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Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23
coRREs a,snDENCE.

Coz. J. B. KILLEBREw-Dc Dear Sir /.
rectors Of the Montgomery Agricul-
tural and Mechanical Association, to
notify you Of your appointment as
delegate to represent them In the Ag-
ricuItural Congress, that meets In
Nashville, October 3, 1871.
From your untirlng energy, zeal
and labors In behalf Of the Agricul-
tural interest Of the State, the Board
regards you as the most suitable rep
resentative of their interest in Con-
gress so important as the one about
to convene. The farmers generally,
are greatly dispirited, on account OF
the scarcity OF money, and this must
result either from the maladminis-
tration of the government, or from
some fault Of their own. In either
event, Il IL necessary for them to
meet together, and consult In regard
to their mutual interest, and see II
some plan cannot be devised, or some
measure suggested by which they
may reap the legitimate rewards Of
their industry. This can only be ef-
fected through an Agricultural Con-
gress.
l have also, been instructed by the
Directors, to extend to you, an invi-
tatiOn to deliver an address on the
subject of Agriculture, at their Fair
grounds, on the 18th Of October, the
opening day of our Fair. Hoping
you will find 1t convenient to accept,
I am, Yours truly,
FINS EWING.
HOLLY WooD, Sept. 4, 1871.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23

CINCINNATI, Sept. 10.-The En-
quirer publishes the result of an In
teryiew OF it's special correspondents
with Chief Justice Chase at Wauke
sha, Wisconsin, Ia which Mr.. chase
says he considers himself no longer
on the list Of invalids. He does not
hesitate 20 say that he approves OF
the platform adopted by the Wlscon-
sin Democracy, and be really hopes
for and desires the election of ex-Sen-
ator Doolittle to the Gubernatorial
chair. He believes that all that is
necessary for the success of the Ma
tional Democratic party. He objects
to the use Of the term thew depart
ure," rs applied to the recent political
reforms of the Democratic party, and
says they are only a return to the
use of the term new DEPARTURE a.
applied to the recent political reforms
Iof the Democratic party, and says
they are only q return tc the funda-
mental principles which underlie the
foundation of the great party.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23

CANDIDATES. -Thp following gem
'tlemen are Ansouncsa for Mayor, III
our columns:
John Young, G. H Harris, and j.
Hlck johnson.
For AIferman--Q. A. Roth, In the
9TH Ward.
@. w. Bryarly, in 9th Ward.
Peter Oneal, ~ 8rd Ward.
John Rick, In lst Ward.
II. II. Hyman, In End Ward.
+. r. Gracey, In 9th Ward.
]. l.. Lockert and o. G. Smith, In
9th Ward. Election Saturday, Octo-
Der 9TH.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23

MoyA MORTON, in his Cincinnati
speech, represented the Southern
people as being unworthy to be en-
trusted with civil, or religious liberty.
II by religious liberty, he means the
broad licence which enabled him, in
defiance Of the Decalogue, to contract
the loathsome disease which won for
him the name Of Moxa, he is right.
If by civil liberty, he means. the
usurped power to trample upon the
Constitution and to rob the people
of their hard earnings, he is right
again. The southerners seek to be
cursed with no such liberty, and strive
only to resist its deadly influences
upon the honor, prosperity and con-
stitutional rights of the whole peo-
pie, and pray, incessantly, to be spar
ed communicating malaria enema
ting from the political and religious
"ismsp that owe their birth to New
England Puritanism. We second
Moxa's motion to debar the South,
the enjoyment of any such civil and
religious liberty.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23

THH Tanfnany lifiicultIex are stiII
Che sensation, m New York city, Re-
centdevelopments indicate a thorough
investigation and the thorough
breaking up ofthe corrupt "Ring, land
and IT, financial and political swim.
dies. The Comptroller, Connolly, has
gone by the Board, and others are
likely to share the same fate. We
hope the day Is not distant when all
other Rings, great aud small, will be
crushed out, and their iniquities ex-
posed and punished.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23
HODGE-PODoE.

