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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

JAMES LoNGsTREET has a public
position which suffices to maintain
him. and his numel Gus family.
GENERAL ALBERT PIKE, a briga-
der from Arkansas, is prSeticing law
at Washington CITY, with ex-senator
johnson, of Arkansas, and has just
republished his delicate poems.
GENERAL DICK TAYLOR is probably
the richest of the Confederate gen.
erals, and is engaged the banking and
other large operations in New Or
leans, abetting Warmoth. Fl
BEN Hill, eX-Confederate, is prac-
ticiDg law at Atlanta, and is said to
be the best lawyer in the State. He
was a Senator of the Confederate
States, and had a personal collision
with Yancey.
EX-SENATOR ROBERT M. T. Hun
TER has poor farm on the Kappa
hammock river, in the tide-water part
of Virginia, and is said to be disphit-
ed, although his counsel is cheerful
at all times and his intellect retains
its full vigor.
JEFF DAVIS is President of the
Carolina Insurance Company al
Memphis, under the patronage of a
Mr. Wick, whose bank recently went
up when the Southern Security
Company drew check upon it fol
an unforeseen amount.
GENERAL JOHN G. BRECKINRIDGE
lives at Lexing on, Kentucky, and
was given an important place at one
time by the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad. He shows good nature
and que ct disposition, but no great
bounce IN these piping times of peace
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14
The G.oIl-Tn& QuaIiGca1iom

From the ClarksYille Tobacco Leafl
The constitution of our State pro-
vides that "There shall be no qualifi-
cation attached TO the right of suf-
frage. except that each voter shall
give 10 the Judges of election where
he offers to vote, satisfactory evidence
that he has paid the poll-ta& assessed
against him, for such a preceding
period as the Legislature shall pre-
scribe, and at such time as may be
prescribed by law, without which his
vote cannot be received"
This provision is not difficult to
understand. The elector must have
paid his polltaN, for period pre-
ccding the election, as the year before
or the year next preceding the year be
fore. The reason for this is obvious.
Ii was feared that politicians would
corrupt the ballot box, by assuming
the tax of the ignorant and depraved,
and it was thought that all danger
would be prevented by permitting
the Legislature TO fix the period for
which the tax should be paid some
time before the day of The election.
1t was thought that politicians would
not commence paying taxes so long
before-Uhat they would not be likely
to carry such stock over.
The time for which the poll.taX
must be is such preceding period
as the Legislature shall prescribe"
There is no discretion left to the
Legislature. That body had no pow
er to consider when the rule ought to
begin woi king, nor continue the rule
into the future from time to time. 1t
was the duty of the Legislature at
once TO pass an act fixinga preceding
period for which the poll-taX should
be paid, and time at which it should
be paid. This was done; but Il e
Legislature has now repealed the
law, and although the constitution
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14


THE farmers of the Western States
are forming themselves into secret So
ciety, the object of which is to devise
means for making farming profitable.
At a recent co invention in Iowa, they
discussed the exorbjtancy of railroad
charges. The difficulty is not with the
freight charges between competing
points, for these are generally moderate.
But the local charges are exorbitant.
1t costs as much, very often, TO carry
local freight hfty miles as it does to car
ry it seven hundred miles oEaF a through
route. ''This is the case in Iowa, and
on roads, too, which were built largely
by the tree gift ofthe Government. The
roads were aided IN order to develop the
country, and the country has been large
~ developed but what does this
amount 10 when at one end farmers get
little or nothing for their produce, and
at the other end consumers pay exorbi-
{ INT prices9 This is the way railroads
ply dividends on stocks, watered to two
or three times the actual cost OF the
roads, originally, and this is the way
the liie-blood is being taken out of the
people of the country who are engaged
ia industrial pursuits" The people Of
our own county of Ltapry complain bit
terly of thediscrimination on tae Nash
vile ard Decatur Railroad, in favor of
through rates to the prejudice of local
freight. Flour merchants have told us
that it cost them more to send barrel
of aour 10 Nashville than it does to
send it from Nashville TO Memphis,
over the same road. 1t costs nearly or
quite as much to send bale of cotton
to Nashville by rail as it did on wagons
before the railroad was built. Railroads
were not built specially and solely for
the ben eft of large cities, bnt ia behalf
of tho great mass of farmers along it's
line, as we'll The Legislature should
do something to make freight tariffs
uniform. A gentleman ct this county
once asked q railroad man why the rail |
roads were so unequal and unjust in |
their Determinations. The reply was |
that it was simply because they had the |
poveF-that was all. While we are on |
the subject of railroads, we might as
well again call attention to the fact that |
freights for our merchants are OTten de-
tanned for weeks at Nashville, and
heights TO be shipped atthis point have
freq uentiy to wait.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14


