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Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
fW0 DOLLARS A rRAf,, IN ADVANCE
$3.50 if Paid Within Six Months.
800 AZ the End OF the Year.
r o Ii w O R X
Neatly and Prompt, Executed.
u. s..Kesehuc stSusA. ana How 20
Use Tssehs.
Nearly and Promptly Executed,

bst
Though We have for some time
been living under the rule of stamps,
the question is oneof every day ask
ing: How much of a stamp does
this requires" The following en-
braces the most general use of stamps
as applied to- manufactures and par
ticular classes Of busiaess that pay 8
special tax:
All notes and evidences of debt,
five cents on each 500; if untier $780,,
five cents; If over $780,. five cents
on eaclr 500 or part thereof All re-
ceipts for any amount, without linz
it, over $50 two cents II tfitler $50,
nothing. Checks of any amount,
two cents. All deeds and deeds of
trust, fifty cents on each $500 Ia value
of the property conveyed or the
amount secured; when deed of trust
is fully stamped the note secured need
not to- be; but they should be Endorsed
to show the reason why. Mortagc
bonds need not be stained II stamps
are affixed to the mortage. Ali the
appraiscments,,e statesr or cstrays, five
cents on each piece Of paper. Aiilda-
Wits of every description are exempt
from stamp duty. Acknowledge
ments to deeds, etc., are also exempt.
Contracts andagreements,, five cents
for each sheet or piece of paper, ex-
cept for rents or when for fcfft, fifty
cents for each $500 of rent or less. Ii
over $500, fifty cents for each addi-
tional 500, or fractional part thereof
in excess of $500. Any person inter-
csted can afiix and cancel stamps.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25
Hints 10 Husbands.

When man has established home,
has wife and children, the most inn
portant duties of his life have fairly
begun. The errors of youth may be
obliterated, the faults of his early
youth may be overlooked, but from
the moment of his marriage he COM
mences to write I'm inefiable history,
not by pen and ink, but by deeds, by
which he must ever afterwards be
reported and judged.
His conduct at home, his care for
his family, the traitiirig of his chill
dren, his attentions to his wife, his
devotion to the great interests OF
eternity, these are the tests by which
his character will ever afterwards be
estimated by all who thilfk or care
about him. ~.
These will determine his position
while living, and Influence his mem
DRY when the grave has closed over
him; and as he uses well or i'll the
brief space allotted to him, out oi
all eternity, to establish n fame found
ed upon the most solid of foundations
--private worth--so will God and
man Judge of him. He holds in his
hands the private veal and woe Of
wife and children, and If he abuses
this most holy God-given trust Inc
cannot hope for mercy herealter,-
Many a child goes astray simply be-
cause home lacks sunshine. Many a
wife esteems death her best friend
because he who swore before God to
glove, honor and cherish" her has
forgotten his VOWS"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25
Taking Tennessee Names i'm vaii,.

We noted recently the arrest in
New York of swindlcr, who had
been buying goods In the ramc OF
persons in this State. The World
says,
A very interesting case came up
yesterday Mt tile Tonibs, involving
several thousand dollars, and entail
ing loss on several large firms in
this city. William Morris went to
the business houses of several mer-
chants and purchased a quantity Of
goods, varying in sums from $3.50 to
over 81 200, IN the yan,e Of Woods ~
Yeatman, Cumberland Iron Works.
Tennessee. Among the houses
traded with was William I. Peak &
Co., dry goods, of As and 50 White
Street, who sold Morris, for Woods d
Yeatman, con time" $500 dollars
worth of dry goods, which We're or
dered TO be sent to Tennessee via Gin
cinnati, where they were To be conf
ded to the care of Lmnnley d Kin
caid, the bills Of ladirig given to Nor
ris, Shortly after the goods had been
shipped it was discovered that Morris
had purchased from other houses, and
J, II. Halsey, of the firm of Day d
Halsey, hardware merchants, of 2i0
Canal Street, had telcgraphed To Ten-
nessee In order to ascertain IL all was
right. The following answer was re-
celved from Erin: "Messrs. Day 81
Halsey: William Morris Is not au=
thorlzed TO buy for u.s." Measures
were therefore taken to cause his ar.
rest and yesterday he wits taken to
the Tomljs.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25

4 lust Tribute TO a Foe.

