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Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-04-17
THE BAREFOOT hoy.
ny JOHN @. WHITTIER.

blessings on the little man,
Barefoot boy, with cheeks of tani
win thy upturffed pantnloons,
Anu tny merry whistled tunes
Win nv red lip, redder still
SisSco Dy strawberries on the hill
W TN the sunshine on thy face,
Through thy torn brim's jaunty grace:
from my heart give thee JOY
was once barefoot boy.
on, Tor boyhobd's painless play
sleep that wakes IN laughing day
Health TINT moclrs the doctors rules
kn0wiedge, never learned at schools,
~ the wild bees morning chase,
0f the wild flowers time and place,
right or fowls and habitude
VI the tenants of the woodl
HOW the tortoise bears his shell;
How the woOdchuclS digs his cell,
Mnd the ground-moie sinks his we'll;
How the robin feeds her young;
How the orioles nest is hung;
Where the whitish lilies blow;
where the freshest berries grow;
Mnere the woodruff trails It's vines
Mnere the wood-grape clusters shine |;
Of the black wasp's cunning way,
Mason OF his wall of clay,
And the architectural plans
Of gray hornet artisans!
For, eschewing books and tasks,
Nature answers all he asks;
A."tu III ititfiu Wltn nef ne Walks,
Face 70 face with her he talks,
Part and parcel of her joy
Blessings on the barefoot boy!
Cheerily. then, my little mani
Live and laugh as boyhood can:
Though the fiinty stones be hard,
Stubbie-spread tire cnew-mown-sward,
Every morn shall lead the through
Fresh baptism of the dew;
Every evening from thy feet
shall the cool wind kiss the heat.
And too soon those feet Shall hide
In the prison cells of pride;
Lose the freedom of the sod
Like colt for work be shod;
Made to tread the mills of toll,
Up ana down the ceaseless moil!
Happy IL thy track be found
Never on forbidden ground
Happy IL they sink not in
Qulck and freacherOus sands of sin.
An that thou shOuldst know thy 10y
Ere IL passes, barefoot boyi
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-04-17

THE girls Of Northampton have
been sending bachelor editor bou-
quet of tansy and wormwood. He
says he didn't care-he'd rather smell
that than matrimohy.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-04-17
"OUR BRICK"

The Mound City DllinOis) journal
says that M. M. POmerOy, editor of the
La Crosse Democrat, vulgarly self
styled "Brick" POmeroy, has for a
long time been trying to convince the
Southern people that he was an Origi-
nal, first-class rebel; and iii h great
measure, apparently, has succeeded In
so doing; but some may probably
change their opinions when they learn
that at one time during the war he
sought and obtained Lieutenant's
commission in the Federal army and
served for a while on the staff of Brig
adler General German, of Minnesota,
as A. ID. G,
In this capacity he reached Ms far
after few weeks service, his connec-
ton with the army was suddenly sew
cred. From what cause, or in what
manner, is not definitely known to us,
nut 1t was whispered ut the time that
1t WAS on account OF connection with
cotton spectators. Perhaps he
thought he had ventured as far South
as was healthy for him. Possibly by
that time he had seen enough of war
to enable him to realize that the SOL
dier's place on the field of battle does
not give fatterlitg assurance of u
prOtracted period of life.
But whatever the reason that caused
the severing of his connection with
the service ID Is evident his original
disposition was good enough for red
dening "his hands with the blood of
many noble men slain" If the cour-
age necessary To enable him TO meet
focmcn OH the field of battle oozed out
of his fingers ends, or that his rascally
propensities were such that his pres
epce i'm the service could not lie tole-
rated, either of these ~ facts would af-
ford him no excuse for abusing men
who were in the army with him, but
who possessed the noble qualities that
enabled them to stick and achieve
fame; neither IL he afforded any ex-
cuse for endeavorlng TO palm himself
Off on the Southern people as an orig
inal and sincere rebel.
The Man whom PomerOy assails,
General Bragg, entered the service as
n private I'm the 9th Wisconsin Infant
ry, to battle for the Union. He rap
idly rose TO Colonel, and before Icing
mustered out was commissioned as
Brigadier General. He entered the
service as Democrat and Is ain un-
swcrving Democrat still.
A comparison Of the records of the
two gentlemen is sufficient TO estab-
lish the relative worth Of Pomeroy
and Bragg.
But our principle motive in ventil-
ating Pomeroy Is 10 open the eyes of
his Southern friends and admirers 10
the real character OF their hypocriti-
cal Saint Brick
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-04-17
The Political Reaction Of 1867 StiII I'm
PrOxress.

