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NIOTICE.-I have from this date admitted
IN DR.aJ.S SLATER as full partner In the
general commission business heretofore condnc ted
In INV name n. Is. HILL.
JUNE /, 1915. 50 =, -. go
CO-PARTNERSHiP NOTICE.
NIB HILL and j. s. LATER have formeda CO.
partnershia from This date Tor the purpose of
ducting genera, commission business, and solicit
the patronage OF their friends and the public gen.
orally. Thsy hope, by personal attention 10 AL
consignnen,s aud prompt returns TO cansignors, 10
merit the trace oil 1helr friends.
RICHMOND, Va, June ], 1875. te 1-TaAFiW
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n N. WALKER & CO., GENERA Ln-
Ds SURANCE AGENTS, l9i GAS sfahA'
RIciiAOSD. VA. representing the ,-,,, y M.
NORTH BRITISH AND AERcASInittI pfn.
SURANCE COMPANY, of Lonton snn
burah England--capitai, S19. 100000 soiIai I'm.
! AMAZON INSURANCE COMPANl' VI St.'-
matt. Ohio-assets ever S7.o0O.0Oo: ~. cnsps.
. MANHATTAN FIRE ISSL EASSSasc .'1'~
Ny, OF New Yors-assets over 85og.0oV: wilma
LYNCHBURG INSURANCE. AND BAshr nSsr
COMPANY OF. LyncheurS' 'a'-S
sospriSSTIc INSURANCE C0nPAsI'
,Rrookiyn, \. Y.-assets over ss1g.euV: :, Rroos.
: PHESIX INSURANCE COhpANi' "
lvu, n Y-assets over s3.DQ0.0Oa Of
= paORTsMOUTH INSURANCE COaTaS'' -
Portsmouth, Va.-assets over s5Qnoo .,3o-
Deposited wtta The Treasurer OF issi"n,,iy yai6
AZ this agency Applications soiciseo' Az "a ID
ttate attention given tsHrsto. 60 -----=.
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SUMNER SCHEDULE.
FOR NORFOLK. PORTSMOUTH. BALTIMORE,
PHILADELPHIA, AND NEW YORK,
ALSO FOR 49,
OLD POINT AND VUE DE LEAU HOTELS
AND
REGULAR LANDINGS ONJAMFS RIVER.
On aud after TUESDAY, June 1st 1875, this
Cumuany's fast and elegant steamer JOHN S1L.
VtSTrR. Captsin j. a. POST. carrying { nited
States Mai, will leave wharf, kocketts, Tor above,
named poin,s TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, and
SATURDAYS at a. NJ.
Passengers make sure connections with BAY Line
at Norfolk tor Baltimore, Ihadelpha, and New
York.
OLD POINT. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 90
HOunn Iblr -: ..,:iI. ,.'''.''' . ~ ~
FARE TO NOhFuL X hSLG........ w
FARE 70 NORFOLK AND RE-
IURN o0
Fare TO Baltimore. .................. w
Fare TO Philadelphia. ................. oU
Fare 10 New lork. ............... IL oU
Tickets for sale on steamers. ut Garoer x 60. S
Ticket Agency, Main stree, and Exchange Hotel,
aud baggage checked through. Freight received
daily for Boston, Norfolk. and Portsmouth. ana
RI guar landings on James river from A. NJ 10
L. NJ 1T reasonable rates.
Freight for way. landings must be prepaid.
l.. Il. TATuM. General gent.
Office :: Company's wharf. Rockets; branch office
at ". u. Blair Il CO.'S, corner Of Nin'h and Vain
StretlS. !e
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-25

A YOUNG VIRGiSIAS UNDER ARREST IN
OHro-A SUSPICIOUS LETTER FOUND ON HIS
PERSON. - Chef otPo!lce Poe, Of this city.
hiss received the following letter:
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The Late Fire.

