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Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

GIVING Him THE CoLD SHOULDER
Che Sunny South, one of the most vigorous
.nd uncompromising Democratic papers
the southwest, thus notices the late &C.
sessiOn Of Henry w. Hilliard to the ranks
its party: .vf
We think that entirely too much inn
portance is attached to the political semer-
set of Henry W. Hilliard, ESQ, Of Ala
bama. He Processes to have been con,
verted by the Inaugural address Of Mr..
Buchanan. We hope and believe more
substantial foundation Why in the name
of common sense, is it possible, that any
body at the present day does not under
stand the nature of an inauguralp r.. y
An inaugural is neither more nor less, if
slch a thing can be, than conscientious
humbag; and we would be glad to see them
d scontilued. Mr.. Buchanan, like all
oth,r Presidents, and all other political
rulers, will 6nd himself under the neces-
sity Of udoptiag himself to the state of
things around him; and in doing this he
will apply the principles and the constitu.
tional doctrines which have marked his
whole political career, and against which
Mr., Hilliard has been battling all his life
with "a rhetorician's tools,, ao -,at
Indeed this thing of his conversion by
means of an inaugural will be regarded
by intelligent men as enc of his 'rAetori-
cal Furnishes and it will have about as
much effect upon the real intelligence of
the country as his uft-hunting eulogy upon
Gov. Wise. 4saf ..sI -
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15


The OLD DoMINIoN.--The land distribu-
ton movement initiated by the American
party in Virginia seems to have taken the
people by storm. Already the omens of
defeat are glaring upon the Democratic
party there. The surest evidence of the
downfall of Democracy in the .mother of
States and the cradle of Presidents" is
the efforts of the Old Line Democrats to
account for it in advance by raising an
outcry against the division of the Denocra-
cy upon the question. The Democratic
organs acknowledge that divisions exist
in their party, and that thousands of Dem
ocrats support with enthusiasm the distri-
button policy advocated by the Americans
The bulwarks of the gizzard- foot faction
are rapidly falling in, and the skies are
bright with promise of the success of
Americanism in the approaching elections
We say to our friends there, 'sGod speed
the good work?' An American triumph in
Virginia will cheer the hearts of national
Americans throughout the Union, and
will fill with enthusiastic encouragement
the Americans in all the other Southern
States. Lou Jour. st.-,.
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15
POETRY
.aa II E.'F- fFo' tie Chronicle .-.
Ref ECTlONS ON RECEIVING A BEAU
T Full ROSE.
TO NISs NJ.


See yonder bloowing fragrant a wer,
In al the prid. Of nature g4y,
Uufcld iis beau'irs t. the Morn N
And bllsli G gild the day.
& The gehi-l ray, the bre tth of snrirg
2 F Conspi Is to r. Sc IFS splendOr high,
Exnliing omit stalk i's,sns 4tEt.
81 SD la tin's of a ce es idl de. -H4f
To d,y i boo" s, and every hour
See. i NOR beautiful arie,
To m rrow comes some nippng bias,
VIII hers it's fragr ance snd il dies.
Here then pro, d man, lesson read,
tNnr rad With AN unm isip ned eye,)
Great nat re erie. through IL htr works
We also Tx. a wers must die.
While Ia t. the fire a ID he of uth
swift glid' the dancing h away,
Heath plants her rosrs OH he cheek
nll rs jocund all is gay.
But soon the siea ing han of time
Or dir isease corrod s or JOYS,
O'-tturns at cn our p 'm,' b'i 3.
And all our blooming h pes II s'roys
Awhile W flourish like flower
And va So oi'r gil t-ring spen or high,
Detth co" es al ! ST AID in al hou',
Bais all our beau les, aid we die.
May, 1857. T
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15
THE PRESS.

