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New-York tribune., 1871-09-28
MccREERY's FALL OPENING

The chill breath of Autumn, whica DIV.
,,s ,roth Of fashiou from the watering places. suSe
N American ladies' on their return from their eu'a
wanderings, the necessity of making excursions -
great dry goods houses and Of inspecting Eau "a
and styles. James McCreery Co., as BrosasZ -
Eevenths anticipating the REQUIREMENTS o. sas -.
itors, made arrangements ou Tuesday for ios xnr
ing, which attracted large attendance "a
tho lowering skies. TAs sa,esroous were - N.
costly fabrics Of varied sints, and tho -
windows were ovsrhuns with hcs, ana ofnansa
rich assortment st silks, satns pophh. ~ - mn
novalt,es In the dress department ne plspii} Wat
nsnslly fine Including great variety oi sss OF
ma ana reception oestnthes tAn 80 hshment ~
New-York tribune., 1871-09-28

The members of the Railroad Conductors,
oDSrs Rouss u cSiSaEo. On Oct 6 w " "'"'''
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01
Charity.

We are told in. classic history that
an old painter was employed to
sketch the Macedonian Emperor.
The emperior receive severe. wound
upon the right temple, in one of his
famous battles, and a large scar was
left. The artist proceeded TO the
work assigned him, and stctched the
monarch leaning upon his elbow,
with his forefinger covering the scar.
Ills ingenuity was infamous than ev-
er. SO it is with genuine charity,
which "covereth a multitude OF
sins" Instead of exposing the faults
of others, and holding them up to
scorn and ridicule, it covers them
with the finger of love, except when
truth and justice require them to be
openly rebuked. The way of the
world is to expose the scar of charac-
tel, and set them off in more than
their real uglincss. They are the
subjects of gossip and keen satire in
the social circle, and the sparks OF
fire that are struck around often kin
die into fame. How much more
beautiful is that spirit which treats
the failure of Others with forbearance
while it does not excuse iniquity in
the nearest friends! That is the sc.
cret foundation of all that is good
and true. This is the charity which
''suffercth long and is kind" and
"doth not behave itself unseemly,'
and thinketh no evil.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01
A Voice from the Dead.

The following touching episode
comes from France: "The other day
a young soldier, who had just return.
ed from Germany, was surrounded
in street. in Endoume, By q SYM
pathetic group, who listened with
emotion to the story of his capture,
imprisonment, and subsequent re-
turn. They were the more pressing
in their attentions as the young man
had been reported dead, and the lack
of all information about him seemed
to confirm the report. Suddenly a
woman, with melancholy steps and
downcast visagc, emerged from one
of the dwelling houses. The JOY
and laughter of the group seemed to
mock her, for she had lost, she
thought her only son on the field OF
battle. AS soon as he saw her, the
youth made his way through the
crowd which pressed around him,
and advanced with buoyant step and
radiant countenance toward the wo-
man, who raised her head, and after
a glance at the youths figure, emaci-
ated from long suffering, and his fea-
lures, which recalled one who lived
no longer, she turned, staggered, and
would have fallen if the young man
had not caught her in his arms, and
whispered in tones of endearment /:
"Mother, mother! it is l, your son,
do you not know me?" But the kind
mother did not answer her son, for
she had expired. Happiness had kill
cd her."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01
A Cruel Smart Missionary.

