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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-18
The Religion We Want.

We want religion that bears heay-
lily, not only on the exceeding sinful
ness of sin,' but on the exceeding
rasealitY of lying and stealing re-
iigiOn that banishss small measures
from the counter, small baskets from
the stall, pebbles from the cottage
bags, clay from the paper, sand from
sugar, chiccory from coffee, alum from
bread, and water from the milk-cans.
The religion that is to save the world
will not put all the big strawberries at
the top and all the little ones at the
bottom, 1t will not make one-half
pair of shoes of good leather aud the
other half of poor leather, so that the
first shall rebound to the makers credit
and the second to his cash. 1t will not
put Jouvin's stamp on jenkins kid
gloves, nor make Paris bonnets in the
back room of a Boston milliner's
shop; nor lot piece of velvet that
PROCESSES to measure twelve yards come
to an untimely end in the tenth, CT a
spool of sewing-silk that vouches for
twenty yards be nibbed in the bud at
fourteen and a half; nor all-wOol de-
laines, nor all-linen handkerchief be
amalga ma ted with elaHdestine cotton /,
nor coats made of old rags pressed
together be sold TO the unsuspecting
public for legal broadcloth. It does
not put bricks at FIVE dollars per
thousand into chimneys It contracts TO
build of seven dollar material; nor
smuggle white pine into floors that
have paid for hard pine nor leave
yawn;ng cracks in closets where boards
ought to join, nor da4b the ceilings
that ought to be smoothly plastered /;
nor make window blinds with Stats
that cannot stand the wind, and paint
that cannot stand the sun, and fasten-
ings that may be looked at, but are on
no account to be touched. The reilg-
ion that is going to sanctify the world
pays its debts. 1t does not consider
that forty cents returned for one hun.
dred cents given is according to the
Gospel. though it may be according to
law. 1t looks ON man who has failed
in trade, and who continues to live 10
luxury. as thief-The (Boston)
Christian.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-18
Home Investments.

Referring to reveral articles pub
lished by us in iegard to home invest
ments several months ago, when We
urged our readers to invest in our own
State bonds, they were then quoted in
New York at 40 to % cents, and are
now strong at 80 to 81 cents. Outside
of the profit that might be made in
buying and holding these bonds as an
Investment, it would be an incentive
to our honesty and integrity as State,
to come forward and pay our Obliga-
tions, as we as a State, are amply able
to 60. The State debt OF Tennessee
is small and very easily managed, and
is in no way burdensome and if the
bonds were held by our own people,
the little One-horse lawyers. and self
opiniOnionated little politicians who
are in the habit of representing US in
the Legislature, would not dare to get
up and talk reputation and dishon-
esty, as they would then touch the
pockets of their masters. Tennessee
bonds. that are now worth 90 to 81
cents in New York, have 500 past due
interest attached to the bond, so that
you really get 81 300 for $500. There
is nothing that adds more to tie indi-
viduaI credit of the citizens of State,
than for the State they live in to
promptly and honestly meet her obli-
CATIONS. We believe that Tennessee
will in the future continue to do what
she has commeneed-pay the interest
on her bonded debt-and for this
reason we recommend them to our
readers as a safe aud good investment.
-Nash. CpB,. Journal
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-18
"Gal, Is That Ar Chile Your,n p,

George Luzzadder is responsible for
the following: Some time since Gov.
Silas Woodson and wife were on their
way to Jefferson City having with
them their youngest daughter beauti-
full little fair haired tOddler, and a
nurse as black as Erebus. Mrs. Wood
son occupied seat alone, directly be-
hind the nurse and the little girl. In
front of the nurse sat a stolid,
rough looking specimen from the
'roOral deestrix
The Governor two or three seats
back, but within hearing distance.
The juvenile WoodsOn crowed in glee
at something, whereupon the country
man turned slowly around looked first
at the child and then at the nurse, and
then drawled out:
Gal, is that ar chile your D.
A blush of virtuOus indignationwa was
seen to mantle the cheek of the fair
lady who presides over the guberna-
tOrial mansion ut Jefferson, and the
chief executive of the State of Mis-
souri, hitehed nervously in his seat and
said to a companion. That d-d fool
will vote for Jackson at the next cleo
ton. .-.S. Joe Gdzeite.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-18
Character Of General Lee.

