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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07
SHlaIIpOx----Neeti of Citizens OF
WRVna Cnanky.


In pursuance OF call of the citizens @
Waynesboro a large number thereof met a.
the court house for the purpose of deVising
some means by which TO preserve the. health OF
said town, and surrounding vicinity, and tC
keep the Smallpox from spreading threm.
On motion of r. P. Cypert, John II. COlC
was called to the chair and s. H, Boswell ap.
pointed secretary.
On motion, q committee of three was appoin-
ted to wit. r. P. Cypert. Capt. Ct. Berry
and A. F. WhitehuIst to draft resolutions
DR.. J. A. Paine was added to said committee.
The committee on resolutions reported the
following; Whereas, we learn with regret the
terrible scOuruge smallpox--has made its ap-
pearance in the county of Hardin, and that il
county, and it is feared the contsgeon will
spre ad over the county, therefore,
Resolved, That We most earnestly request
and recommend all persons in the county to be
vaccinated without delay, and that the people
refrain as much as possible from congregating
together in public ylaces, and there be as
little travelling from one place to another, as
the business affairs of the country will admit
Resolved, That persons who have a chance
of contracting Smallpox, be requested immedi-
ately, and not to mix and mingle with those
who have not had chance of contracting it.
Resolved, That the thanks of this COM
munity are due to the Hon. L. Walker, Judge
for postpoping the next term of oar circuit
court, IN order to avoid spread of the disease
Resolved, That persons from the city of
oaisville and other cities, where smallpOxa is
at present raging, and persons who have been
travelling by railroad or steamboats,, for the
perssnt, be requested uott0 come among our
people until the scourge shall have subsidized.
Resolved, That these proceedings be made
public, and that copies of the same be furnish
cd the Columbia Herald and Tennessee River
News.
Signed R P Cypert, A Whitehurst,J G
Berry, John A Paine.
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Corruption i'm High Places.

This winter will be famous in our
country's history as the time when cor
ruption in high places was made mani
fest, but not punished. For weeks the
Credit Mobilier Investigating Commit
tee of Congress has been doing it work,
and its victims are numbered almost by
he days. The most prominent men in
the nation are found not only to have
legislated upon measures in which they
were personally interested, but have
been shown to be liars and prevarica-
tors. The characters badly damaged
are numerous, and among the utterly
ruined is Vice President CoLFAx, who
has scarcely defender. 1t is worthy OF
notice that five of the most prominent
Radicals, HARLAN, Vice President Col
FAX, Vice President WILSON, Senators
PATTERSON. and PoMERoY, had their
regulations ruined apparently beyond
repair, and yet they will still be their
party leaders. They are very sanctimoni
Gus, and have been held up as mighty
representatives Of the party of "great
moral ideas.' Senator POMERoY, of
Kansas, was recently convicted of brib
ing the Legislature of the same State
that CALDWELL represented. The Leg
islature was on the eve of rejoicing
him to the United States Senate, when
a member, one YORK, gave the Lieuten-
ant Governor, who was presiding, sew
en- thousand dollars, and stated to the
Legislature as he did so, that it had
been given to him by PoMERoY to vote
for him. This prevented his reelection.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

THE State Teachers Association,
which met recently at Nashville, was
very strongly in.favor of State system
Of free schools. One of the teachers op-
posed free schools altogether. Wethink
the Legislature cannot do better thar to
amend the present system, so as to make
the raising of sufficient means compul-
sorry. The system proposed in Judge
HoUK's bill is entirely too cumbersome.
The schools law should be explicit and
simple, and create as few offices IS pos
sible. All that is necessary is, money
to carry on the schools; teachers and
some one in each county to see that
schools are kept in every neighbcrhoOd.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07
Common SCHOOL,.

