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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02
Capture Of Monster Drum Fish.

Some gentlemen of this City went on
fishing expedition, recently, to Ber-
gen Point, n. J., to catch weak fish.
Instead of catching week fish, they
caught one strong enough to pull the
boat, containing three men and a boy,
around Newark Bay, for a space of
fifteen minutes. The monster of the
deep proved to be a huge drum-fish
weighing fifty eight and half pounds,
measuring about four feet IN length
and two feet across the centre of it's
drum-hke body. Its head, was about
twice the size of a mans head, and it's
mouth was big enough to admit of the
entrance of a Scotch terrier. The
scales of the fish were of the size and
thickness of a small sized clam she'll
The fish was cut and distributed among
about twenty persons, in pieces large
enough to make u good-sized meal for
family The decapitated head Is dis
played to the wondering gaze of fisher
men on the piles at Bergen Point land
ing. " Y. Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02

The STABLES, s,-Whether occupied by
horses or cattle, may be made to con-
tribute much to the value of the yard
dung, by their urine, which may be
conducted into the yard by paved or
other conduits, leading from the sta
bles to the yard. In these, too, litter
may be proftably employed TO increase
the dung, and to promote the health
and comfort of the animal, as IL. the
yard or open sheds The dung from
the horse-stables, if suffered to he in a
mass, is apt to heat and become fire
fanged, as it is termed, which very
much impairs its quality. Where there
are cellars under stables, the dung is
thrown down into them, and is there
protected from the wasting influence Of
the weather; but even here it is liable
to suffer injury unless hogs are per
mitted to root among it, or unless the
cellar is frequently cleaned out. An
approved practice is, to scatter the
dung from the stables over the cattle
yards, which thus retards fermentation,
prevents wastes, and produces a homo
geneous mass of excellent manure.
MARBLE statuary by the ship load is
now brought over to this country and
auctIoned OFF.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02

THE wreckers at work on the W. R..
Arthur, sunk in the Mississippi last
winter, have found several bodies, well
preserved, deeply imbedded in the sand
deposited ON the wreck.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02

The street railroads have met with
another check in the House OF Com
mons, and bill for laying lines over
the West End of London has been de-
feated, chiefly through the strenuous
opposition of Mr. A. J, b. Beresfofds
HOPE. III. p,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02

The last Of the nineteen original
officers Of the Bunker Hill Monument
Association has died during the past
year.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02

A FISH STORY. 1916, Mrs. Pauline
Burnham was married at Poole, Eng
land. In 1861 she was one of several hun
dred passengers lost in the Allans' line
steamship Anglo-Saxon, off Chance
Cove, Newfoundland. In 1860, afsher-
man, john Potter, found signet ring,
bearing the initials, ''P. b." in the
stomach Of a Goldfish which he had cap
tured, and on june II, 1871, the ring
was identified by Mrs. Burnham's son
as the marriage ring of his mother.
The fortunate fisherman was presented
with fifty pounds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02
CROWNED HEADS IN LONDON.

Arrival of Our Fritz and His Wife
Churisshness of His Mother-in-Tayv--
Thc emperor and Empress of Brazil
and 'Ehcil 81 Sight-Secing--N g--NapoieOnIF IFE
Taking Mt Easy~-rhe Crown Princes
Reception at fac German Embassy.
Cor. Y World
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02
General items.

ODoEoyAN-RossA, the Irish exile,
has gone into the insurance business
in New York
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-24
A ROMANTIC EXPEDITION.

