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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-02-11

sitting at breakfast. and ridtllesi him at
such q irNte TINT there was hardly
enough q him left to hold an inquest
on-asd then the poor oEunfortunate un-
deftSker's best friend was gone, and he
had +, take in his sign. Thus he was
stricken in the midst of his prosperity
ard his lsappiness- for he was Just on
the point OF getting married when Jack
and Of course he had to give it up.
r CENErERIAI. CURIOsITIEs.
1t is said that the first tweuty-six
graves in the cemetery at Virginia City
Were those of men who all died by the
bullet. And the first six I'm another Of
those towns contained the bodies of .
desperado and 1--WE Of his victims-and
there in the bosom Of his family, made
dear to him by ties of blood, he calmly
sleeps unto this day. -rt1
2 @ MIR. sLADE.I
At the Rocky Ridge station i'm the
Rocky mountains, in the old days Of
overland stages and pony expresses,
had the gorgeous honor of fbreakfasting
with Mr.. Slade, the Prince of all the
desperadoes; who killed twenty-six men
in his time; who used to cut Off his vic
TINS ears and send them as keepsakes
to their relatives; and bound one Of his
victims hand and tOot and practiced
on him with his revolver for hours to-
gether--a proceeding which seems al
most inexcusable until we reflect that
Rocky Ridge is awayoff in the dull SOL
itudes of the mountains, and the poor
desperadoes have hardly any amuse-
ments. Mr.. Slade afterward went to
Montana and began to thin out the
population as usual-for he took a great
Interest i'm training the census and reg
ulating the vOte-but finally the Vigi-
lance Committee captured him and
hanged him, giving him just fifteen
minutes to prepare himself in. The
papers said he cried ON the scafiold.
The Vigilance Committee is whole
some regulator in the new countries
and bad characters have lively dread
of il. In Montana one of these gentle
men was placed on his mule and in
formed that he had precisely fifteen
minutes to leave the country in. He
said, "Gents, if this mule don't balk,
five'll answer.u
But this is sufficient about the despe-
radOes. l merely wished to make pas
sing mention of them as a California
production. sti
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3petry.


Over the river they beckon TO me-
Loved ones who've crossed to the farther
side;
Buttheir voices are drowned in the rushing
sTt,ere's one with ringiels OF sunny gold,
And eyes the reflection of heaven s blue
He crossed in the twilight gray and cold,
We saw not the angels that met him there
The gate of the city. We could not Sec
Over the river, over the river,
My brothe stands waiting to welcome me.
Over the river the boatman pale
Carried another-the household pet;
Her brown curfs waved in the gentle gale
Darling Minnie! / see her yet! ~,
She crossed on her bosom her dimpled hands,
And feerlessly entered the phantom bark
Wewatched II glide from the silver sands,
And ell our sunshine grew strangely dark.
We know she Is safe ON the other SIDE,
. Where all the ransomed Angels De'
Over the river, the mystic river,
NY childhOod'S idol Is waiting LOT INT.
For none return from those quiet shores.
Whoc cross with the boatman cold ana paie;
We hear the dip of the goiden oass, en-
And catch glimpse OF the snowy san,
And loi they have passed from our car "i's
rhew cross the stream and are gone for aye;
We may not sunder the vail apart
That hides from our Nlsion III, tie "a sa'e e VI o"'
we3nly ,h kn1w ms DER ef iife's stormy sea
oanmn,rterp oan know, on the unseen shore,
In c..or watch and beckon, and walt for me-
.,,d sit and think, when the sunsets goid
f,ushing river, and hill, and shore, Z
,insaii one day stand by the water cold,
"a LIST 10 the sound of the boatman's oar;
T Shall watch for glea L OF the mapping san;
shall hear the boat as 1t nears the strand;
shall know the loved who have gone before
md toyfully sweet will the meeting be-
when over the river, the mystic river,
The Angel of Death shall carry me-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-02-11
Andrew johnson as an Advocate OF
"WOman's Rights"

