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Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-16
Heavy Shoes for Ladies.

Winter is coming, and we desire TO say q
few words to our lady readers about clothing
the feet.
When the celebrated physician, Aberna'
thy, died, report said that, besides a will u
some interest TO his heirs, in a pecuniary
point of view, there was found among hi
effects sealed envelop, said to contain the
secret Of his success in the healing art, and
also rule Of living, the following Of which
would insure longevity.
A large price was paid for the sealed en-
velop. 1t was found TO contain only these
words; ITO insure continued health and a
ripe old age, keep the head cool, the system
open and the feet warm"
Dry feet are warm feet, generally, IL the
system is healthy. To keep the system
healthy the circulation must be good. The
circulation is not good without exercise, and
exercise can only be really valuable when
walking. Riding in a carriage is no exer-
else at all; it is merely inhaling the air.
This is very well as far as IL goes but the
lungs are not in full play without the indi-
vidual is walking. Horseback exercise is
very good, and is an improvement on carri-
age riding, but it is not the kind Of health
ICieoNhb VI thS hheSe'Ns Wv
mands. II is action-action of the entire
body--and walking only will procure it.
Now the ladies of Europe, particularly
those of England, understand this thing
They walk miles per day, and if any of ouI
pale beauties desire to know how the Eng
lish ladies keep up their fine color, cleal
complexion and superb busts, we tell them i
is by outdoor exercise; walking in the oper
air; filling the lungs with pure oxygen by
rapid movement on sharp October day
when the sun shines brightly and the cleal
blue sky is above. This is the secret Of the
rich blood of the English women, and thei
almost universally fine looks and matronl,
beauty at fifty, when at that age American
women are pale, sallow and wrnkled.
To enjoy walk, thick soles are needed
Stout, well-ftting calf skins, high gaiters
neatly laced, win always ''set off" prett.
foot, and improve homely one. To guar
that sensitive portion of the human fran
flor the sole OF the foot is keenly senIiliv
TO the changes from heat IL cold, or drynes
TO dampness), the boot sole should be thick
and as well made as human ingenuity can d
it, Then, even in moist weather or in raj
storm, the foot can be protectedi that in
sured, all is well with the body.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-16
Speech Of Hon. Reyerdy johnson.

A Conservative mass meeting held in Bal
timore county, at Towscntown, was address
cd by Hon. Reverdy johnson in speech of
much ability. We regret that we cannot
find space for the whole speech. He thus
concluded:
"This remedy for political evils is one of
the chief exceilencies of governments like
ours. Intended to secure liberty to the peo-
pie, if they fail TO do So the people have the
undoubted authority SO to change them as TO
accomplish that end. For this the ballot
box is all that is required. And in such a
contingency, if there be a contest the bal
lot is the Only weapon with which free
people contend with each other. II was
this weapon which was alone used in the
struggle that resulted in the establishment
of the Constitution of the United States
And in a like contest between ourselves, il
contest there shall be, by the same weapon
we may establish constitution which will
secure to us and our posterity every State
right and all the blessings of liberty that a
State government can confer, and start Ma
ryland once more on a career of prosperity
which, in the end, will exceed any she has
heretofore reached. Happily located geo.
graphically, with salubrious climate, fer
tile soil, capable of almost every valuable
agricultural product, exhaustless supplies of
coal end iron and unsurpassed water-power,
we need only free and contented people to
make our State one Of the most prosperous
Of the Union. But all her natural advan-
tage' will avail little without freedom of
opinion, equality of rights and kindness of
feeling. These, however, we can, and must
secure. No low party scheming can prevent
1t. There is an inherent energy in our peo.
pie which such an obstacle cannot resist.
"Should it prove otherwise, (but that is
|impossible,) then it might with truth be
said that life and heart are completely crush
ed out of Maryland But it will not be
otherwise, and we will show that her heart
is as it was in the revolutionary struggle
devoted to freedom, careless of all danger,
and pre- rcferring death to slavery. The pres
ent canvass opens a way to her emancipa-
tion. Let patriotic men be elected to the
Legislature, and all will soon be changed
The fetters which now bind and dishonor
her people will fall TO the ground, and ere
long they will be seen to be amongst the
frecst and happcst In our entire land"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-16
AID FOR THE SOUTH.

