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OHIRF JUSTICE CHASE.
His Opinion ON the Debt and tks
Constitutional Amendment.

"
His Opinion ON the Debt and the
Constitutional Amendment
The following is so much of Chief JUS
iice Chsse's charge on the opening Of the
court at Parkesburg, West Virginia, onthe
9Th inst, as related to the public debt and
the fourteenth amendment .mi -
if'There are three subjects, and, SO far as
we are at present advised, only three sub
iects to which it is necessary to direct your
particular attention. The first of these is
the faithful execution of the internal rev.
enue laws. The war in which the nation
has been recently engaged for the preserva-
tion ofthe national Union and government
endangered by rebellion, made the con-
tracing of large debt inevitable. This
debt is the price of our national existence
and binds irreyooably the good faith Of the
people.
! dts inviolable obligation has been re-
cognized by a solemn act ofthe nation in
adopting the fourteenth amendment Of the
Constitution of the United States, which de-
clares that the validity Of the public debt
of the United States, authorized by law, in.
Guiding debts incurred for the payment Of
bounties for service in suppressing ipsurrec-
ton or rebellion, shall not be questioned.
There are differences of opinion as to the
mode of payment required by the American
people through their government, but no-
body questions openly, if anybody at all,
that the debt contracted must be paid, ana
paid 10 perfect good faith. The law Of
the amendment that the validity Of the
national debt shall not be questioned, was
already written upon the hearts of the peo-
pie before they made it part of the Com
stitution. To provide for the reduction
and final payment Of this debt, and for the
annual expenses Of the government, taxes
are necessarily imposed. In other words,
the equal proportion to be contributed by
each citizen is ascertained by law. He who
withholds his Just proportion deprives the
rest of the people of exactly the amount
withheld. His fraud operates as theft.
The sum total necessary to meet the obli-
cations Of the nation must be raised.
Fraud upon the revenue does not reduce
that sum; it merely shifts the burdens
eyaded by the fraudulent upon others who
pay their full proportion. All honest men,
therefore, have common cause against
the dishonest. You, gentlemen, represent
the honest men, and it is your duty to see
that no defrauder of the revenue who can
be brought to justice escapes merited pun
ishInent. .5 DHr l"iaEn5 sfIt rAt
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sparkling little poem full of wit and
pleasantly. After thanking the ladies
gracefully for their beautiful banner, he
devoted his attention to the much abused
g lucky nine" He represented them as
knocking at the gate Of st. Peter, which
the Saint stouty refused TO open, because,
being as ugly as sin" Peter naturally
mistOok them for il, never dreaming that
any thing else could be as ugly. Then they
hied away in insulted dignity to his Sa-
tanic Majesty, who, after scanning them
through a loOp-hole, refused them admit
tsHce for fear of the consequences TO his
eyes, if he was compelled to look at them +;
and upon their insisting he flew into a rage
and told them, as nearly as ! can recollect
the words: s..54 aii
rifQuit worrying me with your bother. ~
Just sit down and took at each other s1
II And you'll find it torment enough ~
And looking at them thought so too Seri-
ously if those are the ughest young men
Murfreesboro can produce, she is iortu-
nate town, for have scarcely ever seen
finer looking body of men together than the
"Ciubp mot even the ugly man" could
really lay claims to genuine ugliness. 4
have seldom seen an audience more
pleased-seidom heard an entertainment
more calculated TO give pleasure. And if
the Club becomes as the Critic promised
permanent institntion--there will be
mons, among her many attractions Of which
Murlreesboro will have more cause to be
proud, thsn of her band of handsome, tai
e7ted sons. Irs fe. sl ru ALPHA.
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ATTEMPTED RArE.-One day last week
8 negro sailing under the name Of Ned
Nevills, and hailing from Nashville, ap-
piled to Mr., Edward Wilkes, near the
White House, twelve miles east Of this CITY,
on The Louisville and Nashville turnpike.
for work. Mr.. Wilkes gave him employ
menL and business calling him from home.
on FRIDAY night the scoundrel entered the
apartment OF Mrs. Wilkes, and attempted
TO violate her person. The screams OF. the
lady brought her mother and young man,
who were sleeping in adjoining rooms, 20
her assistance, when the villain run dodg-
ing around the corner Of the house, he en-
tered the kitchen where he had been sleep
ing, thus hoping 20 elude suspicion and
escape detection; but the young man was
too close upon his heels. The brute con-
fessed his crime, and most likely would
have received his jast deserts, had il not
been for Mrs. Wa mother, who appre-
hended that any violence 30 the villain
vould bring Brownlow's militia upon the
people. The negro was committed 10 Jail
on Friday last under nrtjmus.- Spring
field (Ttna.) Register, Aug'pst l3.
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cOrTON AND COTTON PROSPECTS