The following extract from All ad-
dress of Andrew Johnson, as President
of the State Agricultural Bureau, de-
livered at the Fair held at Nashville in
1857, is a clear and forcible statement
of a great fact. The "retired states.
man. has said many more foolish
things since, and but few wiser ones:
remember the report of a converse
ton between the First Napoleon and a
celebrated lady, with respect to the
wants of the youth of the French peo-
pie. Give them good mothers, said the
great man, i'm the spirit of true phil
osopher. Good professors may make
good scholars, but none but good mo-
thers can make good men. Out of the
siXty-nine sovereigns who had ruled in
France, only three of them loved the
people, and they had good mothers.
Why not, then, attend to this thing,
and let our daughters become teachers,
and then, after they shall have been
thus prepared as teachers, if they shall
think proper to change their position
by uniting with husbands, and taking
tile responsibilities of marriage, every
way more suitable and agreeable, they
will be only so much better qualified to
discharge the higher duties of wives
and mothers, as well as daughters.
Then, whilst we are improving our ag-
riculture, our soil, our stock, and max
ing rapid advances in all the arts, let
our attention be turned to the more inn
portant culture of the minds of the chill
dren of our country. Let our daugh-
tiers become teachers; and in very
short time we shall hear no more con-
temptuous talking about Northern
teachers, for we shall have them
amongst ourselves, and all our children
shall be cared for, instructed in all that
pertains to the most coveted happiness
and renown amongst men.
Iknow that these notions may seem
crude and inappropriate to some, but
they are founded in truth, and all
would say further here is, that whilst
we are improving i'm all things, let us
conspire together to elevate the posi-
ton of woman. Let us turn our atfen-
ton to mankind, 10y raising up suitable
instructors for our children. As far as
woman is concerned, although some
NAV think differently, L affirm that
her destiny is to conserve this govern
ment. None can have a more exalted
idea of woman than /; and l express
that idea when i say, let her become
the instructor of our children. Let
every woman in the land become the
instructor of her own and her neighbors
children, and all things will so on well
1 declare again, that no one can cherish
higher estimation of woman than
do.
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Proverbs by Billings.

1t is human to err, but devilish to
brag on it.
Blessed are the single, for they can
double at leisure.
Blessed liz he who has good wife,
and knows how to sail her. :.
Blessed he he that haZ a good pile,
and knows how to spread it.
Blessed liz them who have no eye for
q key-hOle, 10 ear for a knOt-hOle.
Blessed liz he that alwuz carries Il big
stun i'm his hand, but never heaves her.
He that will follow good advice liz a
greater man than he who gives it.
The minds of the young are easily
trained; it is hard to get an old hop
vine to travel a new pole.
Happiness consists i'm being perfectly
satisfied with what we have got and
what we haint got
If you want to learn child to steal
oats i'm the bundle, make him beg out
ov yu evry thing yu Civ him.
Just in proportion that a man is
thankful to Heaven and his neighbOr,
just i'm that proportion liz he happy.
/ never knew emmy body yet TO get
stuBg by hornets who KEEP away from
where they wuZ-it liz just so with bad
luck.
1t is a dredful fine thing to whip a
young one just enuff, and not emmy
more. take it that the spot is lOkat-
ed Just where their pride ends and their
mad begins.
| think every man and woman on
eartl, ought to wear on their hat-bantl
these words in large letters, LEAD us
not into temptashun."
I have seen those who were as full
of all sorts of learning az the heavens
are Of wind; they are jist the things
to cut up into weathercOcks.
If we take all the hard shedding OF
this life, and make four times ez much,
it won't amount tew the affiicktions
that men pile on each uther.
You kin judge Of mans relijun
yery well by hearing him talk, but
YOU can't judge of his piety by what he
ssz, emmy more than yu can judge oy
his amount ov linen by the stick out
ov his collar and wristbands.
1t IL alwus a good purchase tew pay
out our last surviving dollar for wis
dunn, and wisdum IL like the misteri-
Gus hens egg, ii amt laid in yure hand,
but IL laid away under the barn, and
yu have got tew sarch for 1t,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-02-11

