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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-03-10
One OF the UnfOrtunates.

A hOosier, an awful ugly man, relat-
ing his travels in Missouri, said that he
arrived datChickenville in the afternoon
and lust a few days afore thar had beer
boat busted, and a heap of people
scaIded and killed, one way and an
other. $50 at last, as went into O
grocery, a squad of people followed me
in, and one flowed, sez he, It's one o.
the unfortunate sufferers by the Dustin
of the Franklin and upon that he
axed me to drink with him, and as
had my tumbler half ways up to my
mouth, he stopped me of . sudden.
"I beg your pardon, stranger, but
says he.
"'But what?' says /.
"Just fix your mouth that way
again. y says he. G1 es
"I done ii, just like 1 was gwine to
drink, and I'll be hanged if l didn't
think the whole on 'em would go into
fits! They yelled and whooped like
gang of wolves. Finally one of 'em seZ
Don't make fun of the unfortunate
he's hardly got over bein' bowed ~
yet Let's make up pus, for him.
Then they all throwed in, and made W
five dollars. AS the spokesman handed
me the change, he aXed me
"'Whar did you fiud yourself aftel
the explosion?
"In a fiat-boat,' SCI l.
"'How far from the Franklin . SCI
he.
"Wby,' seq /, 'I never seen her; bu
as nigh as / can guess, it must have
been, from what they tell me, nigh OIL
to three hundred and seyenty-tivt
miles y You aughter seen that gang
scatter"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-03-10

Wall, no! ] can't tell what he lieves,
Because he don't live you see;
Leastways, he's got out of the habit
OF livin' like you and me.
Whar have you been TO. the last three year
That you haven't heard folks tell
How Jimmy Bludso passed in his checks,
The night of the Prairie Belle:
He warn't no saint-them engineers
Is all pretty much alike
One wife In Matches under the Hill
And another one here in Pike,
4 keerless man in his talk was Jim,
And an awkward man in a row
But he never hunked, and he never lied,
reckon he never known how.
And this was all the religion he had
To treat his engine well;
Never be passed on the river;
TO mind the pilot bell;
And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire
A thousand times he Swore,
He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank
Till the last sonl got ashore;
All boats has their day on the Mississip,
And her day come at last
The Movaster was better boat,
But the Belle she wouldn't be passed,
And so she come tearin' along that night
The oldest craft on the line,
With Niger squat on her safety valve,
And her furnace cranmed, with rosln
and pine.
And burnt a hole in tic night,
And quick as flash he turned and made
For the willer-bank on the right,
There was running and cursing, but Jim
yelled out
over all the Internal roar,
"Ill hold her nozzle agin the bank
TIL the last galoot's ashore"
Through the hot black breath of the burn
ing boat
Jim Bludso's voice was heard,
And they all had trust in his cuSSedneSS,
And knowed he would keep his word,
And sure's your born, they all got off
Afore the smokestack fell
And Bludso's ghost went up alone
In the smoke of Prairie Belle.
He wern't no saint-but at Judgment
I'd run my chance with Jim,
Tongside of some pious gentleman
That wouldn't shake hands with him,
He seen his duty, a dead sure thing
And went for IL thar and then;
And Christ amt agoin' 10 be too hard
ON "a man that died for men.
[JoUN HAY, IN NEW YORK TRIBUNE
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TOOmbs on Greeley.

Some of the good people of Ohio
recently invited Mr.. TOombs to attend
a celebration of the birthday of Hon.
Horace Greeley. Mr.. Toombs replied
as follows:
AUGUSTA, Ga, Jan. %, 1S7l-Gea-
tIemen: L have received your letter
inviting me to participate i'm the cele-
bration of the sixtieth birthday of the
Hon. Horace Greeley, and but for a
pledge that | am under not to cross
Mason and Dixon's line, until / can
"call the roll of my slaves at the base
OF Bunker Hill Monument, | should
be with you on an occasion which
awakens some pleasant and MANY Bit
ter memories.
Georgia, you will remember, went
quite reluctantly out of the Union. I
was enabled to rush the ordinance of
secession through the Legislature by
reading in the House the editorials,of
the New York Tribune, uyholding
the right Ofthe Southern States to sci
up government for them selves. and
denying the right of the Federal Gov
ernment TO keep us lin the Union by
coercion. For this timely service. /
then cherished a warm feeling of graf
itude toward Mr.. Greeley; but a
change has come ever the spirit of
my dream" All things considered.
taking Georgia out of the Union was
one Of the worst days work l ever
did.
Instead Of our slave roll-call. things
have turned out end for end, and now
slaves call the roll for their former
masters. The negro has been elevated
not only to personal equality, but
has actually become the representa-
tive OF white men. do not, however.
refer to this painful and mortifving
reverse in the fortunes of the South
by way OF reproof Or complaint. Mr..
Greeley, in advocating the right of se-
ceSsion, ''meant WELL" though it was
IA great mistake;;" and while cannot
forget that | was cruelty misled, L can
lay my hand upon Emy heart and
cheerfully say that 1 forgive him.
Very truly yours,
ROBERT TOoMBs.
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III Dare NOt.n

