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sQUILLS SEES THE COMET
And Mrs. Squills Goes One Better

For some cause or the other too
numerous to mention, Squills was
late in going home the other night.
Perhaps it was morning. On
second thought, it was morning.
Squills had been sitting up with a
sick friend, as usual. and the heat
of the room or something hadn' t
agreed with him. His friend vans
ted him to stay all night, but Mrs.
Squills had an objection to his
staying out all night. Mrs. Squills
was not a jealous woman, but she
had once been heard to remark,
darkly, that she would like to catch
Mr.. Squills staying out all night.
From that moment Squills had
relinquished the idea. On this
particular occasion Sqpills never
felt so much like staying out all
night on door step III all his life,
The room had disagreed with him
so much. But he struggled man
fully with the effects of the room,
combined with the effort of sitting
up with his sick friend, and he
reached home at last.
Mrs. Squills was awake. Once
upon a time Squills used to take Of
his shoes and 60 up softly in hi:
stockings, but he had left off thai
base subterfuge years ago. Mrs
Squills was always awake. She
was awake this night as usual
Squills knew it, because she didn't
snore.
=" Is that you, Squills?''
"That is the question she asks
me year in and year OUT sai(
Squills, looking at me with the ey,
of lynx from under the mosquito
bar, and knowing enough of me t.
know my hide on a bush, if sh,
should ever see it on a bush, sh
said mildly, " Is that you Squills 2
81 tell you,' said Squills, "tha
kind of thing is wearing" bu;
responded cheerily:
"Yes, my dear; excuse me-"
4" What time is it? Is it late?"
d" Jus struck twel', Missi
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Or. J. Walkers California Vim

DIR. J. Walkers California Vim
egar Bitters are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the na-
tive herbs found on the lower ranges Of
tie Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked, "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TERs?" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and q life giving principle,
q perfect Renovation and Invigor'ator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing tho remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERs in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are q gentle PurgatiVe as well as Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation of
the Liver and Visccral Organs in Bilious
Diseases
The properties of DR.. WALKERS
V1NEGA-- BITTERs are Aperient, Diaphoretic,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic,
Sedative, Counter Irritant Sudoritc, Altera-
tive, and Ambitious.
r. H. MCDONALD & CO.,
Druggists and Gen. Agts San Francisco, California
and cor. of Washington and Charlton Stsr n. Y.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
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till she returned to her room.

till she returned to her room.
During these temporary eclipses
we made vigorous onslaught on the
provisions; and once, at such a
time, the door burst open in it's
quiet way, making us start like
thieves, and Phinney's head stuck
in.
Il say, girls, don't you eat up all
the things.
You go to bed, and don't fdget,
said Mini in her most dignifed
older-sister.,y air.
Cookies, peaches, books, and ex~
citement kept us alive through our
two hours; and when the hall clock
struck twelve we started as by
agreement, to call Lila and Alice.
Now the door into their room had
another peculiar kink-it stuck at
the top. To open it quietly, there
fore, one had to stoop and pull
down on the knob. Mini stopped
and pulled. The door sprang open,
and Mini sat down at the same in>
stant. Pleased with her unusul,
success, and not caring for her I'M
digni6ed set>down (since there were
no boys to laugh at her), she sprang
up, as she did SO, hitting the door
with her foot and shutting it tight
with a bang, of course.
The look Of blank dismay, as she
settled back on the floor, was toe
comi cal 4; and we had another laugh,
with hankerchiefs stuffed in, as be.
fore.
The next attempt was successful,
and we went in to call the girls.
But these quondam watchers were
sound asleep; and, when violently
aroused by shakes and calls, they
didn't care fig for the comet and
didn't want to see it-hadn't a bit
of curiosity and wished we'd lei
them alone.
An application to the boys had
the same result. And slowly, in
dignantly we stalked off to-bed,
resolved not to do all the watching,
if We never saw the old thing. And
we never did.
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Sqn,!2-.
At which she immediately got
out OF her nest walked DELHI, ratrlv
20 the mantle>hclt, looked IT The
clock, and then, turning /, und, said,
III tones that would have given
chill to an iceburg
"Mr. Squills, it vents just
quarter to three
| said "lct it want, IN dear"
" Where have YOU been, Mr..
Squills? sitting np with sick
friend?
know the " Sick hitnd" was
too thin to hold water with the
remarkable female, sa 1 Squills, and
50 | said:
"Codger's comic, m love-"
{" The codgcrs's what, Mr..
Squills 2"
'' Coager's comic. Meters no
won ful'n Judy. Fiery, untamed
tail ever s'long, Gran, s'blime,
tooral magnificent. Nevasaw such
thingamlife, give m'word nhonor. "
g felt that the influence of the
sick friend and the oppressive heat
Of that last bottle of soda water was
upon me-" said Squills, "and also
felt that Mrs. Squill's eye was upon
me; indeed, l felt that Mrs. Squills
was all eyes, and that they were all
beamlng on me at one fell swoop,
like policeman bull 's-ey c. -
8 Before | call in the children,
Squills, to witness the bea>tly effect
of Codger's comet on their father"
said Mrs. Squills, "you had better
get into that bed
And then what do you think
she did 2" said Sqoills. "But you'd
never guess. No, sir, no earthly
man could ever guess the depth of
that woman's knowledge of human
nature. She poured out a glass of
ice water from the ice pitcher and
then deliberately went out on the
porch and threw the balance out in
the yard. Then she sat down by
the window and sucked the water in
the glass through a straw" "I
never felt so thirsty in my life,
said Squills, 'and she knew it, and
then to suck up that water through
straw. There was a majestic
malignity in the act that couldn't
possibly have originated with any,
body but woman"
81 don't know how [ went to
Sleep" said Squills, "but | did,
and when | woke up in the morning
there we're Mrs. Squills at the bed
side with cup of hot Coffee
" Take this, Squills, it's better
than ice water for Codger's comic" :"
" What..could l say said Squills.
"Just nothing. l was completely
at her mercy, and that cup Of coffee
is going to cost me a new dress be-
fore [ get through with that infer
nal comet, and ] know it.
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Aaron Burr.

