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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-09
A PrOVidenaiRl Escape from 1yNu q,
Malmra.a EIemlnmlA-E "a re nIIal W.. -.

PrOVtdendtRA Escape IrOnh 1--WE ,J
natures Elements-Fire and wntpr
On July the 18th party OF gontlomou
agreed to enjoy it in novel mannor, hy
visiting and exploring what is known
as Greenfield Cave, about 317miles from
Columbia. They arrived at tho mouth
OF the cave about 90 o'clock A. NJ, with
the intention OF exploring said cav"
more folly than had ever been before.
Ihey were woll supplied with candles
matches and estables and expected 4"
| spend tho whole day. They entered tlI
| cave and examined all the branches o;
| the right hand entrance, most OF them
| to the very end, and returned about IL
| NJ. to the surface to enjoy good dinner
after which they entered again for tbc
purpose of exploring the loft hand ram.
ificatiOns and did so until about ~
o'clock p. NJ, when they found them
selves in the large room about 200 yard.
from the main entrance, they sat down
to rest awhile before starting again and
while there they came to the conclusion
that good fire in that room would be
very good head light for them to stir by
and accordingly built one without
thinking of the probable consequences
Tney had hardly got tho fire under good
roadway, and were beginning to feel
the effects of building a fire in such "a |
place, from the annoyance OF smoke |
when they became aware of rushing |
noise, which became louder every mo.
ment until it was nearly deaiening They |
were, however, not long in doubt rs to
the cause, and made sudden rush foi
tho entrance. Before they could reach
the entrance the water was waist deop
and rushing like mill race so that they
could hardly stem It, and added to this,
now came thick, heavy smoke driven
out by the rushing waters, by almost
superhuman efforts. They reached the
mouth, where they were met by tre-
mendous waterfall 20 feet high, one foot
thick and covering the whole of tho
mouth like an inponetrable curtain.
After rushing through this they met
coming down the opposite side right
thick rs mans body, twenty feet in
length, and this was the only outlet,
and stay where they were was impossi,
ble, for it was perfect maelstrom. So
up they mast climb this water column,
aud they managed it by putting the
one that WAS the weakest and who
would not nave been able to got out, in
front, and pushing him up against tho
water, and then as they each could lay
hold of any brush or such like, pull up
the others. They finally got out on top,
and after shivering in drenching rain ,
for half an hour longer started homo
ward, wet as drowned rats, and wiser
if not better men. The party consisted
of :. +. Fisher, f. 4. LeOnhard, John
NOss and Jacob Scherschlight.
L. :. And Jacob says, al no more
goes into them Holes, stays NIT min
solf on top of the ground"
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t,n.
On the Isl inst. the Columbia Lodge
OF Odd Fellows went down 20 Cullcoka 10
assist their brethren boo the installation of
officers. Several Lodges were invited.
put did not attend only four coming from
l,ulasN, Columbia Lodge was met nj
The depot 10y Cuilooku Lodge. aud band
OF music, consisting uI tUrrr yiolins. n clar.
Iunct, &c, which made very sweet music
The two Lodges formed at the dcpot. and
headed by the Columbia llclicon Band.
marched TO tho ioisr, over the store OF
Henderson ~ Davis. where they disband-
ed until two o clock, They then formed
again aud marched .D the Presbyterian
church. through ,.rrllu. The Mnrshals
were Mcssrs. j g.. Bailey aud Ike How
lett The Cuilcoho Lodge had some
pretty banners. uu one was In God We
lrust,n three links ut "a chain ia which
were the letters. "F j.. T., "CullcOka
Lodge No 49, On the other banner
was, We visit ihu sick. Bury the dead,
and Educate the Orphan. The church
was nicely decorated with cedar. AS they
marched ia the choir sang beautiful
song; Prayer 10y Mr. T. e.. Evans. Then
the officers were installed us follows: Joe
Ballaniant, Noble tranf VIM. j. Will
iams, Vice Grand, D r. Evans, Wor.
by Secretary; j 81. lawraucc. Worthy
Treasurer Mr Lee Bgiisck was then
by w = Taylor as the orator
If the day Nv Bullock delivered beau.
liul and appropriate 1dlryss. OF half an
lour, which was iYl,UNyi by short talk
rom G.. G. Gomez. Worthy Patriarch Of
has Lodge M w j.. Taylor returned
han KS 70 the people Cor their attention,
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RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

