The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-12-03

Mr.. EDIroR:-One of the big troubles con-
sequent upon move, Is, that you fail TO get
Nashville Advocate is so used to following the
fortunes of the preacher that it comes to him
no matter where he may pitch his moving
tent. 1t is not surprising that some of the
local journals fail TO keep an appointment.
My appreciation of the HERALD was never
coming" suppose other folks have suffer
ed the same way, and some CONSIDER says
1--WE must not complain of what is common"
Moving is decidedly common. Last week,
going to Columbia, l noticed two or three
German families coming "to these parts"
Judging from their appearance, they had
been some time on the way, and ! fear the
conductor had been too economical in sup
plying water. could but admire the affec-
ton OF the mudder as she kindly ignored the
presence of the native element on her chill
der'S cheeks and lips.
Our new pastor, Rev. Mr.. Putnam, expects
to move his family to this place next week.
He preached an excellent sermon yesterday,
on the Savior'S reply to the young man who
asked him, "Good Master, what good thing
shall l do to inherit eternal life?"
am rather astonished that the HERALD
and Citizen have nothing to say about Hetc-
rophemy. In the advocate the fight is lively
and learned. Concerning Sir Thomas More,
and his guilt, the voices differ, as in the Ka-
tydid's song of "whO broke the black bottle u
and we are not more likely to know. When
More was a serving lad in the family of the
Archbishop of Canterbury, that functionaTy
declared, "this boy will make a marvellous
man-who lives to see it," So he did. He
was the most prominent character of the
reign of Henry the Eighth. He and the great
Erasmus once quarreled bitterly at the Lord
MAYORS table over the doctrine of Transub-
sanitation. Then he fell out with his royal
master over another ugly word-diU0rce.
Now il seems If that defender of the faith"
had been better versed in the laws of Ian
guage, the Lord Chancellor need not have
lost his head upon the bloody block. 1t is
not plain that the king misstook More s
meaning when he gave negative answer
to his (the kings expressed desire to have
Anne BOleyn to wife; yet in all the court
rn1n fHnra xFylG hvaN tn
tell the monarch that Sir Thomas was only
guilty of HeterOphemy. The question franz
eN, shall not have her, demanded an affir-
native answer, and, according to rule, Sir
Thomas replied no, when, if he had really
meant no, he should have answered nag.
Alas for the haste and stupidity of the SOW
ereign. 1t is sad to think that so gifted q
man should be sacrificed TO the mania for
marrying, and an Ignorance of Heterophe-
The children of this generation are wiser
than their fathers, and are atOning as much
as in them lieth, for the mistakes of for
mer generation. a monument is proposed
to Lord Byron, and the whole literary world
has lately participated in the dedication of
one to Edgar Allen Poe. The eglantine and
violet the poets award, are Oftenest found
upon his grave. l am glad poor Poe has re-
ceived this tribute, tardy though it be- AT
ter all, the Raven is q wonderful poem,
! unique and Incompatible. One of the
speakers said of it, at the unvailing of the
/ monument, ait is n poem with pulse in it,
1 which never stops beating, sometimes with
the sluggishness of despair, sometimes with
4 the rapidity of fevered frenzy" 1t is the
l best key to the character of the composer,
but the hand that holds ii will pause ere at
| tempting to unlock those mysterious cham
bers so filed with melancholy.
1t is expected that the monument TO
/ Washington Irving will be completed in
/ about two years. The whole work will be
| twenty-five feet in height. Beside the CEN
trail figure, will be two smaller statues, one
of Rip Van Wrinkle, the other of the charac-
/ teristic old Knickerbocker.
Augusta Evans new novel is creating a
| sensation. The publishers, q. w. Carlton d
Co., say that "fifty thousand copies Will not
begin to be enough required in advance" TO
meet the demand,
Speaking Of books naturally suggests
schools, and / am tempted to say something
| of the Culleoka Institute; but you will come
| and see for yourself 1t was about the Kim
dergarten / intended to inquire. l have
some notion of it, but fear IL will not come
under the head of what old Bro. d. calls an
| intelligent idea. Will not DIR. Athen9um
Wise Smith tell us all about il, and that 9th
| er school with "the awful hard name,
neutrality-suspicious." Wares Valley
reputation of former numbers. The editor,
| DIR. Leftwich, is a native of Maury County;
that of itself is q better augury OF success
| than any the Romans had when undeTta-
king perilous matter. That this is a peri
| lous matter no one can doubt who has
watched the feeble life and speedy death of
similar enterprises in the South. i have
Ago" is particularly pleasing. This express
ses il very mildly; for that picture of Deacon
| Sprouse dining at Delmonico's would awak-
en- laughter In constitutional ascetic, and
burst more hoops of Diogenes' tub than a
months rain. The editorial department is
well furnished and quite complete. Cur
rent events are noted in a style keen and
| pointed, but in language not calculated to
offend the most sensitive spirit. The re-
/ marks on Insane Asylums Will provoke in
teFest and inquiry in the right direction.