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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-29
The Law or COurtshiP.

A Brooklyn City Judge has imper-
lied the whole social fabric of the
United States, and established a pre-
cedent which threatens to topple the
present harmonious relations of the
two sexes into chaotic ruin. Miss
Roxalana Homan brought suit before
this Daniel for breach of promise
against Mr.. Alexander 7. Earle,
Alexander, signing for more worlds TO
conquer, made answer that he had
never popped" to the fair Roxalana,
and that, therefore, she had no ground
of action. To this answer the fair
plaintiff demurred, maintaining that
there was a love language more po-
tent than words, and though her pink
ears had listened lOngingly for pro-
posals that never came, yet the Earle
had spoken TO. her in actions that
could not be mistaken, and which
were fully sufficient to constitute q
breach Of contract. And so this reck-
less Judge decided, pointing out to
/ the Jury that III the pressing of her
hand, the kissing of her lips, and
''the affectionate CLEAN of a lovers
eye." there was a proposal to many
as binding as that of words. The
/ jury, thereupon, returned a verdict
of fifteen thousand dollars damages,
and the Court of Appeals sustained
the ruling of the judge.
Such a perversion of the laws OF
courtship cannot fail to strike terror
| to the male persuasion. Has the
| Judge forgotten his salad days, when
he made big eyes at Amarylis, while
! the moon was OH the turf: when his
arm hung a trife tighter than usual
! in the whirl of the waltz; when his
/ hand fingered a moment longer than
mere formality required at the part
| ing2 What, then, is to protect US IL
! this game of life, If a lambs glance
or a hand squeeze authorizes q big
/ brother to demand our ''ntentions, "
and a Jury to assess the maidens
wrongs? What reciprocity is there il
| the tournament if Arbella may drive
| Augustus frantic with her countless
lures, while the unfortunate swain
cannot even look his honest admira-
tion without serious peril to his poek
our books, it is the immediate duty
of the Legislature to draw mp a plaI
of tactics, declaring how far, and nC
farther, we may 90 III our attentions
without passing the Rubicon of cOHrt
ship.
Some little latitude is necessary IL
order 10 discover the disposition o
the object of our search. There ar
ssme maidens, for instance, that pa
out bravely at first break, but prov
] entirely unremune-atiye as the shat
deepens. If We are to go it blind /
r the future, and gauge the capacity {
: their affections with telescopic vii
1 ion. it behooyes the courts to proTid
2 us an easy retreat after the marriage
Z since they will not present any befor,
Times.
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WANTED.

God give Us menl A time like this de-
mauds
strong minds, great hearts, true faith. and
ready hands;
Men whom the lust OF Office does not knli
Men whom the spoils OF Office cannot
buy;
Men who possess opinions and VIII
Men who have hOnor-men who VIII moi
he,
Men who can stand before 4 demsgogue'
And damn his treacherous batteries WIN
out winkingi
Tall men, un-crowned, who live above The
feg,
In public duty, and IN private thinking
For while tbs rabhle, with their thurse-
worn creed,
Their large professions aud their little
deeds,
Mingle in selfish strife, 10. Freedom weePs,
Wrong rules the land, and waiting Justice
sleeps.
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Wnat dc church ReII pla.

