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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20
A Quick 4Carter.

A boy worked hard all day for a quar-
ter; he bought apples and took them to
town and sold them on the street for a dol
lar. With the dollar he bought a sheep.
The sheep brought him a lamb, and the
fleece brought him annother dollar. He
bought another sheep. The next spring
he had two sheep. two lambs and a year
ling sheep. The three fleeces he sold for
three dollars and bought three more sheep.
He now had SIX, with a fair prospect. He
worked where he found an opportunity
for hay, corn and oats, and pasturing for
his sheep. He took the choicest care Of
them and soon had a flock. Their wool
enabled him to buy a pasture for them,
and by the time he was twenty-one he had
a fair start in life, and all from the quar-
ter earned in one daV.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20
Bridging the Atlantic.

An Illinois mechanic named j. w. Crock
er, has written a letter to the Chicago
Tribune, explanatory Of the manner IN
which he will construct a bridge over the
Atlantic Ocean, and as the bridge when
constructed viii permit Of the running Of
four trains of cars per day. two from Amer
lea and two from Great Britain, one can
not but hope as the gentleman's means
are limited, the governments to be bene-
fitted viii soon be forthcoming. Compass
sionate by nature, and believing that there
is a point beyond which the human intel
lect cannot be strained without danger,
we spare the reader the details of the plan.
The engineer should think of what the
strictly and vivacious Henry d. Thorough
once said: young men collect timber to
build bridges to the moon the middle
aged man uses it to make woodsheds Of
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20

Continues to attend to Claims, especi-
ally those growing out CT the late war,
before the several Departments and
Courts of the United States; Pensions
due Soldiers. Officers of every grade,
Seamen and Marines, and the widows,
Children and h~eirs-at-law of those who
have been killed or died from wounds or
sickness contracted in the service; Re
cruiting and Quartermasters' Claims &;
Claims for Steamboats,, ard craft of all
description. used, rented. or destroyed
by Government Horse. Cattle. Fodder,
Corn. and all kinds of property taken for
Government purposes IN the Northern
ana Southern States; Mail Contractors
Claims, and the Claims of late Post Mas
tiers, North and South.
Claims for property seized by the
Frcedmen's Bureau Treasury Agents.
and for the recovery of abandoned prop
erty. promptly attended TO.
Particular attention given to Claims
for g Refund Of Internal Revenue a
and Customs Duties enormously assessed
and paid. Railroad accounts and Claims
on Foreign Governments.
Bounty and Bounty Land obtained I'M
der all existing laws. and laws that may
hereafter be made.
Claims before fine Departments, Con-
rress. Court of Claims. ii Supreme
Court. in the hands of distant attorneys s,
requiring the service OF al agent in Wash
.in9ton. are requested, and Will be eneT-
g~etically prosecuted on the most liberal
terms.
Suspended cases. of whatever nature,
whether of long standing or recent date.
are solicited; also, pensions, suspended
by reas on of the late war, revived in the
several States.
Oar long residence at the seat of Gov
eminent, familiarity with the offices, and
thorough daily practical experience IN all
the Departments, well qualify lis for the
prompt and energetic discharge OF all
business placed in our hands.
REFERENCES Hon. Eugene Cassidy,
L. :. Senate; Hon. 5. 7. Chase, Chief
Justice, U. S.; Gen. w. 7. Sherman, U.
>. A. ; Hon.. III. NJ. McGIl, late Gov;
w. Z. Olympia Hon. Jno. Sherman, U.
s. Senator. Ohio /; Hon. 5. c. Pomeroy,
L. S.. Senator. Kansas; Hon. W. u.
Stokes. NJ. c.; Judge g.. w. Clinton.
Buffalo. N. "; L. N Griffith, Esq,
.JonaShoro- @r ~
attorneys at Law and Agents through
out the country who desire to form an en-
ergetie Branch Agency at Washington,
which will be of mutual benefit are re-
ouested to forward business. Detailed in
formation, advice. instruction, and all
necessary forms for every claim furnished
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Terms moderate Ad-
dress CHAS. f. MCGILL, F. o. o
500 Washington, d. G. Office and resi-
dence 9th street cor. 4.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20
Extraordinary Denominatienal
Lawsuit.

