The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-01-30
AROUND TOWN.

AROUND TOWN.
r.,rsssa PbiIosophical Society has il
next regular meeting next Tuesday night
al the Columbia Athenseum. A full attend
ance is desired, as there will be an electloI
of officers There will be also two essay
read, one Dy 5. p. Beecher and the other by
DR.. w. b. Harrison, on Medical Physiogo
GoiIadav's 69th monthly drawing came of
at St Louis last Monday. Ticket No. = =
held by Miss -, OF this place, drew the
premium bovine, bred by the Quakers.
The young lady said she would go t.
New Orleans, if 1t was not for crossing th'
Ocean! .,-
she always regrets to hear the pastor OF th'
NJ. +. Church, in giving out the hymh' IN
stTuct the choir to omit any portion OF ~, IT,
Josh Billings on ioe," he will find the fol
lowing lines:
Iwish they'd let her bee;
She used tew lay eggs day
And Sundays she'd lay g."
Capt. Murphy made his first speecI
since receiving his license to practice law
before a Justice,in defence of a man who hac
been arrested on peace warrant II wa
brought to bear a strong array OF legal lore
applicable to the case. 1t is AS natural fol
him to talk as il is for a woman to do so.
DO not forget the lectures next Wednes,
dayand Thursday nights at the Gum berland
Presbyterian Church ,
-ChanceiIor W. s. Fleming of our tow II
WAS in Yale ollege with NJ r. Waite, re-
Gently made Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court. Mr.. Waite graduated in 1887 ana MI
Fleming in 1898. W. NJ. EvaTts, one OF the
greatest LAWYERS in the United states, was a
classmate of Waite, and was considered even
then quite a brilliant young man, while
Waite was looked upon as a SLOW pIodulng
fellow but very moral, studious and hard
working. II is not the first instance where
in a plodding boy has, in after life, outstrlp-
"a beoIiteous girl, of the vicinity OF Mem
phis, who has written poetry OF sunlclent
merit to be extensively copied In the papers,
ia spending pleasant time in our town.
We are glad to know that the report that
she was about TO take the veil,' is ground
less.
thief stole the saddle and blanket of the
horse of DR.. w. II. Brown, while hitched III
front of his residence.
YIN. o. Bagley is agent for u book on
highly interesting subject 1t is called,
History of the Grange Movement, or the
Farmers War Against MonOPolies; with a
history of the rise and prog ess OF the
Patrons of Husbandry." Every farmer
NMadame Parque, of Hayti, delivered a
lecture in the COIOred Missionary Baptist
Church last Monday night. Ten or ntteen
white persons were present, and about my
blacks we presume. Rev. Balaam Frler-
SON col, opened the services with prayer,
and then introduced Madame Parque. she
said il was customary for preachers to COM
meuCe their sermons WIFI lCAAs sic
would initiate them in this respect, but her
text would not be found within the lluS OF
the Bible-it was contained IN recent edl-
torial article in the Franklin ReUielV and
y9uraaL WheTeupOn she read from that
paper an article commenting on her recent
lecture IN Franklin. Whenever she came
TO a sentence she did not like, she reviewed
the reviewer with unglOyed hands she
said certain prominent city papers were re-
sponsible for the line in her bills The Col
Ored Rival of Miss Anna T., Dickinson
Throughout her entire lecture she frequent
" referred, in a crisp, sententlOuS manner
10 the RsUieIg and Journal editor, ana always
in a way that would have made John Bull
lock roar. We remember only such pas
sages as these: much whittier than the edi-
Tor of the RsUistr and Journal for when he
was pointed out to me as seated IN a group
ufcolOred men, could not distinguish him
from them, and found out afterwards that l
had singled out one of the colored men as
the editor my hair Is Stralghter than mat
OF the editor of the franklin paper zig
norant as the editor of the ReUieIC and Jour
nal 1.-THE ReUie,c aud Journal says l am pref :
udiced against the white people, and yet
did not even mention white people one
time las ignorant and prejudiced as the
editor of the ReUjelC and JJurHd u When the
