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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-08-25

tain. and one more struggle and we
we're all standing on the rock with
him, and &C 1Of40 o'clock. there be-
ing no clouds or fog to be seen, ex-
cept on the south. we had D most
magnificent view OF mountains, hills,
ridges and valleys, where there was
no fog or clouds. As Capt. Kemp
remarked, 81 it looks very much like
this part Of the world was made in
frolic.''
Here we are, 1897 feet above the
level Of the sea, overlooking the fol-
lowing mountains, and FL. p. having
a compass with him We take the di.
| rection Of the mountains, rs pointed
out TO Us by our guide. as follows ;
Roan-s. As W., heighth 6S06I feet, dis
beach,. 4Ow., heighth 6523 feet.
Hanging Mountain Peak-n. % W.,
heigth 4472 feet.
Hanging Rock Peak-n. 40 W., heighth
5257 feet.
Cove Creek-n. 10 w.
Flat Top-w.
Hump-n. 10 w, heighth $3.50 feet.
GrandmOther-s. 20 W.
Sugar-n. 10 w., heigth $3.50 feet.
Black, or Mitchell, behind the
clouds, heighth 6707 feet.
White .Top-north 10 east, heighth g.
600 feet.
The helghths OF tho mountains SO
above given were furnished rs by
Henry Taylor, ESQ.,, from his memo
randa as given him by Prof. Carr.
State Geologist Of North Carolina.
The fr tree seems 60 be the only tree
that can thrive at this high point. Il
grows from six to twenty feet in
height. all covered with moss. and
but very few limbs growing on the
north side of the tree. The undef-
growth is made up ofScotch heather.
gooseberry. shumac, q little laurel
and some blackberry briars. which
by the way, have but recently she'd
their blooms the tops Of the Cir
trees are, many of them. dead aud
dying. while others are springing up.
Over here we find the same white
and beautiful quartz among the sand
stone rocks. upon which we see
carved the initials OF many persons
who have heretofore stood upon this
lofty Moutain. We gather our me-
mentoes. some one thing and some
another, and the clouds having en-
veloped the valleys and mountains,
and the muttering thunder i'm the
South giving as warning OF the sp-
preaching storm, our guide demand.
ed that we should at once commence
our descent, it being just IL O'Clock.
At IL 40 we are back at the Cold
Spring, where we dispose Of our bask
ct of provisions, while resting under
the sheltering rock. We leave here
at II so o'clock. in a hard rain,
which continued until we reached the
base of the mountain. two miles dis
tant. which point we reached at 2:lO
o'clock. thoroughly wet and muddy.
At o. clock, we were back at Mr..
Johnson's. where a good fire awaited
us aud where we commenced a gen.
eral exchange Of vet and muddy
clothes for dry ones. Leaving there
at 4 O'Clock. we arrived at TaytoF's
at 81 o'clock, and the day following
returned TO Taylorsville. much pleas
ed with our mountain trip.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-08-25

~ The late State Treasurer of
Virginia, Col. Joseph Mayo. was ar
rested more than year since upon
charge of embezzling State funds
and pending the trial was sent to
the insane asylum. He has just
been discharged from the asylum
cured, and his first step is to demand
an immediate trial of the charges
against him. Whether he is guilty
or innocent he ought to be accom-
dated.
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- me arrest of alleged nes

Bg The arrest of alleged negro
insurrectionists in johnson, Wash
ington and Jefferson counties. Ga,
continues. Thirteen armed negroes
came into Wrightsville, the 9th, and
surrendered. In Burke county. re-
port has it that a collision between
the whites and blacks seems hourly
imminent. Both races are under
arms, and negroes are reported mass.
cd few miles from Waynesborough.
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II GRAND PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION IN
HONOR OF Hon. ID. NJ. KEY.
Chattanooga Times.

