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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-10-09
wow L Lay We Down 20 sleep"

ut il said Of the late John Quincy Adams that he
went to bed without repeating this little prayer
the frst taught him by the mother whose memory Was
dear him to the las. There two little poems
descriptive Of child saying this prayer, that are
among the tenderest In our AnguAgeAnd We ethem
both. The hrst Is from PutnAn's MagArine-now
merged into Scribners Monthly;
Golden head, so lovely bending,
Little feet white and bare,
Dewey eyes, half shut, half opened,
Lispng out her evening prayer
Well she knows what she is saying,
"Nsw lay me down to sleep"
"Tis to God that she is praying,
Praying Him her soul to keep.
Half asleep and murmuring family,
"If should die before wake
Tiny fingers clasped 40 sanity
II pray the Lord my soul To take.
o the rapture, sweet unbroken,
OF the soul that wrote that prAyrri
Children's myriad voices floating
Up to heaven record 1t there.
II, Of all that has beeu written,
should choose what might be mine,
It should be that child's petition,
Rising to the throne divine.
[whers the other originally appeared We DO not
know. 1t is called 1.-THE Unfinished Payer, and IL
equally tender and beautiful:l
"Eow l lAy"-repeat It, darling
LAY me-" nsped the tiny lips
OF my daughter, kneeling, bending
Der her folded finger tips.
Down to sleep"-"rO Sleep" she murmured,
And the curly head bent low;
~ pray the Lsrd' Il gently added,
''You eau say 1t all, know"
''Pray the Lord" The sound came family,
Fainter still-"My soul to- keep
Then the tired head fairly nodded
And the child was fast Asleep.
But the dewy eyes half opened
when clasped her to my breast,
And the dear voice softly whispered,
''MAmma God knows all the rest"
Lutheran Home MOHtiy
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-10-09
Literary Department.
" Ramon"
DT BnEr HARTE.

DI pRET HARTE.
FL RRTUoIo MINE, NoRTHERH MEXICO, 1874.
Drunk and senssless In his place,
Prone and sprawling on his face,
More like brute than any man alive or dead
by his great pump, out Of gear,
Lay the peon engineer,
waking only just to hear,
Overhead,
Angry tones that called his name,
OAths and cries Of bitter blame
woke to hesr all this, and waking, turned and ncdi
ITO tho whom bring to me-"
Cried IntendAnt Harry Lee
Harry Lee, the English foreman Of the mlne-
Bring the sot alive or dead,
will give to him" he said,
Fifteen hundred pesos down,
Just 10 see the rasoas crown
Underneath this heel Of mine;
Since but death
Deserves the whose deed
BE II vice or want Of heed
stops the pumps that give US breath
stops the pumps that suck the death
From the poisoned lower levels Of the minel"
No one answered, for cry
From the shaft rose up on high;
And shuHiing, scramblins, tumbling from below,
Came the miners eash, the bOlder
Mounting on the weAker's shoulder,
Graphing, clingng to their hold or
Letting go,
As the weaker gasped and fell
From the ladder TO the we'll
To tue poisoned pit Of hell
Down beowl
''To the man who sets them Free"
Cried the foreman, Harry Lee
Harry Lee, the English foreman Of the mine,-
"Brings them out and sets them free,
will give the man." said he
'"rwice that sum, who with a rope
Face to face with Death shall cope
Let him come who dAres to bopei"
"Hold your peace some one repiod,
Standing by the foremsn's side:
"Thore has one already gone, who'er he bel"
Then they held their breath with awe,
Pulling ON the rope, aud saw
Painting figures reappeAr,
On the black rope swinging clear,
Fastened by some skilful hand from below
Till score the level gained,
And but one alone remAinod,-
He the hero aud the last,
He whose shiful hand made fast
The long line that brought them back to hope an,
chesrl
IIaggArd, gGsping, down dropped he
At the feet Of Harry Lee
Harry Lee the English foreman Of the mine:
al have come" he gAsped, "to claim
Both rewards. Senor, my name
IL Ramonl
I'm the drunken engineer
I'm the coward, senor"- Here
He fell over by that sign
Dead as stonei
-Ocfobor 4Hdntie.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-10-09

every sorrow. oh, Rachel, tell mo that
you love me; promise mo that you will be
my wife r.
Rachel nverted her face for a moment,
and then, with quick child-like gesture
OF infinite grace and tenderness, put her
arms aboul his neck and gave him her
mute reply.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-10-09

