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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-04
The Political Revolution AR
Tennessee.
T"H. v r." in the Cincinnati Commercial.
TIE MEANEST MAN II POLITICS.

T"H. V. r." in the Cincinnati Commercial
THE MEANEsT MAN IN POLITICS.
Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, Tor
the meanest man in American politics, or
who has ever been in American politics, or
who ever will be, unless the devil himself
steps up and takes hand, is laid on the
shelf forever.
MAYNARD's DEFEAT.
This man has been slaughtered IN the
general wreck. He is is buried under
majority OF about fifty thousand. He was
defeated in his own ward, in his own city,
county and Congressional district, where
he never knew defeated before. In Knox
county and the Second District he has al
WAYS been invincible. Upto the late cleo
ton he has been regarded as the strong
est man in the district of any party. Yet
he lost the district on the Governor vote,
and ThOrnburg, Republican, was elected
to COngress-the only Republican that
was elected in this State, and he only by
the skin of his teeth. Why was this?
Simply because Horace Maynard did not
take the strongest ground possible against
the Civil Rights bill. He haggled over
the question; said he was opposed to the
mixed schools clause, but intimated that
some of the other features were not SO
terrible that the country need go dis
tracted on the subject. 1t was enough
Horace Maynard was defeated where he
was never defeated before. and is covered
up under larger majority than perhaps
any man eyer had heaped upon him In
Tennessee.
HOW THORNBURG WAS SAVED.
stated repeatedly in the Commerci0L
| before the election, that the ~Republicans
| would secure but one Congressman out OF
the ten from this State-a proposition
which was disputed in some quarters. L
| thought, however, that the First District
would be one they would secure, and
! such was the general opinion, even among
! the Democrats. Everybody is astOnished
at Buffers defeat. IL ia the Second Dis
| ttict that has saved the Republicans from
/ whatever modification might come from
q solid Democratic delegation.
| Thornburg' majority is very small, and
he is indebted to the stupidity OF the Dem
! ocrats for his election. They shelyed W.
| A. Henderson, who could have beaten
| Thornburg and put out Mabry, who
! could Mt Mabry has doubttul record
and is not strong man by any means
! He was no match for InOrnbqrE as q
| stump speaker or otherwise. The Demo
Gratis see their mistake now, and there are
hot words and tears of modification il
their camp. That they should have al
lowed the Republicans to have had ever
one district in the State makes them un
happy. 1t would have been so nice, st
majestic, as it were, so awe-inspiriRg tc
have had solid Democratic Delegation
from Tennessee. But as the UNION AM
AMERICAN sorowfully says in fearful ed
itorial on the subject. there is no use cry
ing over spilled milk
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The Oldest Printers Last "Take. "

st. Louis Dispatch, Nov. 26.l
Yesterday the oldest professor of the
"art preservative of arts" was taken to
his last home at Calvary cemetary, One
year after the Declaration of Independ-
ence was signed VIM. L. Barry was corn
"a he was, consequently, 81 years cid at
the time of his deatsihi. He served bis ap-
premiership at the ease" in Nashvmle,
Tenn, some time early in the century, in
which city and Knoxville he appears to
have spent the MAJOR portion of his
life. Early in the current year he came
to St Louis and the writer remembers
seeing the old gentleman as he walked
into the editorial room and quietly re-
newed an old acquaintance. At that
time he was hale and well preserved,
which fact he was accustomed to attrl-
buteto his regular and temperate life.
He spent the last of his days with his SON.
in-law, Mr.. Hogan, of this city, from
whose residence the funeral took place.
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Lvnebburg Yirginian: An interesting
spectacle can be Witnessed at the office
Of our commissioner of immigration, DIR,
Robertson. 1t is the Matching of some OF
the salmon eggs recently introduced by
him. The little fellows are sufficiently
developed to wiggle about, although, stlI
q part Of the egg-belng about pan one
See of a hawberry. and perfectly red.
The doctor procured about fifty
;housand of them from the United States
Comm;..io9or of Fish, which is the whole
',Uato that Virginia Is entitled to. By
The next fall the fish will De ready for
,.r srd fine sport as we'll as fine eating
NAV he expected. These fish affair! to
the weight Of forty or Fifty pounds. They
are what are known as the Calliorhia
salmon, and the egg, were E, , ~ '
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Defeat, Of MAYNARD,
From z "Gath" letter in the Chi
TrNnnnn

