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baltimore, July 16.-Iho Grand Jury Of the
Criminal Court today presented Boma soyon or
eight indictments against parties engaged In q
disturbance. attending al attack OIL tho proooH-
sion OF Aahbury Methodist oolored Sunday
School On Tuesday evening Of last wook.
, 1873-07-17
Insurance Hulfg,

Dgsh1o1NEs, 1a., July 1o.-About afty auits
haye boon commenced in the United States Cir
cult Court horo by q. W. Upton. AsH'gueo Of tho
Great Western Insurance Company, Of Chicago,
against tho Stockholders.
, 1873-07-17

MILWAUKEE, July le.-At noon to-day, q boy
ployed by tho Goodrich Transportation Compa-
n.y. fell through the matches of the atoro Of A. J.
". porco, q distance Of 45 feot, and landed flat
Oh Ills back, Tho surgeon called IN found NC
bonos brohon, aud thore is 4 chance Of the lad's
recovering.
, 1873-07-17
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
AUGUST MAGAZINES.
The Atlantic Monthly.

CUNTENTBs
Tho Art OF Being Prosident, BY james Pnrtou,
Without Rowatd b. u. II. II. G oodnle; Honost John
Vauo part III. byJ. w. DeForeats On an 1ntaslio
Head Of Minorva Poem. by Thomas Bailey AL
dr1ch; 0unnar: A Morse Romance, BY UInlu,nr
1ljorth Boycsen;s Tho Summers Journey Of NAtu-
Falist {Part H. by N. s. 6hnlers Question, Poeu by
Louise Chandler Moultous Roman Rdas. By II.
James, Jr.s 4 Glimpsc Of Contemporary At in Ku'
Eope, by W. j. Hopplus The Fountain Of Youth, /
Poem, by Oliver Wendell Holiness Modern Dlabol-
ism, BY Henry Jnmes, The Social Experiment At Now
Harmony, By Robert Dn1o Owens The Pnpernel =
Too1n b1 Cc1in Thuxtcr; and other Papers. baatdos
tho Editorial Departments ot LteEsturo, Art, Music. and
E'olIuo..
, 1873-07-17
Our Young Folks.

CONTENTS:
Doing Fills Bost, By J. +. TrowbridGes Tbs Water
Lilly. = Poem, b. Celia ThMxtcrs About Cork. By
Harvey Wilder, Accidental Discoveries, b5 N. 8.
Dodge. Tho Whistle. Posm. BY 01urlnu DouRlass
Tbs E1,nino By @. A. StephenHs and other oxoelteat
Btor1ss, Poems and Skeehes With abundance Of Eu-
toE4tnment around tho Evening Lamp.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12
LETTER FROM TEXAS.