Rev. Mr.. Brown, Of this city, has been
travelling in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Ken
lucky, for some weeks past, soliciting aid for
the suffering poor Of the South. He has met
with great success, and deserves the graft
tude of all good men. Already, up to the
23d of October, under his exertions, one
steamboat and two car loads of supplies bad
been shipped South, besides $3.50 ia money,
and other loads were being collected. Cannot
others of the clergy o. something in this
cause?
In conversation with Hon. Ben. Edwards
Grey, OF Alabama, on Tuesday last, he AT.
sured US that all the crops of that State have
proved 30 complete a failure, that II the
whole crop of cotton were sold and the pro-
ceeds given to the purchase of provisions, il
would not prove sufficient to feed the people
Of that State until another crop can be made
Is there not reason, then, that every mau
who is able should do something TO relieve
the suffering poor OF the South The other
Southern States, we suppose are better of
than Alabama, and there must be starvation
If relief is not given Paducah Herald.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-16
AN ANECDOTE OF THE WAR.
From the Land we Love.

From the Land we Love.
Major B had command of a battal-
ion of Texas cavalry, well known to the
people of that State for its deeds Of daring
among the snow-capped mountains of New
Mexico, and the swamps of Louisiana. While
serving in Louisiana previous TO the first
raid of Banks on the Red River valley, he
fell in love with a sweet girl, proposed and
was accepted in due form, But Just at that
juncture Banks column came along, carrying
ruin and desolotion in their track. Our
forces fell back into the interior, but the fair
young girl remained with her mother on the
plantation. When the Federal army re-
treated to Brashear City, the Confederates
were close upon their heels, and, of course,
one Of the first acts Of the enamored Major
was TO call upon his promised bride. Her
mother had been ruined by the raid, the
negroes had been carried of, stock all killed
or taken away, everything of value about
the plantation had been burned or destroyed.
The young lady met her lover and said (;
When engaged myself to you | was the
owner of thousands-but to day | am pen
niless. II is not right to hold you to your
pledge under these circumstances. You are
free" "No," replied the Major, 81 love
you, and not your property. You are dearer
to me now than ever" Some months after
wards the noble Major fell desperately
wounded, while bravely fghting at the head
of his battalion in the battle of Fordoche
lie fingered long in the hospital, but finally
came out-a wreck Of his former self. Hi;
right arm had been amputated, and three
! fingers had been taken of his left hand
The lady was his tender and devoted nurs'
through those weary months of suffering
and confinement When he began to con
valesce he said to her, 81 am a cripple anC
must be helpless all my life. It would b,
selfish in me TO ask you to throw yoursel
away on such a wreck as | am" No,
said She "you did rot desert me in my dis
tress and poverty, Nothing but death shal
ever part us again
They now live in the village of NJ
Texas 'aifording beautiful example Of dc
voted happiness and OF tac reward Attending
true pobleneS OF soul.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-16
BROWNLOW'S IRON WHEEL
HOW IT'S WORKED IN SUMMER.
From the Nashville Gazette.

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Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-16

WRITING-STAMPs.-Th following con.
densation of facts in regard to what wri.
tings do and do not require stamps, will be
found useful to people generally, and bust.
ness men especially:
Instruments Of writing dated before Octo.
Der s6l, do not require stamp.
Those dated between August /, 1862 and
August l, 1861, may be stamped, either be-
fore or after use by the court, register or
recorder.
Those dated August /, 1864, and more than
twelve mouths old, may be stamped before a
United States Collector, without the pay
ment of the penalty of $50.
Those dated after August /, 1861, and
more than twenty months old, can be stamp.
ed upon the payment of the penalty of $50
Every assignment of a note, which as.
signment is made since October /, 1862,
without regard to the date of the note is to
be stamped as in agreement, namely: five
cents, no matter how large or small the note
may be.
A receipt for money or property, for any
amount over $40 requires two.cent stamp,
only.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-16
BrOwnlOw In 1868.