Great as were the Democratic gains
and victories of 1867, those of 1868 are
still larger. The political reaction
against radicalism, which commenced
with the flrst-named year, is still go
ing on with increased momentum
Thus, New Hampshire shows a Dem
Ocratic gain of 800 on last year. Con-
necticut doubles her Democratic ma
jority of 1857. Michigan, one of the
strongest and most intense Radical
States in the Union, which was car
ried by the Republicans last year by
majority of 25,OO0, now votes down
and repudiates the cardinal principle
of the party, negro suffrage, by 10000
majority. A Republican majority of
1000 in Cincinnati in the spring of
1857, and 1000 in the fall, is almost
entirely WHIPPED out In 1868. Dubuque,
Iowa, goes Democratic; Atchison,
Kansas, likewise. The local elections
I'm Ohio all show large gains over the
political horizon, and from every di-
rcctiOn in 1t the lightning of public
Indignation Is flashing. These results
In every part of the United States
show that local feeling and local mat
tiers have not produced them. They
are too numerous for that. There is
another consideration that is worth
attention. New Hampshire, which
instructs for GRANT, goes Republican
by decreased majority. Connecti-
cut intructs for GRANT, and perfect
Waterloo defeat To his party immedi-
ately follows. In Ohio and i'm Iowa,
where the Democratic people instruct
for PENDLEroN, the most brilliant
victories are won, or the largest gains
are made, such, as Cincinnati, Du-
buque and Columbus. The instruc-
tions for PENDLETON Were the voice
of the people, those for Grant were
the voice of politicians only Cincia-
natl Enquirer.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-04-17

WHENEVER Fenian is convicted,
in Ireland, he holds himself up as a
martyr to the cause of liberty. Among
those thus convicted, we notice that
not few were among those who hired
themselves for fifty cents per day to
fight against the South, which, like
Ireland, is the victim of a sectional
tyranny. Yet those traitors to the
cause of liberty and political justice,
here, have been most clamorous
against England, for real or supposed
injustice to Ireland, and loudest in
their appeals for sympathy with n
cause almost identical with that
which they resisted for a pitiful pecu-
mary consideration. We know not
whether to ascribe such conduct to
hypocrisy or impudence. In either
case, we can have no respect for those
who are doomed to suffer under En-
glishll law for advocating in Ireland, the
cause which they fought against in
the South.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-04-17

A FoI0RN editor says IL Is hard to
live without wife--no gentle heart
70 get up mornings 10 buiIl the FIRE.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-04-17

WHEN we hear the exultant tones
of Northern democrats over the re-.
cent elections and hear their confident
assertions of their ability to hurl the
Radical usurpers from power, in No
terhber next, We can but ask, if they
really have faith in what they say ? or
really believe that such feat can be
accomplished by peaceable means p
Revolutions do not 10 back ward. The
Radicals see that the elections por-
tend their defeat at the ballot-box, yet
they go on unrufiied by the indica=
tions. Unruffled because they have
made up their minds to maintain their
supremacy by force. They have con-
troll of the army and the purse; the
Executive will soon he with them
they know that they are prepared for
war, and that thelropponents are not,
and their determination is either to
carry the election by the bayonet, or
appoint a President, declare Congress
a perpetual body, and say to the DEM
ocrats help yourselves If you can!
This purpose is 30 well defined by
every movement, during the two
year just passed, that it seems incred-
ilbe that any observing man has failed
to see it. No party defeat in any
State has produced the slightest
change or pause in their course. They
feel that defeat at the polls will bring
upon them a ruin SO crushing, and a
disgrace NO damning, that it is better
for their character to wade through
blood to victory, than to encounter
the blasting effects of defeat, and the
exposure Of their consummate viii
lainy, enacted during eight years of
unhallowed supremacy. We are no
croaker, on the the contrary, hopeful
and sanguine, yet it is wilful blindness
not to read the near future, in the un-
mistakeable signs of settled purpose,
back by unresisted power. A feigned
respect for the opinions of mankind,
and the forms of law may suggest the
propriety Of submitting their claims
to the popular voice, under the pre-
scribed forms of an election; but with
the ballot-box controlled by the armed
myrmidans of Radicalism, the mock
election will simply serve to add in
suit to on, ,ressiOn. and when the ga mo
is played out, the usurpers will have
become too secure in their power to
regard the idle vaporings of the tame
spirited dupes of II silly faith in public
virtue and the powerOf disorganized
majority to resist an armed and well
organized minority. Numbers rarely
avail against discipline, and votes
agains muskets, never.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-04-17
a Pointed Parallel

