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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-03-20
T. ". Clarke IN Commonwealth,
VACCINATED.

DSsgust'6'ts non dispatandsm.)
What vile sbemination
1s this awful vaccination
Halt the arms of half creation
Must be scanifed and sore.
Mine is itching swelling, aching.
fortunes new forever making.
And Wonder-"Is it taking ?n
AND MISUNDERSTANDING bore 2"
Not q word or sigh of pity
Can find In all the city.
every fool who would be witty
Makes remarks about my arm,
some, with hearts than icebergs colder.
Ia their malice growing bolder,
seize me roughly by the shoulder,
just TO laugh at my alarm.
Every mortal Is nv foenan:
sympathy win from no man
But with courage truly roman,
Bear my misery alone
Every one who cometh near me
FINDS some way to tease and try me;
Foking, rubbing, jostling by me,
wondering how cross I've grown.
shade Of Jenuer, long departed,
Aad your arm so ached and sma rted.
Less severe and softer hearted
You'd have been in life below,
SAD you known this pain distressing
Which tho world is all confessing.
You'd have lett some milder BLESSING
With little less of woe.
Life becomes but void and Frightfnl
Horric visions fill my night full
Even smallpox seems delightful.
Matched against this little sore.
Would that were dead or dying,
gaseed beyond this torture trying
10 some home of angels hieing
Where they yaccinate no more.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-03-20

By JESSIE FERGUSON BKo"NE'
Ye murmuring breezes gently blow
In mnurnful cadence, soft and low,
O'er those who calmly sleep below,
AS pass ye scented gales;
How hushed in silence every sound
How tranquil now, what peace profound "a
What solemn stiffness reigns arOund,-
What sacred awe prevails.
Sac, pensive thoughts these scenes renew
The lingering look, the last adieu,
The parting sigh-all pictured true
Fond memory these retain.
Go, lonely m"urner, wander there,
In silence shed the secret tear
Ger friends to thee forever dear
Those tears alas how vain.
Oh, mournfui pleasure, balm Of woes,
TO wander forth at evenings close,
And lipger round that last repose,
Go there and lightly tired.
What cherished forms those mounds con-
a ceal
What rapture from the world TO steal,
And feel as one can only feel
While near the stun bering dead.
They sleep In death an let them sleep
And, yet, what waves of passion sweep,
What sad, regretful feelings deep,
What tears resistleRs flow;
On, aforementioned friends adieu
How priceless We, how loved, how true
Lite-scenes with us ye've wandered thro'-
Now gone where all must go.
It is the tomb-that last repose
Where all the scenes OF life must close
Our futile hopes, our joyes, our woes.
Must find their limits here.
What vain pursuits, what fand desires
OF earthly mould with life expires
All,save the soul, whose quenchless fires
In heaven shall reappsar.
They droop. they die-our loved. our ALL
Like faded flowers, around US fall
Oh! could we but those friends recall.
And could they but return
Return to Sooth parent q tears,
Return to bless declining years
what bliss we're ours what Joy were theIrsl
Alas we vainly yearn.
&c still rebellious heart, be still;
Why thus resist thy Fathers will =?
Hissrighteeus laws why not fulfl9
Oh, why not be resigned? iuu. .o.
1Sough for the best, yet mHrmur we,
Unyielding still. And, can 1t be
The Christians faith is taught to thee.
Thou proud, rebellious mind
Nay, rest in peace, departed shade
or each dear torn, SO lowIy laid
soon for your shadOwy realms, arrayed,
snail we be called away;
And, If on jesus breast we lean
IA faith secure. in peace serene;
we yet shall see loVlier scene,
Behold brighter day
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-03-20

One fountain there is, whose deep
vein has only just begun to throw up
it's silver drops among mankind-a
fountain which will allay the thirst Of
millions, and will give to those who
drink from it peace and JOY. Il is
knowledge: the fountain of cultiva-
ton, which gives health to mankind,
makes clear his vision, brings JOY to
his life, and breathes over his souPs
destiny deep repose.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-03-20

A PERTINENT PRAYER--A gentleman in
Bombay, seeing an anchCrite sitting under
cOcoanut tree, asked for an interest In his
prayers. The anchOrite replied that he
would with pleasure grapt the request, but
he scarce knew what was best TO ask for him.
s'I have seen you often" said ne, s'and you
&ppear to enjoy good health, ara have every.
thing that can conduce to earthly happiness;
perhaps the best thing that can ask for you
Will be q grateful heart.Is
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-03-20
Pog y R Y.
From OUR FIREsIDE FRIEND.
THE GRAVE.

