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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16
a Sane Wan Confined for Tvwerve
Years In a Lunaffc Asylum,

CovingtOn, our trans Missouri
neighbor has had a sensation of me.
tropolitan proportions. For six
years she has numbered among her
residents a man named Thos. Car
ter and 4 woman named Mrs. Ora
colt, the twain, as is alleged, bear.
ing relations to each other which 1t
is incumbent upon couples in SIM
lar circumstances to have ratified
according TO law. Twelve years
ago they were residents Of Oregon,
the woman being the wife of man
by the name of Dracott, who was
worth at that time the very. COM
Portable sum of $4,000. BY con
spring with a couple of the physi-
clans connected with the Terrific
rial insane asylum, Carter and his
paramour succeeded in kidnapping
Dracott, and having him wrongful
ly incarcerated in the institution
on charge of insanity, thereby
gaining possession of his fortune
For twelve long years this villain
Gus fraud upon Dracott had been
kept up, depriving him of his lib
erty, and compelling him to associ-
ate with lunatics and madmen. By
some means he succeeded in con-
veying knowledge of his deplora-
BILE situation 10 persons outside,
and an investigation of the matter
was instituted. So strongly had
the job been put up, however, that
an- expense Of $4,000 on the part
of the authorities was required In
order to break up the tolls by which
DraeOtt was held. The efforts at
ferreting out the iniquity finally led
to the discovery of the prime actor
iE the monstrous imposition. A
United States detective was IN
strucsed to procure the arrest of
Carter and Mrs. DracotL Upon ar
rival at Omaha, the officer learned
that Carter had started for Salt
Lake City. Hc--telegraphed 10
Ogden, aud succeeded in securing
the arrest of his man at that place
IN last Wednesday. He then came
lp to Covington and arrested Mrs.
Dracott on Thursday. Yesterday
10 went to Dakota City to examine
he county records for the purpose
IF discovering what property the
pair had, in order that proceedings
nay be instituted for transferring
he title of it to Mr.. Draeott, as n
Partial restitution for what he has
,een deprived of by the maclina-
ions Of the guilty parties. Carter
las invested some money in Gov
ngton and Dakota county, and was
me Of the principal capitalists who
ave that town Che impetus it had
hree or four years ago.
We hope whatever wrong bas
cen committed may bring TO its
oers a prompt punishment, but it
out of the reach of possibilities
Or the unfortunate DracOtt 10 ever
ealizc anything like an adequate
for the misery and
rental anguish no has endured
hile suffering as the helpless OBJ
ct of the cupidity Of a faithless
lie and an unscrupulous knave.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16
AT THE BRIDAL.
BY HARRIET PRESCOTT sroFroRD.

BY HARRIET PRESCOTT sPOFFORD.
Wide stood the doors that morning,
or the sombar and ancient church,
And gayly the yellow sunshine
Streamed in on its seldom search
Streamed over the rtlstling satins,
Over Jewel and waving plume,
over smiling and confident gallants,
Over women all beauty and bloom,
And paused TO look at the pageant
In the midst OF the simmer and stir,
And TO hear the priest murmur; Forsakins
All others, cleaye only 10 her.
Fair twinkled the taper set altar,
And sweet blew tbs organs breath,
While the lover bent aud repeated:
TO love and 70 cherish till death.
The light from the great rose-Window
Came splendidly sitting down;
On her face there fell glory,
And over her hair a crown.
And l knew by the awful passion
With which be stood white and wan
That he cast his heart before her
For her feet to tread upon.
But the bride was softly smiling,
Loyesome and bright and fair
He was but the ring on her finger,
He was but the rose in her h1ir
And / would there had been a glamour
over my eyes, and blur,
At that eager vow OF forsaking
All others, and eleaying 10 her;
For out OF the pillared shadow
l saw beside me start
A wild-eyed girl with her baby
CiasPed oysr her breaking heart,
And down from the porch go flying-
The wreck Of a rapture unblcssod-
With only the river before her,
With only the river for rest
aaTper's Magazine for May.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16