Feeling that in the appointment of
Hon. d. NJ Key to succeed Andrew
johnson, Gov. Porter had conferred an
honor upon the city, as well as selected
one of the most popular and one of the
ablest men in East Tennessee, the people
last night allowed their enthusiasm and
Joy TO find vent in the building of bon
fires and the explosion of fireworks.
The Chattanooga Light Guards, accom-
panied by the Light Guard Band, scre-
naCicd the Senator at his residence, and
a large number of citizens called to
congratulate him. Being importuned
to address the crowd, Senator Key
made a few remarks in which he ex-
pressed his qualification At the numerous
manifestations of the friendly esteem en-
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-08-25

~ The Chattanooga Times learns
that Rev. Mr.. Crisman, Whose re-
cent conduct at LEAFS Springs with
Mrs. Tucker has been the subject Of
public criticism and gossip.) has de-
manded an investigation of the charg-
es recently made against him, and
that the Presbytery of the Cumber-
land Church will soon be called to
meet at Chattanooga to investigate
the matter.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-08-25

W cit is an i'll wind that blows
nobody good" The war between
She railroads centering at Nashville
has thus far resulted in fixing the
fare from Nashville to Louisville at
AFty cents; and from Louisville to
New York and return, at fourteen
dollars. So much for competing
Ffuaa
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-08-25

~ The official report of the Ken
lucky election gives McCreary ma
: ,jorfty Of 36,139. IN the House of
Representatives there are 90 Demo
Gratis and 10 Republicans.
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t. The Chronicle copies an i'll
naGured and shameful article from
HarpeFs Weekly on the death Of An.
drew johnson. In the eyes OF the
immaculate and virtuous Weekly, the
dead statesman committed an unpar-
donable sin in refusing to join Thad.
Stephens and his cohorts in their re-.
lentless crusade against the South.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-08-25

EV The most authentic returns
from North Carolina show that the
election has gone sixty Democrats,
ffty-nine Republicans ONO Inde-
pendent Dem). Sixty-one is neces-
sary for a choice.
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Clocks. CIocEsil ClOcIksII5

H.H. Crowder, Silversmith and dew
eler, has just received fine lot of new
Clocks, aud offers them for sale at very
low prices for Cash. He also repairs
Watches in the best manner and guaran-
tees satisfaction. Shop at the Store Of
L. p. 81 g. e. Speck. Ct
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Rev. p M. Bewley is holding another
big meeting at Zion Hill. His lahOrs
thus far have been pcculiaIy blessed.
Let the good work 20 on, and may its
effect be everlasting IL GreeRcr5Le Lgtsylt
gelJCeT.
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NesU advertisements.
Petition for Divorce.
Emanuel II. Smith Is. Ggthes5sse SmStA.

Emanuel H. Smith rs Catherine SSaSEh.
DECAUSE 1T APPEARS FROM
~ the allegations OF complAinantB petition,
which is sworn to, that the defendant, Catherine
and that the ordinary process Of law cannot be
served upon said defendant; it is thsr8fore order
cd that publication be made for four consecutive
weeks in the MoRRIsrowN GAZETTE, q newspaper
published in MOrristowD, Tennessee, notifying
said defendant to appear ct the Court House in
Rogersville, Hawkins county, Tennessees at .
Circuit Court to be held therein the fourth
Monday of September next, to answer said petition
or the same win be taken for confessed and the
cause set for hearing ex-parte.
Witness J. J. Wolfe, clerk OF said court, at once
In RopersyiIle Team ;, on this 10th August, 1875.
JOHN J. WOLFE, @. a. nj.
A. d. HUFFBEAsTER, Sol. for Compt.
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The Morristown Gazette.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST rs, 1875.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-08-25
The Press on the New Senator

The Press on the New Senator.
Athens Post: We learn through the
Chattanooga papers of Thursday morn
ing, that the Hon. D. M. Key has been
appointed to the Senatorship made va
cant by the death of ex-President John
son. We congratulate the Governor
upon having made so good a selection
and one that will give such entire salts
faction.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-08-25

Knoxville Press and Herald: 1t win
be seen that Gov. Porter has appointed
D. M. Key, of Chattanooga, to the va
cant Senatorship. We have not time
now to notice the appointment further
than to say it is an excellent and will
without doubt give general satisfaction.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-08-25