An "old line Whig," through tho
columns Of the National Lntc,ligenccr,
institutes forciblc parallel between
the fierce rawlings of the Jacobin lead
crs, Marat, Danton, Robespierre and
st. Just, In the French National Con-
vention of 1902, against Louis, tho
King, whose decapitation they incl
ted, and the reckless utterances of our
modern American Jacobins led on by
that decrepid incarnation of political
hate-old Thad. Stevens-against
President johnson. He dceribcs tho
gradual means by which the moderate
men Of the French Assembly were led
TO place themselves I'm an attitude
from which II was dangerous TO re-
treat, and cites the appeal OF Rob
cspicrre 10 their fears, in this lam
guage-
cone party" said he, "must bo
clearly guilty-eltheT the king, or tho
convention who have ratified the acta
OF the inrrgert people. II you have
dethroned an innocent and legal mon
arch, what are you but traitors? p
Why sit You here? Why not hasten
to the temple, set Louis at liberty.
install him again I'm the Tuileries, and
beg on your knees for u pardon YOU
have not merited? But ii you have,
In the great. popular act which YOU
have ratified, only approved of the
despotism Of n tyrant, bring him TO
the bar and demand reckoning for
his crimes"
He then quotes Stevens hectoring
menace TO tho timid Radicals I'm these
words
"Let Inc see the recreant who dares
tread back upon his steps and vote on
the other sidei Now, then, let him
who can expect to get out on the only
ground left, If my article IL adopted. =
Let him hope, who dares to hope,
that 80 high body as that Sem
ate will betray Its trust, will forget
its own act will tread back its own
action, will disgrace itself of the ma
ton. Point me out one who dares do
II, and you show me one who dare, bo
regarded rs Infamous by postcrity.
What chance, then, has Andrew
Johnsnii with an articlei In which was
left out TO give him loop-holo? You
say how fair we are. What chance
has Andrew johnson II that article be
inserted? Unfortunate man, thus sur
rounded, hampered, tangled In tho
meshes Of his own wlckedness. I'M
fortunate, unhappy man, behold your
doom "
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-04-17
THAr's ft.-stop gruinbling. Get

THAT'S It.-Stop gruinbling. Get
up two hours earlier In the morning,
and begin to do something out OF
your regular profession, Mind your
own business, and with all your might
let-other peoples alone. Live with
in your means. Sell your horses
Give away or sell your dog. Smoke
your cigar through an air stove, Eat
with moderation, and go TO bed carly.
Talk less of your own peculiar gifts
and virtues, and more OF those OF
friends and neighbors. BE cheerful
Fulfill your promises. Pay your
debts. Be yourself all you would see
in others. BE a good man, and stop
grumbling.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-04-17

THE present year Is said TO be one
for the re-appearance of the seven-
teen-year loclists. The Observer pub
lished at Centroville, Maryland, states
that these iocusts made thcr first re-
corded appearance In Maryland in
1890, and returned every seventeen
years after that time, their last ar
pearance being in 1851. @
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-04-17

OK MARRyING.-The Home Jour-
nal, which Is deemed good authority
in fashionable circles, gives few rules
for selecting wife-lst, she should
be well bred, or of good eXtnctlon.-
2. She should be at least ten wears
youngers than her husband. 3. She
should not he selected because she
has money, though "a suitable wo-
man with money has an additional
charm" 4. Very old men should not
marry at all but IL they will marry,
they may as well marry their house
keepers II they can get along with her
connections.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-04-17
Then come TO the South,
The shrine OF the sun,
And dwell in Its bowers,
SNanf hnnttffftl nnat

Weremaincd almost spell-bound Ivy
the grandeur of theoccasiOn, aud not
a word was spoken until after we had
crossed, when Breckenridge, SPRING
ing TO his saddled horse; called for us
to "mouut aud away" M,
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-04-17
j. b. TAPSCOTT
CIVIL ENGINEER,
A II 9 HI L II Il 9 II ,
AND SURVEYOR.

