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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24
Tennessee Politics.

Being entirely "serene" on the pO-
litical situation, we propose to take
no part at present, in the active dis
cussion of the "claims" of candidates.
The Nashville Banner Of recent date
has this piece of Information:
We have heard of one single self
announced independent candidate,
who declares his intention to run from
this county with the ayOwed purpose
of voting for a. J. tor United States
Senator, but they do say that Andy
has a sly notion of a trial of speed
with Butler and Gillinwaters for Con-
gress from that district. It would be
odd, indeed, to see the Nice-President
of the late Confederacy and the ex-
Vice-President of the United States
representing two Southern States in
the Lower House of the Forty-third
Congress. We have heard it init
mated, too, that Judge Freeman, of
the Supreme Court, feeling himself
oYerworked on the Bench, wouldn't
mind exchanging it for seat in Con-
gress. Chief Nicholson and Judge
Sneed, of the Supreme Bench, have
already been suggested-the former
Tor the United states Senate or OnleI
Justice OF the United States, and the
latter for Governor. Quite Il number
of names are mentioned to succeed
John @. Brown. At this writing we
can call to mind only the following
John NJ. Lea, w. b. Bate, II. II. Har-
rison, NJ. Burns, Z. II. East, of Da-
wilson; Jno. L. 7. Sneed, Wm. II.
Stephens, JnO. S. Kerr, of Shelby;
H. Maynard, John NJ. Fleming, OF
Knox; Alex Campbell, of Madison;
Andrew johnson. of Greene; a. S.
Marks, OF Franklin: o. II. Nixon, OF
Hickman; George w. Jones, of Lin
coin; ID. Il. Thomas, of Humphreys
Thomas II. Caldwell, of Bedford.
These are all We can remember at
present, but nominations are still in
order.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24
PLAIN TRUTIIEs.


Never wish a thing done, but do it.
Those who blow t 9e Goals of others
strife may have the~Parks fly IN their
own faces.
\ man should never be ashamed to
own he has been in the wrong, which
Is but saying in other words, that he
| is wiser to-day than he was yesterday.
Pope.
1t IS a heaven upon earth to have
the mind move ia charity, rest in
providence, and turn upon the pole
of truth.-Bacon.
Our life is determined Tor Us; and
it makes the mind very free'when we
give up wishing, and only think Of
bearing what IS given US TO do
George Eliot.
Verse alone is not poetry. Poetry
is ideas. Verse is only an elegant
dress upon a beautiful body. Poetry
can be expressed in prose. It is only
the more perfect under the grace and
majesty of verse. IT Is the poetry Of
the soul which inspires noble senti-
ments and noble deeds as well as no.
bic writings.
Religion is not confined to devotion
al exercises, but rather consists in
doing all we are called and qualified
to do, with a single eye to Gods gIo-
nv and viii, from a grateful sense Of
His love and mercy to US. This is the
alchemy which turns everything into
gold, and stamps lyAlue upon CON-
mon actiOns.-J. Newton.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24
THE FIRST POCKET.


What is this tremendous noise
What can be tie matter
Wil1e's coming up the stairs
With an unusual clatter,
Now he bursts into the room.
Noisy rs a rocket;
..Auntie, am Eve years old
And Tyc got a pocket ."
Eyes a. round and bright as star;
Checks like apples glowing;
Heart that thi, new treasure ills
Quite 70 Overlooking.
Jack may have his ,queakinE boots,
Kate may haze her lockct,
I've got something better yet
have got pocket 30
an too fresh the JOY 10 make
Emptiness a sorrow;
Little hand Is plump enough
To hu it'll tomorrow,
And Ger many days are o''r,
StraRgcst things did stock il;
Nothing ever came ami,s.
To ihi, wonerOus pocket.
Leather, marblcs, bit, Of strin-
LeoTicc sticks aud candy,
stones, ball, has pennies, too,
10 was always handy.
ARd when Willio's snug in bed,
Should you chance 10 knock Il,
Sundry treasures ratified out
From this crowded pocket.
Sometimes Johnny's borrowed knife
Found place within IL;
lie forgot what he had said,
II want It just minute"
once the closet hey was Lost;
No one could unlock it;
WRere do YOU suppose Il w4s:-
Down in Wiilie's pocket.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24
Supreme COurt-Ifs Construction of
the Homestead Law.