Thcy say that the last missionary
who was attacked by the hungry
members of his church out I'm Fiji
was entirely too much for the con-
grcgatioD. IL seems that In his sim
ful youth the missionary had been
a travelling professor of mcsmerisni,
bat had abandoned the business to
go into the ministry and TO preach To
the beathen. Well the elders of his
church got up Sunday school pic
mic. it appears, and, when the people
all arrived uDon the grounds, il was
with pain they perceived that the
provisions had not arrived. A meet
ing of the vestry was called abd
after brief consultation it was de-
ciled that the only thing which
could be. done TO meet the emergcn-
cy was to barbecue the minister.
The inducement to this course
was all The stronger because his
salary was six months in arrears,
and the church was entirely out of
funds. So those benigbted heathcns
built huge fire, and seizing the mis-
sionary, they began to strip him and
stick him with forks to see if he was
tender. In order to save himself he
Immediately mesmerized each men,
Der Of the vestry, and, when they
were all fixed, he called up the Sun
day school scholars class by class, and
put them comfortably to Sleep"
Having them all completely under
his influence, he gave an entire class
to each one of the vestrymen, and
assured them that The children were
the most lucious kind of missionary.
Thereupon the hypnotized vestry i'm
mediately ate up the somnambulistic
Sunday school and picked the bones
clean. The missionary was a con-
scientious man i'm the performance of
his sacerdOtal functions; so he read
the funeral service over each class rs
1t disappeared. This done, he whie-
pered to the magnetized wardens
that their Acknowledgment were also
succulent propagators of the gospel
in heather lands; whereupon the un-
conscious wardens instantaneously
fell upon their colleagues, and i'm n
few moments nearly the whole yes.ry
was i'm the process of assimilation.
There remained now but the two
wardens, and the missionary, having
prevailed upon the younger and
more vigorous of the two to cat the
other, then seized the slumbering
body of his converted brother, and
stood il on its head in the fire. The
missionary went home alone from
that distressing picnic, and he went
with heavy heart. When he got
home they asked here the rest of
the folks we've, and he said they were
up there in the woods having fun in
their own untutOred way. And
then he packed his trunk and got
over the back fence all Of sudden,
and borrowed a canoe, and padded
away to some SUMMER cline where
the hcathen rage less furiously, and
where the popular appetite for warm
clergyman is not so intensely vivid.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01

"Yes, I've had good many Ights
in my time," said John ParkY, ten
derly manipulating his dismantled
nose; "and its kind of queer, too,
for when 1 was boy the old man
was always telling me better. He
was q good man, and hated fighting.
When l would come homo with my
nose bleeding, or with my face
scratched up, he used to call me out
into the woodshed, and i'm sorrow-
full and discouraging way say so,
Johnny you've had another fight,
hey! How many more times have l
got to tell you how disgraceful and
wicked it is for boys TO fight? 1t was
only yesterday thst talked to you
an hour about the sin of fighting;
and here you've been al it again.
Who was it with this time? With
Tommy Kelly, hey Don't you know
any better than 10 fight boy that
weighs twenty pounds more than you
do, besides being two years older?
Amt you got spark of common
sense about ye? | can sec plainly
that ynu are deter mined 10 break
your fathers heart BY Your reckless
conduct. What ails your finger?
Tommy bit it? Dat HE little fool!
Didn't ye know enough TO keep
your finger out OF his mouth? Was
trying to jerk his check of, hey?
Won't ye never learn TO quit foolin'
round o boys mouth with yer
fingers? You're bound TO disgrace us
all by such wrctchcd behavior.
You're determined never to be no.
body. Did you ever hear Of Isaac Watts
that wrote Let dogs delight to
bark and bite'-sticking his fingers
in boys mouth to get 'em bit like
a fool? Pm clean discouraged with
We. Why didn't ye go for his nose,
the way Jonathar EdN ards, and
George Washington, and Daniel
v ckster used to do, " hen they were
boys? Couldn't cause he had ye
down! that's purity story to tell me.
1t does beat all that you can't learn
how Socrates and William Penn used
to gouge when they was under, after
the hours and hours I've spent in
telling you about those great menl
1t seems to me sometimes as il
should have to give you up in de-
spair. It's an awful trial to ne 10
have a boy that don't pay any atten-
tion to good example nor TO what |
say. What! You pulled out three
or four handtuls Of his hair2 HIN!
Did he squirm any? Now, il you'd
a give him one or two in the eye
but, as Pve told ye, many q time,
fis hting is poor business. Won't yeu
for your fathers sake-won't you
promise to try aud remember that,
HIM! JOHNNY, how did it-shem-
which licked? You licked him!
Sho! Really! Well, now, hadn't
any itea you could lick that Tommy
Kelley don't believe John Bunyan
at ten years old could have done il.
JohI n, my boy, OF can ! think how
1 hate to have you fighting every day
or two. ] wouldn't have had him
lick yon for five, no, no; for ten dol
lars! Now, sonny, go right in and
wash up, and tell your mother to
put rag on. your finger. And,
Johnny, don't let me hear of your
fighting again al never sec any
body so down on fighting rs the old
man was; but somehow he never
could break me from IL --4ndJ'k
Tram.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01

