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The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-12-04
Buffitat.
(FRoM THE WRENCH OF DERANGEK)
THE GARRET.
yY JOHN R. THOMSON.

BY JOHN X. THOMSON.
The asylum once more behold where my
Learned the lessons to Poverty's self that
belong. ..-..ft tIta
Twas twenty; had fond mistress, forsooth,
few trusty friends and liking for song.
The world then braved, both its wits and
its wights;
with no thought of the future. but rich in
my May,
Light, joyous, climbed up the stairway six
flights; .t.e...t.l
life in garret at twenty is gayl
'Tis garrett that fact wish none to forget,
There once stood my bed, hard and shabby
withal,
NV table stood there and find there are yet
In charcoal some fragments of verse on the
sr wall. s .slo.f 7. ffiFfrHfif S s.f5H
Come back 0 ye joys of lifes beautiful dawn'
Whom Time with flap of his wing beat
away;
How often for you has my watch been in
pawn! ..arrN En- 9.es - is
o life in garret at twenty is gay!
Lisette above all should appear to our view,z
Blithc lovely, in freshly trimmed hat as of
yore,
At the window her hand has already in lieu
OF a curtain suspended the shawl that she
wore; l. .I i
My bed, too is prettily deckad with her dress
Its folds loose and flowing. Love spare
them, pray,
WHO paid for it all heard, l confess;
o life in garret at twenty is gay!
At table one day when abundant the cheer,
And the voice of my comrades in chorus
s rang high, 'lt
A shout of rejoicing mounts up even here.
"At Marengo Napoleon is victor" they
cry a 1NHulHH 8
Harls the thunder of guns; a new stave
loudly rings lc Hff+ - @
AS to deeds so resplendent our homage We
pay: H.
Never. never shall France be invaded by
kings!
o life in garret at twenty is gay!
Let us go, for my reason is drunk as with
wine. ~. .....-...l u ts4#s.ss.
How distant those days SO regretted up
pear! ft4a tsalif. .4ls
What is left me to live would gladly re-
sign ..,rl.t
For one month of what Heaven has alott'
ed me here s.Hsz
| OF glory, love, pleasure and folly to dream,
The whole Of existence to spend in day.
And Hope to illumine that day with hel
beam; ss sd .i8 -f541zz=
life in garret at twenty is gay!
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-12-04

EPWhiskey is now called IN Radical
circles, Congress water.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-12-04

sTP Irritable Schoolmaster-s'Now,
then. stupid, what is the next word
What comes after cheese2 Dull boy
"a mouse, SIR"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-21

Add to this the deficit of the Southern
States not named, and the total deficit
foots up over three millions for the past
year.
The salaries of Postmasters and many
other expenses ars not included. In all
the large cities ietter-earrieFs are en-
pleyed, and this has cost 1896, 900 for the
past year. No revenue is received from
this source. None Of the SEQ service re-
turns any revenue to the Department.
China, Brazil, the Sandwich Islands and
other routes, cost this year some SIZE, 600
more than was received. The horse SER
vice costs thirty-three to forty per cent.
more now on account of the difference
between gold and currency, while the
rates for letters are the same.
Postmaster Dennison's report for June,
1866, showed q surplus Of SS6l 430 over
the actual expenses. His second report
for June, 1866, submitted by Governor
Randall, his successor, showed q def
cheney OF 1865, 693. Gov. Rsndsll's re-
port for 1857 also showed 8 deficiency;
and the report for 1858 will show . def.
ciency of $40 009, which hiss to be pro-
vided by special appropriation.
The Postmaster General is preparing
an elaborate report in reference TO the
ocean service, and to extending the mail
facilities to every corner OF the land,
while he also recommends many reforms
In the general routine OF the pOstOffice
business. He recommends the establish
ment of thorough telegraph system in
all the principal cities and p0stoffiees in
the country, alleging that it will secure
revenue and save the people money.
A letter of fifteen or twenty words is
sent from Washington to New YorE,
and delivered there as q letter, with .
postage stamp upon the envelope. at q
cost to the writer of the dispatch letter of
three cents for the stamp aud ten cents
for the message. Full average rates will
BE- presented IN the report. These mes
sag are to be delivered by the letter
carriers, thus securing prompt and COR
rect delivery.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-21
WENDELL PHILLIPS on 6B,ET.
sS a Coed So der does not Ale
ways Make d ssUOd StaEes-
man.
rnm the Anti.si.uerr standard

