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The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-11-25
Communicated
Fruit Trees.
Editor Enterprise

Editor Enterprise:
As the season for transplanting fruit
trees is approaching, will you allow me to
call the atAeltion Of thamr6esirinS choice
7'3''i t. J
had considerable opportunity of becoming
acquainted with the different varieties of
fruits, and is fully persuaded that a bet
ter variety of peaches and apples cannot
be found anywhere, than they have and
are procuring. They have, also, choice
varieties of other fruits; pears, cherries,
raspberries, strawberries, &c. The great
advantage in buying from a home Nursery
is, that the fruit is grated on Tennessee
stocks, which are adapted to the climate ;
again, the price of trees, &C., will be one
half less, and the money is kept at home.
We are glad to see hat Messrs. Gaines
& Ward are beginning work preparatory
to planting and growing their fruits on
the farm of Mr.. |. T. Lenoir, near this
place. Mr.. Ward is an Englishman, and
thoroughly understands his business.
Buyers will be certain to get the best fruit,
and the kind bargained for, which, if they
have the same experience as the writer,
is an item not to be disregarded, as it don't
pay to buy "sour crabs for choice fruit.
M
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Prices Of Land in Georgia.

The Macon (Ga.,) Telegraph has the
following:
Glands in Georgia have advanced, on
an average, not much short of 300 per
cent. in the last two years. A fnancier
was lamenting his luck the other day, in
having bought railroad stocks instead of
lands two years ago. He was then on the
point of buying a plantation at IS an acre,
but was afraid of it, and it has since been
sold at SIT an acre. All this time this
bee huns in his head; $500 acres of land
bought at So per acre-$l2,500; sold at
SIT an acre-$42,5 800; amount lost $780,
600. But SIT an acre is no price for good
land in Georgia. There is an abundant
margin, and when the price gets up to
$50 an acre we can begin to consider"
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OBITUARY.

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The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-11-25

We take the following from the Adver-
tisers Gazette, and publish it Cor the ben
eft of all advertisers, who should heed it's
warning, and be sure to mark the number
of times you wish your advertisement in
serted
"The publisher of daily paper sued the
Standard Life Insurance Company in the
Supreme Court, of our city recently, be-
fore Judge Fithian, for a bill of $773 on
account Of advertising. The company re-
sisted payment on the ground that they
had authorized but one Insertion. There
was no proof, however, of this. There
was no order to that effect on the bill, and
the company did not attempt to deny that
they saw the advertisement continuing in
the paper and failed to countermand it.
When an advertisement is received in a
publication office without the number of
insertions marked upon it, or the cost of
the insertion paid for at the time, the pub
Usher can know nothing of the wish of the
advertiser respecting the number of inser-
tions desired, and as he can do nothing uu-
til advised by him whose business it is to
attend to the matter, he can charge for
every insertion given the advertisement
until ordered out"
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ORIGINAL ATTACHMENT.

W. C. P. Jones & TOrbert, vs.. Alexander Hood.
RI this cause it appearing, by affidavit, that
l. the defendant, Alexander Hood, is a nom
resident, so the ordinary process OF law cannot
be served upon him, and an original attach
ment having been served on his property. 1t
is therefore ordered that publication be m"de
in the Sweetwater Enterprise, a newspaper pub
lished in the town of Sweetwater Tenn, for
four consecutive weeks, commanding the said
Alexander Hood to appear before me at my Of
fee in the 18th, civil district of Monroe County
Tenn, on the Both day of March, 1870, and
make defense to said suit against him or it will
be proceeded with cx parte.
Novl8-4tprf$4. J.H. WORTHY, J. P.
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IN CHANUERY AT JACKSONVILLE.

Nancy A.. Looney, by her next friend John NJ.
Anderson, VS.. A. D. Looney, James NJ. Brett,
and II. b. Pennington.
" appearing to the satisfaction of the Clerk
u and Master, from the affidavit of John NJ.
Anderson, that defendant James NJ. Brett is n
nonresident of the State of Tennessee, and that
the residence of defendant, H. B. Pennington, is
unknown to said afiant: 1t is therefore ordered
that publication be made for four successive
weeks in the Sweetwatcr Enterprise, notifying
said nonresident defendants to appear at the
office of the Clerk and Master of the Chancery
Court Mt MadisOnville, on or before the first
Monday of April next, the same being a Rule
Day, and make defence to complainant's Bill, or
the same will be taken for confessed, and the
cause set for hearing OK parte as to them.
nOvlS4tpf44. S. P. HALE, C. & NJ.
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We buy and pay as much as the market will
justify,
Bacon, Lard, Wheat, Corn,
Eggs, Butter Feathers, Dry Hides,
Clean Cotton and Linen Rags,
Tallow, Flax Seed, Dried Fruit,
Meal and Flower.
We are also Agents foE the
Holston Plaster Company, and are
prepared to furnish Plaster by the
Car Load, or in small quantities.
We notify all that we are
Agents for the sale of J. III. Tay-
lors' Brooms Manufactured by him
i'll this county, which can be pur-
chased from us by Whole sale, at
New York prices. They are
equal, ifnot superior to any broom
Manufactured in the North.
Call and examine before you
purchase elsewhere.
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A new grist of $40 counterfeit green
backs has been set aAoat. This last issue
is 20 well executed, aud 50 close an imita-
ton of the genuine, that professional ex-
perts can hardly detect the difference.
The letter "P.p in "pay the bearer" has
an up stroke; in the genuine it has none.
The fine lines which form the shading
around the eagles head in the yignette are
coarse and scratchy compared with the
genuine.
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A young man and his intended present

