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redundant. His voice is a pleasing
baritone and his infections are charm
ing. In the use of his voice he avoids
so successfully the two extremes of a
stilted style, and the dreary dead level
of no style at all, that the drums of
ones ears never impart sensation OF
pain. The senses are never offended
by an unexpected roar or wearied by a
continuous and painful straining of the
voice. One infection glides so Aatu-
rally into another that the smooth
flowing torrent of eloquence carries
along all his hearers, unconscious of
any feelings or emotions except those
which seem to possess the orator him
self at the time The real basis of
senator Voorhees, power as an orator
lies, | think, in his ability to exhibit
repreSSed emotion. | can call 10 mind
no other speaker off the stage who
possesses that power to anything like
the same degree. 1t is quality of
voice which leaves an impression that
the amount of emotion which the
speaker allows to creep out is but the
irrepressible overflow of the greater
hoOd which is repressed within. 1t is
1 quality OfVOice which Edwin Booth
has captured, and Barry Sullivan and
Fechter and the great Janauschek. a
Few other actors possess it in q greater
or less degree, but of the orators,
Beecher, Bob Ingersoll and Phillips
Brooks are all / remember who in
lnywise compare with Dan Voorhees,
in their ability to exhibit repressed
emotion.
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A MEETING OF geHtiemeu Tepresen-
ding about SIO,OO0,O9O of Tennessee
bonds was held in New York We'd
nesday, at which the proposition was
discussed whether, the Legislature of
Tennessee having declined to fund the
.lebt at sixty cents on the dollar, the
bondhOlder had not better demand the
full face of the bonds. No conclusion
was reached on this subject, bat the
following resolutions were passed by
the meeting:
"RcSOIrcd, That efforts made by any
persons who purp0rted TO- represent the
oondholders of Tennessee alleged To
have been made at Nashville that a
settlement could be ef@fted with the
bondho!dcFs upon i lower basis than
proposed hy the committee Of ATOiters,
lf which Mr.. George Coe is a chair
lan, has no foundation in fact, so far
as it relates 10 the great body Of bond
holders.
"RcsoIrcd, That While we dcplOre
the attitude assumed by the Legislature
while assembled al Nashville. in De
cember, toward the bondholder, we
believe that il resulted from the influ-
ence and uuwarrantablc interference
of other parties thHH reel bOndhOldeTs
of their representative.
"RcSOIrcd, That we have an abide
ing belief that the people Of the great
State of Tennessee will not, 10y the re-
lection of honest claims which they are
abuudantlV able to pay, suffer a stigma
long to rest upon tHcm, the effects of
which will he to paralyze theprosperity
of the State, subvert its best interest
cngcndcr that decentralization which
must ultimately result i'm the losses to
its citizens even far greater than to its
creditors.
"Resolrcd, That the people ofTennes-
see he urged to adopt such legislation
as will uphold the honor OF the State,
and eVince proper regard for the high
integrity which has hitherto character
| lied her citizens.
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EcIipsss Of 1878.

There will he four cclipses during
the year 1873, two of each luminary, as
follows:
An annular eclipse ofth sun near .
o'clock in the morning of February ,,
which will, therefore, be invisible tC
the people on this part Of the earth's
surface. 1t will be partially visible
from nearly the whole of Australia,
but from neither of the continents, its
northern limit being south of the
sOuthernmost capes of Asia and Afri-
ca.
\ partial eclipse of the moon in the
morning of February Il, visible from
the United States. The moon will Ell
ter the earth's shadow at 3h. I'm. \.
NJ, and leave il at Gh. ~ i'm. \. NJ. At
jh. 22m. the middle of the eclipse, at
ISL of the moons diameter will De
obscured. The time is not favorable
for general observation from this sec
ton.
a total eclipse Of the sun July %,
visible to all parts of North America.
The line of tOtality runs through
Kamschatka, Behring'S straits, Alaska,
British America, Western Montana,
Western Wyoming, Western COlora-
10, passing about one degree south
west of Denver city, and across Texas
to the Gulf of Mexico, near Galveston
'ity.
4 partial eclipse Of the moon in the
afternoon and evening Of August Il.
The moon will enter the shadow al
In. 52m. T.. NJ, being then below the
horizon, and will leave it at 7h. Him
p. NJ, when she will be little more
than half an hour high.
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voorhees, o. the Fl2or.

