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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-01-12

money scarce. all industries paralized, cap
ital and energy flow north of us to more
promising, inviting and ~congenial regions
rf the West. Other sections are growing
great in population and wealth, that would
have enriched us but for our angry strifes
and divisions. In the rage of our pas
sions and the heat of ordinations and re-
ordinations, we have no inclination Or
capabilities to embark in speculations and
improvements that would make us a cor
don of grand, powerful and prosperous
communities. There is hardly a rose up
on the stalk to tell even where the garden
of our former glory and happiness has
been. We are a seething, fretting ocean
of humanity, where each contending
against the other must, sooner or later,
sink down into its dark fathoms, unless
that Power smites the furious waves, as of
old, it calmed the raging sea.
Let the followers of Hill and Yulee, in
the rebellion, heed their counsels, emulate
their example in deed and in truth. and
the dark and horrid picture of u wo and
desolation, will pale and fade into blank
canvass, on which the pencil of time will
delineate the brightest picture Of happi-
ness and prosperity.
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DIR COUNTY DEBT.

Those who are so benevolent as to give
gratuitous advice. are generally consider
ed b~usy-bodies. attending to other peo-
Piles affairs, ard suffering their own to
remain without attention. We may be
running this gauntlet, but we venture the
hazard. AS public journal. responsible
! to the community, and feeling the weight
of that responsibility, we cannot longer
forbear from urging our Worshipful Coun-
ty Court to dispose of the rail o stock
belonging TO this county. TO show the
economy and wisdom of this proposed
transactions, we truthfully tell the tax
payers that they are paying three thou
sand dollars a year interest on this stock,
and to maintain our position, we cite the
fact tina Washington County subscribed
fifty thousand dollars for the building of
the f. Il. q Va. rail road, with the legal
/ rate of interest, until principal is paid
This stock was subscribed more han six
teen years ago, and the interest we have
already paid will amount to the debt
The debt still hangs over the county
We have not only the in cubus of this deb
to depr ,ss us, but are compelled to pay
three thousand dollars a year interest on
the same. Now the question is, should
not some provision be made TO relieve
ourselves of this oppressive burden? Shall
industries, professions, and capital be fax
e] to keep up this ruinous folly? Shall we
continue to pay this crushing interest
simply for the poor privilege of voting in
rail road elections? Our County Treasury
is depleted, and our citizens axe heavily
to meet wen current expenses. By the
sale of this stock we avoid the interest
which makes an out flow of money as the
bonds are held by foreign capitalists,
whereas, by their sale. we would have
money in our midst to encourage every
kind of industry, support schools and ed
ucate the poor. The tax collector would
not then be such 4 terror, coming to our
homes p%anoplied in the law, and any so
unfortunate as not to be able TO meet his
demands, ~distraining to the very last arti-
Gle of property. Will not some good fl
nanciers in the County Court see the wis
dom and economy of our plan, and pro-
pose the same? We confidently await to
see.
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DEATH.

