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Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-04-24
THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID
IN CASH, FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE.

" Breathes there man with soul so dead
Who never to himself hath said b.
Wells the best and cheapest house In town.
II such there be, go mark him well,
For him no minstrel's raptures swell"
Respectfully,
"A. WE'LL.
GAINESVILLE, April IL, 1868
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-04-24
BURIAL OF GEN. MORGAN.
Large Crowd in Attenlancc--ImpO
ing Ceremonies.

Ehrs
The mortal remains of Gen. John
II. Morgan were inferred in their
final resting place at Lexington, KY,
on the 18th inst. Large numbers of
citizens, among whom We're many of
the Generals old comrades in arms,
joinedthc train from Louisville bear
ing his remains at the various sta
tions, and they evinced their regard for
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-04-24

buller attempted some OF MS usual
impcrtinences, but quickly dcsisted.
The defense announced they had
closed the case.
The vote on Wells testimony Is
thought by some To he test, but
those who have an inside view of the
Radical camps declare johnson can
not receive over five Radical votes.
House Radicals, who have been
working assiduously, say the House
of Representatives and the Radical
party are on trial, and the question is
whether the Senate will convict them
or Andrew johnson.
These men insist he will he cOnvic-
ted, but the verdict will not extend to
disqualification, and i'm fact question
was propoundcd to-day by II Senator,
which seems To anticipate that view.
Reports received at Gen. Grants
headquarters claim that the Virginia
constitution will be adopted. There
Is reliable Information here Ia the eff
feet that ii will he beaten by 10000.
Sergeant Bates this morning visited
the President, who made him several
presents, among them portmonnaie
containg fifty dollars in gold. Sergt.
Bates leaves the city for his home in
Wisconsin Monday.
Manager Wilson's sharp practice in
getting his prepared speech in to-day
under the prctense of arguing against
The admission of Welles' testimony,
Is considered quite good thing by
his friends. He is learning rapidly
under Buffers tutclage.
4 prominent Radical said, tonight,
no greater outrage had ever been PER-
petrated in court than the exclusion
of the testimony regarding what oc-
cured in the Cabinet meeting, and
this, he said, every respectable law
yer In the land would indorse. New
ertheless, he added, Mr.. johnson has
but ten days TO remain in the White
House.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-09

It is popular notion that the holders of United States bonds escape taxation, but Congressman Blaine, of Maine, in a speech in the House of Representatives lately made some statements on this subject that are evidently based on the facts in the case, and that show that the government bonds pay as much to the general and To- cal governments as the owners of any oth- CT securities. MT. Blaine said:-
 That If the power were fully and fairly distributed to the States and municipali- ties to tax the bonds, scarcely any tax would be derived therefrom. Counting out the five per cent. bonds, about whose taxation there is no special jealousy, the total amount of gold-bearing bonds is $1, ,2OO,- 900, 900; but of this aggregate it is known that at least $650, 100000 arc held in Eu- rope, leaving $1,25O,000, in this coun- try, to which taxation could in any event apply; but of this $1, 100000 more than one third, or $425, ,O00, ,00O are held by the National Banks, and no form of prop erty pays so large local and general tax as these Banks. Besides paying full To- cal tax, at the highest rate, they pay tax to the General Government, amounting to 3 per cent. annually. Deducting this $425, ,000 900 of bonds, we find but $925, 100000 not taxed; but of this vast sum the savings banks hold $175,OOO,OOO as an in vestment for their deposits, and these de- posites receive no exemption from taxation by reason of being invested in United States bonds. This, then, reduces the sum total of the untaxed bonds to $65O, 1000, 900; but this sum is to be further reduced by $50, 900, ,O0O held by the life insurance com panies, and numerous other corporations not readily chased. All these investments in bonds by institutions and corporations give no exemption from taxation, and the sum total left untaxed is reduced to $495,- 100000 Allowing that $1OO, 900, ,OOO of the } per cents are in the various channels of investment he has named, and it followed that less than 600,OOO,OOO of Government $ per cents in this country go untaxed to- day.''
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-09