From Gath letter in the Chicago
TriSune.l
Horace Msynards defeat | heard as
cribed by a leading Tennessee Republi-
can to-day to the following:
"A man is more apt to want to be the
great figure of his party than to make a
great party. Maynard is an able man.
He can give better reason for being
wEoRg than a good many others for doing
wise. But he is more concerned to lead
the Republican party in Tennessee than
expand it, make it embrace all classes,
and. if necessary, retire himself, Now,
he makes no allowances for the society
and idiosyncrasies of the people where he
lives. One of our ablest men suggested
TO our leaders that they nominate a
Union young man who had been in the
Legislature and made bright, wise re-
cord They pressed the man on May
nard. He turned cold and said:
"'Who advised that?
General Nancy,
"'He was a Rebel said Maynard.
ia YOU want any Rebel advice?
h'Ifit is Republican Rebel
ono, none Of it, said Maynard.
"Thus, the party is kept from widening
itself in a society which might expand,
with polite treatment, 10 appreciate Re
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British Quarterly Review.

THE British Quarterly ReUieW for Oc-
tober (republished by The LEONARD
SCOTT PUBLISHING Co, Al Barclay Street,
New York; offers great attractions to
the general reader, several of the articles
bel g of unusual interest. Foremost
among them we may mention Ihe
Lesser Light" which is an account OF
what is known and conjectured con-
corning our satellite, given with a
charming freedom from dryness and
statistics; and "The Mystics of the Four
tenth Century" who "were, for the
most part, men who had felt, more than
others, the WEAKNESS and sorrow OF hu-
man life." Sketches of the lives of four
or five ofthe most noted of them are
briefly set forth, together with explana--
ton and comparison of their several
doctrines.
Motley's writings are so we'll known
and liked, that one turns with pleasant
antici patti ions to any thing that comes
from his pen. There are many extracts
from his "New Historical Work" in
the present review.
The article on Landseer is not
biographical, but is description and
criticism OF his style and works.
We find two controversial articles or
| ecclesiastical topics. 1.-THE Abolition o
| of Patronage and the Scotch Churches,
| referring to the Church laws of Scot
| land, some OF which have recently beer
| altered and amended, and "The Estab'
| lished Church and it's Defenders" or
the much discussed question of Church
| and State in England.
| "Our Naval Requirements" sets fortf
the advantage or desirability of having
! a large naval reserve always ready fol
| the protection of vessels engaged II
| commerce, and to be ready for promp
/ action in case ofwar.
| Eighty pages of this Review are de
| voted to notices of new books, undo
| the heading, Contemporary Litera
| ture." Works on all subjects are men
| toned, and they are so classified tina
either student or nOvel-reader can SCI
| at glance what pew treats the liter
| ary world has in store for him.
| Our readers will do we'll to provid,
themselves for the coming year will
one or all of the periodicals reprint
ed by The Leonard Scott PUBLISHING
| Co. They are as follows: The LOndOi
Quarterly, Edinburgh, WeStminste1', ant
| British Quarterly ReDie1C, and Btdck
| hoods Magazine. Price, 81 year TO
any one, or only SI5 Tor all.
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The Negroes and the Democracy.

New York Times.
So long as the negroes voted unanl-
mously with the Republicans, the native
white Democrats had every temptation to
prevent their use of the suffrage, and
this temptation was unquestionably, at
one time, yielded to. Now that it has
become possible to induce the negro to
sometimes vote with the Democrats, he
will be treated very differently. 1t may
be political heresy, but we confess that
the division of the negro vote is to us an
encouraging fact in the recent election.
1t is especially encouraging when, as in
South Carolina, the division was effected
by an appeal to the negroes to rebel
against their former leaders in order to
secure honest government. When the
negro gives his vote on that ground,
whether he is cheated or not, and ceases
to give it under control of a dread or
hatred of his former master, he has made
a long advance in the direction of be-
coming a useful citizen.
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ATTACHMENT.


w. L. CornWeIl w. i. ~ McCdnh'
1t appearing TO me from the affidavit of
plaintiff, that the defendant is a non-reSi-
dent of the state of Tennessee: and it fur
Their appearing that the defendants proper
~ was attached, it is therefore ordered by
me that publication be made in the Herald
and Mail, q newspaper published IN the
town of Columbia, Maury county, Tonnes
see, for four consecutive weeks, TO notify
said defendant to be and appear me on the
18th day of January, 1870, to defend said at
tachment, or the same will be proceeded
with eyparte as to him.
pee /, 1874. CHARLES CLEAR, J. p.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-04

