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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22
Romantic Stery Of a Witness i'm a
Murder Case

In the Criminal Court yesterday after.
noon MIR. John K. Perkins was sent to
Jail by Judge Flippin for refusing to tes-
tity in the Wynn Cannon case. Mr.. Per
kins is said to have been an eyewitness
of the shooting, and also heard everything
that passed between Morse and Cannon
previous to the shooting. For few days
past Perkins has been on protracted
spree, and yesterday when he was brought
into the court he presented an appearance
woe-begone and haggard in the extreme
He was evidently in a condition that
would result i'll delirium tremens in a
short time if not properly cared for. Yes
terday he refused to give any reason be-
yond saying Il will not testify in case
of this kind. l know that you will have
to send me to Jail for contempt. L will
say, however, in refusing to take the oath
that my testsmony is no more than has
been sworn to by Mr., Burke"
Jupge Flippin endeavored to get some
reason from Perkins for his strange con-
duct, but nothing Ineligible could be got
from him. Finally the Judge ordered
the Sheriff to convey him to Jail, where
he will be confined until he expresses a
willingness to testify or give some satisfac
tory reascn for keeping silent.
Connected with his refusal to testify
there is bit of romance, as related by
himself to different persons. He says that
when a lad of eighteen years he was at
tending school in Kentucky. His room
mate, young man few years his senior,
in fit of passion one day deliberately
murdered another young man. Perkins,
who had the strongest affection for his
roommate, was the only eyewitness.
When the murderer was arraigned before
the court, Perkins was compelled to tes-
tify, and his evidence alone was so damn
ing and conclusive against the prisoner
that the latter was sentenced to be hanged.
This sentence was carried out a few
weeks later, to the great grief of Perkins,
who regarded hsmself as the cause of his
room mates ignominious death. The day
the young man was hung Perkins fell upon
his knees and took solemn oath never
again to testify in any case where his tes-
timony might possibly cause the extreme
penalty of the law to be inflicted upon any
person. This oath he has religiously kept,
and yesterday he was sent to Jail for his
unwillingness to violate it.
When the counsel for both the State
and defense interposed yesterday upon his
behalf Perkins said Gentlemen, it is no
use; will not testify, and you had as
we'll send me to Jail now as any other
time. ."-Memphis AUdlduche.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22
A Sad Life.

For the last twenty years there has liv-
ed In cave in Saline county, Kentucky,
entirely alone, a singular character named
Franklin Elliott. of whose past nothing
was known; only it was surmised from
his commanding, proud face and cultivated
expression, which his wretchedness was
unable entirely to conceal, that he was the
wreck of once envied manhood. Once
OF twice in year he would come into
| town, and with as few words as possible
barter game or pelts for powder, shot and
salt-nothing more. When he saw peo-
pie approaching he would always avoid
them. A short time ago, two gentlemen
were hunting III the forest near the cave
where he lived, and storm coming ssup,
they knocked for admission Hearing no
answer they opened the iron-bound door,
and saw upon heap of skins and blankets
the hermit lying dead The cave was
commodious, having been enlarged by him
self from small hole to an apartment
twenty-five feet square aad ten or twelve
feet high, but quite void of furniture.
Pieces of stone and inches in
the rocky walls served as chairs, tables
and shelves. A rife and fowling piece
were found, long broad bowie knife, fish
ing tackle, cooking utensils and number
of books. Among the latter were copies
of Shakespeare, Sterne, Addison, Schiller,
Southey and Spencer. Besides these bare
necessities of his existence. something of
vastly moro interest was fouDd-a tin box
filled with papers, which revealed his past
history and the secret of his strange life.
1t was the same old story of disappointed
love, a story stale and barren of interest
to every one but the sufferer He had
been well born, we'll educated and affiuent.
In early life he was a member of the
Kentucky Legislature. There the blight
fell upon him. He became dissipated
and desperate, and his next misfortune
was to fight duel with man named
Baily, to whom the result was fatal. The
laws of Kentucky were lax against duel
ing, and he had no trouble in going abroad,
staying in Europe for two or three years.
At the end of that time remorse and des-
pair brought him back to the solitude of
woods and caves. which he never after
ward had the courage to desert.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22
A Snake Stery.