Beautiful for situation" was the
lpretty village of Al. On one side
were broad, undulating meadows.-
/ On the other, beautiful wooded
! fields, through which ran one of the
dearest and most musical brooks,
with rolling hills beyond, whose for
est crowned nights were maryels OF
beauty.
There wss also such an air of peace
about the quaint homes scattered
along its one wide street, that those
coming in from the great busy world
. beyond, always felt as if they had got
Just little nearer heaven. But as
you often find disease at the core of
the sweetest flower, so on this bright
spot, sin lurked and sore tempta-
ton.
One Sabbath morning, as the peo-
pie of God were gathering in His
sanctuary, a boy of some twelve sum
mers was seen to go half way up the
church steps, stop, hesitate, go down
again, and away towards the fields.
He was walking briskly when the
clear, silvery tones of the church bell
rang out on the morning air. The
boy started, and a troubled look
swept across his face. ''Has that old
bell got a voice, he thought 10 him
self; ''it certainly said, Come, come,
come.
"You promised to spend the day
in the woods" whispered the tempt
er, and was George Gray ever kncER
TO break his word. "And besides, it
is dreadfully warm up there in the
church, and so cool and pleasant out
there among the clover and the dali
sies."
'HCome, do come" chimed the bell.
Cannot you worship God Just as
well among the grand old trees and
beside the running broOk?" suggest
ed the willy one.
"Come. come, do come, urged the
bell.
George sat down on a stump, and
such battle he fought there. He
was Just on the point of yielding to
the tempter, when there come up be-
fore him the many times he had pray
ed at his mothers knee "Lead us not
into temptation :" and of the night
when his father went cover the river"
into the better land, how he called
him to his bedside, and laying his
hand lovingly on his head, with his
dying breath, said ''Love God, my
boy, and do right always"
Getting up, he began to run toward
the church, and never once stopped
until he reached the church steps.
As he went in these words fell on his
ear, "My son, keep thy fathers com
mandments, and forsake not the law
of thy mother. Bind them continual
ly upon thine heart, and tie them
about thy neck" When, a few.
months after, God visited that church
with bountiful showers of heavenly
grace, George was among the 'tfirst
fruits"
He is an old man now, with locks
white with frOsts of many years, and
feet trembling on the borders of the
grave, but he never wearies of telling
how God made the bell of His sane
tuary to praise and honor him.
american Rural Home.
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French POlitics-Party Desig
nations.


Many persons are puzzled by
French political nomclature. The
parties in the National Assembly
Right Centre" "The Left" "The
Left Centre" &c. A Paris letter
now before us explains these several
designations at length, from which
we condense as follows: These de-
signations refer to the position Of
the seats occupied by the several
parties, in the Legislative hall,
which is of a horseshoe form. The
President sits on platform placed
at the base Of the horseshoe, with
the tribune or speaking rOstrum
under him, and the representatives
are arrayed opposite in blocks and
tiers, amphitheatre-W 1t is the
invariable custom for the cOnserva-
tives 10 sit to the Presidents right,
and the liberals to the left, the cen
tire being occupied by members OF
moderate or undecided opinions,
who keep aloOf from both extremes.
The ''EXtreme Right" and s'Right"
| include those opposed to all ideas of
republicBnism, democracy, and pro-
gress. They arc legitimists, and in
religion Papists. The number of
this party is %, almost all of whom
are noblemen OF ancient lineage and
| large property. Their leader is the
Duke la Roechefoucald-B d-Bisaccia. the
richest landowner in France.
The 'sRight Centre" comprises
/ those VINO favor the constitutional
monarchy after the English pattern.
/ They are tolerant in religion, but
advocate the alliance of Church and
State. 1t numbers 24S members,
being the most numerOus party in
/ the House. The Duke dAHdifi'ret-
Pasquier is its leader.
Next to the "Right Centre" comes
groOp OF twenty BOnapartists
who sit apart from all the other sec
/ tons.
The Left Centre" formerly
Thiers's party, and now led by Leon
Say, is composed of those who ad-
vocate a constitutional government,
q free press and indeed all the liber-
tics established in America and
England. 1t comprises 100 mem
bers.
'.The Left'' is the moderate Re
publican party, let by Jules Fayre
Jules Simon and other noted men
They hold that monarchy has served
its time; that a Republic is the only
, durable form of government, GnC
are for separating Church and State
1t consists of 147 members.
{ The Extreme Left" is the Re,
> Republican and Radical faction, ant
, / is opposed to all forms of religion
/: and ever ready to try dangerous ex
periments. Itnumbers 76 members
Richmond Wkig.
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For the Whig and Tribune.I
TO MELEILLE.