/ The following, from that venerable jour
ial, the Philadelphia Inquirer, expresses
ne true idea Of an independent press
The editor who has not the frmness to re-
ect what his judgment disapproves, ought
0 resign and turn his attention to some
mployment more congenial to timid ma
ure
THE PREss-A mistaken opinion pre-
walls in certain narrow minded and selfish
quarters, in relation to the independence
of the press. 1t is quite common thing
for the conductors of public journals to be
annoyed by impudent scribblers, who are
anxious to give uttcrance to one-sided or
slanderous views, but are unwilling to as
sumo the responsibility. When their COM
munications are rejected, they manifest as
tonishment and Indignation, at once pro.
ceed to denounce the want of indepen-
dence in the press. These conceited and
inflated individuals forget that true inde-
pOhuOhSV panty OOHSlsto III ICJSGtihb JuSt
such trash and slander as they are anx.
ious to make public. The idea of giving
place through the columns of respecta-
bic journal to everything that is offered
good, bad and indifferent-is at once silly
and preposterous Such system would
render the press the vehicle of passion,
prejudice and calumny, and soon win for
it the contempt, instead of the respect Of
the community. In the great majority of
cases, too, these would-be regulators of the
press, are either vain and egotistical, or
they are mean and mercenary, and seek
only selfish object, They will neither
assume the responsibility, by attaching
their names to their assertions and specu-
lations, nor by avowing willingness to
pay any sum that may be demanded on the
advertising system.
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15
sen- Among the delegates 10 the Ame,

sA- Among the delegates to the Ameri-
can State Convention we're quite number
of the members of the last Legislature
All of them are good and true men, and
several of them, we learng are candidates
for reelection, Col, NJ d.. Dayie, of
Montgomery, is of the number; and there
can be no doubt that he will be returned
by a booming and increased majority He
was one of the most Woodworking and
efficient, members in the House of Repre-
sentatiyes two years ago, serving his coun-
try with the most untiring devotion and
energy y--Ndsh. Patriot. e'f
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

There is q sacredness in tears. They
are not the mark of weakness, but of pow
er. They speak more eloquently than ten
thousand tongues. They are the messen-
gers of overwhelming grief, of deep con
triton, of unspeakable love. IF there
were wanting any argument to prove that
man is not mortal, / would look for it in
the strong, convulsive emotion of the
breast, when the soul has been deeply agi-
tated when the fountains of feeling are
rising, and when tears are gushing forth
in crystal streams. o, speak not harshly
of the stricken one-weeping in silence
Break not the solemnity by rude laughter,
or intrusive footsteps. Despise not a
woman tears-they are what make her an
angel. Scoff not if the stern heart of
manhood is sometimes melted to sympathy
they are what help teeleyate him above
the brute. love to see tears of affection
They are painful tokents, but still most
holy There is pleasure in tears-an
Iwtul pleasure! If there were none on
earth to shed tear for. me, l should be
10Th to live, and if no one might weep
over my grave, could never die in peace.
DR.. Johnson
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

SCARCITY OF Provisions Northern
Michigan papers complain of great scar
city of provisions in their section of the
State. Instances of great suffering, and
almost starvation, in particular neighbor-
hoods, are reported. Property has been
sacrificed at ruinous prices, and farms
mortgaged to obtain the means of subsis-
tence.
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15
ROBERT j. WALKERS OPINION IN
REGARD TO SLAVERY IN KANSAS,


The following is an extract of a letter
written by Honorable Robert j. Walker,
in September, 1856. In view of the fact
that Mr.. Walker has recently been ar
pointed Governor of-Kansas, this extract
will be peruscd with interest:
There is another reason not heretofore
adverted to, which seems to render it i'm
practicable long to maintain slavery in
Kansas. In all the slave States there is a
large majority Of voters who are non slave
holders, but they are devoted to institu-
tons of the South; they would defend them
with their lives; and on this question the
South are united people. This class,
composed of many small farmers, of mer-
chants, mechanics, oyerseers and other in
dustrial classes, constitute mainly the pa
troll of the South, and cheerfully unite in
carrying out those laws essential to pre-
serve the constitution. against po,oer-
tal minority and constant agitation szarer5
cannot long erist IN any State. 1t is we'll
known fact, this result would have followed
soon in several of the slave States, but for
the unanimity speedily produced there by
the Abolition agitators and Intermediates
of the North. Now, Kansas is much di-
vided on the question of slavery, there
there is powerful minority there if not a
majority party not neutral but bitterly
hostile to the institution And for this,
in addition to the reasons before given, 1
do not beliere Kansas tciH become a slave
State. e-f s@i Er
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

