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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21
rurnp i bill before the Tennessee

THERE is bill before the Tennessee
LEGISLATURE, amending the statute on
divorces, so as to allow no divorce ex-
cept for adultery, the Biblical ground
Much can be said for and against this
bill. We are rather inclined to favor IT,
The editor of the Brownsville States ar
cues AGAINST it in his usually forcloie
style. He says:
"The married state is usually entered
into during the years OF lncXperleIce,
when the fancy with golden touch
paints the object OF youthful devotlon
with all the brightness OF the spring
time of life. lis colors are too vivid,
and its loyeliness too enchanting, ana
the dream too rapturous to permit the
entrance of rude doubt or suspicion, or
to allow the patient, stricken with love-
delicious fever while smelling the sweet
flower. to gaze deep down in its cup and
behold the serpent lurking there.
1.-THE hand follows the heart, ana II
the serpent sting almost unSc death'
shall there be no escape except through
the Gates of shame? Humanity de-
mands this, on account of our fallIbi!Ity'
sShall fair, pure, gentle woman
whose every emotion is goodness ltseIi,
and whose every instinct IS as Innocent
as the breath of the flowers, be chalhed
for life to . monster OF sin and corrup-
ton. because he won her heart clad as
an angel o. light? Shall she De iofceu TO
lie down and make her bed with rotten
ness ana death, and have no escape
offered her except shame and dishonolT
at is hard enough as il is, Wien The
women of our land are often tied by a.
yorce laws into compaDipnship with
coarse and Soulless Drunkards, Gam
blers. Swindlers, Thieves, Cowards,
Pimps, Ignoramuses, Syco-
plants, Toadies, Dirt-eateTs, Liars, Nut-
tbroats and wretches OF every descrIp- |
ton. 1t would be disgrace to Tennes-
see civilization to iDflict more upon |
them"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21

Mr.. J. w. KING, of Giles county, is in
favor OF fence reform He says scrub
stock necessitates good deal of deaG
capital, in the way OF fences. Hear
him:
Und,r the present law every farmer. to be
secure from outside stock, has to be enclosed
by f,nce at least five feet high, and even
then, the crops are not safe. Take Giles
County, as an illustration, with her S54,4U
acres OF land, counting the land one half fen
csd in furty-acre farms. You see il will take
II, is, $50 rails to enclose with lawful fence,
an average of four cents each, 1852,
There is a capital of that amount lying dead,
aud then, as every farmer Knows, it takes il
per cent per annum to keep the fence up to
that point, or drain of S59,755 annually. or
nearly equal TO the entire State, county and
school tax of the county. Now what do we Re
ceive in return for this heavy tax? n few poor
scrub cattle and hogs, for all know that all the
better class Of stock are kept inside Of enelcs
ures. No man in the county can afford TO
raise stock for profit and let it run at large.
Now for the remedy. Let it be made a mis-
demeanor TO let stock run at large. Then We
will see our crops increasing, for the land viii
be improved by grasses and the droppingS OF
stock. or let neigh5oThood custom be the law;
IL a dozen or more neighbors conclude that
three foot fence is high enough to secure
crop, let that be the csse, and the owners of
the stock running at lal &c BE responsible for
al damage. Or in some other practical way
relieve the people of this heavy burden.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21

AN interesting debate took place in
Congress a few weeks ago, on a PROPOSE
ton to increase the salaries of the Com
missioner of Agriculture and his assis-
tants; and another to increase the
amount of money appropriated to seeds
ETC., to distribute among the people
Our Representative, Gen. WHIrTHoRNE,
said:
renew the amendment, for the purpose OF
calling the attention of gentlemen of the
House to the fact that In the region of country
which l and my friend from Georgia represent
the % is now a demand for these seeds from 4
class Of persons who are entering, so to speak,
for the frs. time into the field of labor, to WI
the coIored men. l do not know what my
friends experience i, but ny own is that
from that class of persons there is a growing
demand for seeds, and in all that section OF
country there is not Lore pressing demand
for any action on the part Of the Federal
Government than for the distribution Of aErl-
cultural seeds and agricultural information
And it is particularly to meet this demand, as
we appreciate il in the southern section of the
country, that l favor and believe every other
gentleman from that section Of the country IA
vors an increase Of this appropriation.
The appropriation for seeds was in
creased from $50. 600 to $4,000.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21

