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Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-30

WE are glad to learn that the lead
ing Democrats, of New York city,
are organizing against the Tammany
Ring. That is right. Such den OF
mixed Radical and Democratic
thieves, cannot he broken up too soon
for the honor Of the country and the
financial welfare Of the city.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-30

THE drainage system for New Or
leans, when carried out, Will increase
the limits of that city to the size OF
combined New York and Brooklyn
"a space large enough to accom- mo-
date a population of two millions,
which is ten times the present popu
lation of New Orleans.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-30

IT should be as much the object OF
government To foster public virtue,
rs TO protect life and property. Ours,
however, seems intent only upon de-
veloping villaiIy and protecting 1t
from punishment.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-30

scrupuIous power. CApital and labor
are natural allies, mutually depend
ent upon each other. and can b. inside
antagonistic only by the rossest
misunderstanding Of their iiitimate
and necessary relations 10 each other.
II this antagonIsm should bring about
= severance Of those relations and a
war for supremacy, It requires 10 pro-
phetic vision TO fssesee the ruin to
10th, that must Inevitably follow.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-30
Near Hail a Million Gone.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 28.-The court
martial for the trial of Paymaster
Hodge commenced at Fort McHenry
to-day. The prisoner, through his
counsel, pleaded guilty to all the
charges. The sentence will not be
known till promulgated by the War
Department.
The exact amount with which
Hodge is officially charged of embez-
cling Is $40, 406 so.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-30

GRANT is kicking Greely's friends
out OF Office. The effort will weaken
himself and strengthen Greedy, ms
well as widen the breach, into which
II is 20 he hoped, both wings OF the
party will he precipitated next year.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-30

THE Government of the city OF
New York Is so exact copy of that
at Washing ton, that 1t is not easy to
tell 'tother from which, both being
so rotten.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-30

New YORK, Sept. 26.--Accounts
from Strasbourg say that the tide of
emigration from that section has
been SO great that measures had to
be devised to check It.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-30
The I.axity or the Courts.

c. c. Leigh, candidate for Secre-
tary Estate, on the temperance tick
ct, in an address to the Father
Mathew Temperance Society last
night, said judges had taken advan-
tage of their power to suspend Judge
ments, instead of sending guilty men
to prison until twenty thousand ol
these suspended criminals are now at
liberty In this city. He said that
Haggerty, the alleged voucher thief,
was one of this class, and perhaps
committed the robbery to escape be
ing sent To prison.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-30
CITY ELECTION.

Twin hold nv, election on the nm dry 81
October. 1871, for the purpose 81 fIectIng n
Mayor and eight Alsiefsncu. ~ serve the
ensuing year: niro nj the same time M II
place viii open the polls fof the yoiers Of
ton 10 subscribe Hevenfv- Five Thousand
Dollars stock III THE clasksSiiIe A Wayne4'
~ v. =. n}liSGulIRvT
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-30

We have sold our stock Of groceries 10
waiter McComb q co. All parties indebted
40 ~ will please come forward ana settle
az nuce. We can be found nt our old stand.
|iibetni natronapc aud askinE the same for
our kuVce8sors. We arr
sep. ,o-n COULTER A ALLEf.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-30
The AntI.T,ammy Democracy.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-The Demo-
cratic elements opposed to Tammany
had a meeting Saturday evening, and
perfected arrangements to inaugurate
a formal campaign against the pres
ent system Of corruption. A COM
mittee Is to he appointed, composed
of leading Democrats of the city,
who are authorized to call q mass
meeting during the week, and issue
an address to the people. The meet
ing was marked by wonderful una
nimity of sentiment, and comprised
the leading politicians of the city.
The men identified with this move
ment are known to be of tho first
standing. There Is every reason to
think the organization will be OPP
posed to the Tammany power In the
city and State organization. 1t is in
tended to send the best representa-
tives that can be secured 10 the DEM.
ocratic State Convention. Assur-
ances are given that they will be adj
mitted. Sam. J. Courtney, Benz.
Wood, James O'Brien, G.. G. Barrett,
q. w. Mclean and Thos. Boes are
the principal movers in the affair.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-30

WE clip the following from the
Hopkinsville New Era, which has
advocated the interests OF Hopkins
willie with zeal and dignity; and
has, at the same time, dealt fairly
with the claims of Clarksville,
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-30
Notice EXTRAORDINARY.

