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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-24

The morning hour having expired, the CHAIR an
pounced that the would resume the consideration
Of the bill to equaze the distribution Of the currency,
that being special order for to-day
Mr. WEST Rep, La) moved that the pending and all
other orders be laid aside and that tho Senate proceed
20 the consideration Of the House, bill approprating
10000 70 improve the mouth OF me hs a
great OF the West as the commerce OF that
section was paralyzsd ior Want OF az tne
mouth OF the Mississippi The motion OF MI west was
lost.
70 eQuaze the distribution OF the currency.
Mr.. MORTON lRep., Ind said there were three
parties on finance In the Sen8tethose favorDg imme
nothing and those who believe that some increase OF
currency Is necessary 10 meet the OF S
tTsss allowing til, %o'. and South, south such .SS
that whether return to specie payment or The cur
rency increased not the benefits OF the National
banking system should be equally divided among the
states. Every proposition which leaves out of the
actual condition OF The country Is deusye ana msehiey-
1t Ia incumbent those insisting on speedy re-
sumption TO show how IT can be done. To maintain
TH Of sS Of me be IN Hs
now In The country does no, exceed $50.
$4,000 900 be obtained. The apparent abundance
OF money An New-YOrk and other financial centers is
one school of physicians say, "Let the patient alone
no win get well himself" Another say, Bleed and
i've him TONES: infuse warm fresh blood. get him
on his feet" They have been 10 consultation four
months and have agree upon nothing The principal
have the Sangfados OF finance, who
believe only IN depletion ana sallvauon, ana
mat the patient worse before he can De better
There much complaint against the eeerS S Ior
Is.ung SCI 10000 OF the A000 900 reserve. Inc issue
should DO declared legal up 10 the aggregate OF sO
oco An increase OF currency 70 meet inc de Ul
Increasing business not initiation IN any reasonable
sense. As well talk OF Initiating population III the
currency not too large In ls1e m .h
DO too small now. He read from tnt
Presidents show that the currency mao oeeu
directly contracted t6 since 1870 and othef caust
had the eject contraction. When business has out
grown the currency the effect 10 the same as con
traction. III carried with volume OF cur
Yenoy relatively diminishing, then prices must fal
10 bring business within the capacity OF the currency
The policy Of mastery inactivity of MT. Boutwell, y
contraction in another direction, slowly but ineyita
blyike the story of tho iron shrOud IN which LIVING
Youth was placed which by hs continued growth, pro
dnood pr ssure, agony and death.
currency IA the Instrument OF business and should In
crease with &C. Tie people were not made for
rency but tbs currency for the people. lie asked M
sheS Increase than free banking Will give That will b,
Governed by the law OF supply and demand. When TIT
United States took possession OF Ee whole held OF bank
i.x lAsre MAS PLAN OBLIGATION 10 adiss lhe system
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-06
RALLY HILL ITEMS

The Flat Checkers are sowing more
wheat than ever before known; the area
sown will be two-ffths, at least, more
than usual. They still hold the bulk of
their wheat crop, which will be held as
a reserve for harder times, The cotton
will not be over third of a crop, and
poor in quality. This has certainly been
the "Otf-year' for the farmer, They
have had much to contend with year
two attacks OF politics, civil rights, scar
city OF money, severe drOughtS short
crops, lawyers and army worms; and
they are not happy, and they won't be
until the great Democratic and Conser-
vatiye party comes in power and paws
off the government bondhOlders in
greenbacks, and forces the untold mill
liOds that are lying in the shape of bonds
in the vaults of the National Banks into
circulation, whose gold interest is eating
up the substance of the people year by
year.
Col. L. D. Myers. on Friday the goth.
at Rally Hill, made one of the plainest
and most sensible speeches that could
have been made. His remarks were all
appropriate, and the Colonel showed in
his canvass that he was profoundly ac>
quainted with the political necessities
of the times, the wants of the farmer,
and the political remedies and Iegisla-
ton that should be applied.
mayor James L. Moore Is quite sick,
suffering with acute rheumatism, and
threatened with paralytic attack.
Sam (Rsd) Wallace and Aaron Ring
are building several large rail RATS at
the Big Spring on the river, just above
| HardisOn's Mills. 1t is one of the most
noted places on the river for building
RATS, more being built there than any
| where else ON the river. They will run
most of their RATS to the mouth of the
! Bigbee.
=Messrs. Jack D. Miller and Perk
| Priest have recently been fishing at
| HardisOn's Mills. They are splendid
trout anglers; indeed, they are said tC
be the Moguls OF the Franklin fishing
tribe. They are "Iog fishermen" JET
| Peay and little Jake Shires say that
' Dick Gault is the best fisherman from
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the Editors Of the ReraLd and MaN:

70 the Editors of the Herald and Nail:
The improvements on the Presbyteri>
an church are going On very rapidly, and
the church when finished, will be one
Of the finest churches i'll Column bia. The
plan of the church as gotten up by Mr.
DObsOn, is OF the latest style. the church
has a lofty and commanding appear
ance, and has all air of beauty about it.
The tower is very large and heavy with
Iour beautiful arches in it, so that the
bell may plainly be seen from any di-
recti0n. The bell is very large and of
good material, and weighs $50 pounds.
1t will be one the best sounding bells in
Columbia. There has been great deal
of trouble and misfortune about the
work to the contractor. But he has
overcome it all, and the work is progress
ing rapidly. The carpenters work Is
done 0y Mr.. McNulty, of Nashville, and
is being executed in tirSt-Class style.
The windows are large and beautiful.
Each window has three SaSh-One large
circular sash with two semi circle sash.
Below the glass will be stained. The
doors in the front OF the church are OF
solid walnut, and each door has three
beauti :ully nodded PANELS in it, and is
finished in the finest manner. The
church is so arranged that the choir will
occupy lofty position behind the pu!-
pit. The seats will be arranged one
above another, so that all can have an
accommodating view of the pulpit.
There is a beautiful panneled railing i'll
front of the choir, which adds q great
deal to the beauty of the interior of the
church. The choir will enter through
door on the north side of the church
and the pastor from the south side.
These great improvements are due to
the skill of Mr.. DobsOn, of Nashville.
There is beautiful arch in front of the
choir twenty eight feet in length, and
gives a massive appearance to the
rear of the church. The scaling has a
beautiful cove extending about five feet
from the wall. The plastoring, which
is done by Mr.. Caubit of Nashville, is
splendid piece of workmanship, and tho
brick work was done by Messrs. Nc
Calister 81 McCuen of the same place,
and is a credit to the mechanics who did
the work. The church has beautiful
cornice OF galyinised iro2, There is
double cOrnice on the front of the church
with two very large ornaments on the
corners. The tower has beautiful tins
MEL Z feet high on the top OF 1t, and has
two projections, one on the north and
and one on the south side. TIE church
has a fine slate roof, and is OF superior
order. 1t was brought from Virginia
and Vermont, and is put on IN variety OF
colOrs and patterns, each side being diff
ferent from the other. The painting is
of superior orde. There is splendid
furnace to heaC the church with two
large pines, one running to the right and
one to the left, so that the church will
be heated in cold weather. J. w. g.
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OVER THE COUNTY.

