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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1884-04-26
Saturday April a. 1854
9aG sIAa5W, on 78G PILLOW.
pY NJ. F. BEeyEY.

BT II. E. EICSEi.
A Highland soldier, ,g.lO had been severe
" wounded N battle. and whose Lie WIS
saved by the careful nursing and genie
of Florence NIyn.ingate-the
heroine Of the CriGlea-Said; On beng asbed
how he felt toward his prescrver, that his
gratitude was too great for words, aud the
only mode he had Us giving vent 70 ms feei-
ings was by kissing her shadow Wen Il lell
on his pillow as size passed through the
ward on her nightly vistts.-foreiSI paper.
Among the wounded. on his couch,
The Highland soldier lay.
And from his wounds the tda OF lie
Was ebbug fast away,
When DER him bent gentle form,
To hear his dying tale
Twas thai angel of the Hospital,
Fair Florence Nightingale.
"Ah, met he cried-that soldier stern
.'My wife and children dear,
So far, SO very far away,
While am dying here.
Great God. ana must perish thus;
And sheltegless and lone,
Leave those whose love is more than ife
Ny bsauliful-my ogn:'
"Cease. soldierl'' said gentle voice,
''Eor he who rules on high,
Can hear as well the widows wall
As the young ravens CRY.
Trust III dis strchSth, rs thpd art "eAA'
And let thy prayers ascend
To Him. the widow sIreSG stay
/ The orphans klnuest ihend.
"And haply. solder, we may yet;
With God's good aid restore
| Thee to thy wife and little ones
| As bale a. Eere-Olore:
! and ., what swelling, than&fnl hearts
| What Joy tEcra wlti De. ttea'
To brighten NJ the sD!ule's nome
! Witain his highland Sien
Like dew upon the bruised reed
! Like Light TO dungeons dark
Or like the dove. Tiln olive boUghs
| Re.uruIuy 70 the ars,
! Came those ElI, gentle, hopeful Wof4s
| Unto the su!a.es,s ear.
| With prODhet-dreans OF Gelith rc7Cof9o,
| And homes re.lV4nS cheer.
With skiliful hands The angel nurse
Poured oil and vine upon
! The soldier : a@uniZ4nG WOUNDS,
Until their paGgs We're gone:
| And still she nGrSei hun tenGeriv
J T'hsaTlz,s, y3G-1tlIs x.lich I4p<ed by,
| Before beail hiooniet upon his cheek
Or brighten - il his eye.
All. gentle one, 'tis thine TO bless!
Thy mission + divine:
And rays from Heavens mercy seat
Upon thy pathway shiue.
There's healing ii tny women hthd,
And. in thy woman : heaFt.
4 rJunt OF gen .eu-s@, whose no"
No impulse gains from arC.
= And. soldier. say-yvhat thoughts arise
Waeu she, tiny nurse. appeai5!
| The 80 der turned upon his couch,
And checked by manly tears.
1 He answered, words are weak 10 tell !;
Her shadow seems Ike light
4 And kiss it as she walks the ward
d To cheer the sick ~ night"
New ORLEANS. Nov. 1850.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1884-04-26
E0Eu-GEG.


BY ECIUvE-E JENKINS.
Sweet heart, goodbye. tue tin,ter'nG sail
l. spread % wtis fae far fto;a thee,
And soon before the LJ.I ing gale
My ship shalt bound unon tne sea
PerchanCe, nj dc5o's.C rad foriorh,
These eyes shalt II .-- thee many a year,
But uufor-,ol,en eve y cua'-n
Though lost To sut, u mem - dear
Sweet heart. goodbye, one last embrace!
Q cruel Fate! Two heGr.s TO sever.
Yet in this hearts most sacred place
Thou. llou alone. s.la'i dwell forever!
And slill sh 1t recollection trace
In Fancy's mirror. ever nvAr,
Each smile. each tear. that Iortn' thnt fac'
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1884-04-26
CLINL.ION, ,

J. J. Brown, Master, Theo. ,lohin, ClerN,
leaves every MONDAY and tklDAi Il! :,
y. ~, comncuci = Friday, Sepie'"", =
CABIN. Aren't, 81 NaicheZ street.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1884-04-26
TIE clD-TIME DOCTOR.