CURIOSITY to see and hear the noted
Western orator filed the floor of the
Senate with notah!cs, and packed all
the galleries with spectators. Viewed
physically, Mr.. Voorhees, is Il fine
specimen of manhood. ! remember
well my first impression of him. 1t
was a man who lUd a large amount OF
forehead Il larger amount of hair, and
u long frock coat. The hair, especial-
" attracted my attention. IL Is very
IuNuriant, Is worn rather long, and
always cumhed straight back away
tran the forehead. Added 10 the shape
of the bead. which Is larger than the
average, and largest on top, il gives
an appearance of tOp-heaViness, which
i. increased rather than diminished 10y
the long bat narrow beard and droOp-
inc uo!stachC. The color l. Il cOmprO-
misc between red and brown. The
reddish tint il sufficiently strong TO be
noticeable, but net strong enough to
suggest chat he is rcd-headed. In fact
the tint Is pleasing rather Than the re-
verse. and the ladies would doubtless
define it as Il beautiful auburn. In
stature the new Senator is full six feet
high, vet 50 well proportioned, that
that there is no suggestion Of unusual
height. His style of speech is that Oi
the orator, natural born. In two
things l was pleasantly disappointed.
TIr. Voorhees, neither rants nor bel
low. as had been led To believe he
did iN the current newspaper ailusions
10 him, lie is an orator OF finish rs
well ~ Of power. His style, as Thur
man aptiy says, is picturesque. He
revcls in beautiful imagery, without
overlooking his speech with meta
Dhors. His gestures are easy, grace
Iul and appropriate without ever being
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-02-01
TIE WESTERN TOUR o. WENDELL
PHILLIPS.
Wendell Phillips Returning from Tour
Is Astonished at the Intense Green
back Feeling There-Nineteen-
Twentieths Of the West for
Silver.

The following conversation between
Il reporter of the Boston IcrUid and
NVende!i Philips is very significant:
Reporter-What has your Western
trip shown you to be the state of the
public mind there with regard to the
prominent political questions?
Mr.. PhilIips-Well in answer TO that
question, / should say | went West,
supposing that the financial question
was one of great prominence, and that
the people there largely sympathised
with the gTecnback view. / thought
l understood how far this change in
the public mind extended, and how
widespread was their support of the
paper money system. But | was
astonished at the profound, intense
feeling on the subject, and how wide
~ in the ranks of both parties the
conviction prevailed that there must
he "a change in the financial policy OF
The Government, and that the change
would have to consist in adopting the
greenbaclI theory. L lectured more
than forty times, as far West as Omaha,
and there was hardly town that ]
entered where | was not surrounded
by men interested in the Greenback
party, who wished me to address them
publicly on that question. The wish
to have silver renIOnetiZed is nearly
rs unanimous as any political qUeS-
ton ever is. / found more than nine
teen men out of every twenty in favor
Of that idea. The idea of the issue OF
paper money based on the credit OF
The Government was, of course not 50
universal; but it would be fair to say
that twO-thirds, if not three-fOurths,
of the active men in both parties were
in favor of that idea, ana SO intensely
I'm fyJyGy. gf n mat ii seems tn me n
fhcjJ shOUId he GaIkcd Of their irish,
the disuD, ,,OjDtnlcRt WOUlI be sufficient
ia cuusc them to break the ranks eithe1
sJffhe RcDuJIIcdJl or tie Democratic
zJ0lTjca, and to lead them, possibly, to
measures tilat most men would con-
SiIrr extreme, The conservative ele-
mcnt, in resisting emOYement, runs
the risk Of damaging the credit of the
Government. 1t is understood that
there are Ij4 journals in the United
States at the present time that support
the greonbacEI theory. Old established
journals, some of them, and they are
daily adding to their number by estah-
Iisi.ing new papers. The party is not
organized in any proper sense, but
gocaI organizations exist i'll New York
slnd every s.k3te west of it, and the
general ConSeHtjpn summoned to
lncct at Toledo, ~ the course of a
month, to consider THIS subject, will
find the country very widely repre-
scented. | do not think the Eastern |
p.'ess, the seaboard press, is at all
ava, g of the rapid and deep change in
public feeling on this subject within |
the last year. 1t will undoubtedly bC |
one of the governing elements, if not
the governing element, i'll the next
Presidential election
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Ruskin on Dancing.
ILOndOnWOrld.l


