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correspondence New York Tribune.j
In the course ola recent tour through
certain sections of Alabama, various
noteworthy facts, from which, it seems
to me- a potent moral may be drawn,
were impressed upon my mind with
such force that can not fOrbear ask
ing you to present them for public
consideration. An almost incredible
amount of suffering and restitution
exists throughout u wide belt CONF
prisiug the sO-caIled "allcOttOnn cOun-
ties, and believe l speak the uneXag-
gerated truth when say that thOus-
ands of people are being driven from
their homes, or are completely mac
tive under the presSue Of a profound
despair. The people of these counties
have with rare exceptions, displayed
admirable courage since the war, strug-
Cling through years of poverty, endea-
voring despite totally dtsorganized
labor system, and a variety OF disas-
ters to their crops, to wiring support
from cotton culture alone; but they
have failed, and in many places-nOta-
bly, in the vicinity of Montgomery
great distress prevails. OF late the
planters in that section have been
compelled ordinarily to mortgage their
crops in advance, in order to obtain
the bacon and corn with which TO feed
the Iaborers who cultivate the crops.
Placing their whole reliance upon cot
ton, it is easy to see that if that staple
fails them they are reduced to the
dlrest extremity-nOt even having
food to put in their mouths, nor any
money to give in exchange for food.
During the last cotton year the vista
ton of the yellow fever in Montgom-
cry, the dreadful ravages of the cater
pillars which destroyed the young cot
ton plants, and recently, the course of
the financial panic, have resulted in
reducing the number of bales usually
received in Montgomery 5000 to
$4,000 to about $4,000. Hundreds of
cotton-planters have lost not only
their crops but their hOmes-which
must now go into the market under
sheriffs sales-and women and little
children are suffering for bread. The
trains for Mobile and New Orleans are
filed with discouraged-lOOkin men
and women, 'tgoing to Texas. Those
who cannot procure the means to get
away must remain and-starve-
The papers are filed with accounts
indicating the general trouble. The
following letter was recently published
in a Montgomery journal, as sample
of great many received by private
individuals:
"NIr-: Please give the bearer what
is left from your table for myself and |
my suffering family. am suffering |
the pangs of hunger, and have no help |
T have been sick and helpless; am now |
unable to walk square. My little
child, one year and four months, old |
can not stand upon his feet or sit alone.
For heavens sake-for PHYS sake |
send me something 10 eat, II 1t be |
but the scraps from your la
bic, and God will bless you. AS soon |
as | can walk will call to see y,u."
The negroes throughout the section,
perpleXed and vexed at the situation,
become dissolute and reckless in their /
ideas of meum and tuuna, aud great
of them are fiocking into
Mississippi, hoping there to fall upon
better times. The streets and market
places are crowded with idle and
people.
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Valuable Real Estate
For Sale.

4 tract of land about four miles west OF
Centreville, Hickman county, Tenn, between
the rivers of Duck and Pine, containing about
two thousand acres, with al abundance OF ex~
cellent timber, and two ~ very rich and in
exhaustibe IRON ORE BANKS. The north
boundary of SAID tract is within three or four
miles of the old Oakland Furnace, on Mill
Greek.
ALSO, about fifteen hundred acres west Of
Pine River, well timbered, with iron ore in
abundance. Will sell at 81 per acre.
These tracts are on the line of the Narrow
Gauge Railroad, if it crosses the river at Cen
trsvills.
ALSO, tract of land in Lewis county, four
miles south of Newburgh, con tanning five (5l
thousand acres, the most of which is level and
is what is designated "barren lands. 1t Is well
timbered, and includes the pine timber and
the cd "Pigeon Roost;" has several very fine,
and valuable Iron banks; at least three thou
sand acres are level and can be cultivated,
and is well adapted TO grapes. and would make
a valuable farm for raising sheep.
Another tract, in the same county, on Trace
Creek, contains 425 acres. with about forty
Lcres open land, very well improved and in a
good neighborhood. Will sell for g per acre
with it.
ALSO, four hundred acres two miles due
south of Centreviile, Hickman county, Tenn
about thirty five acres in cultivation; double
log house, stable and corn crib; about sixtv
apple trees, some very large, mostly early
fruit; we'll watered, three or four never failing
springs; bold running creek runs through
near the centre. Well numbered. 50 90 per
acre.
