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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-28
The Methodist Conference.

The Louisville Commercial has this
to say with reference to the General
Conference of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, South, to be held in that
city, the first Of May: 1T will be
composed of nearly five hundred men,
bers, half of them the most distin-
guished ministers of the denomination,
and half its most prominent lay men,
bers. The assemblage of the Confer
ence willattraetbesides many hundreds
of visitors interested in its delibera-
tions, and anxious to see its members.
The whole South will send representa-
tives to Louisville, and our city is not
likely again in long time to have an
to form and cement so
many valuable friendships as this meet
ing will give opportunity for. The
General Conference is not likely to
meet here again for a generation. Its
sessions are held only once in four
years. The convention which framed
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, at the time when the great di-
vision in the Methodist Episcopal
Church took place, met here in 1874,
thirty years ago Considering the
rapid growth of the country, it is like
ly that it will be more than thirty years
before it again becomes Louisyille's
turn to entertain another General Con-
ference.
This meeting of the General Con-
ference will be especially interesting,
because it will be the first at which
accredited representatives from the
Methodist Episcopal Church will be
present, the last General Conference Of
that body, held at Brooklyn, having
provided for such representatives 1t
would be a gratifying coincidence if
Louisville, which was the place where
the division in this great religious body
took definite and prominent form,
should be the place where q movement
for reunion was inaugurated
As we said above, the conference will
continue in session for month. Dur
ing its continuance a daily paper, under
the editorial management Of Rev. DR..
T. o. Summers, of the Nashville Ad-
voeate. will be published for the pur-
pose of furnishing full official repoit
of its proceedings.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-28
The Battle of ShiIoh-Gen. Albert Sid
ney johnson.

1t is almost twelve years since the
battle of Shiloh was fought, and the
master-spirit of the Confederate forces
in that engagementfell mortally wound
ed. The following is transcribed from
an original printed copy of the address
of Gen. Johnston to the army on the
eve of battle: sa-
HEADQUARTERS ARMY THE Ms
sIssIPPI, CoRINTH, MISS, April 3,
1S62-SOldiers Of the Army of Missis-
sippi l have put you in motion to
offer battle to the invaders of your
country. With the resolution and dis
ciplined valor becoming men fighting,
as you are, for all worth living or dy-
ing for, you can but march to decis-
i've victory over the agrarian merce-
naries sent to despoil you of your lib
critics, property and honor. Remem-
Der the precious stake involved re-
member the dependence of your moth
ers, your wives, your sisters and your
children on the result; remember the
fair, broad, abounding land, the happy
homes, and the ties that would be des-
olated by your defeat. The eyes and
hopes of eight millions of people rest
upon you; you are expected to show
yourselves worthy of your race and
lineage-worthy of the women of the
South, whose noble devotion in this
war has never been exceeded in any
time. With such incentives to brave
deeds, and with the trust that God is
with US, your General will lead you
confidently to the combat-assured of
success.
A. s. JOHNSON,
General Commanding.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-28
"PaY as Yeu Co..

The farmer cannot succeed until he
learns to live on what he makes after
it is made, and not on what he expects
to make before it is made Many years
ago, an economical, thrifty farmer, was
asked by large cotton planter, why it
was that, though he was called poor
farmer and made much less to the
hand than many of his neighbors, he
was prospering, while they, with all
their broad acres and heavy crops,
were constantly falling into debt and
becoming embarrassed. He replied
You begin at the wrong end, you buy
your supplies at the beginning of the
year on credit; j buy mine at the end
for cash" This was the true secret
of the difference. Mr.. McDuffie, in
an agricultural address, delivered
thirty years ago, in the hall Of the
General Assembly at Columbia, intro
dueed, in connection with this subject,
the language of that remarkable states
man, John Randolph, who in the
midst of one of his brilliant rhapso-
dies in the United States Senate, sud-
denly paused and exclaimed with the
utmost tention Of his squeaking voice,
Mr.. President / have discovered the
stonel 1t consists IN
these four plain English monOsylables:
Pay as you go l'-RWrot CTrot'RiGa.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-28
General Robert Z. Lee.