The Glow Church. section of our Epis- copalian friends are in a great state of in- dignation anent circular issued by the Rev. Francis Harrison. This clergyman announces that the Confraternity Of the Blessed Sacrament will observe the feast of Corpus Christi by celebrating the Holy Eucharist in Trinity chapel, New York city, at six O clock in the morning, and that "All priests associate" are expected to celebrate the Holy Eucharist, within the octave, 'for the objects and intentions of the confraternity. The Protestant Church man and the Episcopalian call upon Blsh, op Potter to interpose his authority and prevent so Papistical 2 service. The for mer says an intention to ''un-Protestantlze the church" is now openly avowed by the more advanced high churchmen, and that calm and enlightened men" are in utmost alarm" lest the s'nefarious" attempt should succeed. It urges ''evangelicaP Eplsco- palians to organize at once for resistance. When it is remembered that Corpus Chr1s- ti has hitherto been an exclusively Roman Catholic festival instituted in honor ot miraculous manifestation of the truth of the doctrine of ans-substantlatlon' the cause of excitement becomes apparent. Some of our readers may have seen, II not the picture itself, an engraving ot haph- aels magnificent fresco of the miracle ln question, which furnishes one of the prln'
 cipal attractions of the Vatican. dtfa
 diaena @9 -l,.ss .f a
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-09

NIT. +. IL. KIJJer, an aDIe auu Cunsc1eu. tious musician and critic, has recently giv en two very curious and interesting con. certs. The scene of the experiment. was the Vassar College at Poughkeepsie, and we venture to express the hope that it may speedily be repeated here. The artists were Mme Raymond Ritter and MT. S. B. Mills. The object was to illustrate the growth of the piano-forte music and folk-songs from the year 1900 down to the present day Mr. Ritters selections were admirable, display ing not only good taste but considerable research. Thus out of twenty pieces in our programme, sixteen were played for the first time in America. The schools it. lustrated were the old English, common cing with Byrde, Q60O); the old French, with Lully, Q66O); the old Italian, commencing with Scarlatti, Q7l3), and the folk songs and piano-forte compo- sitions founded upon them. The classic German school, commencing with Bach and ending with Beethoven, as also the modern or later school, which has Schu- man, Liszt and Schubert for it's opponents, were both admirably illustrated. MT. s. B. Mills was the expounder, and the versatil- ity, accuracy and power of this great ar- tist have never been better or more thor oughly displayed.-N. r. Times.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-09
WHOLE NO. sao1
Sewerage.

Without look at the La Crosse De,noc,o. no one can have any just idea of the i amount of ignorance, bigotry, and black guardian, which form the lowest stratum of Democratic" society, capable of read 1 ing or writing at all. This journal seems to serve as sewer into which the foulest lies circulating about the foulest haunts of Q Sixth Ward Democracy naturally find their way. We give few samples from the editorials of late issue-
 Since the first of May twenty-seven New Eng
 and ministers of the Gospel, according to nigger polltlcs nave been arrested for various clerical in alscretlons from rape. adultery and fornication. sock is rising P'"''0'' SAA""-.s
 nt 1t IS our belief that the number of women of Iiis ciass lprostltutesl now in New Enoland or in other States, but born in and start;no gnu. s. oS III EnSland, especially Rhode Island and Massechu' 3eees, ss geatea han e nm,a6ey Of aconaem 5esono-
 ",d g o otsd "h Ute G'sltqn denoriations o Neo Eg '''''" ouIslde the Catholic or Episcopal churches
 It promises in future number to give s:a graphic account of visit to the Dissolme Do"ce Houses of Ne,U Korh." Italics not ours.
 "A''e 'ePAemouS ScOunQrel who edits the paper speaks thus of his omission :''
 Ouf authority to speak comes from Cop. Our aapluty to Write and speak comes from HIM. and to HIM, not to party leaders, must we render an ac-
 Yet there is something very significant in the fact, that blasphemous and black guard as this paper is, and ungrammatical, even, in it's editorial style, it has large and increasing circulation over the whole coun- try! Making liberal deduction from the quarter million of subscribers it claims, there is no doubt that, in this respect, it has beaten all it's Democratic contemporaries. It IS certainly the best representative of large class who vote the Democratic ticket, and can very we'll turn on those who dis pute it's orthodoxy with such facts as the following:-
 Will you assume superiority Of Democracy, tell us why the public does not endorse you the more ana us the less? Why is 1t that this paper coan- 1'y netcspdper, devoid of commercial value, should m three years advance from obscurity to circu- atlon never before reached by any political paper m the world, even with the advantage of publica- 5lon in sea-board city like New York?
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-09

