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MORNING CLASSES.
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For County COurt Clerk.

am candidate for recollection to the ofic
of County Court Clerk Of Shelby county, sub
iect to the action of the Convention to be as
sembled under the Bartlett Resolutions.
79-tc JAMES REILLY.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.


announce myself as a candidate before the
Convention 10 be held as called by the Execu-
tive Committee under the Bartlett Resolu-
tions. [S6-tc A. j. WHEELER.
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ciansY
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-10
CeIibaeN and Sex.
To the Editor of the n. Y. Graphic.
IL l..A.... IL L.. -. =.

To the Editor of the n. Y Graphic.
In the letters that have appeared
in your columns on the subject OF
celibacy there is a generally ex-
pressed perception of the fact that
the tendencies of the age are to cell
bacy. This means, in other words,
that there is u desire TO get rid of
the obligations and duties imposed
By the division of mankind into
men and women only There are
scores of women who strongly dis
like the fact of their sex, and would
gladly belong, were it possible, to
a sexless order of beings. Now,
why should not science abolish sex
at will? We are already able TO
produce roses of any color we choose,
to change the flavor and shape ot
rawberriss, and to control TO some
extent stockraising, so rs to produce
such animals Is we may DESIRE
Can we not develop q third sex
among human beings, which, being
freed from the trammels which sex
imposes upon Us, shall be able tc
do the labor that the world needs
precisely as the sexless drones dc
the labor of the hive?
l am engaged in studying and cx
perimenting in connection with thi:
subject, not without hopes of success
l am sure of the cooperation o
the strong-minded women who arc
at once ashamed and aRgry because
they are women, and who would
| gladly become epicene were it pos
sible. OF course i sufficient nun
Der of men and women would b,
desirable in order to pcrpetuate tn,
race; but l am persuaded that if I
sexIess order of human beings coull
be produced the world would hav,
an army of workers such as it ha
never known. \ SCIENTIST.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-10
THE RIVER TIME.


oh a wonderful stream Is the River Time,
AsIt flows through the realm OF tears,
With a faultless rhythm and musical
rhyme,
And a broader sweep and q surge sublime,
As it blends with the ocean Of years.
How the winters are drifting like fakes OF
snow.
And the summers like buds between;
And the year ia the sheaf-so they come
and they go
On the rivers breast, with its cbb and How.
As they glide in the shadow and sheen.
There's magical isle up the River Time,
Where the softcst OF airs are playing;
There's a cloudlcss sky and tropical cline,
And a voice rs sweet as yesper chime,
And the Junes with the roses staying.
And the name Of this isle is the Long Ago,
And we bury our treasures there;
There are brows Of beauty and bosoms Of
There are heaps Of dust, but we loved them
so!
There are trinkcts and trcsscs Of hair.
There are fragments of song that nobody
sings,
And a part Of an infants prayer,
There's harp unswcpt and a Lutte without
strings,
There are broken vows and pieces OF ring,
And the garments she used to wear.
There are hands that are waved when the
fairy shore
BY the mirage is lifted in air;
And we sometimes hear through the turbu-
lent roar
Sweet voices we heard in the days gone
before,
When the wind down the river is fair.
Oh remembered for aye be the bless ell i,le
All the day OF our life till night.
And when evening comes with its bcauti-
full smile,
And our eyes are closing in lumber awhile
May that "Grccnwood7 Of soul bc in
sivht.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-10
English Emigration.