A French chemist is said TO have in
vented composition that will give to glass
a degree Of hardness 10 or is times greater
than II now possesses.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-10-09

NJ soul u eioA OF ealuuny ana uoa:
Men RloAt on eVil-sVsn WonAn's hand
win dAbble in the mirs, nor heed the cries
OF the poor Victim whom she seeks 10 brand
In thy sweet name. Religion, through the lAndI
Like the Keen tempest she doth strip her prey, 1
Tossing him bare and wrecked upon the strand,
While Vaunting her misdeeds before the day,
Rearing monument which crumbles like the clay.
Ny sister, have lived to soc thy name
DishonoFedf Thou, who vast my pride, my stay
Shall jealousy and fraud Thy love dsfAme
And be dumb Just heaven, let ray
Prom thy Majestic light illums eArth's clay,
That through her may seoTch the sAnderer Vile'
And light Throughout the land torch to-day,
Which shall reveal how false and full OF guile
Are they who sssk thy name, Augusta, 10 defle.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-10-09

the father OF the pastor OF Plymouth
Church, discourses on 1.-THE Sabbath" and
concludes with the following illusions to
his son:
I remember being somewhat shocked
while listening b sermons preached by my
son, II. w. Beechor. l recall sitting near
his pulpit and longing to get up and tell
the congregation my views of texts and
matters of which he was discoursing. l
thought then 1t was because the race was
going back ckward-being less intellectual
that men should he content to listen to SER
mons that contained so little theology.
But experience in spirit life has caused me
to change my opinion. l now see that
Beecher, Spurgeon, and vast host of 9TH
ers are teaching human souls the great
truths which will fit them for life hereafter.
ELIZABETH JARRETT BROWNING.
Tho following are a part of the stanzas
addressed by Mrs. Browning TO her living
husband:
Dead! deadt You chu her deAdl
You cannot see her in her glad surprise,
Kissing the tsAr.drops from your weeping eyes,
Moving about you through the ambient air,
Smoothing the whitening ripples Of your hair.
Deadt deadi You cali her dead
Lift mp your eyes, she IL no longer deAdi
In your lone path the unseen angels tread;
And when your wearing night Of earth shall close
She'll lead you where eternal summer blows
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NO. Al.

come when all minor beliefs will be swal-
lowed up In them. He says:
The Catholic Church in the spirit world
Is not so extensive az 10 is on earth. Its
usefulness Is moro especially adapted to
earthly conditions. There are some noble
cathodrals in the spirit world. Mass is
offered up ovory morning at the Cathedral
Of tho Five Virgins in my bishoprio. Tho
Sislerhood OF the Five Virgins, newly Or
ganiLed, inhabit beautiful and commodious
edihces adjacent. II Ia their business to
escort from Garth youthful souls who have
been baptized in the Church and who are
friendless and vagrant, having inhabited
while on earth such parts of New York
City as tue Five Points and Water street,
and having neither kindred nor connection
to claim them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-10-09

In a disquisition on the 1.-TWO Natural
Religions" tho late Archbishop Hughes de-
clares that they are the Roman Catholic
and the Spiritualistic, and that the day will
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-10-09
POS.

Then comes Edgar A. Poe, who con-
tributes n poem which is not strikingly
original, and which introduces the boil in
the following style:
Hark the bell, the funeral bell,
Calling the soul
To its goal,
Oh the haunted human heart
From It's idol doomed to partl
Yet . two-fOld being bearing
She and apart are tearingl
Bhe to heaven, 10 HE'LL
Going, goingi Hark the bell
Far hell
Tolng, tollinR.
Ftends rolling.
whitened bones and coffus reakinE,
Fearful darkness grimly creeping
On my soul,
Ny vision soaring
She disappearing,
Drawn from
BY soul l cannot sec,
Whom know love her.
OH that soul could discover
would go
STEPPED IN
Down to darkness, down 10 hell!
Hark the bell Farewell, FAREWELL
Evidently Poe has not bettered his hab-
its in spirit life If this crazy, incoherent
screod Is his.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-07-11
CHARLES w. TYLER.

