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The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-10-03

Iankccdom is now stirred up on an.
other great stealing transaction. 1t seems
that Union Pacific, or Credit M0biller
Ring was formed for the purpose of lob
bying a charter for the Union Pacific Ra il
way Company through Congress. 1t seems
that the thieves had falling out amongst
themselves over the stealages, aud one
McComb, stockhOlder and director, be-
gan to ''peach" on tue crew, apd the con-
sequence il o nice little law suit. When
things get to the right pitch they hemmed
in one Oakes Ames, shining light of
the Radical party in Congress so closely
that be admitted he had bribed Elaine,
the Speaker of the House, Wilson, the
candidate for Vice. Presidency, Boutwell,,
Secretary of the Treasury and a host of
lesser lights. No one will be surprised at
the stealing, the finding it out is the
wcnder.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-10-03

Senator Sumner has gone to Paris for
II few weeks, and returns TO America il
November.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-10-03

The Banner has progressed. 1t ad.
mits that "the complaint is not against
the convention system" In thus pro.
crossing, however, the Banner has depar-
ted from its candidate for Congress, as
well as from its own very recent utteran-
ces, though we believe the Banner does
not believe consistency to be a vory
valuable jewel. Just week ogo it said
"Thc convention sysiem is no more odious
in Tennessee than elsewhere; and every
where, those who use and enforce it are
sinking under the public ban" 1t joined
certain Of its exchanges in stigmatizing it
as "a system which has done more than
all other causes combined to corrupt and
domoralize political life in this country"
as "the most gigantic fraud on the people
ever invented and perpetuated by the
tribe Of demagoguOs;" as parent of all
gigantic frauds upon the rcoplo that pre-
vail" Progrcss.-UniOn and american.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-10-03
" eStern and Atlantic Railroad.
Change OF Schedule.
ATLANTA, GA, August 25th, 1872.
On and after this date---
WESTERN EXPRESS,

On and after this date-
WEsTEEN EXPRESS.
Connecting for New York and the West.
Leaves Atlanta a.................. $50 j. NJ.
ArryCo Dalton.. 3.oZ A. ".
Chattanooga. ............ 5.23 y. NJ.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
10 the North and West, carrying Pullman Palace
Carte Louisville.
Leaves Atlanta Observation-Disclosures. $50 a. NJ.
Arrives Dalton. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2.Ol L. NJ.
Chattanooga. 4.SI T. Nj.
LIGHTNING EXPRESS,
Passengers leaving Atlanta by this Train arrive
in New York the second afternoon at 4:44 NJ.
l3 Hours and 80 Minutes earlier than Passen-
gers leaving by Augusta the same evening.
Leaves Atlanta ...... ................4.l5A. NJ.
Arriyesat Dalton. 9.47 Z. NJ.
SOUTHERN EMPRESS,
Carrying through Palace Car from louisville
North and West.
Leaves Chattanooga .............. 445 P. NJ.
DAY Passenger TRAIN,
From the North and West.
Leaves Chattanooga. a................5.45 AN.
Arrives at Atlanta ta................l.I 40 7. NJ.
AccoMNopATIoE TRAIN.
Leaves Dalton '.iE.15 A. NJ.
Arrives Atlanta. 30 a. Nj.
JOSEPH Il. BROWN, President.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-10-03

Total bonded debt with
interest to January l.,
1872, as per Comp
trollcr's reports, Oct.
|, l5?l---..-.. 3l,300,4l7 1t
State debt proper .... 4 OS3,99l 20
Interest funded on same 735,jj3
Bonds indorscd by State 2,72,OOO
Interest funded on same 25,OOO
Interest to Jan. |. 1873. 4,508,O ,O35 SO
Warrants outstanding 47S,563 10
Loan account. 3G3,UUU
Tennessee money (csti-
mated dI.-.......... 100000
Current expenses. G0G,OOO
X. & G. aud r. & J. Rail-
roads (sold under es-
timate) ..-."......... 5000
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07
TERNIS.

