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Is. The homunculus, the prognathus,
the troglodyte, the autochthon, terrsgen-
these are the generations of primeval
man.
10 And primeval man was naked and
not ashamed, but lived in quadrumanou-
innocence, and seemed nightly TO harmO
Mise with the environment.
20. And by inheritance and natural Sc
lection did he progress from the stable and
homogeneous to the complex and heter-
ogenous; for the weakest died, and the
strongest grew aud multiplied.
Il. And man grew a thumb, that he had
need of it, and developed capacities for
prey.
y. For, behold, the swiftest men
caught the most animals, and the swiftest
animals got away from the most men;
wherefore the slow animals we're eaten,
and the slow men starved to dea1h'
q. And as types were differentiated,
the weaker types continually d.sappeard.
"a. And the earth was filled with VIC
leDce; for man strove with man. and tribe
with ribe, whereby they killed of the weak
vnd foolish, and secured the survival of
the fittest
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Green. the defeated candidate for Gov
enor Of Connecticut, is the same chap,
who, as mayor of Norwich, had five hun
dred gurs fired to celebate Grants expul-
sion by armed force of the conservative
members Of the louisiana Legislature. He
now thinks he has heard it thunder.
The people of Connecticut, in thunder
tones have disapproved of the noise he
made on that occasion. The Connecticut
election was most significant, because
Green was the champion of Grant, and
the convention that nominated him en-.
dorsed Grant and Sheridan; and the ad-
ministration strained every nerve to car
ny the, day and thus sustain itself But il
was not sustained in Ingersoll, democrat
was elested by seven thousand over all
opponents.
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XELLsS
Encyclopedia,
Dictionary,
4 Gazetteer!

1t contains every word in the English
language, with its derivation and defini-
ton. II has sketch of every noted person
of all ages, many of them with portraits. 1t
has description of every country, sea,
lake, river, mountain, town, city, ETC., IN
the world. 1t contains n description of all
diseases, remedies, instruments, surgical
operations, etc. It contains description Of
the nations, their habits, laws, religion, etc.
Itdescribes all animals, birds, insects, fish
es, flower, vegetable ana tree, with their
properties, uses, etc. 1t describes all new
inventions, engines, machinery. tools, ETC.
1t contains nearly three thousand engraV-
ings of persons, animals, plants, trees, flow
erS, machines, buildings, etc, No library Is
complete without ZELLS ENCNCLOPE-
Ola AND DICTIONARY. 1t is full, com
piete and reliable. and so remarkably low
in price, all can own 1t. Millions of copies
have been sold, and the demand is rapidly
increasing. IT is sold only by subscription,
and is complete in two volumes. am sole
agent for MauTy and Marshall counties.
Call and examine specimen copy at my Of
flee in the Masonic Hall. L office with W.
j. Cakes, who in my absence Will take
pleasure in showing il to any one, and eS-
pecially to his friends and customers.
II, I'll. BRUMBACH,
April 2, lS75-tr. Columbia, Tenn.
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Beecher is on the stand. He starts of
very smoothly Before he steps down and
out, " it may not be $50 so" with him,
Beach and Fullerton will have some hard
questions to ask him. Mr. Beecher takes
the stand under many advantages. He
by his long-sitting in court has become
familiar with the surroundings-th Judge
jury and lawyers. He has seen the man
ner in which examinations are conduct
ed. He has heard all the testimony Of
the plaintiff He is a smart man of fine
memory, and has been well drilled in his
part. We imagine Beach and Fullerton
will have their hands full with the cross
examination, but they may get at a little
of his true inwardness"
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gSE;EErDEsb NEGROES.
y Sarge Number Come 10 ~ am
~I~ City Expecting 40 Acres
% land and a span Of N nIeS.