R. King Polk. together with several non
guCasiauS, went contributing on tht
rht oil the eclipse, and caught several
p~~umS. ,.,
Mir Jack LOwTRnce, who was elected
.,sTstiIe OF the 9th district, did not accept
~. nfIice. but was sworn in last Monday as
ruufv sheriff, MIR. Alexander having ten
cred him the Office.
Mr.. Cushman. of KY, went TO the farm
mir orr. neaT-Mt. Pleasant, last Tuesday,
ith the EIphant pillow.
A mule belonging to Esq. W. .. Gordon
ayfng been getting in Mr.. JACK Iimmons
.Id he arrested il and void not let Esd
,r,Iou nave il. The Squire repleNined.
A pretty girl named Miss Lizzie =, W n9
YES eight miles from town on the IulaSkl
ike. Will please accept our thanks for a
alt bushel of good apples.
MIR. JuO Cecil and wife have gone 10 FLOR
Ia To spend the winter
The public school taught at Mt OlivSt
y Mr.. II. LCdbetter, has been discontinued.
The Thomas A. Leftwich place, on Bear
reek, recently sold by Chancery Court,
rought only $40 per acre. Capt. James
.tWich was the purchaser.
Ir. Thomas Leneaye was the purchaser
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Miss Jeanie Patterson.

This talented Southern lady will visit
our town shortly, and give one of her
reading here. Mr.. Doak, the accomplish
ed editor of the GAINESVILLE Tobacco
Leaf, speaks of her in the highest terms,
and we copy the following from the
Franklin RcUiclC:
1--WE are assured by DR.. r. l. &C. White,
the brilliant editor of the Lebanon
Herald, that she has wonderful talent
in this line; that she is beautiful and
gifted Southern girl, who has the nerve
and pluck to earn her own living, and
force her own way to eminence by the
exercise of her talents. She was pupil
of Murdoch, one of the ablest tragedians
and elocutiOnistS this, continent has pro-
duced. Miss Jeanie'S social position is
OF the highest in the land, being a mem
Der of one of the oldest and best families
of Mississippi. She is accompanied by
her aunt. Mrs. Stanford. The ladies of
Lebanon, and of other Southern towns,
haYe welcomed the brave and beautiful
woman with genuine heartiness.
Everywhere the people have been
charmed and delighted. We especially
beseech the ladies of Franklin and VII
cinity to be present and hear this noble
girl. The gentlemen, of course, will
not fail to pay a rich tribute of admira-
ton to the efforts of this beautiful
Southern heroine"
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AshwOOd Hall Burned Down.

Last Friday night Major Will Polk,
who was residing at AshwOOd Hall,
heard roaring noise, like a devOuring
flame. The roof at one time had been
covered with pitch and gravel, but late
ly this had been overlaid with tin. The
house was searched from garnet to
cellar, and no fire could be discovered,
yet the roaring continued. Finally
Major Polk procured an AK and cut
through the roof, when a terrible flame
lespt out like wild beast released from
prison. All efforts to quench the fire
were vain, and soon every body went to
work TO save the furniture, etc This
was so effectually done, that the only
valuable thing lost was a fine shotgun
belonging to a young son of Mrs. Jones,
which was valued mainly because il was
| gift from a deceased relative. The fire
| is supposed to have caught from flue
| The owner of the house, Mrs. Andrew
J. Jolk and daughters, are in Europe
| The house was originally built, we
| learn, by the late Bishop Polk, who
spent about $40, 900 dollars on it. AT
| terward it fell into the hands of Col
Andrew j. Polk, who spent $4,000 adj
ditional on il, which caused it to be one
of the handsomest country residences in
| Tennessee. Indeed, in those days 1t was
a palace, and inhabited by prince
! 1t was located in one of the lovellest spoti
| in America, and surrounded by one o
the most fertile and magnificent farms
of which the new world can boast. INT
house was not insured.
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RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

