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The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-09-21
Teas.

TEA HOMO HAVING THIS DAY PUS.
H.. "HcNG," No S5G Seventh street, between
Louisiana avenue and street, intend hsIssitsr
C0FFEEs. SLICES. Se., 40, to which respect
fully call attention, spd sSlieit thAye q public
Chinese Tea Hong, 538 seventh street, between
louisiana avenue and d streets, sspli.u
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-09-21

A singular dispatch has been received from
San Francisco, stating that correspondent
Of the Bulletin, OF that city, at Buenavcn'
tura, California, reports that on August 30,
badly mutllated document, giving intelli-
gence Of Sir John Franklin's exploring ex.
petition, had been discovered on the beach.
The document contained a request, printed
on the margin Of the leaves in six different
languages, that the finder should transmit
! the papers to the nearest British consul, oil
to the Secretary Of the Admiralty at London.
The manuscript Is described as giving q
minute proceeding, Of Sir John Franklin 4
party. Tho principal points telegraphed are
as follows The party wintered at Beechy
Island in 1916 and lSi7, and Sir John Frank
lin died June II, 1917. The expedition, re-
duccd to l05 persons, under the command Of
Capt. F. X. VI. Crozier, had deserted the eX-
ploring vessels Erebus and Terror, and had
reached latitude 90 degrees, 81 minutes and
AZ seconds, and longitude 9S degrees, II
minutes and 8 seconds. Relics OF Sir John
Ross were discovered, and where the docu-
mcut was thrown into the water.
This story will require close investigation.
Buenaventura lies on the southwest coast OF
California, In latitude "a degrees, IS minutes
north, and 1l9 degrees, Il minutes west,
and tho document must have been carried
around the north coast Of North America,
north pole to near the equator. No dates
are given except for the death Of Franklin
which occurred long before the papers were
entrusted to the sea, and no mention is made
of any case or bottle to protect them from
injury. A written manuscript would be en-
tIrely obllteratcd, and would DO reduced &c
pulp by twenty years immersion In the sea
It has been suggested that the papers in
question have been made up from the record
Of Franklln's Expedition, discovered in 1850
on King Williams Land, by Capt. McClln'
took. In a calrn, built in 1881 by Sir John
Ross expedition, q tin case was deposited
by the survivors Of the Franklin party, and
gave an account Of their sufferings down "a
April %, lsis. The facts mentioned in the
California dispatch were given in this record
which II is surmised some person has copied
together with heightened description upon
the paper furnished by the British Govern
ment, to be placed in bottles and entrusted
to the sea, In order to test the force Of the
currents Of the ocean. II the California
document be genuine, the discovery at Buen
ayentura affords an interesting conilrma
ton Of the theories In reference TO the con
nection between the Pacific and the North
Polar Sens,
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-09-21
For Sale or Rent.

EoR RENT. "A four-stery PRESS BRICK
Il HOUSE, on Msryland syenne. between Tenth
orooms. JOHN X. ARRIB0E, corner Fjrst street
east and Psnnsylyauia Avenue seis.st
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-09-21

W lHNuGbltI WIN bhah AOau'
Tho surrounding country Is very fertile
and of the finest character Of limestone and
alluyial soil. The Winchester and Strasburg
connection railroad, 1t Is expected, will be
completed this fall, and thus, II the night
schedule Ia not changed, the trade Will be
lost to Alexandria and Washington and go
elsewhere. The country around strasburg
is rapidly improving, the public spirit Ia
generous, and the schools and churches
speak vol of the public spirit as well as the
morals Of the community. The turnpike
from the Plains station to Middleburg has
been put under contract, and the contractor
will commence work next week.
There are other points on this road which
is of interest, but have already made this
letter too long. We do not believe that there
Ia a railroad In the United States which Is
better managed and which has more attcn-
tive and efficient officials than the Orange,
Alexandria and Manassas railroad. An ac-
cident on that road Is of rare occurrence,
and 1t 10 due to the prudence and carefulness
of those connected with the road.
John II. Barbour, president; Colonel H..
W. NRndcgrln, superintendent, and Colonel
j. Fisher, assistant superintendent of the
road, arc hnrd-working railroad men, and
they certainly deserve all the praise that l.,
bestowed on them,
The net revenue of tho road for the quar-
ter ending August 81 was Sll7 sol .Oi, an in
crease OF S3s,3S9.02, compared with the
same period the preceding year. The above
shows the ability OF the company not only
to meet Its entire interest account, after pay
ing working expenses, but to furnish sur
plus for permanent Improvements. The
business men Of Washington ought to DO In
terestcd in the success which that railroad Is
meeting with, for 1t certainly Is u great ben
cit TO the merchants OF that city. A large
amount Of produce, &c, comes down every
day on that road, consigned to business men
of Washington.
One of the oldest agents on the road is
Colonel William Fcwcl, at Manassas, who
has been connected with the road for twenty
one years, and has served them faithfully
and well. He has served the road in almost
every capacity, and VIC hope he may live to
see the day when the road will ~ the best
paying ono In the United States W.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18
A Gard.

