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Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-10-02
A Letter from General Lee.

The following letter, addressed to
General Blanton Duncan, of Louis
vile, explains itself:
LEXINGTON, VA, September 18th.
DEAR SIR have had the honor
to receive your invitation to attend as
an honorary member of the Com mer-
cial Convention, to assemble at Louis
vile on the 18th of October next
The important measures proposed to
be considered by the convention will
attract the earnest attention of the
whole country, and feel assured will
receive the calm deliberation which
so momentous u subject as the adj
vancement OF the interests of all the
States and the development of the
wealth and resources Of each require
from American citizens. If we turn
to the past history of the country
and compare our material condition
with that of our forefathers, when
they undertook, In the face OF the diff
ficulties which surrounded them, Its
organization and establishment, II
would seem to he an easy task for US
to revive what may be depressed, and
to encourage what may be languish-
ing i'm all the walks Of life. We shall
find 1t easy II we will cherish the
same principles and practice the same
virtues which governed them. Every
man, however, must do his part in
this great work. He must carry into
the administration of his affairs In.
dustry, fidelity, and economy, aud
apply the knowledge taught by
science to the promotion of agrlcul-
ture, manufactures, and all industrial
pursuits. AS individuals prosper
communities will become rich, and
the avenues and depots required by
trade and commerce will be readily
constructed. In my particular sphere
] have to attend to my proper bust
ness, which occupies so much of my
attention that 1 have but little time
to devote to other things. am una
BILE therefore to accept your kind invi'
tation, but am happy in the beliefthat
the enlightened delegates that will bt
present at the convention will do al
that can be done for the good of the
country.
Thanking you for the kind manner
i'm which your invitation has been ex'
tended, | am, with great respect,
Your obedient servant,
II. r.. LEE.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-10-02

turers to Cypress the people with
heavy prices for woollen goods neces-
sary to be used more extensively dur
ing the approaching winter months
than at any other time of the year.
But when our eyes glance toward
New England and We see the organs
OF the overshadOwing manufacturing
corporations of that part of the
country bolstering up the wool mar
ket, talk cheeringly of the great In
crease within a few years of the wool
trade In Boston-being from over
thirty-three thousand bags d domes-
tic wool I'm 1855 to nearly two hundred
and thirty-seven thousand bags in
lS6S-and when We reflect upon the
almost unlimited resources of the
West when this years crops come
fully Into market upon short wool
crop, we confess, when we take this
view of the subject, that things look
dubious for the interests of the wool
wearer and consumer, no matter
what aspect they may bear for the
interests Of the wool operator and
manufacturer. g is pretty certain,
unless the tariff On wool and woollen
goods be repealed altogether, that the
stoppage Of two-thirds of the woollen
mills in New England would not de-
press the prices of cassimeres, cloths,
blankets, carpets, ready made cloth
ing,I women's and children's dress
goods, or any other article into
which wool Is woven. On the con-
trary, such suspensions, from the
scarcity Of supplies that would fol-
low, would Inevitably tend to en-
nance prices rather than lower them,
and thus infiict O severe pressure
upon the purse of the poor. On the
whole, we do not see that the suffer
ings Of the wool interests will long
continue, or that such sufferiugs
should be stalked before the next
Congress as a bugbear by which ts
frighten timid Congressman into an
increase of the tariff on wool. In
the meantime let the growth of the
article be encouraged in the United
States; for the more of the native
article that is grown the better fol
American commerce, American
manufactures and the whole Ameri
can people.-M. y Herald.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-10-02

THE New York Evening Post men,
fall trade i'm that city this year the
fact that Southern buyers are there
in large force, and that they have be-
come the most desirable customers
In the market. Western merchants,
1t says, complain of the stringency of
money and bad collections of their
outstanding debts, which necessarily
comes home to the New York whole.
sale merchants. Indeed, says the
Post, the Western trade is in very
unsatisfactory state. Merchants
here complain that the West Is liv-
Ing beyond its means, and that its
people run into debt. The main
cause Of this state Of things the Post
considers to be the loss of purchasing
power by the produce of the farmer,
and the increase Of IL by that of the
planter. While one hundred bushels
of wheat of the West will buy now
only one-half the iron that IL did ten
years ago, a bale of cotton will actu-
ally purchase double the amount of
iron it did ten years ago. The West,
furthermore, is in debt to the East,
while the South has wiped off its old
long since. The Post
further observes that 1t is noticed
that Southern merchants have be-
come very close buyers. Their for
mer free and easy way Of doing bust
ness IL no longer feature. The
Natchez merchant now deals as eau
tiously as the Portland or Bangor
merchant. The kind of goods, too,
selected by the Southern buyer has
undergone great change. The friv-
olous, costly and ornamental are dis
carded, and useful and substantial
fabrics substituted for them, etc, etc,
all of which we take to be full of
promise for the South.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-10-02

