The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-03
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Mrs, Carter. an accomplished lady of + rank
lin, and her besuTiful daughter, attended on
Fair, last week.
Mrs. W, a charming and handsome widow
of Bedford county, was at our Fair.
MIS-. Jackson, one of the most intelhgen
aud accomplished women in all the land, an
her friend Miss c., of Pulaski, honered on
| F air with their presence. ra5- .-r-u
| Mr.. James Brown, son of Col, Joe. Brown
one of the earlist settlers in this county, ha
been in Maury for a fortnight past, the CUES
of Col L. D. Myers. he married Mis-
Williamson, q sister of Mrs. P. ID. Franklin
Major Willis Jones returned from Cinoin
natl last week.
| Rev. James A. Orman, of Culleoka, Wit
gave such good Sunday School report at thu
i District Conference in April as to gain thu
| commentator of the Bishop, was IN Colum
bia one day last week.
| Hogpat Clopton and Jesse Perkins Clopton
| Arkansas planters, come to our town las
week, to get some of the Arkansas malaria ou
oftheir systems, in this he llthful climate.
Mr. Edward T. Taliaterro, of Pulaski, was
| in our city one day last week, attending Il
business In our Circuit Court. Mr., Taliaferro i:
| not only young lawyer of frst-rate ability
| but is also a gentleman OF culture, and hence
is charming companion to men as well as
! ladies.
W. s. Porter, better known in this his ma
| tive county as Will Porter, now a General
Merchandise broker in New York, spent the
Fair week with his friends and relations in
and ar und Columbia. We are glad to learr
that he was not hurt by the great money crash
in his adopted city. -r.
Reese Porter, of the Memphis Register,
spent few days in our town last week. he
brought the welcome news thst his associate,
Dug. Irwin. was not dead, as was announced
Col. Geo. F. Akers, of Nashville, and Elbert
James. Of Memphis, were seen gallanting some
of our beautiful young ladies at the Fair.
Gen. Beverly Robertson, of Memphis, atten-
ded our Fair last week, and was frequently
called upon to be one Of the Judges Of fine
horses. The General also appreciated the
beauty of our beautiful ladies, although We are
not aware that be come to any conclusion as
! to who was the prettest one, and therefore
entitled to the premium.
n. b. Shepard. formerly of this place, is
at Mckinney, Collin Co., Texas. his health
is still bad.
Charles Sheridan Newman. Professor of
Languages in the East Tennessee University
has resigned his position, on account OF bad
health, superind uced by confinement in school.
He should breathe the air of fields and woods,
He will remain in Knoxville.
Capt q. q. Taylor, formerly Of this place,
was recently made special Chancellor to try
certain cases at Knoxville, This was quite an
honor to a young lawyer, especially at a bar
that contains eminent lawyers.
Messrs. T. F. and A. 2. johnson and four
DdukcL UEObucEes anu u4dlbahS oOu VI - uAk Z
w, P. Martin, will start from this place 10
Dallas, Texas, about the first of October.
they are all going into the farming business.
Miss Matte HeTndOn, organist for he Meth
Odist church, is teacher of instrumental and
vocal music in the Mt. Pleasant Female school,
We congratulate Prof. Hamilton in securing
the services Of so proficient teacher. She
will come home every Saturday so as to be
here on Sunday and will continue to lead the
Methodist Choir. We are glad of this, as she
is one Of the best vocalists in the city.
j. o. Griffith, of the Rural Sun, capital
agricultural paper, was at our FAIR last Satur'
day. ---=---=---.-
Dr. J. T. 8. Thompson, of Miss, was in Co,
| lumbia a portion of last week.
DIR. John Moore, of Upton county, West
Tennessee, spent Fair week with us. His
many friends here are always glad TO see him
Among the distinguished visitors here dur
ing the Fair we're: Col. p, G. Bethel, of NJ lem
phis, Judge Davidson, of Shelbyville, brother
of our fellow citizen W. NJ D4gidson, Gen. W
Ii. jackson, of Nashville, and his father, DIR.
Jackson, of Madison county; Col John Nc
| Gsvock, Capt. W, ~. Allison, j. P: John son,
sf Williamson county; John Bullock and Bob
Winstead, of Nashville; Van Kirkman, Mr..