Mr.. EDITOR Through your col
umns I wish to call the attention of
the Mayor and Aldermen to a matter
which thiuk of interest to the city
and to portion of our suburban
neighbors. | mean the opening of a
street so as to give a good inlet and
outlet to and from what is known as
South GAINESVILLE. There are two
good Churches in that part of the
suburbs, each well attended by local
congregations. There are. I suppose,
fifty or more families in that section,
but they have no way of getting in or
out of town except they travel at least
a mile out of their way. tits not more
than half a mile to South GAINESVILLE
Methodist Church from the Court
House if street were opened to the
corporate limits. And yet that beau
tiful settlement is denied an approach
to the limits of the city except by
Charlotte Pike or Searcy's Ferry road.
Now 1 propose that the city build, or
improve Adams street from its inter-
section with Second street east to a
point on the hill opposite the street
which leads to the South GAINESVILLE
Methodist Church. Then, | am as
sured, that the citizens outside of the
corporation, in that neighborhood, will
improve street on to the tWo Churches
and immediately through the little
village in that locality. We build
railroads so that our people cargo and
come when they choose, and SO that
others may come here. There is q
large number of taxpayers in the
South part of the town who are emit
tied to have streets by which they can
get into the city; and when, BIZ lit
tie expense. they can connect this young
Edgefeld | think it right and proper
the city should do SO.
l ask the Board of Mayor and Al
dermen to have the cost of this street
estimated by an Engineer, and then to
have it improved. If they will the
expense will soon be refunded by an
increase in valuation of property. A
wise policy towards the growth of any
town or city is what they need to keep
them alive. In st. Louis it Is not un-
frequent that the city opens and i'm
proves a street out for several miles
with gas and water-pipes accompany
ing the improvements-so that an in
ducement is held out to persons to i'm
prove ana settle on such streets. Let
this policy be initiated as far as poss;
BILE apd thus induce persons to settle
permanently in oIr midst.
What do the city fathers sayf
July 6, 1874. SUBURBAN.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-07-11
A CAR d.

EDITORS CHRoNIoLE:-I have re-
Gently learned to my regret, that an
unfortunate controversy in the Episco-
pal Church, has been taken advantage
of by designing persons, not connected
with the Church, and reports have
been circulated in various districts of
the county, to the effect that desired
to get rid of our present minister,
(Rev. Saml. Ringgold) because he de-
voted too much of his time to the
poor. That | had expressed the opin-
ion that the poor should have no voice
in the management of the Church,
and that had, in other ways, endeav-
ored to discriminate between rich and
poor in Church matters.
When this report first reached me, /
deemed it too trivial and unimportant
to reply to; but having learned from
many of my friends that it has been
circulated to my detriment in several
neighborhoods where ! am personally
unknown, and that it is still being in
dustriously circulated against me, I
deem it now proper to give the whole
statement public denial, and to de-
clare that ii is entirely without founda-
ton; that never gave utterance TO
anysuch expression, or entertained any
such opinion that DO question of rich
or poor has ever been involved in any
way in the controversy, and that if it
had been | would have been in no po-
sition to utter any such sentiment as
that attributed to me, since more than
nine-tenths of all the property in the
Church is owned by persons who are
we'll known to differ from me in this
matter.
1 am sorry to have to allude to this
Church trouble at all, in the public
prints; but as it is not possible for me
to see every one who may have heard
this report, and privately remove the
false impression from his mind, / am
compelled to resort to this public de-
NAL and to declare the whole allega-
ton as false and foreign to my nature.
Respectfully ask any friend of mine
who may hear this report in future to
forward me the name of the party cir
culating it, in order that [ may know
him to be either the originator or re-
taller of falsehood.
Respectfully,
CuiRIES w TYIER
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-07-11
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
To the Teachers and School Officers of
Montgomery County.

Having been officially notified by
the State Superintendent of the loea-
ton of one of the four Institutes for
Middle Tennessee at GAINESVILLE to be-
gin on the 10th of August and contin-
ue during the week, and having been
assigned the charge of arranging for
said Institute, hereby call meeting
ofthe school officers and teachers of
Public Schools in GAINESVILLE, on Sat
urday, July 18th, the hour for meet
ing 10 o'clock A. NJ. Every teacher
who expects to teach in the Public
schools of this county will be expect
ed to meet with and assist me in the
arrangement for this Institute, and as
the Institute is designed for the i'm
provement Of teachers in the art of
teaching those who expect to apply for
situations in the Public schools in the
Fall are respectfully advised that pre-
ference will be given to those who at
tend the Institute and participate in
its exercises, sinceall future applicants
will be rigidly examined on Theory
and Practice of teaching. Teachers of
Private schools are respectfully invited
to attend the meeting and participate
in the exercises of the Institute.
Respectfully,
N. L.. WHITFIELD. Sup't.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-07-11