LIN ISIS Ferdinand VII. of Spain, sent
out an expedition to South America to
conquer the young republics of that coun-
try. In the flagship of the expedition
the Sufa Pedro de Aleantora-was quar-
tered the pay1naster Of the expedition with
some So, 600, 900 of gold and silver coin. e
1.-The expedition, reached June 18th
Pnerto Santo, and / fought several ullsuc-
cessful engagements. Finding the project
impractical, General Mobile determined to
return with his forces to Spain, and ac-
cordingly issued his orders, and accom-
eompanied Herewith an invitation to
royalists to return with him. Hundreds
availed themselves of the offer, and took
with'sthem on the flag ship the jewels,
service and vafuabies from the monasteries
and converts ofINenZuela.
On the return voyage in Cumana Bay
Id the Caribbean Sea, terrible accident
happened to the flag ship and her one
thousand souls with all their vast treasures
sank IN ten fathoms of water. The value of
the treasure. has always been estimated at
5000, OO0. Various attempts have been
made to raise the vessel, but in all not
over $500, 900 have been secured.
The Venezuelan Government have now
given theE American Submarine Com
paays"ief which General Burnside is
President, the right of search and recla-
nation and under the charge of Mr.. Geo.
w. Fuller, the most experienced subma-
rine diver in the world, with the most ap-
proved machinery and strong corps of
experts, a new expedition on the Nelly
Gray is about TO leave New York to dive
f9Fthe buried, riches - They. expect to
reach the Bay about the first of July, and
the exact spot being known and an abso-
lutte, certainty Of the treasure being still
submerged, their final success seems to be
only result for; time and perseverance.
SO romantic and Important an expedi-
ton of the kind has never before sailed,
and its progress will be watched with in
mr. rae
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-24
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Proposals for Forage.
Headquarters Department OF the South,
CHIEF oUARTERMAsTER's OFFICE.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May s. ISL
CEALED PROPOSALS (IN TRIPLICATE, WITH
- copv of this advertisement attached will be
ceiyed at this Office until IL NJ June 20 lS7l for the
delivery of Corn Oats Hay and Straw at the following
Posts in this Department:
Louisville. Bagdad, Mount Vernon. Mount Sterling.
EIizabethtown. Frankfort, Lexington, Lebanon New
port Barracks and Paducah, Kentucky; Nashville.
Chattanooga and Humboldt. Tennessee; Mount Yer
non, Huntsville, Montgomery and Mobile, Alabama
jackson, Aberdeen, Meridian and Vieksburg Missis-
sippi. 81. a.=fE XVI ftstisflI
Corn to be delivered in sacks containing not more
than two bushels each. Oats in sacks containing not
more than three bushels each. Hay and Straw to be
well baled. The price must be expressed in writing
and figures. The delivery of the supplies must COM
mence the LIST day july 1871 frequired) in such
quantities the exgencies of the service may demand
and be continued in such quantities and at such times
as may be ordered until June 80. 1872. - -
Each bid must be accompanied by guarantee of at
least two responsible persons that in the bid is
cepted and contract entered into, they viii become
suretes in sum equal to onefourth of the amount OF
the contract for It's faithful performance.
Information relative to quantities required will be
furnished upon application at this Office. kA
Bids for any portion of the supplies will be received
Proposals to be addressed to the undersigned and
marked Proposals for Forage" -.
A. R. EDDY,
May 20. 1871 dot Chief Quartermaster.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-24
I III eH al IN FRANCE.


srThe News from Paris is of such charac-
tel. that we can safely look a day ahead
and see what will likely follow the occu-
patton of the city by McMahon's forces
The only enemy the Theirs Government
found opposing its authority was the Paris
Commune. In the provinces all was COM
pai'atively quiet, and the legitimacy of the
Versailles Assembly generally conceded.
With the suppression of the mob in Paris,
theiauthority of the Government is, there
Fore virtually asserted all over France.
There is doubtless a great deal of jealousy
ard ddistrust yet eXisting-many plots in
fqrtherance of the claims of this and that
aspirant to the throne; but we take it for
granted that adj these are either so wanting
in organization or strength, or so premature
as not now, Interchangeable popular conf
jim, the present government. With
che down ALI ofsthei Commune, we cannot
see thstlN apoleon, for the present, has any
reason TO hope for restoration. The cap
ture Of Paris by actual fighting will be ac-
cepted, generally, as proof of the power
andup er9i1anencyof the new government.
and is likely to raise up for it new friends
and inspire its old ones with new conf
dences 4 There is nothing succeeds like
success, Il is as true of nations as of individ-
uals.ef,In the hour of his triumph, Theirs
Is a0t likely to lack strength or courage,
and we Believe the chances of his govern
nleentiwilI be better, after a full and COM
;piete victory oyer the Communists, than
eyer.j,We cannot see why the people of
France should want, now, to plunge into
a neWstruggle for the sake of getting back
such ruler as Napoleon. He has his adj
iherents, and his money is doubtless being
freely used to secure new ones, but we do
not think all together. he can find enough
ito persuade France to exchange the gov
efnfhent' of fhiers for one of Napoleon's,
or for the chances Of some one still |
worse.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-24

