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Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-16

SOME years ago, when Miss Harriet
Martlneau was visiting the pyramids
of Egypt, she expressed regret that
the art 10y which tile immense stones
Were raised to their places was lost.
An English engineer therefore pub
lishcd an article in the London
Times, stating that any competent
engineer could construct pyramid
equal to the largest in Egypt. The
following facts would seem to prove
that this Is no idle boast: According
10 ancient authors, from 100000 to
100000 men were engaged for twenty
years ON the great pyramid estimated
to be equal 10 raising lT700,O0O cubic
feet OF stone one foot high. The
steam engines of England, as 1t has
been estimated, would be able 10 do
this in only eighteen hours. This
would make the construction ofpyra-
mids similar 10 those In Egypt by no
means an impossible work, providing
anybody could I've found foolish
enough To undertake Il,
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-16
Now thc world May he Destroyed.

Astronomy, In conjunction with
optics, has been making some extra
ordinary discoveries in the last few
months. The spectroscope is wond-
|ertul aid to the telescope, and rs the
latter brings to view distant worlds,
the former indicates the material of
which they are made. The late
eclipse of the sun demonstrated that
immense volumes of hydrogen gas
stretch upward hundreds of miles
above its surface, making in reality
the oceans of flame which have often
figured in hyperbole.
A thought has occurred to us in this
connection which we venture to COM
mend to the attention of our astronom-
ical and geological friends. It. a
wellHknown fact in geology that in
past periods vastly greater heat has
|pervaded the earth than at the
present time, the flora and funna of n
tropical climate flourishing at the
poles. Scientific men have been in
|yenious in speculations about the
cause of the change. Some have as
Fcribed it to the internal heat of the
earth, which has been gradually
Ievolved in successive ages. Others
lave attributed IL to the different re-
Ifation of the axis of the earth TO the
jplane of the elliptic. Possibly others
may have suggested a change i'm the
Internal constitution of the sun
though we do not remember to have
seen 1t in our limited reading. But
the phenomenon finds an easy solu-
tion on this hypothesis.
4 htrrtnar Il Ia. "a L..
the constellation of the Northern
Crown suddenly became bright as a
star of the first magnitude. Astron-
lomers at once resorted to the telescope
to explain the mystery, but could
find only q confirmation of the fact,
with no hint to its cause. Opticians
| applied the spectroscope, and at once
the mystery was revealed. A vast
locean of hydrogen was in flame, and
its combustion melted the small star,
one of the most brilliant in the fir.
mament. The mathematician took
up the data given them in the in.
crease oflight, andproved that forany
worlds of which this star may be tht
central sun, there must have been al
Increase of heat to seven hundred ant
eighty times their normal standard
lf these worlds are made of similar
materials with our earth, they must
have Dissolved under this intense heat,
as the iipal catastrophe Of our globe
predicted by Peter.
| Our thoughts, then, are simply
this: If by internal changes, or com.
bustions in the central sun, the con
dition of all the planets must be sen.
sibly affected; and If our sun is liable
to such changes as this in the North
ern Crown 1--WE know it has untolt
Volumes of hydrogen above the sur
lface), why may not the former ex
treme heat of the earth have beer
due simply to atmospheric change
in the sun And why may they no
occur on II larger scale in the future
lhealding in the final judgment?-
Providence Journal.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-16

Mr.. GEO. T. LEWIS, of Clarksvillc
has produced quite sensation among
the iron protectionists of the North
by his able and thorough letters upon
the subject of making pig-iron.
So sound-so self-convincing and
practical have those letters been, that
Commissioner Wells has seen and
felt their force and being an honest
man desiring light flOm every source
that is reliable, he has based portions
of his Report to Congress upon the
facts and reasoning of Mr.. Lewis let
ter which has had the effect of bring
ing down the protective tariff men oil
the House of representatives In q
perfect torrent of ridicule and abuse,
both upon the Honorable Commits
sioner and upon the unpretending
head of Mr.. Lewis. The truth al.
ways did hurt and always will hurt.
The galded jade winces.
We are perfectly satisfied that Mr..
Lewis has demonstrated beyond the
shadow of a doubt, that pig iron can
be manufactured in Tennessee at al
most q cost of 100 per cent less than
il can be made and at Pennsylvania.
And yetthose manufacturers ofPenn-
sylvania are demanding and obtain
ing in Congress the most eXorbitant
protection, under tie false pretence
that they cannot make pig-iron at
less than S33 TO S35 per ton.-Pdris
{ Iehn.) MteHiGcaccr Jaly Sth.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-16

