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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-08-14
Cooke County Conservative Meeting.

The Conservative voters of Cooke Q
county assemb bIed in Convention, at
Newport, on Monday, August 5th,
1872, for the purpose of selectir z
delegates to represent that county
in the Convention at Mor~istown,
sese taNs aHatsg . nosssilsate ;
candidate for Congress in the 1st
Congressional District. Also to APP
point delegates to Nashville on the
Goth inst. to nominate a Congress
ional candidate for the State at
large.
N. McNabb, Esq, acting as
Chairman. The following dele
gates were chosen q. ". Allen,
y Spencer, Wm. Shields, Bradley
Talloy, Dr. Jas. Rankin, J. H. Clark,
J. E. Williams, ID. B. McMaban,
David Odeli, 7. S. German, J. II.
Robinson, Jesse Burnett, Joseph
Huff, Wm. B. Wall, James Jones,
John Smith, T. Z. Moore, J. u.
Jones, g. ". Lloyd, a. R. Garrison,
Col. VIM. Jack, Jas. Wood, Joseph
Rev. B. Bryant, ". 7. Wea-
yer. Il. HartseII, J. B. HUFF, Robt.
Brown. Reuben Black, Col. J. F.
Stanberry, VIM. Gorrcll, Mark Lii
lard, Wm. Headrick, 4. Fowler.
The Chairman and Secretary Of
this meeting are included as dele
gates.
The following delegates were /
.hosen for the Nashville CoHven- /
ion, and Instructed to vote for I
Andrew Johnson: Col. Wm. Jack, I
7. II. Jones, G. ". Allen, J. G. +
hurry. D. B. McNshan. Proxy
delegates 70 Nashville. 4. l..
Minis, Of Nashville, t. P. Spsck Of
Iorristonn. It was voted to pub
ish the proceedings Of this meet
ng in the Norristown GAZETTE. I
c. D. FAIRFIELD, Sec.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-08-14
4 Glimpse OF ones self.

Did you never c-tch a glimpse
Of yourself unexpectedly in a look
ing z as, ana think a. first il was
& strange approaching ? And did
you never get = sudden view of
your own personality by means of
psychic accident such as that? a
friend of mine, who Is as uUcon-
ceited IS any man l know, told me
that be once saw his own character
that way, and it brought tears to
his eyes. Il was only for an in
stant--a fash Of lightning in
dark nisht-but he was confident
it made q better man of HIM. It
gave him frmer faith in his friends.
It manifested what there was in
him that it was possible for them
to love. 1t made him happy and
humble He knew that those
about him did not see all; but ho
strovo ever after to be true to that
gracious vision OF himself.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-08-14
Wilson and Bull Run.

When Col. Henry Wilson, now
candidate for Vice President, was
in Boston raising a regiment, lit
tie fellow one day presented him
self at headquarters and asked for
q commission.
"Havo you seen service 2" asked
Colonel w.
yes. Colonel, I was in the three
months service"
"Were you at the battle of Bull
Run p
Il was, Colonel"
Col. Wilson has a delicate vein
of humor in him; 50, winking to
his staff, he asked:
"And did you run well:"
Il used due diligence, Colonel.
I did the best I could, but couldn'
keep up with you in that hack +
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-08-14

