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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-09
STILL ANOTHER MURDER.
a COIOred Mail Agent Killed
While on Duty

For several weeks past a colored man.,
named Thos L. Ivcy, has been discharg-
ing the duty of mail agent on the south
ern end of the \. & C. road. He has
been threatened by various parties, and
was anxious to be relieved. He had
writer. several letters to Mr. French ex-
pressing desire to get away from the
route, as he feared for his life
On Saturday last as the south bound
train ran into York station it was board
ed by a gang of masked men, who took
possession, placing the conductor and
engineer. under surveillance, and order
ing them to back the train toward Big
bee river. The train was backed up
about three miles, when the maskers
halted it, took Iyey off, and shot him
dead. They then Informed the train
officers that they conld proceed. The
murderers took to the woods and disap-
peared.
Ivey was formerly member of the
Alabama Legislature, and is said to have
been a quiet and inofrensive man.
CHattanooga Times, Sept. 1st.
The Commercial says of the outrage:
Ivey has been about one year in the
service, and made an efficient officer.
So far as we know he has always attend
ed strictly to his own business. and the
probabilities are that he lost his life sim
ply and solely because of his color.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-09
.NEPUNE."
He Hands His Checks.

Coles New York and New Orleans
Combination seems to be unlucky on its
provincial tour. First, we hear Of one
of his employees barely escaping death
by the rapacious jaws of his pet lion,
and next comes the death of his monster
sea lion, Neptune" This famous old
hero of travel died on Sunday at Colum-
bia. The animal was a great pecuniary
loss to Col. Cole, being valued at $1O,O 900
actual cash. Neptune" was the only
sea lion in the country, his mates dying
about one year ago, one in Salt Lake
City, the other in Chicago.
He was captured off the coast of Alas
ka by an expedition fitted out by this
company, and has been with Coles com
bination eighteen months He lived
longer than any that has been captured
heretofore. The hot weather is assigned
as the cause of his DEATH
We understand that the management
are in telcgraphic communication with
parties at SAN Francisco for the purpose
of getting others, if possible. Ii is pos
sible that this will be difficult to accom-
plish, as we hear there are some statute
laws protecting them from indiscrimi-
nate capture off the coast at San Fran
cisco -AaStriHe Banner.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-09
Laws Relating TO Newspaper
subscriptions, &c.

1, Subscribers who do not give express notice to
the contrary, are considered wishing to continue
their subscription.
2 If subscribers order the dfscontnuance of their
periodicals, the publishers may ntinue to send
them untilI all arrearages are paid
3. If subscribers neglect refuse their periodi-
Gals from the office to which they directed,
they are held responsible until they have settled
their bills and ordered them discontinued.
l. If subscribers move to other places without in
forming the publishers, and the papers sent to
the former direction, they held responsible.
s. The Courts have decided that ''refUsing to take
periodicals. from the office, or removing and leay-
ing them uncalled for, is prima facje evidence of
intentional fraud.1
6. Any person wfO recciYs a newspaper and makes
use Of it, whether he has ordered it not, is
held in law to be a subscriber.
Z. If subscribers pay in advance, they are bound
to give notice to the publisher at the end of their
time if they do not wish to continue taking it !;
otherwise the publisher, is authorized to send it
on, and the Subscribers Will be responsible un-
till express notice, with payment of all ar
rearss, is sent to the publisher.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-09
A Marion County Fiend.

JaSpeE kIehil AAeIaAuI EAuB"ht @ss
We have just learned the particulars
of an outrage which was perpetrated u
week or more ago, which, for fiendish-
ness anc brutality, almost equals the
Pomeroy boy in Boston. A little three
year old boy of Mr.. Jones Beene wan
dered off from home and went to the
school house where his uncle, Mr.. Louie
Beene, was teaching near Battle Creek
Mines. Mr.. Beene started the child
back home, a short distance, alone,
when he was intercepted by negro
girl about ~ years old, who lived near
by, and who caught him and beat him
in horrible manner with a sharp rock.
Mr. Beene heard the cries of the child
and went and found him lying on the
ground in an elmOst inscnsible condition
and carried him home. Some other ne
GRO children who Witnessed the assault,
Informed Mr.. Beene what the negro
girl had done, and the girl herself con-
fessed that she tried to Kill the child,
and gave as a reason that she wanted
to kill white child The child's face,
head and back were cut and bruised in
n terrible manner, and was covered with
gore The negro girl was whipped Sc
verely several times, but she remained
perfectly obstinate, and remarked that
she would take hundred lashes any
time to kill white child. The little
child is improving.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-09
Jail Delivery.

