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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-05-13
RUIIsS IGAPI CoNYFNTTOlN.
From tie iJo,i1esborroo Echo. : z .

From the JOnesboro Echo, <-A+st 5s&%
In pursuance OF a call made by
Alfred McKinnie and forty-three
others, an Of Hawkins county, cali
Ing upon the coloFed voters of the
First Congr ressional District of Ten.
nessee, to meet In Convention at
Bulls Gap, on the first day Of May.
1874. to consult and confer with each
other In reference to the coming con-
test for Congress, and the various
offices to be filled by the Eote.of the
people. "A large delegation OF the
colored voters of said Congressional
District assembled at said time and
place, and there being no house large
enough to contain said delegation,
it was unanimously agreed (the
weather being fine1 to hold said Con
Yention in the Grove, which assem-
bled accordingly ba79"eas gaefo E
! On motion, Ferd. MAXWELL of
w ashington county, was unanimous
ly 9called to the Chair, and j.. w.
Ford and tAFm. McGhee chosen to
act as Secretaries. WhereuponT the
Chairman read the call above referred
to, and in "a few brief remarks Ox-
planned the; object of the meeting
that it was for general consultation,
but mainly to express thei- prefer.
ence for a Republien candidate for q
seat in the next Congress Of the
United States, and declared the Con-
Evehtion duly organized and ready
for business. go fTas 1afzEd -os =
On motion of VIM. jackson OF
Greene, the Chairman was requeted
to appoints Committee on Resolu-
tiofis, consisting Of one from each
county in the First Congressional
District, whereupon Joseph Wagner.
VIM. Jackson, r. A. Perkins, Nathan
Powell. Henry Walker, George Pen
,dleton, NJ Howelk Stephen Hawkins
and Alfred Mckinney, Jf.,s were
nominatedzby the Chairman. and on
motion confirmed by the Convention.
Onmotion the Conventionrespect-
fully requested that no white person
should take any part in said conyen-
ton. itbeing a Colored MANS Con-
yention. IN Here, Under the lead of
Ferd Singletaty, the small Gilenwa-
ters faction bolted. s E5E5 vF4-
On motion the Chairman was re-
quested to appoint Committee on
Credentials, consisting of five, also
to fix the scale. of voting 5.s.r .-f, I
The Committees retired to dis
charge their respective duties, and
soon the Committee on Credentials
returned and reported all the coun-
ties in the District legally. reprssent-
ed, except Granger and Hancock,
and fixed the scale Of voting at one
for each, fifty colored voters, or frac,
tional part of fifty. and reported the
several counties under said scale en-.
titled to the following number OF
votes, to-wit: ~ -s.= .-...
johnson county votes Carter s.
Sullivan II; Washington 10; Greene
IS; Hamblen 5; Hawkins 10; Han
cock 8; Cooke 27.
The following number of delegates
were present and participated in the
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-05-13
WHIT rs A CARMaGF0EE7l' .