A lawsuit of great interest. and CT an
extraordinary kind for this country, in
volving the title to the valuable property
of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church
of Philadelphia, has for several weeks oc-
cupied the Supreme Court of Pennsylva-
mia, now in session in that city. The case
grew out of a declaration of Geo. II. Stu
art, of Philadelphia, a member Of the First
Reformed Presbyterian Church, who open
ly said that he twas In the habit of sing
ing hymns" For this fuse of human
psalmody," he was deposed from his place
in the Synod and his eldership in the
church, and was denied the right to par
take of the communion. The Presbytery
with which Mr.. Stuart's church was con-
nected refused to acknowledge the action
of the Synod as binding, and his pastor,
Rev. DIR. Wylie, with a majority of the
congregation sustained him, and ~continu-
ed to treat him as a member of the church
in good and regular standing. A minor
ity Of the members of the First Church,
who approved the action Of the Synod,
ihereupon seeded, calling a new pastor,
and holding services in the Hal Of the
Academy of Music. They claim to be the
true First Church, and that the majority
by their d~isobedience to the Synod, have
forfeited their title. On this ground they
have brought suit for the possession of
the church property. The case has ex-
cited great-interest IN Philadelphia, and
among P~resbyter;ans everywhere. ar
N
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20
Young Wen i'm History.

George w. Beard, NJ. D., read a pa
per before the Long Island Historical So
ciety, at Hamilton Buildings, Brooklyn,
recently, on young Men in History" the
aim of which was to show at what period of
life most of the original brain-werk of the
world has been done. He claimed that
the physiology of history science treat
ing of the relations between human phys
iology and human achievoment-justifed
the assertion that the period of life du-
ring which man does his best and most eff
fective work is that between the ages of
40 and sixty. In past ages fame was post
Lumous in great measure and in our time
even in America, the paradise Of young
men, fame is rarely ever acquired before
the age of 80. But the most effective
movement of cerebral action-the period
at which, on an average, youth ends and
old age begins, with an impelled absorp-
ton of nerve force and a deterioration Of
brain fibre. is under the age of 40. Bas-
ing his deductions upon facts derived from
the lives of 500 statesmen, authors, men
Of science and Representatives of every de-
partmeat of human effort, the lecturer
divided into FIVE decades of mental activi-
ty-the golden decade being between
| thirty and forty, the silver between forty
and fifty, the brazen between twenty and
thirty, the iron between fifty and sixty,
and the tin between sixty and seventy.
Before forty-fve, at least seventy per cent
of tie original cerebral work of the world
has been done, and before fifty, more than
eighty per cent. The golden moment of
life, when the enthusiasm of youth is at
the maximum and the experience Of the
age tends to support and systematic eff
fort, without manifesting a tendency to
retard it, is between the years of thir-
ty eight and thirty nine.
The history of civilization is the histO-
~ of the triumph of young radicals over
old conservatives, and if it were no. for
death at a certain period, if lie were not
limited in duration to three or four score
years society would retrogrcde, owing TO
the a~ntagonism and OPPOSITION O. the old
men. In military history tie greatest gen
erals have averaged thirty i've years, and
in the late civil war the North vas defeat
ed in 1851, when our generals averaged
| Fifty, and was victorious IN 1865 when the
leaders we're all under forty. In Journal
ism four hfths of the reading matter of the
religious, scientific and secular pressis con-
tributed by men between fifteen and for
ty, and to this fact the profession owes its
influence.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20
NO. So.
Horrible Outrage.
rFrogn the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph and Messsns
| Cpr1