District Con ference for Savannah Dis.
trict commenced at Hampshire yesterday,
Bishop MGTyeire presiding. 1t will last
until Monday.
Rev. II. 4. Jones will preach a sermon
before the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton ON Sunday night at the &. =. Church.
o'clock.
Quarterly Meeting at the M. f. Church
saturday morning at half-past ten O'Clock,
Rev. w. Mooney preaching and presiding.
Communion Sunday morning. Quarterly
meeting Monday afternoon at two O'CLOCK,
Rev. VIM. Stoddert preached in the
Presbyterian church last Sunday night.
lie said as IL was the 4th of July, and as the
4th only came on Sunday every five or six
years, he would incidentally allude TO IL IN
his sermon He then drew comparison
betw cen Moses and Christopher Columbus,
and between the thirteen Jewish tribes In
the Wilderness and the thirteen colonies IN
their struggle for Independence.
Rev. A. W. Smith preached last Sunday
from the parable of the two sons, one OF
whom said to his father that he would go
and didn't, and the other said he WOULDN'T
and did, Dr. Smith said the Savior was a
pictorial preacher-he preached by pictures.
Now there are two kinds OF Preachers-tne
pictorial preacher and the didactlc preach
er man has right to build a house with
no windows TO IL, but he should not quarrel
with his neighbor who proposed 10 put
didactic preacher, full of profound theOlOgi-
cal exegeses and reasoning, has right to
preach that way, but he ought not to quar-
rel with him that chose to illustrate his ser
mons hy pictures. Nor should the picture
preacher lind fault with the didactic preach
er.
Mems Christian Association held a Service
of Song in the beautiful AthenRum Grove
last Sunday evening. After singing several
beautiful and familiar songs, such as "Near-
er my God 10 thee" Capt. J. H. Russell
made a short address. He said that on this
very spot, and on this very day, the 9Th of
July, before the war, a sentiment was ut
tered by a speaker which made deep i'm
preston on his mind at the time, and
which he had never fOrgOtten-an utterance
which after events gave great significance
10. It was in substance, that "a great
problem was being tCOrked out" That pro-
blcm was worked out, and now he stood on
the same spot and the anniversary of the
same day, and was prepared to use the same
language, "a great problem is being work
cd out " The speaker then gave graphic
description of two great powers in Europe
three hundred years ago, Spain and France.
Spain was the greatest power In the world
and England one of the weakest; Spain was |
Roman Catholic and England Protestant. l
In a short time their condition was reversed,
and Spain was a country OF beggars and
robbers There is great power In this
that demands that the Bible shall
Toe driven from our public schools. II is /
well that these Young Mems Christian AS
are springing up all over the
il IL done to work out the great |
problem brought ON the country by this i
great power.
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LASEA ITEMS.

The thresher that was so stubborn
as TO stand out in the field all last win.
ter and take the rain, sleGt and snow
is now tho property of ID. Il. HOlcOmh
and James DoOley, they having pur-
chased it of Derry berry and Sellers, for
a sum less than one thousand dollars.
We wish them better success, and less
contention than the former owners had.
Our informant says the Double Branch
correspondent was mistaken, that w.
A. (Buck) Howard was the man who
planted mullen for tobacco, and not JO-
seph Workman.
We think the bachelor who rides the
yellow horse will succeed yet, if be will
only persevere, as he is now visiting
her once in two months.
Capt. j. 7. Lee has purchased of Ii. G..
Sellers his half interest in what is
known as the Parks and Sanders
thresher; and he and w. J. AdkissOn
are separating the wheat from the chaff,
with vim. Success to you, Capt, in
your new avOcatiOn. We think the
above named parties are also going to
be fishermen, Judging from the prog
ress that they have been making in
that direction. We haYe no allusiOn to
the kind of fishermen, so often described
in the HERALD AND MAIL; but the kind
made mention of by the Savior, in tho
10Th verse of the fourth chapter of Mat
thew. Also Mark the LIST chapter and
18th verse.
The good looking gentlemen, w. a.
Howard and w. F. Hayes, were dele
gates from this neighborhood, to the
Odd-fellOW Celebration at CulleOka, the
lst July.
The young folks of this vicinity have
hitherto been worry slow to take up the
fashionable play; (Croquet) but are now
falling in love with it rapidly; and the
young men are investing their surplus
funds that way very freely.
On last Lords day, A. L. Williams,
one armed and promising young preach
ar, delivered an interesting discourse,
on the subject of Christianity. He de-
claims WELL and elucidates his points
very clearly considering he Is so young
and inexperienced. He was born and
raised near Rally Hill, in this county;
but has been living Oflate in Mississipe
pi, where he has also been teaching
school.
We know a fellow who is addicted to
visiting around where his neighbOrs are
at work and perching himself upon the
fence for a chat; thereby hinderiDg
those who have to labor for living
Some time since one OF them struck
upon good and eflicaciOus plan OF
breaking him. He accOsted him with
the words, "Sir, will you be so kind
as to furnish me with little bacon, to
20 mo until l can make further ar
Deponent sayeth his
plan acted like charm, as he has not
been hindered from work by him since.
He, however, promised to ask his wife,
if they had any to spare; and if so, to
let him have some, but has failed to re-
turn, to make any report thereof.
Black berry pies are as fashionable
now as dolly warden pOlonaise used to
be.
w. A. Howard and others have or
ganised Sunday School at Smyrna,
with w. A. Howard as Superintendent.
NOdh Kinnard, col, is teaching class
Of unbleached Americans vocal music |
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DOUBLE BRANCH ITEMS.