In recent address 10 the Southern
Historical Society, Hon. B. H. Hill,
of Georgia. paid the following beau
tiful tribute to the splendid genius and
lofty patriotism of Gen. r. Z. Lee:
& When the future historian comes
to survey the character of Gen. Lee,
he will find il rising like huge monn-
tain above the undulating plain of hu-
manity, and he will have to lift his
eyes high towards heaven to catch its
summit. He possessed every virtue of
the other great commanders without
their vices. He was a foe without
hate; a friend without treachery;
soldier without cruelty. and victim
without murmuring. He vas a pub
lie officer without vice; a private citi-
zen without wrong: neighbor with
out reproach; Christian without by
pocrisy, and man without guilt. He
was Cesar without his ambition,
Frederick without his tyranny; NapO-
leon without his selfishness, and Wash
ington without his reward. He was
obedient to authority as a servant, and
royal in authority as a true king. He
was as gentle as woman in life mod
est and pure as virgin in thought;
as Roman yestal in duty;
submissive to law as Socrates, and
grand in battle as Achilles -
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-28
GUBERSAToRIAL.
Montgomery County Puts in a Claim
for the Succession.

To the Editor Of the Nashville Banner:
see in the Union and American an
article signed Lynchburg, containing
some sensible suggestions fayorsng the
abatement of prejudice among the
different elements constituting the
Conservative and Democratic Opposi-
ton to Radiealism In this State. The
liberal spirit of the writer is further
manifested in willingness to take Hon.
ID. b. Thomas. of Humphreys. rs cur
candidate for Governor. Mr.. Thomas
has many admirers in this county. saa
it cannot we'll be urged against him
that he Is an extremist, for he was 4
Union man, and | believe was men,
Der of the first State Convention. since
the war. in iseSS, end since that time.
Chairman of the Conservative State
Executive Committee, and Speaker of
the State Senate. But, Mr.. Editor, If
the candidate is to be selected from
this Congressional district, | think,
with due respect to the reasonable
claims of Mr.. Thomas, that Hon. VIM.
A. Quarles, of this county, is entitled
to the honor of the Conservative NOM
inatien. Our Democratic firiendSelaim,o
and with no little plansibility, that
every candidate since the war has been
from the ranks of the Old Wings. Il
should not be forgotten that General
Quarles has already yielded the field
once to distinguished member Of the
old Wing element, Governor Brown,
and | think it but just, and proper
occasion to make practical recognition
of the concession on his part, by re-
ciproeal magnanimity in the approach
ing campaign by rendering the nOmina-
tion to him. His course in the last
State election was not such as to in
vite or provoke the antagonism of those
Conservatives who preferred johnson
to Cheatham and his course toward
Governor Brown was such as to entitie
him to the favorable consideration OF
that element He was Democrat. but
tot the liberal, progressive ranks
Of that school of politics is man of
brains and experience, and imbued
with the spirit of reform and progress.
Let us send Dorsey B. Thomas TO Con-
yress, and elect General Quarles to be
he next Governor of Tennessee.
CONSERVATIVE.
CLARKsvILLE, March 5. 1874.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-28
Marrying for Money.

An extremely sharp and intelligent
American gentleman from the Vest
once walked into the Office of DR. e.
T. jackson, the chemist. "Dr. Jack
son, / presume ?" said he. Yes, sir. "
Are you alone?' "Yes, SIR May
| lock the door, And he did so;
then, having looked behind the sofa,
and satisfied himself that no one else
was in the room, he placed a large
bundle, done up in a yellow handker-
chief, on the table, and opened it,
There, doctor look at that We'll,
said the doctor, Il see it. What do
you call that, doctOr?'' Il call it iron
pyrites." WHAT said the man
isn't that stuff gold p No" said
the doctor, ''it's good for nothing it's
pyrites." And putting some over the
FIRE in a shovel, it soon evaporated up
the chimney. We'll" said the gen
man, with a woe-begone look,
there's widow up in our town who
has a whole hill full of that, and I've
been and married her"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-28
From the Lebanon Herald. M =
HE IS COMING HONE TONIGHT.
BY 3. n. c.

