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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-08-01
Treasure Trovc What "a Survey
ing Party Found in Oregon.

I-HaEA [-F
The Daily Oregon ian tells the follow
ing story
AS Mr.. Bone oc our most prominent
surveyors, connected with one of the rail-
roa | companies, was recently running a
line near the old military road, between
the towns of Cornelius and Astoria, in
this State, he CHANGED to make one of his
places for an angle upon a yramidal stone
that offered a suitable point Of sight for
his theodolite IN the small rocky glen
though which his course lay. The stone
itself of the shape described, was scarcely
less prominent than others that lay loose
ly scattered about the place only for its
peculiar formation, which made it the Sc
lected object. 1t was covered with liehen
and with the exception of the face, which
lay toward a brook that ran near By, was
grown about with underbrush peculiar to
the forests of Oregon. AS the surveyor
and his three assistants were gathered
about the rock. indulging in a short rest
one of their number leaned his back
against it and raised one foot, placing the
sole OF the boot, perhaps, a few inches from
the ground, against the stone, to get
position of ease. Immediately as he did
SO the moss gave way under the pressure,
and his foot came to the ground, barring
the rock. CHANGING downward to secure
another footbold his eyes fell upon anoth-
err dueer-looking ~incision in the smooth
rock that looked much like the mark Off
chisel. lie looked again, and became
convinced that the mark was too deeply
cut and too regular to have been the work
of nature. Prompted by the curiosity
that holds to all-whcre little is seen to
| see more if possible-he called the atten-
ton of othe rs to his discovery, and they,
anxious for a farthe r investigation, used a
small hand-axe that was In the party to
| clear more of the moss away, and to their
utter astonishmcnt revealed the time worn
cha. acters, IN. /. G. E.2 p" Nom
| plussed by the cabalistic disclosure, they
were more than ever at a loss what to do.
| There before them, evidently the work Of
human hands. but for what purpose, to
mark what event, that work hidden by
natures changes until the foot of mar ac-
cidentally gave it light, did not show
The Roman characters employed undoub-
tedly stamped it as the work of Europeans
and as such they bethought themselves of
a kew to the Mystery. Being surveyors
the idea that naturally suggested itself
was one connected with their profession.
and to their joy the solution seemed plain
enough. North one chain, east two
perches." Delighted. they brought their
.ts-nnlents into use, and measuring off
ola.r;ng away wahfs required direction. and
on timber and underground labor the fall
- ordsr tn prosecute their search, tres
suo.seded IN finding an otherston simila.
in shape and size to the oaler, 1urleo
almost to the apex in the earth and decay
ed vegetation. After a long task 0
clearing the face of the stone, they, came
- the figure ~" clearly and deeply cut
Here seemed an end TO their trouble
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comment upon il. I can only say that
my deportmentin the past may be taken
as an index Of my future conduct, and
upon this alone do 1 expect to stand or
fall.
The people have a right to say who
shall serve them, and I only ask the voters
of Washington county to lay aside all
prejudice and give my cave a careful, hon.
est and Conscientious consideration before
casting their votes. and then render such
a decision at the ballot-box as in their
opinion will be to the best interests of
the country
The above portion of this circular was
issued and distributed over the County last
week ;and I have been informed that my
~oppoA.nt, Col. John 81. Crawford. on see
ing it, stated that be had also. when in of
Office. charged tn. State with the cost of
Criminal Jurics in cases of felony. Now
in this the Colonel is certainly mistaken /;
as the Records show that since the Circuit
Court of Washington county was organized
not a single Jury was ever paid by the
State until / took charge of the Office.
The Records are open to the inspection
of all concerned and any one doubling this
statement is at liberty to consult them at
leisure and satisfy himself on this point.
I will further state that this is not the
only leak that I have discovered by which
our County has been virtually swindled
out of Thousands of Dollars. On the
contrary I have already commenced an
Investigation that, I trust. will develop a
condition of affairs that will open the
eyes of u taxpayers to a sense of their
duty. 1 do not charge Colonel Crawford,
or any one else, with dishonesty, as what
has been done was done through ig-
norancc ; but lido claim that the business
of the office has not been transacted ac-
cording to law. or in the interest of the
of Washington county. This
1 am prepared to prove by the Records of
the Office and by the printed laws Of the
State. Those who know me best are
aware that 1 am not in the habit. of
reckless assertions that cannot be
sustained by proof, and all I ask of the
voters of this County is to give me an OPP
portunity of proving the truth of what 1
have said. I claim that the citizens of
Washington county have been subjected
to an outrageous and unnecessary taxa
ton that is not justified either in law or
in equity, and whether elected or defeat
cd / shall not rest until these wrongs have
been redressed.
1t remains with the taxpayers them
to say whether or not 1 shall be en-
couraged in this undertaking by their
at the present election. or whether
they will allow blind p%artizan zeal or per-
sonal prejudice to control their action on
that occasion against their own interests.
I shall remain a candidate until the
polls close on the day of the election, and
any statement to the contrary, no matter
from what source it may emanatc, may
be set down as false.
I am fellow-citizens,
Your ob't serv't,
G. WHEELER.
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RCULA
To the Voters of Washington
County
yellow CITIZENS :

