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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-25
BANK NOTICES.

Union National Bank-New Orleans, Decem-
Der Is 1S75.-The annual election for Directors OF
this Bank will be held at the Banking House, No
CaroHdelet street, on TUESDAY The 18th of Jan
uary next, between the hours of 10 4. NJ. and r Nj
dis I'm JAS CHALARON, Cashier
The Louisiana National Bank of New Or
leans-New Orleans Dec. II 1S75.-Ihe annual elec
ton of Directors Of this bank serve the ensuing
wear will be held the Banking House on TUES
DAY the 18th of JaDu .ry, 1676, between the hours
of 10 A. NJ and Z. NJ.
dl2 I'd A. LURlA, Cashler.
Mutual National Bank. New Orleans. Dec.
10 ls75-The annual election for nine Directors tC
serve the ensuing year will he held az the Banking
House. LOG Canal street on TUESDAY, the lltf
January next, between the hours Of 10 A. NJ ana
r. NJ JOSEPH MlICHEL Cas' lef.
dill i'm
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-25

Buy your buggy and carriage of L. I. Maddux.
81 Carondelet street, New Orleans.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-25
WANTED TO PURCHASE
SQUARE OAK TIMBER.

NTANTED-Some three four nice Families
w be accommodated with fine Furnished Rooms
and the best of Board at 49 St Charles street. nearly
opposite Lafayette Square Also some twenty five
or thirty day BoardeIs will be taken at four dollars
per week, payable in advance. This is great reduc
ton from former prices. The house is frst-class
second to in the city None need apply but the
best OF people. Remember l49 st. Charles street.
n5 1yt
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Ohio River boats burn st. Bernard coal.
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To Saml Mullen, Esq, General superintendent,
New Orleans.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04
Tue New York Journal of Com

THE New York Journal Of Com
merce very forcibly sets forth the con-
templated swindle Of Tom Scott and
the Directors of the Pennsylvania Cen
trail in their proposed control of the
Texas Pacific road. That Journal is
evidently posted on the ject,and does
not hesitate to warm the South that it
is TO be victimized by name. 1t is to
be hoped, however. that the Southern
Democrats 10 Congress are too
thoroughly warned TO fall into the trap,
and that they will see the whole scheme
defeated unless it can be made to as
sumo a shape that will make it South
ern 10 all material points. The South
is already sufficiently wronged in the
taxes it pays for the Union Pacific, an
entirely Northern road, without help
ing to pay for another, ESSENTIALLY North
ern in all save the name. Railroad
rings are as dangerous as they are cor
rupt, and Southern Congressman are
obtuse indeed if they have not learned
these very patent facts.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.

At meeting of Umpire Grange, No. ga,
held Nov. 10th, the following preamble and
resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, 1t has pleased God in His wis
dom 10 remove from our midst our friend
and brother John Duke, who departed
this life Nov. 9TH, and
Whereas, We his brothers and sisters de-
sire to offer to his memory tribute other
than the silent tear, therefore
Resolved, That in him we have lost
brother for whom we cherish the fondest
recollections, and whose loss we mourn as
n brother, q man, and member of society
of a high type.
Resolved, That, although we feel sensi-
bly, the blow that has severed the cord which
bound him to our mystic circle, yet We
bow with meek submission TO the will Of
Him who doeth all things well.
Resolved, That we offer our heart felt
sympathy to the bereaved family, and as
source of consolation point them to the
city in which no parting tears are shed, but
There on the banks of the beautiful river
Shall anthems OF rapture INCREASINGLY
rise,
While angels and saints, reunited forever,
Unite in the chorus that gladdens the
skies.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread upon the minutes of the Grange,
that copies be furnished the bereaved
family, and that n copy be sent the Clarks-
VILE Chronicle for publication.
w. w. PINSoN, Chairman Com.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04
LETTER FROM DICKSON.