The following extrat from the adj.
dress of Governor Chamberlain, al
the reunion of the army of the Po-
tomac, in New York, is both true
and just to those who fought nobly
and true. Abiding to the ragged
rebels who stood at Manassas, Chan.
cellorsville and Petersburg, the Gov
ernor said:
"The army of Northern Virginia
Who can help looking back upon
them now with feelings half frater-
nal? Ragged, dirty and reckless, yet
careful to keep their bayonets bright
and lines of battle well dressed. Re-
duced to dire extremity sometimes,
yet always ready for II fight; rough
and rude, yet knowing well how to
make a battlefield illustrious.
Who could forget them-the brave,
bronzed faces that looked at US fol
four years across the flaming pit
men with whom in n hundred fierce
battles we fought with remorseless
desperation and all the terrible Ell.
ergy of death, till on the one side and
the other quarter of million fell
and yet we never hated except that
they struck at the old fiag.n
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25
Weeping ut Adams Tomb.

In Judea there Is u tomb which the
monks who have it in charge, aver is
the one in which Adam the father
and head of the human race, Is
buried. Mark Twain paid a visit to
1t during his eastern travels, and thus
records his emotions at the sacred
spot:
The tomb of Adam! How touch
ing it was, here in a land of strangers,
far away from home, and friends, and
oil who cared for me, thus to discover
the grave of blood relation. True,
q distant one, but still relation
The unerring instinct of nature
thrilled its recognition. The fountain
of my filial affection was stirred to Its
profoundest depths, and Igave way
to tumultuous emotion. leaned
upon IA pillar and burst into tears. l
deem it no shame to have wept over
the grave of my poor dead relative
Let him who would sneer at my emo
ton close this volume here, for he
will find little taste in my journey
ings through Holy Land. Noble old
mamie did not live to see me, he did
not live to see his child. And Il
alas, l did not live to see him.
Weighed down by sorrow and d.sap-
pointment, he died before was
born-siX thousand brief summers
before was born. But let us try to
bear 1t with fortitudc. Let us turst
that he is better off where lie Is.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25

REDUCTION OF THE PUBLIC Debt.
The Baltimore Gazette's Washington
correspondent in his letter of the "a
inst, has the following concerning
the report of the Secretary of the
Treasury showing reduction in the
public debt:
The unreliable monthly reports of
the Secretary of the Treasury, and
the comments of the patriotic press
thereon have called forth an elaborate
argument from Boutwell's organ
Items amounting to about $40, 900, 900,
for which the Government is UNI
doubleday responsible, and have en-
dorsed bonds, are acknowledged To
have been omitted on the debit side
of the account. Taking these into
view, the debt has really increased
lsince the resignation of Mr.. McCul-
lock In March, 1861 twenty millions
of dollars, without saying anything
about deferred Government floating
Indebtedness.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25
THE. COMET.
what Cincinnati Astron6an says
About IT,

From tho Cincinnati Enquirer.
For some time past the newspa-
pers of n certain section of our coun-
try have been filled with startling
accounts of ia certain comet now
visible In the east" AS have re-
ceived several letters relating to these
extravagant stories, / will take this
opportunity to say that there is not
any reasonable chance of q collision
between the earth and a comet, and
still less prospect of collision with
the comet i'm question.
This comet was discovered by Dr..
Winnecke, at Bonn, on the It'll Of
March, 1853, and was then, over elev-
en- years ago, very faint nebulous
mass of light. After three months
had passed by, the discovefeF was
able from three observations to COM
pute with some difficulty the exact
orbit which this comet was pursuing,
and thereby demonstrated the possi-
BILE identity of this, the second comet
of 1853, with the third one that ap-
peared in 1919. The principal results
of his computation were: Time
of nearest approach to the sun, 1858,
May 3; inclination of orbit to the
ecliptic, eleven degrees; mean dis
lance from the sun, three and one
tenth times that of the earth. Time
of one revolution about the sun, five
and one-half years. 1t resulted from
these computations that even Jupiter
the largest Of the planets, exerted
but a comparatively slight influence
upon the path of the comet.
The present is the second return of
this comet since 1853. 1t was first
seen again by DIR. Winnecke, on the
9th of April last, when it was too
faint to admit of being well observed.
The European observers, who saw
the body during April and May, re-
cord it as too faint and illdefined to
admit of any very satisfactory deter
mination of its position. 1t was OBJ
served with the refractor of this OBJ
servatory twice, but was still too diff
fuse to be even visible except to one
accustomed to this class of work, but
the hope was INDUCED in that in the
autumn, after its temperance from
behind the sun, 1t might be more ac-
curately observable.
This hope has been first realized by
another observation by DR. Winneclle,
date August 4, three o'clock a. NJ,
when, however, the increase i'm the
brilliuncy of the comet was apparent
only to the practiced eye. At pres
ent it is a barely discernible patch of
light as seen through the largest tele-
scopes and in the clearest nights.
1t is sufficient to add that the COM
ct is now distant from the earth six
tenths of the distance of the sun, and
is rapidly passing away. 1t was last
observed at this observatory ut two
o'clock this morning, when it was
too faint to allow of accurate meas
urement.
CLEVELAND ABBE,
Director CHM. Observatory.
August 81. 1869,
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25
Hon. John Bell.