WHAT A SPIDER DID.-At New
castle-On-Tyne, England, gentleman
boastcd to friend that he could in
troduce to him an engineer of moro
wonderful skill than Robert Stephen
son, who had made himslf famous by
perfcctiDg the railway locomotive.
In fufllment of the boast, he brought
out glass tumbler containing a little
scarlet-colorcd spider, whose beauty,
with its bright yellow nest on a sprig
of .aurustinus, had induced young
lady to pluck it from the bush where
it was growing. When brought into
the house it was placed OH the man.
tie piece, and secured by placing a
glass over it. In very short time
tbis wonderful little engineer contri-
we'd to accomplish the hurculeaa task
of raising the sprig of laurustinus, a
weight several hundred times greater
than itself, to the upper part of the
glass, and attaching it there so firmly
that, after forty years, it is stiil sus-
pended where it was hung by the
spider.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01
How to Converse.

Rcoard should be had at all times
to the tone of the Uoice in speaking.
There is q natural difference in voices.
Some are more pleasant than others
but great deal of the hardness and
rOughness of the voice that Is common
is owing entirely to neglect. No ef-
fort is made to speak in a pleasant
tone. Very few good examples are
met with. Hence there Is very little
improvement.
Your first effort should be to speak
oNstinctly, and then to speak smoothly
and sweetly. There are very few
young persons who articulate distinct
ly. What would you think if q man
protesting to deal out brick, should
deal out pieces instead of brick-giv.
ing q whole brick now and then? He
would do in regard to brick what ma
ny do in respect to words. They ut
ter pieces Of words. They leave out a
part of almost every word-a syllable
or letter, and sometimes more. In
stead of saying calculate, they say
catklotc; instead Of saying history,
they say histyy. In like manner they
clip large portion Of their words. II
they are writing, they would be
ashamed to leave out a part of the let
tiers in spelling words. They are not
ashamed to leave them out in speaking
words. The latter fault is about as bad
as the former. Set yourself at once to
form habits Of distinct articulation.
Then attend to Sn,OOtItness Of utter
dnce and 1,ledsantncss Of tone. A per-
son of high culture can often be dis
tinguished by the tone of the voice.
fyou are in any public place and hear
persons behind you talking, you can,
from their style of conversation, deter
mine whether they are educated, re-
fined persons or not. III you cannot
hear their words SO as to understand
them, you can form an opinion from
the tones of their voices. Especially is
this the case in regard 10 ladies. A
coarse, unrefined woman never has
smooth, pleasant u.terance. A lady
may be known by the tones of her
voice.
A good exercise for improving the
quality of the voice is to select and
and read aloud some beautiful speci-
mems of poetry. Select pieces remarks
able for smoOthness and rhythm, as
well as for beauty Of thought and feel
ing. Endeavor to enter into the feel
ing, and use the tones adapted to ex-
press it.-Rer. Joseph Alden, d. d., IN
Bright Side.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01

I've a secret dear maiden to tell thee,
Which comes from the soul of my heart
But. ere it's dfvulged you must tell me.
You will not its meaning tmpart.
You're in love and your rosulsh eyes show 1t.
Now, do not flush 80 in the face:
Your actions and mien go to prove 1t.
"What OF it7 Is 1t any disgrace?"
Not at all, for the best and the bravest
Have each in their turn loved as you:
The naughty, the meek. and the gravest,
The power OF love will subdue.
Your eyes and your smiles-how bewitching
And cheeks Of the rOseate hue:
They set my heart fiuttering and twitching.
The secret is-I'm in love too.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01

Is not this beautiful? 1t was contributed |
the Home Journal by Mrs. T. H. Beverage.
Texas:
/ saw youthful mother,
Once on summers day,
Set down a smiling infant
To watch its frolic play;
1t gamboled on the foWrets
That decked the carpet Ger,
And seemed, with childish wonder,
Each object to explore.
A something on the instant
Its glad career arrests;
And earnestly it gases where
A golden sunbeam rests,
While on the new found glory
II fixed Its wandering eyes,
And trustfully reached forth his hand,
To seize the glittering prize.
And now its tiny fingers clasp
The treasure rich and rare,
Which in its baby innocence
1t surely thought was there;
But ah that hand uncloses,
And to its earnest gaze
Reveals no gem of beauty
Nebright imprisoned rays!
And then the first of many tears
Fell on the cherub face
The 6rst sad disappointment
In llfe's uncertain racel
And thus 1t has been with us all,
Who Its dark game have played
We've sought to grasp the sunshine,
And only found the shade.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01