A young man and his intended present.
ed themselves before the City Clerk of
Davenport, Iowa, the other day, for a
marriage license. 1t was found that the in
tended bridegroom was under age, and had
neither parents nor guardians. In order
to make the proceedings regular, the lady
suggested that she herself should be APP
pointed guardian. AS she was over eigh-
teen she was eligible, and was duly APP
pointed as guardian, and then gave her
consent that her ward should marry her
self.
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and place of the contract in lawful money
of the United States" Gold was the on
ly "lawful money" by which the standard
was regulated. The following table was
made up upon that basis, and although it
varies somewhat as to localities, it will be
found very useful to those having settle
ments to make Of the nature decided by
the Supreme Court of the United States
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IN CHANCERY COURT AT JACKSONVILLE,
TENNESSEE.

Ives, Cunningham and Douglass, VS.. Lyman W.
Aver. Or. Att. Bill.
Nomplainants charge in their bill, which is
" sworn to, that Defendant, LYMAN W. Aver,
is u nonresident of the State of Tennessee: 1t is
therefore ordered that publication be made for
four successive weeks in the Sweetwrter Fore
runner, notifying said nonresident defendant to
appear at the next term of the Chancery Court,
to be held at the Court House, in jacksonville,
on the First Monday of December next, and
make defence to complainants' said bill, or the
sam will be taken for confessed, and the cause
set for hearing ex parte. s. p. HALE, C. NJ.
nov4-4tpt$4 ,
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IN CHANCERY AT MADISONVILLE, TEN
NESSEE.
Petition for Divorce,
Rufus NJ. Witt VS.. Margret J.. Witt.

'N' % Hho SiO #
complainant charges in his bill, which is
" sworn to, that defendant Margaret j. Witt
is q nonresident of the State of Tennessee: II is
therefore ordered that publication be made for
four successive weeks in the Sweetwater Fore
runner, notifying said nonresident defendant
to appear at the next term ofthe Chancery Court
to be held at the court house in jacksonville on
the First Mondry of December next, and make
defence to complainants bill, or the same will be
taken for confessed and the cause set for hearing
ex parte.
And it is further ordered by the Clerk and
Master, that the complainant be allowed to take
the dispositions OF Richard Holland and James
Altman debeneesse on The 4th day of December,
1859, at the Law Office of 7. W. Burge, in Ath-
ems, Tennessee; and that publication thereof for
four consecutive weeks, as above ordered, shall
be notice just and sufficient for the defendant to-
attend and cross examine. s. P. HALE, c.. NJ
T. W, BuRGE, Sol. for Complainant.
nov4-4tpfS6.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-11-25

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-It is stated
the subject of the resumption Of specie
payments is being boldly advanced by
Gen. Garfield and other Western members
of the House, and it is considered proba-
BILE that the discussion will be opened in
Congress.
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Taxes and State Bonds.

We call particular attention to the fol-
lowing article, from the Union and Amer
lean
A correspondent Of an Eastern paper
writes: "The people of the great West
demand to be relieved from at least a part
of the burden which Expresses them un-
eudurably, and the taxes will be reduced
or the Radical faction dismembered."
The stigma of reputation is the Scarecrow
by which "the nations wards" the bond
holders Of Wall street, are endeavoring to
frighten our legislators, State and nation
al, from a reduction of the taxes. The
telegraph informs US that one portion of
the financial policy of the administration
is at last agreed on, and that is a recon-
mendation against any change in the Inter-
nal Revenue system which will reduce the
rates of taxation. The President, Sccre-
tary Boutwell, and Commissioner Delano
appear, We are informed, to be united on
this.
To say we cannot pay is one thing; to
say we will not pay is another. But if
driven to a point where we cannot pay, it
will her be much easier for us to say we
will not pay. The belief that very large
proportion Of the Indebtedness created
during and since the war is attributable to
the grossest corruption in Congress and our
State Legislatures, causes our people to
look with favor upon desperate remedies
to cure these desperate evils. There is
no taxation that the American people
would not submit to in order to pay their
just liabilities. But when they are COM
PEELED to pay 1.-THE after 1.-THE to the tax
gatherer to satisfy enormous demands in
principal and interest, which were con-
ceived in sin and brought forth in iniquity,
they can but closely inquire whether pri-
vate honor or public faith requires that
they should pay off to the last forthing
these more iniquitous demands. Not to
go any further, the people of Tennessee
cannot but view with establishment and
just indignation the enormous expendi-
lures of the State since the war, and the
reckless and rapid rate at which her bond
ed liabilities have been increased. Bonds
issued since the war:
Loaned to Railroad Companies. .$I3, POI 900 90
Loaned to Turnpike Companies. $4,000 90
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SI3,352,OOO 90