Philadelphia Call.
The old doctor who years ago was sucl,
n great nan in Arkansaw, has retired
from practice. His old saddle-bags hang
or the quilting frames under the she''.
aud his grandchildren pee! apples wi!h
hs surgical Instruments. The bones cf
his o,d horse haye been used as fer,i'-
zer by some progressive Yankee. There
was day, though. when the old n.n
now so gray aud feeble, was strong
q a.nost as strong as tue mediciDe he car
red. His word was law in many nu'uer-
ous households. Quinne and calomc'
we're the onIy medicines for which he had
any respectS When these medicines fai!-
ell it ras .bught time for the patient I"
ca'l OF u igher power for naturalization
papers in 4notber hemisphere. The Ian
Get was a great factor. If Llan wa-
| slightly ill., bleed him. If lie was dead.
wait awhile. Bleeding was a mania
among tile doctors. 1t ragged ike an cps
i emic If man had too much blood
they would bleed him, and they would
bleed him if he ddn'e have enough. If a
man had his left arm torn off the next
| thing was ''scuce" knife in h right
arm. Il did not seem to enter the minds
of these told timers" that man needed
| blood. With them flesh might enter tn,
| kingdom of Esculapins, but blood Wa:
excluded.
On one occasion young doctor sue-
gested to several physicians With whom
he wss holding consultation that is
would no dor bt be bet ter not to bleed the
patient any more. The old ply sicians
locked at the young fel!ew in aulazement.
| and Que of them found breath to exclaim
"Whatr
II say that don't think that it would
be good idea to bleed him any more a.
present"
The old physicians looksl at each 9th
: er, aid sn,rowtully shool< their heads.
e Upon what do you base this wild as
{ seItion. slr!"
Il Il base it upon common sense, Tbs
patient was Suffering in the first plac.
It from toe loss of blood. then we bled HIM
' and NOW, say that it wonld be better t.
IS wait uu,i! he is able to stand anothe
c drain npun his system.'
- "He is hopelessly irsan,," said one Q
es the doctors. meaning the young fellow.
IS 'I don't know that this case is hop
o. les-,' one of the party replied, ''but
Sc soon viii Ire unless immediate action
Sc taken. II. needs bleeding" And the
be seized h.u ana cut = hole in his scalp.
lg All of these cid fellows have retire
ed srom practice w,th records red with tn
ht BLOOD OF their coantrymeu. Iney ha,
to rot become -4conciled to the new. an
nd less boistcroUS mode Of practice, aud eve
~ now f ono OF them should be called upo
h- he weui. have his knife in the patient
i'd !ess than five minutes.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1884-04-26

Seaside Libraries at Aumfords.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1884-04-26

Two off years from high water and pol
tics, would put the South on her fee'
again, and 10 more f,r us than twenty
| Congress appropriations.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1884-04-26

---~S->s-1s.----
Correspondent .of the Times Democrat
thus al!Gies to visit he recently paia
the last resting place OF Sargent s. Prem
tss:
There were some seven or eight graves
~ the eHclosuse, ss,cA with Il marble shaft.
We looked for the name OF that immortal
orator but did not see il. GlauciDg beyond
| the central group IF stones, on simpe
marble slab we read:
S. s. pEENTIss.
Born al Portland Me-,
Sept. 80, 1903,
Departed this life at Natchez, July 1.
''I am the resurrection and the life he
that beevetA in Ne, though he were dead
| shall he live.
A nall slab vas his foot-stone.
HIS grave was the mother Earth, and time
and winters rains bad washed away the
mound until it was level with the sur
rounding ground. Except for the tomb
Que the foot world tread upon it, not
knowing it was a grave. Tho grasses
Nuli!ci brightly above him, and three OF
four little uuku ,wn weeds, with q yellow
anil white star, bcssonlcd over his breast :.
At his Fo,t a biush-roao vas growing, and
in 1t were some buls.
Here, between that little stone
= at the foot and the lat
ter slab at the head, was the com
pass Of all the intellectual victories, Won
,Irous powers and giant mind OF one OF
Americas greatest men. If the homage
and regard OF a ua ion is judged uy the
token OF monument ami ccnotaph, then
Indeed uas Sargent S. Prentiss been for.
GOTTEN The humor. wit, lofty sentiment
patriotism and glory Of such man al
, earned for him but the mere room in the
earth the heggar receives in Potters S Field
V Mississippi shouIn he to proud of him tf
: allow one ofher brighrcst gems to become
-o forgotten. We do not In ecd such meT
in these times, and that our children
should revere the examples Oft the great We
" should at least evidence our respect fo1
J their memories.
Near the grave Of Mr. Prentiss was
> marble oeelisk, with ths Inscription
g "Wiuthorp SARGENT, first governor OF the
- Territory of Mississippi, born May l, l'''
~ liel June ), 1920" This little monumen
-. was leaning over, having settled much.
Taking bud from Preutiss' grave wc
W Withdrew and drove back to Natchez
" thinking Of the demands on the quarrle
. OF Carara for marble to be fashioned 1o
~, the perpetuation of the pigmies tina
sculpture so often now seeks to immortal
-, | ize.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1884-04-26
-io;al Journal of the Town Of BAYOU Sara

