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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-17
Affairs OF the Freedmen's Savings
Bank.

The depositors and friends Of the
Freedmen's Savings Bank are growing
uneasy. The bank was compelled to
suspend because it had loaned money
to disreputable fayorites of the admin
istration on the poorest security in the
world, or no security at all, After sus-
pension it was hoped some showing
would be made, at least Of purpose
TO wind it up with pronptness asd de-
ceney, but they are again disappointed
The concern owes 81 800 600, and has
on hand only $4,000, and the pros
peets for dividend. however small,
within year or two, is very poor Al
though the country was recently sssur-
ed by Mr. Smith, one Of the commis-
sioners 10 wind it up. and the former
Vice President. that the concern would
doubtless pay one hundred cents on
the dollar, it seems probable that the
creditors viii try to force settlement
Of some sort soon, if something to
quiet their growing apprehensions is
not done.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-17

AN IMPORTANT ENTERPRIsE.-Our
Cumberland Presbyterian frien3s are
working quietly but effectively. They
have purchased recently the Banner of
Peace, of Nashville; the Cumberland
Presbyterian, Of st. Louis, and the
Ladies Pearl, also of St. Louis. They
contemplate the purchase Of the Texas
Cumberland Presbyterian, and if this
is consummated, viii publish consol-
idated journal in this city to be called
the Banner Presbyterian, and edited
BY the editor of the St. Louis paper.
The Board of Publication will then
have charge of the following pubIica-
tions, in addition TO the weekly paper:
Sunday Morning, Sabbath School Gem
and Theological Medium. Negotia-
tions for the purchase of certain vaIu-
able real estate on Church street are
under way. with view of establishing
large publishing house in the inter
ests of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.-Enion and -ARericda.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-17

they were issued were wise or unwise.
1t is here proper to remark that nearly
all OF the bonds issued to new railroad
companies during the administration
of Governors Brovalow and Senter
have been returned into the Treasury
under law passed by the Legislature
which met October, 1869. : tsi
In regard to the bonds not yet due,
they may or may not be funded, as
Legislatures hereafter TO be elected
may determine. The whole amount of
bonds issued under the late act up to
this time, only amount to 50, ,999 900.
Both Democratic and Republican
conventions passed resolutions in favor
of the payment of the State and Ma
tional debts, and of preserving unfair
nished, the honor and credit of the
State, by meeting all their just obliga-
tons. Whether funding was wise
policy or not, does not properly form
an issue IN this canvass, since men of
all parties voted for and against it.
The last funding bill was voted for by
a majority of Republicans in both
branches of the Legislature, as follows:
On the final passage of the Funding
law, Senators Jones, Mcconnell, of
Blount, Patton and Richards voted
aye, while McKenna, Melton and Nor
gan-only 3-yoted nay The vote in
the House is more striking, eighteen
Republicans voting for the Funding
bill on third reading, and only eight
against it. Those in the affirmative
were Beals, Carnes, Cottrell, Couch.
Duncan, Eckel, Houk, Jeup, Keeble,
Magill, Mcleod, Patton, Perkins, Re-
gan, Ready, Rutledge. Snyder and Tate,
Turner, elected by Republicans, also
voted for it. Those in the negative
were Brooks, Hyder, Jesse Martin,
Rigs. West, Weston and
Williamson. House Journal, page
4l2. Senate Journal, page BOO,
Wherever the Republicans have con-
troll of State Governments in the South,
they destroy the credit of the State by |
incurring enormous debts, and impos-
ing burdensome taxation. In South |
ern Republican States the rate of tax
alton is as follows Ear - i
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-17
then sprans with her into the seething

sea. TiffIl aF rffrfra p Ffr.r
We sank deep beneath the briny
food, but I struck viorously upwards,
and soon gained the surface. Then,
drawing the lovely girls head upon my
shoulder. Iswam rapidly towards the
drifting dingy. 1t was on is keel and
floating buoyantly; so | clambcred in,
drew Lottie in after me, and then
sank, weak and PROSTATE, from over
exertion in the stern-sheets. My fair
companion raised my lead, and gently
tended NE until / recovered my faeul-
ties-recovered them just in time to
see the pretty Heather Bell sink. a
holocaust, to her grave in the coral
depths. - 5.r
Soon after the vessel, which proved
to be the Lily, rescued US from our
perilous position and carried us in
safety to Hong Kong; in which city.
six months subsequently, led to the
hymeneal altar, the dear. brave girl
who had shared my peril on that event
full night. ro 1
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-17
Cooperation.