Apply to Hershey & Figuers, at Columbia
Or Il. Clagett, at CentreVille.
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it was that his Son was crucifed and
rose again. Many sacred thoughts
pass through the minds as we ponder
on this city.
Coming from the darkness and
gloom of antiquity to something that
"e are more conversant with, Greece
and Rome demand a share of atten-
ZION. Greece was settled bv Javan,
the son of Japheth. Until TIC 3. G.
the history is fabulous. That date is
called the first Olympiad, because al
that time the Olympic games were
restored by Lycurgus. The most i'm
portant states of Greece were Attica,
and Laconia, or as they are more fire.
quently stylel Athens and Sparta.
For many years long wars were car
RED on between these states, and it
was only when called upon to defend
their country against common enc
my that they united their forces.
th9 Persian monarchs, Darius and
Xerxes, tried for many years to con-
quer Greece but were unsuccessful.
During these wars the celebrated
battles of Marathon, Thermopyla,
Salamis and PlaIea were fought.
These battles have a worldwide re-
nown, and the mere mention of either
of them carries the listener back to
these glorious days, and brings before
MIN with vividness, the bravery of
Leonidas with his brave band of
three hundred, fighting an immense
force until they all persisted. Greece
was conquered by Philip of Macedon
IN the battle of Cheronea. This
could never have been accomplished
had there existed any national union
between the states; but civil war had
weakened her power, and destroyed
her patriotism, so that she fell an easy
prey to this powerful and crafty enc
my. Greece produced more war
rlors, poets, statesmen, philosophers
aud heroes than any other country,
either ancient or modern. When
Macedon was conquered by Rome,
Greece fell under the Roman yoke,
B. G. 146. Rome was founded before
Christ 1853, tradition says by Rcmu-
lus, but this fact if fact it may be
called has been disputed. After
Romulus there were six other kings
whose united reigns comprised two
cen nries and half. After the kings
comes long list of consuIs, then
there are two sets of triumvirs, and
last, long list of emperors. The his
tory of Rome is nothing more than
an account of the continual struggle
between the patricians and the pie
beans. Many moral lessons NAV be
learned from it.
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If our State is to continue under the
control of the Democracy, it must be
done by the country people. All that is
necessary for RadicaIism to rule the cit
les Is to give them few governmental
sops. The promise of custom-house is
sufficient to charm the property holders
of Memphis and Nashville away from the
the polls on election day, and thus let the
Radical candidates be elected. Nash,
vile and Memphis are both blessed with
Radical Mayors-elected by the indiffer.
ence of the white people We have an
abiding faith, however, in the honesty
and consistency of the yeomanry of the
country, who cannot be bought with gov.
eminent patronage; but they must arouse
from their lethargy and take more &C
tive interest in politics.
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AGAssIz was the on'y well equipped
naturalist of high mental power in
this country who withstood Dawinism.
Now that he has been removed by
death, there is danger that the Oar
winian hypothesis will meet with
wider acceptance than ever. Rev.
DIR. BROWN, an able orthodox minis
ter, upheld it at the late meeting of
the Evangelical Alliance We infer
that HENRY WARD BEECHER, who is
not much of scientific man, believes
in it; and we ground this inference
from observations occasionally made
by him in his sermons. There is an
article favorable to it by Rev. GEORGE
HENsLow, in the latest issue of the
Popular Science Monthly. He considers
that, just as theologians have been
compelled to give up the idea of a
literal "week'' of creation, aud many
other ideas which they once held as
sacred, so they must now altogether
give up the creative theory, and ac-
cept evolution as fundamental truth
None of the arguments of AGAsSIz-
not even his more recent arguments
against DarWinism-seem to have
made any impression on the scientific
mind of the world; and there is no
reason to believe that he was prepar-
ed to offer any novel grounds of Obiec-
ton to it in the series of papers for the
atlantic Monthly, the first of which he
had written shortly before his death.
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Tennessee River Iron A md Man
ufacturin& COMPANY.

