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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29
spring Evening.

lis fair evening in the saTly spriRg;
And stars look tender, ike NY darling's eyes;
And ike her cheeks the flowers are blossoming:
And like her breath. the south winds balmy sigh.
Stll on the wave rosy lEsire plays,
And pure ruby lights the western skies.
Far up the Heaven that clear and rsby blazs
Is like the hne upon her lips thai glous;
Upon the stream those evsr-nitiing rays
Ars like the dimples round those lips OF Toss,
Tell me, my love, why is il that ns'er
Gaze on bright nature bat ny spirit khous
No beauty in her scenes, however fair.
But they remind my heart OF one - dear.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29

The greatest benefactiOn a kind and
pftying Providence has bestowed upon
this unhappy country within the last cen
tuTy or so is the impossibility that Grant
can be elected for third term. Long
before the expiration of a third term ey-
ery honest man he had appointed 10 Office
would resign through virtuous shame and
disgust, and the entire governmental ma
chinery, from the Atlantic 10 the racine,
would be run by thieves. And even as il
i. there is some danger that a few years
hence il will be no uncommon thing 10
hear men say: |But come now, Plugsby,
Won are too severe on Squaggles; how do
you know he is rascal?'' GLOW do
tnoyv ite WHY, don't l know he used tC
hold office under Grant:" '.The thunder
he did! Then, as he lives not far from
me. I'll run home while think Of II and
lock up my house,
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29

HurrES as a. AAEr-

'thiiik u't of sac. ssse- lady would not
Bring en- the liEhtest throb Of grief 70 thee.
What though my hours ee marked BY misery,
And harder mine than IS the common Iotl
Should Wish, therefore that thy spirit, fraught
As 'tis with kindness, should, through sympathy
Sometimes perchance be sad because Of Htef
Oh rather bet me be By thee forgot
And yet why write hsrei Seems this a. ihoush
I would he all-forgsttcns Ahlin vain
I strive 10 hide my selfish wishes 90!
Lady, would not cause thee aught sf Psis,
Nor would I, for the thought sloae Is wee.
That thor sheuldst never muse Of me agais.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29

BIsHOP QUNTARD N ESGLAND.-Some
time since th9re was copied into the
American, as an item Of news Of local
interest, from a New York paper a para
graph, which stated, in substance, that
the Bishop of Tennessee, Rt, Rev Chas.
I. Quintard, had been refused permis-
sion 70 confirm certain persons request
ing IL, by the Bishop OF London. A let.
ter has been Eeceived from Bishop Quin-
taed, by gentleman in this city, referr-
ing to the newspaper statement, from
which we are permitted 10 extract the
following which explains itself;
"a friend has forwarded TO me a slip
from a Memphis paper, In which the
statement Is made that the Bishop OF
London has refused to permit me to con-
firm in his diocese. The amount Of truth
in II you may judge from the fact that
have twice confirmed for the Bishop OF
London, and that lhis LOrdship Is the
chairman of my committee and a liberal
subscriber TO the University fund. He
has treated me with the utmost kindness
and cOnsideration.-Ame
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29

College essays are not always of the
highest order of literary merit, but the
subioined extract from the composition OF
junior, deserves TO be read and remem-
bered:
From the earliest age of human his-
tory, man has been distinguished from
the lower animals by a certain indefin2-
BILE yearning after Ban infinite being TO
whom he could look for help i'll time of
need. Shall we term this blind impulse
the instinct of worship? By whatever
name it may be called, it is worthy OF
our reverence, although the H-orshippeT
should stumble amidst the gross darkness
of superstition.
whether we see il manifested in tile
tent-like temples of China, where the
trembling devOtee pOurs out his monysil-
labic prayer to a Buddha of wood, OF
whether we see it dimly displayed in the
mysterious rites of the land ''overshad-
owed with wings" or whether We stand
in the luXuriant forests of Central Amer
lea and gaze at the silent mOnOlinths OF
Japan or Quirigna, or see it pictured on
the crumblinS walls of the temples Lst
Palenque-in any or all these phases, II
the same sentiment that prompted the
outcry of Job. ''Oh, that l knew where
l might find Him"' and that inspired the
prayer of Moses, 81 beseech thee, show
me thy face -
LAS we contemplate this worldwide
fact, we conclude with the wisest and
best of all generations, that these search
ings after the Infinite-these inclinations
ut various angles, so to speak. Of the
worlds myriads towards brighter life
these groupings after God, all betokeL
the existence of a great All-Father, fol
whose paternal love and mercy the grea
throbbing heart of an orphan worl,
yearns so nightly.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29