The first Quarterly meeting of the NJ. Z
Church. in Columbia, commenced last + ri
day night, with Love Feast. SATURDAY isN
preached. At night Rev II. A. Jones, pas
Tor of the G.. p. Church, preached on the
cleansing of Naaman of leprosy. Before
Dreaching Mr.. Jones said he had felt more
nweII that day tkan he remembered Il
ynye ever felt before. After the sermon
tourners were invited, and many came
,TVard. on sunday morning, Rev. MIR
Mooney preached on "Thankfulness mann
". The church was crowded, anu Wheh
Christians were invited to the boT4 3 9uP
ppr they came in great numbers. Rev: MI
Jones preached at night, ana aQhIICeu
several into the c. T. Church; the uooIs Ol
the VI. +. Church were also Opeheui anu 9i1A
persons Joined. ~ NJ Moon
ney and his estimable family 70 leaHe OuI
town The NJ. +. Church at CoiIhlo.sa 70 s SIS
tains a loss in their removal. Inc MS i =,
dists of the district ought to go 70 VOTE "a, al
once and build parsonage at @ I IL ~
+ fhe Presiding Elder. 1t is a shame now 1T
lie Methodist folks do pay their preachers
"a shame and reproach. t1o ord
DIR l. &. Mitchell preached an aDLe az
Submissive sermon last Sunday nlghL on
rho subject of the New Birth. -.
The revival meeting at the CuihDeLII
III Gburcb closed last Monday night and
WIS the most successful held IN COiuLnDla
fora long time. 1t lasted one Ino LltI o,riu
three days, and there were % con C, 81 siEns'
az tIIesf ~ nave already Joined the CumOer-
land PRESBYTERIAN Church ana Ia nave JOIN
ed the Methodist Church. Vtn ri nasT rf+f
pressed a desire to connect Iheiil'e4' % "A''
the church on sunday next ,,, Of tho
Rev \. W. Smith Will preach at the
South ColUm bia Church heAIouhu" iiOiA
ing at eleven o'clock . II, Co.,
icy. VIM. Doss expects to move his fam
iIv from CulIeOka TO WllliamspOrI, WheLe
his yynrI, is for the present Conference year.
Any persons desiring TO connect tneIh-
selves with the Methodist EplscOpal OhuICu
south, in Columbia, can have an oI,PoII tulI
~ to do 30 next Sunday morning at eleven
o'clock al the south Columbia Church:
The South Columbia Church VIII De
Whv not ceI il Immediately?
hey. WeIlborn Mooney received SIX per
sons into the Methodist Church last SUNDAY
might and gave them in charge 10 Ihe pds-
Tor in "A very touching manner.
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of the inc. 4. Miller MACE on Carter,s creel