Plans and specifications Of Bridges fur
nished, also of Buildings and Ornamental
Grounds. Work of every description con-
ted. Also, Manufacturers Agent for Steam
Engines and Machinery of every description,
Iron verandahs, Railing, Marbelized Iron
Mantles, Crates, Window Caps, ETC., Terra
Gotta Ornamental Work, Chimney Tops, and
all kinds of Building Material, finished and
unfinished, embraced in carpenters work
Galvanized Iron, Copper, Zinc, Tin, Slate
and composition Roofing.
All business intrusted TO me will be at.
tended to promptly.
Bay Office, on East side OF Public Square
Clarksville, Tenn. Jan. 3, ls6s-f
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-04-17
G9e QJBronitlt,
WHEN we hear the exultant tone

R. W. THoMAS,................... EDITOR.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-06-12
Beer Drinking In Munich.

The celebrated Bavarian beer in Munich
attains its perfection. I went one day to
the celebrated royal brewery, which is sup
posed to be the best brew in Germany. and
every drop of which is drank on the premi-
SEES. | went into courtyard having much
the air OF the purlieus of horse stable
Here, scattered about in groups, sitting or
standing, were two hundred people, about
nall the usual number to be seen at any
ether, this being dinner hour, drinking beer
out OF capacious stone jugs, smoking and
talking The premises are open to bust
ness from A. NJ, to IL midnight, during
which time steady stream of beer is CUR
Cling down Teutonic Threats. / had to do
as the rest did-wait on myself. follow
eel the crowd into dark, low room, waited
I'll L saw one man empty and finish with
his beer mug which then took and went
to stream Of water constantly running,
rlnsed my mug as others did, then took NV
turn at table, where each conner handed
over his mug with the price of its fill of
beer to a man behind the table, who push
ed in my mug with a crowd of others to
another man who, standing at the wooden
splggot ola cask-one of many in a row
filled the mugs as they were passed in and
filling them, called out the number of each
mug, engraved on its lid, and which each
customer must note when he hands up his
mug. Number 274n-that was my mug
called out in lusty German, and elbow
ed my way among men, women and chill
dren, and found myself the lawful owner of
two pints and half of royal Munich beer.
| took my treasure, value four cents, out of
doors and planting the mug on barrel
mead, squared myself for, to me, the rather
heeayy process of getting on the outside"
of that quantity of beverage. With the
aid of stout porter, "No. 25" on his hat
band, whom l invited to get on the outside
OF good share of it, the thing was done,
and porter "No rs" opened his cheeks to
say Itch dank YOU" Just in this way one
hundred casks per diem, the whole product
OF this brewery, are drank on the spot
Letter from Germany.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-06-12
COtG7'fesy

Among the many striking romances in
which the heroes of King Arthur's Ground
Table" figure, few are SO beautiful as the adj
venture of Sir Gawain, the Knight of Cour-
tesy, as he was styled, and the enchanted
lady whom he was compelled to we'd
King Arthur made solemn vow to q hide
GUS old woman, whom he met in the forest,
to give her, in exchange for an important
secret she confded to him, one of the knights
of his court in marriage; but on proposing
to the gallant cavaliers that one of them
should wed the fearful creature, all of them
refused. The King would have thereupon
forfeited not only his word, but his whole
kingdom to the bag, when his nephew, the
brave Sir Gawain, who was notable among
all the knights for gentleness and courtesy,
volunteered to save the monarch's credit
and estates by taking the dreadful creature
to wife. Sir Gawain bore the SCOTS and
Jeers OF his comrades manfully, and the
marriage was solemnized with great pomp
and splendor, the ladies of the court pity
ing Sir Gawain, the knights laughing at
him, and the King looking on with grief
After the nuptials, Sir Gawain took his
loathsome bride home. She would have
had him caress her, but he shuddered at
any contact, and could not bear to give
her even one kiss.
She demanded the reason for his aversion,
and he told her it was because of ''her old
age, her ugliness and her low degree" To
this she answered him that "with age she
had discretion; that her ugliness would
save him from rivals and that true nobility
depended, not on the birth, but the charaoa
ter ofthe individual" Moved by these ar
guments, and her tears, Sir Gawain resolved
to try and bear with her, and, of his own
accord, drew her to his breast and kissed
her ugly lips.
Then behold! in an instant she was trans
formed into surprisingly lovely damsel; ;
and she told him that she had been the vic
tim of an enchantment which could not be
removed but by the kiss of true and no.
BILE man, and that she had languished in
misery for years, until he had thus broken
the spell.
This is merely story, but it beautifully
illustrates the power of true Christian cour-
age. Nothing so quickly brings out all
that is lovely and lovable in character as
kind, courteous treatment. 1t makes the
heart glow with the best sentiments, and
fills the face with their shining Courtesy
calls forth courtly qualities in others, and
tends to make them what we treat them.
If you would have your companions true,
noble, good, let.your manners towards them
show that you think they are so, and they
will become what you wish them to be. So
your courtesy will disenchant the enchant-
ed and transform the ugly bag into the
lovely lady.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-06-12
The Colorado RiUey.