Another thorn has been placed in the side of the Dominion. New Brunswick, from which better things were hoped, has gone over to the antiUnion side, and its representatives in the Ottawa government have been compelled to defer to the opin- ion of the province and resign their port folios. The trouble is about the proposed Intercolonial Railroad. The New Brus- wick editors have discovered that if the route already selected be not changed, the road will be practically useless to the busi- ness men of the province. For less than their share of the expense, they could build are suffering, and they naturally grumble at the prospect of being taxed for the (hy' potheticaD benefit of the home govern ment. Courdnt.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-09

A few days ago, the skeleton of man was found in Suffolk County, Long Island,
 to be the remains of man nam-
 ed George Miller, who suddenly disappear ed about eighteen years since. At the time of his disappearance it was suspected that Miller had been murdered by Q man n G. med McGregor, and the latter was arrested, but no evidence could be found against him and he was discharged. A coroner's $ inquest was held on the 9th instant, over the skeleton, and the jury rendered yer dict ''that the bones were those of George Miller, and that he came to his death by violence at the hands of McGregor," The latter has been arrested and is now in iail.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-09
A FEW FIGURES.

In reply to the charges with which the
 columns of the democratic papers are filled l that General Grant won his victories by. an
 extrayagant waste of life, the Snn. whose
 editor, Mir. Dana, from his intimate reIa- l tlons with the war office is high authority
 on the subject presents in Q tabular form
 the losses in the armies before and after
 Grant took command. The figures prove
 beyond any possibility of contradiction,
 that the casualties incurred by the army of
 the Potomac, during its career from Bull
 Run up to the failure of the Mine Run cam paign. at the end of 1863, Ia period ill
 which, notwithstanding the partial victo- ries of Antietam and Gettysburg, it gained no substantial success) were greatly i'll ex-
 cess of those incurred by it while under
 Grants immediate command. Up to the ] time when General Grant was appointed l tc~ oc.zznca-d, the losses of the army of the { Potomac, not counting the operations in
 the Valley or the cavalry raids were 16, 145 killed, 80,663 wounded, 44, 160 missing, or an aggregate of 40, ,96S hors de combat! Of these, 2,096 were lost under Mcclellan, the most cautious commander the army ev-
 CT had. It is needless to inquire what re
 suits were achieved as an offset to this loss | of human life. It is enough to say that
  liant that the Democratic convention of 1864 considered itself warranted in assert ing in it's platform that the war had proved a failure. The aggregate loss of the for ces acting under Grants immediate com mand (not counting operations in the She nandoah Valley-they being fairly offset by those of Banks, Shields, Milroy, Kelly, and others,( during the overland campaign, from the RaDidan to Petersburg with the seize of Petersburg and all the battles incl dent thereto, up to the final surrender of Lee at Appomattox Court House was 13, 061 killed, 66, 452 wounded, 26,99S missing aggregate 106, 5O1. We call especial atten- tion to each item of these figures. It will be seen that the numbers of killed, woun- ded and missing severally are less than the corresponding numbers up to the time General Grant assumed the command, and that, in the total the army of the Potomac and the army of the James lost nearly 1000 fewer men under Grant than under their previous commanders. This ought to be sufficient to dispose of the absurd charges used for campaign effect, about the great loss of life under Grant. There Is no occa- sion to compare the results achieved dur ing both periods. The loss inflicted upon the enemy in men killed and captured, convincingly justified the plan of the cam paign executed by Grant. Mcclellan sac rifced thousands of brave men only to en- rich the pestilential swamps of the Chick ahominy. If the victories of Grant were purchased, as are all victories, with blood, they achieved the end for which the sacri- flee was made, and gave peace to the coun-
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-09