gTWO Dollars for one year, i7va-
T'ably IN adtunce; Two Dollars aud
Fifty Ceists if payment be deferred three
months. All papers going out Of the coun-
ty to be paid for sa advance
0y Single copies, Ten Gents esca.
sF Advertisements inserted at One Dollar
per square of Ten Lines or less for the first
insertion; Fifty Cents for each continuance
- Loca! aud Special Notices, Twenty
Cents per line.
6T a liberal deduction will be made TO
persons advertising for three, six, nine, OF
twelve months.
0r Obituaries and calls on canS'dates
Fifty Cents per square.
OF The privilege of yearly advertisers is
strictly limte to their own Immediate and
regular business; and the business Of an ad-
vertising firm is not considered as including
that of its individual m embers. CS3-No de-
Walton from these terms under any circum-
stances
0~T Advertisements not marked with the
number of insertions when handed in, will be
coutinued until ordered out, and payment
exacteu.
0TNo advertisement inserted gratu touslv
f37 Advertisements of an abusive nature
will not be inserted at any price.
ST. Announcing candidates Five Dollars,
10 be paid in advance in every case.
0~T Job Printing of all kinds neatly
done on Rev Type, and on as reasonable
terms as ans Office IN Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07

A recent decision by the
Court of Appeals of New
York settles two important
questions of law. Amarried wo-
man had brought suit against q
Railroad Company forlost bag.
gage, and had obtained iudg-
ment for $4,000. Oman appeal
the court above affirmed ejudg-
ment. The ticket Oh which the
lady was riding contained a
clause limiting the responsible
ty of the Company for the loss
of, or damage to, baggage to
500; but the Court held that
the Company could not thus re-
strict its responsibility. The
other point for the defense was
that the proper party plaintiffin
such a case was the husband and
not the wife. The opinion of
the Court was, however, that a
wife may bring an action to re-
cover the loss of personal ap-
parel, even though it was pur-
chased by her husband. As
the latter question depends on
the code of that State it is Of
less general interest.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07

An ingenious scoundrel recent
ly cheated a Southport bank out
of 800 by asking for change for
a 500 bill, receiving it, then
asking, in an off hand sort of way,
"Well, amt you going to give me
that bill?" The cashier unwitting-
ly gave him the bill, and was too
busy to find out his mistake until
after the swindler had left.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07
A Temperance Anecdote.

Speaking of temperance re
formers, some one tells a good sto
ry at the expense of one of the
most ardent Of them, a person
whose whole heart was in the
work 10 such an extent that he
hadn't time to mend his fences or
take care Of his farm. A dis
jtinguished temperance lecturer
was to address the citizens in the
town where the reformer lived,
and the latter took it upon bim-
self to meet him at the station.
and take him home with him TO
entertain him. The lecturer was
talkative and full Of ''the cause"
"There, now" said he, as they
drove by a handsome farmhouse,
''any body can see at once that a
temperance man lives there
Everything indicates 1t; there's
thrift and industry and content
ment and no doubt happy home
there. Isn't it so?
''Yes, was the reply, esquire
is a temperance man, and
has a very pleasant home and
family"
Il was certain of it," said the
,ecturer. But hereis a place." be
continued, as they came to an old
house with dilapidated fence and
a neglected appearance, "that
you'd pick out anywhere as the
house of the drunkard. See the
old hats iD the windows, and the
broken down fence, and the neg
lected appearance everything has
you can't make any mistake
about such a place-it sticks out
all over it that it's the home of a
sot." He was about to appeal to
his entertainer for the truth cf :
his surmises, when that gentle j
man pulled rein, and turning the
team up to the neglected fence, i
emarked with something like a
Ugh, 81 live here" y !
And what could the lecturer !
ay? He might have said, "Well, {
III signs fail on dry time" but he |
lidn't. {
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07
Curious Giving of
Names,

