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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-12-23

HASTE AND HEALTH-It is not at
all wholesome tn be in hurry. Loco
motives have been reported to have
moved a mile u minute for short dis
tances. Bnt locomotives have often
come tn grief hy such rapidity. Multi
tudes il, their haste to g.. rich are ruin
ed ever, year. The men who do things
maturr!y, slowly, deliberately, are the
men who oftenest achieve success in
life; people Who are habitually in a
hurry generally have To do things twice
over. TIE tortoise beats the hare at
last. Slow men seldom knock their
brains out against post. Foot-races
are injurious to health, as are all forms
of competitive exercise; steady labor
in the field is the best gymnasium in
the world. Either labor or exercise,
carried to exhaustion or prostration. or
even great tiredu.ss. expressed hy fag-
ged out, always does more harm than
the previous exercise has done good
All running upstairs, or to catch up
with vehicle or ferry boat, is extreme
~ injurious to every age, ser, and con-
di,iou Of life.
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asens5t1 ~ sS12eW ohe WIN thank me, and
inspire me, with her beautiful face and
burning words, to higher and noLler
achievement
He had caught up his hat and um-
brella and f..llowed down the stairs,
and he fired this last volley intn nv
ears as We marched down the STREET
Here he led straight on to beer-skop,
where stood at least a dozen rather
pretty barmaids, packed in side by side.
as tight as sardines in a tin box, behind
the bar or counter.
''S-e! see! There she isl that il
Maggie. She smiles she recognizes
me over all this crowd of sodden beer.
drinking beasts !"
Maggie was indeed pretty barmaid.
She bad the great brown ewes that
have driven braver men than poets mad;
but she bad q beartless toss of the head
that told pretty plaiuly that her soul
, rose but little above the foan,ing pots
of beer tha. she handled with such
dexterity. She had n smile on ber
pretty face that beamed with provok-
ing imparsiality on ali who stood before
her. At last there was lull. The
men melted away into the street, and
the poet was greeted with a smile and
a shake Of the hand
He eagerly drew out his poem, and,
leaning over the sloppy counter as near
to Maggie as possible, began 70 read in
a hurried and nervous manner, for be
feared every moment the girl would
have to again jerk away at the beer
The pretty barmaids huddled their
pretty heads together. and blossomed
them like SO many pots Of 6owers in
May.
Beautiful! Exquisite 'E1cruci-
atinyly exquisite = they would exclaim
as the panting poet stopped to catch
his breath.
At last it was finished; and Maggie.
clapring her hands together, turned
suddenly and half gravely, and said TO
aae.her~harmaie, 'l:sstsesrtiss ssiSks'
buttonP 80
Beckev, in the most cold and busin-
ess-like manner, took button from IF
the shelf behind her, and gravely
handed it out to the poet. This was
evidently an arranged, and to their no.
tion capital joke, for, as they returned
to their lecr-pulliny, the harmaids
laughed long and loudly. But what of
tn. poet?
The poor man crumpled the paper
in his hand, and sank back into cor
ner, out of the way Of the crow ding Gus
t"mers. dis lirs 4nivered, and the
perpetual smile au,ter.d and flew away
from his mouth, aud maybe never
came back any more Joaquin Miller
in Tom Hoods Almanac.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20
FROM NASHVILLE.
Interesting Items of Gossip from tho
State Capital.

From the Nashville correspondence
of the Memphis appeal of the 18th,
We clip the following. Describing the
noted men at late entertainment at
the Maxwell House, the correspond
ent says:
In the background sat ex-P President
johnson, in close conversation with
prominent member of the assembly.
He is showing age very fast. Since L
saw him in May last his hair has
turned two shades whittier. But his
energies are unimpaired, and his mind
is full of vigOr. Both are deeply in
volved in this contest for the Senator
ship. 1t is believed that he will not
survive a defeat, so great are his hopes
of success. When other men sleep,
the ex President works and thinks.
Not out of place stood General For
rest, who had just arrived from Mem
phis. He is looking in better health
than | have seen him for long time
His mission here is to lease the peni-
Tertiary, which the Assembly will
find in its line of duty To do this ses-
sion, as the present lease expires il
December next. Across the hall Hon.
VIM. II. Stephens appeared in the
most cheerful conVers alton with all
about him. lie is very popular.
Governor Brown will not Withdraw
from the contest unless his candidacy
should prove detrimental to the party,
and this is not possible. He thinks
he will develop much more strength
than is generally believed, and is san
guine of being elected.
Among the "lightningp candidates
are Hon. Gus. A. Henry, of Clarks-
vile, Governor Isham G.. Harris, of
Memphis, and Judge Pete Turney, of
the supreme court.
| have heard Hon. Jefferson Davis
name mentioned in connection with
the Senate. Now, what do you think
of that? Are you like the Scotchman
in the Chicago saloon, Ell?
Speaking of the Hobbs Investigation
the correspondent says: Among the
witnesses summoned before the COM
mittee to-day were Albert Roberts,
George Purvis, and Frank Coleman,
of the Nashville Banner; Judge
Shakleford, John Frierson, president,
and James Childress, cashier of the
First national bank of Columbia
John House, of Williamson county
| Judge Cant, of Nashville Senator
| Quarles and your correspondent.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20