CHARLES C. LEWIS, of Gainesville.
Ala, committed suicide attBrooklyn, N.
Y.onthe 18th lust. He was a brother
of Mr.. LESTER LEWIS, now residing III
this place, and was here himself several
wears ago. He was an estimable young
man. He was laboring under a tit OF
insanity, brought on by long and lrrl-
Eating illness. Several letters found IN
his room indicate a wand erlng mlno'
but also show his deep religious COR
victions. He and his father used to
spend the summer at Saratoga, and be-
ing strong Southerners, they ire quently
got into dispute with persons OF oppo-
site views. In his last letter TO his Ia
Their, he refers to this, and seems to fear
that some great evil will overwhelm
both of them.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21
W'gpe state NRebt.

Senator JAMES, OF Hamilton, has intro
duced a bill in the Senate, providing for
the funding of the past due coupons, as
well as those maturing before the first
day of July, 1874. The bonds will bear in
terest at 6 per cent. and be termed, 1.-THE
new series of funding bonds" redeema-
bic at the option of the State, after July
the first 1884, and due and payable on
the first of July, 1914, the coupons pay
able semiannually, from, and including,
the first day of July, 1874, to the matur-
ity of the bond.
That the permanent school fund, with
the interest thereon, until the first Of
July, 1774, shall bear interest as the bonds
provided for to the bill. And the same
obligation shall rest upon the State to
pay the semi-annual interest on said
fund, as if it were converted into the
funding bonds. provided for in tie bill.
1t provides that bonds that may fall
due between the first day of July, 1874,
and the first day of July, 1884, shall be
fund eble at the option of the State in
bonds authorized by the bill.
That the coupons of the bonds funded
under this act, or coupons of bonds reg
istered under the provisions of the ninth
section of the bill, shall be receivable
| for the taxes and revenues due the
| State
Senator JAMES is a young man of great
acuteness and brilliaucy of intellect, and
is the only man in the Legislature who
had the nerve to offer bill on this inn
portant and delicate questions ques-
ton upon which the leading minds OF
| the State have been silent.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21

A CORRESPONDENT opposes the propo-
sition to issue county bonds for the i'm
provement of turnpikes and railroads
in Maury county. He says the people
are too poor and too much in debt. The
people of Maury county are not poor,
and are less in debt than the people OF
any county of its population and wealth
in the State. Except the two counties
in which the cities of Memphis and
Nashville are situated, a higher valua-
ton is put on Maury's real estate than
that of any other county. Major AKIN,
our Tax Collector for 1871 and 1872, was
compelled to advertise only about half
a dozen lots and farms for sale, to get
his tax for 1872, while Collectors in 9th
er counties, ofIess wealth, had to sell
hundred or more. This does not look
like our citizens are poor or much In
debt. But, as for that matter, the bonds
will not haye to be paid in many years,
and the annual interest on them will
only be a few thousand dollars-but lit
tie, if any, more than is paid the occu-
pant OF a good fat office. 1t must be re-
membered that all these bonds will be
expended in Maury county, and not on
" build roads, but also give our own
people the benefit OF almost every dollar
disbursed
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21

THERE will be meeting OF the most
prominent druggists in the state al
Nashville, on the I4th prox. to take into
consideration the lest means to secure
the enactment of laws regulating the
drug business in this State; to improve
the art and science of pharmacy; sup
nress empiricism, and to gradually re-
strict the dispensing of medicines TO ed
ucated pharmacists. This is certainly !"
subject worthy of our serious consldera-
tion. 1t would be an alarming state
ment IL the exact number of people, an
uually killed by quack doctors and lg-
norant and inexperienced drug clerks
could be ascertained and published
We are glad to learn that the College o.
Pharmacy is taking active steps in the
matter
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21