T The weather the past few days has been
highly favorable to the cotton crop. To a
great extent the plant has shed its bolls
and is in course of rapid growth. Two
points may be regarded as well settled
first that in no case can the crop in Georgia
be equal TO that of last year, and secondly,
that the actual yield will be almost wholly
dependent upon the length of the season.
The crop, TO be at all considerable, must
have a long season to mature new fruit
An early frost will make very short
crop. ....s r-s.-..
In relation TO price prospects, it seems to
us the recent increase in Liverpool trans
actions indicates an impression there that
prices are not going to recede materially.
Dealers generally anticipate low figures,
but we see no good reason for q material
decline. Prices have ceased very actively
to stimulate foreign protection. In fact,
Egypt and the British East Indies can dc
a great deal better with their rice and other
grain crops than by growing cotton, at
present prices. We anticipate, therefore
adiminunition Of the foreign product, while
the American crop as whole is likely tC
be short Of that of last year.
Trade, too, during the past season, hai
been more or less stagnant, and has exer
cised generally depressing influence on
the cotton market. The chances are for ,
greater, instead Of smaller degree Of activ
ity In general trade, and this will tend Il
improve cotton prices. There is also plenty
of bread. The grain crops Of Great Bri
tain, France and the Baltic have been good
| while in America they have been VERY
large. We therefore discover nothing
either in the cotton situation itself or il
the general condition Of affairs, whicl
| sh ould indicate reduction of prices.
The bulk Of our planters, We hope, will
be in condition this year 10 control theil
own crops; and although if present price
hold, the general aim will be to realize a
early as possible, yet, in the event of an,
heavy depreciation, little will be force,
| upon the market On the whole we ar
disposed TO expect, az well as 10 hope, tha
planters will realize about SIPS per ba,
for the crop of this year.-Maoon Ga.
Telegraph, Aug. u. sf
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Our Financial and Common
cial Column.

Every department Of business has an immo-
diate interest in The markets Of the country. and
in its financial fluctuations and condition. The
man who fails 10 keep himself properly ad-
visod as TO the riso and fall Of the markets. as
controlled by tho laws OF demand and supply
and tho relative condition Of the currency, Is
exposed to constant loss. and must necessarily
fall beh;nd bis more Intelligent and snterPrisinR
nciehbors. In order TO make our paper valuable
AZ we'll as interesting. We shall continue to
make this srEc1IL FEATURE. Our Daily
Market Reports. domestic and foreign. By tsle-
graph, and our City Reports. Cotton up at heavy
sxpense. have challenged tho cOmmendatioa Of
our best business mon while our current Finan-
,ial Reports from all the leading money centre
the country are fuller than have ever .H
published by any other journal in Tennessee
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nrr Parnncolt. a slone-masOn. wenl

Henry Parnacolt, stone-mason, went
out for a walk. 10 company with his daugb;
ter, seyenteen years old, ia Detroit, op
Sunday. They went down to the docks,
where he kissed his daughter twice, told
her 70 20 home and tell her mother re vac
sorry for something he had done, hoped
she would forgive him, and that ne was
going to drowa himself He then Piniigea
into the river and was drowned before the
girl could summon assistance.
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f"Quit worrying me with your bother,
Just sit down and look at each other
THE WESTERN WHEAT CROP.


