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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-05-06
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HE LIVES.
TO ED. W. q. BARKER.

~
The question oft comes back in lifes
busy throng,
Along the lone pdthway,-along, yes
along
is he dead? Is tina: loved one, forever
so dear;
Gone! gone! Or is this hlm often see
here.
Far ,Ga back *, in my boyhOOd' the valley,
We often have rambled and romped over,
stin .'
| can see the bright boy along by my side, ,
Has e really leit. me on yon solemn tidel
see him again in the bloom of his youth,
Full of hope so immortal, and candor,
and truth;
with heart full Of love, and a lofty
desire
To catch at the gems to which mortals
aspire.
see him in manhood, alone on the Sea,
with the storm beating round him IN
widest Of gleej
While the whirl-wind he gathers, and
hurls ON the blast,
Defence To foes, to his friends repast.
But dearest OF all, when think he is gone,
lie returns to my loved one to ioudle
and iawu:
And see him, as life, take them up on
his knee,
To love aud caresS them so foudly aud
free.
An yes! can see HIN in childhood, aud
then
| can see him in boyhood, in youth
among men;
In the PRIME oi his manhood, his form
riscs1up;
Yet OF dealh | can know he has tasted
The cup.
But the thought of his presence at morn
ing and noon;
AT eve, when the stars are all out, and
the moon,
Is above aud around us, and prayers to
be said!
lie fingers here stills not dead-no,
not dead.
0RLA.
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apparent, aud she led a miserable life
among her relatives, who continually up.
braided her for being the betuyer of her
brother.
AT length, when her son became a man
and married aud settled at Blackstone
Submit went and lived with him, and at
Ills house she found little peace.
but the poor maniac could never rest
she wandered about the country at all
times of day and tight, in sunshine and
storm, summer and winter, in the deem.
est SHOWS and drsnching rains. She call,
ed often at the houses of her brothers and
sisters, but the welcome she received
from them was 80 cold, that she made
short visits; and again, the poor maniac
went trudging over the rounded hill-top
and stuoole-held, through boggy vale and
tangled wildwood, ever and anon listen.
ing with short step and lifted hand, to
the fancied creak of the weird gallows-
tree on the distant hill, that one might
have imagined she heard continually be-
bind her the "March on March
March p which goaded the Wandering
Jew on his everlasting journey.
At length came the Revolution of
Governor Dorr, She seemed to have
peculiar fancy for following the suffrage
army. though at a distance; aud, one
mornl 6, the poor creature, old and
withcred, was discovered up to her chin
IN swamp, the unmistakable stamp of
death on her sunken brow
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-05-06
Arkansas Hot Springs

A Washington dispatch states the
Uuited States Court of Claims has made
decree in accordance with the opinion
heretofore rendered in the Arkansas Hot
Springs case. The decree declares that
the plaintiffs case does not show o legal
Or equitable tile to the property, and
that the title rest wholly aud absolutely
in the United States. The court directs
that the property be taken, held, and pos
sessed by receiver, to be appointed by
the Court Of Claims, who shall take charge
and rent out the same for use until Con-
gross shall direct by law how the prop
erty shall be disposed Of The receiver
is not to be appointed until final decree
is rendered, and he is not to take posses
sion of the property until it has been ad-
Indicated by the Supreme Court to bs
tie property of the United States
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THE KNOT OF BLUE. .AsD GRAY.