ger.l
We learned late last night some Of the
particulars of one of the most sickening.
atrocious and vengeance-invoking crimes
that has ever stained the annals of this or
any othercommunity calling itselfciyilized.
The facts seem almost incredible. but they
come to us in such a shape that we can not
! discredit them.
The victims name was Adam Sekoh. an
inofTensive, worthy man of French descent,
| living in this county, about six miles from
this city, and against whom we have never
heard aught except that he was charged
with being q member of the Republican
party. About s o'clock a squad of ten men,
all mounted and masked, rode up TO
| Sekoh's house aud called for him, alleging
| urgent business as their excuse for wanting
| to see him ct that hour. He did not sus-
pect ~anything, being. SO far as he knew.
| OF good terms, generally, with all his
neighbors, but his wife became alarmed
and urged him not to go out. He finally
concluded to see what they wanted, how
| ever, and openinathe door was instantly
seized, apitch plaster olapped on his mouth
| bis arms bound, and he thrown into q
light spring wagon. which, with the horse
| men, set of at full gallop.
! In a few minutes a swamp was reached,
aud his captors ~dismounted, and tying
| their horses. plunged into its recesses
guided by the faint light of the moon.--
| They made for q sort of island in the
t%center of the swamp, and there unbound
the prisoner, and proceeded to strip him
! naked. Each member Of the band then
| gave him fifty lashes with q cowhide that
had been we'll soaked in brine until he
was insensible. Then came the skim
ming and the browning act of this nwful
| drama.
But our pen refuses it Office. We AN
not go on. The subject is too horrible fox
human thought to dwell on, or human
| tongue to speak Of. We forbear in very
! pity to our readers. In our next issue
we may summon up courage to give fur
Their particulars. 81
| " understand Mr.. S. was warned just
| one year ago to-day that his life was in
| danger, and that he had better leave the
country, but as months. wore on and nothing
came of the warning, it had almost passed
! from his memory. Mr. S., we understand,
has a large family connection in this and
| other Southern States. but no relatives in
this section. What a terrible fate for a
human being, and especially oue with 70
! much to make life dear. to meet We trust
! all the powers and Of the law
wall he invoked to hunt down and e1ter-
inmate his nurderers.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20
The Art OF CONSUMING.

A country gentleman, lately arrived in
town, Immediately repaired to the house
of relative, a lady who had married g
merchant. The parties were glad to Zee
him, and invited him to make their house
his home, as he declared his intention Of
remaining in tho city only a day or two4
The husband of the lady anxious 10 show
his wife's relatives every courtesy that he
could, took the gentlemnn's horse to the
livery stable. Finally his visit became
a visitation, and the merchant found after
the lapse OF i've days. besides lodging.
and boarding the gentleman, a pretty
considerable bill had been ,ruu up at tho
livery stable. Accordingly he VENT the
man who kept the livery stable. and told
him when be gentleman took bls horse
he would pay the bill.
VERY WELL" said the stable keeper, II
understand you"
Accordingly, in a short time, the coun-
try gentleman went to the stable and or
dered his horse to BE got ready. The bill,
of course was presented to him.
go" said the gentleman. Nj. -. my
relative, will pay this"
"Very good, sir" said the stable keep
er; '.please get an order from Mr. -.
1t will be the same as the money"
The horse was put up again, and away
e the country gentleman to the store
of the merchant.
swell" said he, 81 am going now"
"Are you," said the gentleman. swell
good bye. SIR"
"Well about my horse ; the man said
the bill must be paid for his keeping"
"Well, 7 suppose that Is eli right, sir"
"Yes-well, bat you know Im your
wife's cousin"
"Yes,' said the merchant, II know you
are, but your horse is not"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20
Prise ers Escaped.

