The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-01-30
OVER THE COUNTY.

| AND II came to pass in those days, tina
| Gen. sam. Butler, OF Bear Creek, was pass
| ing through Wayne County, solitary ant
| alone. The sky was as clear as the waters o
| swan Greek, excepting
| "A cloud that seemed to move in sleep
| Upon the blue and upper deep;"
| the air was calm and quiet, and not even
twittering bird broke the stiffness OF tn
| scene. How forcibly the lines of tn
| mlsanthrOpic poet came to SaInuels mind
THERE'S a pleasure in the painless woods
| rapture on the lonely shore"
But harki What sound is that which break
upon his silent reveries? 1t sounds like thu
| low mutterings of the coming hurricane
but it cannot be that for the entire horizon
| Is serene. It grows more and more distinct
| until the sound seems that of some fierce an
| imal. surely" thought the General, There
cannot be any lions In these Darrens
| that can so NIL the air with palp1tatinG
| sound?"
| Nearer, clearer, deadIier than BEFORE"
| comes that vibrating roar; the dirt on the
| uprooted trees is shaken to the earth; and
| tallest tree he can find. The noise can be
no longer disguised, it is not a non-1t
must be mastOdOn, or Ben Harlan's British
bull; nothing less imperial and majestic
Ould'make such roar. The noise becomes
deafening, as il moves over the hill towards
the General, who sits perched upon the
swaying tOpmoSt branch OF the tree like a
jabbering monkey. The animal is now on
the crest of the hill and Butler rubS his eyes
in establishment at the sight presented to
view. There he is, a scrub bull with a head
which looks like it had worn out three
bodies, with horns six inches long, six inch
ces in diameter next to his head, and worn
off to a keen point; and not weighing over
three hundred pounds. If that, not much
larger than a Newfoundland dog,or weather
Deaten ram. lie was, however, IN every essen essen
tidL particular, save general size and weight,
the equal, If not the superior of the best
Kentucky thOroughbreds.
The road from COlumEia to Spring Hill
is disgrace to a civilized country. Deep
holes are cut in il, which Sam Bicknell calls
buggy spring breakers and deep gullles
tn mia haf iG he nF
having OveTSeerS over road, they are not
returned for such wantOn neglect of their
duties? There is so much travel on this
road, however, that the road law, even II
carried out, will not keep ii up, and cor
pOration should take hold of 1t.
There has been two deaths at the poor
house lately, both cOlOred. one, Sallie An
drews, avery old woman, was buried IN a
silk dress, which she had kept for the pur-
pose, great many years
"A correspondent ar" denies some Of tn
statements made in our last issue, in regard
to night which took place in Roberts Bend.
Our only object is to publish facts as they
occur, and we cheeerfully make corrections.
Our informant is well known citizen
of that neighbOrhOod, and his ac-
count differs in but few material respects
from that furnished by "R." We did not
say that the difficulty" occurred about
"land," but that the tmisund erstanding"
was occaSiOned by it. Herrin pulled Adams
back, whereupon the latter struck him.
Mr.. Sam J. Roberts did not take part in the
fight. The important fact rem9ins-that
Adams was OtDlttl duIl lSSlOll " lis " AlC :
sisters house and was badly beaten.
Tom Porter, colored, who owns part
of the Z. j. Akin lands on double Branch
es," narrowly escaped being poisoned 10
death lately. \ nephew of his, aged about
IA, was living with him, and did the cook
ing-but the boy wanted to leave his uncles
and go TO live with ms aunt ana knew new, ma "a,
should lie ask permission TO go, II WouI9 De
denied him. He therefore concluded TO
put n : uncle Tom out of the way by poison;
so he came to town, and bought some arse
nj Mt Rains drug store. and one even
ing while there was large number of per-
sons at To Is he mixed the poison in the
food. OF course all were very sick, IN
short time, but DR.. McEwen being sent tor,
soon relieved them, and told them thau they
had been poisoned. 1t was noticed that the
boy was not sick-thiS was suspicious
s.strong as Holy Writ for Tom; so he con-
suited the fortune teller" who told him
what he ought to have known, that some
one had tried to kill him, by poison Tom
searched the boys pants, ana vest IN the
night, when he knew the boy 10 be asleep,
but could find no evidence of his guilt, but
his coat could not be found, and the follow
ing morning, by force he made the boy tell
where his coat was; in the pockets OF Whlch
was found the arsenic Whereupon ne ac-
knowIedged all, and told where he had
bought il, and what lies he had told in order
TO induce the druggist to sell 1t 10 him. lie
was arrested and is now in Jail. Cicero
Porter, cOlOred, a very old man was hungry
and had eaten good many OF the DaLter-
He had left Toms house before any sSnlp,
toms of sickness came upon him. ana
while in the woods, on his way home, he
felt that his time had come to "Shune OH
the mortal coil" and he bowed himself in
prayer, and there in the deep solitude OF the
forest, he was about to offer up prayer, but
instead, he commenced vomiting, got pet
ter; and went home, and is now well. He is
a firm believer in the efficacy Of prayer
The negro boy is in jail.