We learn that the chancery court of
Lawrence county, in this State, at its
November term, 1873, granted a char
ter under the laws of Tennessee, to the
Tennessee River iron and manufacture
Ing company. The object of this COM
papy, as we learn, is to buy up valua-
bic iron ore lands and factory sites in
Wayne. Lawrence, Lewis and Hick-
man counties in this State, for the
purpose of having railroads built
through these mineral regions, and in
order to do this, they propose to sell or
mortgage their ore banks or factory
sites. 1t is we'll known that the best
water-power and the most valuable
iron-ore lands in Tennessee, if not in
the Southern States, are in these coun-
ties. The members Of this company
intend to use their capital and means
in causing these valuable ore banks
and water-power to be brought into
active use. These lands can now be
bought at most nominal prices, but
when they are penetrated by railways
and their wealth fully exhibited. there
is no telling what they viii be worth.
This is an enterprise that, VIII lie it will
greatly benefit The country, will be a
source of much profit to the stock
holders These rich mineral regions
are nearer to Memphis than any other
coal or iron. - Memphis Appeal.
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IF ALECK STEPHESs talks much more
IN Congress, he viii become, not to put
100 fine a point on it, bore. The pa
pers are poking fun at him, and the hon
est yeOmanry sre justly indignant at his
salaTy-grab plea. ALECK had better sub
siGe.-NaShUille Banner.
The above remarks OF our contemporary
were called forth by the late speech of
Hon. A. II. STEPHENS, of Ga, against
BEN. Buffers Civil Rights Bill, one OF
the ablest speeches made in Congress in
many years. His speech cannot be an-
swered by argument, and, of course, those
in favor of negro equality are making fun
of tit is their only resort. And be-
cause Mr.. SrEPHENs, one of the ablest of
Southern statesmen, makes an unanswer-
able speech against one of the most
odious and unfortunate bills ever intro
duced in Congress, the Banner wants
him to subside
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From the Guardian.
Ancient History.

History is q record of events, or il
| has been styled Philosophy teaching
by example. The history of ancient
times is an interesting and iustruc-
tive one: but the materialis so album
dant that 10 give general outline of
it in half dozen pages is q very diff
ficult matter.
The principal sources of Ancient
History are the Bible, profane writ
ings, and the inscriptions on tombs,
monuments, and other remains of an
cient glory. The father of profane
history was HerOdotus, who was born
at Halicarnassus in Caria, and was
contempOraneOus with Malachi, the
last of the Hebrew prophets. The
most noted nations OF ancient times
were the Assvrians and Babylonians
in Asia, and the Egyptians and
Ethiopians in Africa. Assyria was
fertile aud populous region situated
along the Tigris river. Nineveb, the
capital, was one of the most splendid
clues of the ancient world. The
walls surrounding this city were one
hundred feet high, and sixty miles in
circuit, aud so broad at the top that
three chariots could be driven
abreast on them. We have very little
authentic history of Assyria. Baby
lOnia or Chaldea was a country lying
along the Euphrates. The capital city
was Babylon, built by Nimrod, who
is supposed to be the same as the
Belus spoken of by early writers as
he founder of this city. The walls
of this city were three hundred and
fifty feet high, and cighty-seven feet
thick; the city was entered by one
hundred gates all made of solid brass.
The chief ornaments of the city were
the temple of Belus, the tower of Ba-
bel, and the Hanging gardens. These
last were so beautiful that they were
counted one of the seven wonders of
the world. Much as has been said of
modern art, it has not as yet produced
anything rivalling, in beauty, this
marvel of ancient times. The cele-
brated ancient cities OF Egypt were
Jhebes, Memphis and Alexandria.
Thebes was the capital of Upper
Egypt, and was built on the river
Nile, near this city were the pyramids
and sphynx. Alexandria was built
by Alexander the Great B. G. 80 2. 1t
soon rose to emineDce and become
the metropolis of Europe, Africa and
India.
Ethiopia was country lying direct
ly south OF Egypt, and having for its
capital Meroe, which was the empo- !
rum of Arabia, Egypt and the other
great nations. But she most celebra- |
ted city of the world was Jerusalem. !
This city was once the capital of the !
