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Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-09-20

die Institution. and been very thoroughly treated
/ However, hope TO avoid eny unpleasant feeling
lby carefully conforming to customs Of country an
conforming continually, Consequence IS am becom
ling very popular-great number Of distinguishes
lrersons already call me Jinldriuk with every one
this morning took two astone walls and nGene
raj jackson before breakfast After breakfast me
Judge King, invited me 10 tsnlen and we smiled
| presently Joined by Deacon Mason, smiled again
/ fin this land You eau smile and smile aud not be
villain, result was, drank three "brandy cock
tails two '.gin sngs," one "buttered rum, and q
'lnoral suasion" by lunch time; obliged to do it in
order to maintain social position. Find am getting
very popular met Governor Pickens to day, offer
ed me post of Judge of Supreme Court, when
"things got fixed up btn informed him | knew
nothing of law; replied il was OF mo consequence
chad common sense2" thonght had; he con-
sidcred that quite sufficient was 'Just the man
| they wanted"
Negroes less prevalent than anticipated, not
very Industrious class of people, seem to occupy
themselves chiefly sitting on barrels corroding large
ears of boiled corn, exhibiting rows of teeth that
look like keys of piano Dreadful fall in niggers
recently, twill rise by and b., suspect) 'Niggers
aint worth half what they was general sentiment.
nead waiter at hotel weeping bitterly at breakfast
inquired cause told me had suffered severe pecun-
ary loss, three months ago was worth fifteen hun
dred dollars now would not sell for more than Sc
ven hundred. Free nlggerS go ABOUT streets trying
to sell themselves in order to realize before civil
war breaks out Ny opinion is there will be no SCI
cesson for long time. North will cut off supply of
ice, Southerners will have none to make mint ju-
lCps, whole South in state of Ancient Mariner
have to cave in, and there will be an end of this es-
trapede Once more Eagle will soar above PROSTATE
body of defeated anarchy. Lion will lie down with
lamb, everything o. K.
Talking of customs of country wish you would
publish accompanying portrait of Col Bronze, gen.
temanly proprietor Of Pavilion Hotel. Also por-
traits of Jim Snookenback, gent.emanly barkeeper.
and Mr.. Kelly, gentlemanly porter Of hotel. These
little attentions quite usual, assure you custom of
country. Hope you will not allow yourself to be
Influenced by any absurd preconceved prejudices
against putting; if so it will seriously embarrass
private arrangements Of
Yours, GORILLA.
fWe have received 1876 applications
from gentlemen residing in America, each
applicant offering to become our war cor
respondent. We will see about it; but at
the same time it is doubtful whether we
shall want any war correspondent until
there is a war.-ED. PUNCH.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-09-20

RicHMoND, Sept. IL, via N. O.--Ths
Charleston Mercury corresponding Civ.
the proclamation of the Captain Geners
OF Cuba. He says. In virtue of proclaim
tiou by her majesty, the Queen, have d.
termined, uuder date OF August 7th. tina.
all vessels occupied in legitimate commerce
proceeding from ports in the Confsderates
aag, aud shall be duly protected by the au-
thorties ofthe Island svs~ 40 gl
Foreign Consuls will be notified that
no interference ON their part will be toll
Grated.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-09-20

of Providenee, now unquestionable, 4 at
once sat down, wrote to Jenkinsville, ac-
cepted the work there SO providentially
opened to me, acknowledged the receipt Of
the check, charged them two per cent for
exchange, and now await the stage that is
to bear me to the scene of my pastoral la
bors.
Sweetly, blandly, ccntentedly, smilingly
andpiously, DoEsrIcKs, p b.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-09-20

GEN. NJ M'CLELLAN-.'fhere can I've no long =
er any doubt that Gen. L'Clellan is invest.
cd with supreme command OF the North
ern Army. Il isundcrsoJd shat he refused
to accept his position at Washington. ifany
one--eyen the Secretary Of war---wero to
be above bin. In eileet he IL military
Dictator he might even end Fcss aud
Feathers to Fort Lafayetta il II pleased
him. and we wish he sould Rieh Dis.
patch.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-09-20
IFronn the Louisville courier.l
SONG OF THE PRAVATEER
M ALEX. H. cuMMlss.