The Associated Press report says
OF the New York indignation meet.
ing: Those on the platform appear
ed 70 be mostly Democrats" Au-
gust Belmont, late Chairman Of the
National Democratic Committee, was
chief bugleman, and the Democratic
Mayor Of New York, presided. A
private letter from New York says ::
" Republicans who, under the impulse
Of the first excitement, signed the
call, are now heartily sorry for it, as
they see it is engineered for Demo-
cratic thunder" The Presidents
message gives the country the facts.
A reaction will certainly follow from
the first furry aroused, shrewdly
worked up by the Democrats.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20

Then came the new sensation of the
day, which was the appearance of
Tilton's wife, who entered in company
with her adopted father and lady
friend. She took n seat flanked by her
two companions, a short distance away
from Beecher and Tilton, so that the
three constituted tTiangle--she placed
at the apex, while the right line ended
in Beecber, and the left in her hus-
band. From where she sat the profile
of the two men were equally visible to
her, and on taking her place she
glanced toward Tilton, who did not
look at her, and toward Beecher, who
gave her kindly bow.
When the prosecuting counsel be-
gan, she looked at him steadily, and
listened to him attentively, but now
and theu she turned her eyes toward
Beecher or toward Tilton, both of
whom she always saw in profile.
Once or twice Beecher looked shyly at
Tilton, and several reporters saw Til
ton take furtive glance at his wife
more than once.
When Judge Morris made reference
to her in his speech, she merely looked
at him as usual; and even when he
turned round to her at one time and
COdIstIN 5ilOht VI ubT as 'ueDuuCQeQ
and an outcast," there was no change
of her steady expression. She never
tlinched under such attack, nor even
averted her eyes during his personal
invective.
Beecher looked perfectly placid all
day while listening to the tedious til
rade of Morris, but he frequently gave
the impression that he was awfully
bored. He made notes in a notebook,
looked through pamphlet containing
the published " statements looked at
the audience, and only now and then
turned his eyes upon the declaiming
prosecutor. When Morris roared out,
accompanying his words with violent
gesticulation, He is "A coward-the
cowardice of conscious guilt" Beecher
kept reading till his attention was ar
rested by slight applause in the gall
lery. At the delivery of certain Zero
cious passages Beecher whispered to
one or another person beside him, and
at these times his face was expressive
of infinite humor, which almost be-
came explosive. Morris description
of the horrible condition of Beecher's
mind, and the awful remorse he suf-
fered, was lurid piece of rhetoric, de-
livered with loud, jerky cries, and VIC
lent gesticulation, but Beecher's be-
nignant face was queer commentary
! on II.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20

The Cincinnati Gayette, having been
charged with being the only respecta-
BILE Republican paper that sustained
the President in his Louisiana policy,
says in its issue of the 18th:
II is very true that the Gaectte was car
'v last week in a small-but let US add,
-lorious-miuority The minority is not
So small now az it was. Moreover, it is
getting bigger each day. A reaction has
fairly set in The jackasses-that are bray
ing in the New York papers have made all
the noise they could. People have read,
ard done "a heap OF thinking within the
last four days The President is going to
be- sustained in this matter, not only by the
Republican papers, but by every b. dy who
is in favor If law and order. II the Times
viii read its exchanges faithfully for the
noxt few days, il viii be prepared to give
us cr,dlt for stating accurately the present
state # public sentiment and for proph-
e-ying correctly the strength Of the turn
ing tide.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20
Regularity brings YIgor.