told my father that it worked nearly
as well then as now This no,U was thirty
years ago) except that il itilapped badly.
1t was propelled by water, and ginned
$500 pounds of seed cotton per day.
Previous to this, the gin i'm ordinary
use, was the simple cOntrivance of two
wooden rollers revolving i'm opposite
directions, which preceded Mr.. Whit
ney's invention. 1t was worked by
hand, and ginned only IS or 100 pounds
keep man all the time employ ed in
turning rollers, the friction burnt them
out so fast. This machine is still used
in ginning the best qualities Of s'sea-
islandn cotton, the advantage being
that it does not cut theEstaple, as the
The honor of having Invented the
first cotton gin is sometimes disputed
with Eli Whitney in favor of Mr.. Bull,
q gentleman from Baltimore, who set
tied i'm Columbia Co., Ga, and intro
duced the saw gin there, i'm the year
1895. He first used dperpendicular saws
but afterwards changed them for circu-
lar, in imitation, no doubt of Whitney
and Lyon. Mr.. Bull was an enterpris-
ing and ingenius man, and first intro
duced iron packing screws into this
State. Thee were so expensive, how
ever, costing no less Than 81 $50 to 81 =
500, that they were soon abandoned for
the common wooden screw now in gen.
eral use on plantations. His invention
of the perpendicular saw gin was, there
seems no reason to doubt, independent
of Whitney's though posterior to it, the
latter, having come into operation in
1893. The circular saw, as afterwards
used by him, was no doubt borrowed
from Whitney and Lyon. Thus then,
though Eli Whitney never reaped the
profits of his great invention, it seems
clear that he must be left in undisputed
possession at least of the barren hOnOrs.
Tin the extended litigations to which
the infringements on Eli Whitney's
patent gave rise, it was finally decided
that the use of saws instead of the wire
teeth at first employed by Whitney,
did not constitute anew invention, and
that those who used them without Ii
.cense from Mr.. Whitney were infrin-
gers upon his rights, as patentee of the
original device. The assertion of our
contributor that Mr.. Whitney was not
the inventor of the saw giE, is there
fore hardly just to that ingenius and
gifted inventor, although full credit is
given him for the original invention.
The man who, subsequent to Whit
ney's invention, first employed saws,
did not invent a saw gin, he only in
vented "dodge" whereby he hoped to
be able to reap where Whitney had
sown.-EDS. S. A.
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JUNGLE TINS litti<<rch00lma' -
,iece for wee boys and gfrfytQ 49,
% acted rs well as recitcd.
III tell you how I speak u piecc:
First make my bow;
Then bring my words cut clear
And plain as know how
Next 1 throw my hands mp SO!
Then ltft my eyes
That's to let my hearers know
Something doth surprise.
Next grin, and show my teeth,
Nearly every one;
Shake my shoulders. hold my sides:
That's sign OF fun.
Next start, and knit my brow,
Held my head erect;
Something's wrong, You see, and
, Decidedly object.
Then v;abbIe at my knees,
Clutch at shadows near.
Tremble well from top to toe,
That'sthe sign of fear.
soon seowl and with leap
Seize an airy dagger.
WRETCH !n-I cry-that's tragedy,
Every soul to stagger.
Then let my voice grow faint,
Gasp and hold my breath;
Tumble down and plunge about:
That's viilain'sdeath.
Quickly then I come to life,
Perfectly restored;
With q bow my speech Is done.
Now you'll please applaud.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-02-11

At Nickburg, i'm Coosy county, Ala t,
few days since, a man proposed to
furnish quart of whisky TO a colored
man if he would drink the whole of it
at one time. The offer was accepted
and the whisky drunk, but he died in
about three minutes after he swallowed
the last of it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-02-11

A Chicago school teacher testified as
follows the other day: Witness I MI
had trouble with Maggie Lynn. On
one occasion the girl refused point
blank spell word, whereupon wit
ness, anticipating squabble, took the
precaution to remove her watcl, chain.
earrings and such other loose asttclrs as
might suffer in the 'muss,' and, when
her decks were cleared for action, she
told Maggie she would give her lust one
minute by the watch to spell the word.
She spelled it.n
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-02-11

-Four thousand Memphians want TO
he policemen.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-02-11
JACK WILLIAMS.

Jack Williams was one of the luckiest
of the Virginia City desperadoes. He
killed good many men. He was a
kind hearted man, and gave all his Gus
tom 10 a poor undertaken who was try
ing to get along. But by-and-b by some
body poked double blrreled shotgun
through a crack while Williams was
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-02-11

In conclusion | would say to all
young men; Marry your second wife
first, and keep out of debt by all
means, even if you have to borrow
to do it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-02-11

winch was cOnccaleQ DeDlnu u low
screen. Among other visitors we are
informed that OH the occasion of a Ger
tain militia muster i'm the neighborhOOd
The rustic battalion was permitted to file
through the house, while Whitney's gin
was i'm operation, and see the flakes OF
cotton thrown off by the brush, but
none were permitted to examine furth-
er. What different errand the grand
sons of those rustic militia men, filing
past the first cotton gin, were one day
to march upon
Women were permitted 10y Whitney
to euter his gin house, and examine
the machinery if they liked, as they
were not supposed to be capable of be-
traying the secret to builders-an opin-
ion for which modern females of the
strong minded school will no doubt
bear him grudge-and not altogether
without reason, perhaps, when we con.
slider the material assistance he received
from woman i'm perfecting his inven.
ton. This fact of the free admittance
of women, was taken advantage of by
Edward Lyon, "a smooth faced young
man. residing i'm the distant part of the
country, to gain admission to Whit
ney's establishment, disguised in fe-
male attire. He communicate I'd the
secret to his brother John, who imme
diately set to work and produced hi
improvement upon Whitney's inven
ton, in the shape of the modern saw
gin. The saws were made for him BY
Hlittle Billy McFerran," an Irish black
smith i'm Wilkes county, who dice
some 25 or 80 years ago. This was the
first saw gin ever made. The saw.
were first shaped in semiclrcles, ant
fastened round the cylinder in pairs, st
rs to form complete circles when fin
ished.
As early as 1897, a gin factory wa
established by man named McCl0ud
and all Whitney's suits against hln
We're unsuccessful. An old gentleman
who purchased a sawgin from McCiouc
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-09-10
THE BATTLE OF SEDAN! !!
EXIT NAPOLEONI
VIVE LA REPUBLIQUE!