From the Anti-Sizvery Standard
Ii we we're Grant, cur joy is Vieks-
buTg and the Wlidesness would bE
droSned fathOms deep in shame, BE-
cause history will have TO tell that while
we were in command Of the arny-and
able to WELD il uncontrolled, even in
Louisiana, il we chose-tbe loyal men
OF New Orleans dared not approach the
polls for fsar of assassination. One word
70 the nation from Grant last spring,
would have put Wade in the White
House and proclaimed martial law, II
necessary, last week, in New Orleans.
There are whispers that Gen. Grant Ia
yoIed impsachment-in the lobby.
Those times wanted no lobby member.
l! the Leutenanf-Ge General Of the United
States had then announced to Congress
that ia bis opinion the peace of the
South could not be preserved with the
policy then pursued, and unless that pol
icy were changed he would not blight
his laurels by holding & sword he was
not allowed to Use, does any man SUD-
pose Fessendsn would have dared TO
veto Impeachment. even to revenge
himself on Wade, 70 spite Mr.. Sumner,
or 10 keep his eleven cousins in office F?
II Grant were thi man the nation now
sapposes hiE1, he could not have kept
silent st such crisis. A man must love
glory ovsrmueh, who would not sur
render all Grants laurels rather than
besF the guilt and shame OF that respon-
sib1iity not met.
IL must be remembered that q good
soiiier G0ss not necessarily make great
statesman. When we talk of statesman
ship, where was it when Grant under
took TO report the condition OF ten mill
lions OF people, scattered over seven
hundred thousand miles, after visit of
ten days? And what was his report
In December, 1865, when every man
not asleep knew OF John50n's sreachery,
and its results at the South, Grant re-
ported that the "aegU lsseeDoe y at the
South was so univefs !, !" its = citiz sns
30 earnest in wishing Ia DO what thssr
think is required by the Government y
thst nothing bat the mere form of a mill
itary force would be needed there. And
il anything more should, in any iOcali-
ties, bs needed, lt would be among the
freedmen, to prevent them from taxing
possession Of ths property OF their forsner
masters, and in the seapOrts. Now no
fFeeiman has ever lifted hand against
the property Of the whites, and, except
in New Orleans, theii iiseApurts are the
SAT st places At the South. Was Grant
mfsled oy cunning men about him. or
has he no insight for such Investigations
Either alternative removes him from the
list OF statesmen. But, further than
ihis, that problem dOea not need brains.
n hesFt would have made all its intri-
eacies biaze with light like July noon.
These are the actions that, for Us, reveal
Gen. GFsnt.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-21
A ClUsE CELEBRE.
Settlement OF the Great How
Hand wilt Case.