Upon my bosom lies
A Knot OF blue and gray;
You ask me why. Tears fill my eyes
As low to you say:
had two brothers once
Warm-hearted, bold and gay:
They left my side--one wore the blue
The other wore the gray.
One rode with Stonewall and his men,
And joined his'iate TO Lee;
The other followed Sherman's march
Triumphant to the sea.
Both fought for what they deemed the
right,
And died with sword in hand;
One sleeps amid Virgiuia's hills,
And one in Georgia's sand.
The same sun shines upon their graves
My love unchanged must stay:
Aud 50 upon my bosom lies
Th, knott blue and gray
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Aeess!e@SlhNwe|A

Mr. EditOr.-We shall ondeavor TO
present to your readers description OF
ldolatrous worship performed by q
class OF Mexicans known by the ap.
pellation Of "Penitents."
We are unable to give the origin OF
this worship.
From my own observations and the
nformatain | can get from others, this
Ceremonial Rite of theirs is observed
in the month of March of each wear
Their meeting houses have only one
room; are Sor 10 feet high, and are
buildt of posts which are set in the
ground in vertical direction.
AS their sacred days draw near, all
labor is suspended. After assembling
in their houses Of worship, and going
through with some preliminary exer,
cises, (Which | have never had the op>
pertunity of seeing) they come out, and
while some Of them shoulder crosses
that will weigh from 100 to 200 pounds,
Others of the party commence whips
ping themselves on their disroJcCl backs
with Whips made of Soap>weed about
two feet long, (Which whips they always
have in readiness) striking over their
right and left shoulders alternately.
All the cross bearers, and those using
the whip, were blindfold.
Thus they start out and march to q
cross they have planted on the prairie
The procession is lead by two. three.
or even more head-men; one of whom
carries an image, another sings in a
strong voice. continually varying in
loudness. f......
They continue marching TO and from
the cross the greater part of the time
they devote to their worship, which is
generally three or four days. When
they reach the cross, oil immediately
drop on their knees, then PROSTATE
themselves on the earth--now they
partly arise, and each one kisses the
cross and image. This being done,
they recede after the manner of the
Crab. Well, one may enquire, "what
effect does the whipping produce"
In reply l would ask, what effect could
you produce by whippinga a dog till lac
is covered with blood?
These poor, ignorant creatures whip
themselves TIL their naked backs are
covered with clotted blood. On some
of them the blood actually runs down
to the ground, thoroughly saturating
their pantaloons. During this time they
abstain from their common diet.
When these days have passed away,
they are exempt from the Indignation
Of their God uItil the anniversary of
this period. In
Trinidad Col March 9th 1875.
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BUFFALO GNATS.
Over Three Hundred Horses
and Mules Killed in shelby
County


The Memphis Appeal of Thursday
says:
Bffalo guats are killing large amount
OF stock in this and adjoining river coun.
ties. Over three hundred head of mules.
horses and cattle have been killed in
Shelby county, and the loss from the at.
tacks of these insects is larger than was
caused by the epizootic. Mr.. John Osh>
brook, a worthy gentleman of the sixth
dis rict, has lost all of his stock. Ga one
farm nine mules we're killed in one day
and on another eleven. One planter, in
order to protect his stock from the gnats,
built fire, but the sparks from this fel
upon his hay and fodder stacks aud they
were con 'umed. In Fayette county be,
tween two and three hundred head OF stock
have been killed within the last few days
and it is now feared that the planters
throughout the lowlands will be osused
severe loss.
The Memphis Ledger publishes letter
from planter near Macon, Eayette county
which says. "Not less than 500 horse,
and mules have died during the past thret
days within ten miles Of this place.
went down to my farm yesterday, distau,
six miles, sand counted thirty>ssven dead OF
the way, | have lost four on my tarm
and DR., Hunter, Eve, while some planters
have lost as high es thirty head. 1t looks
like starvation to people without money
Some of the farmers will be compelled I:
turn out part of the crop planted, as they
have no money To renlaae the stook
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Old "Jakub" Come Back.

