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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12
cHILLs AND FEVER
Petition for Incorporation.
In the Chancery Court of Madi-
san COuntv. Tennessee.

"THEREAS petition has been nled IN
w the Chancery Court Of Madison
County, Tennessee, by r. B. Hurt, d NJ.
Wisdom, Milton Brown, JnO. j. Williams,
Jno. Y. Keith and A. W. Campbell, eiti-
Zens Of SAID county OF Madison, and Dy
Calvin Shull, Jno. III. Meeks, Thomas r.
Beck, S. L. Warren, V. A. Sanders, John
NJ, Harris, John Helbert, Frank Cherry
and Martin v. Peoples, citizens Of MeNairy
County, Tennessee, and by J. q, Shipp,
Thomas Maxwell and James FraIey, clu-
zens OF Hardin County, Tennessee, asking
to be incorporated as body polite ana
corporate under the name and style OF the
Jackson & Birmingham Rail Road Co., Tor
the purpose OF building, constructing,
equiping and operating Rail Road Tor
the transportation Of freight and passen-
gers from Jackson in the coAnty OF Madison,
Tennessee, to Birmingham, IN Jefferson Co:
Alabama, running through the counties OF
Henderson and McNairy, and if deemed
practicable, through the county Of Hardin,
to the State line, with ali the privileges,
franchises, rights and powers granted by
the General Assembly OF the state TenneS-
nessee TO the Mississippi Central Rail Road
Company, passed November Both, 1893, SO
far as the same are applicable to the pur-
poses and objects Of the corporation here
applied for. And the said petitioners ask
that they be endowed with all other pr1Ve-
ieges franchises and rights, not Inconsistent
with the constitution and laws of the State
Of Tennessee andlOf the United States.
1t is therefore ordered, that all persons
desiring so to do, make their appearance
herein, at the Court House in the city of
jackson, on or before the 4th Monday in
April next, and show cause, If any they
have, why the prayer of petitioners should
not be granted, or the same will be taken for
confessed as to them, and the cause pro-
ceeded with ex parte.-and that a copy of
this order be published for 80 days in the
Jackson Whig and Tribune. This 22nd
March 1878. A copy attest.
ID. NJ. WISDOM, @. g. NJ.
Guy Leeper, Sol. mar22-4t
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our Manufacturing Interests.

The regular readers OF this paper
Will bear testimony to our earnest
laIers, in the long past, to induce
our people to pay more attention to
manufacturing, grain and stock
raising, and less to the cultivation
of cotton. We are satisfied, how
ever, that this change must necessa-
rily be slow; but it will certainly
cone, and when it does, the bound
to prosperity that it will give will
ast0nish s'some folks"
The "situation" is this: we have
not sufficient skilled labor in the
South to start and run any factory
Of much Importance. Suppose we
start a cotton factory in Jackson,
it is doubtful if a dozen experienced
operatives could be procured in the
whole county of Madison to run it;
the same may be said of nearly all
other manufacturing enterprises.
What, then, are we to do? Why do
Whist we have never yet tried. Let
each County Court in the State,
where the people want skilled labor
to come in, make an appropriation
and employ two competent gentle
men to visit the manufacturing dis
tricts North and present the claims
of the South to the ld60rers-not to
their employers. But few of our
people know with what jealous care
northern capitalists watch over the
labor of their section. No south
ern planter was ever more watchful
not to have his slaves "tampered"
with by northern men, than is the
large manufacturer, north, over his
''hired men," Before the war there
was only this difference in controll-
ing labor North and South-the
southern planter owned and con-
trolled the labor of his slaves-the
northern manufacturer controlled
his tenants by the power of his
money and the necessities of the la-
borer; practically, one had about
as much power over the laborer as
the other.
The laboring classes at the North
are purposely kept prejudiced
against the people of the South
The capitalists do all in their power
to keep them from coming South
for they know very well that as the
South looms up by manufacturing
they must correspondingly go down
1t will take time to remove this pre-
judice and secure immigration. w,
can hasten it by adopting the pla1
we have suggested; and we woulC
enlarge it by having Andrew John
son employed by the State TO can
vass the manufacturing distritc
North, and talk to the "dear poo
people," as no body but Andy sal
do. We would almost forgive hin
for all his numerous sins, if he vii
go there and raise a muss and max
Rome howl.
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sLEEPING.
Br MAUD wEsrLASD.


