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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31
con PTrY rHE POOR.

The Wild rushing winds Of the temPe>t are
sweeping
The frost-fetiered land like ,pirit Of
wrath;
His fierce, icy breath with Keen arrows j.
piercing
The breast Of the wanderers who stand in
hi. path;
Tie earth in a trance lies enshrouJed in 81
lence,
The storm-kins knocks loudly 1t window
and door;
I The prayer Of the pitiful feTyently rises
God shelter the homeless and pity the
poor!
God pity the poor who are wearily sitting
! By desolate hearth-stouss, cherries aud
bare,
From which the last embcr's pale diCksr.ng
has faded,
Like Hope dying out in the mid>isof des-
pair
who look on the wide world and zee 1t dc
scrt
Where ripple no watcrs, no green branch
e. wave.
Who see in future - dark - The present
No rest but the death-bed, no home but
the grave.
God pity the poor whcn the eddying snow
drilp
Are whirlcd by the wrath Of the winter
wind by.
Like showers ofleaves from the pallid star.
lilies
That float in the depths Of the blue lake
on high;
For thoash they arc drsping the broad
earth In beauty.
And Velling some Jaw IN each sossanier
fold,
That beauty is nausht 10 the mother whose
children
Are erouehing around her in hunger aud
cold.
G. od pity the poor. f,r the wealthy are often
As hard as the winter and cold a. its
snow:
While fortune make sunshine and summer
around them,
They care not FOR Others nor think OF their
woe;
So doubtinsly, grudgingly, often Ills
doled.
That to the receiver their charity SEEM
eth
More painful than hunger. more bitter
than cold.
God pity the poor. for though all men are
brothers.
Though all say "Our Father" not mine,
when they pray,
The proudest ones OF earth turn aside from /
the elowly
A II they were fashioned OF different /
clay;
They zee not in those who in meekness and /
patience,
Toll, poverty, pain, without murmur en-
dure,
The image Of Him whose first couch was 4
manger,
Who chase for our sakc~ 10 be homeless
and poor.
ied pity the poor: give them courage and
patience
brave,
And pity the wealthy whose idol is Fortune
For gold cannot gladden. the gloom Of the
grave;
And As this brief life. whether painful or
pleasant.
To one that Is endless but opens the door.
The heart sighs while thinl .ng on palace
and hoyel;
God pity the wealthy As well as the poor.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31
Temperance WOmen's Plan Of Con
qUcriug "a stubborn saloon
Keeper.
Special telegram to the Commercial.
WASIrNGrnN- C. II O Ian ]

Spccla4 leles ram 10 the NOlllLA4tAN4st4-
WASHINGTON, c. H, o., Jan. IL
To preveRt the sale of intoxicating
liquors in this town is proving to
be an arduous task 20 the ladies
undertaking it, but they are Is firm
and determined as ever to effect
their purpose. They had at one
time every saloon in the place
closed, but since then one fellow,
who is supposed to be backed by
all the cid whisky dealers in the
town and some outside parties, has
opened a whisky dispensary in
Rat Row, and has stubbornly re-
sisted all prayers, entreaties and
threats. He has several times ex-
tinguished his fires and locked the
ladies out, thinking the cold would
drive them away, but they have
built fires in the street and remain
red with him the whole day. To.
day they had a house constructed
Immediately in front of the saloon
and moved into their new quarters
aud now pray and sing for him II
comfort, intending to stay by MIN
all winter or until he yields. They
are relieved every few hours by 1
new force.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31

A CONyICF's SPEECH.-Brown, the
convict who stole some boots from the
Albany Penitentiary, Immediately af-
ter his Liberation from that institution,
at the end of a five years term, was
brought up for sentence before Judge
Ingalls, Saturday morning. On being
asked by the Judge if he had anything
TO saw why sentence should not be
passed on him, he got up and made
very excellent speech. He spoke as
follows: ''I reside in Baltimore, 1 was
sent to the Albany Penitentiary in
1869; have worked for the prison
faithfully for four years; there is not
a single black mark against me for
ANYTHING. got discharged n few days
since without a shilling in my pocket
TO buy food or take me home. L tried
to obtain work as n barber; could not
obtain any. The smell Of the peniten-
tiary was on me; no man dared employ
me: refused TO solicit aims; l refused
TO break into q store or dwelling to
obtain the means of supporting life.
As worked for years for the peniten-
tiary, 1 thought the prison honestly
owed me enough to get food and reach
home. / stole the boots from the
prison simply 70 save me from com
mittlng a crime against others" The
Court was so touched by the modest
appeal made by the prisoner that it
very properly reduced the proposed
sentence from five years to one year.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.