| of the Jno. A. Miller place on Carriers creek
| recently sold by j. II. Thomas, trustee.
| -Maury county is third in scholastic pop
ulation and gets from the State Treasury
| S2,O4S.5l of the school fund and S4g7 SO of pol
| tax from the same source.
| J. Z. CapertOn and Bruce Campbell, tive
young men of the Neapolis neighborhood
were TO have started for Texas last Wednes
| day.
County warrants are hard to dispose O
at big discount, Why don't the County
Court appoint a committee to find out the
/ exact Indebtedness of the county, that the
next assessment may be made large enough
| to put the warrants at par?
| All honor to the 9th (Culloka) district
Not one single Radical vote was cast there
At the Spring Hill box, a gentleman
| took the trouble to question the democratic
| voters as to their preferences for u. 5. Sena-
| tor. A large majority expressed their pref
| ferences for the Hon. G. A. Henry of Mont
gOmery county.
For the first time since the war, Spring
Hill box has gone democratic, about p
/ negroes voting the Democratic ticket. On
| Iy one white man voted for ''civil rights" at
"A young lady from the Spring Hill
country, sent the bachelor editor of this
paper an ear of corn with nine little ears
around it. 1t is quite curiosity and very
I'VE are glad to state that Mr.. John NJ
WitherspoOn was elected Justice of the
Peace in the 10Th civil district, last Tuesday,
20 fill the vacancy caused by the resignation
Of W. o, WitherspoOn. M. WitherspOOn
was formerly Justice, and at one time
Chairman.
Justice a. L. Prewett bought one of Mr..
!. p. Baird's premium Berkshire bears last
Monday.
Col. ThOs. Waters is now engaged in
erecting the iron bridge on Rutherford
creek. By careleSSneSS of one of the work
men. one of the arches was precipitated
into the creek, but it was taken out and
the work is now progressing.
-Messrs. Myers, Hickey, StOckell, Wade
and Others, addressed the citizens of Maui
~ at several places last Friday and Satur-
day.
The Pulaski pike is very much out of
repair and will be worse next winter. In
some places there are deep washes in the
middle of the pike.
John d. Cason has a grocery store six
miles on the Pulaski pike, and we under
stand does a good business.
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| franklin; and what jeff and Jake dom
know about catching fish, from water
dog up to an eight and a halt pounC
trout, amt worth knowing. The Jacl
| Miller fishing party caught 50 trout
some OF which were very large and fine
but none equal to the seven pound Pi
ney trout, nor did they catch perch like
| the famous Munchausen Swan Greek
Clint Douglass Blue Buck black perch
Mr.. Priests four FOUNDER was the lar
gest caught by the party.
The army worm, it is believed, has
killed all the meadows; at least the
grass lis dead in most of them. The
same rascals haye killed all the clover
that was left by the drOuth.
There have been only three battles
on Flat Creek this fall-damage small
and about a dozen DRINKS. Almost all
of these got overloaded on hard cider,
which shows how remarkably strong
the dry weather made the apple juice.
To have seen them many people would
have thought they had imbibed "apple-
jack, instead OF cider, but twas cider
so they say, and these good boys have
all read the history of George Washing
ton too often to say anything else. And
most of the tOd1y takers live in Mar
shall and other places. Flat Creek has
been the scapegoat for the sins of many
outsiders, but she will soon be morally,
as she is already financially, one of the
foremost neighborhOods in the county.
Trapping has already been commenced
by the young trappers, in vigorous
manner. According to Mat Reynolds,
who is generally we'll informed on eve
ry subject, there have been caught on
the creek about three thousand polecats
i'll the last two winters. Ladies' furs
will be bound to decline ifthe boys keep
on catching them, and don't extermi-
nate them. In passing around you are
occasionally wildly reminded, when
near the theater of trapper's opera
tions, Of the gardens of Gul, or the per-
fumed breezes from Yemen's spicy
bowers.
w. b. Glenn, son of Esq. r. A. Glenn,
has made lucky draw in the lottery of
life, as the following announcement
will show: On the 22d of October, the
rites OF matrimOny were solemnized be-
tween w. B. Glenn and Miss Matte
Morton, by the Rev. G. c. Rice, at the
residence of Mrs. Mary Fulton, Chapel
Hill, Marshall county. The attendants
were: Mr.. c. A. Lee and Miss Nellie
Ezell; DR.. J. G. Core, jr., and Miss Fon-
tella Royster; Mr.. James Fleming and
Miss Bette Morton; Mr.. Joe Williams
and Miss Mamie Mullikin. Our young
friend has won prize indeed, as Miss
Matte is one of Marshall's most beauti-
full, lovely and accomplished young la
dies. Long may the sun of prosperity
shed its enlivening rays around them.
May love that knOweth every form of air,
And every varied shape of earth,
And comes unbidden everywhere,
Like thoughts mysterious BIRTH"
be theirs, and as they glide down life's |
shaded valleys, may they gather flow |
ers of unfading pleasure that shall last |
ike times eternal hill, verifying as of |
Did that love can still create one heart |
If two.
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WILLIAMSPORT ITEMS.