(FoR OTHER LOCAL SEE FIRST PAGE.l
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-25

FOR NEW YORK Tine eEsn
II Old Dominion Steamship Com pany's .sss.ssfs.sssa
,ceanshp OLD DOMINION. Captain ALKER
will sail FRIDAY, June 25th. at O'CLOCK a. ri.
Freight received until & O'Clock Thursday crc-
ming. ,. -.
Through bills Of lading signed and goods 10Y
ya-ded with dispatch to all points north, south
east, and west; also, to foreign ports.
Passenger accommodations unsurpassed.
Fare To New York, &l2; Storage, SO; round
srip tickets, $40.
For freight or passage apply TO
G.. W. ALLEN & CO., Agen's.
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~ Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers,
Eleventh street between 1fain and Bank
TWENTY-FOUR VERY PRETTY
l. BUILDING LuTS ON THE CREIGHTON
ROAD.NEAR GRAVlN'S TAVERN, FOR SAL. E
AT AUCTIUN.-We will sell At auction, on the
pre- misses, the beautiful LOrS-locateo as above de-
scr1bed, on FRIDAY the 25,h af June. al 4:3O Z.
Vi, They range in size from so to 80 feet front by
66 to276 feet in Jep h. and are very beautifully
located for market-gardens or cottage sites.
A person with limited means may mere secure az
small cost desirable home near tile city. Let all
such give attention to this sale. - GN
TERMS: IT sale. GkUBBS s WILLIAMS,
IN
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ABLE VACANT LOT ON
Y The NORTH SIDE OF MARSH ALL
STREET NEAR HANCOCK STREET, OPPO-
SITE THE NEW CHURCH, FOR SALE At
AULTlUN.-fSy 1lquest of the owner we shall sell
on FRIDAY NIX, the 18th of June, S75, upon
the premises. at O'Clock y. ~, the above lot.
fronting on Marshall street 33!5 feet and running
back In depth $50 feet to an alley.
TERMS Atsste.
bargain will he had. as the lot Will be sold.
ie 22 ROBERT X. LYME, Aucti0neer.
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INSURANCE COMPANIES.

u. INSURANCE COMPANIES.
MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY VI
j." {, s4rn VIRGINIA.
! T. 10 INCORPORATED INl7s4.
OFFICE CONNER OF TENTH AID BANK STREETS
iNsUREs BUILDINGS BY PERPETUAL oE
1 ANNUAL POLICY.
$40, 200, 900 PROPERTY PLEDGED TorA
+. ...s.ta;t! LOSSES. 10
d LOSSES EQuITABLY- ADJUSTED AND
zJ r.rs PROMPTLY PAID. =
st HERBERT \. claiborne.
(, Principal A2'ni
JOHN q. DANEORIh'
E@G ~ - 's' Secretary;
f---u. Ea1,la HENRY D. DASFORTh'
..sa4 ,3.,fs, seJ rYs.E Assistant Seereaty;
JOHN BLAIR, Collector. 70
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DHLLADELPHI RICH NsFTS
Z MUND, AND NORFOLK STEAM ssasSa ~
SHIP L!NE,-FoR PHILADELPHIA TMlC j,
tits line will leave Philadelphia every TUES
DAY and SATURDAY. and Richmond every
TUESDAY and FRIDAY at - O'Clock.
Freight taken at low rates fo- all parts OF New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, for Provl-
dtnce aud Boston. Also. for Liverpool ana Ant
we-p pia Red Star anc American steamship lines,
aud bills OF lsdiug signec through:
w. 2. PORTER. Agent,
2425 Dock street. Richmond.
WILLIAM L. CLYDE & Co,
,nh12 No - South Wharves, Philadelphia.
TAMES RIVER STEAMBOATeLTIsna
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DOR RENT, the RESIDENCE now On
4 occupied by Mr.. ID. A. kuyk, No. l29 I'll
north Mn street, convenient ami In good order.
Possession given on the lst day of July.
T.. ID. EACHO,
il 25-4t Real ESTATE AGENT.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-07-28
Maxims Of ROchefOucauld.

If we had no faults we should not
take so much pleasure in noticing
them in others.
l Te had no pride we should not
complain of it in others.
Whatever difference there may seem
to be between the fortunes of men
there is always a certain compensation
of good and evil that render them
equal.
One is never so happy nor so un-
happy as one imagines himself to be.
Every one complains of his memory,
and no one complains of his judy
ment.
We give nothing so literally as adj
vice. 1T is much easier to be wise for
Others than to be wise for ourselves.
1t is the characteristic of great intel
lects to make many things to be I'M
derstOod in few words. Small minds,
on the contrary, have the gift of speak
ing much and saying nothing.
In order to know things we'll it is
necessary to know the details, and as
they are almost infinite our knowledge
is always superficial and imperfect.
However brilliant an action may be,
it ought to be considered lgreat when
it is not the effect of a worthy purpose
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UP IN A BALLOON.
uf,I.AIr sTedi,ations.