y collision occurred between a
north and south bound freight
train on the Cleveland and Pitts
burg railroad on Tuesday, three
miles south of Summitville, Ohio.
Boil locomotives and cars were
badly wrecked. A brakesman by
the lame of Frank Frazor had his
feet ;ut off by rolling on the track
after striking the ground. The en-
gincer and conductor of the south
bouId train are charged with GRIM
inal ;arelessness.
A ,rightful accident occurred on
the Castle Shannon railroad Friday,
whelc it crosses Saw-mill run in
South Pittsburg, on a trestle-work,
ranging from eighty TO one hundred
and i've feet in hight. a coal train
was passing over the trestle-work,
and, at the highest point, the coup
ling broke and the entire train,
withthe exception of the locomo-
tive md two cars, which went over
on leir sides, were precipitated to
the llain below, a distance of one
hundred and four feet. The brake
man John Weimrod, and a boy
namd Phillips, who was taking a
ride, were instantly killed, their
bodi,s being smashed to jelly
The Iccident seems to have been
causd by broken wheel.
Asthe passenger train on the ST.
Louii, Kansas City and Northern
railroad was passing over bridge
acroS Dardeene creek, nine miles
westof st. Charles, about 6 O'Clock
Saturday night, the two rear cars
left tie track and were thrown on
their sides. They were prevented
from falling by the uprights and
girders Of the bridge. Several pas
sengers lad bones broken, and all
were moe or less hurt, but none
fatally Injured. Had the coupling
of the caE broken, they would have
been predpitated to the bed of the
creek eighty feet below, and, no
doubt, frghtful loss would have re-
suited.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31

The Livingston County "trance
mystery is a mystery 10 longer, being
in fact as wretched a case Of supersti-
ton as ever occurred. Miss BOnny,
the girl who was to die and come TO
life again, is found. as the result of an
inquest, to be so thoroughly defunct
that she viii never reappear in the
flesh this side of the resurrection
morn. What caused her death is still
somewhat of q mystery, and some
think she took poison stronger
dose, probably than she intended-ln
order to accomplish what was desiged
to be her temporary demise The
strange part of the affair, however,
is that her friends persist in keeping
the decaying and disgustingly oiten-
sive corpse IN the house with them,
IN obedience to her ante-mortem re-
quest. while one Of their senses, at
least, must tell them that she has
long since gone to anOthsrworld, new
er to return. And stranger still, the
authorities out there, who are not
supposed to be imbued with any su-
perstitious notions, have thus far
failed TO institute a much needed
post-mortem examination, or TO order
the burial Of what is fast becoming a
mere mass of putrefaction.-CiHein-
natl Commercial.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31

We have heard it rumored that
the Brownsville Radicals are fixing
up a slate for use in the COM
ing election for Chancellor Of this
Division. There are said to be q
number of aspiTants for the party
nomination, aud it is not unlikely
that there will be pr ny sharp
contest for the honors and loaves
and fishes that cluster around the
Chancellor's Office. We regret to
see thus early disposition to give
a political cast to tie August elec-
tions, but if our Radical opponents
wan to fight it out on that line, we
hope the Democratic leaders will
not be stupid enough to again re-
peat the blunder WHICH gaVC 70 Aav.
Num- his present scat in Congress.
Aipley Ne,OS.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31

Now that General O. o. Howard,
is beforethe House Committee on
Military Affairs, is TO be hoped that
little light will be shed on the
pious soIlicr. He has travelled over
the country for several years as the
chief oraor of the Y. NJ. T.. A. He
has solicited funds in season for his
church. He has been the Freed
mans friend. He has done the
piety AMI religion for the army and
the Administration. His voice has
been lifted up with a sanctimonious
whine whenever and wherever it
could get an opportunity to be
heard. And all the time the moneys
with which he has been directly and
indirectly intrusted have been mys-
teriously disappearing. The symp-
toms are that o. o. Howard IS a
hypocrite who ough to be authenti-
cally introduced to the American
peoplein his true character.-C Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31