Two ORATORs.-Says Temple Bar: No
man WAS so Skillfui rs Pitt to answer the
questions of his adversary without CON
municatinS the smallest information. He
was never taken of his guard. II Pitt
ever appeared in some eyes to grow warm
as he proceeded, il was with a measured
warmth there were no starts and Sallies,
and sudden emanatiOns of the soul; he
seemed to be aS much under the miRutest
regulation i'm the most vehement swell
ings and apoStrophes of his speech, as in
his coolest calculations. Fox, as an ora
tor, appeared TO come Immediately from
the forming hand of nature. He spoke
well, because he felt strongly and earn
estiy. His OratOry was impetuOuS as the
current of the river RhOnc; nothing
could arrest its course. His voice would
insensibly rise to too high a key; he
would run himself out of breath. Every
thing showed what little aTtifce there was
in his elOquence. Though on all great
occasions he was throughout energetic,
yet it was by sudden flashes and emana
tions that he electrified the human heart,
and shot through the blood of his hearer.
/ have seen his cOuntenance lighted up
with more than mortal arlOr and good
ness; | have been present when his voice
has become Suffocated with the sudden
bursting forth of = torrent of tears
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29

The Schurz-Bryant overture for ! re-
form movement, applicable to the ap-
preaching Presidential election, is To be
pushed in the New England States and
at the West, and if the preliminary meet
ing-which is to be held on the 18th OF
May, in New York City-should meet
blossom into = National Convention to
choose ticket of its own. The party
leaders both Republican and Democrat,
appear to attach but every little impor-
tance to it, however, and are quite sure
nothing win come of it TO change The
current Of the regular nominations.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29

MASONIC GRIP or THE GALLows.-Eliz-
abeth oakes Smith says in Palter's Amer
lean Monthly:
"Calcraft, who recently retired from
the trying position Of hangman In Eng
shaking hands with those upon whom he
was about TO carry out the sentence of the
law. But IL has been observed that Mar
wood, his successor, never does this, aud
speculation has been rife in certain quar-
ters as 10 the cause Of his departure from
this precedent. FreemGsons will be In
terested 20 learn that the reason is "be-
cause he is a Free and Accepted Mason, !,
and breads the condemned man giving
him Masonic grip ia return.'
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29

A TOUCHING IScIDENT.-A nobleman
who died few years since, had chest
all locked up, but marked: 'sTO be remOv-
ed first in case Of fire." When he died,
his friends opened that chest, supposing
of course, that some valuable document
or deed Of property, rich jewelry, or cost
ly plate would be found in it. But what
did they find? They found the toys Of his
little child, who had gone before him.
Richer TO him were they than all the
worlds wealth, richer than his coronet,
brighter than all the jewels that sparkle
on its crest. Not his estate, not his jew
and great in this world; but the dearest
objects to him were the toys of his little
child.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29
FROM Tse Baltimorssn-
SOM rs.


wKFrTEs o. TIE RIrEE SaoEE.
love 60 wander BY the sunset shore,
when every Eind sinks softly TO Us resi,
when. a. the light The blus Hills fsdeth DER,
It's last beams lnEsr on the rivers breast
Towards the west that path OF glory sloWs,
Like that which Hope DER visions 10 ss pressed
BY youthful drssmers. Bat my spirit knows
No mouraful thsHght; foF, as LIST, the sweet
Low music OF The nipple. as it aoss
Upon the Pearly pebbles At my fssi,
Delightful is this tranquil hour 20 me-
Blest musings ef tie past and pressat Tsset,
And many fair form wakes 10 menory.
Like BeaEty's goddess rising fFon he sea-
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29

searehings be eonsummated I'm glorious
finding: Shall not prophecy yet become
history :ATe not the mountain tops al
ready tipped with the morning twilight
Of that millenRial day when the religion
Of Christ shall be the worship of univer-
sal humanity :"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29

"The winds and the waves says Ed
ward GibbOn, ''are upon the side of the
ablest navigatOrs." This saying is al
most identical in its import with that at
tributed to NapOleon-''PrOvide al
ways favors the heaviest battaliOns.'
Gibbon was seeptic and died stubborn
unbeliever i'm the supernatural origin OF
Christianity. Napoleon, ON the other
hand, never waveFed i'm his faith in the
divinity of Christ and the other cardinal
doctrines of the Catholic church. Wheth-
er he trod the burning desert sands of
Egypt, bivOuacked under the midnight
sky of Syria; whether elated by the glO-
riOus "sun Of Austerlitz,' or disheart-
ened by the reverses of Leipsie, the fore
runner of Waterloo, everywhere and at
all times had an mistaken faith in the
providence of God.
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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29