By JESSIE FERGUSON BROWNE.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-03-05
Didn't get on ON a BUM"


Tom, Scott, the great Railroad
King of tue United States, sent an
invitation to the Tennessee Legisla-
ture to take trip over his line Of
road from Louisville to Washington
City, which was accepted by the
Senate, and it resolved to take re-
cess from Saturday evening, March
I, to Mondays March 10, 1873, for the
purpose of. attending the inangura-
ton ceremonies of the President of
the United States on the 4th of
March. 1878" This resolution was
''imme- jiately'' transmitted to the
lover House for its concurrence. but
that body, remembering how shah
BLY, the Senate acted aboua going
to Memphis to see 1.-The Mardi Gras,'
tabled the resolution to accept Mr..
Scotts invitation BY vote of A
10 20.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-03-05
cambridge Items.
DANpn1DGE, March 1st, 1875


q DANDRIDGE, March 1st, 1873.
CAPTAIN James Fuller, an old and
respected citizen of cambridge, de-
parted this life on Saturday night,
February122d, 1878, at the advanced
age . of S3 years. aaHe was an old
Soldier of the Wariof 1912, and has
been in the public harness nearly all
his life. He was for several years
Register of jefferson county, and
was Deputy County Court Clerk
under Col. Joseph Hamilton. On
the retiring of Col. Hamilton, III
1874. he was9elected9 County Court
Clerk, which office he held until 1852.
He was then elected a1Justice of the
Peace for the corporation of Dam
bridge, whieh Office he held until a
shorttime before his death, resign
ing it then on account of i'll health.
IlnoticeT several improvements in
our town of cambridge. D. R. N.
Blackburn. our popular Clerk and
Master, has purchased the Old
"Roper House ;'s is renovating, re-
papering, repainting, repairing and
refurnishing it, and all the other res
to make it first class hotel. B. +,
Brown, NJ D., has opened a new
Drug Store. Harris & Hoskins will
shortly open new store of general
merchandise. Messrs. Hill & Routt
are making a grand display of Eur
niturea of their own manufacture
equal in 1nanyIrespects to1city made
Our merchants generally arefdoing 8
good business, considering the hard
times. Corporation authorities arr
moving things generally, and it has
now come to the point where mar
cannot indulge. in the innocent pas
/ time Of getting drunk without beins
politely requested to step up to thu
"Captai1i's'' office and settle. Wei
/ / expect it is all right but it come
naisylatg hard on some of us poo
!, fellows By-the-way. Capt. Geo. w
i HoItsinoef, of the Hickman House
/, has had fresh honors.l and greatnes
thrust upon him, having been electe'
and commissioned Justice Of tn
4 Peace for the corporation. He bear
/ his new honors with that becomin
!. dignity and grace for which he
lnoted 30 SEQ g
srsoS svoes. JR.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-03-05


Every comuunity is cursed by the
presence Of e class of people Who
make it their concern to attend to
everybodyss business but their own.
These people are the meanest speci-
mems of humanity which Providence
permits to live. It is known that a
large class of persons are disposed
to speak ill of others, and that thing
is a sin from which few can claim to
be entirely exempt, but there is q
distinct class of tattlers, who make
tale-bearing the constant aim of their
lives. They pry into the private af-
fairs of every family in the neigh
borhood; they know the exact state
of one neighbours feelings towards
another; they understand every
body's faults. and no blunder of i'm
propriety ever escapes their yigilant
watchfulness. They are particular
" posted in everything connected
with courtship. and matrimony-
know who are to marry, and can
guess the exact time when it will
take place. They watch every par
ty suspected of matrimonial inten,
tions, and if there is the slightest
chances of creating a disturbance,
excite jealousy, or break up q match,
they Immediately take advantage
of it. and do all in their power to
keep people in constant yexation.
They 60 from gentleman to lady,
from mother to daughter, from father
to son, and in the ears of all pour
dark and bitter whispers of SANDER
and abuse, and at the same time pre-
tend to be the most sincere friends
of those they talk to. Their black
and nauseous pills of Islander are
coated with smiles and professions
of love.
Tattlers are confined to no partic.
ular class of society. They belong
to all classes, and operate in ALL
We find them among the rich, and
among the poor-the upper ten
and lower .'million''-in the church
and out of it. They are people who
have no higher ambition than to be
web informed in regard to other PEG
pies business, to retail scandal to
their neighbors, and exult in fiendisL
triumph over the bruised hearts
wounded feelings of their victims
Contempt. of such graceless crea
lures should know no bounds, and
no words can express infnity. What
punishment they deserve cannot be
known, but as sure as.eternal justice
reigns, they viii receive the retrihu
tion in proportion to the magnitude
Of their offenses against the law o.
God and the interest of injured hu
mainly.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-03-05
The Torbett Issue.