Mr.. Ruskin has made great discov-
cry, and he discloses it to the readers
of "Fors." He has found out that
music and "precise dancing" are, af-
ter all, the only safeguard Ofmorality.
All the young hopefrIls trained under
the auspices Ofthe st. Georges Society
are, in consequence, to be drilled from
early infancy i'll these accomplish
ments, and Mr.. Ruskin about results.
ButdId he read the evidencein the de-
tectiVe cases, where the convict Ben
son said, II am an accomplished
musician, l am both a composer and
performer" That is only one of an
infinite number of similar nuts which
it will tax all Mr. Ruskin's ingenuity
to crack. As to the ''precise dancingr
which is to share with its sister art in
the glorious reformation. | know a
lady friend ndadmirer of Mr.. Ruskin's
who allowed twoyoung and pretty ser
wants to go out to a giddy dancing
class, much to the Professors delight.
The result has never been broken to
him: The maids one day
We're missing-and so We're their mis-
tresss jewels, But Mr., Ruskin might
object, perhaps they did not 'dance
precisely"
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Boss Smokers in Council.
New York Graphic,1

Grant, to Vesuvius-Do you Object
to smoking?
Vesuvius-Oh, no; notat all. Smoke
away, like it. l am an incorrigiblC
smoker myself. Puff:
sick?
deal and am troubled with chronic
eruptiOns.
Grant-Ever make you nervous?
NesuVilIs-Nlakes me little shaky
sometimes,
Grant-Folks complain about you
smoking any?
Vesuvius-Hes, but 1t makes no
difference to me. l can't live without
smoking. L smoke away as long Us l
please.
Grant-SO do L. Think it is bad
habit?
Vesuvius-No. Pm as old as the
hills, and I'Ve smoked ever since |
can recOllect,
Grant-So have l; but my folks
complain because my tobacco scents
the room.
Vesuvius- Egad! | scent all Naples
somtimes and the surrounding cOun-
try.
Grant-Got a match about you?
Nesuvius-NO matches, General;
plenty of sulphur, though. I'm in the
gunpOwder line, General, like your
self.
GRANTEES! Why, 1 fought it out
on that-Humph! I've heard that be-
fore. Good morning.
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TELEPHONE TALK.
Bowling Green and Russsllville Have a
Little Gonf!ab-A cornet Solo Thirty
Miles of,


Correspondence of the Courier-Journal.l
BOWLING GREEN, KY, Jan. =.
There can be Lut little risk in asserting
that the telephone is one of the most
marvellous inventions Of the century.
We had recently an admirable OppOr-
tuuitV afforded us of Observing the
operation Ofthis wonderful instrument,
Through the pOliteneSS of Mr.. G.. l..
No,yeH, the agent for the Western
I-nio; Telegraph Company at this
E,lace. 10 much had been said in re-
gard to tbe mechanism of the instTu-
iIeut- used that we shall only attempt
20 describe their working upon this
occqsion. The connection was with
RusScIlville some 30 miles distant, and
the wire was not attached to a battery,
INT simply Joined as usual to the tel
rpbonc. MIR. NOrvell and his father,
sIho are accomplished musicians,
plavcd u duet upon the flute in an Ordi-
5Iary key, only holding the einstruments
i'm the dircdtfOn of the flutes. After
themusicceased lac asked RIssellville's
oDiuion. and the name of the tune.
.'Spicndidu' and "HOme Sweet Home
were the replies. After enjoying sew
praI beautiful selections, vocal and in
striImcutal, we were favored by Russell
VILE with a cornet solo. 1T is impOS-
ejbic to describe the charming effect
produced 10y this instrument; we had
tirSt some selection from the Bohemian
Girl and only those who have heard
Levy at his best can form an idea OF
the soft, sweet notes that came floating
into the room from a distance of thirty
miles, robbed of all the noise of the
keys and escaping wind of the cOrnet.
1t was like Il distant SGrenadG, when
the deep stiffness of the night intensi-
fled the sweetness of the music. Not
:, note was lost and at times it cOulu
hc heard a foot or two from the instru
ncnts. We do not know the name OF
sho musician, but can assure him that
ifit i in his power to produce il like
ptIrci i'm presence Of an audience, has
fortune is made. \ conversation be
tween a gentleman in our party and his
absent wife extremely satisfactory to
both, inasmuch rs they arranged many
iittie.ati:lirs without the intervention
ofa stranger, and even recognised
each others voices, Time failed mC
to detail more minutely the incidents
of this strange interview between
friends separated hy so many miles.
The working instrument was
placed upon the table used for ordinary
tel2grapiIiHg; and the superseded APP
Os;ratu~, though still claiming the adj
iu ration of ali for the good il had
Jnuc. seemed from itT neglected corner
- enter = silent protest against this
,.,,-nI,rtiou. We trust tRlt the pOlit,
operators throughout the land Will not
h. set aside by any such innovation as
the telephone, but that ii may be found
Drnr,icahlr to utilize both modes OF
communication with distant friends.
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The Scientist Rebuking the ArTcgan:a Of
Scientists,