DOMESTIC LABoR.--Under this head
the Henderson (Ky.) Reporter has
the following well timed remarks,
which are very applicable to this sec.
ton: "This subject is becoming one
of serious Importance IN all the late
slavesholding communities. When
we need edlabormost--especially female
help-it Is hardest to secure. During
the winter months 1t is easy to obtain
the services ofonegro girls and wo-
men but when thesummer comeson
it is far diflerent,x, When they are
needed most they are 10th to accept
employment. Instead, they relinquish
good and permanent situations, and
make a precarious living by picking
black-berries, stealage, and otherwise,
In fact, domestic negro labor, as q
general rule, has become more of O
nuisance than of profit or conven.
ience; and those who are compelled
to employ such labor should make
arrangements to dispense with tho
services of those who have become
comparatively tritling and worthless
in the freedom thrust upon them by
fanatical fools who usurped the rein,
of government, and are trampling
under foot its fundamental principles
in spirit of hatred, and for persona
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Self-interest Is the controlling mo
tive in most all business transac
tions, and in reference to the question
of domestic labor, our citizens SHOULD
take the necessary steps to"protec
themselves by providing for help of {
different character.
If negros will not labor faithfully
there are thousands of whites WHIT
will. Every year thousands come t.
our shore, and distribute thcmselve:
over the country, nearly all Of whom
seek and are anxious for employment
besides the thousands of native borr
who desire TO live uprightly. BY {
little concert of action upon the par
of those who require reliable ant
trustworthy household or other labor
they can secure it. Let some actio,
be taken to render us independent o
the dependent creatures of the fiji
teenth amendment. Let us hav,
more of the erich Irish brogue" ant
and the "sweet German accent
Those who rejoice in them are gener
ally honest and industrious. BY
little effort our citizens can be supplied
with class of labor upon which the.
can depend; and if our servants ar
to be our equals, let the proud bloo'
of .he Caucasian dow purely in thei
VEINS"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-16

THE Memphis Ledger publishes the
following item: \ negro woman,
generally known rs "Aunt Dolly"
died on the farm of Joseph Gal
braith, Esq, of jefferson county,
n few days ago. Her age is supposed
to have been about 1870. "Aunt Dol
ly" was the mother of fifteen child
ren, the youngest OF whom is seven
ty-five years old.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-16

a FLORIDA paper gives glowing de-
scription of a thunder stonen now
In possession OF lady In Key West,
which, as II asserts, "has the peculiar
ity that 1t offers immunity Of thread
against fire, the thread being wrapped
around the stone, and then, rs thus
prepared, thrust into heap OF rod
hot Goals" The thread" II con
tinues, "may be taken from cotton
spool aud wound one thread upon
another, still-though the stone be
heated to white heat-the thread
will not he burned, nay, nor even
scorched."
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-16
The Woman Question.

