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Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-12-21

GOVERNMENT IN CIVIL DIS

The necessity for comforting certain
powers Of government upon the civi
districts, in each county Of this State
I is felt on every hand. If paupel
needs a pair of shoes, or peck o.
meal, his case must be brought bcfor,
the county court In a certain county
not long ago, the county court spent Q
half day in various motions and de.
bates, all about giving FIVE dollars to q
poor, old, blind negro. The expenses
Of the court were more than a hundred
dollars per day. Over fifty dollars, in
that single instance, were spent in dis
posing Of one tenth of that sum for
the benefit of the poor. If any ono
will look closely into the condition of
the poor, and the provisions made for
them, he cannot fail to see that, while
the people of Tennessee are taxed
heavily for this purpose, but a small
part of their money ever reaches those
for whom it was intended. 1t is not
squandered, it is not embezzled; but
it is consumed by the cumbersome,
expensive method by which it is col
lectcd and distributed. There is no
good sense, no business-like propriety
in requiring the question of aiding or
a pauper in one district to
be brought before the justices of all,
the other districts in the county, as
well as of the one in which he lives.
Such a question really should concern
only the people of the district in which
the pauper lives, and should be left to
them or officers elected by them. And
by some plan of this kind the enor-
nous expense of the county courts
would be greatly reduced, taxes for the
aid and support of the poor would be
levied and expended in each district
under the eyes of the people
that paid them, who would thus have
an opportunity of being thoroughly
acquainted with the disposition made
of their money. And, what is still
more important, in this way we would
attain more effectually higher and
purer form of democracy. by our
present plan we bring to the county
seat all questions concerning the poor,
roads and bridges and public schools,
and, in doing this, we take out of the
hands of the people, and outside Of
the limits, of each district, what could
be best managed by those most con-
cerned. Let the legislature enact that
certain officers shall be elected in each
civil district, who shall have charge of
these matters, and give to each district
the power to levy a tax for these pur-
poses, and we shall soon feel relieved
from a part of our heavy burden of
taxation. For it can be easily shown
that the nearer home public affairs are
brought, and the more they are placed
under the eyes of the people,
the less money is wasted by useless dc
bates and unnecessary processes.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-12-21
To Young Men.

The young man who has an ambi
ton to make great noise in the world
should learn boiler making. He can
make more noise at that trade than al
anything he can engage in.
If he believes a man should strike
for wages" he should learn black
smithing-especially if he is good al
" blowing"
If he would embrace a profession in
which he can rapidly rise he should
become an eronaut. He couldn't
find anything better " for high"
He certainly could do a staving, and
perhaps starving) business at the
cooper trade.
Ifhc believes in measures not men. "
he will embark in the tailoring bust
ness.
If the one great object of his life is
to make money he should get a posi-
tion in the United States Mint.
If he is a punctual sort of chap and
anxious to be ION time, he should put
his hands to Matchmaking.
If he believes it the chief end Of
man to have his business largely felt, "
why, of course, he will become hat
ter.
If he wants to get at the root of
n thing" he will become a dentist
although he will be often found
" looking down the in mouth"
If a man is a bunglcr at his best he
should become physician, and then
he will have none of his bad work
thrown upon his hands. 1t is gener-
ally buried out of sight, you know.
Should he incline to high living, but
prefer plain board, then the carpen-
ter trade will suit him. lie can plane
board enough at that.
If he is needy and well-bred he will
be right at home as a bakcr.-Fdt
Contributors Saf3trdau Ni1ht.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-12-21
A LIFE INSURANCE QUESTION

n LIFE INSURANCE QUESTION
A discussion rs going on at this moment
among the life-insurance people, the
merits of which we do not pretend to
understand, but witch is Of interest
to the public just so far as the public
are interested in life insurance. One
of the largest and oldest companies in
this city proposes to make a reduction
in the rates amounting to about twenty
per cent. The argument on their side
is that the life insurance companies
have been for years past doing so prof
table a business as to justify and de-
mand this reduction. Other compa-
nics deny both the premises and the
conclusions, and oppose any reduction
as injurious to all concerned. As we
said, we shall not pretend to Judge
between the two parties to the contro-
vcrsy, but mention it as a matter OF
news which a good many people will
feel is Of moment to them.-Neu
York Erening Post.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-12-21
Murrrccsboro Cotton FACTORY,