EDEroRs CHRONICLE: For old ac-
quaintince sake l thought l would
write you short epistle relating to
the Lone Star State.
Like the balance of the United
States, we have had spring and
part of summer unprecedented in the
past history of our State. The
custom here in our section is to COM
mence to plant corn as usual thing
in February, and this year was no ex-
cepsion, and all those who were ready
did 50, and for their pains had their
expectations ''nipped in the bud"
The spring was SO severe that three
separate paintings of corn were neces-
sary to ensure a stand" usually we
have an abundance of roasting ears by
the first of June, but this year they
have not been plenty in the fields un-
til within the last few days. Cotton is
also proportionately as backward as
corn, and is just commencing to bloom.
During the month just past we have
had not less than twenty days Of rain,
/ do not mean by this that it has rain
ed during the entire length of twenty
days, but that it rained once, twice and
sometimes thrice per day for that num-
Der of days, and for fear good measure
would not be dealt out to us, it fire.
quently rained at night As natural
consequence everything at one time
went to grass" but steady work dur
ing the times when rain was not fall
ing together with what has been done
since, has changed the appearance of
things vastly; and if everything at the
option of the clerk of the weather goes
right we will have as general thing
good crops in our county. The Sec
ton of Texas that our county is in, is
as rule timbered, but not with the
kind of timber we have in Tennessee.
The growth here is inclined to be
scrubby," consisting of Black Jack,
Sand Jack, Pine, Oak and Hickory.
We have some Pararie, however, much
of out land is sandy, but there are va
rious kinds of soil, among them, red
clay land that produces well, and much
&c o,,. ,;1ar hoffo,, ord nrooL lands
are black sticky or waxy; ali of our
farming lands are very productive.
Asa general rule our counties are, lage
and many of them are so diversified
that they almost represent the differ
ent portions of the State. This por-
ton of Texas is almost entirely neg
lected by emigrants from States north
of the cotton States proper. We have
an endless variety of soils eveIfin our
county, some of which is level, some
slightly undulating, and other portions
broken and billy. The climate
here the entire year taken into
consideration is unsurpassed by any
county that 1 have ever heard of.
We have plenty of good water for
both man and beast. Deer and turkeys
are plenty, especially deer, and Sire
hunting is resorted to by many as a
means of Kidding the land of deer in the
habit of committing depredations upon
the growing crops. Improved lands
are worth from 81 to So per acre
acre. More anon.
Yours truly,
C. III. JONES.
Centreville, Leon county, Texas,
July 1st, 1873.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12
BLAST FURNACES.
An Important improvement in their
Management.
McMINNvILLE, June q, 1873.
To the Editor of the Times:


As there are number of blast fur
naces projected in your city and sur
roundings, | would respectfully suggest
the use of the great improvement pat
ented by William Ferrie, of Menkland
Mills, near Glasgow, Scotland.
The test made in the past two years
by this new process, show great saw
ing of coal, which is certainly worthy
the consideration of any one embark
ing in the furnace business.
The improvement simply effects the
coking of bituminous coal on top of
the furnace,-that is to say, Mr.. Fer
rie's furnace is closed in on the top by
a cone and bell, the cone being divi-
ded into four sections, intended to con-
tain four separate charges of coal, iron
and limestone These four compart-
ments are heated by very ingenious
arrangement. A number of gas heat
ers intersect the furnace below these
chambers, and so great is the heat OBJ
tanned, that even Scotch coal is COM
pletely 8 cooked" before itarrives in the
body of the furnace. Mr.. Ferry, be-
fore an experiment was made, estima-
ted that IA cwt., (19 bushels less coal
would be required to make a ton of
metal. When the test was made in
1871, by using the same quality of coal
iron ore and limestone, it was found
that the saving in the furnace to which
"Ferrie' patent" was attached, amour
ted to Y bushels to the ton of iron,-
that's to say, Ferries improvement re-
duced the consumption of coal to the
ton of pig metal, from ~ 8-9 bushels
to 500 bushels and be it remembered
that the comparative test was made in
furnace to which was applied all the
modern improvements except Ferrie S
A saving of % bushels of stone Goa
to ton of iron in your city and vicin.
ity will amount to $l.76 a ton, and in
the product of furnace of 10,00t
tons annually. ST 600, which is a good
profit in itself.
Engineering" in January last
said Mr.. Ferrie is progressing with
his patent self Coking' furnace. He
has third furnace on the new prin
ciple almost ready for blowing, and the
second, which is the one so scrutiniz
ingly inspected by the members of the
Iron and Steel Institute, +" on the oc
casion of the Glasgow meeting of tina
body, is giving results far beyond the
most sanguine expectations of the
patentee.
Mr. j. Lowthian Bell, President o.
the British Iron and Steel Institute
said in an address delivered in April
past, the use of raw coal in the blast
furnace involves the expenditure of ;
certain amount of additional fuel, il
order to gasify the hydrocarbons, bu
this loss Mr.. Ferrie has rendered un
necessary by his Self Coking" furnace
which has been described and discuss
ed in our transactions"
In the comparative test made in 1871
the furnace with Ferries patent pro
duced 634 tons of pig iron, 4S9 tons o.
which was No l, while the other fur
mace produced only sos tons and only
332 tons of which was No l. In the
Ferrie Improvement the coke passe:
into the body of t. furnace red hot
in the old coke lace it passes il
cold and wet.
Yours very truly,
g. L. LEWIS
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12

