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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-30

The People VS.. Railroad Corpora
tiOnS.

1.-NeaIly all the railroads ofvtlTe State
were built principally by State and
county aid; the balance 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 comparatively small pro-
portion of the cost of the reads, 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 and 0att Of the
State, at about 25 cents on the dol
lar. So that the present owners of
the roads have paid for them a pe7y
small per cent of original cost; the
balance of the cost having been land
is still being paid by the taxes of the
people, and by the original stock
subscribers.
3.-Present owners of the railroads of
thC btdbC ny COHbIOl VI tAlC
roads in the manner they have,
have amassed immense wealth, and
in addition to the immense amounts
annually added to the value of the
railroads, are drawing princely sa1ar-
les, and in many instances dividends
of from 90 to 40 per cent on their
actual outlay.
4.-These railroad owners are now DIS
ELIMINATING AGAINST THE
PEOPLE whose taxes and subsclip-
tiOns built the roads, and in favor of
foreigners, in their freight rates, to
such an extent as to badly cripple
the agricultural and other interests
of the State.
5.-They are charging, and always have
charged, rates of freight out of all
proportion to the actual cost of the
labor performed by them
6.-They are charging, and always have
charged, rates of freight greater than
their charters allow them, and haze
thus vtolated their charters and rendered
them subject to forfeiture.
1.-THE railroad property of the State
has been hitherto exempted from
taxation, in violation of that clause
of the constitution whicn requires
that al property shall be t1ged accord
ing to its value"
S.-The officers in charge of these roads,
are, and have been, exercising a very
corrupting influence upon the pub
lie press, and various governmental
departments of the State, BY A
DESPICABLE SYSTEM OF DEAD
HEADISM. This system is danger
Gus in its tendencies, AND OUGHT
TO BE .LEGISLATED OUT OF
EXISTENCE. ~
9.-These railroad corporations have
heretofore, to some extent. dictated
legislation in Tennessee :, Their
power, at present rates, will soon be
such, that they will do for us, of
Tennessee, what they have already
done for the people of some other
States, dictate (through theirwealth9
our legislative policy, and (tfrOugA
the ballot-box and their influence on
voters,) the judicial policy of the
state.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-30

Now, how far any, or all these objec-
tions have any foundation in truth, OF
justice, I know not; but, as I have init
mated, most of them are. frivolous and
none beyond the reach of remedy. t.
My personal acquaintance extends
only to some three or four members of
the Faculty, and these are all, without
exception, gentlemen of learning and
ability, active and jealous in their call
ing, and seemingly proud of their Institu-
tion. I have known the venerable
President-as a boy would know man
for more than a generation. During
the twenty years that he served as Rec
tor of St Johns church in this city, he
was beloved by his parishioners, and es-
teemed by the entire community, for
the singular gentleness and urbanity of
his manners, and the unostentatious
purity and piety of his life. Since then,
and since he has taken charge of this In
stitutiou, many bitter things have. been
spoken of him, and .his whole character
is said to have undergone sad and mel
ancholy change I cannot but hope and
believe, however, that these accrisations
have no foundation in fact, and that they
have their origin alone in those passions
and prejudices, which We're engendered
by that unhappy rffatricidal strife, the
memory of which still fingers in our
midst, and which for a generation yet to
come, viii cast its baleful influence over
the thoughts and theactions of men. But
whatever may be the results in the lit
erary department of this ancient seat of
learning, one thing will survive, and
transmit its fame down to the latest pos
terity .a @ -
The buildings and improvements which
have been put up in the last year or two,
for grandeur and impressiveness of arch
itcctual display. has never been surpass-
ed since Solomon's Temple unvailed its
glories to the shouting thousands of Je-
rusalem. understand that some of the
" building committee took their first
lessons under our old and still dearly re
membeFed friend, ARTHUR r. CRozIER,
Esq, now of Texas, and who, some
quarter of century or more ago, erected
two or three villas in the immediate vi
cinity of this city, which for elegance of
design, and exquisite beauty of proper
ton, has never been equalled since the
days of Michael Angelo. The students
in this instance, have outdone the mas
ter, and their immortality is secure.
$500 at Your friend, - Il -a.i
rf El CONRAD !
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-30
Laws Relating to Newspaper
subscriptions, &c.