AN old Presbyterian of this county,
one of the strictest of the sect, had
conversation some time since with us
upon the influence which pious and
wicked parents exert over the lives of
their children. This faithful attendant
at the church of Zion said he bad al
most lost confidence in the influence of
good example. "Why," say he, Look
al Parson -, who ministered to us
at Zion in spiritual things, and was not
only a learned and able preacher, but
was also very good man, ore whose
sauctity would, we imagine, cause his
children instinctivefy to lead pure and
holy lives. But alas, from what I hear
of his son, his influence is not needed"
"Why, Mr.. F. what do You mean?
What have you heard about -, of
Clarksville?" 81 have seen in the pa
pers," replied the good man of Zion,
that he is editor of political newspa-
per, member of the Tennessee Press
Association, and worst of all, is a fast
friend and boon companion of WEST
BROOK, of tine Brownsville Bee, Doctor
WHITE, OF the Lebanon HeraLd, and
ARCHIE THOMAS, of the Robertson
Record" Silence profound was our
only answer to such knock down ar
gument, and such stern facts.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14

PRESIDENT GRANT expects to make a
tour through the South in March, and
will favor Nashville with visit. 1t is
to be hoped that the Southern people
will exercise good sense and. common
decency wherever the President goes
during his tour. He shonld be welcom-
ed in manner becoming the dignity of
his position, without the least show Oh
Their of disgusting sycophancy or parti-
san GOODNESS and indifference. ii any
SOutherners imagine they can soften
GRANTS heart by Kindness or Aattering
attention, they had better spare them
selves the trouble. Natures like his
are insensible to kindness and to the
noble impulses of the patriot states
man. lie is in the hands Of the PhHis-
lines, and there let him remain.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14

CoSGREss recently appropriated $751;
600 to the University of East Tenn essee,
for damages sustained by the occupa-
ton of Federal troops during the war.
This was but an act of simple justice,
and yet President GRANT vetoed the
bill, and defeated passage. This very
small action was not the result of preju-
dice against the South on the part of the
President-for we are inclined to think
he has no strong prejudices-bu was
due simply to fear chat it would be con-
strued as sympathy for Ihe South, and
therefore make the North distrust and
diso~'n him, as it dill ANDREW JOHN
son and HORACE GREELEY. 1t is held
a political sin in the North to sympa-
thize with the South in anything.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14

An energetic reporter ior the Nash
willie Union and 1mcrtcdB has given us
detailed account of what it takes fC
run the Maxwell House during the
year. Among the articles consumed last
year STere, IIi,70O pounds of beef; y, SIC
pounds Of lamb and mutton; S, 25C
pounds of pork. 1900 dozen eggs; and
other things in proportion. The total
expense of the Maxwell House last
year WAS S2O6, 49, Nashville ought to
be proud Of the Maxwell House. We
have been in naapy of the most fashion,
able hotels in The principal cities of the
United States, and altogether we prefer
the Maxwell 10 any of them. 1t is
handsome. airy, and pleasant; its clerks,
etc., are intelligent, kind aud affable
gentlemen; its servants are well dressed,
attentive and pleasant nIannered;--in
deed, in all of its departments and in
every respect, tho Maxwell House is
the best hotel in the South, and has no
superior in the North.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14

