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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-14

THE Eddyville Telegraph mentions
the following case of unnatural JUS
tice:
The foreman of the grand jury in
Livingston county, which recently
found an Indictment against Thomas
L. Sulliyant for the murder of Nathan
Marks, was Sullivant's natural father,
When tae old man presented the in
dictment for murder against his son,
and the jurymen were asked if they
all agreed to it, the old man hung his
head and was silent. ...
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-14

The Editors Reward.

Editors who labor and literally wear
themselves out In the service of the
public are seldom favorites with S5li.
ticians, fact that has been many times
proven, and whenever, especially, they
are candidates for otIice, We have two
eases in point just now, in Madison
eounty. where we understand there is
considerable opposition to Messrs. Don
Cameron and w. w. Gates, who for
many years have been citizens of Mad
ison county, and, as correspondent OF
the jackson papers has asserted, have
done more for it than all the rest Of
her citizens combined. They have
burned the midnight lamp in writing
line upon line upon the character OF
her society, the fertility of her soil,
aud liberality of her citizens. They
have paid out thousands of dollars to
have these facts printed and scattered
over the world. They have seen her
population double, treble, and quad
ruple under their labors. They have
caused all kindsof property to advance
fourfold by this advertising. What
has been their reward? Don Cameron,
in old age, is as poor as a church
monse. and w. W. Gates is not much
better" This ought not to be so.-
Having the necessary qualifications,
they ought to be elected to the Offices
they aspire to as some requital fOT
wears of anxious, unrequited toll in be-
half of the publie,-lHem. Appeal.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-14

CLARKsvILLE, March Z, 1874.

CLARKsvILLE, March z, 1874.
V. L. WILLIAMS has gone East
to buy his Spring Stock of Boots and
Shoes. You may expect some remark
ably durable, cheap, pretty goods on
his return. Look out for his spring
advertisement, giving particulars of
his success. He will also buy superb
stock of Hats, Caps and Gents Fur
nishing Goods. He will be sure and
offer some rare inducements to secure
your patronage. His store room is
No. % Franklin street. If.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-14

IT Is ayerred that the reason Ameri-
can girls refuse to enter domestic ser
vice is that they object to anything sp-
preaching menial employment-what
they seek is hymeDeal.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-14

Depot for all Patent Medi-
cines-Simmons' Liver Reg
ulator, Vinegar Bitters, Hos
letters Bitters, Rangum
Root .Liniment, Danforth's
Sanative Dentifrice, etc. We
sell ALL PATENT MEDICINES,
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL, at
manufacturers prices.
OWEN & MOORE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-14

| LII lasted Two or tnree minutes. linen
Scranton asked Ira if the gun was
loaded. Ira said she was. Then,
said John, winking at the boys, I'll
bet you basket of wine that you can't
hit my hat on top of that barrel,
pointing to barrel about forty yards
distant. At this Ira hesitated. He
looked at Scranton's new beaver, and
said that it would be cussed shame to
ruin such hat as that. If some one
would put up an old hat he'd take the
bet But John Scranton insisted on
putting up his hat, and accused Ira OF
trying to crawl out of it because he
knew there were no old hats on the
premises. This fred Ira up again.
Put up your hat he said I'll take
a pop at it for basket of wine.
Here MIR. Yeomans showed up his
sleeves, and mixed cocktails for Bishop
Farr, of Ogden, and Col. Woolley, oi
Cheyenne. They were large cocktails
After they had disappeared-the cock
tails, not the bishop and the colonel
he continued:
$50 John Scranton went out, aud
put HIS ulteen-uOlldE nat Oh tHe Darrei
When he came back he was nigh
bursting with laughter. All the boys
were nudging each other, and had as
much as they could do to hold in. Ira
he raised the gun. took good aim, and
pumped away with both barrels. The
hat jumped into the air about ten feet
and then fell to the ground perfectly
riddled with shot. Everybody roared
but John Scranton and Hackett."
Here Mr.. Yeoman showed mp his
sleeves, and mixed cocktails for War
ren Hussey and your correspondent
They were small enes-the cocktails
not the men. After they had disap'
peaTed he continued:
"You see, ii was a job put up On
Scranton and Haekett before they
came in. There were four charges il
the gun, and Schenck only drew oui
two of them. Scranton only said
holy smokep and ordered th'
vino" @
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-22
THE ORIGIN OF SOME OF LONG
FELLOWS POETRY.