CHEERFUL OBEDIENcE.-"Iw wish
could mind God as my little dog
minds me-" said little boy, looking
thoughtfully on his shaggy friend I;
"he always looks so pleased to mind
and | DON'T" What "a painful truth
did this child speak Shall the poor
little dog thus readily obey his mas
ter, and we rebel against God who Is
our Creator, our Preserver, our Faith
er, our Savior, and bountiful Oliver Of
everything we have?
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-10-02

He that envles, makes another
mans virtue his Woe; another's lap.
piness his torment. Whereas, he
that reioices al the prosperity Of an
ther l. "A plrtaker ~ the same.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-10-02
Another Continental Iine-Begiu-
ming Of the Southern Pacific Rail.

ming OF tho southern Pacific Hall.
road,
Generals Rosecrans and Sedgwick
were advertised I'm San Francisco to
leave that city on the 18th instant for
San Diego, the seaport ut the SOUTH
ern extremity of the State of Cali
fornia, there to inaugurate the work
on the San Diego and ella Railroad,
and Mr.. Seward was also to be pres
ent to assist in the ceremonies of
breaking ground. Funds sufficient to
build the road to the ella River have
been subscribed. This Is the begin
ming of the Southern continental
railway line. A company, headed
by General Fremont, has been organ
lied East, to begin at Memphis, Ten
nessee, and thence to build a road
enthusiastically, through Arkansas
and Texas, to Ell Paso on the Rio
Grande, thence across the tablelands
to the ella River, and down its val
ley, or near 1t, to junction with this
San Diego branch.
From the Mississippi River this Is
a much shorter route to the Pacific
Ocean than that of the Union Pacific
road and as it TANKS the Rocky
Mountains and the Sierra Nevada
chain it may be built all the way
over the Plains. 1t Is also below the
region of interrupting SHOWS, and the
work of building 1t and of running It
when completed may be continued
without the stoppage of day from
wintry storms. With anything like
the enterprise which built the Union
Pacific this Southern road ought to
be finished within two years, for
there will be comparatively little to
do In building it beyond marking out
the line and laying the ties and rails.
When finished it will be the main
line for through travel; but there will
be work enough, not only for the two
continental roads, which will then
be i'm operation, but for one or two
more. In the building up of half a
dozen new States the Union Pacific
will soon be an immensely profitable
line, and SO with the Southern Pa
cific in tapping the undeveloped re-
sources OF Western Texas and OF
New Mexico, and Arizon, and of the
Northern States of the Mexican Re
public, and the vine and olive lands
of Southern California, the most pro-
ductive In the world.
In this connection 1t will be seen
that General ROsecrans is in better
business than he would be I'm running
as the Democratic candidate for Gov.
ernor Of Ohio. General Fremont, we
believe, Is now in Europe raising
money for the main line from Mem.
phis westward. He only asks the
right of way and certain Territorial
lands along the line from Congress
for with these and the liberal grants
offered by Texas he calculates upon
building the road without the further
assistance of government bonds,
We think, too, that on this basis the
road ought to be pushed through
without difficulty, considering the
advantages of the route, the lightnes,
of the work and the profits sure to
follow.-N Y Herald.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-10-02

Far sweeter music, TO n true wo-
man, than the tone Of harp or piano
touched by her hand, are the cheer
ful voices Of husband and children
made joyous hv her prCsencc,
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-10-02
Mr.. PendIetOD's Popularity.

