Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-10-02

lated to Tighten hysterical women
and small children into sill ence, and
to convince your readers that it has
not had this effect upon Anti-Aristo-
cracy, as well as a desire to correct
the errors of 'Pro Bono Publico,"
leads to this writing.
In the first place he charges that
Anti-Aristocracy covertly endeavors
to afflx on the gentlemen that lie
previously announced as suitable per-
sons for the positions of Mayor, AL
dermen, etc, of our corporation, the
stigma of afistocrats. deny this as
entirely foreign to my intentions,
and the charge is totally erroneous
and without foundation In reason or
commons sense. Anti-Aristocracy,
having consulted the best au-
thority on the subject, knows
more IN one minute concern
ing the subscriptions to building tile
new Market House, than "Pro Bono
Public' will acquire in thousand
years unless he consults better au-
thority than his own head, for there
Is nothing reliable there on that sub
ject. The present Mayor was the one
who solicited and obtained the single
subscription of $4,000 from citizen
referred to by " Pro Bono Publico, >,
and but for his (the Mayor's) perse-
vering solicitation of the same, the
probabilities are altogether in favor
of its not having been made. Con-
corning the Board of Mayor and AL
dermen putting their names on the
new Market House as its founders,
there is not a particle of truth; it was
the private act of an individual in no
manner connected with them, and
was done without their knowledge or
consent,
"Pro Bono Publico" sets himself
up as prophet, and suggests that in
few years this great feat will be re
garded as very foolish. We would
advise "Pro Bono Publico" to be
better posted as to the present before
permitting his great mind to wander
so, far into the future. And they
have actually spent nearly 5000 on
street REPAIRS" This is the first fact
narrated, but its telling is clothed in
such bad humor that it deserves nc
credit. "Pro Bono Publicou would
have liked to have had the contract
for this work. He could have gotten
1t by being the lowest hi oder and
upon furnishing satisfactory evidence
of competency and ability to carry
out his obligations. He can blame
no. one with his failure in this behal
but himself He knows as much
concerning the extent of the worl,
done on our streets as he does bout
the balance of his subject. He makes
an open acknowledgment of his igno,
rance regarding the street that he
charges runs only to the residence o.
our Mayor. His statement that tho
street runs only to the residence o.
our Mayor is entirely at fault it |.
one of the most public thoroug hfares
in town, and rs much entitled to bt
improved as any other, and as much
u public benefit as any other street
improvement would have been at tn,
same outlay Of money.
Until within the last year II ha.
frequently happened that funds wer,
not on hand to liquidate the Interest
on city bonds. This year not an in
stance of the kind has occurred. An
ti-Aristocracy does not, and did not
intimate that the present Mayor ant
Aldermen paid the extra ALLOWANCE,
to the former Mayor and Recorde
out of their own pockets. This ide;
could only have been Matched in
diseased mind.
| Fellow citizens, behold the prodigy
" Pro Bono Publico." He throw
into the shade all modern systems o
bookkeeping and mathematics, an,
Introduces n new system of his own
and by his system demonstrate
great and stapenolous defdleationl
that never occurred. He is big il
many ways, but bigger in figure
than an elephant. He goes
"thusly." "Whew:"
on hand Jan. 9S, of bridge funds. si7l75
"ecS'P's 10 sept lS6S '''''''''"'." 1850 S
To September /, 1862 amounting. $40 Osl =
On hand sept. ], lSG0.......,"...",.".,, 5000
Absolutely unaccounted for. si.lT7.4
Tho showing made by Anti-Aris
tocracy is in accordance with tn,
facts, and is rs follows:
Receipts nj bridge from Feb. 1867
TO sept. lSiS, wcrc,...,.-......,....,,s2 81, 1850
Receipts ~ bridge from Feb. 1869
10 sept iSo', were.........-...,..,...." S,26.O
showing an increase over preceding
year of 81 ,l0S.00; and this increase |,
owing TO the present Board electinl
n bridge-keeper who stays there botl
night and day. .
The balance of the bridge fund on
hand January %, 1859, was si,7l752
and this balance was increased t.
S5,99i.0G by September l, 1869. Anl
the apparent discrepancy between
receipts from January and amount
on hand September l, 1860, is ac
counted for by the payments mad,
for bridge-keeper's salary, repairs OF
bridge, taxes, three bridge bonds paiC
Isl, 2o7), and insurance-and there /,
no deficiency here; "Pro Bono Pub