Our Legislature is cutting outsenough
work for the entire summer. More
than half of their time has expired, and
yet they go on introducing new bills.
Tley need not expect Gov. BROWN 10
call them into extra session, because
the people are opposed TO it. The Leg
islature has had ample time TO pass all
needed laws, and they had better make
good use of the few weeks still left them
1t would be better for the State IT the
Legislature only met once in four year 8.
We have too much legislation, and too
mary elections, by half
A bill has been adopted by the Sen
ate, appointing two persons to act IN
conjunction with Chief Justice NIcHoL-
SON in the trial of certain cases, aLd
providing for the holding of special
term of the Supreme Court. In such
cases, the litigants will have to blnc
themselves to abide the decision.
Mr.. HUGHES has introduced bill in
the House, making it crime punisha-
BILE with death to place instructions up
on railroad track. 1t would be goo
law, and should pass.
We trust the Legislature will turn
their attention exclusively to few I'M
portant matters, such as re-districting
the State, the school question, the
State debt, ETC., and then come home.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21

If the new postal bill, with all lis
proposed amendments, now before
Congress, becomes law, it will create
a revolution in printed matter, Post
age on newspapers will not only have
20 be paid befor3 they are sont' but
hostage will also be required on eX-
changes. It is probable that the bill,
with these features, viii be passed.
This looks like Congressman are en-
deayoring to- take revenge on the news
papers OF the country for their bold de-
nuuciation OF those Congressman con-
nected with the Credit Mobilier and
other corrupt schemes. If anything
should be protected and fostered, it
should be the newspapers, for they do a
good work in educating the people, and
the proprietors receive less remunera.
ton than any other business in which
the same amount of capital and intelli-
geuce is employed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21
gEardi Gras i'm Memphis.

Memphis is making great prepare
tions for "Mardi Gras," on the 18th OF
the present month. Columbia should
be represented by large delegation Ct
our pleasure loving people. Memphis
is one of the most delightful places to
visit this side of the Garden of Eden or
the planet Venus, for the people are
pleasant, and have a way OF making
everybody around them happy. Mem
phis is great place. 1t has a great
river, great buildings, great ideas, and
great men from eyerywhere-but great
est OF all are its women-its black-eyed,
brown-eyed, heavenly-eyed, light heart
ed women. Capt. w. j. WHITTHoRNE,
of this place, and Major ALBERT AKERs,
of Nashville, will probably go down,
and they are just the men to take charge
of a nice party of Columbia ladies'
A wedding-uot our own-will prevent
our attendance, and we are not happy
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21

HON. b. II. HILL, of Georgia, says;
ssIt has always been a favorite purpose
with me, at a proper time, when passion
shall subside, TO insist that we should
make out a correct statement of every
dollar taken from the people of Georgia
by POPE, MEADE, RUeER and the bull
LOCK government, and present it for
payment by the United States. If an
an obligation can be predicated upon
robbery, a juster claim was never pre-
ferred by one people against another"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21

BENTON BARRACKS, Mo-. Aprl5U, 1860.
DR.. JonE BULL-DEAu SIR knowing tho
efficacy Of your Sarsaparlla, and the healing
and beneficial qualities u possesses, ! send you
the following statement 81 my case.
was wounded about two years ago, was
taken prisoner and confined for sixteen months.
Being moved 30 often, my wounds have not
healad yet. / have not sat upa mOmentsince
was wounded. ! an shot Though the hips
My general health il impaired, and | need
something TO assist nature have more faith
in your SaTsaparil!a than any thing else.
wish that which is genuine. Please express
me half aIdozeu. bottles, apd.oblige
Carr. q. Il. JOHNSON,
st. Louis, Mo
y. s.-The iOllowiug,was written April 80
1866, by Mrs. Jennie johnson, mother 0fCap
Johnson.
Dr.. John Bull-Dear Sir; Ny husband, Or.
Z. >. johnson, was skllliul surgeon aud
physician in Contra. Nsw York, where he dird
leaving the above Z. 4. johnson 10 my care.
AT thirteen years Of age lie bad a chronic diar-
rhea and scrofula, for which gave your Sar.
saDariila. IL cured him. ! have for ten Yenra
recommended IL 10 many in New York, Ohio
and Iowa, for scr0iula, fever sores aud general
debility. Perfect success has atten1edm. The
cures affected IN some cases # scroiule and
fever sores we've almost miraculous. am very
anxious for my son TO again have recourse 10
your Sarsapnrilla. lie j. fearful Of getting a
spurious article, hence his writing 10. you for
it. His wounds ore terrible but / believe ho
will recover. Respectfully,
JENNlE.JOHSsoN
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21
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Good Advice To Farmers,

