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The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-13

Fourteen colored men in Newbury,
South Carolina, have signed card.
stating, in effect, that they are satisfied
that their interest lies with the Demo-
cratic party. They say they have
been used by the Radical leaders for
their own selfish purposes, and cheated
and caioled to an extent that has made
them heartily sick and disgusted.
Henceforth they will act with and sup.
port the Conservatives.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-13

WHAT IT Is TO DE A WIDOw.-"I
think it must he a jolly thing to be a
young widow " | heard this remark.
the other day, in a group of laughing
girls, | think | remember saving
such a thing myself in the careless
girlish timea.
Do you know, girls what it is to be
a widow? 1t is to be ten times more oper
TO comment than any demoiscIie could
be. 1t is to have men gaze as you
pass, first at your black dress, then al
your widow s cap, until your sensitive
nerves quiver under the infections.
1t is to have one i'll natured person
say, al wonder how long she will wal
before she marries AGAIN." and another
answer. Until she gets a good chance,
/ supposed 1t is now and then to
meet the glance Of real sympathy, gen.
orally from the poorest and mobiles
woman that you meet, and feel youi
eyes fill at the token, so rare, that it i,
alas! unlocked for. 1t is to have YOU
dear, fashionable friend condolo vor
after the following fashion.
"Oh well its Il dreadful loss. W,
knew you'd feel It, poor dear. And il
the next breath. "You will be sure (,
marry again, and your widows cap i
very becoming to YOU"
But it is more than this TO be f;
widow. 1t is 10 miss the strong arm
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-13

The loss Of mother is always severe
ly felt. Even though her health may
incapacitate her from taking any active
part in the care Of her family, still she
is sweet rallying point, around which
affections and obedience and a thousand
intended efforts to please, concentrate.
and dreary is the blank when such a
point is withdraw. 1t is like that
lohely star before us; neither its heat
or light are anything to us in them
selves, yet the shepherd would feel his
heart sad if he missed it when he lifts
his eyes to the brow of the mountain
over which it rises when the sun de-
scends .--LomGrtine.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-13
BYRON'S EPITAPH ON HIS DOG.

When some proud son of man returns to
earth,
Unknown to glory, but up held by birth,
The sculptor's art exhaust the pomp of wo,
And storied urns record who rest below;
When all is done upon the tomb is seen,
Not what he was, but what he should have
been.
But the poor deg in life, the frmcst friend
The liirst to welcome, the foremost to defend,
Whose honest heart is still his masters own,
Who labors, fights, breathcs for him alone,
Uuhonored falls, unnotced all his worth,
Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth;
While man. vain insect hopes to b. for
given,
And claims himself sole exclusive heaven.
oh msn thou feeble tenant OF an hour,
Debased by slavery, or corrupt by power,
Who knows thee well, must quit thee with
disgust,
Degraded mass of animated dust
Thy love is lust, thy friendship all cheat,
Thy smiles hyprocricy, thy words deceit
Hy nature vile enn)bled butby name,
zach kindred brute, might bid thee blush
for shame.
We who perchoncc behold this simple urn,
Pass ONT houors none you wish 10 mourn
TO mark friends remains these stones
arise;
never knew but one, and here he lies;
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-13

a hint to Bores and Borrowors.-A
Buffalo paper prints the following LETT
ter from one Of its old and prompt-pay-
ing patrons: PLEASE discontinue my
paper from the time l have paid up to.
| do not stop ii because do not want
it, but to get rid of an intolerable old
bore that intrudes himselfin my house
regardless of time or circumstances to
sit for an hour or two, three or four
times week, to read my papers, and
who is a thousand times more able to
take a dozen papers for himself than ]
am 70 take one If the nuisance is
stopped, shall send for a paper
again.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-13

There is nothing like liberality. 1t
is thing to be admired everywhere
and on all occasions. We therefore
feel sense of overdowing admiration
over the follwing conclusion off prayer
made by colored clergyman in Ober-
lin, Ohio 81 pray the Lord | may
live to see the day when the colored
man may forget his prejudice so far as
to be willing to receive all other races
sa his equal"
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-13

PATCHWORK AND MENTAL Gus
TURE.- "A writer in the Hearth and
Home argues that farmers wives had
better devote their leisure moments to
storing their minds with useful book
knowledge ins,eadof plying the needle
in making patchwork" Usually, the
little members of the household spend
a portion Of their time in making
patch work and very proftably too,
in our estimation, for it diseiplines
their minds to Industrious habits. learns
them needle-work, whilo the patch
work is by no means valueless,
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-13