The Richmond correspondent of the
Petersburg Iader tells the following:
"a gentleman, physician, resident near
the Warm Springs, but now on visit to this
city, tells remarkable snake story. The
doctor was recently sent for to see lady
of his neighborhood who had been bitten
on the ankle by rattlesnake. When he
reached the patient he found that her
friend, adopting an old Indian remedy
which had come down to this generation
with the legendary lore of the neigborhood,
had bound the wound, already much swol-
len and inAamed, with several folds of the
inner lining (fbre) of the bark of the syc-
amore tree. Willing to await the result
of this experiment, and seing really no
chance for the application of etter and
more orthodox remedy our doctor allow
ed the lady to keep the bandage on.
and in a few hours she was relieved frcm
the pain and the effects of the poison, too.
as she declared. Then it removed. The
wound presented most favorable app a =
ance, and the cure was soon pronounced
complete. Now the most astonishment
part remains to be told, on unfolding the
DanuaSe nave releTreu Io,Vne eXacG OUT
lines, the very photograph, yea the perfect
picture of the snake, coiled ready for tie
spring, was found impressed upon it. So
perfect was the likeness that if one had
seen the bark bandage lying open on the
roadside, he would have thought that
'rattler' had coiled upon it for one of his
dreadful springs. The doctor saw this
thing with his own eyes. And the reme-
dy has been applied to similar cases in
that section of the country with as happy
effaI.ts %
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22
THE BLESSING OF TO-DAY.

Strange, we never prise the music
Till the sweet-voiced birds have flown:
Strange, that we should slight the violets
Till the lovely flowers are gone;
Strange, that sum skies and sunshine
Never seem one-half SO fair
AS when winters snowy pinions
Shake the white down in the air.
Lips from which the seal of silence
None but God can roll away,
Never blossomed in such beauty
As adorns the mouth to-day.
And sweet words that freight our memory
With the beautiful perfume,
Come to us in sweeter accents
Through the portals of the tomb.
Let us gather up the sunbeams
Lying all around our path;
Let us keep the wheat and roses,
Casting out the thorns and chaff;
Let us find our sweetest comfort
In the blessings of the day,
With a patient hand removing
All the briers from our way.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22

SOME years ago son of the Emerald
Isle in the city of Portland, Maine, accos.
ted the captain of a steamer plying be-
tween that city and Boston 20 inquire the
fare to Boston, when the following colo
guy ensued: "Good morning. captain
''could We be afther tellin' me what's the
fare to Bostbon 2" '.Three dollars" an
swered the captain. ''But suppose / wint
outside % '.In that case" said the cap
tain, :'you can go for two dollars" This
was undoubtedly beyond the extent Of
Pats worldly possessions, SO he scratched
his head and looked perplexed for few
moments, when bright thought seemed
to strike him. 81 say, Captain, dear,
what would you be afther takin' hum
dred and sixty pounds Of freight forT'
"Seventy-fye oents," replied the captain.
"Be jabers, thin, ye may put me down,
Captain, for I'm jist the boy that weighs
that 7" The captain turned to the clerk.
saying ''Put on the freight list one hum
dred and sixty pounds of live lrishman,
and stow him in the hold"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22

A BERLIN lithographer has, it is said
after years of study, succeeded in invent.
ing inimitable paper money. The color
of the paper is the only secret on which
the invention rests. The inventor says
the colors cannot be chemically analyzed
on applying the magnifying glass they can
be distinguished from all other colors, and
in their quality as colors they cannot be
initiated by photography, nor any other
bic each individual State to have its own
composition, and that this process is not a
more expensive one than the present pa
per preparation for securities of Treasury
notes.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22
.sroo Coed for this world"

That is what they say about good lit
tie boys and girls when they die; and we
see no reason why it may not be said OF
good little counties, like Bath, in this
State. If it cannot die, it ought at least
to be fenced in, that its virtue may be
guarded against tie peradventure of
wicked intrusions. 1t has not a convict in
the penitentiary /; not prisoner in Jail /;
not criminal case on the court docket,
and has not had pauper for ten years,
and its poorhouse is source of revenue
to the county. Bath is ready and waiting
the millennium. She had better pray for
Gabriel to blow bis trumpet ere the evil
day comes.-R,cltmo,,d Enquirer.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22
A Relic Of Colonial Times.