This II to forewarn all persons from ira.
ding with my wife, r. A. Williams, on my
account. ~ do not intend to pay amy deb
she may contract, she having left nay bod
aud board without just cause.
q. +. WILLIAMa.
AuQ. %. lS7l-lws
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-30

The proposed narrow gauge road from
Clarksvilie 10 prinorton. has heen rugu
larry organized aud Mai. j. }. Thoinas, of
tiarrottsburg, Ina our county, has been eier.
~. Louis, urging the Importance of the
scheme upon the attention Of tho citizens
Of that prosperous metropolis of the west,
and confidently expects assistance froln It's
enteprising mercllants. should he nil IN
his cffofin, he cNpecis 10 secure sufficient
sub~criptions privately Ia do enongh OIL tue
work 10 make the bonis OF the company
inarketable.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-30
A. H. MUNFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
no THE PUBLIC.

VIII prnetlce in the courts OF Monigom-
cry and adjoining countless
SEM. 10. f1l-ff
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-30
HEADQUARTERS.

No shoddy is kept in stock.
Our customers are all sup
piled with
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-09
strong nnd nradIey.

The New York Eagle contains the
following scathing notice of the new
Supreme Judges who so quickly decided
the legal tender case:
What can be said of the swift sub
serviency of Messrs. Strong and Brad
ley? Let the curtain fall and cover them
from view. They sat in the case which
in its principles they had advocated as
attorneys in the same court. They rem
dered the decision which they stipulated
to render in advance and as the price Of
their appointment. Jefireys was not
more plastic to James than these Ameri-
can judges have been to the President
who appointed them and to the railroad
corporations in interest whose counsel
they were before and whose judges they
are now. In country whose sense of
honor was not debauched and whose con-
science was not drugged, these men
could not hold up their heads an hour
after denouring justice in her own tenn
pie. Hereafter no honorable man can
call them honorable For as long in the
future as this tribunal exists, its proud
history in the past survives to wither its
renegade members Of to-day. With the
departed honor of the Supreme Court
has vanished the last excuse for respect
ing a system prostituted beyond recog-
nition. If the people consent to any
thing less than the political extirpaton
of the influences that have made such
disgrace possible and actual, then will
Americans have lost the right to every
thing but to the disgrace itself, and to
the contempt of their posterity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-09
Reasons why Married Men OutIive
RacuelOrR.

Doctor Hall in his health articles gives
the following reasons why married per-
sons live longer than those who remain
single:
Bachelors are always in state of un-
rest; they feel unsettled. II indoors
after supper, there is sense of solitari-
ness, inducing a sadness, if not settled
melancholy, with its depressing inau-
ences; and many hours in the course of
the year are spent in gloomy inactivity,
which is adverse TO a good digestion and
a vigorous and healthy circulation. His
own chamber or house being so unin-
viting, the bachelor is inclined to seek
diversion outside, in suppers with friends,
in clubs which are introductories to in
temperance and dlicentiousness,o or to those
more unblushing associations which, un-
der coler of darkness, lead to the speed,
ruin of health and merals; and when
these are gone, the way downward to an
untimely grave is rapid and certain. On
the other hand, marriage lengthens a
mans life by its making home inviting;
by the softening influences which it has
upon the character and the affections;
by the cultivation of the better feelings
Of our nature, and in that proportion
saving from vice and crime There can
be no healthful development of the
physical functions of our nature without
marriage; it is necessary to the perfect
man, for Divinity has announced that it
was not good for man to be alone.
Marriage gives laudable and happy
object in life-the provision for wife and
children, their present comfort and fu-
ture welfare, the enjoyment in witness
ing their happiness, and the daily and
the hourly participation in affectionate
interchange of thought and sentiment
and sympathy; these are the considera-
tons which antagonize sorrow and
tighten the burdens of life; thus strew-
ing flowers and casting sunshine all
along its pathway.
Voitaire said: 1.-THE more married
men you have the fewer crimes there
will be. Marriage renders man more
virtuous and more wise. An unmarried
man is but half perfect being, and it
requires the other half TO make things
right; and it cannot be expected that in
this imperfect state he can keep the
SLTdlBuJ pdIu VI TCCJituuCt any nOIO
than a boat, with one oar can keep
straight course. In nine cases out of
ten, where married men become drunk
ards, or where they commit crimes
against the peace of the community the
foundation Of these acts was laid while
in single state, or where the wife is, as
is sometimes the case, an unsuitable
match. Marriage changes the current
of mans feelings, and gives him
center for his thoughts, his affections
and his acts. Here is q home for the
entire man. and the counsel, the affec-
tons, the example, and the interest of
his better half keep him from erratic
courses, and from falling into thousand
to which he would other
wise be exposed Therefore, the friend
to marriage is the friend to society and
to his country"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-09
The Holy Land.