Fro n Lecture by JamesT. Fleids.l
1t is always interesting to know under
what circumstances a poet has framed an
immortal poem, or sonnet, or song. As |
happen to know something Of the origin
and birth of many of Long fellows poems,
let me divulge of II few secrets in regard
to them. The "Balm Of Life" came into
existence on bright summer morning in
July, 1888, in Cambridge, rs the poet sat
between two widows ut the small table in
the corner of his chamber. 1t was
voice from his Utmost heart and he kept
it some time in manuscript, unwilling to
part with it. 1t expressed his own feel
ings at that time, when 10 was rallying
from the depression of deep atllicton,
and he hid tho poem in his own heart for
many months. ho was accused of taking
tho famous verse, "Art is long
and timo is heeting,' from
Bishops poem, but l happen to know
that wa not in his mind, and that the
thought came to him with rs much orig
inality and freshness rs if nothing had
been written before. There is reaper
whose name is Death" crystalized at once
in the poets mind without effort and he
wrote it rapidly down, with tears filing
his eyes as he composed 1t. "The Light
Of the Stars" was composed as the poet
looked out upon q calm and beautiful
summer evening, exactly suggestive Of
the poem. The moon, little strip Of
silver, was just setting behind Mount Au-
burn, and Mars was blazing in the south.
That fine ballad, "Tbe Wreck of the Hes.
perus, WAS written in 1899. A violent
storm had occurred the night before, and
as the poet sat smoking at midnight by the
fire, the wrecked Hesperus came sailing
into his mind. He went to bel, but the
poem bad seized him, and he could not
sleep. He got up and wrote tho cele-
brated verses. "The clock was striking 81
he said, '!when l finished the asst stanza,
1t did not come into his mind by lines,
but by whole stanzas, hardly causing him
an effort, but flowing without let or
hindrance.
Ono of the best known ofall Longfel-
lows shorter poems is "Excelsior.' The
word happened to catch his eyes late one
autumn evening in 1871 on atom piece OF
newspaper, and straightwsy mis- imagina-
ton took fire at ii. Taking the first
piece Of paper at hand, which happened
to DO the back 81 letter received
that night from Charles Sumner Long
fellow rowded it With verse;. As first
written down, Excelsior" differs from
the perfected and Published poem ; but it
shows in its orisinii conception rush
and glow worthy the theme and the au-
thor. On asummeraftcrnoon in l8i3, AS
he was riding on tn, beach, Tho Skele-
ton in Armor" r, seas out of the deep boz
fore him, and would not be laid. The
story of "Evangelire' was first suggested
to Hawthorne by friend who wished
him to found romance upon it. Haw-
thorne did not quite coincide with the
idea, and handed tie theme to Longfellow,
who saw at once al the essential qualities
OF deep and tendr idyl.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-22
MEMORIAL DAY.
Proclamation by the Governor
STATE or ILLINOIS.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.


In accordance with national aud depart.
mental orders OF the grand army OF the re-
rrhN~ ~ ~ ~------- - cue,o"' '.'i,"u,
honored, and in harmony with the sentl.
menis OF affection and patriotism OF the
American people,
/. JOHN L. BKvERtpaK, Governor OF The
state OF Illinois, do hereby appoint saturday,
the s0th inst, q memorial Day" in rcmem-
beraDce Of our patriotic dead.
And earnestly request that all the good
people OF the state OF Illinois, on that day
cease from their usual ayocations, and J in
In commemorative the sufernigs and valor,
the sacrifices and death OF our fallen heroes,
by strewing their graves with spring flow
ers and decorating their tombs with fresh
gsrlsnds.
And do further request, that on the Sab
bath following,in all our churches, appropri-
ate service be held in memory OF the loved
ones and in sympathy with those who still
mourn intoxicating public and private virtue,
obedience to law, and love OF country, and
expressing gratitude TO Almighty God for
his continued blessings upon ~ n nation;
In testimony whereof l have hereunto set
my hand, and caused the great seal
of state TO be affixed. Done at
lsRALl Springfield, this sth day OF May, in
the year OF our Lord on thousand
eight hundred and seventy-four.
JOHN l.. BEvERIpGH,
BY the Governor: Governor.
gro. Ii. HARLOW,
Secretary OF the state.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-22