Farmers are generally done har-
vesting, and are beginning to thresh
their wheat, which is yielding them an
abundant crop. One of our neighbors,
who is an energetic man, cut all OF his
crop OF wheat (Which was right,) and
his eStimable wife, who is business
woman, tied the same for him. Would
that we had few more such ladies in
our country.
While threshing Mr.. J. J.. HOward's
wheat one day last week, our attention
was attracted to the opposite side of the
thresher; by hearing as we thought
some very short words between some
OF the hands, and on passing around to
that side of the machine, we behold Mr..
James Powell, with an uplifted hand,
with a large hickory whipstatf in the
same, in the act of descending no him,
but we were too late, for the whip was
descending in rapid blows upon the head
of negro, who, we learned afterwards,
had been knocking how no talked, and
Mr.. Powell overheard him doing so.
We glory in his spunk and say, DO so
again, Jim if they mock you.
Messrs Sellers and kinnard, (Hardy
and Philip, we mean,) have bought
CrOquet set to while away their leisure
hours, through the remainder of the
summer. We suppose they intend in
viting some of the fairer sex to partlcl-
pate in their games, (this is their last
resOrt) We bid them GOdspCed; and
say, ''go it boys while you are young,
for when you get old you can't"
We learn that Miss Emma c, in
tends visiting Franklin III few days,
to spend Il month with her relatives
aud friends. There will be aching
hearts until she returns
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Mr.. A. J. McKimmin. who has charge
OF Jno. Overtou zoos stables of trot-
ting horses, has succeeded in training
horse so perfectly, that he can enter
nun IN one race, and the horse cannot
be driven by any one faster than 3:Os;
yet in twenty-five minutes, tho same
horse will trot in 2:Is1I. Perseverance
and honesty will accomplish much.
MAURY.
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MARRIAGES

WHITE.
Obcdiah Mash to Mary Crews.
COLORED.
NeStal Polk to Angeiine Polk.
Joshua Williams to Mary Coleman.
Kinchien PaTham and IsOumiZa Jamis0u.
Oscar ArnelI and Emma Hill.
Mack johnson and EliZbcth Cooper
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Letter from Buffalo River, Wayne
GOunIN.