ECrLEBeG, Tenn. Aug ), 1872.
At meeting Of tie Liberal Re
PgbIicau= and Democratic citizens
of the County Of Granger, called
this day at tie Court house in Rut
ledge. Convention was called to
meet in Rauedee ca the +.h Mon
day Of August, it being the 2G,h
day, for the purpose Of selecting
candidate to represent the counties
Of Granger and U5mblen in the
lower branch Of the next Legfsla-
tare Of Tennessee, and it is the
earnest request of said Convention
that the county of Uamblcn. meet
and cooperate, with the citizens ef
Granger ia the choice of suita-
bic candidate for said position. Il
delegation Of five from each civil
district was therefore appointed to
ascertain the wishes Of the people
of the respective districts, and the
citizens Of the county Of Hamblen
are requested to send 4 like dele
cation to said Convention. on said
26th day of August, in order that
the wishes Of the people may be
fully and fairly expressed and in
this way settle The claims of sever
al asPiran's for said position. Or
derod that copy Of this rcsolu-
tion be furnished the editors of the /
Norr.stown GAZETTE for publica-
ton. JAMES JAMES,
Pres't of Convention. /
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genius, though You expected and
would have received its unlimited
exertions L now demand 10000
francs to efface it, but if you re-
fuse, it remains there as a remin-
iscence of this little joke
Yernet was inexorabIe. Roths-
child could never bling himself to
draw up so large check, even to
undraw such a picture, and he went
out Of the world leaving behind
him the equivooaI memento.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-08-14

That FIVE hundred dollars tax
upon leaf tobacco is something
that the producer and small dealer
ought to keep in mind IN making
up an opinion as to how they will
vote in the Presidential election
next November.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-08-14

The papers say that Greeley is
hard at work on a new Encyclope-
dia which will be published soon.
They don't tell what Grant is at
work on, but wo'll be bound its
dirty work.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-08-14

In trembling accents a young
lover of Mobile, Ala, put to his
sweetheart the important question
of his life, but she replied with the
utmost calmness and a sweet sigh
of resignation, "Anything to beat
Grant. dear"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-08-14

A celebrated poet, writing to
an editor, proposed to supply him
with any length of lines, and for
any occasion. The reply was prac-
tical: "Send me a hundred yards
of lines, long enough to fish for
conger eeIs, and that will bear the
tug of porpoise, as I am going
to the Isle of Wright for week S
fshipr.''
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-08-14

Chicago was incorporated as a
city, March I, 1889, and held it's
first municipal election in May of
tho same year. The town of Chi
cago was organized August 16,
1888, by the election of FIVE trus-
tees, when there were twenty-eight
voters in the place.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-08-14

Never write letter with a pen
ell, as you can never tell when
trivial note may beceme a matter
of great importance. Through the
illegibility of hasty pencil note
an Illinoisan lost a case at law, in
volving SO 600,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-08-14

A set OF paper car wheels on one
of the Pullman cars running to
Jersey City, have run over 1000
miles of track, and worn out, en-
tirely, one set of steel tires, which
have been replaced. The ordinary
wheels, it is said, will only run
10000 miles.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-08-14

Said a Baptist to Methodist /:
81 don't like your church govern
ment, it isn't simple enough.
There's too much machinery about
it" at is true,'' replied tho
Methodist, ''we have moro machin-
cry than you but then you see, it
don't take near so much water to
run it."
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-08-14
MarrIIng TIppIers.

The following article, clipped
from a newspaper, was sent US with
the request that We publish it. We
commend it to tho careful consider
alton of our young lady readers as
containing sound truths and whole
some advice. 1t is a sad thought
that there are thousands Of sorrow
stricken wives who stand, to-day,
pitiab.e witnesses to the value of
this adm0nition. and who would
warn the gay, unsnspscting young
women OF our country of the inev-
liable woe attendant upon a union
with q man addicted to strong
drink:
"a word of warning to young la
dies on this subject is not inappro-
priate. How many young women
- ssng saeE deatlaiss " I'll tsT
piers, Or men of confirmed intom-
perate habits, have involved them
selves n lives of sorrow, and often
shame Yet, in spite of all tho
wretchedness # drunkards, wives,
says Mr.. Colyer, young women
are continually willing to marry
men who arc in the habit Of indulg-
ing q the social glass. Ladies Of
ten refuse tho marriage offers Of
young men because they are too
poor, or of too humble q family, or
too plain in person or manners.
But only now and then one has
good sense enough to refuse to
unite herself with a man who will
not pledge himself to total absG-
ncnco. a rich and fashionable
young man has commonly no trou-
bic to get wife, even though be
is hardly sober long enough to pro-
Dounee the marriage VOW. But
in course raiment might
be snu6bed as a vulgar fellow whe
7as never seen society. Ladies
before you begin TO scold at me for
his impious thing, just look around
Ind see # it is not true" A.
Ladies, this IS an important sub
cot, and you should consider it
veil. Il involves your happiness
md respeetabiIity in this world.
md perhaps your salvation in the
lext. You should reject the hand
# any nam who uIges in the in
ozicatiug cup. What IS riches,
tation, or anything worth without
obrie'y, virtue. and character.
Young ladies, bowaro,-T TX.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-08-14