requires the pay meat of a polI-tax as
an essential condition precedent TO
the exercise of the right of suffrage.
the Legislature has fixed no time
when, nor for which it shall be paid.
al fair construction of the law
would be that every Legislature may
fixs time when the tax shall be pa ID :
but that time must be fixed and a
yearly payment of poll-tax required.
1t is nothing but mere demagoguery
to deal so tenderly with this ques-
ton.
The law is good one. 1t is in
tended to raise a school fund, and it
will do much to give us fund for
the education of our thousands of IL
Iiterate children, and to raise our
State from being the third in igno-
rance, to being among tire first in en-
lightment and knowledge. No man
is fit 10 vote or ought to vote who
cannot pay one or two dollars to sup
port the government of the State, or
the schools of the State.
This is question which demands
the careful attention of the Legisla-
ture, for if we are right It is the sworn
duty of every member to see that
this law is put in immediate opera
ton.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14

A BILL has been introduced in the
Tennessee Legislature, abolishing eapi>
tai punishment. We trust it will not
pass. Lite isalready. esteemed too cheap
Iy in our State, and the substitution oil
imprisonment for death by hang
ing will increase murder to an alarming
extent. Capital punishment is enioin-
ed in the Bible, and experience teaches
us that it is society's only safeguard,
imperfect though it bs, fer the pro-
lection of the weak and innocent from
the strong and wicked. Owing TO GER
tain tecEnicalities of the law, by which
criminals are enabled to put off trial for
years until the sympathy of the public
is transferred from the murderer's vie
tim to himself, capital punishment has
not had the restraining influence it is
entitled to, but the people are awaken>
ing to sense Of their peril. In the Ian
guage of SHAKEsRBARE, "Mercy to
murderers is MURDER
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14
Cakes Ames as Seen ON the Wit
ness Stand.
From the Washington start

From the Washington star
1t is a study to see Mr.. Cakes
Anes on the witness stand. He fills
out his wide armchair to its capaci-
ty. He is the most Self-posseSsed
man at the table. His pear-shaped
head, narrow at the forehead, and full
at the jowls, form fitting pyramidal
complement TO the wide-based trunk.
He laughs and jokes good deal, and
what is not quite pleasant to see,
some of the committee laugh and
joke with him as if he was their peer.
And when he laughs, or rather grins,
long seam opens up through his
powerful jaws to his very ears, and
through the peculiar conformation of
face the laugh or grin is exactly tn II
of Liephistopheles, as persorated by
Mr.. Joseph nermanns. The long,
booked nose, the outlook of the I'M
canny eyes, and the peculiar up-curve
of the eyebrows, also tend to
heighten the Mephistophelean char
acter of his countenance when he
'Grins horribly CHASTITY smile.''
Like Faust's tempter, too, his
victims. He grins his widest when
he is able to produce documentary
evidence, the Signature of the bond,
to show how deeply he has inveigled
men who haye stood high in the pub
lie esteem. No Acknowledgements of
The gCilt of the tempter seems to
have penetrated his hide, and when,
on Saturday, the word conscience )"
was used by one of the committee, he
was nearly convulsed with laughter.
Altogether, Mr, Cakes Ames is Gu
rious study.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14

COMMON SCHOOLS do not find strong
advocates among all the leading preach
ers of the Methodist Church. DIR. SUM
NERs, editor of the Nashville ChriStiua
Advocate recently took the position
j: we remember correctly-that as there
should or could be no connection OF
church and state, there can BIO no relig-
sous instruction in free schools; and ed
ucation is detective without religious
instruction. Therefore, il is best to
send children to denominational or pri-
waite schools. IL is understood that
Bishop MCTYEIRE, of the NJ. L. Church,
also occupies substantially this position.
This view of the case may be the cor
rect one, but who Will deny that even a
purely secular education is better than
stark ignorance? Some parents are too
poor 80 send their children to private or
sectali ian schools, and the COUNTY should
educate them.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14
The Cumberland and Ohio
Railroad 30 be Built at, Once.