Az interesting and lively meeting oi
citizens was held at the Court house
in Murfreesboro on Monday, Deccm-
Der I'd, for the purpose Of raising a
subscription sufficient to erect cotton
factory. A number of citizens came
manfully to the rescue and by their
liberality, swelled the subscription to
49,, 900.
After these liberal subscriptions the
following resolutions were adopted:
That committee of two be appoint
ed in each civil district, by the chair
man, under the advice of the present
committee, whose duty it shall be to
solicit subscriptions for the enterprise.
That one hundred thousand dollars
be raised.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-12-21

stewart College We ] " a Z N Rcsb.
q II Warflcld VS. John Edmondsor.
Sallic johnson Va y z Bngwcll, Exetut6r.
piek Daniel, ysLS SRR oonpany.
WIN uartclson VS. Kiiiebfow a wniisniscu
OF ais.
J Il broaddus, agent VS. 7 W King.
a q Oliphant vsJ DIR NJ A Foster
Is o kotrss VS. X Il Seat
James Swift VS. & T. Pcacher:
] I sexton W. G l. Teacher.
Lewis Dcgrand vs. Morrison dnd Elder:
Z a Bisseu vs. q I,,Ilarris.
j u Carpenter w a ~ Daniel.
singer Manufacturing Co. VIZ J W Howell,
A LJohnson ys Nithefs. Roth, ct ala
Andrew Davis W. 4 l. X X Company!
Morris Smith ysw Duck.
III q Chiffon OF ais. Vs Mrs I, a Castfefi
q g Lyle vs. Keats & Duncan.
Calvin Petway vs l. & n II X Company;
VIM Grifiy VS. u X Gold, ct nls.
Willie Smith Va JJ&N I. Thomas.
II Merritt, admir- VS.. X II wiiiamsi
II j uoostree Vi NJ - Dell.
And all cases, which stand for trial III
said January Term of the Court, which arc
are not mentioned herein, will be called.
and disposed of during the ith week ofthc
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-12-21
Proposed Presbyterian Conference.

The Prosbyterians of the United
States have been recently celebrating
the tercentenary of the establishment
of the first presbytery in England, and
also of the death of John Knox
Among various subjects brought un-
der discussion on the occasion was
one looking towards the assembling OF
a grand council representing the de-
nomination throughout the world, who,
according to statistics, it is said, COM
pose more than half the Protestant
population of Christendom. 1t IL
reckoned that Presbyterian churches
embrace 10000 congregations and a
population of 34,000,000. If Luthe-
rams be added, who in many parts of
Germany are one with the Reformed
branch, and who are in all respects
nearer Presbytcrlans than they are to
Episcopacy or indopendcncy, there is a
total of 81 900, 600 out of l07, 900, 900 Of
Protestants, or an actual majority of
the Protestant world. The ministers
Of the denomination in America cou
slider, justly, that il this power were
directed into combined action il would
produce commanding effect for good.
and the matter was brought to their
notice during the ceremonies held in
Philadelphia on the Goth ult. by Rev.
Doctor McCosh, an eminent divine Of
the communion.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-12-21
Lee, the Learned Carpenter.

Samuel Ice, Professor of Hebrew at
the University at Cambridge, England,
was seventeen years Of age before he
conceived the idea of learning foreign
language. Out of the scanty pittance
OF his week ly earnings as carpenter
he purchased book, and when this
was read hc exchanged it for another,
and thus he advanced in knowledge.
lie had not even the privilege Of
balancing between reading and relaxa-
tion, but was obliged to pass directly
from bodily fatigue to mental cxcr-
tion. During the six years previous
to his twenty fifth year he omitted none
Of the hours usually appropriated
to manual labor, and he retired TO
rest regularly at ten o'clock in the
evening, and yet at the ago Of thirty.
one years he had actually learned SOW
cnteon languages. This illustrates
that, Where there's will, there's a
way
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-12-21

New ORLEANS FOREIGN Coa.
MERcE.-New Orleans is to have an.
other line of steamers to Liverpool
aud London, consisting of five large
steamships, and the city is now making
strong bid for the Western grain
trade, of which it doubtless will Sc
cure large share. 1t is intended to
ask the United States Government
this winter for an appropriation suffi
cient to clear away the bars at the
mouth of the river, which have long
been serious annoyance to the COM
mcrce of New Orleans.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-12-21

4 CLAUSE of the Confederate Con
stitution has been offered by Banks
as an amendment to the Federal Con
stitution-that is the one term, of siN
years, for the Presidency and ineligi
bility afterwards.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-12-21
CiRCrIrs COURT or MONTGOMERY
COUNTY.