Mister Editur:-i hahn writ none for
your papur in long time, but ithawt
i wood raise mi voice again in the
cause of rite and jestis.
Our county Sooperintendcr is a
tryin to git the peepul to pay skool,
teachers still hyer wages than they are
now crammin into their pockets out OF
the mummy rung from us tackspayers.
Now sir, this is perfect outrage and i
consider 1t dooty that eyry onlst
man owes to the memory Of our hard>
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IVA California story tells Of mn
who resolved to give up drinking, and
went to notary to get him to draw up an
affidavit to that effect. The document was
drawn, read and proved; the party held
up his haud murmured the usual prom
Use. The paper was then properly sealed
aud delivered. What's to pay = asked
The pledge.taker. ITO Pay-tO pay"
exclaimed the notary. Nothing of course
this is a labor of love. Nothing TO
pay?p returned the grateful but very
fprgAtiul pledge.taker. you're brick
bets take drink s,. ,s.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-05-06

" A Baltimore lady Of wealth and
piety is said to have remained single un-
til the age Of forty years refusing many
offers, because she had resolved to marry
no man except clergyman. A while
ago she welded to penniless but deveat
pastor of little church, and the honey,
moon was hardly over before he resigned
bis charge and set up as broker with
her money
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workm fouriathers, and to the welrair
of unborn milyuns in the ages to cum,
to speek his mind on this inphamus
propersishm, You may talk yourself
INTO stait Of exhosstion about rings
and mernopilys, but this eddication
ring, made up Of skoolmasters that's
too lazy to do ennything else but keep
skool, and the swarm of oflisers from
the Stah Sooperintender down to the
destrict clurk is goin to bankrup the
hole nashm ifsumthm Amt dun to stop
en- in this work Of plumber. know
what am talkin about, but to prove
what say, in the words of immortal
george the third that rit our declara-
shun of independence let Jaks be gio
70 candid 'cOrl~, but what are the
facks-the momentus facks, that Is a
goin to fetch povery and ruin upon us.
Its plane to all that these here skool
opcrintenders and the ring of eddi-
cation is absorbin awl the wealth of the
land. jist think of it !. |
Skoolmasters is a gettin 80 or 40
dol ars a month for settin in the house
and doin nuthin, and can hire lots of
hands that's wurth as much q month as
dozen of good d'for.nothn n skool.mas.
ters, for ten dollars month. We wonst
Good git men 10 keep skool for ten dol
lars a month and board round. | wood
like to know if we diden't hav better
skools then nor we do now? Now let
us reeson about tins thing, ana show
he fggers to prove our staitments.
one hand at ten dollars month is
worth as much as dozen skoolmasters
but to show EN- that we are generous
and want to tote fair. we will say that
he is only worth ten, that's jist dollar
a month, Of course they are to hav their
board in addi,hun to the dollar, If thep
board rolnd and don't go to one place
more nor once in month, but sum of
you stuck up dandy fellers may say,
what will they do for mummy to buy
clothes and books and edyukashunal
journals and all the other things that
teacher needs / say let EN- do
without books and papers and all sich
Unnecessary things except the rethmetic
and spellin>book and don't need them
OF their own, they can do the sums in
the skollars books when they 90 home
with en-, and if the master can pro>
Rou0cc the words in the spellin-book it
don't matter if he can't spell EN- hisself,
as for clothes, let EN- work Of Satur-
day and urn their clothes, it will harden
their mussels, and be good for their
health, that's the way done when / KEEP
skool, and KEEP better skool than
emmy they have now days If do say so
miself Now, mister editur, if you will
print mi letter, will know that you
are in favor Of rite and jestice, but if
you don't. shall take it for granted
that you are in favor Of the outrage Of
high wages for skoolmasters.
JAKUB STANDBY.
Shady korner april "a, ateen & rs.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-05-06

~ Ths soul that does good to Others,
grows in goodnes. He that is d medium
of blessings to others is himself blessed
thereby. Hence. sel6shness is folly as
we'll as SIN; for while it prevents our
d ing good to others. in the same degree
it prevents our doing good to ourselves.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-05-06

vTbe starch factories Of New Eng
land. which are very numerous, have
made 50 good 4 market for potatoes that
ia many places they are the staple crop
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~ Father" replied Cairo girl,
tears in her eyes you may jaw and jaw
and howl, and rave, and rip, and tear,
but I'll marry John Stewart If | die for
.tr' And the old man leaned back and
r allied that be might as we'll try to pull
a locomotive up Lill.
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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-05-06

J. BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW
4. AD COLLECTING Ad EFT Jones'
sro Tenn. PROMPT attention given
Y rollections In East Tennessee, and
sotbwestern Va. [G9aug26
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W. Upton. ATTORNEY AT LAW
. AND SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
Iyabethton. Tenn. WILL practice in
Court of Carter, Sullivan and WASH
Non Counties, Tenn. Special atten-
n given to the Collection of Claims.
73aprill7-ly
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n p GILLEN WATERS, ATToR-
N MY AT LAW, Rogersville, Tenn.
m practice in the Circuit aud Chancery
M,rIs Of Hawkins, Greene, Hancock and
ashington counties, and in the Supreme
a Federal Courts at Knoxville, Tenn.
pril3ti!
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HID. PETTIBONE, JAS. II. ROBINSON
1ErrIBONE II ROBINSON, ATTOR
4 NLYS AND C0UNSfLORs, Greene
ie, Tenn. viii practice in all the
snrts of Upper East Tennessee, and
1.-The Supreme and Federal Court AT
aoxvillc. Collections promptly made
n rrmi,tcd. [73mayS
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II KIRKPATRICK,' ATTORNEY AT
1 law. ,Ionesboro', Tenn. Office In
I.han Il Lampson New Building, Up
~" No.7. l69aag26.
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Wilson Burns & Co ,
Who'll EsALE
GrOCerS,
AND
Commission Merchants,
JUS. Howard Street, Cor. of Lombard,
Dill.

eSeep constantly on hand large and.
Nell assorted stock of Groceries, suitable
lor The Southern and Western trade. We
s0nelt consignmentso Of COUNTRY PRO-
poCE, such as Cotton, Feathers, Bees
wax, Wool, Dried Fruit, Fur Skins, &c.
facilities for doing Business are such
- TO warrant quick sales and prompt re-
erhs. All orders Will have our prompt
t'ehhon, 70may2ey !
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ATTORNEYS.

:, vrS G.. DEADERlLk, ATTORNEY
LAW AND SOLICITOR IN CHAN
IN ,Jonrsboro', Tenn. 08es \
IIrsm & Lampson New Building,
'1smirs, No'2. l'lmarSo'
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-06

it's shroud ss, supported by men, ne Vas held
over the only unidentified body, and knew it
must be his wife. But bits Of clothing were
shown him and other things upon the body, aud
suddenly CLEAN OF recognition lighted up his
blistered face, and he was sure it was she. An
officer remarked as he removed the sheet from
off the ecorched and blackened face Of a young
girl, which still bore traces OF great beauty:
"That WAS the prettiest girl in the city. l
don't know her name, but have often seen her
going to ard from her work"
shrek int rTupted his remarks, and the
girls mother, who had moved up unobserved and
had lust obtained glimase OF the face over the
officers shoulder fled half frantic from the room
and ran weeping TO her home.
Through the crowd around the schoolhouse
ward tottered an old woman of sixty. Her hus-
band. several years her senior, had gone away
last evening, and, as he had not returned, the
wife feared that he might be among the victims.
With an anxious expression upon her aged face
she went into the basement, and there, after a
little search, her worst fears were confirmed.
"He was all had in the world, y said she, as
she moved slowly and sadly away, "and was my
only support" =,
Half a dozen wallets appeared from the
pockets of sympathetic bystanders like magic,
and quite lit e purse was made up for her In a
few moments.
The body OF woman held in the hand fan,
and she was recognized as the person who was
seen in the gallery endeavoring with her fan to
uuench the flame when it first started.
In the middle of the forenoon the general pub
lie were admitted. They poured in solia stream
of humanity for over an hour, passing directly
up and ont at the front entrance, the faces OF
some of the bodies being uncovered that they
might be seen. Later in the dav most of the
bodies were removed by their friends.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-06
A GAME OF CARDS.
How 1t Ended.
Friends Fall Out and Blood Flows.