the street and before going with the
officers, the ladies sang hymn and
prayed aloud. The leader Of the band
then took the arm Of policeman and
the rest followed after in pairs. Ar
rived at the police station, the ladies
sang and prayed while waiting for the
mayor and superintendent. After the
arrival Of these, the ladies requested q
moment, which was granted of course,
and they sang and prayed again. They
were then informed that they would
be released on parole until Wednesday
Of this week this information was fol-
lowed by more prayers and songs and
by the announcement by the ladies
that they would 60 out and occupy the
intervening time in the same manner
at the saloons. Upon being Informed
by a policeman that this would subject
them to immediate rc-arrest, they wen
to a church and held meeting, praying
for the on-keepers, the police an'
the mayor. And thus the matte
stands and how to put down the pray
ing women vexes the days and disturb
the nights Of Mayor johnson to sa
degree,
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-22

A cooking school" has been estab-
lished in New York city. Women
and girls who make application for
training in household labor must have
certificates Of good character and are
provided with situations when their
education" is completed. If they fail
to give satisfaction and if, on investi-
cation, the fault is found to DO theirs,
they can get no further recommends
ton from the school. If it is reasona.
bly, certain that the employers are un-
just, the application of such for ser
wants will not be honored at the school.
This is new departure in the matter
Of the servant girl question, and its
workings will be observed with inter
est.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-22

The coming campaign in the state
Of Now York will be unusually excit.
ing. There are to be elected a gov
ernor and eight congressman in the
state, aud in New York city a mayor.
The new assembly will elect a United
States senator to succeed Mr.. Feuton,
hence this question will also enter into
the issues ofthe canvass. Governor Dix
VIII be renominated by the republicans,
say the political prophets, aud Samuel
j. Tilden will be the choice Of the
democracy, which will make a straight
out fight. Failing him, Chief Justice
Church will be the nominee. OF the
prominent representatives, Sam Cox
and Fernando Wood will be successful
candidates for reelection. Tom Muir
phy will run in the eleventh district.
which has republican majority of
Tour thousand. The municipal can.
'ass in New York city appears to be in
a muddle; Mayor Havemeyer will
be a candidate FOR reelection aud Tam.
many will bring out Robert Roosevelt,
or some other prominent mau of his
stamp, but oil representations on the
subject are mere speculations.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-22
A "sEDITIoUs MANIFE9TATIoN

The following good story i, told of tho
late Emperor Napoleon: A Frenchman
having served his country with distinction
in tho army, found to his disgust that he
was always RECALLED with the knuckle
ends OF preferment If there was bad
posi- 10 be filled anywhere, 1t was he who
obtsined 1t; If there was disagreeable
expedition anywhere, he was ordered of
on it as sure as certainty. After some
wears he had an opportunity OF seeing the
Emperor, while the latter was
then he said to him: 81 am
afraid, sire, some one Of your clerks has
a grudge against me. mot at all" an
swered the the Emperor, rather.coldly. al
have heard of your case, and 1t appears
that although you are not bad officer,
YOU once took part in a seditious political
manifestation, and a bad mark has been
set against your name in consequence"
The officer collected his thoughts for n
moment, then struck his forehead and
laughed. "Why, sire" said he, "shall l
tell you what was the seditious manifes-
tation in which oined2 II was the raid
which you headed when you landed ut
Boulogne under Louis Phillippes reign"
The Emperor laughed, too, but reddened,
and the officer, Of course, found promo
ton work smoothly from that date. But
II il had not been for that chance intro
ducton to Napoleon he wosld have suf-
fered all his life for having served his
master not wisely but too we'll.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-22
THE FATHER OF WATERS.
SOMETHING ABOUT JETTIES,
NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL.