Hebrew monarchy, aud was adorned .
with the Holy Temple and other
palaces. 1t was here
that Gods chosen people dWelt, here
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IN the vote on the salary bill in the
Senate, the two Tennessee Senators
were against repeal. Mr.. COOPER,
however, did not vote, having paired
Off We presume he was against the
amendment which passed, however,
because it did not go far enough. 1t
repeats the law affecting Senators and
Congressman, but allows the increased
salary of the President and Judges of
the Supreme Court to remain. The
House agreed to the Senate amend
ment on Tuesday, and the bill was
sent up for the Presidents approval.
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It was A. Stephens who said, on the
5th, 1.-THE dawn of new epoch in poll
tics is upon u.s. Welcome, any RUM
Der of new epochs. The night of the
old smallpox of politicians has been
over US long enough.-NashUiUe Ban
ner.
We suppose the new politicians the
Banner wants to come into power are
the LEAGUES, KERCHEvALs, AMEs,
KELLoeGs, ct al. We prefer the old
class, whom the Banner calls the
smallpox politicians" such as Gov.
JOHN c. BROWN, w. II. STEPHENS,
JOHN +. House, w. c. WHITTHoRNE,
and others.
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THE country is Keeping an eve on
the Democratic side of Congress as
we'll as on the Republican side. The
people are anxious to see what the
Democrats do to justify their claim to
be RefOr neBs, and their boast that, If
they had the power, they wOu man
age things better than the Republi-
cans. The Democrats should have a
great financial policy, and should
stand up for it. Ii it Were really
meritorious, it would commend itself
To public approval, even though it
were always voted down by the Ad-
ministration party. In regard tn the
great practical interests of the coun-
try, they should have a well marked
and strong-mInded policy. They
should oppose imbecility wherever 1T
exists, ana go for intelligence and
efficiency. They should make war on
every kind of corruption, and show
that they entertain high ideas of poll
teal virtue. When any dirty thing
like the grab comes before them, they
should fall on it with all their forces.
They should, in short, uphold all good
measures which are based on good
sense and conscience, and struggle
against all that are of ifferent kind.
They should make no corrupt bargains
with the enemy, do nothing derOgato-
~ to the reputation which they ought
to possess, and constantly give proofs
of the superiority of their party to the
one which governs the country
through its Congressional majorities.
The Democrats in Congress need not
be afraid that, if they follow such
course as we have described, the peo-
pie win fail to find it out. 1t is sur
prising TO see how shrewd the people
are-even commonplace people who
do not travel on their brains. 1t is
amazing to find how much they know
about the conduct of their representa-
tives in Congress. 1t is wonderful
how they watch the movements of
parties on both sides The Democrats,
therefore, need not have the least fear
that, if they enter on the paths of
sense and virtue, the voters will fail
to take notice of the fact Cincinnati
Commercial.
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z. J. DAVIS, Radical Governor of
Texas. after signing the bill calling
for an election and running for Gov
ernOr and being beaten, has declared
the election null and void, because the
Democrats carried the State by fifty
thousand majority. He called on
President GRANT for assistance, but
was refused, he having a wholesome
fear of public opinion. GRANT has
done right in this instance.
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THE President draws bis salary at
the rate of $4,000 a year-the double
pay. Seventy-seven thousand dollars
was appropriated besides for White
House expenses, making in all $l27,-
QUO in one year. All this extrava-
gance is INDUCED in while the Treas
ury is bankrupt, and the people are
asked for increased taxes to the tune
of $42,O00,0O0! And yet the voters
are asked to keep the Republican par
ty in power because it will insure
stability and secure economy Alba
M ArnnS.
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AN exchange tells US that tour Gov
eminent is unusually liberal in re-
warding her soldiers" She is, indeed.
She gives thousands of the soldiers OF
the late war bummers and all
twenty and thirty and forty dollars q
month each-some twenty millions in
the aggregate-and even to the ras-
cally old dead beats of the war of 1872,
every one of whom ought to have had
the grace to starve himself to death
half a century ago, she allows each
the munificent sum of eight dollars a
month. These last ought to b.
ashamed of themselves for taxing the
bounty of Christian government as
they do Courier Journal.
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PRESIDENT GRANT finds it difficult
to please his Radical friends in the
Senate. They refused to affirm his
first nominee for Chief Justice, VIII
LIANIs, because of incompetence, and
other little faults; ana he was accord
ingiy withdrawn, and CALEB CUsH-
ING substituted. They make mouths
at him because he used to be a Demo
crat, and refused him also.