Brownlowism is a very changeable thing.
In 1868, two years after the war broke out,
Old Brownlow made speech in Cincinnati,
in which he said:
He knew not what might be the senti-
ments OF the audience he was addressing
he did not desire to wheedle the North, be-
cause he was in the North, nor did he favor
the South, but he would say this; That II
one hundred of the rank, talented, notori-
Gus and corrupt abolitionsts of the North,
aud one hundred of the mean, thieving,
dirty and corrupt secessionists Of tho South,
had been taken to Washington months ago
and strung up in the public square, and their
souls sent TO hell, we would never have
been saddened with our present troubles.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-16
THE COUNSEL AND WARNINGS OF
WASHINGTON.

The people cannot too often recur 10 th,
wisdom of the " father Of his country" Th,
following is especially applicable at thi
time:
"This government, the offspring Of you
own choice, uninfluenced and unawed
adopted upon full investigation and matur
deliberation, completely free In its princi
pies, an its distribution Of iss powers, unitin.
security Dith energy and containing within
itself provision for its own amendment
has . just claim to your confidence and sup
port. Respect for its authority, complianc,
with its laws, acquiescence In its measures
are duties enjoined by the Fundamental
maxms of liberty. The basis of our politica
systems is the right of the people to max,
and to alter their constitutions Of govern
ment but the Constitution which ut an
time exists, ill changed By an explicit act O
the whole people, Is saerediy obligatory vpo'
dH."
But this is MT all the sage counsel o.
WASHINGTON. In the same connection h,
says:
"However, combinations or association,
Of the above descriptions may now and
then answer popular ends, they are likely
in the course Of time and things to become
potent engines, by which cunning, ambition.
and unprincipled men will be enabled tc
subVert the poper Of the people, and 10 us,irt
for themselves the reins Of government; do.
stroying, afterward, The very engine which
had lifted them to unjust dominion.
"Towards the preservation of your goo.
ernment, and the permanency of your pres
speedily discountenance irregular opposi.
tions to its acknowledged authority, and
also that you (the people, resist with care
the spirit Of innocation upon its principles
howeper specioss the pretext One method Of
assault may be to effect, in the forms Of Oh,
Constitutions, alterations which will impail
the energy of the system and thus to under.
mine what can not be directly overthrown.'
But further, hear the prophetic voice Of
the departed great man, who, if any mar
was honest was truly honest and sincere
The alternate domination of one factor
over another, sharpened by the spirit o
revenge, natural to party 6issension, which
in different ages and countries, has perpe
trated the most horrible enormities, is itsel
a TightfM despotism.
1t is importaEt, likewise, that the habits o
thinking in a free country, should inspir
caution in those intrustod with its admins
tIation--to confine themselves within thei
respective constitutional spheres, avoiding
in the exercise Of the powers, Of one depnrt
n'ent TO encroach upon another. The spirit o
encroachment tends to consolidate the pow
ers of all the departments into one, and thu
to create, whatever the form o f government
a reat de.potism."
If the soul of WASHINGTON now hover
over this land, which he helped to max
free, how must it grieve over the prospect @
the very danger against which he so earnestl
warned his countrymen.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-16

SIGSs or HAaD WisTER phes
nomena which usnally presage, according 10
the notions Of the very observant In such
m 'tters, the approach of bard winter, ara
becoming very marked as the season pro.
crosses. Hives are overfow.ng with honey, !,
the husks OF corn are declared TO be VI eatra
thickness, and the fnr Of animals Is pro.
nounced exceedingly rich and heavy. II 10
observed, too, that the rats are travelling
eastwardly IA great numbers aud that ths
squirrels are making arrangements on a.
Increased scale lyg lie slors@- -
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-16