FELLOW CITIZENS:
Having s few months since announced
myself. as a. candidate for election to the
Office of Clerk Of the Circuit Court of this
County, / take this method of briefly sta
ting the grounds upon which I ask the
suffrage Of the people for that position.
As is we'll known I was appointed in
December. 1871, to fill the vacancy which
occurred at that time. In accepting that
appointment I took upon myself a large
amount Of severe labor which l found
necessary to perform before the Office
could be placed in q condition to transact
tho business appertaining to it. For this
tvsrk I never have received and never e1-
pect any remuneration whatever. but
having so arranged the affairs of the of
Zee chat business can now be transacted
nth comparative ease / ask to be contin-
ued in the Office on the grounds that every
nan Is entitled, for q time at least. to reap
the reward of his own labor.
again one of the most common COM
yisints. and one which every tax payer in
the country has good reasons for making.
Is the enormous taxation to which We have
been subjected for the past seven years,
and it is . duty which every o~fice-holder
owes to the people to bond all his energies
towards reducing this tai. Now the re-
cordsof myofice will show that l have
nyed to the County of Washington over
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS since 1
have held the position, an amount far ex-
cseding all the fees / have ever collected
since / have had oontrolof it. This / have
done by taxing the State with all the costs
o tbe Jury in felony cases. This was never
done until after i came into Office, but on
the eoutrary. the recordsof the Office show
that the County of Washington has paid
out over TWELVE THOUSAND DOL
LARS since the war for Juries in criminal
cases where the Judgments were rendered
against the State. and where the State
should have paid them. This amount,
which is yearly sufficient to pay our State
tax1for one year, Iexpect if retained in
Office to recover from the State. and pay
into the County Treasury. In this en-
ierprise / have every reason to believe /
shal succeed. and I pledge myself to
leave no iegalor constitutional means un-
tried to accomplish that end. And as the
State has never in a single Instance failed
"a nav these Juries when asked 70 do SO.
.moments reflection viii convince any
one that there can be no good reason ~hy
the eousty should not be reimburse
with the amount thus erroniously paid out
The Office Of Clerk Of the Circuit Cour
Is very important n Q Every citizen Q
the County is liable to have business il
the office. either as q party litigant, q Wit
,ucss or q Juror, and it is Of the utmos
importance that it should be filed by
man of strict integrity who will treat a
persons with kindness and respect, m
who is competent to discharge the dDtie
of the once with correctness and d'spatel
To.wbai extent ! have-iho myself po
sssssd Of these qualifications I leave f'
fgsy5efis Is say. r. Is not for me :
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HyER n

