The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-02-20
OvER TIE COUNT

in this county. A few Sundays ago, Rev.
b. Z. Chapman, Agent for the Maury coun-
| ty Auxiliary Bible Society, preached a SER
mon in that Church, in behalf of the Bible
cause; after which a collection was taken
mp. Flowers is a Methodist Church, and yet
not single cent was given by them for the
Bible cause. member of the Q. p, who
happened to be present, gave s., and a
member of the Christian Church gave a
| quarter. Rev. Mr.. Hensley, the pastor, was
deeply mortified, and the subject evoked
| much comment. After the congregation
/ was dismissed, two MethOdiSts came up and
each gave dollar. Memb beers of that church
| should have Dr. McFerrin to talk to them
on the subject of giving money-lt would
do them good.
AT an election held in the 24th civil dis
tTlct the 9TH inst to the office of Justice OF the
Peace, made vacant by the removal of Esq.
Whitak er, from the district, John T. Dow
ell was elected. Rute Lisenby was bis COM
petitOT,
We understand that VIII >hscklett and
ChaleS Mc\aN. will shortly build, on the
1ormerS place, six miles west of Column bla
on the Hampshire pike. magnificent
steam Touring mill. 1t i estimated that
the mill will cost $4,000
Elder James II. Morton, OF the Christian
Church, and Calvin HardisOn, Esq, Nor
alist, will hold public discussion at Anti
och, near the Leftwich Bridge, Sd district,
on the second Saturday in March, the l4th.
that Eve carried out the designs of God in
in partalxing of the forbidden fruit" Mr..
The subject has excited much interest in
the neighbOrhoOd, and it is thought very
large crowd VIII be III ate Nance Inc ue-
baters are skilled and practiced, and the de-
bate will be an animated and lively one,
Mr.. r. w. FriersOn has invented per,
petual motion, and Is at work on the model
to send to Washington for q patent.
DIR. Brown Dobbins, has invented gun,
or rather cannon, that is entirely new,
and is a decided improvement on any gun or
artillery that has heretofore been invented.
1t can be made to shoot from one to
thousand shots at one dlscharge' anu II II
proves a success, will beat almost any gun
for the defence of forts, or any place station
airy.
at Ever Green Church last Sabbath, by Rev.
b. G.. Chapman, Agent, February 10Th. The
friends of the Bible cause in the extreme
county, manifest nantes much c fi' sympathy with
this good cause-manifest ii by quite lib
Rev. b. c. Chapman, Agent of the Maury
County Bible Society VIII deliver an address
on the Bible cause, at Concord Church, next
Sabbath at ii o'clock, ~ VI. All friends OF
the Bible are earnestly desired to be pres
ent.
Last week, as our esteemed friend,
Major John ID. Fleming, was riding over MS
farm, two magnificent black Newfoundland
dogs belonging to Sidney Fleming, jumped
out OF a thicket or brush pile, looking SO
much like black bears, that the Majors
mare became much frightened and ran
away with him. The gallant Major, who is
veteran of the war of 1912, held tight TO
the reins and kept the infuriated steed
from throwing him, or hurting herself.
We are indebted to Mr.. Sandy Chappell
y
2Hh, 1861. The Maurg Press was one of the
most neatly printed and ably edited papers
in the State. In the local columns we ma
a call, urged by over three hundred Names
for "A meeting of the LabOring People
"fOr the purpose OF making another eHort
to obtain our constitutional rights in an
honorable UnOn, and to perPetuate our
Government" In this list we notice the
names of those who afterwards, when the
war bugle sounded, sealed their devotion to
their country by glorious death on the
battIefieId-and among them none Drawer or
traer than w q; GrahaIn-ln an9tn .,5a col COZ
umn request, signed by some OF the pest
citizens in the county, is made upon > NJ
Armell, to publish Il speech delivered by
him at Mt. Pleasant, Jan. 9TH lS6l.-Among
McLcmOre, "1e is a Southern man OF tru-
est metal, and Union man to the back
bone" 1t is of such men our braVeSt Col
onels we're made.-The population OF
Maury county is put down at S2,4l6, and that
of Columbia at 5OOO.-S. wick Frlerson, IL
as having recently been elected
Chairman OF the County Court, and j. W.
Jennings, w. X. III. Mack, w. E. Is. Green,
Quorum; Henry Harris, Tyra Noles, ana H.
II. Allen, Committee on TurnpikeS; DR.. Z. {.
McEwen Census Taker; Samuel w. Mitchell,
Common School Commissioner The
Maury Guard is the name of company
recently formed, of which Achilles Bowen
was Captain.-The following Directors of
the Branch Bank of the Union Bank were
recently elected: VIM. Park, President; John |
Baird, NJ. ID. Cooper, W. ]. Dale, A. NJ.
Hughes, Thos J. Kelley, sam f. Mayes.-
The political columns are full OF mOmentous
fury were casting their shadows before. \
long article is devoted Col. \. N. LoOney,
who had recently declared for southern
COnfedeTaCy. 1t says: at is the same case
with the men in our immediate midst
who have pursued Col. LOOney in bitter po-
litical opposition all his life, and many OF
whom have felt his singing blows of de-
nunciation, directed by the arm that never
missed its aim, or striking failed to Wlther'
Further on the article speaks of Col. Looney
as "of commanding intellect, OF oratory
almost unrivaled, and a splendid political
leader. Another editorial discusses the
Convention OF the People of Tennessee
called for February 25th, 1861, and opposes
secession of the Statc.-Still another article
gives the bill introduced b. Geo. CAN'T, IN
the Legislature, providing that the Cover
nor appoint commission of able and wise
men to meet commissioners of other slave
States in Louisville, and there settle the diff
ferences betW cen the North and the South,
The editor of the uuWy Press, W. l.. Arnell,
though opposed to secession, when the war
came on, buckled on his armer, and went
forth to battle for his country-his native
South, and became one of the victims OF
the war. Had he lived, he would have be- |
come one of the leading editors of the SOUTH !
J. w. Braden paid us for his announce
ment on the first Monday of this month, |
but we neglected TO announce him. 1t is In
this week.