The Secretary Of War to-day mott.
fed the Treasury officials that II 1t
was the intention ofthe Treasury De-
partment to proceed against the New
York bankers engaged with Hodge
IN his late transaction In Wall street,
that the Paymaster will give q mass
OF evidence concerning the relations
between the bankers and the Paymas
ter, which Is at their disposal.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23

SUMMER is said 10 he opposed to
beast Butler, as Governor Of Massa-
chusetts. Were We of that State, we
should be at loss TO choose between
the openly licencious brute and the
snivelling, puritanical, self-constitu-
ted teacher OF politico-moral ethics.
As a statesman, Summer is practi-
cally, fool. aud Butler an unscru
pulous rascal. Choose between them,
ye psalm-singing, WITHDRAWING,
Quaker-hanging, Puritans Of Massa'
chusetts,
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23

CHICAGO, Sept. l9.-The Grand
Lodge Of the 1. o. O. II. of the Uni
ted States, had grand procession in
this city to-day. AT about 10 o'clock
this morning the various Lodges and
Encampments were formed on Mich
igan Avenue, the officers OF the Grand
Lodge OF Illinois and members OF the
Grand Lodge Of the United States,
bringing up the rear In carrisgei.-
The procession was a very long and
imposing one.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23

ToBACCo.-An average yield of to-
bacco will not be made in this county
this season, owing to the drouth and
the ravages of the tobacco worm.-.
Some of our farmers are done cutting.
The tobacco is considerably heavier
this year than last. The late corn will
be nearly a total failure rigg Coan-
tn Democrat.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23

A dispatch from Cedar Keys, Flori.
da, announces the appearance of yell
low fever there I'm an epidemic form.
Twenty cases have already occurred,
and there have been four deaths from
the disease. Terrible panic exists
among the citizens. All who can re-
move are fleeing the place.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23
FOR SALE.

One OF the prettiest lots In town, situated
on the rsorth side Of the Medical Institute,
ming hack 500 ,~ef, inside OF the enclosure
OF the Institute yard, which ! will sell
cheap. Tall ON Gro. X. HAMS.
Noimprovemenis except a Martin box
Zen 2 1s9l-tf. w
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23

THE Democratic candidate for Con-
gress, in New Mexico, Is elected by
twenty-five hundred majority, and
both branches Of the Legislature are
largely Democratic. W. ?
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
CoMPrRoLLER's OFFICE,

/, Ed. II. Pennebaker, Comptroller of fhe
Treasury. do hereby certify that the Liver
pool and Kondon and Globe Insurance
State of New York. has produced to me
satisfactory evidence that said Company
has complied with all the requirements Of
the laws of the State OF Tennessee linz
posed on Insurance Companies; and fur
ther certify that ID. N. Kennedy q Faxon,
Agents of said company. at Clarksville,
Tenn, have also complied with the re-
quirements of the laws of the State, made
and provided In such cases.
Wherefore, said Insurance Company has
authority to take risks and transact the
business of Insurance In this State, at
GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
ED. r. PENNEBAKER,
Comptroller of Tenn.
Scp o. ISL
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23

WAsHrNaToN, d. c., Sept. a.
VIM. Meredith, of Pennsyvania, and
Caleb Cushing, of Massachusetts,,
have accepted appointments az coun-
sci OF the United States before the ar
bitrators Mt Geneva under the WASH
ington treaty.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23

SENATOR SCOTT, Of the Congress
slonal Kuklux Committee, after hav-
ing travelled TO South Carolina, and
lied outrageously, In the interest OF
martial law for the South, now ad-
mits that his information was unreli-
able, and hypocritically expresses the
hope that there will be no necessity
for recourse to that extreme measure
Of tyranny, the suspension of the
habeas corpus.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23

FOUR thousand laborers are said to
be thrown out Of employment by the
Tammany quarrel. The laborer is
always victim to the designing pol
iticians. II In the Ring, he is swim
died If out, he is deprived of en-
ployment. Yet he rarely learns the
value Of wise and stable government,
and of official integrity as indispens-
able thereto; but shouts Justify for
his Radical oppressors, and points to
the collar he wears as the badge of his
fealty. He sometimes "strikes"
against his employer, but fails TO look
beyond him to the corrupt govern
ment which teaches by Its example
and its laws that the oppression Of la
bor by capital is not only legitimate,
but is the true policy wherever capt.
tai is concentrated in the hands of in
dividuals or Rings. The ultimate OBJ
ject being the enslavement of the
many to the money power Of the few.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23
CHAyCERY SALE.