A group of boys stood OH the walk
before fine large drugstore, pelting
each other with snow-balls. In an un.
lucky moment the youngest sent his
spinning through the frosty air against
the large plate glass of the druggists
window. The crash terrified them all
but none so much rs the little fellow
who now stood pale and trembling,
with startled eyes, gazing at the mis-
chief he had wrought.
Wont old Kendrick he mad..r Run
Ned. we won't tell. Run, quick!p
II can't" he gasped.
run, / tell you. he's coming, Cow
ard! Why don't you run? L guess he
wouldn't catch meri
mo; l can't run,u he faItered.
Little fool! he'll be caught, Not
spunk enough to run away. Well,
I've done all can for him. muttered
the elder boy.
The door opened; an angry face ap-
peared.
"Who did this" came in fierce tones
from the owners lips. 'sWho did this
Isay?" he shouted. No one answered.
The trembling, shrinking boy drew
Lear. The little, delicate-looking cul-
prlt faced the angry man and in tones
of truth replied:
III did it, SIR"
And you dare tell me Of it?''
~ dare not deny it, sir; dare not
tell lie."
The reply was unexpected. The
stern man passed; he saw the pale
cheek, the frightened eyes wherein the
soul of truth and true courage shone.
and his heart was touched.
Come here, sir. What's your
name?"
edward Howe, sir, oh, what can
90 TO pay you? Pll do aDything?p-
his eyes filled with tears-'only don't
make my mother pay it, si.!"
"Will you shovel my walk when the
next SNOW falls?r
Ned's face was radiant as he an
swered; "All winter, sir. I'll do il eve
ry time, and more too, sir. Pll doany-
thing"
"Welk that's enough; and do YOU
kn1w why l let you off so easy. Well,
It's because you're not afraid to tell the
truth. l like a boy that tells the truth
always. When the next snow falls be
sure you come to me-"
81 will, SIR"
"WeH all help him. shouted the
others, and as they turned away, three
hearty cheers rose for Mr.. Kendrick
and three more for the boy that dared
not run Child at Home.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-03-10

The lady correspondents of the press
in Washington are becoming an es-
tablished and important ntinstitution and
very well paid one too. Mrs. Mary
Clemmer Ames, for example, who
writes so cleverly for the independent
and Brooklyn Union, is paid a salary
of $1,000 per annum, which is more,
we suspect, than is paid to any man
correspondent or writer in Washing.
ton. Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofiord /
paid for correspondence $1,000 a yeaI
and writes articles for par ers and mag
azines besides. Miss Snead ("Miss
Grundy" sends very pleasant and
racy letters to the World for 81 300 a
year, and writes to the Springfield
Republican, Louisville Journal, and
Baltimore Saturday Night, for which
she is paid large sums of gold. Mrs.
"Grace Greenwood Lippincott, has
written considerably this winter for
the Tribune, for which, of course, she
obtains her own price. Mrs. Maria A.
Stetson, OF Boston, sends lively letters
to the Boston Watchman aud RefIec-
tor, and to some paper printed in ma
ny millions out West-kansas or some
such country as that. Another clever
and very industrious correspondent is
"Olivia" Mrs. Briggs, of the Phila-
delphia Press. Her letters are among
the best sent from the capital. Proba-
bly, one reason why these lady cores
poiEdents are so well compensated is,
that aside from their ability, they at
tend Wy closely to their duties, DO
not peryatia Dlaces where mich BOur-
bon, late nights, and.cigars are CONSUME
ed, and do not indulge in sinful
games"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-03-10