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Sufferer will say, oh, I have tried every
thing without relief. Don't hesitate to
give this preparation a trial. The Pro-
prietor was only induced to bring it be-
fore the public in this form, after having
performed some wonderful cures.
The Proprietor, If called upon, viii
name parties who have been cured of
Chronic Dyspepsia of 10 years standing >.
This is no Bitters, or substitute forWhis-
ky, but a preparation of real merit.
In Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint. Jaun-
dice, Billiousness, Sick Headache. and
Habitual Costiveness, it has no superior.
Be not afraid to try it. You will be
overjoyed at the result of a Single Bottle.
Shouldthis meet the eye of any one at a
distance where the D~yspepsin has not vet
reached a Single Bottle will be forwarded
on receipt of 81, or Six Bottles for SIS.
Dyspeptic, rest assured, this is the best
,restment you can make. ~
for saa5 MILLER. Proprietor.
more, anu py Dfu65r G ER Pait,
Mahoney & shipley, Agents. Johuapgh
Cate & Taylor Bl~ountville, Il. A. Faw
Johnson City. II. II. Snyder, Eliz abeth
ton, A. Murphy & Sons, Taylorsville.
7~2feba9N52 5rndE msE
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that 1 should not loose anything, they
would make it all right. After consent
ing to go, he informed me that he was
short of funds, and that he would be
compelled to have one hundred dollars
| for expenses, which I let him have. 1
paid the expenses to Nashville. We went
to Washington, remained there several
days. I procured the old roll from the
House Clerk, handed the same to Stohmier
I one of the agents. When they were
through making out the roll. returned it
to the Clerk. I did not suggest any of
the names to be placed on the roll, ex-
cept I did say, eff there were any names
on the old roll who had served N the
regular army, and had been paid, they
should not appear on the hast roll, as that
would be paying them twice, or giving
them double pay" Those were the only.
names or changes suggested by me. After
the rolls were made out, Captain Beatty
went before Notary Public Brown, and
swore they were true. l then went with
them to the Adjutant Generals Office.
Strohmier fled the rolls with General
Vincent. Strohmier and Hatfield then
took out license and became tho recog-
uized and lawful agents of the company,
and was so recognized by all the heads of
departments and their subordinafes. On
that day I received severe sun.stroke,
in consequence Of the e~xtre-se heat. and
in ATTENDING to their business. I-aached
home about the zand of August, 1oIas
and was confined to almoA a death bed
for eight or ten weeks, at a heavy expense.
I had let Capt. Beatty have one hundred
i dollars while in Washington, to beartheiI
expenses. / paid for the keeping oftheil
!, horses for weeks, neal my town give Li:
: son money to expense him and the stool
/. home, and paid other expenses inciden'
to the trip. Now up to this time no bar
a gain or mention of pay was ever Int
mated, except when Capt. Beatty had sal.
4 TO me, as before stated. Late IN the tai
10" I.TrN 1HHE #"fZ
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49,
In a word, I understood him to say that It
was a matter between the agents and the
members of the company that the Govern
ment, on its part. having complied with
the law, had nothing furtherto do with it.
.Thereupon I retired, and let the matter
drop. In July following M ajor Glapp was
sent out By the WA Department to make
an investigation into the matter; he called
at my Office in Nashville, and requested
me to give him all the information l
possessed in regard to the Beatty claims,
which | did freely, and without reserve.
as l never had any concealment to make
to any enc as to my connection with the
claims as a member of Congress. | gave
Major Clapp a full statement of the ease
from beginning to end. Mejor Clapp,
was, however, made use of by the author
tiles to aid in my conviction, which seemed
to have been determined upon at all haz-
ards. NextI received a telegram from
Washington, ordering me to report i'm
mediately to the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue. bearing date the oath of Octo>
Der, 1871. Surprising, of course, on
official business as Supervisor. | left at
once for Washington ; but to my utter
surprise, on arriving at the Baltimore
depot at half.past four o'clock P. NJ. the
18th, instead of official business with the
Commissioner, found myself In the clutch
es of a Deputy United States Marshal and
the Assistant Distriv. Attorney. who con-
ducted me to the City Han.-nd cave me
urll six o'clock. one hour ana eartn'
same day, 70 procure bail. which l ioI.
aately did, by meeting with our ola . ...
and tried friend, Return j.. Me'gs, snu
saving me from . filthy prison.. I re-
ported next morning to. the CammIssioner
Mr. Douglas, and was informed by hin
that he had no business with me, excep
NV arrest. Why was this clandestine tel
ecram sentme? Why was 50 short tim.
given me to procure bail? Why was !
treated as o condemned criminal.
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CHANCERY SALE OF LAND.
a. G.. Mason, in bis own right and as
Admr, of Joseph Leonard, Decd. and j.
NJ. Hoss, VS.. Solomon Onkst, Admr, Of
David Onkst, Decd. ct ais.
Pursuant to a decree of the Chancery
Il Court at Jonesboro, ut its May term
1872 in the above cause / will offer for
sale at tho Court House door in Jonesbo-
no, ON the 10th day of August, 1872, the
land in the pleadings mentioned, lying
in Civil District No. 10. Washington
County, Tennessee, adjoining the lands of
Joseph s. Rhea, John Green's heirs and
others, containing Eighty-five acres more
or less, and beingthe farm on which the
widow Onkstnow resides The same will
be sold subject to the widows dover
share in said land. i will sell the same
on a credit of six months, note with APP
proved security will be required for the
purchase money, and lein retained on
said land until the purchase money, is
fully paid, and sold without the right OF
redemption. This July 4th 1872.
b. f. SWINGLE, Q. q nj.
BrdWaprfs5
fcI many diseases, ~. W;no Tor;c
M4HoNEY 1fllne UNIV
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-17
s,hnpter II3, Acts 1867.
Passed February q, 1927.