George IL. Brewster, of Boston,
owns New Testament which is
said to be the oldest book in Amer
lea. 1t was printed in London, in
1903, and Is supposed to have been
used by the Pilgrim Fathers at
Plymouth.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-08-14

A Conshonhocken young lady,
who 'just dotted on LongfellOw,"
has lost all interest in his poems
since he ran that race with Harry
Bassett the other day.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-08-14

A Saratoga belle has hair that
reaches nearly to the ground This
flower of flashing might. therefore,
be appropriately called hare bell.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-08-14
The Painter and the Millionaire


! well as a joy forever. 1t might
r some years hence fetch very high
: price, and was, therefore, worth Sc
/ curing, even at small sacrifice.
t Vernet, however, he knew, was not
a man to make two prices, and his
, only chance was cIeverly to caiole
. him into naming a low figure the
first time Vernet at once saw the
game Of his willy customer; be
looked him in the face, and at ono
glance took him in from head to
foot, estimated the length of his
pocket, and at the same time the
measure of his meanness. Ho then
Z sad. IN q resols. :, tasss
IN. le Baron, my price for full-
length portrait of you would be
10000 francs"
Ten thousand francs / cant
give that sum for mere portrait"
Yernet shrugged his shoulders.
"That is just as You please; there
I Is no necessity to put yourself to
the expense, and it scenes to be Il
very foolish way Of spending your
money, but that is not my affair.
wish you good morning.
] NJ. Ie Baron stood bcwlldered; be
wanted the portrait, but he could
not make up his mind to part with
/ 50 great SUM he went home,
satder, but not, perhaps, a wiser
man. He resolved to shake off all
thought Of this extravag;,nt indul-
gence; but it would come back up
on Aira; have It he must, and in less /.
than 4 week be was n tie painters +
studio.
"Wel, NJ. Vornet," be began, !
shave yoa thought over this mat !
ter we were talking ab9attho other
day."
NO, upon my word, bavn't in
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have his portrait. even at the start
ling sum demanded. again present :,
ING himselfin the painting room.
m. Ve.rct p he exclaimed,
,.vou have gained your point; l
rive in-n.jDt me at your own
price -
"Paint your exclaimed Yernet, :;
with we'll fsjrned surprise; "Whst, :,
3cain?"
"Acain! What do YOU mean ?" .
s.Whv. | have painted your por- .
.roit ever so long ago. all the
lime von were sitting hucksterinc
hare 7 was takinp vour Dortrait
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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-08-14
BABIES.
An Old nefnLfLon Yeriflcd.