The conflict of moral and legal
questions that has arisen in Con-
gress over the case of the polyga-
nous Cannon of Utah, is no nearer
q settlement now than it was before
the subcommittee reported. The
finding is simply that Mr.. Cannon
was duly elected and that so far as
age or residence in the territory is
concerned he is qualified to hold the
position, but touching the question
of polygamy the committee say
they had no authority either to ex-
anime the facts in the case or re-
port as to their bearing upon Mr..
Cannon's eligibility. In other
words, the committee declines to un.
dertake the consideration of q ques
ton of so grave, moral, legal and
religious import as that involved il
the Cannon case without special
authorization from the house, and
this the committee asks.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16
A Dog Charmed L, a Snake.
The Atlanta Sun is responsible fo
the following:

The Atlanta Sun is responsible for
the following:
Several days ago a gentleman in
this city went out in the country fowl
ing, taking with him an experienced
pointer. After hunting some time he
observed the dog come to q sudden
stop, and supposing the dog had
'stood" bird, advanced to shoot it.
But coming nearer he noticed that the
animal was fOaming at the mouth, as
if suffering an attack of hydrophobia.
Under closer observation he discoV-
cred that the dog was the victim of an
enormous snake, which was charming
it and steadily advancing upon its
prey. The dog stood immovable, per-
fectly transfXed. The gentleman
spoke to it, but it gave no heed, so
completely was it under the influence
of the dread charmer. Seeing that
the dog was in the most excruciating
agony, the gentleman raised the gun
and shot the snake dead. Instantly
and simultaneously with the shot and
death of the snake, the dog fell down
perfectly helpless, and to all appear
ance dead. 1t revived after some lit
tie time, but had it not been for some
timely assistance from the master, it
is believed that the poor animal
would have expired with the vicious
reptile of whose charm it was the
victim. The snake in question was a
| blue racer, about four or five feet
long, and was killed near Oglethorpe
park.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16
A COMPACT.


BY-RADnEL rclsgpaNs-
See me, comrade, as am.
II Pm anything to you;
Analyze within, without,
Search my secret motive out,
Sift il throughj
Take me, prithec, faults and all,
Or not at all.
BE my critic; I'll be yours;
What does friendship mean, forsooth,
II we dare not, you and l,
Putting brave illusions by,
Choose the truth?
VIII joy leave US, choosing 30.
Then let joy go.
DominOed to all the rest,
Moving IN masquerade,
With each other why not stand
Eye 10 eye as hand 10 hand,
Unafraid?
If the sequel probe us sore,
'Tis worth the more.
When these cheap conventions drop,
Shriyeling, pieeemeal, we shall know
Just how genuine the chain
Seemed but now to weld Us twain
Steel or tow.
Twill be riyeted more tight,
Or snap outright.
IL can never come, you say,
This unmasking each to zach;
Till Eternity's clear light
Purge the hesh-flm from our sight,
And we reach,
Through the pang Of that dread test,
Our worst or best,
Nay, then, wherefore play the fool
Putting fate in pawn to death.
Loves too dear to leave at stake,
Waiting till the nighttime take
Our sweet breath.
You and should fnd way
To learn to-day.
Lo! long years have tied us close;
Bonds Of use be hard to tear;
Mate Of mine, believe me true,
And I'll do rs much for you,
Here or There
One another, since we must,
Let's take on trust.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16