kansas City News.l
IN" story that the CaTpet-baCgerS had
spread among the cOlored population OF
tho South the impression that under
Grants benign government they should
each receive forty acres of land and q
span of mules, has become widespread,
but that this delusive report was
credited by any considerable portion of
the colorcd people has not been generally
credited. The incidents which we are
now about to relate however, show that
this report has had a wider circulation
aud is doing more mischief than most
people imagine. About the middle of
February last there arrived in this city
tem the vicinity of Nashville, Tennessee,
party Of about thirty negroes on their
way t. seek land in Kansas. They stop.
prd over here to find the officer who was
10 issue to each of them "rations for six
month and a span of mules and was to
direct them to the land which the govern
mcut had reserved as a free will offering
for all the descendants of Ham. They
oc course, received but little attention
ir ma anybody aud they loitered about for
weeks in a vain search for the mule and
ration man. At last Mr.. Rodelheimer,
the agent to the Kansas Pacific abroad,
came across some OF the parties and en-
quIrcd into their wants aud expectations.
lie found that these parties had come all
the way from their homes in Tennessee
under the belief that when they got here
they would receive from an agent of the
I nIted States government a span OF
mules, ratious for SIX months and an or
der for forty acres Of land wherever they
should choose TO locate. IL was hard to
convince these deluded people that they
had been deceived, and It was sad to see |
their disappointment and grief In the |
meantime the embarra ssments of the sit |
uation have been greetly Increased b; |
large additions to these mule and ration |
seekers, mostly from the neighborhood Of |
where the first came from, their number 1
a. one time r, aching as many as - per
auul. Mr.. Rod .lheimer, taking in the sit
uatJou. went to work To get these unioltu-
nate people out OF their dilemma, and
no Of Them have found en- ployment or
have gone somewhere 10 endeayOr 10
earn their own mules and TatiOns.
TIE colored people have been deluded
l,y st cries started by unprlr cipled men at
the South for political purposes, and in
This special instance, probably, by parties
who wanted to get these people ont of the
country from which they came. tits to
,c h. ped that the serious disappointment
which awaited this party will , ever |
,thr.s following iu their Footsteps.
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GENESIS CHAPTER u.

" nOOl
GENESis-CHAFTER u.
|. Primarily the Unknuwable Ipoyed Up.
ON cosmos and evolved prOtoplasm.
2. And protOplasm was inorganic and
undifferenIiated, containing all things in
potential energy; and spirit of evolution
moved upon the fluid mass.
>. And the Unknowa5le said, Let atoms
attract: and their contact begat light,
heat, and electricity.
4. And the unconditional differentiated
the atoms, each after lis kind; and their
combinations begst rock, air, and water
). And there went out spirit of evolu-
ton from the Unconditional, and working
in prOtopiasm by accretiOn and absorption,
produced the organic cell,
8 And cell, by nutrition, evolved Fri
mordial germ, and germ developed pro-
togene, and protogene begat cocoon, and
cocoon begat mOnad, and monad begat
animalcule.
!. And animalcule begat ephemera,
then began creeping things to multiply
on the face of the earth.
S. Aud earthly atom in vegetable
protoplasm begat the molecule, and
thence came all grass and every herb in
ne earth.
=
fms. tails, claws, and scales; and in the air
wings and beaks and on the land they
sprouted such organs as were necessary
as played upon by the environment
10. And by accretion aud absorption
came the radiata and mollusca, and mo-
llusca beCat artiCulata, and articulsta
begat vertebrate,
IL. Now these are the generations of
the higher vertebrate. in the cosInic period
that the Uuknowable evoluted the bipedal
II. And every man of the earth, while
he was yet a monkey, and the horse, while
he was hiPparion, before he was an
oredon.
Ii. Out of the ascidion came the ANN
hibian and begat the pentadactyle, and
the peutadactyle by inheritance and selec.
tion produced the hylobate' from which |
are the simiadae in all their tribes.
Ii. And out of the simisdae the lemur |
prevailed above his fellows andproduced |
the p.vtyrhine monkey.
Is. And the platyrhine becA' the catar |
rhine, and the catarrhine monkey begat |
he anthropoid ape, and tie ape begat the /
ourang, and the ourang
)egat the chimpanzee, and the chimpanzee
,v0luted the what is it
I6. And the what-is-it went into the
and Of Nod and took him wife Of the
gibbons.
II. And in process OF the coSmic period
we're born unto them and their children
he anihropomorphic primordial types.
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Hon. LafssyeIIe's Fosters Let
ter of AccenGnmce.