IT is stated in nearly or quite all the
newspapers in Tennessee, without quail
ification, that the County System OF
Common Schools in our State has prov
ed failure. Now, we are willing to
admit that as a system it has shown it
self not equal to the task imposed upon
it. County Courts rarely have the nee
essary courage to vote a sufficient
amount of money ohave public schools
in every neighborhood during all the
year. Maury has done much better
under the present law than many other
counties, but even she has not done
more than half her duty. This evil can
be remedied by amending the present
law so as to require each county to raise
a certain per cent for school purposes,
and control its disbursement. Let each
county get the benefit of its own tax,
and appoint its own superintendents
and teachers. In this way, we aToid
the necessity of having a cumbersome,
expensive and irresponsible State ma
chinery, and the possibility of the State
school fund being stolen by its official
custodians. This fear is not as fanciful
and unreal as it may seem, for the Rad
icals are almost a controlling element
in our Legislature.
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rurnpiISce and Rallronds

year or two ago, one of our wealth |
lest and most enterprising citizens sug-
gested plan by which every portion OF
Msury county might be greatly benefit
ed. 1t was, for the county to issue in
terest bearing bonds, payable in thirty
years, to the amount of several hum
dred thousand dollars, for the purpose
of building three lines of railroads, and
turnpikes in every direction. The plan
is good one, and we are still heartily
in favor Of it. We have conversed with
number of our most prominent citi-
zens living in different portions OF the
county upon this subject, and in every
instance we have found them in favor
OF 1t. We are anxious for gentlemen
in every neighborhood in Maury coun-
ty to write us a communication Epon the
importance of this propositioh-either
for or against 1t. In this way we can
approximate public sentiment I'm regard
to one of the most important subjects
ever presented to our people for discus
sion. Below we give rough estimate
of the suitable amounts to give to each
portion of the county. We have en-
1eavored to make it out so that every
neighborhood in the county will be ben
Gifted. OF course, it may be improved:
Give the Shelbyville turnpike and rail-
| road, So, 900; a pike from Lytle's creek
to Berlin, via Sowell's lower mill, Rock
Spring, and Sowell's upper mill, $l5,OOO;
pike from Columbia to Rally Hill, via
Bear Creek, 81, 200; continuation and
Improvement of pike to Santa Fe, Sl5,-
600; improvement of pike to Spring Hill,
$4,000, railroad and turnpike to wills
Transport, $4,000; continuation of pike
20 Hampshire, 900; railroad to Mt.
Pleasant, $4,000; Campbellsville pike,
| $4,000; Mooresville pike, $4,000; pike
leading east or west from Culleoka,
$4,000; pike leading east or west from
Spring Hill, 10000. Total S2s5, 900.
This amount of bonds should be is
sued, bearing seven per cent interest,
and made payable in thirty years, orelse
in fifteen, twenty, twenty-five and thir-
| ty years. The annual interest can be
paid by the county without feeling it.,
and when the time comes for the princi-
pal to be paid, new generation will be
in possession of the lands, which will
have be increased in value an hundred
fold, AS county, Maury is the wealth
lest in the State, and yet sheJ has the
worst roads we ever saw. Gentlemen
farmers of MauTyl let us hear from you
upon this subject.
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Washington Special to Courier-Jou

washington special 10 OOuflef-JOufnal.l
The Credit MobilIer Committee No. !
to-day was enlivened by a conflict of a
very sharp and bitter character between
Mr.. Jos. Stevenson and the Speaker.
Senator Logan explained his connection
with the Credit Mobilier stock, and
that he had drawn out in few days
after selling his first dividends. After
this came terrible revelation for poor
ColfaX, showing that after drawing the
twelve hundred dollars on Oakcs Ames'
check, he had in a day or two after
wards deposited the sum in the First
National Bank ofthis city. This settles
Colfax case. He is forever disgraced
by his mendacious denials and impu-
dent prevarications. The time is too
brief for his impeachment, as he goes
out on the 4th of March next.
The House Judiciary Committee to-
day agreed to report bill increasing the
salary of the President to fifty thousand
dollars; the Chief Justice ofthe Supreme
Court to twenty thousand dollars; the
Vice President, the Speaker of the
House and the Associate Justices of the
Supreme Court to ten thousand dollars,
and members of Congress to eight thou
sand dollars.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