Several years ago o society for the
prosecution ofresearches and discoveries
in the Holy Land was formed in England.
The examinations made under its au-
spices have brought to light a number of
interesting matters. Last year an Ameri-
can society was formed with the same
object. 1t has been arranged with the
parent society that the Americans shall
pursue their explorations east of the
river Jordan, region of country hith-
erto comparatively unexplored. 1t is
estimated that $4,000 will suffice, ac-
cording to the plan of the society, to
carry out this purpose for the first year.
Among the discoveries already made
have been the buried foundations of the
ancient temple, the Moabite stone, the
pavement Of the ancient city, worn
smooth by the tread of the Jews who
lived and moved in the days of our
Savior and the ancient bed of the brook
Kedron, whose waters flowed by the base
of Mount Moriah.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-09

new carpet LOT the Wnlbe HOUSE,
A Washington city correspondent fur
nishes the following to the New York
Herald of Tuesday in relation to the
new carpet for Ulysses:
The Sultan of Turkey, learning that it
was the policy of the present administra-
| ton of this government to economize as
much as possible in the expenditure of
the public funds, and that the east parlor
of the Executive Mansion needed a new
carpet to adorn the floor of the princi-
pal reception room of the Presidents s
house, signifed his willingness, about a
year since, to present to the United
States suitable covering for the floor
of the East Room. The measure of the
apartment was taken with great care, as
it was given out that looms would have
to be made expressly for the weaving of
this extraordinary gift. The President
arrived to-day, and the old Administer
that has served to deaden the sound of
the feet Of the thousands of guests who
have trampled upon it during the past
six years, was taken up in hurry and
pitched unceremoniously out Of the east
window of the parlor into the grounds
surrounding the residence Of the Presi-
dent. The Sultan's gift was then
borne into the apartment, unrolled and
instead of beautiful design, as was ex-
pected, yellow, red and white striped
carpet, with vine work, not unlike the
crude designs discovered on ancient
Egyptian ware, or, perhaps more strictly
speaking, the fantastic drawing of am
bitious urchins, was found to relieve the
monotonous tapestry fabricated by one
Hadji Hail Efendi Elradji Zade, of Con-
stantinople. The carpet is badly sewed
together, matched in dozen places, and
when stretched and nailed down, will
present to the eye innumerable serpent
Inc lines, utterly dis6guring the hitherto
agreeable appearance of the apartment.
The colors are too heavy and the design
altogether too common for the adorn-
ment of the principal parlor of the kx-
ecutive mansion; but as it cost the Gov
ernment nothing, and as it would be dis
respectful to our friends in the neighbor
hood Of the Golden Horn not to accept it,
the Sultan's present will doubtless con-
tinue to disfgure the Executive mansion.
If it serves no better purpose it will at
least serve TO show how much the people
of Turkey need the artistic taste Of
American artisans in working up their
expensive material.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-09
A Model Evening Party.