Inasmuch as the supreme court
of Tennessee has nev5r made ru.
ling on the subject; and as many
like cases are now pending in most
all the courts in the State, Chief
Justice Nicholson delivered a high
ly important opinion yesterday,
says the Nashville Banner, of Sun
day, in the ease of K. A. Hicks,
administrator, VS.. Mary d. Pepper,
etc. In January, 1873, young Pep
per died in Robertson county,
leaving a widow and an infant
The widow removed to Kentucky,
carrying with her the infant, with
no intention of returning and Oc-
cupying the homestead, thereby
becoming 4 nonresident of the
State, and, rs the court held, relin-
gushing her right to the home
stead by voluntary and permanent
abandonment of the possession of
the premises. The domicil Of the
child was removed, and its contin-
gent right to the homestead exemp-
ton ceased by the removal along
with that of the mother. 1t follows
that upon the removal of the wild
ow and the child, and their acquir-
ing a permanent domicil in Ken
tucky, the homestead ceased from
the ordinary operation Of the laws
of the State. In support of his
conclusions Chief-Justice NichoI-
son quotes from the case of Black
VS.. Currens, in II Wallace, as fol-
lows: Aslong as the property re-
tanned its peculiar character, it
was within the protection of the
law, but the exemption from sale
under execution, or by deed lex
cept with homestead waiver) could
be lost by abandonment or surren-
der; that Is to say. by acts IN Pdis.'
The case of Black VS.. Curren, in-
volved the construction of the Hi
nOis homestead law, which is sub
stantially the same with ours. The
result was that the decree Of the
chancellor giving to the widow and
child one thousand dollars for the
homestead exemption in addition
to the dover was erroneous, and
the case was therefore reversed.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24
ADVERTISING RATES.

III one inch space constitutes square
Where Advertisements arc ordered 10 oe
unusually displayed they will be charged
for according 10 the space they occupy
one inch to constitute q square.
SheriGs, Clerks and Rangers. WHO senn
us their patronage will rccCive the WING
without charge.
RR-CANDIDATEs-Fo announcing can
didates for County offices and the Legisla
ture. $40; for Congress $50; Tor Munlclpa
and civil district Offices. sal in advance
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24
Valuable Land for Sale.
In the County Court of Madison
County, Tenn.

VIM. H. shelton, ct al, vs.. Ophelia ]. Shell
ton and others.
DH virtue of an interlocutory decree pro
ID nounced at the January term, lSll- OF
ihc County Court OF Madison county. Ten
pcssec, in the above cause, VIII, on Satur-
day 9TH Of February, 1871, at the north door
of the courthouse in the city OF Jackson =
,.xpOse for sale. to the highest bidder. "A val
liable tract OF Land containing 3lfacres.
said land lies in the Sun civil district OF
Madison county, Tenn, and Is sold for par
tition and division among the heirs Of ".
NJ. shelton, decd, free from she dover right
of Ophelia j. Shelton In the same.
TERMS or SALE.-One-fOurth the purchase
money to be paid in cash, balance on one
and two years time, notes and approved Sc
curlty 10 be given for the balance and "A Hen
retained for the paymentof the same:
+. &. MccOWA1. Clerk.
Brown. EnlOe e bullock, Soils.
Jan. Il, 1S7I-3L
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24

be made IN the whole system of Grim
inal prosecutions. Ii is not, hOwev-
or, every change which Is reform
or betterment Of existing Inconyeu-
fences, and while we do not pretend
to have exhausted the catalogue of
judicial reform, we have abstained
from further or more radical changes
in our time-hOuOrcd system, for fear
that 4 spirit Of innovation might be
evoked which would rudely shake or
overthrow the well-settled and salu-
tary provisions which in time past
proved efficient for protection Of law
abiding citizens and the punishment
of malefactors.
It Is scarcely necessary to alludc to
the well known fact that the evil
times upon which this generation
have fallen, the result in part of the
dcCadeuce of virtue, consequent upon
the direst of all political calamities, a
civil war, IS a full and sad explanation
of the increase Of lawlessness requir-
ing prosecution IN this State. An
honest man and law-abiding citizen
cost the state nothing, but, on the
contrary, is her support and orna-
mcnt. \ law breaker, on the other
hand, Is a continual source of trouble
and expense, who must be punished
at any cost, or the State given over
to be bound and slain by malefactOrs.
W. p. HICRERsoN,
j. H. RUSSELL,
W. III. WILLIAMSON,
=. VI. FITE,
L. y. Frazier,
NEWTON HACKER
4. j. CALDWELL.
The resolutions were adopted.
Luke L. Wright, Attorney General
of Shelby county, suggested the fol-
lowing: That after 4 case has been
to the Supreme Court, the
presence of the prisoner is not re-
quircd at the Supreme Court room
on the trial of the cause before that
court.
The suggestion was received favor
ably and referred to the Committee on
Reforms.
CONTINUED on Second page.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24