One ethese crimson autumn days,
Wsshall be sleeping among the hills,
whe the midnight wind on It's harp-string
plays,
And he lonely wood birds echo thrills.
Sad ses above US may watch and weep,
Greved hearts all round Us may pant and
swell,
Noisy Ger US, esrth's tumult may sweep,
Blu we shall have rest and be still, be still.
Undr the shade Of the solemn pine
Were the blue violets in spring-time are,
Wha the hazels are brown in the nuttlng
time,
Orhe tall vines eluster-it matters not
where.
II utters not where, 30 the weary brow
My thrOb and futter and fush no more,
so tlB spirit that ehAles and tosses now
My be hushed and oslmed and its moans
be Ger.
Wei bid the wild weeds tangle and creep
Aid the snow drift thickly the long
winter through,
AR5even the tempest to rattle and sweep
ss il sings but aush 10 the sleeper'
below.
Anc thiekiy, blow tbiekly, the red autumn
leaves,
Aound the tall elm true, and under thu
pine,
Whmever the cradle our earth mothel
gives
rs Der tired children sleeping the lonl
twilight time.
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m.AaeIE,s GONE.


The following poem was written by
Ralph Waldo Emerson on the eve OF Miss
Maggie Mitehell's departure from Boston ;
Drop the curtain and put out the lights;
And alone, in the dark Of darkest nights,
Let the theatre dream Of the glory shed
From the star-bright brow Of the charmer
Maggie's gone.
And all tile passions fine and strong
Told IN story and sung in song,
In eye-faSh felt or tear drop seen,
Have vanished with the vanished Queen.
Maggie's gone.
Queen never passed from palace door
With retinue half so grand before;
As the love and prayers that brighten the
way
OF one who made night more lovely than
Maggie's gone.
Actors! what have You now to showl
Your guests have much to remember, you
know,
And ewes that seem TO look at your play,
May see but the glory that's faded away,
Msggie's gone.
Alone by itself, the fond heart keeps
Its tryst with memory, in secret deeps;
And only one can restore the grace
And beauty that lately illumined the place.
Maggie's gone.
Drop the curtain and put out the lights;
The soul has a theater with charmed rights;
And the drsam-elves may lead US wherever
they will,
But the beautiful Fanehon is played there
still.
Maggie's gone.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12
Change Of Tinas.

AN ACT to change the time of hol-
ding the Circuit Courts Of Gibson,
Crockett and Haywood counties,
and the Law Court at Humboldt
in the 18th Judicial District, and
the times of holding the Cbaneery
Courts at Trenton, for Gibson
county, in the 11th ChancerY Di-
vision
Section BE it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State Of
Tennessee, That the times Of hold
ing the Law Court at Humboldt, in
Gibson county, be changed from the
first Mondays of March, june and
October, as now held by law, to the
third Mondays of February, June
and October; that the time Of hold
ing the Circuit Courts at Browns
vile, for Haywood county, be chang
ed from the third Mondays of July,
March and November, as now held
by law, to the first Mondays of
March, July and November; that the
Circuit Courts Of Alamo, for Crock
EFT county, be changed from the see
ond Mondays of April, August and
December, to the fourth Mondays
Of March, July apd November; that
the times of holding the Circu, {
Courts at Trenton, for Gibson coun-
ty, be changed from the third Mon
days of April, August and Decem-
Der, as now held by law, to the sec
ond Mondays Of April, August and
December; that the times Of hold
ing the Chancery Courts at TTen-
tons for Gibson county be changed
from the third Mondays Of May and
the second Mondays of December,
as now held by law, to the second
Mondays of May and November.
Section 2.-Be il further enacted,
That so far as any change is made
by the first section of this act, as 10
the times of holding the Law Court
at Humboldt, the Circuit Courts st
Brownsville, Alamo and Trenton,
for the respective counties therein
named, the same shall not take eff
feet until after a term of each res
peetive court, IS before named, in
tervenes, as now provided for by
law, from which last mentioned
terms writs and other process shall
test to the succeeding term. as chang
ed by this act.
Section 3.-Be it further enacted,
That so far as any change is made
by the first section of this act as to
the times of holding the Chancery
Courts at Trenton, for Gibson coun-
ty, that all process, etc, now issued
or to be issued, shall be and hereby
are made Teturnable to the first
term, as contemplated by the change;
and that in this regard the public
welfare requiring it, this act shall
take effect from and after its pass
age. Passed March Is, 1873.
A. T. LACEY,
Speaker of the Senate
w. S. McGAUGHEY,
Speaker House Of Representatives.
Approved March 10, 1873.
JOHN G. BROWN, Governor.
L certify that the, foregoing is a
true copy of an act of the General
Assembly of the State of Tennes-
see, the original of which is now on
file in my office. ...
CHAS. N. GIBBS,
i -
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12