AvoID SwEARING.-Neariv every
genlemanly person, although he may
himself at times indulge in profanity,
utterly condemns it, Boys, never ac.
quire the habit. 1t is far better to
treat az offence with contempt, than
show indignation by an oath. II is
offensive 70 delicacv and extremely
urf for hum7n ears.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-13

CRUISE OF THE CONGRESS. New
York, August 20. A special dispatch
from st. John n. +. announces the
return there, from Greenland, of the
L. S. ship Congress" she having
made a voyage of $500 miles to Diesco,
latitude 10, in less than thirteen run-
ming days. On the passage she passed
hundreds of immense icebergs, but
encountered no pack>ice. The season is
very open, not unlike May in New
York. On her return trip daylight
was perpetual, the sun going below the
horizon but for a short time, and
twilight was sufficient to read by all
night. Displays of the aurora borealis
were extremely grand, the meteoric
lights assuming magnificent archs,
columns, etc. The "Polaris,' with
Capt. Hali'sparty, was found at Diesco,
in good spirits and hopeful of their
enterprise. A regular summer was
found in Greenland-howers were
blooming, brooklots flowing, birds sing
ing and babies rollicking on the grass.
In trip to Big Glacier, perspiration
rolled off like raindrops. A most
cheerful reception of the party was
accorded by the Danish authorities.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-13

A GERMAN LAWYERS OATH
The following is a specimen of the
comprehensive and exhaustive oath
the lawyers of Germany must take, on
being admitted to the bar of the respec-
tive monarchical German states in
which they live:
"Iou shall promise and swear that,
after his highness the Duke and Lord,
Lord = there follows the name of the
prince } Duke of Saxe-Ccburg,Gotha
has granted you the license to practise
law as a member of the bar before all
courts and public authorities of this
State Ithe Dukcdom of Sax Coburg, J
you will be faithful, obedient and SUBJ
ject to his Highness and his high legal
successors in the government; show
: obedience to the constitution; faithfully
keep and observe the laws and ordin-
ances especially, according to your
best knowledge and understanding;
faithfully and industriously aid every
body, the poor man quite as willingly
as the rich man, without fear of the
courts, to bis right, by advice, sp ech
and action; not oyerchargc parties
with fees, not obstruct the amicablc
settlement of laws suits, but further ii
as much as possible; not retard OF
hinder justice in any way whatever;
never give countenance to dishonest
designs of parties, particularly not sug'
gest to any party or any accused per-
son groundless sIbterfuges and state.
ments contrary to truth, or recantaton
and if you should find tho cause of {
party, in your persuasion, to be with
out foundation, or not based upon tho
law, and you could not amicably dis
sude such party, as is your duty to do
from its intent, not represent it il
court in such cause any longer, anC
never in any case taken in hand b,
you, speak and act more than you ar
instructed to do; keep secrets intrustct
to you inviolate; take care of AM
return in good time public papers an,
records laid before you or commuuica
ted to you; keep safely funds whic
may be entrusted to You, and give
conscientious account of them; an,
finally, show to the public authoritie
and courts before, which you will ap
pear as counsel due respect, and abstai
from all invectives against the same
also not be prevented from the fulfil
ment of these duties either by favor
gifts, friendship or nifty, or any othe
impuremotive, and altogether so behav
as is becoming and betting a con
scientious and duteous attorney an
counsellor at law.
"Oath-All that has been read t
me now | have well understood an
solemnly promise to do; | will kee
that oath firmly inviolate and faithfully
so help me Cod"
This oath will no doubt prove ofintcr
est to the lawyers of this country an,
their many clients.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-13

The way Colorado deacon laid up
treasures in Heaven is thus touchingly
recorded on his tombstone: "When
circumstances rendered it impossible
for him to attend the stated preaching
of the gospel, he made it sacred rule
to kill an Indian every Sabbath.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-13

The cause of the riot among the
colored people in Lexington, Kentucky,
on the day Of the election, was whisky,
and that whisky--was furnished by
the white Radicals-the advocates,
PAR crreilencs, Of temperance, and the
friends Of the coior-d men.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-13