To the Editor Of the Independent:
February is a very suitable month TO seed
for grasses. Lana prepared for Blue and Or
chard grass and G over, should.have one bushel
per acre Of the two first and u gallons OF II e
latter. All meadows should be seeded in Oc-
tober-by so doing stand is invariably OBJ
tanned, while if You putt off until Spring the
CHARGES are five to one against good stand
No land on farm pays like good meadow.
The yield should be from / to 2 tons per
acre, worth say from $22 to $25 per ton. My
experience is that the grazing is worth the
reat of the lsnd-hence you get the hay merely
for the trouble of saving it. Grass is the
cheapest of all animal food that nature gives
US. Relying upon the corn crib is an obsolete
custom or it soon will be) among intelligent
farmers for it does not pay. Give me plenty Of
hay and grass and | can keep stock in fine
marketable condition with very little corn and
at one half the ordinary cost of ''keep." My
experience has demonstrated the fact that
stock properly housed during rains, sleet and
SHOWS, will do better on one-third less feed,
than those exposed to the weather and allowed
to have all they will consume. 1t is a matter
of economy to shelter stock, to say nothing of
the obligations which humanity imposes upon
us. Arrange good troughs, racks and man
gers in order that your stock may have the
benefit OF what you give them ordinarily from
One-thlrd to one half is wasted on account of
our farmers neglecting to do this. Let the
rule by which the stock raiser shapes his poll
cy bs-"keep no more stock than you can
have we'll cared for, and let that be of the
BEST
QUIT loafiing around towns and villages; go TO
work with will. Make home attractive and
keep your boys there; (tOo many of them are
already in the towns) make them produce
something and not be consumers alone and
then we will not hear so much twaddle about
"hard times" can tell the home of reading
thinking farmer whenever l see it. 1t generally
has pace foT everything and everything is in
its place. Such farmer keeps the briars out
of his fence corners and raises something to
sell. These iRpecgnious agric4lturists who
cannot afford to take newspapers but manage
to consume valuable time in loating around
villages and crossroads, whining about the
"hard times" Onerous taxes, etc." as nat
ural consequence never .,have any surplus
Arouse farmers of Tennessee, and shake the
dew-daops from your garments; go to work
and put only good, true and competent men ii
office and then we will have good times and !
| prosperous, happy country.
GEO. T. ALTMAN.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21

LAST November, JAMES Brown, of
Philadelphia, voted very early ana
very often for GRANT, and raScaIly
Democratic jury sent nm 10 tue L en-
Tertiary for 1t. But GRANT mas par
tioned him out. This is not the hrst
time the President has stopped 10 MUS
trate the old maxim that, if one good
turn deserves another, one bad one
should too.-COUrjer-Jo
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21

SOME persons are agitating the old
question of making a new State out OF
East Tennessee and Western North
Carolina. They only want an opportu-
nitv to manufacture offices of honor
and profit. Some of the names propos-
ed for the new State are, Franklano,
and Ireland.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21
limited Friends of Temperance.

This is a new temperance ORDER formed oy
delegates from the Good Templars' Sons OF
Temperance, Temperance Union and hn'ghts
Of Jericho. The basis of union; l. white
membership. II. Two degrees one VIII, a
pledge during membership, the other lie
ledge. III The pledge not 10 include sweet
Cider. ". Moral suasion is the chosen means
COR the propagation of the order. The Good
Templars of the county favor the order. A
State Council was organized in Nashville
on the 20th inst.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21

