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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-17
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In the gold loan market the rates varied from
toe per cent for carrying The Gold Exchange
Bank reports the days business az follows
God cleared S31, 1893, 600
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currency balances. Observation-Disclosures. 1895 739
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-17

For uiure delivery (bass mddlng) the sales have
have been follows SALES last evening after three
z 2ss2c, 100 AZ 1896 20 a Is iiss august 100 at
lssSc, 100 az - BLDG fo'a, isOo bales sales
June iOj at Is ls2c 100 at 10 9l6c al IS i7S2c
100 at lS5sc 40 nj Is alec 800 NJ Is 7 100 at is Ice
july 400 ssc 900 at la life, 400 At lsssc 900 nj
Is lite 200 at ls2sse, 80 at ls lille 200 al is ri SEE
Sto at hc 800 q a , iSsSsslSe ~ At 8]ss otaI Ss1
We're a. iolows:-6aiyeson Az baes New orIppans
274J Mobile, o42 savannah $685. Charleston, 557; vii.
Bales Ills lay i ysi fao pas o mG cotton S 20
foreign ports were nominal AT che following figures TO
Hayrc ~ steam lc. sail le, compressed HanGafs ~
steam, I'D, COMPRESSED Bremen, by steam ic Liver.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-17

The fountain will be uncovered this morning, at
ten O'Clock, for the purpose Of allowing the
sculptress to test the working OF the water and
other mechanical incidentals There viii be .
formal public unyeillng week hence.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-17
Clinton HalI-Final sale Of Antique
TO-Nfght.

Tonight Is the third and final evening OF 'ne
sale OF the valuable antiques at clinton h"i y
will doubtless, prove more interesting tna cnanged
oi the others as like the water that was WIS.,
IN To- VINE Inc best mas peen eseryed " the 'as"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08
The LoaF OF Bread. .

In a time of famine a rich man al
lowed twenty Of the poorest chill
dren in the town to come TO
his house, and said to them: sIn
this basket there is loaf OF bread
for each OF you. Take 1t, and come
again at the same hour every day
till God sends better times"
The children pOunced upon the
basket, struggled and fought over
the bread, because each wished to
have the largest and best loaf; and
then they went away without a word
of thanks to their Kind friend.
But Francesca, a little girl, mean
ly though neatly dressed, stood at a
distance, and gratefully took the
loaf that was left in the basket,
which was the smallest, then kissed
the good mans hand, and went
quickly home.
The next day the children were
just as naughty and ill-behaved, and
this time there was left poor Fan
cesca a loaf that was half AS large as
the others. But when she reached
home, and her mother cut the bread,
there fell out a number of new pie
ces OF silver. The mother was
frightened, aud said: "Take back
the money this moment, for IL is
certainly in the bread by mistake"
Francesca took il back.
But the kind man said: "It's no
mistake, my good child; i had the
money baked in a small loaf in or
der to reward you. Be always as
contented and yielding as you are
now. He who is cOntented with
the smallest loaf, rather than quar-
rel for the largest, will receive abun-
dant blessings"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08
Awomnn;. question.

An inlidel was lecturing on his
faVorite topic, against the Bible and
Christianity, in one of the large
towns of the north of England. He
has particularly bitter against the
Word OF God. At the conclusion
of the lecture, feeling much delight
ed with his effort, he said: eff any
one wishes to reply let him come
forward and speak"
After a brief period, a raiddle-
aged, woman came up so the stand
and said, "Sir, | wish to ask you y
question"
"Well, my good woman, what is
the question:"
"Ten years ago." said she, 81 was
left widow with eight small chill
dren; my husband died poor; he
left me not much except a Bible
That book has been read daily, and
I've found sweet comfort and great
support IN its gracious truths. God
has blessed me and my children, and
has mercifully supplied my wants
and theirs. have q good hope in
Jesus Christ, and expect when die
TO dwell with Him forever. Now,
sir, what has your belief done for
your"
Rather confused, the infidel re-
piled: "My good woman, Pve no
desire to interfere with your en-
joyment."
'That is not the question. What
has your way of thinking done for
your"
Much confounded, the man beat
retreat amid the laughter Of a large
congregation, who felt the widow
had surely and effectively silenced
the iRfdel.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08
white Husband.