The Directors of this road have been
in council in Louisville, and a few days
ago entered into a contract with some
northern railroad builders to put the
road in running order in two years from
date of contract. The Cumberland and
Ohio Road extends from Campbells-
burg, KY, on the Cincinnati Short
Line 10 Gallatin, Tenn, distance of
two hundred miles. The contractors
furthermore agree not only to bpild, but
to equip the road and have it running
in two years, to lease it for twenty five
years, and extend the road to Nashville
Or Murtreesboro, as interest may die
tate. At any rate, in two years the peo-
pie of Middle Tennessee will be relieved
of the difficulty of getting freight from
Cincinnati to Nashville, and also of a
great monopoly.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14

AN Indiana paper having taken coca
SION, in opposing the claim of the NJ. L.
Church, South. on the L. :. Govern
ment, Tor the use of its Publishing
House during the war, to say that it
was a pro-slavery church, and that it
projected and aided the wharf.-the Nash
willie CHristidit -4drOcdte replies:
"Our Church was never pro-slave1y
.rI,urrb-yye ALWAYS resented the charge
* Islander. As a Church il meddled
not With the institution OF slavery, but
p,-aaaaed the gospel alike 10 the master
-aand .tte slave. 1t was neither pro-sla-
Very nor .aati-slavery; but occapied pre-
.cisely the position occupied by the
aposfolic and primitive Church, which
Fl 18th master ana slave in its Com
Innnion. and underworld TO get both the
one and the other to heave1. At the
time of the breaking out OF inc war
sthere were about two hundred thousand
coIored COMMITMENTS in the Nj. Z
Church, South"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14

WE are indebted to Mr.. YoEsT, tele-
graph operator at this place, for copy
of a recent pamphlet by D. A. WELLS,
entitled, ''The Relation of the Govern
ment to the Telegraph" Every patriot
should oppose the efforts of the Govern
ment to take charge of all the telegraph
lines in the country. 1t would be a
rapid stride in the direction OF centrali-
cation. If any defects exist in the man
agement of the telegraph lines, let the
States remedy the evil.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14

IN the late religious discussion held
in New York on the doctrine, of vital
interest in that city, of the eternal pun
ishment of the licked, when the person
atty OF the deyil was called in question.
a certain conservative clergyman, ter
rified by the rising flood of infidelity,
which threatened to sweep away all
the old-timed institutions and beliefs,
exclaimed with fervor, 81 won't have a
religion without a devilr' We applaud
and endorse the sentiments of the bro
ther. 1t is as necessary to have a devil
in religion as it is 20 have one in well
regulated printing office.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14

THE late decision of Chancellor FEN
ING, declaring the ToRBETT Issue OF
Tennessee money legal and valid, has
created quite stir in the Legislature.
The Senate has appointed committee
to investigate the case, and see if any
steps should be taken by the Legislature
to defeat the efforts of the holders OF
New Issue. The House has a bill Of
similar import before it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14
On the Death of u Friend who Died
Many Years Ago.


By the sids Of a streamlet whose waters are
HuWinq,
In soft plaintive niurInurs away TO the sea,
Where willows and myrtles and haWthornS
are growing,
ReposeS, in silence, a friend, dear to me;
Was her form but the fafrest of flowers
must die. s -
Her body's how rasang IA I..e silence and
gloom,
But her spirit has flown to fair mansion on
high.
She possessed a warm heart full of perfec-
ton,
Her Virtues like dew drops in brightness did
shine,
And l9}y.sllitssrr far than the rainbow refiec-
Were her thoughts as reflected trom her in
nocent mind. .......
She has gone from this world and her
friends are yet weeping
Lamenting, in sorrow, the loss they We sus-
tanned.
Weep on; but remember that she, who is
Sleeping,
BY your ioss-aR eternal reward has OBJ
May She rest there in peace, then beneath
that greenwillow,
May wild flowers, in fragrance, around her
grave bloom;
Her friends are fast Fastening on Times
rude bllOw, s+-
Soon they'll rest by her side in the depths of
Those then &tho've oeep faithful, will meet
For this sweet consolation to mortaIs is
given,
That if faithful on Earth, in their labor of
love,
Soon .4lay'u transpianted be to the fair
EUlENE MQNfGQMERY.
Pelham, Tenn. =
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14