AANh wv ApAAoA @Abofl
One of the social needs Of our day is
a rational way of spending an evening.
Of course, one can go to the church, OF
to the theater, or to concert, or to a
club. Or, on the other hand, he may
stay at home, which, generally, if he has
home, is better than all But suppose
he wants social company dozen, or
twenty, or fifty friends at his parlor, what
shall he do with them when he gets them
there2 They usually come elegantly
dressed-the ladies in silk or satin, with
flowers in their hair and jewels at their
breasts-the gentlemen in genteel
broadcloth, white kids, and prelatical
cravats. After arriving, they receive
the hand-shake of the host and hostess,
pass few observations on the existing
condition of the external atmosphere,
glide up and down through the mid-par-
lor splendors, defect occasionally into
the corners and passages, elbow one an
other with graciously begged and granted
pardons, talk few minutes TO one and
few minutes to another, sip glass OF
lemonade, nibble at frosted pound
cake, spill few drops of coffee on an
unrestricted skirt, waltz a little, fan
much, and at proper lateness of hour
retire, leaving whisper to the effect of
having greatly enjoyed an evening which
really had nothing enjoyable, and which
was on the contrary superb and costly
bore.
A few nights ago we were at an even
ing company whose host and hostess
changed all this. They substituted
rational entertainment for irrational
twaddle. Instead of decorating the
evening with garden of wall flowers,
they made the occasion spangle and
glitter with an intellectual lustre. In
stead of frivolous parliament Of small
talk, the guests were made either to say,
or listen to, something worthy of human
tongues and ears, minds and hearts.
There were songs by good singers, and
recitations by good readers. Eight or
nine different persons in the company
had some gem to add to the general
crown. There was no hesitation, no
backwardness, no chill, no awful parlor-
propriety. 1t was one of the most sue
cessful of nights. And yet it did not
take anything very great to make it so.
Il was voted by all present to be one of
the most interesting evenings of the
season, and we went away from it carry
ing in our mind the memory Of its sim
pie plan and programme as furnishing a
model for thousand other households.
Our best society is usually a dreadful
bore. 1t lacks intellect. Sensible peo-
pie get tired at an evening party sooner
than at any kind of emptiness. Every
well-regulated family ought to be a
little theater and coneertroom 10 itself.
Let us teach our sons and daughters to
sing, read, recite and declaim. And af-
ter little discipline they will make the
evening the brightest part Of the day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-09
A PhiloIogical Monster to be Hung.

That man may be very learned, and at
the same time very bad, is conclusively
shown in the case of Edward Ii. Rulloff,
a condemned murderer, who is soon to
be hung at Binghampton, New York.
He has been for years professional rob
ber and burglar, and in desperate villainy
hardly has an equal among the criminals
of the Empire State. Professor Mather,
of Amherst College, Massachusetts,
lately had an interview with him in his
cell, and thus reports him:
He complained that he had been
laughed at by the public as a superficial
scholar, and wanted me to satisfy myself
on that, and then hear what he had to
say about the formation Of language. |
replied that, as we had no text books,
could not examine him; to which he re-
Joined that manyof the classical authors
he knew by heart, and would try and re-
peat portions if / would suggest where he
should begin. Thinking that something
from the Memorabilia might be appro-
pirate to his present needs, suggested
the third chapter, first book, where the
sentiments of Socrates with reference to
OOu ohN dhlJf ~ bnCil pulll) anu
exaltation, approach so nearly to
Biblical revelation; and he at
once gave me the Greek. Other
parts of the same work, as well as the
Iliad of Homer and some of the plays of
Sophocles, he showed great familiarity
with. Then, in order to show his
thoroughness, he criticised the common
of certain passages, and he did
it with such subtlety and discrimination
and elegance as to show that his crit
ical study of these nicer points was more
than his powers of memory;
in fact, l should say that subtlety Of
analysis and reasoning was the marked
characteristic of his mind. On one or
two passages of Homer, in particular, he
showed great acuteness of criticism, and
a most thorough appreciation of the
grandeur of the sentiment. One or two
renderings of President FELTON, he op-
posed most vigorously, and when l sup
ported the common version he quoted
from a vast range of classics to confirm
his view.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-09
Only Had CnnItnl.

