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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28
PASSING AWAY.
BY MRS. BIRMINGHAM.

The glOries Of Summer are passing away
Already its roses begin to decay;
The leaves on the trees have lighter green
And a change appears ia each sylvan scene
The morning sun later awakcns the rills,
And the mists rest longer upon the hills;
The wind hath a ssdder and deeper sound
A. il it, mighty wings were bound;
And it pined for the blossoms that were 80
gay,
Bat whose glorie- from earth are passing
d'S0y!
We missed not the gentle departure Of
Spring,
For the birds were aloof on deyyy wing,
And their music was heard 30 wild and
gay,
As they hailed the glorious god Of day
The wreaths Of May, and the violcts blue,
Looked brighter when dccked with the
drops or dew;
The apple and cherry put forth ther leaves,
And the swallow was building beneath the
caves,
All Nature was looking so fresh and fair
That wdmissed not the first born ofthe year!
But Summer, sweet Summer, when thou
shalt flee,
The blossoms and flowers will vanish with
thee;
Then, bounteous Autumn shall reign for
awhile,
Till tyrant Winter shall blight thy smile.
just such is life. In our childhOods hours
We heed not the thorns as we Gull the
flowers,
All, then is sunlight, and golden dreams,
And only the future mere beauteous seems,
Where pleasure, and beauty, and love, hold
their sway,
Till we find, one Jy one, they are passing
dl1Gy.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28
OF SHORT RULES.

Attend well to your business.
Be punctual in your payments.
Consider well before you promise
Dare TO do right.
Envy no man.
Faithfully perform your duty.
Go not in the path of vice.
Have respect for your character.
Know thyselt.
Lie not, for any consideration.
Make few acquaintance.
Never profess what you do not practice.
Occupy your time in usefulness.
Postpone nothing that you can do now.
Quarrel not with your neighbOr.
Recompense every man for his labor.
Save something against day Of trouble.
Treat everybody with kindness.
Use yourself TO moderation.
Vinify no persons reputation.
Watchfully guard against idlcres>.
Xsmine your conduct daily.
Yield 10 superior judgment.
ZeaIously pursue the right path.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28
THE CITY OF THE JASPEs
WALL.

The city Of the jasper wall,
And Of the pearly gate.
fur thee amid the storms Of lie,
our weary spirits wait.
We long to walk the streets Of gold
No mortal feet have trOd;
We long to worship at the shrine,
The temple Of our God.
. home Of bliss, o land Of light,
Where iallcth neither shade nor blight
or every land the brightest, best
when shall we there find peace and rest
. city where they need no light
Of sun. or moon, or star,
Could we with the eye Of faith but so
How bright thy mansions are,
How soon cur doubts would fee away
How strong our trust would grow,
Until our hearts should lean no more
ON trihes here below.
. home Of bliss, o land of light.
Where nlleth neither shade nor blight
Oi every land the brightest, best
When shall we there rind peace and rc,t:
. rity where the shining gates
shut oUt all grief aud sin,
Wei may we ycarn amid eartb'> strife
The holy peace 20 win.
Yet merAly must We bear the cross.
Nor seek 10 lay IL down
Until cur r. taer brings u home
And =.ycs the promised crown.
q home oi bliss, . land Of light
Where n,lieth neither shade nor blight
OF every land the brightest, best
soon shall we there HnJ peace and rr-j.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28