The Secretary of State Of Minnesota es-
Inmates, on Assessors returns, etc, that since
the great crop Of 1865, the annual increase
in the breadth of wheat sown has been a
little over SS5 per cent. According to this
estimate there are this year 10000 acres
in wheat in that State, whose average yield
viii probably be not far from seventeen and
a-half bushels TO the acre, which would
make an aggregate crop OF 1925, 900
bushels. The st. Louis Republican says:
We are of the opinion that the spring
wheat crop, when all in, will be very abun-
dant, and ii must have Its effect on the
general values Of all classes of breadstuffs.
That the export price Will regulate spring
wheat none can for a moment doubt, and
that outside limit of the export value will
be much lower than at present seems to us
equally certain. Ia such an event it is not
difficult TO see how other qualities must be
effected We know it is argued by some
that the immense volume of currency in
circulation in this country, about 81, ,200,-
000,0 900 will place it in the power of specu-
lators to control prices and hold the crops
Il they are so disposed. Should our sur
plus of wheat reach 100000 and of corn
100000O00 to 150,000,000 bushels, we
doubt if such cornering operation would
be practicable.
II, however, it should turn out that this
immense amount of currency did enable
them 10 get control of the markets for
time, break down in the end would be
IL - -.
on gold would be established. Nothing
can be more certain, we think, than that
our expanded currency has no effect upon
the prices Of articles which we must send
abroad for market. Carefully prepared
tables prove beyond dispute that cotton
and flour have not risen and fallen with
the expansion and contraction of currency,
as all other productions OF the country
have. This table shows that -four in 1916,
with currency at SO "a per capita, was
at IS 06; while in 1851, though the cur
rency had risen to $l1 Sc, an increase of
20 per cent, flour was sold at 81 so, a de-
cline Of 10 per cent. Cotton was at u
cents in 1860, under currency of $40 SO,
and at 9 cents in 1854, with currency at
$l4 50, fall of 25 per cent. in the price
Of cotton under an increase of nearly so
per cent. in the volume of currency.
Nothing can be better established than
that the price of any commodity, large
portion Of which must be exported, must
be measured in gold, the commerce of the
world and all values being measured by
that standard, while all articles not ex-
ported are governed by the condition Of
local currency. Breadstulfs are exportabIe
and must submit to the laws governing the
commerce of the world, and have their
values measured by the universal standard.
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For the Family Circle,

And for the special pleasure and proht OF the
youns. each week We will give n general htsrafy
and religious miscellany. Nothing shall hna
its way into our columns unfit for the perusai
The mothers and daughters Of tho land. Depre-
eating the demoraliEinE scnsationalism 81 many
contemporary journals, We shall sschew that
character; striving TO give the reader subss'ntal
matter. proforrinR 10 he useful rather than
ensRtionRl.
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our Manufacturing and hpO-
nnesiIc Interets.

We shall constantly admonish the southern
eeepIe 10 be seFf-reliant. and shall do what we
NAV he able to induce the establishment Of
nanufaotories in our midst for our home pro-
Jucts. To this end we will pay special attention
TO tho COST and sTATIsTIcs Of manufaeturing'
and exert oursslvss to encourage the dhversih-
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
pent Of Southern resources.
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A WRITER in the Independent says: at
is not long since that we saw the trunks OF
New York woman, whose father was a
respectable drygoods jobber, marked Ma
dame la Marquise de- the name being
that of one of the oldest Of the French no.
bility. There are American countesses by
the score, and baronesses by the hundred.
Only one American woman, we believe,
has worn the coronet Of duchess; but
there Is one, the daughter of New York
grocer, who is princess, and related by
marriage to Her Most Gracious Majesty
Queen Victoria" . H.4. go 'l
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The new Attorney General of South
Carolina, having brought suit in gao toar-
naaio againsiss Coroner Of the Provisioncial
government, thelatier contests fhe authority
of the present government, denying the
Jurisdiction Of the State Judge. Cosider-
able excitement has resulted.
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As we have stated heretofore, the otlelal
returns will show that Stevenson : majority GlJ
will not vary one thousand from SO'UOo.
One Of cur contemporaries, whose 6pnsllng
attempts 10 make up table, mas deceived
itself as we'll as its readers, which DAY OF
two since claimed majority ,o1I fltlo'VlVo
suddenly came down yesterday 10 our
iigures-9O 600.
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FRESH GROCERIES
r.. L. WEAKLEY.
No. q North College 81,