Money sent to usfn registered letters by Express.
rrsnaid or by Postoice orders will be at our risk
otbervise at the risk of the sender.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-24
Proposals.
Proposal for Lumber.

SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,
NEW COURT HOUSE AND POST OFFICE.
KNOXVILLE. TENNEssEB. May Is, 1871.
& EALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
until Il NJ May 81 1871 at the Office of the under
signed for furnishing and Delivering on the site of the
New Court House and Post Office. all the LUMBER
required for the building, viz.
900 Feet more less (board measured Pine Lum-
Der, various thickncsses. for scafoldng, CEN
tering. &C.. in length from Il to 20 feet.
%, 900 Feet more less (board measurel Pine Lum
Der, SKA scantlings Il to 20 feet long,
IL, 900 Feet more on less board measured lin. Lam
Der Sheeting for roof, End quality, seasoned,
dressed, tongued and grooved. eta
Is 600 Feet, more or less BOARD measured Pine Lun-
Der for window flames. &c. from to X-in.
thick. - az g fio!'.i
I6 500 Feet more or less boari measured Ash Floor
ing, tongued, grooved and dressed in boards
not to exceed in. wide, II in. thick.
600 Feet more or less (board measured Ash Lun-
1J Der, various thickness for doors and castings.
perfectly seasoned and kiln-dried. p = I 80
5000 Feet Dimension Lumber. Oak and Pine Is
may be desired. f7Ist ~ 3Hs$SA
Proposals will state the price per NJ, delivered on
the site of the building. and viii be for greater or less
quantity of the kinds above specified. ~ 5LHT z !
Payments to be made monthly, upon delivery and
acceptance of the lumber by the Superintendent de-
Quoting ten 1O per cent until the final completion
the contract. 51@-''- -.-,l - 4
All bids must be accompanied by the bond of two
responsible persons in the of 2000 that the bid
der will accept and perform the contract if awarded to
him. the bond to be approved by the Clerk of the u s.
District Court. -45 fo rte2 eH11
The Department the right to reject any or
all bids if it be deemed for the interests of the Gov
ernment tn do So and any bid that does not conform
in every respect to the requirements of this advertise
ment will not be considered. -
Proposals should be enclosed in scaled envelope,
endorsed Proposals for Lumber" and addressed to
the Superintendent. sr-.oH S : 81 .astl-j 4 sr
Blank proposals can be had by applying at my Office.
- e- N. S. WILDS, Superintendent.
May 1Sdtnl3l -r. IS .5f'li -l isti = sslgoaT y
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-24
80 ~ - ~ f~s1ls< = -
Proposals for Wood.
Headquarters department OF the Solith,
CHIEF oUARTERMAsTER,S OFFICE.