but restless child, "don't YOU hear
mamma callingl Wake up, dear"
Susie only threw her arms over
her head and did not open her ewes,
but moaned in a pitiful tone that
went straight TO her mothers heart:
Take me up, mamma, take me
up. Pm so tired"
Mrs. Bragden buried her head IN
the pillow beside her child. and
sobbed as II her heart would break.
Her husband cOmforted her as well
as he could, but the sharp words she
/ had spoken that afternoon came hack
to her with fearful distinctness. and
she would have given all she most
valued in the world If they could
have been unuttered-
The doctor at last arrived, and
pronounced Susie's illness to be
what her father and mother had both
secretly feared, brain fever. For
davs the little sufferer lay uncOn-
sciOus OF all around her, and wis
can describe the mental torture her
mother endured as she sat by her
bedsidc2 Sometimes Susie called
for her father in frightened tones,
as if separation from him was the
most dreadful thing that eould hap
pen 10 her Mr. Bfagden's voice al
ways soothed and quieted her for a
while, but the next moment she
would break forth in that same
heRrt-rending cry, Take me up.
mamma, take me up. I'm so tired"
One night, when almost all hope
that their darling could recover had
died out of the hearts of those two
weary watchers, two angels unseen
and unheard entered that silent
chamber, and stood behind the child
who lay in a sleep that was either
that OF returning strength or ap-
preaching death. For q moment
ing child, with serious, thoughtful
faces, then turned and gaZed upon
the bowed heads on either side
They seemed TO hesitate, and whis-
per to each other awhile. Then one,
the Younger of the two, leaned for
ward and laid her finger on Susie's
forehead, and with uplifted, smiling
faces, they both disappeared.
At that moment from the heart OF
the mother q prayer, that in the fu-
ture she might atone, by ber pa
tience and gentleness, for her short
coming OF tue past.
As If in answer 10 her prayer,
came Susie's voice, this time in a
clear, natural tone, ''Take me up,
mamma, take me up. I'm so tired"
Suppressing the cry of JOY that al
most burst from her lips, Mrs.
Bragdcn folded her arms around
her darling, and clasped her TO her
bosom, while the silent tears rolled
down her cheeks as she raised her
ewes in thankfulness toward heaven.
In the silent heurs passed by the
bedside of her suffering child, Mrs.
Bragden had learned a lesson
which she never forgot. The little
muslin dress was laid aside unfinish-
ed, and il ever she felt inclined 20
pay more attention to the elaboTa-
ton of her child's clothes than TO
her amusements and the gratifica-
ton Of her harmless, childish wish
es, Mrs. Bragden thought of the
day when il had been put away so
Unexpectedly, and the lesson was
the more deeply impressed upon
her.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28
GOV. sENTER.

The Appeal, with a magnanimity
worthy of its ancient fame, pays the
following compliment to Gov. Sen
ter on his retirement from Office:
Whilst worshipping the rising, we
should not forget the setting SUM-
The people of Tennessee, who three
years ago were disfranchised and
domineered over by unprincipled
adventures, who were plundering
the taxpayers, owe De Witt Clin-
ton Senter a debt of gratitude which,
if they ever forget, they deserve to
be forgotten of their God. If ever
a man did deserve the civic crown
from the whole body of the people
of Tennessee, that man is Governor
Senter. But for his patriotism, JUS
tice and magnanimity, our State
would still be in the hands of
thieves, and anarchy would pervade
society. In spite of torrents OF OBJ
lOquy, detraction and calumny, he
dared to lift himself above the mad
passions of the hour, to exhibit that
rare integrity and devotion to the
right which rises superior to party
bigotry, and common gratitude and
common decenCy should ever teach
the recipients of such bcnefactions
to respect, love, cherish and honor
such a man. The history which
Governor Senter has made will tell
pOsterity that he found the people
in chains, but severed the link that
chafed their limbs; that he found
the Government in the hands of
thieves, but transferred it to honest
men, and that he found the State
Government swiftly travelling to
bankruptcy and ruin, but left it in q
promising a Gegree of peace and
prosperity which has no parallel N
the past.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28
ADVERTISING RATES

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Where Advertisements are ordered to b.
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SheFih-, Clerks and Rangers. who send
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TCANDIDATEs-For announcing can
dIdates for County Offices and the Legisia-
ture, $40; for Congress S3O; for Municipal
and civil district offices. S5-all in advance.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28

The art of conversing well stands
next to genius. Society rarely dis
eliminates between the brilliancy
which shines with a borrowed lus-
ter aud the sunlight of genuine orig
inatily. We are all apt TO be capti-
waited with tTifles. We don't go
down deep into the hidden nature
of things. But so the world goes :
and it is but piece of folly for US
to rail at the world for it. Instead
Of growing vexed because most peo-
pie are prone to see the crystal rath-
er than the diamond, an earnest ef-
/ fort should be made to be truly
worthy of appreciation. And this
is not a hardship. Montague tells
u that "the most fruitful and natu-
( raj exercise of the mind is conversa-
ton. l find the use oft more sweet
than of any other action of life" 1t
Is as susceptible of growth and cul-
tivation as any other gift. Its growth.
+ too, bears an exact ratio TO the de-
. gree of care bestowed upon II.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28

There is not a sorrow in our inmost
heart that has not its resounding
echo in the heart of our Father; there
is not an anxiety you feel, however
trivial it may seem to others, that
God regards as unworthy of notice.
Magnificent thought! we- move in
the midst ofa ceaseless guardianship;
ali Heaven encompasses us; our
Fathers eye is ever on Us.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28
LIANES.