Since myself and others were
legally acquitted on the charge Of
lying in wait, and numbering one
Thomas Baugh, before tie Magis'
trate's Court, last week, have
been informed that reports were
rife in the country that our dis
charge was procured by a COM
promise between myself and the
prosecutor. And as the charge
Iof said murder was maliciously
and falsely coupled with our
names, through some Of the jour
mails of the State-from erroneous
Information given said Journals by
parties unknown to US, have
deemed it but prudent, and JUS
tice to myself and those arraigned
with me, to procure from the COM
hitting Magistrates, before whom
the case was heard, the following
statement Of facts, over their sig.
natures, and present the same to
the public for the one purpose only,
to-aoit-That oar friends mag
knoa0 our true status IN the matter.
H. NJ. BLEDsoE.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18
Nov. 8, 1869.

Murray Dc Morgan are at the
green brick front.
Murray d Morgan are at the
green brick front.
Murray d Morgan are at the
green brick front.
Murray d Morgan are at the
green brick front.
A new and select stock of goods
at the green brick front.
Every thing usually kept in a
dry good store at the green brick
front.
Ladies dress goods cheaper than
ever at the green brick front.
Ladies shawls, cloaks, hats and
furs at the green brick front.
Ready-made clothing and piece
goods at the green brick front.
Boots and shoes direct from the
manufacturers, at the green brick
front.
All kinds of country produce
taken in exchange for goods at
their highest market price, at the
green brick front.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

An old merchant of New Or
leans recently returned from Wis
it to the country, informs the New
Orleans z inaes that he rode
through five plantations a few
days ago, the fields Of which were
white with cotton, and there was
only one old woman who was out
picking. The rest of the hands
were off at some political meeting
or voudou celebration. If this
complaint is well founded, and there
should come a storm, the cotton
product will be greatly reduced
Thus far there never was so fine a
time for picking, handling, baling
and shipping.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18
Interesting to Wives.

A question interesting to wives
and widows has just been decided
iii the SUPREME Court Of Ohio. Dir.
George Ripley died, leaving viii
by which he gave his wifa, after his
death, the use Of all bis real and
personal property so long as she re-
manned bis widow. If she remar-
ried the property was to go to his
children. She did remarry, and le-
gal proceedings were taken to de.
terfhine the effect of the marriage
The court sustained the will and
gave the property to the children,
holding that the restriction against q
second marriage was a valid one,
and not, as was attempted to be
maintained, contrary TO public poll
cy. Judge StOrer, Sho delivered
the opinion, says:
"The husband has an interest iC
the widoShood Of bis wife, which, il
has been we'll remarked, gives hin
The moral right to annex limitation;
to his requests when she is made
the recipient of bis bounty. He
may well be supposed anxious iol
her happiness, and by placing sec
ond marriage as bar to bis Wife''
subsequent enjoyment of the estate
devised, prevent an llsorted or un
happy union. He can not be sup
posed willing to lavish his gener
osity on those he never knew, anC
certainly his children, who, during
their mothers widowhood, he NIGH
confidently hope would retain TIT
memory of their fathers cOunsels
ought not to be subjected to th'
control or Example of one whose on
ly motive in marriage may have
been to obtain control of the tesla
tors property, More than all, th'
property, which was the result OF
bis toll, be may without any reflec
ton on his copjugaI duties, be IN
willing should be appropriated to t.
children Of a second marriage. N,
obligation rests upon bis estate tt
maintain any other family than hi
own.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18
~ Governor Senter recon-.