Tho attention Of tho members of the
Ciarksvilio Bar ana citizens, having eases
pending In the Circuit Court, OF Moutgom-
following order, In which the business OF
this court will Will take up at It's January
Term, 1878; viz: First week, commenc-
Ing the first Monday In January next. the
following cases will be taken up aud dis
posed OF. j. l.. RICE, Judge.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-12-21

Iris reported that Rev. Robertson
of Louisville, whose notorietyi is soun
enyiable, has now gone into the insur
ance business,
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-12-21

Miss IDA GREELEY.-More than
ordinary sympathy will be felt for Miss
Ida Greeley, who in one short month,
has lost her father and mother, and
whose betrothed lover went down in
the ill-fated Missouri Washington
NOr
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-12-21

A SUIT was commenced on Monday,
Dec. 10th, before the Surrogates court
at White Plains, n " to contest the
last will Of tho late Horace Greeley.
lie hid hardly bccn buried week.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-12-21

4 drug clerk committed suicide in
Bristol few days ago At the in
quest, the coroner asked fellow clerk
of the deceased if he know Of any
cause for the suicide? No war the
reply; he was getting along nicely,
aud ives going to me married next
month" Going 10 be marsied, was
he2" exclaimed the coroner. That
will DO, We've cot at the bottom Of
this business" I"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-12-21
FIRST WEEK.


ID. a. Myers VS.. Jane Younr.
J. i. johnson VS.. NJ. &. & l.. II. II. Company
| James Wilson VS.. Allen Shepherd.
lTJ hiunford VS.. o sbackieford, Adm r
ct ais.
NJ C&LRR Co. vs. John Dolani
James Clark vs. Nc u Il " II tlompniiy,
> keiiCpy W.. W 4 Daniel ard q johnson.
W.T. shackieford, Admir- vs.. W Brown
! L y Hand, ct ais.
Bank of Tenn, VS.. T J Munford. ct ais.
Planters Bank VS.. II West, ct ais.
| Planters Bank VS., w T Dortch 4 a Alwell
Planters Rank VS.. J Cobb and W I Dortch
Planters Bank VS.. w Il Dortch.
Planters Bank vs.. W t Dortch & ] Cobb
Planters Bank VS.. L W King and T Mum
ford.
Planters Bank VS.. p 4 V Johnson, ct ais
Planters VS.. W T Dortch. et nls.
Planters Bank VS.. l. bradley, ct ais.
Planters bank, vs. J. Bradley, ct ais
Planters Bank VS. Il Bradley.
Planters Bank Va w Dortch
Planters Bank VS. W I Uortch and Brun-
son.
Planters BankvsGA woodson ct ais.
= Ogburn VS. J J Phillips 4 W Free Admir-.
Planters Bank vs. John q Black, ct ais.
Planters Bank VS. l. Bradley and J NJ Rice.
Planters Bank VS. j TAFT and T Johnson.
Johnson VS. S o W Brandon.
McKoin & Bailey VS. W A Quarlcs.
Planters Bank VS. r W Herring & Co.
Planters Bank VS. Trice ct uls.
Mornberger House vs I. Bradley.
" u.
Ben Alley vs sam Moody.
Harrell 4 Ballard, Adm'rs vs u W Boat
wright. ct ais.
l. Well vs. Cave Johnson, ct mis-.
Z Wolf VS. Cave Johnson, ct ais.
Lewis & Glass VS. Cave Johnson, ct ais.
A B Harrison VS. Cave Johnson, ct nls.
George Alwcilv VS. Cave Johnson, ct ais.
Barker Il Courts VS. solomon & Fry.
T. shelton VS. Charles Kelley.
4 Il Crutchheld VS. NJ ca l. X II Co.
John Boyd VS. NJ c Il l. X II Company.
III C Murphey vs. X Il l. ID Moody, ais.
Mrs f Forbes Executrix VS. A Howell ct ais.
j Daily VIZ Jackson, McKcrnon q Co.
l. e Christian VS. q 4 Lewis, Pres. q Rec'r.
l. NJ Obanson VS. @ T Lewis. Pres. q Rec'r.
l. J Garien VS. q II Lewis, Pres. and Rec'r.
ii T B Gerring vs. G T Lewis, President and
Receiver.
Sam Watson, Trustee VS. ] r Daily. ct ais,
two cases.
Sam Watson VS. II Lockhart. Admir-, ct ais.
Fam Watson VS. Jno Eldridge ct ais.
Sam Watson VS. w Baynham ct ais.
Sam Watson VS. j + johnson ct ais.
Sam Watson vs. & q Smith and u Horn
berger.
II w Leavell VS. Pettus, Hambaugh 4 Co.
Sam Watson, Trustee, VS. Munford ct ais.
Bank of Tenn, VS. Tompkins a. King.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-12-21