Taylor, OF the Rome New York;
| Sentinel, who won fame a. the un-
! tanned jenkins ~ uf the Utica Her.
| aid, sometimes rises above the routine
of newspaper work 10 the sereue con-
temptation ofhumanity from that ele-
waited standpoint attained only by
aerouauts and the bald headed birds of
Of the lair. His experienced and sem
sations during recent air voyage are
| described as follows in the Sentinel /:
Higher and still higher. Above me
the clouds seemed part of the arch of
Heaven, and | could not reach them
Already the gas of the balloon had
expanded until it was pouring out at
the bottom like very thin smoke, and
it did not smell good. In fact it had
the most abominable smell ever eX-
perienced. III could not reach the
clouds above, long banks of them lay
on the hills to the right and left far
| below me, with their white bellies
turned up like fish. They looked soft
and tempting as feather beds, hut as
they were five or six miles either way
distant, it seemed safer not to iump
into them. Dead silence next. except
the occasional soft whistle of a loco
roof, and people invisible. 1t does a
man good to stand 10y himself at
times, and in the face of something
which he believes is danger. 1t strips
the moss from him. Between me and
the world was over a mile of absolute,
unbrOkrn space. Between me and
eternity only tie thickness of var
| nished canvas. | was a planet; sub
pf to II Oft a
laws which govern planets, but hav-
ing attractions of my own, and pow
er proportiOnate to my size, on the en-
tire universe. | felt the more pride
in this becuse on earth there seems to
be no attraction about me, except for
tract distributors and flies. At such
a time a man will reach into himself
and feel around for his soul, as a thief
reaches into large poultry yard after
a small chicken, in the dark. The
man will usually find his soul in his
boots.
At length it seemed at age. but had
been but eighteen minutes since |
started. 1 could hear voices again. l
had been singing " Where, oh, where
has my little dog gone" and kept
it up. | had the advantage of those
people below When | am on earth
people run away mostly when sing,
or else they throw things at me; but
here 1 could sing my soul and gizzard
out, and those wretches below had got
to take it. They could not get away.
So L sung about that suppositional
dog, and told them to write me pho
tograph, and send me a postal card"
and Meet me darling Josie at the
gate, " and a variety OfOther airs suited
to distant but long suffering audi
ence. sung some of them baldhead-
ed before | got down.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-07-28

form a drunkard by marrying him.
Depend upon it, If you can not keep
him sober during those days of the
average woman's strongest influence
over hayward man, the season ofcourt-
ship the changes will be decidedly
against success. Some women have
succeeded in this labor of love, but
there are ten thousand failures to one
success. 1t is field of missionary la
Dor that but few of the sex are fitted to
enter. If John gets drunk once q
month whilst he is billing and coon.
ing, depend upon i. that he will require
semi-monthly seasons of Bacchanalian
recreation when he becomes a Bene.
d!c6 a man who gets drunk is neces-
sarily bad or foolish man when he is
under the influence of liquor and is We
~ apt to soon become bad man wheth-
er drunk or sober. The romantic
idea that woman who can reform a
drunkard is deserving of crown of
glory, is all the veriest bosh. They
would be shocked by the suggestion
that the man who marries a fallen
woman and restores her to life of vir-
ture, would be deserving of the praise
of men, and the thanks of all woman
kind. The latter would be much
easier task than the former, and more
likely to succeed. The debasement in
ore case is generally incurable, and
scOrns the influence of kindness and
affection, whilst in the other, the op.
pCrtunity to escape from life OF deg
radiation Would in most cases insure a
hearty cooperation with the mission
airy in such field. But the drunkard,
as is generally the case, may be addict
ed to a variety of the other vices, each
one of which ought to be considered
as repulsiye as that of drinking. Still
we find pure, virtuous, refined and del
icate women risking their lives and
happiness in the delusive hope of res
cuing and restoring them. Instances
of the terrible failures in this mission
AIRY field are to be found in every street
and lane of a great city, with the &C
compartment of scores of the desolate
widows and orphans of those who
have staggered into drunkards; graves.
Still, the experiment is continued by
new votaries, who think that they can
succeed where others have failed. 1t
Is all terrible delusion. Love and
devotion are pOwerless on drunkard.
Nothing but an iron will and a firm
ness that few women possess can check
the career of man who has once ia
ken to strong drink. He must become
subject TO her will and restrained from
his evil courses by power stronger
than love and kindness. There are
enough men who become drunkards
after marriage for all reasonable pur-
poses of experiment, without taking
them fully trained in career of vice
and debauchery. Therefore, we say,
Girls, don't do it ~
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COMMERCIAL.


