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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-05
INC Neth State.


Let the friends Of this movement
everywhere be active in preparing
for the Convention in this city or
Tuesday, the goth inst. Every
county, city and town should be
represented on that occasion, We
hope to meet the representative men
OF every county in the interested
districts on the 29th, and we assure
them OF hospitable welcome. Ar
engagements are being made to enter
tain all that may come, and to make
the occasion to all one Of rare enjoy
ment. This Convention should be
held, because there is a necessity for
the formation of the new STATE.
Neither of the fractions out Of
which the new State Is to be cTea-
ted, receive justice or equality at
the hands of their States. This hct
is a matter of history, and has been
borne long enough. The new State
will be more homogeneous in inter
ests than either Of the old ones. II
will contain more rich land, TO its
size, than any State in the Union,
and more large towns and railroads
than any State in the South except
Georgia: it will give the Southtwo
or three more representatives in
Congress, and above all, it will free
the people of the fractions which
form it of old efTete constitutions,
and cumbersome, obscure aud con-
1icting laws.
There are many other reasons why
the new State should be formed, all
of which will be presented il the
Convention. Then again we urge
the friends of the movement. in
West Kentucky and North Missis-
sippi especially to be active in Sc
curing large and able delegations 70
represent them in the Convention
West Tennessee viii of course be
largely represented. If no primary
meetings are held to appoint dele
gates, let any friend of the move
ment consider himself a delegate,
and come on. Remember the 10Th
of July, and prepare to attend the
Convention in this city on that day.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-05

TTThe following very suitable
article in relation to the press and
the public, We clip from the Clarks-
vile Chronicle.
The Press ana tHe PablIe.
The discussion of the relations Of
the press TO the public, and the pub
lie 70 the press, il seems to US, can
only devclOpe-perhaps more clear
lv-the fact that the benefits and OBJ
legations a.c rrutual. Newspapers
are rarely, if ever established by
patriotic desire TO develOpe material
resources, promote intellectual and
moral elevation, impart wisdom to
government, or keep sleepless watch
over the temple of public liberty.
The primary motive to such enter
priscs, is to make a living, and moro
| if possible. 1t matters not howev-
| er, whether patriotism or money be
| the object, or the motive, the fact
remains, that if paper is conduct
/ cd in the interests of the people
| judiciously advocating measures
that are promotiVe of the general
welfarc-the public owes more to
such paper than the price Of sub
| scription, and that something more,
is confidence and respect. In bus
mess sense, the paper has no claim
upon the patroH beyond the price
paid for il. Yet in moral sense, il
is an insult to the higher attributes
Of mans nature, 10 assume that he
feels none other than pecuniary OBJ
| legations to the press that labOrs
faithfully for the increase Of knOwl-
edge and virtue-for the develop
ment of every source of prosperity
and happiness. The patron Of the
press hold towards it, the same bus
mess relation that subsists between
any other association and its pa
irons, but, in the very nature OF
things, the mechanic or farmer,
while working for his living, cannot
import the same amount Of useful
information or exert the same liber-
al influence over the community IN
which he labOrs. The mechanic OF
farmer may be more honest, mere
| intellectual than the editor or pub
Usher, and therefore, moro respect
ed, individually, yet, from the very
nature of his vocation, he cannot
establish the same relation between
himself and the public that ought
to exist between the public and Tho
press. BY parity of reasoning, we
infer that the press, the self-cOnsti
tuted educator and "censOr mo
rum owes far more to the publ,
than thanks for the prompt payment
of the nominal price Of the paper
Whilst il is under no obligation Il
work for nothing, self-resPect and |
desire to be useful urge it TO wOrl
for all within the sweep of its circu
lation, though, as some contend, il
obligations are to its subscriber
alone.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-05
Governor "De Funet.''

