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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13

THE MURDER OF MRs. SURRAFr.-
The Union and American says: It
seems to be pretty generally under
stood that remOrse on account OF the
part he played in securing the execu-
ton Of Mrs. Surratt, caused Preston
King TO commit suicide; and it is in
timated that Edwin NJ. StauntOn did
the same thing for the same reason.
But it appears that these are not the
only persons whose souls have been
narrowed up by the ghost of the muir
dered woman, for, after eight years
of torture, Joseph Holt now cries out
in the bitterness of agony. '"Thou
canst not say that I did iti"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13

WHO CAN ExPLAuS?- "creep-
ing'' of railroad rails has attracted
some attention, of late, and while we
do not attempt to explain it, we offer
q point on the fact that, on lines run
ming north and south, the western
rail "creeps" faster than the eastern
rail; that is, this strange movement of
the rail toward the south is more
marked in one rail than N the other
on the same track. Furthermore, it
has been noticed that on such line
the eastern rail wears out the fastest.
Both of these points, we think, can be
explained by the motion of the earth
as it turns from the west toward the
east. Everything that has free mo-
tion is dragged after the whirling
globe; every wind that blows, and eY-
cry tide that moves, feels the influ-
enee, and our train gong north or
south is pulled over toward the east,
and naturally presses the eastern rail
most heavily. The western rail, be-
ing relieved of its share of weight,
''creeps more freely and quickly" 1t
is also noticed that the wheels that
run on the eastern rail wear out the
fastest, and we but think that this
earth motion is the true cause. The
practical side of this is, that the cas-
tern rail and wheels should be strong
er.-ScieRtifc American.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13

a CfOcketb county cores pOndent
under date of August 9th, writes US
the following doleful letter. We trust
it is not so bad over there as he rep
resents it:
Messrs. Editors:
You say the farmers having nothing
to complain of since the recent rains.
If you viii visit Crockett you can see
for yourself the moving machines
running all the time on land that was
planted in corn or cotton last spring.
l will say to you, that this cock and
bull story about fine crops is all hum
bug. The crops that are fine, don't
grow in this part of the country, and
l think we have as good land aud as
good farmers in Crockett as you have
in old Madison. You have some far
mers in Madison that are good to
blow, but nothing else-go to their
farms and you viii think (this year,
that they are one entire grass field.
There was more cotton planted this
year, in this section, than there has
been since the war, and from every
prospect there will be less gathered.
As for corn, will say there viii not
be more than half q crop gathered.
can find farms of good land. here that
viii not make more than 200lbs of
cotton per acre, or corn enough to
bread the hands while they gather the |
crOp-or at farthest, till Christmas.
There are, I admit. some small farms
that Will make tolerable crop, where |
the land is fresh. Corn and cotton
both fall far short of last years yield. |
The present dry weather is causing |
cotton to drop off all the forms, and |
rain viii do but little, good now. Rain |
viii do young, or late corn (Of which |
there is large acreage planted this
year, good, and if we have no rain in
a few days, late corn will play out,
sure.
The farmers of old Madison who |
blow about good crops, I guess mean
their grass crops, from what 1 see on 1
the line adjoining Crockett. I would |
advise them to do as the farmers are
doing here, go to making hay while |
the sun shines.
As for the Free School system, that /
has plaid ont. This county voted no /
additional tax, and suppose no free |
school too; for have not heard one |
word from it since the election.
L see your county is going ahead 1
with her Free Schools as if you all /
meant business. j wish all such God /
speed. READER.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13

+ THE London agency of the Illinois
Central Railroad Company have invi-
ted subscriptions for 50, 600, 600 seven
per cent. bonds of the New ORLEANS,
jackson and Great Northern Railroad
Company, and 80, ZOO, 900 seven per
cent. bonds of the Mississippi Central
Railroad Company, at price at which
they are calculated to yield about 8
per cent. per anum.-AUalanche.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13