The Providence of God is again upon us
i'm our neighborhood. Mr.. VIM. Chambers
was taken i'll suddenly while tending the
Forge, three miles above EliZabethton.
The best medical aid was called. hut alas!
how soon the l~ovliest form fades, the
brightest hopes vanish and the fondest
expectations die. The strong cords of
affection cannot stay the grim monster.
no earthly aid can stop his ravages. and
this morning at s O'Clock he breathed his
last. - =
IS Had man been able to save, our, friend
would not nave died. for he vas beloved
by all who knew him. He left a heart
broken widow with seven children. and
may they Know that they are not all that
miss him. but by his death we lose Il good
citizen and ~neighbOr, and the church a
worthy member and u devoted Chris
tian. But a word TO you his relations:--
Set out to meet him who has been your
guardian and friend, in a better land.
where sorrow is no more and from whence
no traveller returns. You, his widow at
best. cannot survive him long; put your
trust in the ~all-powerful arm of Him who
knows all. and he will provide for you and
your little orphans. Then sing with the
pOet: Ef<X gsEfrsE ftasfs Ut ss3t. SIS -.,
.sYet / know that we shall meet again, -
90 On that rivers radiant shores 1.EE
Where there is no more death, nor grief, nor pain,
And they say good bye no more
.sr+S 5sEIBM Ep& EuG GA FRIEND. .
EliZabethton, Jan. 9TH, ISL
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the drummer of Brenthauld & Wilson, "A
Park Place, N. Y. No clue as to where
he came from or when.
New YORK, Jan. 9.-An oil refinery at
Green Point was burned. The loss is
81 ,OOO. 900.
Lietenant Governor David R. Floyd is
dead.
Thos. Reid's paper mill, at Newton
Falls, was burned.
The City of Brooklyn. hence for Liver
pool. was spoken. partially disabled, and
proceeding under canvass. The mails
and part of the passengers were transferr-
ed to the Hausa.
ALBANY, January 6.-This evening,
just as the 2.S0 train started from the
Union Depot in this city to cross the Hud-
son River Bridge. a mau sprang into the
American Express Company's car and shot
the express messenger, Thomas A. Hal
pine. through the neck, in the right eye,
and in the right ear. The robber then
took the keys from the messenger and OPEN
ed the safe, from which he extracted 81
259 in bills. He accomplished all this
while crossing the bridge, and on arriv-
ing at East Albany jumped off the train
and made his escape. The crime was not
discovered until the train had stopped at
the East Albany depot some minutes, when
the wounded messenger crawled to the door
and attracted attention. He was imme-
diately taken to the City Hospital, and
Notwithstanding his terrible wounds was
able to give an account of the robbery.
Halpinc resides in this city. and his re-
covery is not considered possible. The
robber is described about five feet six inch
es high, wearing a goatee, and was dress
cd in dark clothess and had on a dark cap.
The detectives are on the alert and the
early capture of the robber and murderer
is hoped for.
LOUISVILLE. Jan. THE Courier
JournaFs Frankfort special says the polls
were crowded at the municipal election
to-day. The Democratic ticket was elect
ed. Between 6 and Z o'clock, p. m, some
person fred into the Court house. Mr..
Newman, IL respectable citizen, was NOR
tally wounded. Capt. w. G. Thompson,
and two negroes were slightly wounded.
LONDON, Jan. s, 1S7l.-I have re-
ceived special advices for the Herald which
inform me that the Fenian political con-
victs, Messrs. O'Donavan Rosa, O'Con-,
mel, Davis, Mcclure and Molloy, who
have just been released from Her Majesty's
prisons-Portland and other jails-on con-
dition that they should depart the realm
in exile, left England yesterday (Satur-
day. on the Cunard steamship Cuba for
New York. u
The men were taken on board the Gu
ba under a strong guard and peremtorily
refused the privilege of communication
with any person before sailing. aar
The British government. it is said, pays
the expenses of the released Fenian con-
victs to the United States.
Ex-Governor Wilson Lumpkin died at
Athens, Georgia, last week, aged eighty
He was Governor of that State
from 1881 to 1888, having previously
three terms in Congress. He was
States Senator from 1888 to 1S41,
which period he has taken lutte part
in public life. -r.. -
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RETURNING REASON.