Step, darling friend, the spring will come
TO make the violets on the pIaiO,
That ope their eyes, in sweet surprise
On scenes thou ne'cr ma y'st view again
Why should thou wake to weep again,
since life Is full Of hopes that fade.
lis thine TO rest with all the blest,
Ia the white city, death has made.
Early was thou called the cross TO bear,
To mourn thy broken household band
From LIES dim shore who passed before,
To wait thee in tbs spirit land
Then. darling. sleep, Tor life is drear,
Sleep till the trumpets note shall sound
For thee At last LIES journeys passgd,
Thy loved and lost in heaven Is found.
Hallville, Boone County, No.
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BUTTON-HoLING.- NG.--Diligence tact,
quickness and accuracy, good temper,
controlled enthusiasm, the power to
do without sleep and an imperturbable
digestion, all of these combined in
one man, say civil servant, will no
doubt save him from being a failure
in his career. Bat they will not Sc
cure him brilliant or rapid success.
They, or some of them, are among
the conditions of success but they
arc not the sole or essential condi,-
tious. 1t is well that he should be
| diligent; but it is better still that the
great man should think he is so. lie
I may strive much TO be quick and ex-
/ act IN his work but he should strive
more to catch and keep his chief S
I eye. To happen to be always stand
/ ing Just where that eve happens to
! fall to be ready with his ''Here am
} l, send me" whenever the chief is
considering whom he shall employ on
a delicate business, and then, OF
course, to do the business satisfac-
torily; to be about his patron to
occur to him; to observe him; to OBJ
lige him: and 50, as the last and tri-
umphant achievement, TO become the
man of whom his patron thinks the
best and the kindiest in his particu.
lar department or profession, and
whom, therefore, he means to send tC
the top of it-this is the cheapest, the
safest and truest art of rising in life
and this Is what is ordinarily meant
by button-holing.
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Important suit Of Interest TO ship
Pers ON Tennessee Railroads

The Knoxville Chronicle Of Nov.
20 says: In the section Of the Su-
preme Court, Judges Turney, Snccd
and Deaderick presiding, an impOr-
tant case was argued yesterday
morning. Some two years ago,
Messrs. Cowan, MeClung Il Co., OF
this city, brought suit in the Circuit
Court for this county, for heavy
damages against the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia Railroad Com
pany, under n late act OF the Legis-
lature giving u heavy penalty to
shippers against whom the railroads
Of the Stale should discriminate in
the rates OF freight. In this case the
plaintiffs sue for n penalty and
damages because of a discrimina-
tion made on goods shipped from
New York to Knoxville, alleging
that higher rates were charged
them than were charged on goods
shipped over the same route TO
Nashville. Our merchants have for
years complained OF this discrimi-
nation alleging that IL worked great
injury to their trade, and this suit
was brought TO test the law referred
to above. Tbs cause came TO hear
ing in the Circuit Court before
Judge +. L. Hall upon n demurrer
to the declaration, in which the de-
fendant alleged that the suit could
not be maintained, 1st, because the
declaration did not sufficiently des-
cribe the particular shipment Of
goods upon which a penalty was
claimed for discrimination; 2nd, be-
cause the act under which the suit
was brought, did not contemplate a
civil suit, but criminal prosecution,
and Sd, because the law was uncon-
stitutional, as il abridged the rights
of the road under It's charter
Judge Hall sustained the demurrer
and the plaintiffs appealed. In the
Supreme Court, the defendants
moved TO dismiss the appeal, be-
lieving that as the'case is now before
the Court IL can not be heard upon
its merits. The case has been ar
gued but not decided.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

II One inch space constitutes square.
Where advertisements are ordered 70 9e
unusually displayed they will be charged
for according to the space they occupy
one inch 10 constitute square
Sheriffs, Clerks and Rangers who send
US their patronage will Teceive the wing
without charge.
H-CARDIDATEs-FOr announcing can
didalcs for County offices and the lsegisla
ture, $40; for Congress SO; Tor MunleiPa
and civil district offices, S5-all in advance
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RETIREMENT.