An exchange quotes the remark of
an eminent Eastern lawyer to the ef-
man should take for his three rules of
life, ''emplOyment without labor, ex-
ercise without weariness, and temper
ance without abstinence" Many a
client has paid his attorney a thou
sand-dollar fee for an opinion not
worth half as much as this.-CeUri-
eg'-.J0urn0I.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13

ia The Lebanon Herald, of Au-
gust the 9th, nominates Col. Jno.
Ford House, of Clarksville, as a
candidate for Governor of Tennes-
see, at the next election. We have
known Col. House from his boy
hood, and don't know a better man;
but it is too soon to more than men
ton the names of men who are had
in view as probable candidates.
We hope to have six or eight
months of repose before being pre-
cipitated into any new political
canvass. The Herald says:
1t will be a glorious day for Ten
nessee when JnO. +. House takes
his seat in the Governors chair
He is a statesman and a patriot; Il
LAWYER of rare ability, culture and
erudition; experienced in public af-
fairs, and versed in the ways of pub
lie men, association with whom has
enlarged his views while it has not
debauched his morals; a model
Christian gentleman, of high honor
and ineorruptible integrity. Peo-
pie and press of Tennessee, We ask
you to answer, would not such q
man honor you and the State by
consenting to sit in the Governors
chair?
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13

Total, 1000 Gifts, Al CASH, amoun-
ting lsooV,UVO
The distribution will be positive whether all
the tickets are sold or not and the Il, 600 gifts
all paid ia proportion to the tickets soId-all
unscld tickets being destroyed as at the First
and Second Concerts and not represented in
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13

TIE campaign in Ohio. Texas, Vir-
ginia and Massachusetts, for GovenoT
will be fought in the coming months
of Septhmber and October Let us
be thankful that in Tennessee we
are exempt through the present year
from the cares and follies of a politi-
cal eanvas.-AUaldRche
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13

A CHOLERA INCIDENT.-It is said of
one of our townsmen, who was quite
shalxy in the knees during the cholera
storm, that during one night he was
taken with a terrible gripping" and
desirous of - nipping" the thing in the
bud, >" and unwilling to lose a moment
of time IN so doing by lighting his
lamp, reached out and clutched from
table standing close by his bottle
of impid cholera medicine, took a
heavy draught and rubbed the bal
ance on the parts where the ''griping''
was raging. he Immediately expert
enced great relief and fell into a
sound slumber, praising the skill of
his physician, and eongratulating him
self upon his foreth0ughts in provi-
ding himself with the aforesaid medi-
cine. Imagine how he felt next morn
ing when he discovered the fact that
his cholera medicine bottle was full,
but his inkstand was sempty-PfiRce-
ton (hy.) Banner
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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13

Borrowed garments never keep
one warm. Nor can one get Snug
gled goods safely into kingdom
come. How dark and pitiful does
one of these gentry look, after pos
terity's custom officers have had
the plucking of him.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13

a1 say, old fellow, what are your
politicsl said a witty Aberdeen
man, quizZing another artisan
"ConserYatiye-my father was con-
servative," he replied. "And what
is your religiong" continued the
other. "Protestant-my father
was a Protestant" was the answer.
"And why are you a bachelorl"-
said the other. because my faith
er was a-oh, eonf0Hnd III don't
bother me with your stupid ques-
ions."
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13

There we're four good habits a
wise man earnestly recommended
in his counsels, and which he con-
sidered 10 be essentially necessary
for the management of temporal
concerns; and these are punctuality,
accuracy, steadiness, and dispatch.
Without the frst of these, time is
wasted; without the second, mis-
takes the most hurtful to our own
credit and interest and that of 9th
ers may be committed; without the
third, nothing can be well done;
and without the fourth, opportuni-
ties of great advantage are lost,
which it is impossible TO recall.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13

INTERESTING TO DIsrnLEHs. There
are a large number of grain distiIler-
les in Tennessee and Kentucky. the
the proprietors of which wish to make
brandy from fruit during the warm
months when they are unable to distil
whiskey from grain. Heretofore they
have not been allowed to do this, but
the Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue. has Just made q decision in let
ter to Supervisor Cobb, of this dis
trict, by which he allows this kind of
work to be done. The decision is as
follows;
I'm case grain distillers wish to
change from grain to fruit they can
do so, and the spirits in their ware
houses may remain until the tax is due
under the wareheusing bond. They
will not be allowed to put any bran
dy made from fruits into the ware
house with such spirits, but viii be
required to pay the tax in the manner
prescribed for all distiIlers of brandy
from peaches, apples, etc The dis
/ tilleries must be again suveyed fo-
fruit III accordance with law. II
they have discount operations as
grain distillers, and also re-registel
! their stills. "-NdshviIe Banner.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13
~ The Appeal of last Monday

