The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-27
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Twenty zone persons passed. through here
from hurricane, Maury county, yesterday,
farmers. Each man carried rifle. The
same number came through from North
A1rOIlNd ana \ lEGilld. ABOUT IOullN-JWb
persons will wish they had remained at
nome within the next twelve manifestations
Major Campbell Brown, OF Maury coun-
ty, Tennessee, reports the corn and nay
crops OF Middle Tennessee, as almost a total
failure. The drOuth in this section has been
unprecedented. Rain, in sufficient quanu-
ties To supply the growing crops with mOlH-
tuvc, did not fall for over two months, and
pastures and fields presented an unbrOkcn
surface of blasted vegetable matter. Bad
times, bad crops and prcdispoStiOu to be
unhappy and diScOutC ted, will try the
souls OF Changers the coming wintcT.-,S.
LpuiS JDuJyJg of Agriculture.
-ParSOn BrOwnlow tells a good story Ofan
old Presbyterian bachelor preacher, known
almost as ~ WOman-hater until he was near
ly nifty years Old, when ne married and set
tied somewhere among the mountains OF
North Carolina. The parsOn says: Our
bachelor friend was preaching on the SIN
ner'S excuses. "I have bought piece of
ground, and wish to go and see it, said one.
Here is a want of inclination to attend to
divine things" said the preacher. "AnOth-
rr said, i have bought five yoke of oxen,
and must needs 20 and prove them. This
seems a case of necessity. \ third said, Il
have married a wife, and therefore | can
not come Here is a ease of natural iuDUS-
sibiiuV, from which We may infer cOntin-
ueu our b3chciOr preacher, that DRe UOUtdH
JriU pull man further from the Lori than ten
steers" The Presbyterian preacher here
spoken OF cannot be Rev. VIM. StOddert, as
he is not married.
The Dillon County Mars gives detailed
account ithC robbery of Mr.. John Benefits
pN, OF MaulE county on suspicion II
seems that Polk had been there trying to
get up dancing class. lie was overtaken
ON the road and searched and the missing
money, 500, found ON his person. He plead
cd guilty, and was committed to Jail. Polk
Kirby belongs To a respectable family in
MauTy, and is himself well known here.
We regret TO see his fail. Poor fellow, he
never knew how to work, and boys should
W. J. ADHESION and W. \. Darryncrry
viii have public debate at New LaSca
church, tomorrow saturday night, on the
PROPOSE llOH: " ~ ne wicked IN nell VIII re
main there and be punished forever Ad-
kiSSon aiiirm> and Derrybe ~ denies. The
public are invited to attend.
James b. smith, a handsome and clever
young merchant of our town, recently acted
aS grOOmSman at wedding near NaShNllle.
DIR. Kelly, who married the couple, made
the attendants respond to part OF the cere-
mOnN-the Lords prayer.
Tho first campmceting ever held ut Hur-
ricane was in 1863. Bishop DOgget preached
ON Saturday and sunday. Both Were con
SidcrCd great sermons, but il is conceded
that the sermon ON saturday morning was
the grandc>t ne ever prcachcd-at least in
this section. II was grand and great, and
the immense multitude was melted into
tears. Among the many persons present on
saturday was an able and eloquent PreSby-
terrain dlNInr-tUll of power and the Holy
Ghost. He went back home Saturday even
ing 10 meet an appointment OF ms own ON
the next day. He was greatly pleased with
the Bishops sermon. and could hardly think
OfanNthiu- else. lie possesses a Temarka-
BILE, yea, an extraordinary memory, and he
remem bored every word Of the sermon. 1t
pleased him 50 that he concluded such a
sermon should be preached as often as pos
Sible, and went into his Presbyterian church
next morning expecting to preach it-veT-
batim. When he got i'm his pulpit ana look
cd over his congregation however he saw
six persons whom Ge huu seen at the camp
meeting the day bcturc-and he did not
preach the Bishops sermon.
Rev. WeIIborn Mooney + miIyremoved
To Spring Hin this week.
The franklin H>hrrmen-whO rank
among the best i'm the state, and far ahead
of those OF COlumbia-are SJraightOut in IA
VOT of law prohibiting Seining except with
niiunOW se!nS to each bait. The seiuerS
have literally destroyed all the fish in Mid
die Tennessee except in those streams
where II il too deep to seln. such as Duck
and CumberlandTiVerS.A Fish traps and sein-
iu4 should be prohibited, and Glsh COM
missioner appointed to stock the rivers
with game fish. Ii has been demonstrated
in the Eastern states. and in Europe, that
every acre 81 water IA Il state can tie 50 utll
lied 10y fish culture as to be worth TO the
people more than the richest acre OF river
bottom in the state, cultivated in the most
auproNed style. bT. Boyd, Esq. Glenn and
ESQ TOOn, will no doubt interest them
selves in this matter, so important To their
constituents.