As means of remedying the glori-
Gus uncertainty of the law, of provid-
ing for the better administration of
justice, many, in widely separated To-
calities, are advocating a return to the
wiser policy of other days, by making
judicial offices appointive, during good
behavior, instead of elective for short
term of years. We not only approve
the suggestion, but go still farther
insisting that it is impolitic to make
elective any official connected with the
judiciary system. Judges, clerks, mag
Istrates, sheriffs and constables should
all be appointed. In this way, the
officers of the Judiciary would be re-
moved from politics and party, and the
State be spared a heavy expense re-
sulting from that curse-the multi
plicity of elections. The expansion
lists will object to this, because it is
taking a step backwards. We answer
that it is wiser to take many steps
backwards, to point of safety than
march steadily forward to political
Generalization if not ultimate ruin.
If to this reform were added sessions of
the Legislature every four years, with
corresponding increase of pay, the
people would soon experience the ben
efits of freedom from political excite
ment, of fewer and wiser laws and OF
the more prompt and sure administra-
ton of justice. These changes, with
a strict accountability of all officials
to the people, would, We feel persuaded,
be followed by most beneficial results
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12
Yours very truly,
G.. L. LEWIS

THE following exhibit of the NOR
tality at Gallatin during the prevail
ing epidemic there, should prove to the
readers of the Examiner, if proof
were needed, that they have candid
honest journalist in their midst:
During the prevalence of the cpl
demic here our estimate of the pOpu-
lation remaining is 1900. In this we
are sustained by the opinions of the
citizens. The deaths by the cholera,
strictly within the corporate limits, to
this writing, "wednesday, July p
have been an even hundred, We have
therefore, lost one in every fifteen, or
six and two-third per cent. This is
an appalling figure, and shows larger
mortality in Gallatin elsewhere. 1t
goes far beyond that of Calcutta,
where in the sickliest year it is only
two and a half per cent At Nash
vile, from 1888 to 1913, after the adj
vent of cholera, it was 4.56 per cent.
In 1866 itrose to nearly 6per cent. The
above is the total mortality, inclusive
of cholera. If an inhabitant of Gal
latin could have foreseen on the 1st
day of June last that one person in
every fifteen would be lying in grave,
he would have been appalled, at the
fearful picture and yet it is true.
And we are glad that our absent
friends were not here to witness the
terrible scenes of the past month, the
deserted streets and closed houses !;
the general gloom that Swallowed the
entire town; the almost painful Silence
that brooded over all, and broken only
by the rumble of hearses over the sto-
ny pavements, or the lamentations of
the stricken survivors"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12
CoAL.-We clip the following from
the jacksonville (Ky.) Times :,

CoAL.-We clip the following from
the jacksonville (Ky) Times -
The St. Bernard Coal Company owns
1900 acres of superior coal lands in
Hopkins county, operating FIVE mines.
They mined and sold last year two
million bushels of coal, and this year
will probably increase to two and a
half millions
We have also other mining compa-
MES in our cOunty-the Diamond and
the Hecla. The Diamond commenced
operation last fall, and is now in con-
dition to do good business, and we be-
lieve it will be equally successful. 1t
is, emphatically, home company, COM
posed of some among our best ener-
getic, business capitalists, and is de-
serving of greatest guccess.
The Hecla if just commencing, and
in about six months will be ready for
business.
When all these mines get fairly I'M
der way there will be no further ne
cessity for our southern friends to send
for Pittsburg coal, as there will be
enough coal mined in this county to
supply the whole south for centuries.
The st, Bernard Transportation
Company is another organization Of
our county and is live institution. 1t
has recently purchased splendid tow
boat and a large number of barges,
and has commenced carrying to Mem
phis, to which point it has already
shipped about 100000 bushels, and
make trips every two weeks, carrying
each trip 100000 bushels. Agencies
will be established at all the principal
Mississippi river towns. and Hopkins
county coal will be brought into COM
petition with Pittsburg coal, and we
have no fears for the result. %
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12
Postage Law.