To the Editor Of the HeraJd end Mail:
have been reading your interesting
paper long while, but have never
found in a single number, that | res
momber, an article from the hills OF
Wayne. Many of the citizens OF this
county are subscribers of the HERALD,
and would no doubt, feel battered to
find in it something respecting them~
selves and what they are accomplishing
by their aSsiduOus labOrs.
The tarsRR2shere are working ener-
getically. aEethe effect is plainly seen
upon the @rOps, which look very fine.
Harvesting is completed, and the thresh-
ers have commeced their work. The
wheat crop is not generally good, hav-
ing been materially injured by the late
frOstS.
Rev. w. II. Doss and Messrs. w. p.
Russell and S. Z. Chappell, of William
sport, came to Wayne last week to visit
their friends and relatives, and spend
few DAYS in angling in the beautiful,
pellucid waters of Buffalo River. Messrs
Doss and Russell were the fisher
men The weather was prOpitiOus, and
the fd1' fdmcd young gentleman had an
excellent opportunity to eli lit their skill
in the art. But, Mr., Editor, the old
adago, "LubOr OHlnjd c8cint," does not
always hold good. These young men
employed four days with as much ener-
CIV and zeal as was possible, and the re-
suit was about a halt dozen small trout
each. One gentleman who was watch
ing their success, had the impudenco to
remark to Mr.. DOSS, that if Peter was
not a better fisherman than he, there
was no sacrifice made when he left his
nets to follow the Savior.
But although there were only few
fish caught. | think those engaged for
the most part enjoyed themselves eX
ceediugly well. Sitting upon the banks
of tho clear stream, they listened to the
murmuring of the waters that flowed
gently by and the CarOling of the birds
from the neighbOring trees; they gazed
upon the spacious caverns, the threaten
ing cliffs, and the towering hills, and
their minds naturally wandered away
to classic shores. They thought of the
great bard who came from the rocky isle
of Scio, and wondered that this were not
a land of poets aud Of orators too.
There was but one unfortunate occur
renee connected with the whole trip.
Certain ones of the party, dressed in
the usual garb OF Gshermen, came
somewhat nearer the road than they in
tended while endeavuring to catch a
supply of minnows one morning, and
did not discover their mistake until it
was too late.
Mr.. Doss preached an excellent ser,
mon Sunday evening to an attentive
congregation in the Methodist Pro-
testant Church.
The party started for home yesterday,
leaving not a name as skillful fishermen,
but many friends, who viii give them a
healthy welcome when they see fit to
make another visit. B.
FLATwoODs, Tenn, June D, 1879
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| johnson Davis finished threshing his
| wheat this week. He will make about
| eight hundred bushels.
| Capt. Joe A. Irvine, last Wednesday,
| moved part of his groceries from this place
Esq. ". r. Ii. Mack, of Collin county,
Texas, writes to Major Joel b. Stockard that
the wheat crop in Collin county will aver
age twenty-five bushels per acre. DIR. w.
r. Johnston, now in this place, says when
he left Texas they were threshing wheat,
and 1t was turning out thirty bushels eve
rywhere.
Billie MahOn, the photo artist, has been
at Pinewood Factory for some two or three
weeks taking pictures. He arrived in our
city last week, but will go to Primm
some time taking pictures.
Captain Walker and Dick Beavens are
running Iitcomb & GordOn's saw mill, and
are at the present time saving several
Thousand cross-ties for the narrow gauge
railroad.
VIM. H. Downing, the horse trainer
Grounds for some time past by the TrOtting
Association, left last Monday night for
Richmond, KY, where he will take charge
of the race course. Billie, while here, had
the confidence of all lovers of horse flesh.
May he live long and prosper, and win ev-
cry race that he drives, is our wish.
"A. Z. Thompson, the great lumber mer-
chant, says he will not go to Rome, Gu, af-
ter that big walnut tree until cool weather
He recently got four hundred fine walnut
logs in Giles, one tree weighing almost rs
much as his Bear Greek tree. He goes to
w lllldIDSOn HGAI 10 measure anu
receive one hundred and seventy-fve
thousand feet Oflumber for T. II. Bond and
j. g. Alexander. He has brought forty
thousand dollars into Maury county by his
lumber.
"A WilliamspOrt girl took this method
of curing her toothache: "With piece OF
stout Irvine she made a loop, which she put
about her tooth. Then she took bit of soap
and rubbed it on the floor, opposite the
back door. The other end of the Irvine she
fastened to the knob of the closed door.
Then she took a position on the SOaped
boards and commenced to lean back.
When she had acquired slope of about
folty-hVe degrees, the soap suddenly took
hold, and she came down on the floor with
such force as to knock a pair of ten dollar
vases from mantel up stairs. And there
she sat, reaching for breath, when the af-
frighted family made their appearance,
while the offending tooth dangled from a
string against the door.
B, F. Davis sends us big turnip, that
weighs nearly three pounds. Several
months ago, he found the plant in front of
the HERALD office, and took ii home and |
planted it out in his garden.
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Sam Walker is news-bOy on the Nashville
and Decatur Railroad, he made his first trip
By this city Wednesday last
Black Alice and Billie CIine's wife, both
co!ored, fought across the river ear this city,
Wednesday last.
Prof DR.. VIM. Atheneum Smith, ate
tendC d the Tennessee Historical Society .at
Nashville, h1rsday last.
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shall be affirmed.

shall be affirmed.
Other laws, not of primary Importance
provide For an additional Justice of the
Peace in towns of six thousand inhbi.
tants, and not to exceed eight thousand !;
for the regulation of the sale of illumi-
mating fluids; regulating the business of
insurance companies; regulating general
and private corporations authorizing the
Governor to appoint commissioners to treat
with the State of Kentucky for that por~
ton of Kentucky known as Madrid Bend !;
providing for an assistant Attorney Gems
eral and Reporter; to authorize the fore.
man Of the grand jury to administer oaths
to witnesses to regulate the number of
guards allowed Sheriffs; providing for
the release of the Penitentiary /; relating
to the consolidation of railroad companies.
1t may be stated, in conclusion, that
no law changing the prcsnt rate of taxa
tion-40 cents on the hundred dollars
was passed, although repeated efforts in
that direction were essayed. A bill to
take from the Comptroller the power to
borrow money passed both bodies, but
was vetoed by the Governor, thus leaving
the faith and credit of the State at least
on as good a basis as when the Legislature
convened. Take the legislation, as a
whole, and the verdict of the people will
probably be-with mild qualification
"Well done, good and faithful servents.'
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rIEIE SUN
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