TuE political difficulty in Louisiana
seems TO have been settled by the bay,
ouot Ia the interest Of Radicallsm.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-12-21

For Pure Drugs, Chemicals
Patent Medicines, Paints,
Oils, yatnishes, Window
Glass, Pure Wines, Brandy,
Whisky, Fine Tea and Spices
call on OWEN & MOORE.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-12-21

Dealer in

Dealer in
Drugs, Patent Medicines,
Paints, Dye Stufs, Toilet and
Fancy Articles, Blank Books
and Stationery. <1A~
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-26

and matrons and the children were
touching in the extreme. The little
folks sobbed out their ''good-byes" with
tears, and their assurances of love for
those remaining could not be doubted.
The permanent buildings except three
or four eottages) are unfinished, and
temporary quarters are now occupied,
which renders the labor of the officers
and teachers very arduous; but this Will
end in few weeks, as the Home is be-
ing rapidly completed. In proof of the
excellent sanitary condition of the insti-
tuition, which is evidence of its superior
management, is the fact that during its
continuance, two years and a half, with
from fifty to near three hundred in
mates, at present bit three deaths hare
occurred.
From Xenia to st. Louis for briei
visit; thence here, en- route to Balti-
more. OF its Convention will write you
next week.
LAURA DEFoRCE GoRDON.
CINCINNATI, July 5, 1872.
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Sufiragists need expect nothing from
the Liberal Republican, Democratic
coalition, we give the following resoIu-
tions which were introduced at the Bal
timore fiasco on behalf of the Woman
Suffrage Democrats and were referred
to the Committee on Platform, but
were not allowed to come before the
Convention:
ResolCed, That accepting the Consti-
tuition rs il is, with the Fourteenth
Amendment declaring all persons born
or naturaliZed in the United States, sub
ject to the jurisdiction thereof, citizens,
and concurring in the opinion of Judge
fancy that a citizen is one who has
entire equality Of privileges, civil and
political, We are logically compelled TO
admit that women, being citizens, are
possessed Of the right to vote and enti-
tied to national protection in the eXer-
else thereof.
Also the following:
Democrats who believe that officers
should be encouraged to register the
names and receive the votes of women
citizens equally wlth men, leaving the
question of the legality of such voters
to the decision of the Legislatures of the
several States, respectfully ask the
adoption of the following resolution by
the National Democratic Convention:
ResOlUod, That the Democratic party,
true to its name and original purpose
of recognizing the sovereignty of the
individual, does now cordially invite
the sympathy, labor and votes of al
citizens of the United States, irrespec-
tive of sex, color or condition, anC
pledges itself to the protection Of womeI
citizens at the ballot box equally will
/ men.
The Republican party is the only on'
which Woman Suflragists can consist
emily support in this Presidential elee
/ ton.
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A Sword which Cuts on All Sides.

The following is q part OF 4 letter
written by Mr.. Wendell Phillips on the
canvass:
"You know that am neither Re
publican or a Grant man. Whom shall
| vote for, or whether shall | vote at all,
| do not know. But certainly as against
Greeley, | am for Grant. We have had
one Andy Johnson; / will not run the
risk of another in Horace Greeley.
want a man with some decided princi-
pies; Greeley never had any. Besides,
| consider Greeley secession candidate.
believe the plot to nominate him was
Matched by some southern white rebels
more than 4 year ago, and has been
mainly nursed by them. / advise any
one who means to vote for him TO find
out first what agreements have been
made by Mr.. Greeley's friends with
jeff. Davis and his staff rs to office and
patronage. / am perfectly certain that
there is distinct mutual understand
ing, if not n positive contract between
them. If Horace Greeley enters the
White House, JEFF. Davis will be as
truly a part of the Administration rs
Seward was in LincOln's days. No ne
gro can vote for Greeley who values his
life or property or cares for his race. II
by a frOwn of Providence he is elected, l
shall advise every Southern lOyalist to
load the revOlvers that Grants arrest Of
North Carolina Ku-Klux has allowed to
be laid aside If he is elected, let the
negroes live in squads of fifty, whom no
coward will dare shoot down, and show
no property after sunset. Lonely men
will be shot, and no black Will own
mule fOrty-eight hours if any rebel
knows the fact.
'As for Adams, l do not fear him-an
aristOcrat by birth and n Democrat by
perverSeness-the love of money makes
such union possible. He is a Demo-
crat, but afraid to confess his creed or
wear its uniform. If any party allows
him to lead it, he will lead it to its
grave, as all the Adamses have always
done. Old John Adams vanity, bigotry
aud hate of Hamilton put the federal
party into its tomb. John Quincy
/ Adams administration was the DEATH
I blow to the Wing party, then called Re
publicans. The light which gilds the
/ Adamses is that of sunset. They insure
defeat Chatham said Sir William
/ NOung's voice was the death-knell of
/ his country. The breath of an Adams
/ fame has the chill of the charnel-hOuse
/ in it. Let them nurse their mOney-bags
| like timid misers, and allow nObler and
more unseliish men, whose foreheads
are lit by the rising sun, to help the
world forward, undisturbed by their
greedy ambition or their querulOus
crOtchets.
''For q loyal administration, to pro-
tect the negro, awe the rebel and give
the working men a chance, Grants lit
tie finger is worth a bakers dozen of
Greeley's. Yours,
''WENDELL PHILIIPS.n
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From the Seattle InteIligencer.l ]
The Tides Of PUGET Sound.

