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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-03
An old srory.

4 thousand times the old story
which had such a tragicaI illus tration
on Saturday, has been told through
the press and whispered in society,
and still the lesson is not learned. A
young lady, just out of the school
room, is fascinated by the attentions
of a man of the world, and nothing
can persuade her that he is not the
nOblest, the bravest, the best of low
ers. What does she know, poor
thing, of tie secret lives of these gal
liant gentlemen? She reads the legend
of excess and evil course, written on
the bleared eye and the tremulous
lip, and she cannot understand it
She hears a whisper perhaps of scan
dalous prodigality and indulgence,
and she stops her little ears and loves
her hero all the better as the victim
of detraction. She knows nothing of
his previous history, nothing Of his
daily occupations, nothing of his as
sociates. She little imagines that his
soft compliments conceal 4 cruel tenn
per, and the hand which presses hers
so tenderly is q brutal hand, fit only
for deeds of violence. That he is a
gambler and drunkard, false, quarrel
some, idle, selfish, and sensual. that
he is at war with his parents and a
tyrant in the company of women, she
might learn if she would exercise as
much caution in choosing a husband
as in choosing a bonnett. But Young
women have a dim notion that It is
grand and noble to take q lover on
trust, to despise good council and
filial obedience, and they hug them
relves with the sweet delusion that
they are heroines when they are only
fools.
The girl triUmphs, of course, over
father and mother. Those who really
love her, follow her wedding, festivi-
ties with aching hearts and watch the
future with sOrrowful apprehensions.
The inevitable sequel is not long de-
layed. For few short weeks, life is
a dream sf soft sentiment and new
gowns. Then the. truth begins to
| dawn upon the poo little heart. She
has sold herself for 4 passing fancy.
/ Neglect is soon followed by angry
words, and contemptuous looks, and
/ brutal tests. The gallant gentleman
/ goes out cursing in the morning and
| comes home reeling at night. Her
] J
/ stealsthe money to spend it for drink.
/ There is a hideOus bruise on the
/ white neck of which he used 10 say
such pretty things. She shudders at
the footsteps for which see once lis
! tened with rapture. She hides her
self in terror from the face upon
which she thought she could gaze
/ forever. ,ometimes, with the courage
which seems to be given only to cer-
tain women, she holds up a proud
/ and smiling face to the world, hides
the brutalities of her masters, covers
/ up her hardships, dissembles hunger,
and no one knows except the husband,
when she rests at last, from her sOr-
rows, that the brave heart was broken
in the first months after marriage
Sometimes the sad story ends in that
! common curse and punishment OF
/ American marriages, legal separa.
ton, and sometimes IN the catastrO-
phe which Is worse than diverse
murder.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-03
a sIOTITER's LOVE.