Hon. i. III. Hill, late Confederate
States Senator from Georgia, and Hon.
D. L. Yulee, United States Senator from
Florsda. 1861, have written letters in the
strongest and most conceding terms, urg-
ing the acceptance of the situation. This
advice, though it may not bear the impress
Of a true. patriotism and willing submits
sion-not sooner being given-is sensible
and not out of time for all that, and should
be strictly followed by their fellow insur-
gents. Had the participants in the rebel
lion adopted this wise course of a not dis
honorable humility, and a quiet and con-
sistent subsection to the issues of the war.
for,whieh they we're responsible, long ago
would reconstruction have been an accom-
plished, substantial fact. Every Southern
State government would now be rehabili-
tated, redeemed from the ravage. spolia-
tion and gloom of war, and marching
along the line of a brighter career and a
moro glorious prosperity than they ever
before enjoyed, on to a destiny of immeas-
urable wealth, importance and power
The discovered ties of harmony and love
would be reunited and we would be har-
vesting the rich fruits of a thorough, active
and cordial cooperation in the furtherance
of our individual and collective interests.
This mutually would never have tolerated
unjust and discriminating laws. Proscrip-
ton would lave been swallowed up in a
food-tide of generous feeling and forgiv-
ing magnanimity. Only a few venomous
tongues would have spoken remembrance
of the fearful and sanguinary scenes of the
war. We could have presented to. the
world the proud spectacle of a noble peo-
pie. though having struggled In conflicts
unparalleled in fury, ferceness and de-
~struction, these being concluded, we could
heartily and cordially embrace each other
as brothers, by the ties of a common and
restored nationality.
But a majority of insurgents saw tit to
aursue a different course. The hates,
chickering's and mad ambitions engcndered
bv the war. lost. none of their intensity,
nd With senseless and rancorous obstina-
~ these refused to accept the magnani-
mons oyertures of the government. Hence
a.. disasters of the war have been pro-
Hanged with no promise of an early cessa-
ton. As a consequence trade is stagnent'
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it was received and passed to the credit
of the tax-coliector at par. The advice
of MIR. Heiskel very probably foreshadows
the opinion of our Supreme Court. Should
this issue be pronounced coed by our Su-
preme Court our State Treasury for years
to come will be flooded with this worthless
currency issued in aid of the rebellion /;
and that such will be the verdict of our
Court, constituted as it is, there are many
reasons for fearing. The Chief Justice,
Hon. A. o. p. Nicholson, was a leading
member of the convention which abrogated
the schedule to the amended constitution
adopted in 1865, and it is quite probable
that he had we'll considered the effect of
the measure upon this new issue when the
measure was before the convention.
The truth is, Tennessee is now complete
ly under the control, in all its depart
ments. of the reckless men who. under
the lead of Isham G. Harris, took the
State out of the Union i'll 1861 4; and it is
the purpose of the party in power to clothe
with the sanction of law all these high
handed measures of rebellion.
K~UKLUXING.
United States Commissioner Goodwin
has been endeavoring for a month past to
put a check to the delightful pastime of
Kukluxing in the counties of Wilson and
Summer. Anumber of parties have been
held in bonds to appear at the next term
of the United States District Court but
as the parties can all prove an alibi, and
also, that they'are highly respectable
and law-abiding citizens" it is not proba-
bic that any convictions will result. The
parties engaged in this business are always
masked, 90 about at night. have plenty of
friends, and operate mainly upon poor
negroes, who are the only witnesses, and,
as a consequence, they are in little danger
of punishment, 1t is idle to talk of enforc-
ing the law, State or national, until public
sentiment shall be strong enough to make
prosecutions earnest. The people them
selves can do it, and the remedy is in their
hands, and until they take hold of the
matter in good faith nothing effective can
be done. And it Is also idle to talk about
immigration at present. Neither labor
nor capital will come to our relief so long
as gangs of young men are permitted,
from year to year, to ride over the laws,
and render life and property insecure.
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One thousand five hundred and seven
ty-four registered letters were stolen last
year. .
Last Saturday a week ago, a United
States Mail Bag. marked for Chattanooga,
Tenn. was found in an alley il Washing
ton City. So says the Washington Pat
riot.
THE wife of Ex-Governor Hemstead. of
Iowa. died at Dubuque on the 3rd inst.
at the age of tifty-eight.
THE oft-disappointed Millerites of New
England nave set another day for .'going
up''-the 1lth.ofFebuary-and they have
already commenced to get excited and
enthusiastic over THEN, contemplated
journey.
The Maine State Prisons receipts were
$1,000 in excess of the expenditures last
year. 1JrE i'H e.f
THE Savannah Republican is anxious
for the repeal of the usury laws in Geor-
gia.
SINCE the holidays a gaeat many ne
groes have left the vicinity of Murfrees-
boro, Tenn, for Arkansas. and more are
preparing to go, owing TO the high price
offered in Arkansas for field hands.
Two coiored m9n-Lieutenant Cover
o Dun and Mr.. Pinchbeck-are candi-
dates for United States Senator in Loui-
siana.
Frelinghuysen will probably be elected
United States Senator from New York.
Hon. w. III. Seward is paralyzed in both
arms. His mental facnlties are unim-
paired.
Hon. Ben. Wade will be appointed one
of the San Domingo Commissioners.
TEE hottest summer for ninety-two
years was that of 1870. by the records of
Yale College.
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EUROPE.