DIR. Rudolph Virchow, the eminent
Professor of Pathology ut Berlin, in an
address delivered at the Munich meet
ing of the German Association, on the
Liberty of Science" said: "All at
temptS to transform our problems into
doctrines, to introduce our theories as
the basis of plan of education, par
ticularly the attempt simply todespose
the Church, and to replace its dogma
by n religion of descent, these at
tempts, l say, must fail. Therefore
let us be moderate; let US exercise res
ignation, so that we give even the
most treasured problems we put
forth, always as problems only, and
that we say it n hundred, and again
a hundred times, DO not take this for
confirmed trtIth-be prepared that this
may perhaps be changed; only for
the moment we are Of opinion that II
ann, he true. s. - Only ten
wears ago, when n skull was found.
perhaps in peat, or in lake-dwellings,
or i'm some old cave, it was believed
that wonderful marks of a wild and
quite undeveloped state Were seen in
It, Indeed, we were then scenting
monzey-air, but this has died out more
and more. But | must say
that one fossil monkey-slull, or man
ape skull, which really belonged to a
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-02-01
IOWA MORALITY.
Five Men on Trial for Dehauehing
Dozen or More Young Girls.

Especial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette. ]
RED OAK, a., Jan. 2l.-F'ive men
were recently arrested here and are
now on trial for the seduction of Il dOZ-
en- or more young girls of this city.
Two of the men are married. Their
plan of operation was to inVeigle
young girls into offices and other
places, under the pretense of spending
the evening socially. The practice
was kept up for some time, the girls
having no idea of any designs upon
their virtue, until the ruin of two
of their number was accomplish
ed. One was about fifteen years of
age, the daughter of a minister, and
the other was somewhat older and the
daughter of Il lawyer. The younger OF
these girls was detained from her
home, it is claimed, by these five men
now under arrest, for four days. \
part of the time, it is asserted, she was
kept in the office of one of her sedu-
GERS, and the remainder of the time at
the hotel, with the completely of the
landlord. During the absence of the
girl her father was making all possible
efforts to learn of her whereabouts
He actually made inquiries of some OF
| the gang who assisted in accomplish
| ing her ruin. Finally, after nightfall
of the fourth day, the parties became
| alarmed, and moved the girl 10 apoth'
er hotel, with the intention of taking
her to Council Bluffs the next day. In
( this they were frustrated, as the land
lord of that hotel informed the father
of the facts, and he succeeded in get
ting her away, and taking her home
where she now remains. The excite
ment throughout the community is in
| tense, and the guilty parties will sure
" meet with the punishment they sC
richlY deserve.
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human proprietor, has never been
found. Every addition which we
have obtained in the material inven-
tory of objects for discussion hasmoved
us farther away from the problem to
be solved. TPe can not teach,
tce can not designate it as q Tepeta-
ton Of science, that man descends
from the ape, or from any other ami
nldL-we can but designate this as a
DrOblemv
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-02-01