Es The use Of this word Carrp agnoIe.A
by Mr. Stephens has melted cons ~ y
siderable discussion and inquiry, - !.
In answer to the question, /" what IS :, =
n carEpagnoIq," that gentleman writesss,;l, ~,
as follows s@Ali' 1. 975silA
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''Ho, for the campaign p would
be good motto for the Grangers.
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}ts ------- u
BANKRUPTs' WIVES AND DAUGu-
TERs.-Judge Blodget, of Chicago,
has just rendered a decision in the
United States District Court that is
Of interest to great many deserv-
ing people. The case involved the
right Of a wife or daughter Of bank.
rupt to hold, against his assignee,
personal property given them in pay.
ment of services rendered to the
bankrupt. The facts OF the case
were these: Jonathan Hay, a dealer
in musical Instruments and sewing
machines, absconded,o oo and was
thrown into bankruptcy His as
signee seized on a piano belonging
to Hays. daughter, and also on sew.
eral sewing machines in the posses
sion Of Mrs, Hay-all of which the
wife and daughter claimed were
turned over to them by the husband
and father in payment of their SER
Vices in his store. Judge Blodgett
decided that they were legally enti-
tied to the goods, and ordered the
assignee to return them to their pos
session.
'' The case possessed additional in
terest.from the fact that the winning
side was conducted from beginning
to end by Miss. Alta NJ. Hlett, the
well-known lady lawyer, of Chicago.
The. Plethora. Of Money tsitd It's Con-
lo eai7 ii sequeRceod1 lua rs
a bra New York Tribune May 2. sh ,d4
Within the next few days, a large
amount of money viii be disbursel
in the shape Of interest," dividends
and rents. The sum ifthus paid in
| New York within the fortnight after
theI1 st OF May is Yariously estimated
at from $30,000000 to 10000, ,0OO.I
In the present universal plethora Of
money. a large part Of this Is sure
TO find its way into Wall. street for
Investment This is perhaps one of
the causes of the, revival of, specaIa-
tive interest and of the upward
movement in stocks. began a few
days ago. At the close of the fhafk-
ct yesterday stocks were buoyant
and prices WERE the highest efrthe
day. There is a large uncovered
short interest in the market, with
few stocks Offering. During the re-
cent decline large quantities fof
astocks were taken ont of w all street
through purchases by permanent in
yestors, tnsaaTslsays saa = .4gtsa9
How TO KEEP A SITUATION BE
ready to throwTin an odd -half-hour
or an hour''s time when it will be an
accommodation, and don't seem to
make a merit OF it. Do il heartily.
Though not word be said, your EN-.
ployer will make note of it. Make
yourself indispensable TO- him, and
he will lose many OF the opposite
kind before he will part with you
Those young men who watch the
clock the very second their hour is
'up-who leave no matter what state
the work may be in. at precisely the
instant-who calculate the extra
amount they can slight their work.
and yet not get reproved-who are
lavish Of their employers goods
will always be first to receive notice,
when times are dull, that their ser
vices are no longer required.
T = s1saa
a The saddest thing Of all now Is
that DIR. Livingston has turned ont
demented and died, Stanley will
not be sQuaFelv vindicntnd nc ~
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nrr,--eI-1 LIBERTY HAIL,
CRAwFoRDvnLE, GA, April 26.


Editors CohstttttttoacliSt Z have
just Received "a short note containing .
among other things 1.-THE following :gg
r. .y1aaATLANTA. April 2es 1874. 40,
Hon. ~ Fl! Stephens CrqgfQrdEgsiFle 10
Efi ..-.,f r Georgia. ',''-- -
The great question Of the day fAam
= What is u Carmaguole ~ Answer 10
|. in your next.suiaFaH 20 ,P. Fax. cat
F. AsI]wish to be clearly understood r
byqeverys one in all say or write,
please allow me through your coll
;umns, in advance of my next, TO Al
give very prompt but BRIEF reply
to Che above inquiryof an70nknown
correspondents yEb usl g uoJQnidsa ~
T. Ny. meaning of the word Carmag-,
mole, and the use I made of its ap-
plication in my No. on Mr., Hfifs
| historical address. I Supposed would ?
| be we'll understood byail that pOroB
! tionCof the public at least who II
/ at all 2 familiar with s. the article Of =.
Macaulay- on Barere, from which j !,
had quoted. In it Macaulay says:
| & For the calm, guarded and stern
| ly courteous language which governs
ments hadillongo been accustomed rs
! to employ were substituted puns,
interjections, Ossianic rants, rhetor:
ic only, worthy of a schoolbOy sour %
rility worthy only Of fshE wife. ,
EOf the pphfaseology which was Rowm
Thought to,be particularly we'll suite
Led to a report or manifesto, Barere
had O. greater command than any
man Of his time 4 ~ y 10 y His ne-ls
ports were popularity called Carmagsh
pnoles. Whoever has read
Lord Ellenboroughs proclanations
is ablelto form a complete idea Ofa
CaFmagNOle.37 3tai 3il &c. saa4 bqag77~
| As to the origin or primary mean mean
of this word, or how it came to be
so popularity applied to the ocdlar
/ manifestoes Of othe redoubtablei.
French orator, referred to, knoWq
MOTTO Io1applied it to Mr.. Hill as
Macaulay said it had been applied
to Barere.. This was my meaning
| and Specific reference, in the illustl
tratidn given, by the use. Of the3
WOrd1O 9lqoeu odE iiRlgd Hiu0l tffHM
vGai9suas s47m A. 81. STEPnESs,
IT will be seen that Mr., Stephens,
| - In ADVANCE, Oh y MS next, SSSsAy@r
only to explain the meaning Of the
word in his application of it to MF.
! HiH.p n o. li27f-s 4aHrU1
The origin and primary meaning
of the word. as far as we can ascer-
tain, is about this: .....-..-..,.
! Carmagnole was the name or q
popular song or dance, which was
notorious as the accompaniment of
many exeesses in the French Revo-
luton. The song first became popu.
lar in Carmagnole, town Of Pied
mont, and the home Of many Savoy
ard boys who played the tune.
Fashion soon adopted the word,
which was next applied to a sort Of
jacket worn as a symbol of patriot.
ISM. Afterward it was applied TO
the bombastic and financial reports
of the successes and glory Of the
French arms The song and its
popular name is said to have disap-
peared with the Reign of Terror.
1t was afterward used by Macaulay,
as stated by Mr.. Stephens. '+ Fa'F
:. /. - ..fs z.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-05-13

