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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10
MY moTHER,s GRAVE.
by GEORGE D. PRENTICE.

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by GEORGE D. PRENTICE.
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The trembling dew drops fall
Upon the shutting flowers; like souls al
rest. 1f R9 egT
The stars shine gloriously, and all,
Save me, is blest. 74~iiipl* NSt4o
My mother, I love thy gravel!
The violet, with its blossoms blue and
mild,
Waves Ger thy head-when shall it wave
Above thy child
IT'S bright flower, yet must
Its bright leaves to the coming tempest
bow;
Dear mother! tits thy emblem-dust
Is ON thy brow. ..r.. ~. -
And could love TO die,
To leave untasted life's dark bitter
streams;
BY thee, as erst in childhood, lie,
And share thy dreams.
And must l linger here,
To stain the plumage of my sinless
years,
And mourn the hopes to childhood dear,
With bitter tears.
Aye, must linger here,
A lonely branch upon blasted tree,
Whose last frail leaf, untimely sere,
Went down with thee.
Oft from life's withered bower,
In still communion with the past l turn,
And muse on thee, the only flower
In Memory's urn.
And when the evening pale /.
Bows like mourner on the dim blue
| stray to hear the night winds wall
Around thy grave
Where is thy spirit flown?
1 gaze above-thy look is imaged there;
[ listen, and thy gentle tone ri.
Is on the air.
Oh come, while now l press
p My brow uponthy grave-in those mild
And thrilling tones of tenderness,
Bless, bless thy child
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10
Great Physical Phenomenon.

q That celebrated physicist, DR.. Priestly,
while experimenting with electricity, cas-
ually luminated one of his fingers. so as to
make it perfectly transparent The curl
| Gus phenomenon was noted in his journal,
though it does not appear to have excited
any turtherinquiry. About two years ago,
under similar circumstances, the no less
celebrated philosopher, Dr. w b. Rich
ardson, of London, illuminated nearly the
whole of his hand This strange fact was
published in the London Lancet, and cop
led generally in all scientific journals
throughout the world.
Recently, DIR. Thomas Nicholson, of this
city. has pursued this wonderful fact still
further, and with considerable success
BY the aid of the powerful incandescent
light Of an oxhydrogen blow-pipe, or calci-
um light. and large magnifying lenses, he
has succeeded in completely illuminating
the whole hand. the body of frog, and
other substances From the successful
experiments already made, it would appear
that for illumination of the entire body it
is only necessary that the lights be suffi-
ciently vivid and the lenses sufficiently
powerful If the whole internal machin-
cry of the human system could thus be
brought directly under the inspection of
medical practitioners, the advantage to
science and humanity would be incalcula-
ble Every one will remember the semi
transparent appearance of the hand when
held between the eye and powerful light,
and if the vision be aided by artificial ap-
pliances, there is no difficulty in imagin-
ing an increase of our clairvoyant powers.
We may thus be enabled to discover struc-
tural and functional ailments which are
now wholly hi 1den from human sight, and
apply remedies with an exact knowledge
of what We desire to acconplish.-N. Q.
Times
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10
John Kits Must Stand Back.

There is 4 man living in the mountains
of North Carolina, not more than forty
miles from Greeneville. South Carolina.
says the Tarboro Coroliridu who has reach
ed the extraordinary age of one hundred
and forty-tlree years. At the time of
Braddock's defeat he was twenty years
old. aud had wife and three children.
gentleman at Greeneville states that
this man has come down to us from an
other generation. has always been i'm mod
crate circumstances, lived upon plain.
coarse, vegetable diet; that lie has never
drank any liquid but spring water, and
bids fair to live many years longer. He
enjoys perfect health, possesses all of Inan-
hoods attributes, and wants to marry
He has survived seven wives and having
lost his last one about sixty years ago, he
now begins to feel quite lonely. fe
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10
A Spicy Female.