l. Subscribers who do not give express notice to
the contrary, considered wishing to eontinue
their subscription.
q If subscribers order the diseontinuance of their
periodicals, the publishers may &C ntinue to send
them until all arrearages are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect refuse their periOdi-
Gals from the office to which they are directed,
they are held responsible until they have settled
their bills, and ordered them discontinued.
4. If subscribers to other places without in
forming the publishers, and the papers sent to
the former direction, they are held responsible.
8. The Courts have decided that 4refusing to take
periodicals from the office, removing and leav-
ing them uncalled for is prinna facie evidence Of
intentional fraud" rnfF =
6. Any person who receivs a newspaper and makes
of it, whether he has ordered it or not, is
held in law to be subscriber.
z. If subscribers pay in advance, they are bound
to give notice to the publisher 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, 1874-09-30

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moral offense, and by his punishment
he was disgraced and degraded in his
own estimation and that of the public,
and this produced mental and moral in
luenees that acted on his physical sys-
tenn. And the more he and his friends
endeavored to make him a martyr, so
much the more they kept alive his pun
ishments and disgrace His newspaper
friends in referring to this fact OF his
punishment in their obituary notices,
continued to endeavor to make him mar
tyr to his false philanthropy for the ne
gro by saying that he was punished for
making an abolition speech in the SEN
ate. This is false, and nothing can be
farther from the truth. The cause of
Mr.. Brooks attack upon Mr.! Sumner was
this: Mr.. Brooks, a member of the
House of Representatives., was a nephew
of Judge Butler, and Judge Butler was
amember of the Senate. Judge Butler
was a profound scholar and jurist, an
able. statesman, > and an accomplished
gentleman. He was, we suppose, about
seventy-five years of age He had been
on the bench as Judge in South Caro-
lima for twenty-five years, and was serv-
ing his second term in the Senate of the
United States, and was one of the ablest
debaters in that. body. Mr.. Sumner
seized the opportunity when Judge But
Ter was absent from his seat in the SEN
ate on visit to, his home, to make
wanton and violent personal attack upon
him.. The attack was highly offensive,
immoral and cowardly. And if a reply
by blows is ever justified to the attack
of wicked and poisonous tongue, Mr..
Sumner was justly punished and not too
seyeFeIyz- r.-f..-- fsE -
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-30
A BoIdBanIx Robbery

WELLsBORo, Sep 17.-F1ve masked
men effected an entrance into the resi-
dence of President Robinson, of the
First National Bank, and gagged aud
bound the occupants, President Robin
son, Cashier Robinson, Mrs. Robinson
and Mrs. Smith, a daughter Of 1sobi aon.
They then compelled the cashieg to ac-
company them to the bank and throw
open the vault, when they helped the +
selves to about fifty thousand dollars.
principally in currency Returniag witn
Mr.. Robinson TO his home, they piacsd
the members of the family fa1i4sg each
ether, and told them to converse freely
They took from the finger of Mrs. Smith
ring valued at over eight hundred dol
lars, kissed Mrs Robinson, who tainted,
and then took their departure
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-30
TERMS:
% A YEAR, STRICTLY IN ADVANCE

THE GAZETTE is Q permanently established
newspaper with 3 paying and constantly increasing
list Of Subscribers Its circulation in the counties
of Hamblens- Hawkins, Cooke, Jefferson. Granger
and Claiborne is more general than any other pa
per-making it the best advertising medium in
Upper East Tennessee.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-30

LIN the counties of Greene, Cock and
Hambien. the amount Of brandy guaged
for the month Of August, was 1888 gal
Ions. as reported by y, r. Mitchell, Gau-
ger.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-30

Rev. N. q. Taylor, we arc infoFmed,
made a grand speech to a large crowd in
Greasy Cove last Wednesday, 6fFeene-
vile IntelIigencer. Hte ii'q
The level of Lake Gunstatee, switzcr.
land, recently went down eight ieeE @
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-30
ADVERTISING RATES.