All the day is dark and dreary,
All the air IL chill with rain:
Fitful Wind-eobs sadly. eerie, a.
Moan across my lattice pane;
Sad IL earth with wfntry weeping.
Yet my heart IL ssummer-brlRhf,
Every pulse sings, gladly leaplng,
He Is coming home Tonight"
Coming home, my kingly lover,
Over half the world to me; A
Coming home, my gallant rover. 81
With rich spoil of land and sea;
But not all AIT, Wealth or Pleasure
Ever sent DER sea In ships C
Count I half 50 rich treasure
As" Ny Darling" from his lips.
All! tits sadness 70 remember
When the world was out of tune,
When my sky was all December,
Though the roses flushed for June, Eg
When the winds were all untender.
And o darkness dimmed the day.
when no warmth Of glowing splentior
IN thesummer glory lay; a
When the world was worse than weary
For we held our way apart,
With mistrust, O spectre dreary. 4.-t .
Clouding each divided heart,
Now-our eyes are healed Of blindness.
Through the cloud-rift falls the light.
And, in Heavens supremesf kindness.
He is coming home tonight.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-28

A BALTIMORE woman has taken
time by the forelock. A few days
since she brought to the register of
wills in that city a will made by her
husband. and which she desired to file
for probate. "When did he die p in
quired the sympathetic clerk to whom
the document was handed. Why,
bless you, responded the woman, ''he
amt dead yet, but he gave me that
pointing to the will), and be drinks a
quart Of liquor every day, and ] guess,
continued she, with a laugh. he'll
play cut in about three months" The
officer had no more to ssy, and quietly
filed AWAY the will.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-28

that and put about as much more to it,
and with the pile thus made he hired
a man to do his work at home, so that
for every dollar he received he paid
out two. We must acknowledge this
sounded to us, who had never been
behind the scenes, a little fshy.
Upon the whole, we conclude, that if
the movement inaugurated by the
Grangers is properly carried out, great
good will result to the country and to
some lucky individuals in particular.
Yours to command, %
7i szaa KNIcK.
ASHLAND CRY. March IA.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-28

Two darkies in the West went out
to hurt 'possums, and By accident
found a large cave with a small en-
trance. Peeping in, they discovered
three young bear whelps in the interior.
Look heah, Sam. while go in dar, !"
said one. "and gets de young bars; you
just watch heah for de ole bar"
Sam got asleep in the sun, when
opening his eyes he saw the old bear
scraping her way into the cave Quick
as a wink he caught her by the tail
and held on like blazes.
"Hullo dar, Sam, what dark de hole
dar?" "Lor, bless you, Jumbo, save
yourself honey; if this tail come out
you'll find what dark de hole,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-28

men are at my heels they know | am
writing to expose them. You may
hear from me again by mail. if should
deem it best to expose the other de-
grees. Until then, adieu. From your
sacred friend. B. POLE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-28
CLARKsvILLf, March Z, 1874.

CLARKsvILLE, March Z, 1874. .
d 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. q Franklin street. If.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-28
THE Paris Intelligencer is respou-
sible for the following:


There are two ladies in this county,
one aged 81 and the other 63 years Of
age who have lately cut their third set
of teeth. Mrs GulvertOn, the younger.
has only four of these new pet teeth
two above and two below 10 front. A
Mrs. Chapman, a widow, has full set
above and below. About six months
since she had the remnant Of the old
teeth removed by a dentist preparatory
to having an artificial set put in. When
the dentist came to take the cast for
the artifcials he found full new set
of naturals just coming through .he
gums. Both these ladies live in the
same neighborhood in this county, and
these facts are verified by competent
witnesses who know the parties. But
is this not rather hard on the Dentists?'
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-28

ONE of the religious papers, debat-
ing a knotty problem under motto:
Work for workers. labor for the lazy.
declares that the unmitigated tramp
should be compelled TO labor at road
making, strset-eleaning or other dis,
tasteful tasks. with the alternative of
work or confinement.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-28

Depot for all Patent Medi-
cines-Simmons' Liver Reg
ulator, Vinegar Bitters, Hos
letters Bitters, Rang1m
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, 1874-03-28

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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-03-28
SINGING FOR HER BREAD.

ASHLAND Cry, March IA.
The Placer herald., 1874-09-19
THE RAlsrS CuLrUaE.