b@ Governor Senter recon-
mends that to-day (Thursday,) be
observed as a day of thanksgiving
and prayer to Almighty God, the
Giver of every good and perfect
gift-that the people of the State
assemble on this day in their ac-
customed places of worship and
unitedly render homage and praise
to the Creator and Preserver of
all things, and devoutly implore
His continuance of the manifold
blessings, He is now bestowing up
on the State and Nation.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18
What is Thought ?

Thought, in the abstract, is no
more an entity than is love, hatred
or pain; none Of which can exist
in action without a conscious liv-
ing organism. When the brain is
dormant there is no thought, love,
or any other mental operation
Man can no more think without
the brain organ, than he can walk
without legs, or talk without the
organs ofspeecb. Hence derange-
ment of the brain may produce
arrangement or suspension of
thought. A case of this kind re-
Gently occurred in a store at Rut-
land, Vt, and is reported as fol-
lows
"Mr. Brooks Bennett, of Shrews-
bury, VT, while trading at store
in Rutland on Thursday, was Ia
ken with an epileptic fit and fell
heavily on his face, apparently
dead. Medical aid was summon
ed, and in about a quarter of an
hour he revived. His first words
on reviving were, What did you
say that was a yard? showing
how the mind, when temporarily
aberrated, resumed its journey at
the place of its last halt"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

The last victim of marital inf
deity is an estimable lady of New
Orleans. The other day her hus-
band, an ex-colonel, went out to
walk with her and the children;
and left them standing on corner
for a few minutes. After waiting
an hour, they went home to find
tie house stripped of plate, jewel
ny, and clothing, and the husband
departed. a ~ ~"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

A Virginia patent medicine
dealer has gone far beyond the
wooden nutmeg trick. He went
to St. JO., Missouri, with a lini-
ment which he claimed would cure
all earthly ills. He hired an old
man to crawl upon crutches, de-
claring that he had been a cripple
for ten years. The quack pretend
ed to battle the limb of the hired
cripple, who then threw away bis
clutches and ran across the street.
The "doctor" soon had not a bottle
of his stuff left.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

~ The Shelbyville Com
mercial was started and is con-
Quoted by the former publishers
of the Republican, the "legal ad-
vertising organ" by appointment,
under the late obnoxious" Rad
ical law. The first issue an
nounced that the Com,mercialwould
be neutral in politics, but already
it has espoused the cause of the
Cooper boilers. 1t seems to be
drifting back to its "first love"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

~ At the election in New
York on Tuesday, End inst, the
proposition to place the negroes in
that State upon an equality, at
the ballot box, with white men,
was defeated by a large majority.
The perfdy of their last Legisla-
ture in ratifying the Fifteenth
Amendment despite the hostility
of the people of that State is now
manifest.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

~ Old BrownlOw, in a letter
dated Sunday, the 9TH, says he is
opposed to candy johnson and
the Democratic party" OF course
he is. He sympathizes with the
''third party" which the Mem
phis Avalanche, Nashville Banner,
the Coopers, Bailie Peyton, ETC.,
are trying to organize. We breathe
freer. We protest against foist-
ing upon the Democracy such an
offensive mass of malice, vulgarity
and hypocrisy as Parson Brown
low.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18
A Radical Reviewing His
Own Work.

