Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-02-26
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

EIGHTY thousand tons OF Ice nave
been stored at Gardner, Me-, for ship
ment. l.tl tl1JDf1
PRENTICE says that man was the
chief consideration ut the creation
woman was a "side ISSUE"
A MASSACHUSETTS, lyceum has
tiecided that earthquakes, tornadocs,
&C., are not misfortunes, but the re-
suit of mismangement.
THE House of Representatives has
rejected a resolution providing for the
removal of officers who fail In doing
their duty. ,.-...--
THE Memphis Sun made a decided
hit when 1t said Mr.. Bokum is paid
by the State to promote, and Gen.
Cooper, to prevent immigration.
A PORTION of the remains Of O fos-
Ill elephant were exhumed in level
ing a piece of Ground near the river
bank, in New Albany, a few days ago.
A MAN in Cortland, DeKalb Coun-
ty, Illinois, has been arrested on sus-
picion Of being jeremiah Smith, who
committed the way-side murder
in Sullivan County, New York, last
fall.
A POLITE philosopher once thanked
lady who had been singing to a
party for Az hour, by saying, "Mad-
am, you have wasted our time
charmingly."
A. II. STEWART has sold twenty
shawls this season, in New York,
worth $1,000 each, and one worth
$4,000. One woman lately ran up a
bill for 100000 at his store in couple
of months.
THERE are sixty-seven dry goods
stores In Milwaukee, Wisconsin. o.
these, thirty-two are wholesale estab.
lishments. The wholesale trade o.
the city for 1867 was $4,000, 900 and
of this amount $39, A7 462 was in dry
goods.
TIE Washington Star, which pro.
fesses to be inside on the new admin
istration, says that the choice of Sec.
retary of State lies between Adams
and Motley; that Dennison is to bt
Postmaster General again, and vii.
son, of Iowa, is to be Attorney Gen
'eral.
Mr.. JsAACN n. MORRIS, OF Quincy
Ill, who has been thought good for E
cabinet appointment, on account o
his intimacy with Gen. Grant, Is IL
Washington and i'm constant inter
course with the President elect. HI
Is unsparing in his abuse of the Radi
Gals. 1t is to be hoped he reflects the
views of Grant.
A New YORK dispatch Of the l4tf
says, Thomas l.. Leonard, formerly
treasurer of Shelby county, Tennes
see, was arrested on the accusation
of obtaining over $4,000 on forget
vouchers of Indebtedness and appro
priating the same to his own use
He il held for the requisition of tn,
Governor of Tennessee.
THE expenses of the British Gov
ernment Is annually col 900, 900, o
which sum e28,000,000 goes to pa,
the interest on the national debt; tn,
army and navy, combined, requir,
about the same amount; the domes
tic administration about sixteen mil
lion, while the police, the poor an,
other local purposes absorb the re
maindcr.
The duty of censorship of the the
aters in England devolvcs upon tn
Lord Chamberlain, who has latel,
been overhauling short dresses an,
lownecked waists, in the pantomim
and ballet. When he comes to oper
bouile, we doubt If any reformation
is practicable, except TO reform it-oi
the stage.
TIE Supreme Court of the Unite
States has decided that gold contract
must he paid in coin, but where n
currency is specified, legal-tendcr
will discharge the obligation. Thi
il n very important decision, as tn
State courts have heretofore decree
all contracts, even those calling fc
gold, payable In legal-tenders.
"A MAN was executed In Brigham
Noung's dominions the other day
He was brought ironed into the court
yard, where there was crowd {
some 400, and seated in II chair. II
then read aloud chapter from tn
New Testament, the irons We're take
of his hands, and at signal froi
the sheriff he was shot dead.
lNTEMPERANCE Is the great n;
tional vice of Sweden. 1t has becon
so alarming that the Legislature
called upon to interfere. Even IL
victims, IL Is said, join i'm the cry
Tho King of Sweden syn.pathis,
with the temperance men, but hes
tates 20 act. The agitators call for
statute rigdly prohibiting the mani
facture of liquor.
DIR. CARRIERE intends to claim Il
prise of 10000 francs, founded by Il
will of the French Marquis dOu
clus, for the discovery of n sure an
simple means OF determining whetl
rr apparent death is real. DIR. Ca
riore throws light through Il
hands of the body, and IL 1t is tran
parent and pink, he considers tn
life remains; If dark, il is death.
THAT portion Of the New Orlea,
and Ohio railroad lying in Kentuck
between Paducah and the Tenness
State line, was sold at auction,
Paducah, on Monday afternoon,
Norton x Co., for three hundred al
fifty thousand dollars. The enti
road, " ia saih will he nut In cor
pleto order, and through trains W
be run from Paducah via the Miss
sippi Central To New Orleans.
THE Constitutional Convention
Texas has decided, 10y a vote of 80
80, To create the new State of w,
Texas, compo sed of all Texas whi
lies beyond the Colorado, and sou
of latitude 81. San Antonio Is ma
the temporary capital of the ne
State. The Governor and Senate d
TO he chosen for four, the House
Representatives for two, and I
Judges o. the supreme Court a