The naming of children afford
little scope for ingenious novelty
AS a rule. Ordinarily, n parenta
couple will select the old names
that designated their ancestors
and from john to Jerusha dupli
cate a dead generation as though
to order. We know of one marked
exceptional instance, however
and as such we think it will In
terest our readers, whom we ask
to match it if they can.
There lived a man named Asa
which name, you will observe,
reads forward and backward the
same. Bv an odd coincidence
he married woman whose name
also spelled either way the same,
for shewa called Hannah. Now
here were two good old nDmina-
tives, relics Of forefathers and
foremothers (why isn't ''foremoth-
erS" an accredited word p without
number, and they seemed likely
10 be perpetuated, with possibly
some others, equally good and
old, through generations ad tntiHi-
tum. For when the first child
came it was boy, and they pro
claimed him Asa, at once, and
when the next appeared it was a
girl, anu it was another Hannah,
as a matter of course.
Then. noting this backward
reading of names alluded to, a de-
termination seized them TO con-
tinue it, and the next boy was
dubbed Aziza, and the next girl
they called AKA. Another boy
they Iri-the only difference be-
tween him and any Ira of your
acquaintance being ''all in the /, !"
YOU know--and the third girl they
gave the pleasant name of AGna.
Wien the fourth boy came 1t was
harder picking for such names,
but they gave the old Bible Zerah
a new rendering, and it became
Zerez; and the other two boys
were christened respectively
Numun and Harrah-the latter
being Harry revamped. The
rest of the girls they called En-
me, Alta, Alila, and the family
was complete.
There is a second generation
since this singular naming, but
the set Of names has not been re-
peated, though th-re is an Asa
and Harrah in this generation,
and the Harrah of it sat by our
desk here in the Rural Home sane
tum not many days ago, and told
us what we have now told you
american Rural Home.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07

The New York Express calls at
tention to the fact that when Mar
tin Van Buren, was Presidentthere
was an extraordinary agitation
and threats Of impeachment over
the report that somebody in Eu-
rope proposed to make him pres
ent. Had the present been taken,
he would have been impeached.
Since that day We have had sew
eral years of Republican rule, and
now the President receives pres
ents Of horses, farms, bonds and
pups, and any person who sug-
gestS there is anything wrong is
called disloyal. What change !
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07

The Hon. JOIN C. Conner, a
Representative in Congress from
Texas, testified before the House
Postal Committee that over $780,
600 was squandered in useless
mail contracts, In one year, in that
State. These contracts were Civ
en- to particular men for particu,
lar purposes 1t will take a pret-
ty heavy coat of whitewash to
cover the record of the Postmas.
ter General, when it is blackenCd
by such testimony.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07

We learn that an IrShlnan, who
had been employed at the Gene
terry in this place, some time since
went to Washington for the pur-
rose OF drawing his pay. After
receiving it, the Paymaster dis
covering sable scar on his face,
remarked, "You were in the ar
my during the war." "Yes," said
lie. "Wkat command were you
in?" said the Paymaster. ''In
General Fitzhush Lee scommand, I"
said he. Did you have the audac-
ity to apply at a Federal Gene
terry for work when you were in
the Rebel Army?" Yes" replied
the Irishman, Il helped to kill the
beasts, and l thought had a
r ght to help to bury them" =
Culpeppfr Observer.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07

What are the points of diff
ference between the Prince of
Wales, an orphan, a bald head,
and gorilla? The Prince is
heir apparent, an orphan has
ne'er parent, a bald head has
no hair apparent, and a gorilla
has Il hairy parent.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07

GREATEST RAILRoAD.-The U.
S. Economist says "The Penn
sylvania r. R,Co., is beyond doubt
the greatest in the world. 1t
owns or controls at least 4 900
miles, representing capital to the
amount of $250,0O0,000. Its
gross revenues amount to $40
100000 a year, and it owns or
controls land grants covering
$4,000 square miles, equal to the
aggregate possession of four of
the great monarchies Of Europe
And since this was written they
have greatly extended their oper-
ations.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07

When Rufus Choate was alive.
people ascertained at which hotel
the great barrister stopped, by
looking down the register until
they found two blots and-a spatter,
that no one could read, which
stood for his name.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07