A well known young lawyer few days
since obtained divorce for pretty and
wealthy client. He sent in a bill for
$1,000. The next day the lady called on
him and inquired if he was in earnest in
proposing to her.
Propose to you, madam, l didn't
propose to you," replied the astonished at
torney.
"Well, you asked for my fortune, and
| thought you would have the grace to
take me with it" was the calm reply.
The lawyer wilted. FE
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10
The Golden City wreck Mareh
Of Privations acress the Desert
of California.

SAN FRANCISCO. March 2.-The par
ticalars of the loss of the steamship Gold
en- City are as follows: The Golden City
| left this port on the 18th of February for
Panama, with about four hundred passen-
| gers for New York, and valuable cargo,
including cargo of teas received by the
China steamer, and heavy treasure list.
| On the morning of the 23d, about o'clock
| she went ashore near Point Lazaro. Low
er California, and about fifteen miles dis
tant from the Bay of Santa Maria. The
passengersa baggage, and treasure fwere
ilanded with but little difficulty. the sea
being smooth; but the locality is barren
and far from human habitations. A party
was sent Immediately to Point Eazaro to
erect signal and to keep lookout for
the steamship Colorado, which was about
due from Panama; and she was signalled
about noon of the oath.
1t was impossible for the steamer TO re-
ceive the sufferers on board at the scene
of the disaster, owing to the heavy surf
at that point, and they were compelled to
walk to Santa Maria Bay, overan utterly
barren waste. enduring great distress from
hunger and thirst. Several of the pas
sengers We're lost i'm the sand hills and
chaparral bushes, and had to be abandon
ed by the steamer. Only small quanti-
ty of provisions and water was saved from
the wreck, and it was fortunate that the
Colorado arrived SO soon, otherwise in
tense suffering must have resulted.
When the wreck commenced breaking
up and the cargo drifted ashore, some
casks containing liquor were broken open
by passengers, and drunkenness and dis
order ensued. Fearing bloodshed would
be the result iftEis order of things was not
interrupted, strong party of passengers
organized to destroy the liquor as fast Us
it came ashore. The passengers had no
confidence in Capt. Comstock. and paid
no attention to his orders. They held an in
dignation meeting on board the Colorado,
and passed resolutions to the effect that,
in their opinion, the wreck of the Golden
City was due to the ineapability or gross
caralessnesS of the commanding officer,
and that much unnecessary suffering on
shore was to be traced to the same source.
The passengers, with but few exceptions
reached here last night. The baggage and
the treasure were left on the beach under
proper guard.
The sufferings of the passengers of the
steamer Golden City, on the march from
:he scene of the disaster to Santa Maria
Bay to meet the steamer Colorado, are
described as terrible, There was no water
along the route, and they had but little
hard bread with them. Old men, and
women, and children walked for twenty
two hours, over the Rocky Mountains, and J
under a burning sun. alld on their arrival
aI tfieir destinaf7on were entirely prostra-
ted with fatigue.
The passengers brought back by the
Colorado have been besieglng the Compa-
ny's Office all day and clamoring for re-
turn of their money or reissuance of their |
tickets. and payment for loss OF their bag |
gage.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10
Legislative.
SENATE.


A bill requiring railroad companies to
adopt certain regulations at draw-bridges
was amended and passed.
A bill renewing interpretations of Ten
nessee, Western and Charleston Railroad
passed.
= A bill relieving railroad taxpayers of
Hawkins county passed.
The committee appointed to examine
into the official eondnct of the State Treas
urer, reported that after examination,
they are satisfied there Is no defalcation in
that Office as far as they have been able to
prosecute the enquiry. EVFl2hT
-E@r HOUSE. a-
A bill was introduced providing for the
more efficient administration of the estates
of deceased persons.
The bill asking appropriation for idiotic
families was amended by various members.
and then rejected.
Mr.. Steele reported bill for funding
the bonded State debt, which passed FIRST
reading recognizes the price of bonds
a. sod on the market, which is to be
.sscsrtainee by examining the books of
rsilrosd cotpanies - =
Mr. PERKS introduced bill regulating
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10
An Editor Shot In New YORK city.