Birdsi what ~ondrous songs yen sing
All day long in the old elm tree,
Flooding earth with mslsdy,
Birds Of spnnEi
Joyous burst Of song, that die
ssdSsuly. ss swift you rise
oHths wing.
Wise old bards who thrilled the north
With their lays IN times Of yore,
Learned from birds ihsir mystic lore,
By the fFotL
or the mountain stream thsy heard
Secret marvels BY each bird
BAbbled forth
When The southland nonsreks safe,
Counoil-throned, vita dIrs fears waved,
And The soofh saysrs pcrplexsd,
Portsnss great.
Sorsh sr-g from the hird, that Ser
~ lfsa ihsr 0sg dfer
~, 49, raptures bsaf snd blend
Endsrnssfh those wings sf geld.
CoHld !. like thu sssrs Of old,
Conprehsndi
csuid but translate your lays,
WeEdroas songs I'd sinE-lIks days
wiihoat end.
Strange old IeEions eons sgsiA-
As chant from lips unseen
Sends tAroush gothic arch and screen
Its rsfrsin-
Legends Of the erossbili COED
And the Christ upon the rosd-
Stretched in pain.
Dicty that Fulss above,
The wild waste Of sea and hsms,
To meas eyes revealed became
As dove,
Teaching In that gentle Esise
Grandsst strength but signifies
Tenderest love.
Hark hear a mystery nost
Through all life, = meaning thrills
Love the breath that swsiis and trills
From your threats.
~ The poet sonl is best.
The divine sweet riddle, guessed
OF those notes.
rests, birds Of spriHE in sooth
All the seasons srs your -PriSE
All your sans' are PressSsinE
OF the truth
Of the beauty that ,hsll bl~cH
when this word SHALL resume
its lost youth.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29

The subjoined interesting anecdOte of
a sagacious New FOundland dog Is tele
graphed from Cairo: yesterday after
noon Lawyer John ". Lansuen received
a terrible wound in one OF his arms.
above the wrist. from the bite of his larga
and valuable New Foundland dog. He
was chained in the wOOdshcd, and Mr..
Lansden, having occasion to pass near,
reached out his hand to pet him, when
the dog snapped his arm, pressing his
teeth through and through il. The action
OF the dog was unaccountable, as he has
been the playmate Of the children, and
very kind and gentle. The wound was
caHteriZed. '
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29
Wanted 70 be an Edftor.


''Have you had any experience in the
business - we asked Of verdant looking
youth who applied for an editorial posi-
tiOn the other day.
Haven't | though - he replied, as he
showed one foot under his chair to hide
the unskillful patching Of baekwoods
cObbler. 81 should say I'd had some ex-
perience-hayen't l coTrespOnded with
the PumpkinVille Screaner for six
weeks :-Hain I that experience enough p
''That will do very WE'LL NE replied,
'-but when we take young men On our
editorial staff, we generally put them
through AN examination. How much
are twelve times Onei''
Twelve, Why any little boy ought
TO am
''Hold on, please-lon't be too fast
who discovered American -
"Klumbus Pshaw them questions
are just AS easy as''-
"Who was the first man:''
Adam, why Mister, / know zll''--
''What Was his other name?"
"His other name: why he didn't have
none"
eyes, he did. You see that's where
we've got you. His other name Was Eb-
enezer-Ebenezer Adam, Esq, late of
Paradise. Nobody knows this but edi-
tors. and see to it that You don't tell any
body"
he said he wouldn't.
GLOW many bones are there in the hn
nan bOdy:7
''Well, forget now, but did know
wunst.'
'What. don't you know that? Why
there's Z ,492 ,U2l ,444 bones in an ordinary
man. 4 man that snOres has one bone
more than other people"
''What bone is that?''
''The trombone. 1t is situated some
In, hn
that, will yOu:''
He said he wouldn't,
'How long would it take mud-turtle
to cross the desert OF Sahara with a small
orphan boy to touch him up behind with
a red hot pOker:''
''Well, look here, Mister, il 1 had a
slate and pencil could figure that out,
but dog my skin if Pm much on mental
'rithmetiC."
estate and pencil, Did you ever see =
slate and pencil about a sanctumg Well
we'll let that question slip. Have you
got a good constitution ?"
''Pntty tOlerable.''
''HOw long do you suppose you could
live ON raw corn and faith, and do the
work Of a dOmesticated elephant?"
''LOrdl don't believe l could live
MORN a week"
''Well, that's about as long as you'd
Whit 10 live II You Sob an SNiNoAlaA pOe4-
ton on this paper. You appear 10 be
pretty we'll posted: we shall ask you one
more qeestion, and If you prove equal to
il you can take of your coat and sail in. -
Let's have 'er, squire. i didn't cor
respond for the Pumpkinville Screamep
six weeks for nothing. Let FER come
I'm on deck, l am"
''Well, sir. if two diametrical circles
with oetagonal Peripheries should collide
with centrifugal idiOsyneracy, or to put
it palmer, we'll say a disenfranchised
nOnentity, what effect would the catas-
trophe exert on crostalized Goldfish sus-
pended by the tail from the homogeneous
rafters of the empyreant"
As the full force of this pOnderOus
problem broke upon his bewildeTed brain
he slowly dragged his inartistically cob
bled shoe from under his chair, and
started from the room. We heard him
descend the stairs, go out and close the
door. We then placidly resumed our du-
ties, regretting that so promising youth
should have been weighed in the balance
and found wanting.-Frankiin Patriot.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29