One square, (ten lines or less for first insertion
One Dollar, each subsequent Insertion Fifty cents
A liberal discount from the above rate will be
made to yearly advertisers.
Obituaries Of over ten liHes win be charged as
advertisements.
All bills due upon first insertio Of advertise
ment, unless otherwise contractor for.
All announcements Of candidates. must be paid
for in advance.
jon woRK must be paid for ON delivery.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-17
ST. LOUIS, Jan. Is, 1874,

ST. LOUIS, Jan. Is, 1874,
To the Editors of the Argus:
Upon my return from the east, last even
ing, whittier [ had been with the remains
of nv brother Phil [ was shown an obltu-
ary notice of him which appeared In your
paper some days ago.
Permit me to thank you for the just trl-
butte YOU paid therein to his many gener-
GUS and noble qualities qualities when
all who knew him could not 1ail 10 apple-
ciate, those particularly to whom he was
related by the closer ties OF kindred. ~
But, one mistake in your article l wiz
with your permission, correct, ana Una. 10
your reference to him as having peeh co:i,
nected with his old friend Mr.. Harroun ~
the Improvement OF the hapios' ouo l.
was not the case. Mr.. Harroun came We" 81
nearly two years before my DrotneL GlJ'
hut the acquaintance between ohei1 " e!n
was begun in Rock Island ripeneo In,?
close and strong friendship which IN NJ.
ned unimpaired up to the moment OF WI, WI
Harroun's death, and 1t was. oouptless
this open, undisguised friendship neowS wv,
them which gave many, persohs .le luoa
that they were connected IN the puslnoo
ofimproving the Rapids; MY brother ger
vices in connection with the haplus' Wer
brief and were entirely on the part OF Tn
Goverpment, and it is needless to say ina
: he acquitted himself with great aoiil.y
After leaving the Government service, u
entered into various railroad contracts
his own account. for which his. prevlou
experience in conducting work in the easter
= titles had given him unusual qualifications
: Very truly Yours, CHAs. .. ALLEN
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-17

Our German fellow-citizens fully main
tanned their reputation for creating innocent
fun in an easy way, by their queer process
sion to-day, Hundreds of people lined
the sidewalks on the route of the process
sion and cheered and laughed at the gro
tesoue figures as they passed. All nations
tribes and kindreds seemed to be repre-
sented-ancient and modern. The pro-
cession was led by Bhiels full band, but
who the queer figures were that followed
nobody could tell. The most notable groups
were the Western Phoenix Brewery, ant
the oueer band with a -four barrel for
drum. and numerous other queer AM
quaint devises to represent instruments o
music and make noise. The low
Baby" too, was loudly cheered and jeere
and snow balled little. Take it all an
all, it attracted great crowd and create
q great deal of fun. Hundreds of Poop
will find their health improved by tt
hearty laughs which they could not SUI
: press.
o Tonight there will be grand ma
!, hall at Turner Hall, and when supper no
IS arrives the masks will all be removed al
- those in attendance will probablya me
many surprise and recognition. A ma
nv time may be expected.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-17
Unhealthy Surroundings.

To breathe pure healthful air, and to 1oiio" oo,
cupations eonclusive-to health and long hie arc
privileges of the minority. The majority mus
dwell wherever their lot is cast however lnsaiuori-
ous the locality may be, and work at the craft as,
signed to them, however destructive to health ana
vigor Medical science has however, come TO tne
aid of the latter. In Hostettors Stomach bl''eff
they have (and have had for the last twenty-five
vears) the best defence against the morolo III
auences which create and foster disease, that th'
vegetable kingdom can supply, Its ingredients ar
among the finest botanic specifics which researc
| hos vet revealed 10 man. AS a preventive OF, an
n onsdv for the diseases generated by swamps, mi
asma The foul air of factories, excessive heat owe
| exertion of body or mind, unwholesome water
INV other morbific cause. Hostettor's Stomach 81
ters bear away the palm from all medicines OF I'd
| present day.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-17

To MAcHINIsTs AND MILLERs. Among
the most reliable dealers in machinery IN
Chicago. is that old and well known firm OF
VIM. McGregor & Co., % South Canal
street. They keep large stock OF ev-
erything in the line of steam engines Dol
lers, mill shafting and pulies, which they
offer at lowest cash prices. Those inter
ested will find their advertisement IN to
davis ARGUS. Parties dealing with thu
firm will find them courteous and gentle
manly and reliable in all business .transac
| tinns
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-17
Is the most economical Baking Powder
for the Consumer in use.
WHY 2

Because it is full strength, consequently
fifty per cent. cheaper than any other Pow-
der sold
It requires less quantity.
Contains no injurious acids.
Is warranted chemically pure.
Will make better, lighter, and more nu
tritious Biscuits, Rolls, Mullins, Pastry,
Puddings, &C., than made from fermented
yeast.
The Champion, wherever introduced, has
taken the lead with all lovers of pure and
economical articles, and has given univer-
sal satisfaction, as is being acknowledge
by all.
You get what you pay for.
1t is put up full net weight in each siz'
package.
It is uniform in quality.
Tt is made of select and pure materials
Persons with the most delicate and sen
; sitiye stomachs can eat Biscuits, Bread
&c.. made with the Champion with impun
ity. when Bread made from fermente
3 Yeast gives distress, and can not in man
/. cases be retained on the stomach.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-17
OUR BANKS.