The foil wing very good article on this
subject we find in the Marysville appeal:
horticulture will take new departure
THE season in relation to the cultivation Of
raisin grapes. 1t having been demonstrated
by years Of actual experience that this is u
good grape country, and that the culture OF
raisin grape is a sure and profitable business,
many will Immediately embark in the bus-
ness, to be followed by thousands Of others.
1t being business requiring but little or no
capital, and one in which immediate returns
may lie had. it must become one of the
most general industries. 1t is one peculiar
ly rdapted to land in the foothills of this
State, where the grape grows very luxuri-
anily, and where hundreds of tons of the
best raisns could be Produced annually
The vineyard once bearing, the entire labor
of picking, drying and boxing could be per-
formed by the husband and wife, assisted
by their family. The only outlay would be
the cost Of box-iumber, which is now quite
cheap. The increasing demand for our
rasins renders a sale positive, and at remu-
nerative cash prices. There is wide mar
kct for raisins suitable for cooking, and it is
! a ,n-id Of 'udus'ry which .s.o~Peopie Uf osai-
iornia. who are compelled to earn liveli.
hood, should not be Glow in entering. A
few acres Of vines of the best raisiu variety,
will produce thousand or two dollars Of
rasins annually, and the expenses would
prove irifling, where the labor was per-
formed by the hands Of the family. Rasin
making is far more preferable 10 wine manu-
faciure. Our wines are cheap, and the
cost of pressing, casking and getting to mar
ket is much more than raisins. Where the
viniculturist has vines adapted to wine-
making. he can easily substitute the hest
raisin grape Ivy grating. We observe, by
an article in the Rurut Press, that this
change is in process in many parts of the
State, and that the White Muscat is being
grated wpol the old scions. There is y
new variety. called the Peruvian Hauaco,
whicl, is to be tried Ly our horticulturists
1t is said that rnisins from this variety OF
grape have very pleasant flavor. and are
believed to be preferable to the Muecai.
An increased attention is also Icing given to
curing a drying of rsisins, and it is. probable
that some cheap furnace. may be inven'ed
by whicl, the grape my be converted into n
cleaner and brighter looking raisin. We
are learning every year new means for
utilizing our semi-tropical products. and we
are vain enough, Of our remarkable climate
and it's various productions 10 Lelieve that
in few years we will not only drive out
The imported raisin. but supply bir brethren
on the other side Of the Rocky Mountains.
Sooner or later we will read Of the shipmen,
to New York and Boston of carloads Of
California r.lisins.
The Placer herald., 1874-09-19
SACRAMENTO VALLEY.

From the address of DR.. J. d. B. Still
man, delivered on the 9th inst, before the
Pioneers, in San Francisco. we Gull the fol-
lowing beautiful description of Sacramento
Valley, in early days:
The oak, the pne-trec of immense size;
the ash, covered with wild grape vines,
fringe tie streams everywhere, and, divide
the country into beautiful glades aid savan.
nalis, which, wien the leaves arc falling,
the grape hangs in the greatest profusion on
the limbs, and the deep red flowers Of Au.
tumn dot the grassy fields, and birds sing
their melancholy hymns 10 the dying year,
give the finest picture that the mind can
conceive Of beautiful wilderness. 1t is
difficult to convey. by words, the exceeding
beauty and excellence of the valley Of the
Sacramento. 10 one who has seen il. all
attempts to do SO must appear tame and un-
interesting" or the praires Of the /" western
branch OF the Sacramento" wherever that
may bc-he wrote: =" They stretched alnng
by the rushing waters, among the heights.
loaded with evergreen forests, like fairy
paths Of olden tales; rich, rich glories to be-
hold; beauty reposing in the lap Of The giant
mountains, to whom the sounding streams
give music, to whom the monntaiu dews
give jewels. and The wild flowers incense;
land Of the widest enclantment." OF the
valley Of the fabulous river, the Jesus Maria,
he said: 1.-The soil on the open plains Of
this delightful vale is very rich, aud since
the climate is most sulubrious, as well as
most favorable to vegetation, this valley
will, hereafter, become one of The most en-
chanting abodes Of men. IA sweet valley for
the growth Of II happy and enlightened popu-
Iationsa lovely spot, where lie farmhouse.
that temple Of the virtues. may lift its rude
chimney among the myrrl-trees.
The Placer herald., 1874-09-19
II THE EASEMENTS.