T. ID. johnson VS. Polk q. Johnson, ct ais.
In pursuance OF decree rendered In the
Chancery Court At Clarkssilic, Will sell
10 the highest bidder at the court house
door In cIarksviile, on
Monday, October 9, 1871,
the Brick Residence on the Charlotte road,
near the city OF Clarksviiie, formerly
owned and occupied as residence by Mrs.
Margaret j. Johnson. adjoining the resi-
dence o. n. A. Caldwell.
TERMs or SALE.-One-fourth cash. hal
anee on credit Of q, II and Is months
CREDIT, Notes with good security required,
bearing interest nom date and q lien re-
taiptd until che purchase money In paid.
No redemption or fepurchase.
POLK q. JOHNSON, q. 4 NJ.
Sep q, '7l-2w-pr fee 50
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23

THE distinguished Treasury thief,
Hodges, has been summoned before u
grand jury, and the Secretary Of War
will appoint court martial to try
him on the charges brought against
him. The verdict will be, not guilty
of stealing, but cersurable for being
caught at it.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23

A REPORT, from New York, says
the democratic party, Of that city, is
disrupted by the Tammanny troub-
les. 1t may be so; and II the party
there, is held together by the "cohe-
sive power of public plunder," the
sooner, and the more thoroughly, it
il disrupted the better. A corrupt
democrat Is no better than Radical,
he is even worse, because he reflects
disgrace upon party which ought
to be above suspicion, as harboring
swindlers generally, and Ring thieves
in particular.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23

TURTLE SOUP. = Kapler, at New
Market Saloon, will have Turtle soup
tonight at 81 o'clock. Beer, Rhine
wine and fine cigars as condiments.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23

THE latest news from Gov. John
G, Brown, Is that he Is rapidly con-
valescing and will be out soon.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23
Andrews, Bates & Co.,
WHOLESALE CROCERS,
No. 100 West Second Street, between
Vine and Race Streets,
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
Sent %, ls7l-3me
Mayors Proclamation.

Clarksviile have voted a subscription OF
Seventy Five Thousand Dollars In the
Clarksviile and Wbynesboro railroad, 70
be paid for out of the proceeds OF the sale
of the Stock OF the City of ClQSksville In
the Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville
Railroad, and
WHEREAS, In order. TO make said sub
scription binding upon the City AZ should
be ratified by the votes OF the said City OF
Clarksville.
Now, therefore, issue this my Procla-
nation, In accordance with the tnstruc-
tions OF said Board OF Mayor and Alder
men for nm election to be held on the TN
day OF October. 1871, and those In favor Of
said subscription will vote tickets with
"Railroadr printed thereon; and those OPP
This Sept. 10, 1877. ,.,
Mayor of GAINESVILLE.
Sep %, That
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23
IOsTy

notes; one on Goostree 4 tross for 81 bSl;
three on J. =. Parham for smaller auounts
hereby warn all persons from trading for
said notes. The Under will be rewarded by
j. c. MIMMs,
Clarksyiiie, Tenn.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23

CoSSoLLy, the Comptroller OF
New York, lately deposed by Mayor
Hall, refuses To vacate, and thus a
new phasc Is given 10 the Tsmmany
nuddle.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23
FINE FARM rOR SALE.

wish to sell my farm and residence In
District No. 2, Pehcner's Mill. known ~ the
Smith and Rtce farm. Any one wishina
q small farm would do well to examine
Bell Kessec. President Hank OF clarkNslll
" y w. y. JOHNSTON.
Aug 20, Tiff
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23

HOLDEN, ence the unscmpulous
and despotIc Governor Of Noeth Car
|oIins--impephed aud deposed tbe-
cause Of his rAscality, Il now editor
|of Grant organ, In Washington,
and openly advocates naturalization
and consequent monarchical govern
ment a. the fit substitute. for once
great and prosperous Republic. II
the views Of the principal nre to be
inferred from the utterances Of the
agent, Grant stands committed to
the complete overthrow Of our origi-
nal form Of government, and the sub
stitution o. something similar to the
e.iete institutions of Europe and the
East.
Judging nom his own wishes, and
his success as v despot, Grant doubt
less infers-- and plausibly too--that
more than half Of the people Of the
North, agree with him and that,
with Holden as his coadjutor, the re-
mainder can I've gathered into his
fold, and that, instead of being re-
elected President, he will be clothed
with imperial purple. At such re-
suit, we shall not lie surprised, believ
ing, ~ we do, that the people of the
North would rather hazard all the
ills Of despotism than give the
South chance to prosper under free
government; that instead of peace
full and prosperous union with the
South, they prefer sectional hate,
with all Its present and prospective
evils. II this be not so, why their
continued support Of rotten ring OF
and thieving officials who
have brought apon the country the
ruin everywhere visible and the dis
honor everywhere felt?
We, Of the South, In the begin
ming, were indignant at the political
serfdom, In tended as an insult of q
purely sectional character; but, since
the victors are the equal victims, aud
share with US, the consequences Of
their short-sighted vengeance-.dis-
grace, oppression and political bond
age-we stand acquitted of all re-
sponsibility for these results, and bear
with patient dignity, a fate common
to all, save the favored few, entrusted
by q corrupt fanaticism with the
power to work out o common ruin
for the millions, Of both sections.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23
CITY ELECTION.