/ Shortly after eleven O'Clock last night
Fourth street, near Broadway, was the
scene of anotherattempted assassination,
the cause of the attempt being shrouded
in considerable mystery. About the hour
| named Mr.. Patrick J. Meehan. editor OF
the hish american. was standing in front
| of Fenian headquarters, No. 10 Fourth
street, when someone approached him
| from behind and fired a pistol close to him,
right side of the neck. Mr.. Meehan, be-
fore he fell to the ground, looked round
| and at once recognized the man who fired
the shot as James keenan,, the Secretary
of-ffe Fenian brotherhood. Thei report
OF n pistol in such near propinquity to
broadway soon caused a large crowd to
gather, and as Mr.. Meehan lay upon the
sidewalk he informed the members thereof
that he had been shot by a man with red
whiskers, and also announced his name as
james Keenan,. No sooner had the shot
been fired than Keenan, took 20 his heels
and began running down Fourth street
towards Mercer street. Officer Strauss,
who heard the shot fired. gave chase to
him, and, with the assistance of fireman,
succeeded in capturing him. Mr.. Meehan
was taken into drug store in the neigh
borhood, where medical assistance was at
once procured. 1t was ascertained that
the wound is of a very serious nature, the
ball having taken an upward direction.
and it was found impossible to extract it
from the wound. Mr.. Meehan. while in
the drug store, although in n very excited
condition, again assured that his would be
assassin was the man James keenan,
Officer Strauss. after obtaining the assis-
tance of officer Dunn. took his prisonerto
the Fifteenth ward station house, and on
the way thther the former took from Kee-
mans inside coat pocket tive-barrelled
Colts revolver. with two barrels empty.
one of which had evidently been but re-
Gently discharged. At the station house
Keenan, denied ever hayi ing fired shot at
all. He stated that he, had no trouble
whatever with Meehan and was not pres
ent when the shooting took place, but was
arrested as he was taking ..run around
the block" He further states that he rad
not spoken to Aleehan all night and there
fore could have had no quarrel with him.
He explains the two empty barrels by
stating that he discharged one in Fenian
night before last, and the
otherat the corner of Mercer and Fourth
streets, last night. Alr. Keenan claims to
be secretary of the Brotherhood mt the
present time, and it is said that jealousy
has for some little time past existed be-
tween him and Meehan ~
After Mr.. Meehan's wounds had been
dressed he was removed to the house of
Edward l.. Carey, at No. A Pike street.
His residence is in Hudson: City, where he
has a wife apd family. keenan, resides AT
No. lo.Sv<,st iIs-...ssff and Has only
beeilsfn this country about six months.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10
A Smile.

A nice young woman called upon n
clergyman one llay. and told him that her
husband was unkind to hef. that he pas
sed nearly all his leisur. hours a"7ay
from home and that, in SHIRT, his conduct
twas rendering her miserable. Il thought
sir" said she.''as you area good and wise
man, perhaps You wouls advise me, what
=. Your. complaint. is tot an uncommon
bne, my good woman said the pastor.
: eaud think it is wilIh the reach of sim
hle remedy ..Oh. Ia it to me. and will
: Hess you.' said til poor woman The
: fastor tool. her had kindly, and looking
, bto her face, saiiimpressively: d!'AI-
; laws meet your huEind with a smila."
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10
Golden Rules for the Green.

Should you be talking to thin, elder
ly, unmarried lady, you need not describe
the party alluded to as " "scraggy old
maid. s
If you require person to become Sc
curity for you, don't ask the man who
promised he would do anything for you
when he knew you didn't want anything
done
If you happen to know any author.
don't own it !; one half the world won't be-
lieve you. and the other half won't think
much of it if they do.
Don't say you never take suppers, ex-
cepting where you know they never give
any.
If you don't know what everybody else
knows you had better hold your tongue
and if you know something that every
body else knows, you had better hold your
tongue too. @
If you happen to say something in So
ciety which causes painful sensation, you
had better 60 out to walk for FIVE min
utes.
If you intend to do good thing don't
change your mind and if you possess a SIS
note don't change that
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10