A few days since sworn statements from
the four National Banks in this county
were published, made up at the close OF
business on the Goth day OF last month.
Some facts in these statements may be OF
interest if placed in tabular form, which
we do. below. Mitchell & Lynde, being
private bankers, are not required to pub
lish any statement, but it is fair to presume
that their business is larger than any othel
one of our banks-so We can only exercise
our Yankee privilege of guessing" what
amount of business is transacted by them
The National Bank statements are sworn to
Mitchell & Lynde's we ''guess" at with nj
more knowledge of it than the public gen
orally. Our tables are as follows;
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-17
LOCAL COLUMN.

ROSADAIIS is used in the practice of, and en-
dorsed by some of the leading Physicians through
out the land They are induced to do this from the
fact that its formula is published around each bot
tie so that the physician knowing its component
parts, and being already acquainted with theli
properties, prescribe 1t with all confidence.
NIoHoLAsvILLE, KY, Feb, II 1869
Gentlemen Il have seen the effects of ''Rosadal
;s' ON natiente in my own practice, and take plea
sure in attesting to its merits as very powerful al
terative. In cases of Scrofcla Rheumatism, sec
ondary Syphilis SC, always recommend II.
oiiu ~. ~ ptrnIv vonrs ! s SPARKS, NJ. d.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-17
Business Notice.

All persons having any business matter
to transact with THE ARGUS establishment
should call at the Business Ofice,on Eagle
street, opposite the Post Office and next
door to Alex. Steels iron store, and moi
at the Sanctum, up stairs. All letters or
business should be directed Argus Print
ing Company" and not to any one OF thu
editors. Attention to this notice will saw
a good deal of valuable time at the editor
ial rooms, and ensure more prompt atten
tion to the favors of our patrons. d&W'
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-17
IL. Cable and the Canada Southern

Tn the Chicago Tribune of last evening
we find the following special telegram from
New York in relation to Mr.. Gable and the
Canada Southern The dispatch is very
similar to an editorial of THE ARGUS OF
last Monday-still it will be read with in
terest by the many friends OF MIR. Cable
| both here and elsewhere:
Instances of an ordinary well-to do man
declining the Presidency of a railway COM
panv are exceedingly rare. Mr.P. L.Cable,
of Rock Island did so, when the Presiden-
CIV of the Canada Southern Railway. was
first proffered to him but the offer beng
persistently renewed he has consented to
accent His office, for time, will be locat-
} ed at Toledo. He succeeds Milton Court
right. of Erie, whose name, before the late
manic, was potential in financial circles
Being director in the Northwestern, Rock
Island and other railroads, his influence
was considered invaluable to new line
t Rut the failure of Kenyon. Cox Il Co, th'
E Treasurers of the Canada Southern Rail
/ way and the inability to negotiate BOND
d in Europe obliged the company to pracuc
r the most rigid economy in the operation @
the new line in order to complete 1t be
o tween Buffalo and Toledo and Detroit
n That result has been accomplished by des
a perate exertions, and, in addition, .
II miles have been laid westward from th
le Detroit river toward Chicago. Colonel JAG
De Easement, of Union Pacific constructiG
he fame, was appointed General Manager al
g Webster Snyder, whose reputation was
lg ouired in the same quarter, was appoints
rd General Superintendent. Still the a
n rangement was not perfectly satistactor
ot A close fgurer, one who could preye
en- leaks and extravagances, was imperative
OF demanned by the stockholders and TIN
We choice fell on Mr.. Cable. The new Pre-
on dent is an eldery man, is in close acco
lid with the Rock Island and Northweste
as management, and, though never beft
we practically connected with the operation
railroads, possesses the financial abil
On that is indispensable to successful r;
OF way President.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-17
Mr11 P1cKs -Mill picks are an import