What j. life, and what sIu N,.
only leaves upon tree,
Green to-day, tomorrow scar.
Then We are no longer here,
Others, fair and brave a. we.
Grew, of old, upon the tree:
Now they crumblv in the mold,
With their histories untold.
30 shall we: II is our lot
Thus TO die and be forgot:
BY and by the tree will fail.
one oblivion wait. for all.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28

BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT. - The
goodness of the Lord is from ever
lasting TO everlasting. 1t shines IN
the sun at MONDAY, and beams in the
stars as midnight; tits painted on the
butterfy's wing, and enamels the
lily's soft petals; it sparkles in the
dew-drops in the morning time, and
shimmers in the beautiful frosty
crystals that float in the air or sleep in
the pathway of the streamlet, when
its stream is hUshed.-E1chGRge.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28
The FIrst smoker.

Every one knows that tobacco
was first brought into repute in En-
gland by Sir Walter Raleigh. At
first he smoked in private, not wish
ing it to become common; but sit
ting one day absorbed in meditation,
with a pipe in his mouth, he called
10 his servant 10 bring him a mug
of beer. The fellow, as soon as he
entered the room, was seized with
terror, threw the contents of the
mug into Sir Walters face, and run
ming down stairs, bawled out,
Fire fire. helpl Sir Walter has
studied till his head is on fire, and
the smoke is bursting out of his
mouth and nose"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28

BEAUTIEUL.-From an obituary
recently published in the Charles
ton Courier, we extract the follow
ing beautiful sentences:
When death strikes down the in
nocent and young, for every fragile
form from which he lets the
painting spirit free, a hundred vir-
tues rise, in shapes of mercy, chari-
tv and love to walk the world and
bless IL. OF every tear that sorrow
ing mortals shed on green graves,
some good is born, some gentler ma
ture comes. In the DestrOyer's steps
there spring up bright creations that
defy his power, and his dark paths
becomes way of light to Heaven
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28

They have an association of work
lug men in Boston which is well
initiating in Louisville. Its object
is TO secure for its members cheap
houses on a sort of cooperative
plan. Mr.. Josiah Quincy, who is at
the head of the association, says
they propose 10 build fifty houses
of better class, which, il erected
singlv, would cost $1,000 each, or
800, 900; assuming that there would
be discount of twenty-five per
cent, as am assured by builders
would be the case, If contracted for
together the cost would be SIS, 900.
Ofthis each member pays down
$500, or 5000 i'm the aggregate, re-
ducing the amount required on
mortgages to $65, 900, or about two
thirds of the value of the houses il
erected singly, assuming that the
money is obtained al seven per cent.
interest, and that interest is receiv-
ed on the deposits" This is briefly
Mr.. Quincy's plan. at the end OF
seven years-the owners meanwhile
paving at the rate Of $3.50 per year
rent the entire indebtedness would
be cleared of and a surplus left 20
the credit of the association of SlS,-
267.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28
rhightning Train To Memphis.

An additional fast passenger train
will be run on the Nashville and
Northwestern Road, commencing at
, 4: so p. NJ. tomorrow, making
direct connections with Humboldt.
Memphis, Jackson. Little Rock.
Mobile, New Orleans, Galveston and
all points south, and arriving at
Memphis eight hours and 4 half be-
fore any other train leaving Nash
vile after that hOur.-BdHHeF, l3th.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28

1t is folloy TO call the joys of
childhood the greatest. They are
like the earliest flower of spring,the
crocus, lovely and richly tinted, but
small and scentless. 1t is summer
that brings forth flowers of matured
splendor and fragrance.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28

A deaf and dumb child was ques-
toned If she knew why she was
born thus The tears rapidly filed
the eyes of the afflicted child, but
in a moment or two she dashed them
away, and with smile playing upon
her thoughtful eounterRnce, wrote
upon her little slate: "Even so. faith
err; for so it seemed good in thy
sight"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28