s's3 > EsLou1st1ILr. KY. May s. 1871.
g EALED PROPOSALS ON TRIPLICATE. WITH
- copy of this advertisement attached) viii be re-
ceived at this Office until II NJ june 20 1871 for the
delivery of Merchantabo Hard Wood at the following
Posts in this Department: f3t-1l7E1
louisville, Bagdad Mount Vernon,
Mount Sterling, Elizabethtown,
Frankfort, Lexington, Lebanon,
Newport Barracks and Paducah,
Kentucky 5q9s yae'ergJ
Barrancas, Fort jefferson and Talla-
y hasse, Florida; % Il z y Il az
jackson, Aberdeen, Meridian and
Vicksburg, Mississippi. -
Union, Spartanburg, Laurensville,
Columbia, Chester and YorkviIle,
South Caroline; Al&d
Patonia, Huntsville, Montg and
Mobile, Alabama; " - a. -
Humboldt, Nashville and Chattanoo-
ga, Tennessee; 80 s>sssh1S -As9-S1
Atlanta, Savannah and Fort Pulaski,
Georgia. - a ssg. ..os9a.,.T 81
The price mustbe expressed in writing and figures.
The delivery of the Wood must commence on the LIST
day of July, 1871 Gfrequired0 and in such quantities
as may be directed, and beeoninued in such quantities
and at such times as may be ordered until June 90
1872. Each bid must be accompanied BY a guarantee
of at least two responsible persons that in the
bid is accepted and contract entered into they viii
become sureties in sum equal to fourth of the
amount of the contract for its faithful performance
Information relative to the quantities required will
be furnished upon application at this Office. 6
Bids for supplying any one or moro of theabo
mentioned Posts viii be received.
Proposals to be addressed to the undersigned, and
marked Proposals for Wood
iL67 2II06fRsiTig A.CRa EDDY; IA
= May 81, 1S1d6t siii| = Chief Quart efmastef.E
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-24

-sTHEa German Parliament has adopted
thessecond clause of the Alsace and Lor-
raine Bill, incorporating those provinces
permanently as part of the new Empire.
This'is one ofjhe strong connecting links
to bind. the States together. The new ter
ritery is noteeded TO any one of the States,
but=to the Empire as q whole. 1t may
some day be the means, of cementing more
firmly the union, which is as yet lacking
in some Of III elements of thorough unity.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-24
THE, LARGEST CALCULATION
OF Any Daily Published in East Tennessee

MINISTER SeHENCK and Earl de Gray,
of the English Commission, VIII san from
New YORK to-day for England.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-24

WE do not attach much credit to the
special Versailles dispatch to the Telegram,
printed In another column. The official
dispatch from Versailles is no doubt more
reliableT5Ibrepresents the fighting in the
oityIess stubborn and the general result
morve favorable.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-24

6&Eofthe first witnesses to be examined
by the Committee to Investigate Southern
outrages VIII be one of the colored Repre-
sentstfves from South Carolina, who writes
to the Committee that he has been ordered
tosleaye.. his home. .s
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-24
HOW TO REMIT.

WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY "a, 1871.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-24
Proposal for Brick.

fsff-s Is E-1fsf tE10ss8fs
SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE, icsa
-. NEW COURT HOUSE AND POST OFFICE, |,
s1asii, KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. May Is ISL.
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
ountil II NJ May 3lst 1871 at the Office of the under
signed for furnishing and delivering, on the site Of the
New Court House and Post Office. ssl II s49.53 fgG
Eight Hundred Thousand 500
v OOO) Hard Burnt Brick "t'A
The brick will be carefully and closely piled the
ground that they can be readily counted. and pay
ments will be made monthly. upon delivery and ac-
ceptance of the brick by the Superintendent deducng
ten Q0 cent until the completion of the contract
All bids mast be accompanied by the bond of two re-
sponsibe persons in the sum of OOO that the bidder
will accept and perform the contract if awarded to
him. the bond to be approved by the Clerk of the u g.
District Court. i. -
The Department reserves the right to reject any or
all bids if it be deemed for the interests Of the
ment to do so, and any bid that does not conform in
every respect to the requirements Of this advertisement
win not be considered,
Proposals shall be enclosed in sealed envelope, en-
dorsed Proposal for Brick and addressed to the Sd
perintendent. .OIpffe18E
Bidders must in all submit sample of the
brick they propose to furnish and the brick delivered
will require to be in all respects equal to sample
Blank proposals. can be had by applying at my Office
NJ. S. WILDS, Superintendent.
May 1S-dt31m
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-24
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I've extend special invitation to our friends to send
US brief and pointed letters giving items of interest IN
their seEaral desire to have something
efISal ihterestfn every fsuefot our East Tennessee
readers.
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Railroads.
st. Lsuis,.. Memphis, Nashville and Chat
sdta9b fan0oga Railroad Line.
Central Short Rout