Some time ago, white man nam
ed j. p. Bell, married a negro wo.
man in Mississippi, which State, be-
ing in control of negroes, permits
such marriages. They moved To
Davidson county, Tennessee, and
continued to live together as man
and wife. Bell was indicted for the
offense, it being against the law in
Tennessee for white man to marry
or live in marital relations with a
black woman. The indictment was
quashed, and the State took an ap-
peal to the Supreme Court of Ten
nessee. Judge Peter Turney has
given his opinian, which reVerses
the judgment and Femands the case
for trial. He said:
each State is soveroign-a gov
ernment within, of and for itself,
with the Inherent and essential right
to declare and maintain its own po-
litical economy for the good of its
citizens, and cannot be subjected to
a recognition of a fact or act con-
travening its public policy and
against good morals as lawful be-
cause it was made or existed in a
State having no prohibition against
it, or even permitting it. Extend
ing the rule to the width asked for
by the defendant, and we might
have in Tennessee the father living
with the daughter, the son with the
mother, the brother with the sister,
IL lawful Wedlock, because they had
formed such relations in a State or
country where they were not pro-
hibited. The Turk or MahOmedan,
with his numerous wives, may es-
tablish his harem at the door of the
Capitol, and we are without a rem
edy; yet none of these are more re-
voting, more to be avoided or more
unnatural than the case before US.
Chancellor Kent says that the con-
tract of marriage is a stable and sa-
cred contract of natural as well as
municipal law. p Columbia Herald.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08
Getting Scared.

The Cincinnati Commercial has
rather Knocked at our apprehensions
in regard to the perpetuity of our
institutions. 1t seems, however,
that the Commercial now has some
apprehensions OF its own. ''There
is at the present time" it says,
"moTe widespread doubt and APP
prehension as to the safety of our
political system than have been OBJ
served for many years. These I'M
easy fears no longer represent, as in
the days of the battle over slavery,
and the armed struggle for the in
tegrity Of the Union, a single phase
in politics. On the contrary, the
present wide agitation of our po-
htical dangers covers almost the
whole field of social, State and ma
tional polity." 1t further signifi-
cantly adds: 1--WE are compelled to
recognize the fact that recent politi-
cal Developments give occasion for
grave apprehensions." So, after all,
there is danger in the air, and we
have only snuhed it a little in adj
vance of the great nGtiOHalizer.-
VIII it spell nation with a big n
now, or with little one?-C Courier
journal.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08
a constitutional Convention.

The Columbia Herald has the fol.
lowing, in regard to the calling of a
Constitutional Convention
\ bill has been introduced in the
Tennessee Legislature providing
for State Constitutional Conven-
ton in 1874. There is no need for
a Constitutional Convention, and
we trust the bill will be defeated.
The Constitution we now have was
framed by the ablest body that ever
assembled in the State, and ratified
by the people. by an overwhelming
majority; and it is scarcely possible
to get another framed with so few
Objectionable features. The clause
relating to corporations and coun-
ties voting railroads, which re-
quires a three-fourths majority,
might be benefcially amended so as
to allow civil districts to vote for
subscriptions separately, but it is
not a matter of sufficient impor-
tance to justify the necessity of
burdening our already taX-ridden
people with the heavy expenses
which a Constitutional Convention
would incur. The law was but the
natural result at the time of a rcac-
ton against Radical extravaganza.
which had well reduced Tennessee
to state of bankruptcy.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08
Centre shot.

Union and American: "SOme of
the gray boards of the State Teach
ers' Association had pleasant time
yesterday indUlging in reminiscent
ces of their courting days. Mr.. J.
D. Griffith compared the three
school systems alluded to in debate
to three different ways of cOurting
a young lady. The illustration was
a very happy one and excited gener-
al interest. IL was not noticed how
ever, that ex-Gov. Neil 5. Brown
was deeply absorbed in some intri-
cate mental problem, and he finally
arose and said that Mr.. Grill iith's IL
lustratiOn was very beautiful, but
he wondered how so old man could
remember so far back. Mr.. Griffith
Immediately responded that he had
beard 1t said that a certain distin-
guished resident at Nashville, not
withstanding the fact OF HIS having
been married fifty years, could new
er pass an old lady, whom he had
waited upon in his young days,
without turning TO look back as
long as she was in sight. The shouts
of laughter which greeted the re-
mark convinced the speaker that his
audience had made the proper ap-
plicatiOn of the charge"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08
AN IMPORTANT ENACTMENT.
The Act OF the General Assembly
Concerning the Payment OF Poll
Tax by voters:

The following act has been passed
by both houses of our present Gen.
eral Assembly, and has been duly
approved and certified to, being
henceforth law:
An act to repeal so much of section
of an act entitled can act to
regulate the elective franchise, in
accordance with article iv., sec
tion l, of the Constitution of the
State" as requires the payment of
poll tax to entitle voter to vote:
Section l. Be 10 enacted 6y the
General assembly Of the State of
Tennessee, That SO much of section
1 of an act passed June II, 1870, en-
titled "An act to regulate the cleo
tive franchise, in accordance with
article iv., section l, OF the Consti-
tuition of the State" as requires that
each voter shall give the Judges of
election, when and where he offers
his vote, satisfactory evidence that
he has paid the poll tax assessed
against him for the year preceding
the election be and is hereby re-
pealed.
Section ,. BE 10 further enacted,
That this act take effect from and
after its passage, the public welfare
requiring it.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08
Who succeed.

a generation ago there was a dear
Of cant in the newspapers about the
hard lot of the gentlemen of the
press. Almost every country ed
itor had his monthly or quar-
terly Jeremiad, in which he in
dulged in a long and lugubri-
Gus wall over his herculean labors
and his beggarly receipts. Now
that, by energy, tact, and persist
nce, the press has become an en-
gine of poWor, the Fourth Estate"
Of the realm, we hear of no more of
these piteous plants. A journal
iIt thriVes or fails, according to his
qualifications and habits. The
'b'hoys" and "fast" men of the pro-
fession who ego inn for a short life
and a merry one-who mortgage
nOrrows of happiness for moments
Of present gratification-Whose fin
gers itch to get rid of dollar the
moment they receive it-Who make
larger investments in champagne
suppers than in interest-bearing
nOtes-who despise the homely Yir-
tues of temperance and frugality,
and MicaWber-ike, are always
counting upon some miraculous
piece Of good fortune to "turn up''
this class is, doubtless, miserable
enough, and think their profession,
as hey would think any other, if
they belonged to it, the hardest
worked and most poorly-requited in
the world. Such men are always
"hald-up" for ideas and money,
havea natural horror of the prin-
ter's devil, and when not engaged
in digging out leaders from their
brains are excavating their own
graves But those who stick to
their legitimate business, and do
their duties faithfully, steer clear of
bar-rooms and billiard saloons, have
a horror Of race-courses, go home at
night betore the key-hole is "sto-
len," pay one hundred cents to the
dollar, and bear in mind that there
is ''rainy day" coming, for which
it would be well to lay by snug
sum-get along well enough and find
their calling as pleasant and profit
able, to say The least, as that of feel
ing pulses, preaching to sleepy conf
gregations, or piercing the skulls o.
stupid jurymeH. The owners OF
our great representative journals
are always ON the watch for such
men; they have the eyes of a lynx
to detect them in the humblest and
most obscure Positions; and if to
these qualifications they add mental
grasp, large resources, and that tact
and worldly knowledge which put
the keystone to the arch of all their
other qualifications, their ascent to
the topmost round of the ladder
will be as sure and rapid in this pro-
fession as in any other.-Prof.
IN Chicago Tribune.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08
Give n Little.

There is nothing harder for a man
with a stronger "won'p' in his COM
position, than to make up his mind
not always TO have his own way
10 submit to a thousand little
wrongs and impositions rather than
quarrel with his neighbors. A man
who had been clergyman, physi-
clan and lawyer, was asked which
profession was the most profitable.
lie replied in substance that "Where
a man would be willing 10 pay twen-
ty-fYe cents to be made well when
he is sick, he would willingly give
five dollars to have his own way"
Now this wilfulness is, of all
kinds of business, the most un-
profitable. One well says that "A
man needs a long purse who deter
mines, come what will, 10 have his
own way. We must learn to turn
sharp corners quietly, or we shall
be constantly hurting ourselves
Two men with mills on the same
stream quarreled over the water
power. There was probably not
five dollars difference between them
at the start, but neither would yield
an inch. The case was thrown into
the hands of smart lawyers, who
aggravated the difficulty for their
own ends, aud worried the case
along year after year, till one law
yer took tho upper mill for his dues,
and the other the lower. They pro-
badly were contented not TO quar-
rel oyer the trifies that proved so
disastrous to their clients.
Before you go into lawsuit, care
fully calculate your cost if you
should gain it, and see if you had
not better put your money INTO a
sheep, a new carriage for your fam
lily, a COW for your son or daughter.
or a thousand other things that
might give you much more profit
aRd happiness. The malicious de-
light you feel in gloating over a
neighbor's discontinue is not hap
piness, but only its miserable cOun-
terfeit. 1t is disposition near akin
to that which lost spirits feel. Root
this out of your heart, if you would
not be for ever miserable.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08