October, 1871, for the purpose OF electing
Mayor and eight Aldermen, tn serve the
ensuing year; also at the sarle time and
place will open the polls for the voters Of
ton to subscribe Seventy Fl thousand
Dollars stock in the GAINESVILLE Waynes-
boro Railroad. "
Il. s. BRINGHuRsT,
City Marshal.
Sept %, Tl-3w
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23

Two brick cottages In the rear Of the Md
teal Institute, all In thorough repair. There
cistern, stable. one-haIf acre good garden,
within n stones throw Of the hQunre. close
20 the Foundry. consenient 70 any part ~
the town. Fronts on fcnchtfee Alley. l
Sep. T. isSi-if oko. n. HAnnis.
Two Hundred Barrels good old Bobertson
County Whisky for sale. fnii on
Sep 2, is1i-tf nro n. iiArriIs.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23

have this. tho 7fh dny az September,
1871. sold my entire stock ~ goods. consist
,;s s; * afoeerie"' Pine fN"''':v. xcs ~ A.
sept. D. ls7i.Iw.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-23

In this city. ON the 10Th Inst, Mrs. MAR
tina ANDERSON, vile OF W. IA. Anderson.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-10
The Germans.

1t is stated that the Germans in New
York are moving for separate and dis
tinct organization, which, beginning in
that city, is designed to extend and
ramify throughout the land. The OBJ
rject is, to hold and exercise controlling
influence and result in elections, local
and general. Such movements may not
be fraught with immediate mischief
but what with German political organi-
cations, Irish political organizations,
Protestant Leagues and Catholic Socie-
ties, there is likely to be stirring times
after awhile. 1t is pity that these for
eign elements, when they enter coun-
try where they are permitted to do pref
ty much as they please, couldn't lose
sight Of their nationalities to a greater
extent and blend and mingle little
more harmoniously with the social and
political condition around them. Alb
stractly a man may have the right to
fire his own premises, but he has no le-
gal or moral right to do an act which
will cndanger tho life or property of bis
ueighhor,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-10
The Truth About Lees Surrender.
(From Old and New J

1t has been popularity reported that
the first interview between the two
commanders took place under an apple
tree, which has consequently been
crowned with historic associations
This is false. The fact is, that IN the
morning of the 9th of April, Gen. Lee,
with single member of his staff, was
resting under an apple-tree, when Col.
Babcock. of Gen. Grants staff, rode up
under flag of truce, saying that If Gen.
Lee remained where lie was, Gen. Grant
would come to him by the road the lat
ter was then pursuing. This was tho
only interview under or near the APPLE
tree and it may be mentioned here that
the following day Col. Marshall, who
attended Gen. Lee OH the occasion. was
surprised to flnd Federal soldiers hack
ing at the tree, and was amused at their
idea of obtaining from 1t mcmentoes Of
the surrender. Obtaining news of
Grants approach, Gen. Lee at once Or
dered Col. Marshall to find fit and
convenient house for the interview
Col. Marshall applied to the first citizeli
he met, Mr.. Wilmer Mclean, and was
directed TO house empty and disman-
tied. He refused to use it; and Mr..
Mr. Mclean then offered to conduct
him and the General to his own resi-
dence, a comfortable frame house, with
q long portico and convenient "sitting-
room." furnished after the bare style Of
the times.
The house was about half mile
from Gen. Lees camp. The Confede-
rate commander was attended only by
one of his aides. Col. Marshall, q YOUTH
full. boyish-looking scion of the old and
illustrious Marshall family of Virginia,
who had been the constant companion
Of Gen. Lee in all his campaigns, and,
as his private secretary, had done good
literary service in the preparations of
Re I,orts of battles, &c. which are now
historical. With Grant, there were
several of his staff officers; and num-
ber of Federal Generals, including Ord
and Sheridan, entered the room, and
joined in the slight general conversa-
tion that took place there.
| The interview opened without the
least ceremony. The story has been
rendered his sword, and that General
Grant returned it with complimentary
remark. There was no such absurdity.
Gen. Lee wore his sword, which was
not his usual habit; and, on the ex-
change of saiutations, Gen. Grant re-
marked, II must apologize, General. for
not wearing my sword it had gone off
in my baggage when l received your
note" Gen. Lee bowed, and at once.
and without further conversations, ask
ed that Gen. Grant would state, in writ
ing if lie preferred it, the terms on
which lie would receive the surrender
of the army of Northern Virginia.
Gen. Grant complied by sitting at ta-
BILE in the room, and writing, with %
common lead pencil, the note so we'll
remembered.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-10
Fearful Warming.