If it were better known how much in
huence the letters of true and virtuous
woman have upon young man when away
from home. mothers would write oftener
to their sons, sisters to their brothers and
sweethearts to their lovers. The good that
earnest loving letters do is not to be esti-
mated. Many man who left the paren-
tai roof in early life to do battle with the
world can look back and say, my moth-
er's letters saved me from the path that
leads to death eternal" > And even, il
Mot on. the road to rnin. those tender.
''womanly letters encourage us of the stern
er sex to renew our efforts. nor become
discouraged because the way seems dark
before US.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10

A clergyman observing poor man in
the road breaking stones with pickaxe.
and kneeling to get at his work better,
made the remark: 'Ah, John, / wish /
could break the stony hearts of my hear
ers as easily as you are breaking those
stones" The man replied, Perhaps,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10

Since the story has been told of how
Judge Breckenridge married girl whom
he saw jump over rail fence with pail
on her head, the girls in Orange county
New York. are said to spend their time
in watching the road land whenever they
see a carriage approaching with man in
it, they seize thoir pals and go for fence
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10

AN Irish woman. who had kept little
grocery store, was brought to her death
bed. and was on the point of breathing her
last, when she called her husband to her
bedside. (" ~ - ~ 5H7ss
Jenny, she family said, there's Mish-
tress Mulleney, she owes me six shillings.
(. Och exclaimed her husband. Biddy
darlint yer sinsible to the last
Yes, Jenny !; and there's Misdtress Me-
Graw, / owe her one dollar. lss
Och, be jabers, and ye're as foolish as
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10

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AN old maid of reputed wealth married
her coachman, who knew more about
horses than. he did about grammar, and
she was in the habit of correcting his gram
matieal mistakes. One nighthe came home
rather late bringing with him an over
amount of jug juice as Dan Bryant
calls ii, and arriving at the front door, he
made quite racket in his demands for en-
trance.
The ex-maid opened an upper window
and asked:-Whose there?
It's sme. said the inebriated companion of
trotting stock
It's !, darling. corrected his partner of
joy. se .r.f 5i.-,-. ---s-S-. u. z
It's You, is it? Well. things have come to
pretty pass. when don't know myself,
retorted Coachy; and shortly afterward
he received a lesson in the parts ofspeech.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10

!
1t is said that in the tombs of the Ne
cropolis ofancient Egypt two kinds of num-
mics have been found One is incom-
plete-that is to say, all organs necessary
for life have been separated from them /;
the other on the contrary, is quite COM
plete. Having observed this, Swedish
chemist, Dr. Grusselbach, who has the
reputatun of being both great and learn
ed, professor at the University of Upsal.
has come to the conclusion that the Egyp-
tian mummies are not all, as has been said
and believed for some thousands of years,
bodies empalmed by any process of pre-
servation whatever. but that they are
really the bodies of individuals whose life
has been momentarily suspended, with
the intention of restoring them at some
future time, only the secret of preserva-
ton has not been lost. Meanwhile. Prof,
Grusselbach adduces many proofs in sup
port of his idea: among others his expert
ments during the last ten years, which he
says have always proved successful. He
took a snake and treated it in such man.
ner as to benumb it as though it had been
carved in marble and it usas so brittle that
nau ne allowed it to fall it would have
broken into fragments. Ia this state he
kept it for several years. and then restored
it to life by sprinkling it with stimulating
fluid. the composition of which is a secret.
For fifteen years the snake has been un-
dergoing an existence composed of sue
cessive deaths and resurrections. apparent
ly without sustaining harm. The profes-
ser isTeported to have sent a petition to
his government requesting that criminal
who has been condemned to death may be |
given to him to be treated In the same
manner as the snake. promising to restore
him to life in two years. 1t is under |
stood that the man who undergoes this
experiment is to be pardoned. !
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10

An urchin of 3r seven years went
into barber shd Racine, Wis, and
ordered the bartb cut his hair as close
as shears would He was asked if
his mother ordeit that way. f"No,"
said he, "but scitemmences next week,
and we've got abol marin that pulls
hair, and am d to fix her this term
you bet."
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10
re CIcanse RIanEe1.