Henry Ward Beecher says:
Aaron Burr was a keener thinker
than George Washington. lie was
a far more ingenious man, a more
active man, and, if he had been a
moral man, and maintained normal
relations with his fellow men, and
with the laws of rcctitude, he would
have been an abler man. Wash
ington was man of good sense, but
he was not man of genius in any
direction, except that of conscience.
He was man of singular equity,
great disinterestedness, and of pure
and upright intent. Sagacious he
was, by light which came from
integrity. He endured, having
faith to believe that right was right,
and that it was safe, and that in the
end right would prevail. That
which made Washington the only
great hero of our revolutionary
struggle was the light of the moral
element that was in him-not any
intellectual genius which he pos
sessed, or any remarkable executive
power. And if you look back on
the names III our history that have
stood the test, you will find that
they have been men who were fruit
full in the highest moral element.
And as time goes on, those men
who lack these elements, sink low
er and lower till they set below the
horizon and those who possess
them to rise higher, until they
reach the meridian, with undying
splendor, to shine upon history and
the world.
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A School for All.

When 1 look upon the tombs Of
the great, every emotion of envy
dies; when l read the epitaph of
the beautiful, every inordinate dee
sire forsakes me; when [ meet with
the grief of parents upon a tomb
stone, my heart melts with compass
sion when l see the tombs of the
parents themselves, l reflect how
vain it is to grieve for those whom
we must quickly follow when |
see kings lying beside those who
depoSed them, when | behold rival
wits placed side by side, or the holy
men who divided the world with
their contests and disputes, I reflect
with astonishment on the frivolous
competitions, factions, and debates
of mankind.
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all kinds Of stock cat it greedily
when green, and sheep will pass
over ever other kind of grass 0 feed
upon it suffered to grow long with.
out being cropped it becomes coarse
and harsh. Its rapidity of growth,
the luxuriancc of its aftermath, and
its power of enduring the cropping
of cattle, commend it highly to the
farmers use, especially as apasture
grass. Judge Buel, in his day,
said of this grass, 8 | should prefer
it to almost every other grass -
and Colonel Powell, an eminent
farmer ofPennsylvania, after grow>
ing 1t for ten years, declares that
1t produces more pasture than any
other grass he has seen in America.
Mr.. Sanders, the weli>known stock
breeder Of Kentucky, says that his
observation lnd experience has
induced him to rely mainly on
orchard grass and red clever, and
that he now, indeed, sows no other
kind Of grass seed; these mixed
make the best hay of all the grasses
for his climate, being nutritious and
well adapted as feed for stock.
Orchard grass is ready for grazing
in the spring ten or twelve days
sooner than any other that affords
full bite; and when grazed down
and the stock turned off it will be
ready for regrazing in less than
half the the time required for
Kentucky blue grass. Another
advantage is affordedby it-itstands
a severe drought better than any
other grass, and keeps green aud
growing when other sorts are dried
up. In fine, it is one of the mos.
common grasses of English natural
pastures, on rich, deep moist soils,
and on its introduction into England,
which ACQUIRED from Virginia in
1774, it became ali object Of special
interest among cattle feeders, hav-
ing been found to be exceedingly
palatable to stock of all kinds.
June Grass or Kentucky Blue
Grass is another most valuable of
the grasses: it varies much in size
and appearance, according to the
soil on which it grows. When in~
tended for hay it should be cut at
the time of Towering, as, if the
seed is allowed to ripen, a great
part of its value is lost. After be-
ing cut in the SINNER, it starts up
slowly; it produces but one flower
ing stem in a year, while many
other grasses continue to shoot up
flower stems, and run to seed through
the season. On this account it is
highly recommended as one of the
main grasses for lawns. 1t will
grow we'll on rather dry soil, but
will grow on variety Of soils, from
the dryest knoll to the wet meadow,
but does not stand a severe drought
as we'll as some other grasses. In
Kentucky it obtains its highest per-
fection, and continues luxuriant
through their mild winter. 1t
requires two or three years to be-
come we'll set, and it does not arrive
at perfection as pasture grass till
the sward is older than that, and
hence it is not suited to alternate
husbandry, or where the land is to
remain in grass two or three years
and then be ploughedup. Baltimore
American.
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NORTH WESTERN N. C. r. r.
(SALEM BRANCR.)

