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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08
The Jury system.

We can scarcely remember a time
in the history of Tennessee when
there was not some proposition in
agitation TO reform or alter the Jury
system of the State. Just now there
seems 10 be more agitation on the
subject than usual, both in the legis-
lature and in the press of the State.
There can be no question in the
mind of thoughtful persons, that
there is a great humbug in the Jury
system in Tennessee, as now in
vogue, and that the public would
be greatly benefited by some radi-
cal changes in it; but there is very
grave doubt whether the people of
this State, as a mass, either know or
care very much about the matter
one way or the other. We hear al
most every Court, men complain of
the inconvenience of being forced
to serve upon our Circuit juries,
fer three or four weeks at n time,
and often at q season of the year
when their absence from home is in
a great measure fatal to their inter
ests. We have too many juries, and
the fact that man is intelligent.
aud is able to form an opinion upon
the question to be decided, is fatal
to MIN as a juror; but we are not
lawyer enough TO be able to suggest
q remedy for the lie Gets which are
visible to all.
II any reform in the jury system
is to be adopted by the legislature,
it must come through the Judiciary
Committee which is composed OF
the best lawyers in the legislature
or ought tn be II that committee
see and feel he necessity for the re-
form 80 cIamUously called for bv
the press. they will draw a bill for
the purpose, and press IL upon the
legislature IS essential 20 the public
welfare; and il the legislature con-
cur with the committee, II bill can
be passed which will settle the vex-
cd and vexing question, within the
next twenty days.
There is no doubt that a radical
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08
POLITICAL NEGATIVES.

The ills which flesh is heir to-the
trials, responsibilities and duties
which crowd life's grand endeavor,
meet us every day and everywhere.
We cannot beat back the all-perva-
ding consciousness of human ac-
countability; we cannot smother
the appeals of convictions of duty.
Each man has a work to do.
One of the highest aims of life
should be, first to learn that field of
labor whore we can best toll, and
best endure-where we can achieve
the noblest ends. Having learned
our mental capabilities, and calmly
measured our strength, let us go to
work to make our mission glorious,
by making it useful to our fell
low men. Make the man honor the
office, and let him not hope that he
may remain u drone in the hive of
duty, expecting the Office TO glorify
him.
The truth is, in this age of office
seeking aud place hunting, there
are hundreds of splendid political
negatives mere beneiciaries OF
public pap-men who bleed the dy-
ing carcass of the State, and pull a
way at the withered teats of the Ma
tional breast-suck the life out of
CHASTITY treasury; yet these emascu-
lated jsgglers and party tricksters
accomplish nothing for The public
good. They work in party traces,
and wear the party collar, as whin-
ingly as q whipt spaniel, PrOUlded
they can get INTO some sort of Office.
They are destitute of that high NOR
al heroism which marks out line
of duty and dares follow it to the
end, regardless of the lash of party
wrath. They are men horn amidst
the thrOes &C a Nations woe and
heaved to the surface by the unnat-
ural commotion. No intelligent adj
mirer of American craftsmanship
can look upon the great body OF
those who now fill official positions
without feeling that the sceptre OF
glory has departed from America.
1t is easy for man to play the
roll of courageous endurance, when
he has nothing to endure; easy to
play the hero, when there is no enc
my to meet him on life's battle
Moral heroism is seen not only on
the battlefield, playing with the
awful ensignia of strife, amidst the
crash and roar Of the terrible con-
fiict, and the flow of blood which
sweeps the field of death, but in the
quiet walks of life, where we hear
alone the simple stories of the poor
these are heroes who meet the
ills of life grandly and uncomplain-
ingly.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08
NnshviIIe Corre.pondence.
NASHVILLE, Jan. so, '73