CURE FOR A FELoN. A CORES
pondent of the Household gives the
following cure for q fei0E: AS soon
as discovered, take some spirits Of
turpentine in a cup, dip the finger
in it, and then hold the hand near a
hot fire till dry; then dip il in again
and repeat for fifteen minutes, or
till the pain ceases. The next day,
with a sharp knife, pare OF the
thick skin and you viii find some
thing like a honeycomb filed with
clear water, open the cells, and the
felon is gone.
ANoTHER.-H the felon is too
far advanced for turpentine, oil of
organum, treated in the same way,
will cure. II too far advanced for
either to cure, the felOn viii still be
benefited, as it will be less painful.
I Never draw il.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12

Is IT NOT TRUE?-Our exchanges
have comenced their annual labor of
love of advising their readers to
plant more corn and less cotton.
Each planter, believing that his
neighbor will take the advice, goes
to work Immediately buying more
cotton seed and hiring an extra num-
Der OF hands. Toward the close of
the cotton season he finds out that
his aeighbor did like wise; so cotton
remains king and corn is purhased
from the Northwest. And the mon
ey that should properly be left at
home is sent to our Northern'neigh-
bors for supplies that we could ca
! silly provide ourselves.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12
vote on lhe Assessment Ban.

The final vote in the House on the
assessment bill was as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Allison, BealS,
Blevins, Board, J. r. Bond, Brown,
Couch, Denny, Elder, Ferguson,
FriersOn, Harris, Haynes, Houkt
Hughes, Jamison, Jeup. keeble
Leach, Lindsey, g. w. Martin
Motif, III. r. Moore, McAdoo, Nc
Farland, Noblitt, Orr, Overton
Patton, Perke, Perkins, Preston
Russell, Steger, Tate, q. n. Till
man, B. NJ. Tillman, Trousdale
Washington, Williamson, Wilson
Wood, Worley, Young and Speaker
McGaughey-44.
Noes-Messrs. Beck, Cottrell
Cummins, Head, Kerr, Latin, Ma
gill, Scott Moore, MeCollum, Nc
Campbell, Mcleod, Snyder, Turner
Ward, West and Wester-16.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12
FrnrAIE SnCIErY-WhaI

FEMALE SOCIETY.-What is it
that makes all those men who assO-
ciate habitually with women superb
or to those who do not? What makes
the women who are accustomed to,
and at ease in, the society Of men, ,su-
perior to their sex in general? Sole
IL because they are in the habit of
free, graceful, confined conversation
with the other sex. Women in this
way lose their frivolity, and the men
lose their pedantie, declamatory or
sullen.maHner. The coin of the IN
derstanding and the heart changes
continually. Their asperities are rub
bed of, their nature polished and
frightened, and their richness. like
gold. is wrought into finer work
manship by the fingers of women,
than it would ever be done by those
of men.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12

There are few more glorious mo-
ments of our humanity than those
in which faith does battle against
intellectual proof; when, for exam
pie, cold-blooded materialist's de
monstration, in which God, the
soul, and life to come, are proved
impossible, up rises the heart, in al
the giant might of its Immortality
to do battle with the underst stending
and with the simple argument, 81
feel them in my best and highesl
moments to be true,p aunihilate the
sophistries of logic. These mo,
ments of profound faith do nsl
come once and all; they vary With
the degree and habit of obedience
There is a plant which blossoms
once ina hundred years, Like it.
the soul only blossoms now and theI
in space of years; but these mo-
ments are the glory and the heaven
ly glimpses of our purest humanity
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12