Much has been said of late, says
the Memphis Ledger, about the Tor
bett issue. The question properly
belongs to the courts, where it will
have to be settled at last, unless the
Legislature voluntarily assumes that
the issue was legal, and passes a bill
to make it receivable for taxes, or to
fund it with the rest of the State
debt. This we feel assured the Leg
islature will never do. The ''neW
issue" is not in the hands of "inno-
cent holdersf;" it has been bought
up long ago at prices all the way
from five to forty cents on the dol
lar. Holders are not so hopeful as
they were a week. or two ago. The
decision of Chancellor Fleming
stifened the market price somewhat,
but9there are many good lawyers
who seriously doubt whether the Su-
preme Court of the United States
will sustain the validity of curren-
CIV issued VIGOROUSLY in aid of the
rebellion against the government.
The holders could not be induced by
the State to part with this currency
at fifty cents on the dollar. They
hope to realize 1T least ninety in less
than two years hence the State has
nothing to gain by any measure
which look like compromise. If the
worst comes to the worst and the
stuff must be received for taxes, then
it will be time enough to talk about
funding, to keep it from being con-
slant drain upon the treasury. II
tie Torbett issue is good, nothing
can be gained now but time, and
that only by protracted suit car
ried up through the courts. The
main facts may be briefly stated thus :
A case has been decided i'll the
Chancery Court against the people.
An appeal has been taken to the
Supreme Court, and an early day set
Ifor it's hearing, The suggestion is
made on good authority that the
facts were not all presented; that
the evidence of Governor Harris and
VIM. A. Quarles (the latter was
Bank Supervisor in 1861 and the
former was GoYernor,) Governor
Neil S. Brown, James E, Bailey and
General Hardin, who composed the
military board, and officers of the
bank familiar with its affairs, was
not taken, and cannot therefore be
made a part of the record. The
Legislature asked a suspension of the
proceedings until the real situation
could be ascertainedr and reported
upon by a committee, with view. i
Ideemed essential and possible BY
any known process of law, that the
case be re-opened in the Chancery
Court ab initio. This gave som'
ofense, and the committee, it is
1 feared, will feel an extreme delicacy
in the discharge of its duty, Anf
while the Legislature and the Court
stand on etiquette the main cues
ton grows no clearer.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-03-05
In General MahOne's Rear--.Tile PeO-
pie Of Scott County, Va, after him
with q Sharp Stick.

Win ~ DB1ER CAACAs
At large and respectable meet
ing of the citizens of Scott county,
Virginia, held at EstiIlviile. on the
18th day Of last month, quite for
rnidable arraignment of the A., M.
e o. Railroad management was made
and some pretty strong resolutions
in relation thereto were adopted. 1t
appears from the resolutions adopted
by this Scott county meeting that
the 'sact of consolidation" as pass
ed by the Virginia Legislature, for
the benefit of General Mahone's line
of Railroad, is not being complied
with; that the funds provided for
the extension of the line from Bris-
toll to Cumberland Gap are not being
applied as the law directs, but are
being used--or attempted to be
used-in ''stock-jobbing operations"
outside and beyond where the law
intended it should be used, and that
the interests of the stockholders in
that part of the line known as the
"Virginia & Kentucky Railroad are
being shamefully neglected and gross
" abused. The meeting resolved to
take such steps as would be neces-
sarY to protect the interests of their
section; and an ''injunction''-that
favorite weapon Of Gen. Malone
is mentioned in one resolution as be-
ing one of the measures to be en-
ployed in bringing the derilect au-
thorities of the A., III. & o. Railroad
Company to a sense of their duty.
1t is to be hoped that the action of
our Scott county friends will result
in bringing about such a state of af-
fairs that General Malone will be
compelled to withdraw his forces
from Tennessee and North Carolina
and let our Railroad interests alone.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-03-05