Passenger train leaving Raleigh at Sal
P. NJ, connects at Greensboro with the
Northern bound train; making the quickest
time to all Northern cities Price of Tick
cts same as via other routes.
Trains to and from points East of Green's
boro connect at Greensboro with Mail
Trains to or from points North or South.
Trains daily, both ways.
On Sundays Ly"chburg Accommodation
leave Richmond at 942 A. NJ, arrive at
BurkeVlle 1885 P. NJ, leave Burkeville 4.35
A. NJ, arrive at Richmond 1853 A. NJ.
Pullman Palace Cars on all night trains
between Charlotte and Richmond, (without
change.)
For further information address
S. F. ALLEN,
Gen'l Ticket Agent,
Greensboro, N. c.
T. NJ. r. TALCOTT,
Engineer & Gen'l Superintendent.
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MAILS.

ARRIVAL. AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS
NORTH AND SOUTH VIA w. & W. r. K.
Leave Tarboro' daily at 10 a. NJ NJ
arrive at Tarboro' daily at . 80 I. VI
WASHINGTON MAIL VIA GREENNlLiE,
FALKLAND AND SPARTA.
Leave TarborO' daily at 3 A. NJ
Arrive Ut Tarboro' (daily) at +. VI.
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COUNTY.

Superior Court Clerk and Probate .'udge -
John Norfeet.
REGISTER of Deeds B. j. Keech.
herif-Battle Bryan.
Coroner-Wm. T. Goodwin.
Treasurer -Robt> H. Austin.
Surveyor j esse Harrell.
School Fcdminers.-H. Fl. Shaw, WIN. a.
DueCan and r. s. Williams.
Keeper Poor HOuse-Wm. A. Duggan.
ConlDsissioners-M. P. Edwards, Chairman,
VIM. A. Duggan, N. B. Bellamy, and Mac
Mathewson. B. j. Keech, Clerk.
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~ WHO WILL BETRAY HIS PARTY
INSULT HIS PEOPLE, STIGMATLZE
HIMSELF and AID IN ESTABLISH
ING NEGRO SUPREMACY, BY VOTING
FOR OR SIGNING THE BOND OF 4
CTTTL RICHTER
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DIRECTORY.
TARRORO'.

MAroR-John Norfieet.
CoNNrssToNERs-Benj. Norheet, Joseph C"bh. VI
{. Cherry and George Mathe"son.
SgcRErARY AND TREAsuRER-Robert Wnltehurst
CoSsrABLE--J. B. Hyatt.
Towx WArcH-Harry Redmond, Bill Battle ans
.nes F. SimOnson.
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KEARNEY'S
BUCHU
10 THE
Nervous and DebiIitated
OF BOTH SEXES.
No Charge for Adrice and Consultation.