ClO,OOEiuUU w
These bonds were nominally issued to
railroads and ~turnpikes for the purpose of
enabling them to purchase iron or other
material; in other words, for purposes Of
internal improvement. Yet, it is "A we'll
known fact that a very considerable pro-
portion of these bonds were sold very
much below par, and the proceeds applied
not to the continuation or completion Of
these improvements but to the payment
of their interest Indebtedness. The beau
ties of this legislative inanciering may be
thus: A railroad caHaapy has a
ped thdusand dollars O Eall-
4e due on the lst of January mich the
State must pay if the railroad should fail
to do so. In order to meet that indebt-
edness, the railroad company goes to the
Legislature and obtains an appropriation
of two hundred thousand dollars in bonds
for the express purpose of continuing its
work. Instead of appropriating the bonds
for the purposes for which they were OBJ
tanned, the railroad company sells them at
sixty cents on the dollar, gets one hundred
and twenty thousand dollars, pays off the
interest, one hundred thousand dollars,
due on the LIST of January, and appropri-
ates the remainder of the amount to the
payment of salaries or some other unin-
tended purpose.
When the first of the next July comes
around another one hundred thousand dol
lars of semi-annual interest is due, and in
addition to that the interest on the two
hundred Thousand dollars in bonds, which
were loaned to the company the fall pre-
vious. To meet this demand there must
be another appropriation of bonds for pur-
poses of internal improvement nominally,
but really to pay interest on bonds, To
what extent this system of fnanciering
has been carried on by the Legislatures
since the war, we are not prepared to say;
but that it would not take long by this
process to bankrupt the State there can
be no question. 1t is openly proclaimed
that much of this kind Of Legislation has
been procured by bribery. If such be
the case, are the people of Tennessee
bound in law, equity or good conscience
to pay these bonds
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MEMPHIS, Nov. 20.-Jeferson Davis
has been elected President of the Carroll
ma Life Insurance Company of this city,
and will reside here.
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Tennessee Legislature.
Senate.

Senate.
NASHVILLE, Wednesday, Nov. IL.
Mr.. Palmer introduced a bill authorize
ing the Governor to appoint an Insurance
Commissioner, to hold his Office for three
years, whose duty it shall be to examine
into the condition Of insurance companies
lOing business in this State.
MIR. Hall offered a resolution providing
for a committee to investigate the condi-
ion of the stock of the State in plank and
dirt road turnpike companies, the commit
tee to have power u sit during the recess
of the Legislature.
The Senate adjourned to Monday.
House.
Mr.. Fleming offered a resolution prOvi-
ding for the printing of three thousand
copies of the Comptroller's report, which
was adopted.
Mr.. HIornborgor, from the Committee
on Common Schools, reported u bill abol-
ishing the offices of State and County ST.
perintendentS.
Mr.. Cheatham introduced bill to erect
a Governors mansion on the old Lunatic
Asylum site.
The contested election case of Inman
against Taylor from Cooke county, was
decided by giving the latter the seat, by
ayes 81, noes 20.
The two Houses met in convention and
elected DR.. w. H. Wharton, of Nashville,
State Librarian on the ninth ballot.
The House adjourned to Monday.
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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-26
THE USE OF CALUMNY.