CHRONICLE OFFICE.
hSoNvnLE, Tenn. July, 70, 1876.
We note another dull week in all lines
The rain continued the greater portion of
last week, which disappointed the farmers
about threshing and bringing their surplus
of wheat to market, There have been but
few offers for immediate delivery, but, so
far as we have been able to learn, none has
deem sold at above our quotations. The
excitement in the leading grain markets of
the country ran very high during the week,
which was caused by a sudden European
demand; but that demand has already
fallen of, and prices have been greatly re-
duced.
There have been many inquiries from
country merchants about the price of dried
blackberries, but as our market has not
opened yet we are unable to quote them.
Eastern houses, however, advise our whole
sale dealers not to pay over cents per
pound.
Corn is firm at quotations.
Eggs are very dull and lew
But little doing in bacon.
Strictly choice butter is scarce.
Feathers, genseng and beeswax remain
unchanged.
We quote:
WHEAT-Quiet white S1.OOa1O5.
CoRN-tirmeri loose, Zoe; sacked in
depot, 75a7Gc.
LARD-Steady, 15al6c.
OATs-In demand, 50a5jc.
IRISH POT ATOES-NaW prpn q M
per bushel.
HAY-Fair demand, S1.OOal1O baled.
Loose from wagons, SOC per 100 lbs
DRIED FRUIT-Apples, Sa9c Peaches,
quarters, Sa0c.; halves 9al0c. Blackber-
ries, 7ts8c.
FLoUR---Dull and weak; country family,
buying, S2.75a3.00; selling, 3.0Oa3 %; ex-
ira, buying, $3.50 az 75 selling, 81 75s
300, Knoxville City Mills, " our standard
family" $685.; Pearl Mills family, SO. 10 /;
City Mills family, 81 95i Pearl Mills extra,
1910.
BAcoN-Dull with heavy stock on hand
buying from wagons-hams, l2al2! clear
sides, l3ial4; shoulders, 10.
FEATHERs--In fair demand; prime,
49,; mixed, 25a30c.
BUTTER-Fresh, 15alsc.
EGGs-Dull. Sc.
RAas-Cotton, 24a22c.
BERswAX-27a2Sc per pound.
ToB ga ennessee leaf. 5al2c
GINSENG Sl.00.
SENEKA SNAKE-In demand, 55a6Oc.
YELLOW ROOT-Dull, &c.
WooL-Wsshed. 3ja40c per ID.
FURs-Out of season.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-07-28
ST. LOuis Market.

ST. LOUIS, July 26.-Flour dull and
weak; all grades except choice old lit
tie down. Wheat higher, No. 2 red
winter $780,. Corn unsettled and low
er, No. . mixed sold 66 at call, only 60
bid. Oats unsettled and lower, No. 2
sold SIS at call, 80 bid. Rye, no transac-
tons S1,00al.0l bid. Pork opened low-
er at S2l.00. closed $2l00a22. 90. Lard
nominal, held at Is for summer. Bulk
meats held firmly shoulders 81, clear
rib and clear sides 12Ba12@. Bacon in
demand at good full prices, shoulders
90, clear rib 1255, clear sides 13I. Whis-
KY steady and unchanged. Linen bags
higher, especially for shipping grades,
for which there is strong demand,
shippers S7.25a7,50, bacon S7.OOa7. IS,
butchers S7.25a760. Cattle quiet and
weak, the run mainly on common to
medium Texas. Good to choice native
steers S6.25a6.6 60, fair S.. l0a5 65, COM
mon to medium S400a49O. Choice thor
ough Texas S465, good $3.50, medium
to fair S3.30a3.70, common $3.50. Re-
ceipts, 1000 flour; 10000 wheat l8 900
corn; $4,000 Oats; 800 hogs 20, 900 cat
tie.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-07-28
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
New York Market.