The Chattanooga Times states that a
colored prisoner. who was brought before
the court IN that city last Thursday for
trail, made . rush and leaped from the
door 20 the grouad below, q distance Of
eighteen feet, ard then took leg bail for
Mission Ridge, closely pursued by the
officers, but be was too fast, and escaped.
Ike prisoners are fast leaving OILY the
other night a couple ~ leaning against
the side OF the wall Of the jail, fell out.
The Ttracsadvise the papering of the walls
! to make them more secure.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20

Prof Wagner on the Education of Hor-
ses SAYS | would caution those who use
or train horses, against exciting the ill-will
Of the animal. Many think they are do
ing finely, and are proud of their success
in horse training by means of severe whip
ping, or otherwise rousing and stimulating
the passions, and then, from necessity,
crushing the will through which the resis-
lance is prompted. No mistake car be
greater than this, and there is nothing that
SO fully exhibits the ability, judgment
and skill of the real horseman, as the care
and tact displayed in winning instead OF
repelling the action ofthe mind. Although
it may be necessary to use the whip some
times, it should always be applied judi
ciously, and great care should be taken
not to rouse the passions, or excite the will
to obstinacy.
The legitimate and proper use ola whip
is calculated to operate upon the sense Of
fear almost entirely. The affections and
better nature must be appealed to in train
ing a child. A reproOf given may be In
tended for the good of the child, but, il
only the passions are excited, the effect j:
d~epraying and injurious. This is e vital
principle, and can be d~isregarded in the
management of sensitive or couraceoui
horses, emily at the risk of spelling them
/ have known many horses Of naturally
good character to be spelled by whipping
once and one horse that was made vicious
by being struck with a Whip once, while
standing in his stall.
Sensitive horses should never be left
after they have been excited by the whiE
or other means. until Gained down by rub
bling or patting the head or neck, and CIV
ing apples, sugar. or something OF which
the animal is fond. Remember the whiI
must be handled with great care, or it Il
liable to do mischief, and cause irrepara.
bic injury
1 ~ Tt.. E-~uk IF-cfAwn - 10 ko Hffa1 mn f0l
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20
The writer of an article entitled -Cou

The writer of an article entitled "Coun-
try newspapers and Country Editors" in
a recent number of Pomeroy.s Democrat,
sensibly remarks:
"Meanwhile. let the country editors do
all they c&n to make their papers interes-
ting, and then let those Immediately sur
rounding those papers do all they can to
support the same, taxing care to subscribe
for their.home papers; and then if they
have money left or wish papers from
abroad to read, let them subscribe for. such
as suit their fancy. But let no man who
has the interest of his immediate section
at heart, subscribe for our paper. or any
other published out Of the tow or country
where he resides, till he has first subscribed
for his home paper, unless it be edited by
a man WAC has not life ambition, or intel
let sufficient to make the paper interes-
tine
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20
A New WnY.

A Louisville lass got very tired of her
lover calling on he- 50 constantly. De-
string to get rid of him. she concocted a
plan by which tie much desired result
could be obtained. Every time he came
she asked MIN to help TO move the piano
up stairs, and after that was done chang
ed her mind and had him help to move it
dowr. She kept on till she removed all
the furniture seven times and he didn't
see the point. but when he called she
threw a pail of water on him from the win
dow. Ke says he can't place any conf
dence in women and he has presented a
bill for removing furniture.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20

a cloud-burst" recently occurred on
the Pacific coast, about sixteen miles
south of Monterey, Cal. A great volume of
water dashed to the earth with tremend-
Gus fource. pouring q torrent ten feet deep
through a previously dry non destroy
ing a substantial bridge and sweeping
away lumber and cattle.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20

If you want to fad cut a mans real dis
position, take him when he is wet and
hungry. If be is aniable then, dry him
and FIJI him up, aud you have got an angel
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20

Billings says whenever | find a real
handsome woman engaged in the wimmin's
rights bxzness, then L am going to take my
hat and jine the procession.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20

BY raising cotton the Florida planters
get S45 for an acres yield +; 81 raising
sugar cane. 1898. with no more work or
responsibility.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20

A Western press dispatch, dated Chi
cago, Both ult., says:
Reliable reports say that never, per-
haps, il the history Of the country, yere
the prospects oftbe wheat crops 20 splendid
at this season. Every field promises n
large yield. There is no exception to this.
Wheat growers predict the earliest year
known since Illinois was settled. %
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20