While the tides on the Atlantic slope
ebb and flow twice each day with but q
slight difference between the two sue
cessive high and low waters occurring
before and after noon, those of the Pa
cific, flowing twice a day also, vary con-
Siderubly in height, and the intervals
between the recurrence of high and low
water are Irregular. ShOaling bottoms
and the cOniiguration of the Pacific
Coast line. no doubt, cause this marked
difference; but nowhere, probably, are
there greater variations in the tides OBJ
servable, 50 far as periodiey and equal
ity is concerned, than the waters Of Pu-
get Sound. Here We have cOmbina-
ton of about all the different classes of
tides known to scientific research-usU-
ally two each day, sometimes only one,
and occasionally scarcely any percepti-
BILE ebb or flow. Tide tables, with the
exception of giving information rs to
the extremes between the highest and
lowest water, gotten up for this arm of
the sea, would afford about as much eX-
act knowledge Of the magnitude and
time of the tides at any given place, for
each day of the year, as DO the predic-
tions contained in a comic almanac of
the changes in the weather.
However anomalous the tides may be,
though, i'll their periodical returns and
magnitude, the extremes all over the
Sound are but slightly in excess on an
average with the rise and fall at the
principal ports in the state of AIassa-
chusetts, and not so great as at Cher
bOurg and Havre, in France, and Lon
don docks, in England; and nowhere at
any of the Sound ports are there, as has
been the supposed by many before COM
ing here, such rapid risings and fallings
of the tide, or such tidal currents, as
render it unsafe or at all difficult for
vessels to lay at anchOr-neither could
there well be when the strongest tidal
current, at least at this port, does not
exceed one mile and half per hour.
The extreme difference between the
highest rise and lowest fall OF the wa
tiers at the following ports on the east
side of the Sound, during the Spring
Tides, is as follows: Olympia y feet
NIeeker puts it as high rs 24 feet !;
Steilacoom, 70 to %; Tacoma, Is to - ;
Seattle. Is: MukiltOe, Is; Belllngham
Raw. 10: and SemiahmOO Bay, g. such
extreme difference is infrequent, now
oyer and during the Neap Tides Of
conrsa tbe difference is much more re-
duced. Ii will also be noticed that, as
we follow the above coast line up the
Sound. the heighth of the tide slowly
increases, till at Olympia it attains its
greatest magnitude. This is owing to
the conveyance of the shores, or the de-
crease in width of the Sound as it ap-
proaches the last named point.
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EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 20th, 1872.
DEAR NEW NORTHWEST
Leaving Salt Lake City, from which
place l last addressed you, after having
lectured in Brigham Young's Temple
to the Mormon faithful, for which ex-
pect my mans rights brethren to be
consistent and accuse me of espousing
Mormon doctrine, hied me onward to
this Golden City by the sea, where for
one week I have been diligently en-
gagged in necessary preparation to fling
my banner to the breeze for Grant and
Wilson, as the nearest opponents in the
present political field of the doctrine of
equal rights, humanity and progress
sion.
l was last night greeted by an i'm
mense audience, a fine band Of music
and any amount of enthusiasm at
Platt's Hall, where l spoke for nearly
two hours upon "What 1 know about
politics and Horace Greeley"
hoped to get Off to-day on the steam
er for home, but business which de
mands my personal attention prevents
and l must remain few days longer
l am spoiliHg for the chances of the
Presidential rOr, and must work out
my mission. The chances are that
shall come back to California to STUMP
the State, but will give Oregon the
preference if desired. n. J. ID.