GONE THING Is NEEDFUL." ."-"Let
this little sentence be continually be-
fore the eyes of our minds. Let it
check us when we are ready to muir
muir at earthly trials. Let it strength
EN- us when we are tempted tc deny
our Master on account of persecu-
tion. Let it caution us when we
begin to think too much of the things
of this world. Let it quicken us
when we are disposed to look back,
like Lots wife. In all such seasons
let the words of our Lord ring in
oar ears like a trumpet, 'One thing
is needful.'"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01
DOUBT.
BY II. II.

They bade me cast the thing away.
They pointed to my hands, all bleeding;
They listened not to all my pleading;
The thing meant could not say;
knew that should rule the day
If once cast that thing away.
grasped 1t firm, and bore the pain;
The thOrny husks stripped and scattered
II could reach its heart, what mattere(
If other men saw not my gain;
Or, even II should be slain.
Iknew the risk I chose the pain.
Oh had cast that thing away,
had not found what most / cherish,
A faith without which should perish
The faith which, like a kernel, lay
Hid in the husks which, on that day,
My instinct would not throw away!
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01

AT recent meeting of the Cham
Der of Commerce of South Bradford,
England, it was reported that the
growth Of wool in Australia was in
creasing every year. The total i'm
ports of sheep and lambs wool into
Great Britain amounted to 19I, ,56I,
3S9 pounds in the first six months
of 1871 against 169,S2l $40 pounds
in 1870, and 14,174,733 pounds in
1869. In these totals the Australian
wool amounted to I34, 735, ,2SS pounds
during corresponding periods, in 1871,
against l35,92S,2l3 pounds in 1870.
and 103, 772,S27 pounds in 1869. The
value of the imports of wool from
Australia now amount TO from 81
100000 to S10000OGJ month.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01
NOTICE
GENERAL CLAIM AGENCY

Twill prosecute all Claims against the Gov
ernment for Property and Stores taken or fur
nished 10 or by the United States troops or
commanders, during the late unpleasantness;
Pensions for widows, fathers, soldiers, and
guardians for mi nor children: also, Pension
ers of the War of lSl2.
REFEREScEs.-The Bank of Columbia, and
First National Bank of Columbia; First Ma
fional Bank and Savings Bank at Pulaski;
MAYS 3m J. l.. WILSON.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01
OUR PRINCIPAL CITIES.


The following valuable table Of the popa-
lation of each of the cities Of the United
States containing ten thousand inhabitants
and upwards is from the forthcoming work
Of the Census Bureau, embodying the results
OF the las: census. 1t will be found very
useful for referAnce.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01
E,IRST NATIONAL BANK
OF COLUMBIA, TENN.

c,p,ru 100000
DIRECTORS.
T. w. KEESEE, J. NJ. FOWLER,
II. Il. MOORE, NJ. $. FRlERSON,
JOHN FRIERSON.
Receives Deposits, deals in Foreign and Domes
tic Exchange, Gold, Silver and Government
securities.
Collections made and RENTED for on day Of
payment at current rates of exchange.
Revenue stamps for sale.
JOHN FRlERSON, Prest.
JAMES B. CHILDRESS, Cash'r.
March "a, 1871.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01

1t is supposed iaAt artificial ice
was made as far back as tn fifth Gen.
tury.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01

w. VANCE THOMPSON,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
ATLAW
Office on Garden Street, nearly west and oppo-
site Masonic Hall,
COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE.
Will practice in Supreme and Federal Courts
IN Nashville, and in the Chaccery and Circuit
Courts of Maury and adjoining counties.
Feb. 5, 1S69.-n
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01