has not yet discovered that to escort
! Schneider to the Cirque is not the
acme Of glorious distinction for man,
and that to spend his nights playing
ecdrte will not itself, and by itself,
make HIM the pride and ornament of
society.
Don't marry a man over forty. He
bristles with habits as young English
ladies do with angles He goes to
sleep after dinner; or else he wants
the dullest parts of the newspaper
usually the money market quotations
read out loud to him. He doesn't
care for balls; and won't let you go
to them, though sometimes the re-
verse is the case, and he goes to every
ball aud waltZes away like a mad
man, to keep down his eHlbOHpOiRt and
prove that he still belongs to the
ranks of youth. He has twinges of
rheumatism, and his hair Is getting
thin over the bump of self-esteem.
He is fond of inviting a number of
old fogies to dinner, whom he viii
mention to You as ''two or three a
greeable young men coming to dine
this evening, my dear" He is partic-
Mar about draughts and getting his
IGct WGls 5luNAAOo L. 3 LCAC5 eA0 ACCPo
a homeopathic medicine chest. He has
an old servant, who rules him with a
rod of iron, and who will be your
stern censor and ineXorable judge.
He delights in reading statistics, di-
plomatic correspondence, proceed
ings in Congress or Parliament, &c.
He
But ! pause. have left you no one
to marry, find. Well, if you must
marry, marry some nice, respectable
old gentlemen of pinety-fve or there
abouts. By that time he will be re-
duced to a tolerable negative state,
as regards most of the obnoxious
1 have mentioned, and
he will, at least, have one unObjec-
tionable virtue-which is also the
and alas! the rarest virtue of
afternoon calls, of the interval be-
tween the courses at dinner parties,
good stories, sermons and rainy
of being sure not TO
last too long.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16

On the recent trial of a man for
horse-sealing, in Bolivar county, it
was pleaded by the counsel that the
accused was not in his right mind
when he did the deed, whereupon
Ex-Governor Clarke continued the
argument thus:
If the prisoner is insane, he
should be sent to Jackson to the
lunatic asylum. If he is a thief, he
should be sent there TO the State
Penitentiary. If he is partly a
thief and partly an idiot, he should
be sent there to the State Legisla-
ture.'
In their uncertainty as to the
place in Jackson he would most
ftly adorn, the jury concluded not
to send him there at all, and brot'
in a verdict of mot guilty.'-Holly
Springs South.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16

A PoOR UNFoRTUNATE.-AmOng
the scholars when Lamb and
Coleridge attended the Blue-coat
School was poor clergyman's son,
by the name of Simon Jennings.
On account of his dismal and
gloomy nature his playmates had
nicknamed him Pontius Plate.
One morning he went up to the
master, DIR. Boyer, and said, in his
usual whimpcring manner, please,
DR.. Boyer, the boys call me Pontius
Plate If there was one thing
which old Boyer hated moro than
false quantity in Greek or Latin
it was the practice of nicknaming.
Rushing down among the scholars
from his pedestal Of state, with cane
in hand, he cried, with his usual
voice of thunder, Listen, boys; the
next time hear any of you say
'Pontius Plate I'll cane you as
long as this cane will last. You
are to say Simon Jennings, and
not 'Pontius Plate Remember
that, If you value your hides
Having said this, Jupiter Tonsns
remOunted Clyn1PGss -lt------i.-...1s.
still hanging on bis brow. Next
day, when the same class were re-
citing the Catecbism, a boy Ofa re-
markably dull and literal turn of
mind had to repeat the Greed. He
got as far as suffered under, and
was about popping out the next
word, when Boyer's prohibition un-
luckily flashed upcn his obtuse
mind. After a moments hesita-
tien he blurted out, Suffered under
Simon Jennings, cruci-' The rest
of the word was never uttered, for
Boyer had already sprung like a
tiger upon him, and the cane was
descending upon his unfortunate
shoulders like a Norwegian hail
storm or an Alpine avalanche.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16

Courier-JournaI: Our young friend,
Mr.. RichardssLaRu of the Elizabeth
town News, is wearing his night-shirt,
he says, and saving his other one for
the annual Press Convention at Hen
derson- We are sorry to hear this.
We had hoped that no member of the
Association would think of seiZing the
Convention. as an occasion for osten-
tatious display, and if the wealthier
members, feeling that their incomes
will justify the putting on of style,
propose to make that Convention the
theatre Tor the exhibition of boiled
shirts we, for one, and perhaps two,
shall stay at home.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16
A Strangers Death in Strange
Land.
Editor courier-Journal.