Without change Of Cars 10 Nashville, McKen1
Union City, Hiekman, Columbus, Humholdt. Brown
vile, and Memphis,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-24

ONLY ONE CHANGE
To jackson, Tenn.r Padncah, Kentucky. Little Rock
Cairo and ST, Louis
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-25
7, and have never countenancec

body, and have never countenanced
bribery, swindling or corruption in
any shape. Much good may. be ex-
pected from these men, if the result
should be nothing but mere express
sion of opinion. 1t is true that the
Republicans keep away from the Con-
.vention as if the small pox was pre-
valent in Columbia, but that is their
fault, and they cannot expect to rep
resent their party if they do not send
more than half a dozen delegates.
Individually the Convention is COM
posed as follows :-Ex-Governors of
South Carolina, four; ex-Lieutenant-
Governors, two; ex-United States
Senators, three; ex-Congressmen, five;
ex-Members of the South Carolina
House of Representatives before the
war, forty-three; ex-State Senators
of South Carolina before the war,
sixteen; members Of the Judicial
bench, FIVE; ex-Secretary Of Treasury,
Confederate States, one; Bankers,
FIVE; Major and Brigaaier Generals
Confederate States army, eleven.
Most of the delegates are either en-
gagged in professional pursuits or plan
ting, and reflect on their respective
communities the educated sentiment
of the white population of the State
of South Carolina.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-25

LET Me TURN OVER was apas-
senger on a steamer from Panama to
San Francisco, when the rush OF
travel on that line was immense.
We were badly crowded, and there
was no room for chairs or tables, yet
we were bound to have our game of
"old sledge." A Baptist minister,
smitten with the lust for gold, had
deserted his flock, and occupied a
sleeping place on the cabin floor.
Being large, corpalent man, and,
finding him sound sleeper, four of
us squatted around HIM, and COM
menced to play on Ii. broad stomach,
scoring the points OF the game on his
black vest. We played for several
hours, undisturbed, except by an oc-
casional snore of uncommon force.
I had won considerably, and one of
my opponents, Jim Doyle by name,
becoming excited at my turning up
Jack, brought down his fist on the
lower part of the parsons stomach
with great power. The pious old
gentleman was awakened thereby,
and looked up with some surprise;
but seeing the state of the case, quiet
ly exclaimed $50 on with your
game, boys; but if you are going to
pound me in that manner, you had
better let ms turn over!'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-25
SIurs on Women.

At recent dinner in New York,
in Which no ladies were present, a
man, in responding to the toast /" Wo-
man." dwelt almost solely on the
frailty of the sex, claiming that the
best of them were little better than
the worst, the chief difference being
in their surroundings.
At the conclusion of the speech, a
gentleman present rose and said: i
trust the gentleman in the applica-
ton of his remarks refers to his oaon
mother and sisters, not ours"
The effect of this just and timely
rebuke was overwhelming; and the
maligner of woman was covered with
shame and confusion.
This incident serves an excellent
purpose in prefacing a few words on
This sgbieet;
'0f all tho evils prevalent among
men, we know Of none more blighting
in it's moral effect than the tendency
to speak slightly of the virtue of wo-
man. Nor is there anything in which
young men are SO thoroughly mista-
ken as in the low estimate they form
of the integrity of woman-not Of
their own mothers and sisters. thank
God, but Of others, %ho,' they forget,
are somebody clse's mother and sister.
Letyoung menremember that their
chief happiness in life depends on
their faith on sO0man. No worldly
wisdom, no misanthropic philosophy,
no generalization can cover or weak
en- this fundamental truth. 1t stan Is
like the record of God himself
should si pit IL evsFlasting seal upon
lips that are wont to speak slightly of
women