There is no man but may make his own
PARADISE
And it is nothing but his lSye and dotage
Upon the worlds foul joys that keeps him
out ONT;
For he that lives retired in mind and spirit
Is still in paradise.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-29

AN ELECTION STORY.-in an old
Pennsylvania town, where they voted
the Democratic ticket sound, so the
story goes, in 1868, the experiment
was made of putting a Republican
ticket in the field. A Mr.. Green was
the candidate selected, but by reason
of sickness he was unable to go to the
polls on election day. When the re-
turns were published, Mr.. Green had
just one vote. Chagrined at this, and
annoyed by the accusation that he
had voted for himself, he announced
that if the person who had voted for
him would come forward and make
affidavit to the facts, he would reward
him with a suit of clothes. A few
mornings afterward a burly Dutch
man called upon Mr.. Green, and ab-
ruptly remarked: 81 wants dat suit
of clothes" ''Then yOu are the man
who voted for me?" ''Yah, am dat
man. ''Are you willing to make an
affidavit of it?" ''Yah, swear to
EN-" Mr.. Green, accompanied by
the intelligent voter, went to the Office
of the Justice of the Peace, and the
I required affidavit was made, upon
which the clothes were purchased and
given to the deponent. At parting,
Mr.. Green said ''Now, my friend,
! just answer me one question. How
came you to vote for me ?" "YOu
wants to know dat ?" Eyes" "And
YOU won't so back on dc clothes p
mo" "Vell, " said he, slowly, and
with a sly twinkle of the eye, "den
tole you-I made q mistake IN d
! fickcf;'
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One COUNTRY AND ONE FLAG
Nothing would so surely put an end
to internal wranglings and pacify the
South as a foreign war, and IN such
an event there would be exhibited q
readiness to march under the old flag,
which would put to shame those who
insist upon the contumacious and re-
sentfnl spirit of the ex-Confederates.
History records and memory recalls
how gallant the Southern soldiers
fought their way into Mexico, and
those who won the Halls of the Mon
teZumas might soon bivOuac on the
marble floors Of the Captain Generals
Palace. The union of the columns
that fought against each other on the
James or the Cumberland would be
a refreshing spectacle.-N. Y. Com
meTciat AdreTtiser.
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The New York Tribute tells the
following:
Zone of the thugs you read of re-
Gently occurred in Wilmington, Del.
a man was detected hurrying away
from a butchers stall with a steak
which he had stolen, under his coat.
A policeman followed him to his home,
and peeping through the window saw
him give the steak TO his children,
who devoured it raw. Upon report
of this being made TO the butcher,
his bosom so glowed with benevolent
sympathy, that instead of prosecuting,
he sent the starving family n large
basket of meat and little cash to buy
wood to cook it."
That butchers hoart ia in the right
place. If there were more such men
in the world, it would be all the better
for it.
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. wgDNEsDAY. DIeEaBER Ord, Is5s,

only sixty thousand tickets " in be sold and
One-half OF these are attended FOR the European
Market, thus leaving only 30, 600 for sale in the
United states where lO0, 500 were disposed OF
Tor the Third Concert. The tickets arc divided
into ten coupons or parts and have ON their
back the scheme with a fuli explanation of the
mode of drawing.
At this Concert which viii be the grandest
musical display ever witnessed in this country
iht, unprccedentod sum of
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KINGDOsI NEARER COVE.

Hark. clearly comes 10 listening sense,
From north and south, from cast anC
west,
Peryading cry OF need intense
The suffering creatures keen protest.
From slaughtered buffalo afaT,
From doves that bleed for marksman.
aim,
From patient brute that draws the car,
The tortured, bruised, blind, and lame.
Lamb aud lion lie together,
The kingdom blessed has nearer come;
Even the brute, mans lowly brother,
Has part with him in Christendom.
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PRICE OF TICKETs.