Editor Courier-Journzl.
ELIzABETHTowN, KY, April %, IA.
There recently died at this place a
man who called himself Z. F. Over
deer. He had the appearance of be-
ing about sixty yeary of age. He said
he was born III Baltimore, Nd, lived
for a while at New Orleans, where he
said he accumulated some wealth; he
he then moved to Jackson, Miss, and
engaged in the mercantile business.
He represented himself as having been
a Major in the Confederate army, and
that he commanded a battalion at the
battle of Shiloh. His men being
dressed in blue were fired upon by the
Confederates, mistaking them for Fed
erals, and twenty-one of his men kill
ed. He spoke French, German and
English huently. He died giving no
information whatever about his friends
or family. Any one who may desire
to learn anything while he was here in
reference to him, or VIII give any in
formation respecting his history (and
are respectfully requested to do SOY,
can address English x Johnson, Eliz.
abethtown, Ky.
Papers throughout the South are
requested to give publicity to the
above.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16

A letter from Berlin says IL
was evident the purpose Of the Lib
erals in Foting to fix the military
strength of Germany for seven
years, was to enable the Emperor TO
prepare ear any hostile demonstra-
tioHs Sintipg the seven years Presi-
dent 4Io1la anon is 10 exercise his
power ia france. The letter adds
"The addition of some 100000 men
to the regular army, is a fact which
carries its own explanation, but
the effect Of this increase on the
available military material of the
cou = involves another calcuia-
tion. Besides the three years which
he serves under the flag, the recruit
has nine years in the reserve and
Landwehr"
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Smoot smote Gudgel with a cudgel,
and Gudgen gallOped away from Ken
lucky to the broad plains of eternal,
sc, Mrs. Gudgen tho't he was worth
about $4,000 to her, but after a care
full estimate the Court said SmoOt
must pay her SS5. And that discon-
tented woman wept tears of sore dis
pleasure. 'In mOmory of the loved
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She was made to think how much time
she had wasted 'foolin' around and
lawin'," when she might have been
getting her work in on the heart Of
.ome substitute for the SS5 No. I.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16

A Paris letter writer says: Evil
IDENTIFY difficulties are fast closing
in about Us, and every day we have
some fresh cause for rehecting up
on the insecurity of the moment.
The spirit which animated the Com
mune is very far from being crush
ed. The same men are once more
organizing for another attempt, and
Just as they did before in l84S and
1871.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16

The Cincinnati Enquirer special
from Lancaster, Ohio, says that on
Saturday at Shawnee, Perry county,
an unlicensed dentist administered
to Miss Sullivan eighty grains OF
bromide of chloral, and that she
died in a few minutes. The dentist
Immediately fed, and has not been
arrested.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16

The London Times gives great
encouragement to the English emf
grafton to Virginia. 1t refers TO
the considerable number of En-
glishmen settled in Virginia since
the war, and enumerates various
reasons for which, as it says, "an
Englishman finds himself more at
home in Virginia than almost any
where else on the American conti-
! ent.'
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16

Pardon was lately issued to Owen
I. Combs Of Monroe county, KY, who
Is said to be a grand nepheW of Gen.
Leslie Combs of Kentucky, on peti-
tiOn, conditioned that he does not be-
come intoxicated within sthe next ten
years. Combs was convicted OF as
sault to kill at the April term of the
Monroe circuit court, and sentenced
for two years. a large petition was
filed, and also a number of letters
from prominent citizens.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16
NUMBER 26

your bosom should be a prairie of love
and sympathy toward all human be-
ings, and what Will you be a hundred
years from now? 1 shudder to think
of it.
Please, sir, said the white boy.
Please, sir said the black boy.
Well I've got to fine you some a
mount, If I do it with broken heart,
and I'll make it one dollar each. Now,
then, stand back there until your
friends pass up the greenbacks. and
let this be q warning to last you as
long as you live. We're all put into
this world with the expectation that
all viii live together as peacefully as
sardines in a box, and if you are
brought here again 1 may conclude
that you need a stronger dose
Biian said the court stood adjourn
ed, and after ascertaining who threw
them peanut shells on the floor he
proceeded to put one of his boots
where 1t would do the most good, to
the great delight of all the small boys.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16
Police Court Pictures