Having seen in the papers that
frauds are being perpetrated in some
quarters by persons protesting to at
for the b nefit of the fund which it is
proposed eto raise for. monument to
Gem Lee I'dcsm II proper to state,
that The a ssociat;on organized for the
erection o a monument at Richmond,
N, has declined to have any connec-
u whatever with any scheme for
rang money by exhibitions, lotter-
ieigift enterprises, the sale of por-
. ira, or by any speculat-,ons of any
Character, it being the purpose of said
associstion to<depend entirely upon
the voluntary contributios.E- of indi-
viduals directly to the propo sed fund,
IN their respective names. Nor haye
any travelling agents been appointed
to act for the association in any part
of the country. The public is, there
fore, cautioned, against any person
protesting TO sact for said assoc1ation
in any of the modes specified above.
The plan contemplated by the associ-
alton for raising funds, is through the
agency Of responsible and known local
agents in each one Of the counties OF
this State. and of the several States in
which auxiliary associations are, or
may be. organized. Some delay has
taken place i'm the appointment of
county agents i'm this State, on account |
ofthe difficulty of getting the names
of proper persons in some of the cOun-
ties. but they will be appointed either |
by the association or By county asso-
Citations formed under the auspices of
prominent and respectable persons,
and all such associations as have al
ready been formed, or which hereafter
may lie formed, will be recognized as 1
suitable agencies of the main associa-
tion; and the formation of such in all |
the counties is recommended. In
other States than Virginia, the details
of operations will be left to the auxil-
iary associations in those States but
it is recommended to them to adopt
the plan above mentioned, and to alb
stain from all specializing schemes.
All funds raised can be forwarded
to Colonel VIM. III. Palmer, of Rich
mond. who is treasurer of the associ-
alton. The association having been
incorporated by an act of the Virginia
Legislature, abundant precaution will
be taken to provide for the safety and
due appropriation of the fund that
that may be raised.
| speak only for the Monumental
Association proper, but deem it not
Inappropriate to state here, that there
is no conflict between the objects of
this association and that organized at
Lexington for the purpose of suitably
adorning and commemorating the
present tomb of Gen. Lee, nor of the
ladies of the Hollywood Memorial
Association, in providing a final rest
ing-place for his remains among those
of the soldiers who fell under him.
The scheme Of this association for
erecting grand monument at Rich
mond, the capital of the Confederate
States, can he carried out in entire
harmony with the other two schemes,
and it is a very mistaken idea that
there is any antagonism between them.
We will have no disreputablc squab-
bic over the remains of our beloved
chief.
All Southern papers are requested
10 publish this card.
j. A. EARLY,
Pres't Lee Mon. Association.
Iynchburg, Va, Feb. IL, ISL.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-03-10

"The consumption on the Continent for 1870.
and the stocks on the Continent at the end of
the year, are not the actual figures, as they have
not been received, but are computed from par
tial data and Liverpool estimates.
Ii from low prices, or other reason,
100000 bales of the above accessible
supply remains back in the producing
countries, the stock in Europe at the
end of the year will still be 100000
bales, to be further increased by what
ever the consumption shall fall short
of the large quantities assumed for it
above.
The pressure of l,S0O,OOO bales, or
even at the lowest estimate, l,2O0OOO
bales OIL the European market at the
end of the year, must inevitably keep
down the price for another year to
come. But will
LARGE CROPS AND Low PRICES
have the effect of reducing the pro-
duction and thus give the market a
chance to rally? The writer answers
the question thus: sla
"If SO, it will be contrary to the ex-
perience of past years. Tho crop OF
iS5O-5l was 2,45i, Az bales, the larg-
est ever produced up to that date ex-
cept the crop of 1853. In 1S5l-52
it was 3,l26,3l0 bales; lin 1928,
34l6,2l4 bales. Under the sudden
increase Of supply from these two
large crops in succession, prices broke
down to 5SSd. for Middling Uplands
in Liverpool, aud for four years the
average price in any one year did not
wise above sgd, although the four
crops next following 1928 were
3,O75, 900, 29S3,5OO, 1866, 600 and 81
O9I,OOO. The extent of the crops in
old times was determined mainly by
the character of the seasons, and very
little if at all by the prices. The lower
| the price, the moro must be produced.
Then there was no other employment
for labor readily available. To a
great extent 1t is SO How among the
iaboring people of the cotton growing
| States"
On the suggestion that planters
| should
HOLD BACK PORTION OF THE PRES
| ENT CROP,
| in the hope Of better prices, the fol-
lowing views are presented against
that policy:
"If planters should, by general con-
sent, withhold until next season, say
one million bales, and the fact be-
comes known, doubtless the cotton
4 going forward would command better
prices; yet not much, for the exist
ence of the million bales being known,
it matters little to the European spin
ners whether the cotton be in their
ports or on the plantation. except as
the latter would relieve the markets
of the additional pressure which
would he felt If all went forward. The
owners of the two millions Of bales of
! American cotton which planters have
sold, and the owners of the cotton of
all other countries would get some
advantage. But the American plant
ers who are invited to give others
that advantage should see some ben
eft to themselves before conscnting
to the sacrifice. To store up one
million bales of cotton, to be added TO
the weight of another crop, in the
season Of 1S7l-72. even though that
be small one, would be to doom tho
whole to low prices most cffsctuaily
If the Withholding sustained prices,
it would in so far check the increase
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-03-10