The more the thought and individ-
ual feeling of Gen. Lee becomes known
the more we see how grave and con-
siderate, wise in his rare common
sense, unselfsh and noble he was
From the recent speech before the
Southern Historaical Society at Allan
ia, of Hon. B. Hill, we cannot refrain
from giving two extracts-the former
of which shows his opinion of mill
tary Presidents, and the latter gives
us glimpse of the vein of quiet irony
that only on rare occasions came to
the surface:
'Ah, General" | said, "but you will
have to change that rule, and form
and express political opinions for
if we establish our independence, the
people will make you Mr.. Davis sue
cessOr.
Never, sir" he replied with firm
dignity that belonged only to Lee
That | will never permit Whatever
talents | may possess (and they are
but limited, are military talents. My
education and training are military. /
think the military and civil talents are
distinct, if not different, and full duty
in either sphere is about as much as
one man can qualify himself to per-
form. | shall not do the people the
injustice to accept high civil Office,
with whose questions it has not been
my business to become familiar"
I'VE made great mistake, Mr.. Hill,
in the beginning of our struggle"
why, sir, in the beginning we ap-
pointed all our worst generals to COM
mand the armies, and our best gener-
ais to edit the newspapers. As you
know, l have planned some campaigns
and quite a number of battles have
given the work all the care and thought
| could, and sometimes when my plans
were completed, as far as | could see,
they seemed to be perfect. But when
/ have fought through them | have
discovered defects, and occasionally
wondered | did not see some of the
defects in advance. When it was all
over found, by reading the newspa-
pers, that these best editor generals
saw all the defects from the start. Un-
fortunately, they did not communi-
cate their knowledge to me until it was
too late p Then, after a pause, he
added with beautiful, grave express
sion l eau never forget Il have no
ambition but to serve the Confederacy
aud do all | can to win our indepen-
dence. am willing to serve in any
capacity to which the authorities may
assign me. | have done the best |
could in the field, and have not yet
succeeded as could wish. / am will
ling to yield my place to these best
generals, and | will do my best for the
cause by editing a newspaper !"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-18
A Green Ceuntryman.

Years ago, into a wholesale grocery
store in Boston walked a tall, museu-
lar looking, raw-boned man, evidently
a fresh-eomer from some back town
in Maine or New Hampshire. Ae-
costing the first person he met, who
happened to be the merchant himself,
he asked
You don't want to hire man, in
your store, do you 2"
We'll, said the merchant, | don't
know; what can you do?
Dot said the man, Il rather guess
can turn my hand to almost any,
thing. What do you want done ?"
We'll, II | was to hire a man, IL
would be one that could lift well-a
strong, wiry fellow; one, for instance,
that could shoulder a sack of coffee
like that yOnder, and carry it across
the store and never lay it down.
There, now, captin, said our coun-
tryman, that's juss me. What will
you give a man that can suit you?
Il tell you, said the merchant, IF
you will shoulder that sack of coffee,
and carry it across the store twice and
never lay it down, will hire yOufOr q
year at sl00 per month.
Done" said the stranger; and by
this time every clerk in the store had
gathered around and were waiting to
Join in the laugh against the man, who
walking to the sack, threw it across his
shoulder with perfect ease, as il was
not extremely heavy, and walking with
it twice across the store, went quietly
to large hook which was fastened to
the wall, and hanging the sack upon 1t,
turned to the merchant and said
There, now it may hang there till
dOomsday shaD't never lay It down.
What shall go about, mister? just
give me plenty to do and 800 month,
and it's all right
The clerks broke into laugh, but
it was out of the other side of their
mouths and the merchant, discom-
fited, yet satisfied, kept to his agree
ment, and to-day the green country
man is the senior partner in the tirm,
and worth half a million dollars.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-18
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL CON.
GRESS.

