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Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16

A number Of valuable relics, left by
Miss Henrietta J. Bedford, who died
in Wilmington, Delaware, last
month, ut the age OF eighty.two years,
are to be exhibited for a few days in
that city. The Commercial, OF Will
mington, describes them as follows |:
81. Two pocket pistols, silver
mounted, presented by General Wash
ington to Judge Cunning Bedford,
and bequeathed to the Smithsonian
Institute at Washington. Miss Bed
ford's will says: During the Revolu.
ton, General Washington desiring
my father, who was aid-de-camp on
his staff, to go from Trenton to New
York on some secret embassy at
night, and fearing that he was not
sufficiently armed with the pistols in
his holsters, presented him with q
pair of pocket pistols, with view to
his protection and greater security,
which devise to the Smithso MAN
Institute at Washington On hand
ing the pistols to Judge Bedford,
Washington said: If you return
alive, keep these pistols as memen-
to- 2. A silver punch strainer, be-
longing to my maternal grandfather,
James Parker. Its history is briefly
this: DR.. b. Franklin and my grand
father were printer boys IN. Boston,
and saved silver dollar from their
first earnings, by selling newspapers
In that city. They had these dollars
made into punch strainers, and ex-
changed with each other, SO that this
strainer is made out of the dollar
earned by DR.. Franklin. This Is be-
queathed to the Smithsonian Insti-
tute.v
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16


How THE CONVERSATION WAS
BROUGHT ABoUT.-An old friend of
ours told US very good one the other
two years ago. said he, lone Parson
B., noted Universalist preacher,
received notice by the hands Of one
Geo. Washington, (so-called,) a man
of color and Of African scent, to APP
pear before Gen. NJ, at that time
agent of the Freedman's Bureau, sta
toned at Marshall, Texas, to answer
to the charge of willfully, malicious
~ and most outrageously wronging
the aforesaid Geo. Washington, (''so-
called.") He went, he saw, he heard.
On the next Sabbath after his friendly
interview with Gen. NJ, he got
up into his pulpit, and to the aston
ishment of every one present, took
for his text, 1.-THE wicked shall be
turned into He'll, with all the nations
that forget God" After preaching
real hell and damnation sermon, he
concluded by saying: my brethren,
my mind has undergone q complete
change since I preached to you last
l am satisfied now that If there Is no
hell, there ought to be one-and II
any of you brethren should yet have
any scruples In regapd to'this matter,
just claim all that belongs to you from
some freedman, and 1t will get you
before the freedman's bereau. When
you get home again, II you don't go
strong for hell, you are not the people
l take you to be-from this out I'm
hell man."-JeGerson 1er.) Herald.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16
stopping q Newspaper.

One of our exchanges has the fol.
lowing allegory, which we commend
to the careful consideration of those
gentleman who, the moment they see
anything that displeases them in the
columns of their local Journal, rush
to the printing Office and cry out,
+" Stop my paper!"
"A certain man hit his toe against
a pebble and fell headlong to the
ground. He was vexed, and under
the influence of angerand self-suffici-
ency, he kicked the earth right sauci-
ly. With impurturbable gravity he
looked to see the earth itself dissolved
and come to naught. But the earth
remained, and HIS poor foot was in
jured I'm the encounter. This Is the
way of n man. An article In news
paper touches him In o weak spot,
and forthwith he sends TO stop his
paper. With great complacency he
looks to see the crash, when he finds
he only hit his toe against world
that does not perceptibly feel the
shock and Injuries no one but himself"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16
corners, striking and slashing until

corners, striking and slashing until
knew that every one wins dead.
All of a sudden it seemed as IL my
heart was on fire. / was bleeding
everywhere. rushed out to the well
and drank from the bucket, and tum-
bled down In a faint.
Breathless with the intense inter-
est with which followed this strange
story, all the more thrilling and wild
when its hero, seeming to live over
again the bloody events of that day,
gave way to its spirit with wild jes-
lures, l saw then what my scrutiny
of the morning had failed to discover
the tiger which lay concealed be-
meath the gentle exterior.
"You must have been hurt almost
to DEATH" said.
"There were eleven buckshot In
me. carry some of them now. i
was cut In thirteen places. All of
them bad enough TO let out the life Of
q man. But that blessed old DIR.
Mills pulled me safe through it, after
u bed seige of many long week"
THAT prayer of yours, Bill, may
have been more potent for your safety
than you think. You should thank
God for your deliverance.r
ITO tell you the truth, Kernal,u
responded the scout with certain
solemnity and grave face, ~ don't
talk OF SIGH ter the people round here,
Tut alters feel sort of thankful when
i get out of q bad scrape."
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16
II Doesn.t AiMnxs EoIier

