Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1865-08-04
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fNAsnvrLLk Tsss, Ang. I, 1856.
4 Eds Chronieie have been extremely rratifed
at the ocular demonstration have bad that our old
Pet fhe Chroncie has been revived; and, sgreeably
with your request, wili once in q while, dropyou
line from the Capitol, though there is but little
going on, assure you, upon which 10 sset up .
correspondence The health Of the city, 80 far this
summer, has been as good as usual contrary to :he
fosbodings Of the Doctors and Editors, and TO all
hygiene laws and procedeuts; this latter in the
fact that the streets and alleys have been and still
are, In very filthy condition. and no sanitary pre-.
cautions whatever have been brought into requsi-
ton to prevent epidemic diseases. It "a now, how
ever, to be hoped that change for the better will
AZ once be brought about for learn that the cor
poraticn" has bought twenty-five mules and carts
rs an advance movement towards cleaning-up the
streets. .loe a ifia I491F sft
A good deal Of interest is manifested here in the
canvass for Congress in this district and that inte-
rest will now become deeper, suppose, since the
contest Il narrowed down to two candidates, in
stead Of being between Eve or siz, as 1t recently
stood. The contestants, now, are ex-Gov. VIM. B.
Campbell, Of Wilson county, and Mr.. Samuel J,
Carter, Of this city. Gov. Campbell Is the only
conservative that has been on the rack,-that il
the only one who dissents from the Franchise law,
and other extreme acts of the late Legislature
He does not counsel resistance to- or disregard Of
these acts, so long as they unrepealed, or no;
over-ruled; but believes that they are unwise in
policy and unconstitutional in law, and that they
can never stand the test Of the Supreme court
All the other candidates approved these acts In
toto; and there being four or Eve OF them, to d.
vide the radical vote and only one, 70 concentrate
the conservative vote IL plainly 70 be seen that
the latter would triumph in the race: and hence
the efforts of the former to bring their number
down to one That Is done, now, and the race will
be warmly contested one, The law OF the late
legislature requires every voter TO ootain csrti-
cate 81 Registration, END the list Of those thus
HDa,uralising is now large, and daily increasing.
Mr.. Carter is personally popular and highly es-
teemed; was formerly President Of the Bank Of
the Union, In this city, and lately proprietor Of
the st. Cloud Hotel AS TO the municipal election,
which comes off in September, the candidates for
the various places Of honor and trust are "thick
as hops" and every morning the papers add TO the
list the name Of some modest gentleman who only
comes out at the urgent solicitation of numerous
voters" and because the "kedentry needs the SER
vice of her best citizensp r n9
The trial Of Champ. Ferguson still progresses al
slow pace and the end Is yet far of, since up Va
q day or two none Of his oighty-odd witnesses had
arrived here. i, Of course, know not what be may
be able to prove by them, bnt 30 far the case looks
rather bilious for Ohampl He is said to have suf
fered deep and bitter wrongs, at the hands of his
enemies, and he did undoubtedly seek and take O
deep revenge raA tHa ~ haI.1ri ii
In the line of public amusements, we are now
undergoing the summer dearth. Only one theatre
|--Poland's--is now open, and the entertainment
there, though Of an amusing character, isnot Of g
very elevated kind--except when the ballet girls
dance: then It's hghi
In the past week we have had quite an influx Of
GAINESVILLE people to our eligible number here, on
one day, being, believe, as high as q dozou. Mr.
Scott, the hotel-keeper now Of the "Sewanee,'
who has been in that line for fifteen or twenty
by Clarksyille man, though now and then, one
proves "sort'r slow" ,-.t. 40. fy
must now wind this dull commencement of O
up-wrtten, as 1t is, only to make
a start. Hoping next time to be in better tune
and wishing you all success, / am ro.r.iB
Yours truly, r ~ b. VIDEO.