PRoGREssING.-W are pleased
to announce the fact that work on
the Memphis g. Knoxville Railroad
east of Bolivar is processing as rap
IDLY as circumstances win permit.
Genl. r P Nicely, President of the
road, was over at Montezuma last
Saturday, where he met a large
number of the friends of the enter
prise and made a telling speech
Several important contracts for gra-
ding were let out in the vicinity of
MonteZuma, work to begin within
ten DAYS from date. Gen. Neely is
working with commendable zeal
and merits the hearty cooperation
of the people all along the line OF
road. Let the friends of progress
come to his assistance, and soon q
fair proportion of the wealth of the
Tennessee valley will be.stimulating
all branches of business in Bolivar.
Beyond all doubt, the completion
of a railroad from this point to Sal
tillo is Just now the most desirable
thing imaginable and it really does
us good tonote the favorable indica-
tions jutting out on every hand
BOliDdT RULLetine.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12

THE CREDIT MoBILIER.-This
name comes from the French. It
means;;' 'mOeeGbLe credit, or personal
credit. AS nOUable credit, it may
be translated into plain honest Eng
lish, as meaning The little joker, or,
Not0 yOU see it and noag you don't
see it. AS personal credit, 1t may
be made TO signify a magnificent
scheme, got up by magnificent men,
for the purpose of putting money in
their purses on the credit OF the
people.-ChristiaR CyR0sare.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12

Said a very old man, "some folks
are always complaining about the
weather but 1 am always thankful
when 1 wake up in the morning and
find any weather at all" We may
smile at the simplicity of the old
man, but his language indicates a
spirit that contributes much to 8
calm and peaceful life. II is better
and wiser to cultivate that spirit than
to be continually complaining oi
things as they are Be thankful fol
such mercies as you have, and il
Heaven sees that it win be for your
good and His glory, it win give you
many more.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12

Philospy has sometimes forgotten
God; a great people never did. The
skepticism Of the last century could
not uproot Christianity, because il
lived in the hearts of the millions.
Do you think that intidelity is
spreadidg? Christianity never lived
in the hearts of so many millions as
at this moment. The forms under
which it is professed may decay,
for they, like all that is the work OF
mans hands, are subject to the
changes of mortal being; but the
spirit of truth is incorruptible; il
may be developed, illustrated and
applied; it never can die; it can new.
er decline. No truth can perish
No truth can pass away. The flame
is undying, though generations dis.
appear. Whatever moral truth hal
started into humanity claims anC
guards the bsquest. Each genera
ton gathers together the imperish
able children of the past, and in
creases them by new sons Of light
alike radiant with Immortality
Bancroft.
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PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY,
ADVERTISING RATES.

Il One inch space constitutes square,
where advertisements are ordered to be
unusually displayed they will be charged
for according to the space they occupy one
inch to constitute square.
sheriffs, Clerks and Rangers WHO l-,lil Ssnu
us their patronage will receive the wing
without charge.
RTCAnDIDATEs-For announcing can
didates for County offices and the Legisla, gslaI
tire $40. for CONGRESS $50; for Municipal
and civil district Offices, S5-all in advance.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12

An Akron, Ohio, cat, relying
upon his nine lives to save him, al
lowed his tail to swell, his spine to
curve, and with the "banner cry
help emanating from his jaws, wad-
ed into a buzz saw in a rapid motion.
The cat was never seen again, but
the boss sawyer, who always stood
with his mouth open while at work
remarked to his assistant that he
could "taste fiddle strings and sau-
sage meat in the air that morning."
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12

The credit system has been car
ried to a very fine point in some Of
the rural districts, If we may judge
from the following dialogue, said to
have recently occurred between a
customer and the proprietor;
f'Haow's trade square?"
"Wal, cash trades kinder duh
now major. Betsy Nipper has
bought an eggs worth of tea, and
got trusted for it till her speckled
pullet lays"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12

Agentlcman, whose morning dram
had been little too much for hfmt
in saddling his horse got the saddle
wrong end foremost. just as he was
about to mount a German friend
came up and called his attention to
the mistake. The horseman gazed c
moment at the intruder as If in deep
thought, and then said: 'You let
that, saddle llope. How do yon
know which way i am going7" And
the gentleman from Germany pass
ed on.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12
Creait prsblIIer Mans.