"OID YOU hear my Toledo specch?"
said Blaine, alluding to the speech at
at the immense mass meeting i'll Oc-
tober, 1876, by him; in which he took
eXtravagamt grounds, urging that the
prospective payment of the rebel debt,
the pensiOning of rebel soldiers, &c,
would be the result of Democratic
triumph. Blaine went to a secretary
and took therefrom a letter. 1t was
in r. B. Hayes handwriting, written
at the Governors office, Columbus.
''That letter." said he, "was the key
note to my Toledo speech" The gen
tleman saw it, and that Mr.. Blaine's
speech had simply been an enlarge
ment upon the points suggested by
Hayes himself, which he urged would
he the subjects Of all subjects to stir
them up in the Northwest, where
there was an intense Republican war
feeling. "This," said Blaine, "is the
best illustration, for no Republican du-
ring the campaign of 1876 did more to
make the campaign intensely section
al and bitter than did Mr.. Hayes. He,
in letters 10, and personal cOnVeTSa-
ton with, those who stumped Ohio,
pressed those points, and earnestly
recommended the bloody shirt, especial
ly to the northwestern portions of the
State and the Western reserve. u
oar. R0stqJ3 IFGpcHer.
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\ Biddeford Me- girl has just Sc
cured husband by means of her grad
nation essay. 1t was published in one
of the papers of Of that city, and an
extracf from il, in which the Young
lady declared her intention of earning
her own living, was widely copied,
and met the eye of a Cincinnati iron
merchant, who was so much taken
with il that lac sought the authors
name and address. \ correspondence
ensued, and the young lady was per-
suaded To abandon the determination
announced in her essay.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-02-01
.HARDW ARD !
FOR THE
SPRING TRADE OF 1873
We have Full Line of SeaSonabIe Goods.

Anvi Vses, Bellows, Screw Plates, Rasps Hammers
Hand Axes Hand Saws, Hatchet Augers Chise
Bits, Grub Hoes and Mattocks, Harness Saddles
Hame Traces Collars Back Bands Hame Strings, Double
Single Trees Pow Lines Pow Points Pistols Wagons
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\ NOVEL and interesting case, from
Louisiana, was argued before the
United States Supreme Court last
week. II involves the question wheth-
er \, who unlawfully Stays B, whose
life is insured does not become liable
to the insurance company for the mon
ey it has to pay on the policy. 1t was
forcibly argued that, by all llauthOrities,
q lnau is responsible for any direct
damage to another, resulting from his
unlawful act. In this case it stands
admitted that the act was unlawful,
and IL would he difficult to conceive
of n more direct consequence than the
damage done to the plaintiff by the
act. The damage is not only direct,
but it is, also, certain pecuniary
loss, thoroughly appreciable in money,
according tOscientific life tables. The
plaintiff does not sue, it is alleged, for
the damage done to the insured by the
violation of his personal right TO life,
but because the slayer did an unlaw-
full act, the direct consequence of
which was TO infiict loss upon the
company. The Court has not yet
rendered its Opin ion.
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THE Tilden-Hayes matter has been
brought before an Indiana court:
s'Samuel Leonard, a Democrat, and
Lewis Davis, Republican, wealthy
citizens of Liberty, made an agree
ment that if Tilden should be elected
the latter should pay to the former
for a two-horse wagon the sum of $40,
being double the usual price of the
Wagon; but should Hayes be elected,
Davis was to take the wagon for the
sum of 5dollars, which was paid
when the bargain was made. Davis
took the wagon, and now Leonard
sues him to recover the real worth of
the vhhicle, ll5 dollars, on the ground
that Tilden was really elected
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-02-01

New occasions teach new duties,
Time makes ancient good uncouth;
They must upward still and onward,
Who would keep abreast of Truth.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-10-04

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The Providence journal While strongly urs-
ing the benefits which Will follow Farmers
Festivals when properly conducted. points
ont two avcrascsrcs. which have fastened I'D
1t. -.
oH 'iisHi
consideration oil those VINO nave 'Av l--''-i'@v-
ment of these exhibitions
..1bsrs are two ev,rss.enc-s which from
falss ;5sas NJ their at,r,r,iysne,s have ben
fastened or bave crow, r,, To the AGRICULTURAL
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