Passed February ., 1927.
Whereas it is represented to the General
Assembly that William Lynch, ST., of the
county of Brunswick, is the father of thirty
four legitimate children, Of whom twenty
seven are now living; that he has been the
husband of four wives, the last Of whom is
now young and healthy, and gives him every
assurance of an increase of his numerous
progeny that he was soldier in the war OF
the Revolution, and has been through life
an upright and useful citizen; but that age
and the support Of his numerous family have
at length rendered him intlrm and poor:
!. Be it enacted By the General assembly,
That William Lynch, of the county of Bruins
wick, shall be hereafter exempt from the
payment of any public or countytaX, levy,
charge, or contribution whatever; and 1t
shall not be lawful for any court, sheriff,
deputy sheriff, coroner, or other public officer
within this Commonwealth, to demand or
receive of the said Lynch any such tax, levy,
charge, or contribution.
2. This act shall commence and be in force
from and after the passage thereof.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-17
f.'as BY w. u. Robins,
Real Estate Agent and Auctioneer,
+. g4 llld Main street

I
A UCTION SALE OF VERY DESIPA-
"A BILE BRICK DWELLING on THE EAST
LINE OF EIGHTH STREET JUST NORTH az
LEIGH STREET, AND OF AN ADJOiNlS1;
LOT, WITH a FRAMED TENEMENT THERE
ON.-At the request or Mr.. Peter V. Daniel Jr the
undersigned win sell at public auction on TIL uES
DAY. AFTERNOON, 10th June, at 6 O'Clock. tho
property above described. The whole front; ~ f,ri
7inches on Eighth street and runs back 10 an alley
In common 20 ioct wide; and Will be sold rs 4 whole
or divided, as may be determined ut the sale
The brick dwelling has been for many years the
family residence Of Mr.. Daniel. who most rclrct-
antly removes from SO desirable ! neghbOrhyc;
IL Is two-srory aud asenent-and-attic house. with
rear addition, and has three large rooms each on
the first and second floors, besides storcrOon and
bathroom. and is supplied with water and gas. Al.
Joining the rear building Is brick Kitchen of three
rooms.
The situation commands Il very pleasing outlook
over the garden Of the Nicholas Mills property, al
is altogether Il very desirable residence for me-
dium-szed family.
The framed tenement is rented TO good teuant a,
$3.50 per annum.
Txxesfor 1872 to be paid by tile purchaser.
TERMS: AT sale. w. b. ROBINS.
- lie la-tdS AuctOnprr
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,,Ith I sbiyers the reports Of the reyolysss;;
Witch succeed each other with 4 frigntIui
r = niS1 But finally numbers prevail over
fs They arm themselves With gtlnas,
swords. and clubs, and take up their march On
for tt,e statiori. / Here those with the guns
rained ii, concentrated fire upon the sta.ion
without we'll knowing what was the mater, z,
The unhappy traveller. who had been IN sus e,
d hurry to get out, took refuge under oea isa
in order to. avoid tho balls that Wh.l,e
around him. This scene, strange as n,dy
s az r two hours, ulld was only brougnt
- close when the ammunition Of the assail-
in inc rsaYfy was exhausted. Then the watch:
man mn r5osted his men at all The exits, and IN
Iond Voice demanded the brigands to surren.
der themselves. At this invitation o ,l
traveller. with hands clasped IN hunp,s e eh.
treaty, issued with trembling steps troh 'ne
b,IiIdinga ~ ~F-s.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-17

'Kooplnansehap, fahillarly known as Old
Koop. the importer of Chinese into. the
South, has failed in San Francisco for
$1,000; assets, MIR. The local papers say
that be was financially oyerb9rne by his
southern contracts: 1f'be immediate cause of
his failure was his inability to collect from
the Cinnamon employed there the advances
made to them of passage money and other
allowances, amounting to some Sl00, 1000. He
also held $4,000 worth of the bonds of the
Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad Com
pany, which is insolvent, Koopmanschap
was often in Memphis He is what Rip Van
Wrinkle would term q "yolly feller," with n
physique like Falstaff, and old Sir Johns ca
pacity for "1uids." There are thousands of
persons throughout the South who will re-
greet TO learn of his misfortune. -,.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-17
.,s BY Wellington Goddin,
Auctioncer and Real Estate Agent,
eorupr OF Eleventh and Bank streets.