To f. B. SUMNER, ESQ, CHAIRMAN, &C.:
SIR-Unsolicited on my part, and in
decd, against my wishes, | find myself
nominated as the Representative of this
District in the Congress of the United
States.
Recognizing as do, the right of the
State to the services Ct its citizens, espe-
cialIy in time of trial and danger to the
public safety and the public liberty, as /
deem the present to be, do not feel my
self at liberty decline the nomination,
The Convention over which you presid-
ed was made up of delegates chosen by
Democrats. Liberal Republicans and all
other electors of the Third Congressional
District, who do not approve of the usur-
paiiOns and corruptions of the present
administration of the Federal Govern
ment.
Whatever may have been my past DO
litical record, do not consider that |
have any right, at present, holding, as
do Judicial position, to regard myself
as a party man in the partisan sense of
that term. At the same time, | believe
that there is an absolute necessity for
parties to exist, because men will always
be divided upon their ideas of the true
functions of government.
Ny own ideas, very briefly expressed
are as follows:
believe that the functions of govern
meDt should be limited to a few simple
purposes, the first and most important
of which IS, to secure protection, justice
| and equal rights to all, irrespective of race
color or opinion. Under our political or
ganization as a nation, | believe these
ends can be best secured by an absti
neHCe, to the greatest possible extent, OF
the part of the Central or Federal Gov
ernment, from all intermeddling with 10
cal Selfgovernment by the people.
believe in limited taxation, and tina
the Federal government should induce
economy and public integrity by limiting
not enlarging, its functions never attempt
ing to do for the people what they arr
willing and better able to do for them
selves.
| think the interests of our country cal
loudly for change in the policy OF the
| National Administration The best in
terests of good government demand it
| Whether change into the hands of an
| other political organization will give us 8
| better policy will be affirmed By some
and denied by others, have faith thai
such change will be beneficial. What
look for and pray for most of all is, thai
a change being effected, the best men, the
wisest men, of all parties, who love theil
country better than any party, will ther
cordially unite together in establishing
a policy, which, with the Divine blessing
shall give peace and happiness, prospect
| ty and perpetuity to the United States O.
America. Very Respectfully,
am your obi serv't,
| l.. f. S. FOSTER.
| Norwich. March a. 1874
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Robt. McKenna, of Shelby county, who
in the good, but happily gone, days of
Radicalism, served the State of Tennes-
see as Republican Senator, was recently
elected by the Criminal Court of Mem
phis, to serve in the other house-the PEN
itentiary-for the term of five years. His
crime was marrying his former wife's
granddaughter Gov. Porter pardoned
the aforesaid Robert.
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Office of EDSALL & MCEWEN,
A pril 9th, 1875.
Bo"on-Shoulders lOctS; sides, 1S11cts; hams
lICtS.
Rufter-ij and 20C.
BeesU0r-2Oc
Backing al 90 p dOz
CoHOB-.l to l5cts. Firm
Cotton Secd-$Oc per 100 IT'S.
COrn-SO per busheI.
Cofes-23 to 25c for Rio by Sack baguira e
Java Bic.
Coal OILS test, 4Octs. per gallon.
C1aCGLes- aG25c. u b.
Eggs-l21zctS.
Flomr-3.5O per 100 Ms.
GiHGcr-i06j0C.
Hungarian Grass Seed-175 to 100. 4 bushel.
lard cents.
Lime-2jd30C. u busheI.
HeaI-S1 20
M9tasses and Sgrpps--common, 75c. @s c; goI-
den syrup, SI@l.25.
Pea NUts-S0 to 90 cts. Dull.
Pepper-36liOc.
Rice-IlGI2c.
RVe-Sl30 per bu.
SOdp-l0G15c.
SOda-I0ctS.
Supar-New Orleans, IOaI3c; Demerara, I4a
i5c; sugar, l2c1a crushed and granulRted,
l3al1c.
TeqSI.OO92.OO PB.
7altoB-6c. u n.
RooL-DHll adaptations, 20 to4O.
Whedf-$l. 0OGI0j,
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Gov. Tilden, of New York, is adding to
his reputation as an enemy to thieves and
an advocate of honesty in public affairs
by his at tack on the Canal Ring" "Revo-
lutlons 90 to extremes" What an illus
tratiOn of this would we have in the COM
ing political revolution ofl876, if we were
to put Tilden in the chair, now occupied
by one Ulysses Simpson Grant.
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TO THE
Farm eTS
OF MAURY COUNTY.

Since witnessing such an exodus Of
from our State, it becomes us to Oestlr our,
selves in getting the best and most improved
impIeIneut of husbandry. $Carnes" Clipper
Harrow and Clod crushers comes in the mich
of time. It is conceded by some OF the best
that it is a success as a labor saving imPie-
ment. For putting in small grain after the
Being in the way. There is nothing that will
choke it but wet dirt. For preparing meadows
and lawns it is unsurpassed. Bleak the ground
then this harro will leave it in better con-
dition than three times ploughing the same
land. 1t is evident to every farmer that t &c
cam make much of crop with half OF ms
hest soil living in clods which can easily be
pulverized with this harrow whether moist
or dry. Hence the necessity of using It n the
spring. have purchased the right OF Maury
county of A. c. Carnes and wish to sell farm
rights, district rights, and Harrow. For partlc
''' : A'N- ''7 - = G. c, CHAPMAN.
Vaughan Barley AGts,
March 18th. If Columbia Tenn
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The late Legislature passed an act reg
ulating the relation of employer and en-
ployee. 1t provides, that if any one en-
ployed for a certain time, quits without
good cause, he or she thereby forfeits all
claim to wages due for past service; aud
besides is liable to the employer for all
damage he sustained by reason of his
thus being left in the lurcb. 1t also makes
liable for damage any one who entices an
employee to abandon his employer. This
is one good law
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NONRESIDENT NOTICE.