NEW YORK, July 70.
Money easy, 1la2. Sterling quiet,
Z. Gold firmer, Sl.128a1 .12}. Govern
ments dull better prices for new SIS,
Sl.15f. States quiet and nominal.
Cotton irregular; sales of 1881 bales
at 15i.
Southern flour heavy and lower :;
common to fair extra, $590a6.75; good
to choice extra, S6S0aS.25. Wheat dull,
irregular and unsettled, 3a5 lower
Sl.45 for red western Sl.40 for amber
do; S1.4S for white do. Corn heavy.
1a2c lower S3aS4l for steam western
mixed S5aS7 for sail do IS for old
western mixed in store. Oats heavy
and decidedly lower; 60a62 for mixed
western 6la6S for white do. Rye
quiet, $1.l5. Pork opened heavy and
closed firmer; new, $2l00. Coffee.
Rio, very firm with fair demand for
invoices; cargoes quoted at 174al9}
gold, for job lots. Sugar very firm.
Molasses firm and in good demand.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-07-28

a couple ofenterprising Dutchmen
"doing the clothing business in At
lanta, are interviewed by customer
in search Of a coat. The senior of the
firm handles the new conner. and soon
finds % first class fit" In answer
as to the price, the response is eigh-
teen dollar
Well, sir, like your coat very
much, but | don't like the price
Veil, mine trent, re price is noting
so you like re coat. We let you take
EN- at fifteen dollar ~
The customer still complains Of the
price, saying that fifteen dollars was
too much. This was too heavy for the
dealer, so taking the customer 10 the
extreme end Of the store, and drawing
him into a dark corner, whispers in
his ear:
Mine trent LET you have Eat coat
for twelve dollar and a Laltn
" Well, sir" said the customer,
like your coat very much, and am sat
isiied with the price, yet, / would like
to know why this mysterious perform
ance.n
Vel, mine trent, you see dot leetle
man deTe i? he vas mine broder. He
got re heart disease, und so help me
gracious, If he vas 10 hear me tell you
/ take twelve dollar und half for Eat
coat, he drop ded NIT his tracks"
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Advertised Letters.
P. 0, KNOXVILLE. TsNN.. Jul,

P. o, KNOXVILLE, Tenn, July 27, 1875.
Airs Alice Armstrong, Miss Mahala Arm
B-Miss A Brown. Mrs July Blair (coD. To-
seph Bowers, Ledman Butler, Miss Mamie Brad
ley; T. Brady, Miss Nirginia Blackwell
C-Miss francis Ceath, Anderson Clark. A
Chayannes %, Miss Charlotte Crouch Mrs iue
cay Manuel GhurchTell, l. Cary, Saml Camel
D-EdWard Davis, Il ID Davis, Hue L Davis
Ordway Davis, James Devine.
win (col) ' ''N Il
FL Walter Fewkes Spencer Field.
G-JoIdon Gibs (cO). James Geraghty
IA Hurt lex Harris, Ellie Hill, q L Hem
qerson, Eugene Harrison, Jasper HAYNES Mrs
Lizzie Harper, Mrs Sue Helton, Senaiha Hills
man, Miss Susan Ianeg, X @ Haun, Miss Y c
Hutton. w Ii Hall.
J-MIs JEFF Jackson.
h-Chas l. King.
Mis- L NJ Long, Mrs Ledford. II R Lee
MFs Pauline Lones. Miss Sarah Jane Larry,
MA Menistion Baden Manson. Mr. Mpr-
my, Mrs Caroline Maskall. Mrs Francis Il Morey.
Elizabeth Munday, McCabc, Mrs Julia A
N-Miss Maggie NJ Nelson.
-Propr International. Mrs Molie Powell
CLaiis a > Roberts, Albert II Raper. Miss
s-A M secfay. KIN Scales Miss Mary sbet.
teTly' ~ IS Nancy Sherfld. w / Smith.
,rA-Mlss II Iindel, Joseph Temple (eol). Mrs
Nancy Iunan, NJ Thompson, William Thomb-
vNTGilbert Il Wood. Miss Hester Wells. John
White, K Weaver. ~' ''-''
Persons calling for any ofthe above letters will
ASK lot ADVERTISED letters" and pay one cent for
auFertAlngiee' WIN, RULE,
Postmaster.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-07-28
Parasites in the Human Ear.