R% The Appeal of last Monday
was a ripple number, containing a
detailed statement of the commerce
of Memphis for the year ending
31st of Aug, together with a sketch
of every important town within a
hundred miles of that city. 1t
took pluck and courage to under
take such work, but they under
took it, and they succeeded to the
astonishment and admiration of
themselves and their friends. We
are glad they did succeed; for while
it shows what Memphis enterprise
can do, and was a magnificent ad-
vertisement for that city, 1T put
money into the purse of the propri-
etors, who deserve to make money,
because they are willing to work
for it.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13
What Shall We do With Our
Daughters? 4

Apropose Of Mrs. Livemore's late
lecture on the above important
question, the Davenport Democrat
thus sensibly makes answer:
Teach them self-relianee.
Teach them to foot up store bills.
Teach them not to wear false
hair.
Teach them not to paint and
powder.
Teach them to wear thick, warm
Teach them how to wash and iron
clothes.
Teach them how to make their
own clothes.
Teach them how to make their
own dresses.
Teach them how to do market
ing for the family.
Teach them how to cook a good
meal Of vletuals.
Teach them every day, hard,
practical common sense.
Teach them how to darn stock
ings and sew on buttons.
Give them a good, substantial,
common-school education.
Teach them TO say no, and mean
it; or yes, and stick to il.
Teach them to regard the NOR
ais, not the money of the beaux.
Teach them to wear calico dres-
ses-and do it like queen.
Teach them all the mysteries of
the kitchen, the dining-rOom and
the parlor.
Teach them that good, round,
rosy romp is worth ifty consump-
tives.
Teach them to have nothing to
do with Intemperate and dissolute
young men.
Teach them that the more one
lives beyond their income the near
or they get to the poorhouse.
Rely upon il, that upon your
teaching depends in a great meas
ure the veal or woe of their after
life.
Teach them accomplishments
music, painting, drawing-If you
have the time and money to do it
with.
Teach them to climb apple-trees,
go fishing, cultivate a garden and
drive a road-team or farm-wagon.
Teach them that God made them
in his own image, and that no a.
mount Of tight laeing viii improve
the model.
Teach them that a good, steady,
greasy mechanic without a cent, is
worth a dozen oily-pated lOafers in
broadeloth.
Teach them the essentials of life
truth, honesty, uprIghtness--then
at a suitable time let them marry.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13

Mr. 81. B. Eckelman, Vice-President
of the Republican Executive Commit
tee of Hamilton county, Ohio, has re-
signed and retired from the old par
ty. He is unwilling to belong to a
party that is run by rings. He enr0ls
his name with the Third party-AU-
aLaache.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13

Whenever a young lady has
neither pearls in her gums nor
pearls in her mind, she had better
keep her mouth shut.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13

CoRN FODDER. 1t is a Tennessee
custom TO pull fodder. 1t is a ques-
ton, long debated, whether or not
pulling fodder does not iajure the
corn more than the fodder is worth.
\ farmer, some years ago, tested the
matter thus: He pulled the fodder
from one acre: cut the tops from the
second, and left fodder and tops on
on the third. He afterwards weigh
ed the corn of each acre, and that
from the third acre exceeded the
weight of either of tke others by
more than the weight Of the fodder IN
the one case, and the tops IN the 9TH
er. This was to his mind pretty con-
elusive proof that pulling the fodder
and cutting the tops injuries the yield
of the corn. We know most of our
farmers regard fodder and tops as
pretty good feed for stock, bat We
hope as many as can will take stepa to
test the matter so the subject may be
thoroughly understood, and the best
practice adopted.-RUrdl SVR.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13
WEDyEsDAY, pRCEMBER srd. ISIS.

