The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-19

| living In that vicinity, especially Miss 4.
| A., who possesses d sweet voice and
soft, skillful touch. We hope they will
soon complete the organization of their
choir
SPRING HILL ITEMS.
The man with the little wagon, with
scri pture inscriptions all over his wagon,
his hat, clothing boxes &c, has been in
| Testing the country in and around Cay
| ceville and this place for a week or two
past. He processes to be a disciple OF
| Christ, and a teacher of holiness. and
| claims that Christ has made his second
advent into the world md that he has q
revelation made by him, to some woman,
in answer to her prayers; to the effect tha,
Christ had came into the world spiritual
ly and that was the only manner ia
which he would ever appear upon earth.
He travels at the rate Of half mile an
hour often retraceS his steps, and seeks
again the places where he has been taken
in and treated kindly; he is very fond OF
mush as a diet and likes it well sweetened
with sugar, he is rolling, moving, creep
ing, bundle of phylacteries, reminding us
of what Christ said of the scrbes and
Pharisees, They make broad their
their garments. There are various opiu-
ions as to who aud what he is; some
think he is a mOnOmauiac, and his inteu
tons good, Some think that he is a
emissary encouraging negro emigration
to Kansas, while others believe he is loaf
ing and spunging living of the people
of the country, under the pretense Of be
ing a christian missionary. Charity
hopeth all things" and leans to the first
of these conclusions.
Mrs. Wallace Mccormack has been
very dangerously i'll. for some days past
but we are gratifed to learn that her
physician, DR.. Hardin, thinks she is de
cidedly better.
Rev. Mr. Gray, of the Presbyterian
Church, is most faithful and efficient
pastor, visiting his flock, in sickness and
in health, with great regularity, and even
extending his pastoral visits to friends OF
other communions. His excellent wife
who is ever ready for every good word
and work, often accompanies him, in his
visits. Pastoral visiting in a profitable
way is what is not attained by every
minister; indeed, comparatively few have
taste or talent for it, yet it Yields an
influence, more potent even, than the
preaching of the Gospel. In this respect
new 1Gs w. 1INluti IOIulEI pdSiOI VI lLt
Methodist Church, at this place, was
model.
The District Conference, which in
point of interest, is next to the Annual
Conference, will convene in the MethO-
dist Church in this place, about the 10Th
of April; so It's said by those who ought
to know. Bishop Payne is expected topre-
side at the meeting. This is the field OF his
early boyhOod labOurs as a preacher; and
the memories of those days, will doubt
less crowd upon his mind. while he finds
himself standing near the spot where as
q beardleSs boy more than a half century
ago, he labOured to promote the cause of
Christ. This is one of his first preaching
places, but who of the members of that
old Methodist Church. who then gave to
the young preacher, on his arrival cor
dial greeting, will be here at the district
| meeting to bid him welcome? Not one
of them is left. Old James Peters, the
grand father of DR.. Geo B. Peters,
patriarch in appearance and saint in
holiness, together with Nathaniel Cheairs,
William Purham, Mrs. Susan McKissack,
and the families of the above, with a few
others, formed the little band of the first
Methodist Church at this place. Donald
son Potter, although a Protestant Metho-
dist, was identified with this society, and
did much by his faithful preaching and
most pathetic appeals, to build up Metho-
dism, in this then almost wilderness coun-
try. All of these are gone, leaving the
SAVIOUR of good name, and many of
their children who had grown up and
some of them bowed under the weight of
years, have crossed over the last river and
are at rest forever while few linger on
the shores of time, some OF them ready to
grasp the hand of the beloved Bishop,
whom they still remember, as the timid
and youthful minister whom their fathers
loved, and who ate with them at the
same table and slept with them in the
same room, in the days when the arrival
of the preacher was hailed as an angels
visit.
A negro by the name of Harry McCon-
mel was killed on last Friday evening. bv
John Critz, of the Thompson Station
neighborhOod. The negro was hired to
Critz for wages and dispute arose be- |
tween them in the field, in regard to the |
work this led to collision, and the ne
gro proving too strong for Critz, he Jerk |
ed loose from him and retreated. The |
negro, greatly infurlated, gathered large |
rock and advancing on Critz, said, "d-n |
you | will kill you" Critz drew his pistol |
and told him to stand off, but the negro
continuing to advance, he fired his PTS
tol off, thinking it would intimidate him,
but rushing on, he said 'tnow d-n you |
| have got YOU Critz then fired at him, |
and the negro fell mortally wounded, the |
ball entering his mouth and passing out
through the back of his head. Two |
brothers of the negro then, with drawn |
pistols came to the rescue, and attempt |
ed to shoot Critz, but his wife jumped be-
tween them and begged them not to shoot |
They cursed her and told her to get out |
of the way or they would kill her, and !
but for the efforts of an old negro woman
who caught the pistol of the most desperate
one and threw 1t up, just as he was in the
act of firing, she would have been killed, |
Critz pistol had but two loads in it and
he had shot them out, and until he reload
ed it be was powerless. Being near the
house, they entered it and saved then.
selves.