Among the things which prevent i'm
migration to Tenne ssee, a contemporary
enumerates defective land titles, an IN
complete school system, poor county
roads, and the vast number Of worthless
dogs which render sheep-raiSing imprac-
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-04

lbs Radicals are talking of passing
the civil rights bill during the incomiI 9
session OF Congress, which meets next
Monday 1t is their last chance to do
mischief and they don't want to miss it.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-04

Archie Thomas, the editor of the Spring
field Record, Is a candidate for reelection
90 the office of Seargeant-at-arms, for the
Senate. He made good officer before,
and we wish him success in his candidacy.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-04

There are already nine candidates an! an
ROunced for Congress in the fourth as
trict, to fill the vacancy Occasioheu p9
the death of Col. J. W. Head ana the
end doth NOT vt appear.
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publicanism. Maynard took the lead,
led US and himself to destruction, and we
saved only one Republcan-the Knox
vile District
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HERALD AND MAIL.
Friday Morning, Dee. 4n. 1874.

The Chattanooga Times is for Col.
John c. Bureh for State Comptroller.
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OrniIhOlOgicaA'
New York HeTald.l

We wonder if the President, when he
issued his proclamation, thought the
Thanksgiving turkey gouid turn out to be
q nnn,ncratic rnosieri
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j. B. ASHTON. JOHN 7. MCGAW.
COLUMBIA MILLS
REBUILT
To the Farmers and MerChdhL
of MGUry and AdjOtn-
ina Counties

We have Just completed and have in full
operetiOn under the most approved style,
together with all the Improvements of ma
chinery the COEIU MBIA MILLS, so long
and faVorabiy known as the Ashton Mills,
on Duck River and we have no heS,tency
in saying to our friends and the public gem
orally that we are fully prepared to sustain
along your grain; a trial is all we ask.
Thankful for past patronage, we solicit a
continuance of the same. Orders filled
promptly, and delivered with dispatch
within the bounds OF the corporation limits.
The highest market price paid for wheat
and corn, Respectfully,
Dec. !, 1S74..3m. ASHTON q MCGA".
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I UMBER NOTICE.

Having sold one-half interest in the
lumber business formerly carried on by me
in this State to A. G. Thompson 81 Bro, Of
Fountain Creek, all persons having lum-
Der sawed or under contract for me, referred
to them. They will receive, measure and
pay for same, as heretofore.
May 2gth-tf. C.CHAS. GOLDBERG.
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NTON-RESIDENT NOTICE.

TRUSTEES NOTICE.
All persons whose debt sarg secured iu t.e
Deed OF Trust ORG. a. Pillow tu James ~.
Thomas, arc by order Of the Chuucrty Court
at Columbia, required to Ale said claims
with me, properly authenticated, on or hr-
fore the 2nd Monday N December next
JAMES n. THOMAS,
Nov. II, 1874. Trustee, Sc.
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VIM. SHIRLEY'S
Marble Mandatory

All OF the best Italian Marble.
Also. have the latest styles Of Dcsgnr.
ar All work n cheap a. can DO done else
yhsra Nanufactory on Wost Main street,
80, ti,a Tnsiitute mh28yl
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-29
BOSTON MARKETS..
WEDNESDAY, May 27, 1874.


