Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-03-19

1t Is true there are bad men arrioftg
us, who steal, rob, and do acts of via.
lence, without regard to political OPP
That any, considerable portion of
our people connive at s,tch, IL . gross
Islander upon y people who are order
ly and strictly law-abiding. As to
the charge that the people encourage
masked maurauders, we know that
that the people Of all political phases
condemn such, and that II such ever
existed II is now almost entirely sup
pressed by condemnation of public
sentiment. In proofof this, although
we haved Travelled q great deal over
different parts of the State, we have
not seen masked man for more than
twelve months. What, then, can be
the object and design In making the
false and slanderous statement? We
will attempt briefly to explain. In
the political and civil confusion that
Immediately succeeded the close of
the war, many acts of malfeasance
and peculation In Office, and fraud
upon the State, were committed by
railroad rings, publicofficers and Gov
eminent agents. The powers of the
Government were almost entirely
subsidized to the interest Of individ-
uals, and large fortunes made by few
at the expense Of the public treasury.
In many instances Indictment for
murder and other high crimes were
dismissed without trial, and, in
brief all the agencies and resources OF
the State Government were used to
the advantage of the few, and to the
injury Of the many. The present
Legislature 10 institute investigation
Of the acts and d0ings of such State
officials, as the law authorizes and re-
quires them IN make. Many of these
fear fair and strict investigation OF
their OfIicial acts: hence the clamOr
that is raised by such, I'm order to
elude or prevent an investigation OF
their official acts, and to excite the
sympathy ofthose abroad who do not
know Of their misdOings and malver-
sation In Office. They wish to make
good menln other States believe that
they are martyrs to their political
faith, and thus excite the sympathy
Of all lovers Of the Union, and cause
places Of profit to be assigned them
by the President. or Congress, after
they have lost the confidence and
good opinion Of a people whom they
have outraged and embarrassed by
by their maladministration. Such
men have plunderetl the State Treas
ury, and wish to escape justice and an
exposure of their crimes. We speak
the truth when we say, that our peo-
pile are at peace among themselves
white and black, and II undistured
they will soon restore their individu.
al and State credit, aud do much In
the future to reflect honor and credit
upon the national Government. Nc
antipathy Of race longer exists in Oul
State, but all are laboring harmoni
Ously to repair their shattered for
tunes and Improve their present con
dition. No Idea Of resistance to ol
ldisrespect Of the laws Of the nationa
Government exist pmOng our people
but q sincere desire to see peace
happiness and prosperity prevail
4 Throughout the length and breadth
fof this great Union. Try us, ant
give time to our people, and the re
lsdit will attest the truth Of all ",
have said. ~
ip,4 ini.s1 d. b. THOMAS,
Speaker of the Senate
u ~ WON, PERKINS,
I Speaker of House of Representatives
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; LIGHTNING CALCULATIONS. Re
!, membering that Prof. Stafford, Of tn
Dearborn Observatory, was In tn,
habit, In his lisping infancy, Of goin,
through marvellous calculations Xix
a blaze of fOrked lightning through
summer cloud, we recently took Oc
casion to consult him rs to the pro
: cess. In reply to our question, how
many Figures all In a rown II wa
con venient for him to multiply ali
his head" he informed us that h
had no disinclinatiOn to handling
4 them by skies.
We, therefore, selecting our mum
bers, begged him to multiply 72i,62
by 1913, 446. Without seeing the mum
bers, hut retaining them IN his mem
DRY, as heard, the Professor, after al
interval of about two minutes
; stated the result SO, 49,, 057, 75C
/ This, however, was not our object
What we were driving at was the ex
act mental process by which 1t wa
done. This, the Professor states, 4
!, rs follows:
The numbers to be multiplied bein
724,625
u 122, i46
! he takes them by threes, first pei
pendicularly and then diagonally
/ thus:
724xl2s-S0,052
Oh. 625x123-- 1888
| 7olvA4G 900 OOi .g
i 625x448- 27s,750
50, i52, 057, $50
; This, he assures US, was the Who'd
mental process.
He then gave us very succinC
/ account Of the mode In which tn
3 Missouri lad would square number
, however large, which consisted q
4 mn ~, h.,,o N at rc,,oo toll than, ual UNA n