1t is the same old tale,-he woOed loved,
and in return was loved, but her irate faith
er was persistent in his refusal of the bans,
and they did what hundreds of others have
done before them, eloped, hotly pursue
by parent and two desperate sons. DIT Mich
OILS, who also dispenSeS justice as well as pre-
had pronounced Walter Steph-
enSOn and EvClina FIierSOn man ana VIE
lust 10 minutes before Evelina's father, Pc
ter Frierson, made his appearance. 50 SUD
den had the couple called upon the DOCTOR
and that too, at his back door, he was some
what fruStrated-how did he know put II
was another visitation of the X. KS with
all their instruments of torture? waiter,
his new wife and their escort, made all
haste to Jim StephenSOn's hOSpitable cabin,
followed by Peter and his sons in hot haste,
vowing that they would kill Walter for
met at the door by the broad shouldered
and honest features of Jim (Walter's Ia tner)
who disputed his entrance. But Peter then
and there affirmed that he would Kill waiter
for stealing his daughter, and that he lnten
ded to kill Jim also,-that he would. Now
Jim, who is a trustee of the church, was sore
perpleXed, especially so, when he recognize
ed, in the darkness of the night, the voice OF
the pastor of the church, who had come
sAAOl5 " H''A''N -@A--~
he had Peter and his two sons arrested on
peace warrant, and they gave bond to keep
the peace towards jim stephenson ana ms
son Walter, for the next 5 TX months. It's
needless to say that the above named par
ties are all colored-except the NJ. D., J. 7.
The trial was in town, before the J. p. of
this office, at whose suggestion they all
made friends.
Col. d. +. Wade, superintendent of the
Columbia and Wayesboro Turn pike Compa-
ny, commenced work at the big hill last
week.
Sam. w. Daimwood, of Bear Creek, has
moved to Duck River Station.
-Housckeepers know how to appreciate a
good article of flour. To those in search of
good flour we direct them 10 the advertise
ment of J. NJ. Hunter, of Carriers Creek
Mills. These mills have the reputation of
we are prepared to state that ii is well earn
ed. Hunters flour is hard TO beat.
A bird supper was given in Spring Hill,
in the Academy, last Friday night, TO aid
i'm buving a chandelier for the NJ. f. Church.
The night was cold and the ground exceed
ngly muddy, which prevented very
large attendance. We suppose one hundred
and twenty-five or nifty persons We're pres
cnt. An excellent string band from Thomp-
sons Station, four broth ers, named IbOmp-
sOn-affOrded good music, to say nothing OF
Price Williams performances. The supper
was capital, such as we knew the good
housekeepers of that neighborhOod would
get up. quite number of beautiful girls
were present-suhstantial country girls,
who do not belong tOthe class that toll and
SPIN not y EItat many pretty ana lnISI-
eStiug children were there, and seemed to
enjoy the occasion as much as the grown up
people. We We're much amused at their
love-maxing and COquetry. One couple
was pointed out TO US, who seemed to he
much attached to each other. The boy is
said to dOte on her so much, that he will not
even allow girls to kiss her. Mr.. j. W. Nc
KiSsack, in behalf of the lady managers
made handsome speech, thanking the
bird hunters for their services rendered.
a. w. Mckay, who killed the largest num-
bCr Of birds, was presented a large and beau
tiful cake. Geo. White killed the next lar
s,est number of birds. Capt. Ben Rogers
showed US his Oldest girl, whom we ac-
knowledgvd to hc prettier than even "Straw
berry Girl" our correspondent, "MOnt-
gomery," says DIR. Bickueu ate twelve birds
only lacking one of being up with Uncle
TOmny-but we think he Is mistaken. He
only ate, at the first table, four stuffed par
Henry McLemore brought a handsome
Franklin lady there on the night train.
THE pistol that killed Tecumst h" is the
title Of a sensation article that Is now going
the rounds of the papers Ii is new YER
SION 10 an old y-attribuung the killing
OF Iecumseh to Col. Dick Johnson, Col.
Johnson may have killed the great Indian
CllleI, oul there lived a man in the lower
part of this county, many years ago, who
always SWore Solemnly that he killed him.
He was an humble, obscure man. buf the
finest markSman in all the Cor1Dfryi ne hos
told Major Boiling Gordon, over and over
again, the particulars OF the nnsDTaC a.,
which lie killed him, lie relterafaI mis- 10
story throughout a long life, and renestad T.
with emphasis to his dying day. He NAV