% hkAAs hs behAAiNDs
Fearlessly the seas we roam,
Tossed by each briny wave;
Its boundless surface is our home,
Its bosom deep our grave.
No foreign mandate fills with awe
s1 Our gallant-hearted band
We know no home, we know no law,
But that of Dixie's land.
The bright star is our compass true,
Our chart the ocean wide;
Our only hope tlIe noble few
That's standing side by side.
We do not fear the stormy gale
That sweeps old oceans strand;
We scorn ourenemy's clumsy sail,
And all for Dlxie's land.
We love to hoist to the topmost peak
Our Southern Stars and Stripes;
And woe to,him who dares to seek
49, To trampe on their rights
1t is the egis Of the free,
And by Il we ewill stand,
Aud watch il waving DER the sea,
And over Dixies land.
We love to roam the deep, deep sea,
And hear the cannon's boom,
And give the war-cry wild and free
Amid the battles gloom.
We do not fight alone for gain,
So far from native strand
But our country's freedom and its fame,
And the fair of Dixie's land.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-09-20
rsy- The First battalion of East Tenn.

p6s- The First battalion of East Tenn
essee cavalry, says the Knoxville Register
of Saturday last, was organized at Camp
Cummings, b, M. Branner, was elected
lieutenant colonel, and John Nj. Bridgman,
Major We have now in the field four Of
the finest cavalry battalions that the Con-
federate army can boast of; and when it is
necessary East Tennessee can easily furn-
ish four more battalions of the same sort.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-09-20
GORILLA.
JEFF. Thompson's Proclamation
HEADQUARTERS 1sT MILITARY DISTRICT ]
Missouri STATE GUARD
Camp Hunter Sept 2. 1861.

OanP AuhtSii OSPV' ., AOOi'
To all Whom IL may Concern
WHEREAS, Major General John G. Ere.
mont, commanding the minons of Abra-
ham Lincoln, in the State of Missouri,
has seen fit to declare martial law through
out the whole State, and has threatened
to shoot any citizen-soldier found in arms
within certain limits also, copfscade the
property and free the negroes belonging
to members of the Missouri State Guard
Therefore, know ye, that l, NJ. JEFF
Thompson, Brigadier-g general of the first
military district of Missouri, having not
only the military authority Of Brigadier.
general, but certain police powers, granted
by acting Governor Thomas G. Reynolds,
and confirmed afterward by Governor
jackson, do most solemnly promise, that
for every member of the Missouri State
Guard, or soldier of our allies, the armies
Of the Confederate States, who shall be
put to death in pursuance of the said Or
der of General Fremont, that will CHANG
DRAW AND QUARTER" minion of said
Abraham Lincoln.
While | am anxious that this unfortu-
Hdle war ouOulu Do cOHuuCleui as ldI 40
possible, upon the most liberal principles
Of civilized warfare, aud every order that
have issued has been with that object,
yet, if this rule be abandoned (and it must
first be done by our enemies intend to
exceed General Fremont in his excesses,
and will make all tories that come within
my power rue the day that different pol
icy was adopted by their leaders.
Already mills, barns, warehouses and
other private property has been wastefully
destroyed by the enemy in this district,
while We have taken nothing except ar
tices strictly contraband, or absolutely
necessary Should these things be re.
peated, viii retaliate tenfold, so help me
Cod NJ. JEFF. THOMPSON,
Brigadier General Commanding.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-09-20

SUGAR PRosPEcTs. The New Orleans DEL,
Ia says the prospects are unusually favor.
able for heavy crop Of sugar this season,
From every portion OF the sugar growing
region the same welcome reports are daily
received, and should tempest or premature
and nipping frost intervene, il is safe to
predict larger harvest than has ever.here-
tofore been gathered in Louisiana.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-09-20

GEN MCLELLAN.-We learn from re-
liable source, the two weeks before M'Clel'
Ian was rendered the commission Of Gen
erol by Lincoln, he was trying to secure a
position in the Confederate Army-that
his feelings and sympathies were all for the
South; but the temptation of superseding
Gen. Scott was too much for his principles,
North Gon,Yiq Eaes,
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-09-20
Brigadier- General Commanding.

