Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-08

nation. lie also gives an ACCOUNT
OF an interview with Secretary Bet
knap, asking for Il rc-examinatiou,
which was refused. The Secretary
closed the interview with these
plain, decisive words: al don't
want TO be misquoted as saying that
/ can't give Mr.. Smith re-exami-
nation, for say / 'front.' do it,
Smith then asked to be allowed TO
90 back and join the class below,
thus losing one year. lie had lost
his first year by the troubles allu-
dcd to above, and ,vas willing TO
lose another. The Secretary said
that this could not be done, with
out the recommendation OF the
West Point Board, and this could
not be had. He had talked with
Col. Rugqr, the Superintendent of
the Academy, and IL was believed
that the graduation of Smith would
dcmoralisc the regiment to which
he might be assigned. And this Is
the end of Caleb Smith. The laws
of caste seem to be terribly strict
in "the enlightened North" As well
as ain the barbarous South" and
here is n theme for that ''Journal
of Civilization" Harper's Weekly.
Instead of trying to convince the
people of the Southern States that
mixed schools are excellent things,
II can now endeayOr to storm the
bastions OF white exclusiyencs5 III
the army. The harvest is white
and ripe for the sickle of the phil
anthropic IIGrpers, and We hope
they viii pull OF their eoats and
pitch in immediately. The Radi-
Gals may keep their promises to the
ear of the blacks, but they are GER
tain in the end to break them to
their hope. When the latter cease
to look Northward for betterment,
and strive 10 find it among their
natural aud hereditary protectors
in the South, il will be we'll for
them. This can never happen so
long as they listen only to the teach
inps of men who are SHINING against
the laws of God, and committing n
crime against nature, while holding
out to them the fatal lures of ANAL
gimatiOn and social equality.
EDWARD d. RowLAND.-Dicd in
this city on the 31st of July, 1874,
Edward ID. Rowland, in the Goth
wear of his age. The death of such
a man seems to call for something
more than mere mention by the To-
cal journals of the community
where he lived his last days, and
Preached his last sunset" One
touch of nature makes the whole
world kin, says the immortal dra-
matist, and around the fevered
couch and open grave OF the deceas-
adj, the attentions, the anxiety and
the regret of those who were alien
to his blood and native land, mani
tested the essential unity of the
great race of people TO which we
belong. The subject of this notice
was identified with the social and
business interests of jackson, and
was the half-brother of Mr.. w. ID.
Hughes, one of our most exemplary
and popular citizens. Only few
months have passed since he first
appeared at one of the counters of
the city, but it was not long before
the quiet magnetism of his sterling
manhood drew around him a circle
of devoted friends. OF fine physi-
cal endowment, his appearance COM
manded respect, and there was a
dignity in his department and
speech, happily blended with a ge-
NAL temperament, that shed its sun
shine of humOr now and then, but
at the same time nothing of pert
ness ever offended the sensibiliLies
of those with whom he met in the
intimacy and abandon peculiar to
young men. he was native of
Canada, where his father, Baptist
clergyman, and his mother reside.
ImPelled by the unrest Of our An-
gio- american life he had visited the
Pacific coast, and mingled with the
cosmopolitan population of San
Francisco. lie knew the conven-
tionalities of what is termed "the
world" and consequently was en-
pertaining OBJ many subjects outside
Of his general reading. He was so
like our people in his acts and ut
terances, that those who with mois-
tened eyes performed the last du-
ties at his sePultuTe felt as if one of
the children of Tennessee was be-
ing folded to rest in her BOSOM
To those in our midst who grieve
over his untimely departure-to
those in another land, shuddering
in its shadow and dropping bitter
tears as they revert to a solitary
grave in the South-to them and to
all whose lives are clOuded by his
death-we offer no hollow form of
conventional coincidence, when we
ask them to believe that
Gas the tree
stands in the sun and shadows all beneath.
So IN he light Of great eternity
Lie eminent creates the shade Of death. -
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EvANsvILLE, JACKSON AND NEW
ORLEANS RAILRoAD.-At the urgent
request of the friends of the above
road in Spring Greek, Lavinia, Nc
Lemoresvillo, Mckenzie, Como and
Trezovant, we name August the 18th,
and Jackson the place for holding a
convention to take such preliminary
steps as may be de- med necessary to
perfect the organization of said Com
pany IN Tennessee. The people along
the route mentioned should promptly
appoint delegates to attend this I'M
portant meeting. This meeting win
materially affect the location of the
road, and it behooves those interested
to be present ON the occasion. The
convention will certainly take steps to
have Tennessee properly represented
in the Board of Directors. The i'm
portance of the meeting is too obvi-
Gus to need.argument.
Tilton's great offence, in the eyes
Of sanity Plymouth, if we under
stand the New York press Alright,