NEW YORK, Sept, 4.-The Tri-
bune's special from London of the
3Oth inst. says: ''The Kings head
quarters were at Vendees near
Sedan on Friday. The battle be-
gun at 6 a. m, Sept. 1st.
The Prussian Corps were in
position west of Sedan having got
there by long forced marches to
cut off the retreat of the French
to Mezieres. South of Sedan was
the first Bavarian Corps and east
across the Meuse the second Bava-
rian Corps. The Saxons were in
the Northeast. I was with the
King all day on the hill above
the Meuse commanding a splendid
view Of the valley of the Meuse
and the field of battle.
After a tremendous battle, the
Prussians entered the Notifications
Of Sedan and the Emperor capitu-
lated at 500 p. m. His letter to
the King Of Prussia said, cas- I
cannot die at the head of my army,
lay my sword at the feet of your
majesty
Napoleon left. Sedan for the
Prussian headquarters at Vendces.
At ! o'clock on the morning OF
Septem Der I'd, McMahon's whole
ARMY, composing a hundred thou
sand prisoners, capitulated with
out condition.
Prussia had 100000 men en-
gagged, or in reserve, the French
10000. The Parisians are pre-
pairing for famine by expelling all
foreigners not possessed Of Inetns'
for tleir own support.
PARIS, Sept. 5.-Intense excite
ment prevails. The Corps Legis-
latif has voted 1s5 yeas, nays
none, in favor of a Republic. The
people are mad with excitement
and are rushing through the
streets shouting Vire la Republique!
The troops are singing "Mourif
Vou7- la Putrie." The scene is one
Of indescribable excitement. Ru-
lnors Of all kinds are in circulation
and it is impossible to ascertain
their foundation, but one senti-
ment seems to he paramount
Resistance to invasiOn!
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-09-10
RULES TO GOVERN CoMMITrBE.

RULES TO GOVERN COMMlTTbE.
/. Awarding committees for
each class to be not less than five
nor more than nine in number
They will be selected with great
care from various sections of the
cotton region.
2. If an awarding committee is
directly or indirectly interested in
the award Of a premium in the
class Of which he acted as a COM
mitteeman, it shall be tho duty of
the superintendent of the depart
ment to withhold the premium
until all the facts have been sub
mitted to the general committee.
3. No one shall act on an award
ing committee who is related to
any person competing for Il pre-
MUM.
4. All entries for cotton must
be made in the books Of the st.
Louis Agricultural and Mechani-
cal Association, by letter or other
October, 1870, directed to g. O.
Kalb, Secretary st. Louis Fair.
5. All cotton must be on the
st. Louis Fair Grounds on Or be-
fore Monday morning, October 8.
6. Cotton can only be entered
to compete in first class, but all
cotton can compete for the Sweep
stake Premium if SO entered.
Z. Exhibitors must state dis
tinctly for which class they desire
to compete, and give the name,
post-oftice, county and State Of the
producer.
8. Awarding committees will
meet at the st. Louis Fair Grounds
on Wednesday, October 5, for the
purpose of awarding the premiums
8. Each bale Of cotton must
weigh at least 400 pounds; bales
weighing less will not be accepted.
10. All subscribers will act as
receiving merchants.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-09-10

The mutterings Of the coming
storm which is to clear the politi-
cal skies in the South OF carpet
baggery and scalawaggery, begin
to be heard by the Republican
editors of penny-whistle papers
in the reconstructed" States.-
Look at this attempt to hide be-
hind the Southern people until the
elections are over:
eve trust our friends of the
press will keep the fact constantly
before them, that the entire South
is in danger of being lost to the
Republican party. it they persist
in their denunciation and abuse
of the Southern people, and i'll
urging extreme measures against
them, instead of adopting a broad
national line of policy from which
dead issues shall be discarded, and
liberal and brotherly sentiments
of forgetfulness and forgiveness
Of the past, in both sections, shall
be taug ght and acted upon, in the
true spirit of Christian charity"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-09-10
LFGNOSkI'S THREE
CELEBRATED REMEDIES !!