We must, in time, come into an al
most universal system of cooperation.
Our growth in that direction has been
so gradual that we have almost failed
to realize the steps; but we can see
them clearly enough, if we consider.
Letters used TO be sent by the special
messenger of the rich, who cooled
their heels in the hall the three quar-
ters of the time, aud did errands the
other quarter. Now the busy postman
carries the thousand swift messages of
rich and poor alike, and stops for his
good morning to the brisk maiden that
opens the door. Formerly there were
post chaises now there are railways
formerly private wheel and loom in
every farm house; now there are great
factories. Hotels are successful ex-
periments iD cooperation to house
keeping; and there is little doubt that
the time will come when each mans
separate chop will no more be cooked
in his own kitchen than his separate
piece Of muslin or brOadcloth is woven
there.
1t is the tendency of the age to have
things done in large and not in little
to have horse power to save man pow
er, and machinery to save labor. This
kind of progression may have its draw
backs. Directors claim that it is sub
versive of individuahty-that il ex-
tiDguishes special tastes, and makes of
working men mere machines. 1t is no
doubt true that the old artifeer, who
made all of pin, from head to point,
was, as far as his mere business went,
more of a man than he who passes his
whole working life in just putting the
heads on innumerable pins. But the
man of to-day, though his work is
more monotonOus, has more time for
thought, and many more avenues for
outside culture than did his grand
father, who made the whole pin, The
true Utopia must grow out of the
concentration of employment-out
of the most work done by the fewest
narSons-ont in short of co-oDarafion
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-17
Caase Of Dyspepsiea-

Dyspepsia is a national evil, and is
largely due TO rapid eating, particular
ly among workers. With many per-
sons il is impossible for the body to
carry on the work of digestion while
the brain is also working. The stOm-
ach must have some nerve force with
which to perform its duties. A little
time for rest before eating. as well as
afterward, is Of great importance 20
many persons. csl fE
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-17

SAYS the Lexington Gazette: A lit
tie negro boy was observed a few days
since to slip very cautiously to the
post-ofiiee box for the reception of let
ters and dyly drop letter in it. Im-
mediately afterwards he ran on TO a
chum chnckling in high glee, saying.
''Golly. Sam. ! fool de postmaster dis
time; slip in dc letter without any
sismpoR EN-" .a
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-17

WHEN a person is found guilty of
drunkenness in Burmah, he is paraded
through the streets By the State Minis
tiers. who read the crime at the street
corners and lash him with thongs. He
is then taken to the high court and
aogged more seyssely, and then sent
home. If he is found guilty second
time, he is treated the same way, and
then banished from the country
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-17
See Comptroller Blackburn's repor

See Comptroller Blackburn's report
1866, page 50; 1869, pages 8 and II.
The amount of the debt on the 1st
of April, 1874, was $27 ,920, 1866, show
ing a reduction since lst of January,
1870, of SIG ,072 266, beside paying a
large floating debt. OF the debt now
existing SC, ,939, ,525 are secured by SOL
vent assets, leaving only $50, ,0S0, ,S57 to
be provided for. l
How was this reduction brought
about? By the sale of insOlvent and
almost worthless railroads the debt
was greatly reduced. These roads had
been a source of expense to the State.
and had assisted greatly in increasing
the debt The railroads which have
been sold brought. and are to bring.
into the Treasury Sc, sos, 900, which is
twenty-five per cent. more than they
could now be sold for if you take away
the expenditures made on them by the
companies purchasing them. The sale
of these roads was made under the su-
pervision of Francis B. Fogg, r. j.
Mckinney and A. Wright, three of the
ablest and purest men in fhe State,
whose characters are made more bright
by the attacks madeupon them BY such
men as Horace Maynard. a'.3
1t is true Mr.. Penneba ker in his re-
port estimated these insolvent roads at
$40, $40. 600, but the actual sales and
the proof showed that his estimates
were erroneous by more than three
millions of dollars. The funding bill
passed at the last session of the Legis-
iature did not allow interest upon past
due bonds as did those passed during
Nr Brownlow's administration.
The Democratic Convention which
met at Nashville, Aug. 10, 1874, very
wisely omitted to express any opinion
either as TO the funding bills passed
during Mr.. Brownlow's S administration,
or as to Che funding bill passed by the
last Legislature. 1t would have been
Just as appropriate to have passed res
olutions in regard to the 18th, 18th and
10Th amendments TO the Constitution
of the United states, or in regard to
the alien apd seditioH laws as it would
have been to have passed resolutions
in regard to these funding bills, so far
as they were accomplished facts. Bonds
issued under them are binding upon
the State whether the laws under which
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-17