From the Nashville Union and Ameriean.I
On last Saturday Judge Clifford, of the
United States Supreme Court, decided
at Boston, one of the most interesting
lRwsuits Of the age-the Rowland will
case-whieh was first mentioned ia the
press about q year since.
Miss Sylvia Ann Rowland of New
Bedford, died ia 1855, leaving property
valued st about 81, 2e0, 900, and a will, in
which ehe 5equeathed half of it to hel
nisoa, Miss Hetty Robinson (now Mrs
Edward H. Green), and the other half fc
various friends, servants, and public
charities Miss Robinson. thereupon
produced an earlier will, under which
She would have obtained the whole es-
tate, and demanded that the latter one
should be set aside, ON the ground thai
Il wGs in violation of contract entered
into between herself and her aunt. By
this contract, Miss Howland and Miss
Robinson, il was aveFred, had made q
mutual agreement touching their respee-
tive wills, the aunt TO leave all her prop
erty to the neiee, and the peice all her
own amounting 20 several hundred
Thousand dollaTs) to her heirs, or falling
heirs, TO public charities. The object oi
this bargain was to keep all the money
OF both ladies out OF the hands Of Miss
Robinson's father. The suit was brought
In the form of 3 complaint by Mics
Robinson against the fesiduary Iegstees
aud the answer of the respondents was,
first, that no such contract as she alleged
had ever been made; and secondly, that
material part of the viii which she
produced was ( FgeFy.
1t was upon this second point that the
principal interest OF the trial dspended
the argument Of the respondents being
not that the signature to the page Of chs
will in question was unlike Miss How.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-21
POSTAL AFFAIRS.
Postmaster Generars Report.


Postmaster General Randall has been
busily engaged for some days ia pTepar-
ing mis- annual report. Tne document is
not yet finished, but some statistics from
the numerous tabular statemeRgs COLI
tained in the report will prove interest
uig. For the fiscal year ending June 80,
1855, l42, 240 miles were Used for mai
zorvice, wnile there were used in the ac-
tive RAINING. 81 993 694 mi,es For she
y1sr anding JuAs 81, 1868, there were
zl6, ,628 service miles, and 1924 525 run
mug miles. This SHOWS su Increase Of
35 per cent. in the service and running
u,les. Since 1865, Congress has added
1857 new mail routes, beside all the
Southern N il routes which have be- q
revived, which makes an addition of
IS 74k iinesl miles of mail route added to
tne labor aud expense of tns department
in less than eighteen months. Fhe fol-
lowing table will partly show how the
expenditures exeesd the receipts-the
statemsnt being for carrying the mails
nnly-nauaalV
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-21
TERRIBLE TaAGFDE Es EAST
ZEN sE SEE.
A Man shoots his IL and lhen
EiIEs Himself ccfdentaiIy.

The Knoxville Press and HeTal,l men
tiOns heart-rsndlHg tragedy, vi 81 oc
Cured at Blountvilie, IN Sullivan county
on Sunday morning last
From she mssger details We eouid
Gather, says inst paper, it 8 ems ths
VI Rhea-sOn Of the late r H-rt ii.
Rhea, Of that enuRty-who for ye1rs u !
resided with his family in the town %
Blountyiils, on Sunday morning, while
hIs VIE was sitting ia the porch, sus-
p~ciing no daug ug-F, toek pistols SIX
shOoter-snd deliberately fired at her
The shot took effect in the aide of TIT
head, iEfloting what was thought =
mortal wound. The wife in terror fed
out at the end OF tie porch, falling 10 the
yard. Rnea, who seemed 20 be iDfuri-
ated, pursued, AMI was in the ACT of
firing again, when he iell from the
porch. Ia the fall, the pistol was again
somehow discharged. The contents en-
tered his body, Killing him instantly
The lady when last heard from was in y
critical condition.
As to the cause of such hOrrid conduct
on the part OF the husband, our inform
ant knows nothing, except that Rhea
had for some time been excessively in-
temperate, and was probably IRboring
under { CT 7l0fta p0ftt.
The family srs OF the highest respeota-
bility, and Chis terrible circumstance has,
no doubt, besn the occasion of much ex-
ana sorrow in the community.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-21