then coming to different kind of
growth, consisting of sugar maple.
white oak, poplar, buckeye. etc., ETC..
and the underground consisted of
what our guide called tear-thena-doa0a,
a shrub which grows about four feet
high and in great abundance. The
soil is a rich loan, clear of rocks.
Here we rested 10 minutes, then re-
newed our journey, arriving at the
Cold Spring 8 :55 O'Clock. having
travelled one mile from Grassy Gap.
We all pronounced it the coolest, by
several degrees. we had ever drank.
except ice water, and all are of the
opinion that one pound of ice i'm
mersed in this spring would scarcely
melt in twenty-four hours. The
spring runs out from under a cliff at
least so feet high. projecting over
the spring about 80 feet. and dipping
to the south, of sandstone forma-
ton. After leaving Grassy Gap
the tamarack. or American larch,
tree to all appearances very much
akin To the hemlock. or spruce, takes
the place Of the timber last describ-
ed some of which are very tall. At
this point it is very rocky. AT 10
o'clock we again take up our march
for the summit, one mile distant. all
eager to reach that point. Passing
up Through rough, steep cliffs and
rocks we SOMEONE to the fir or balsam
tree. leaving the tamarack, or larch
behind On, on we struggle, the
trees growing less and less, the
shrubs thicker and thicker, the rocks
higher anil higher, and our way more
and more rugged and difficalt, until
we finally hear oar guide short dis
lance in front call to rs below that
he was then standing on the Raven
Rock, the highest peak of this Noun
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-18

The river is actually falling here al
last, and the present overflow will soon
be numbered with the things of the past
A marble block should be erected al
some suitable place to its memory, mark
ing the spot where it fell (from), We
are reminded of this by seeing the
nine or ten thousand marble blocks that
have been allowed to remain on the
wharf for the last ten days, and which
the teamsters, commissary clerks and
suffers Of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie at Rockford, Illinois, supposed ex-
President Jefferson Davis intended tax.
ing with'him to their fair. They are in.
tended for the graves Of the Federal sol.
diers rear this city, and the Rockford
boys will probably never see them, but a
new supply can be had for their benefit
if they come this way.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-18
FOREIGN.

LONDON, August ia Spanish YES
sci, while shipping material Of war at
Barcelona, yesterday, suddenly exploded
and sunk. Fifty persons we're killed by
the explosion or drowned.
The steamer Klopstock, locked two
days at Cherbourg repairing her screws,
sailed Monday for New York. The
steamer Nevada, reported disabled, was
signaled of Fastnet this morning She
will probably reach Queenstown to-mor-
row.
RAUGooy, BURMAH, August l8.-The
Irrawaiddy has overAowed its banks for
miles in the district Of Prom, doing i'm
mense damage to the rice fields and to
property generally.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-18
VIVIAN m MRANs

A gentleman writing from Paris,
France, to the Nashville Union aud
American, gives the following interest.
ing news concerning the International
Congress and Tennessee:
Monsieur Edmond Farrene, A native
of France and q citizen Of Paris, but for
sometime past a resident Of Memphis.
Tenn, is a member Of the French Geo.
graphical Society, an editor of L'Explo-
rateur-a we'll known Partisan journal.
devoted TO the interests Of Geography,
and a jealous advocate Of free and direct
trade between his country and foreign
lands, was the first to propose that Ten
nessee should be represented at the Inter
national Congress Of 1875. It was al
ready early in the present year that he
mentioned the subject ct a meeting of the
Memphis Chamber OF Commerce, and at
the same time began vigorously to push
forward the scheme by meant of able
articles from his pen, which were pub.
lished in the Memphis Appeal, wherein
he stated that Of all things it would
be desirable that a State as full Of yalu.
able resources as Tennessee should
not hide its light under a bushel
but, On the contrary, should show to the
scientific world what treasures it con.
tanned, and should strive to reap a few
of the rewards that would undoubtedly
be scattered abroad through the medium
of the Congress, The Chamber Of Com
merce Of the city Of Memphis, recog
nized the opportunity and seized it; &C
cordingly Mr.. Bronson Bayliss, a vel
known and energetic merchant Of tina
city, was selected to act in conjunction
with M. Farrenc in the matter. Cover
nor Porter, being importuned, readil,
acceded to the views Of the Memphi
Chamber Of Commerce as represente
by Messrs. Bayliss and Farrene, and ar
pointed to represent the State Of Ter
nessee at the international Geograph.
cal Congress the following named ger
tlemen: NJ. Edmond Farrene, Mr.. Bron
son Bsyliss, Colonel Nathan Adams
Colopel Y, ). Stevenson and Major a.
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NEW YORK.