Appropos of the County Asylum
developments at Nashville and Mem
phis, the Knoxville Chronicle remarks:
I'VE are more and more convinced
every day we live, that there must be
some additional legislation on the sub
iect of our county Asylums for the
poor. Enlightened public sentiment
will demand a change. Universities
(minister?) in the different churches
in the State, should speak. in thunder
tones against the existence of semi
barbarism in a civilized State. The
press should speak out as with one
voice, and plead for these unfortu-
mates"
To all of which we heartily sub.
scribe.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31

A Justice of the peace in Illinois,
before whom a citizen had prosecuted
his daughters lover for ejccting him
from his own parlor the Sunday even
ing previous, solemnly decided as
follows:-'It pear that this young
feller was courtin' the plaintiffs gal,
i'll plaintiffs parlor, and that plaintiff
intruded, and was put out by defend
ant. Courtin' is a public necessity,
and must not be interrupted. There
fore, the law of Illinois viii hold that
q parent has no legal right in room
where courtin' is afoot, and so the
defendant is discharged, and the
plaintiff must pay costs"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31

The Knoxville Press and Herald
says: Yesterday, J. E. Dyer, Govern
ment detective, who has obtained no.
toriety in connection with the arrest
of a number of citizens Oh the charge
of dealing in counterfeit money, was
arrested in this city by Deputy Sher-
if VIM. Sully, of Union county, on q
magistrates warrant from that cOun-
ty, on the charge of dealing in cOun.
terfeit money. We learn that. Sheriff
Gossett, of Knox, served another war
rant ON Dyer, yesterday, on a similar
charge. He will probably have q
hearing to-day.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31

The world has had six thousand
years to bring in its more excel
lent way What has it devised,
apart from the bible, to heal the
sores of the broken, wounded,
bleeding heartg What has Rome,
in ages of martial glory, or Greece,
in her era of phIlosophic culture
and refinement, done to solve the
vexed problem of aching humani-
ty? What streams of comfort has
the rod, welded by their greatest
intellects, extorted from the bar
ren rock? What trees have they
planted in the worlds desert whose
leaf shall not fade, neither shall
the fruit thereof be consumed,
whose fruit shall be for meat, and
the leaf thereof for modicineH On
the other hand, how many thous-
ands and tens of thousands, racked
with pain, tortured with doubt,
worn with anxiety, agitated with
remorse, darkened with bereave-
ment-thc sick, the weary, the
lonely, the dying, have been cheer
ed, refreshed and comforted by the
everlasting consolation of this holy
book.-Macdutf.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31
The Bridal Tour.

Coung Spriegles and his Armatha
| Jane had Just been married, and were
/ going upon their bridal tour They
/ didn't know whether. upon their re
/ turn, they should board ''the old
/ folks, or take rooms at a private ho-
/ tel. Being only a clerk, Sprisgles'
meaus were limited, and he could not
expect much at first in the way OF
living.
''Of course, - he said to old Bolger,
a wealthy member Of the firm who
had kindly granted him three weeks
leave Of absence, I'VE must be in style,
you know. l suppose you took 4
"a rusher?'
4 mean you took an extensive one,
and showed your wife the sights
Yes" said BOlger, with a nod.
''Ill tell You about il. | made long
preparations for my bridal tour, and
the girl that was 10 become my wife
helped me. We had it all fixed, and
everything laid out beforehand. i
worked for it hard, and she worked
for 1t too. 1t was to be the grand
event of our lives, and We wanted it
to be a success. We felt that as the
new life opened, so should ifeOntinue.
was earning five hundred dollars a
year. That was good pay for a sales
man iivA-and-thifty years ago-better
than three times that amount now as
things go. We were married in the
morning at the house Of my wife's
father Then we rode two miles to
the substantial cottage had secured
for home. Ny money had made the
first payment on it, and Mary's mon
ey had furnished three rooms in it.
"TAnd we ate our first meal thereaf-
ter in our own house; and 1 went
thence to my work and my wife set
about her work. 1t was the new life
and we determined to succeed if pos
sible. And in that effort was our ioy.
And in tho success that followed was
unalloyed happiness. In less than
three years my house was paid for and
my home was my own. Come storm,
or come sunshine, we had a roof to
cover us-a roof from which the hand
of man could not turn us.
81 doubt, young man, If ever a bri-
dal tour was happier or more profita-
BILE than was mine; and / knew that
Mary enjoyed it with me, and L knew
the exercise of housekeeping upon her
own account was invigorating and
heathful. But then we married for
real earnest living and loving. We
believed we should find ife's purest
Joy in the discharge of life's sacred
duties.
81 declare" pursued the old man,
with glistening moisture in his eve.
II should like those first blessed DAYS
of home life to live over again. But |
it may not be. And" he added, ''I
fear the .yUune man of tho f-asaant
day will not live them for my view
ing"
Sprig8les walked away, scratching
his head. He wasn't sure that he had
caught the drift of the old mans re-
marks.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31
Valuable Land for Sale.
In the County Court of Madison
County, Tenn.