II is said that there is a disposition
among some OF the members of the
Tennessee Legislature to turn the pres
ent State Librarian out Of that office
simply and solely because she is q wo-
man. We trust that this feeling is
shared by but few. Mrs. HASKELL, the
Librarian, is an accomplished lady, and
all acknowledge that she has made a
very efficient official. She is the widow
of the late WIN. T. HASKELL, one of
Tennessee's most gifted orators and
statesmen, and she aud her fatherless
and brotherless daughters depend upon
the salary of the Office of Librarian for
support. Let her have it again, and
again. We are no followers OF SUSAN
B. ANTHONY, but we have no SYM
patby with those who deny women ev-
cry means of working for a living. a
Door and widowed mother is frequently
compelled to work for living, and ii il
supremely little for men to attempt to
limit their usefulness to the school
house and the millinery shop. We are
ouite sure that our immediate repre-
sentatives will not vote against Mrs.
HASKELL because she is woman. Let
it not be told in Gath that the people
of Tennessee think it q crime to be
woman,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

y GENTLEMAN of this county, whose
name, it given, would immediate ly Gre
ate confidence in whatever he might
say, and who has lived both in Ken
lucky and Tennessee, says that lands in
Maury county are worth about QUE
third what they bring in Kentucky.
What is The cause of this difference? Is
it because cur land is less fertile? No.
On the contrary, we can raise many
valuable crops that cannot be grown in
--entucky. The difference is not in the
soils or climates, but in the enterprise
Of the two peoples. The people OF Ken
lucky have splendid turnpikes running
fin every direction, ard Maury county
has miserable dirt roads that arc impas-
sable in tho winter time, and never good
in summer. Our county cannot, there
fore, do anything that will pay so well
as 70 build pixies through every neigh
bOrhood.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

COMMODORE NJ. f. MAURy died in
Virginia last Saturday. He was born
in Fredericksburg, Va, in 1906. At an
early age his father removed from Vir-
ginia to Williamson county in this
State, and was employed in sur
veying the country then being laid off
into new counties. Our county, Mary,
was named in honor OF the father of
Commodore MAURY. The MAURYs of
Williamson county are related to him,
and are people of the highest respecta-
bility. NJ. f. MAURY went to school
to Bishop OTEY. At the early age of
sixteen he was placed on board Uni
ted States vessel, and continued in the
active naval service of the country for
thirteen years. Owing to an accident
he became untitled for sea service,
and was selected to take charge of the
Typographical Office, and National OBJ
servatory, which was subsequently
placed in connection with it. He re-
ceived promotions of various kinds I'M
til 1861, when he resigned all office un-
der the federal government, and be-
came the leading naval officer in the
Confederate government. After the
close OF the war, he held a professor
ship in Gen. LEES College, at Lexing-
ton. Va. Up to the days of his illness
he was close student, and took the
profoundest interest in the develop
ment of the material welfare of man
kind. 1t would be supererogation to
speak of Commodore MAURY as he de-
serves. His history is an essential
part of the annals of the scientific pro-
| gressiveness of the nineteenth eentu-
ry, which has been SO remarkable in
the advancement of the power of man
| over the physical world. In some re-
| spects, Commodore MAURY is entitled
to higher renown than all other Amer
| trans. His labors did not result in tan
CHILE effects like telegraphy, as ia the
case of Prot. MORSE. His Efforts and
views were not those of the artisan, but
OF the highest range of physical sci
ence. HUMBOLDT, the greatest of the
| great in science, valued his labors very
| highly. The star of American genius
shines all the brighter on account Of
Nj. f. MAURY.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07
CULLEOKA INSTITUTE.

JOHN NJ. WEBB has become associate
Principal of this Institution. He was pre-
pared for College under the Binghams of N.
c., having received his start in the classics
with them was first-honor man at the Uni
versity of N. c., under the OLD FACULTY :;
subsequently was assistant teacher to his
former teachers, the Binghams, and then
for moe than two years was the Principal
of Academy at Rockingham, county town
of Richmond county, n. e. The principals
hope by their joint efforts to make the
school in the future more worthy of the lib
eral patronage with which it has been here
tofore favored. Room for q few more good
boys. For circulars apply to Principals,
Culleoka, Tenn. WI WEBB.
Jan 24-2w
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Another Testimony.