DR.. J. B. DYoTT, graduate of Jefferson
Medical College, Philadelphia, author of
several valuable works, can be consulted Oh
all diseases of the Sexual or Urinary Or
gans, (Which he has made an especial
study either in male or female, no matter
from what cause originating or of how long
standing. A practice of so years enables
him TO treat diseases with success. Cures
guaranteed. Charges reasonable. Those
at distance can forward lettes describing
symptoms and enclosing stamp to prepay
postage.
Send for the Guide to Heath. Price 10c
J. B. DYOTT, NJ. D.,
Physician and Surgeon, 104 Duane St., n. y.
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t3- WHO WILL BETRAY HIS PARTY,
INSULT HIS PEOPLE, STIGMATLzE
HIMSELF And AID IN ESTABLISH-
ING NEGRO SUPREMACY, BY VOTTN0
FOR OR SIGNING THE BOND OF Il
CIVIL RICHTER
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LODGES.
LODtEES.
The Nights and the Places of Meeting

Concord r. A. Chapter No. ., n. NJ. Law
ronvocations first Thursday in every month at
10 O'Clock A. NJ.
Concord Lodge No So, Thomas Gatlin,
Master Masonic Hall, meets first Friday night
1t O'Clock P. NJ. and third Saturday at III
o'clock A. NJ. in every month.
Repiton Encampment No. 1S, |. Q; o. F.,
DR. Jos. H, Baker, Chief Patriarch, Odd Eel
lows Hall, meets every first and third Thurs
day of each month.
Edgeeombe Lodge No. so, |. O.: o. F.,
J. H. Baker, N. G., Odd Fellows Hall, meets
every Tuesday night.
Edgecombe Council No. 122, Friends OF
Temperance, meet every Friday night at the
Odd Fellows Hall.
Advance Lodge No. %, l. Q. G: T, meets
every Wednesday night at Odd Fellows Hall
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tg- WHO WILL BETR1YH HIS PARTY
INSULT HIS PEOPLE, STIGMATZZE
HIMSELF AND AID IN EST1BLLSH-
ING NEGRO SUPREMACY, BY TrOTLNG
FOR OR SIGNING THE BOND OF Il
CITIL RICHTER {?
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EXPR ESS.

Southern Express Office, on Main Street
closes every morning at 9x o'clock.
n. NJ. LAWRENCE, Agent,
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GHHRCHES.

Episcopal Ch,Tch-services every Sunday
at 10 l-2 o'clock A. NJ. and ?. NJ. DR.. j. b.
Cheshire, Rector.
Sunday at IL o'clock. Rev. c. c. Dodson
Pastor.
Presbyterian Church-Services second Sun.
day of each month at II O'Clock A. NJ: and
O'Clock P. NJ. Rev. ]. w. Primrose, Evan
gelist.
Missionary Baptist Ck,reh-Services the
End Sunday in every moi tn, at II O'Clock
Rev. T. R. Owen, Pastor.
Primitive Baptist Charch-Services first
Saturday and Sunday Of each month at II
O'Clock.
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Piedmont AIRLINE Railway.
a. - OH Mt

RICHMOND & DANVILLE, RICHMOND
& DANVILLE R. W.. N. C. DIVIS-
ION, AND NORTH WEST
ERN N. C. r. W.
CONDENSED TIME TABLE
In effect on and after Sunday, June IA, 1874.
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"P. LAWRENCE,

"5 East 14th Street."
In conclusion, the proprietor has only to
state that he will guarantee to cure any case
OF Chills and Fever. No fee will ever in such
case be exacted. The patient is at liberty to
pay or not. All that is desired is, that be
will forward certificate of his cure at an ear
ly date.
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SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR, OR
MEDICINE,

IS hafIHIcSs,
Is no drastic violent medicine.
Is sure to care il taken regularly.
Is no inIOxica ing beverage.
Is c fauIiless family medicine.
Is the cheapest medicinein the world.
Is given with safety and the happicst results
to the most delicate infant,
Does not interfere with business.
Does not disarrange the system.
Takes the place of Quinine and Btters of
every kind,
Contains the simplest remedies.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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HOTELS.

Adams Hotel, corner Main and Pitt Sts
o. F. Adams, Proprietor.
Mrs. Pender's, formerly Gregory Hotel,
Main Street, opposite Enquirer" Office
Mrs. NJ Pender, Proprietress.
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RANKS.

Bank of New Hanover, on Main Street,
next door to Mr.. NJ. Weddell. Capt. j. D,
Cumming, Cashier. Office hours from a.
N. to P. NJ.
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ONE BOX
A
PERFECT CURE
Chills and Fever.
PERFECT PREVENTIVE
OF
ChillS and Fever.
No Quinine No Mercury
No Arsenic!
DR.. Bellamy's Pills !