II weald not be woman, for then
| could not loye her" says Montaigne.
Lady NJ. ". Montague says: The
only objection / have to be mao is
that | should then have t. EaTry .
Kofnan." q ~ - III -Rf d -
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-17

THElord mayor of Doublin, who
came on with she Irish ride team, is
going 10 lecture on Goldsmith. In
view of recent events he had better
lecture on gunsmith. si1fq o.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-17
4 CONSERVATIVE ADDRESS.
Review Of the Indebtedness Of the
State and How it Came About.
Our Taxes and How They Were Made
Necessary. r uA
An Earnest and Intelligent Appeal to
All Thinking People.
CONSERVATIVE ADDRESS.
NASHVILLE. October Z

NASHVILLE, October7.
FELLOW CITIZENS: The State Dem
ocratic Executive Committee have re-
ceived a number of letters making in
auiries in regard to the financial con-
dition of the State from 1865 to the
present time. We have carefully ex-
amined the Comptroller's reports since
1866, and prepared statement which
we now publish as an answer to these
inquiries. Comptroller Hatehet, in his
report, dated October, 1866, pages 81
and %, puts the whole debt of the
State at S25, ,277, ,406, of which there
was State debt proper, A,74I,219; solv-
ent railroads, s14,600, ,066; insolvent
railroads, s5,933, ,121; debt in 1861,
$50, 1856 Fowler's r. 19. The SOL
vent railroads have paid, or are able
to pay the entire amount of the debt
they owe the State. If the insolvent
railroads had been worthless. had
brought nothing into the State Treas
u.y, the whole amount of the debt for
which the State would have been COM
PEELED to provide on the first of Octo-
Der, 1865, would have been SlG,677,-
$40. But if these insolvent railroads
had been worth third of their in-
debtedness to the State, and they doubt
less could have been sold for that much,
then this would have amounted to ST.
977, ,107, thereby reducing the amount
to be provided for By the State, to S.
699,63 F.I
This was the condition of affairs on
the 1st of October, 1865, according to
Comptroller Hatchet's report. r
The amount Of bonds issued up to
October 1, 1869, since the war, was:
To railroad sl3. .297 900
.................-...... .......-. $500
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-17

From these figures it appears that
the debt was increased SIS, ,678, ,246 from
1865 to 1870.
This increase took place, although
noimportant railroads exceptthe Nash
vile and Northwestern were built
during that time, and even this was
commenced and much work done on it
before that time, and it was left in a
very bad condition, almost worthless,
as the reports of its operations show.
Notwithstanding this large increase
in the debt considerable amount of
money was paid into the Treasury each
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-17
sl3,352,0O0
~

TAofosl-fOtu
(See Blackburn's report, October,
1869, page 26. Ra.
The whole amount of bonds issued
since the war by Republicans was as
follows:
For funding and renewal of bonds.S ,S3S, 90
Railroads and li,tS,Ooo
Had there been no issue of bonds
either to new railroad companies or to
short and improbable lines, the State
debt would not have been much in
creased, except by the accumulation of
interest and by wasteful extravaganza (;
but, unfortunately, most of the bonds
issued to railroad companies, from 1865
to 1870, were to such roads as were of
comparatively little value, having no
connections to make them profitable
Had the aid of the State been given
only to important lines, making good
connections, then the debt never would
have been anything like so large as it
became.
In each of the years 1866, 1868 and
1870 funding bill was passed which
allowed interest upon bonds after they
became due. (See acts of Assembly
for 1855 and 1856, page II: acts of As
sembly 1868, page IL, extra session.
The following table, showing the
financial condition of the State, speaks
for itself
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-12-11
srHr PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