% capable Legislature to overhaul
the books and saegest and carry out
the remedies, with good business
head IN the Executive department, is
just now matter of more Importance
to us than ten Congressman and a
United States Senator, or President
or Third term candidate or Dicta-
tor, or anything else outside of our
immediate domestic concerns, which
first and foremost need looking after.
This is the way the people think and
feel, and the way they are talking, and
it would be well for the Democratic
and Conservative party to realize the
situation and adapt themselves to the
emergency, in declaration of princi-
pies as to this vital feature of our local
government, about the meaning of
which there can be no mistake. And
this must be done, without reference
to the personal interests or the vindi-
cation or promotion of the political
fortunes of any individual to the det-
rlment of the more important interests
of the public The office must-not
should-seek the man, and not the
man the Office"
We clip the above from the Nash
vile Banner Of the 4th instant, and
have transferred it to our columns be-
cause it expresses our own views. At
no previous time has there been a
greater, if so great, necessity for the
election of legislature fully capable
ito overhaul the books and to suggest
and carry out the remedies" needed
for the relief of the people and credit
of the State; and our contemporary
wisely suggests that an able Legislature
will be of more value and importance
to US than ten Congressman and a
United States Senator, or a President
| We are not greatly interested in
National politics, because New Eng
land has the power and will control
National legislation. But here, in
Tennessee, we have deep interest in
maintaining good local government
and keeping our immediate neighbor.
hood affairs in good condition. We
are glad to see our exchanges take the
same views. Let the very best men BE-
selected in every county and then oul
State government will be properly ad
ministered.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-07-11
DIED.

AT the residence of Mrs. Il. r. Rhodes, in
this city, on the Sd inst, ANNIE LOU. infant
daughter of Col. W. @. and Mrs. F. Ida N.Y.
ers, of Bolivar. Miss.
On the 4th inst, at the residence of his
father, Drue Taylor. of consumption, WAL.
TER TAYLOR, aged Ayears.
At the residence of D. A. Gum, in this
county, on the 4th inst, Mrs. BARBARA ANN
LIPFoRD, wife of Mrs. W. a. Lipford, of Sc
bree City, KY, aged 20 years.
In Austin Miss, June 30th, 1874, ANNA
BERRY, daughter of V. b. and Indiana
Waddell, aged four months and three days.
In Austin, Miss, July 2, 1874, after short
but severe illness, ALTHEA Il. RAIMEY,
wife of our fellow townsman, W. s. Raj
mey, aged IS years.
In this city, on the 9th inst, ANNIE,
youngest daughter of John and blanche
O'Brlen, aged year and months.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-07-11
TO THE PEOPLE.


EDITORS CHRONICLE The time is
drawing near when the people of Mont
gomery county must select one Of their
number to represent them in the Ten.
nessee Legislature.
The question is, shall we allow some
man TO select himself, or shall the
people select a candidate to suit them
selves? In other words, shall the
man seek the Office, or shall the Office
seek the man? In my humble opin-
ion the latter should ever be the case /;
not only in selecting members Of the
legislature, but in selecting officers of
every other class.
As general rule with few excep-
tions) the best men who are most cap
able of filling the various Offices will
not offer themselves for office, though
many of them would appreciate the
confidence placed in them and accept
them when offered.
This way we have of restricting our
selves to selecting the one, who hap
pens to be the most popular, out of a
certain number, who are out of en-
ployment and advertising for some
thing to do, is not the best.
So long as Montgomery county has
! good men within her border she is en-
titled to good officers, and with proper
management she can get them. Even
an ordinary commercial or manufac-
turing business company do not con-
fine themselves to selecting from the
want" column of newspaper when
they want a man to fill an important
position in their concern. The mem
bers of the concern consult together
in regard to who viii suit them best
and then offer them the position and
don enquire whether they have ad-
vertised for situation or not.
Montgomery county is an agricultu-
raj, commercial and manufacturing
concern, and should get the best mer
possible to manage every department
of her business. For that department
that | have mentioned she should have
a good man, for there is much impor.
tant work to be done. She should
have man sensible, honest, energetic
and enterprising. He should be hon.
est enough to work for the good of the
people who employ and pay him, anG
not for the benefit of his own pockets
He should have ability enough to draf
such laws as the people need, and en-
ergy enough to have them properl!
enacted, and should certainly have en-
terprise enough to improve the presen
, assessment law so that at least one
half of the most intelligent member
of the lastlegislature might be enabled
: to make out correct tax lists of thei
property ON the printed sheets sent gu
: without blotting up by mistakes owe
: half dozen of them. G.. HI. s.
ST. BETHLEHEM, Tenn, July7, IA
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-07-11