IF only had capita" " we heard a
young man say few days ago as he
puffed away at a ten cent cigar, Il would
do something"
"If 1 only had capital, said another,
as he walked away from a dram-shop,
where he had just paid ten cents for a
drink, / would go into business.
The same remark might have been
heard from the young man loafng on
the street corner.
Young man with the cigar, you are
smoking away your capital. You from
the dram shop are drinking up yours
and destroying your body at the same
time; and you on the street corner are
wasting yours in idleness and forming
bad habits. Dimes make dollars. Time
is money. Don't wait for fortune to
begin with. If you had ten thousand
dollars a year and spentitall, you would
be poor still. Our men of power and in
fluence did not start with fortunes. You.
too, can make your mark if you will.
But you must stop spending your money
for what you don't need, and squander-
ing your time in idleness.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-09
What ft Costs TO Build Railroads
Try n Mflei

Here is a statement of the cost per
mile of railroads, which is plain enough
for anybody to understand. 1t is from
the Centerville Citizen "The rails used
on the c. and S. w. railroad are "a feet
in length, weigh AS pounds, and cost
delivered here little over cents per
pound OF SIS a rail 440 rails, costing
S7920; 440 joints, costing $l70; 40 kegs
Of spikes, at s. per keg, or cents for
each spike; $500 ties, at 40 cents each,
$3.50, are required in making one mile
Of track. This, with $425 for laying il,
makes a total of $lO,9s5, exclusive Of
right of way, grading, bridges and cattle
guards. In some parts Of the country
the grading costs as high as $4,000 per
mile. The construction of thirty miles
Of road through Appanoose county cost
over half a million Of dollars"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-09
TO MY HUSBAND.

Darling, wonder If you know.
That it is just one year ago,
(The sweetest year in all my life,)
Since became your happy wife.
Your own beloved and loving wife!
The music of the singing bird
With new and strange delight heard;
Oh, sweeter far it was to me
Because my heart was full of thee,
OF tender, loving thoughts of thee.
The roses and the lilies fair,
Shed their sweet perfume on the air;
But ne er in field nor woodland bowers.
Grew half such bright and fragrant flowers
AS bloomed within these hearts Of ours
There's naught in earth nor heaven above,
That's half so sweet and fair as Lovel
To us, what treasure could there be
Like my pure, tender love for thee.
And thine, my dearest one, for meY
And heart in heart, and hand in hand.
Well Journey to the Promised Land;
And in that world Of love divine.
How sweet to know I'll still be thine,
Thine own, beloved, as thou art minel
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-09

A curious and beautiful effect was pro-
duced by one of the ice-making machines
built lately in Philadelphia. This was a
cake of manufactured ice, in the center
of which, completely inclosed in the
translucent material was a bouquet of
fresh flowers. Every leaf and flower
was perfectly visible, while the brilliancy
of the colors was enhanced by the re-
fraction through the ice. This specimen
Of summer entombed in winter was pro-
duced by the Carre-ammonia process, a
French invention, under which these
machines are operated.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-09
STABLE.
SOUTHERN
Livery and Sale Stable
I26 Jefferson ST., Memphis, Tenn.

OVHF UNDERSIGNED. HAVING RE
i gently added to his stock some Of Bruce
best bcrgies and a number Of good saddle aud
harness horses, is now prepared 10 carry on
.the busiacss Of n first-class livery stable. a
handsome knrnout can be had at any and al
times. JESSE A. fuhhhSI.
H. IA large stock Of horses and mules
constantly on hand for sale. Good accommo-
1ations for stock Of all descriptions. l4l-6d
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-09


The New Orleans Picayune tells a
good story of belle of that city, who,
in company with several friends, was
examining a fine picture gallery and
admiring the beautiful paintings as only
the intelligent and refined admire works
of art. Finally she approached a group
of paintings, in the center of which was
a large looking glass, which reflected the
young lady's full-length picture. One
of the gentlemen, pointing to it, said:
See, Miss Laura, what a splendid pic
ture." "Yes,s she said, glancing hur-
riedly, and not perceiving that it was
her own reflection, at is a passable
painting, but the subject is homely."
Indeed, are you in earnest2' Ser
tainly, quite a fright" Look at it
again. She did; but it is curious to
observe that since then a noticeable
GOODNESS has sprung up between the
young lady and her admirer.