Two miles from the tort the In
dians entered the house of a Mr..
Kemball, where several relatives
and friends, with their families,
had assembled together for mutual
comfort and assistance in those try
ing times. Three youths and one
girl escaped when the savages made
their attack; the rest were killed
and scalped. the house was robbed,
the stock slaughtered, and then the
human butchers left, believing all
were dead or dying. Early in the
night . shower of rain fell, and re-
vived Sarah Merrill, married
daughter of James Kemball. She
had been cruelty beaten with clubs,
and the whole scalp taken of, with
its long bea Itiful hair, as a trophy
ofvietory. She aWoke 10 consci-
ousness of pain and terror; but love
impaired strength to her aching and
bruised limbs. She was a young
mother, and with the first return Of
consciousness missed her first-born
from her arms. Crawling on her
knees, she felt among the bodies
around her for her little one She
passed her hand over every face
until she found him. She know
him by touch; and OBJ he was still
warm, still living. She sank down
beside him, weeping for Joy, put
her breast to his lips, and he in
stinctiyely awoke to draw life from
the warm, sweet mothers milk
For little while mother and child
lay in the darkness and rain,
among the dead, happy. Clasping
her precious burden to her bosom,
animated by renewed strength and
hope, she slowly crawled and stag
gered, sometimes on her feet, some
times on her knees, over the dead,
through blood and rain and dark
ness. into the forest toward the
fort. When within half a mile of
help her bleeding head and woun.
ded limbs gave way; she had not
strength enough to bear even that
little sweet wei ht onward. Re-
solved not TO faint away, she laid
down and thought. In in few mo-
ments she again arose, placed the
baby by log, and hid him with u
green bough, almost like the robin
redbreasts hid the babes in the
wood, and left him. To die? Oh,
no, no. On she went, staggering
and crawling, growing every mo-
ment feebler still from loss of blood.
At last she reached the fort, where
a few mon had again assembled to
garrison the place, and take care Of
the women and children who were
pouring in from the settlements
She was strong enough to tell them
where she hid her boy, strong
enough to wait until several men
went out after him. They quickly
returned, bringing the child with
them; and Only when she clasped
him TO her loving breast again, did
she sink down exhausted in
sWoon.
The Indians had cut a mark
around the poor little head, but,
having only the soft downy hair Of
an infant, they did not scalp him.
Although he had been bruised aud
stunned by a blow, he lived many
years; and, let us hope, was always
a comfort to his brave mothei, who
also survived the wounds ar,i ter
rors of that day and night Ofirage-
dies.-Dec. "Home and School,
| Louisville, KY.
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THE WESTERN COUSIN.
BY ANNA SHIELDS. .

Mrs. Montague, opening the door
Of her scwing-rOOm, where her two
daughters and niece were stitching
busily upon tinery for forthcoming
ball, presented an mmistakable Wis
ion of n matron very much annoyed,
not to say ont of temper. In her
hand she held an open letter, which
she had Just finished reading.
Irene, the older sister, first spoke;
From father p she said, pointing
to the letter.
Eyes. Your father will be At home
on the fourteenth, in time for dear
Claras ball; butt never was so vex-
ed in my. life-he is going to bring
Charles EastOn with him.
"Who is Charles Easton, Aunt FL
Ia ?" Clara West asked, looking up
from her work, and revealing very
beautiful face, of classic regularity of
features, with large, violet eyes and n
profusion of short, auburn curls clus-
tering above the broad brow.
"No relation to us, my dear" said
Mrs. Montague "a cousin of the
girls on their fathers side. He is one
of Mr.. Montague's sisters sous, and
was born in Illinois twenty three
years ago, moved out farther and far
ther West, as his father speculated
more and more IL land, until now he
is settled in Minnesota. You may
imagine him, Clara, when | tell You
he has never been East of his birth
place III his life"
"A nice addition to q ball to which
ali the aristOcracy of G. have been
invited" said Lois, the younger
/ daughter, speaking for the first time.
Il suppose he will wear homespun
cut IN the fashion of sixty years ago
I have n vivid recollection of my
uncle Easton, in his butternut suit
as he appeared here ten years ago
and could not talk of anything elst
but my boy Charles. +"
"Well, my boy Charles is comm;
now,' said her mother, "and you
father will expect US to make as mucl
/ fuss over him as if he was heir to tn
throne of Russia. I viii see abou
| his room.
In the mean time, rs fast rs steam
would bring him, the unwelcom
guest was speeding over the iron roa,
to G., with his Uncle Montague.
Mr.. Montague, 4 tai, powerful
man, past sixty, was q rare combina
ton of the physical development of
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RapidIty of tho Female Tongue.

Is it a phonetic fact that women
talk faster than men? And, if so, Is
this to be attributed to = more sensi-
tive organization and to wOman's intu-
tive method of reasoning? We OBJ
serve in newspaper what processes
to be statistical information upon the
subject. Mrs. Curnham, It is said,
talked at st. LOuis IN platform lee
ture, not one of the curtain kind, for
forty-fiye minutes. and the report of
what the lady said filed three columns
and one half of the Democrat-a very
columnar speech. Mr.. Wendell Phil
lips, when he last appeared in St.
Louis, talked two hours, and, in re-
port, filed four columns and q half;
and Mr.. Beecher, in the same time,
| enunciated five columns. Mrs. Burn
! ham, IT IS said, surpasses in volubIty
even that man Of many words who not
long ago was locked up in the TOmbs.
I He crowded but six columns into two
] hours. Mrs. B. beats him, and has
ten minutes to spare. Women, as a
rule, move, we believe. faster than
men. Everybody viii remember
! Stockings eouplet: ''Her feet beneath
her petticoat, like little mice stole in
and OUT" and why should not tho
tongue share in the celerity Of the
feet?
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-03