Men, in their inmost souls, feel
more than women can, the change
which comes over the world, when
the publicity they know and feel in
their own lot, comes to turn the whole
race out of doors. They themselves
live now in the reverence, admiration
and love they feel for the delicate, the
private, the domestic nature of wo-
men. They forsce the shrine where
they worship profaned; they feel the
bosoms where they are warmed grow
ing hard and cold. They see the
" homes" where alone their public
cares are soothed and made tolerable,
converted into disprivacied parts OF
the great hotel of life. They hear al
ready the sweet harmony of different
voices dying away in n monotonOus
unison. They feel the romance, the
poetry, the sentiment of life oOzing
out under the blows aimed at the
chief hoop which binds the slaves of
society together; and they know that
woman without their consent Is about
10 discrown herself Queen of her own
home, in order to usurp barren
scepter in the kingdom of public life.
III Is Idle TO warn, prophecy, to COM
plain. The fruits of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil are fair
To the woman's eye, rs of old and
the tempter Is no less n serpent but
though we shall still go doubtless
hand in hand with the modern Eve,
when she eXpel5 herself from the
gardens of Gods own planting; we
know better than she the charm of
Paradise which we shall lose together,
and the cOldness and emptiness of all
that lies outsidel It IA only some di-
vine interposition that can avert the
mad domination that does not mind
running man, in r;lshly protesting
against the fiat which made humans
ity, male and female.-H W. Bet
tors, IN Oll and NGW,
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-16
ASpeck OF Civil War.

|. .ISome months ago in the county of
Efeathitt,two brothers named Amy,
who were seeking a difficulty with
most any one whom they chanced to
meet, having failed, fell to and cut
each other up in shocking manner.
Neither, however, was seriously hurt,
and in due time recovered. Their
bellicose spirit did not heal with their
wounds, and again well they were
ready for a renewal of h0stilities.
During the early part of last week
the brothers Amy, who had before
fought each other, met with and raised
u difficulty with Captain William
Strong, when one or both took "a shot
at him, but without effect. The fire
was returned by Strong, severely
wounding one Of the Amys, and in n
few days the other brother was shot
and killed by some party in ambush
while at work in his field, supposed
to be Strong and his party. Since
this occurrence matters have assumed
n somewhat warlike appearance, and
both parties have been augmented
until they now number some twenty
five or thirty on heirside, armed and
equipped, who are either securing the
country or lying in wait for each other.
1t has much the appearance now of
the Hill-Evans feud in Garrard coun-
ty many years ago, and should the
civil authorities prove impotent to
preserve the peace, rs they doubtless
Will, military aid should at once be
sent them, and this speck of civil war
nipped in the bud.-RichmOnd Ken
tucky, Sentinel.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-16

THE NELoCIPEDE EcLIPsED.- IA
late number OF the Scientific Ameri-
can contains an Illustration and de
cription Of new invention, called a
Pgdespeed. IL consists of n pair of
small wheels 10 he fastened on the
foot, and hy their assistance, man II
Is claimed, eau eclipse the speed Of the
winged God, Murcury. Thomas l..
Ludrrs, of 0lncy H., Is the designer
OF this now appliance ior locomotive
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-16

THERE once lived In a village not
more than three hundred miles west
of New York, certain tradesmau
who had u large family, and little
"treasures were continually being
added TO his board. GRe day one o
his little boys happened 10 be in a
store, and was thus interrogated by d
young man present: "J0hn, how
many brothers and sisters have yor
got ~ al don't know, said The hoy
i ha.n' been home since morning.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-16

ITS Present Anomalous Condition
and Probable Future.

from the N. Y. Commercial and Financial
Chrouicle.1
Probably the important staple OF
tobacco has not in many years occu-
pied position attended with so many
uncertainties as now, both with re-
gard to prices and the future demand
at home and abroad. The natural
effect of reduced production, such as
we have had the past season, Is, OF
course, to enhance prices; but how
high the tobacco quotations can be
carried without so far curtailing con-
sumption as to compensate for the
diminished supply, Is a question upon
which, during the next few months,
some new light may be thrown. A
fair estimate of the crops of tobacco
which are now in process OF being
marketed, are about as follows:
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-16
FIRST AND LAST.