\ railroad has issued the fellow
ing instruction 10 its employees,
which they will do well to follow:
"Treat all persons doing business
with you as any good business man
would treat his customers, and not
as if you were comforting a favor.
Endeavor TO make the road popu-
lar, as its business depends upon
TIE goodwill Of the citizens,
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24

II Lrzarus had liyzd to-day-sot down in
some mans door
An that mans dog had come along, and
licked old Laz.'s sore,
I'm satisfied, with all the Christian fcelin'
that he has,
H,'d 'station-housc' poor L7z., and lick
the dog for lickin' I.az.
People who turn away from an old
beggar do not know how much histo-
~ may be represented by wrinkles and
wrapped up in rags. Very many who
have mingled with great world move
meuts have been crippled by the con-
YulsionS, and the world went on with
ont them, to neglect and forget. They
are as much part of history as lava,
and rifted rock and boulders are of
the eruptions in the earth's periods.
They have found an old man in New
York, who participated in BOnaparte' S
battles from AusterlitZ tOT Waterloo.
His name is Peter Reichertz, and he
was born at Maycnce in 1854. He
was in the army of Gen. Moreau, and
first saw fighting in 1905. He was
wounded at Austerlitz and Jena, and
fOught at Eylau, Friedland and Wag-
ram. He was one of the few of his
regiment that returned from the Rus.
sian campaign. After Waterloo he
came to this country with some OF Ma
pOleon's officers, and has been for
many years beGgar IN New York.
Until lately he was able to crawl
around amongst his charitable friends,
| but now rheumatism has shackIed him
in his miserable garret.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24

The old claim to the throne of Eng
land, via the old scandal about George
III, and Hannah Lightfoot, the Qua
keress, comes up once more. Several
years ago, one Mrs Rives aspircd to
VictOria's royal chair and other regal
furniture. She has since died, and
the claim with her. She possessed pa
pers that some of the strongest lawyers
in England did not dare deny gave
her a vail claim to the crowns of
England; papers proving n regular
marriage between the King and the
Quakeress, and recognizing their le-
gitimate descendants. Now comes
Thomas Frederick Guelph, 'Duke of
York, and rightful and lawful descend
ant by the legal marriage" referred to
and reyives this claim. In addition
to this claim he asserts that he alone
is entitled to be called Prince of Wales,
as his mothers father, David Davies,
4 Protestant clergyman excommuni-
Gated year ago, though dead many
years, by London ritualistic priest,
was the last male descendent of Lie
wellyn, the last King of Wales.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24

There is 4 proposal in England
to have 4 superior class carriage on
railways to the first, which is not
quite first enough for the better
class of travellers. If the directors
would have padded carriages, sim
liar TO the padded rooms in which
violent lunatics are kept, so that
passengers would not be likely to
be hurt during the now necessary
collisions, the innovation would
pay well. The chance of escape
would be worth large sum to any
traveller.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24

4 cross-oyed man cast 4 gloom over
a Detroit street car last Wednesday
by addressing one Of the seven men
and strangers on the opposite seat,
-'if he had any chewing tobacco
handy" First the seven strangers
looked at each other. Then the seven
hands went pOcketward, and, upon
observing this motion, each Of the
seven supposed his neighbor the one
spoken to, ana the seven hands re-
turned empty. The crOss-eyed man
cast a ricochet glance OF Indignation
along the line, and with the remark,
''a sweet-scented lot Of generous roos-
ters, took q chew of his own tobacco.
cleveland Voice
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24