Detroit Free Press
THOMAS I.
Tom Quinn, don't you know that
Justice always overtakes the guiltyY'
continued the Court as sailor named
above came beating up to the wind
ward.
'Yez, zur, replied Thomas.
And that, although the wicked may
prosper and wax fat for a little time,
the law must reach them at last and
they are cut down like a hower?'
'YeZ, Zur.'
sAnd, Thomas, if you were a police
justice and Tom Quinn got drunk and
fell through a window and kicked a
hsy and raised a row. wouldn't you
send him to the York-hOuse for six
ty days?
your heads level, Thomas, and if
you should be elected to the Legisla-
ture and want a certificate Of charac-
ter IN order to socare -your board with
out payment in advance call on the
undersigned.
THOMAS II.
Tom Hall, cOmmenced..His Honor,
as the second prisoner was led out,
don't you remember the verse:
Let dogs delight
To bark and fight
For tbs their nature to,
But-but-
Well, 1 don't exactly remember the
words, but the gist of it is that people
shouldn't go around with their backs
up and wanting to mash some one.
/ presume you remember?'
Blame me if do, replied Thomas,
shifting his quid.
We'll, it's Just the same whether you
/ do or 10 not. All wanted to know
was whether you upheld resort to mus
cular. force when forensic eloquence
would answer far better?'
Blamed if 1 know replied Thorn
as.
You never heard of Daniel Webster
going around with stone in a stock
ing, did you? You never heard o.
Calhoun laying for anybody. AnC
vet, sir, didn't they make a nation
thriIl?'
Blamed if know answered Thorn
as.
Next said His Honor, as he chalk
ed Thomas for two months, and
TWO BOYS
were ushered in. One was & whit
boy and one q black, and both wer
on the fence which divides childhOot
from youth
Been scratching and kicking an
pulling hair, eh?' inquired the Court.
He struck firstr yelled the whit
boy.
He struck firstP yelled the blac
boy.
1T makes no great difference abou
, that, continued His Honor, for I Sc
fight in both of you. Aren't Yo
ashamed of yourselves, my boys? Hel
f GU are, kicking and clawing each otl
in the spring time of youth, whe
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16

The Alabama river is falling slow
". The damage done is great, and
between Selma and Mobile, a large
cotton area is under water, and the
scarcity of cotton seed will prevent
the replanting of the crop.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16
Administrators Notice.

A LII persons Indebted TO the estate OF X.
a A. Cathsy, deceased, by note, account,
or otherwise, are requested TO come forward
and settle. All having claims against the
estate are requested 70 present them as the
law directs. Mr.. B. r. Campbell Is author
lied 10 transact the business for me.
REBECCA A. cATHEY,
Afavg-sw Adm TX
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16

The physicians of Opelika, Ala. ,have
resolved to do no more charitable
practice, but to throw the care of the
INDECENT siek upon the city, because
the City Council insist on the require
ment Of ten dollars license from ply
sicians.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16

State Senator Alexander +. Bar
Der and Bradford r. Davis, both
colored, have brought suits against
the Louisiana Jockey club, each
claiming $1,000 damage, because
petitioners aver said club refused to
sell them quarter-stretch badgesldu-
ring the recent races on account Of
their color, they being Of African
descent; that such refusal and ex-
clusion were not only in violation
of the principles of natural justice,
but also of the rights guaranteed TO
them by the constitution and stat
utes of the state.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16

The Milan Exchange is under
going one Of the trials that inevita-
bly, awaits every new paper in the
earlier period of it's existence, as
will be seen from the following;
We are every week receiving
communications on literary, moral
and all kinds of subjects. Now,
we have not room for them all.
Please write news-neighborhood
items. We are glad to receive any
thing in the shape Of news. But
don't write so much about the How
ers, beautiful sunsets, dress, man
ners and so forth.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16

Last week two boys in San Fran
cisco, named Messenger, fought
with a boy named Abraham Solo
mon. He drew a pistol and threat
ed TO shoot them. Their mother
interfered and caught the pistol
During the struggle the weapon
was discharged, shooting off Mrs.
Messengers fingers and hitting Sol
omon's head, killing him instantly.
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