Fanny Wallack was recently playing
Juliet at Leeds, England, and just when
she had exclaimed,-"O! crael poison r.
tall, lean, gaunt, sandy haired medical
student in the stage-box, deeply absorbed
in the scene, thrust down his hat on his
head with convulsive effort, crying out
in voice of thunder at the same time
keep him up, Juliet, "TH run and fetch
the stomach pump"
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

In August next, elections will be held
in the following States; Alabama, Arkan-
sas, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina,
Texaa and Missouri
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

The Philadelphia county prison it is said
receives within itswalls upwards of four
teen thousand inmates annually, oran aver
age of more than forty day.
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

A little hole in ship sinks it; n small
breach in a sea bank carries all away be-
fore it; little stab in the heart kills a
man; and a little sin, as often improperly
called, without great deal of mercy,
tender to his final destruction. Whatever
sin the heart is most prone to, the devil
will help forward
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

Miss Jaquette, of Chester county, Pa,
was recently married, 'as joke to some
one of the opposite sex, and, when too
late, found that she was linked to her part
ner in good earnest. A divorce was i'm
mediately applied for and the bill has
just passed both branches of the Legisla-
ture, and become law. n'' s.als oaf
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

The Boston Courier says that "th'
Democratic party has tried every policy
1t has tried every one except "the best
and that's 'honesty. Lou Jour.
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

Ex.BREsIDENT PIERcE.-It is stated
that ex President Pierce has purchased 60
aces of land in the Northern part Of Con-
cord, IL, whereon he intends to erect
splendid mansion.
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15
HAVANA CIGARS.

5000 Extra ire lavauna IL r.. consisting
Of N po- n, La Terrac tts, r. RcCaia OPP
erss, ruck Gig rs, AMI large lot of q 'rman
cigars, which Viii be sddv ry low fo. cash.
"a THOMAS 4 BRO HER.
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

The world is full of people, who, max
ing by custom and outward appearance a
comparison of themselves with others, al
ways decide in favor of their own merit,
and act accordingly.
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

a slanderer Of th, fair sex undertakes
to prove that Satan was woman name d
Lucy Fir Lncifer. l ~ = -
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15
wv Vaynt9dl9

AN active, hon ST man in each scct OF the
Rtnte 10 take o. '9rs nv sample Tor "NcALI IS-
TER ) HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES" To
act meu iib raj monthly SALARY aud fir COM
msson will bo paid Addres with st mp to
prepay suswsr) DR. 5. Nc ALLlSTER,
fFTU" r.. Jersey City N. J.
Apl II, Sit . -. .-....
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

; A COW was missed at Akron, Ohio and
thirty days afterwards was found alive in
the fume of an oil mill She had neither
food nor water for that time, yet recovered
her health. The mill was not running at
the time.
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15
PURE CATABA BRANDY.
Cae sask pur, Hran,y ors'ely
.'..'.'.. THOMAS & BROTHER.

Ii4 BEAUTIFUL BUILDING LOTS.
Every no y eau have n chunce TO bu svslnable
+ fat IN the heai OF the town, nd where The busi
u-ss mus, inevitably 20. they are situated az
Third aud Commerce Streets, and no such a
chancs tor b rga,u viii be OF red on again -
Don't 70 get ,hat the sale will be at public auction
OH SATURDAY llth Of April.
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

The National Council Of the American
party win meet in Louisville on the 6rst
Tuesday in June next. i9 ia0gli
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

RAILWAYS IN TENSEssEEc-There ara
row over coo miles of Rsilroad in Tenn.
Ssce, upon which daily trains are run.
,in0
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

Why are there three objections to TAX
ing glass Of brandy? Kare there are
three scruples to dram,
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