All who feel am interest in this
document wilIhave seen it before
the JOURNAL goes to press and IT
this we're otherwise our space would
NOT admit Of its publication but BY
the exclusion of all other matter.-
We give the points, however, and
hope to convey the full sense of it's
purport in the briefest manner.
ae The message opens with general
remarks on the prostration Of bust
ness and It's causes and earnestly
urges as the best means of restoring
commerce, and values, a speedy re-
turn to specie payments.
In connection with this matter the
banking Systcm is discussed and i
is stated that with resumption Of a
specie currency FREQ banking may
be authorized and banking cease to
pc a monopoly" @
Peace prevails with all the nations
Of the world.a a
The Message deprecates the i'm
migration Of Chinese. The bounds
ary between the United States and
the British Possessions has been
finally determined. The Alabama
claims, the American and Mexican
Joint Commission claims, affairs in
the South America States and ques,
tions between this country and Spain
are all referred tn, together with the
subject of expatriation and naturali'
cation. Collecting the revenue, re-
adjusting the Tariff SO as to increase
the rate whiskey for instance
and reducing it on articles Of neces-
sity.
A large portion Of the Message is
devoted to Louisiana and Arkansas
troubles and urges that "thcre is a
disposition on one side to magnify
wrongs and on the other to belittle
them" and advises proper respect
for the rights Of the negro or the law
will boenforced with rigor.
The Civil Service comes in again
FOR It's liberal sharesof discussion.
Cheap Transportation has q para
graph or two, as well as the dis
trict Government" and the Message
concludes with reference to the
commission appointed to report a
plan to reclaim the alluvial basin Of
the Mississippi.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-12-11
4 REGISTRATION Law.

"A. A registration law requiring
every voter to register in bis own
precinct upon the presentation Of ?
receipt for the required taxes.
2. That an alphabetical list Of the
registered voters be made out for
the use Of managers of elections at
every precinct.
8. That voters be required to vote
at the precinct in which he lives,
and not permitted to vote elsewhere.
Rome Courier.
That there is great necessity for
such law is admitted BY many intel
ligent citizens, for since the enfrans.
chiscment Of the negro vast
arnount.of illegal voting has been
done in various parts Of the State.
Ubscrupulous and ambitious men
have welded the negro vote to
climb into office, and care no! how
many times the negro votes, or
whether he is nineteen or twenty
one years old, or whether he lives
in the precinct and paid his taxes
or not.
The purity Of the ballot box is
essential 10 an intelligent expression
Of public opinion, and unless the
law throws safeguards around it,
and cnforces due reverence and
Observance for free and legal bal
lot, then We may expect trouble and
dissatisfaction. Let registration
law be tried. and if good results dc
not follow, it can be repealed.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-12-11
Independent Candidates.
TO THE PEOPLE OF COBB COUNTY

submitted my claims TO the County Con
vention held IN August last, and was defeated
az i thought by unjust Influences being brought
TO bear upon my official acts, concluded that
| would submit to the action Of said Convex
ton. bat since that time new Issues have
sprung up and the whole matter has changed.
/ find that great many good and tried Demo
Gratis do not feel themselves bound by the ac-
ton Of said Convention, and as have received
many solicitations from the citizens Of different
portions of the county, to consent to become a
candidate, stating that they commended me for
nv official arts as an officer. In view of these
facts and taking my pecuniary embarrassment
into consideration, having been by almost un-
parallellsd Affections involved in debt, and by
the kindness Of the good people OF Cobb in
ylecting me to the Office of Tax Receiver, and
will again say that / feel that have not been
unfaithful to the trust thus imposed upon me,
and by the proceeds of my Office will about be
able TO liquidate all my just debts, having
nothing left to fall back on, most respectfully
ask the good people to elect me again. and II
you will 50 do, win promise you that l will
only try as before 10 do my duty TO the best Of
INV ability. By reference to the late Grand
Jurys Report you will see that my Books for
1874 past that body without single alteration,
and az to the great retrencbment and reform, l
will say that most heartily endorse it. Now
in view of the above stated facts, l give my
consent for my name as candidate for TAX
RECEIVER, and solicit the suffrage of the good
people Of Cobb county.
r@ N. j. GARRISON.
Acworth Dec 9Th 1874.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-12-11
BOB rooMBs ON usURY.