The Natchez Democrat of recent
date relates the following;
Here is too good q thing TO lose,
and as true as il is good, which we
have never seen in print. When
Gen. Ames was first appointed Pro-
visional Gov. of Mississippi, Gov.
Ben. Humphreys who had been re-
Gently elected aud installed In Office,
was exercising the executive fuuC-
tons. Gov. Charles Clark, however,
who had been taken from the capital
a prisoner, to Fort Pulaski while
trying to exercise the functions OF
the Office in a way which time aud
experience have since proven to be
the best way 20 speedy and success
full reconstruction, claimed TO be
the Governor de jure, and used 10
tell his warm personal friend, Hum
pheys, as much, when the laiter
would reply TO Clark, Ia a friendly
way "Well, Clark, YOU may be
Governor de jurC, but I'm Gov. de
facto." After awhile came the APP
pointmOnt OF Ames, and in due time
the latter, with bayonets at his
back, ousted Humphreys from the
Governors Mansion, and himself
became Governor de factO. Some
days after Humphreys was pushed
out, Clark aud Humphreys met
when the following conversation
ensued.
Humy heys-"W Well CLARK, how A.
bout it now, old fellow? Some tune
ago YOU claimed to be Gov de jure,
aud was Governor de factO. Now
Ames Is Governor de iacto, aud il
you are Governor de Jure, then W hat
am 20
Clsrk-"Well Ben you're Cover
nor de funCt"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-05
The career OF a Great Kennedy.

Twenty summers have elapsed since
wa. briefly announced that a new Veset-
able tonic ana Alternative, bearing the nsnIe
Of HostettcF'- Stomach Bfrtcrs, had beer
added 30 the list Of preventive aud resto
rative rne,Iicine-. The modest advertise
mcnt which invited attention 10 the PTepa-
ration stated that Il had been used with
great success in private practice as cure
for dyspepsia, bilioas complaints, c0asti-
patton and intcTmittcHt fever. IL was sewn
III covered that the article possessed extra
ordinary properties. The people, Of eveTE
class. tested its merits a. 4 t0nir, siimulant.
corrective and restorative, and lound that
its effects more than fulfilled tbeiT hopes
aud expectations. From that time 30 the
present IT. course has been uPw ard Hasi on
ward, aud Il stands to-day at the head Of
all medicines Of it, class, American or rnsa
ported, IN the magnitude Of it, sales vBd
IT. reputation as h safe, agreeable aud Pc
tent InTiS0TanF and restorative. FOR Ian
guor and debility, lack OF appetite and gas
trio disturbances 50 common during the
summer months n is absolutely iniallble.
indigestion, bilious disorders, constipation.
nervousness, periodical fevers, and all the
ordinary complaints generated by vitiat-
ed and humid atmosphere, vanish under ne
renoyating and regulating influence. This
Is its record, avouched by volumes Of IN
telligeHt testimony, extending over period
Of a hnh o. a century, and compromising
the names OF thousands Of well known
citizens belonging 10 every class and call
ing. In Europe II is thought great thing
10 obtain the patronage OF royalty for q
''Pstent medicine" but Hostetter's Bitter'
has been spontaneously approved by mill
ions OF independent soTeFeigns, aRd IA
patent consists in their endorsement.
! july5-lm
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-05
The souls Garden.

How hard it Is 10 feel thai the
power of life Is to be found INSIDE
not outside: in the heart and the
thoughts, not in the visible actions
and show: in the living seed, not IN
the plant which has no root! How
often do men cultivate the garden OF
their souls Just the other way! How
often do We try aud perscvcIe in
trying TO make a sort of neat show
of outer good qualities without any
thing within 20 pond, Just
like children who plant blossoms
without any roots IN the ground. to
make pretty show for the hour -
We find fault iu our lives and we
cut of the weed, but we do not root
il M; VIC finj something wanting ia
ourselves. and we supply II not 10y
sowing the divine seed 81 heavenly
principle, but ~ cOPrin. Tie dee,is
that the principle ougnt 10 produce.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-05
CAPTURE OF JEFF DAVIS.
L Islander ReTuted-JusIIceR at
Last TO an Injured Man.
From the Portland (Me.) ArguI

