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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-14
The Assessment Law.

The following is what the Athens
Post has to say about the Assess
ment Law. When Sam, WINS talks
he speaks to the point:
The Assessors have received their
blanks, and are distributing them
among the people. One of them has
been left at this Office. 1t is pecu-
liar paper, containing heads and col
umHs for the listing of every species
of property, actual and incidental,
even to the humble but useful vessel
which is seldom promoted above the
floor of the bedroom. 1t is deficient
in one respect only. a photograph
of the author of the bill should have
been prefixed. We seldom venture
to carp at or criticise the acts of our
legislators; they are presumed to be
elected because of their capacity for
that particular position, and the
burden of the possibility is with
their constituents; the majority who
single them out and clOthe them
with delegated power. We are ap-
prehensive, however, that the new
assessment law will prove immense
" unpopular; that il will soon stink
in the public nOstril; and that only
the feWest number of those who vo-
ted for it will ever again enjoy the
privilege of travelling between their
respective homes and Nashville on
the tree pass system. The "last
pIow, the last shovel, and the last
hoe" we used to hear about in the
days of Harris and Netherland,
wasn't a priming to it. The blanks
| have hardly been out a week, and
| the Comptroller has found il necess-
airy TO issue two or three explanato-
~ cards. How many more the poor
| fellOw-fresh from the plOw handles
will have to print, il would be
difficult just now to conjecture
We,hope the people will be par
/ ticular in filing up the blanks.
1 The designs of the law is TO raise ad-
ditional revenue to meet the current
and growing necessities of the State
! therefore, accuracy in listing is of
the highest ultimate Importance.
Two STRINGS TO HIS BOw.-Mr.
| Horace Maynard had two strings TO
I his bow, ii seems. Failing of the
! Speakership, he had been fixing
| thnge to slip in ParsOn BrOwnloW's
seat, while the Andy johnson Dem
! ocrats and the other sort were clap
| per-clawing after their usual pleas
! ing fashion. But in an evil hour the
black but comely Horace put his
Westminster catechism in one
/ pocket, and $1,000 or so of stolen
money in the other; and those eccen-
Z trio TenResseeans have chosen to 90
| into tantrums about the grab, and 70
register terrific vows in heaven not
to give quarter to grabbers. May
nard has made good deal of money
in his life" says q recent Tennessee
/ letter, "but he never made any that
will cost him as much as this last
/ $4,000. .'-SPriHgtield Republican.
J la reference 10 the wheat crop Of
East Tennessee, the Joucsboro Flag
says.
/ This crop j. regarded now the
/ principal dependence Of East Ten
. uesSec, and every change should he
. noted, aud every prospect recorded.
/ We are glad 10 say that Ehe recent
rains have greatly benefited the
wheat in Upper East Tennessee. Il
IS true the hard winter frOzc it out
very much in some sections, but ii
the season continues good until har-
vest, an abundant crop will reward
the labOrs of our farmers
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-14
ONE, TWO, THREE.
l know a shady bower,

l know a shady bower,
A sweet secluded nook,
Where many 4 bright-eyed flower
Bends down to kiss the brook,
My path lies down a hollow,
Where ripping waters run;
Hope no one will follow,
For there's only room for one.
But if q bonnie maiden
(Whose name 1 dare not tell
Should, with wild flowers laden;
Draw near my besky dell,
l, in a voice caressing,
. Would tell, and tell her true,
That with little pressing
There might be room for two.
ia crnRn her with wild FOsez7-
I'd throne her on UnU green,
And whilst she there reposes,
I'd kneel before my queen.
Sheuld any one perceIveUS,
In THE we'd both agree
We'd tell them 10 believe us
There was not room for th-ua-
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-14
The Noise OF Children.

There is too much fussing about the
noise of children, consequent upon
too little knowledge of the require
ments of youth in its etfervescing
state. II growth and health are con-
sidered in their true bearings, chill
dren cannot make too much noise.
The school mistress who enforces
silence on her pupils is committing,
unintentionally, of course, an of
fence against reason, worthy only
of a convent. Every burst Of laugh
ter, every shout, nay, every mOder-
ate tit of crying cOnduces to health,
by rapidly filling and emptying the
lungs, and changing the blood more
rapidly from black to red-that is,
from death to life. Andrew COmbe
is a great authority in such matters
as these, and he tells a story of a
great charity school, where the pu-
pills were forced TO be so silent that
a large portion of them fell i'll.
Without doubt this is one good rea-
son why children Of delicate consti-
tutiOns cannot 60 through our pub
lie schools without breaking down.
They are kept toe still. Often, too,
teachers are disposed to insist on a
posture so erect as to be absolutely
injurious; for the body has more
parts than one, and while to sit up
right is good for the chest, it is, if
long continued, an intense strain on
the spine. The truth is, children
should not be subject to monotony
of any kind. They should speak
and be silent, sit erect and lol, very
much as nature inclines grown peo-
pie to do. It Is time that more at
tention is paid to the Kindergarten
system in schools; and less 10 the
the states prison one so generally
in vogue.-Er.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-14
From Practicing Physicians.