\ COLORADO PHENOsEENON.-A gen
tleman was walking down Virginia
canon the other day; there was no
perceptible breeze at the time. Sud
denly he was surprised by roaring
noise behind him-a noise like that of
an express train when crossing a
bridge, or passing a rocky wall
Stopping q moment to listen, whirl-
wind, apparently not more than q
yard in diameter, and travelling no
faster than a spirited walk, picked
linn up, as It we're, and waltZed on
down the road with him It's vertical
force was sufficient to invert the tails
of his coat above his head, notwith-
standing the pockets were loaded with
specimens OF silver ore, and at the
same time he was carried along for a
hundred feet or more like feather,
with both feet occasionally off the
ground, while under him was a noise
like that Of an empty cart bouncing
over a stony street.
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DON'T Go Near tbe:Bar-Room IIrolher

80 - nv A-NGs
DO you see that bright light yoBd-r,
It's the Dar-room's brilliant glare.
Do not enter dearest brother,
Love and truth arc never there;
IL with all it. gilded trappines,
Is bright alluFing snare.
Pass il, pass It, dearest brother.
Take advice, beware, beware
CHORUS.
Don't 20 near the bar-room brother,
Listen to a sisters prayer,
For you know that death and sorrow,
Like a worm Is lurking there.
Can you tell the woe aud sorrow,
That lies hid within the bowl!
Can you count the tears Il causes,
From the Orphans heart and soul.
Can you hear the widows mourning
Can you hear the mothers prayer
Can you hear the sisters warning
And NOT feel there's danger there.
CHORUS.
Don't 20 near the bar-room brother.
Listen 10 q sisters prayer.
For you know that death and sorrow
Like a worm Is lurking there.
Youth desi't, you'll aud misfortune
Lingers round the driEking place;
Do not tamper with the tempter,
Il viii mind and form disgrace;
IL will rob you Of all pleasure,
Sink your soul in dark despair;
Shun, oh. shun, the wine-cup, brother,
Sorrow, death, disease lie there
Nj. TABOR, Madison Co, Dec. lsi. Is7S
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MARRIED OF NOT MARRIED.-AIr.
Cough thinks that it is better for a
woman to be laughed at for not being
married than to be unable to laugh
because she Is married. The mar
riage that takes all the laugh out of q
woman, like the sunshine that takes
all the sweetness out. of the grape, is
an exceedingly suspicious commodity,
and ought to give the divorce doctors
something 10 do. But the idea of
trying to reconcile a woman to an IN
paired life because another woman
found it uncomfortable, is as absurd
as to try to keep her from eating
green apples because of Mother Ewes
unfortunate pomologieal experience.
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THE ISLE OF LOVE.
rY EoB'T. BUCHANAN.