lecturer had paid her respects to our contem-
pOraTy, she proceeded 10 discuss The Ne
gro: past, present and future she display
Ell considerable learning and research in
speaking of the past OF the negro, and be-
came quite eloquent in speaking of the
great deeds performed by her ancestors, in
their knowledge of the fine arts and their
proves in battle. She said that slavery and
barbarism hadbrOught the Philippians down
from their high estate. In speaking OF
HaVti-She prOnounces it "itir-in general
and TouSSant L'OveTture in particular, and
the struggles of the HaytienS for freedom,
she frequently became very eloquent, and
some OF her sublime perOTatlons reminded
Us Of Olive Logan. Indeed, she has much OF
olives graceful delivery, flowing and tOrci-
BILE diCtiOn, biting, singing sarcasm and
high enthusiasm. The present of the negro
was not just what il should be; they are not
doing what they should to better their con-
ditfon. They should learn to love to read
s.args 4-f a nj NIGHT
ing. They should take their town paper,
and read 10, and understand what was going
on. They would probably say they could
not spare the money. There are many
things they can spare money for-brandy-
smaShes, cigars and frivolous dressing
They should do with less dressed up emp
tines, and aspire to something more sub
stantial, and soltdly beneficial 10 them
selves ana country. Negro girls did not
visit and gossip. The Madamc'S advice to
the negr" swas excellent, and we hope that
IL will sve beneficial to them. She said
an Irishmen would go to a new place and
start store with jug OF whisky, and all
other Irishmen would help build him up;
and so would any other nation except the
negro. Let "A negro start store and COM
ntPnce to show evidences of prosperity, and
every negro would turn up his nose and
would Shuu him as they would peStilence,
and consequently he would collapse. 9th
er points OF her lecture we would ike 10 no.
tice, but have not time or space. Madame
Parque is a stout, well-fOrmed woman, pre-
possessing and Intelligent In appearance.
Her father is a native indian, and her ma
ternal ancestors are from the Island OfMad-
ugaScaT Her hair is long and straight,and
her forehead intellectual, and her eye that
Of an Indian, while her form, mouth and
nose indicate Enthusiastically the negro, We
think that lectures are more needed by the
negro than any other people, because the
majority ofthem cannot read. She is very
earnestly in favor of the civil rights bill,
but said some bad things about Its author,
Ben. Butler. We think the Madame should
more pOlntedly than she did, recognize the
fact that but for slavery-wAtch she never
tires of denOunciug in the most bitter man.
ner-three or four million of blacks, who
are now enjoying the benefits of religion
and civilization, would be in the wilds OF
Africa. where neither of those bleSSinp s
could reach them. In all kindness TO the
0iffed Madame we will venture to say that
Ne think she should not be bitter-it
saprns 10 her to be but honest Indignation
against what she believes 70 DE wrong-but
unhappy remembrances OF the past are on
~ Caleulated TO engeEder bad teellng among
those who should be friends. Madame Par
que almost invariably spoke OF the south
ern slave as being branded and his back be
ing OUt with laShes. There were haroarltle'
connected with southern slavery not neceS
saTily 50, AID they were very rare eAcep
lions. runliC sentiment condemned uIJuS
treatment of slaves, Just as II did all klnd
of gross injustice. Slavery redeemed lou
million of slaves from the darkest barbar
iSul and CLTiStianiZed them; and II thel
freedom does as much for them, they VII
attain the highest degree of civilization
Let them have plenty OF such Lecturers, a
Madame Parque, and let them attend th'
Lectures She has great work before her
sIevating The negroes everywhere, and re
deeming Africa from DarDarlsm, ana al
"6riStians should bid her God speed.
a JittIe boy came home one day ant
told his mother that man had gwen MN
aniokeI. The mother said "Didnt YOU aSl
MIN for ito" "why no, ma, ne SAID ne Wopi'
give il TO me if would stay away from hi
store!'