Another wholesale delivery took place
from our Jail on the night of the Goth
ult., embracing six of the seven prison
ers there confined The seventh declin-
cd to thus unfairly vacate his -comforta-
bic quarters and go out into the storm
which was raging at the time. The de-
livery Vas effected by simply prizing
open the doors by main strength. The
names of the escaped prisoners are,
Jack Hester, violation of revenue laws,
and two and a half months yet 70 serve;
John Riddle, same; Boon Forester,
bound in peace warrant twelve months,
with two State cases pending; Hugh
Pickle, bound to peace six months;
John Gallaher, stealing bacon; John
Brashears, insane; Sanders Mcclellan,
violation Of revenue, impriscaed for
three months, and positively declined to
accept the profTered liberty H1agstoa
Ettst 7ctEessceaR
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-09
why This much Ado About 1t?


Why all this noise and confusion about
Civil Rights
From the simple fact that but, few
people have had the pleasure of enjoy
ing the. thing, and all this unnecessary
fuss is made by those who know moth
ing about Civil Rights. Now, here at
NaayrjHe, we enjoy the thing to its full
est extent. We have it in our schools,
and appreciate lis benefits We have it
in Maryville. College, and like it there
1t is true there are some poor white
trash (as they are termed by the colored
people, girls generally, who object to
being associated and classcd with color
ed girls, but do not object to mixing in
the class with the colored boys. Why
this is cannot tell. The white boys do
not object to any of the colored stu
dents. This shows that they understand
Civil Rights better than the females do.
Now, we have our schools and colleges
so arranged here that the colored people
can have their choice as to whether they
will mix with the whites or not. There
- Il IiliC COIiS5C 1T 6iliS BIdCc, BuIiJ eA-
pressly for the colorcd people whopre-
fer a separate school from the whites.
But those who arc willing to associate
and receive an education with the
whites are provided for at Maryville
College. Here we enjoy Civil Rights
in all its imaginable shapes. It's a
real shame that people viii continue
this opposition to Civil Rights when it is
so nice Now, here at Mafyville Col
l3ge, where once some 300 students at
tended regularly, we only number about
d at present, and all on account of the
mixed feature of the thing and only
about ten Of this number are colored
In the name of Yardly, the Chronicle,
and President Bartlett we ask, why is it
thusly Let all who oppose Civil Rights
send their children to Maryville Col
le@e, and we will train them up in the
way they should go. 1t is true we will
not grant them Gf they are white) the
same privilege we will the colored peo-
ple-for we compel the whites to go to
college with the coiorcd people, while
the colored people can go to their own
college if they choose, where they are
not bothered with the whites This is
just as it should be- Loyalty and Civil
Rights must and shall prevail ARP
MARYvTLIE, Aug. 81, 1874.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-09

A QUEER SET.

You missed one show by not being at
the Turley House as the Thorn Hin del
egation, headed by Bill Royal and Bed
ncgo, 1asscdson their way to Knoxville,
to tel what they Knew about Newman,
or any other man. All got ride on the
cars at the expen:e of -Uucle sam, and
never knew why it. was. Those Federal
Court officials are queer set. Won't
tell lis anything, nor allowFus to tell. So
we were a kind of kit crowd as we
came back.
MARRIAGES - Mr.. John Helton to
Miss Frances Cozart; Mr.. IIanigan
Wolfe to Miss Matilda Drincn.
DEATHs. = Miss Hadeltine Clounch,
August 1Gthi Mrs Fannie Taylor. Au-
gust 1'7th
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-09

AT Troy hotel young man and wo-
man from up North called for room
just after the dinner hour and were ac-
commodated The young man requested
that dinner be sent to his wife, and left
the hotel for a few moments. Mean
while waiter was sent to the lady's
room with bill of fare. She took it
from the waiter, glanced over 1t with
close scrutiny, and then passing it back.
remarked, ssfl'his amt for me. l don't
want it," Said the waiter, " Why, it's
a bill of fare" To which the young We
man, who evidently hadn't travelled,
again replied, q Yes but you've made n
mistake 1t amt for me, know. don't
want it." Going down the stairs the
waiter met the young man, and explain
ed 10 him. Hc marked off a dinner, and
passed on The meal was served, and
shortly afterward the young husband
came trudging unsteadily down to the
Office with the salver full Of halfemptied
dishes in his hands, and depositing them
in front of the clerk, ast onished him by
the remark, Here's the dishes. We've
got through
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-09
Attempted Outrage by Negro.