IL you beckon to baulky mule, Il
doesn't always follow.
II you see q man standing In the
doorway Of q hotel, 1t doesn't always
follow that he hoards there.
II you see q man running along
the stree, rs though the sheriff was
after him, It doesn't always follow
that he Is doing a rushing business.
II you see q man beating time ct y
concert, and looking very knowingly
It does not always follow that he un-
derstands particle of music.
II you hear couple "dearirgu and
'darlinging' each other before people,
It doesn't always follow that they do
1t when they are at home alone.
If you meet o stranger who asks
you 10 lend him five dollars, and you
lend 1t to him, 1t doesn't always fol-
low that he will be i'm hurry to re-
turn 1t.
If you meet man troubled with
dyspepsia, and rolling eyes his In a
very sanctimonious way, IL doesn't
always follow that he Is q saint"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16
A PATRIOTIC JURY.

Mr.. Charles NJ. Lee was n well
known criminal lawyer of Rochester,
N. Y. He summed up y case with q
perspiration that would have aston
ishsu eveniohn Graham In his vehe-
ment and melting moods. Lee was
defending an old revolutionary soldier
for passing . forged promlssory note
Tor thirty dollars. There was hardly
the iaintest doubt OF his guilt; but
Lee contrivet to get before the Jury
the mct tHnt tie prisoner, then dare
devil hoy " ntneteen, was one Of the
stormiiig pnfty that followed Mad
Anthony Wayne. In his desperate
night assault upon Stony Point, and
helped To carry the wounded General
into the fort during that terrible fray.
In summing up, Lee, after getting
over the ugly points OF the evidence
as best he could, then undertook to
carry the jury by cscalade on the
ground OF his revolutionary services.
He described In graphic language the
bloody attack on Stony Point, the i'm
petuous valor OF Wayne, the daring
exploit OF his client, and wound up
with the stunning interrogatory.
"dentlemen OF the jury, will you
send to the state Prison, for passing
a contemplate thirty dollar forged
note, an old hero of three scnre aud
ten, who In his youth cheered the
heart OF his country in the darkest
hour Of the Revolution by storming
stony Point?"
This was poser. The chins oil
some OF the Jury quivered, but the
foreman, q biuft farmer, put on air
which seemed to shy that storming
Stony Point was Q good thing enough
In It's line. but what had II to do with
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16

A correspondent of the New York
Day Book asks the editor his opinion
as to the prospects Of electing the
Democratic candidate for President in
1872, and here is his answer:
"The number of electoral votes in
the coming political contest Is BIT.
1t requires l57 to complete a MAORI
ty. The footings of the IL States
known to be reliable as Democratic
Isl the foOtings of the ii States un-
mistakably mongrel ~ votes; while
there are nine States set down as
doubtful, counting "a votes. Ifthen,
the Democracy can carry either Ohio,
Pennsylvania or Illinois, we are all
right. five can carry New Jersey
and any other doubtful States we are
safe. Ii we can carry Connecticut
and any other one doubtful State we
are "sure pop;" and finally the signs
are, that enough of the doubtful vote
will be given to carry the ticket. But
there is labor to be done. The victory
must be worked for.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16


A correspondent of the Evansville
Journal, In a late date OF that paper,
states that he has travelled in Davies,
Mclean, Ohio, Muhlenburg, Gray
son, Warren, Todd, Logan, Trigg,
Christian and Caldwell counties, In
this State, by various modes of con-
veyance, and that gave him the full.
est opportunities Of observing, and as
the result he asserts relative to crops
that all along In the Green river
country the corn seems burned up,
and the tobacco crop Is estimated by
the most intelligent and reliable to-
bacco-raisers to be about two fiths,
and not over one-half of the quantity
raised by the same farmers last year.
The tobacco crop OF the Cumberland
river region Is more promising, and u
fair yield anticipated.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16