The Congressional Committee appoin- ted for that purpose are about ready to re- nort s nto on tle hill I IanMfghnizirg M nr dnlo nied by long and carefully written re- port, drawn up by Senator Patterson of New Hampshire, with whom the bill origi- hated. It is finished and will be brought into the Senate in the course of this week The reform proposed by MT. Patterson is similar to that embodied in the Jenckes Civil Service bill, and looks to appoint ment and advancement through competi- tive examination. The report and the ac- companying bill will be printed, but no action will be asked for at the present ses- sion as it is desirable to hear the views of the country on the measure before it be- comes a law.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-09

We clip from recent sermon Tn the Church Union, by Henry Ward beecher, the following paragraph. The text 1s:. Every man shall render account of himself unto God: ga
 l 'I hold that men are at liberty to form and hold their religious opinions, rnwhlp- ped of the law and nnwhipped of public, sentiment; and that the infiction of moral penalties for differences in belief, isas real ly persecution, and in our day as oruel, as any persecution that was ever intiisted.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-09

Sharon, Ohio, has an inhabitant who has not been able to sleep since October last. yet he is in good health and works regular ly on his farm.
 Little girls with superabundant heads of hair. if found alone on the streets of Lon- don, are liable to be bounced upon by pre- gatory hair merchants and sent home well cropped.
 Some half dozen employees of the Mor. ris and Essex railroad company have been arrested, charged with having been fol some time engaged in plundering trunks and other baggage sent over the road.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-09

The new system of requiring the pay ment of taxes on bonded whiskey, before the owner can pay his distiller, is working at present in New York city with results very satisfactory to the tax collectors. In the year and seven days from the 1st of May 1867, to the 7th of May, 1868, the sum total of whiskey tax received at the New York Treasury, under the old system, was $345, 932, and for the last twelve days ot last month, under the new system, the re- ceipts exceeded SIP, ,659.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-09
THE CHICAGO RAILWAY REVIEW.

Wa noticed, sometime since, the start
 ing of a new railway paper in Chicago,
 one of whose editors is Mr. Stanley GA Fowler, formerly of the Gdset1e, and na- tive of Washington Ct.
 We we'll recollect the school magazine starte d in the old Judea Academy by Mir. r. in conjunction with O. H. Platt, now of Meriden, and well known in Connecticut politics. Judging from the following spicy locals, clipped from single number of the
 Reoiew. our old schoolmates right hand has lost none of it's cunning:
 The repertorial corps of this city have sustained a severe loss in tho death. by drowning, of their comrade, the late Mr. Chisholm. He was an original able and brilliant writer, Q genial, whole-souled companion and friend. Poor Chisholm! Who ever thought water would have killed him.
 The Czar and Czarina have gone to Kis- sengen. They set proper example to to their married subjects in going to Kis- sin'gen.
 "Once week. is suffering from se- were attack of ''suspenders." We trust it will prove only @ temporary difficulty. It was smart enough to live out of pure cus- sedness. It might change it's title and ap- pear ''Once in while.' We charge nothe ing for the suggestion.
 An important item of foreign inte1li gence informs us that our minister at Berlin. Mir. Bancroft, ''had decided to go to Worms" This is much more satisfactory than to have learned that worms had deci- ded to go to MT. Bancroft.
 Extremes meet sure enough. Such an lncongruous lot of male and female bipeds as Aiken has got together at the museum was never before seen in this city. Here Is the maximum and minimum of human cartilege as Q substitute for bones and and bones without fat
 We had pleasant call from prominent member of the occidental :sSorosis" the l other day, 'Ruth Hall, and very agreeable, intelligent, womanly woman she l is, too. But she was mum so far as THE l society was concerned, and dexterously | evaded pumping. There is great deal of | fun (and she evidently enjoys it) in piqu- | ing the curiosity of gentlemen who are l excluded from their meetings" " 1t IS stab in tbe dark at Free Mason and ! Odd Fellow assumptions of man n-kind. Can | it really be possible that an association of ladies con keep secrets, and above all their oon secrets! "Can such things be, and overcome us?" &c. What is to be done :? This feminine conspiracy against mans rights and prerogatives is getting to be a serious Lmatter. What the deuce is this {" Sorosis, and what are Mey upto?
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-09

Following the conviction of Mrs. Victor for the murder of William Parquet, the Connecticut Life Insurance Company has commenced suit for the recovery of the money paid as insurance on Parquets life, and has attached all the property known to belong to Mrs. Victor
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-09