The plan proposed by Capt. Ead',
of st. Louis, to secure permanent
outlet to the Gulf Of Mexico through
one Of the nio.'hs of the Mississippi
river by means Of jetties, has occa-
stoned much discussion of Its merits
The New Orleans Times thinks it is
not feasible plan, and goes back a
couple of hundred years in the history
of the Mississippi river and its mouths
to show why it is not. The Times
says.
We have practical exempliiication
constantly before cur eyes. The. sys-
TEN was commencod,s so far as the Miss.
issippi river is concerned, hundred
thousand years ago, in the vicinity Of
Cairo. Steadily and presistently the
channels have been narrowed, but as
soon as the river cast its food beyond
the jettes-thc bapks-new bars have
been formed through which in numer-
GUS mouths the river ploved its way
to the deep sea. The natural ten
dcncy of the river is to create jetties-
NATURAL JEITTB--
and contract its currency within one
channel, but as fast as this
is done new bars are formed
and this process has been 60
ing on for ages, until the whole val
ley of the Mississippi has been filled up
with alluvion. History and natural
conformations abundantly testify that
what is now the Atchafalaya riyer( Tor
mcrly called the Chetimachus) vas
once one of the mouths Of the
Mississippi, corresponding to our pres
ent Southwest pass, and early French
writers, de Vergnnes, for instance, as
sert that the Manchac was another.
M. de Vergennes, Minister of louis
XVI, in his political and histo-
rical
MEMOIR or LOUISIANA,
speaking Of the period when D'Iber-
vile, in 1899, took possession of Lou.
isiana in the name of the French King,
says;
"The lands which are at the en-
trance is crossed by bar which
changes place, raises and lowers so
often that one must be constantly
watching its movements, a reason
which allows vessels even of medium
size to attempt this passage only with |
the greatest care, and after having un.
loaded a part of their cargocs,
k"The post Of the Belize, wisely
placed on an island from which may be
observed what is going on outside
gives signals sends plots, and fur,
nishes everything necessary for the
safe coming in and going out of vessels
Besides that principal outlet, the river
forks into two arms, which are com
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-22
MISREPRESENTATION.

The Metropolis Times of late
J... .v-"nvu tue following para
graph
Oberly, the editor of the CAIRO
BULLETIN, is trying the circus bust
ness. His main ioit is in turning sum
mersets-he is already well skilled at
that exercise-practice, you know,
makes perfect. For years he has been
the worst 6re-eating, unreasonable ne
CIRCULATING copperhead in Egypt. Two
years ago he ran as the democratic
candidate in Alexander county for the
legislature and was elected. But the
republicans carried the city Of Cairo,
then Oberly at once made a speech,
dsnouncing democracy and setting up
little h-of his own. Last fall and win
ter he devoted his energies to securing
the democratic nomination for con-
gress, but receiving little encourage
ment, he declared for the grangers.
He came out more recently in favor Of
initiation, and this week he comes out
for Grant and contraction. Oh! con-
sistency. Thy name is not Oberly.
The amiable Mccartney, who edits
the Times draws the long bow with
persistency if without skill.
The Times forgets that We have
not been of the irreconcilable faction.
At the conclusion of the war we we're
| of those who desired to induce the dem
ocratic party to accept the situation
We were of those who believed the
party should have advocated impartial
suffrage; we were in favor Of the nom.
nation of Chase in 1868, and advoca
ted acquiescencc in the amendments &c
the federal constitution when such ad
vocacy brought with it the charge o
radicalism.
Two years ago we were not candi
date of the democratic party for tb'
legislature. We were nominated by ;
convention composed Of both demo
Gratis and liberal republicans, and il
the Legislature were true to the trus
imposed upon US.
The republicans never did carry al
election in the city of Cairo.
We have never said to any man tina
we desired the nomination Of any part
for congress F; We have expressly dc
cared that we will not be a candidat
next fall for any Office.
We have been and still are an advc
cate Of the anti monopoly organization
and believe the democratic part
should not enter the field to embarra'
its movements.
I We have never said a word that coul
lead any sensible man to believe tbs
we endorse the political principles req
resented by President Grant, or tha
We favor the policy Of contracting q
this time the volume of the currency
| The Times has either misread c
wilfully misrepresented us.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-22

