The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-02-24


The New York World says the aver
age BostOnian is persistent stickler
for his personal rights. Here is an in
stance in'point: A BostOnian who had
cheated the Government by the prac-
tice ofillicit distilling was convicted
and sentenced to pay fine of 500, 900.
Being thrifty soul, he declined to
pay and accepted the alternative of
five years imprisonment. .The Court
admiriDg his Yankee If not Roman
virtue, asked him to choose the jail in
which he would prefer to reside, and
upon his deciding in favor of the
Lenoxljail placed that pleasant resort
at his convenience. The advantage Of
living without the necessity of paying
for his board and lodging appears to
have profoundly impressed this eco
nomical person, and he ultimately be-
came warmly attached to the.pictures-
que town of LeEOx. Now, however,
the thoughtless authorities propose to
remove the Jail from LenOx to Pitts
field. Justly hurt by this want of
consideration for his feelings, the illicit
distillery person refuses to leave Lenox
and insists that he cannot be removed
to any other Jail without his consent.
The authorities are, there, wholly at a
loss what to 10. AS they have decided
to remove the Jail, the only way out OF
their difficulty would seem to be to
furnish their guest with a private house
at LenOx. 1t would, of course, be
rather an expensive proceeding but
when there is a choice between spend
ing the public funds and injuring the
feelings of criminal, what properly
constituted Radical Legislature could
for a moment hesitate? l-.rr. % 2
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1t is understood that the (Isoston)
American Tract Society Is not to dis
continue all its operations, but only its
publishing and its collecting agencies.
1t leases its plates and sells its stock on
hand to Hurd Il Houghton, who will
issue such works as there is demand
for, paying a royalty to the society for
the use of the plates. The society Is to
sell the lease of the present Tract
House, dismiss the agents and employ
only the few persons necessary to dis.
tribute tracts and books which yOlun-
tary donations may pay for. The so.
ciety thus passes out of the list of pub
fishing houses, and practically out Of
that Of religious benevolent organiza-
tions.
In company of literary gentlemen,
MIR. Webster was once asked if he
could comprehend how Jesus Christ
could be both God and man. "No,
sir" he replied; and added, 81 should
be ashamed to acknowledge him as my
Savior if could comprehend him. If
1 could comprehend him, he could be
no greater than myself Such Is my
sense of sin and Consciousness of my
inability TO save myself, that / feel l
need superhuman Savior, one SO
great and glorious that / cannot COM
prehend him." ta
The yearly production of cOtton-seed
in the sections tributary to this market
is 74,O00 tons. This will yield 10000
gallons Of oil, worth in its crude state
SIS, 200, 600, and 3O09O0 tons of cake,
worth S., 600, 600. The. $50, 600 tons Of
hulls and pieces Of fiber left after the
manufacture of the oil and cake could
make several millions Of dollars worth
of the finest paper. II the entire cot
ton-seed product of the Mississippi
Valley were manufactured into oil,
oil-cake, soap and paper, and the oil
refined and bleached, it would be worth
some Si0, ,0OO, ,0O0.-Ne,c Orleans Picay-
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