The following extract from 3
Washington letter of the Dist inst
to the New York Tribune, is a very
fair specimen OF the mean malignity
resorted TO to miSrepresent the
people of the South
"a legal gentleman Of this city, who
has recently been to Georgia on business,
and while there was in close professional
relations with ToOmbs, Stephens, Zen
Hill and other Rebel leaders, declares
that these men, and the great body of the
whites are, so far as Georgia is concerned,
more bitterly hostile toward the govern
ment and loyal States than ever, if that
he nossible. The spirit of violence reigns
sunreme, though now maniiestlng itself
entirely in acts such as the recent assas-
sinations, and not in mobs and riots, as
was the case last fall SO bitter Is
tbis hostile spirit that the gentleman re-
Gerred 10. who was till recently high
legal officer of the government, believes
that in the event Of a foreign war,
large majority of the Georgia whites
would not hesitate to join the enemy, if
there should Le an attempt to invade the
country. lie regards the feeling as one
Of bitter, blind. implacable hatred to the
EeruhIic, which would not stop at any
means TO crafty itself Most Of the pro-
R.Lel leaders believe that IN come
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form they viii yet secure tie substance
il not the name OF slavery. and with this
hope are holding on to their ADDS Many
are purchasing largely. Ben Ilill is re
ported to have recently bouga tract OF
5000 acres in South Georgia IL. above
is from careful source, but il is gwen
merely as the statement of the gel.Ile-
man referred to. - ''z'
The Radical party contains some
Of the most malignant men that
have ever cursed any country.
Theyare instigated by a deyilish
ingenuity to stir up and foster the
fell spirit of discord, for the reason
that they know this condition of
affairs is necessary to the existence
Of their party in the South. 1t is
thus that strife is kept up between
the sections. In the extract we
have from the Washington letter OF
the New York Tribune, We have
the opinion of some unknown per-
son, perhaps a myth, that number
Of leading gentlemen in Georgia,
some of whom are named, "are
moro bitterly hostile toward the
government and loyal States than
ever" and that these men 'would
net stop at any means" to crafty
their spirit of revenge, This state
ment is made in the face of the
fact that these gentlemen have been
quietly engaged in the pursuits OF
peace, and have absolutely said nor
done anything calculated to pro
woke disobedience to law and the
lawfully constituted authorities OF
the government. But it suits the
purpose of Radicals to represent
them as rebellious and only watt
ing an opportunity to stir up strife
and contention. There are hun
dreds and thousands of Northern
men who know from actual expert
ence and observation that this
statement is absolutely false, both
as to the parties named and those
referred to by Implication. But it
suits the purposes of Radicals to
give currency to statements like
that we have quoted, and Republi-
can papers at the North that we
would have expected better things
Of lend the use of their columns to
vile Misrepresentation of men who
are honestly endeavoring to serve
their State and country.
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Tho New York World makes a
very strong case in regard to CRAFTS
disposal of the offices in the District
Of Columbia. That journal asserts
that the trouble which he is expert
eneiug in reference 10 the appoints
meRts Cor these Offices, according TO
all reports, c'sarises from acts on the
part of the President which make /
him amenable under the bribery
law The facts which tho WOrid
adduces in proof of this assertion
are as follows: at is well known
10 the public that Grant originally
sold his house in Washington to Mr.
Sayles J Bowen, formerly postmas-
ter, for forty Thousand dollars, en-
tered into contract to deliver the
title, and Mr.. Bowen paid the
usual ten per cent to bind the
bargain. Subsequently,, q fund
of sixty-five Thousand dollars was
raised in New York TO purchase
the house for Gen. Sherman. Grant
thcreupon resold it to those parties
but before he could transfer the
title, he found his contract with
Bowen in the way, and that gen.
tleman insisting that the property
was his, and he the only person
who could sell it. Mr.. Bowen was
willing to sell the house to the par
ties who had raised the money Tor
the price named, for thereby he
could make a profit of twenty live
thousand dollars. But Grant IN
sisted upon having the twenty-five
thousand extra himself. How to
get it and get rid of his con-
tract with Bowen was q difficult
question. During this time, Grant
was pressed by the better class OF
Republicans to appoint Mr., Rob
bins postmaster of Washington, had
consented to do SO, and 80 notified
Robbins's friends. After this prom
Use had been made and the paper
| signed for Robbins, the vision of the
twenty five thousand dollars extra
| on the house again came up, and ne
finally agreed, if Bowen would
give up his contract and abandon
all claims to the twenty-five thou
sand dollars extra, that Bowen
should have control of the federal
appointments for the District OF
Columbia. To this Bowen, it is
said, finally assented. Robbins lost
the postoffce, and the slate has since
been made out by Bowen, and
| Grant has sold the offices for the
District for twenty five thousand
dollars. He has thus given another
example that the true meaning Of
his motto was, "Let me have a
niece"
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TENNESSEE RADICAL TROUBLTs

The Washington correspondent
of the New York World writes on
the 21st inst. as follows:
There is quite family feud here over
Tennessee matters. The ofhce and per-
son of Supervisor Noah, of the revenue
department of that State, are the cdSus
BeiH Senator Brownlow and Congress
man Prosser want him retained Cons
gressmen Arnell and Stokes want him
removed. That Mr.. Noah has been a
competent officer is conceded. Mr..
Brownlow has bluntly written the Presi-
dent that the removal of Mr.. Noah will
be accepted as the enforcement of order
number eleven against the Jews as a
class" Quite war has sprung up, and
any action, either way, will result in
lasting feuds."
Stokes left here very sud
denly for Washington, and
there has been considerable futter-
ing among government appointees
here, under the impression that be
had gone there to have important
changes made. We hear that there
is probably some foundation toi
their fears.