Official Journal Of the School Board.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1884-04-26
FOR SALE.

BOUT so head Of sheer-at least 30 "t
- them pure merimcs Uucinding . or =
rnms), balance grade aud common Pric',
an average of 81 per head if sold during
this month [ApriD.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-27
Let Justice be Done.
Meals State Gazette.

Before the railroad reached here it
was considered cheap to travel from
Dyersburg to Memphis for S., and
now you can make the trip for $3.50
in the elegantly furnished passenger
cars of the Chesapeake, Ohio & South
western Railroad. Before the railroad
reached here the average price on a
bale of cotton from Dyersburg to Mem
phis was $1.50. Last season the rail-
road carried it for So cents bale. If
the farmers, Masons, Knights of Hon
or or any other body of men hold a
convention, at any place in the Union,
the railroads all unite to take the del
egates there at greatly reduced rates.
Let justice be done all along the
line. We insist that the people make
a fatal mistake in lending their inf1u-
ence to a policy that will inevitably
lead them into the perils of strong
centralized government.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-27
The People WIN Repudiate.


Railroads must be placed under
the subsection of the law" This is the
present cry of few demagogues and
disappointed place hunters some of
them discharged and others rejected
railway attorneys. Pray tell US In
what respect the railroads violate the
law any more than other corporations
or individuals. You have taxed them
a hundred per cent. more than railway
property is taxed in other States; they
are charging in freight and passengers
twenty-five to fifty per cent. less
than their. charters allow them to
charge. What have they done that a
commission composed of such petit
foggering fossils as Savage & Co.
should be allowed to lord it over them.
If you want commission for railroads
why not for tnrnpikes, banks, hotels
and other institutions upon which the
public must rely for facilities? No, it
is not because the railroads do not
abide the law, but because few
demagogues want to ride into Office
on the prejudices of the people. But
you are reckoning without your host.
The people will not allow themselves
TO be deceived by such tactics any
longer.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-27
A Sober Second Thought.
Tri-County News


The railroads of Tennessee, at least
Iine-tenths of them, are struggling
desperately to pay the interest on their
bonded debt and keep out of the hands
of receivers. 1t is not only so now,
but has been for several years. They
need all the help the people can give
them. Nothing would be more hurt
full to the material interests of the State
than to have our railroads fin reeeiv-
ers' hands. Politicians, if they are OBJ
serving men land they ought to be-,
can see this, but there seems still to be
a few reckless men who hope to ride
into Office upon the railroad hobby.
Let them be very careful; sober sec
ond thought has taken hold of the peo-
pie, who are unwilling to further en-
courage the attempt to cripple our
roads by placing them at the mercy of
a political machine call Commission,
with power to harass or inflict injury
upon them.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-27
Railroads Have Rights.


A certain Nashville paper with an
editorial capacity conforming to its
limited circulation is tearing its gar
ments again upon the subject of a
Railway Commission. 1t was silent
for some time. What has occurred to
produce the sudden change? The
Banner intimates that 'ssugar is
wanted" We don't believe il. We
attribute it entirely to weakness some
where. Don't the World know that
its rawlings are pitiably foolish? Rail
roads have rights. The courts have
said these rights cannot be ignored,
and the Democratic party in the State
said they must be re-
spected. Let us have no more fool
ishness about this matter. The rail-
road people are our friends-we must
not driye them away. We want all
The help we can get in this eampaiga.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-27
Ne More Commission Nonsense.
Lebanon Herald