THE STEAM FRIGATE MERRMAC.-The
Rev. j. j. Nicholson, writing from Nor
folk, on the 2Sth ult., gives the Mobile
Tribune an interesting account of visit
he recently paid to the Navy Yard at that
place, He describes the Merrimac as fol-
lows;
/ was on the celebrated Merrimac. She
is turned into sort of terrapin, only
with a sharper back--or if you will take an
old fashioned chicken-co with angular
top, as a type on small SCALE you will
have all of this great ship that will appear
above water. Bow and stern will be en-
tirely uGder water, and SO constructed as
to puncture anything that falls in the way,
The only possible chance for an enemy to
do anything with it will be to straddle the
sharp comb or cone of the roof, and sing
to the sharks as he passes along. To get
into it will be impossible, and to make a
hole in it with anything, or any machinery,
Just the same. 1t will be covered with oak
plank, two courses, each four inches thick,
and then encased in railroad iron. Doyou
suppose cannon ball can have the cour.
age to go through all Of that She will
carry ten tremendous guns. And when
she pokes her tiendish head out of these
waters then you may look out for a speedy
raising of blockade, &c. would not be
afraid to go anywhere in her; right under
the guns of Fortress Monroe would be as
safe as anywhere else.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-09-20
TRUE sorNE IN RAILROAD oFrIoE.--

TRUE SCENE IN A RAILROAD 0FFIoE.--
Dutchman--"l wants to git pay for a PIG
vat ter railroad is runned ofer
Seeretary--"lIow came the engine tc
run over the pig p
Dutchman-"Vy, mine pig vas coomin
along and ter railroad vas coomin' along
and ter pig did not see ter railroad coomin
along, and ter railroad did not see ter PIC
coomin' along, and ter pig vent TO run un
ter ter railroad ven il vas coomin along
and ter railroad rua over ter pig ven he va
coomin along. se.
Secretary--"NIy friend, ! dout thinl
this is case ia which tho road opgh. II
pay"
Dutehman--"Ten, afterwards, keep
mine pigs fs>m coomiu' along ven ter rail
road is coomin along"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-09-20
pa.. We saw yesterday Oow psrcassioa

RaL- " saw yFsIerdaya a nov p3icuhsion
car machine, inventedby M. ", W,Johu-
son, Of Knoxville. in This state. which IS
capable turning out about so 00u neatly
formed caps per day The machineappesrs
to US to be the very thing for which il was
designed, ltean be worked Q ther by hand
or steam Mr. JobRson has sold the ms.
hine ho has win him toa oaoompanyiu Nem-
.,his who ars going into The msnnfshtory
Of caps W. understand hs haA spplicdfut
Ia patent IN, his inpsnrirn,s'- Dr.a' s<9
P = l,..,..t.s -
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-09-20
Lake Kingston Ice Co.!

Messrs. CONRAD, CHANDLER 4 CO. of Nash
Vile, have made pcrmanent arrangements to sup
ply this city with
lCEi
he coming season, Their Depot is ON the Square,
aext door 20 the j. E, & r. s. Broaddus, where the
publc can be accommodated At AL hours All Or
aers or communications addressed 70 VA. L. SroNr,
MI receive prompt attention,
co oJsa,? orlsy. pSoG.P,,y s!.sa
!Ss - .se.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-09-20

DEArH OF GEN. TeM TaUMB AT PAnIs.
The Paris papers record the death Of
Gen Tom Thumb s4 having occurred 10
circumstances Of great indigen nee, AZ ous
Of the hospitals Of 'hat city. wee
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-09-20

The colored population Of Macon are
preparing 10 give a coneert for the bene-
ht OF soldiers, 10 como Of Friday evening
next, at one of our principal halls wh :
will aboli,ionip's sty ~ itis' .Na.,,-
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-09-20
H. M. AGREE,
DENTIST,

Dl1cf AZ ny TrSiutNrt on FFdthiW DITttN .7VFHtI
residence Of q w. Hitter.
GAINESVILLE, TENN, ..-
spr~1sA> Where | am prepared to perform all
~ - operations belonging to Dentistry, with
NuIfYp neatness and dispatch. Teeth inserted
from one to an entire set upon the most approved
plan A make my own gold platte can assure
my patrons that they will have the best quality o
plate used Persons having unsatisfactory plate
work are requested to give me call. All work
euarAntied, Olhcs hours - 20 ~ A. NJ, and L
6P.M
March 2, 1860 It
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-09-20

What was easier now than to see that
the Jonesville widows had been wicked
temptations of the Evil One, and that the
furnished parsonage Of Jonesville had
been a dangerous snare for my poor soul
Weut 90 my knees to offer thanks for my
wonderful escape aud then, resolving to
lose no time 10 following ths indications
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-04-13
MARC. PARROTT.