To-day Esquire Winters committed
to Jail a negro named Henry Davis, TO
appear this afternoon and answer n
charge of assault and battery with intent
to outrage the person of two white girls,
Lizzie Dalton and Mary j. St Clair.
The negro was employed at tho Peabody
and last night entered the raom occlt-
pied by the girls, who were also attaches
of the hotel. He made an attack upon
them, but their screams brought aSsis.
fance and the william was arrested lit il
10 be hoped that he viii receive all the
punishment which the power OF the law
can possibly inllict.- NempRtts Leq,gel
Saturday.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-09
INDICTMENT.
The People VS.. Railroad Corpora
- - - ~

IHt cOp1G hS" OStlAA Otu OOI pOI al
sA@ tiOns. 20 r
I Nearly All the railroads Of the State
were built principally by State and
& county aid; t1cabalanoe of the cost
being furnished mainly by private
stock subscriptions among the farm
ers and others along the, various
lines, and not by the capital Of those
who now control the roads.
2.-This private stock which constitut-
ed only a comparatively small pro
pertion5of the cost ofthc roads, has
passed out of the hands and control
of those who furnished even this
portion of the means to build the
roads, into the hands of the present
railroad owners, in md ont Of the
State, at about % cents on the dol
lar So that the present owners of
the roads have rRidforthem a7rc'y
s & small per cent of soriginal cost; sthe
balance of the cost having been land
is still being paid by the taxes of the
people, and by the original stock
subscribers.
:S.-Prcscnt owners Of the railroads of
the State by getting control of the
roads in the manner they haves
havc amasecd immense wealth, and
in addition to=the- e-inmense amounts
annually added to the value of the
railroads, are drawing princely salar-
les, and in many instances dividends
Of from to 40 per cent on their
actual outlay.
4.-These railroad owners are now DIS
CRIDGINATING AGAINST THE
PEOPLE whose taxes and subsclir-
tions built the roads, and in favor Of
Foreigners, in their freigllt rates to
@such aireXtent as to lady cripple
the agricultural and other interests
of the State.
5.-They are charging, and always have
chargetI,- rates of freight out of all
proportion to the actual cost of the
labor performed by them. <AFf
G.-They are charging, and always have
charged, rates of freight greater than
their charters allow them, and hare
anus tCDtttCb FtstI tIt7Af C. ftfttV - Att eto
them subject to .forJeitare. .if,- z-E
1.-THE railroad property of the State
has been hitherto exempted from
taxation ain violation of that clause
of the constitution which requires
that aUPrOpcffy G5aU 6etCated accord
ing to its value.
S.-The officers in charge of these roads,
are, and have been, exercising very
cOrrupting influence tIpen the pub
lie press, and various governmental
: departments. of the State, BY A
DESPIGABLE SYSTEM OF DEAD
.HEADISM. This system isdanger-
ous in its tendencies, AND OUGHT
TO BE I.EGHSILATED OUT OF
EXISTENCE.
0.-Thcsc railroad corporations have
heretofore, -toasome esFteRt, dictated
legislation in Tennessee. Their
~ power, at present rates, will soon be
such that they will do for US, of
n TeRnesSce, what they have already
-. done for the people of some other
States, dictate Through their wealthy
.aweur legislative policy, and Through
the ballot-box and their fntlaence on
yoters,) the judicial policy of the
State.
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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-09

gE Uncle John Harper, the famous
Bluegrass turfman, and owner of Long
fellow. died at his home in WoOdford
county, Wednesday. lie had been i'll
for long time, confined to tho room
and occupying the very bedin which his
daughter Betsy Harper, was murdered two
years ago. lie was an old nan, marked
by many peculiar traits of character,
and popular among stock-raisers and
sportsmen everywhere The Harper
homestead, near Midway, is one of the
finest. dernesnes i'm the world. It came
to the family with the early settlement
of Kentucky, and has never been out of
it. A more old-fashioned place and n
more 0ld-fashioned master could not be
conceived. His estate is valued at over
quarter Of million of dollars.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-09

A lady forger is the last Connecticut
sensation. She robbed her family to
enrich her male friends Perhaps she
belongs 60 the woman's rights move
mcnt, and thinks that men have been
making fools Of themselves long enough
for the fair sex, and that the time has
come to change all that. Like most re-
formers the young lady has, however,
come % Sliet
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-09

Tn Alabama they are getting ready for
the election. The Gditcd States Com
nlissioRers have opened court and are
trying cases under the Enforcement act
The first on the docket was that of a
man charged with shooting the hog of
his nesghbor, thereby infringing on the
rightsof citizenship If this sort of thing
is allowed TO 90 unpunished, there will
be call for troops to preserve the peace
in Alabama, and Who knows but what
IN extra session of Congress will be ne
cessary. .-Aeao York T5fJasne
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-09
The Changers Forward March.

Mr. @. IT, Kelly, Secretary Of the Ma
reports a steady increase of the mem
bership OF the order and OF the number
of the lodges. The increase Of the hat
ter for August il about foar hundred
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d -
Carrying Deadly Weapons.

