
eighbors. 1t is said whenever the peo-
lie shell corn to take to mill, they have
0 pick out all the red and blue grains,
s they are harder than the rest, and
would stop the mill from grinding.
Mat. Akin, formerly the servant of p.
|. AKIN, Esq, (of Bear Creek, and now
resident of "Black Centre" HELMS
addition, is certainly fast specimen of
he genus homo Ayfricona, as his exploits
few days ago will not only abundantly
estify, but would add laurels to the
rowd of any first-class thief. Last Fri
ay night he deliberately went to the
Columbia Mills, and stole a bag of meal,
t about nine O'Clock Having secured
he meal, his next thought was how to
onvey it hence. He was not long in
oubt, for mule stood quietly hitched
Without, whose rider, a negro man in
he employ of j. NJ. PARRISH, was i'm
waiting for his 'turn" to be
round. Mat. laid violent hands ON the