A political orator in New Orleans
recently crowded history by refer
ring To ''iron coffin Of De Soto, con-
tanning the gold trumpet presented
TO that iIlustriOus discoverer by
Queen Victoria" Why, you foolV
exclaimed an intelligent orator,
''Queen Victoria wasn't born for
mOre'n two hundred years after De
Soto died an how could she give
him a gold trumpet ~ 1She left il TO
him in her will," solemnly replied
the orator.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28

Money can procure no shelter from
the terrible ravages OF death. You
cannot bribe the King of terrors and
the terror of kings. You cannot
purchase q covenant with the grave.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28

One of the shrewdest of parish
beadles was Saunders Grant, village
ders," inquired the minister, chat
these two Young neighbors of mine
have their churches quite full, while,
though / preach the same sermons
that l did twenty years ago, my peo-
Die are falling offY'' "Neel, sir, III
tell We" said Saunders; ''it's jist wi
you as WI myself. sew just as weel
as ever did; yet that puir elf-has
ta'en my business maist clean ava.
It's no the sewing that'll do, sir; it's
the new cut; it's just the new cut"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28

PRAYER OF A DISTRACTED PEo-
PLE.-Mr. Groesbeck, in his great
speech at Steubenyille, uttered the
following invocation for national
blessings which may well serve as a
form of prayer for the people of the
United States:
81 plead for the preservation of
the Union as a limited Government.
1 plead for the State as a home gov
ernment. | plead for the accustom-
ed freedom OF our elections, and
that they may not be spoiled by mil
itary supervision. l plead for the
sanctity and inviolability of that
great writ which alone secures our
daily personal liberty. The war is
ended, and we have entered the sew
enth year of peace. plead for the
spirit OF peace and confidence and
good VIII in al our public conduct.
fho hand outsfrotrhed ~ friendly
salutation is a better peaee-maker
than the shut hand uplifted to
strike. ."-DiSpdfch
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28

| The Boston Record has some sen
sibIe remarks on journalism, a por-
ton of which we quote as worthy
the attention of any one who may
be inclinded to exhaust his life in
writing for glory and printing on
trust :"
Journalism presents one essen
| tial point of difference from other
professions there is no theory about
| tit is all practice. Hence it is
plain knowledge oft cannot be ac-
| duired from "bOOks." 1t would be
| impossible to write textbook on
! journalism. Some fundamental
principles underlie it to be sure
! but no one can instruct another in
the application of them. The best
editors are made of raw MATERIAL
Put smart boy into composing
room, and let him work himself up,
stage by stage, and he comes out at
the top, if he reaches that point at
all, the most thorough editor that
can be made. College e-bred youths,
as rule, do not make good editors.
They know so much, and cherish so
exalted an idea of their own impor-
tance that they cannot stoop TO
learn the details of journalism, and
it is these details that should be
mastered by every one who aspires
to become a first class editor. They
want to write "leaders" at the start,
even before they can construct a
good paragraph. A few of them
put off their dignity when they as
sumo the editorial harness, and be-
Gin at the rudiments of the profess
sion, as they ought but the majOri-
ty are too proud TO do this, and fail
disastrously.
We do not mean TO insist that
thorough knowledge Ofprinting is
indispensable to an editor but it is
exceedingly helpful the ability to
/ handle type and make up ''fOrm''
is of triflng value, when compared
with theSdiscipline through which
this ability is gained. On a good
foundation obtained at the public
schools, the best education can be
built up.in printing office, and it i
such an education that ''tclls in idur-
nslism. F"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28

TERMS or SUBsCRIFTION.-TwO dollars
4 wear, tHU0riGBly ia 0dVdRce.
Single copies ~ cents.
ADVERTISING RATEs.-AdveTtisemc
inserted for less term than three months
will be charged 81 80 per square Of eight
lines, or less, for the first insertion, and 81
for each subsequent insertion.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28