Arch Bishop Manning, of England,
i'll Il recent Essay on the above sub
iect, takes the ground 1--we quote from
the st. Louis Republican,, that "Ce-
sarism is nothing more nor less than
the union of civil and religious au-
thority in one person; and that Ultra
montanism is simply the assertion of
the spiritual supremacy of the church
within the limits of its own faith
CHsarism, he insists, is at present
embodied in the German Emperor
Ultramontanism in Plus TX. Betwe cen
these twO-or rather, between the
ideas which the emperor and the pope
now rCpresent-thc world must soon
or or later choose. Mankind Will be
compelled either to bow down and
worship Il secular priest who seeks to
monopolizc sacred prerOgatiyes for
his own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, or else to
render homage to a pOntifT, who Is the
heaven-Ordained exponent of an i'm
mutable and iufallible church-a
church which alone has the right to
give final decision in all questions of
creed and practice"
In an able editorial criticism on
Arch Bishop Manning's position the
st. Louis Republican takes the true
ground that the only safety for either
Church or State is in having no con-
nection. Among other things the
Republican says:
For religion, strange as it may
seem, has directly or Indirectly been
the cause of more malice, hatred and
all Observation-Disclosures; of more sin.
shame, tribulation and suffering; of
more heart-burnings heart-breakings
and UnUtterablc anguish; of more
prosecutions, wars and bloodshed,
than any other agency which history
records. Not until the slow moving
| processes of centuries had evolved the
principle that the human conscience
Is, and of right ought to be, forever
/ free, did religion, which man had con,
verted into a curse, become the bless.
/ ing which God desigued. And not
until popes and empcrors, priests and
laity, powers temporal and powers
| spiritual, recognize and confirm this
principle by decreeing the eterna
divorce of church and state, will re
ligion accomplish its beneficcnt mis-
sion upon the earth.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24

Paris, KY, has gone crazy over
roller-skates, and the Lexington Press
says the skaters are a little awkward
at first, but come down splendidly on
their home stretch. Cutters Physi-
oIogy" is the only one We have at
hand, and it doesn't mention any such
locality for 4 fellow 10 come down on;
but we know what the Press means
we've skated.-Cincinnat Times.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24

The Rev. J. NJ Drake and wife, of
Lima, Ohio, died recently from poi
sOning. They Were preparing to pa
per a room in their house, aud in
tearing down the old paper, which
was Of a deep green color, a dust was
created which was inhaled by them,
and they were poisoned by it. They
died within a short time Of each other
and were buried on the same day.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24

An undecided fellow courted Il
lady for twenty-eight years, and
then married her. She turned out
Z perfect virago, but died in two
years after the wedding. "Now,"
said he, in a selfcongratulating
tone, see what l have escaped by a
long courtship,"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24

a Professor. in explaining to a class
of young ladies the theory according
to which the body is entirely renewed
every seven years, said: ''Thus, Miss
B., IN seven years you viii in reality
be no longer Miss B. Il really hope
I shan't," demurely responded the
girl, casting down her eyes.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24

Having to preach in the pulpit OF
the town in which he found his wife,
on the Sabbath after his marriage,
one maladroit minister-who had
grown irOn-gray as a bachelor-in his
simplicity so far forgot all sugges-
tions possible to the occasion, as to
announce as his text: job xxx. ,, and
read amid the painful filters of the
people: go that I We're as in months
past; as IN the days when God pre-
served me ="
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24
Over a Million in Bank!
Success Assured.
A Full Drawing Certain
ON Tuesday, 81 Of MGrch Ne.ct.
OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.

Aud have a great many agents TO hear from.
~ No doubt H. entertained of the sale Of
every Ticket before the Drawing, hut whether
all are sold or not. the Concert ana Drawing
will positively aud unequiyocally take place
ON the Day now liked, and ti any remain un-
sold they will bc cancelled and the Prizes Will
be reduced in proportion 10 the unsold
q4CkCts. ~
nnlA an. n.mn LlcL.L- haN. L..n L-.mal and
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24
PIANOS,

nFMARKABLE for durability and brillian-
IL, cv of tone. Prices $50 TO $50.
superb Parlur Grands OF "a Octavcs. Price
sGa0-lcss for cash. Pianos sold tuned gratis
ior 4 yc wears l.. r. WHITAKER
Dealer in Pianos and Organs.
Jackson, Aug l5-6m.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24

Baron Reuter-. who didn't rent the
kingdom of Persia, after all, Is doing
a better business by staying at home
in his telegraph Office, the receipts of
which since the panic have been from
So, 900 to $4,000, chiefly on CONNER
cial dispatcheE.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24
FOE RENT Or LEASE.

nROPaSALS for the rent or lease of the
/ Fair Grounds Of the w. II. \. n NJ. Asso-
cation Will be received by the undersigned.
THE same will he rented fur one year or longer,
but NOT TO Interfere with the usual Fail meet
ings of the Fairs, and subject 20 the cnndi-
lions and instructions of the President and
Board of Directors.
JOHN 4. TOMLINSON,
}. Nj. CARrMELL,
JOHN Y KEITH,
Noy, Sill Committee.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24