Afh@s -
In the days that are no more,
In boat without an oar,
on a sea without a breath,
Without breeze TO blow me,
was drifting sick to death.
Though the sea was CLASSY fair,
Not breath Of heaven was there;
Idly, idly tapped the saili
In the silent depth below Inc
| was looking snowy pale.
1t was tranquil, il was still,
Yet driftod with ns-will,
And the sea was rs the sky
/, cloud upon the azure,
Drifting melancholy by.
But the summer night came soon,
And / sank into n swoOD;
But heard the water beat,
With a faint and rythmic measure,
Round the cold moons silvcrn feet
Then wakened! and, behold,
Dawn upheld her cup Of gold
In the east, and brimming o'er,
The ruby VINE, 30 precious,
Tinged that sea without a shore;
Aud, within the ruddy glow,
Iupsprang from sleep; and, 10.
beheld an island fair,
Where the from led palms stood gracious
With Gods glory on their hair.
And even as l gazed,
ON the sands my boats keci grazed,
And l saw thee smiling stand,
With a rose upon thy bosom,
And lily In thy hand.
And knew thee, and the place
Was familiar as the face
had seen them far away.
Ere my soul began TO blossom
Into form and fl--h Of clay.
At the waving Of thy hand,
| had lightly sprung to land,
And took thy hand in mine,
And kissed thee, and we entered
Groves delicious ami divine. ......
How still IL was. How calm.
In those glades of pine and palm,
Paven blue and bright with flower;
And ths isle was Soidenccntcred,
And its golden center ours.
There VIC sat like marble things,
And the boughs were moved like wings
Round the silence of our throne;
In the shadow deep and dcwy,
Hand in hand. we sat alonc.-
Save the nghtingale's soft thrill,
All was peaceful, ail was stil;
But our hearts throbbed as we dreamed,
And the heavens open blue eye
Through the boughs above u cleaned.
Oh, fool! why did rest
My dark chin upon my breast,
And drop to,dream again:
When l wakencl l was drifting
On the mclanchOly main.
And | SAW the isle afar,
Like the glimmcr of q star;
But my boat has ne'cr an oar,
And the sunset shades were shifting
ON that sea without shore.
Then raised my hands and cricd,
As the glory cleaned and died
On the dark horizon line;
And the sunset, like lion,
Crouchcd down by the tawny brine.
And never since that day
Have / drlfted down that way,
Where thy spirit beckoncd me;
Oh, to look ON oh, to die on
That green island in the sea!
oh, to look into thy face,
Mid the glory Of the place.
Oh, to reach that island fair,
And to see the palm trees blowing
With Gods glory on their hair!
In the scented summer sheen
sits the island, sbadowcd green,
In u sen rs smooth as glas,;
There the morning dew is glowing
Evcrmorc upon the grass.
From the garish glare Of day,
sheltered sweet. the soul may stray;
But whoever there doth sleep,
Must forever and forever
Drift alone upon the deep.
Oh, the island lost Of yore!
Oh, the days that are no more.
l am drifting on in pain,
And the morning dew will ever
Wet my sandal feet again.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-03

The enormous increase Of the pub
lie debt reported III the dispatches
this morning viii press moro closely
upon Congress the necessity of meet
ing this demand. The revenues of
the Government come far short of sat
isfying the requirements of current
expenses, and the question Is whether
the falling off of the receipts of reve-
nue. should be met by a reduction OF
the public expenditure or by increas-
ed taxation. Secretary Richardson,
who but n short time ago said that the
Treasury was prepared for war, IA
yors the latter mode, while the Ways
and Means and Appropriation COM
mittees of Congress seem to have de-
termined on the former policy. The
Secretary urges the restoration of the
duties on tea and coffee, which would
Weld about so, ,0O0,O 900 per annum;
an increase tax Of 10 cents q gallon on
distilled spirits, 81, ,0O0 900; [ cents adj
ditional on tobacco, $4,000, 600; illu-
minating material (gas and petroleum.
$3.50. 600; gross receipts of railroads,
$4,000, 900; of steamboats,, $500, 900;
insurance companies, 81, 800, 600; tele-
graph companies, S25O,OOO; express
companies, $500, 900; making in the
aggregate, S42, ,OOO,O 600; and, if this is
not enough, then the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue proposes to re-
store the stamps of legal instruments,
deeds, mortgages, &c, which viii in
crease this aggregate TO S52, 600, 600.
1t viii be a sorry day for the Repub-
licans when they adopt these suggcs-
tiOns. The people viii not stand It
and they ought not to stand 1t. The
revenues are amply sufficient for an
| economical administration of the Gov
/ ernment and there is no reason for in
| creasing the burden of taxation at a
period of such great commercial en-
barrassment and Distress Corriez
! Journal.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-03