We heartily endorse every work of
the following paragraph from the
Lexington (Ky.,) Gazette:
This good man and patriot died on
Friday last at his residence in Ten
nessee. Mr.. Bell occupied many
places of public trust, all of which he
filled with honor to himself and profit
to his country. He gave in his adhe-
sion to the Southern Confederacy af-
ter the Federal Government had
failed to give protection to its citizens,
and this he has been the subject of
much animadversion and SANDER on
the part ST the Brownlow faction in
Tennessee. But those who knew
Mr.. Bell best and while i'm public
life, know that he was superior to all
selfish consideration, and that ifthere
ever was a pure patriot and good man
he certainly was. He was among
the very last of noble band of Spar
tans who guided the Ship of State
through many difficulties and dam
gers, and his death, tho he had filled
the allotted years of man on earth, is
to he regretted, as IL breaks another
chord which bound us to the great
Statesman to whom the country is so
greatly indebted.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25

The Knoxville Press and Herald
says that for good or for evil, for
veal or for woe, the circumstances of
our government, and the very princi-
pies upon which it is based, have been
changed. Experience has shown
that 1t is useless to seek to bring the
dead past back again, or to cause the
shadow to move backward on the
dial. That miracle was reformed
once and only once, and then it re-
quired the hand of Omnipotence To
accomplish it. The past will not re-
turn. And no men, no organization,
no party whose efforts are devoted Ia
bringing back the past can ever hope
to succeed. The present is onrs-ours
to improve and enjoy. Its duties we
are TO perform in such maniler that
we may go forth to meet the future
with hopes of accomplishing much
good for the country. We must adapt
ourselves Ia the circumstances of the
hour, and meet the ISSUES of the day
in the spirit of the age"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25
A HELLIsM DEED IN HAWKINS
COUNTY,
A Fiend Destroys His wire's proper
" and IInckS Her to Pieces.

The Bristol News says chat on
Tuesday, the 31st of August, "Oid
Joe Roberts," for some time past liv-
ing In the edge of Hawkins county,
bordering on Virginia, rear point
in Lee county known as Black Wa
ter, committed one of the most fiend4
ish deeds that has ever TRANSFERRED in
this crime stained period.
He deliberately took q bundle OF
straw and fired his wife's house, then
burned his mothcr-in-law's house.
and then proceeded to attack his wife
with butcher knife, and literally
cut her to pieces. No hopes, OF
course, are entertained of her recove-
ry. He then made confident of one
lawson who advised him to secret
himself in brush heap, and that he
(Lawsonl would carry him his pro-
visions; but Lawson "blowed," and
set upon foot the proper means to-
have him apprehended, which was
done the next morning 10y u party
headed by VIM. Mcpherson, n former
constable of Lee county and having
been caught I'm tire border of Leo
county, they took him to JOncsville
before one of tho magistrates, who of
course Jailed him. He expresses no
contrition. Strong talk at first Of
lynching him.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25
Expiration of Senator'S Terms.