P1is First Time IN : Eighteen sKeqrssli
lIagDIAH5AFoLIss May 6.--+The mani-
cipal election yesterday, was one Of
the most .hotly. contested ever held
in this city, and the vote was the
Heaviest ever .poHed resulting I'm q
victory for the & Democrats OF anti
temperance party. The Democrats
elected nine out of thirteen coHn-
cilnlen, the council standing Demo-
Gratis sixteen and Republicans ten.
The Democratic candidate for May
or was also elected. .gu This isathe
first time neighteen years that this
city has been under Democratic
control. The temperance ticket
was elected at JefTersonville, Peru.
AI6neie. Waterloo. Anderson. Wa~
bash, New Alabama. Franklin. An
golas Madison and Crawfordyille.
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BOYS. USING ToBAcCo.-A strong
and sensible writer says a good,
Sharp thing and a true one. too. for
boys who use tGbaeCog sItE hnaiut.
.terlB ruined thoAsapds Cpf boys It
tends to the softenipg Of the bones,
and it greatly Injuries the blood, tie
spinal marrow and the whole ner-
Tods f8did. blA boy who Smokes early
apdlfTequent!y9lor i'm any way uses
large quantities Of tobacco, is never
known to make a man Of much ener-
gy, and generally lacks muscular
and physical as we'll as mental
power. We would warn boys who
want tosbe any thing in the world,
to sllun tobacco as most baneful
poison
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-05
CORRESPONDENCE.
For the Gallipolis Journal.
Lady Lecturers.

AS / have always declined all re-
quests to lecture or 10 speak in public,
| may be allowed TO make few remarks
on the treatment of those v hO do.
To begin with, can anybody tell me
why reporters. in making mention of
lady speakers. always consider it ne
cesssry 10 report fully and firstly. the
dresses worn by them When any OF
our worthy gentlemen are called on to
Tree their minds in public. we are left
IN painful ignorance of the color and
ht OF his pants. coat, necktie and vest,
and worse still, the shape of his boots.
This seems to me a great omiss,on.
How can we possibly judge of his ora
torieal powers. of the strength or
weakness of his logic, or of his fitness in
any way to mount the platform, when
these important points are left unsolved
to our feeble feminine imaginatious.
For one. | respectfully request repor-
ters to be more particular in descri-
bing what the gentlemen have on; if he
should wear frock coat. and his pants
have stripe down the side we should
know it. | have looked in vain for
any satisfaction on these points. I
would suggest that this necessary
branch of reportorial business be more
minutely y and correctly attended to.
was present the other night at female
lecture; at the reporters table sat la.
dy. Truly, remarked | to my friend. it
Is very well to plead for womsn rights.
but more delicious to me is the sight of
that lady taking them! But rejoined my
friend, women couldn't 90 to report
rat fight or a prize fight, or a dog
fight. But, replied |, just let the wO-
men go marching on as they have be-
gun, and there will soon be no rat
fights to report. 1t will appear from
this that believe in the woman that Is
TO be | do. although she has as yet had
to struggle with both hands tied. and
then had her ears boxed for not doing
more execution. Cut the string. gen
tlemen, and see what you shall see
pooh: you are afraid to knock that
chip off our shoulder.
How strange it all seems to me, the
more | ponder it, that man can't, or
don't, or won't see that woman's en-.
is mans millennium. NV
wife don't understand so and so, and it
is no use talking to her. My wife will
have just so many dresses, and don't
care tor anything else My wife won't
look after my children, but leaves them
to nurses. she is so fond of pleasure.
So it would seem that these Adams
and the " wife thou gavest TO be with
me-" even now find their respective
and fowery Edens full of thorns. even
without that serpent, female suffrage,
whose Shiny trail IS so deprecated
Put this in the crown of your hats,
gentlemen fool of either sex is the
hardest animal to drive that ever re-
quired bit Better one who jumps a
fence now and then, than your snlky,
stupid donkey, whose rhinoceros back
feels neither pat nor goad.
HoRTENsE.
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rejoice in your happiness and would
be happy in your joy"
He waited a moment, as If hop
ing she would say q word, but the
tears wero dropping from her eyes
thick and fast, and her tongue re.
fused to speak
Finding that she did not intend to
break the silence, he arose to take
his departure. and then, for the first
time. saw her tears. A wild, exulting
light leaped into his face and eyes.
but died away as soon again.
Goodbye, Kate" be said, and he
moved toward her
Her answer was sob
"It Is my lot" he said, ito bring
your life unpleasant experiences,
when my dearest wish would be to
bring you joy. l shall never be u
cloud on your horizon again, so
once more, goodbye
She turned her face from him,
and said between her sobs, 81 don't
want-to drive you-from your
home"
LET that give you no pain" he
said, tenderly; 81 could not live
here now"
"But it is l who am driving you
away" she said.
'No, you must not take the
blame said he. Il should never
have supposed you could love me,
but let that go now Good bye"
Don't CO." was her answer.
81 must | could not stay and
see you the wife of some one else" "
"Don't CO." she repeated.
Heavens! Could he believe his
own heart! Could it be possible
that she loved himl His eyes filled
with light and hope again. and with
one step he was beside her. Kate"
said he, "am | coming from death
once more to life? Can you love
me? Do you love me? Ask me to
stay but once againl | am yours
for life or death if you love me.
What shall it be, darling, will | go
or stay?'
Don't GO was all she SAID.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-05