TIE books of the Credit Mobilie1
Company have been found. The net
profits of this company in its Pacific
Railroad contract, were upwards OF
SO, 900; and of this amount OAKEs
AMEs received about halt. He knew
what he was about when he was buying
up those Congressman; but he paid a
remarkably small price for them, con-
sidering his profits aud the aid they
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14

Marshall County voted, last Tues
day, upon the proposition to subscribe
S1l5,OO0 to the Duck River Railroad.
and two hundred thousand dollars to
the Cumberland and Ohio Railroad,
We are unable to learn definitely the
result, but suppose the subscription car
ried. 1t was warmly contested, howev-
er, and itmay turn out that it was defeat
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14

A CoLoRED clergyman recently open
ed the Tennessee House OF Representa-
tives with prayer. Mr.. MCCALL, in the
Senate, is rather opposed to this, it
seems, and has introduced bill dis
pensing with prayers altogether. 1t was
defaa4Ad
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14

Mr.. TURNER has Introduced bill in
the Legislature, TO prevent citizens OF
Maury and other counties from hunt
ing deer in Lawrence and Wayne coun-
ties. II this bill passes, what will our
sportsmen do?
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14
Another Testimony.

BENTOS BARRACKS, Mo-. April 80, 1860.
Or. JoHN BULL-DEAR SIR Knowing the
efficacy ol your sarsaparlia, aud the healing
and beneficial quallitsii POSSESSES, send you
the following statement 0i my casei
was wounded about two years ago, was
taken prisoner and confined iorHixtceninonths
Icing moved 80 often, MY wounds have not
healei yet have notsa sp a monlani since
was wounded. j am shot Though the hips
Ny general health is impaired, aud need
something TO assist nature ] have more faith
IN your SaTsaparilla hun ANYTHING else
~lsh that which Is genuine. Please express
me half aIdozeu. bottles, and!oblige .rrf 10.
H.. CART. g. r, JOHNSON,
~. Louis, No
p. s.-The following.was written-Aprli 80
1865 by Mrs. Jennie johnson, mother Of Cap
johnson: ., .|..... ..-. .,|.
Dr. John Bul-Duar. Sir: Ny husband, DR..
q. $. johnson, was skilful surgeon and
physician in Contra, New York, where he dite
leaving the above q. T.. johnson 20 my care.
At thirteen years of age he bad a chronic diar-
rhca aud scrofula, for which gave your saf-
sanarilia. il cured hun. j have for tan years
recommended II to many Ia New York, Ohio
and Iowa, for scrOfula, fever sores aud general
debility. Perfect success has attcnded,it. The
cures Affected IN some cases II scrOfula and
lever sores were almost miraculous am very
anxious for my son 10 again have recourse 10
your Sarsaparilla. He is fearful of getting a
spurious article, hence his writing id. vpu for
IL. His wounds are terrible but believe be
will recover. Respectfully,
JESNIE.yoHNsON
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14

WILL the Banner please tell US the
meaning OF its article headed, "A SPECS
ulative Columbian? The reference
to BLACK THOMPSON, is the only thing
in it that can be appreciated or under
stood
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14

A. M. HUeHEs, Jr., has introduced a
bill in the Legislature, requesting our
national representatives to favor a
change in the mode of electing United
States Senators.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14
THE HERALD.
Friday, February n, 1873,

IT is only honest farmers in Iowa who
till ducks with water and then let them
freeze before taking them to market.
In Minnesota the ducks freeze flying.