The Belair(Md) Egis has the following
appreciative notice of relic of the olden
time:
Mr.. j. G.. Luckey. of this county,
while overhauling an old secretary purchas-
ed at sale, discovered a secret drawer,
ON opening which were found five or six
hundred dollars in money chiefly old State
| bank bills. 1t also contained some speci
mems of continental currency, one of the
oldest and most curious of which is of the
denomination of twenty shillings, bears the
d:teof June 1st, 1859. and was printed,
as it states, by''B. Franklin and d. Hail. -
1t is about three inches square, of thick
paper, the face of it bearing this inscrip-
| ton;
This indented dill shall pass current
for twenty shillings within the government
of the counties New, Castle, Kent and
Sussex, on Delaware, according to an act
of assembly of the said government, made
in the 32d year of the reign of our sover-
| eign lord King George H."
On the reverse is rude representation
of a tobacco plant and a lion rampant. with
the ominous warning, ITO counter felt
is DEATH"
Looking back to the time when this note
was issued from the press, a strange con-
trast with the present day is presented.
This note, too, was ten years old when
Napo,eon Bonaparte was born. No Wis
ions of its future greatness and prosperity
had at that day drawn upon the minds of
the quiet citizens of Baltimore, for what
is now that great metropolis was then
only quite village ofthirty or forty houses.
Jones Falls was not then the turbid source
of contention and wrangling as of late, but
rippled musically through green meadows
and leafy coverts, finally mingling its pure
clear waters with those of the Patapsco.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22
Attention Smokers,

ROLLINGS' CHOICE SMOKING TOBACO.
We had occasion to try the above brand of
choice smoking tobacco and considering
ourscif judge of the weed. take this meth
cd of recommending it to our readers. 1t
is manufactured by Messrs Davis and
Hensley, Knoxville, Tenn. If our mer-
chants will condescend to bringon supply
of it instead of the miserable stuff, half
stems, that we have been compelled to use
of late, they will not only advance their
own interests, but incur the gratitude of
smokers generally. Try it. Address
Davis & Hensley, Knoxville. Tenn.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22

Carroll county claims to have the big
cest man in Tennessee, in the person of
William b. Shaver. According to re-
cent measurement he measures around the
wrist eight and one-half inches; around
the arm, eighteen inches !; around the calf
of leg. nineteen inches; around the thigh,
midway above the knee, thirty-three in
ehes; around the chest. FIVE feet; and
around the waist, six feet. His height Is
six feet FIVE and one-half inches,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22

Mrs. Browns pretty Irish waitress got
married the other day. sand hear you
are going to Australia with your husband.
Kitty" said her mistress. care you not
afraid of such long, dangerous voyage 2
s.well, ma am, that's his lookout. be.
long to him now, an if anything happens
to me sure it'll be his loss, not mine."
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22

An editor has a lady friend who feels
some interest in his spiritual welfare, and
therefore sends him piece of poetry un-
der the title of ..Railroad from Earth to
Heaven" The closing lines of each verse
are as follows
.'f" If you'll repent and turn from sin,
The train will stop and take you in"
The editor acknowledges that he has no
ticket, but hopes for free pass.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22
Eureka BitserS.

The Messrs. McClung & BeitertonS, OF
Knoxville, are manufacturing these just
ly Celebrated Bitters from Pure Bourbon
Whisky. They are superior to anything
of the kind now manufactured and as Il
simple Tonic may be used with great bene-
fit by all persons suffering with debility,
indigestion, dyspepsia, or disease of the
Liver. Try them and we are satisfied you
will use no other. Sold by Druggists
generally. 7lsept7tf
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING
Mcney--Special Notices.
Reduction Of Prices.

We have reduced the price of FFFG
Rifle Powder to Sc 50per keg, and are sell
ing our fine Sporting Rifle, Double and
Single Barrel Guns. Metallic Cartridges,
Shot, Caps, Bar Lead. Sporting Tackle
and Gun Materials at equally low prices.
Merchants should make note of these
facts and send us their orders, or visit us
when in Knoxville
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22

"Well, Sambo, what's yer up to now
a-days?'
go, is carp'ner and jiner."
"He guess yer is. What depart
ment do you perform?
"What department? Why does the
circular work."
whats dat?'
"Why, turns de grindsone."
"G'wayp'
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22
DIR. SIMMONS