From the Portland (Aie.) Argus.
am no admirer of jeff Davis Pm
a Yankee, born Between Saccarappa
and Gorham Corner, am full of
Yankee prejudices; but l think it
wicked TO lie even about him, or,
for the matter about the devil.
l was with the party that captured
jeff Davis; saw the whole transact
ion from the beginning. Inow say
and wish you would publish il
that JEFF Davis did not have on,
at the time that he was taken, any
garment such as worn by women
He did have over his shoulders
water proof article of clothing
something like a "IlaVelock." 1t
was not in the least concealed. lie
wore a hat, and did not carry pail
of water On'his head, nor carry pail
bucket, or Kettle in any way.
To the best of my recollection, he
carried nothing whatever in his
hands. His wife did not tell any
body that her husband might hurt
somebody If he got exasperated.-
She behaved like lady, and he as a
gentleman, though manifestly he
was chagrined at being taken into
custody. Our soldiers behaved like
gentlemen, as they were, and our of
ficers like honorable, brave men;
aud the stories that went the news
paper rounds of the day, telling how
wOlfishly deported himself, We're all
false. l know what L am writing
| about. l saw Jefferson Davis many
times while he was staying in Port
| land, several years ago; and l think
| was the first one who recognized
him at the time of his arrest.
When it was known that he was
certainly taken, some newspaper
/ correspondence know his name at
the time-fabricated the story about
the disguise in an old woman's
dress. | heard the whole matter
talked over as q good joke; and the
officers who knew better never took
the Trouble to deny it. Perhap they
thought the Confederate President
deserved all the contempt that could
be put upon him. / think so too,
only l would meyer perpetrate a
| falehood that by any means would
become history. Aud further,
would never Islander woman who
| has shown so much devotion as Mrs.
| Davis has TO her husband, no matter
! how wicked he is or may have been.
| defy any person To find single
officer or soldier who was present at
the capture of Jen Davis, who will
say, upon honor that he was dis
guised in woman's clothes, or that
his wife acted in any way unlady-
like or undignificd on that occasion.
/ go for trying him for his crimes,
and, if found guilty, Furnishing him.
But | would not lie about him when
! the truth will certainly make it bad
enough.
Jas. III. PARKER.
ELLBURnvILLE, Pa.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-05
WA. M.ll 20 L.a.s nsnlna.

Talking with an old farmer once,
he said: when l die, am going to
leave behind, as q heritage for my
children, the home where they were
born, made as beautiful as my means
and uneducated taste will allow,
pleasant memories of the home fire.
side of the sunny summer days, and
true dignity and wOrthiness of
the calling which their father fol-
lowed" The old man was so full of
emotion when he talked this way
that he had TO use a handkerchief TO
prevent the tears telling their tale of
manly sensitiVcness. His boys were
widely scattered, having varied
experience of life; but there was not
one Of them who did not honor the
old farmer they called (and rcverent-
ly toO) Father" nor one of them
who was not glad TO visit the old
homestead once a year.
Now, we repeat the question,
"What win you leave behind ?"
Money? 1t will do your children lit
tic good comparatively Money is ca
silly obtained. But homes are scarce.
The associations which the men of
the world value most are the assOci-
atiOns with their earley homes. No
man, no matter what his position
or circumstances, or relations in life,
who has had happy and pleasant
home in his youth, fails TO remem-
Der, love and long for IL. Ii is the
haven he seeks; one toward which
his heart goes out whenever he IS in
trouble; it is the shrine to which lac
makes pilgrimages whenever he has
means and opportunity; il is the one
spot on earth upon which he is will
ing to lavish the wealth he may
have acquired and where lac desires
to die and be buried.-NctO Yorker
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-05
Young Mechanics.

There is no class of the cOmmu-
nifty upon whom the future welfare
of the country more essentially de-
ponds than upon the rising genera
ton Of young mechanics. II they
are intelligent, sober, industrious
and consequently independent, able
and accustomed TO judge for them
selves, and governed in their con-
duct by an enlightened view Of their
own best interests; if they are men
of this sort, the mechanics, and es-
pecially the young mechanics, will
form, in conjunction with the young
farmers of the country, a bulwsrk
against mOnopolies and corrupt pol
iticians, and save the Republic. II,
on the other hand, they are ignorant,
idle, dissolute, and consequently
poor, and dependent upon those
who arc willing to trust them-if
our mechanics should unhappily be-
come such a class of which, thank
God, there is but little danger
they would soon be converted into
the mere tools of a few rich and art
full men. who having first stripped
them of every sense Of self respect,
and every feeling proper to virtu-
GUS citizens, would use them as pass
i've instruments for promoting their
own ambitious objects, and for the
enactment of laws which are bene-
fetal to nobody but the artful few
and base demagogues with whom
they originate.
1t is as true of the mechanical arts
as of any other profession, that
knowledge is power"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-05
Another "HonoruSIe'' udraof.