PHILADELPHIA printers have q tenn
perance society of their own. It's laws do
not, however, forbid them to take a s'slug".
occasionally.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20

81 The Great Eastern is to be fitted up for
excursion trips across the Atiantic stS25.o0
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20
SIMMONS
Liver

Sometimes many of the above symptom!
attend the disease, and at other times very
few of them; but the liver is generally
the organ most involved. Cure the Live
Wifh--
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-21
A Chicken Pie Failure.

On Friday, the member from Grimes
presented bill, nicely printed, cut
and dried, calling upon the Legislature
to appropriate FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS
to defray the expenses of printing the
Report of the Secretary of State.
No one would father the bill, or was
able to offer any explanation of it.
Hawkins, Democrat, called upon the
members to promptly reject the bill.
They we're all perfectly cognizant of
the fact that, one and half years ago,
the prOprietors of The Stale Journal
came TO Austin poor as church mice;
but now they have become rich enough
to buy up the entire Radical influence,
and to brow-beat and intimidate the
members into granting them every
donation asked for. He considered
the subsidies to the Railroads as moth
ing compared with the stealings of
Tracy, Siemering, NewcOmb & Co /,
who as Public Printers and proprietors
of the State Journal, Secretary of
State, and Chairman of Republican
Executive Committee, were able to
plumber the people of Texas of thous-
ands on thousands of dollars.
Mr.. Robertson showed that this Leg
islature rad appropriated over $50, 900
to this cormOrant printing concern, and
if this $4,000 was granted, they would
be called upon within a week to grant
still further donations.
The bill was rejected and alterward
the vote reconsidered, in order to get
the bill in position to investigate IFS
merits.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-21
Extract from the U. S. Election
Laws.

SEC. 4. And be IL further enacted, That if
any person, by force, bribery, threats, intimi>
dalton, or other unlawful means, shall hinder,
delay, prevent, or obstruct, or shall combine
and confederate with others to hinder, delay,
prevent, or obstruct, any citizen from doing
any act required to be done to qualify him to
vote or from voting at any election as afore-
said, such person shall for every such offense
forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dol
lars to the persoa aggrieved thereby, to be
recovered by an action on the case, with full
costs, and such allowance for counsel fees as
the court shall deem just and shall also for
every such offense be guilty of misdemeanor
and shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not
less than five hundred dollars, or be impris-
oned not less than one month and not more
than one year, or both, at the discretion OF
the court.
The above law, justly construed, is
for the protection of all parties, Demo
Gratis as well as Radicals. Let Demo
Gratis keep strict watch that it is not
violated by the Radicals. The election
order of Governor Davis is a threat,
designed to intimidate and keep peace
able men from the polls, or else to
cause disturbances, excite riots, etc.
Look TO it that you are not threatened,
inundated and imposed upon by the
peace officers, State guard and militia
of Gov. Davis; and if you are, claim
and demand protection under the above
act of Congress. Bloody inventions
sometimes return to plague the in
ventors.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-21
REGISTER.
Democrats, RegIsterI!I

The following is an extract of let
ter from Fnyette county cat the
close of the fourth day of registration
there are registered $3.50 of whom
are cOlored, the balance plain. We
yet have 500 white men 10 register,
aud they will do it."
The man who does not register now
and vote, deserves perpetual disfran-
chisement and to bear all the ills incl
dent TO Radical rule.
The Democracy demands of lis
friends that they register now, and
vote when the time comes. They who
fail to register are false to themselves,
alse to their friends, and dOubly false
to their country.
Only about four hundred men have
registered, up to this writing, in Travis
county There must be a great many
more. Let every man see to it that
he registers himself and insists upon
the registration of every other unreg-
istered Democrat.
Friends, register Democrats, reg
lister. White men, register. Register
this day. Put it not off an hour.