EVANSVILLE IND, Feb. II, 1871.
MEssRs. LILLY n PHELAN. Manufacturing
Chemists and Pharmacists;
GFNTLENEN:-W the undersigned, res.
ideut physicians Of Evansville, having
THOROUGHLY TESTED, in our REGULAR
PRACTICE, your FLUID EXTRACTS AND
STANDARD PHARMACEUTICAL AND
CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS, and hav-
ing found them perfectly reliable, take
pleasure in recommending them to the
medical profession everywhere, feeling As
sured that they can he prescribed with the
utmost confidence.
In presenting these preparations, yOu
are filling great want, long felt by the
profession: that OF PURE REMEDIES OF s
fixed standard Of strength, and as nearly
FREE from NAUSEOUS QUALITIES as pos
,ible.
We wish you great success Ia yrur en-
dsavors to raise the art of pE sI macy 70
higher standard Of perfection.
:. w. Thompson. NJ. -
W. Il. Davidson. Nj. d.
NJ. J. Bray, NJ. ID.
Is. J. Day. NJ. d.
Geo. W. Yates, NJ. d.
F.. T. Runcie, NJ. d.
!. +. HIlliard, NJ. d
John MageniSs, NJ. n.
1. CaSSelberry, NJ. u.
!. L. DeBruieT, NJ. II.
NJ. c. Barkwell, NJ. II.
Oscar kress, NJ. II.
John Pirnat, NJ. II.
NJ. Muhlhausen, NJ. ID.
W. II. A. Lewis, NJ. ID.
4. NJ. Owen, NJ. ID.
+. {. Van Nuys, NJ d.
". NJ. Newell, NJ. ID.
Wm. Durham, NJ. II.
J. W. Compton, NJ. ID.
]. G.. HendriCk, NJ. D.
Il. u. Jones, Nj. ID.
Rich Hart lOff NJ. u.
A. Wulkop, NJ. d.
h. NJ. Harvey, NJ. D
&. {. Tyrrei, NJ. ID.
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The HIodoc war Ended.

Captain Jack of the Modoc braves,
surrendered on the 1st inst. This
ends, we presume, the Modoc war.
The scene is thus described:
APPLICABLE MANSION, CLEAR
LAKE, CAL, June This morn
ing the troops at the camp in Lar
CELLS valley were divided into seYe-
raj parties, and sent out on a scout
after the fleeing Modocs. just as
the scouting parties left the Modoc
captives, with the exception of Bo-
boat Frank and Shack Nasty jim
were sent to the canche in charge of
Lieutenant Taylor, of the Fourth
artillery, and small detachment of
men.
$50 p. MA series of prolonged
yells and cheers aroused the camp
from a pleasant siesta half an hour
after the departure of my last cOu-
rier: General Davis, Gen. Whea-
ton and other officers and all the
men, rushed from house and tent to
find the cause of the uproar, and at
once the whole camp was in commo-
tion. Down the level plBin north of
the house was a grand cavalcade
of mounted hOrsemeR. The steeds
rushed forward at once at q furious
rate, and soon neared the groups of
spectators scattering about the
premises.
captain JACK Is CAPTURED"
shouted the sturdy sergeant. Again
the valley echoed with cheers and
yells, and the mounted command
was that of Perry's. He had re-
turned from a scout of twenty-three
hours. Three miles above the
mouth of Willow creek, at half-past
ten O'Clock this morning, the Warm
Spring scouts struck q hot trail. Af-
ter brief search the Modocs were
discovered. Colonel Perry sur
rounded the Indian retreat, and his
men were bound to fight. Sudden
ly the Modocs shot out from the
rocks with
WHITE FLAG,
met a Warm Spring, and he said
that Jack wanted to surrender; the
scouts were sent TO meet Jack; he
came out cautiously, glared about
him moment, and then, as If Civ
ing up all hopes, came forward, and
held out his hand TO his visitors:
then two Of his warriors, i've
squaWs aud ssven Children. darfed
forth, Joining In the surrender. The
command that made the famous
scout was the first squadron of the
first cavalry, Col. d. Perry, COM
posed of troop F., Lieutenant Mil
Ter, and troop II, Major Trumbun
and Medical Officer Assistant-Sur-
geon Dewitt. The guides were G.
Pullman and u. i, Apologize. Jack
Is about forty years old; he is five
feet eight inches high, and com
pactly built. He has a large and
well formed face, full of individual
ity. Although dressed in old
clothes, he looks every inch chief.
He does not speak to any one. The
Modocs are grouped in the field
near the house, and are surrounded
by a guard. Spectators peer in
Jacks face with eager interest, but
he heeds them not. He Is as still as
a Etatna
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-14