A correspondent thus speaks of
Queen Victoria's court breakfasts i'm
Buckingham Palace Park: "On these
occasions the Queen walks about
very smiling, with a white cap that
looks like French bOnne's over her
haed and the widows weeds thought
llghtened by suspicion here and
there of white lace or Grape. The
breakfasts take place i'm the afternoon
at half past four o'clock, and the ladies
attend in a costume gotten up ex-
pressly for the occasion. They gossip
and chatter in groups ON the sward,
while the gentlemen, i'm uniform and
stars and garters, quiz them i'm high
ly aristocratic way. or discuss poll
tics in the arbors. The little Princes
of Wales, in particular, is very lively
and popular ON these occasions, and
has sprightly air which neither the
wcll-known propriety and haughti-
ness of her royal mamma, or the in
difference of her big lazy husband
seems to have dampened
DoN'T SHOOT PAPER WADs.--Jhe
dry season is now fast approaching,
and with it comes increased danger
from fires, both in town and country.
One of the most common causes of
fires in the fields and woods is the rep
rehensiye habit of sportsmen in using
for wadding paper or otler material
easily ignited. The annual losses in
this State from fires caused by the
carlessness of sportsmen amounts to
a very large aggregate. Gentlemen,
buy patent wads or use leather, and
you will in a great measure avert
the danger complained Of The papers
throughout the State will do good
service by calling attention to this
matter.--PacJ6c Rural Press.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01

w. G. DORSETT, NJ. d.,
Respectfully otc.s his Professional services
both SURGICALLY and MEDICALLI-tO
the citizens of Columbia and vicinity.
OrpicE-0pposite to tho Masonic Hall, corner
Of West Main and Garden Streets, where he
may be found night and day. lmy20. If
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01
yrGu T. GORDON. C. o. EICHoLsC
GORDON & NICHOLSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,

COLUMBIA, :. =. - TENN
Will practice in the several Courts of Maury
and adjoining counties.
RF Prompt attention given to collection OF
Claims.
May 20, 1871.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01
FARMING TOOLS.

Trcppard & Co., keep for sale all
kinds of Farming Tools, such as Hoes
Chains, Lines, Cradles, Cotton Scrap
ers, Rakes, Snothes, sc. Sold whole
sale and retail at bottom prices. Don't
forget their numbers No. 10 and Il
North College Street, Nashville,
Tenn.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01
TIN WAR e.

Messrs. Treppard Il Co. sell all kinds
of Tin, Plate, Copper, Bucket Covers,
Sheet Iron, &C., &c. Country Shops
will find it to their interest to pur-
chase from this house as they buy
from the importers and consequently
can sell at the lowest prices. They
warrant all goods of the best quality
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-10-19

A CORE spondent Of the Ma hia Un,cn
lows: 7s.,-'1'-,-.- =" - - = 80 =
Joseph Wilder, Jr., & Co. launched last
week schooner, about lao tons O. m. called
the Scud; designed for coasting trade, and
commanded by Captain Holloway Of Ed
munds. Capt. r. Landick has q schooner of
ABOUT 20 tons o. m. nearly ready to launch.
She will be chiefly owned in Pembroke and
commanded by the builder, Capt. L. Messrs.
Parsons Bros. will launch a schooner next
week OF about 100 tons o. m. one-half
owned by the builders and others of Penn.
broke, balance by L. L. Wadsworth, Jr.. Of
Calais, and Capt. Sawyer who will command
her. There will be several schooners built
mere the coming winter, from 100 to 200
tons. ~
Capt. Daniel White, of the Jameson
uuaros, Bangor, has received from that COM
pany handsome present in the shape of
magnificent sword and belt, costing si5O.
John Allen was severely injured by the
falling of an elevator in the Lewiston Bleach.
cry few days since. 1@r
The eastern end of the dam across Jim.
skitticook Falls at Kingman was swept away
by the recent freshet. This is very severe
loss to Mr.. Kingman and the Shaw Bros, az
well as to large number of operatives. MIR.
Kingman has 10000 sides of leather which
must be removed to some other tannery for
finishing.
Henry Saunders Of Bangor was accident-
ally killed while cunning in the woods near
Kingman Tuesday. He was in company with
two other young men. One of them was
loading pistol, when it was accidentally
discharged, lodging the bullet in Saunders
heart. He lived but few moments.
In the city Of Portland for the year 1871
200 individuals or firms have been assessed
special tax of S25 as retail liquor dealers;
and 10 have been assessed 500 as Wholesale
liquor dealers. f3f ,ff'fkt