The Governor Of Iowa is Of the opinion
that President Jobnson's plan will have TO
be overhauled by Congress, and that the
Constitutional Amendment question will be
superseded by measures adapted TO the ne
cessities Of the times and tho prospects Of ths
future.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-16

No animal except man, ever drinks in
connection with his food. Man ought not to
Try this dyspeptics, and you will not wash
down, mechanically, what ought to be mas
ticated aud ensalivated before il is swallowed
The largest valley in the world is the Val
ley of the Mississippi, containing 5oo,ooC
square miles,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-16
[Frorn the Talladega, Gala, Watch Tower
A Poem from the Spirit OF Edgar
Allen Poe.

A Poem from the Snirit of Edgar
a, :,
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w meanesoay evening", ! nao ooca''on ~ l.au
'ne iol'VwiHS lenan"o'e pUem, os ~
sPohen ny miss DU~n, at 'no Vonciusiou y,
one Vi het so-caileu uance icc,nies. A.
RurporS 70 come lroni .ne SPIT: ol SSgsi a.
Ioe. No oei'eVer ln 'ne uoo'r'he' y, SPIN.
site specimen OF poetical literature; possess
ing in an eminent degree all the essential
elements OF true poetry, which has been
properly defined by Leigh Hunt as the ut
terance of the passion for beauty and power,
embodying and illustrating its conceptions
by imagination and fancy, ana moduiaung
its language ON the principle OF variety and
The copy in my possession was given me
some mouths ago, in manuscript, by Colonel
H, a prominent spiritualist, living in
Huntsville, Texas. BY request of several
ladies' of Talladega, submit q copy for pub
lication in your paper.
have the honor to be, sir, with great 70
spect, your obedient servant,
From the throne of life eternal
Erom tho houo os Iova snoernaI
yVhara ,ha onrai Foo, ,,,La v,,n.;c ovsr s,,
,ha s,asrv aoor
Mor,als have come n meet vou
Coma Nth words of love to greet Won
anu 10 tel you o' INC g'ory 'na' 10 ni'he io'
e'ermore.
onc. hot,ro 7 f,,,d q ,norts,
wa;,;Uo y, ,ha haoranin nor,o,
wo;,;nn b,t % os,oh ,h. aoho fror, ,hot ava,
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AID Z sa;.as h;s o,,;o,o,od h.;no
And tbrongh oil b;s ;nward seeins
oauseu my burning asp'fa'ion III hei9
hoou W pour
Now com. mora meelIv hrma,
And ,ha veal I;ns nf a von,an
r,nah ,n;,h Sr. e., 81 ,ha a,,.r M,
,r;,h hrrn;nnS ., ~ rnr.
Rn, in bo,v love Sescend;na
Win her cbastened being hIendino
would MI your soni win music from the
orignt ceisslia' shore.
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rum 'no so'ue" sn'eoo' s'o''' 'uin " 'h'
VIA atn I'M Uu.e "T ~, s.
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And ines bitter, burning oiilows swept my
burdened being Ger.
u0ro ,ho hor,;o. and ,ho ,oro,s
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p.aa -. - III .,S'., AN
Ai'''U upoh ~ SUI sh Inu oa''' VIA
1;e, "aa ~ thna ~ as naeaa sa s.;o,,,a
~ ,' ".I soi, s anvn ss'm.u anI s..aS ,u'U'
Like a.restless, wrathiul spirit, wandering
on the Siyglan shore.
=! h'inoo .
Line hoS'- nie.neeL.ns' ouin,n
Diu 'ne purple pulslng me ''ue 'nroush III
r,, ., eSeieu cnanhe,s pour, ~
In In 'ut go'ueh 10" oy"imaiie ns, 'on'n
ANU NY cnaineu anu cuanne spirit ieap
oN ''' NY p'''oA ooo''
But while living. striving dyinp-
Never Aid NV sonI cease crv;ng
g We who yu;de the Fstes and Fnries Give
oh give me 7 ;mn,ore
From the myrind hosts of nations.
From the countless constellations
ohe pure spiil' 'iia' can u, io'e n'-ohe Ina
WV N''' "''
Through this ferveut aspiration.
Found INV faintinp sopl salvation
Far from ont its blackened FIRE. crypts did m,
restless spirit soar
And NV beautiful ideal,
| Not too sanity 10 he real
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-16