Under the operation of the new law
the exchanges heretofore existing be-
tween the various newspapers and pc
riodicals of the country have been cut
off and diminished to great extent,
and We are somewhat curious to know
what will be the result of this postage
economy. $50.
q The same set of Congressman who
voted themselves back pay, whitewash-
ed the Credit Mobilier, and doubled
the Presidents salary, abolished the
franking privilege and included the ex-
change list, even prohibiting the free
circulation of papers in the county or
parish where they are published. This
Is virtually tax upon knowledge
which we doubt if the people will en-
dure. $50
The country and weekly press of this
country is no mean influence that can
be set at defiance by an economical pre-
tense. The abuse of the franking
privilege by Congressman and political
parties was so fragrant and notorious
that there was good ground for the pop
ular demand for the stoppage of that
offense and abuse of the post Office !;
but compared with the free circulation
of newspapers and periodicals thai
form the staple reading and public
opinion of the nation, the pretense of
saving the cost of distribution of these
prints is pitiful business that ought
to reeoil on the Congressman who
voted for it.
We very much mistake the power of
the press in this country if the editO-
rial force do not make the repeal of
this provision a question at 1.-THE coming
session of Congress, and if they do not
put their mark upon any man in public
lite who has the audacity to claim his
back pay, and dispute the passage of
repeal of this obnoxious clause in the
present postage law.
No one wishes or desires the return
of the old franking privilege with all
its abuses, but the return to free ex-
changes Is far different affair. 1t only
restores to the press the opportunity
to which they are fairly entitled Of
knowing what is passing through the
country, and of informing their readers
of matters of interest, and this reason
especially applies when we consider
the weekly country press, from which
all items of local news of crops, i'm
provements, crimes, or other incidents,
are gathered by the dailies, and dis
tributed by means of their large eircu-
lation over the cities, and by the tel
egraph. of
As the matter now stands, every pa
per of any extended circulation is COM
PEELED to cut down its entire exchange
list, and culling out certain papers and
periodicals as the most important,
while the rejected papers are also de-
prived of many of their city exchanges
which they greatly want. The whole
legislation on this point was a piece
either of negligence, or else a DELHI
crate slap at the free press of the coun-
try for their commenting on Congress
ional corruption and debasement TAX
en- in either aspect, the sooner the law
is modified, the better for the polite
ians and the countrywide Orleans
Picdyuue.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12
Revenue Collections.

The fiscal year of the United States
Revenue Department has closed. The
following are the amounts paid over to
Collector Peabody during the year:
July, 1872; $3S, 7S7, 80; August, 1872
S23.203,73; September. 1872, $2l, 1863,
Sc; October, 1872, 81 Abe Novem-
der, 1872, sl8,629;29; December, 1872,
Sl5, 563.92; January, 1873. 16,846,5 SO
February, 1873, $15, S50,39; March,
1873, s1S,427 IS; April, 1873, 50, 046,
"a; May, 1873, s31. 3332;; June, 1873,
Sl9,6S6,1 II. Total 1888, 216,25,
The foregoing figures show very
handsome total for the year for this
district. 1t also exhibits the fact that
the collector has used every effort to
obtain all the change due Uucle Sam
uel.-NashuiUe Banner
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12
GAINESVILLE WHOLESALE MARKET.
CORRECTED BY ]. j. cRUsMAN.

