Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19

came very near killing one James Knowles
in Lexington, some weeks ago, gave him
/ self up last week to the sheriff Of Hsnder-
son county. He was tried Before justice
| and bound over 10 court. Mr.. Knowles,
we learn, has pretty well recovered.
JEWISH CEMETERY.-Mr. J. samuels,
leading manufacturer OF this city, recently
/ purchased plat Of ground, some two
| acres, on Mobile Avenue, Of DR.. William
Butler, 70 be cOnsecrated a. a Jewish Gene
terry. The Israelites Of tho city and our
citizens generally are subscribing to pay
for the ground and necessary improve
Dents. We learn that it will be highly or
namented with evergreens and flowers,
laid OF in small and large lots and inter-
sected with gravel walks. Heretofore our
Jewish felloW-eitizens have been forced, at
heavy expense, 10 carry their dead TO Mem
phis for burial.
A RECKLESS YOUTH-Brooks, the Don
Juan Of the Lexington Reporter, In sim
| gle issue Of his purely original Encyelepe-
dia OF nonentity produces nothing"
charges US with jealousy, obscenity, etc.
Now see his ingratitude. We discovered
Brooks. He belongs TO US By right Of dis
coyery. If we hadn't found him no body
else would have found him, and the world
would have been minus bright particular
star Of "nOnentity producing nothing"
/ Now, as TO jealousy, we may possibly envy
friend Brooks his ApolIo-like physique but
his brains-well, keep them, Brooks, you
have none to spare, for speculation at least.
As TO dignity, Of which he most justly ac-
cuses US, Webster defines as elevation Of
aspect and grandeur OF mien-yes, that's
US. Cultivate it yourself, friend Brooks,
for be assured that the surplus fat on your
haslets will not always cause men TO inn
| pute you wise and dignifad. As to OBJ
/ scenity-welI, Brooks, If you are mad about
/ it., we wont refer TO you any more; the
smut machine settles your case. However
be a good boy, keep your nsse clean, wear
/ your shirt inside your pants, don't burst
your cotton sllspondHEs, preserve your
I wODyf-r,- buttons, economics Your hone-
| spun and pare-your toe nails every Sunday
morning like a good boy, and when yon
come down this fall you shall have great
big stick Of red candy.
A JACKsONIAN IN COLORADo.-We had
the pleasure OF an interview with Mrs.
Ramsey one day this week, who has just
returned from Colorado in greatly improved
health. She was cordially welcomed back
10 Jackson by numerous friends, speaks in
glowing terms OF the great Platte Valley
/ and is herself a noticeable example Of the
exhilerating power of its pure and health
| felt air. After spending the summer in
Jackson, she will rejoin her husband in the
beautiful home he is preparing in the
far west. From the EUdnS Journal we
| gather the following facts in regard to her
husband and our former fellow citizen,
| Mr.. Green Ramsey. He, in connection
with Rev d. G. Wells, formerly OF Grand
| Junction, Tenn, has inaugurated a new
town down the Platte valley, on the Colo
RADIO Central railway. 1t is spoken of as
one Of the finest locations in the terriotry.
! This location is said to possess material
advantages over other localities already
settled and as a thoroughly business opera
ton Of excellent promise. The town will
| be the county site Of new county, the
| only place of importance Upon the line Of
the C. G. Railway for so or 90 miles and
says the Journal, "there appears to be no
reason why 1t should not make q large and
fourishing place, and especially so if
it should secure the county site Of the new
county, which, from its central position, it
is sure to do" Our friend Ramsey and
Rev. Mr.. Wells have located by pre-emp-
ton go acres OF land, portion of which
will be laid out in a town, and all put into
market at reasonable prices for actual set
tiers. The many friends Of Mr.. Ramsey in
this section Will join US in the heartfelt
wish that his brightest dreams and most
earnest labors may meet a full fruition.
A sERMON.-In these times every ques-
ton may be said to have two popular sides:
one because undeniably true and the other
because undeniably practiced. The reason
for this is obvious-the world is at heart
corrupt, while it would yet keep up SEM
blance, an outward show, Of that virtue
which in other times made religion some
thing more than a name, and the memory
of which has not yet been entirely effaced.
The wsrld OF to-day may be compared to
an aged, majestic oak, with wide spreading
branches of beautiful symmetry, clothed
Ia tIss s-.-.y----s --.-----.ts ~ 49,
/ NuINf buA uNN-Ag anu AOsscA ~ NAS hNNAA
and liable at any moment TO topple and
fall. Iusincerity is the rule, sincerity the
exception.
Rude or polished hypocritcs rule in both
the lower and higher walks of life. Truth
may be applauded in public, but in private
its advocate is ridieuled, while its precepts
are ruthlessly trampled. Indeed, two
/ kn al
week days, one for the parlor and the other
for the ehamber-one to wear before the
curtain and the other to wear behind it
are among the fne-art accomplishments of
modern civilization. In good society espe-
cially, without these two faces, no one can
be regarded as a first class success. To
smile in ones face and frOwn when ones
back is turned, to lavish hospitality, COM
pliments and accommodations on the pros
porous, and to snub, SANDER and Cypress,
IL possible, the unfortunate-to iatter silly
fools whose only merit is dress or money,
and turn up the nose at those whose only
crime is poverty-to worship the rising and
coRtemn the setting sun-would seem to be
} an indispensable accomplishment in ''well
; bred circles"
. Besides, the very exalted civilization
achieved by this prominently Augustiar
age of-mORey, has introduced among othel
exquisite felicities, the art Of preaching
one thing and praetieing directly its oppo
site; that is, preaching a set Of theories
very wholesome and orthodox, both TO
body and soul, and then quietly permitting
; the carnal appetites of our anti-moraI ma
lures 20 recklessly ride riot over them
For instance, mankind are constant,
warned from the pulpit to beware OF prid
lnd vanity, the vain pomp and glory o
: this world, and urged to cultivate an hum
2, BILE piety and a broad Christian charity
Yet costly apparel and splendid equipage
extravsgant feasts and prOfuse displays o
silver plste-lust Of power and vanity o
pessession-prIde that tramples the hum
{ BILE, tyranizes over the weak, Iosthes tn
u poor, GOODS poor, by the way,) defies tn
laws Of earth and heaven, and glOats in it
tIiumphs over innocence and virtue-ye
d such are the practices Of mankind, Will
e their conSciences are silenced by occasions
o donations TO the church, and the sending 0
s. an occasional 'nickel" to the poor heather
e unaccompanied by even a dollar to defra
; expenses.
II Then, again, it is admitted that larg
e, possessions neither make men or wome
it any better OF more worthy OF esteem tina
ID silk, satin. fne linen and broad cloth ar
ID not per sc, evidences Of blue blood or 81
E. perior accompIishments-tha money
Is neither safe or Just basis Of merit-ths
in fools or would be tyrants alone affect 81
lg cial or mental superiority because Of the
X poSsessions-that sycophants and silly Nj
Id Flimseys emily, judge worth by bank a
of counts or outward adornments-that q
$. ariStocracy Of dollars is contemplate an