Mr.. Charles Church, of this vicinity
and Miss Voss. were married on last
Sunday. Mr.. Church's former wife died
about four weeks previous to his last
marriage.
Sunday morning, the 1St inst, came
in on US with tremendous frost, the
largest of the season.
Numerous renters are seeking the
Greenfield Bend lands.
The village Lodge of Good Tempars
had gay time last Saturday night
initiating seven persons. This Lodge is
in tiOurishing condition. Let the
good work continue, through all time to
come.
Corn gathering is going on briskly in
this neigh bOrhoOd, with slim turn~Out.
A decided improvement in the Bend
they hold prayer-meeting at Ham
town every Sunday morning.
While a company of young ladies
were on a stroll in the Bend, last week
they spied little beech tree almost
overcome with grapevine AMI luscious
punches of grapes, which hung down in
a most tempting manner. The young
ladies were in gleeful apd romantic
mood, and got small AK and cut the
tree down.
The amiable and accomplished Mrs.
Matte Beasley, who has been confined
to a sick room for several months, is
fast recovering.
Rev. VIM. Doss will hold forth Suns
day in the village NJ. K. Church.
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quorum COurt.-NOVcmber Term



The following persons gave bond as ad
ministratOrs: 7. c. Notgrass of Gabrie
Brown, deceased; NJ. f. PIeak, OF Thomas
Beard, deceased; T. J. DOOley, of A. s. Dyer
deceased; J. o. Fulton, OF NJ, s, Fulton, de
ceased; Nancy FOgleman, of S, FOgleman
deceased; J. NJ. Ellington, of Fl. o. Gillian
deceased; Edwin Harris, of NJ. Harris, de-
ceased; r. a. Mckay OF Mary Jones, de.
ceased; James Jones, of VIM. Latta, deceas-
ed. The following persons gave guardian
bonds: a. W. Potter, of w. II. Anderson, ],
NJ. Ellington, OF w. A. Amis eft. al; r. f.
Jamison, of Bruce Campbell; Elizabeth
Cheek, OF NimTOd Cheek, et al; f. H. Cheat.
of III. b. Gordon; ". L. Maxwell, OF Mary
Perry, ct al; RObt. Phelps of w. NJ. y
Neatch, ct. al; +. r. Watson, of ]. G. Wise
neT; b. II. Fitzgerald, of Susan Wisener.
The last will and testament of Humphrey
HARRISON and Thomas q. Frierson, deceased
were admitted to probate.
James c. Murphy, 4th civil district, gave
bond as constable
quorum court meets again next Monday,
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der of Columbia District, to take charge
of said school for the ensuing year. She
comes highly recommended by Bishop
McTyeire, Rev. Mr.. Ransom, DIR. Smith,
Rev. r. g. Irvine and others, and has
the reputation of being ripe scholar
and most excellent teacher. If she
meets with the encouragement and pat
ronage which her learning and ability
entitle her to expect, she will make this
school what it should bean institution
for the home education of daughters.
Mr.. s. A. P, and other lovers of the
chase, have had their dogs out lately in
full force, and have had some of the fin
est sport ever seen in this county They
were accompanied by number OF hand
some young ladies, who rode with dash
ing impetuOsity, keeping pace with the
most experienced fox hunters. Mr.. P,
a gallant widOwer, was so elated by the
result of one of these chases, that on
the next day, having important business
in Nashville, and being five minutes too
late for the cars, ne pursued and over
took the train and made the trip.
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MARRIAGES.

In this place, Tuesday night, Sd inst, at
the residence Of the brides mother, Mr..
WATTS EMERY and Miss LEILA AKIN. At
tendants: Mr.. W. J. Embry and Miss V.
Akin. Mr. W. b. Dobbins and and Miss Ma
nv En- rv: Mr.. Chas. 2. Cecil and Miss Annie
pillow; Mr.. Geo. Childress and Miss Emma
Martin.
ing business men, and has married a lovea-
BILE lady.
c. II. Church to Sarah E. Voss.
Geo. B. Bunch to Mary Jones Moore.
II. A. Wright to Ella A. Bryant.
Watts Embry to Leila Bell Akin.
B. F. Roberts jr to Sallie White Frierson.
John w. Il. Cochran to Susie A. Fleming.