If the gentlemen few in number)
who are trying to renew the war
upon railroads were to tell us plainly
that they are looking for the loaves
and fishes in the shape of few useless
offices, we could understand what
they mean. That they mean anything
else we cannot believe. The Railway
Commission business in Tennessee is
a failure. The courts have so deereed,
and any attempt to revive the
question will only result in anoth-
er failure. The roads of Tennessee
have vested rights, which cannot be
taken from them. They are collect
ing now much less tariff rates from
the people than their chartered rights
allow them, and any attempt to COM
pei a further reduction, through a
or otherwise, will prove a
failure, resulting only in further ex-
pense to the State for salaries, etc., to
commissioners, which the people do
not want. They want more railroads,
and no more commission nonsense.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-27
Plain Talk.
waverly Times Journal.


The present Railroad Commission
ers, Messrs. Savage, Gordon and Tur-
ley, who have done nothing except
draw their salaries, are, it is said, pre-
pairing for a canvass of the State. If
this be true, we advise them to pre-
pare fora more thorough refutation of
the charge of discrimination against
the farmer and in favor of the peni-
Tertiary. That question has not
been met to the satisfaction of
the people. If the Georgia tariff
rates were not high enough on
grain, -four, ETC., the product of the
Tennessee farmer, the people will
want to know why they were too high
on the product OF the penitentiary.
We warn the gentlemen in time to
prepare an answer, full and complete,
to these and other pertinent inquiries.
For our own part, we are opposed to
the entire commission humbug. We
want more railroads. Perry, Hick-
man, Decatur and twenty other coun-
ties want railroads. They will not get
them if it is given out that they are to
be controlled by a political machine in
the shape of commission.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-27
A Useless once.
News Banner, Troy, Tenn,


We hear of an effort being made to
stir up the Railroad Commission ques-
ton again. Obion county in its con-
vention declared in favor of national
railway commission. We want no
State Commission, we are friendly to
railroads, we are unwilling to tie our
Tennessee roads hand and foot with a
State Commission, while competing
roads outside of the State are allowed
to do as they please and rob our roads
of legitimate share of the business.
This State Commission plan is all
wrong; it has resulted in nothing but
the creation of useless office for three
men who are thoroughly unacquainted
with that kind of service and have
shown themselves entirely unfit for
the position they occupy.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-27
Tennessee Railroads.
Paris Post.

We were much gratifed to notice
that during the session of the recent
State Democratic Convention not a
word was uttered against the railroads.
There was manifest disposition to let
by-gones be by-gones. Not so, how
ever, with few ill-natured men and
one or two newspapers, who are now
trying to renew the strife between the
railroads and the people. They seem
to lose sight of the fact that these cor
porations are composed of gentlemen,
members of our party. We must have
harmony in our party, and we earnest
" and honestly advise against d1srup-
ton on account of the railroads. The
being members of the
Democratic party can hardly afford to
stay If We seek to destroy them. This
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-27
Value of New Railroads.
Columbia Herald

Nashville is at last to have the new
railroad. The 100000 in bonds re-
quired have been subscribed, and
work is to be commenced at once. This
road will connect Nashville with the
system of roads controlled by Mr..
Huntington, leading to Newport
News, Va, and will be of incalculable
advantage, not only to Nashville, but
to Middle Tennessee. A new railroad
is worth a dozen Railroad Commits
sioners in regulation of tariffs. We
congratulate the capital city that she
is, in the near future, to have a great
competing line to the business centers
of the North, and an outlet at the best
harbor on the Atlantic coast.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-27
The People of Gibson.

The people of the State may well
congratulate themselves upon the fact
that politicians have concluded to let
further agitation of the railroad ques-
ton alone. We want no further strife
between the railroads and the people.
The question is now in the courts,
and after the courts of last
resort have said hat we can
legally do it viii be time enough to
act. In the meantime let us encourage
further railroad development. The
people of Gibson want the road finished
to Huntingdon and extended from
Trenton To Dyersburg. Capital will
not come here to help us if we antago-
nize the railroads we now have.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-27
No Fault to Find.
West Tennessee Wing.