Successor TO Weakley larboroughl
is JUST IN RECEIPT OF A FRESH STOCk
l. Of drocecies and Liquors. consisting in pa"
50 hhds. Now Orleans Brown Sugar,
10 " Clarified
10 Dcmarara
2lO bags choice Rio Coffee.
10 bbls and half bbls n. o. MolasseH,
~ Golden Syrup.
3 Crushed Sugar.
- Powdered Sugar,
900 Pearhblow and Neshnnuoek FOtat1es,
50 half bbls Mackeu,i, assorted,
100 boxes Soap,
30 Star Candles,
100 Z" Starch
loo Cove Oysters.
50 Fresh Peaches.
100 casks Soda
2l0 boxes Soda, I lb papers,
10 gross IIumWePs Essence Coffee.
100 boxes Caddies Chewing Tobacco.
~ smoking Tobacco
l0 bbs Chewing Tobacco. IN bulk,
so d0zeu BFOOms.
100 +" Painted Buckets.
10 Cnddies asserted Teas,
50 boxes NJ Estard, assorted sizes
50 q" Rumf0rd's Yeast Powder
10 bbls Blaeking.
q cases Richardson's Matches,
Z 80 boxes Pickles.
100000 Cigars, various brands
/ 700 bhls Magnolia Flour.
100 y Black Lick Flour.
50 boxes Cheese,
ALSO-Spice. Pepper. Ginger Maddor ludi
60 Candy, Fancy soaps, hutmeys. Mace, WrE,p
ping Paper, Pepper Sauce, Wines and Liquofa
An Of which will be soldscheap for cash only,
a. q. wEAKS.xY.
apr9 sm No. N. College q.
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In the Political Interests Of
TFII the People, TnI.H

The UNION hNb DlSfhIIhs Ad hoioto p
fore. will take the Constitution and laws for It's
guide; and In tho discussion Of all the new and
intricate questions and issues arising out OF the
extraordinary condition in which the country l
placed, Il will adhere 70 the principles m Z
teachings OF the founders and expositors OF our
government and institutions. II will endeavor
to guard with vigilance and defond with nnwH-
vering earnestness and faith the rights and ints-
sts Of all tho States, and the essential princi-
les which constitute tho basis Of tho Republic.
We shall oppose all invasions Of these. and
lphoId. to tho utmost Of our ability, the union
Of the States under them. Feeling that they
70 endangered by tho revolutionary schemes Of
Radical politicians who now hold the Legis-
alive power Of the Government we shall abate
othing Of our past opposition 10 their mea-
nrs with those views. which arc no less THAI
,,oound convictions. we cannot and will no.
hesitate 10 defend the unfortunate South
the nspsrsions and Impositions hohpsnupo Is
ceopIo. and urge that JusTToE and RIaHT shall
metei out o them.
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Decisions of the Supreme
Court.

In view tho necessities OF the legal proiS'-
sion. and tho general public interest auAehihs
70 the many new questions coming beioro cur
udicial tribunals. We will publish All tho I'M
portant decisions Of the Supreme ConrI ifom
afhcial sources. which may be relied upoh a.
ntirely Trustworthy.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MAJORF.
TY AROur co. 900.

The Louisville Courier has official re-
turns from one hundred counties in Ken
lucky. The figures now stand asfolloys
Gain in o. cOunties reported ofhciAiB %.45.lst
Loss in counties ....'' 80
n ual-ss ,Saiorit,, ...''-................43 ,ll9
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Jpon the Subject Of Agriculture

And kindred topics. We shall also give an ex-
tensive variety Of valuable and interesting mat
tor-the best adapted to the farming classes o.
our State. which will. in a great measure. sup
oIv the place Of a family Agricultural paper
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This siI e increased 2 y e! !l.s esI'IS .s;is i

will bring the majority to about 10000;
The remaining twelve counties, viz:
Breathitt, Floyd, Greenup, Harlan JACK
son, johnson, Josh Bell, Letcher, Magoi-
6n, Perry, Rowan and Wolfe, last year
voted az follows: svrpVEKvKE
~ RloAhih--'''''''''---''--
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REDUCTION OF RATES

grati6ed at being able TO state 'n4'
very large increase in the number oi our
Daily and Tri-W Weekly subscribers enables us 10
reduce tho price of subscription to these eiiuons
We do 40 the moro cheeriully because the necos-
stiles Of the people. in the impoverished eondl-
lion Of our stricken section. requires such con
ees,ions a. can be reasonably made in their in
terests. From and Afcr the lst January, there
fore. our
oERMs OF SUBSCRIPTION WILL, ok
IN ADVANCE
DAILY t''''-HAS
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And for shorter periods at the same rates.
az We earnestly appeal 70 our friends % Al
n oxto ding our cirouiatiOni and IN thereby IN
.reasins our means Of usefulness A copy Of
..ner win be sent gratuitously 20 any o1e
Is ten subscribers to either Of the editions
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Subscription Price Reduced.
EE PAPEE oFTIEE PEOPLE AND
ron TItE PEOPLE.