Mr.. Golden, an, boldachelor editor thu
in his spite comments on recent moon
light incident: 1--WE left our sanctum Al
midnight last night, and on our way
home we saw lady and gentleman
holding n gate on its hinges. They were
evidently indignant at being out so late,
and we saw them bite each other several
times"
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Josh Billings Papers.
REMNANTS.

Customs are like grease-they make
emmy thing slip easy.
There is sum things that kant be
counterfitted "a blush is one ov
them.
Goodness liz jist az mutch of a stud
dy az mathumaticks liz.
If a man expekts tew be very vir'
tewous he mustn't mix too mulch with
the world, nor too mutch with himself
neither.
There liz more deviltry in the world
than there IL ignorance.
People who acktually deserve tew
liv their lives over agin are the very
ones who don't want to do il.
The richest man ov all iz he who
haz got but little, but haz got all he
wants.
Natur makes all the noblemen-
wealth, eduksshun, nor pedigree,
never made one yet.
When a man duz me a favour | al
wus try tew remember it, and when
be duz ne an injury, L alwus try tcw
forget it--if don't ought to.
If man IL honest he may not alwus
be i'm the right, but he kan never be in
the wrong.
Crate takers are generally CRATE
liars, for them who talk so much must
sooner or later run out Ov the truth,
and tell what they don't kno.
| don't believe thare liz emmy sich
thing az a perfektly good man, or Il
perfektiy bad man.
| kno ov emmy quantity ov people
whose virtLws are at the mercy oy
other folks, who are good simply fol
the reputashun ov it, who haven't got
emmy more real appetite tew theil
conscience than klam haz.
l have studdyed mi own karakter
and mi own impulses for SO years
clussly, and kant tell to-day Ito save
be0 whether | am an honest and
trew man or Motif thare IL emmy
body who knows about this matter
wish they would address me letter
enclosing me postage blister.
There IL no sekts, nor religious dis
putes amung the heathen; they all oy
them cook missionary the same way
Tharc liz lots ov folks who eXpeki
tew eskape hell jist bekause the crowd
il SO crate that are going there.
Every man makes hiz own pedigree
and the best pedigree IL clear con.
science.
To be a gentleman-git ritch and
| keep hoss and buggy.
Nirtcw in poor man is looked up
on as Jewel in tud's nose.
The man who liz tyrant in hi.
household liz an abject cuss among
his equals.
After man IL fairly born the mex
CRATE blessing liz square deth.
VIrtew liz like strength, no man cal
tell how mutch he has got Ov it till h'
Gums akrost sumthing he kant lift.
have cum tew the konklusion tha
what every boldly praizes wants clus
watching.
Thare is nothing the wurld will pa!
so mulch for az fust rate nonsense, ant
there IL nothing in the market 81
skasc.
Thare IL menny folks who are lik
mules, the only way to their aficck
shuns is through the kindness of
klub.
Thare aint but phew people VIII
know how to Civ gifts, and the mum
ter who know how TO receive them
less.
The strongest propensity in woman
nature IL to want to know "uhdt
gotHg on" and the next strongest,
tcw boss the job.
Skorn not the day ov little thingi
for thare liz no man in this world S
, CRATE but what sum one kan do him
favor, or an injury.
Thare liz one witness that never
guilty oy perjury, and that IL col
science.
Thare il sich thing as being te'
auick-i am ov that kind miself; j a
wus miss ra.e rode train by bein
thare a Ian our too soon.
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gpetry.
CLING TO THOSE WHO CLING TO
YOT,