The terms of the following Sena-
tors will expire in 1871, and according
to law the vacancies will have to be
supplied this year in States where
only biennial sessions of the Legisla-
ture are held: HI. V. Miller, Georgia;
Richard Yates, Illinois; James w.
Grimes, Iowa; Edmund q. Ross,
Kansas; Thomas G. McCreery, Ken
lucky; William Pitt Fessenden,
Maine; Henry Wilson, Massachu-
sets; Jacob NJ. Howard, Michigan;
Daniel S. Norton, Minnesota; John
M. Thayer, Nebraska; Aaron II.
Cragin, New Hampshire; Alexander
G.. Cattell, New Jersey; George III.
Williams, Oregon; Henry b. An
thony, Rhode Island; JosephS. Fow-
Ter, Tennessee, Waitman Il. Wiley,
West Virginia-total, 10.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25

AN OCToGENAuIAN.-An old pat
triarch, aged eighty-sevcn years,
named Josiah Reynolds, of Little
Britain Township, Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania, was in Lancaster City
on Monday, and he tells us he never
was so fur from home before. lie has
lived all his life within two rods of
where he was born. He helped to
grub the first acre of ground titled In
Little Britain Township. There were
no plows then, and he was well up
in years before he ever saw n wagon.
When thirty-one years old lie mar
ricdi and his wife Is still living. He
was a great fox hunter IN his time,
and says he would 10 ddy rather hear
the yelping Of n pack of liotnds than
any other music. He has worked at
farniig ali his life, but concluded
last harvest to quit hard work and
employ himself by tending the cat
tie. Was never near Il trait Of cara
until today, and wondered what u
was that pulled them, and Why the
locomotive pulled so.-Lancaster IN
tctiJenccr.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25
BrOwnlOw.
The following card from Senator
Brownlow appears i'm the Knoxville
Wing of the 14th instant:

The following card from Senator
Brownlow appears in the Knoxville
Wing of the 18th instant:
Having founded the Wing In the
spring of 1869, have been its CHIEF
editor and publisher for q term ex-
tending through thirty years. First,
at Elizabethtown, next at Jonesboro,
and, for the last twenty years, at
Knoxville. Declining health and
other engagements render 1t impracti-
cable for me longer look after the
business interests of the office. l
have therefore sold my entire interest
in the Wing, and henceforth i own
no part of any newspaper establish
ment in this State or elsewhere. The
publication of the Wing will be con-
tinued under anew organization but
by whom it will be published and ed
tied / am unable to say. / have the
assurance, however, that it will be
continued as q Republican journal,
advocating the principles and policy
of the Republican party and render
Grant and his administration.
l may add that my chief, if not my
only hope for the stability of the
Government, the maintenance of Re
publican institutions-in which alone
true liberty is found-and the real
welfare and development of the coun-
try, lies in the perpetuity of the Re
publican party. Ihave no confidence
in the corrupt, distracted and discor-
dant organization called the Demo-
cratic party. 1t has ever been the
enemy of liberty, and it has cost the
nation more blood and treasure and
suffering than any other cause, if not
than all others combined.
And further, 1t is pertinent to say,
that SO many In Tennessee who We're
at one time the most outspoken Union
men, have proved untrue and have
turned back to the "flesh pots of
Egypt" betraying too generous
friends who had warmed them into
life, that can only ask that the Re-
publicans of the nation will trust
Tennessee politicians as far as they
prove themselves trustworthy and no
further. In this remark it Is not in
tended to say that all Tennessee poll
ticians are untrue or Enthusiastically.
The remark is intended only for those
to whom it properly applies, and the
intelligent reading public will not fail
to make the right application of it.
w. G. BROwNLOw.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Sent, Ia, 1869.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25

A FLORIDA correspondent, writing
Of the crops in that region, says the
caterpillar has been hard at work,
and the top CROP of cotton will be de.
strdyed. The short staple, ASA general
thing, is rather too far advanced to
bc injured materially, and there Is
very little hope of an average crop OF
the long staple. All cotton planted
late will be cut down one third ut
least. The general estimate Is that
about three.fourths Of crop will be
made. The tobacco crop Is variollsly
estimated at from 600 TO 800 cases, av-
eraging $50 pounds per ease. At least
900 eases win he made. The "foliac-
90 District us Il Is called, lies prin,
cipally in Gadsen county, and runs q
little into the margin OF Decatur
equity, TIA.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25

The COTTON TAX.-A circular has
been issued from law firm in Wash
ton that it Is now certain that the
Supreme Bench, with one exception,
is of opinion that the cotton tax Il
unconstitutional. A case is to b,
made in December, and no doubt Is
entertained of the result. Such q
decision will be worth fifteen million
of dollars to planters and others IN
Georgia who have paid this tax.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25
OLDEST WOMAN IN AMERICA