A friend who did the Colora-
doan mountains last fall says
he got as ravenOus as a raven a.
mong the ravines, and sat down
in one of the gorgeous gorges
and gorged himself.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07

Nor AsHAMED.-T other
day, in the city Of London, the
people were astonished by a
Hindoo gentleman. 1t was in
their grand park-Hyde Park
where people go to drive and
ride, and walk. This Hindoo
was a Mohammedan, and the
hour Of prayer came while he
was in the park. So unrolling
a small mat which he carried,
he laid it on the grass, and
kneeling down on it went
gravely through his prayers
He did not think of emitting
hisprayers because people would
see him pray. How often does
it happen that our boys and
girls dono pray in the morning
or at evening because they are
ashamed to be seen praying
In almost every case they would
be more respected if they went
forward not minding what peo-
pie thought or said. Even if
any one should laugh at them,
what would it matter? Christ
wants US to confess Him before
men-never be ashamed of
Him.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07

Along the road between Pom
me de Terre to Moorehead, Mimi,
are found many evidences of the
suddenness and severity with
which winter set in. Abandoned
wagons, dead horses and oxen,
and broken sleds and harness, al
test the rigor of winter, which
found many on the road, unpre-
pared.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07
The Great SwindIe.

The Tribune has the following
In regard to the Custo House
swindle in New York t.
I Leet, as we are informed. con-
ttinueG to hang about the White
House and draw full pay and al.
lowances as colonsl in the regu.
lar army Till Aug. 5, 1870,-more
than a year after he had control,
IN good part, ofthe "general-or order"
business in this city. Then he
resigned. taking the benefit of an
act of Congress which offered
years pay and extras to those ar
my officers who would do so. He
was thus actually paid as colonel
up to Aug. 5, 1870, by xhich
time he and his coDfederates in
the enjoyment of this ''plum
must have gouged at least $780,. |
900 out of the commerce of this
port--a sum which we presume
they have since raised to quarter
of a million. This has gone be-
yond recall. There is no way
of recovering adime of it.
In connection with this, let it |
be observed that this Leet was
member Of Grants staff, and re-
ceived this position upon Grants
personal solicitation. And then,
that Grant, who was not worth a
cent, is now worth a million of
dollars. Many a man has been
hanged rpon circumstantial evi-
1ence less conclusive than this.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07
A VILLAINoUs DECoCTIoN

/ A VILLAINOUs DECoCTION.
-"Ten gallons kerosene, three
pounds Of potash, one ounce of
strychnine, mixed with soft wa
ter" It was according to this
cheerful, not to say convivial
formula, that a quantity Of
"whiskey" seized last week in
Newton, Mass, was compoun-
ded, the receipt having been al
SO found in the possession of
the unfortunate dealer. If you
want "gin,' add qudntum Su65ca
Of oil of juniperl The myste-
-ry is that men who drink this
diabolical fluid do not drop
down stone-dead at once.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07

A Cleveland TN was lately
pardOned out g the Peniten-
tiary, after haviRg been confined
twelve years on life sentence
for murder in the second de-
gree, it being show that he was
really innocent of any partici-
patton in the crime. He imme-
diately obtained employment,
through the assistance Of
friends, pledged himself to to-
tai abstinence from all intoxica-
ting drinks, and has thus far
proved faithful to his pledge.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07

A veteran observer says: 81 neV-
er placed much reliance on a man
who is always telling what he
would have done had he been
there. | have noticed that some
how this kind Of people never get
there"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07

SMALL-Pox IN BALTINoRE.-No
ieoncealment is made of the fact
that this dreadful disease is rapid
I ly increasing in the city OF Balti-
more. On Monday afternoon a
communication from the health
commissioner was made to the
city council, in which that officer
says:
Melancholy though it be, it has
become my duty, as commissioner
Of health, to inform the legislative
department of the city govern
ment, that smallpox in epidemic
form has made Iodgment among
US. and that it is feariully ON the
increase, there being now at the
Marine Hospital torty.fve cases,
to which number new cases are
added daily, and that there are
now concealed III private houses
many cases Of the continent type."
The commissioner urges the
duty Of vaccination and re-vacci-
nation as the best known preven-
tive.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07
!Ger1>tlJt Of 5te Muses,
The Handful of Earth.