VIM. II. Shelton, ct a., VS.. Ophelia J. Shell
ton and others.
DY virtue Of an interlOcutOry decree pro-
ID nOunced at the January term, 1874, OF
the County Court or Madison county. Ten
nessec, in the above cause, l VIII, on Satur-
day. 7th Of February, 1874, at the north door
OF the courthouse in the city OF Jackson,
expose for sale. TO the highest bidder, val
liable tract OF Land containing 3li acres.
said land lies in the SLh civil district OF
Madison county. Ten n, and is sold for par
tltiou and division among the heirs OF W
NJ. shelton, deed. free from the dover right
OF Ophelia J. Shelton In the same.
TERMS or SALE.-One-fOurlht the purchase
money 10 be paid IN cash, balance ON one
and two years time, notes and approved Sc
curity 10 be given for the balance and a lien
retained for the payment OF the same.
p. G. McCOWA1. Clerk.
Brown. Enioe & Bullock, Soils.
Jan. IL, lS7i-2t
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31

REVOLUTIONARY WDOws.-The
following are the names of revOlu-
tionary widows now drawing pen
sions at the pension Office, in this
place: Cynthia Williamson, Nash
Vile; Wilma Alverson, Simpsons
Mills, White County; P. Marsh,
Taylors, White County; Mary a.
Nuunellee, Centerville Hickman
Coulty.-Banner.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31


A Word OR T~o.-We have been
something of a worker and laborer
for the last fifty years, and never
had m leh ambition to be anything
else. We sympathise with every
effort which we believe calculated
to benefit the laboring man and
better his sondition. At the same
time, we are opposed TO any move
ment intended to array one class or
interest against another, and will
fight all such with the fist OF wick
edness as long as we can raise Il
hand or set a type, no matter who
heads them or where they emanate
arabic; one branch Of industry can
not flourish and prosper by ITSELF
We are just as dependent upon the
man who chops our frewood as he
is upon US. The town is just rs es-
sential to the country rs the cOun-
try is to the town. If there were
no towns and villages, no centcrs
of trade and traffic, what sort Of
country would this beg And what
builds towns and cities and increa-
scs the value Of the surrounding
territory, but capital and enter
prise, trade and traffic, an inter
change Of commodities aud the mu-
tual encouragement of interests
which must stand or fall together
Who is to develop your boasted re-
sources, and build up a homo mar
ket for your surplus produetsy-
Surely, not labor alone, unaided
by capital and enterprise.-Athens
Post.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31
ADVERTISING RATES.

NJ One inch space constitutes square
Where advertisements are ordered 10 &c
unusually displayed they will be charged
for according TO the space they occupy;
one inch to constitute square.
SheriGs, Clerks and Rangers. who send
us their patronage will recciye the Whig
without charge.
T-CANDIDATEs-FoT announcing can
didates for County Offices and the Legisla
ture, $40; for Congress $50; for Municipa
and civil district Offices. s5-aII in advance
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31

John ". Fornoy, Jr., writes from
Florida: Every man who comes
10 settle South is received with the
utmost kindness. There is no
longer any danger in the express
sion of opinion. You can say what
you please, when you please, 50
long of course as you avoid person
al insult. The code has not died
out. Mrs. Stowe, whose uncle
Toms Cabin was unquestionably
the severest truth ever told Of the
South, not only lives in comfort a.
mong the people whose dearest in
stitutiOns she did so much to des-
troy, but is again highly respected. ,
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31