A Letter from a Jersey Rat
Eater

EtbcE
To the Editor Of the Ne,o York Sun:
Having had my attention drawn
TO an article in a recent number of
the Catholic World. in which incl
dental reference to the rat as an ar
ticle of food was made, and which,
without straining its meaning, might
be easily construed as depreciating
the use of 1t, was somewhat sur
prised that writer's usually so we'll
informed upon general topics should
know so little of the very great
changes which have taken place in
this country on the subject of diet
Not many years ago it would be
difficult to find persons who would
acknowledge that they regarded
frogs as choice morceaux. which are
now to be found for sale in all the
markets. In like manner rats,
which have long been looked upon
with disgust by all manner of peo-
pie, now form no incOnsiderable
source of revenue to those who cater
to the public taste.
1t would perhaps be difficult to
assign any reason, other than that
of popular prejudice, for not EN-
ploying this animal as an article of
daily consumption, and 1t may sur
prise many to know that there are
at present restaurants in this city
which make the Wand a specially.
Having spent some years at the
East, chiefly in China, | acquired
taste for this species of food, the
flavor of which | was assured was,
and found TO be, superior to that OF
any meat that could be procured.
Nay, 1 may safely affirm that not
even the finest "porter- r-house," when
"done'' to that degree of perfection
for which many of our restaurateurs
are famous, can equal that of a rat
when properly cooked.
At the present time, when any
plan that would tend to increase our
food production would be hailed
with joy by rich and poor, it is
matter for regret that such an arti
Gle of diet, which needs but to be
once used to be appreciated, should
be neglected because of an unreas-
enable prejudice. RoDENs.
JERSEY CITY. January 2l.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-05

The first court held in Pike coun-
ty. convened in a barn on Absalom
Chenoweth's farm. on the s. Prairie"
in this pee Pee Township) in the
wear 1915. The first case that occu-
pied the attention Of the court was
the trial of man for stealing hog
from one of his neighbors. The
prisoner was found guilty, and was
sentenced TO be imprisoned for q
time. There being no jail in the
county, the prisoner was confined in
the hollow trunk of sycamore tree,
which had previously been used as
wheat bin and the sheriff stood
guard to see that he did not " break
jail" For a while all went well, but
one night while the Sheriff was ia
king a quiet snooze on the top of
the "jail the prisoner dug out and
was never again seen in that part OF
the country.-[Waverly Watchman-
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-05
The Bar.
BY D. x. JUNKIN, d. D.