At half-past ten o'clock Friday night, q
difficulty occurred at the corner OF Josephine
and Levee streets, between two men named
Sam Mitchell and James Reid, the latter being
cut and dangerously wounded with large
|pocket-knife. Mitchell was arrested and
lodged in the Sixth Precinct Station.
Reid has two wounds-one in the groin,
which is not considered dangerous, and the
other in the back, under the left shoulde,
blade, which is serious wound. The suffer
ing man was taken to the Charity Hospital,
where he received medical attendance. A
reporter visited the man, Reid at the Charity
Hospital, and obtained the following in
formation:
Myself and Mitchell are both cotton screwers
and wo.k together. We were at the bar-room
kept by Jos. Oonnor, a. the corner Of Josephine
and Levee streets. We were playing game Of
cards, and both Of us pretty full. dispute
arose during the game, when we both clenched.
We were then separated by the barkeeper, and
engaged in a game with some other parties,
when Mitchell came over to my table and began
to quarrel with me again. He abused me in such
a manner that the quarrel ended in fight.
got Mitchell down. when he reached around my
back and stabbed me.
The scene in the bar-room was one of the
greatest excitement Every one stood back in
utter establishment while the men fought and
beat each other. The cards upon the table
with which Reid had been playing were dap
pied with his warm blood, and the floor was
perfect pool of gore.
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HOTEL THIEF.
He is Arrested Money Found
on Him.

At l o'clock Saturday morning man
named Hall was arrested and lodged IN the
Central Station, charged by Doorman Smith
with disturbing the peace and robbing man
named McNelly of some $40 in currency.
1t appears that Mr.. McNeeley went out to
pay five dollars for friend Of his, and was
followed by the man Hall, who saw him when
he took out roll of money to pay the debt
for his friend. Mr.. McNelly then returned
to the Lafayette Hotel. and fell asleep IN q
chair, when the man Hall went through him.
Mr.. Doorman Smith then had him arrested,
and when taken to the station fifty dollars OF
the money was found upon him.
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OUR BOOK TABLE

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE.
By. r Green. NJ. A., with maps and
tables. New York: Harper & Bros New
Orleans: George Ellis & Bro, 81 Camp
street.
The aim of this volume is sufficiently ind-
Gated in its title; it is history of the Eng
lish people. not of Kings or of English con-
quests. The author studiously avoids the
beaten track of the generality of histor-
ical writers, and passes lightly over the
details of wars and diplomacies. the pomp
of courts. and the intrigues of favorites, to
dwell at length upon that constitutional, in
tellectual and social development which con-
stitutes the history of the nation. The con-
ventonal figures of military and political his.
tory give place to the poet, the artist, the
merchant, the philosopher. The design
is as admirably executed as it is novel and
striking. The genealogical tables and chro-
biological annals, which precede the text, &C.
cupying some thirty or forty pages, add mate
rally to the value of the work.
PAUL MAss1E. A Romance. By Justin Nc
earthly, author of "Lady Judith, "Linley
Rockford" etc New York: Sheldon & Co.
From George Ellis & Bro. SO Camp street.
This story was published in England
anonymously, and its very great success was
therefore Que solely 10 It's intrinsic merit, aud
not to the brilliant reputation of the author.
The story is well told, quite sensational and the
style is animated and effective. 1t is now
published in America for the first time, where
its success will doubtless be as great as it was
in England.
Love AFLoAT A Story of the American Navy.
By F. Il. Sheppard, q. S. N. New York:
Sheldon g. Co. New Orleans: Geo. Ellis
& Bro.
The scene of this story is laid in the waters
of the West Indies, in the days when our
navy was engaged in driving out the pirates.
This, Of course. affords ample scope for ex-
citing Incidents, which the author has por-
trayed very successfully. He gives also