an 'nsernal Sol, Sna ssternaI nd
will cure the following diseases:
Bloody FluN and Diarrhea in ono day.
Headache and Earache in three minutes.
Tooth-ach in one-half minute.
Nsthm and ID Fiiss Pile instns relief
Colic and Cramp in four 'uinutes.
Rheumatism in one day.
sprsin- Wts II tT1Hs; ftSy 'r"nas"i nj nhs av
Pain in the back or side in ten minutes.
eSs Eewer and cbi AHYY Y in trs sns nin;,;,s Gay;
tb spTs il t tees a dnys e world
and H the only one known that viii hreaK Chill in
five minutes, and leave the person clesr of fever
You know not when you may be sick, and should
None genuine unlcss the nane of K. b. Lignoski
is found blown Oh the bottle.
y 1GNosK1's ELECTRIC L1N1MENr, FOR MAN
1 Se withdut d another ''''0 An" you Will
@ mh9 Is n iii from On . inans Of the
Rocky Mountains. 1t aiono possesses wonderful
az in the - ric a.i"im.e e"t, with some of the
nsnts nSSs known to the min produces the mos:
feet and elicacio9s remedy ever mad. known to the
from external dsesses 81 then g" tell them to call At
Lin inei,,,, and be cured.
IT CURES THE FOLLOWING DISEASES:
For Man. Infammatory Rhenmatsn Chronic and
Acute Ehenmatism ~ Bruises sprains Pains, Stiff;
scalds Ulcers and old Sores, Piles, Deafness and
Quincy Ague in the face or breast, White Swelling,
Sore or Inlamed Eyes, Paralysis Numb Palsy,
Erysipelas, Salt Rheum, Scald Head or Scrofulous
Sores. -
For Horsee-B;g Head or Big Jaw Poll Evil, Fis-
tula, Mango, Scratches R"ni@es, Sweeny, String
Halt; Ring Bone Windssli Saddle & or Collar Calls
Eyes, Founders.
None genuine unless the name OF 4. B. Lignosk1
is found blown the bottle
.N ROCKS SAIVE. It Cures-Tetter. Frysipelas.
SrJ Salt Rheum Scald Head, Itch, Ringworms, Ul-
GERS in the Ear, Pmplcs, Blotches, In1amcd Eyes,
Corns In1amnatory Rheumatism, Gout, Piles and
all Eruptions of the Skin.
All who have used this Salve that it is the
greatest remcdy over used. After trying one boz
Tou will always have it on hand.
Prepared and sold by
Ec.B ,LIGNo NoSIIIs
Druggist j d Chemist, Moneoc La
Junele lsie. nS3-1S
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Constitutional Amendments,

At the election in November,
certain proposed amendments to
the State Constitution will be pre-
sented to the people for their ap-
prevail. They are as follows:
Article.-That prior to the first
day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety, the
debt of the State shall not be SO
increased as to exceed twenty-five
millions Of dollars.
Article Fifty, of the Constitu-
ton, which reads as fOllOws:"thc
Governor shall be ineligible for
the succeeding four years after
the expiration of the time for which
he shall have been elected shall
be abrogatcd and stricken out of
the Constitution of the State.
time may have been acollector OF
taxes, whether State parish or
municipal intrusted with public
money, shall be eligible to the
General Assembly, Or to any office
of profit or trust under the State
Government, until he shall have
obtained discharge for the
amount Of such collections and for
all public moneys with which he
may have been intrusted.
Article Ninety-Nine Of the con-
stitutiOn to be so stricken out as
only to include the following
| persons: "No person shall hold any
office, or shall be permitted to
vote at any election, or to act as a
juror, who, in due course of law,
| shall have been convicted of trea-
son, perjury, forgery, or other
crime punishable by impIison-
ment in the pentcntiary, or W Tho
shall be under Introduction"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-09-10

That the Prussians are terribly
in earnest may be seen when SEN
timeuts like these come from u
semi-official sources
The time arrives when Germany
must be freed from French inter
ference and menaces, and have a
long period of unbroken peace
A mere change of dynasty in
France would not be sufficient to
insure this, for the next sovereign
would seek as soon as possible to
recover the lost military prestige
of France. We will only resign
our arms when we have been
guaranteed security against fresh
contest whenever it may suit the
political necessities Of u French
ruler to resume it.