ADoG NOT FOR SALE.-Among
the section men who were showed
i'm by the late fearful snowstorm,
was one who lived several miles
from St. James. He was unable to
reach home; his wife became alarm
ed for his safety, and he was uneasy
about his family. On Thursday a
shepherd dog belonging to him came
bounding into st. James with a
little leather bag attached to his
collar, in which was a letter from
his wife containing the joyful intel
ligence that they were "all well at
hOme," and asking for news of her
husband. A letter was written in
forming the wife that the husband
was safe and would return home as
soon as he could reach there. This
letter was placed in the leather bag,
and the faithful animal told to ego
home" Away started the almost
human animal through the fearful
storm and snow drifts, and arrived
safely home with the precious news
so anxiously looked for by the wait
ing wife and mother. That dog Is
not for sale.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-14
Convention of Farmers OF the
Eastern BIViSIou.
Special to the Banner,
KNnNUTT = Nav

Special To the Banner,
KNONvILLE, May %.
The Farmers Convention was q
complete success in Knoxville, and
closed after harmonious session of
three days. There was a large en-
thusiastic gathering of farmers from
all parts of the country. All lead
ing and many minor questions of
farm work were ably discussed
The next convention will meet at
JonesborO, on the 20th of May, 1874.
A resolution was passed inviting
farmers from Middle and West Ten
nessee % unite with the farmers of
East Tennessee, to hold a State Con-
vention in Nashville on or about the
10th of September next; and also
calling upon officers of the Agricul-
tural Bureau to give their aid and
influence in cOnvening said CoRven-
tion. East Tennessee is up and
doing in the great work of agricul-
tuTal reform.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-14
rhe wedding Finger.

Much has been said and written
about the wedding ring, but the
more lovely par engaged IN the mys-
tic matter, the taper residence OF
this ornament, has been neglected.
Now this is rather curious, as there
are facts which belong to the ring
finger which render it in q peculiar
manner an appropriate emblem OF
matrimonial union. 1t is the Only
finger where two principal nerves
belong to two distinct trunks; the
thumb is supplied with its prinei-
cipal nerves from the radial nerve,
as is also the fore finger, the middle
finger, and the thumb side of the
ring finger, while the ulnar nerve
furnishes the little finger and the
other side OF the ring finger, at tho
point or extremity OF which q real
union takes place. IL seems as If IL
were intended by nature to be the
matrimonial finger. That the side
Of the ring finger next the little fin
ger is supplied by the ulnar nerve,
is frequently proved by common
accident, that of striking the elbow
against the edge of q chair, q door,
or any narrow, hard substance; the
ulnar nerve is then frequently
struck, and a thrilling sensation Is
felt in the little finger, and on the
same side of the ring finger, but not
on the other side Of it.-Er.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-14

To DEVELOP TALENT. Place q
man in a position that will fearfully
tax him and try him, a position that
will often bring blush on his cheek
and the sweat to his brow, a posi-
ton that will overmRster him at
times and cause him to rack his
brain for resource. Place him in a
position like this. But every time
he trips 90 to his rescue; 60 not
with words of blame or censure.-
But go with manful words OF en-
csuragement; look him boldly in
the eye, and speak them with soul
and empasis. This is the way TO
make a man Of boy. And q giant
of man. If man has pluck and
talent, no matter whether he ever
filled a given position or not, put
him in il, if worthy, and he will
sosn not only fill it, but outgrow it.
Put one in a position with q faint
heart. This is the way to kill him.
Put him in grandly with most un-
mistakable confidence. Drop no ca
yeats, but boldly point the way and
then stand by with a viii and coun-
tenance of true friend. Thus try
twenty men, such as have been
named, and nineteen will succeed.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-14