I The third session of this Congress
will be head at Atlanta, Ga, May 13
1874. This location is to Northern
representatives an excellent opportun-
ity to learn something OF Southern
Agriculture, and on this ground the
selection was strongly favored by the
Northern delegation at Indianapolis.
The necessary arrangements for the
occasion will it is understood, be am
pie and complete.
REPRESENTATION.
This is a purely representative body
since by the amended Constitution,
Agricultural, or kindred societies,
which shall have (or may contributed
i've dollars TO defray incidental ex-
penses Of the body, are entitled to one
delegate each, without reference to the
number of membership. This includes
State Boards of Agriculture, Horti-
culture and Pomology. United States
Department of Agriculture, each Ag-
ricultural School or College, National,
State and Subordinate Oranges, also
State Farmers Associations and farm
ers Clubs.
OBJECTS CONTEMPLATED.
By an annual gathering of repre-
sentatives of the industrial and pro-
ducing classes from different parts of
the Union, representing every phase OF
Agriculture, from hatstrietly scientific
to the thoroughly practical, to elimi-
nate and treat of those interests of the
farmer which are general; to consider
agricultural in National, not local,
point of view; to suggest remidies for
the many difficulties and disadvanta
ges underwhich the farmer now labors;
the promotion of an intelligent under
standing of Political economy in its re-
lation to Agriculture by papers and
discussions upon Finance, Taxation,
Commerce, etc, and it is designed as
common ground where all the ele-
ments, the open and secret, composing
the Farmers Movement, can come to-
gether, harmonic and unity the whole,
which is indispensable to insure sue
cess, and to bring about economy and
reform in the administration of Gov
ernment, and thereby restore the
country to its pristine purity.
The parting injunction Of that great
and good man, Com. NJ. L. Maury,
who may be truthfully styled the high
priest of science and the sincere and
able advocate of Agriculture in all its
departments, in his st. Louis address,
was: Foster this Agricultural Cen
gress, and among the herculean labOrs
that devOlve upon a truly National
Agricultural Congress is the strangling
of monster monopolies, and the rescu-
ing of the industries of the land from
odiOus tariffs"
In view OF the representation farm
ers and scientific gentlemen, and espe-
eially since the farmer mind is thor
Oughly aroused to the necessity of con-
with the greatest deliberation,
many questions touching the indus
trial interests of the country, and has (
now become ready for vigorous and /
effective action, there is every reason
to expect a full representation, and l !
therefore urge upon all constituent /
bodies, and especially the Patrons of I
Husbandry, to be represented.
1t is especially requested that Motif !
cation shall be made of the appoint
ment of delegates to Chas. W. Green, I
Secretary, jacksonville, I'LL, at as early /
date as practicable.
W. II. JACKSON, Pres't.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-18


GAINESVILLE, Tenn, April "a.
Having met with such gratifying
success in the purchase of my Spring
Stock, / offer with pleasure aud pride
my Spring Advertisement for the Pc
rusal of my customers and friends,
and am happy to inform the reader of
the decline in those indispensables,
Boots and Shoes, and in every instance
where have received deduction, |
have given my customers full benefit of
same by giving a corresponding dis
count in the selling price, and not hold
up at regular market rates. On the
the major portion of my stock | can
give deduction of from 10 to 80 cents
per pair. Read few of my prices:
A mans full stock Kip Brogan, 81 ..
A :. Is Calf ] so.
Ladies Kip Shoes, l 90.
The best Ladies Calf Shoe in the
State 80.
The above shoes are all real good.
The $1.25 Brogan cannot be bought
for less money, wholesale or retail, in
any city in the Union. There is no
shoddy work or material in the mems
81 80 calf shoes, nor in the ladies
81 90 kip shoes. They are honest,
good goods, and to be appreciated
must be seen. As to my 81 80 Ladies
Calf Shoe, it is gem of perfection
for the money, as the hundreds who
wore them last Fall will testify. This
Spring they are made from better stock
and the material is better. Call and
see my Ladies Pegged Peerless Calf
no seam behind to rip-are good
fitting shoes and are bound to wear
we'll. "Speed the Plow" The Farm
ers' Plow Boots and Shoes, also Buckle
Brogans, are very desirable goods and
are being offered at low prices. l offer
this Spring, for 81 %, as good Ladies
Cloth Shoes as there are in Clarksville,
Manufactured from the best English
lasting, Solid Leather Insoh and
Counter. This is no Eastern Shoe,
but real Custom mWork-was made this
side of New York City, and made
especially for V. L. Williams. | have
the exclusive handling of their Shoes
in Clarksville, and am authorized by
the Manufacturers to guarantee them
as above. Ladies, if you would save
from 75c to 81 90 per pair, buy this
Shoe of V. L. Williams. / have the
largest and prettiest stock of Ladies
Fine Shoes, Side Lace, Button and
Front Lace in French Kid, Cemo Kid,
Tampico Goat, Serge and Glove Kid,
ever offered in Clarksyille, and am sell
ing them 25 to SOC per pair under reg
ular price. offer for your inspection
from 5000 to 5000 pairs of Infants
and Childrens' Black and Colored
Shoes and Slippers, including Blue,
Buff, Bronze, Pink, Pearl. &C., in Side
Lace, Button and Front Lace, and at
Extremely Low Prices. See these
Shoes, Ladies, before you buy as they
are very Pretty and Cheap.
All of these Goods were bought from
the manufacturers at extremely low
figures. / will make it to the interest
of any one who will favor me with
call. No man ,ciH sell you a better
Shoe than 1 do, and as to sohich IS the
cheapest, the reople may decide.
We show our Goods with pleasure
whether you buy or not, SO don't fail
to look before you buy. My Store
room is No. q, Franklin Street. Call
and oblige,
Yours very truly,
V. l.. WILLIAMS.
April 4, 1S74-tf.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-18
FAITHl
To my Baby and Pet ssLnttie.',
aoBY LlDE MERRIwErHER.