New YoRK, August ls.-Mr. Duncan.
of the suspended firm Of Duncan, Sher'
man & Co., has issued a circular ia
creditors, proposing to pay 80 Is cents
on the dollar in. full settlement Of the in
debtedness of the firms l3 per cent.
on or before November 9th, 1915; 8 per
cent, November 9th, 1876; 5 per cent.
May 9th. 1877; 10 per cent, November
9th, 1877, with interest at seven per
cent. per annum until paid, or as much
sooner as the assets shall ~berealized and
divided. The excess Of assets over the
per centage are also given to creditors,
but the assets are to be placed in the
hands of Mr.. Duncan, under control OF
a committee.
Private dispatches in this city an
nounce the death by assassination ofSe-
nor Gabriel Garcia Moreno, President Of
the Republic Of Ecuador. The intelli-
gence was brought by a special carrier
from the capital to the Pacific coast,
thence by packet to Panama, and by ca
BILE to this city.
General Butler was invited to address
a public meeting under the auspices OF
the Legal Tender Club of this city.
Other engagements making it impossible
for him to be present, the General writes:
81 am unable to comprehend, sppreci-
ate, and much less admire, that system
of government finances which has so
Wrought upon the business and the pro
duction of a country that oger two mil
lions Of workingmen and women who
desire productive employment, have not
had it for the last two years, and by
which the production which they would
have added to the wealth of the country
during that time is lost. Assuming that
each one of that number of skilled
and unskilled could have averaged
two dollars per day for the working days
of the past year, then we have lost one
billion, two hundred million dollars, or
about equal to half of the national debt,
by their enforced ~idleness, to say nothing
of TIE loss of the morale Of the working
men and women. How long men in ac-
tive business, and property-holders and
holders Of those kinds of property which
are open to the tax-gatherer will permit
a system of financial administration to
go on by which their property shall de-
preciate thirty-three per cent. in its
value, while owners Of property such as
notes, mortgages and bonds, which are
untaxed because not open to the tax
gatherer, have their property appreciate
and escape taxation, is a problem which
the good sense Of the people of this
country will solve at the coming Presi-
Dental election"
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River TeIerramu.

PIrTsBURG, August ls.-The river is
four feet one inch, and falling. Weather
cloudy.
CAIRO, August ls.-Arrived City Of
Alton, New Orleans, 10 pm; Cons Mil
lar, Cincinnati, IL pm; Belle Memphis
Memphis, 2 am. Departed-City OIL
Alton, St. Louis, II pm; Cons. Millar,
Memphis, midnight; Belle Memphis, St,
Louis, 4a.m. The river is 40 feet 8
inches; has fallen 10 inches since last
evening. Weather fair and pleasant,
C%IScISSArIl August ls.--River falling
slowly. Cloudy and cool.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-18
THE BLOODY SHIRT.

The invitation extended by the people
of Rockford, Illinois, to Mr.. Jefferson
Davis to deliver an address at an agri.
cultural fair has stirred up that outrage.
ously loyal set of idiots known as the
Grand Army of the Republic" This
association lives upon past r~ecolleetions
of hate and prejudice intermixed with
political knavery. The Rockford camp
followers, army stragglers and bummers
passed the following set of resolutions
which will stand forever as a monument
to their own disgrace:
Whereas, We learn with regret that
Jefferson Davis has been invited by the
Board Of Directors of the Winnebago
County Agricultural Society to deliver
the annual address az our county fair,
and
Whereas, We look upon It as an insult
to the loyal citizens of Winnebago county
to invite the arbitrator, JEFF. Davis, to
address the relatives and surviving
friends of 1900 men murdered at An
Jacksonville alone by his orders;
Resolved, That while as an organiza.
ton We have nothing to do with party
politics, yet, as loyal citizens and former
soldiers, we feel it our duty to speak in
behalf OF the memory Of our fallen CON-
rades who are no longer able to speak
for themselves.
Resolved, That we protest against the
action Of the Board Of Directors, and
pledge ourselves that we will not attend
the fair, nor contribute anything towards
making it a success, if the Board Of Di-
reetors persist in bringing forward this
arch traitor aud coward.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
signed by the members Of this Post, and
published in the county papers.
Such men as passed the above resolu-
tons were the fellows who burned and
p%llundered throughout the South during
the late war; robbed women aud child
rem, and committed other ~disgraceful
acts which cast reprsach upon the
American soldier. II such is the style
Of reconciliation that is to be extended
by the people of Illinois to the people Of
the South after ten years Of peace, then
the gushing around Bunker Hill was a
hollow truce and a sham.
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Mtxing Things.