Whole tickets $50, 90; Halves S2A0o, renths.
or each coupon 500; Eleven Whole Tlckcls
for S500, 90; ssii Tickets for 81 $4,000; us Whole
Tickets for 3, ,On, 90; ~ Nhole licAetS Tor
Riu, 900 90. No discount on less Than Silg, 90
worth OF Tickets at time.
The Fourth Gin Concert will he cone uctcd,
ready been given. and full particulars may be
learned from circulars which will be sent irec
from this Office To all who apply for them,
order. for tickets and applications tor aSen-
cies, viii be attended to IN the order they are
received, aud il Is hoped they will be- sent IN
promptly that there NAV hc no disappointment
or DELAY in ulling all. Liberal terms given TO
those Who.huy to sell again. All agents are
pcrcmrtorily required TO settle up their uc-
counts and return all un~old tickets 10y the Goth
day ot March
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24
I&. 900 Cash Gifts.
$1,5OO,OOO
LIST OF GIFTS-

will be distributed among the ticket holders.
The tickets are printed in coupons, OF tenths,
and an fractional parts will be presented IN the
IraNinl, im.I AZ whole tickets are.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24
WHIG AND TRIBUNE.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATUREAY BY
D, M. WISDOM & co.

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Single copies 10 cents.
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I'D MondnY in March, lSIl,
N O T &c E.
I'm the Chancery Court of Mad
isOn County. Tenn.

A. r. Stukciv a. al, vs.. Thomas u. ShCr-
man ct al.
I y this cause, It appearing that SciTc fIri1y
| aud an 0lt0y Scirr f,,cidy have been ISSUED
10 the sheriff of shelby county, commanding
him to make kup IN the contents thereof to
Ella MJnlcN and .-.. Manlcy, her husband,
Edwin sherman, samuel sherman and Lula
Sherman, and commanding them tn appcarand
make defense TO Complainants hill; both OF
which were duly returned by said sheriff, that
said named parties were not To hc found in his
county.
n IS now. therefore, in Obrflicuce 20 an or
der made at the last term ot the Court, ordered
10y the Clerk and.Master, that said Ella Man
ley and - Manley, her husband, Edwin
sherman, Samuel Sherman ami Lula sherman
make their appearance herein, al the oAcc of
the Clerk and Master, in Jackson, Tennessee,
on or before the
lst Monday in March, 1874,
and mak, defense % Compliments bill, or the
same will'hc taken Tor confessed rs To thvm
and set for hearing eN parte.
It IS further ordered that this notice he pub
lishcd foi,r successive weeks in the Jackson
WING and Tribune.
laniO-4w. y. NJ. WISDOM, {. \ NJ
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24

Whose mighty strength still binds this
SHINING world
To God! How dark thi, life; how dread
ftil death;
How cold the yawninS grave would bc,
Without your blessed consolation!
Let the pomP
And pageantry Of earth. like empty dreams,
ITnhcedcd pass. Let mortal wisdom fade,
And vanish from the musty scroll Of time,
Nor leave q trace behind. Let stars grow
dim
With years, and leave their places void
amid
The marshallod host, of night Yes, let
the heavens
Themselves be rolled up a scroll upon
The walls Of vast Eternity; while hll and
mountain
Flee away aghast, amid expiring nature.
Yes,
This earth shall live, supreme above decay
Embiazoncd high above the burning ele-
mentS,
Aud through the mighty angels final
trump.
Snail call to life the throngius dead.
Ne, who have watched
The Cbbing tide OF life DRIFT further out
With every weary pulse, amid the mist
Ofthr eternal wave, until at last,
All that WAS dear to earth, was shrouded
up
From mortal guze. Ne who have stood
Beside the open grave, and heard the dull
And hollow rumble of hc falling elods
Upon the cofin-ltd below; then turned,
With mournful step and lonely heart, and
left
Your treasure slumbcrins there. You, who
with each
Returning year, have sought some grassy
grave,
DO drop affections tear above the good,
The brave, the beautiful, that sadly there
Ye buried long ago; what is your hope,
As back DER memory's winding track there
comes
The hollow echo of these solemn words
Repeating, Earth to earth and dust to
dust :"
IIark to the ,cofIcr's mockins whisper;
"Dcath is an eternal sleep! Here l. the end,
The dark, irrcyocablo end OF all Thy dream
of love.
Here, all thy cherished ties
That vlinly stretch their longing arms
Beyond the tomb, must turn in horror
back
Upon the nishtful verge Of Nothinsness
And everlasting night. Here, all that
binds thee
Now to one that was, but never more shall
be,
T. but heap Of clay at best,
That still shall slumbcr on, TO mock thy
tears
Aud make remembrance bitter with the
thought
That an that thou hast loved Is lost to thee,
Aud from all being lost forever -