Widower Smiths wagon stopped
one morning before widow Jones'
door and gave the usual signal that
he wanted somebody In the house, by
dropping the reins aud sitting double,
with elbows on his knees. Out step
ped the widow, lively as o cricket,
with tremendous black ribbon in
her snaw-white cap. Good morning
was soon said on both sides, and the
widow waited for what was further
to be said.
Well, ma'am Jones perhaps you
don't want to sell one OF your cows,
no how, nothin', no way, do you ?n
"Well, there, Mr.. Smith, you
couldn't have spoken my mind better.
A poor lone woman like me doesn't
know what to do with so many
creatures, and I should be glad to
trade If we can tit it.u
So they adjourned to the meadow.
Farmer Smith looked at Roam,
then at the widow then at Brindle,
then at the widow; at the Downing
COW, then at the widow again, and so
on through the whole forty.
The same call was made every day
for week, but farmer Smith could
not decide which COW he wanted.
At length, on Saturday, when widow
Jones was In hurry to get through
her baking for Sunday, and ever so
much to do in the house, as all far
mer's wives and widows have on Sat-
urday, she was a little IMPATIENT
Farmer Smith was as irressolute as
ever.
"That Downing cow Is pretty fair
creature-but-n he stopped to CLAN &c
at the widows face, and then walked
around her-nOt the widow, but the
COW. "That ere short horn Durham
Is not a bad looking beast, but I don't
know" another look at the widow.
"The Downing COW 1 knew before
the late Mr.. Jones bought her,
Here he sighed at the allusion to the
late Mr.. Jones. She sighed, and they
both looked ut each other. 1t was q
highly interesting moment. -
"Old Roam Is a faithful old mich
COW, and so is Brindle, but have
known better"
A long stare succeeded this speech /;
the pause was getting awkward, and
at last Mr.. Jones broke out
"Law Mr.-Smith if Pm the COW
you want, do say SOL"
The intentions Of the widower
Smith and the widow Jones were
duly published the next day, as is the
law and custom In Massachusetts
and as soon as they were tout pub
lished they were married.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16

THE following valuable receipt for
preparing gingerbread is taken from
Canada paper, and will be found
well worth preserving: Get your
ginger; melt mOlasses Till IL biles
over; melt some butter till 1t Is thin;
stir 1t through the molasses candy;
multiply by wet sugar; thrash some
clover and maryander seed and grind
them in the hopper (clean out the
hopper ready to grind coffee for
breakfast, by running few corn
meal through 10 git ~ ID sack OF
flour on credit; 2 cups OF sour oil OF
Kline; beat somebody out of the eggs;
beat the eggs; strain them to sub
scrac the shells. Line the pan with
red flannel, satutrate with equal part
OF coal tar and strong butter, and
pour In the mixture. Bake with u
slow fuse.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16
NoshI.s New.

From the Physician and Pharmacist.l
Photography only adds another In
stance to the many on record which
prove the truth of Solomon's saying:
1.-THE thing that has been Is that
which shall be, and there is no new
thing under the sum-
Humboldt, in his Cosmos, " states
that the Chinese had magnetic car
riages with which to guide them
selves across the great plains Of Tar
tary, one thousand years before our
era, on the principle of the compass.
Theprototypeo Of the steam engine has
been traced to the teoliple of Hero
Alexandria. The Romans used nova
BILE types to mark their pottery and
indorse their books. Mr.. Layard
found In Nineva magnifying lens of
rock crystal, which Sir ID. Brewster
considers true optical lens, aud the
origin of the microscope. The prin-
ciple OF the stereoscope, invented by
Professor Wheatstone, was known to
Euclid described byGalen fifteen hun
dred years ago, aud more fully Ia 500
A. D., in the works of Baptista Por.
ia. The Thames Tunnel, though
oucu q nSNSityi was autiCipuecu w
that under the Euphrates at Baylor;
and the ancient Egyptians had q
Suez Canal. Such examples might
be indefinitely multiplied, but we turn
to photography. M. Jobard, In his
Nouvelles Inventions aux EXPOSE
tions Universelles," 1857, says trans
lation from the German was discov-
cred In Russia, three hundred years
old, which contains clear explana-
ton of photography. The old alche-
mists understood the properties of
of silver im relation to light,
and its Photographic action II ex.
planned by Fabricius In ode Rebus
Metallicis, 1886. The daguerreotype
was anticipated by d Ia Roche In his
"Giphantie."l 1850, though 1t was only
the statement of q dreamer.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16