The Boise Statesman says: The
weather has been hot again for the last
few days. The only reliefwe could get
was to lie down on the Portland
Herald and cover ourselves with the
Portland Bulletin. There is a great
GOODNESS between them
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-13

FoR THE BoYs.--A certain man
who is very rich now, was very poor
when a boy. When asked how he got
his riches, he said: "My father taught
me never to play till my work was
finished, and never to spend my money
till | bad earned it, III had but an
hours work in the day, must do that
the first thing, and in an hour. And
after that | was allowed to play; and
then l could play with much more
pleasure than if | had the thought Of
an unfinished task before my mind. ]
early formed the habit Of doing every
thing in time, and it soon became easy
to do so. 1t is 20 this ! owe my pros
ucrity."
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-13


following items from the Helena Times:
The engineer party on the Arkansas
Central railway have commenced the
survey of the branch to Clarendon, at
DR.. Jackson's plantation, on Duncan
Prairie, in Monroe county. Work will
be commenced as soon AS the citizens
of Clarendon comply with certain pro-
positions made them by the railway
company.
The contractor on the Iron Noun
tain railroad at this point, has sent to
st. Louis for twenty mules and more
wagons.
We regret to learn that the engineer
corps of the Arkansas railway have
been obliged to return to this side Of
White River, for reason Of sickness
among them while at work locating
the line westof Aberdeen Col. Gregg
informs US that the engineers report d
more favorable route to Pine Bluff
than was at first anticipated. There
will be no delay in the early comple>
ton Of the route on account Of the
temporary withdrawal Of the engineers.
The line has been located twelve miles
west Of Aberdeen, and in a few days
double force will be placed on the
route, and the work pushel forward
as fast as possible to Pine Bluff aud
Little Rock.
The contract was closed yesterday,
says the St. Louis Times of the 30th
ult., for ironing and eQuipping divis-
ion of forty miles Of the Fort Scott
and Humboldt and Western railroad.
1t is believed that this will be the only
direct route from st. Louis to the
Arkansas river region.
A contract has beea closed for the
iron and equipments of the entire line
Of the Helena and Little Rock or Cen.
tral railroad, inclusive of the branches
from Aberdeen, on White river, to
Pine Bluff, and from Aberdeen to Clar-
endon, all t) be delivered by April 1st,
1872. This will be narrow gauge
road, aud will be the first of that gauge
completed in the South.
Ex-Gov. Thomas G.. Fletcher re-
turned to st. Louis on % ult. from
the southeastern part of the state. hav
ing just completed a contract with New
York parties to build and equip the
Illinois, Missouri AMI Texas road, rum
ming distance Of eighty five miles
from Cape Girardeau to the Arkansas
State line. Thirty miles are already
graded and lied. The terms of the
cotract are that the first fifty miles of
the road shall be completed in nine
months and that cars shlll be running
in fifteen months, for which the con>
tractors are to receive 81 200, 900, to
be paid in first mortgage bonds.
The Missouri. Kansas and Texas
railway is completed to the Nerdigris
river, one hundred aud eighty-one
miles south of Fort Scott, and is being
extended south as rapidly as possible.
We get the following from the st,
Louis Times "Mr. J. II. Mccarthy,
one OF the contractors on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railroad, has Just
taken contract for grading about
sixty miles of the White River Valley
and Texas railroad, between Jackson
port and Des Arc"
Track-laying or the Denver and
ElPaso road is progressing at the rate
of mile and a half a day.
Texas will build, this year, five hun
dred miles of railroad. The State,
within the Iast three years, has given
S25, 600, 900 to railroads.
FoR THE BoYs.--A certain man
who is very rich now, was very poor
II. a. -. \Nho, o.ka1 how ha oot
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-13