There are many friends of summer
Who are kind while flowers bloom,
But when winter chills the blossom,
They depart with the perfume,
on the broad highway Of action,
Friends of worth are far and few;
So when one has proved the friendship
Cling to him who clings to you.
DO not harshly judge you neighbor,
Do not deem his life untrue,
II he make no great pretensions-
Deeds are great, but word are few,
Those who stand among the tempest,
Firm as when the skies are blue,
Will be friends while life endureth-
Cling to those who cling to you,
When you see q worthy brother
Buffeting the stormy main,
Lend a helping hand fraternal,
Till he reach the shore again,
Don't desert the old and true friend
When misfortunes come in view;
For he needs friendships comforts
Cling to those who cling TO YOU.
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Once in a long while the name of

Once in long while the name Of
Aaron Burr comes to the surface. 1t
was his dying wish that he might when
dead, lie at the feet of his father Aaron
Burr, and of his grandfather, Jonathan
Edwards. His wish was granted, and
a place was made for him in the col
lege division of the burying- ground at
Princeton. For anumber of years his
grave was visited by hundreds of trav-
elers, yet there was nothing to mark
it. No one of all the friends of Burr,
was left who cared to mark the grave
until one nj ght in 1856, unknown to
any one, plain marble slab with the
name Of Aaron Burr, upon it was plac-
ed at the head of his grave. This is
the foundation for the finale of Harriet
Beecher Stoves novel of 'The Min
ister's Wooing." So great was the in
terest in this one grave that in 1850
nearly one-half of the grave stone had
been Clipped offby visitors and carried
away. The students took up 3 sub.
scription, and caused the erection of a
wire cage about the stone, which has
thus been preserved in its broken con-
dition. 1t b now known that it was
by a womans thoughtiulness and re-
gard for the deceased that the stone
was erected.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-03-10

The Bank of California has pur-
chased tie Little Emma silver mine.
in Utah Territory, for the sum of ST.
5o0OOO, from family named Chis-
holm, at Elgia. Two years ago they
were In poor eircumstances-one of
them was a printer, who had left his
case in the Chicago Evening Post onl,
three months ago.
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gaatt's gfpast'usut.
wHrcnsmAI.L 1T DE.


A rich man who had. no children Prcpessd
me of them, and promised IL the parents would
consent, that be would give them property
nough to make themselves and their other six
hiIdrcn comfortable for life.
Which shall IL be? Which shall IL be?
looked az John7John looked ut me.
And when found that must speak,
Ny voice seemed strangely low and weak.
Tell me asain what Robert said, !"
And then Ilisteni ing bent my head
This is his letter.
..I will give
IL in return from out you seven.
Une child 10 me for aye Is given.r
looked at johns old garments worn;
ufpoyerty, and work and care.
winch though willing. could not share;
| thought efseven young mouths 10 feed.
of seven little ehildren's need,
Aud then OF this.
..w.,,,., Come John. ,, said 1.
c u choose among them as they lie
hslcep, So, walking hand in hand.
Dear John and 4 surveyed our band:
first to t1e cradle lightly stepped.
w here Lillian, the baby slept.
Softiy the father stopped to Law.
lis rough hand down in loving way
When dresm or whisper made her STIR
And huskiiy he said: .Not hert,
We stopped beside the trundIe he'll
And one long ray of iamplight she'd
Athwart the boyish faces there.
In sleep so beautiful and fair,
saw on james rough red cheek.
tear undried. Ere John could Spe,k
HE bnta baby, too" said /,
And kissed him a, we hurried bV.
Pale, patient Robbie's angel face
sui IN his sleep bore sufering's trace.
No for thousands crowns not him"
lie whispered, while eur ewes we're dim,
Poor Dick! hard Dick our wayward son
turbulent, estless idle one
Gould he oe spared Nay, he who ?. =.
Bade Us befricnd him to the grave,
nniy a mothers heart could be
Patient enough for such as he;
And So said John, would not tIsre
TO take him from her bedside prayer.
Then stole We softly mn above
and knclt by Mary child of love
Perhaps for her 'twould better b. =
said to John. Quiet silently
He lifted up curl that lay
Across her cheek in wilful way
And shookher head. Nay, love, not the~.,
The whilemy heart beat aadibly.
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A Tennessee temperance lecturer de-
nouroe2 rumsellers as worse than muir
derers. He had subsequent interview
with the urbane and genial hotel keep
er, and wears his left eye in a sling.