Still the bloody code RACES. On
Tuesday last, July 1st, a duel was
fought near Montgomery Station,
Miss, between 3. b. Rhett, Jr., edi-
tor Of the New Orleans PiCayUnc,
and ex-Judge w. II. Cooley, of the
same city. They fought with dou-
blc-barrel shot guns, loaded with
ball, at forty yards. Both missed
on first fire. On second fire Rhett's
ball struck Cooley in the left side,
and il is supposed passed through
his heart. He, however, lived
about six minutes. Rhett 10 a liv-
ing murderer, and wilt carry liv-
ing hell in his bosom the remainder
Of his days on earth. Cooley died
in an unsuccessful attempt to muir
der his adversary. God IS just.
viii men living in a christian COM
munity never cease to insult God
and outrage public sentiment by
such wickcdness2
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-05
Mob LAWN Indiana.

Southern Indiana has again been
the scene of q lawlcss tragedy, the
particulars Of which VIC publish else
where. Three years since six or
more members of the RENO gang of
express robbers were hanged by the
law; about two years ago three neg
roes, murderers of the PARK family,
were taken out of the CharlcstOwR
Jail and hanged, and on the H.20th of
October, 1870, PICKETT and Ton
CAT, burglars, were rescued from
the officers of the law while OF their
way to the Orange county Jail, and
hanged by the same process of
Judge LYNCH'S irresponsible court.
Yesterday morning DELoS HEFF-
RRN, who killed HALsTEAD 4 few
DAYS ago, was taken from the Wash
ington county Jail and hanged by
members ofprObably the same or
ganiZation which ofliciatcd in the
other acts of violence. 1t is a fact
very generally understood that 4
vigilance organization exists in the
five counties of Clarke, Orange,
Washington, Jackson and Brown,
alfin Southern Indiana. No person
who has regard for the law can eN-
cuse their lawlcss acts, but them
selves state in extcnuatiOn that the
laws are not properly enforced in
the Southern Indiana courts, and
that they act in self-prOtecuOu. In
Yesterdays tragedy IL Is claimed
that HEFFREN would in all prOba-
bility have escaped The penalty
which il was the atrOCiOus quality
of his crime deserved, and hence the
action of these VigilantS. If the
facts OF this killing were properly
stated, IfEFFREH undoubtedly de-
served the EXTREMIST penalty of the
law, but this lawlcss procedure de-
serves equally the scverest punish
ment, aud no pains should be spared
in bringing the perpetrators TO
Justice. The general good order of
the land demands that such outlaw
~ should be punished, aud, - we
have repeatedly urged IN Ike IN
stances IN Kentucky, so should tie
majesty of the outraged law be q
venged in IndIaua.-ThU people of
every State have 1t in their power
TO correct an inefficient or corrupt
Judiciary, and this remedy was
open to the people of Indiana IN
this instance. The justice meted
out TO HEFFREN was bought at too
dear cOst.-COurteT-JOUrHdi-
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-05
To the Editors fH West KENTUCKY
west Tennessee and North
uississiPPi.

All the editors favorable or un-
forable to the new State enterprise,
are especially invited 80 attend the
Convention In this city on Tuesday,
10Th of July. They are also respect
fully requested to notify their read
ers Of the meeting, and Tie fact that
the representative men Of the dis
tricts Interested will be recognized
as delegates upon the floor of the
Convention, whether sent by prima-
~ meetings in their town, or eoun-
ties, or come Of their own volition.
Ample arrangements viii bc made
to entertain all that may come. The
young men Of the city viii give a
grand ball and party on the oCCa-
sion
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-05
General News.