The smoke of the Senatorial battle, which
has been so holly contested for the last few
months, has cleared away, and, as the read :
ers of The News are aware, the gentleman
to whom we gave our preferences, to the
north of the Kansas river, is defeated. We
shall not dwell upon the details of the fight.
Mr.. PARROT had trusted his cause 10 wrong
hands. He was defeated by the treachery
of men who stand high in our community
as men of moral and political integrity. We
shall mention no names but this is the
prime cause of his defeat. Men who put
themselves before the public as the embodi-
ment of truth and honor, to answer their
own selfish ends betrayed him in the basest
manner.
But it is all over, now. and We shall not
indulge in ordinations. We cheerfully
submit to the decision of a majority of our
Senators and Representatives. But We
should have felt much better, if Mr.. PARROT
had been defeated in what we considered an
honorable way. If this had been done, We
would not have uttered word of objection.
Men arose from their beds on Thursday
morning and made fresh vows and prom
Uses. publicly, to support Parrot and be-
fore Thursdays sun had crossed the merid-
ian those vows were broken, and in many
instances, in the most shameful manner.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-04-13

This is the way it was done, and this is all
We object to. Thus was Marcus J. Parrott
slaughtered.
Although defeated in this race, he lives
in the hearts Of thousands of young men
and old, in the State. and viii be heard
from again. He has stronger hold on the
affections of the people to-day, than ever
before. Who does not admire him for his
taieHt? Although but about thirty-two
years of age, he has served the great State
of Ohio in her Legislative halls, and has been
twice the chosen representative of the people
of Kansas in the halls of the National Con-
gress, which station he filed with great
ability: and to-day, if he had not trusted
men whom he ought not to have trusted
men who were elected to the State Legisla
ture on his strength and influence - he
would be one of the Senators elect of our
young State. We have heard accusations
brought against Mr.. PARROTS private char
acter. No politician bat is slandered more
or less and when We know these charges
to be true, we shall believe them, and not
before. We have been in Mr.. PARROTS COM
pany often. and under many circumstances.
We have seen him in the midst of crowd
of warm friends, who were jOllifying over
victories gained for him when he was NOM
mated for Congress the last time). and we
have the first time to see him intoxicated.
We do not say that he is strictly temperate.
Like too many of our noble young men in
the West, he is probably not enough so, at
times. If he does wrong. we do not uphold
him in it. But we want better proof, before
we believe half the charges brought against
Mr.. PARROTS character.
With thousands of young men in the
State, from the bottom of our heart, we
give three cheers for MARC. PARRoTT The
noble and gentlemanly manner in which he
has borne his defeat, elicits praise from all.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-04-13
LATE ELECTIONS.

The Anti-Kepublicans carried st. Louis
on Monday, the LIST, by about $500 ma
jority.
The Union candidate was chosen Mayor
of Kansas City.
In Cleveland, Ohio, Edward S. Flint, for
Mayor, and the entire Democratic ticket,
were elected. This is Republican loss.
Cleveland has gone against the Democrats
by from five to seven hundred, usually.
In Cincinnati the Democratic-U Union av-
erage majority was $500. The highest
majority was 4,l96, and the lowest 2,O77.
Republicans elect Councilmen, and the
Democ Gratis and Union fusion 26.
In Connecticut, the Republicans elect
their State ticket and large majority Of
both branches of the Legislature-but lose
two Congressman.
Rhode Island goes against the Republic
cans in everything-State ticket, Legisla-
ture and both members of Congress.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-04-13

BONDS OF UNIoN.-The Greenbrier va
Independent thus enumerates the bonds Of
union between the Northern and the South
ern States:
Material Interests bind them; rivers bind
them; railroads bind them; the laws of pro-
duction and manufacture bind them; the ice
of the North and the tropical fruits of the
South bind them; safety against foreign
danger binds them: the kindred blood that
flows in myriads of veins, binds them; the
most perfect Constitution that was ever
formed by man, binds them; the memories
of the past bind them: the yet unful6lled
destiny of this great nation binds themS
thousand influences, seen and unseen, aib
eonspire to bind these States together in i'm
dissoluble bonds
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-04-13

The From the report Of Co.,
Dickey, United States Indian Agent for
the Kaws, we obtain the following facts,
explanatory of the condition of said tribe,
in relation to matters of property, nun.
bers, &C., By census recently taken, The
Kaw tribe number 802, of which 424 are
males, and 279 are females. 1t appears
that there has been but little sickness ID
the last, year, and but few deaths. The
property of the tribe consists mostly oil
horses and ponies, numbering at the pres
ent time $50, with an average value of $40
total, 81, 400. The Kansas half breed H.
dams, are So in number; 26 males and 81
females 80 horses and ponies, valued
$50 each; making total of $1,000 are
owned by the tribe: It seems that the NAM
breeds have 1O9 acres of land under cult
walton. The Col. recommends that Inc
money coming to the Kaw tribe from Toy
eminent, be spent in opening farms, build,
ing houses, DC, for them, and is opposed
to the policy Of paying the anuuities imns,
diately to the tribe, TO be squandered iof
worthless tripkets.-C01neA GrOvf PTF''
March 30.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-04-13
SATURDAY EVENING.