WEUNE5UAI9 DEJEMbEh oFu, 1870
! Only Sixty thousand tickets will be sold and
one-half Of these are Intended for the European
Market, thus leaving only 80, coo for sale IN the
United States where 100, 800 We're disposed of
for the Third Coneert. The tickets are divided
into ten coupons or part5 and have on their
back the Scheme with a full explanation Of the
mode of drawing.
At this Concert which will be the grandest
musical display ever witnessed in this country
1 fht unDrecelenfgd eum Of
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13
GRANDEST SCHEME EVER KNOWN
Fourth Grand Gift Concert
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF
. KENTUCKY.
1900 CASH GIFTS Sl.5OO.O0O
Every Fifth Ticket Draws a Gift.
&25O.OOO for $50.

The Fourth Grand Gin Concert authorized
by special act of the Legislature for the beRe-
1t of the Public Library of Kentucky, viii
take place IN Public Library Hall at Louisville,
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13
S1.5OO.OOO

divided into l2, 900 cash gifts viii be distrbut-
ed by lot among the tlcket-hOlders. The num-
bers of tickets to be drawn from one wheel by
children, and the gifts from another.
LIST OF GIFTS
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13
EsshAsD's GLORY DEPARTNo.-

ESGLAND's GLORY DEBATING
Henry Waterson, editor of the Coufi-
er Journal, who is ''loitering,, in Lon
den, closes his last letter as follows:
'I admit that England is at this
moment rich and strong. I admit
that her aristocracy were never more
powerful. But, making these admis-
sions. I believe there runs beneath
the fabric of England a stealthy, un-
seen current which IS rotting away the
foundations of everything. The Es-
tablished Church in England has gone.
The suffrage has been enlarged. AT
ter q little the House Of Lords viii
tumble. Then the gradual rise oflow-
er orders. Then a disastrous foreign
war Then the opportunity and the
resolution. In 1853 Lord Macaulay
wrote n letter to his friend William
G. Riyes, of Virginia, in which he
sketched with accuracy all that subse-
quently happened in America. A
broad grin spread itself across the
Union from Maine to Texas. Three
years later the historians predictions
came true. do not claim so short a
period of verification of mine l
merely say that it is clear to me that
the glory of England is departing,
that the seeds OF her ruin are already
sprouting up above her soil. and that
perhaps before her two centuries OF
domestic peace expire, she will md
herself on the threshold of an over
civil combustion"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13
THOS. h. RRAMLETTE,

Ag't Public Libr. Ky. & Manager Gift Concert,
Public Library Building, Louisville, KY.
AuoustI6-lBW
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13
Church street.

FI,HE valuable Church property offered for sale
ness houses and win be divided into three lots
of SSzS feet front GA Church street, running
hack Is feet and are offered for sale separately
or collectively. For information and terms,
apply 70 the Pastor, Rev. Father Nolan, ct the
Vsstry, in the rear Of the Church, between the
hours OF . a m. and p. m, feb I-t
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-13
Crockett correspondence.

A Crockett county correspondent
under date of August 9th, writes us
the following doleful letter. We trust
it is not so bad over there as he rep
resents it:
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1873-03-21
KEEPING UP APPEARANCES.

"Can't afford it {; Iknow very well
my salary won't justify me in buying
so many clothes; in hiring livery
rig every day, and such like--but
you know one might just as we'll be
out of the world as out Of the fash
ion;' said young clerk, who is
pinched in means, hardly able to
keep his head above water, but with
al, willing subject to all the exac-
tions of our Enlightened society"
His noble independence, his keen
sense of propriety, takes the last dol
lar that he has to fit him out for the
next party; yes, and ii his pocket
book as "strapped," his role in socie-
ty must be played--he runs on his
credit for another pair of kids. A
few years of his talse life saps
his manhood and brings him to a
condition of the most abject slavery.
Why will young persons barter
away individuality or happiness, and
cater to the whims and demands Of
extreme formal society, when their
circumstances and common sense
dictate that they should protest
against such folly We commend
the courage, the manliness Of GER
tain young man, whom we heard
say ia the face of these things: 81
won't knuckle to all the exactions of
the society in which move when |
can't afford to do it; | should really
be afraid to appear at the house of
my employer, dressed as some OF
my young friends are, for suspicion
would mark me down as thief. If
society won't receive me az I'm able
to appear, I'll keep out of it."
Young friend, if the money stan
dard is the one that regulates the
social circle to which you are look
ing, place your purse and character
in the balance, and then decide
whether that is the place for you
Do net entertain the notion that you
can draw in advance on your month
ly wages, or borrow an occasional
"ten," to pay for this ''fine suit" or
that sssilk hat and maintain there
by a worthy standing in any socic-
ty. If you would make the most OF
your time and talents, unyoke your
self from the bondage of sham life,
try to be yourself; live within your
means; cultivate an individuality
that shall be the outgrowth Of the
best qualities Of your mind anc
your character, thus nurtured under
these conditions, will bear the Ina
press of reality and exert the mos
potent influences for good.-Bass
ness Monthly.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1873-03-21
IT rs BETTER.