In 1864, Mr.. Samuel Adams of San
Francisco, foated down the Colorado three
hundred and fifty miles on small raft
He saw enough of the river to induce him
to make more thorough observation. He
has embodied the results in letter to the
Secretary of War; which appears in the
San Francisco Times. Unjust be promised
that the question ofthe navigability of the
Colorado is not one of pure science. Pri-
vate interests of great extent are involved.
If it is proved to be navigable railroad
will be built from San Francisco to the
river, and the California Navigation Com
pany will lose the monopoly Of a very lu-
crative trade.
Accordingly Mr.. Adams and his coadju-
tor, Captain Trueworthy, met with the
most bitter and INSCRIPTIONS opposition at
the hands of this company. Their endeav-
or to procure suitable steamer for the ex-
petition was thwarted again and again.
The insurance companies were influenced
to refuse their vessel insurance. Attempts
were repeatedly made to. injure the vessels
boiler and machinery her boats were cut
loose the timber, in the more sparsely-
wooded parts of the river, was cut down and
tloated away the explorers were harrassed
on their return with vexatious suits in the
San Francisco courts. They made their
explorations, nevertheless, and the results
as reported by Mr.. Adams, are as follows
The party found that in the narrow can
ons, of which so much has been said, the
river increased in depth, and the current
was only two and a half miles an hour
The terrible bagaboo, the explorers
Rock" turned out to be conical rock two
inches upon the surface, one foot across the
top with channel on either side of from
ninety to one hundred and fifty feet in
width, and from three to fifteen feet in
depth The worst rapids were assembled
in precisely seven minutes. At triling
expense, says MIR. Adams, the river can be
made perfectly navigable for six hundred
and eighty mil from lit mouth that is to
point where it is crossed by the line of the
Union Pacific Railroad
This information, if trustworthy, is OF
great Importance. The country along the
river is very rich in ores, especially copper.
The valley at the mouth is of almost fabu-
lous fertilito. Among the bankss are dis
tributed forests of valuable timber.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-06-12

more of it; but when we get back to our
tents and feel in our side coat pocket for
our rubber tobacco-pouch and handker-
Chief find them both missing. Not con-
tent with what we had given them, these
rascals had stolen both our tobacco pouch
and handkerchief while we were standing
among them at the grave side-thus illus
trating in our own case what Christ had
said of the man who went down to Jericho
and fell among thieves. Our conclusions
are that the Jorichoians of to-day are no
better than they were in the days of our
Saviour; and perhaps they are even worse,
since it is not reported of that man that he
was attending funeral at the time he was
robbed
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-06-12

A REMARKABLE TRIAL.-An extraordi-
nary trial has taken place at Prague. An
tonia Scwalina was the wife of shoema-
ker, who, through disease in his eyes, had
to give up his trade and take TO begging,
from which he went on to stealing, and had
to flee the country, leaving his wife and
three children destitute She was elected
with them from her wretched lodgings for
which she had not the means of paying the
rent, and because of torrents of rain, took
refuge in shed, from which she was also
expelled. The wretched family had, there
fore, to sleep in the open air, and from that
time the mother talked of killing her chill
dren. She several times told her daughter,
ten years old, to throw her youngest broth
er into the water; but the little girl did not
seem to understand her to be in earnest
One evening, the mother, when she return
ed from her labor, reiterated her command,
with threats; and the next day, when she
was working in the field, the little girl led
her infant brother by the hand into wood,
weeping all the way, and threw him into
a deep torrent. When the wretched moth
er was informed of this she refused to be-
leve it. The facts became known, and she
was accused of premeditated infanticide
Never, it is said, was trial so affecting.-
The crying of the poor mother, and the sim
pie recital of the little daughter, drew tears
from all eyes; but notwithstanding warm
defence by her advocate, she was condemn
ed to death.