BENroS B,ERACKa, No., AprllS0, 1868.
DIR. JoHN BULL-DEAR SmI Knowing the
efficacy Of your Sarsaparila and The healing
aud beneficial qualities Is POSSESSES, / send you
the following statement OF my case:
was wounded about two years ago, was
taken prisoner and confined for sixteenmonths.
Being moved 50 often, my wounds have not
healed yet. have not sat up a mOmCntsince /
was wounded. ! am shot through the hips.
My general health is impaired, and | need
something to assist nature have more faith
IN your SarsRparilla than ANYTHING else.
wish that which - genuine. Please express
me half aldozeu. bottles, and. oblige
CAPT. q. +. JOHNSON,
-. Louis, No
p. sy-The following.was wrltlen'April 80
1863, by Mrs. Jennie johnson, mother ofCap
johnson:
Or. John Bull-Dear Sir: My husband, Or.
q. 3. Johnson, was skillful surke6n and
physician in Central New York, where hs dice
leaving the above g. T.. johnson b. my care.
At thirteen years Of age be had a chronic diar-
rhea and scrOfula, for which gave your SHr-
saDarils. Ii cured him. / have for ten years
recommended IL 10 many IN New York, Ohio
and Iowa, Tor scrOlula, fever sores and general
debility. Periectsuccess has attended.ii. The
cures Affected IN some caEes IL scrOlua aud
lever sores were almost miraculous. am very
anxious for any son 10 again have recourse 10
your Sarsaparila. He,is fearful Of getting a
spurious article, hence his writing 60. you Tor
II. His wounds are terrible bat believe he
will recover. Respectfully
JEXNlE.JoHNsoN
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

Mr.. HUGHES, Representative from
Maury county, has introduced quite
number of bills in the Legislature. Re-
Gently he has offered a bull TO regulate
the salaries of clerks. This bill limits
The salaries of all Court Clerks to $1,000
per annum; and another, imposing
tax of five thousand dollars upon all
travelling shows, circuses, and MENACE
Tics, which is, we suppose, meant for
virtual prohibition. This would keep
much money in the State that now goes
ont. but what would become of the
young folks and preachers? We
know of several gentlemen in Columbia
who would be compelled to leave the
State, so fond are they of a circus.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

A BILL has been introduced in the
Tennessee Legislature, entitled, "1o do
Justice to married women" Why not
do Justice to unmarried women also?
1t may be that they are supposed to be
able to take care OF themselves-only
married women need the protection Of
the law. Somebody ought now to in
troduce one to this effect, ''To protect un
married men from unmarried women"
Another bill has been introduced, to
prevent the sale of liquor in quantities
less than ten gallons.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07
ORIGINAL ATTACHMENT.

C, B. Mclean VS.. Geo. W. Henson,
The plaintiff having obtained an Original
Attachment writ from me, against the estate
Of the defendantJpp9n ahdayit fled, that de-
and that he has removed himself out of the
State of Tennessee, and is now a nonresident
of said State, aud said Attachment writ having
dant's property, it is ordered by me that the
defendant George W. Henson appear before
me at-my office in the town of Waynesboro,
county of Wayne, and State of Tennessee, on
18th day of March, 1873, to defend said attach
ment suit or it will be proceeded with exparte.
1t is further ordered that this notice be pub
lished in the Columbia Herald according to
law. This Feb 4, 1873, JOHN JOICE,
J. P. for Wayne county.
r. P. Cypert i Bro, Attorneys.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

RUBINSTEIN CONCERTS are announced
for Nashville on Thursday and Friday
evenings, February Is and II. The
troupe is composed of RUBINsTEIN, the
greatest living pianist; WIENIAwsKI,
the greatest Lying violinist; Mile LOU
ISE LIEBHART, the celebrated London
sopranos; and Mile LOUISE ORKNEY, a
favorite contralto. If the lovers OF mu-
sic in Columbia and Maury county de-
sire to hear instrumental music by the
most renowned performers in the world
they should send down and get tickets,
and then go to Nashville on the 18th or
18th, and hear them.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

THE Nashville Banner is accommo-
dating itself to it's new party associates,
the Radicals, whose leading idea is
change-down with the old and up with
the new. 1t is in favor of abOlishing
the system Of feeling Attorney Generals
and Court Clerks, the Office of State
Printer, and the Magistrates Court.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

EDITOR DoAK, of the Clarksyille To-
bacco Leaf, was in the Confederate ma
Wy for short time, it seems, and had a
fight with the federal navy. This
connection with two navies in his youth
full days accounts for the great eager
ness with which he now ''goes for"
knaYes of all kinds.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