We cordially endorse the following
well-timed editoriE remarks in ethe
Washington Chronicle: No man has
either license or authority to take the
life of "A. fellow man, unless to preserve
his own, and the law well provides that
the danger must be imminent to adthor-
ize the resort to deadty.weapons. If our
law officers win see to the prompt ar
rest and punishment Of all persons, rich
or poor, high or. low, that are found
having concealed in their possession
deadly weapons, they Will do more to
preventive occurrence of these sad en-
counters, which result in bringing such
misery on societys than il any other
way
So long as it is popular for a person to
boast of having about his person pistol
or bowie-knife, or other rnurderous wea-
pons, so long will their use be noticed
in the constant recurrence or the com
mission of crime.
Let the law DE. so vigorously enforced
that no man will risk being detected Ia
carryinga deadly weapon any more than
he ewould of being found attempting the
crime of robbery, and honicide win be
come less frequent, and these murderous
and disgraceful quarrels cease.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-09
By JOHN e. HELMS.
NeaU advertisements.
BEN F. MITCHELL,
CARPENTER & BUILDER
Morristoa0n, Tenn.

PROPOSES to the citizens of this community to
/ contract for the work of every description oi
Buildings upon the most favorable terms. Parties
who contemplate the erection of houses would dc
well 20 call him. He is prepared to furnish all
the necessary material for buildings, upon smell
terms that cannot fail to be to the advantage of the
person building. Those who doubt this, be sat
isfied of its truth by consulting the undersigned
n46-ly.l B. +. MITCHELL.
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JOHN W. PAXTON
EEAIn GpatIsEc Physician

ID ESPECTFULLY offers his services in all its
II branches to the citizens Knoxville and its
cinity, and hopes by strict attention to his business
to merit and receive share of patronage.
DIR. p. returns his sincere thanks to his former
friends for their kind patronage, and hopes to merit
Il continuance Of the same
Residence aud Office corner of Main and Locust
streets, Knoxville, where he may be found, unless
professionally engaged.
Prompt attention given to calls from a distance
amy Of the railroad lines. octS
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-09

~ Judge Bradley, of the United
States Supreme Court, has issued an or
der removing the present receivers, ,lAbra-
ham Murdoch and 4. Forter Elliott, and
authorizing the trustees of the first mort
gage bonds of the Alabama and chatta-
nooga Railroad Company to take pos
session Immediately, and also to sell the
road for their beneats, subject to court
certificate and charges, and said trustees
are authorized to receive bonds for that
purpose
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-06-18

master-C M Wilder. Doputy-John
s. Leaphesrt. Com mmissioners-A NJ
Boozer and T NJ Wilkes. Collector
Internal Revcnue-C L Anderson.
Gauger-C A Darling.
CRY GovERNa1EST.--Alayor-John
Alexander. Clerk and Treasurer
Walter r Jones. Aldermen First
Ward-Augustns Cooper. S p Davis,
3 L Griffin. Second-C J Carroll,
John A Pugh, " A Carr. Third
Adam Thomas, S y Swygcrt, Fl W
Purvis. Fourth-L l. Erown, d
Wells, VIM Simous. The committees
are: Ways and Moans--Aldermcn
Cooper, Griffin and Carroll. Accounts
Aldermen Carroll, Carr and Swygert.
Streets-Aldermcn Pugh, Thomas and
Wells. Market and City Scales-Al-
dermen Carr, Brown and Cooper.
Guard Housc--Aldermen Simons,
Davis and Pugh. Water Works-Al-
deEnen Thomas, Cooper and Griffin.
Aims House-Aldermen Swygert, ST.
mons and Davis. City Schools-Al-
dermen Purvis, Swygert and Simons
Sydney Park-Aldermen Davis, Car
roll and Thomas Licenses-Alder-
men Griffin. Pueh and Brown. City
Clock-AIdermen Brown, Wells and
Poryis. Fire Aldermen
Wells, Purvis and Carr. City Lamps
Aldermen Carr, Brown and Davis
New City Hall and Public Buildings
Aldermen Griffin, Simons and Carr.
City Attorney D Tradcwel. City
Physician-Ar6 S uydrick. Clerk OF
AIarket-J II Pickett. Commissioner
of Poor-Charles Schultze. Overseer
OF Streets-J Trice. Chief of Police
M + Nixon. Sergcants OF Police
E Williams, J Blizzard.
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LIBRARY AGENCY FOR THE PURCHASE

LIBRARY AGENCY FOR THE PURCHASE
OF BooKs.-Mr. P. B. Glass, of this
city, who is possessed of ample facili-
ties and experience, makes it an i'm
portant part of his business to fill
orders for books Of all kinds for public
or private libraries or for individuals.
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OF every description, whether for
whole libraries or single books, will be
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binding, number of volumes in sets,
&C.. will be promptly given to cores
pondents. Copies of new books can
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He will also arrange for subscriptions
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orders should be accompanied by the
mosey, and will then be sent free of
expense to the purchaser. or they cun
be sent by express G. .. D. Cash re-
mittances should be made either by
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registered letter.
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