iand's, but that Il was too r1arveinasiY
Ike the signature to the other page to
have been produced 10 any other way
than forgery by tracing The evidence
on this question was exhaustive. The
ignstures we're indeed shown to be pre-.
eisely alike, and not only were eli ths
9est known experts examined as 70 the
unpreeedensedness Of such 6 resen3 blanca,
out most interesting exposition Of the
heory of probabilities was obtained from
; Distinguished mafheneficien--sa rare
instance Of the application Of the higher
mathematics 20 the proceedings Of cnarts
of lay. Prof Pierce Of Cambridge,
Ehose testimony was heard by the court,
sveTred that he had eODclusiveiy demon
str@ted by the different calcnlu', that Ii
vas not probable that In many millions
{ times the signature Of an individual
Eiil be precisely the same.
The court has taken year TO dafermine
he casn, and Dow decides that thsre was
no contract such as Miss Robinson AYERS,
and her complaint consequently falls to
he ground, forgery or no forgery. The
second pzrt Of the respondents an5wer Is
consequently passed over, and the gen.
uiusness Of the disputed document Is left
unsettled. The f.iiare TO decide whether
the will sGduc,d ny Miss Robinson w8s
flrvery, is dissppOintmentto to thass WHO
mad watched the progress of the case, sc
&c would have determined one Of the
most curious and interesting points OF
violence ever presented in American ju-
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-21
fashions.
The Latest s.xle in CIoaks.

From ihe New York Evening Post.l
There Is a change in the style Of eIoaik
made Bp 10 heavy materials suitable fer
winter wear. They are generally made
in the form Of q saori sack; not full
loose sack without seams, but sloped out
50 as to hang loosely without folds, aud
with snall HeuRd cape ca the new
French hooG-eape. A style Ia heavy
black beaver elosh is bound with satin,
trimmed With satin folds, ana has q
small round cape, edged with deep black
silk bullion fringa. An entirely new
atyIe has clese fittings body the skirt
is plRia ia front, the back full aud caught
Up, .panniar style, and a small French
cape with 3 hood the point extending
below the waist Is Gaisiasd with cord and
tassel
An elegant fine black aleth sack is
made in the style Of lsss winter, but
somewhat shorter than thcse then worn.
Z ras no cape, but is heavily trimmed
with two or TIA ee folds around the bot
'Ono, folds across the shoulders, and to
simulate pointed collar. Sacks made
up of Astrachan cloth viii be much w0rg
as the weather bee mes colder, but these
are made entirely plain, nj oTnsmented
" ith rich silk buttons and tassels, and
sBmsEiInes lined with quilted elk. Per-
sisns cloth will aisO bs much worn in
closks. This has finer curl than AS
trsehan, and is more expensive.
Waterproof suits are much in vogue for
ordinary street wear; indeed, so great
has Oeen the demand for this material
this seas0n that there is D0T scarcity
in the market. a suit OF the neg mate
rial of English waterproof, recently worn
K,as
style ia which il was msde. The bot
tom Of the skirt Was trimmed with vel
vet ribbon the shorf, loose sack was
lined with soft flannel, go that it could
be worn on cool days over this was
large cape, caught up in plaits at the
haes, with hood edged with velvet rib
bon falling in large point below the
waist.
The Scotch pIsids ere very fashionable,
made in circulars with small round
cape, and are worn with the right side
thrown over the left shoulder. These
plaids are sisO much worn IN dresses.
There is nothing very new In Opera
clesks. They are made in circulars OF
white cloth, trimmed with wnife r ge
and cord and t2ssel, or short sack. Very
showy opera cioass sre made Of scarlet
cloth and embroidered in white or gold
C 'inr A prstty and unique one is mate
aek form, the material = delicate shade
0f blue, almost covered wi d wAi'e
beads. 1t is principally for evening
wear.
Heavy cloth closks viii not be so
much worn as formerly, except in ez-
irene cold weather, as suits are not only
more fsshiOnsbie but Far more econOnI-
cal, and are rapidly obtaining favor
Pelisse WaddiDg, with lining OF silk or
fiBe canbFio, is fitted % the sack, so that
it can be easily removed if desirable,
making suit as warm as the oloaks
made Of heavy materials. Paisley and
csmels hair shawis are wora ab present
with silk, velour and poplin dresses and
an elegant Paisley can be purchased at
from $50 to SIS The most expensive
camel's hair shawl recently offered fer
sale can bs bought for $500.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-21