THE Norfolk ViTgi1tidn says: "On eN-
amining the Agricultural Report for the
month of January we lament to note
such statements as the following 'Es-
sex Sheep fast disappearing before the
dogs. Rockbridge-Thed dog law is so
unnonular that it has been repealed.
Southampton-Dogs very destructive 10
Sheep Turning to the same class OF
facts reported from North Carolina, we
find the following statements: PERSON
Dogs very destructive to sheep era
ven-Sheep lost 20 per cent. ny ooss'
stock Int a fourth of what it was for
merly. Montgomery-Sheep disappear
ING before dogs This is sorry record
and we ask our friends in both STATES II
thew can not apply some remedy Tor TINS
evil? If the law won't operate, why not
trv syillainous saltpeter' in combination
with blue whistlers? And, then' re-
fleet we are trying to induce superior
class of English and Scotch farmers 10
come among us, but what Will they say
and think of a state of civilization In
which curs are valued more than sheep"
The same grim and melancholy state
ments would go forth from Tennessee
were the truth told. The report from
Maury county would vary from those
above in one particular--whilet the lat
ter saws the sheep are disappearing from
before the dogs, a truthful report from
our dog~ridden county would fe"u
s.Maury-Sheep disappeared from be ore
the dogs"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21
OF King Armadeu

AbdicaesoK: OF EAing Amadeus.
The Spanish government, which has
been declining for two centuries, has
inst degenerated into a Republic, and
King AMADEUS has returned to his ma
tive blue skies OF Italy. The govern
ment is being permanently organized,
and no material irreguldriiy or disturb
anee is anticipated. To give the new
government a start, bill was intro
duced in the Congress OF the L. 5, to
cloritv little over the birth Of the
Spanish Republic, but it was defeated
nm the ground that it would be recogniz-
inc the institution OF slavery.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21

WHEN MCNULrA was hanged in Peo>
ria the other day, for the murder Of bis
wife, he made a long speech from the
scaffold, in which he declared that he
forqaye those who had prosecuted him,
and EXPRESSED the hope that he would
meet them all in Heaven. DE spoke as
confidently about going to Heaven as
if that woman had been his mother-ln-
law instead o. his wite.-Coarte'-Jo
nj
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21

Col. H. T. YEATMAN, for MauIy coun-
ty; Hon. JOHN PETERSON, for Nashville;
L. H. GooDRIcH, for Humphreys, ana
many others, have been appointed Q
Centennial Executive Committee for
N,ddIa TauuaSsee
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21

IT is said Of BRawNI.sw that he u.s.
to swear that three conditions insure d
a mans success at the South-"to be q
Methodist, become a Freemason, ald
ioin the Democratic party"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21
SMITHS TONIC SYRUP
AEUE AND FEVER,
OR CHILLs AND FEVER.

The proprietor Of tin, celebrated medicine
lustly claims Tor il superiority over an rem.
edles ever offered TO tie public for the safe,
certain speedy and permanent cure Of Arde
aha feVer' az Chills and Fever, whether OF
short or long standing. lie refers ~ ia en-
tire Western aud Southern country 10 beer him
testimony TO the truth Of the assertion. That In
90 case Whatever will il fail 10 cure III ths al
rectons are safety followed aud carried Al
In great many cases single dose has ien
suheient for cure, aud Whole families have
been cured by single bottle. with perfect
restoration Of the geuStal health. Ii Il. how
ever, pi udent, ana IN every case more certain
to cure, II It's use Is continued in smaller do.oa
tor week or two after the disease has been
checked, more especially ia difficult and long
standing cases. Usually this medicine viii
not require ans aid to keep the bowels In good
order. Sho uld the patient, however. require q
cathartic me iicine, after having taken three or
Tour doses OF the tonic, q single dnsa OF Bulls
Vegetable Family Pills will DC sufficient.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21

THE sisters of North Carolina bride
rushed to the altar with broomsticks
gave the bridegroom terrific drubbing
and broke up the wedding.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21
TIL RAID.
Friday. Fcsrnnry "a. Hs7a,

SMALL pox is raging In Bedford coun-
ty, near Unionville.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21
BULLS
SARSAPARILLA.

he9d the following extract Of q letter IRON
Mis: ldFers, wife Il Reverend DR.. Mscrr, one
OF the most learned, eloquent, and popular
ministers 81 the Methodist Erlgcopal Church,
aud who is ~ present stationed az broadway
Church, Louisville, Ky.