Matters in Europe are beginning
to assume strange and complicated
figures upon the blackboard of cur
rent history, While France and
Spain have declared in favor of a
republican form of government, the
mere central powers seem to be pre-
pairing for a struggle upon the old
platform of despotic power.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-03-05

Gov. Warmoth was asked if Judge
Durell got drunk on the bench, to
which he replied mo think not.
My impression-mind. {, this is only
an rimpression-is he gets drunk at
home before he goes on the bench."
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-03-05
lee!R,8E911GglgI'elE' 9 !
The western North Carolina Railroad
30 and Mcssrs. Wilson, McGhee, Jaques


ED1roRs CARR Much has al
ready been written and said, pro and
con, in regard to the above named
gentlemen and the grand enterprise
they are interested in which seems
to be exciting SO much solicitude and
attention from the people OF. Ten
nessee and North Carolina. The
people Of Tennessee want the line of
Railroad constructed and completed /;
NIessrs. Wilson. MEG hee and Jaqucs
wish to build it; the people of North
Carolina want the same, line Of Rail-
road completed, but win not build it
themselves, nor do they seem to wish
Messrs. Wilson, McGhee and Jaques
to build it for them; or SO it seems
with Gov. Caldwell and the honora-
bic Legislature of North Carolina.
What motives? What Influences
kave been brought to bear upon our
North Carolina neighbors to bring
about this state Of affairs? It is as
tonishing! 1t is. surprising, ana a
little more So, to know that Gov.
caldwell and some ten or a dozen OF
the members of the North Carolina
! Legislature. and few gentlemen Of
standing and influence in Tennessee,
seem to be throwing every possible
an7sconceivable impeachment in the
way Of those who desire to build an6
kcomplete the Western North Caro-
! lima Railroad. Gentlemen, consider
reflect for at 1ehst FIVE minutes uror
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-03-05

Beniamin Il. Butler has kept rath-
err quiet of late, but takes, neverthe-
less, d ferocious delight in the mis-
fortunes of some of his brethren
He has stood abuse for several years
better than any man in the country,
but has had his revenge upon sever
al of his personal enemies who are
Inundated by the late exposures at
Washington The report of Judge
Poland's committee, submitted last
Tuesday week, provided only for the
expulsion Of Ames and Brooks
Butler, who regards himself now as
almost the only honest man left,
wanted to fight the report then and
there. He said that if Ames was to
be expelled for bribery it was clear
that somebody had been bribed. and
he demanded to know who it was
For once his ancient friends, the
Democrats, rallied to his, side, bnt
the further consideration Of the re
port was postponed. s
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-03-05
PardOned.

The Nashville Union and Anaeri-
can, says, Gov. Brown has pardoned
David NJ. Rudd. who was recently
convicted OF house robbery in Nc
MINI county, and was sentenced
to Imprisonment in the penitentiary-
Rudd is only eleven years of age,
which fact, in connection with his
good conduct and the manner in
which he was led to commit the
crime by men, induced his pardon.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-03-05
exemption and stay Laws.