adoptsd ia 1874, provided that every
White male citizen Of the United States,
0f the age Of twenty one years, resi-.
dent cs the State for one year and OF the
county for five naantlss shall be entitled
to vote for elective officers. Persons 10
! the military employment Of the United
5 aiss DO not acquire residence By be-
/ Jag stationed in New Jersey nor are
psnpers, idiots, Insane persons, or per-
sons convicted OF crimes which oxoigds
fhsfss nom testifying, entitled TO vote.
II = e0ntender that - won55S were IN
eGrsfitutionaify prevented from voting
fog Sseiegstes 20 the Constitution Of 1914,
their political righfs under the old eeB-
siit1tion still remain. And Il Is further
claimed that the constitution OF 1874.
while canferFipg the right of suffrage
upOn white male eitiz ms, does not ex-
prsssly limit IL TO that class.
The Rscine lWie -Argus says: The
Radical papers Of the Sfase are claiming
that GeB. Harrison G. Eobart has be-
come cauysrted to Rsdieslism, through
the iHstrumenrality OF brief soja1Tn 10
the 5outb. No statement could be more
false Ia s pr0trseted conversation the
day after his return from the s nth, the
General stated to us that he was more
lis-ti = VIZ tttitNAAfttu tti1b liic IEtltCnA
party wss huTrying the country ward
u destruction thst its policy toward
ihe South was iTfiaming the people
with 3 deep seated hatred OF their op-
pFsssnrs, extending in many sections to
al NvTthsrn men--R hatred that. would
bs peTpelusted from generation TO gene
rafiun, unless g wiser policy was pUr- |
sued. Instead Of sympathiz Ug with the
r .Gieais, Gen, HobsEs expressed himself 1
a. firmly Of the opinion that o0nserva I
I'VE and eeneiisafory measures only I
would restore harmony to our distracted /
The Secretary Of War has begun to /
ous in operation different system from I
that heretofore generally pursued in the /
various aepsr mems in regard 70 the
1Hb lcaiiOu Of the reports 0f heads OF BG (
r sBs. Bis course is 10 give to the press
Ill such EepaTts OF military eanDanders
and subo- dinaie Gfiicere IS sooD rs the
eTie,s for use n the preparation OF his
lNn reports have been made, acting on
he Theory that the public have right TO
ne information therein contained, when
"a publication is not prejuGicisl TO the
ervioe. Ia this plsn it is well under
tood he has Gen. Grants concurrence.
hcCIil0eh holds to different
aeogy, ana hes expressed much dissstis-
action as the publication OF the reports
4 his sIbor8inaCss.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-21