III = ~ JIM
BYA CONSOLIDATION OF THE ASH
VILE UNION AND AMERICAN and the
DISPATCH. and By the generous and united
support Of The UEros AND DIsrATca by the
patrons Of both the former papers. The PrOprie-
tors are enabled TO present Newspaper hiths
70 unsurpassed in this city or State.
IN FULLNESs AND ACCURACY
Ews. our paper will compare favorAbly iih
best in the entire country; and in sayin9
We only repeat tho expressions OF many
patrons Who arc most capable Of iedgng IN
matters.
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PLANTERS BANK NOTES.

TN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ACT OF THE
i GsneTal Assembly Of the State Of Tennessee,
approved December u, 1866. entitled an act y 70
expedite the distribution of the effects Of Banks
which have or may make assignments among
their creditors" notice is hBreby given 10 the
holders Of the notes Of tho Pianters' Bank Of
Tennessee to present them tO the undersigned
Al the Bank in Nashville tor payment between
now and tho first day Of January. 1863. OF they
~ y d. WEAVER Trustee.
-, a s-sst..s1 co
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-07


THE BossIEN TNorDlE5-H It's Lessons That we
have faithfully endeayored in the parish of Cuddo to
educate our colored population up to proper sense
Of their duties, their interests and their responsible
ties is We thiuk sufficiently attested not only by our
efforts themselves, but by the of those efforts
for with greater preponderating power in their hands
! III Caeldo than elsewhere in this section there have
been fewer acts Of laalessness and violence fewer
breaches of the peace aud fewer collisions of any sort
between the races in Caddo than in any other parish
! in the State. We sincerely hope these facts will be
borne mind by the representative men OF both coors
and that comparative, almost entire freedom from
all of collision has resulted from determination
prevent them, our fixed purpose to keep the peace
and that the conduct Of both races in future viii be
controlled by the same purpose. Cooperating then
together can secure peace at home and furnish
example to neghbors of tue practicability Of the
races living together in peace and harmony. We
of course know the CAUSES at work that produce col
lsioUa and the agents and their motives by whom il
is done we, Of course know that their power to
tinuc their nearious business is mere question Of
time, and short time at that; we know how it is,
that the wlful murder OF Innocent young in the
parish Of Boser is perpetraed under the Of i'm
puuity and that there is wide difference between the
blacks of Caddo, where public discussion has almost
broken up secret organisations, and the ignorant plan
tat0n bands the river, whose only Of respon-
ibIitv is their devotion loyal league, and whose
sole obedience is rendered the ncrant carpet bag
ger, who controls the league knowing these facts,
it is duty and the duty of all lawabiding citizens
to the colored people against the irritating i'm
pressons of these Bos8ier troubles. When fragrant
and outrageous murders are committed by lAwcss
bands, cOnfcderated together, and the wicked and
known perpetrators allowed to escape to the
swamps and other hiding places, to evade the vigilance
Of public officers, the magnitude Of the ofensc will
evoke power stronger than the law uud more vim
dctiyc in its sanctions Let this lesson, in the inter
Of the public peace be impressed upon them. Let
them also be made comprehend that the bare pres
enee of Numbers will not hide the guilty, though it
may subject the innocent to Punishment and that if
the latter would escape the consequences of aiders Or
abeLurs accessories before the fact, they should
arrest viotors of the law instead Of assisting or con
nivng at escape. mother words tell them the law
Is, II two more men present. aiding and abetting
the commission of crime, they accessories before
the fact or il they aid in the escape, they may
become accessories after the fact That, in either
event. they will be held responsible either to the law,
or superior force, if its employment is absolutely
necessary to suppress crime.