From the Baltimore SUM-
The London Times in late issue
refers to an announcement that 4
single emigration agent will next
spring send out ten thousand labor
ing families from England to a Sc
lected field in which to seek their
fortunes. The Times comments
upon the fact in deprecating terms.
Since the Times made this an
nouncement it has been reported, as
we mentioned some doys ago, that a
large number of English emigrants
contemplated coming TO Virginia.
1t is worthy of observation the ar
rivals at New York from England,
for the quarter ending September
thirtieth, amounted to fifteen thou
sand three hundced and ninety-ninc,
exclusive of the Scotch and Irish.-
Hitherto the English have shown
little disposition to migrate to any
part of the world, especially where
there were no British possessions,
and this comparatively large Eng
giish eXduos indicates a social move
ment of an extraordinary and orga-
nizcd character. Another truly
English feature OF the proposed
emigration in the spring of 1874 (un-
der the auspices of Messrs, Arch
and Clayden) it is stated that ten
thousand who are expected to leave
are in families. The New y York Her
aid, referring TO this subject, says:
| eff the destination of these families
be the 'Old Dominion the promise
for the investment of their labor
and capital will be most cncOurag-
ing both to that State and to the
cmigrant families. The people of
the South have thoroughly recOv-
cred from the decentralization of the
war, and its peaceful but labOr-prOs-
trated society, earnestly desires
emigration of the kind mentioned.
The extreme south may not be a
congenial climate for the English
man; but the climate of the border
State is unsurpassed. There never
was time when the Emigrant's
capital could be more judiciOusly
and protitably invested in lands than
it can now be in Virginia, and no
doubt the tide OF new settlers will
soon be largely diverted from the
remote regions of the west IN a
southern direction" What is said
mere VI IT luid ~ Gl udlAg u uS u
Maryland. In both States the eli
mate and the social, educational
and religious advantages will be
found more congenial to persons ac-
customcd to an old civilization than
| the FAR west. The Times, in its
| solitude to stay the tide of cmigra-
! tion from England, advises the out
going families to wait a year and
see how the experiment works with
those who have gone. 1t even cites
I the sufferings of those who came
here hundred years ago. Rough
as their experience was, it may be
| doubted whether it involved any
such trials as those which have
been borne by those who did not
come. II might have been better
for the crowded population of Eng
land if hundreds of thousands had
| emigrated to this country a hun
dred years ago. Besides, the lead
| ting journal of the world ought to
| know that America has made some
! progress in the last century, and
that European emigration to this
/ continent is not now an experiment
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-10
RELIGIOUS ITEMS.
a Methodist church has been
opened in the CITY of Mexico.


a Methodist church has been
opened in the City of Mexico.
The Old Catholics have now one
/ hundred parochial charges in Ger
many, ana 10000 enrolled members.
The Baptist denomination in Cali
fOrnia has IS churches and 3,4jl
/ members
Steps are being taken TO organize
a Reformed Episcopal Church in st.
Louis.
Though MethodIsm has not had
/ IN u c IA numerical incrca c
in Washington City for the last one
or two years, yet the fact that in that
time three new churches have been
built, and two new charges formed,
indicates q good degree of progress.
Bishop Green, of the Diocese Of
Mississippi, advertises for six Epis-
| copal clergymen TO enter that field.
There are about fourteen parishes
and missionary stations on the line of
the Mobile aud Ohio railroad that
arc entirely destitute OF church ser
vice.
Tnc COngrcgationalists and Pres
byterians in and around Chicago
have resolved hereafter, instead Of
planting rival churches and sending
ministers TO starvc, they will unite
! an enc strong church. which shall
be called after and be controlled by
the majority, whether they be Con-
gregationalists or Presbytcrians.
The Roman Catholic Church is
making numerous converts in India.
The propaganda has a staff in that
country which has for its chief the
Archbishop of Goa, under whom
are no fewer than nineteen bishops
ia rirttGus, with between 800 and 900
priests. The returns made by the
bishops bring the total of believers
TO little over 1000, being four
times the number of Protestant ma
tive Christians. Indeed, Goa dio-
cese alone is stated to contain 230- /
900 Catholic, or number slightly cx-
ceeding that of the Protestant con- !
verts of ali India. This particular |
district, of course, is an exceptional |
one, for it inherits the fruits of the /
zeal of former Portuguese missions. |
A writer in paper at Newbury- /
port, Mass, mOurns the religious
of the times and relates
the following: "There is q better
sarcasm in the story told of minis
ter on our seabOard, which, though
very likely TO be hypothetical, has
terrible under-current of truth. 1t
was said that in the afternoon SER
vice he found but a handful of hear
ers, the rest having gone on a steam
er excursion for pleasure. He enter
ed the pulpit and said thus, as the
story goes: "My hearers, | have
brought a sermon, but it is useless
to preach it. | find my duties as q
minister are very much amplified;
the times have changed, thereis bue
one virtue TO be recommended,
and that is money; but one sin 10 be
and thatis poverty; so you
see my occupation is gone, the min
istry is played out and must go to
farming. Receive the benediction."
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Even then / dared not asked a SIR
| gle question about herself. Anotl r
week and she must go TO So4thiug,
/ she told me, a little town abOut'a htH-
dred miles distant. That is some
| thing definite at last, " I thought The
| boys and Louise got along splendidly
| and | never could imagine which one
| she preferred. She seemed so Impair
tial and sisterly toward them bOtl.
| that no one could imagine she had
any particular feeling tor either, but
"our folks" saw with some mis- giving
| that both the boys were wonderfully
attracted by the hired girl. The last
night / saw Charlie ask Louise for one
promenade in the garden. As they
passed into a little side arbor, / saw
his arm encircle her waist. Just then
Willie came up the walk looking quite
white. He had seen them. Poor
| brother WilIici Late in the evening
they came in. I heard them come up
stairs; heard Charlie pass into his own
room. Louise came to my door aud
knocked. l arose and admitted her.
4 deep, bright color was in her cheeks
and her eyes showed a strange feeling.
waited for her TO speak.
'FlOra, you can perhaps guess the
cause when l tell you I'm happier to-
night than I've ever been before.
.Is't Charlie?" said I. yes" said
she; "and since you viii not ask me, l
viii volunteer to tell yOu why / have
been here this simmer.
''AIr. Harrington -lmy GUARDIAN aSS1sl-
| did not agree perfectly as to the
mode of spending my time. He OBJ
iected 10 four hours daily at the piano,
two or three in dress and promenade,
and the remainder in eating. sleeping
and reading. He told me | was good
for nothing, and that he'd never let
me travel (that was the chief desire of
nv Ife) until knew all about house
work. ] asked permission to have six
months time to go where l pleased
within one hundred miles, with one
hundred dollars III my pocket, and he
to make no inquiries concerning me.
He finally gave permission.
l went to the house of an old school /
mate and learned TO do housework, /
and one day seeing your advertise /
ment, took a wild notion to answer, |
and you know the rest. Mr.. Harrington |
ferreted me out, or l should not be |
leaving tomorrow, just as the thresh- /
ers are upon you
Long, long we talked that night of
past, present and brightly dawning
future. Next day Mr.. harrington came
and we persuaded him to let Louise
stop and be married at Christmas. So
we got Ellen to come back and be
s'bossed" while Louise and l held
high carnival among the dry goods.
Dear little Belle Raymond came and
helDed too. and Willie seemed TO +
find her wonderfully attractive. The
wedding occurred at Christmas, and
Charlie took our ''hired girl" away to
New York, and I've not seen her
since.
Willie and Belle behaved beautiful
Iy. 1 don't know what will come ont
Of it, but Belle is dear, sweet girl,
if Will is my only brother.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-10