ONE DAY NEARER HIS DOOAf. -
When a man has been sentenced 20
be executed, as the time appointed
draws nigh, many people are often
heard to remark, "Well, one day
more Of poor IS time has gone.
1t does not appear 10 occur to the
careless outside observer that this
is 10 truer of the prisoner than of
himself and every one c!sc-that au-
other of his days has gone, and that
he is Just as absolutely one day near
er to his own death as the doomed
prisoner is to his. 1t is a near sp-
proach to his death which the con-
demned man makes at q common
pace with all the living, only the
dav of his doom is known to him,
while that of others is concealed
from them.
Mercifully concealed, too; for how
much would the enjoyment of this
life be diminished, if we knew be-
fOrehand just when we should be
obliged to quit it?
The uncertainty when we are to
90; the expectation OF dying in our
own homes, with our last hours con-
soled by the attentions of kindred
and friends, and sustained by the
hopes inspired by religion; these
considerations rob Death, come
when it may, of much of its terrors,
and lead us TO look upon it rather as
the peaceful close of our life's Ia
boTs.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-14

A gentleman of Tennessee has
patented a propeller wheel, which it
is claimed, will propel a vessel at
higher rate of speed, and with the
same amount of steam power, than
any screw now in use The peculi-
arity of his wheel consist in srrang-
ing the blades in a convex form so
that water is thrown from the YES
sci on line with the propeller axis,
thus preserving power which is
now expended in literal resistance
of water TO the blades of the propel-
Ter. The experiments with small
model have proved so satisfactory
that the Secretary of the Navy has
directed chef Engineer Woods OF
the L. s. Navy 70 make such eXper-
fment with The Maynard wheel as
will demonstrate is efficiency, and
if found satisfactory. il VIII G5
adopted .og u-c iu The nav Ban
EeT
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-14
MANDRAKE for the BOWELS
OLD EN SEAL
For the Mucous Surfaces.

4 combination unequaled IN the world
for the diseases so common to this change
able and debilitating climate
Iron is the life Of human bloai.
Il is phosphorus that gives vitality % the
brain and power 10 the nerves.
= The combination OF these two great ete-
ments constitutes the central tbea in DR..
, loud's wonderful remedy. The vegeta-
bic agents are simply adjuncts in restoring
healthy secretion and assisting To dtiuse
and appropriate the potent elements above
mentioned.
II YOU are shaking with Acue, or threat
enrJ with Bilious Fever, use ARMS
TEAD'S LIVER PILLS and AGUE TON
&c. You will be cured.
II YOU huvoa Cough or Cold, aud desire
speedy relief, use ARMlSTEAD'S LUNG
SYRUP
II vnu would De curod of that hateful
malltly, the Piles which 50 distress thou
r1uds. use ARMISTEAO'S PILE ONT
MENr.
For Burns cuts, old sores, letter. and
e>peciqlly tor Frcsvpejas. use ARMS
TEAD'S UNIVERSAL OINTMENT. 1t
never fails.
II YOU would have your gray hairs speed
ily restored 70 their youthful color use Ar
misteIl's mammOth-Slzed HAIR EESIo-
REE. Cheapest and best IN the market,
Rsmrmher that ARMISTEAD'S EYE
~ a Ftf a vi ~ |If ME
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-14

NONRESIDENT Notice.
In the Chancery Court of Madi-
son County, Tenn.

No. s33.-Nixon. Wood 6 Co., VS. Edward
Parkman, ct al.
1T appearing from the Bill, which Is
Il sworn to in this cause, that the deten-
dants, Chauncey Tucker and Daniel Pratt,
surviving partners Of Alexander Wheless,
late partners as Bankers, under the firm and
style Of Pratt az tWheless, or Wheless &
Pratt) and, also, that the defendants, Ed
ward Parkman and Hanson A. Risley, are
noR-residents of the State of Tenn; it is
therefore ordered by the Clerk and Master,
that they make their appearance herein, at
the office of the Clerk and Master OF the
Chancery Court at Jackson, Tennessee,
on or before the 1st Monday in Au-
gust, 1878, (being a rule day of said Court)
and plead, answer or demur TO complain
ants bill, or the same will be taken
for confessed as TO them, and set for hear
ing eX-parte; aud that copy of this order
be published for four consecutive weeksin
the Jackson "Whig and Tribune" This
23d Of May, 1873.
DIN. WISDOM, G. e VI.
L. J. Il ]. G. Read, and VIM. NJ. Smith,
Soils. for Complainants.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-14