The majority of kentucky Republicans
are colOred men. They understand Mr..
Bristow to be opposed to the civil rights
act, and are accordingly opposed TO him
and in favor of Morton because he ap-
proves that law. The Republicans OF JEFF
ferson county, N.Y., where Mr.. Bristow
resides, elected Morton delegates 70 the
State convention. We have no doubt
that three-fourths OF the Southern dele
gates in the national convention viii be
for Morton, and there Is good reason for
it. He has been the advocate of the
Southern Republicans ever since he took
his seat in the Senate.-DaytOn Journal.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29

The EMMA MINE HEIREss.-The young
lady after whom the famous Emma Mine
is named is a boarding pupil at Miss
Amanda Grants finishing school for
young ladies. in North Dearborn street,
Chicago, an aristOcratic stone mansion,
with an air of exclusive gentility about
it. She is 4 tail blonde. with a satin
smooth, ivOry-tinted skin, and light, wa
wing brown hair, which was cOiled in q
loose, classic knot at the back. Her dress
WAS a simple Marie Louise blue. A long
scarf of black lace was tied about her
throat. She was guiltless of the smallest
piece of iewelry, and her long, slender
fingers were unadorned by 4 single ring.
\ soft fringe of curling hair outlined 4
low, wide brow. This was Emma CHS
holm, sole daughter of the house and
heart Of Robert Bruce Chisholm, of FL
gin, Illinois, 4 few years ago half owner
of the EmmI Mine, now retired capl-
talist. ! explained my visit TO Miss CHS
holm, who laughed merrily and said:
4'Welli / have always eluded an inter-
view, and all those newspaper reports
have been solicited from papa aud the
boys. ] found the nOtoriety of the mine
unpleasant at first. but / do not mind il
now. Three years ago visited the mine,
and enjoyed the trip very much, especi-
ally the ride from salt Lake City TO Alta,
the little village At the mine. i found
the miners enjoying a brand of cigars
called 'sThe Little Emma" and they ac-
tuaIly had my picture on the box. The
young lady laughed merrily at the recol-
lection. She further added that she was
only ten years old when her brother VIII
liam named the mine after her as a vol
untary peace Offering, as she was con-
stantly impOrtuniIs him to ''come home
to his dear Emma" She was born in
eastern Minnesota, May G, 1889.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29

No modern patron of literature has
ever apprOximated the Roman Macenas
in his muniticence to men of learning.
Lorenzo de Medici, Frederick the Great,
and Joseph the Second, were distinguish
ed for their liberality, but any or all of
these We're niggards when compared to
the Prime Minister of Augustus Cesar,
the friend and companion of Virgil and
Horace.
In his first satire, Horace speaks of the
royal lineage of his illustrious patron,
and il is generally conceded that Mace
mas was descendant of the ancient kings
of Etruria. As a statesman, he was 10
Augustus what Sully was to Henry the
Fourth, or Riehileu TO Louis the Great.
Most of the stupendOus enterprises and
achievements of that golden age of RO-
man history were due to the cOnsummate
craftsmanship of Macenas. And yet, in
the midst of official engagements, he had
leisure for the society OF poets and for
the cultivation of rhetoric and philOsO
ply. At his table were assembled the
principal wits OF that brilliant era. Very
many he pensioned with princely gene
rOSity. and seme of them he enriched BY
his noble benefactiOns. But although
Macenas was the steadfast friend of lite
ratuTe, he was himself quito unsuccessful
both in prose and verse. Very few of
his writings have survived, and these
have been severely criticised on account
/ of their dullness and Obscurity. The
world, Notwithstanding, owes him large
ly for that fostering care that did much
to develop and perpetuate the literature
of the Augustan age. 1t is sad to re-
member that the latter years of Macenas
were embittered by domestic griefs aud
4 bv nervous disorder that niade life an
almost insuppOrtable burden. To the last,
however, he retained ;he esteem of his
imperial master, and the friendship OF
those who had shared his bounty in his
earlier days.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29

