Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-02-05
FRIDAY, FEBRvARY 5, 1858.
WE announce, for the qualification Of

WE announce, ior the srasin'a''oh VI
our lady readers, Tue lns'allhen' VI 'neir
handsome irieno' 'ns new "eoOruet 'n'o
Once during tne PAST Week We nave
not space 70 describe inc VefolnO,es =, 'no
inaugurahOn, anu can o.'y Say. 1nA' .mey
were unusually gfanu anu imposing Inc
ex'recorder aeii'ereo up Inc 'ne scepsre'
when ne nad 80 graceiuhy wieiueu' ".0r
a few eloquent ana appropriate remarks'
ana was Responded 10 ny MS successor IN
q speech OF e&quiS''e nea'"ess "nu p'oPr,-
priety. Ihose present, say 'nae 'he ad-
dresses Oh poth these oiS'ingu'Sheu ora'ors'
were characterized oy so muc IGN OF enat eiec-
trio and rushing eioquehce' wnich maze
.. 9. Prentiss Impossible 10 DC reported'
that they are unable 10 give US even mea-
gre outline OF what they SAID r.ss..
Only few hours after the Inauguration
the new Recorder, had an opportunity to
display how we'll he wore his "blushing
honors," before those exalted personages,
the members Of our Railroad board, in
whose Office he CHANGED to be. One OF
those .'squatter sovereigns that have
pitched their tents in Columns Row" was
ushered into his presence, by our vigilant
City Marshal, to answer charge of vio-
lation of the city ordinances. The Re-
corder Immediately composed his amiable
features into the stern gravity, BETTING
the awful nature of his Office, and the
gentlemen of the board, glanced on the
trembling culprit from under brows, pom
dcrous with those weighty schemes, that
are to connect the Atlantic and Pacific
seabord. Additional sternness gathered
on their grave faces, as they supposed the
occused had come to make demands upon
49,: a., h; ,lr,0r ON tbo;r
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ROAD Inc nature VI 'ne oaso' "o"0'ei,
being made known, in the pleasantness of
their surprise, they volunteered to speak
IN h;s dsfsnce Af,er some ;mnortun;no
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HIS nohor 00n''"''u .n"o 0"0 y. '"'n
should speak for the defendant All eyes
were Immediately turned upon the 'ac-
complisbed resident engineer, but with a
,,ona, .,,e do,;., he w.;voa h;s midi
S'"0,'1' %" -. "' we, ""'vU .'' u' /,
puted claims, that ms less distinguished
colleagues might flesh their maiden swords.
That no damage might accrue to the de-
f.na,,t from the loss of sucb sn,endia
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"o''i''es' MS ho"o'' 'pP''".o' WV u JUG
other members OF the ooaro' as an equiv
alent for his superiority of talent. The
Younger and more impetuous of the two.
.L..;,oa. ~. DO. ana sroL 90 s,,,,,
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thus' as we ca" remenDer'
"Your honor and gentlemen of the
Board,-'Tis with no little embarrassment,
I arise before you, to deliver, this my first
forensic effort; and nothing i assure you.
but the deepest sympathy, with outraged
humanity, could induce me to forego on
this occasion my profound aversion to
public display. But gentlemen, I say it.,
and I say it boldly, that the defendants
gray hairs, his infrmities, his poverty, and
his ignorance, cry, trumpet tongued, for
the mercy of this court towards the offence
with which he stands charged! And what
heinous violation of the City's ordinances
is it, gentlemen, that yon stony hearted
City Marshal, drags this poor, weak, help
less, infrm old man from his weeping
VIZ" VIZ Aa .r;hnnaiS hImsh F,r hnw"n; sU
to saw, II is only chopping little wood on
the street, to save his freezing family from
the horrors of such death! Great God !!
mas i. 0oa ;eh ,ha ns I 90 h;a ho"a anu
,omcblv Fashioned as the Steiner sew "to
bide the peltings of the pitiless storm"
and the tenderiy nurtured little pledges
OF their mutual ahection' al! shiverlng
a;nds whistle ,bs;r "b;Ii;no notes wi,bom,
and he not be permitted to rush out to his