GAZE AT AUCTION OF VALUABLE
> THREE-SToHT STORE AND DWELILN.Gei
IN THE NORTH SIDE OF BROAD BETWEEN
SIS'TH AND TENTH STREETS. AND or BEAU.
TjFi1i, lot on TIE NORTH SIDE OF LEIGH
BETWEEN FIRST ANn SECOND sTREEIs;.- rs.
yIIi be sold at auction on Tic premises In the order
adrertised. on THURSDAY the 10th June, 1872, a
81 O'clock p. NJ, that large TIIREE-SToRY
BRICK TENEMENT located as above, now In Inc
occunancy of Mr. L. TIoltzinger. The store has :
denth of 80 feet and above the store there are tivt
large rooms, n garnet; kitchcn servants, rooms
&c After which. ut 50 O'Clock IL "; that gEH
nEtI ITIEIII. LOT the north side OF Erigi
Street thirty feet west of Second street. troniin;
~ feet running back $50 feet to an alley, Win lahd
some shade trees In front.
TrpTs: tJnp-forrth cash: baIancG nj six. twelve
and eighteen months for negotiable notes, ihftFts
udIcd. secured by Il trust deed. ,..,
lie Is W. I'I'i'i y. Lt,t,tloLI.-c..
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-17
BY Grubls & Williams,
Aucdonecrs and Real Estate Agents.
Eleventh street between Main and Bank.

FTHREE MOST BEAUTIFUL LOTS or
4 GROUND. ON THE NORTH SIDE or
FLOYD (UR FEDERALl STREET BETWEEN
CHERRY AND CULVENT STREETS, ONLY 4
SQUARE BEYOND NONR0EP PARK, FOR SALE
AT AUCTIOS.-On TUESDAY, 18th June, al S
o'clock p. NJ, we will sell. upon the premises.
THREE LOTS OF GROUND lying In square I'm
ESD. rsfs.es-.I esp
Two Of them are at the northwest corner Of
Floyd and Cherry streets. front IS aud % feet ~
spectivey back 1919 feet to an alley 20 feet wide
The other begins l5 feet west OF Cherry street AMI
Els so by 100 feet TO the alley. ~ feet wide.
No lots In the vicinity Of Monroe Park are now 20
be had which offer greater inducements than the.
to purchasers for immediate with reference 10
sure and rapid incrcasr In valnc.
~ TERMS: At sale. GROBBS i WILLIAMS,
| lie 10 .Es.ri .a sE.t Auct0nrrrs
| A BUILDING LOT on the east side of Culy,rt
| between Elmwood and Floyd streets. adoinin. he
residence of Isaac Floyd, will be sold after The
above. 1t Is 81 by LIS feet, and tile sire"-clS pass
| along lis front.
y jeI5 1T.i lut- GRUBBS 4 WILLIAMS
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1t would not be easy, says the New York
Ecening Mail, to estimate how much false
information is disseminated by the plumbers
Of printers. A special dispatch to a western
paper tells of the arrest of mail robher
upon whose person were found rifed let
tiers aud two nail kegs" Now, person un-
used to the peculiar humor of the type-set-
ter might have momentary wonder as to
why the fellow should be Juggling nail kegs
about with him, but the editor, who has
eeen often the victim of such Jokes, sees
that mail keys were the articles captured.
Of course he does. -. :,
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A Catch.

when Jonathan did reign.
Wien Jonathan did reign,
lie turned away three scal;i"asS'
Out In the wind and rain. :s-Hs. -,
The first he was q conbler,
The second u tanner he;
The third he was oan nj tp Hrsn' ="
Jim Wilson he made Shoes,
wbiIe Poufer Conk. did oil bis hair,
Three thIcving rogues together.
-. Now Wilson died of corns,
And Conk. of vanltcc;
rhe tanner was tanned by Mother man,
Which his name 1t was Grcelee.
1tnsbtnutOn Capital .ss'ti
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REPUBLICAN, OFFICE, LEEsBrRs, vA,}
nhf '' June Ii, 1872. )
r,,snntch -: Dear Sir

Edttor Dispatch Dear si, =,
observation-disclosures licenses were Issued
tso n,,,.. dnring the month of May-twenty- eigh'
whites and fifteen colored. From the once OF u ~
county Court ten licenses were issaeo-se'en %
DO YOU recognize your ear-marks in the
above. which appeared in your paper not
more than three weeks ago? Furthermore
we'll "cobler" for every time different
spelling occurs within the past six months
Do the fair thing. Respectfully yours,
W. B. DowSEy.
Certainly not. 1t was local item. We
see oil such paragraphs first after the paper
is printed and published.