Parker PillSbnry, one of the
original abolitionists, is writing
letters from Charleston, S. c., to
the "Revolution, - from which we
make the following extracts:
''Push woman suffrage at the
North against all obstacles and
.oppositions, sparing nothing, sa-
cred or profane, that lies in your
way. But meantime we may rest
the suffrage question here for a
period at least, until some much
more elementary culture and ele-
walton is secured. He surely
must have low estimate of the
solemn responsibilities of gov
eminent involving the liberty, the
person, the property and life OF
every Individual in that govern
ment who would force the ballot
on thousands and thousands all
over the South. And forced it
was on many men, wherever slaves
have voted +; as much as were ev-
| er their tasks in the cotton field.
They knew and cared no more
for what they did in voting than
/
if they were as infantile in years
as they are in citizenship and po-
| litical experience.
'Intemperance here is frightful-
Ily,prevalent, and the colored peo-
pie share almost universally in the
evil. The whisky here is diaboli-
cal, and yet they appear to love
it more than anything else, wo-
men as well as men. They drink
it red hot from the barrel, clear
and pure, and | have seen moth
ers pour it thus down the threats
of their six months old babies
And what is worse, there are very
few white men, who employ them
to any extent, that do not keep a
barrel on tap, and furnish it to
them, whenever a better bargain
or more work can be had thereby.
"The marriage tie is not even a
beau Knot among them. There is
no tie about it as a general fact
On the plantations, very few chill
dren, very few, are born. Infan-
ticide is common, it is said, but
marriage is rare unless forced upon
the parties, and that is not fire.
quent. In the towns it is some.
what better than in the country,
but everywhere apparently, a.
mong these poor beings, the legal
restraints of marriage are but lit.
tie regarded. As to any idea of
comfortable house keeping in the
rural districts, and they comprise
almost the whole South, it is a
mystery yet to be revealed even
to its first principles.
"The ballot may be one thing
needful there; BUTT seems to me-
soap, sand, fine tooth combs, pots.
kettles, chairs, tables, knives
forks, spoons, decent food, cooking
and clothing, glass windows, and
even looking-glasses should 60 side
and side, if they may not precede
the rights of suffrage and OF sover
eighty"
i As the New York Express says
these are the allies the aristocracy
of the East and West have created
to vote down the laborers of both
sections.
I
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18
E A bill has been introduced

ET A bill has been introduced
into the Legislature, making the
Office of Clerk and Master of the
Chancery Court elective. 1t
ought to become a law. There is
no sufficient reason why the Clerk
of one Court should be appointed
and another elected. Let them
fare alike-Iet them all be elected
or all appointed.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

~ The disabilities placed
upon Judge Thos. N. Frazier by
the Radical Legislature of 1867
have been removed by special
enactment by the present Legisla-
ture. An upright, able and con-
scientious officer has thus been re-
stored to all the rights and privile-
gesof which INSCRIPTIONS partizan-
ship had deprived him.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

"a There are many ways of
doing business. The one price
Cash system is the better way.
Buyers are thereby protected.
Goods marked as low as they can
be sold anywhere at retail, and
all buy alike. W. J. PHILIPS.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

R@ Hon. Robert J. Walker
died in Washington city on Thurs
day last, aged 6S years. He was
a man of great ability was Uni
ted States Senator from Mississippi
for a number of years, and at a
later period Secretary of the Treas
ury under President Polk.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18
State Of Tennessee,

State Of Tennessee,
Lincoln County, This is to
certify that on the-day o. a
States Warrant was issued by S.
I'll. McCord, Esq, on the affidavit
of one Thomas Holloway, against
Ii. M. Bledsoe, Alex. Bledsoe, Sol
omon Bledsoe, Buck Bledsoe, (son
of Stephen,) and Buck Bledsoe,
(son of James, charging the said
parties with shooting and killing
one Thomas Baugh on the night
of the 10th of October, 1862
That said Warrant was placed in
the hands of Deputy Sheriffs
Morgan and Willard, who execu-
ted the same as commanded, and
had said parties before us, Thurs
day, Oct. 2lst. That the hearing
was continued until the Wednes-
day following, (27th,) to give the
State and Defendants time to pro-
cure attendance of Witnesses
That said hearing was again con-
tinued, upon affidavit of the pros
ecutor-Thomas Holloway, for the
State, until Friday, the 10Th, at
10 o'clock, A. NJ. That, on said
last mentioned day, at the hour
of II o'clock at noon, the said
prosecutor and defendants being
present, and ready for trial, the
hearing was entered upon before
S. H. McCord and W. 0. Price,
Esquires, and continued up to 10
O'Clock, 2. NJ, when the prosecu-
tor announced himself as through
with the testimony for the State,
Whereupon the Defendants coun-
sci moved the court to discharge
! the prisoners, on the ground that
there was no evidence of guilt,
which motion the court declined to
sustain just then, but held over
the same under adjournment un.
til the following morning at eight
o'clock. That said prosecution
failed to appear on said next morn.
ing. And after having said Pros.
ooufor caIlad of tho oourt- house
door, several times, and delaying
the further hearing fol- some time,
the Court discharged the prisoners
and taxed Thomas Holloway, the
prosecutor, with the costs of the
prosecution-being of opinion that
said prosecution was malicious and
frivolous. S. H. MCCoRD, j. P.
W. o. PRICE, ]. P.
Nov. 8, 1869.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