WHAT MAKES B6sHEL,-For the beneii
Of those who are not thoroughly posted il
such matters, we publish the following
showing what constitutes busheli
Corn, shelled, bs pounds.
Rye, So pounds.
Irish Potatoes, GO pounds.
Bareley, 46 pounds
Wheat 60 pounds.
Corn on the cob, 10 pounds.
Buckwheat, SO pounds.
Oats 80 pounds.
Sweet Potatoes, so pounds.
Onions, 81 pounds.
Beans, So pounds,
Bran, 90 pounds.
Clover seed, 40 pounds.
Timothy seed, 80 pouuds.
Flax seed, 40 pounds.
Hemp seed, 45 pounds.
Blue grass seed, Ia pounds.
Dried apples, "a pounds.
Dried peaches 80 pound.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-16

y Master Owen; so aunty, make Freddy
behave hinself; every time hit him on the
head with tbe mallst he bursts out crying !
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-16
Universal Suffrage In tho United
States.

The following table shows at the present
time the working of universal suffrage in
the United States. There are to-day in fa-
vor of the policy of President johnson, as
regards the restoration of the Union, these
numbers:
In the South. h.................l,5 500, 900 voters
In the North. ,000,00O
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-16

In the South....,.........".l, Il DOC, 600 voters;
In the North. h.........."....2,O 100000
Total. ................-...3,5O 100000
Opposed to the President there sre
In the North ..,...............2,5 500, 900 voters
They are thus represented in Congress:
|, 500, 900 voters in the South...........None
100000 /" f" North........... 60
3, 100000 voters have...........60 members.
2 800, 900 :. ........2l6
What beautiful representative system |
How thoroughly it reflects the majority OF
the peoplel Daily we hear the boast that
the election have gone against the Presi-
dent and in favor Of his opponents in Con-
gress. Yes They have gone against him
in peculiar manner. His 3, 100000 friends
have GO members; his 100000 opponents
have 2ls members in the Federal Congress.
1t is by the light of these figures that we
see the victory the Radicals have achieved.
For every twelve or thirteen thousand of
their number they are credited with mem
Der Of Congress. The Anti-Jacobns, on the
contrary, get a member for every 10000 oi
their number. One Jacobin counts as much
in the basis Of representation as four Con-
servatives - Cm Enquirer.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-06-02
ORDIN Ar Y'S SALE.

DY VIRTUE Of al order to me directed, by w.
ID Il. IIolcombe, Esq, Ordinary, will sell to the
highest bidder, at Pckens Court House. on
SALEDAY IN MAY NEXT,
The Real Estate of George Ross, deceased, consist
ing of one Tract of Land lying in Pickens District
on waters Of Stamp Greek, and adjoining lands of
John Ross, Thos. II. Davis and others, containing
i31 Acres morc or less.
TERMS Of SALE-On n credit of Twelve
Months, with interest the purchaser TO give bond
and approved security to the Ordinary, with a
mort gage OF tho premises If deemed necessary BY
him, to secure tho payment of the purchase money.
The costs TO be paid in coin, cash, or its equiv
alcnt ; and to pay extra for titles.
L. THOMAS, s.p.D.
SheriF's Office, May 8, 1865 "4-3
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-06-02

,. Notice.
rH0SE Indebted to the Estate Of Isaac p Pool,
L deceased, must make payment; md those hav-
ing demands against saiq Estatewill present thom.
legally attcsted, to l. W1cKtArrK Esq Payment
must also be made to him. =.
SOPHIE r. POOL, Exlrix.
May a3 1869 81 4