1 ! O~N
Babies are bundles of clothes
with yellow heads" Some months
ago 1 received a letter from the
Royal Geographical society, INFORM
ing me that this definition was in
accurate, as in tropical climates
babies had black faces and we're
frequently found without a7y
clothes worth speaking Of This !
don't believe. 1 have often seen
black men at St. James Hall and
elsewhere, but who ever saw a black
baby? 1 wrote back, saying that
if DIR. Livingstone, when be g{ss
fhome, brought among bis speci-
mems of other insects any black
babies should have great pleas
ure in Inspecting them and giving
him a certificate, that is, providing
they did not prove stuffed seals or
large cockroaches. There are a
great number of babies in the
world Most of them are, how
ever, kept out Of sight in cradles,
hen-coops, a;tics and Old clothes
baskets. A man once told me that
the reason Of this was because. If!
they were allowed to crawl about
the streets or parks, ne one could
stir out Tor fear Of walking on them,
or tripping over them. in either Of
which cases the people so doing
would be prosecuted by our friend /
Lathbury. 1t was once proposed I
by a very clever Irishman to try /
all the babies found at large by the
treason folony act; but, as all
British subjects are entitled to be
tried by Jury Of th,ir peers, and
as babies cuO never be depended on
to keep their o44hs, the idea had to
be abandoned. Babies are ali
nearly the same size. When they
are very small they are called in (
faEts, ana fcI on butter and brown
sugar and turpcutinc. Sometimes I
the turpcutjnc rises to their head. !
and they behave in the most out
ra1ecns manner. once saw an
infant who drank too much turFea-
tine sitting On pillow GA The
ground aad ys..iur with al its
hi at 4t "a most respectable looking
OLD lady, wlo was The infants
grand aunt and had lotof ;nJley
IA the id"fs. J" "bencvart the grand
aunt pointed Ter hngor At the IN
liant ~ Eetiel louder Than ever ana
'f'el 20 o'1e l"e H"Etr' Ire
gram aunt '''- l''' mousse ana sci
ue" al heF money oh an institution
iOF c.daFly unmarried Women--
The education q babies IS general
y 'n very backward state; 10 !
'e'1' IheJ 90 hot appear 70 kLo" {
'1 "-l' % ''-o i-is lis" language be-
: On" t"e WORDS papa, '1h"iaiAa, 4
me- go, ny. 4he'r "tt'ihi t. {
At iF'heh are even worse; they are I
con''l"-ily q-'7S 7"e. 10" french :
q ajoa, ~-y-a,'y' ''1ao"' aha /
'y-oy- y man once iali me 9
there can oe ne doubt that babies i
are de7aen-el IRON Hi9seTH' Tor I
tAey always say me ior Il, t
Da2'es DO not d'iier much in C
temper size ana disposition. They :
are violent, ABOUT the SIZE CT pll- 5
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ADVERTISING RATES.

One square, (ten lines, orlcss) for first insertion
One Dollar, each subsequent insertion Fifty cents.
All bills due upon first insertion OF advertisements
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-10

sanctioned and approved with miraculous
sympathy By the eoantsy. Let our con-
vention take the bull BIZ the horns. Let it
act as if there was bQt one party in the
field, and that the Grant party. Put forth
a ticket, gentlemen, that will unite the
elements Of opposition, and the work of
unity will effect itself The crisis is such
that bold action is all that can save the in
terests of reform. Treat the McEnery fac
ton as if it had no, being. Act for the
State against the Grant party, and all the
elements that oppose Grant will ultimately
fuse with the movement. 1t will have the
same attractiyeness in the State that the
Cincinnati nominations had in the nation,
and the 1IcEnery crowd will either be dis
solved, or it will be driven into the Grant
camp, where we strongly suspect it be-
longs
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-10

