The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-19
OVER THE SOUTH.

LdSG Suuu6yS near n0dfC661lBp A1nsI
i'Rev. Thos. Morrow, an aged and VEN
cradle Presbyterian minister had
preached, when at the close Of the gevl.
ces, j. M. Pickens asked leave to ad-
dress the audience. This being granted
he rose and disputed Mr.. Morrow's po-
sition so bluntly as to arouse his son,
who was in the congregation, and con-
sidering his father insulted, as our in
formant says made for Mr.. P. He, was
however, restrained by the advice of
friends. Another son of Mr.. MS COM
ing in and learning the cause of the dis
turbance was about to go for Mr.. p.
when Mr. P. was induced to desist and
leave the grounds. IF we mistake not,
the Rev. J. M. Pickens spoken OF above
is native of Maury County, Tenn. He
is a member of the Christian Church.
From Big Sewell Mountain, Va: "Jas.
VIM. Sharp, son of John and Rebecca
Sharp, walked out ahead of his three
brothers up the road. AS the three
boys were about q half mile behind,
they heard two of Mr. Tncher's boys call
Willie, and he was heard to answer
them. In about two minutes afterward
the report of pistol was heard all over
the neighborhood, and in about five
minutes their was heard fearful shrieks.
A number of the citizens of the neigh
borhood reached the spot in q short time,
and found Willie Sharp dead, with q
pistol shot in his breast. The Tncher
boys say that Willie shot at asugar-tree,
and that the pistol few out of his hand.
1t was a double barrel pistol. There
was bullet sticking in the bark of the
tree, about one third buried in the same.
The Tincher boys also say that Thorn
as Tincher and Willie Sharp were scut-
fling first, before the shot was heard.
When the neighbors got to the place
Thomas TincheT was scratoh ching and tear
ing the ground in a spot at desperate
rate, and throwing the dirt as far as he
could"
A Covington (Ga.) minister refused to
Officiate al the burial of an old lady last
Sunday, ON the ground that "she was
not member of his church."
A Lynchburg. (Va.) Telegram says !:
"The late Daniel Burton bequeathes
ninety thousand dollars to his relatives
in Tennessee. FIVE thousand dollars
each to John B. Hill and John Miller,
of this city, and the balance, amounting
to some sixty thousand dollars, to his
nephew, T. II. Ivey, ESQ.,"
Richmond Enquirer: sit is generally
understood that negotiations, likely to
have favorable result are pending be-
tween the Norfolk and Great Western
Railroad Company and the English cap
italists, looking to sale of the compa-
ny's bonds to sufficient amount to in
sure the construction of the road. An
engineer, sent over by the capitalists,
will sail from Liverpool on the Goth
inst, and his duty will be to make re-
port of the prospects OF the road to the
gentlemen whom he represents"
A Macon (Ga.) mother recently stran~
gle her newborn baby with her apron
strings. The Telegraph says: eve
learn that this woman came of a good
family, and when she married Hamil-
ton, some years ago, she was worth tif-
tesn thousand dollars, and he was worth
about as much. But they ran through
with it ali, and then their troubles came
on, and have finally brought about this
tragic issue. The woman is large and
robust looking. She was plainly but
decently clad, and while she was wan
dering about looking for work, she wore
a sorrowful look, and acted with the
strictest decorum."
Faith in Voudouism is not confined
to the negroes OF the extreme Southern
States, but Golored people in Virginia
have as firm belief in the efficacy of
Voudol spells as any of their race in
Louisiana. An illustration of this fact
was recently afforded in Richmond. An
old colOred woman, acting in very sus~
picious manner, was seen to throw keg
or box into the river and then fly pre-
cipitately, which led to an investigation
by the police. 1t was found that the
woman's daughter had been suddenly
taken i'll and was rapidly growing worse,
when the mother accidentally discovered
that she had been Voudoued. The dis
coVery, according to the old woman's
story, happened in this wise: While
cleaning her yard her attention was at
tracted to a nail sticking out of the
ground. She attempted to draw it out,
but found it so hot that it paralyzed her
right arm, which fully satisfied her that
there had been conjuring going on about
her place, whereupOn she procured
spade and dug it up. A popularity OF
the nail was that 1t had q snake head,
and was pointing toward the house
where the sick daughter lay. With great
presence of mind the old woman made
mixture of copperas, Cayenne pepper,
red union, and fish brine, and placing
the DEVILS nail, with others found near
it, in keg, she poured the mixture ups
on them and then pitched the whole in
to the river. The result was the break
ing of the spell, and it is gratifying to
learn that not only is the daughter re-
covering, but the mother has regai2ed
the use of her paralyZed arm.
The widow of Charles Washington, of
Washington county, Ark, has raised
silk on her estate for the last twenty
five years. She feeds the silk worms
upon the leaves of the mulberry, which
grow wild there, and states that she has
never received any instructions in car
ing for the worms or in the art of spin
ming the silk, except that she obtained
from an old almanac more than twenty
five years ago. She spins the silk upon
a common wheel, such as is used by
families for spinning flax, and for
quarter Of century has manufactured
all the sewing silk and floss for embroid-
cry needed in her own family, besides
more or less for sale to neighbors and
to stores in the village. Mrs. Washing
tons experience would indicate that
is a healthy climate for silk
worms.