How sweet the evening shadows fall,
Advancing from the west,
As ends the weary week of toll,
And comes the day Of restl
Bright DER the star of eye
Her radiant beauty sheds.
And myriad sisters calmly weave
Their lights around our heads.
Rest. man, from labor rest from ain !
The worlds hard contest close
The holy hours will God begin
Yield thee to sweet repOse.
Bright Ger the earth the morning ray
Its sacred light will cast
Fair emblems of the glorious day
That evermore shall last.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-04-13

Treason has placed Texas in bal TX.
Gen. Twiggs surrendered all the forts on
the border. garrisoned BY g, 500 U. S. troops,
to the Texas traitors, and the troops were
sent out OF the country. The effects are
Just beginning to be felt. The Indians, no
longer held in check by Uncle Sans boys,
have RECOMMENDED their devastations. Cor
tinas, the great brigand who proved so pow
erful and dangerous last year. is preparing
for more powerful descent than ever ;
while. to add to the danger. Gen. Ampudia,
with alarge Mexican force. is marching upon
the border, with the avowed design of con-
quering Texas and re-annexing it to Mexicol
Without the help of the Government which
she is seeking to overthrow, Te xas must be
crushed as between the upper and neither
millstone."
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-04-13

A KILLING AFFAIR ON THE VERDIGRn-
On Friday last Mr.. Thomas Waller was
shot by Mr.. Sylvester. on the Verdigri
near the Usage Indian lands, in the south
ern portion of Woodson county. BOtA
men lived in that vicinity. A difficulty Bad
existed between the two parties for sOH
time, and on the day referred to Mr.. Wa,
armed with revolver, called al Mr.. ey'
yester's house for the purpose of ProVokiDg
g guarre! with bis enemy. He succeeded ID
finding Mr.. Sylvester and fight was c0n
menced at once, and during the affray oyt
vester wrested the revolver from Walters
grasp, with which the former shot the A
ter, iniieting a mortal wound, from the e.
fects of which he died on the following cay
The muss grew out of "woman scraPs'
Sylvester fled Immediately and has not been
heard from since.-Heosho; Valley Regl'f'''
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-04-13

The country knows just as much now,
and no more, of what the policy of the new
Administration will be toward the Seces-
sionists, as it did four weeks ago. All is
still uncertainty and anarchy. The people
are getting impatient at this state of things
this narrowing suspense-and desire that
it be brought to close at once. On
this point, at least, there is substantial
unanimity of opinion, and very obvious
dissatisfaction with the present attitude OF
the Federal Administration. If they are to
fight, they want to know il. If not, why,
We want to know it so as to be able to
go about our business, with feeling of secur-
ity and confidence. The American people
have no confidence in that kind of wisdom
which seeks to vail itself in obscurity. They
believe in an open, publicly avowed policy.
That best suits the Genius of Republican
Government and Republican people.
Each day of inaction and uncertainty
lessons the chance of success against the
Southern Rebellion, and weakens the con-
6dencs of the Northern people and the peo-
pie of the world in the strength Of the Fed
eral Government. There is beginning to be
q feeling of deadness-of dry-bone insensi-
bility-in the minds of the Northern people.
which no treason can stir, and which, if
much longer suffered to grow unchecked.
will effectuslly destroy all hopes of the
Union.
We have had the most unbounded conf
dence in the ability and patriotism of Mr..
Lincoln and his Cabinet. They are the men
who, above all others, we should have Sc
lected to carry the country safely through
the present danger. They are men of ex-
tensive reputation as politicians and states-
men. and have filed with hoHor the highest
civil stations in the G ,vernment. But We
fear the time is Close at hand, when it will
be said of them, as Busks said Of the En-
giish Ministry that had to deal with the
American Revolution: "Fhey have sagac-
ity adapted to ordinary occasions, but when
the high roads are broken up, and the wa
ter out-when a new and troubled scene is
opened, and the file affords no precedent
then it is tina, greater knowledge of man
Kind and more comprehensive knowledge
of things is requisite than Office ever gave
or ever can give.'