The Cincinnati National Union, n
Republican paper, speaks or Mr..
PendletOn's nomination as "a politi-
cal thundcrbolt fallen In our midst"
In its article abiding 10 II 1t says:
"No one other, than a simpleton
or fool will deny that the Democra-
cy has put forth it, most available
man-the one above all Others who
had the best chance 10 win. We be-
lieve that to-day the Honorable
George III. Pendleton Is the most
popular man In the Democratic house
hold-not only In this State but
throughout the entire country. He IL
the only Democrat whose nomination
to the highest Office OF the State could
enthuse the Democracy Of Ohio. He
Is the only man who conld take
votes from the Republican party
He Is the only man, as Democrat
ic nominee for Governor, Mt whom
the Republican press can not
afford ~ turn up its nose. Each
editor feels that In Pendleton he has n
foeman worthy Of his steel, and that
the Democracy Of our State for one In
10! these many years, have now
some show to win.
"He would not have accepted the
had he not thought sue
cess was certain for George IL. Pen
dleton Is not the man for an hour or
Yet a day, hut for years In the yet I'M
revealed future. He risks that flu
ture; but this we are well assured he
would not do did he not believe he
could lead his hosts to victory In the
coming struggle, and thus make him
the available candidate for the Prcsi-
deney In 1872. There are National In
terests at stake In his nomination as
well AZ State and local, and those no
has no doubt well considered"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-10-02
The Wool Trade and the Wool Chg
OF 1880,

Every great nation should manage
to raise enough within its own limits
to feed and clothe comfortably its
own population. A few of the luxu-
ries of life in addition might make
the people more contented and happy
and the love OF their native land
more general and enduring. These
propositions are particularly true of
the United States, whose products of
breadstuffS afford food and nourish-
ment to its citizens in bounteOus
quantities, with a large surplus for
export to other less favored lands
whose cotton crop furnishes ample
quantities of the raw material for do
nestle manufacture and allows
large per centage to be sent abroad to
be worked up in foreign looms, en-
riching at the same time one section
of the country and infusing prosper
lty into the manufacturing pursuits
of another; and finally, whose wool
product enters largely into a share Of
the benefits Of industrial vocations,
of local trade and the comfort and
health of the people. 1t is In regard
to the latter article that we propose
to utter u few words at this time.
Reliable accounts recently received
agree that the wool interests I'm this
country are suffering Mt this time
from some cause difficult for those
not intimate with the trade and
woollen manufactures generally to
understand. A number Of heavy
failures of wool houses occurred dur
ing the month of August last, and
several large mills are at standstill.
The wool clip for 1868 Is estimated at
one hundred and thirty-seven million
pounds-a falling off this year of forty
million pounds as compared with
that of last year, when 1t reached an
aggregateof one hundred and seven
ty-seven millions. Yet in the face
of this reduction i'm the domestic sup
ply prices rule low and business Is
comparatively stagnant. To quote
from authentic sources, "the cOndi-
ton s'Of manufacturers as q class Is
quite unsatisfactory, many of their
productions being sold at prices quite
unremunerative. A year ago the
best among them We're making but
little, while Others were losing. At
the present time their products gem
orally are selling relatively lower
than last year, and none but the most
skilful can possibly thrive" This
will prevent any advances on the raw
material and augment the dizziness
that now prevails. In the West the
abundant harvest and in some locali-
ties the diminished clip of wool are
prominent considerations for stiffness
In prices: while the more controlling
features of the question which in
Eastern cities absolutely rule the
market are scarcely perceiyed. IL
seems 10 be a settled conviction with
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-10-02

The proudest triumph in mans
life 10 when he makes friend of AN
enemy. The JOY Is then akin to that
which angels feel as they rejoice over
A elmer that repsnteth.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-10-02

TRUST IN GoD.-Whilst so)ournlng
In this vale of tears" we should,
in all things, at all times, put our
trust firmly In the promises OF God /;
and lie will never-no never-forsake
MS. As well Amid the frowns Of ad-
versity, rs the smiles OF Prosperity, II
we will ever look with the firm eve
of an undoubting, unwavering iaith,
He will bless us, abundantly out OF
the bountful stores of the richest
treasures OF Heaven, protect US with
His omnipotent arm, render us hap
.py throughout all, and boundless
eternity.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-10-02