a student in the State University
at Iowa City, by the name of Bal
ley. wrote to Bailey of the Danbury
Neics, to ask If the man of humor
was any of his Kin. lie received
this reply:
DANBURY CONN, Dec. 8, 1873.
In answer TO your note am conf
PEELED 10 say that some one has got
up a corner OH my relatives of the
name OF Bailey, and at present
am not in possession Of one, to my
kno wledgc.
IL Is a fearful thing TO stand alone
In the world, without n single, or
married relative in the distance, but
/ am so successful in concealing my
sorrow that no one suspects its ex-
istencc.
Whether my ancestors came over
in the Mayilower depends in a large
measure upon what was the pas
sage money. II anything at all, l
am inclined TO believe that they
event around"
When asked if am a relation of
yours, you should kindly, but
firmly, deny il. It is going to be
too hard a winter to take on rcla-
tions. Yours in sympathy.
J. w. BAILEY.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-10
THE STRIKES.

The strike is over at Pittsburg and
the men have gone to work under the
reduction. The trains are running as
usual.
The engineers on the Pennsylvania
railroad at New York, have decided
to acccde to the reduction in their
wages, but ask when times grow bet
ter that the old rates be restored
LOUISVILLE, january 2.-The situ-
alton III railroad circles is unchanged.
The strikers on the |. Nj. & I. r. r.
still hold out and assert positively
that they viii not return TO work un-
less their demands are complied with.
COLUMBUS, o., January 2.-The
striking engineers here still hold out,
notwithstanding that the strike is
breaking up at other points.
CINcINNATI, Jan. 1.-Two striking
engineers came back, asking to be re-
stored, to-day. More are expected to
return tomorrow.
LATER.-The engineers strike at
Columbus, Ohio, has died so quietly
that hardly any one knows just the
process of its termination. Most of
the engineers who could obtain en-
plOyment have gone to work.
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FOR HIS SAKE.