NASHVILLE, Jan. so, '73.
Editors Wing e Tribune:-I had
a conversation to-day with j. B.
Killibrew, agent for the Peabody
fund for Tennessee, in which he
expressed surprise that up to this
time he has received but one appli-
cation for aid from that fund from
West Tennessee, though holding the
position for more than year, and
that application was from a colored
school. The trustees of that fund
being authorized only to help those
who show a willingness to do their
part, have therefore required OF ev-
cry community, town or district
the following conditions:
1. That the school must be a Pub
lie Free School.
.. That it must have a regular at
tendance of not less than one hun
dred pupils, averaging eighty-fve
per day.
8. That the people pay for cur
ISuI CA bGuSCS at 4SdcL Nv lCG d5 lluCu
as the school receives from the
Fund.
4. That the schools be graded.
>. That a teacher be furnished for
every fifty pupils.
8. That the school be taught ten
months in the year.
For we'll regulated Public Free
Schools, continued ten months of
the year, and having regular at
tendance OF not less than
100 pupils, averaging s. per
cent. they pay $500
200 pupils, averaging SIS per
cent. they pay 500
500 pupils, averaging S. per
cent. they pay 1000
$50 pupils, averaging S. per
cent. they pay $50
25O pupils, averaging 10 Pr
cent. they pay 500
In doubtful cases of attendance,
the average number decides the
question. The amount apprOpria-
ted for larger numbers in cities can
not be fixed, but must depend on
circumstances. The people are to
pay for current expenses at least
twice, and usually three times as
much as they receive from the Fund,
and to boar all the expenses of erect
ing and repairing and furnishing
schooI-houses. They are to grade
their schools, and provide a teacher
for every fifty pupils. 1t is recon-
mended that applications for assist
auCe be made through the Superin-
tendent of each State, near the be-
ginning of the school year. No
claim for a share of the Fund can
be admitted where a special con-
tract has not been previously made.
For cOlOred schools, twO-thirds of
the above named rates are, for rea-
sons already given, paid at present.
In all other respects the regulations
are the same as for white schools
The number of pupils required ap-
plies to each class OF schools Scpl-
ratelv. This i necessary in order
that the schools may be properly
graded
am Credibly informed that if the
proper steps are taken, and a school
is organized in our city within the
next month, the sum of one thou
SAND dollars can be mad in aid there
of ought IL not to be looked afiers
l submit il 10 YOU that YOU NAV
bring it before the friends OF edu
cation III our young city
Respectfully, &C,
+. b. SNIPEs.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08
Chaneery Sale of Real Estate.
In Chanccry Court Of Madison
County, Tennessee.
Leroy &. Gillespie. admir-, -. Elize b
Aston. q I'D

LeT0v Q. GIllcspie. admir-. v. Elize B
Aston. ct al
DY virtue OF AN intsilocutory decree for
ID sale. entered in the above cause on
the 81 day Of January, 1898, will sell a.
public auction, 10 the highest bidder. in
front If the Courthouse door in Jackson,
Tennessee, on
SATTTRDAY- MARCH nth 1874
within LEGAL hour. ne following described
property, to-wit:
situated IN Madison county. Tennes'ee,
slA mics from Jh'A-on' or I'D" tck@on anu
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GLASS
Why Endure What is Curable9

"What can't be cured must be endured"
saws the proverh; but indigestion can be
cured, and therefore II is the merest stupid
ity 70 endure il. Dyspeptics have certainly
a right TO continue dyspeptics to the end OF
their days II they choose, but a. it is not
supposed that any rational being prefers
physical torment to ease and health, the
probability il that il all sufferers from in
digestion were convinced that an absolute,
infallible remedy for their complaint exist
ed, they would with one accord resort 20 IT.
We most emphatically declare that such a
remedy dses exist, and that its name Is
HOstetter's stomach Bitters. The record
Of its success extends over period Of more
than twenty years, and il is fearlessly alleg-
ed that during the whsle OF that time It has
never failed 10 afford permanent relief in
any disorder or arrangement OF the stomach
that was not organic, malignant, and in
durable. The testimonials that go 10 estab-
li>h this important fact can be counted by
the thousand. stomach complaints that
had been aggravated by total disregard Of
all dietary rules, and intensified and rem
dered chronic 10y medicinal treatment or
drastic purgation, have in hundreds Of in
stances been cured within three months by
the systematic use Of this celebrated stom-
schic and Alternative. II should be remem-
! bered that weakness OF the digestive organs
involves many other ailments. Biliousness,
headache, nervous debility, spasms, palpi.
| tatiOn OF the heart, rush Of blood 10 the
head, nausea, vertigo, and sleeplessness are
all these the great vegetable tonic is a spe.
citic. II acts first upon the stomach, and
through the stomach upon the secretoi ' and
nervous systems and the bowels, its general
effect being always genial and benehcent.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08
To the Pioneers and Old SETTLERS 4
Madison County.