Whole tickets slO, 90; Halves $500, Tenths.
or each cOHpOn $500; Eleven Whole Tickets
for $500 90; 23ii Tickets for 81 OOO 90; ll3 whole
Tickets for s., ,OQ0, 90; 2sT Whole Tickets for
$40, 900, 90. No discount on less than $500, ,O0
worth of Tickets at time,
The unparalleled success of the Third Gln
Concert as well as the satisfaction given by The
First and Second makes Il only necessary Ia
announce the Fourth To insure the prompt sale
Of every ticket. The Fourth Gin Concert will
be conducted in all its details like the Third,
and full particulars may be learned from cir
culars which will be sent free from this Office
to all who apply for them.
Tickets now ready for sale and all orders ac
companied by the money promptly nlled. Lib
eral terms given to those who buy to sell again,
THOS. Il. BRAMLETTE,
Ag't Public I.ibr. Ky. q Manager Gin Concert,
Public Library building, Louisville, Ky
Augustl6-l6w.
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Chow do you get along?" said de-
voted wife to her husband, n down.
town merchant, in the midst of a panic.
"Ohi I shall weather the storm, but
1 wish l had few hundred dollars
more. 1t would be very convenient,
to say the least" "Don't you wish
you had married a rich wife?" said
she, in a teasing way; then rising and
going to her room she returned with
rather more than the amount required
in United States bonds. why, where
in the world did you get this?" said
the bcwildercd husband. "Well, my
dear, you went to champagne supper
seven years ago, and on your return
finding navigation around the room
rather difficult, deposited hat, shoes,
gloves and a large roll of bank bills
on the carpet. put it away and
waited three weeks for you to inquire
if had seen it. When finding you
were ashamed to do so, invested it;
and here you have it,"
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Total, s,O0OGiIts, All CASH, amoun-
ting ~ ,.luuiWu
The Distribution will De positive whether all
the tickets are sold or not, and the Il zoo gifts
all paid in proportion to the tickets spht-all
unsCld tickets being destroyed as at the FIRST
and Second Concerts and not represented IN
iln alrn wing
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-29

Once / remembered among nv
friends lady vino had known many
Affections, care, and heart-griefs,
and yet whose brightness OF de-
meanor and cheerfulness were un-
tagging, whose very presence was
a sunbeam. This lady talked often
of her art. When praised for any
striking course of action, she would
reply, with q touching simplicity.
Eyes: l learned that from my art"
As child, / often wondered what
this art could be; growing older, l
set myself TO find out. 1t was not
the art of Music, passionately fond
as she was of that divine art, and on
so lofty a pedestal as she placed IL :
for, being somewhat at home with
in its realms myself, 1 knew that She
was not sufficiently skilled therein
to designate ii as her own. Nor
was it the art of painting, nor yet
of sculpture.
''AIiss Margaret" l inquired one
day. "what is your art ?''
A sweet smile fitted across her
face as she touchingly asked, for
reply" And have l so poorly exem-
plified it, all these years, that you
need ask ~
81 am sure now" cried l, "that It
is, after all, what has often suggest
ed itself to my mind, 'the art of max
ing most OF life.'"
"You are right" she answered,
very well pleased; "and this / con-
slider the greatest of arts: all others
are sent to earth to aid US in per-
fecting it."
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Died, in this city, on Saturday after
noon last, at about o'clock, of con-
sumption, Mrs. Margaret J. Gaanaway,
wife of Mr.. Samuel L. Gannaway. aged
81 years, months and days. -Jeffer-
sonian, Virginia, Illinois,
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LIFE.

Forenoon aud afternoon and night-fore-
noon
And afternoon and ght-forenOOn, and
what
The empty song repeats itself. No more.
Yes, that is hfe make this forenoon sublime
This afternoon psalm, this night prayer,
And time is conquered, and thy crown is
won.-E. X SILL.
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EDUCATIoNAL.-Wa were is
sued by the Comptroller yesterday to
the following counties for their pro
rata of school fund: Decatur, S425.
5S; Knox, 8, ,659. 80; Rhea, $345.e5.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-29

divided into l2, 900 cash gifts will be distrbut-
ed by lot among the ticket-hotders. The mum
bers OF tickets 10 be drawn from one wheel by
children, and the gifts from another.
TSr 0E GtETG