> 1 " e T. h e'g u a t or.
preparation of roots and herbs, warran-
ted to be strictly vegetable, and can do 20
injury to any one.
1t has been used by hundreds. and known
tor the last 40 years as one of the most
reliable. efficacious and harmless prepara-
tions ever offered to the suffering. Iftaken
regularly and persistcntlv. it is sure to cure
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22

A farmer saw an advertised recipe to
prevent wells and cisterns from freezing.
He sent his money and received the an
swer eTake in your well or cistern on
cold nights and keep it by the fre."
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22

For HOUSE CLEANING. washing dishes
floors, oil cloths, tables, cleaning windows
paint, knives and polishing tin, brass and
all metals, use Enoch MOrgan's Sons
SapoliO. 1t is cheaper and better than
soap. Get it from your grocer, or at 2l1.
Washington street, New York. octl9
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22
z HEEz1NR-iEzszEEaRH-
IREGULATOF

diarrh9a, affections of the bladder, camp
dysentery, affections ofthe kidneys. fever.
nervousness, chills, diseases of the skin,
impurity OF" the blood, melancholy, or de-
preston of spirits, heartburn, collie, or
pains in the bowels, pain in the head, fever
and ague, drOpsy, bOils, pain in the back.
&c. prepared only by
j. LII. ZEILIN & CO.,
Druggists, Macon, Ga,
Price, 81; by mail SIPS.
Fer sale in JonesborO, by BOVELL &
MATHES. 71mar2w52.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22

HAVE on hand the largest and best
ii assorted stock of Rifles, double and
single Shot Guns, Pocket Pistols, Cartrid-
ges. Shot, Caps, Lead, Powder Flasks,
Game Bags, Rifle Barrels, Shot Belts
Powder Horns. Rifle Locks, and Double
Triggers ever offered to the trade OF East
Tennessee. PRIZE and SPORTING III
FILES made to order.
our stock of FIBE WORKS for the HoL-
LIDAYs will bs large and complete.
Orders Wholesale and Retail saiioited.
General Agents for the Weed Family
Sewing Machine. Lock-stieh. Shuttle!
Straight needlel DURABILITY, SIM
.PLICITY and EASE OF RUNNING are its
points of eXcellency,
Agents wanted in every county in East
Tennessee. aG noy2tf
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22
q K LlDEi
WI 7 IL
Wilson, Burns Il Go,
WHOLE ALE
II 70 Ce L s.,

n r.. SMITH Il Co, los, Gay Street,
KnoxvilIe, are offering better bargains IN
R00KS' STATIONERY, &c, then ever
iDofore The reason of their great success
IS Sicy puy and sell for Cash. hiy3FN
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22
|tSIMMQNS,E

in the shoulder, and is mistaken for rheu
matism, The stomach is affected with loss
OF appetite and sickness, bowles in gener-
al al costive, sometimes alternating with lax.
L ne mead Is troubled with pain, and dull.
heaFy sensation, considerable loss of
memory, accompanied with painful sensa-
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22
vOl. lll JONEsBOROUGH, TENNESSEE. THURSDAY

The symptoms
of Ii v cr Com
plant are uneasi-
ness and pain in
the side. Some
times the pain is
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22

sometimes many of the above symptoms
attend the disease, and at other times very
few OF them; but the liver is generally
the organ most involved. Cure the Liver
with - -
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22

sDyspepsia, head
cache, Jaundice,
zcOstiveness, sick
kheadache chronic
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-22

iztion of having left undone
Ffsomething which ought to
Ihave been done. Often
accomplishing of weakness,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-12
Flow Il Was Donnl


To the Editor of the Intelllgencer:
To show how the Parkersburgh Con-
ventiOn was packed in favor Of Camden,
will you please insert the following AFT.
davit made by Mr., Hite, Of Kanawha
county, who was a soldierin in the Stone.
wall Brigade during the recent war. Mr..
Hite deposeth: -s.
"About the time the delegates were
starting from Kanawha for the Conyen.
ton at Parkersburg, l was approached on
the street by an enthusiastic Camden
man, who seemed, from his remarks, 10
be connected with tho firm Of Henry S.
Walker, He enquired Of me II l was a
delegate to the Parkersburg Convention.
! told him was not, and had no money
TO spend for politics. He very eagerly re.
Piled that Henry s. Walker would pay
me three dollars day and expenses to
Tue Parkershurg Convention and to vote
against Jacob. WIN. H, HITR.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-12
How They Raise Campaign Funds
at Charleston.