You well remember that on the
10th of December, 1871, there was
organized a society of the old set
tiers of the country, who have re-
sided in West Tennessee for thirty
years, and are citizens of Madison
county, and that our bylaws re-
quire us to meet every year, on the
ed of February, and elect our Off
GERS for the next twelve months.
Notice is herby given that all the
members are requested to attend at
the Courthouse in jackson, on Sat
urday the 22d of February, 1873, for
the purpose of holding sa d cleo
ton, and attending to such other
business as may come before the So
ciety.
At a meeting of the society, the
following gentlemen were appoint
ed in their respective districts to
get up and embody in a report all
the "reminiscences of the Early
Settlers in their neighborhoods-
where the first Churches were built
by whom the first School houses
were erected-the first Mills-the
Business Points-the general state
of society-how many old settlers
are living, and their age-how many
have died within the last twelve
months. Gentlemen do not neglect
this appointment. We are DESTROYS
to got up a history of the early set
tiers. You are requested to get to-
gether in your districts and attend
to this matter, and report to call
meeting in Jackson, on Saturday,
February, 10Th, 1873, as there is very
important business to attend to-
All the members are requested to
attend; and all those who are desi-
rous of becoming members are in
vited to be present, as we'll as the
citizens generally.
The following persons are ap-
pointed for their respective dis
tricts:
No. /. \ 5 Rogers and Hiram
johnson.
,. David Lacy and Is f Young.
5. VIM NJ Henry and Lewis T
Williamson.
4. Jno. T Bryant and Henry Bar
rier.
>. Col A Il Reid and Geo. l Chap
man.
8. John Davis and L c Gillespie.
Z. Page Dugan and } NJ Wiley.
5. Hugh Lacy. II I Mcknight, and
Thomas l. Robinson.
Q. Reported heretofore
10. J < Harris and b ) Brooks.
IL. Vim. Hopper and A ) Futrel.
-. Lemuel Day and W T Key.
IS. Philip Alexander and VIM. n
John Neal.
10. r Chester, John L Brown.
L L Jones and Mat Tidwell.
Is. VIM. Boon and Henry Ba-
ker
Il. Esq. Scarborough aud + G
Gibbs.
Is. Reported heretofore.
l.. Il. MASON, sen. Y. L.
p. S Several distinguished speak
ers are invited to address the meet
ing on Saturday, the 18th.
L. 3. NJ.
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a MOdeI Farmer.

As distinguished as Madison
County is for her intelligent, thrifty
and industrious farmers, none stand
higher than William Vantreece.-
With energy and skill worthy OF
commentator, this gentleman has
so cultivated his recent cotton crops
as not only to make them highly re-
muneratiVe, but to win for himself
an enviable reputation. Not salts
fed with being a successful COMPETE
tor for the cotton premiums the St.
Louis, Cincinnati and Jackson
Fairs offered for last year, Mr.. Van
treece is preparing again to enter
the list of competition upon an ex-
tended field, and all who expect to
exhibit next Fall, at Nashville, and
the other Fairs mentioned, superior
bales of cotton, ranging from one TO
three in number, will find in him q
most formidable competitor An
old resident of Madison, and iden-
titled with her fame and interests,
he is worthy, at the hands of her
citizens, of some testimonial of their
esteem and regard.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08