Charlotte Jones and others VS.. John Slate
and others.
In this cause IL appearing from cOmpl aim
ants bill, which is sworn to, that Eliza Gill
pin is a nonresident of the state of Ten
nesSee. so that the ordinary process of law
cannot be served on her; it is therefore or
four consecutive weeks in the Herald and
Mail, newspaper published in Columbia,
Maury county, Tennessee, requiring said
defendants to be and appear before the
court of said county court, on the first Mon
day in June, 1875. and plead, answer or de-
muI to COmplatnants bill, or the same will
be taken for confessed as to her, and set for
hearing eX parte as to her.
spril9 At 4. n. AKIN, Clerk.
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Nice-Presldent Wilson is being numer-
ously interviewed, In these interviews he
has an opportunity of Gushing much slosh
He will find it too thick to float his little
boat into the presidency, and too thin to
walk thither on.
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DIR, White editor of the Lebanon
Herald, beat the Nashville folks spelling
one night last week, until it was narrowed
down to contest between him and a
printer, Mr.. Sinclair The Doctor finally
went under on the word Sarcophagus-
spelling it with a K
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NOTICE
u. S. INTERNAL REVENUE
SPECIAL TAXES,
NAV 1879, To ADriI 30, 1875.

The Revised Statutes Ofthe United States,
Sections 32}2 S2S7, 1928, and 3239, require ev-
cry person engaged in any business, avOca-
ton, or employment which renders him
Liable TO a SPECIAL TAX, 10 procure
and place cO"SpicuOsIy in his eSGab-
denOtinE the payment of said SPECIAL
TAN for the Special Tax Year beginning
May / 1879, before commencing or cOntinu-
ing business after April 80, 1875.
The Taxes Embraced Within the Provisions of
the Law above QuOIed are the
vi
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Norwich, March 4, 1874,

Mr.. II. P. FIGUERs has severed his
connection with the Columbia Herald
and Mail. For over three years he has
assisted in making that paper one of the
best and brightest in the State, and his
retirement will be generally regretted by
his professional brethren Union and
American.
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HoRsLEY happens to be about the best,
looking man in the State--[U. d A. ]
Our Nashville contemporary must brush
up his geography. Both GAINESVILLE and
Chattanooga are in this State-LebanOn
Herald.
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TOWN LOTS FOR SALE.

Cheap for cash or on time to suit purchas-
erS Three lots are on Bennett Street, three
on Spring Street one house and lot In YET
low Town, ton lots on the Pulaski PIKE, ad-
joining the corporation limits, hiteen loLs III u
Macedonia near the northwest margin of
Columbia. Terms to suit purchasers. Call
at my office and see for yourself
Dec. 4-tf. W. II. TIMMONS.
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SHERIFFS SALE.