y Put two tablespoonfuls of borax and a
pint bowl of soft, soap into a tub of cold
water. When dissolved. put in pair of
blankets and let them remain over night
Next day rub them out, and rinse thor
ougLly IN two waters and hang them up to
dry. D. hss wiring them. Z = ,SaiEiaa si
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10

There was ''snow-balling riot" on the
Liverpool Exchange the other day. The
police subdued the mercantile rioters and
fined them from one dollar to ten, accord
ing to their social position" y
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10

East Tennessee farmers state that tho
late severe freeze killed the peaches ir the
bud.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10

Mrs. Peggy Jarvis, 81 years of age. was
burned to death at her house, near Sparta
Tennessee, on Saturday, her clothes having
caught fire. eg
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10

SALT LAKE Gle Fep. 1S.--Last night
sme soldiers fromamp Douglas. while
Il this city. beat N indian boy. The boy
iiformed the polihen. who dispatched
abartv to arrest soldiers, taking no
aims with them. le soldiers fired on the
pdice. but did injury. The police
w,nt back to theiuarters for a ms, aud
on returning CARED the soldiers. but
nd until a poll pan had been shot
Though the coat pants. The soldiers
wtse brought up trial this. morning.
but on request a tponement was gran
ted until to mof. $50 .fh -
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10

The internal revenue receipts Of tho
New Orleans District, for February. are
over $500, 900. The receipts Monday were
over $500. 600. - - e + .sfsT
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10

John Bradshaw, aged II, son of Mr..
John w. Bradshaw, of Lynchburg. ac-
cidentally shot himself on Saturday last,
and died almost Instantly.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10

An English company proposes to wake
up the japanese by laying three hundred
miles of railroad sleepers. .1.t.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10

While the atities of two towns in
Maine were dis,g which should sup
port pauper q, threeof the children
belonging 70 il sed 70 DEATH User
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10

The zinc works at Messy Creek are now
in fall operation, and are 1oing success.
full business. g.-..'t t--.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10

The internal revenue collected in Ten
nessee for 1869, amounted to 81 ,304, ,774
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10

A paper in Indianapolis. Indiana, pro-.
poses that hereafter, instead of saving .1et
us sing the Doxology. 1.-THE minister shall
say let Us put son Overcoats, adjust our.
furs: slip gloves. grab our hate look 70 the
Lore snd b dismissed" d s.Ec-59M Z
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10

A gallon of milk weighs eight and
half pounds.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1870-03-10
FROM NASHVILLE.

Ter, the Herald and Tribune.l 1a
STATE CAPITAL,
NJ .srryrrrr Eah Ok 1871
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-19

is in the right: and forced in the conflict
as she has been, is constantly gaining
ground. Even the moral support nations
have must not be under estimated, since it
usually rises by degrees at last to be of ma
terial value. 1t is by no means a settled
matter that Germany will stand alone in
this struggle.
The Preachers ON tI,e Wharf.-The Ger
mans Moving. ffa
New York, July 17.-Several preachers
to-day referred to the European war.
Beecher reviewed the wars of the present
century; he complimented England. and
expressed his sympathy for Prussia in the
present war, but said it was war of des-
pots for no principle of right or Justice.
he called upon the United States to stand
pacific observer of the conflict.
The Germans of Newark, at a mass meet
ing to-day, pledged their support to Prussia
with money, and, if necessary, with men.
A resolution was passed calling for Especial
session of Congress to form defensive and
offensive alliance between Germany and
America. The resolution will be forwarded
to Gen. Grant and the Prussian govern
ment.
German Volunteers.
NEW YORK, July ia large nunaber1of
Germans lately arrived in this country, and
who not being citizens are liable to mill
tary duty in their own country, have called
at the Office of the Prussian Consul and
expressed g willingness to return.
Bismarck has been telegraphed to by the
agents ofthe Hamburg and American Steam
ship Company, who announce that they
will dispatch the steamer Silesia to-mor-
row at the hour. The Silesia will touch at
some point in Ireland or Great Britain.