The Dresden Democrat reports
the failure of 4. f. Tansil & Co, of
that place.
The Gazette says Trenton has
population Of $500, and taxable
prOprty to the amount of 100000,
and owes nothing.
Maj. John c. Thompson, who rep
resented Davidson county in the
constitutional Convention, and
was a lawyer of high distinction,
died in Nashville last Sunday.
The Trenton News says: Old un-
Gle Peter Curry, formerly the slave
Of A. S. Curry, Esq, of Trenton,
died last week at an age OF nun
dred years or more.
Coon Gilbert and Jim Mckenzie,
colored, went out rabbit hunting
near Mckenzie last week, when the
gun of Gilbert accidentally went on,
the contents lodging in Mckenzie >
body, killing him instantly.
A L. ). soldier at Humboldt,
named Daniel Finncgan, got drank
and laid down on the track OF the
Mobile and Ohio road couple OF
hundred yards south of the cross
ing a few nights ago, aud now be Is
simply laid away III his little hole
in the ground.
II. Il. Wilson 81 Co, the purcha-
scrs of the States interest in the
Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap and
Charleston railroad, paid to the
| (to.,rt,oITo,. Loot Mnn1au ono hmm
bred and fifty thousand dollars in
State bonds-the last payment on
the purchase.
Rich specimens of nickel, it Is
said, have been found in portions OF
Cannon County. We found a good
"a very good-specimen in our vest
pocket, the other day; but our little
fred head" found it about the same
time, and event for it''-and We
have ceased to set much store on
the metal since.
John II. Glass 81 Son, editors and
proprietors of the Trenton Gazette
desiring to change their business
offer their establishment for sale Oh
good terms to a cash customer
None others need apply. The Office
is a good paying Institution, and
firmly established.
The Trenton Gazette says: We sec
from the newspapers that our gay
and gallant Circuit Judge, Hon. q
b. Black, has found time, amidst
his arduous duties on the bench, Il
attend the wedding of Miss Sallit
Black, of Bolivar. This looks sus
picions, and, to some extent, con
firms a current rumOr that the
Judge himself was about to trans
plant fir flower from the sam,
family to the garden Of his judicia
heart.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08

over the bland and genial man from
Delaware, they made a mistake
They took 3 great parcel of Credit
Mobiler stock TO distribute amongst
the people Of influence, pretending
that it was for the common defence
and to promote the general welfare.
McComb suspected that IL was real
IL confiscated by Ames, Ally & Co.,
and he demanded that Jas. \. Bay
ard and some of his friends be equal
ly considered. But it came to pass
that, even in the whipping-post
State, no public man would take =
bribe, and Mr.. Bayard refused the
stock in letter which New England
might now be glad to receive from
some of the most honOred of her be-
draggled public men.
McComb, pushing his inquiries.
compelled Ames to. account for some
of his stOck,-about one-third Of the
whole. 4 suit developed to compel
the Alley party to redistribute the
said stock and dividends, particular
Is after Ames had refused to give
AcCOmb So, 900 worth Of Credit
Mobilier stock for which he had
paid.
AS this suit progressed, and Nc.
Combs attorneys became advised
of the admissions, letters from
Cakes Ames, as to placing" the
stock, they demanded that the let.
tiers be put in as evidence. Nc.
Comb ende2vored to save the repu-
tations of these Congressman, and
made this personal proposition &c
| Ames:
Here are these letters, Neither
of us want TO expose our friends
Give us your promise in writing
that, if win this case, you will giV'
me no further trouble, but viii set
/ tie it without any more litigation
and enter into agreement to keeI
no copies"
1t was this most honorable propo
sition which led Brooks, Ames anC
Alley to dubb McComb's "a black
mailing suit" Ames replied:
81 don't care whether you put tn
| letters in as evidence ornot. Every
body knows that congressman ar
! bribed, and that everybody does il
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08