4 writer on social ethics says the
man who does not go among his fell
low-men enough to permit the rains
and dews Of sympathy to fall upon
him, is predestined TO a hopeless
dryness; and dryneIs is generally
caused by the want of variety and
newness in the application of truth.
A thousand times better be person
al than run to the other extreme OF
perpetuaily hitting the Pharisees.
They have been killed a million
times before. Here was the great
power of our early ministry. 1t
was neither distinguished by learn
inc nor adorned by elegance, but it
struck home with al aflcctionate,
manly e8ruestuess 10 the personal,
present -fe Of their hearers. And
TODAY. while we lack not tho old
truths. we need ucruess in individ-
ualitr, u Illustration and applica-
ton
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-14
FARM FOR SALE.

WISH TO SELL MY FARM OF 125
Il Acres, living Northwest of Jackson.
Said farm is in a good state OF cultivation,
with good buildings and well watered.
There are about fourteen acres in choice
Fruit trees, and about three or four acres
in rawberries and RaspberTieS. The farm
is well suited fer fruit vegetable and gar
dening business. Price 5000 per acre.
l will also sell four or five unimprOved
town lots. l will also sell or rent the house
that | now live IN. l wish to sell for the
reason that my health Is bad and l want to
retire from business and get out Of debt.
July 20. '72-tt. l.. GOODELL-
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-14
coll. IseaIot ana His nIstaI1s. /.

In apprepriating $1,000 to them
selves from the treasury, our Con-
gressmen did but enlarge the pre-
negatives of the peoples represen-
tattvcs. They might have taken
WasLington's J breaches from the
Patent Office. They might have ta-
ken the Washington Monument -
but they didn't. Some people VIII
continue to complain Of them, but
we arc mute fiom this moment.
We apologize to the whole human
race for everything: AS q rash and
blinded Sunday school scholar, we
NAV have spoken disrespecttully Of
J. Iscariot. The experience Of the
last six months shows that Mr.. lsca-
riot may have been gentleman who
was much misunderstood by the
people of the period. Some Scribe
probably placed the thirty pieces of
Silver where he thought they would
do the most good, and when poor
Judas thought that be had bought
into a lawsuit (Hon. p. PLATE, Chief
Justice), he went and hung himself
That was where he made q mistake.
He ought to have sent the money
down TO the CapeTnaum Female
Seminary, aud then appealed to the
generous confidence of constitu-
ency with whose feelings and and
interests every thought OF his heart
beat in unison. The editor Of the
Galilean Telegram" would have
made u very nice thing Of that, and
the Hon. J. Iscariot would have
been one of the most prominent
candidates at the next election Co
htnbHS Journal.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-14

WORSHIP IN THE Ho2rE.-That
many little things which make up
human life have a real magnitude
and far-reaching significance may be
seen in the decisive influences which
they have upon the future. The
morning reading of the Bible, the
prayer of the family circle, and the
blessing invoked on the food, pass by
without incident, and often without
due attentien-such is the power of
custom to strip Us ofinspriration and
feeling; but there is not one in all
the group which is not affected by il
throughout the day, and the memo
ry of these devotions, dull enough,
msyhap, at the time, has afterward
saved many a young man not only
from career of wickedness and a
wretched death, but led him back to
the faith and pure life with which
he was formerly familiar.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-14

t.. viev.luc the Bible %, the gego-i-
tory Of the faith once delivered To
the saints. "wc have not followed
a cuuuingIy devised fable" but are
cherisAing a devout regard to Il
s.sure word of prophecy, to which
we do well to take heed as unto q
light shining in dark place"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-14

ca Russia is the richest country
in the world in mineral wealth
The Government officials report of
the mines now being worked emu
merates them as follows: Gold 1,I26
principally in Siberia;) platinum
6 silver and lead 20; copper Il ;
iron 1922 zinc 8; cobalt / (in the
Caucasus } tin 7 ; arsenic ,; chrO-
MUM |; coal 1873; rock-salt nap
tha and petroleum wells 772. The
metalurgical establishments are: : .
miats, . Touuiries for gold, 10 for
silver. - for copper, I6L blast fur
uaceS for iron, pa works for iron
and steel. 4 for zinc. / for cobalt,
and 1 for Tin. The mines a.j tCuu-
0r1es employ s. total Of tz4Ig1. the
precious metal industries 81. t.-f. and
the salt works 10000, making 4.
grand total OF 26S, ,375 persons, and
utalize the work of 49, steam en-
gines and 2,223 hydraulic and tur-
bine wheels, aggregating 6,255
horse power.