The want of this age i men,
Men who are not for sale. Men who
are honest, sound from center TO
circumference, true to the hearts
core. Men who will copdemu in
friend or foe, III themselves as well
a others. Men whose cOnSciences
are as steady as the needle to the
pole. Men who will stand for the
right if the heavens tOtter and the
/ earth reels. Men who can tell the
/ truth and look the world and the
devil right in the eve. Men that
nither bragnO run. Men that neither
I flag nor finch. Men who can have
/ courage without shouting to it
Men in whom the courage of ever
! lasting life runs deep and strong
| Men too large for sectarian bonds
Men who do not cry nor cause their
voices TO be heard on the streets,
7 but will not fail nor be discouraged
/ till judgment be set in the earth
Men who know their message and
4 tell it. Men who know their places
/ and fill them. Men who mind their
/ own business. Men who will not
! lie. Men who are not too lazy to
work, nor too proud to be poor
Men who are willing to eat what they
have earned, and wear what they
/ have paid tOr.-IHder.
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pbuso Of the privileges aud benefits
IL was designed to confer.
The law nevcr was intended TO
encourage unlimited credits, nor
III promote extravaganza. Asthq
able lawyer who contributes these
papers remarkss "thc lein is given
in favor of the merchants TO sup
ply man, op for NIL the goods or
money he may furnish but only
for money used in the purchase OF
supplies farming utensils, working
stock brother things necessary for
the cultivation ofthcEtm. Alien
is therefore worthless oranything
not necessary to cultivate the
fum. = = x it does not OK
tend 10 family supplies generally
such as food and raimcnt tormem-
hers Of tho family who are not en-
gagged in cultivating the farm. It
does not extend 10 the purchaser
of purple and fine linen, jewelry
and nice tiXings general ". II
this construction Of the law bad
been strictly adhered to, the be-
nevolent and useful intentions OF
its farmers would not have been
defeated, nor would the clamor un-
der which IL movement is made in
the Legislature Forts repeal, have
been raised. Although influenced
BY the abuses which were practic.
cd either through Ignorance OF
the meaning of the law, or cupid
tv, The Clarion was the first to re-
commend its repeal, We arc, never
thcloss, frank to say that it could
be wise to continue it in force il
these abuses could lie corrected
And we are inclined tos believe
that they will be. Merchants
planters and employers will pro.
fit by the severe lessons Of tllo past
season. A more rigid economy
will he practiccd, and transaction,
will be had on the basis of cotton
at II and a ha'fcon;s per pounC
instead Of 25 cents. The very
clamor that has been raised ioI
the repeal of the law in conse
Qucnce Of the use to which il ha'
been put on The supposition 0
large crops and high prices, ha
assured in n great measure, thu
reform which we set out to accom-
pIiSh. In this view, and the rep
reservations which havc beef
made that very many mcrito
rions persons will be let withou
means Of making crops if dcnic'
the benefits OF the law, we woul'
, submit to the Legislature the pre-
priety Of postponing It's repeal 5
; as to give it another years trial.
Louisville Bulletin,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-03-04
Rules Of Practice.

!. Counsel are not to be inter-
ruptcd whilst examining wit
ncsses, or arguing questions Of
law or fact. Interruptions must
be addressed to the Court.
:. Causes will be managed by
the leading counsel, and counsel
commencing will conclude the cX-
animation Of witnesses.
3. indictments, rccognizanccs,
bonds, and the testimony taken
by the committing coWrty in State
ceases, not to be taken frsm the
Clerks Office.
1. Sheritfs in selecting jurors
will regard the character and the
intelligence of the juror-whitc
and colorod, and will, in all eases,
reject professional jurors, men of
bad character, and all persons who
are defendants on the State Dock
ct.
S. Motions for security for cost
to be entered NJ the return term
Of the writ, will be entertained
after deposit with the Clerk, and
affidavits of pauperlsn traverse
Bile.
6. The Clerk will set all eases
on the civil docket for particular
days,
/. All persons interested IN the
business of the Court to be- pres
ont in Court.
$. All ploadings to be marked
filed by the Clork--except the
general sjmiNtcr, which may be
written on the pleading to which
it refers.
8. No agreement Of counsel
binding unless reduced to writing
and signed by the party to be
churSeus
10. When u ease is called fol
trial, and the papers are not in
ECourb the COUNSEL charged with
ttllem to Be fined rot less irGEnve
dollars.
IL. The Instructions by the
Court to the Jury will be given
when the testimony closes, before
the arguments Of counsel is made
to the jury.
j. A. Orr, Judge 7th Dist.
U. Millsaps, Judge 9th Dist.
9. q. Shackelford Judge ii ID.
Il. $. Fisher, Judge 18th Dist.
Robt. L%cachman, Judge 9th Dist.
o. Davis, Judge 10th Dist.
b. B. Boone, Judge 9th Dist.