SUGAR.-New crop is now in good sup
ply, and We quote, Louisiana, in Hhds.
S(t lOiSc.-ac more in bbls. Clarified; liza
u; Crushed, Powdered and Granulated,
Is to lie. go
MoLAssEs.-Newcrop, in Louisiana, fall
ing ve-y short of expectations has largely
advanced Wequote 6o@70 by the bbi.
SYRUPs.-5Oca65.
CoFFEE-yery firm. We quote Rio 231z
sALr.-Kanawha, 5 bushel bbls. 50 IS
FLoUR-Superfine, SO 10; Extra, Sc 80 to
%; Choice or Fancy,s9 50SlO %.
STAR CANDLES.-2Oc.
WHIsKEY-Common country, 81 coal 20;
best brands Robertson county, 81 1922 90.
CHEEsE-W. r., l4c dairy and factory,
l6@l7c.
RIcE-Carolina. 10.
SOAP-Bar, 69i0.
OILs-Coai oil, &c; lard oil, so cts;
linseed oil, raw 81 90, boiled 1 IL. 81
SPIRITS TURPESTINE-s0. II
YARNIsH-Copal, 81 s.; Japan, Ito.
WINDow GLAss-sxlO So rs . box, IOxl9
3 50; I2xl4, 75.
PowDER-Rifie, 81 so 3 keg; lead, 100 70.
SHOT-S2 90.
CAPs-i0@50c q doz.
OYSTERS and ID cans 50 25@l 25.
SARDINES-24c.
MAcKEREI-No. 5, per Dbl, SO 90; kits
No. /, So 0032 80.
BLACKING-ElZ@75, per dozen.
NAILS-S5 80.
IIoN-Kentucky, 81; Tennessee,
ROPE-22@25c.
PITrsBgRG Coal 80 cts. Sr. BERNARD
20 cts. delivered. ~ ~
CLOVER SEEDS 10 TO 90 per bushel.
MILLET SEED-Sl 70.
HUNGARIAN SEED-S2 GO.
TIMOTHY SEED-S4 ..
RED Top OR HERBS GRAss-sI 80.
ORCHARD GRASs-S2 20.
TRACEs-Sll so to 1900 per. doz.
CoLLARS-Sl0 to q per. dOz.
HAMES-Si to IL per doz-
AxEs-Sl2 to Is. per. doz-
The following are the prices paid here at
this date for country produce.
BACoN-Buying, 8 40 9Izc.
LaARD-9 to &C. d
TALLOw-7c.
DRIED APPLES-3c per n.
UNPEALED PEACHES3c.
PEALED 8 to Ice.
PEA MUSIC to 60c. per bushel.
GINSENG-S0 to Sc
BEEswAX-25c.
FEATHERS-new-50c.
WHITE BEANSASl 50 to 50 0G.
PEAs-75c to 81 90.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12
TOBACCO IN MISUNDERSTANDING

TOBACCO IN WISCoNsIN.SSecretar
Langson, says the GAINESVILLE Gazette,
in his report for the Milwaukee Cham
Der of Commerce, gives the following
interesting facts in relation to the cul-
tivation and shipment of tobacco in
Wisconsin. Within the last few years
the cultivation of tobacco has received
some attention in this State, particular
ly in Rock and Crawford counties.
The amount of Wisconsin leaf tobacco
forwarded from various stations along
the lines of the Milwaukee and St
Paul railroad, in 1872, was 6,418,800
pounds, against 1 ,373,650 pounds in
1871. The crop of 1872 brought the
producers all average of s and 6 cents
per pound, or about $S9 per acre. the
average production being about 1,025
pounds per acre. The net proceeds Of
Wisconsin tobacco, received here in
1872 amounted to upwards of half n
million dollars. The yield in this
State last year was Is per cent. below
the average of preceding years, but
still was larger than any other of the
Southern States, and was exceeded to
any considerable extent only by Mas
sachusetts Connecticut and Pennsyl-
vania.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12