His illustration in reference 10 Rob !
inson CrusOe, although rather an
extreme case, is singularly apt. IF
Robinson had been an American"
in the true acceptance of the term,
his first move would have been to
start an emigrant line, and develop
the resources of his island. He
would not have been satisfied TO rum
road through counties where the
population is less than IS per square
mile, which have resources for the
sustenanCe of ten times the number.
Nor would he, if an enterprising
railroad manager, exact such rates
as to drive away from his line those
who would assist in developing bus
mess.
True, the capital invested in rail-
roads has seldom ever paid the orig
| inRl investors so much as six per
| cent, and principally, because the
/ first move Of the managers has been
i 10 manipulate the stock by reducing
/ its value so as to eliminate the small
/ Ter share holders, rather than to de-
/ vote their talents to the develop
ment of the business capacities OF
the road. But how Is It with the
present holders Of the stOck!-those
who have bought the stock at - or
20 cents on the dollar, and now find
/ il worth three or four times as
much. HaV'nt they made their six
per cent!
Now, a few words in reference to
the proposed line, and l have done.
| This road if constructed between
Jackson and birmingham viii con-
meet the whole North Western sys-
TEN OF roads with Jackson as afocal
point, and the South Eastern sys-
TEN having connections at Birming-
ham, il will, or may, command a
share of the carrying trade between
the States OF Iowa, Kansas and Mis-
souri,, which have not to-day ade-
quate transportation for the product
of their grain fields to the ocean
and by a route as short as any, and
open at all seasons of the year
! This road will be built if at all, first
because Of its advantageous loca,
ton for through business; second
because of its giving access to min
eral deposits, and third, because
from these deposits, may be devel
Oped a manufacturing interest Il
furnish local business. Ii may APP
pear that the first and second Oh
jects should be transposed, but tn
moving of coal or ores is always tn
lowest priced business, and the con
sumptive demand will require tim
= for development.
: The assumption of y, that the 10
? cal business is the main dependenc
, il answered by the undeniable fact
that in the case of the Mobile road
r at least, less than one twentieth o
the cars earn at rate of local tariff
and on roads of more extended 10
cal business, the quantity moved j
far greater, and the rates far less.
CHAs. w. GREENE.
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New Advertisements.
A new And VALUABLE BOOK

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whole arranged in chronological order with
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Agents will canvass for subscribers. but
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procure Il BY writing % the publisher
Mcssrs. Boyle ( Chapman, enclosing price
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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08

We transfer with pleasure from
the ''Union q American" to our
columns, very commendatory and
flattering notice of B. A. Enloe,
Esq, who, in the recent graduating
exercises of the Lebanon Law
School, received the first honors of
that justly famous Institution.
Mr.. Enloe, we learn, contemplates
making this city his future home
Let him come. Jackson is a fit
place for young lawyer of ability
and industry. Mr.. Enloe will be
gladly welcomed by a host of friends,
who already know and appreciate
his social worth and commanding
talents. But to the notice:
Hon. b. a. ENLoE.-At the re-
cent commencement of the Lebanon
Law School an unusual but deserV-
ed compliment was paid to the gen.
Ileman whose name heads this arti-
Gle, in his appointment by the Fac
ulty to the honorable position of
W ldL may Ut IeILlcu eAlEd yaleulC-
torian. The appointment was made
in addition to that of the regular
valedictorian to deliver the annual
address, as a testimonial to the
high attaiments of Mr.. Enloe, who
took at the outset and maintained
throughout the course the front
rank in his class. Mr.. Enloe, who
during the two terms of the State
Legislature attained an enviable rep
utation as a brilliant debater and
an able legislator, was recently
graduated by the Law School, and
will begin Immediately the practice
of his chosen profession. OF tai
ents of the first order, with the adj
juncts of untiring energy and thor.
ough knowledge of the theory oil
the law, presage success, then that
OF Mr.. Enloe is already assured
Lebanon Herald, Jan. %.
The above handsome compliment
to Mr.. Enloe will be heartily en-,
dOrsed by all who know him in this
city and elsewhere.