pletely neglected, and which are about
sixty leagues from its mouth, and are
almost opposite each other, the first
under the name of Chotimachus river,
goes by running westward into the Bay
of Ascension; the other is the Man
chac river, known by the route OF Blen-
vile, of which l have spoken before.
1t is very likely that those two rivers
indicate
THE OLD MOUTHS
of the Mississippi, and that the mar
shy lands which lie between those two
rivers and the great channel of the
river have been formed by aluvial mat.
ter which has accumulated in lapse
of time, caused by the immense mum
Der OF trees which the river carried
down, which have been cementcd to-
gcthor by the mud. That opinion is
further strengthened by the fact that
it is very common in digging in those
lands to find whole trees lying horizon
tally. 1t is also very probable that
the islands, which are very numerous
ut tho entrance Of the river, had
THE SAME ORIGIN,
which is confirmed by their continual
enlargement. Those of the West,
which have no particular names, are
remarkable, because between them and
the open sea is sand bank which is
very dangerous, and which does not al
low vessels to come near it, and be-
tween the continent and them is
channel deep enough for small sizeC
vessels The largest Of those islands
fills the space between the Bay of As
cension, to which ] have shown
ACCESS By THE RIVER,
and the Bay of st. Louis, and til,
Spaniards who avoid them have giver
them the name Of uulucky Islands"
We learn from this extract from NJ
de Vergcnnes' memoir, what the opin
: ion of the early French disccverers an,
explorers was concerning the alluvia
growth of the delta. Evidently the,
thought they could see evidence tina
the mouth Of the river was at one tim,
t from eighty to one hundred miles allow
e the city of New Orleans.
IF this testimony be admitted, it il
, manifest that an attempt to secure
/, permanent deep water outlet to the SCI
by means of jetties on one Of the passe
= of the river will prove abortive.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-22
THE CINCINNATI CRUSADE,

1t is not correct to apply the word
'lste" 10 the crusade in Cincinnati
The mayor Of that city would be happy
if he could speak Of it as the "latc
crusade. But he cannot it has not
yet eliminated, and therefore is his
soul disturbed. A praying band of
forty.three women have been arrested
in Cincinnati for melting public dis
tareance by praying and singing on
the streets. The arrests were made ON
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-22
LITERATURE.
The June Magazines.

LIrpIScoTT's MAGAZINE for June
presents q charming variety of sub
jects, treated with the ability and bril-
liancy SO characteristic Of this iavorite
periodical. The continuation of the
"New Hyperian,' by Edward Strahan,
illustrated, is quaint, original, and en-
tertaining as ever. An illustrated ar
ticle, "Nignettes from the Schuylkill
Valley is an attractive feature of this
number The present iustallment of
"Malcolm," by George Macdonald, de-
cidedly intensifcs and complicates the
interests and prospects of the hero and
heroine of the story, and introduces
some new and mysterious characters.
In the unpublished letters Of Samuel
Taylor Coleridge, which appear in this
number, the cultivated readers of Lip
plncotts Magazine will find much that
Is especially interesting and enjoyable,
as giving a clearer insight into the
mind aud character Of the great poet
and philosopher. The second and con-
GLIDING paper of "Deshler & Deshler,"
BY Sarah Winter Kellogg, is really
captivating, the conclusion of the
whole matter being Just what it ought
70 be for woman Of such plnck and
ability "A Call on Bonze," by
william i Grifis, is very pleasant
and suggestive description of the social
and Inner life of the Buddhstic priest.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-22

THE Memphis Avalanche reports
the late speech of Andy johnson in
that city, in full. 1t was devoted to
two subjects The finances and Andy
johnson. He evidently has a strong
desire to rs.enter public life, and bar
ring not small amount of egotism, it
is probable the people of Tennessee
have no public man who would so ably
or SO honestly represent them in the
United States senate.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-22
FURNITURE
LOW PRICES.

l take pleasure in calling
the attention of the public to
my flesh and full stock of
new and elegant Furniture, at
my Furniture and Matrass
Factory, corner Seventeenth
Street and Washington Ave-
nue.. My stock embraces
Bedstcads, Wadrobes, Blu
reaus, Sideboards, Wash.
stands, Tables, Chairs, Bug
gies, Mattresses and, in word,
all that is useful or orna-
mental in my line.
This being the only manu-
factory of Furniture in this
city, l propose offering better
goods at lower prices, and
have made a large red aotOr
in the prizes Of al: my goods.
CAY sad examine my stock
and secure an outfit of choice
Furniture. To the wholesale
trade l offer special induce
ments. Note the place
Corner Seventeenth Street anC
Washington Avenue, Cairo, Ills.
VIM. EICHHOFF
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Fur
niture and Mattresses.
195-2-27-3m.