FIOUR-The demand for Flour has been quite
moderate and prices of nearly all leading brands
are pc z bill. lower The trade are purchasing
only in small lots wanted. and we quote sales Of
Of Western superline at s. 25a5 common extras.
81 HQpG Is; wisconsin and Minnesota extras, So 5O0
: - " bill. White wheats Ohio, Indiana and Michi-
gan 81 10 a b Illinois, at s. a. "a % and st.
Louis at GllDl0 p Rbbl. Fancy Minnesota brands,
$500 6DIl q hbl. Corn meal is firm. Sales at 81 -
"a 445g Dbl. Rye Flour, $ d6P Dbl Oat Meal at
Sc 751S p T. bhl.
GRAIN-'rhe demand for Corn has become quite
moderate and prices are easier. Sales at % "a 95c
for new and old mixed and yellow. Oats are quite
firm and have been in steady demand: The sales
Of brown and white have been at t6A1ic Y bush.
In Rye the sales have been in small lots at 81 20 Y
bush shorts, Fine Feed and Mddlngs at s3I ass
v ton. $50
PORK and prices continue to tend upward. The
sales have been at $l5 ais 30 for prime slj 50d
rs Is for mess; and S2l02i for clear and extra
clear as to quality. Beef is quite firm and has
been in fair demand n. IL "a II 81 y bbl for mess
and extra mess; and E3l7 20 for family. Lard
ia a ne o ID for city and Western, to quality.
In Smoked Hams sales have been nj lltDl3c U h,
for Boston and Western.
PRODuCE-The arrivals of Butter have been
considerable and the market is now abundently
supplied Sales of good and choice New York and
Vermont; diaries at % "a pc: and common and
medium grades at Is "a 2ic U h. West
ern butter at 2527c Rib. Cheese at 10 90 Ice q ID.
and choice mediums: 81 400 81 IS for extra pea ;
81 80 a GO per bush for yellow eyes. Eggs at l6
Mlsc ~ dozen. POTATOES AT iuc "a ! ~ " bush for
Jackson Whites, and Early Rose at 81 20 "a 81 s0 T.
bush. Onions have been selling at s. a p q box.
Dried Apples at l39I5ceib.
| WOOL. The Wool market has been very firm
the past week, with good demand from manu-
facturers, and full prices have been realized. New
California has been arriving quite freely, and the
principal transactions have been In this description
The sales comprise 7250o lbs spring mt 30GsSc as
to quality and S5,U0D lbs iall at l7n29c " ID.
Fleeces quiet as stocks are quite reduced, and
have only 10 notice sales of ;O0o lbs at 5iGp57e
for Ohio and Pennsylvania and 5lGo5ic for Mchi-
gan. lot off $40 lbs medium Massachusetts sold
at 56ic; 2,J0b fbs medium Maine at 53zD55c; I2Gs
lbs New Hampshire at 5na5Ic; 200 lbs medium
New York ut 53lc; and 900 lbs Western at soc y ID
In combing and delaine sales Of 1900 lbs ut 57M
62c for washed, and 43lDi6c for unwashed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-29
yiclssltudcs ofFortune.

1T his man. said Macaulay, of a cele-
brate character-''this man had, after
many vicisstudes of fortune, sunk at last
into ahject poverty" Such has been the
histor'i of the majority of men in every de-
partm ent of active life. Who can protect
US aga inst the vicissitudes of fortune? In
spite OF his prudence, a rich mans riches
will rake wings ana fly away A little
thread of circumstances, unraveled from
some riyiality, has led to losses, and losses
have led to AFFECT poverty.
Now policy of life insurance makes only
a small demand upon large income An
annual premium of one or two Thousand
dollars may secure forty or fifty thousand
dollars to be used by the wife or children
when nc who is now rich and prosperou.
has. latter many vicissitudes of fortune
sunk at last into abject poverty" Especially
may tins be the case If the policy has beer
taken ON the Tontine plan, practised by tn,
Equitable Life Assurance Society, by which
its expense may be limited to ten or iiiteer
wears. Here in the life insurance bought
during the palmy days is the ample proyis
ion required for survivors.
The wealthy man who is Independent o.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-29

business risks may say: l can do better
with my money than invest some of it in a
life insurance policy. But how can he do
better? lie can invest in lands and houses
or in Government bonds, and what he in
vests. he is not likely to lose. If he tries "to
do better " still, he gets into the region of
speculation and, although he may at times
realize profit, he often loses, and he never
gains except at great risk of loss. lift is ask
ed: What are the pecuniary advantages of a
life insurance policy to a man of wealth +?
We should reply: First, it is exceeding
ly improbable that his estate will re-
ceive from the insurance less than he has
paid. Second, his estate may receive from
the insurance ten or twenty or fifty times
as much as he has paid. Third, the rate
of interest to be gained on his cash pay
ments is certain TO be large, taking into
account the returned annual surplus and
in the event of his early death the in
terest may range from one hundred
to enc thousand per cent. For such reasons
policy IN institutions like the Equitable
Life Assurance Society is frequently found
among the securities of men of wealth, and
of men also who have passed through many
vicisstudes of fortune and sunk at last into
abiect poverty. A life insurance policy in
our large companies is as good to hold as a
corporate bond, and may be many times
better in relative value at the death of the
person insured.-The Independent. May 81,
1874.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-29
WILLIAM BAIsroN's ESTATE