Iotbe Senate and House of Representatives OF
sha Ststs of Tennsssee:
We, the undersigned, Joint Committes
OF the two Houses, who were appointed
70 settle the accounts Of the State Treas
uFer, have discharged the duty. sud ask
TO submit the following report
After examining the hooks and papers
I in tbs TreeHuref's of1ieH, and comparing
them With . statement Of Fecsipfs and
Disbursements iurnished uB by the CcfoD-
trOiler from his Office, we 6nd taaf John
r. Henry, Treasurer, received from 8.
W. Hatchett, sormer Comptroller, the
amount turned over to him by r L.
Stanford, former Treasurer, to-wit: two
hundred and seventeen thousand eight
hundred and q ty-fou- dollars and twen-
ty-one cents f52i7 S54 Il. of which thsrs
was In the Tenn ssee National Bank of
Memphis S34 025 81 ard IN current funffs
in tue Treasury 1911 "a We als0 ind
that John X. Henry received into the
Treasury on Comptroslar's warrants,
rom the 1st Of January, 1857 70 the 3lsf
Of October, 1858, "a 38l, $50 q making
whole amount If receipts S4,579, zoe 4S
We dnd he has disbursed, from the Isl
JaDusry, 1867, to the 3ist of October,
1858, % t'omptTOlleT's warrants, the sum
OF a III 282 OF, which shows an actual
nsIAuee iu the Treasury on the 3lst OF
October, 1858, of the sum Of sI54 923 Al /
Ii will be seen that the Comptroller, in
making his statement. includes the
amount 0verdFswn in statement made 1
Oetober ], 1866, Of $50 0lo 81, and |
zmonnt advaDced to the Assembly Of |
81 9S2 81, which, added TO the above,
makes, as Comptroller reports, S1s6,- |
8T5 Sc but said amount OF s3l, ,949 10 |
ges settled in the settlement made with |
r L, Stanford, former Treasurer
Your committee also find that the
Treasurer has received from s. w
Hstchett, former Comptroller, on ac-
count OF what is known es the school
fund, S29S 022 70. Of which $50 coo is In
UDiFed States securities.
Fhe balance of sail fund, except So
S52 72, was used In psy ment of interest
on the State debt, and the amount SO
used is in coupons Of the bonds OF the
State OF Tennessee, which your commit
tee recommend to be funded in six per
cent bonds OF the State, and the interest
thereof 70 be distributed for the uss OF
common schools.
Your com mittse further state that It is
lmpracticaDle to close the settlement
'rily until the successor Of the present
Treasurer hss been elected and qualified.
they have therefore carried this settle
nent to the 91st OF October, 1855, and
propose to conclude the same as soon as
-he present incum bentis SUCCESSOR is
lnRlifiad 70 take charge Of the oifics.
All Of which is respectfully submitted.
JOHN NORMAN,
Chairman Senate COMMITTEES.
W L.. W ATEkS
Chairman on part Of tbs House.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-21

1niiars. he also believes It better pol
ley to fsed than TO Fight them. He en-
ieTtains the opinion that the stoppage o
supplies TO the Tndisne, which has bee
sgreed on in the treaty, was ths cause G
hostilities on the part Of the savages in
their attacks on settlers and emigrani
trains. n
The responsibility Of these troubles, hf
says, does not rest on the Bureau, which
has faithfully and earnestly represented
TO Congress the means TO av0isf them.
The report recommends Legislation &
protect the paople OF Texas fr1m inva.
sion by Indians north OF the Red river,
and from Eastward, which The Commits
sieBer thinks can ba secnr,d By tha loes-
ton OF several military posts on the
North and West bnrder Of the State.
He thinks the section Of the law con-
osrning the barter. saIe, or giving O.
spiritnous liquors shouid he amended 5
as to include cider and beer, ia wbici
Inilians indulge to great extent. In
some instances brswsriPs have been le-
Gated near Indian reservations.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-21
NOTICES.
Notice.

TF7E + uu5ersf Euel, adm lnlstrstOr NJ The esste
gF E51u ~ Joanso1. deceased. by vir-ue Of
n order CT tie hnnc-s ls PICoate Court OF
Arkau-ss county. viii proceed 70 sci The real
s-Srar- o said John d. solHs-n, w1icl consists
ia ~ acres OF land in Arkansas cUu-.v, ar
NJ Ada-rss. 20 ln= =iz-sa 'lder said gt-e TO
o. k= ssce cE the premises of the iare oe-
eessei. near 5t fG8srE, o. The 24TH DAY
OF NV SNEE.s r. u, I8lS. A CT. dtt
OF Twelve na1l-ls VIII be gwen by
TIE purchaser, executing his bond with two
good and ayprov securities. with len re-
tanned upOr the pr r-Tty ics the pfyuient q
the same. There are one uuEdred acres cleared
land. gotyd Coubsa fCE LOuses and Out houses.
SAMUEL J. JhHN NSON,
novI law4vv Administrator