/ think we all know by tbis time
what q kind heart the baker had
and can believe that he felt verv sad
when he saw the once pretty and
bright village girl faded, worn out
woman,
"Joe should not have brought you
here, Mr.. Glascote," she said, draw
ing a threadbsre blanket around her.
81 do not want to intrude my pow
erty ON any ONE"
Mother" interrupted Joe, "the
geutleman's very kind, but we have
money of our own, mother. earn
ed tenpence half-penny as a snow
boy; did l not tell you that the snow
came for good?"
"God sends poverty as well a.
riches" observed her visitor, "and
il we knew all, one as often as the
other; your life fell among hard
lines, but that will make you the
happier, by and by. At all events,
among all your trials" (the baker
laid his hand on JOe's head as he
spoke,) che gave an angel 10 your
BOSOM"
That's true" said the widow;
"out see how greatly even my poor
child has been maimed and afiiict-
Losing my ARM" exclaimed lit
tie Joe. "Why, mother, that's a
blessing! I'll have the one-armed
boy for my door, said one lady, and
she gave me twOpence; aud when
the other lads said they'd do il quick
er, she repeated, SLOW and sure.'-
A great big NAVY, who at first
pushed me OFF the payment, when
he saw l had but one arm, patted me
on the back till ! shook again, aud
said was \ brave little man, and
he would let me sweep where |
liked; he spoke as ii the street be-
lOBged- to him. Mother, my half
arm gets me smiles and Kind words
and friends; i was right about the
snow, mother, was right about the
snOWw
1t is wonderful what great good
may be done by n little thought. and
little time well laid out.
The kind baker found his way TO
Mr.. Boyd's farm, and in n very lew
days afterwards the farmers Wild
owed sister and her little Joe were
beneath the shelter Of his roof. Ma
ry's mother had been dead two
years, and Mr.. Boyd's sister is con-
sidered even by Tom TO be a COM
fort in the house; and Joe,-eyen
now, Joe can do with his one arm
what Tom with his two, am sorry
to say, is never likely to accomplish;
he can write his uncle's letters, and
cast up his uncle's bills; and, what
is better, he is bright and cheerful
and grateful. His uncle says the
little "snow boy" could find straw
berries in a bed Of nettlosl
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08

The House Committee on Post
offices and Postroads has decided to
proceed with the preparation of the
bill requiring prepayment of all
newspaper postage and reducing let
ter postage to two cents. POstmas-
ter General CresWeH was i'm consul
tation with committee, favoring
both of the proposed changes in the
law.
The Committee on PostOffices will
have the prepayment of all printed
matter and the reduction of all let
ter postage to two cents ready next
week, and are unanimous in the
support of it. The Postmaster
General agrees to it. A gradual re-
duction of foreign postage from
twenty-four cents to six cents has
finally resulted in surplus receipts
over expenditures, and this, with
other data, has convinced the CON-
mittee and Mr.. Creswell, that a two
cent rate on our own letters will i'll
crease receipts.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08
Law in suspense.

The Constitutional Convention OF
1870, adopted an ordinance looking
to more effectual collection of the
poll tax, and providing that, in ad-
dition to his other qualifications, an
electOr on presenting his ballot must
satisfy the judges of election that
his poll tax for the preceding year
had been paid-otherwise his vote
should not be received. This was
left to the next General Assembly
after the adoption Of the constitu-
ton, to prescribe at what time the
law should go into operation, and
on the 11th of June following C1S71)
the Legislature put the beginning Of
the operation of the act at the first
of January, 1872. December fol-
lowing the General Assembly pro-
Vided that no such evidence of pay
ment should be required by the
judge of any election to be held in
1872, and postponed its operation
till January, 1873. Friday the
House finally passed the Senate bill
repeating all that had been done on
this subject by previous legislation,
which leaves the ordinance still IN
nltbibUs.-PulaSki Citizen.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08
COPS LOVE.