Who is the greatest in Thy ktng6oms
+. Once was Questioned of our Lord:
What the mighty works thar bring them
Thus to claim Thy just reward
Hs s;Sdinr s1nna o% aSd SGnn miId
But He sets, for their example, srtr
: In their midst, "a little child"
May thy life-a bright May morning,
Fair and cloudless, glealn and glow;
Blossoms sweet its path adorning,
Breezes gentle DER IL blows. ~ fn
And thy spirit, warmly glowing, rr-fF.
Keeps its lustre pure and mild,
Still with gratitude o er nowing; b
Z Loving as "a little child"
Rugged seems the path OF duty, @
Steep and narrow. lone and wild;
But its darkest ways have beauty, .l..
Where the light OF Faith has smiled;
Firmly trusting-never falter- ie
Keep thy spirit undecided;
Lay thy gifts upon the altar, 4. p
Humble as little child"
When the nists of doubt surround thee,
When the chains OF fear hath bound thee
Stretch thine arm and lift thineeye;
To the cross still fondly clinging;
BY no SophistrieS begufled-
Mercy's offerings meekly bringing, 81
Trusttui as little child"
When upon the darksome river. r.
6Out thy little boat shall glide fr
May the cross, illumined, hover
Der thee through the rushing tide;
Faith thy star and beacon proving.
Though the waves swell dark and wild,
Guide thee to His arms so loving,
Who was once-"a little child"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-18
The Wants OF Tennessee.

In leading editorial the Memphis
Appeal, of the Sd inst, thus enumer-
ates the wants of this State:
Tennessee wants immigration, more
money, because she has thousands of
acres of fertile lands lying idle; be-
cause she has unmeasured forests filled
with the finest timber, that ought to
be felled because she has miles of
mines of dormant wealth that need to
be worked because she has sites and
means for factories of almost all sorts
which should be made available; be-
cause while she has an abundance of
everything to give her prosperity and
power, she has not the necessary capt.
tai to make her natural advantages as
effective and productive as they ought
to be, as they were designed TO be, and
as they are destined to be. Tennessee
wants money and muscle. She wants
hardy, thifty laborers as settlers to aid
her in her efforts to develop her re-
sources. She wants her big plantations
and farms divided and sub-diyided,
diC 81 thCg
will be cultivated more highly ard
made more productive. Nature has
so literally endowed our State that
she seems an especial favorite of for
tune. Her soil is productive and so
varied in its character as to be well
suited to the growth of almost every
thing that can be grown in this lati-
tude. She is rich, very rich, in min
eral resources. She has admirable man
ufacturing facilities, in her water power,
in her convenience to the markets,
and in the cheap-ess with which fuel
can be furnished. Her rivers and
roadsteds are equal to any the world
can boast. Her climate is agreeable
healthful, and so free from the ex-
tremes of heat and cold as to permit
outdoor work to be done in mid winter
and in midsummer But, with all
this, and although an old State, she is
farin the rear of some of the new States
in enterprise, in thrift, in prosperity,
in progress.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-18
Why the South Mas Defeated.