On Monday the 9th of January, the
County Court of Henderson county SUBJ
united proposition to the voters of the
county to subscribe s1O0, 900 to the jack
son and Tennessee River Railroad, and
$4,000 TO the Memphis, Columbia and
Knoxville Railroad-msking $50, 600 in
all. The vote will be taken about the
first of March.
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THE HERALD.
Friday, February 2, Is4 >,

TIE Columbia Mail, with its "shining
morning face" has made its appearance,
looking as bright and fresh "a daisy
The typographical execution is agree
able and pleasant to the most crit
ical taste, and the temper of the edi-
torials very acceptable and appropriate.
Here IS our hand, neighbor.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

OUR neighbors of the Mail say SUSAN
i. ANTHONY is "rock-ribbed and an
cient as the sum-" When BRYANT wrote
that beautiful and poetic idea, he never
thought it would DO applied to such
monstrosity and sexual bastsrdy as the
said SUSAN. Besides, we think it more
than likely that the male-female in
question is steel ribbed" But doubt
less orr naichhorS know best
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

Mr.. JAMES PARTON, a distinguished
Northern man OF letters, and Repub-
lican, says that the South is the Ireland
of America, and that "the North IS TAX
ing hellish vengeance upon it," Was
ever profonnder truth told in fewer
words?
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

n
Mrs. Rivers, wife Of Reverend DIR. Rivers, one
Of the most learned, eloquent, and popular
Minister'S Of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and who is AZ present stationed At Broadway
Church, Louisville, Ky.
LOUIsvILL Ky,
DR.. JoHS BULL-DEAR Sra Many thanks
to you for the medicine you have 10 Kindly
given me. / have been a grcrt sufferer for
years, and had the advice uf various physicians.
Come pronounced my spine, some nv lungs,
and some my heart to be the seat Of my dis
ease. have been burnt. blistcrcd and cup
ped until had become disbeartened. Several
very eminent physicians who examined my
spine informed ne that vas threatened With
paralysis or apoplexy any day, aud that moth
ing but a seton would relieve me. I had a
perfect horror OF That, aud was hositating
about having one inserted, when you kindly
sent NE your Ssrsaparilla which Immediate
" begun 70 take three times n day. bad sui
iered terribly with most acute pain in tho
rightside Of my head, especially when I would
read or write for any length OF time, aud on
rising TO my feet | would be- perfectly blind
tor several minutes, and would have 10 hold TO
something TO prevent falling.
am most happy to inform you thatthe pain
in my head is entirely relieved. ! suffer but
seldom with my spine and then not 90 acute
ly. My appetite is good indeed for the frat
time in my life l enjoy my.dinner more tban
any meal during the day.
You kindly sent me four bottles again last
night, and began again this morning, aud
hopet0 be entirely relieved. Please accept
my heartfelt thanks and best wishes.
Very truly your most grateful friend,
II. Is. q. RfvKHs.
My journal abounls with similar letters, q
Of which guarantee TO be genuine and writ
ten by the persons whose names they bear.
DO not suffer yourself 20 DO imposed on.
Don't be drawn away after new and doubtful
experiments. Don't risk your health BY letting
novices experiment upon you with their trash.
My Sarsaparilla has stood the test for TWEEN
ty-tiye years. It is still the Sarsaparilla Of the
day, and of the age, towering over all others
IN popularity and It's curative qualities.
Avoid all those who are trying 30 palm on
on you other extracts of Sanaparlla so-callcd.
Remember IL is DR.. John Bulls Sarsaparilia,
Of Louisville, KY, that Is the old and reliable
remedy for impurities Of the blood aud scrUip-
lOus affections. Always bear that in mind.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

MAJOR JOHN C. THOMPSON, of Nash
Vile, one of the most prominent mem
bers of the Tennessee Bar, died in that
city last Sunday. he died at the early
age of A, and no young lawyer in the
State stood higher. He was also man
of great moral worth in the community
in which he lived.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

LAST week, Chancellor FLEMING, OF
this Chancery Division, was invited by
Chancellor COOPER, of the Nashville
Division, to hold court for him. He
delivered lengthy and learned oPin-
ion relative to suit affecting the valid
ity of the Torbett Issue of Tennessee
money. He decided that it is valid and
binding upoE the State.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

An exchange says that the week of
prayer at Chattanooga was great sue
cess. We are glad to hear it, for we
know of no people who needed praying
for worse than those of Chattanooga.