MEssRs. EDITORS :-"All is quiet on
the Potomac, originated at Vicksburg,
while our most noble president lover
the left was before that place, with
several hundred thousand men, trying
to starve few rebs. use the phrase
now in reference to old Dickson, the
Switzerland of Tennessee, with its
numerous creeks and rivulets filled
with the choicest fish with its high
bluffs and towering hills, cOverei with
massive forests, Astounding with the
choicest game. Yes, all is quiet.
There is nothing unusual going on ex-
cept that Mrs. Young, an old lady of
about eighty, who has been toothless
for years, is now cutting new set. She
has certainly been born again."
No one kept Thanksgiving about
here except a few negroes at this place,
and they have been giving thanks for
about twelve months at least they
have been holding distracted meet
ing" about that length of time. The
white people, or the majority Of them,
think they can give thanks to God for
His goodness this year without pro-
clamation from the Devil
W. II. II.
Cumberland Furnace, Tenn, Nov.
9th, 1875.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04
The True American System Of Finance!
General Grants Opportunity.

We copy in another column a letter
from Mr. Pliuy Freeman-the original
suggester Of the intercOnvertible bond
currency-addressed to the Secretary
of the Treasury. That letter, with the
comments of Mr.. Greeley appended,
on the same subject. presents the scheme
in a form imposing and conclusive.
Sallust, in considering the causes of
the growth and greatness O. the Roman
State, came to the conclusion that that
stupendous fabric was the work of a
few great and good men. All history
shows that few individuals exert
vast and decided influence on the great
ness or weakness-the glory or shame
of nations. 1t never will be possible
to determine the amount of the evils
inflicted on this great country by the
absurd and mischievous policy of
McCulloch, in contracting the cur
rency and bartering the well-being of
the whole industrial class to brokers,
nine years ago. We may form some
faint estimate byconsidering the wreck
and ruin with which the land is strewn,
the result of his hand, in contrast
with what would have been the pros
perity attending the whole population,
if Pliny Freeman had been Secretary
Of the Treasury during the same time,
and dispensing the blessings of his
benehcent system of finance.
1t is not yet too late for President
Grant to redeem the past. He has
only to heed Mr.. Freeman's wise and
patriotic counsel. and he is master Of
the situation" Let him in his forih-
coming message urge the immediate
resumption of specie payments" and
greenbacks as legal tender for all
dues, public aud private, and inter-
convertible with Government bonds,
and the thing is done--the great pro-
blem is solved. That will give US
paper currency at par with gold-for
it will buy everything that gold can
free from the selfish contractions or
expansions of bakers and brokers,
and deliver us for all time from the
baneful dominion of money-JotberS,
foreign and domestic. 1t will be the
greatest reform since Christ scourged
the money-changers from the Temple
1t will be reducing to practice that
divine precept. 1t will endear the
name of its author to the hearts of all
his conutrymen. and embalm 1t in the
affections of humanity through the
laspIng ages.
Is General Grant equal to the emer-
geney ?-RichmoRd Wing.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04
Enigma.

Who was the mothero: Samuel?
What young man, when riding a mule,
was hung In the boughs of great oak?
Who accompanied Abraham into Canaan
beside his own family:
Whom did Jesus raise to life that had been
dead four days!
VINO spoke of Christ under the figure OF
n lamb?
Who was anointed to be prophet in the
room of Elijah?
Where did David go after the death Of
Saul?
What young man fell dead from window
as Paul was preaching?
What king succeeded Solomon?
Who was Mahlon's wife?
To what was Jacobs name changed?
Whose vineyard did Ahab covet?
Where did the children of Israel keep the
passover after their entrance into Canaan?
The initials of the answers spell the name
of one Of the teachers in the Presbyterian
Sabbath School in this city.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04
The Pittsburg Coal King.

Pittsburg recently attended the
funeral of one of her best known citi-
gems, Mr.. William H. Brown, the So
called Coal King" Beginning life
in an humble way, he accumulated
wealth and extended his business un-
til at has death he was worth mora than
So 100000, and was one of the largest
miners and shippers of coal in the
world. Besides those boats which he
hired, his own fleet amounted to more
than 200 boats and barges, and were
scattered from Pittsburg to New Or
leans. He is said to have carried the
larger part of his immense business
in his head" and was in many re-
spects remarkable man. But, at
tempting to do too much, Nature took
her revenge. His brain gave way, and
the man who had controlled the lives
of so many had to be shut up in an
insane asylum and there died.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04