Mir. Punshon thus neatly declined an an invitation to make a speech at Chicago s'Speech is silver, silence is golden, ,says the proverb. do not happen to have any small change about me this morning. Viii you accept the gold?
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-09

ToM CoRwIN ON JEFF DAvIs.-Jeff Da- wis has the bearing and address of a Southern gentleman, but has not the men, tai grasp of statesman. He IS shallow and never originated any great measure. I remember the first speech he made in Con- gress It was on the slavery question. He dwelt at length on the accounts of Ham, Hagar, and Onesimus, and to his own sat- isfaction at least, proved American slavery had divine sanction. We'll, like myself, he liked glass of wine, and he and met a few minutes after the debate in a saloon. Said l.: ''Davis do you believe that Ham was nigger?'"Yes," was the reply. And Shem, of these red fellows you find out on the prairies?" Said he: ''Yes do." And Japhet had regular features and fair com plexion, like the members of Congress. for instance, with perhaps some exceptions?'' (pointing to myself. The reply being in the affirmative, remarked: ''You give very poor opinion of Mrs. Noah. Such lady would toon loose caste on the Turtle Creek
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-09

Hartford contains the following libra ries:-Trinity College, 11,OOO volumes; College Society libraries, 5000; library of Young Mems Institute, 19,0OO volumes Watkinson library, 17,O00 volumes; Theo- logical Institute library, number of volumes not reported.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-09

r The CdaAolic Woyzd for July has two Jar ticles which will win lavor at the hands of non-sectarian readers. One is on ''The Condition and Prospects of Catholics in England, a subject which is discussed in the best and most liberal spirit The .wri- ter insists that the policy of toleration and of Tree discussion Is the only one Isy S hicb the Roman Catholic CnurcH Ustn r11ffve, anu holds that political economy which can meet the exigenc1es of the present condi- tion of England must be based on the max inns of the Gospel. The other article is on s'The Sanitary and Moral condition of New York City," which sustaius the pres ent excise law, and urges strongly the duty of educating the forty thousand vagrant children of this city. It is a significant factt hat this organ of the Roman Catholic Church utters this warning: ''Here we are allowing to be nurtured the element which in the riot of 1863, threatened to deluge the length and breadth of the island with tumult, confragation and bloodshed. , The writer's acknowledgement of tho good ef- fected by Protestant charitable agencies is cordial and earnest.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-09
THE LITCHFIELD SUNDAY SCHOOL
 CONVENTION.

The Litchfeld Sunday School Conven- ton for the Churches of the Southern part of the County, was held in Washington
 June 24th. The attendance was very good, considering the amount of work now
 crowding on the people, some three hun dred s. s. delegates, teachers, and other friends of the Sunday School cause, having
 gathered in the church to hear reports, and
 listen to the debates. The reports from
 the different Schools were interesting, in
 dicating fourishing condition and q good degree of harmony in aiming at the general object of these departments of
 Christian instruction. We were esnasis1- ly glad to notice the attention now saillg bestowed on Mission Schools, sand the con- nection which several general that here was, in part a solution of vexed questions had
 to reach and evangelize the more remote
 and irreligious position of four parishes.
 The ground is distinctly taken that each
 church is responsible for the evangeliza-
 'AO1 VI iOo OHA HCiStlooIAOOtto, tintt ouu- day Schools afford one method of securing this great end. After a bountifal collation. served up under the trees by the church, as the good people of this town 50 we'll know how to do, the following subjects were discussed in .order:- How to .estab- fish and sustain Mission Schools?" "How best to conduct the Sunday School exercis- esq" 'How to furnish the best teaching?" The Rev. Mir. Clarke, of Litchfeld, being Moderator, and Colonel Blinn, of New Milford, Clerk, these topics were discussed as fully as the time would allow, by the pastors and delegates present. At o'clock p. m. the children of the Sunday School gatheredin the Church, and listened to short stirring addresses by MT. Fletcher, State Sunday School Missionary, Rev. MT. Bissell, Rev. H. Winslow, and Rev. Mr. Cooley, all of whom secured the earnest at- tention of their audience. The Conyen- tion on the whole was decided success, l and we hope that many more like it, an q and better than it, may hereafter be held | among our churches. c.