Lo-al irregularities produce weakness Of ths
entire system. In der, therefore, to re-estab-
lish health and strength up a sure basis, these
Irregularities must be permanently overcome.
Many persons endeavor TO reform them by rene.
dies which address themselves merely to the
symptoms, without affecting the cause If such
individuals were to use instead Hostetter's
Stomach Bitte's, they would speedily appreciate
the difference between a medicine which paliates
and one which entirely removes physical disabil.
ity. That prime regulator Of bodily disturbances
restores he derelict organs to an uninterrupted
and healthy performance Of their various duties.
whereby alone the system can recover It's lost tone
and vigor. Hostetter's Btters are tonic medi-
cine. but they are tonic which regulates ere
they strengthen the system,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20

IL is very natural, that in a State
with a large public debt like that of
Tennessee, there should be found
plenty of men ready to make sugges.
tons as to its management. Every
little politician who vainly imagines
himself first-class statesman in EN-.
bryo, but who in reality is not fit for
a lifth-rate Justice of the Peace, seiz-
es upon this question as the one up
on which he is to arise to fame and
position. There has not been q Leg
islature in Tennessee for years, that
did not contain more or less of this
element. Hence the State credit has
been tinkered and tempered with,
sometimes as a matter of speculation
and frequently because certain men
wanted to say and do something they
scarcely knew what.
VIC ldNt IO liCu lildJ llC
present General Assembly will
prove any exception to the rule.
There are certainly men in both
Houses, who have a just appreciation
Of the burdens of the people on one
hand and the honor and credit of the
State on the other, but whether there
is not enough of the don't-care-a-cent,
ready-for-anything element, to prove
an insurnountable obstacle in the
way of any practical scheme, is ques
tionable. Already a number of bills
have been introduced looking to new
departure relative to State finances
but not having had an opportunity Of
looking closely into their provisions
we express no opinion as to theil
merits.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20
THE SOBER SECOND THOUGHT.

The Cincinnati Commercial, certain.
ly not a partisan paper has not rush
ed into the frenzy over Louisiana AT.
fairs as the New York press. 1t has
carefully examined the facts and
reached these conclusions, as to what
happened on Monday, the 4th inst. in
the Louisiana State House:
The troops were acting in the capacity
of police, and as they had expelled the
Radical ruffians upon the appeal of the
Democratic (Conservative) member in the
Speakers chair, they, at the appeal Of the
Governor of the State, pushed out some
others who assumed to be members Of the
Legislature, but upon whose pretensions
(which we believe were just the Louisiana
institution known rs the Returning Board,
had pronounced adversely. The soldiers
could not go behind the Board of the Gov
ernor 1t would have been AN awful viols-
ton of State sovereignty to have done So.
They had been initiated by the Democracy
into the habit OF putting people out
Of the State House, anu thanked Iur
so doing; and it was not for
them to decide that the persons who
had been counted out by the Board of
Frauds were clothed in any sort Of sacred
panoply or possessed Of other rights than
their fellow men to be demonstratiNe. The
officer in command put out Of the House all
persons who were pointed out for that pur-
pose, and as he accommodated the Conserv-
alive Speaker, it is but natural that he
should be agreeable to the suggestion Of
the Radical Governor, whose police had
been driven away by the soldiers.
We are not able to see that State soyer-
eighty suffers any more in this case than il
did some months ago in Arkansas, when
the slender line Of blue coats kept armed
mobs of State sovereigns from cutting each
others threats, and gave the Conservative
squad the preference. We did not observe
at that time any special alarm among the
Democracy about the subjugation Of the
sovereignty of Arkansas, and we have &c
say that the greater part Of the row about
State rights is passion and nonsense, delu.
sion, folly and madness. 1t is 10 be hoped
the Presidents special message to-day, and
the meeting called in New York this even
ing by Mr.. Bryant, Godkin, Evarts and
others, will be adjusted to the facts.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20

HOBBS HAS TOLD his tale. He may
not have told all, but he has given
the Committee some important facts.
We guess the people will begin now
to think the talk about Hobbs was not
q Radical lIe." The Nashville bank
er, who paid Hobbs $4,000 to resign
the Comptrollership, was either a fool
or else he was badly deceived. OF
course he had assurances that he
would profit directly or indirectly by
the change. He was promised the Of
flee for himself or for some one in his
interest. Who made the promises and
on what authority and for what con-
sideration, for of course Hobbs was
not the only one who made by the sale?
Did Burch drop into the soft seat by
sheer good luck, innocent as a new
born babe, and the fortunate gamer
by the Nashville bankers $4,000 in
yestment?
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20