For THE CHOLERA-More than
forty years ago, when it was found that
prevention for the Asiatic cholera was
easier than cure, the learned doctors
of both hemispheres drew up pre-
scription, which was published (fOr
working people, in the New York Sun,
and took the name of the Sun ChOl-
era Mixture" Our contemporary new
er lent its name to better article
We have seen it in constant use for
nearly two score years, and found it to
be the best remedy for looseness of
the bowels ever yet devised. 1t is
not to be mikes with liquor, and there
fore will not be used as an alchoholic
beverage its ingredients are well
known among all the common people,
and it will have no prejudice to COM
bat each of the materials is in equal
proportion to the others and it may,
therefore, be compounded without pro-
fessional skill and as the dose is so
very small, it may be carried in a tiny
phial in the waistcoat pocket, and be
always at hand. 1t is:
Tinct. opii,
Capsici,
Rhei CO.,
Menth pip,
Campho.
Mix the above in equal parts dose,
ten to thirty drops, In plain terms,
take equal parts tincture of opium, red
pepper, rhubarb, peppermint and cam
phor, and mix them for use. In case
of diarrhea, take dose of ten to TWEEN
ty drops in three or four teaspoonfuls
of water. No one who has this by him,
and takes it in time, will ever have the
cholera. We commend it to our Yves
tern friends, and hope that the receipt
viii be published. Even when no
cholera is anticipated, it is an excel
lent remedy for ordinary summer com=
plant.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12
June 80, 1873

A captain of Lake Ontaria steam
tug states that while on his way up the
lake few nights ago, there suddenly
appeared in view the city.of Oswego-
thirty-one miles distant-with the gas
light in the streets, and to all appear
ances that brilliantly-lighted town
would present from hill in the imme-
date vicinity at night The light
house at Oswego, also, as well as a
dozen Others on the lake shore below.
SIS far as Sackett's Harbor, were dis
timely seen. The display, be asserts,
was witnessed for several MINUTES, and
then slowly faded into darkness.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12

WE occasionally see pretty strong
proof that the work of Indignation
is going forward in the Radical
ranks. No doubt, many of the rank
and file are disguised, no ts0 much at
the villainy Of the leaders, as at its
exposure. But it will not do to rely
implicitly upon such symptoms of dis
gust. for men who have endorsed
such villainy for so many years, will
readily conclude that they can stand
it a while longer and return to their
yallow with renewed zeal
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12
Nashville Typographical Union,

Officers of Nashville Typographical
Union No. 90, elected at their last reg.
ular meeting, for the ensuing term :
President, G. G. Proctor; Vice Presi-
dent. S. B. Shearon; Recording Sec
rotary, p. G.. Price; Financial Secre
tary, j. G. Mcdaniel; Corresponding
Secretary, John Kirby; Treasurer, g.
+. LOOMS Seargeant-at-Arms, Lewis
Denham.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12

Ira poor man takes what does not
belong to him, it is stealing and the
Penitentiary is his reward. But if a
rich man steals, it is called kleptoma-
MIA species of emotional insanity,
and his reward is popular admiration
and reverence proportional to the val
ue of his stealings. Money is the god
of this world and is worshipped no
more devoutly when clothed in righte,
business than in the hideous garb OF
vice and crime.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12

The shaky politicians of the North
west, are trying hard to identify them
selvee with the farmers movement,
but we hope they will not be given an
opportunity to hetray this good cause.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12
Hone told o Flattering Tale,

Hut never even anticipated so divine a pre-
paration for the toilet, as that delightful
preparation Sozodont." So cool and re-
freshingly agreeable to the mouth and
teeth, hardens and inyigorates the gums,
gives pure and healthy tone to the breath 4,
cleanses, beauties and preserves the teeth,
and arrests decay.
Spalding's Glue il up to the sticking point.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-12

SOME of the back-pay Congressman
have come to the conclusion, that they
would neither have voted for the bill,
norreceiyed the money, ifthey had sup
posed so much fuss would have been
made about it. The people had quiet
ly, submitted to so many steals, that il
was not believed they would have far
red up at this one.