Pritchett, Nashville; Marsh johnson and
wife, Fl. Clagett and daughter, of Hickman
county; Clark Tindall Jones, of Lawrence co j
Col. j . j. DuBose, of Memphis; Major W. DE-
Hardeman, of New Orleans.
q. N. Cypert, talented young lawyer OF
Waynesboro, was in Columbia on Monday OF
last week
Prot. w. x. Jones. Principal of the Martin
Female College, at Pulaski, was at our Fair
last Friday. Although his school has just
started he has q 140 or q $50 pupils. He de-
serves the success he is achieving.
Major Boiling Gordon, of Hickman county,
has gone to the HopkinsvIlle, (ky.,) Fair.
Col. R. f. Looney, of the Memphis Register,
and his charming family, all of Memphis, ar
rived in our town last Monday night.
Capt James II. Polk, of Mississippi, was al
our Fair last week, not looking, as he usual '
does, the very picture of health. He was at
the Hop, but his late illness prevented him
from looking as dashing and splendid as he
did some months ago, when he represented
Sir Walter Raleigh" at fancy dress ball, in
this place.
Mr. Will May, of Davidson county, and
Sam Claybrook, of West Tennessee, were in
our town last Tuesday.
t. JEFF. Haley, of the Bigbyyille country,
left for Bailey's Springs, Ala, few dayF ago
We trust that the excellent waters will COM
pfetely restore him to health.
Wick Fnersou has gone to Baltimore and
Robt Pillow to Philadelphia-to attend hedi-
cal lectures,
Col. Powhatan Gordon left for Hopkins
Vile, XIV, last Wednesday, to see lis rela-
tives, Col W allaces family, and Mr.. ii. Mel
sons, and to attend the Christian cor MY Fair
Mr.. Hardin Perkins, of Senatobia, Miss, was
in town last week. He came up TO bring his
sister to be educated at the AtAensum.
Mr. F. Hill, of Lebanon, KY, father of
G. s. Hill, was 10 the neigborhood of Mt.
Pleasant last week.
Miss Kate Jackson, one of the prettiest
Young ladies in the world, has gDne to her
home near Florence, Ala, and @, >. Hill is
not happy.
Mrs. NJ. J. Bryant, who has just returned
home from New York, was accompanied by
her two sisters, Mrs. Mary A. manning, from
Texas, and Mrs Elizabeth Hopkins, of Nicks-
burg, Miss. The three sisters had not met
each other for thirty odd years.
General Beverly NJ. Robertson left our town
a day or two ago. for his home in Memphis.
The gallant and handsome General bears a
striking resemblance to the Imperial Bonaparte
family, and yet is also, in physique as well as
in bOnhommie, ETC., fine representative OF
the Southern Gentleman-we will not say OF
the "Old school,"
Rev. Mr.. Bate, agent for the theological de-
partment of the Cumberland University, Leb-
anon. was in our town last Wednesday.
Mr. s. 8. Cross, the excellent superinten-
dent of the Poor House, after a prOtraCted
spell of hux, is able to be up and going again.
The many friends of Esq. A. L. PTewett
were pleased to see him at the Fair last week.
He had u severe attack of hux.
Aleck Titcomb and Chris Loouey have gone
back to Davidson College, N. c., to be gone
two years. In that time, Prof. Martin can
teach them much. Blythe way, we learn that
the Professor, whom our readers remember
well, spent the summer vacation rambling
over the mountains in North Carolina, in be
half of Geology.
Miss Julia B., after an absence of three
months in Norfolk, Va, has reformed homo,
looking even prettier than ever, and talking il
eloquent strains of the Virginians.
The Earl of Roscommon, otherwise
Charley r. Dillon, of Memphis, is in
town.
Hugh B. Martin and lady, of Mem
phis, are on visit to his father, Judge
Martin, of this county.
| A Young Lady CrIficizes the Bache,
Tor Lecturer.
How sadly the world affected Thackeray il
| we'll known yet some perversity in his natur
caused him to laugh in his sadness. he hated
I sha bnldlv criad than dnup Init his