The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-10
CURRENT EVENTS.

Hon w. C. Whitthorne will address
his constituents at Pulaski next Monday.
We are glad to see that Wilson
County is to have a fair. 1t will cons
mence at Lebanon on the 2lst of Septic M
Der.
California has gone Democratic by
fifteen or twenty thousand majority, and
the Legislature is of the same complexion
And that is the way the States are wheel
ing into line for the Centennial fight. As
the New York Sun says, "Clear the
deck y
-Corday Harris, one of the leaders in
the negro instruction in Georgia, has
been tried and acquitted for want of evil
dence. He and his deluded followers
were going to get possession of the cOun-
try and make Grant a King.
Jefferson Davis will address three
Agricultural Societies in Missouri during
this month, He spoke at DeSoto on
Wednesday last, and viii speak at Full
ton the llth, and at Kansas City ON the
18th. He has met hOspitable reception
in Missouri.
The demonstration in nlengOTiGm of
the late ex-President johnson, at Nash
vile, on the I'd day of next month, will
unquestionably be an imposing affair.
Hon. Joseph 5. Fowler will deliver the
memorial address, One of the features
of the procession will be a hansomely de-
corated wagon, containing thirty-seven
young ladies, representing the different
States in the Union, clad in mourning.
1t is also stated that application has been
made to secure the use ofthe catafalque
that was used at the fun eral of President
Lincoln
An important decision on the liza
biity of Life Insurance Companies was
rendered last week in the Supreme Court
of New York, by Judge Brady, The
Hartford Accident Insurance Company
had insured a Mr.. OWN, commercial
travelling agent, in S., 900. OWN fell on
the ice and hurt himself, but not think
ing it serious continued his journey, and
three weeks after was found dead in his
bed at Evansville, Ind. The company
resisted payment on a clause in the Polls
CO requiring Immediate notice of any &C
cident, To meet this Mrs. OWN produc
ed proof that the deceased for some days
before his death showed symptoms of alb
erration of mind and therefore could
not be held accountable for the contract.
Our Supplement contains a fine
speech from Gov. Hendricks, on Nation
al Finances, delivered in the Ohio can
vass. 1t contains a true exposition ofthe
position of the Democratic party, and
everybody should read it. 1t will be seen
that Gov Hendricks occupies pretty
much the position taken by our distin>
guished Representative, Gen. Whitthorne,
synopsis of whose speech on the subject
we gave a few weeks ago. Indeed, 1t is
the position of all orthodox Democrats.
Gov Hendricks is to Northern DemOcra-
cy what Gen. Whitthorne is to Southern
Democracy-its soundest and ablest ex-
FOUNDER and safest leader.
"A deplorable affair occurred at a
Radical meeting at Clinton, Miss, the
other day. A few white men, some prob
ably under the influence of liquor, and
more than thousand negroes, got into
fight, which resulted in forty negroes and
ten white men being killed. The bodies
of two of the white men were horribly mu-
tilated after being killed by the negroes,
which made the white people frantic with
rage, and hence the great slaughter.
These race conflicts are always to be la
mentcd because of their evil results.
They prevent friendly feeling between
the whites and blacks, which is to be
greatly desired, and put the negroes un-
der the complete control of designing
politicians. Morton, Grant and other
Radical leaders, greatly rejoice when they
hear of the negroes and whites fighting
because it gives them an excuse to abuse
the South, and keep it under military
control. We generally recognize several
facts in these race COntllcts-that both
parties are somewhat to blame, mean ne
grOes and low down white men get them
up and involve better men in them; and
that the negroes always suffer most. 1t
is strange to us that knowing the inevita-
BILE result, negroes will be led by few
bad men into the jaws of death; and
equally strange that white people will
take up the quarrel of few drunken bull
lies, and thus bring on a massacre, and
give dignity and Importance to a drunken
brawl. White men should keep their
blood cooler-being of stronger race
they should set the example OF forbear-
ance