Better to wear q calico dress with
out trimming, if 1t be paid for than
to owe the sLop>keeper for the most
elegant silk, cut and trimmed in the
most bewitching manner.
Better to live in a log cabin all
your own, than brown stone man 3
sion belonging to somebody else.
Better walk forever than run into
debt for q horse and carriage.
Better to sit by the pine table for
which you. paid three dollars ten
years ago, than send homo new
extensive, black walnut top, and
promise to pay for It next week
Better to. use the old cane-seated
chairs, and faded two-ply carpet than
tremble at the bills sent home from
upholster for the most elegant parlor
set ever made,
Better to meet your business ac-
quantancesi with free '1don't owe
you a cent" smile, than to dodge
around the.corner to escape a dun,
Better to pay the street organ
grinder two cents for music, if you
must have it, than owe for grand
piano.
Better to gaze upon bare walls
than pictures unpaid for.
Better to eat thin coup from earth
enware, if you owe your butcher
nothing, than to dine off lamb and
roast beef, and know that Il does moi
belong TO you.
Better to let your wife have fit
of Mysteries than to run in debt for
nice new furniture, or clothes, or
iewelry, or any other thing that wo-
men wish for. A fit Of Mysteries,
properly managed, is often more real
benefit to q women than anything
you could buy. It is better TO treat
them in this way:
when she begirs ocry for some
thing she ought to know she cannot
have, try to reason with her little. ;"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1873-03-21
GENERAL NEWS.

There are 100000 cattle il
United States.
/ 1t is estimated that 100000
hogs will be packed this year in the
United States.
The horses In the United States
are valued at six hundred and sixty
millions of dollars.
The population Of Egypt is 5,000,-
900 besides the alligators of the
Nile.
Brigham Young's one hundred
and seventeenth child has "arisen
to call him blessed"
Italy has subscribed $4,000
francs toward Napoleon's monu-
ment.
Oregon claims to produce more
wealth per capita than any new
State in the Union.
Three thousand cords Of ice have
been packed this winter at Green
Bay, Wis.
The cotton seed Of tho South,
which were once thrown sway as
worthless, are now worth $4,000, 900
year.
The United States will be repre>
sented by the works of seven hun-
dred manufacturers at Vienna.
| Somebody proposes, sarcastically
| to change the name OF eur Capita
to White Washington.
Il Is estimated that total of T..
900, 900 bales Of cotton valued al
| $400, 900, 600 in gold, is now con-
sumed every year in Europe and
the United States.
The Cincinnatians have saved a
bridge from being worn out by i'm
posing a two-cent toll on foot pas
sengere. It is estimated that 3d.
600 people have been kept from
crossing by this simple means.
II is asserted that an increase OF
one inch in the average depth OF
blowing through the United States
would produce a larger amount Of
profit, as compared with present re-
suit, than all the gold received from
California.
| Manville, r. l., has nearly COM
pleted the largest cotton manufac
turing establishment under one roof
| in the world. II is 1888 feet long,
! 80 feet vide, and four stories in
height will contain over 1900 looms,
and run 1875, 900 spindles, employ,
ing 1900 hands.
A female shopIifter il Syracuse,
| New York, who has recently been
pardoDed out Of Jail, is said to have
accumulated fortune of $50, 600
by stealing. 1t was securely invest
ed and could not be discovered at
the time Of conviction.