Meditation ON death gives grand and
mellow tint to our habits Of thinking az
great ocean exposed 10 the rising sun
borrows from It's edge to the farthest bouno
of It's waters celestial glow Of light.
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

Ladies now dress in the brsadth. not tn
keigh Of fashion M ~
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

TRYING AN EXPERIMENT. Dennis
darling; och, Dennis, what is it you're do
ing?"
"Whist, Biddy rs thrying an ixperi
ment." "Murther, what is it?i
"It,s meself that's giving hot wathcr to
the hens so thc'll lay billed aigs.
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

The Dayton Empire makes novel and
somewhat striking proposition relative to
the comet. 1t says:
Should the monster come into our do
minions, we will, in the spirit of Young
America, annex it, and do the best we can
with it. Should its inhabitants not make
good citizens, we can turn them out
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

JUsT So,--Some careful compiler of
Statistical Facts" gravely informs us that
"tall men live longer than short ones. =
Of course they do. Tall men are certain
ly longer than short ones, and if they are
longer, of course they lice longer. rive
think that point is very clear, now.1
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15
DRECKENRIDGE COAL OTL-

.sg WE have the dp"ncv Of the e'ken: DE
. Cnal On auni Lunps 10 Montgomery co.. and
Il " HfiI few weeks be pr.p,rrd 20 furnish il
wo'ssa Q nrreth altis del edly lh- most riI-
Liant CHI Vt fired TO the pu r. We invite ev.
ory spS 10 call at our 4, ,re and q" il bur-.
y - hts--. ..- ....u THOMAS & BRsrHER.
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15
30 John Shillito & Co.
'-- go No IL Eau Fourth ST.
r4. s.y. lit.r CINCINNATI
Importers Of Dry-COod> 4 Carteting

sR-.peci 'ulIy inform their Gust Iners aud our-
ch 1ssrs & ner4'ls. that they are now "p"nrng An
-xtrnNyra- d coupe = $3.50 "trnsnt OF y-GncdS
Car ,stng, + oor Oil Coths, &c. taml'I s Ho-
tel keepers. Stslmbnst owners, ant str'nger'.
may dsprnd up, fin ingtie b'st c ass ol G"ol s.
stp,l IS az low "a ucy can be purchased in lh-
l4sta-n j. IS
Ai.,.h 81 ,7-9ms
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15
.JoHNsON'S PANCAKE TOBACCO

a4 5 BoIeJ P,nc * chewIug oNsrco, the fnest
shswing tobacco extant for sale by
,FIIl IHhNAS & BBDTHER.
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15
.sIII9 oTV1sa T8oseRvel.

.,-..l. a. USG ESGGGlVGUo
RsM SAMUEL SIMPSON, has
-gsgfy rrAEn,MA Just Received direct from
80 m London lot Of hne Cold
80 iMe IN and Silver W atches made to
No INN order the movements are
.EtAWa ~ 'WW made OF the hest material,
lkM7 H@SA the cusss for workma anshp
sssssss % SszzfEszB IAN, quality cannot be sur
passed As the watch is an
important branch Of my business intend giving
D the greater portion Of my time to that Branch.
h~ye arrangements In London sud Liverpool, tha:
will insure uy receiving periodically an assori-
u 'ment Of Watches made TO order which in quSity
are surpassed by none. He wonld call tho at'en'
ton OF Gll that want watch for time aud dura-
bility.
a.w -Nlt Nf Jewerly.
In addition TO his stock he mas received all the
new afferns connected with this Branca Of the
Trade if
| have jus, received the finest lot Of Silver
o. Plated w r. ever b'ouvM 90 this market, zach
a. TIA Setts Goble,s. Walters Cas- era, &s
OF AprllT '5T
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

A williamsburgh liquor dealer has a
sign out announcing "Rum, gin, brandy,
and pure spirits for sale at fifty cents a
gallon" Some enterprising tinman might
do good business by establishing depot
for the manufacture of sheet-irOn throats
next door,
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