The st. Louis Times of June goth
says there is no good reason for
suppressing the fact that the chol-
era has reached that city, and that
the number of deaths for the week
ending last Saturday-June 2Sth-
reached 225, an increase OF 90 over
the previous week.
a sack OF -four was last week re-
ceived in st. Louis from Sherman,
Texas, the first ever received from
that State, which is destined in the
course of time to contribute its full
share to feed the hungry people of
the Southern States.
Nicholas Patrick Spellecy, a wan
dering preacher, but of what de-
nomination is not stated, was picked
up on the streets of st. Louis last
week, quite drunk.
There has been a good deal of
scandal in regard to Henry Ward
Beechcr, the great Brooklyn minis
ter, of late, in relation TO his alleged
sins of commission with some Of
his female members. 1t has floated
about, both in the religious and Sec
ular press until it has assumed
shape, and now the reporter Of these
scandals-Mr. Henry w. Bowen--a
member of Beocher's church, is TO
be tried before a commission of the
church upon a charge of slandering
its pastor. Bowen Processes to be
confident that he can convict the
pastor of moral delinquencies
enough to send his name down to
posterity as one of the most infa-
nous of men. We shall see what
viii come of it.
The MERIDIAN Gazette has been
shown q cotton worm wound up in
a cocoon, which shows they are pre-
pairing for a second crop, and argues
that the crop is bound to be ruined
between the worm and the .wet
weather.
Senator Matt Carpenter made u
speech at GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin,
Thursday, June 26th, in which he
undertook the Herculean task of
defending the "Credit Mobilicr
swindle," as well as the "back sala-
ry steal" An uphill business, Matt,
in which even a better man would
have failed.
Jesse Grant, Post Master at Gov
ington, Kentucky, and father of
President Grant, died at his home,
of general debility on Sunday even
ing last. He was nearly eighty
years of age.
Stokes, the murderer of Jim Fisk
who has been in the Toombs in
New York for more than a year, is
said to be in failing health. A roue,
a libertine and murderer, we Won
der his spirits have not gone under
lOns ubOj ohu IL 10 hO WOhuCl ludt
close confinement and communion
with his own thoughts are telling
fatally upon his constitution, which
had already been subverted by un-
hallowed indulgences.
"DOes Gen. Grant drink too
much?" is the cheerful conundrum
which puzzles the average editorial
brain at the present time. 1t is
quite immatcrial, we should think,
whether he does or not; for no
amount of talk about it is likely to
effect any change for the better, so
far as we can see. He gets $4,000
per annum for letting somebody
else "run the machine" and that
OuUht IN satisfy him
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-05
"suiler LI,tIc children to Gomez

We chronicle this morning the
deaf of little Virginia, infant daUgh-
ter of Ira L. Jones, Secretary and
Treasurer and business Manager of
the Union and American Publish
ing Company. Out Of the world Of
darkness, out of the world OF care,
out OF the world of sorrow; another
pearl is missing from. out loves dia-
dem, and 4 radiant, sparkling jewel
snatched from the dear ones here,
and transplantad to that world Of
light beyond that Valley of Light.
We sympathiZo with our associate
in this unexpected bereavement,
and while bending over the grave of
this treasured one it will be consol-
ing to think of the angels singing
their hymns of joy and welcome to
the new born spirit in that land of
rest where pain or sorrow never en-
ter Union and american.
We sincerely sympathIze with our
friend Jones in the loss of his lovely
child.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-05

THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT.-
There i but j breath of air and a
beat of the heart betwixt this world
and the next. Aud in the brief in
terval ofPainfUl aud awful suspense,
while we feel that death Is present
with Us. and we are poweTIess and
he all powerful, and the last pulsa-
ton here, Is but the prelude of end
less life hereafter; we feel in the
midst OF stunning calamity about to
befail us, The earth has no cOmpensa-
ting good to mitigate the severity
of our loss. But there IS no grief
without some beneticent provisions
20 soften its intenscuess. When
the GOOD and lovely die, the memo
~ of their deeds, like the moon
beams OF the stormy sea, light our
darkened hearts, and lend to the
surrounding gloom beauty 50 sad,
"a sweet, that we would not, If We
could, dispel the darkness that envi-
TOns It.-PrsysttcG.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-05

Under this caption the Nashville
Union and American frequently gets
off good thing" Witness the fol-
lowing. There arc other places,
besides GAINESVILLE, which act in the
same way, and yet if the local pa
pcrs fail to glorify their Com
mcmccmcnt" exercises, they think it
very singular:
There is nothing like building up
home institutions and encouraging
home enterprise. The Stewart Col
Iege folks, of Clarksvillc, have their
annual catalogue printed at Louis
vile, Notwithstanding the fact that
GAINESVILLE boasts of several print
ing Offices of her own.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-05

CO The idea seems to be immov-
ably fixed in the minds of most of
the people of the South, that it is
impossible to erect manufactures
here that will compete with those of
the North; aud that articles manu-
featured in the interior of the coun-
try cannot compete in texture, du-
rability and finish with those gotten
up in Northern cities. As long as
the idea remains in the minds of the
people just so long will we have
crippled concerns amongst us, for it
requires patronage and money to
keep up establishments of this kind
as we'll South as North.