e
Swinburn, the English poet, has lately
coined a most expressive word-pQrrG-
fTft3fsz As its etFHlUlozr slsggestsr ~ IS
4te uI7s1 - l1 -. l.1 d sIlI ~. ~ fff
APPLY describes class Of actions That are
Of everyday occurrence What an ex-
ample of parvanimity is exhibited in the
pretentiousness of a class Of pdrueRuss
which have sprung up in the track Of the
late desOlating war-a class who If they
do not ''Owe their greatness TO their
country's ruin, at least owe their wealth
and position TO their country's misfOr-
tune. Never has American society been
more cursed with snobs than at this June
ture. The same influence peryades the
politics, literature and religion of the
times. Is il a matter for astOnishment
that, with such influences ruling the ma
ton, we are rapidly drifting upon a sea-
shore of national infamy?
The remedy for the evil is not To be
found in the triumph of any political
party or the success of any financial pol
icy. These will but serve s'to film the
ulcerOus spot" Nothing short of the
ascendancy of other and loftier princi-
pies of individual integrity can restore
the health of the bOdy-pOlitic. True We
have Martha Washington ea-parties and
Centennial clubs, and, indeed, any
amount of similar mimicry, but the spir-
it of '7G has ceased to exist, and the men
''that stood shoulder to shoulder around
the administration of Washington, have
few if amy living representatives.
Everybody is familiar with the Wist's
description of the Blind Preacher" in
the "British Spy
On recent occasion we listened to =
burst of political eloquenee not inferior
i'm sublimity of thought and expression
TO the memorable passage which Wist so
much admired. The preacher was Bish-
op Wightman, of the NJ. f. Church South.
This gifted divine, in concluding a most
, laborate discourse. was led to speak of
the retributions Of Providence-''the re-
venge of time" as eXemplified in the for
tunes of those who were concerned in
the judicial condemnation and cTucifiXiOn
of the Son of God.
He spoke with bated breath of Judas,
who betrayed Him for paltry price,
gOaded by remorse, UOnfessing his guilt
and going out from the presence of his
fellow spirators and hanging himself;
of PLATE, who, from base, man-pleas-
ing spirit, had delivered him to be cru
Cified, in a few years depOsed and BAN
ished, and dying i'm exile and disgrace;
of Annas and Caiphas, hurled from their
pTiestly position; of the whole multitude
of the Jews who shouted, "Crucify him
cruelty hin, - themselves slain by til.u-
sands and cruciied by hdndreds; or Je-
rusalem, the scene of this shameful act of
Deicide-the city of kings, and priests
and prophets, cOmpassed by hostile ar
mies-its cloud-capped towers and gOr-
geOus palaces and stately temple swept
by the tempest of Divine Wrath; its very
foundations upturned By the plough
share and sOwn with salt, the symbol of
deSolation. We have not re-
produced the iBSjSSiad rsrba of the bril-
liant orator, but we have indicated the
main current of his lofty thought. 1t
was indeed masterpiece worthy of
Chalmers or BOSsuit.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-29

First asthodist Chursh.-ssTviess every Sabbath at
Rev. Z. C. SLATER, Pastor.
nsChapei, (East Jackson. )--servces every Sab
bash At 10 80 am and 30 pm
Rev. W. ". Paterson, Pastor.
baptist chHreh.-servicss even sabbath 80 a.
m and 80 pm,
Rev. C. n. HENDERSON Pastor.
FrssbJterAn Church se-yess every Sabbath at
10 an, md 30 pm,
Rev. Z. MoEAIR Pastor.
Cumberland Presbyterisa Chureh.-seryiees every
Saeoath Al 10 80 and 80 pm. sabbath School
Rev. W. s, hAHES, Pastor.
ST Luks's fEpiscopsD Churen-J A. Harrison D D.
Hector. Morning Services 10 ;soa Evening Services
bsooP.m.
Roman Catholic chureh.-servIoes At o:so an and
IsSo PIN Father VEALE, Priest.
Christian ChuFeh--servees every Sabbath at IL m
and pm. Sunday School Prayer Meeting
1hufdAy pm We HALL, Pastor.
ceIorsdN r. Church Of Amerioa.-ssrvioss every
Sahbash at 10 30 m, and 9 IS pm.
Rev, n W. LANE, Pastor.