In these days of shoddy extrava-
gance and gaudy displays of unrutored
taste, the gold worshippers, who can
wrap their bodies in velvet and fine lin
en-, think their self-assumed importance
nsulted, and the dignity of the gov
ment debased by the circulation of
rag money. But the people think diff
ferently-they want a currency both
cheap and abundant. Greenbacks can
fill the bill, their cost being little more
than the paper and engraving, and if
ten dollar bill is lost tits so much gain
to the government and loss only to
the individual. But not so with gold,
for if piece of the same denomina-
ton be lost, it falls equally upon gov
eminent and people, because it is
commodity bearing an extravagant but
fictitious value, and the loss is divided
between the loser and the public-the
whole people being taxed to pay for
the raw material. The process of alloy
ing and coming. We adduce this as no
argument against gold as a currency,
provided it be abundant enough to
meet the wants of trade and can be so
regulated, by law or otherwise, that it
can not be shipped abroad as an article
of commerce nor be boarded at home
with view to speculation. AS the
basis of paper currency, it has ever
been the disturber, rather than the
regulator, of values, and it will ever be
thus with a mixed currency of gold
and paper, because of the real or con-
yentional value Of the two, as viewed
through the medium of long cher
ished superstition. But if greenbacks
will answer the purposes of a currency
as has been fully established by long
experienee-why incur the very heavy
expense of providing gold coin? On
whichever side of the discussion may
be the vantage ground of practical
wisdom, the question is far too compli-
Gated to be properly adjusted amid the
strife of parties, and hence the wisdom
of first getting Radicalism out of the
way, and then referring its decision to
men more honest and capable.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04
What Congress should Do.

As soon as the organization of Con-
eress is perfected, the Democratic
House Of Representatives should i'm
mediately pass law repeating the re-
sumption act to take affect in 1879, and
which should also contain provision
repeating that section of the national
banking law which authorizes the
banks to issue money. and it should
declare that for such money green
backs should be issued instead. Who
can oppose this? Certainly not the
hard money men. As long as we
have paper money, who can object to
its being issued directly by the Gov
ernment? There is profit in the issue.
and why net let it accrue to the people,
instead of to the bankers ? Can any
body answer that objection to the ma
tional banking law? There is no hard
money" in this business. It's simply
choice between the United States
Treasury notes, which are legal ten
der for all debts, public and private.
with two exceptions. and notes that are
not legal tender for any individual
obligation, and whose only value con-
sists III their being redeemable in
greenbacks. The people are for the
government legal tender. Not man
IN thousand will say that he prefers
a national bank note to greenback.
Upon that nearly all are agreed
There may be those who are hum
bugged by the cry of hard money. -
but rs long as there is no hard money"
they prefer the notes of the govern
ment OF the United States to those of
individuals.
The people are also for the repeal of
the forced resumption of specie pay
ments. There can be no doubt of that.
There IS large class of people who
say. Pay specie for your notes when
you are able, and have the specie on
hand; but not before" To attempt to
do it will cause impoverishment and
ruin. 1t paralyzes business for long
season before. 1t is in its nature an
unjust undertaking. 1t can not be
performed. The people may differ as
to the expediency OF issuing more
money, but they do not and can not
differ as to the expediency of all our
paper money being in greenbacks, and
that specie resumption should be in
definitely postponed.
The repeal OF the National Bank
bill and the Specie Resumption act by
the Democratic House would, OF
course, raise sharp antagonism be-
tween it and the United States Senate
and the President. The sharper the
better. 1t would simplify the issue
amazingly as between the national
banks and the greenbacks-between a
forced and naturalresumption. Every
Democrat in Congress voted against
the latter, and we want to see the
hard money" Democrats who will ar.
ray themselves upon the side of the
national banks.
In conclusion as in tie beginning
we say that there are two things the
House should do-repeal the resump.
ton act of 1875, and substitute green.
backs for the national bank currency
-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04
To NV Practitioners.