MORE or The "MoRALITY. -
General Pleasont0n has been kicked
out of the Treasury Department for
declared incompetency. He was a mill
tary pet of Grants, hut had rendered
himself officially obnoxious to Bout
well, and the two have been quarreling
over certain constructions of the law
for the past ninety days. Grant has
been solicited to discharge one or both
of them, but he could not make up his
mind what to do, and whistled be-
tween his smokes
"Oh, could be happy with either,
Were tother dear charmer away"
Finally, the affair became nuisance,
and Pleasanton, who had been politely
solicited to send in his resignation, but
quite as politely wouldn't, was Pick,
wickianly kicked out of Office one
pleasant morning last week. Pleas,
anton calls it Suspended" This il
the sort of style in which they do W
these things now-a~days. Suspend.
ed" is good very good; he was kicked
ont. What's the use of fooling? We
believe in calling things by their right
names. The telegraph from Chicago
informed us the other day that "a gen
tleman inadvertently, at Il large party
which took place in country town
out Vests religious festival-ap-
propriated, evidently by mistake, horse
belonging to another gentleman; he
was shortly after followed by an ad-
miring crowd, ovcrtaken, and made
the recipient of "a neck,tie sociable"
on the spot. lie modestly kicked only
seven minutes by the watch. 1t was
simply case of suspended animation,
but more serious than Pleasonton's
suspension" The morality of the
Pleasonton suspension crops out, how
ever, in the selection of his successor,
John w. Douglas, Of Pennsylvania.
We ask Hnpcr's Weekly, the Times,
Tribune, &c, who play the morality
dodge" to the following rccord;-Ir
the list of the revenue defalters up tc
date ofJune 80, 1871, stands the namt
of John w. Douglas, Collector Nine
teenth District, Pennsylvania. Amoun
charged against him, S2,71OO /
this specimen of "the integrity anc
morality of the Republican party" I
suitable successors to Pleasonton?
New York, Day Book.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-13

A Brooklyn mother advised her
daughter to oil her hair, and tainted
fiat away when that candid dsnsel
replied. 't0h, no, ma, it spoils tho
gentlamens' vests
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Pie-Nie AL EyerlY's Ford


ME. EDIroR One of those pleas
ant and enjoyable occasions where
youth and age commingle in those
social and innocent pleasures that
mark our lives with agreeable i'm
pressions came of at Eyerly's Ford
last Saturday, in the shape ola pic
mic. About one hundred and fifty
persons were present and my des-
criptive powers utterly fail me when
I attempt to describe the galaxy of
female beauty that added its lustre
to the occasion. The citizens of
that locality had made extensive
preparations to render the occasion
universally pleasant to all who
might attend, and in this they sue
ceeded admirably. NIessrs. w. An
thony, Esq. Williamson, James An
thony, DR.. Harwel and Capt. Ever
" deserve a fattering notice for
their Jealous efforts in promoting
the enjoyment Of the pic-nickers.-
Just before dinner, while there was
IuIl in love making and the
young ladies were disposed TO lis
ten to other speeches than those
elnanating from the tongues of the
gallant gentlemen present, Capt. S.
B. Smith was introduced by DR..
Harwell, and after a very pretty
and appropriate speech, invited all
present to visit the dinner table
The invitation was all the more Gag
erly responded to, inasmuch as the
tables were loaded with all the de-
licacics of cookery to which cpl
eurean tastes so strongly Incline
After full justice had been done to
the edibles those present dispersed
over the grounds and conversation
was all the more brisk for it's brief
suspension. Late in the afternoon
Music, with her voluptuous swell,
arose and invited the young
people present to indulge in the de
lights Of Terpsichore, which was
responded to by a lively tripping Of
feet. The pic-nie was in every re-
spect a success and those present
unite in pronouncing it one Of the
most pleasant episodes Of their
lives. ~
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The Country Press and Politics.
Il is really amusing as well as ao-
solntely ludicrops III the mis-spent
time and wasted labor involved in
the business could be ignored) to
witness the yehemence with which
8 great number Of our country ex-
changes are pitching into one an
other on political subjects, that
evolve no useful or entertaining
questions for their martyred read
ers, and have no other effect than 70
convince their persecuted subseri-
beTs that the gentlemen who are dri-
wing the editorial quilts so savagely
IN this direction, ars only ambitious
to give expression TO inxidual views
that they fondly but foolishly i'm.
agine are destined TO shake the
world.
We can conceive ofnothing more
eomical than a country newspaper
in Tennessee st this particular time,
and one which claims TO oppose
Radicalisln, endeavoring to cut a
tremendous figure in politics and
devoting it's limited space, which
certainly could be filled with inter
estlng local news of some kind, t.
long-winded discussions with men
Of its own party, as 70 what const
tutes a Democrat, and offering at
interminable length, what it con
siders to be ponderous remedies fol
the salvation Of the country.
If the salvation of the country
cannot be achieved until a score OF
little country newspapers do it by
wasting valuable time and precious
printers INK, in establishing the
political status of every individual
composing the Democratic party,
the country is in such a desperate
Fix that its salvation will not be
achieved until GABRIEL blows his
horn.
The people Of the South, particu-
larly those who are removed from
the everlasting political turmoiIs Of
cities nd dwell in the country dis
tricts, where constant labor and the
necessity for continued exertion is
required, are sick unto death ofpo
liticai agitations. They have beer
dosed with political ipecac for SC
many years that it is no wonder
they are nauseated. Let the mis-
sion ofthe country press establish
its usefulness by vigorously advo
eating our agricultural, manufac
turing and industrial interests
giving the local news, and leave pol
itics at present to those restless agi
tators and demagogucs who make Il
a trade. We are sure the people vii
appreciate and approve such {
course, and its good effects vii
prove incalcuIabIe.
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q 80 d H0RR0R.
Fifty Killed and One Hundred and
Twenty Wounded.