GULLIBILITY OF THE PUBLIc.-A gen
tleman, to give sly hit at the ridiculous
pieces of intelligence in the public jour
nails, stated an interesting experiment had
just been made, calculated to prove the
extraordinary voracity of ducks. Twenty
we're placed together, and one of them
having been killed, and cut up into the
smallest possible pieces, feathers aud all,
was thrown to the other nineteen, and most
gluttonously gobbled up. Another was
then taken from the nineteen, and, being
chopped small, like its predecessor, was
served up to the eighteen, and at once de-
voured like the other; and so ON to the
last, who was thus placed in the position
of having eaten his nineteen companions,
This story, pleasantly told, went the round
of all the journals of Europe.
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

'WhatT exclaimed the accomplished
and fashionable Fitzwiggle to the exquisi-
tely lovely Miss De La Sparragrass, what
gould you be, dearest, if 1 should press
the stamp of love upon those sealing wax
lips?'
H. responded the fairy-like creature,
should be--stationary."
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

A very genteel and pretty lady stepped
into cOnfectiOners shop in Boston, and
requested in an agitated manner, permis-
sion of the proprietor to go below into the
cellar, stating that she had dropped five
dollars through the grating as she came
in. The kind-hearted knight of the soda
fountain being very busy, and not doubt
ing the story of his lovely customer, hand
ed her FIVE dollars, saying he would find
it when at leisure. Perhaps he will
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

"You make that child look like fool,
wife, with all that toggery on him." said
Mr., Fagg, angrily, as they were starting
out for a walk. "Dear me- said Mrs.
Partington, meeting them at the door,
"what doll of baby, and how much he
resembles his papa!" Mr., Fagg coughed,
and then nassed on
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

! The Government has made an appropria
ton of $4,000 for the building of Gus
tom House al Memphis.
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

GooD.-"Father, what does printer
live on?"
"Why, child?"
because you said you hadn't paid him
for three years, and still take the paper.
@Wife, spank that child.
Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-15

A short time since, a barber offered a
reward of 6fty dollars for the best recipe
foF Instantly removing superauous hair
Among the answers was one forwarded by a
gentleman in Kingston. We give it, I'm.
dcrtake to'kiss lady against her will
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-25

ar, RICHMOND. KY April 18Th.
IL tne spring Is as back " ard in old Viroinnv "
AS II 10 In "Oid kaintuck,' the weather n,uet he
as popular theme with You as il is with us -
nnu as your paper Is vehicle of news an &C,
eouht or the raging elements afar off NAV be more
palataole TO you, than 1t ia to US 10 witness the
isa"'y Last week we were visited no less than
sniee times hy an abundance of mother oooso,,
ieaIners' which completely covered the erourd
freezing nights and mornings, and boistorors
WINDS during the day, gave every thing tho hIeak
appt a'ance OF winter We had however bonsd
an"t tue worst was over, and began to slpp "aweet
SUMMER IS coming cold wiaters afar but our re.
Jois'eg was proved premature. Yesterday, about
r. h, IL commenced showing again; and within
malt au hour, such tremendous f axes fell. that 7
am afraid to state their size lest it seem ncredihIa
90 not exaggerate when / say their apn.rent
dimensions were about equal those of a hens ecp
mus IL continued until the earth was arrsyed in
pure white down, to the depth of one and a hslf
incnes During the cold spell, many vino had an
ucipated spring, had the pleasure of sitting over
tae oying embers Of their last stick Of wood
among these was your correspondent l: reminds
me or similar season inst then three wears ago
Farmers are becomngd pondeat, and ersziers
are ioSing large numbers Of their stock Notwi;h-
standing this, prices of stock are very high.
dreat excitement prevails in Estill county
against one man, Hawkins; charged first with
horse theft, and then with killing a constable and
guard who were conducting him to Jail for the frs.
oHence. Report asys he was to have been exscu-
TED sy lynch law last Saturday, but was spared
by the intervention of some citizens He Ia sup>
posed to have gotten pistol from tho coat pocket
OF the constable, behind whom he was riding, and
BILE.
Politics ara beginning 20 agitate the country
Yours, &c, Il