community it was not done. by the city.
The people, Of course, are willing to do
anything in reason to advance the interests
of distinguished citizen; but it is not in
cumbent on them to charter steamboats, to
convey delegates to a convention where he
expects to be nominated for Governor.
There is still another matter which will
justify little inquiry. The Mayor had
the disposal Of old buildings and parcels Of
ground forfeited to the city, by reason of
the opening af. Casacalvo and Moreau
streets. 1t is intimated that oil Of the ne
gotiations connected with it were not sub
mitted for the consideration Of the Coun-
Gil. Some people would have regarded it
as a very lucrative speculation, although
we are far from intimating that any per-
centage on favored contracts could have
found its way into the Mayors pocket.
SdIl, while investigation is the order Of
the day, this also might be looked into.
We regret to refer to circumstance
which the Council may not regard as cut
. Of the purview Of their inquiry. 1t is said
that the Mayor is president Of company
for the introduction into general use Of
Thomas Wood Preserving Patent, for
which he receives four thousand dollars
per annum, and that he makes use Of the
services of Superintendent Sewell to solicit
subscriptions or sell shares in the same to
the neglect of the duties the aforesaid
Sewell is paid for discharging in the Sur
veyor's Department.
AS all of these things bear directly upon
the public interest, and come under the
supervision of the Council, we should like
to have them inquired into, and injurious
rumors, calculated to impair the general
confidence in the Mayor, put at rest. So
honest and ineorruptible a magistrate,
while exposing the shortcomings Of others,
should have none of his own tagging at his
heels. If he has political aspirations, and
desires to serve the people another term,
we desire that his claims shall derive no
fictitious interest, and that he shall not
build up his own popularity by an in
siduous abuse Of others, his colleagues of
the city government, who may possibly
prove as honest and patriotic as himself
We do not mean to detract from the per-
sonal merits of Mayor Flanders, but his
sudden and violent antipathy to fraud, his
remarkable jealousy for the public inter
est, coming at this peculiar juncture,
awakens the suspicion that he has been
negligent of his duties heretofore, or that
he has strong personal motive to stimu-
late his present zeal. Which is it
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-10
CONTINGENT FEES,

The Times, in the course of an article
exposing the scheme of suing the city for
the recovery of old taxes and licenses long
since paid, makes the following sugges-
tons to the plaintiffs:
But suppose the suit goes against him
what then Though he may not have to
pay his lawyer for services rendered, he
will certainly be saddled with the costs,
and with the consciousness of having in
jured the credit of the community without
any corresponding benefit to himself.
The words Though he may not have
to pay his lawyer, implies a presumption
that there are members Of the bar who I'M
dertake these. suits on speculation. We
believe this is a practice universally con-
demned by lawyers in good standing. A
good counselor will endeaTor to keep his
client out of losing suit. To effect this
he explains his rights fully in the matter,
and shows him all the weak points in the
case. If after such explanation, however,
and against the advice of his lawyer, the
client still wishes to go ahead, it is the
QuLy OF LHe huNOC6J5 u ludA0 GAS DSoG Suo0
possible, and he is clearly entitled to be
paid for his services whether successful
or not. But to incite litigation for the
sake of the possibility Of contingent fee
is so nearly allied to barratry that the pub
lie look on it with aversion, even though
it may be done so skillfully as to evade
the provisions of the statute, We hope
the suspicious of our contemporary are
not well founded.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-10
CINCINNATI AND NEW ORLEANS,

The Liberal convention presents a bet
ter class Of men than the Democratic and
Reform conventions did. Of the five hun
bred delegates that daily hold their SEES
sions in the Acaaemy of Music, by far the
larger proportion are dissenters from the
Democracy. This certainly shows a de-
cided weakness in the DIcEnery camp that
it has lost such host of its strongest rep
resentatve men And the patriotic gen
tlemen who have dared to prefer the State
to party certainly represent something
besides themselves, for sensible men never
undertake course Of action without first
feeling that they are somewhat in sympa-
thy with their fellow-citizens Such men
as Messrs. Hobert Heron, Fuqua, Gay
ARE, Blackman, Beattie, Beauregard,
Bush, Ryan, and host of others whose
names we might mention, did not venture
upon the effort to help the State without
some sort Of understanding with their
friends; and as they are acting thou
sands Of other people are prepared
to act. The sentiment of the peo-
pie is ripe for a revolt against
the intolerance and bigotry Of the Wagga-
mans, Geauthreaughs, Ellises & Co. The
day of soda pop politics has passed, and
in their humiliation at the smaIlness Of
the men who have mounted upon their
backs, the voters Of Louisiana are ready to
resort to any honorable compromise that
VIII rid them Of the demagogues who have
abused and cheated them for fo,r vaars
The Cincinnati convention ,vos ,,o4 . ,,,o~o
imposing body, comparativaIv snaalino
than the present Liberal convention &c
louisiana and yet its action hbeen as