PULPIT ELoQUENCE.-The visitors
to the Methodist Conference at Muir
freesboro brought back glowing ac-
count of o sermon to the Franklin
ReuieW, which we copy:
On last Sunday they heard n SER
mon from Rev. DIR. Munsey, of Balti-
more, Secretary of Foreign Missions
for the NJ. E. Church South. From
all we can gather this gentleman
must he the most powerful preacher
in this or any other country. The
effect OF his preaching was of the
most extraordinary character. He
surpasses Bascom, Spurgeon, Beecher
and all Others in his pulpit efforts.
This prodigy was for ten or twelve
years immersed in the mountains OF
East Tennessee. He Is native of
Virginia. and a member of the Hols-
ton Conference. He is frail and
sickly. He will, we learn, preach in
Nashville in October next.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-10-02
Restoration and Develop
ument.

The Philadelphia North American,
reviewing the commercial year in
the Gulf States, which closes with
August, is apparently surprised OF
the great results shown in the statis-
tics and estimates. Their drift, 1t
says, Is shown i'm one fact. The cot
ton crop of 1865 is estimated at 800, :
900 bales of1S66-7, at /, 1851 1888, more
than double; of 1858, at 2, 450, 900,
and of 1855, at 2, $50, 900 or 2, $50, 900.
Some adhere to their earlier figures,
and still count on 1000, 900 bales. Ac-
cepting the lowest figures, crop of
two and half million bales Is a
great thing to be attained so soon af-
ter the abolition of slavery, the prac-
teal bankruptcy of the South, and
the absolute and total change that
has been brought about in all of its
relations.
The increase In another great
Southern staple, sugar, Is shown In
the fact that the receipts i'm New Or
leans for the commercial year Just
closed are eighty per cent. above
those of the year before, while an APP
proximate increase is shown in to-
ostSNpt iiOct IOoiift nOut, cue.
In considering these remarkable
and very gratifying results, it should,
rs our Philadelphia contemporary
suggests, be borne in mind that when
the war ended the South had few ag-
ricultural implements, little stock
and hardly any money. Material
reconstruction had to start from the
seed. Even the houses of the people
hsd in many instances to be rebuilt,
and In mere to be repaired, while
clothing and furniture and tools were
in demand, and methods Of commu-
nication were to be restored from al
most complete destruction. And now
the value of the export of Southern
productions raised by less than 10,
0OO, 900 Of people is in the close neigh
bOrhood of 1898, 500, 900, while the
value of the export Of other States Is
put down at hardly $3.50, OOO, OO0-that
Is to say, the export of Southern pro-
ducts Is $34 32 per capita, against
SO rs elsewhere.
Such facts as these certainly show
a wonderful recuperative power In
the South. The short period i'm which
they are brought to pass, and the
thousand difficulties under which
they are wrought out, attest beyond
argument the innate vitality of the
section and the hitherto uncredited
energy of the people. They show
too, that material progress Is, as II
should be, the dominating instinct
and purpose Of the Southern mind
And as every step of progress facili'
tates further progress and renders the
profit greater as well as easier, we are
warranted in anticipations of pros.
perity for the people of the South
that will ere long make the thrift o
other regions appear like blight ant
esolation.-Richmond Wing.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-10-02

CAUSE AND EFFEcT.-A lawyer
who was pleading the cause Of lit
tie boy the other day Ia Boston, took
him In his arms and held him up to
the jury, suffused In tears. This had
a great effect, until the opposite law
yer asked the boy, "What makes
you cry?' Hes pinching me, sir"
said the boy.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-01-01
THE EARLY ROSE POTATOE FREE
The Great New York Agricultural and
Horticultural Monthly.