~ Mr.. T. S. Steele, of Bed
ford county, candidate for the State
Convention, in apublished card OPP
posesthe grating of negro suffrage
into the State Constitution. He
Is right, in our opinion.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18
More New Goods.

New Cloaks, Shawls, Dress
Goods, Hosiery, Calicoes, Domes.
tics, Tickings, Cassimeres, Tweeds,
Jeans, Linseys, Shaker Flannels,
| am selling for very small prof
IL. w. J. PHILIPS.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

THE LATEST.--The Convention
bill passed the Legislature last
Monday, and is now law. The
election for delegates will be on
Saturday, December 18th, and the
Convention will meet the second
Monday in January. The num-
Der of delegates will be seventy
five, one from each Representative
and Floterial district, as those
districts were before the war.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

~ Hon. Amos Kendall died
in Washington city on Friday last.
He was Postmaster.General under
General Jackson.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

~ l have some of the finest
Jeans made at Fayetteville, Mont
gomery, New Albany, and other
factories. Come and see them.
L. J. GRAY.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

W. 1t really begins to look
as if we were to have no State
Convention, after all and we no.
tice that some of our exchanges
are, with a show of plausibility,
disposed to hold the Cooper men,
bers of the Senate responsible for
the delay and possible defeat of
the Convention bill. The Radi-
calls are opposed to the Conven-
ton, and it may be that this Sen
atorial hitch is made with a view
to securing accessions to the "third
party" Time will tell, and we
propose to show up the whole mat
ter, as soon as it is definitely de-
cided.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

R The Union and Ameri
can has been recently enlarged
and improved. 1t is one Of the 6e8r
of Southern papers, and we are
glad to believe is receiving the
very liberal support that merit
deserves.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

* A terrible accident oc-
Cured on the Pacific Railroad In
California, last Sunday. Two
trains collided, and fifty killed and
wounded was the result.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

~ The General Assemblies
of the New and Old School Pres
byterians formally dissolved at
Pittsburg on last Friday, prepare
tory to the formation of new As
sembly based upon the union of
the two churches.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18
Life insurance. once more

There is considerable excite
ment cup North, over the be-
lieved insolvency Of many Life In
surance Companies. The New
York Times, of the 18th, in answer
to &c. B." correspondent, says
We say to you in all candor and
sincerity that we believe you to be
I, throwing money away when you
pay five hundred dollars year to
a Lille Insurance Company. Your
widow might get the sum insured
if your death occurred pretty soon,
but she would be much more like.
lily to inherit vexatious lawsuit
and find herself glad to compro
mise by accepting about half the
money you had spent in premiums
We tell you land we know it,
that eighteen-twentieths Of the en-
tire number of Life Insurance Com
panies here are practically insol
vent, so far as those insured in theil
offices are concerned. The stock
holders realise very handsome div
Iidends, the officers luxuriate in very
handsome salaries. the agents retire
on very handsome incomes from
their commissions, and the. business
is often conducted in very handsome
buildings. All this is done out O
the premiums paid in by confdine
people like yourself. But, ask
yourself how much must remain O
all these monies paid in after those
marble edifces are built, and stock
holders, officers, agents, etc, Sc
tlavishly rewarded for their ardu
Gus exertions?
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18
10000 bushels Wheatand
Corn Wanted!

Farmers will find it to their In
terest to call upon R. L. GAINES
before selling, at northwest corner
of the Square.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

It cost a San Francisco consta-
bic twenty-five dollars to call a
man a blanked liar when he served
a writ. e ~ =