The following, from . corresponds
emit OF the RuraI SUM- .hits the
nail' sqnareIy on the head. Fl our
lawmakers had the nerve to come
squarely up to their duty to the
State, we would soon hear less of
''hard times" among our people.
The exemption and stay laws should
be repealed and the sooner done the
better. Here is what the Rural S1tn's
correspondent says about it:
THE exemption and stay laws of
this State at present act as bar to
the speedy collection of any debt.
No man who knows anything about
'.the laws delay goes into court
with the expectation of coming out
of it at any time less than from two
to ten years. BY that time he will
have learned that he has not only not
collected his debt, but that he is out
of pocket from one hundred to FIVE
hundred dollars, besides the amount
of his debt. The court expenses
absorb very largo part of the mon
ey raised as State taxes. They alb
serb more than two-thirds of all that
israised,for the county taxes in every
county of the State. ~
But this is not 1.-THE Of the ex-
pense of the collection laws. To
find what these amount to, you must
overhaul the court records. You
must consult the Clerk and Master
in Chancery, the Sheriff. the Clerk of
the County Court, the expenses of
jurymen, witnesses. their loss of
time, lawyers fees. wear and tear
of conscience, horse flesh and innu-
merable and indescribable annoy
ances on every hand and at all times.
and without being able to estimate
half of the damage to litigants.
Whoever cOnsults these records will
find that for every dollar collected.
from three to five dollars have been
expended in the process. Can the
taxpayers of the State stand this?
If so, how long? 1t is merely a
question of time and common sense
in legislation. It must come sooner
or later. The longer it is put off
the worse it will be for Tennessee.
II throw out these ideas for study
and reflection. The lawyers will, of
course. oppose the enactment of such
law. No. 1 do not mean the law
gers by "diyine right those upon
the top of the ladder of law.
mean only the shysters, those who
cannot live only upon the misfortunes
and quarrels of their neighbors.
This we must expect. But in a
State where the majority Of the peo-
pie bear rule, the voice Of the people
must be heard. Those who pay the,
taxes, should have the privilege of
saying what the money should be
expended for.
when there are no laws for the
collection of debts, the pay as you.
GO system will be immeasurably
advanced, Tennessee will have found
John Randolph's philosopher stone.
The merchants will not fail on ac-
count Of bad debts. The paying
man viii not have to pay two prices
for his goods to make up the loss on
bad debts. The honest man can get
all the credit he wants without being
compelled to guarantee the debts OF
a rascal by paying two prices. Such
an act would do more to reform the
citizen than all the laws that will be
enacted for the next century. The
people of the State, as well as their
pockets, are. ready for the expert
ment. Shall we have it p
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-03-05

the results of your self-wiIled and
destructive course to the interests Of
your own States and to your own
people. and to your own personal
prosperity, and the prosperity Of
your children and future generations.
What are the disadvantages or OBJ
jeetions to having Messrs. Wilson.
McGhee and Jaques to construct,
equip and run this line of Railroad !?
None! But others who have not the
brains, the enterprise nor the money
TODD it, would like to have the credit
and honor and privilege of doing it.
The days of>ofd fogyism have play
ed out; and gentlemen who won't
get out Of the way will be crushed
by the engine of Progress. What
are some of the advantages and ben
efts of having, this line completed
at an early day as possible? 1t
will take to the nearest Southern
markets millions of bushels of corn.
wheat and oats; horses, mules and
cattle. all-the products of Tennessee,
at one-half the expense now paid by
our people every year. Then we
can reach the Seaboard within 800
miles, now we have to go 500; take
breakfast in Knoxville and sleep in
Raleigh the following night, whereas,
it now requires two days and nights,
around by Petersburg, over 52S miles
of Gen. Mahone's Railroad. to make
a trip from Knoxville to Raleigh.
North Carolinians sons of my
old native land-how would it bene-
fit you? It would place in your
midst-at your capitol, the bestsdis-
tributing point-millions Of bushels
of corn, wheat and oats. and tons of
hay Of the best red-top and timothy,
and thousands of horses, mules and
cattle. Your would cost you
from 20 to scents less in the BUSH
ell than it does now our hayswouM
cost you from IS to SO less ain4the
ton than it now does; all this after
paying expenses and freights, the
greater part of which would be ex-
pended within your own State. The
turpentine and cotton belts of North
Carolina will always need the SUR
plus of Tennessee. Why? Because
those sections cannot probably grow
grain, but can make three times as
much in turpentine and cotton as
sthey can in grain. Tennessee is nat
urally a grain. and stock producing
country. Suppose you should not
need the corn, wheat, oats, hay,
horses, mules and cattle of Tennes-
see; it would be shipped over your
1 Railroad to the Seaboard at Norfolk,
or to Newbern, Wilmington or to
Charleston or the interior of. South
/ Carolina, to Spartanburg, Cheraw,
Greeneville and Columbia, thereby
putting within your own State line,
| hundreds of thousands of dollars,
and from this other enterprises. will
spring up and give employment and
/ profit to thousands of your sons and
/ daughters. Better, far better make
donation of the Western North
I Carolina Railroad to Messrs. Wilson,
! AIcGhee and Jacques than to have il
4 remain as it is, or to attempt to have
4 it completed and lose three or four
millions more of your State bonds
We must have an outlet The ne
eessities of the people demand it
4 A progressive age will have it, some
time, if not now, Notwithstanding
General Mahones little game. in the
i interest of his monopoly. The soon
er the better. More anon. n4
sbss DEC,