IN the first of October next, the RURAL
" AMERICAN, will be published as a
MONTHLY, and will be the LARGEST and
MOST ELEGANT paper Of its class in the
United States. Price $3.50 a year; 10 cop
les $3.50; 20 copies 500, or only ONE DOL
LAR year! Every subscriber in clubs Of
ten, at $3.50, will receive a free package Of
EARLY ROSE POTATOES, POST PAID
worth $1.25; and one worth IS cents tt
$125 subscribers in clubs Of TEN. The
paper will be sent FREE to all subscribers fol
1869, from October LIST, 1868, to January
next, when money is sent in before October
1st and after that date FREE from the time
their money reaches me
For FIFTY CENTS will send the paper
THREE MoNTHs-from October to January
next-and FORTY CENT package of the
EARLY ROSE POTATOES, post paid!
The Early Rose is the most valuable potatot
in the world 1t sold last season at from
$50 to 500 bushel, and at So pound
1t natures in FORTY DAYS; yields enor.
mously; and is the best table variety known
to exist.
The Rural american is everywhere ad.
mitted to be the BEST, CHEAPEST, and
most PRACTICAL farmers and fruit-grow-
ers' paper in this country. Its editor-in.
chief is an old farmer and fruit-grower o.
FORTY YEARS experience! The publ.
cation Of this paper was removed in june
last, from Utica, N. Y, to New York City
and the Editorial and Business Office to Ne"
Brunswick, New Jersey, (near New York, y
where its proprietor owns farm within the
city limits, Of 122 acres, worth $4,000
and also has large Cash Capital TO ensure
Permanency to his publications.
The Premium List to Club Agents is the
most extensive and liberal ever offered, con-
sistiDg of the principal Weekly Newspapers
|of New York, Ladies' Magazines, Harpers
Publications, &C., with large list Of Horti-
cultural products, as Grape Vines, Raspber-
ry, Blackberry, Hedge Plants, &C., with
Cash, Sewing Machines, Agricultural Imple.
ments, Watches, &C., &C., being the Choic.
est variety ever laid before the public, and
terms to Club Agents are far more liberia
than were ever before offered in the United
States Ten thousand Club Agents are
wanted, either Immediately, or before Decem.
Der next, to obtain subscriptions. Sample
papers, Blank Subscription Lists, with all the
details sent free, and post paid to all appli.
cants Address, F. B. MINER, New Bruins
wick, New Jersey.
sep3-6m
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-01-01

THE publication of The Ner Eclectic was
L commenced on January LIST, 1868, With
view of furnishing for the South monthly
Magazine, in which would be presented 10 .
cheap and popular form, the most valuable
articles of all the Quarterly, Monthly and
Weekly publications of the world. The
Richmond Eclectic, work of similar char-
acter, which was favorably known through
out the South, was bought out, the Office re-
moved to Baltimore, where there are larger
facilities for the purpose, and numerous inn
provements were introduced, so that now the
Publishers feel assured that in every respect,
their publication is the best of its class in tho
country.
Having spared no expense or trouble 10
| their efforts to please. they had confidently
hoped that The Neso Eclectic would meet With
very extensive favor from the South. 1t has
now been before the Public for six. months,
and though the Press has been unanimous ia
| its praise, and the most prominent literary
gentlemen in the South bave offered their
congratulations, recent trip of Special A
gent through the South has developed the
fact that for every copy of The Nes0 Eclectic
circulating in the South, there are. at least
fifty copies of Northern magazines, and these
sulting in their tone toward the South. -
These facts are offered for what they are
worth. 1t is merely asked, is tbeSeuth will
ling flor though so poor, she is able, since
she literally patronizes Northern. publica-
tions,) to support magazine 10 full synps-
thy with her people-published BY Southern
ers, for Southerners, and in city that has
lavished her best blood and treasure for
Southern rights? 1t is not on the strength
Of her sympathy alone that the patronage Of
the South is solicited; but the Publishers feel
assured that the intrinsic merits OF their pub
LEGATION are not inferior, ia any respect, 70
those of journals emanatiug from Northern
sources. They ask all to examine for them
selves. A specimen number will be sent 70
any address on the-receipt Of Is cents. The
subscription price Of the Magazine rs So 90
per annum. Each monthly part contains
1913 PIP. beautifully printed and prepared for
binding. Philosophy, Fiction, Poetry, Mar
rative, Biography, Fun, Art, ETC.. iagreeably
intermingled. Very liberal Inducements TO
new subscribers, clubs, agents. canyassers.--
Particulars upon inquiry. -. - 81.
| TURNBULL & MURDOCH, 4
| Publishers Of The New Eclectic,
ie rs 40 Lexington ST., Baltimore.