The Huntington Daily Pres OF July
4th tells an extraordinary story about
what It terms zone Of the most daring
and insulting robberies ever known TO our
new State" which it says occurred at
Charleston on the Saturday before the
Fourth. The story is that a railroad con.
tractor (whOse name Is given) who had
just finished a contract on the G. & o.
Road went to Charleston to draw his
money. Here he "fell among thieves
"thrce or four Of the most influential
men at the capital, the genuine F. F. vs."
as the Pres says, "who drugged his liquor,
made him crazy and took from him about
$1,000" They claim 10 have won the
money atcards,except about &, GOO which
they say he gave them "for campaign pur.
poses" The matter creates great excite
ment at the Permanent Seat.
The Pres of the 9th contains card
purporting to be from the contractor de-
clariDg the story wholly untrue; but
the editor of the Press evidently
does not believe the contradiction for
it says 1--WE gladly make any corrcc-
ton which will lead to the truth, and we
are reliably informed that part OF the
above money has been refunded and the
matter compromised" Private informa.
ton from Charleston confirms the Press
statements in the most direct and positive
manner, and states that the matter was
hushed up by the rascals disgorging the
greater part Of the money, the contractor
agreeing TO write q card denying the
thing altogether. One OF the 'F. F. VS."
aforesaid, is gentleman not wholly I'M
knownin West Virginia politics, but we
do not mention his name till we have
further particulars, which the Charleston
papers will doubtless soon bring US.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-12
BELMONT COUNTY.
tFrom thc pellaIrc Independanll

From the Bellaire independently
JOSEPH MITCHELL, one Of the most
highly esteemed citizens Of Bellaire, died
Monday Of Pulmonary Consumption,
from which he had been a sufferer for the
past three years.
A SON OF VIM. Rice, janitor of the
Court House, at st. GAINESVILLE, was
thrown from his horse Sunday evening,
and received injuries SO severe as 10
cause his death.
MONDAY evening little. boy about two
years old, son Of Robert Henderson, fell
into tub Of hot water and was yery
badly scalded about the face, neck and
breast.
JAMES HAWTHORN and wife, of Mead
Township, met with very serious acct.
dent last Sunday. Mr.. Hawthorn having
been for some time an invalid, his wife
was taking him out for q ride, and while
descending steep hill the horse ran
away, upsetting the buggy, throwing Mr..
bly,.
Mrs. H. was caught in the buggy top
and dragged nearly quarter oil q mile,
when the horse ran through q fence,
tearing the top of and releasing her.
Mrs. ID. received serious injuries, which
1t was thought at first would prove fatal,
butwe hear to-day hopes are entertained
OF her recovery.
WM FNDLEY was very severely hurt
THIS morning by the upsetting Of loaded
wagon, which he was driving down the
steep deolivity from Heatherington's stone
quarry. His injuries are not dangerous
IN character, but will lay him up for
some time to come.
SoLSStoN WALKER, an employee of the
Belmont Glass works, fell from one of the
East windows OF the factory, distance
OF about twenty feet, last Saturday even
ing, breaking some OF the bones Of his
lace and receiving other injuries of a
very serious character.
From thest. ClaIrsvllle ChronIclc)
We are glad to learn that CAPTAIN
Cope who has been seriously i'll for some
Tune past is now convalescent He has
been suffering with Intercostal Neuralgia.
WooL.-The sale of wool has begun
a. much lower rates than we expected
Sixty cents is the highest sum paid by
cautious buyers, and some lots have
been sold at tilty.eight. Money Is scarce
and neceSsitates the immediate sale of
a portion Of the clip at least.
A BIG LoAD.-Mr. John Wilson kindly
furnished his large Bus to the Sabbath
School on the Fourth, to aid in convey.
ing the children to the Grove. Fifty.nine
going out, and sixty.four returning, in.
Guiding three grown persons were quite
sufficient 10 tax his careful driving to
the utmost.
A PAPER is in circulation, getting
signers to call for an organization whose
object shall be to prosecute tho whisky
dealers oil this town, and guard our
young men from the enticements Of
liquor saloons, whether within or outside
Of the corporation, and from association
with the loaiers that hang round our
streets day alter day doing nothing, but
annoying by their presence the good
citizens Of the town.