This Invaluable medicine involves per-
fectly New Treatment of Chills and Fever,
and will effectually cure and root out the dis
ease from the system.
l. All other remedies must not be taken
when the chill and fever fit is on; put the
"Bellamy" Pill can be taken Just safely
4ohen the fit IS actttly on as at any other tune.
Taken once a week during tie season of
Chills and Fever, they will Positively ward
off and Prevent an Attack-making resi-
dence in the most infected districts perfectly
safe. -
2. The /" Bellamy" Pill is also sure rem
edy in all cases of Intermittent Fever, Remit
tent Fever, Typhoid Fever; Sick Headache,
Indigestion, and Liver Complaints of all
kinds.
8. After you are entirely discouraged and
hopeless and all other remedies have failed,
make one more trial, procure one Box Of
Bellamy's Pills and take them. The proprie-
tor guarantees you absolute and perfect
cure.
Reference is made to the extraordinary cure
of Professor Lawrence, Principal of the In
stitutes of Elocution at New York and Phila-
delphia. He says as follows
About ten years ago, while residing in
New Jersey, had violent attack of chills
and fever The chill would come on regular
ly about ten O'Clock, and continues for near
ly two hours, followed by burning fever tor
more than five hours, which no medicine
would relieve; ana became SO weak IHaL
could hardly walk across the room, and could
not ascend one flight of stairs in less time
than ten minutes. My life became burden
to me. l loathed every kind of food, and
every kind of food, and even water tasted to
me like copperas 1 could get no refreshing
sleep either by night or by day; the medi-
cines prescribed for me by physicians gave
me no relief, and 1 was fast sinking into the
grave. One day lady persuaded me to pur-
chase a box Bellamy's Pills. l took three at
twelve o'clock noon, and three at night. Al
ter taking the two doses felt better, and that
night, for the first time in three months, slept
Tor fully eight hours. The next morning l
felt much better, and took three more pills.
As ten o'clock approached l prepared myself
for my daily chill, but to my intense JOY my
unwelcome visitor did not come; and after
eating hearty dinner at one O'Clock, l took
three more pills, and at night three more
The next morning, after delightful nights
rest, l arose AT seven O'Clock, feeling quite
we'll and although still very weak, yet was
able to enjoy my food, and whether eating or
drinking, everything tasted sweet and pleas
ant to me. In about seven days time l was
strong enough to walk four miles, and felt
perfectly cured. Ten years have elapsed
Anse then, and have never had another at
lack of Chills and Fever.
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ADVERTISE MENTs.

Nearly all diseases originate from lndiges
ton and Torpidity Of the Liver, and relief is
always arXiously sought after, II the Liver
is Regulated in its action, health is almost in
variabIy secured. Want of action in the Liv-
er causes Headache, Constipation, Jaundice,
Pain III the Shoulders, Cough. Chiils, Dizzi-
ness, Sour Stomach, bad taste in the mouth,
bilious attacks, papitation of the heart, de-
preston of spirits, or the blues, and a hun
drcd other symptoms, for which SIMMONS
LIVER REGU LAT0R is the best remedy
that has ever been discovered 1t acts mildly,
etiectually, aud being simple vegetable
compound, can do no injury in any quantities
that it may be taken. II is harmless in every
way it has been used for 40 years, and hun
dreds OF the good and great from all parts OF
the country viii vouch for its being the pu-
nd hsS
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-07
TO JUDGES AND CHAIRMEN OF
COUNTY COURTS.

COSTPTROLLER's OFFICE, NASHVILLE,
TENN, Aug. 4, 1S74-The attention of
Judges andI Chairnen of County Courts is
called to Section %, Of Article 2, Of the
Constitution of the State, which reads:
mo person who heretofore hath been, or
may hereafter be, a collector or holder Of
public moneys, shall have a seat in either
House of the General Assembly, or hold
any other Office under the State Govern
ment until such person shall have accounted
for and paid into the Treasury, all sums
for which he may be accountable or liable"
Also, TO Section 74S of the Code, sub
Section 4, as follows:
GAIL free white males of the age OF
twenty-one years, who are citizens Of the
United States and of this State, and have
been inhabitants Of the State, County, Dis
trict OF Circuit, the period required by the
Constitution and laws Of the State, are
qualified to hold Office under the authority
CT this State, except,
Those who are defaulters 10 the Treas
Try at the time Of the election, and the
election of any such person shall be void"
Judges and Chairmen of County Courts
are also referred upon this subject TO the
decisionl of the Supreme Court of the
State, delivered at Knoxville, in the case o.
a. G. Pickett, Judge Of Hamilton county
VS.. VIM. III. Bean.
A COPY of that opinion is in this Office
and will be furnished to those desiring it..
JNO. C. BURCH,
COMPTROLLER.