His ssbar'' is alway supplied with the
choicest liquors.-HOTEL ADVERTISE
MENTs.
Why call it BAR? Say, whence is de-
rived
This name for depot of spirits of evil
Was the name by some sly friend of vir-
tue cOntrived,
Or, like the thing named, did il come
from the devil?
Be this as it may, tits a capital name,
Short, easily said, and of meaning
most pregnant;
And rather suspect from the devil 1t
came;
For e'en to his friends he is slyly malig-
nant.
But what is its meaning? Why call it II
BAR?
Because prilnd tacie, it bars from the
liquor;
But that's not its full, honest meaning,
by far:
just jingle the money, the rum fol-
lows quicker!
I'll tell what it means-'tis a bar to all
good,
And constant promoter of every
- thing evil;
'Tis bar to all virtue, that is well nn-
derstOOd,
A bar to the right, and fort for the
devil,
'Tis a bar TO all industry, prudence, and
wealth.
A bar to reflection, bar to sObriety;
4 bar to clear thought, and a bar TO
sound health,
A bar to good conscience, to prayer,
and to piety.
A bar to the sending of children to
school,
To clothing and giving them good
education;
A bar to the observance of every good
rule.
A bar to the welfare Of family and
nation,
A bar to the hallOwed enjOyments of
hOae,
A bar 10 the hOliest earthly iruiSion;
\ bar that forbids its frcquentcrs to
come
TO the goal and rewards of i virtuous
ambition.
A bar to integrity, honor, and fame,
To friendship, and peace, and cOnnu-
bal love;
To the purest delights that on earth we
may claim,
A bar to SALVATION and HEAVEN ABOVE
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Sweetheart's Valentine.

Sweetheart is our baby
Rosebud, four years old,
Sunny-haired aud dewy-dipped-
Worth her weight in gold.
Playing III the parlOr
On that merry day,
When the birds go mating,
As the wise ones say.
Sweetheart called out gaily,
keep It'll, Dess and Nell:
Finks | hear re pOstman
Yingin' at re bell"
Quickly, at the summons,
Gentle Bessie sped.
"Here'sa lot o. letters
Valentines ~ cried Fred.
''Two for Sue and Nellie
Three, yes four for Blair
One for-Oh, my senses!
Stgeethedrt-l DECLARE
90 We Blessed letterr'
Cried our tiny elf;
"Make it open, Bessie,
Yead it to myself"
From the filmy missive,
Sweetheart's valentine,
Slowly, gently Bessie
Read each written line:
o ROSe--Ny .S,oeethedt:
"Ihere'H be strife among the bedHr,
When goa are blOIoa Bty pretty Rose.
" FdleHtiHe."
go my soul" and Sweetheart
lleaved little sigh.
'Yat is Uelty splen'id-
Nose it makes me twy."
"Why, you little Rosy
Tender Bess replies,
Valentines should make YOU laugh !;
No one ever cries"
"Ahv quOth Sweetheart, 2ravciy,
''S'Ou'dn't laugh bout mine;
Tause, you know, me never fore
Dot a wallintine."
n
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Evils of GOssiD.
HORTENsE.

| have known country society
which withered away all 10 nothing
under the dry rot cf gossip only.
Friendships once as firm as granite
dissolved to Jelly, and then to water,
only because of this. love, that PROM
ise future as enduring as heaven and
as stable as truth, evsporating into a
morning mist that turned to a days
long tears, only because of this. A
father and son were set foot to foot with
the fiery breath of anger that would
never cool again between them, only
because of this, and hush and and his
young wife each straining at the hated
leash which in the beginning had been
the golden honda, of God-blessed
love. sat mournfully by the side Of the
grave where all their love and joy lay
buried, and only because of this. |
have seen faith transformed to mean
ness. hope gives place to grim despair,
and charity take on itself the features
of black malevolence, all because of the
fell words Of scandal and the magic
mutterings of gossip. Great crimes
work great wrongs. and the deeper
tragedies of life spring from its larger
passions, but woelul and most melsn-
chOly are the uncatalogued tragedies
that issue from gossip and detraction,
most mournful the shipwreck often
made of noble nature and lovely lives
by the bitter winds and the dead salt
waters of slander. So easy to say. yet
so hard to refute throwing blame on
the innocent, and FURNISHING them as
guilty, if unable to pluck out the
stings they never see, and to silence
words they never hear. Gossip and
slander are the deadliest and cruelest
weapons man has for his brothers
heart.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-05

"The arrangements of nature are
admirable" exclaimed young lady
during the late high winds. 1.-The
same wind which disarranges our
dress blows dust in the eyes OF would
he obseryers.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-05

HWithin the last three months
the President has appointed thirty
Postmistresses. The consequences
might have been anticipated. Twen-
ty-seven OF them have already notified
their husbands that their services are
nolonger required -Brooktym Arg''s
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-05

"M.ReERY, what did you do with
tho, talIow that Mr.. Jones CREASED his
hoo,s with this EVENING"" "Please,
ms'sm, baked the griddle cakes With
t." You did l thought you had
wasted it."