The war cloud still hangs heavily over
Europe. Germany is confident of success
and France equally so. The death of
Prim by assassination in the streets of
Madrid. and the enforcement of a new
monarch in his place, are new features of
the Franco Prussian struggle. Russia lies
dormant amid her eternal winter and
SHOWS. England has no disposition for
Intervention. watching just now, the adj
justment of her Alabama claims. The
French are advancing on the Rhine, and
Paris, though beseiged, maintains her
gravity in the face of threatening legions.
The whole European war is a tangled web
to us. We havo only its history in the
clashing kilograms of the pro and con
leading American newspapers. The truth
lies in the accumation of partisan repre-
sensations, and the future can only winnow
the truth from falsehoods. We however,
are inclined to the opinion that the French
Eagles at this time, are in the ascendent.
but the next news may knock all of this
out of our heads.
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Election Notice.

On Saturday January DIST, 1877 VIII
~ open and hold All election in each
civil district III Washington county forthe
purpose ofelecting three Common Schooi
commissioners for each civil district in
obedience to the late School Law, andalso
for Constablein districts where none have
been elected or where designations have
taken place since March last, and the
following persons are hereby appointed
deputies in the various districts in said
county to hold said elections and due re-
turn make to the County Court Clerk OF
the result.
list District VIM. B seaton. Esq; I'd; J.
A. West; 3rd. Alexander Kirk. Esq. 4th,
-Robt NJ. Young. Dep. Shift; 9TH, A. Mid
dleton; 9Th. J9B. Strain. Esq; 9TH, Capt.
Berry; sth, Thomas Scott, Esq; gth, ID:
nth, Henry Curtis: 18th II. d. HALE Dep.
Snf 18Th, Eiijali Gary, c9 m + l'1 n
smith. constable; 18th, Moses Moore. Dep
Shift; 18th, Lewis Bailey, Esq; 10Th A.
Shepard, Esq. -LQ.r.Lm-u.ym
Sc. GRIFFITH, Shift.
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THE Louisville ..Commercial." of the
10th inst. says: tOn Saturday last a man
named Hall. was attacked near Shelby
Vile. by Kuklux, and shot in the head
with a pistol ball. His injury was slight.
but he came to this city yesterday and
tiles. from whom he asked relief. These
outrages are not becoming scarcer. More
is the pity. What is to he the result of
this lawless curse on the part of a certain
class of the citizens of Kentucky. has be-
come aserious question on the part of the
authorities. which cannot fail to be solved
to the detriInent of the State
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Revenue frem the Large cities.

The internal revenue bureau furnishes
the following exhibit of the receipts from
Internal revenue for the last fiscal year of
some of the principal cities in the country /;
New York, SG,S3I,S45; Chicago, $3.50,
131 Philadelphia, 1858 .094; Boston,
81 .1S0,53O; Brooklyn, $2,S60,2 91 /; Bal
timore, S4.6O5 ,991 St. Louis, $4,000,
339; San Francisco, S3.151,99S; New
Orleans. S2,750.06S Richmond. S2,379,-
1870; Buffalo, $2.042,1 1923; Detroit. 81
015,966; making an aggregate for four
teen cities of S73.966, 994. The cost of
collecting the internal revenue for the
fiscal year was $4,11S,201. atr
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MARRIED.-On the Sth inst, at the
residence of the brides mother by G. w.
Meek, Esq. Mr.. ROBERT HIsE. to Miss
MARTHA LANKAsTER, Doth of Washing
ton County.
On the 29th December, 1870, at Fall
Branch, by Rev. ". L. Fleenor, Mr.. r. j.
GoLLEHoR, of Smyth Co. Va. and Miss
MARTHA NJ, RINEnART, of Fall Branch
Tennessee.
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Correspondence of the Louisville Courier
NASHVILLE, December