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sonthern s.oIdi rs, ConvenliOn

On the end of February, 1874, a
convention OfsOldiers and Officers of
the late Confederate army is to be
held in this city. The object of this
convention is a most important one,
and should commend itself 10 every
soldier in the South. 1t is to organize
a responsible body of men who shall
consult as to the best means of obtain
ing a truthful and reliable history of
the late war; take proper measures for
securing the completion of this work
as speedily as possible, and select as
their historian a man of talent and
varied literary ability, who shall be
able to present. to the world both
truthful narration of facts, and all en-
tertaining and readable book. The
Southern soldier has been presented
i'll an ambiguous light long enough;
it is time he should take his proper
position on the pages of history. We
hope the convention will be largely
attended -NGShUiIle Banner.
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The Presidents Pay and the
Taxes Increased Together.

FROM the n. I sun.
Since the 4th of March last Presi-
dent Grant has drawn his salary at
the rate of $4,000 a year, although
the law is contradictory, and man
Of delicate feeling and not greedy for
money would il his situation have
taken only the Old rate of 25,O0O,
which is provided in the latter and
more authoritative part of the act.
In addition to this double salary, the
President has also drawn various
other allowances at the rate of ST. 800 !;
SO that his pay and allowances tOgeth-
Pr are now running to the tune of
1927, 600 yearly.
In this state of things, and with Sc
cor Robertson and Boss Shepherd
Juggling at the Treasury, and all the
other expenditures of the Government
graduated upon similar scale of ex-
travag3nce, 1T is not surprising that
Secretary Richardson has to come to
Congress to ask that new taxes may
be imposed upon coffee, tea, whiskey,
tobacco, and the gross receipts of rail-
way of making all safe and having
enough for our gorgeous off1ceEolders
to squander freely, the old stamp tax
es might likewise be restored.
1t must be great source of satisfiac-
ton to the American people TO reflect
that while, in addition to the long
standing burdens which have crushed
their industry and paralyzed their
commerce, these new taxes are TO lie
levied upon articles of necessity and
daily use among the masses, President
Grant draws magnificent salary of
So, 900 a year with superb allowances
of ST., 900 in addition; and their pleas
ure in this reflection will perhaps be
heightened by the recollection that
every President before Grant saved
handsome fortune out of the mean old
salary of SO, 900 a year only. So that
Grant, who is already rich, aud has
provided for all the members Of his
family at the public crib, will be able
to retire from office a millionaire and
live in luxury all the rest of his life
Put on the taxes, then; the people like
them
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SENATOR THURMAN has been re-
elected United States Senator by the
Ohio Legislature, and Colonel E. R.
WITHERs United States Senator by
the Virginia Legislature. Col. WITH
ERs is the Democratic Lieutenant
Governor of the State, and succeeds
Radical
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nRIGINAL ATTACHMENT.


Embry & Frierson VS.. r. j. Jamison.
The plaintiffs having made affidavit, that
the defendant is justly indebted to them.
and that the defendant is a nonresident of
this State, they have obtained from me, Jno.
G. Horsley, a Justice ofthe Peace for Maury
county, Tennessee, an original attachment
ishment, and returned for trial before me-;
it is therefore ordered that publication be
made in the Herald and Mail, for four sue
ceSsive weeks, notifying the defendannt
Il. d. Jamison, to appear before me at my
office in Columbia, Tenn, on Saturday,
February 18th, 1874, to plead or to defend
said suit or it will be proceeded with eXpar-
te. This January 9th, 1874
JOHN g. HORSLEY, J. II.
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me right in this instance.

DEAN STANLEY does not believe in
apostolic succession. In a sermon re-
Gently preached by him in Edinburgh, he
showed that as matter Of history there
are no successors to the apostles. These
died and appointed no one in their stead.
THIS is substantially the doctrine held
by the Reformed Episcopal Church. late
ly established in New York by Bishop
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SAVANNAH Ne,os: IA negro was
buried alive in a well at Butler recent
ly. His friends dug down 10 him in
about four hours, and found him alive
and well. He said he never wanted
to sneeze so bad in his life, but was
afraid he would Jar down some more
dirt. A good healthy negro has as
firm a hold upon life as cartload of