Hold closer still my hand, dear hove,
Nor fear its touch will soil thine own;
No palm is cleaner now than this,
So free from earth-stain has it grown
Since last you held it elasped 20 close,
And with it held my life and heart,
For my heart beats but in your smile,
Aad life was death, we two apart.
loved you 80. And you. All. weIl,
have no word or thought Of blame;
Aud even now my voice grows low
And tender, whispering your name.
Iou sauged my love by your; that, all,
DO not think you understood:
There is 4 point you men can't reach
Up the white heights OF womauhoOd.
You love Us so at least you say,
With manya tender smile and word;
You kiss Us close on mouth and brow,
Till all our heart within i stirred;
And having, unlike you, you see,
No other interest at >t4ke,
We give our best, and count that death
Is blessed when suffered for your sake.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-10
PLAIN TRUTHS.

DON'T loaf about the streets and de-
pend on the Lord for your daily
Bread He isn't. running bakery.
Think all you can of the coed quail
tiles of others; forget and keep silent
concerning their bad qualities.
What a wonderful oil upon the ma
chinery of human affairs tact isl To
know Just what to say, and when to
say it, and to whom to say ito know
when TO be silent, and when deterrent
tally to listen is a great gift.
Go strait on, and don't mind enc
mics. If they get in your way. calm
ly walk around them, regardless of
their spite. -
Every Parent is like a looking glass
for children to dress themselves by.
Therefore, parents should take care TO
keep the glass bright and clear, and
not dull and spOtted-as their good
example is a rich Inheritance for the
rising generation.
Deserve friends, and You will have
them. The world is teeming with
kind-hearted people, and YOU have
only TO carry kind sympathetic heart
in your own bosom 10 call ont good
ness and iriendliness from others.
There are some persons who possess
an ineXpressible charm in their man.
ners, n something which attracts our
love instantaneously; without wealth,
position or talents, still dignity how
ers round them, and cnnobles every
action.
The world is a loOking-glass, and
gives back every man the reflection of
his own face. FrOwn at IL. and ii viii
in turn look sourly upon you. Laugh
at it, and with it, and it is jolly, kind
companion.
To gain name of worth. a man
must have an aim, a purpose for which
he lives-not merely a bubble upon
the stream, tossed 10 and fro by each
succeeding wave; not merely the play
thing of fate, but n being of determi-
nation, who looks to some harbor
where he wills his boat shall anchor,
and in willing cOnquers circumstances,
and is not their slave.
Mrs. Henry Wood, who has writ
ten some of the best novels of the day,
puts in the mouth of the hero of one
of her stories the following admirable
sentiments sentiments which it would
be well for all to act out in their daily
lives: 'Td rather do n man a good
turn than a bad one, be he friend or
enemy. That is the only way to get
OF pleasantly in this life. 1t all comes
home TO US. If we sow flowers we
arc repaid by the perfume; if we plant
nettfes they viii spring up and sting
us. don't believe a man ever did
the smallest kindness but it was in
some way returned TO him | feel
sure that for every injury a manor
woman inaicts on others a worse evil
is returned."
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-10

A NEw POEN ny BAYARD TAYLOR.
Nv home was seated high md fs,r

A NEw POEM ny BAYARD TAYLOR.
Ny home was seated high md f1ir
Upon a mountain side;
The day was longest, brightest there;
Beneath, the world wss wide.
Across it, blue, embracing zone
The river CLEANED, the cities shone,
And over the edge or the fading rim.
1 saw the storms in the dis,an.e dim,
And the da.h Of the soundlcss thunder.
But weary giew the sharp, cold wine
OF winds that never kissed,
| The ehangciess green OF fir aad pine,
The gray and elinsins mist.
Above the granite sprans no hOwers;
The sOil gave low and seentsess fiowsrs;
And the droue and din Of the waterfall
Became challenge. tauniing cali;
IT'S ir, It's fair in the valley ="
OF all the homcsteads deep aud far
My fancy rlung 70 one
Whose gable burned a mellow star.
Touched by she sinking sun.
Unseen around, but not unguoSSetl.
The orchard made a lrafy nest:
The turf before it was thick, knew,
Aud bees were busy the garden through,
And the wiuCows we're dark with rsscs.
"'ris happier there. below" sighed.
ssThc word Is warm and near,
And closer love and comfort hide,
That cannot reach me here.
Who master Is must be 20 blcst
II down in the-vaiiey / should go,
Leaving the granite. the pines and snow,
And the winds that are Keen aS lances. %
] wandered down, by ridge and dcli;
The way was rough snd long;
Though earlier shadows round mc fell,
/ eheered them with nv song.
The WORLDS great circle narrower grew.
Till hedge and thicket Bit the blue
But over the orchards nrsr at hand,
The gable shone on the quiet land.
And lar away VA, the mountain.
Then came the master, mournfui-eyed.
and Stern Of brow was he.
"Oh, planted in such pcace - cric,.
"Spsre hut the least 70 me 80
''who seeks he said. 'this brooding haze,
The tamenesS OF these weary days.
The highways dust. the glimmcr and heat.
The woods that feticr the young wind.
feet.
And hide Tue world snd its beauty 90
He stretched his hand; be looked afar,
With eyes Of old desire;
/ saw my home, mellow star
That held The sunsets firc.
sBut yonder homr,' he cried. chow f,ir.'
IT, chambers burn like giided air;
know that the gardens are wild As dreams.
Ni,h the sweep Of winds the dash OF
strc IN.
And the pines that sound ~ an anthem
so quiet. 30 serenely high
II Its, when clouds are furled.
And knows the beauty OF the SKY,
The glory OF the NO -id,"
Nhs there abides must be 30 bIcsi,
Ie'll share with me that lofty cresi.
1 up 10 the mountain ! should 90.
.eaving the dust and the glare below,
And the weary life Of the valley
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-10