The following is from an article on
'Inhrmities of Speech. in The Popular
Science Monthly for August: It may be,
however, hat not only are the right words
forgotten, but wrong ones are substituted.
The mother.in-la of q medical man I'VE
are told by DR.. Trousseau labored under
a very singular intellectual disorder.
Whenever a visitor entered her apart
ment she rose with an amiable look, and,
pointing to a chair, exclaimed, Pig,
brute, stupid fooli' MRS. B-asks you
to take a chair" her s~on-in-law would
then put 10, giving this Interpretation 10
her strange expressions. In other re-
spects Mrs. B IS acts were rational,
ard her case differed from ordinary ap
hasia in that she did not seem to grow
impatient at what she said, or to under
stand the meaning Of the insulting ex
pressions Of which she made use. Crich-
ton mentions the case of an attorney,
who, when he asked for anything, CON
stantly used some inappropriate term
instead of asking for piece of bread, he
asked for his boots, and, it these we're
brought, he knewth they did not correspond
to the idea of the thing be wanted there
fore he became angry, yet he would still
demand boots or shoes, meaning bread.
Csc gentleman, o patient Of Sir Thomas
Watson, would say ''pamphlet' meaning
"camphor." Another would say poker"
wheu he meant IRE d.. Moore, of
Dublin, has recorded the case Of. a gen.
tleman who completely lost the connec-
ton between ideas and words. On n
occasion the doctor was much puzzled
by his patient saying to him, "Clean nv
bootsl' Finding that he was not under
stood, be became much excited, and cried
out vehemently, "Clean my boots BY
walking on them!' At length it was az.
certained that the cause Of disquietude
was the shining of the candle in his face,
and that the object Of bis u~nintelligible
sentence was to have the curtain drawn.
When this was done he appeared graft
fed. In this case, it will be noticed, tie
patient formed complete sentences, the
power Of coordination and articulation
was perfect, and the intelligence was ap.
p%arently unimpaired. But sometimes.
when articulation may be retained, what
is uttered is perfect jargon, A gentle
man, in Dublin, after an attack Of apo
plexy, was thus affected, and in the hotel
he was mistaken for . foreigner. DR..
Osborn, with a view to ascertain the ma
ture Of his imperfectiehs Of Language,
asked him to read aloud the following
sentence from the hylaHs Of the College
Of Physicians: 1T she'd be ia the power
of the college to ezamire or not TO SIX.
anime any licentjate previous to his ad-
mission to a fellowship, az. they think
6t." He read as follows; And the be
what in the temother Of the trothotodoo
to ma orum or that emidrate einkrsstrio
mestraits to ketra totombrida to ra from
treidoa as that kekritest." Several ofthese
syllables are difficult and unusual.
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| bert Akers. who have been in Paris dur
ing the present month, but busi less COM
PEELED them to leave; those remaining
are NJ. Farrene, Col. Adams, of Mem
phis, and Colonel Stevenson, Of Nash
vile. By these delegates Tennessee will
be upheld in the Congress.
Now, the principal object aimed at by
Tennessee and the two Chambers Of
Commerce is to obtain direct and free
trade. Direct trade is just now needed
alike by the producers of the Mississippi
Valley and the consumers of Southern
and Middle France. For many years
the French have been perfectly content
that England should be the worlds
broker; perfectly content to sell goods
to that nation that came after them; per-
fectly content to lose a little on every
shipment in order to save the worry Of
doing the work themselves. We in Ten
nessee have gradually allowed New York
to do our trade and to make money
where we could have done so ourselves.
True, France has been more sleepy
headed in this affair than we in the
South, still the principle is the same and
the interest coincident. II is the mid
dle-men arrangement that has so much
retarded the growth of French CON-
merce, and the same arrangement
has placed us in the shade of
our Northern compatriots. May be
We have not had the wherewithal to do
Che proper thing; probably our mer-
chants have never turned their attention
in this direction; bus now is the time
that Southern lethargy should be shaken
off and a change for the better made,
since France has awakened to the neces-
sites of the case. The opportunity does
not come often, and am happy to state
that Tennessee, of all the Southern
States, has been the first to take a step
in the right direction. This step has
been to attempt u connect together the
business centers of the two countries by
means of their various Chambers of
Commerce and S~yndicates of Trade,
which attempt has, SO far, perfectly sue
ceeded, and everywhere has been most
hatteringly welcomed.