General Toombs has been inter-
viewed by a reporter of the Atlanta
News. Touching the question OF
usury, General Toombs says:
II am violently opposed to this
great extortion that money changers
are practicing upon the people. II
has been condemned by the great
philosopher, Jesus Christ. lie new
err committed "asSastH and batte,y'
but once in his life, and that was
when he overthrow the thieves who
we're swindling the people in Gods
house."
Great minds do not always run in
the same channel, as the difference
made by Col. Fouche of the Rome
Commercial evidences.
Jesus Christ, "the great philoso-
pher," did not condemn those engag-
ed in the practice Of taking usury
any more than he did those engag-
ed in the harmless occupation of
selling doves, for he dealt with both
with equal severity. The offence
committed by the parties so sum-
marily dealt with, consisted in Sc
lectiug an improper place for plying
their various callings.
The Great Philosopher, on the
contrary, approved the practice Of
taking usury. We need but refer
the great commoner to the parable
Of the talents, as found in the TWEEN
ty-fifth chapter Of Mathew
"Thou oughtcst, therefore, to
have put my money to the exchapg--
crs, and thon, at my coming, |
should have received mine own with
usury."
And then again, to the nineteenth
Of st. Luke:
"Wheretore, then, gavest not thou
my money into the bank, that at
my coming might have required
mine own with usury I"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-12-11
NEGRO COLONIZATION

When va wrote our article favor.
ing the segregation or colonization
of the negro race, we observed nc
other Georgia paper thinking OF
writing as we did. We are not 50
lonely now, aa the LaGranage Re-
porter, Cartersville Sentinel, Rome
Courier, Dalton Enterprise, aud
others, agree with our mode of SOW
ing the race problem. In fact that
sterling paper, the Atlanta Herald,
which first opposed the immigration
movement, became disguised with
the ''negro conventions" and says
we can never regulate matters
with them and the sooner they go
the better. On this question the
Rome Courier concludes an article
with these sensible reflections:
"The negro exodus does not give
us near so much concern as that OF
the white race. We regret to see
these leaving our grand old State,
seeking homes and fortunes 10 other
parts Of the country. Had we our
choice, we should prefer FIVE negroes
to leave than one white. What we
need mostly is capital and intelligent
labor, skilled and unskilled. These
do more to promote general prosper
ity and material progress than large
landed estates stocked and overcrow-
ded with unreliable and thriftless
so-called laborors.
What is needed in Georgia are
not 50 much the large negro pIanta-
iions as it is the small, well.tilled
farms, the work of which is per.
formed by an honest, industrious
aud thrifty people. If the negroes
condition could be bettercd by grad
ually removing to some other Sec
tion, /, would greatly invite such
white emigration to Georgia as we
have indicated, and this State would
eventually become enc Of the great
est ia the Union,
For these reasons we are disposed
to encourage a gradual exodus Of the
negroes from this country. While
it might not, perhaps, be best for
them, we have no doubt il would be
Of great benefit in the end TO the
material wealth Of Georgia, though.
Z the process Of change in this respect
would inflict few inconvenienees
70 our people"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-12-11

PAPER BUILDING. = Many splen-
did buildings--churohe and other
sorts--have existed on paper here
tofore, but now we have to record a
veritable building-4a church---of
paper.--Walls, roofs, ceiling, CORN
THAN columns with their appropriate
ornamental capitals are all of paper,
rendered perfectly incombustible BY
chemical process. 1t is erected
at Bergen, Prussia, and is said to be
of capacity to seat 1000 persons
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-12-11
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GEORGIA NEWS

xf. A u;n.a noI;,..
cl
-, - 1871 -
nl.css
=,
49,. s:1 !: caew,.;o :.
II: c.. 80. 800, 2 p h.
r. 81. 80 ri !, 10 tot,aroa
The "a nsrs are r,amor;ne for
: re6;z,rat;on law. "a make each
vo,ar Il r5eo;As,eer9 and vote II his dis
.y;ct ana mo where else.
w Fr.nL Evans. Of the Alanaba
r,o ~. .,.,.ao.,. th.l, ..,v ~ Mr.
ro''e'er'
Johnstons name t"ho siings INK 'or
the Albany NeWa) in a style that
demolishes Mr.. Johnsing.
a.. ts;.nd Howk;ns was ;nv;t.
ed to heaven, by the negro George
s;mms Who was hung at Covington
49, aha, az uawL;;ns q Il no
,10
hurry 10 aePaf'oqg
abrams of the Atlanta News,
and Fouche of the Rome CONNER
cial, are stabbing at each other with
ooose ouills at long range.
/,
/ -Bartow county Is IN stew
Over twenty-five greedy candidates
for Tax Collector, and two of these
are negroes.
A,ousta ConstitutionaIist The