As the CHRONICLE will visit most OF
the families 10 my charge before can
possibly do so, ask the privilege OF
marking personsl statement through
this medium, to my Pensioners, that
they may know at once the cause ofmy
protracted absence and of my failure
to fill several Of my appointments.
Just after Conference the critical con-
dition Of my wife s health confined me
closely at home for several weeks;
then one week must needs be spent III
Arkansas, for the purpose of transac-
ing the only temporal business that de-
mands my attention for the whole year;
and now am in Nashville, watching
with painful anxiety by the bed side OF
my son, who is PROSTATE with typhoid
fever-a tedious, treacherous disease.
Called here by the announcement OF
ny sons illness, just as | had returned
from Arkansas and felt that | was full
" ready to enter with renewed vigor
upon the labors of another Conference
year. / feel great heaviness of heart
that my work must stand still so long,
and that you, beloved, are not having
the attention which you so justly merit.
Not only is this burden upon me, but
apprehensions for the welfare OF my
son. who is lingering from day to day
under the influence of this malignant
disease, are crushing me down, until L
feel like saying with the Psalmist, day
and night, o Lord, Thy hand is heavy
upon me"
For twelve consecutive days and
nights have watched the progress OF
this sickness, without undressing or
lying on bed during the whole time.
Assistance is generously offered me,
but | cannot.consent for any human be-
ing to be my proxy when the life ofmy
child is in jeopardy.
Out of four young men near the
same age, attacked with the same dis
ease in the same house, and about the
same time, two of them are buried
one is now dying and my son only Is
left in u hopeful condition. May the
Lord continue to hear my unceasing
supplications, and spare his life.
Brethren, l pray daily for you, and
feel strong in the faith that this will YET
be year of great religious prosperity
on Antioch Circuit. Let us expect il
and pray for it. Pray for your pastor
and remember his loved ones in your
midst committed to your care. Peace
be with you and joy in the Holy Ghost
Affectionately yours,
A. T. GooDLoE.
Nashville, Tenn. Nov. 30, rs.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04

ORIGIN OF A COMMON EXPRESSION.
The expression, die in the last ditch, p"
so prevalent in the war between the
Northern and Southern States origi-
mated with Villa IN of Orange. When
the affairs of Holland were apparently
at the last point of desperation the
Prince of Orange was called to the
command of the army. Young as he
was, he at once displayed the cool cour-
age aud tenacity of his race. Do
you not see your country is lost ?"
asked the Duke of Buckingham, who
had been sent to negotiate at the
Hague. There is sure way never
to see it lost, replied William, and
that is-to die in the last ditch. -
Richmond Wig.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04

Col. M. ID. DAVE, Master of Ken
lucky State Grange, introduced series
OF most important resolutions at the
present meeting ofthe National Grange,
for petltioning Congress in regard to
Withdrawing the national bank circu-
lation, and establishing greenbacks
to regulate weights and measures and
to punish short weight frauds; to
guard the people from the expressions
of the patent office, by refusing 10 ev-
cry Instance to renew patents and to
curtail the class of legislation now given
to the corporate monopolies of the
nation.-Notionat Granger.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04

A tract of land described as follows, I'm a
deed executed by Levi Myers to L. y. Myers
and recorded as stated below: "a tract of
land lying in Montgomery county, in civil
district No. 10, and bounded as follows: be-
ginning at a birch tree, Arch. Jackson's
corner, on Yellow creek, thence up said
creek with the meanders to a hornbealn,
thence north 90 west 30 poles to the line
OF my tract of land pnrcL ased by me of
Menifee, thence north with my said line
west 10 poles to a stake, thence south 20
poles to a sugar tree. thence east " poles to
"A dOgwOod, thence 20 poles the beginning.
containing l5j acres more or less, being the
land conveyed to l.. o. Myers by Levi My
ers." recorded in book No. II. pages 80 and
81 in the Registers Office OF Montgomery
county, June Il, 1873. Levied on rs the
property OF l. o. Myers TO satisfy an exc
eution in favor of Jas. TAFT against j. w.
Williamson, and L. o. Myers, stayOr.
Printers fee 81 30
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3O.-Members
of Congress continue to arrive each
day. and as they flock in are speedily
surrounded by the advocates of the
respective candidates for speaker, clerk,
etc. The Metropolitan Hotel and
Wizards are the two great centers of
this electioneering process. The
friends of Kerr and Randall both
profess tonight to be perfectly san
guine of success, but outside observers
think the chances nearly balanced.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04