Mill PICKs.-Mill picks are an import
ant article in the economy of mill owners,
and should be made of the finest tempered
steel and properly dressed. Perhaps no
man has a more extensive reputation IN
the manufacture of these than Mr.. j. T.
Higgins. No. 156 West Kinzie st. Chicago,
whose advertisement appears in The AR,
GUS to-day. There is hardly mill oWnel
in the United States or Canada who has
not, during the past thirteen years, hat
occasion to commend the work of this ex
nerienced and successful manufacturer
Send for his circular.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-17
$4,000 CASH GIFTS
,il be distributed by lot among the ticket-holder


Total 70 600 Gifts, all Cash, amounting toS1, 100000
sg- The concert and distribution OF gifts VIII
nds;Iivelv and uneauivocally take place on the day
~, fvad whether all the tickets are sold or not,
and the i2,OOO gifts all paid In proportion to the
number of tickets sold.
PRICE OF TICKETS.
,nnn *. Eleyen Whole Tickets for $500; 221s
Tickeis for $1,000; 11s Whole Tickets for $500;
aa7 Whole Tickets for $4,000. No discount on less
than $500 worth of tickets.
AnSlcatione for agencies and orders for tickets
| should be addressed to ,,,vr,,
Ac,t Pub Iibr Ky and Manager Gift Concert,
| Public Library Building, Louisville, ny
| Tickets at L. Breunerts or Smith q Bonney
|
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-17
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
moderating.

w Gather moderatlng.
Warm south eastwind
Snow melts on the streets to-day,
The Robert McWade troupe has en-
gagged rooms at the Harper,
If the property holders and business
men feel any interest in securing the mill
tary prison at this point they will show IT,
at the Harper House, this evening.
The Keokuk Gate City saws: The
arrival of the steamer Addie johnson,
through heavy floating ice, with the mer-
curv down in the vicinity OF zero. On the
| 18th day of January, 1874, is memorable
event"
The Blonde Little Sheet had not SUIT
ficient energy to make arrangements to
procure the proceedings of the meeting OF
J the Farmers County Association, and ne
whines because we would not give him our
copy.
-Cowles telegraphed to his kinsman,
Colfax, to sign his bail bond. MIR. Colfax
replied that, as he new nothing OF CoWies
{ guilt or innocence, he must decline. CoWles
q states that his wife knew nothing OF MS
e depredations, nor did any one besides him.
j, self.
a One of the Davenport churches is to
It be converted into au opera-house, and q
1t Joint stock company, with a capital OF Sl4,
loco, is to be organized for that purpose
, The stage, scenery, machinery, fixtures
s. &c. originally used in Burtis' opera house
l. have been contracted for.
e The Blonde Little Sheet has made an
u other effort to publish correct statemen
ty of the tax levies-and fails. The figure
Is that show, are not all correct, while other
IN do not show at ALL Perhaps if the Biond
nc Little Sheet was to try once more he mlgn
e be able to publish correct statement.
n "A Dubuque hummer went to a praye
II meeting, professed great contribution Il
Ia past misdeeds, and requested the prayer
of the assemblage aud pair OF boots. Ii
he former were rendered him, but there b
ing no disposition to bestow the latter |
do cursed the Mortified brothers and sisters
oh a most vigorous manner and took his
ue parture.
nal They have some fun in the 10y
". House of Reps. if they can't elect Spe
re- er. Mr.. Dixon is the Peoples candida
err and Mr.. Gear is the Republican candida'
wn Yesterday afternoon 1.-THE l6th) Col. lie
gatt created immense fun by Introduce
his the following:
ure ResolUed-
rly That Mr. Dixon and Mr.. Gear,
ny Be well supplied with lager beer;
Vol- And he who drinks the largest SHARE
ted Shall occupy the speakers chair
un- A poor old man named Chamber
and of East Davenport, who has. bt
the living on bed of sickness for,
der past year or more, stricken, do
the with age, poverty and infrmity, the b
old hand Of three wives and the father
his twenty-four children, is represented as
ion. ing without food, clothes or house
ex- shelter him. save as these have peen 5
ure. piled by poor but kind benefaeato :,
ems whose small means will not allow OF
In tber aid He is said to be very oil
the some say over 100 years old. Contrl
the tons may be sent to the Davenport
end zette, care j. X. W.