The Chicago Times says: 1t will
be remembered that Mr.. Williams,
in that remarkable opinion in the
Virginius case, which left it in
doubt whether he was Attorney
General of the United States or of
Spain, said that Mr.. Patterson, in
tered, did not own the vessel, that
he committed perjury, etc. Mr.. Pat
terson now publishes n letter in
which he shows that he held q bill
of sale for the Nirginius, from the
Solicitor of the Treasury. Very natu-
rally, he objects to being called a per-
jurer on evidence furnished entire
~ by the Spanish government, and
he Indignantly calls Oh Mr.. Williams
for his proofs.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-10

We find the following in an ex-
change. 1t is so replete with beauty
and tenderness we want all to read It:
If it were asked. of all the books
that have ever been written. which IS
the greatest, there could be but one
answer ''The Bible" If It were
asked, of all that is IN the Bible what
is most admired, most loved, and IN
everyday life is Of most worth to
man, we suppose the correct answer
would be, ''The Lords Prayer. -
How simple in its language, how
grand in the lessons it teaches, how
tender in the love which it reveals,
how precious in the confidence which
it inspires. Like a beautiful picture,
we ike to look upon il again and
again. Like a delightfulO song, our
ears love 10 hear il repeated, over and
over.
When weary and tired. discouraged,
seemingly friendless, as each of US
sometimes feels, how precious the
words, "Our Father" When the
world seems gloomy and dark, sin
ruling, and sorrow the inheritance of
men, how cheering to think of. "In
Heaven" When we think of the
good things we have from OUr E'd-
the7''s hand, His mercy, His love, His
kindly care, the words leap to Our
lips, "Hallowed be Thy Name. -
Then, as His love dwells within us,
and we feel and know the light and
10y OF the life He gives, looking about
us upon the wickedness and woe of
so many of our fellows, how natural
ly we pray, ''Thy Kingdom come. -
When poverty threatens, and want
seems near, plans fail, and our labor
yields no fruit, we think of the prayer
He taught US, and confidently ask,
"Give US this day our daily bread"
When we have disobeyed the CON-
mands of God, forgotten duty, and
in weakness or folly have done that
which is wrong, with trembling lips
we pray, ''Forgive us our trespasses. y
I When others do us wrong, and tho'ts
/ of the injury rankle IN our minds,
with what force are we reminded OF
our duty, by the words, GAS we for
give those who trespass against Us. .
/ When trying TO do right, and yet III
our weakness falling into error and
/ sin, with anxious tones we ask that
I he viii Lead us not INTO tcmptd-
tiOn." When danger threatens, and
/ that which we fear comes upon US, we
remember that He taught us TO pray,
/ Deliver US from evil, and know that
He will do it. Looking abroad upon
our whole lives, and upon that OF the
world, recognizing His power, His
/ eyer-present Providence, with rever-
/ ence we acknowledge, Thine Is the
/ Kingdom, the Power and the GLORY. "
How precious, indeed, the prayer
our Saviour has taught ~. Infant
/ lips have lisped it, their little cares
J have grown lighter, and growing up
under its influence, their lives have
! become holy, happy and useful
/ Strong men, in the battle of life have
/ been too weak to stand without Its
aid, but with 1t have achieved victo-
/ ries that only eternity can measure
/ the grandeur of. Death and the
/ gloomy grave have no terrors. when
/ the light of this life grows dim, tC
/ those who can truly. lovingly say,
"Our Father,-Thy VIII be done.