The letter of Chief Justice Waite,
declining to drag the Supreme Court
into politics, is held up to the presi.
dent by the New York Herald as an
excellent example for him to follow in
his forthcoming message. 1t assures
him thati if he will formally pronounce
against third term that he, too, will
find himself applauded by the people,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04

The English papers state that Next
month expeditions will leave England
and France to examine into the practi-
cability Of letting In the waters of the
Mediterranean Sea upon the Desert Of
Sahara, and thus forming vast inland
sea covering more than one hundred
thousand square miles of territory. 1t
is said that the mighty task can be ac-
eomplished satisfactorily. fit is done,
it will be comparatively easy matter
to steam to the equatorial regions of
Africa and unravel the mysteries of
the Nile. A channel to the Atlantic
will be opened opposite the Canary
Islands"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04

We are just in receipt of a
New Supply Of those CELE-
DRAFTED ELANNELs, and call
attention to them, believing
that no such goods can be
found in GAINESVILLE at the
low prices at which we are
rapidly selling them. If you
want Flannels, call at Coul-
ter's. Medicated Flannels for
rheumatism-said to be eff
cacious. 4 is a good article
whether good for rheumatism
or not. Call for these at
COULTER'S. :
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04

The New York Tribune says of ex-
Governor English, the new Democrat.
ic senator from Connecticut " He will
bring to his position the plain practi-
cal talent of a successful BUSINESS man,
and that is needed. perhaps, as much
as any other one thing in the discus
sion of economic questions to which
the country must soon address itself.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04
NIARRIED.

In this county, at the residence of the
brides father. DIR. f. Dabney, Nov. 30, 1873,
by Rev. X. X. Brown, MIR. THos. l.. MABRY
and Miss BETTE DABSEY.
On the 10th ult., at loves store, by Rev.
Lewis Lowe, Mr.. RANDALL BUMPASS and Miss
NORA MARTIN-all of this county.
Atthe residence of the brides parents, in
Cincinnati, Ohio, on November "a, 1875, by
Rev. Dr. NJ. Lilienthal, Mr.. GUS REXINGER.
of this city, and Miss JENNIE SERMONS, of
the former city.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04
Monday, December 20, 1875,

The One-ffth interest in and to a certain
tract OF land being ard lying In civil dis
trict No. Of the county Of Montgomery
and State of Tennessee, being part of the
tract conveyed to Mary j. McKoin by j. n.
barker. and bounded as follows: on the
east by the lands of Ella Ewing and Mrs.
G. f. Atkins on the north by Horace Mar
shall, on the west by r. NJ. Prouty and FL
mis- Ewing. and or the south by Mrs. r.
Ross and Ella Ewing, entire tract contain
ing. by measurement, 81 acres. Levied on
as the property of and interest OF j. ". Me-
Koin to satisfy an execution in favor of Il.
+. Coulter against j. n. MeKoin.
Printers fee 81 90
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04

DR.. BURLINGTON says the great
scandal can not be re-opened in the
Congregational Council, because the
trouble between Mrs. Moulton and
Beecher is a simple question ofChurch
discipline. If this be true, the Coun-
ell will be failure, for it can have
nothing to found even censure upon
if all the charges against him are to
be ruled out on the plea of want of
jurisdiction.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04

IT is rumored that Grant is in
trouble financially. Pretty conclusive
proof that the man who can not man.
age his own estate. with such salary
and so many Offices to sell, is wholly
unfit to take care of the complicated
affairs of a great country. But just
wait until the annexation of large
portion of Mexico. and see if he will
not be flush again, unless he CANDLES.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-04
Administrators Notice.

Hayingqualified as Administrator of the
estate of Neil Catlett, deceased, and also
having suggested the insolvency of his
estate, notice is hereby given TO those
owing said estate to make immediate pay
ment to me, and those having claims
against the same are required TO f1le the
same with Peter Oneal. Clerk of County
Court, within the time prescribed by law,
for pro rata distribution, or the same will
be barred.
JOHN H. TANDY, Admir-.
Dec. 4, lS75-5w$