There . wideues, in Gods mercy.
Like The widene>s Of the sea.
There's Kindness ia his Justice
Which 4, more than liberty.
There j. no place where eaTih's .OIruWs
Are more felt than up in Heaven:
There l. no place where carth's falling,
Have such kIRdly Judgment given.
There l. grace enough for thousand,
OF new worlds - great A. thi>;
There l. room for fresh creations
Ia that upper woFli Of bliss.
For tie love OF God Is broader
Than the measures OF mans mimi:
And the hesrt Of the Eternal
Is most wonderfully kind.
But we make iLI, love too narrow
By false Emit. OF our own:
And we magnify His strictne.s
With a zeal lie will not own.
II our i7ye were bat mere simple
We should take Him n His word:
And our 1--we would De all suu.hiuel
In the sweetness OF our Lord
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08
SONG OF THE MYSTIC.

/ walked down the valley Of Silence,
Down the dim, vsiceless valley-alone.
And | hear not the fall Of a lootstep
Around me-save Gods and my own!
And the hush Of IHy heart is as holy
A. doves where Angels have flown.
Long ngo was I weary Of voices
Whose music my heart could not win;
Long ago was weary Of noises
That lretted my soul with their din;
Long ago was ! weary Of places
Where | met but the Human, and Sin.
! walked thro' the world with the worldly
crayed what the world never gave;
And l said: "In the world, each Ideal
That shines like star on lile's wave,
l. toned on the shores Of the Real,
And sleeps like a dream in grave"
And still did pine for the Perfect,
And still found the False with the True
| sought mid the Human and Heaven,
But caught a mere glimpse Of its blue;
Aud 1 went when the clouds Of the Morta
Yelled even that glimpse from my view,
And toiled on, heart-tircd Of the Human;
And 1 moaHcd mid the mazes Of men;
Till | knelt long ago at an alter
And heard a voice call me; since then
l walked down the Valley Of Silence
That lies far beyond mortal ken.
Do you ask what found in the Valley
'Tis my trysting-place with the divine;
And fell at the feet Of the Holy,
Aud about me voice said: "Be Mine"
And then rose from the depths Of my spirit
An echo: "My heart shall be thine"
DO you ask how live IN the Valley:
weep, and dream, and | pray;
But my tears are as sweet as the dcw-drops
That fall on tho roses in May;
Andmy prayer, like perfume from c'nscr,
AscCndeth to God, night and day.
In the hush Of the Valley Of silence,
dream all the songs that l sing;
And the music floats down the dim Valley,
Till each finds a word for 4 wing,
That to men, like the doves of the DcluSe
The message Of Peace they may bring.
But far on the deep there are pillows
That never shall break on the beach;
And have heard songs in the silence
That never shall foa: into speech;
And have had dreams in the Valley
Too lofty for language to reach.
And have seen thoughts in the Valley;
All, me; how my spirit was stirred!
And they wear holy wells on the faces
Their footsteps can scarcely be heard;
They pass through the Valley, like Virgins
Too pure for the touch of a word.
Do you ask me the place Of the Valley,
Ye hearts that are narrowed by care?
Il lieth afir between mountains,
And God and His Angels are there
And one is the dark mount OF Sorrow,
And one the bright mountain Of Prayer!
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-08

said, my life is 4 beautiful thing
will crown me with its lowers,
will sing Of its glory all day long.
For my harp is young, and sweet, aH,
strong,
And the passionate power in my song
Shall thrill all the golden hours.
And oyerthe sand, and over the stone,
Forever and ever the waves loIled on.
I sSid, my life i terrible thing,
All ruined, aud lost, and crushed,
will heap its ashes upon my head,
1 will wall for my joy and my darling dead
TIL the drezry dirge FOR the days that ar,
fed
Stirs faint through the duh dumb dust.
And over the sand and over the stone,
Forever and ever the waves rolled on.
l said, Wa. proud in my hour Of mirth,
And mad in my fret despair,
Now, know nor earth, nor sky, nor sea,
Has heed or helping for one Ike me,
The doom or the boon comes, lei it be,
For us, VIC can but bear.
And over the sand, and over the ,isnc,
Forever and ever the waves rolled on.