4 young man named Henry Futcher
applied to DR.. Liude the other day
asking for relief from terrible pain
in the side of his head which was
driving him almost to- distraction.
His head was swollen and the blood
slightly oo2ing out of his ear. He
said he had sutferedd terrible agonies,
and thought the difficulty was some.
where in his ear. The doctor exam-
ined the ear and observed something
wiggling far in towards the drum.
Dipping feather in carbolic acid he
inserted it in the ear, and was sur
prised to see a live maggot hop out
He then injected some acid killed
the remaining maggots, which tum-
bled out where he could reach them
with pincers, and in this way he re-
moved seven large maggots of pecu-
liar kind. They were about half an
inch long and an eighth of an inch
thick, larger at the head than the tail,
and formed of a succession of rings.
Examined under microscope the
maggots were found to possess three
sharp horns in their heads, with
which they dig their way into the
flesh. They had dug in the ear con-
siderably, and were piercing the drum.
In fact Futcher had been unable to
hear with that ear for some time.
The pain caused by these animals was
almost unbearable, and yet the real
cause had not been suspected. The doc
tor has made inquiries and searched
authorities, but is unable to find like
case recorded. - He supposes that some
fly or insect must have blown in the
ear. He has preserved the maggots in
alcohol, and the seven of them almost
fill common phial. -OShkOsh North
lUeSteT1.
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A New Novel by George Eliot.

London Correspondence Boston Advertiser
Before passing from this subject /
shall give your readers a piece of good
news, which, at the time i write, has
not yet been made Epublic here, and
which is that George Eliot has near
ly finished a new work of fiction, the
first part Of which will probably APP
pear in the autumn. Notwithstand-
ing the proverbial folly of prophecy
ing, ! venture to predict that this now
ei will be one Of her most successful
works. The subject of it is compare.
lively modern, aud, as far as / know,
has never been treated by any other
novelist.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-07-28
A Story Of Daniel Webster.

IMarshfield Correspondence New Y ork Tribune
While at Marshfield 1 could not but
remember an anecdote of the renown-
ed Senator from Massachusetts.
Many years ago, when he was at the
height of his power and reputation, he
was staying at the Aston House, where
Col. Charles A. Stetson, his intimate
friend, always kept a large room for
him on the first floor on the Vesey
street side. A number of Webster's
friends-he always had great follow
ing-had dined with him one eve
ming. When they had returned to the
room in question, and We're talking
Familiarity. one of them, warm with
mingled curiosity and worship,
put this question: "WOuld you be
kind enough to tell me, Mr.. Webster,
what is the most serious thought that
has ever occupied your mind ?" The
divine Daniel was silent for few mo-
ments, evidently buried in deep re-
Election. Then Obeying the oratorical
instinct so strong within him, he rose
to his feet and said in his grand man.
ner: II will answer your question, sir.
The most serious-indeed, the most
solemn thought that has ever occupied
my mind is my awful responsibility to
Almighty God" Thereupon, as my
informant, who was present, has told
me, Webster burst into such a torrent
of eloquence as the assembled company
had never heard, even from the golden
mouth of him who addressed them.
They were stirred to their depths by
his imprisoned oratory, which poured
forth for fully fifteen minutes.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-07-28
Crazed by Tobacco.

The Pulaski (Tenn.) Citizen says
eve are extremely sorry to announce
that the friends of MIR. Claude j.
Woodring have been forced to take
steps to deprive him Of his liberty for
a time. on account of the prevalent
opinion among our people that his
mind is over-balanced. His alteration
is announced by physicians to be due
TO the excessive use of tobacco, and it
was determined to confine him so that
he could be effectually weaned from it,,
An inquisition was held at the County
Court room Tuesday morning, aud a
verdict as above was reached