The full facts in relation to the
Louisiana troubles put very differ
ent phase upon that question, and
serves to illustrate again, how utter
ly unreliable rumors are started by
partisans at New Orleans and magni-
fed by Democratic journals and Dem
ocratic politicians all over the coun-
try. We believe little that comes
to us through the medium Of the
Southern Associated Press dispatches
until it is corroborated by other evil
dence.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20
The vYenther Renorts.
from the De:roitFrea Press. J

a chunk Of boy was seen studying the
weather report charts hanging in the
Post-otlice yesterday, and wondering at
the lads interest a gentleman approached
him and asked
well, my son, what do you wish to
fud?"
I'm looking to see how the old ther-
nom stands at Duluth, - replied the boy
IF she's 10 below, I've got to dust for
home and split more wood; if she's at
zero / can go off with Bill jackson to see
his dog fight tame coon -
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20

NEITHER kUKLUX KLANs. White
Leagues nor any other association
using arms and violence to execute
their unlawful purpose, can be permit
ted in that way to govern any part of
this country says President Grant
in his Louisiana Message, and the law
abiding people Of this country will
say amen
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20

We understand that the proposed
law extending the term of the Mayor
OF Knoxville to two years is intended
to apply to the Mayor to be elected
on Saturday. 1t is a good time for
taxpayers to make known their pro-
tests against this law at Nashville, if
they have any to make.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20

IT Is \ misfortune to have such n
chaste and modest news agent as Barr
at Washington. He can not send us
news of the Tilton.Beecher trial be-
cause it is " too indecent" He might
send some of it and let US Judge of
that. People want to know how the
trial progresses.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20

MAST has a fine opening before him
for q telling cartoon. The President
has been represented to the country
as an ambitious Cazar, who had sent
to New Orleans an army TO seize a
State government and proclaim him
self Dictator" Grant, waking up
on the morning OF the 9TH, and limo.
Gently opening his morning papers to
read the news, only to find himself a
Cgzar. and the fl7'r pas Of Wilt and
his followers in New Orleans, are
points for the artists pencil to worl;
mp into a picture that would present
in a most telling way the sensational
news.mongers Of the Bourbon press.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20

IT is PAINFUL to see with what un-
concern and flippanCy some journalists
write about the prospects of a civil
war. 1t is dangerous in times of
such excitement to familiarize the
public mind with trifing remarks up
on such grave subject. When the
New York Tribune opens without pro-
test its columns to q correspondent,
who suggests the assassination of
Grant and Sheridan as a remedy for
the Louisiana usurpation," it treads
upon dangerous ground. 1t is crimi-
nal now to countenance any such sug-
gestion. There is no cause for war,
no proyocation to make the discus
sion Of it defensible, and we deplore
the frequent illusions made to the
subject at this time in the press and
in public discussions.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20

A NASHVILLE special to the Cou-
rier-Jourlai dated Tuesday says: /
learn that Gen. Nancy, Of this city,
who was on yesterday appointed Min
lister 10 Ecuador, vice Rumsey Wing,
deceased, will accept. Gen. Nancy
was a brigade commander in the Con-
federate army, and is now President
Of the Tennessee and Pacific railroad.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20

The Democratic papers are not
half so demonstrative on the subject
Of the Pacific Mail Subsidy Investi-
cation, since it has come out that
Schumacher, a Democratic Congress
man, rot a better share Of the " Swag 50
than any other one individual. Even
the virtuous Beck hardly mentions
the matter now.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20

In the Hobbs drama, which is just
nov having popular run at
Nashville, Brown and Burch appear
in their life-like original character Of
" two young men from the country"
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20

The A0tericm Grocer keeps up its
warfare on" short weights and the
packers. who swindle the public by
selling twelve ounces for a pound ay-
oirdupois, are beginning to feel its
weight.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20

The PRESIDENT first read the news
OF the interference of the military in
the Louisiana Legislature in the
newspapers. What a pity he thus
spoils all those rhetorical flourishes Of
the Bourbon press about usurping
the halls of legislation of a Sover-
eign State by cunningly-devised
plots" etc. etc.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20

The PRESIDENTS views on military
interference do not sound as though
he meant to proclaim himself Dicta-
tor. What a disappointment to the
sensational press
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-20

The bill before the Legislature in
reference to the compensation of
Grand Jurors, to which allusion has
already been made in our dispatches,
provides that such Grand Jurors shall
receive pay for only three days after
they have been empanneled and