Inc A1a OK ul OF 6afLh.
It's sailing l am at the dawn of the day,
~ To my brother that's over the sea
But it's little I'll care for my life anywhere
For it's breaking my heart will be.
But treasure I'll take, for old Ireland's sake
That I'll prize all belonging above;
It's a handful o earth from the land O. my
birth
From the heart O. the land that love.
And won't the poor lad in his exile be glad
When he sees the brave present bring?
And won't there be flowers from this treas
ure of ours
In the warmth Of the beautiful spring?
Och, Erin, Machree! though it's partin' we be
It's blessin' I'll leave on your shore,
And your mountains and streams | will see
in my dreams,
Till cross to my country once more!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07

Until the time of William the
Conqueror, the English people be-
gan their year on the 25th of De-
cember.j That great ruler having
been crowned on the 1stofJ anuary,
the people began their year at that
time, to make it agree with what
they then considered the most re-
markable period of their history.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07
same Old speech.

I Z
Elisha Williams, Of Colum-
bia county, New Y ork, was a
most graceful speaker, and his
voice, particularly in It's pathet-
ic tones, was melody itself
All who remember Ogden
Hofman's voice Che was called
f"the Flute" by bis fellow-mem-
bers of the bar of New York;
can appreciate The menifuous
oratory of Mr. Williams.
His power over a jury was
astonishing.
! He swayed them as if by the
wand of an enchantress; and it
was very seldom he failed to-
secure a verdict for his client;
but on one occasion he did it
in such a manner that a crow,
ded court and grave judge on
the bench were conyulsed with
laughter at the burlesque of the
result. a..s .s
He was completely discom-
flied by an ignorant, impudent
unlettered pettifogger, who
knew no law, but some how or
other had the credit of shrewd-
ness, and the reputation among
his neighbOrs of being hard to.
beat.
The case if we remember
rightly, was an act of murder.
Mr.. Williams, of course, on
the gronnd of his power over Il
jury, was for the defense.
His peroration was exceed
ingly touching and beautiful.
Gentlemen of the Jury,
said he, eff you can find the un-
happy prisoner at the bar gull
ty Of the crime with which he is
after the adverse and
irrefragible arguments which l
have laid out before you, pro-
nounce your verdict. Send
him to lie in chains on a dun
geonfloor, awaiting death which
ne is to receive at your hands;
hen go to the bosom of your
tamilies-go lay your heads on
,an."
The effect of these closing
words of the great legal orator
vas at first thrilling; and-by-
the pettifogger, who had
'olunteered to follow the pros
cutting attorney arose, and
aid:
Gentlemen of the jury, I
hOuld despair after the weep
no speech that has been made
o You, by Mr.. Williams, Of say
ne anything to you to do away
With his elOquence. l never
leard Mr.. Williams speak that
'iece of his'n better than he
poke it just now. Once I
card him speak it in the case
f stealing down on Schagti-
oke; then he spoke it ag'in up
o Esopus, and the last time I
card it before just now, was
Then them niggers was tried
nd convicted, too, they was
for robbing Van Pelt's hem
ouse, over beyond Kingston;
ut l never knowed him to
peak it so elegant and as effec-
n as he did just now"
This was a poser. at
The jury looked at one an
ther, whispered together and
ar pettifogger saw he had got
lem.
He stopped at once, with the
rief remark: I
eff you can't see, gentlemen
the jury, that this one speech
ont answer all cases, there's
D use of my sayin' aay more.
And there wasn't: he made
IS case, and they awarded his,
erdict. aaa
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07

One who is perhaps, a little too
cynical, says that majority of
the country preachers could burn
quite as we'll as the old religious
martyrs they are so dry.