Col. Robert Tyler, Register Of the
Confederate Treasury. during the war
has something to say about Confeder.
ate finances and cotton theory. In the
Morning News of Montgomery. Ala.
of which he is editor in chief. we find
the following: T
1T so happened that we, ourself
were at the head of the most import
ant bureau of the Treasury Depart
ment during the war, and are some
what informed in these matters. If
the Congress of the first seven seeded
States, at Montgomery, had been d.
vlnely gifted, it seems to our mind pos
sible that something might have been
done on the cotton question, rim some
other way, to help the South in the
fight. But our Montgomery statesmen
were only uninspired men, and the sit
uation was an anomalous one. 1t is
doubtful, indeed, If mortal power could
have made better defence than the
South for three years made to the thir-
ty millions of people of the United
States, and to the foolish outside world.
arrayed against us by the influence of
British diplomacy on the question of
overthrowing cheap negro labor on the
cotton fields OF the South. African
emancipation meant this and nothing
more; and this is the key to the blood
lest and cruelest fraud of the agel
Certain it is, that it is sensible idea
to put the Southern defeat and our SUBJ
sequent vassalage on cotton. 1t is
good come off. But had Sherman been
well whipped, and many think he might
have been, between Dalton and Allan
Ia, there might have been a different
face on the future of the Confederacy
Notwithstanding cotton. Still these
are all mere speculation. We know
that the defence of the South and its
wonderful glory in arms during the
contest was and is the marvel of the
worlds history. There is nothinglike
it except the defence of the Neither
lands against Philip of Spain and the
ferocious Duke of Alya. 1t is eur
impression that the armies and leaders
of the Confederacy were never surpass-
ed by mortal man in any country or age
But unfortunately, there were too
many men not in the army, and not
leaders, who were anxious to end the
war. They did end it with vengeance.
God pity them"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-18

A PAPA, in Greenyille, KY, has a
daughter Kate, and Kate has lover
distastefuI to papa, On the lovers s
birthday Kate bought nice gilt-edged
Dox of purtumery for gift, and put
into it The contents are as delicate
and innocent as your love" Papa got
hold of the box before it was sent, and
changed the contents for bottles of
soothing syrup. Kate is now heart
broken BY the continued and unex-
planned absence of heflover.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-18
THE Boston Congregationalist is a
religious journal, but it is constrained
by the drift at Washington to say:

Dy TIE uIilI at w usuluSlOu W odl
Tits fearful to see what hold cor
ruption-and that of the basest and
raDkest kind, which debauches voters
and buys votes-has already gained
upon the country. 1t is alleged that
the President has not been as insensi-
BILE to pecuniary considerations as some
other Presidents have been; that he
actually lobbied for an increase of sal
ary. There are those who ought to
know whereof they affirm that the
strange power which our Massachusetts,
Mephistopheles has been lately mani
Testing In the neighborhood of the
White House is due to the services
rendered in that salary business, which
now claim their reward. We know
nothing about the truth or falsehoOd
of these charges-we almost take it for
granted that they are false-but we do
know that it is disgraceful that things
should have come to such pass that
there Is any possibility for such charges
to be made, and we know that it is
quite time for the Christian men of the
land to enter upon an inquisition OF
these matters, with reference to their
own future duty at the polls, and to
take account of them there with a
sternness hitherto unused.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-18
"a sum more than sufficient to
four per cent on So. 900, 600 of
THE STATE DEBT.

And / doubt not that the public
revenue on these two subjects will SO
continue to increase that the entire six
per cent on the public debt can in a
few years be raised, and one per cent.
as a sinking fund can be laid aside for
its ultimate redemption.
LII the language of the distinguished
gentlemen, Mr.. Stuart, of Augusta,
the representatives Of the farming in
terest have to look this fact squarely
in the face at this time, for it is either
stamp tax on these subjects or it is
additional taxation on land If the
public faith is to be preserved.
W. p. BURwELL.
RICHMOND, April LIST, 1874.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-18

AN old Troy river man says be IS
disgusted to hear people nowadays
talk of low water on the Hudson. he
remarks that he can remember well,
years ago, when the river was low.
He asseverates that at one time all the
passengers on the New York boat had
TO else their windows during the entire
passage down. because the steamer s
wheel made such a dust.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-18

A GENTLEMEN in New Orleans was
agrceably surprised the other day to
find plump turkey served up for din
nsr, and inquired Of his servant bow
it was obtained. Why, sab, replied
Sambo, dat turkey has been roosting
ON our fence three nights. So dis
morning / seized him for de rent Of de
fence.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-18

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