Montgomery, the capital Of Alaba-
ma, Is situated at the large end OF
the flask shaped bend in the Alabama
river. 1t Is said that the man who
lives on the narrow neck part of this
bend, floats down the river TO Mont
gomery, ties his canoe, transacts his
business, then floats back home on
the same river. tits related that this
old genius threatened to cut river
channel through his land, which
would he u comparatively easy task,
and divert the Alabama river so as to
leave the river bed at Montgomery
high and dry, and the city at q con
siderable distance from navisable
water.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16
A SON OF Aaron Rurr.

A son of Aaron Burr, now an old
man, Is living in Pequa, Ohio. His
mother was Miss Catharine -, ut
that time (1S00) well known Wash
ington belle, who fell beneath the
Establishments of the Vice President.
She was noted for her beauty, refine
ment and wit, and after her ruin fled
mysteriously to Philadelphia. Her
sudden disappearance from the gay
capital created n great deal of talk
and after that event she was dead to
all the world save her titled destroy
er and her son. The correspondent of
the Miami county Democrat, who re-
veals the existence of this son, says |.
:" Mr.. - saw his father but twice
once after his accquittal before the
Supreme Court of the United States
at Richmond, when he was tried for
treason, the second and last time in
the latter part Of 1895, in New York.
Upon the latter occasion our old citi-
zen was recognized by Burr. He was
then aged, bowed to the earth with
the great weight of four score years
and broken heart. Disease also
racked his frame. Thirty years be-
fore his only daughter had sailed from
Charleston, s. c., To meet him, but
the vessel in which she EN- banked was
never heard from aud the blow near
ly crushed Burr's life. Sir said the
old man, although the blood OF Aaron
Burr runs through my veins, l detest
1t. He conspired against the best
government on the face of Gods foot
stool, and l am the offspring of a
traitor. i tried TO redeem my birth
by fighting for my country in the
Florida war; but the odium rankles
in my heart, aud little does the gov
ernment suspect that It pays pension
to the son of Aaron Burr When /
asked him II might publish his ex-
istence he said - Yes; 1t will do me
no harm but for Heavens sake point
not out my place of retirement to the
gaping world. Stigmatize my father
as you please; but speak kindly, /
pray thee, of my gentle and erring
mother, who Is In Heaven waiting for
her son. am on the borders of three
score aud ten,' he continued, with
moistening eyes. Il want to cross
the river where the stain of ancestry
will never corrode u name have
not mentioned the old mans name.
Without his consent 1t never passes
my lips.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16

For THE GIRLs.-There are two
kinds of girls one Is the kind that
appears best when abroad-the girls
that are good for parties, rides, visits,
balls, etc., and whose chief delight Is
in such things. The other Is the kind
tAat appears best at hOme-the girls
that are useful ami cheerful In the
dining room, sick-room and all the
precincts Of home. They differ very
widely In character. One Is often a
torment to a home---the other bless
ing; one IL moth, consuming every
thing about her; the other IL a sun
beam inspiring light and gladness all
around her pathway. The right kind
OF education will modify both, and
unite the good qualities OF both.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16
Take Your County paper.


" Well, squire you say you don't
take your county paper?"
No, Major, l get the city papers
on better terms, and so l take two Of
them.u
But, squire, these county papers are
great convenience to US. TheInore
we encourage them, the better the
editor can make them"
I" / don't know that they are any
convenience to me-"
The farm you sold last spring was
advertised in one OF them, and you
there by obtained customer
:" Very true Major but / paid three
dollars for It."
Now IL your neighbors had not
maintained that press, you would
have been without the means of pub
fishing your daughters marriage, and
your brothers death last summer
Yes, yes, but'' 49,
" Aud your nephew was candidate
for Legislature; you were highly graf
fed at his newspaper defense, which
elected him, and cost you nothing"
4" Yes yes, but these little things
are news to readers, and make the
people take the papers.
No, no, Squire Grudge, not ifthey
were all like you. Now, / tell you,
Squire, the day will come when
somebody will write long eulogy on
your life, character, etc, and the
printer will put 1t In type, with
heavy brass rule under II, and with
all your riches, this will be done for
YOU as a grave for A nauner. Yo,lr
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16
scoLpINa.-What good does scold