and finally succeeded in driving off the
wouid-be assassins and robbers.
Asingular sight was witnessed BY
several Of our citizens last night; two
ladies, Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Power,
were sitting at window, and near the
house appeared as if ball of FIRE
came rushing by the window at which
they were sitting and burst not far off.
The same or similar light was wit
messed by the Rev. j. N. Allen, which
lighted up almost the entire heavens.
He says that it was the most brilliant
meteoric display he ever witnessed.
Yours truly, KNIeK.
July 9Th, 1874.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-07-11

WE have repeatedly been asked
what we think of Lamar s glowing eu-
logy Of Sumner. The subject is get
ting old and may be buried in the
past; but as we have nothing TO con-
ceal, on subjects of general interest,
we give it as our opinion-that, from
Lamar's standpoint, it was a glorious
specimen Of southern forgiveness of
the most yindictive of northern enc
mics. From our standpoint, it looks
like the sublime forbearance of one
knocked down and robbed, and
then returning thanks to the thief
for the gentle manner in which
the outrage was perpetrated. The
truth is Sumner was a cruel fanatic
and life long hater of the South, and
as such, there is as little to regret in
his death, as there was to hope
for in the prolonged life of one whose
motives were all born of hate, and hi;
acts, of the spirit of vengeance. La,
mar doubtless sees wisdom in cheer.
full submission, and voluntary eulogy
of the aggressive enemy and bruta
eonqueror, but we can not see thing
in that light. nor can we respect an.
overtures of friendship made by thu
heartless aggressors upon southern
rights. The South has no apollo
gies to offer and has learned, by thi
time, that it has no favors to expec
| from the dominant party in the North
1t costs the offender nothing to for
give, because it is the only reparatio
he intends to make for the wrong de
Iiberately done, and the offended part
makes nothing by show of liberalit
and forbearance which is construe
into cowardice or hypocricy.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-07-11
Proclamation by the Governor

To ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS,
GREETING:
WHEREAS, vacancies exist in the offices
of Judge and District Attorney General for
the County and Criminal Courts of Mont
gomery County (and who are by Law re-
quired to hold and attend the Circuit Court
of Houston County, caused by the death of
Hon. Thomas w. King, Judge, and by the
res gnation of L. O. Anderson, Attorney
General.
Now, Therefore. 1, John C. Brown, Cover
nor of the State of Tennessee, by virtue of
the power and authority vested in me by
the Constitution and Laws, hereby order
an election TO be held within the limits of
said counties OF Montgomery and Houston
on First Thursday, being the 9Th day, of
August, 1874, TO fill said vacancies until the
next regular election for judicial officers:
and the Sheriffs and other officers entrust-
ed by law with such duties in said counties
of Montgomery and Houston will, on said
day, proceed to open and hold said election
at all the various precincts and voting
places within their respective counties,
and due return make as provided by law.
~ In witness whereof, i kereunto set
my hand, and have caused the
SEAL Great Seal oil State to be affixed,
at Nashville, this 10Th day of
~ June, 1874.
JNO. c. BROWN, Governor.
CHAs. N. GIBBS, Secretary of State.
July 4, IS744W.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-07-11

We clip the following items from
the Nashville Banner, Of the 9th inst:
Col. James r. Cooke, prominent
Knoxville lawyer, died suddenly at
Montyale Springs Friday.
The wifeof Rev. Mr.. Burt, pastor Of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
at Murfreesboro, died at that place
yesterday
The Nashville Journal of Commerce
has been purchased by and merged
into the Rural Sun, the latter paper
contracting to supply the subscribers
of the Journal, and to carry out all its
advertising contracts in much larger
circulation.