The condition of Tennessee finances is
deplorablc. The present Legislature has
done little beyond repeating wholesome
laws passed by the Radicals subsequent to
1868. No measure for the relief of the
finances of the State has been adopted.
The actual income from taxes is not suffi-
cient to pay the current expenses OF the
State. But we are. it is feared, on the
verge of a still deeper plunge.
NEW ISSUE OF II BANK OF TENNESSEE.
Subsequent to the secession of the State
in 1861. the Bank of Tennessee issued
millions of paper to aid Governor Harris
in the war of rebellion against the United
States. Fearing that an effort might be
made by some future Democratic Legisla-
ture to redeem this "new issue the State
convention of 1865, in section 6 of the
schedule to the amended constitution, de-
clared all notes of the Bank of Tennessee
or any of its branches. issued on or after
the 9th day of May, 1861, unconstitution-
al, null and void, and subsequent Legisla-
lures were prohibited from providing for
the redemption of said notes. So far very
good. These notes were brought up by
spectators at a merely nominal price, aud
held to await the course of events and
they did not have to wait long.
The revolution in Tennessee came as a
result of the famous Stokcs-Senter quarrel.
A convention, made up largely of ex-re-
bells. made a new constitution for the State.
The holders of the Tennessee new issue"
were in strong force in the convention and
in the Hobbies. Very quietly the schedule
to the amended Constitution of 1865 was
abrogated. This opened the way for the
payment of the new issue of the Bank of
Tennessee. True, section four of the
fourteenth amendments TO the constitution
of the United States stood in the way. but
u Dourbons have very little respect for
the Constitution of the United States or
it's amendments. The "new issue" soon
obtained a quotable value. The constitu-
tional convention had very quietly put
millions of money into the pockets Of the
brokers.
THE BEGINNING.
A few days since $4,000 worth of this
stuff was presented at the counter Of the
State Treasury for taxes, and. under in
structious from Attorney General Heiskel,
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I'm Chancery at Rogersvilie.
TERM JANUARY 5TH,lS7l.

IIFH VIIrs IO'If
J. G.. Rutled@e. Admir-. sc. VS.. VIM. Rut-
ledge and others.
A Z the last term OF said Cont it was Or
n dered that the Master inquire and
report what costs.if any, remain due &c.
in the variou siiirs, bills and cross bills
filed in relation to the estate Of q. w. Rut-
ledge and TO whom due, and to Inquire
and report what fund. ifany, is subject to
give notice by publication in the Jones'
boro Herald and Tribune to all parties, in
interest of the time set to take said ac-
II And in obedience to said order L
will take said account on the 18th of Feb
ruary. 1871. at my office in Rogersville,
and if the party fail to attend, Twill take
account and report eX parte.
FtfffE ~ G.. Balls, Ca& NJ.
1ian5-SrSfecs5
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Chanccry Court at EIizabethten.
BILL FOR DIVo 2CE.

: --DILL -tIE,
~ Allen G,ige vs. Sa. 4 Gugc.
TT appearing from the al qionsiOf the
Il bill which is sworn to, tn Il Q defen-
dant Sarah Guge is a non-resI III OF the
State O~fTenneSsee. ii is therct e ordered
that publication be made ford successive
weeks in the Herald, and Tribune anews-
paper published in the town OF Jonesboro,
Tenn. notifying said NONRESIDENT defen-
dant toappear before the Judge of our
Chancery Court. at Il court to he held ut
the Court House in EllZabethton on the.
3rd Monday OF March next. 1871. to make
defence TO said Bill or the same will be
taken for coIlfessedYmIl set for hdaring
9Nparte rs to her. this ,2Sth tt November.
1870. JOHN G.SMITH. G. Il NJ.
1OdecSprteeS5 ErL.AL 10 ~