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

NEWS ITEMS.
\ TIE May anniversaries of religious
societies, II Is announced, will he dis
contiued in New York. The Bible
Society has decided to hold no formal
annual meeting this year, and the
other societies, it is predicted, will
adopt the same course. The decline
of the anniversaries commenced
when the old Tabernacle Church was
deserted, and the societies were una
bic TO obtain n large hall where all
could be accommodated on successive
days. It's further asserted that the
rebellion had an injurious effect, by
diyerting attention to patriotic sub
Jects exclusively, and that the ami
versaries for the last six or eight
years have been attended by very few
persons, and the want of an audience
has east O damper, a chill, q gloom,
over the OCCASION.
THE EDGEFfELD Is. CO. Adyer-
tlser, I'm describing the funeral of Gov.
Pickens, says, Zone most touching
feature of this impressive funeral was
the grief and fermentation Of the
crowd of formerslaves who fiocked
who had bean o ~ tb oa respeee 70 nm nm
and best of masters "A "a 49, , ~.
among these stnnd,,s, -. Pv ~ 81 .
upper corners If tho n6nr,,. " 's,t u, 1 ny
white head ravarentiu hb,e WI III, n,s
sCld Harper., his hodu sa,v",,t W.
love and faithfnIness 30 IT. ,, 49,.
tbrouph fiftv lone years haa ..,s,.e,
Known schanoe Sr 'sha5nn 80 49,
inpJ,T NJ o, - - $50 : = Va il '''i -
- -f,o t,.i..ef 4 vetl. 49, $50
(, MACK in his letter of tho 10th
INST. to the Cincinnati Enquirer,
STATES q very extraordinary fact,
winch accounts for the legislation OF
Congress in the interests of national
seems that Ben Rntler 'bas 'haen
searching the antecedents and occn.
pations of his Republican, colIeagues
and finds that there are on fine f,ooy
of the House of ,Representatives siS.
ty members that he knows Of and he
thinks sixty-two, who are national
bank directors, In the SENATE ,va
believe the proportion of those inter
ested in national banks is still great
err. .i.., = - '''l'tee Wv
n ...i 80 I.-ts,..
THE Pacific Railroad Company
ments for n cronH oxe',r s atth' ras
from New Ynrlr 70 Snn JeS :
commemorative Of ti,o nnnn ni rtHise =,
the road tn IL ynao,ad ~ ~ pJ',Jn ~
the 1st of IuI,, f ~ ~ Iooul
heen extendod - ap 81 ti INV
inS ra;lroad canitaIistS VI Ine isau-
of Eurone bnt IN no oauo u.; iih ~ :
crowd excaed a5n ~ ~ easo NJ We
Thought nro ha he ~ - D. ; 2n ~ We
will 6a opa 90 tha ,na a.t,i iesi Tt 1raht
are to leave simultaneously, one from
this end and the other from San Fran
cisco.
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"A HUSBAND ana vile who had mu-
sualiy agreed 10 separate, met for the
nrst time IN four years in a railway
car at Cieveiand, last week. The
wiIe nad charge or their only child,
ana, IN answer to her appeal for as
decided the child 160 ocres Of land IN
Richland county. Missouri Tbe
couple talked over their eyner,enoes
In a friendly wav. and conclhded ~ a.
the,next thing fhev want ia a Il;
vorce. 00- eraI' ~ = : -
-, ua aal .nir ~. s- .
IHE Irlbune says: The electoral
VOTES OF the States OF New York,
New Jersey, Georgia and Louisiana
and fraudulentlv transferred tn Sow
mour and Blair by Democratic mana.
gers i'm the North. and nv rebel terror.
lists in the South. That ia the shor,
way OF stating an imnortant fact IL
We think il the short wav Of stating
a monstrous lie. - '''' : .
a.. E-,.-,,, - =.
AN English capitalist has con-
over three per cent. interest on some
six per cent. United States bonds
which he holds, and only collects
one-halfof his coupons, donating the
other halfto the Government will
not some body tell an anxious public
the name of this most remarkable NJ
bondholders.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Newark
IN. j.. Courier processes to have had
a quiet talk with Gen. Grant, In the
course of which the General said OF
the tenure-ofotfice law that, $50 far
as he knew, every thief in the gov
eminent employ, and every ring
which isengaged in debauching legis-
; "a "ahteu Tue law 70 stand as 1t
10 -'
ARRANGEMENTS bovo boen oodo
to TRANSPORT persons desiriny r. attand
the Inauguration ot Wasj9inoton. OF
half.fare via the I,onisv;Jja ana Wash ~
Vile Railroad or onv other rod r,,n
ming east from Louisville The fare
lor the round trip will be S26 so. The
tickets WIN be good from Feb. "a to
March ii.
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