A Danbury man who believed
he was dying, gave = friend a boot
jack, with a hinge to it to allow
closing it up in a small space
Subsequently recovering mis- health,
lie sought to recover his boot.jack,
but it was not till after it was bro
ken over his head could he be made
to realize that a present given on a
death bed is too sacred to be trifled
with.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31

The Emperor, of Japan, in his
desire for the blessings Of civiliza-
ton, wanted = definite birth day; so
convention of wise men fixed
upon the 4th of November, which
date the Emperor has adopted.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31

A wild steer at Springfield Mass,
escaped from a herd and took to the
woods, going ont at night TO steal
from the hay-stacks, and hiding in
the daytime. When finally hunted
down he fought like hero, and only
fell when dying. Nine bullets were
found in him, his enemies having fired
at him at every opportunity during
twelve weeks.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31

At Grand Rapids, Michigan, a
woman keeps seventy-six cats on
her premises. When one dies she
s.~a-e -fs,-As@l procession half mIle
long, composed entirely Of cats.
As soon as the grave is covered she
gives a signal and the whole COM
pany howl in concert. Deacon
Swift, Of Grand Rapids, was present
at one of these occasions, and was
heard to remark afterwards while
his wife was trying TO cure his
headache with cold water, that
when he experienced the effects or
that combined howl, he lost all
interest in life and inwardly prayed
for sudden death.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31

Wooden shoes arc highly recon-
mended by the agricultural socic-
ties and governments of Europe,
as it is shown that many diseases
resulting in impaired constitutions
and even in the loss of life have re-
suited from wearing leather shoes
in wet weather. A practical work
man from France has been called
recently in Germany to superin-
tend their manufacture. They are
light and easy TO wear, and provi-
ded with 4 small cushion within the
upper side to obviate any pressure
on that part of the foot. They are
of a neat, pleasant appearance,
blackcned or vanished, large G.
nough TO accommodate comforta-
bic stockings, and provided with
leather straps. Their prices range
from 24 TO SO cents, and very few
pair would last lifetime.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31
The Detroit Press tells this cul

The Detroit Press teIIs InIs curl-
Gus circumstance: Il dreamed the
other night said BUah, as he help
ed his honor into his overcOat,
that l asked to borrow fifty cents
of you, and that you handed it out.'
Curious coincidence replied his
honor, as he buttoned his coat, Il
had the same dream except that 1
told you 1 would see you hung
first
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31

Whole tickets So, 90; Halves S25,0O, TcnthS.
or each coHpOn $500; Eleven Whole Tickets
for $500 90; 2s Tickets for 81 900 90; llS Whole
Tickets for s., coo, 90; 22I Whole Tickets for
$40, ,OO0. 60 No discount ON less than 500 90
worth of Tickets at time.
The Fourth Gin Concert will be conc ucted
IN all respects, like the three which have al
ready been given. and iull particulars may he
Learned from circulars which viii be sent free
from this office to all who apply for them.
Orders for ticket, and applications Tor aScn
cieS, will be attended 10 in the order they are
received and il Is hoped they will be sent in
promptly that there may he no disappointment
or delay in hlling all. Liberal terms given t'
those who buy To sell again. All agents ar,
peren ptorily required 10 settle up their ac-
counts aud return all unsold tickets by the 20tt
day OF NJ irch.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31
Lord Houpbton. In his reeeu

Lord Houghton, in his recent
address as president of the British
Social Science Congress, made a
statement calculated to make the
T. A. BIS and temperance advo-
Gates indulge in 'shotted discoHr-
ses' for some time to come. He
declared that "a national love for
strong drinks is a characteristic OF
the nObler and more energetic pop
ulations of the world; it accom-
panies public and private enterprise,
constancy of purpose, liberality of
thought, and aptitude for war; it
exhibits itself prominently in strong
and nervous constitutions, and as
sumes, in very many instances, the
character Of a curative instinct
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31

NJ. Bagehot the eminent writer
on financial topics, holds the theory
that commercial panics are largely
mental phenomena, and that they
can be allayed by remedies address
ed TO the imagination, that is TO
say, by a plentiful supply of money
to frightened people by the banks
at the first outbreak. 1t is a curl
Gus fact that panics occur In Lon
don every ten years with almost
perfect regularity.