They sat together hand In hand.
TIE sunset ficl<ered low; Z,
The ficklo sea crcpt up the strand.
And caught the after.glow.
He srng n song, n little song
Ne &-ther f:ssst knew,
She l,.,iSed up and thought him strong,
looked down and dreamed him true.
The ficile sea crept mp the strand,
And laughed n wanton laugh
Took up the song the poet planned,
And sang tlrotler half
-
Times change; they went diverse ways
The evening shades increase
On him, grown old In fame and praise.
And her In household peace.
Tho echo of the false sweet words,
He spoke so long ago,
Has passed as pass Tie summer birds
Before the winter snow.
But rs tonight the angels hand
Loosens the silver chord,
And calls her to that other land
OF loves supreme reward,
She hears but one esound, silent long,
"A whisper soft and low
The echo of the ftlse sweet song
lie sang so long ago.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-16

We have an instance, in the return
of ,727 cases of seed leaf from Ger
many this spring, of that reversal of
the usual course of trade which has
been illustrated heretofore in bread
stuils, cotton and other staples, when
prices We're excessively high. The
above few facts should not be lost
sight of by those most interested in
them. They certainly suggest eau
ton among buyers, and the avoidance
of extreme views by holders, as the
only means of preventing serious
complications in the future.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-16
CLARKSVILLE
CANDY MAHUFACTORY.

nERUAPS IT Is NOT GENERALLY
known that there is such thing as u
Cundy Manuitctory In ClnrksNillc; but
such Is the flct | am engaged In the man
urtrt,tre OF the best and purest article of
Plain and Fancy Candy, which offer 10
= the trade, wholesale and retail, ut Louis
vile prices, freight ana charges aIIea' l
,iulterafed iriicle. re- Country merchants
would do well to examine my goods be-
fore they send their orders away irom
homo.
1 have on hand alargc LOT OF toys for the
Christmas holidayS-uiso keep Cakes ana
Brcad Of every description.
Doc, 1, lSGg.-tf.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-16

AN exchange says. You might as
well attempt to shampoo the head OF
an elephant with n thimhlc full OF
sOapsuds, as Ia attempt 10 do business
aud ignore printers ink.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-16
J. J. RAWLS & CO.,
GROCERS,
AND DEALERS IN COUNTRY PROEuCE
CLARKSyILLE, TENN.

KEEP constantly ON hand n mll supply
of Fresh GrncvricS, which they oilor at re-
tail as cheap aa any house IN the city,
Give us Cpll,
May -, 1O-tf
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-16

| Hhds... ..................22,O 900 1900
Cases. ............-... .....12,0D0 4,2O0
The exports of hhds. from Balti-
more, from January lst to about the
middle of June, were 9,200-> hhds.,
against 14,900 hhds. for the cores
ponding period last year. From New
Orleans there Is an increase In the
exports since the 1st of September
last, of nearly one thousand hhds.;
but this is to be explained by the fact
that the proportion of the Kentucky
product seeking that market is now
greater than in previous years since
the war-the receipts at New Orleans
since September 1st, having been
$4,000 hhds., against 1900 hhds. for
the corresponding period of 1868 $50,
an excess of 1900 hhds. received, and
only 1000 hhds. exported, resulting
in the stock on hand being raised to
the very liberal figure of 9, 100 hhds.
1t will thus be seen by these sta
tistics for the three great tobacco ship
ping ports of the United States that
I there has already been q falling Off in
the exports of about $500 hhds. to
compensate for diminution in the
crop of Al 900 hhds., and the export of
cases from New York alone are 1880
less, Notwithstanding an increase of
II 900 cases in growth. The total
shipments thus far are $4,000 hhds.
against Al, 800 hhds. in the correspand-
ing period of last year-a decrease of
about % per cent; while the growth
/ has been 1890 hhds. against 2l3, 900
hhds. last year-a decrease of only
about 90 per cent. 1t is reasonable TO
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-16

Here we see falling off In Ken+
tuclxy, etc., of 44,000 hhds., with an
increase of III, 900 cases. Let us see
how these facts Ahve affected the
movement at the various Atlantic
markets. The exports from this port
(mainly new CROP from January LIST
to date, as compared with last year,
have been as follows: q
| 1onn Ic-nl
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21
The Real Masonic Grip.

