The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-21

JESSE HARRIS says any mean, no-ae-
count dog may be made a good guard
and stock dog, by cutting of his 3
and tail. Jesse knows. ~
[NWeRK T. has commenced on the
new bridge at this place. q
! owFBfRss Addition has been mostly
settled by negroes, who delight to call
that part of Columbia by the name of
Macedonian They have. two CHURCHES
DSfSfkod9sta IND Baptist lbialJt1 =,
SOME days ago an Irishman, who said
be was AdsgaM finaer;prwas engaged in
prospecting FOR gold IN a lot adjoining
McGaw's stable. He shoveled up a huge
pile of dirt, in search of gold said to have
been hid on the lot by an old lady just
before heredeath. The gold was not
ifouffd.i if ~'i+HN 'f'N N
& @LDkR DAVID LIPscoMB, of the Gospel
Advocate, has been delivering q series of
sermons in the Christian church in this
place during the past week. The con-
gregations have been large and attentive
On Tuesday night he delivered a powerS
f1~ltdfseoursei Upon the subject of Faith
and, Werks. Several persons have con-
nected themselves with the church since
the meeting began. niS Efh $50 -
n At Q meeting of the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen Wednesday night suita,
bic resolutions were passed in MEM
DRY, of Ger. Lee, and that the Board at.
tend the Convocation Tomorrow in a
body.Gs GtiIi aidfiEifsl 1em d. .oi
SATURDAY evening last, as Jerome Yes
tai was making his way home to the
Webb place, he was attacked by George
Brown, COL, at the negro grocery near
the institute. He,i however, continued
his WAY home, and when at The bridge
over Bigby, he was overtaken by George
and his two brothers, who commenced
pelting him with stones. Vestal, be-
ikeving his life TO be in danger, drew his
knife and cut George inthe neck, which
so terrified the other assassins that they
lei Vestal alone, TO take care of George,
who was believed to be mortally woun-
ded. A writ was taken out for the arrest
of Nestsl, and Sheriff Latta deputizedi
ALI. Nicholson to serve, it, who went to
arrest yesta1, but found him SO badly
hurt as not to be able to move him.
George, the wounded negro, is not dan>
gerousiy hurt. He does not bear a good
character, and will be remembered as
the negro who shot Joe Webb, col.,d
in the groin some time ago, while at
church, o.. .;ff.f asis -
CART: HICKEY, in the appointment of
his clerks, always evinces good taste and
a discreet Judgment. He has now in his
office Mr.. 4. Eddy Gordon, son of the
late Col, Wash Gordon. Eddy is clev-
er young maj and we are confident he
will perform the duties of his position
with satisfaction to all. ,.s
AT the night performance OF the cir-
Gus, q little childo of Mr.. Robertson was
lost, but fortunately some one found it
in the dark outside the canvass, and de-
livered tito its parents. rs
AMULE team, attached to a TIVE horse
wagon, standing on South Main street,
the other day, became frightened and
ran away. The driver, a negro, seized
hold of the right hand mule and held on
manfully. They made a direct line for
the stable of Mays d Dotson, and would
have entered had not Mr.. Mays closed
the door on them. They then made a
turn and dashed around West Mechanic
street, and as they turned the corner the
driver was thrown to. the ground and nj
general exclamation came from the look |
ers on that he was a dead Niger. The
mules were stopped in front of the resi-
dence of Mrs. Wiles. Upon examining
ton it was found hat the negro, who |
held fast to them, md was dragged for /
over a hundred yards, was but slightly 4
Eurt, having received two cuts, one on
"A tOP vi liz lCduy dIu thO otLC Oh thO.i
forehead. 1t was a very marrow escape. |
ONE of the most gorgeous displays of
Aurora BOrealis ever seen in this lati-
tude WAS witnessed last Friday night be-
tween Z and s o'clock. The whole firma-
ment was one blaze of crimson light, |
lasting for. several minutes. Not many |
centuries since these appearances shared
the reputation Of connetsand echpses and
their Interruptions Ofthe ordinary course
of celestial phenomena, and were looked
upon as ipfallible warnings ofimpending |
Pestilence, wal or the death
of some of our great men would in
the seventeenth century have been re-
garded by vulgar superstition as the I'M
avoidable results of such mysterious
omens. Even now the most rational and
enlightened of men, unless he be abso-
luteiy insensible to every feeling Ofsym-
pathy with nature, can, with difficulty, |
look upon these weird and fitfully bril-
lights without yielding to a vague
and underlined feeling of wondering awe.
But, knowing well that they are but the
of well-known laws, and that
they iare In strict accord with the
ordinary methods of this marvellous
universe, we can with but little
effort suppress this involuntary emotion, |
it in a deep and earnest feel
ing of reverence for the exquisite and
strangely various beauty of the wonder
full world we live in.