Everybody has heard of the man
out west who was indicted and
tried for stealing a large lot oi
smoked hams. He employed law
yer TO defend him, but when the ev-
idence was all in his legal adviser
was so overwhelmed with its di-
rectness and force that he sank down
in despair. IN
"Get up and address the jury, /"
said the prisoner. "and pitch into
the witnesses for the prosecution,
for 1 tell you it viii come out ali
right" Ef
The lawyer did as directed,
and TO his amazement the jury.
without leaving their seats, render
ed a verdict Of not gailty. As they
were retiring from the court room,
the learned counsel in coarse whis-
per asked his client how on earth
the jury could render such verdict
in the very teeth of such positive
proof that he stole the hams. tsIYhy,
bless my soul" replied the defen-
dant, "eyery man ON that Jury had
some of the hams ~ ..g-lF = E.
The Credit Mobilier investigation
in Congress reminds us of this an
ecdote, which Mr.. Lincoln used to
tell with professional gusto.-N. Y,
Sun.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12

Education in its widest sense is
the business of every life, the end
and aim of all human endeavor.
The development of spirit the
deepening of consciousness, the
Identification of the individual
mind with universal truth; in other
language, the salvation of the soul,
is the end to which all else is but
means. Iflife has any significance at
all, it is in the process Of education,
the education Of the individual, and
through the individual, Of the race.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12

How DRINKINa CAUSES APO-
PLExY.-It is the essential nature OF
all wines and spirits 10 send an in
creased amount Of blood TO the
brain. The first effect of taking A
glass of wine or stronger form OF
alcohol, is TO send the blood there
faster than common, hence the cir
Culation that gives the red face. IL
increases the activity Of the brain,
and it works faster, and so does the
tongue. But if the blood goes to
the brain faster than common, Il ro-
turns faster, and no special harm
results. But suppose q man keeps
on drinking, the blood is sent to the
brain so fast, and in such large
quantities, that in order to make
room for il the arteries have to en-
large themselves; they increase in
size, and in so doing they press
against the more yielding and laccid
veins which carry the blood out OF
the brain, and thus diminish their
size, their pores, the result being
that the blood is not only carried to
the arteries of the brain faster than
is natural or healthfuI, but it is pre-
vented from leaving it as fast as
usual; hence a double set of causes
Of death are in operation. A man
may drink enough brandy or other
spirits in a few hours, or even min
utes, to bring o. fatal attack Of
apopieKy.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12

Maj. General Benjamin T. Butler,
the other day, expressed surprise
that he, being wicked man, accord
ing to all accounts, had not been ap-
preached by the peddleFs OF Credit
Mobilier stock, and that these latter
should have had the hardihood to
assail Christian statesmanship in its
very strongholds. Benjamin should
recall to his mind the little story
about the two men: Joseph" said
John, elf the devil were 20 come
here now, which of US two would he
take?" ''Me of course" responded
Joseph, because he is sure OF you
at any time" The disburBers OF
Credit Mobilier stock, "where Il
would do the most good, were too
keen judges of human nature to
squander any of where no necesSi-
ty existed.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12

A noted New York editor having
delivered himself of the opinion
that virtue is its own reward" q
bilious brother wonders how the
plague he found this thing out, see
ing that the sentiment could not
have come from his own experience.
There is, sometimes, funny way OF
saying very severe things.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12

GE The Constitution of Missis-
sip2i forbids any person who has
not been a citizen of the United
States for twenty-one years, being
Governor or Lieutenant Governor
of that State. This clause, adroItly
put into that instrument by white
radicals, effectually cuts on all hope
Of any of the colored politicians
there from occupying either of those
positions for at least twelve or thir-
tesn years to come.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12

A printer boy in town lately saw
q preachers daughter home, and
the next time he attended meeting
he was taken down at hearing the
minister announce in his text: ''My
daughter is grievously tormented
with q devil"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12

A DOUBLE BULL.-TWo gentle
men passing q blackberry-bnsh when
the firt fruit was unripe, one said it
was ridiculous to call them black
berries, when they were red
''Don't you know" said his friend,
''that black-berries are always red
when they are green"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12

A bachelor ses captain, who was
remarking one day that he wanted a
good chief officer, was promptly in
formed by a young lady that she
had no objections to be his first
mate. He took the hint-and the
lady.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12

THE SIXTH SENsE-A certain fop
was boasting in company that he
had every sense in PERFECTION
etThere is one you are entirely with
out" " said one who was BY, sfand
J that is comon sense.