Maj. James Garrison of Leroy, N.
Y, though a small man, had a most
powerful grip of hand. 1t was like a
smiths vice whenever he chose to ex.
ert his strength. 1t was one night in
the height of the anti masonic excite
ment Of l836-7-8, that a silly anti
by the name of Smith, came to Leroy
and sought out the Major, saying that
he had heard that he the major could
give the real master mason's grip, and
that he had come over eighty miles on
foot to obtain it. The meeting took
place in the bar room of the village
tavern, where, as usual, many persons
were congregated, who Knowing the
strength of the majors grip, were Oh
the look out for fun. Having accord
ing to the custom Of those days, first
took a drink, the major extended hi.
right hand and slightly grasped that
Of Smith.
"Are you ready ?" asked the ma.
jor.
All ready" replied Smith.
The major steadily looking Smith
in the eye, began to tighten his grip
Smith became uneasy and began to
vince.
Tighter and tighter grew the ma
ior's grip, and Smith begun to beg tc
be let off.
Why, this is only the entered ap
prentice grip" said the major. "l
will now give you the fellow craft,
and the major gave his hand vice sey
eral more turns which caused muct
| groaning and many ludicrous contor
tions Oh the part of Smith, who lusti
/ ly begged to be let off; said he wa;
satisfied, and did not want any more
| grips. The major however was mex
orable, and held on to Smith, all the
time shaking his hand, and every shake
causing a groan.
Now" said the major, "havin:
come long way to get the real mas
ter mason's grip, it would be wrong il
ME to let you 60 home without it
There it is, said the major, the rea
master mason's grip, and one you vii
not soon forget" and at the same
time eXerting to the utmost his grea
muscular powers, causing the bone
of Smiths hands to crack, and tn
blood to start from under his fngeI
nails, Smith in the meantime halloins
with pain.
Go home said the major, anC
tell all your anti-masonic friends tha
if any of them want the master ma
sons grip to come to me, for | flatte
myself that | can give it as well a
any other man."
The major gave one more turn Of
the vice and then released his victim
The next day Smith, with his hant
done up in a poulticc, started home
entirely satisfied with the masonic in
formation he had so painfully obtained
"a wiser if not better man.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21

SINGULAR ARITHMETICAL FACT
Any number of figures you may wish
to multiply by 5, will give the same
result if divided by "a much quick
er operation; but you must remem-
Der to annex cypher to the answer
when there is no remainder, and when
there is a remainder, whatever it may
be, annex a FIVE to the answer. Null
tiply AGA by 5, and the answer will
be 1920; divide the same by 2, and
you have 232, and as there in no re.
mainder, you add a cypher. Now
take 359-multiply by 5, the answer
is l,795; on dividing this by 2 there
is l79 and remainder; you there
fore place 5 at the end of the line
and the result is again, l,795.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21

undemonstratiye kindness and watch.
ful forethought, their cheerful con-
tentment, uncomplaining self-sacrifce
and punctual attention to duty
taught US a lesson of Christian tole-
ration. In their religious ceremonies
we could not heartily join. But, in
the spirit which pervaded all they
did, we could not forget the words of
the Apostle:
"Love never faileth but, whether
there be prophecies, they shall fail !;
whether there be tongues, they shall
cease; whether there be knowledge,
it shall vanish away" But love is of
; God, and cannot fail.-Ne,o York o.
;SeJ'yer.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21

DIABOLICAL MURDERs.-New Lon
don adviceS give the particulars OF a
tiabolical series of murders at Den
ham, a small village two miles from
Uxbridge, in a small cottage occupi-
ed by an engineer named Marshall
and his family. Marshall was seen
at work in his shop late on the Sat
urday night of May 2Ist, and nothing
further was seen Of the family until
Monday evening when two men burst
open the door of the cottage, and be-
held a CHASTITY sight. Three child
ren with. nothing on but their night
gowns were lying in the corner Gov
cred with blood, their brains having
evidently been dashed out with a
sledge hammer, found near. In the
next room the bodies of two women
were discovered, similarly maltreat
ed. One was Marshall's wife and the
other his sister, who was to have been
married the day before. Marshall
was found in his working dress in the
work shop, with his head and face
slashed in fearful manner and GOV
cred with sacking. At first it was
supposed that Marshall killed the fam
lily and then committed suicide, but
the doctors decide from the position
of his body that he could not have
done it. Nothing was taken from tht
house.