STATE OF VERMONT, The Honorable the
DISTRICT OF oHIrrESDES .tSf a. C,, aS1 .ro
To the heirs and all persons Interested in the estate
Of William Barton, late OF Charlotte. sand district.
deceased.
GREETING
w HEREAS, application hath been made to this
w Court in writing. by the administrator
praying Tor license and authority to sell fifty acres
Of the real estate Of said deceased including the re-
version Of the widows dover therein for the
pay ment ~ debts. and charges Of administration, and
setting forth therein the amount o; debts due from
the said deceased the charges o, administration the
amount Of personal estate. and the situation OF
the real estate.
Whereup0n. the said Court appointed and asst gned
the 5th day Of June, \. II. ls54. at the Probate
Cont rooms, in said District. tOhear and decide
upon said application, and petition, and ordered
public notice thereof 10 be given to all persons
Interested therein, by publishing said order tOgeth-
er with the time and place of hearing three weeks
successfully in the Burlington Free Press a news
paper which eirculates in the neighborhOod Of those
persons interested in said estate, all which pabea-
tons shall be previous to the day assigned for
hearing.
Therefore. You are hereby notified to appear before
said Court, at the time and place assigned. then
and there IN said Court, L. give bonds, as the law
directs. for the payment OF the debts, and charges
Of administration. and make your objections 10
the granting Of such license, if you see cause.
Given under my hand. at the Probate Court
rooms.= this lth day Of May. A. d. Is74.
i6w3w T. +. WALES. Judge.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-29

Alpheus Narney, who died at Charlotte,
aged IS, on Sunday, May n, after a long
and painful lness, which he endured with
Christian fortitude, was one Of the remark
able men, who, though living in a very hum
bic relation, viii leave a vacancy not easily
filed
lie was an elder brother of David NJ.
Narney, late of Burlington, and with him
inherited from his father an unusual share
Of mechanical skill, which he kept in con-
slant exercise during his active life. lie
had shrcwd and practical sagacity which
qualified him eminently to seize and ap-
propriate new and useful ideas, and made
him, according to the testimony OF one of
his lifelong neighbors, not only unequalled
as a mechanic, but excelled by few or per-
haps none in his town as successful farmer.
lie was staunch supporter of the politi-
cal principles which resulted in the over
throw of slavery and the growth of the Re
publican party, and though for a season
he subsidized INTO a semiskeptical view of
religion, he ultimately heartily acknow-
lodged the value of a personal interest in
the Gospel of Jesus Christ. and was in sym
patty with the Society of Friends, ofwhich
his wife was a member, and in which he
was educated He had been for 40 years
clerk of his school district. lie leaves a
widow and three children daughter, an
invalid, and two sons-George W, who
with his family lives near, and DR.. W. H..
ii. Narney, who is now in active practice
in Charlotte. T.
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State Political Notes.

The Republicans of Brandon met last Sat.
urday evening, for the purpose of electine
SIX delegates to the State Convention, and
says correspondent of the Rutland Herqld
it is well understood that the delegate.
chosen are first, last and all the time for y.
I. Sprague, Jr., for Governor.
Hon. Crosby Miller of Pomfret and Hon.
B. D. Harris, of Brattleboro, have address
ed letters to the St. Adams Messenger. en-
dorsing the nomination of Judge Peck for
Governor.
Hon. Broughton D. Harris, of Brattle-
boro, is likely to be presented by the Wind
ham County Republicans, as their candidate
for LeutenantGovernor Mr.. Harris is a
staunch Republican and was president of
the Republican State Convention of ISGS,
lie is well known in the State, and cannot
fail TO have many friends in the convention.
II presented by his county.
A gentleman in the eastern part of the
State writes to the St. Adams Adrerfiser
that Quartermaster-Ge General William W
Lynde, of Marlboro, is looming up as a
candidate for Lieutenant Governor.
The Rutland Herald thinks there can be
no doubt but Col. Franklin Fairbanks would
make model Lieutenant Governor and
that his service as Speaker of the House
demonstrated his capacity As 4 presiding
officer