The Staten Island ferry boat
Westield, while IN the slip at
WhitenaIl, and crowded with pas
sengers, exploded her boilers 81
/ 40 pms Sunday, July 30th. The
conclusion was terrific SCATTERING
the forward part Of the boat and
killing and scalding a great number
ofpeople. The hurricane-deck was
carried overheard, and fell over q
large number of persons in the va
ter. who were drowned.
The scene was beyond descrip-
ton. BIen we're struck dumb with
their loss OF wives and little ones,
and women were distracted at hav-
ing lost their husbands and chill
dren, while the little children are
crying for their parents who are
lost.
The front end Of the boiler was
suddenly blown out, lodging on the
bow, 80 feet distant. The forward
part Of the boat, upper cabin and
all, was instantly shivered and split
into a Thousand pieces.
AS an eye witness expressed it,
srhe forward part of the boat was
Ii ted fifty feet out of the water, the
smokestack fell. and then every.
ore was buried in the hold. PasseL :
gers, chairs, stools, horses, benches
and lie prese We s dropped into the
{ onting hold the huge boiler. which
poured out a deadly volume OF
steam. Many persons were blown
overheard. A father and mother
had their children clown from their
arms. The water in an instant was
alive with men, women and children
| struggling for life"
The after part of the boat, which
had escaped the force of the explc-
sion, wohfd haze been safe for the
uninjured, but they were panic
stricken, and 1eaped overheard
without regard to consequences.
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coanty C1urt q Eawrenee ooanty

County Court Of Lawrence County
J. 81. Powell. adm'r. ard others, vs.. j. Z.
p. Sandy and others.
Z appearing 70 the court from the affidavit
alad in this ease, thai ~. u. Sandy ard
49, Sandy are non-residents OF the Stats Of
Tennessee, 50 that the ordinary process Of
law caRnot be served upon theH- IL is
therefore ordered b The eoaft that publica-
tion BE made ids four ssecessi Sc weeks in the
] ULAsEf CTTIEEy newspaper published ia
Pulaski. Iennessee, TsQuising said neu-res-
ident eefeu5kuts % appaar before said G0un-
. Court NJ the eo8rt house 81 the town Of
Lawrence burg, TENN, On TIE Isl Monday n
August, ISL, and then and there eater
their defense 20 the original and supplement
taIpstiti8ns He'd against them and others
~ AID petitioners Of The same VIII be Ia
ken f,,Fsolissse1 as 20 them, and set Tor
hearing ex-parte. ". \, GILNORE,
5uiysa-4t Clerk
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ATTACHMENT.

r. p. fanoy VS., J. S. Freeman.
] n this cause it appearing TO the satisfaction
i Of the undersigned, Justice Of the Peace,
from affidavit of the plaintiff that the de-
fendant, J. S. Freeman, is a non-Tesi-
dent of the State, SO that the ordinary process
of law cannot be served on him, aud an orig
inai attachment having heeu levied n his
property, IL j. therefore ordered that publ
cation be made IN the Pulaski Citizen, q
newspaper published in the town Of Pulaski,
for four Successive weeks, commanding the
said J s. Freeman, 10 appear before me at
my office IL the 18th civil district Of Giles
county, Tennessee, On Saturday the Z6th
day of AEgust 1871, and defend SAID suit
against him, or plaintiffs debt viii be taken
for confessed, and proceeded with expnrts.
J. 81. PARKER
iai2T~At J. p. for Giles County.