Nv virtue Of venditioni eIponaa direeted
10 me from the Circuit Court ofMaury coun-
tv. IN favor Of James A. Everett W. 10 IN
win T. r. Erwin, stay or, will sell for cnab
10 tie highest bidder at the Court Houna
Door, in the town Of Columbia, on Monday,
the 81 day OF May, 1875, n tract or parcel ~
land situated in civil District, No. ~, and
MauTy county Tennessee, bounded on the
North by the lands OF Abe fitzgerald, Hast
by Henry Fields, South by the lands Of ~.
r. Erwin's heirs, West by g.. y. Mxwfm.
Levisd on and TO be sold ~ the property %
J. ". Erwin, TO satisfy said order % sale Ana
cost, this April ID lS7l
WA. ALEXANDER, Sim
BY W. o. WITHERSPOOH, ID. bhu,
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500 90
Dealers, retail liquor ................... 25 90
Dealers, wholesale quor...,....,.-.-..-. 100 90
Dealers IN malt liquors, Wholesale. 80 %
Dealers in malt liquors. retail............. ~ %
Dealers in leaf tobacco ..-................ Is o.
Retail dealers in leaf tobacco. .......... 500 90
And on sales of over 81 900, fifty cents
for every dollar in excess of 81, 0O0.
Dealers in manufactured tobacco. j %
Manufacturers of stills. ..... .. 80 90
And for each still manufactured. ...., 20 90
And for each worm manufactured. 20 90
Manufacturers of tobacco ........ ,..,,, 10 On
Manufacturers of igarS.................... 10 90
PeddlerS OS tobacco, first class (mOre
than two horses or other animals 50 90
PeddlCTS OF tobacco, second class two
horses or other animalS) ...... ........ % co
PeddlerS Of tobacco, third class lone
horse or other animal ................... II 90
PeddleTs of tobacco, fourth class ION
foot OF public conveyance. .........,,... 10 90
Brewers OF less than $40 barre ls.,,......... 50 90
Brewers of 500 barrels or ore........... 100 10
Any person, so liable, who shall fail 10
comply with the foregoing requirements
will be subject to severe penalties.
Persons or firms liable to pay any of the |
Special Taxes named above must apply TO /
+. NJ. DOOLEG, Deputy Collector of Inter- |
nal Revenue at Columbia, and pay for and |
procure the Special-TaX Stamp or Stamps |
they need, prior to May /, 1873, and WITH |
OUT FURTHER NOTICE.
j. w. DOUGLASS,
Commissioner Internal Revenue, |
Office Of Internal Itcvenue.
Washington, u. &. Feb. !, 49,. :
Mch26.api2 lG-2i,
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ORIGINAL ATTACHMENT.


\. y. Hewlett VS.. A. L. Ashton
In this cause IL appearing To mo. Jas. v.
Hunt, AN acting Justice Of the Peace aDr
Maury county, Tenn, from tho hf1davit %
the plaintiff. :. b. Hewlett, that the defend.
ant, A. l.. Ashton, IN "A non resident OF the
State OF Tennessee, 40 that the ordinary pro-
cess OF law cannot be served upon nj m. IL a.
made in the Herald aud Mail n newspaper
published Ia the town OF Columbia, haury
county, Tenn, requiring said A. l.. AHhton
to appear before me nj my once In Cullea-
ka, Tenn, on the 18th day Of April, 1915.
and defend the suit brought against hip
by the plaintiff, otherwise the same viii h
proceeded against him with eKparte.
Aprii 2d. IS55. JAS. 7. HUNT.
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Sherif's Sales.


By virtue of twovend itioni exponas directed
to me from the Circuit Court of Maury county
Tennessee, in favor of Thomas Hart VS. John
a. M ackey, will sell to the highest and best
bidder. at the courthouse door in the town of
Columbia, on the 5th day of April, 1875, all
the right and title John A. Mackey has in and
to the following described tract of land. situ-
ated in the State of Tennessee, Maury county
civil district No. Il, and bounded as follows:
North by Ii. B. Daimwood aud the Butler es-
tat east by Ed. Brazier and j l. Porter;
south by George X. Irvine; west by Duck Riv-
er, containing 28S acres more or less. Said
int. rest levied upon as the property of John
A. Mackey, TO satisfy this fifa and cost.
HENRY JOHNSON,
March 10, 1875. Deputy Sheriff.
By virtue of a venditiOni exponas to me di-
reeted from the Circuit Conrt of Maury coun-
ty, Tenn. in favor of l. Ball VS.. John
Mackey. | will sell for cash to the highest and
best bidder at the court house door in the
town If Columbia on the 5th day of April,
1873, all the right, ii lie. claim and interest
that j ohm A Mackey has in and to the follow
ing described tract of land, situated in the
state of Tennessee, Maury county, civil dis
trict No 81, and bounded as follows: North
by II b Daimwood and he Butler estate; east
by Ed. BraZier and John l. Porter; south by
George X. Irvine; west by Duck Kiver, con-
tanning 2S8 acres more or less Said interest
levied upon and to be sold as the property of
John Mackey, to satisfy said fila aud cost.
HENRY JOHNSON,
March 10, 1875. Deputy Sheriff.
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HERALD AND MAIL.
Friday, April oh. ls1s.

Hon, Horace Maynord, with his family,
will leave for Turkey about the 2Ist of
the month.
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The Baptist Educational Convention of
Tennessee viii meet in Nashville, April
9th.
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SHERIFFS SALE.
ICE! ICE!!

Having a full supply of pure Springwater
Ice, am prepared TO furnish consumers or
dealers at reduced rates. Those wishing to
be supplied By the season will do well to
leave their orders soon. Ice will be deliv-
cred in the city without extra charge.
april 9-tt. E. W. GAMBLE.