OLDEST WOMAN IN AMERICA
a gentleman who resides In Clay
county, yesterday Informed us that
there Is now living in the town OF
Barry, in that county, maiden lady,
named McCarty, who Is one hundred
and ten years Of age! She enjoyed
good health up to a few weeks igo,
when she had the misfortune to fall
down stairs, when she so injured her
self that she has since been confined
to bed. During the latter years of
her life, Miss McCarty-retaining her
mental faculties to remarkable de-
gree-has been employed in the ca
pacity Of housekeeper FOR various
families, and is now In the house of
Mrs. Chavis, who keeps hotel In
Barry. Miss McCarty is, we doubt
not, the oldest woman I'M An1crlc,i.--
81. Joseph (Mo.) Herald.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25

THE tour Of the president has ex-
erciseJ the tact oC scril,es In selecting
adiectivcs aid tpithets f,y which to
designate him. lie is variously spok-
en- of rs the Rambling" "CircliIig,"
Reycling,p " Ndmadic." aud "s'pos
radicb prcsldonil anil n Western paper
appropriately calls him the Great
Bender.n
Tho Breiihahi Banner says mp To
this time August 6th) the much
dreaded cotton worm has not donc,
NOT does II threaten, any damage u
the cotton HI Washington county.-
Scarcely, In the recollection at man,
has the prospect for big crop, and
an abuIidaIicc Of moneys been SO fiat
terihgI
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25
Twenty seven Cents worth or Mar
rteSl U.kCe

Tn Virginia, where the laws fixes
the marriage fee at one dollar, there
Is "reminiscences of q couple who
many years ago called on n parson
and requested him to marry them.
"Where is my fee ~ said the func-
tionary.
The parties who were to unite their
fortunes did so at once and found the
joint amount to I've twenty-seven
cents. ri can't MARRY you for that
sum- said the irate' old gentleman.
A little bit of service Will 20, Il
long way" suggested the male appii.
cant.
"Ah no." said the parson, "you
don't pay for the size of. the billf but
for the good you hope 1t will do you"
The lass, latent on marriage, began
to weep, but the parson was ineXor-
able, and the couple turned sadly to
depart. Just then happy thought
seem to strike the forlorn maiden,
and she turned and cried through her
tears.
"Please sir, if you can't marry us
fuN up, won't you marry US twenty
seven cents worth; we can come
for the rest some other time"
This was too much for the parson.
He married them "full up" and they
went on their way rejoicing.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25
Death OF the A6thof Of "Ben BoIt.-

Nelson Kneass, author of "Ben
Bolt" died few days since in Mis-
souri,. He was a fine musician and
composed much, but his only great
production was the one which took
such great hold upon the popular
heart when first published. Ben
Bolt" was sung i'm the lordly man
sions and the lOwly cottage all over
the land. There was n sadness and
sweet pathos in the words and music
that touched all hearts alike. Now
that its author is no more, may his
rest he rs tranquil as that of his own
sweet creation of whom he sang:
" In the old church-yard in the valley, Ben
Bolt,
In n corner obscure and alone,
They have fitted her a slab of the granite
so gray,
And Alice sleeps under the stone"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25

MURDERER ARREsrED.-Detec.
tiyes Starkey and Funston arrested
in the Mark ethouse, yesterday morn
ing, n man named Dick Dove, upon
the charge of numbering n man at the
Rough and Ready Furnace, twenty
miles below Clarksville, about two
weeks ago. He was lodged In Jail 10
await M, trial, iHiuU & iWeri,0 an.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25

SEIZURE OF THE ETowAH IRON
WORKs.-The Augusta Constitution
alist ledriis that the Etowah Iron
Works, better Known as Cooper's
Iron Works, have recently been seiz-
ell by tile United States Government,
rs the property of the Confederate
States, at the instance Of the Com
missioner at Washington, under the
18th section of the act Of 1866, and
the amendatory acts of Congress-.
The Etowah property comprises some
Is, 900 acres Of land.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25

GENERAL SHERMAN's commission
rs Secretary of War appoints him
until the end of the next session Of
Congress-, The law does not prevent
him from holding the two offices of
General aud Secretary ofWar, but lie
must elect which salary I've will aC-
Ccpt
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-25
A LOVE smitten swain gets OFF the
LOVE SONG.

LOVE SONG.
I'd offer thee this hand of mine
IT. you but had the dimes,
But purses short and slim AS thino
Wont do for these hard times.
1 leave thee in thy wretchedncss,
AS one too poor to mate.
For love, you know, can only bless
When based on real estate.