jackson and Madison County have
no fault to find with its railroads.
They are managed conservatively and
give satisfaction to the people and yet
our rates are as high as any prevailing
in the State. When we consider the
vast sum that is spent monthly by
employees of the two roads crossing here
and the excellent shipping facilities
thus afforded, we certainly cannot be
blind to the advantages we enjoy from
the roads. AS fair-minded people we
realize that none of the roads are earn
ing much if any money above what
may be required to pay interest, thus
leaving no dividends for stockholders,
and Tor this reason they cannot afford
to reduce their revenue; therefore
thinking people will not join in an un-
necessary crusade against railroad in
terests that are the very life of our
commercial prosperity. We believe
in dealing with railroads just as we do
with other property and the railroads
ask no more and no less.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-27
Pointed and Conservative.
Franklin Weekly

The declaration in the State platform
with regard to railroads is moderate
and states the position pointedly. The
matter was only once mentioned, and
then in kindly manner, calculated to
inspire great confidence in the sound
sense and conservatism of the Demo
cratic party in handling the Interests
and conserving the rights OF all classes
whatsoever.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-27
carthaze Mirror.

IT is a notable fact that the Demo-
cratic platform adopted did not en-
dorse the fierce and rough warfare that
has been made upon the railroads,
but on the contrary the convention,
in most conservative spirit, certainly
modified the attempted action of the
Legislature at its last session; and if
this course of the convention shall be
regarded as instructions to the next
General Assembly, the people will
certainly be relieved of the heavy sal
aries of commission that is useless
to them and detrimental to railroad
building in Tennessee.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-27
The People Tired Of Them.

When the friends of the people tell
them of the other States having Rail-
road Commissions and the great good
they are doing, they forget to tell them
that only two of them all have man
datory commissions, and every one is
thoroughly tired of even what little
they have.
In speaking of the Alabama Rail
road Commissioners, the Lafayette
Sun says: "They were appointed to
protect the people of the State from
imposition by railroad monopo-ies,
but in all probability another set will
have to be appointed to protect the
State against the imposition of its own
commissioners.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-27
Some Scratching Expected.

PIPER Oum DSIlhuQ.
There will likely be some scratching
in Railroad Commissioners. The line
will be drawn at Savage. There is a
deep conviction in the mind of the
people that the commission, as at
present established, is an expensive
and hurtful luxury. Add to this the
disgraceful, not to say fraudulent,
favoritism and harsh determinations
against the farmers and in favor of the
penitentiary lessees proposed by the
present incumbents and the
people. Yes, the people have
reason to be restless under this vicious
or yiciously differed commission.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-27
More Railroads and Less Politics.

oAcNdAlg 1uuuepeuOeuL.
We do not hesitate to say in en-
phatic terms that Tennessee needs no
Railway Commissioners. There is
feeling akin to disgust with the man
ner in which some of the political
leaders are trying to ride into office
upon this question. More railroads
and less politics in purely business
questions is what the people of this
State want.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-27
Cranky Concern.
chester Citizen.

That cranky concern called the
Railroad Commission it seems is get
ting very pretty disgusting to even its
originators. Born of corruption and
bribery, it is no small wonder that it
kicks up a terrible stink in its dying
day.
During the year of 1888, only forty
miles of railroad were built in Tennes-
see. Why is this? Have we no need
of roads? We certainly have, and
Mr.. Huntington says that railroad
property being put into the hands of
bottom OF ii all. Tennesseans may
rest assured that 20 long as this cranky
commission exists no roads will be
built.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-27

mission as any other county in the State
especially so if the proposition be true
that the law creating commission to
regulate the railroad charges on freights
is actually working detrimentally to
the highest and best interests of her
citizens; then by all means every SEN
sible citizen would say abolish at
once the law creating the commission,
and forthwith discharge the pres
ent Commissioners, who have
been drawing fat salaries to
destroy one of the. staunchest props
and supporters of the States progress.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-27

the people nf the country" said Com
missioner of City Works Fleeman.
"Cleveland's letter was that of states
man." said Justice Massey.
Assemblyman Earl: 1T is a clear,
msnly statement of principles and is in
its If campaign document"
Deputy Commissioner of Jurors Cav
thorn thought it was the best letter OF
acceptance he had ever read.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-27
A sober Second Thought.
Manchester Times

1t is clear to our mind that the sub
ject OF railroad regulation has not
grown any in popular favor with the
people of Tennessee since the passage
of the late deceased Railroad Commits
sion bill-or since the adoption of the
platform of two years.ago. Since then
a reaction has set up, a sober second
thought has taken possession of the
popular mind, and the platform of the
late convention upon this question is
the expression of il.