A few days since woman in Mil
waLkee was "hard at it" blowing up
the neighbors, aAired girl, and every
thing in general, when her husband en-
tered and interposed mild word. This
added fuel to her temper, and she OPEN
ed her mouth for an angry reply, but a
spasm contracted her cheek, her lower
jaw fell. and she could neither speak nor
shut her mouth, but remained in that
condition, her tongue out, and her eyes
nearly started out OF their sockets. On
examination being made, it was found
that she had dislocated her jaw bone in
her violent effort to make singing re-
ply to her husband. A surgeon was
called, who reduced the dislocation,
bound up her head, and prescribed a
cruel diet.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-10
The Nineveh Slabs.

The inscriptions on the Nineveh
Slabs-three in number-whch were
presented 10 Amherst College in 1854,
have at length been deciphered and the
result is lot of egotistical fapdoodle
about a barbaric nincompoop, who as
cended the throne of Assyria on the Sd
of July, 930 years before Christ.
The arch@ologists are now said to be
at work on the Moab Stone, another
postdeluvian relic, to which much i'm
portnnce is attached. 1t is not impos-
sible that the learned minds who are
digging and delving among the buried
ruins of tho early ages, searching for
additional evidences of the historic ac.
curacy of the Old Testament. may run
against something they were not hunt
ing for.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-10
Narrow Gauge Railroads.

The New York Globe has the follow
ing to cay about the 'harfow gauge
humbug:"
The gullibility Of human nature is
proverbial, but the shrewdness of capi-
talists Is also proverbial, and 1t Is, there
fore. matter Of surprise that so many
people have been found to take stock in
the latest of humbugs-the narrow
gauge railways. But there Is nothing
too great for the credulous, and so we
have the country running wild after this
new-fangled notion.
The great argument for the narrow
gauge road is economy of cost, to secure
which several limitations as to weight
of rolling stock and track, rate of speed
and stability of work are submitted.-
Now it can be demonstrated that the
limitations being imposed on gauge of
four feet eight inches, which make the
three feet gauge possible, this economy
of cost sinks into -appreciable
amount. In other words, If trains are
run on the wider gauge at the reduced
rate of speed incident to the narrow, the
weight Of stock and rail, the sharpness
of curves, and the cheapness of con-
struction can be accomplished equally as
well. Iii several instances this has been
already tried: notably in the road run
ming on wooden rails into the iron re-
gion of the Adirondack from the North.
which has now been in operation several
years.
There are also several roads at the
West constructed in the same way. The
breaking of gauge. which costs much
more than what it is possible to save in
construction. is an insuperable obiec-
tion to the narrow guage. and it cannot
prevail. Enough capital has been lost
in the war Of the gauges, and it would
be well for the people of any section
desiring railway communication to look
sharp before they are hoodwinked with
the delusive idea that pound OF iron
costs any less on narrow-gauge rail
way than it does on the wider gauge,
or that road bed three feet wide will
sustain more in proportion to its cost
than a bed foot and half wider.-
And it would be well to bear in mind.
that the same weight of rail, the same
weight Of rolling stock, and the same
rate of speed will accomplish more on
the four-ioot-eight guage than Oh the
narrower Or the proposition may be
put in another way. Under the same
limitations, the expenditure of money
in the construction Of the wider gauge is
more judicious, and will prove more
effective, than in building on the nar-
rover. If any one doubts these state
ments let him investigate. 1t is to
challenge investigation before money
has been foolishly spent that this article
has tecn written.