The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-31
DED~oNAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Reverend DR.. Mack preached for the
Rev. r A. Thompson at the Presbyterian
Church last sunday, two very good sermons
both occasions that the distinguished
Dreacher was peculiarly feltcitous in his
sermon in the morninc on the subject OF
nrNver He enforced the idea that infidelity
was on the increaSe-the age of Noltaire
Hume and BolingbrOke was to be eclipsed-
that the mightleSt lntellects OF the present
and future would attempt with more In
sidiOus and subtle reasoning than was ever
before used. to sap the foundations of the
Christians faith-that the only weapon TO
be used was prayer, by the simplest and
humblest of Christ's follOwers-that this
was the weapon with which the Christian
was furnished to cleave his way through
the serried ranks of the world, the flesh anu
the devil. DIR. Mack is an earnest and zeal
Gus man, and always breaches very accept
Maury county, aud is one of the ablest
ministers of that section.-FrGHktiH Reute,o.
Mr.. r. F. Whitesides, OF Lewis, 80, was soI IN
ellis Lower mill, with 'turn, haNihB SoIle
TWENTY-FIVE miles in order to get Llge Nee
ly TO grind his wheat. - l.,
Major Joe NaulX, of New YORK, was III
town this week. The Major is one OF the
survivors of the original LIST Tenn Regt
Dr Ben. Harlan, of New York, mas OeeH
sDendiu0 a short time at his old Maury
home, looking very fine in MS Ne" hOIA
clothes. s--,,,o, ,,,si+
To- ShelbvyilIe las Monday, to see MISS NJ. =
w, of that place, followed close4g ny De l.
0iLTaiorT Y Barnett left for the Allegheny
mountains last night for his healIn. e
Calvin VOORHEES, and young Drlue, OF
Memphis are on visit 70 MS relations III
M Rev 6T S6carer, of GAINESVILLE, preached
at Zion Church last Sunday morning, anu
the Zion folks speak highly of the effort.
Tbe clever and sprightly II. c. Stone, OF
Nashville. attended the Teachers Institute
part of this week; lie rePT Hs1t 1se
DR. Whitfield, of Louisville, attended the
Teachers Institute this week, IN the inter-
est of the excellent publishing nrih' join Z
Reuben Adcock, of Lick creek, Hickman
county, was in town recently; NJ. l.
We notice that our friend GtlliS Taylor Is
a candidate for Sheriff of Roane county:
When we first knew Gillis, he was SnerlIi'
and made a good one too. lie Is gONIdI'
good fellow. and we hope to hear of his sue
cess in this canvass. None coulu laugn
more heartily at the wltlclsms OF h ZONES.
big John Goodman than GINS OF l!sttH
with more wonder and establishment at the
marvellous tales of Mr.. Asbury than he, or
eat and drink more OF Mqec eek lie peer anu
cane. We hope to hear OF MS elecJion.
Col E c Mcdowell, who has been SO,
tOurning here several weeks, mas reIu i TL 1t
10 Memphis. the Colonel Is one VI w w
coming young men OF the state, anu tHe
Memphis District could not 90 DSIueI IhaI
TO send him to Congress. We neeu more OF
his sort there from the South-not spOuIers
and IOomers but strong men, with Dralns
in their heads, and nerves ana viii 70 WORK.
Col. +. Evelyn Cox, of Giles county, was
a Young married man. Inc Colonel says ne
sent ms n red cotton bloom about the 4tn DuI
we got il not He raised 1t by the sweat OF
his own manly brow. IT,, -
W. =. Raincy, Joe Ralney anu otheIs' are
on Swan catching trout. 49,. r.
Col f. E. Cox says he is candidate lot
matrimOny, and expects 10 canvass LhFee
cOtnties-Liiles, Maury and Marshall.
Frank 3. Craige, OF WlIIialnSPoIt, IL III
Salisbury, y. C., visiting his fathers fam
lily, where he will probably remain mohth
Gen. w. c. Whitthorne is greatly improv-
ed, we are glad to say, and will soon be up
again, if he receives no backSet.
Jimmy lCathair) Pillow lett Ior the To-
mantle hills of Hickman last saturday he
prOpOSed to give Prims a flying visit, ana
then pass on to Bon Aqua.
Mr. w II. TimmOns left for Prim's last
Tuesday. lie expects to pass on TO Bon
Aqua and then go to Crab Orchard, ny. he
is in feeble health, and goes Tor MS health
Mr.. Charley p. Cecil, one OF our most las
cinating young beauX, let's sunday nlght Ior
his home in KY, near panVf VIE 10 pG gorte
are. as Cam w. passed down w; NJ. Street
about eleven o'clock, he overheard two
voices singing the dOleful refrain:
1Oh, Charley, how lonely we are without
you" -
Misses Susie and Lucy Tillman, of Shelby
vile, visited Judge Hughes family IN this
vicinity "A portion of last and this week.
Jeff. Word and Dick BOStlck, were IN
town the other day. Dick came too late-to
see her-She had left
Rev j. p. McFerrin, of this place, preach
ed in Franklin last Sunday. jeff Word says
the common talk was the brilliancy OF the
morning sermon.
Mr. Isaac ROOSe, of Nashville, book agent
is attending the Institute.
Tom and Billy Benner saw The. Lip
sComb'S alligator in the river the other day.
Look out, boys