AtBayis, France, some very val
liable relics have just been found
i workingman has dug up a vase
containing many gold pieces of the
times of the Roman EmperoPs.-
Other vases have been discovered,
and tits reported that there are
more than ten million coins con-
cealed in the neighborhood of the
ancient city. Nearly one million
have already been dug up. The pro-
prietOr OF the land claims the treas
ure, as do also the workmen and the
State,
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Whole tickets $50, 90; Halves $500, renths.
or each coupon $500; Eleven Whole Tickets
for $500 90; 22s Tickets for 81, 10000; ll3 Whole
Tickets for SS,OOOs 90; ~ whole licksts Tor
SlO. .OOO, 90. No discount on less than S5ls, 90
worth OF Tickets nj IA time.
The Fourth Gin Concert VIII be conc uctc'l,
in all respects, like the three which have al
ready been given, sad full particulars may be
learned from circulars which will be sent free
frum this office to all who apply for them.
Orders for tickets and applications Tor agen-
cies, viii be atterded to In the order they are
received, and it Il hoped they will be sent in
promptly that there may be no disappointment
or delay in dlling All. Liberal terms given TO
those who buy 70 sell again. All agents are
pcremptorily required TO settle up their ac-
counts and return all unsold tickets by the Goth
day OF NJ .reh.
THOS. E.. BRAMLETTE,
Agt Public Libr. Nv. & MANAGER Gift Concert,
Public Library Building, Louisville, Ky.
tlcraO-3m
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Tuesday, 31st of March, 1874.
They have already realized
OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.

Aud have a great many agents to hear from.
~ No doubt is entertained of the sale OF
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Administrators Notice.

HAVING been qualified as administrator of
1 the estate OF JAMES Toone, Jr., decensedi
at the December term, ls73, of the county
court of Madison county notice Is hereby Civ
en- to an persons having claims against said
estate 10 present them according TO law, and
those indebted viii come forward and settle.
{ will be found at the counting room ots>eIth
x Vincent. !. Y. KEITH, AdIh'r.
Dec. IL. IsI3-Im
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The latest sentimetal grangerism:
on, hump yourself, my lovely Poll,
Anl in the cause Of AHti-monop,
Wen mulch the turkeys IN the fan,
And gran the ong clam on the hOps
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-11
By 8. Guinault.
SUCCESSION OF FRANCOIS BOUGERR

DY =. GUINAULT, AUCTIONERR--OFR1CB
SATURDAY March 81, 1874 Will ne sod at twelve
o'clock NJ, at the Merchants and AuciOneers Bx-
change Royal street, between Canal and Custom
house streets. by virtue Of an order from the hon
orabe the Parish Court for the parish of st.
Charles, dated February g. 1874, the folio wing prop
erty, to wit
la CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND situated in the
Third District of this city (suburb Marigny) in the
square bounded by Frenchmen, Dauphne Cate
Greatmen), Burgundy Gate Craps), and ElySan
Frenchmen street, by 50 feet in depth, together
with all the buildings and improvements thereon
No. 49,
Q. A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND in the Second
District OF this city, in the square bounded
by Chartres, Barracks. Royal and Esplanade
racks. measuring French measure) 80 feet front
on Barracks street by depth of 81 feet and front
on Charities street. together with all the brick
buildings and improvements thereon consisting of
a O-st0ry brick house. having on the ground
floor three large rooms and cellar; in the
upper story four rooms, closet and gallery with a
balcony fronting Chartres and Barracks streets; a
two-sts brick kitchen and four rooms with eel
lars above and below, back prves, paved yard >,
waterworks, etc. The whole as per plans to DO ex-
hibited at the Exchange.
Terms-One-haf cash and the balance at one and
two years credit for notes bearing mortgage and
eight per cent interest per annum from date until
paid in equal installments, with the penal clause
that failure to pay the first instament the whole
to be due and exgbe, with the usual clause resefv-
gage on the property sold; five per cent attorneys
fees Of suit, with the pac of non. alisnandO
The building to be kept insured and the policies of
insurance transferred to the holders of the notes.
Acts Of sale before Charles f. Soniat, notary pub.
lie, at the expense Of the purchasers
frl7 "a mia IL I'll