From an Interesting article in the San
Francisco Chronicle. on Life and Trades in
the Easements, we clip the following, which
slows the amount of business carried on.
aud the number Of people who live under
the pavement ii, that city:
"a couple of thousand children are edu.
Gated ia the easements of the different
churches. The rents of business Easements
vary very much, all the way from twenty to
two hundred and seventy FIVE and even
three hundred dollars a month. From one
hundred to one hundred and fifty dollars d
month ia the average rate for locations in the
neighborhood Of California street. They are
rapidly advancing in value One merchant.
who was paying 500 montl, for his store:
told us that if lie left. it would no. he let C,r
less than double the former rental. The to.
tai rent Of the business Easements does not
fall shor: Of 4210, 900 per year. and If to
this we add that Of the Easements used as
tenements we shall have total Of about
$270 900 per annum for over seven hundred
base.nents. In this we do not, Of course,
include those three thousand attached TO
Wholesale and large retail stores. The busi-
ness carried on in those used for financial
purposes averages forty million dollars per
annum; that in the balance reaches, when
aggregated, six hundred thousand dollars.
The number employed in these Easements is
about one Thousand, and the number depend
ing on them directly or Indirectly, two thou
sand more; FIVE hundred families dwelling il
Easements used as tenements will add anoih-
er two thousand; while the three thousand
employees who work continuously in the
easements Of large stores will. with Chinese,
etc. add six thousand more to tie number.
1t thus appears that not less than eleven
thousand Of our population live and woikk
Il large part Of the twehty-four hours in
apartments sunk below the level of the feet
Of the passer-by. or depend for support on
those who do. Whether this is but The be-
ginning Of system like that prevalent in
New York, and other large cities, time alone
can tell"
The Placer herald., 1874-09-19
MENTAL wANDERINes.


What am /, do tell me, or why am here?
Should be alarmed. or tremble in tears?
For all things around me, above and below,
Are as strange as the land where Gulliver did go.
Myself with the rest, am stranger. il would
seem,
Al a fiction of fancy. is life bat dream?
What am I, do tell me? can't comprehend;
My being, my future, my purpose. my end.
A live, trancient creature, with no cause to
complain.
Tlnt rsumou M 4usuaisn and wisialsnk ezpaaiu'
Ny journey uhguided. and not Of my own;
With one single solacs am not alone.
A bright sky above me. the green earth below;
The mountains, the valleys, the rivers that Aow,
The broad rolling ocean, are all magic to me-,
As the power that controls them, o, why should
they be2
Great Spirit of Nature great infinite source,
OF all things Thou created. man il the worst.
All the rest. in their order, know what to do;
But man, doubling man, if he does, doth refuse,
Instruct us, direct us, great Father Of light, =:
And all will be happy when we know We do right.
Auburn, Sept. 1, 1874. f.. L.J. .
The Placer herald., 1874-09-19

REMrNIscENoLs OF THE FOUNDER OF fHE
New YonK HER.LD. = Strolling into The
Town Clerks Office the other day, was
shown a receipt given by the late james
Gordon Bennett, founder Of the New York
Herald. The receipts was 9ysn III ac-
acknowledgement of having received the sum of
$18. 70 for two and half months teaching
in 1916. Mr.. Bennett passed through Steu-
ben when on Ills way from Halifax to Boston,
and, on arriving here, being hard up. he
taught the village school. Mr., Bennett
showed u good deal of theological lore, and
held strong argument with the old orthodox
deacons of the town. lie also evinced great
proficiency in teaching. He suddenly left
town one night. 1t was afterwards ascer-
tanned that lie had taken passage on vessel
for Boston. The next thing heard from Mr..
Bennett was in the shape Of the New York
Herald. copies of which paper have ever
since been taken in this Gown, more because
the people respected Bennett's friendship
than on account of any love they bore
toward the paper. Steuben. Me-, corr.
Boston Globe.