ScoLDING. What good does scold-
Ing dop 1t does no one the least SER
vice, but creates infinite mischief.
Scolding servants never make them
do better. Their tempers are reused,
as well as that OF their mistress, and
they very often fail In their duties at
awkward moments simply to spite
her and "serve her out" Very wrong
in them, doubtless but human ma
ture Is frail, and service Is q trying In
stitution. 1t does no good TO husband
or child, for 1t simply empties the
house of both as soon as possible.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16

ToSToP BLEEDINu.- 1t is said that
bleeding from wound on man or beast
may be stopped by mixture Of wheat
flour and common salt, la equal parts,
hound on with a cloth. Ii the bleed
ing Is profuse, use a large quantity,
say from one 20 three pints. IL may
be left ON for hours, or even days II
necessary. The person that gave one
Of our exchanges this recipe says; an
this manner saved the life OF horse
which was bleeding from y wounded
artery the ceased bleeding In live
minutes after the application"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16

IN true womanhood are combined
all the best attributes OF humanity
tenderness without weakness trust
without credulity; modesty without
prudery; dignity without haughti-
ness; selfrespect without cOnceit |;
confidence without boldness cour-
age without coarseness goodness
without pletism; and reverent wor-
ship without superstition.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16

TIE first Legislature under the
new Constitution Of this State, con-
venes on the second day OF October
next. 1t will be composed Of twenty
five Senators and seventy-tive Repre-
sentatives. The railroad interests OF
the State, the financial policy 10 be
adopted, the redistrlcting of the Con
gressional districts, the revision of the
revenue and assessment laws, and the
adoption of a Code, will be the great
aud leading matters Of. general legls-
lation. The defects OF omission and
commission in the Constitution will,
Of course, be pointed out and subject.
ell to the test of practical statesman
ship. .
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16
Jndge Rnblnson. of Kentucky. l.

Judge Robinson, of Kentucky, Is
eighty-one years old. He has been
twice In Congress, thrice Speaker Of
the House of Representative in Ken
lucky, aud Judge Of the High Court
OF Appeals since 1880. His decisions
are quoted as authority In this conn
try and In Europe. He Is an old
wing and moderate republican.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16
The order for the Execution or Jesus
Christ.

Among the manuscripts which
were probably burned in the recent
conflagration of the Arch@piscopal
Palace at Boprges, In France, was the
order for the execution Of Jesus Christ,
which was the personal property of
the family DE La Tour d'Auvergne.
The order runs thus:
Jesus of Nazareth, of the Jewish
tribe of Juda, convicted of imposture
and rebellion against the divine au-
thority of Tiberius Augustus, Emper-
or OF the Romans, having for this
sacrilege been condemned to die on
the cross by sentence of the judge,
Pontius Pilate, on the prosecution OF
our. lord, Herod, Lieutenant of the
Emperor in Judea, shall be taken to.
morrow morning, the 23d day of the
ides Of March, to the usual place of
punishment, under the escort of O
company OF the Pr@torian guard
The so-called King of the Jews shall
be taken out by the Struean gate.--
All the public officers and the subjects
of the Emperor are directed to lend
their aid to the execution OF this SEN
tenO0.. L
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16

The Connecticut tobacco crop Is
being gathered. 1t Is said to be en- or
nous. The Hartford Times says few
II any preceding years have produced
crops to surpass II In weight OF leaf
All appearances seem to indicate that
the quality like the quantity of the
tobacco crop In 1871 will be superior.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16

LITTLE six year old GeorgIe, hav.
ing been instructed by his Aunt Kate
TO pray for his papa, and being one
evening interrupted In his devotions,
and told by her that he must now
pray for his mamma, replied; Aunt
Katie, you Just hold your horses now.
Who's runnin' this prayer, you or
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16

AMONG the many counterfeits now
In circulation are numbered so, $40
and SIS bills on the Utica City Nation
al, Oneida National and Central Ma
tional Banks. Counterfeit gold pieces
are also numerous.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-16

"whose map do you rse?r
" Mogg's." "What il the land ~
" Bogs-" "Thc atmospheric" Fogs.'
(" What DO you live ~: Hogs ~
p" Any iish la the poiid-.n Fro y