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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-05
RESUMPTION.

To those of our readers who nave
tboupht our editorials of sufficient I'M
nortance to give them their special at
tent;ou and to retain them in their
memory, if any such there be, we COM
mend a careful study of two papers
which we have given on our first page
thew are extracted from the New YORK
World. and show by the past experience
of the English government in the sus-
mansion and resumption of specie pay
ments, the futility of Arbitrarily assign
cd dates of resumption; and the neces-
sity of sound financial measures Tor
rendering resumption possible. lfonr
readers will now compare these papers
with the article we published week
or two ago on the financial planks o.
the too platforms, we think it will %
seen that we had anticipated all tn
rr;ncinles here laid down in our New
York contemporary; though we ar
much gratifed at perusing the hlstori
cal confirmation of our opinions 3
ably developed.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-05
The Healthfulness Of Lemons.

When people feel the need of an
acid, if they will let vinegar alone and
use lemon or sour apples, they would
feel just as well satisfied, and receive
no injury. And suggestion may not
come amiss as good plan when lemons
are cheap in the market. A person
should, in those times, purchase sew
eral dozens at once, and prepare them
for use in the warm days of spring and
summer, when acids, especially citrie
or malice, or acids of lemons, and ripe
fruit, are so grateful and useful. Press
your hand on the lemon, and roll it
back and forth bFiskly on the table to
make it squeeze more easily; then
press the juice into bowl or tumbler
never into tin; strain out all the
seeds. as they give a bad taste. Ra-
move all the pulp from the peels aud
boil in water-a pint to a dozen pulps,
to extract the acids. A few minutes
boiling is enough, then strain the water
with the juice of the lemons; put a
pound of white sugar to pint ofjuice;
boil ten minutes; bottle il, and your
lemonade is ready. Put a teaspoonful
or two of this lemon syrup in a glass of
water, and you have a cooling, health
full drink.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-05
General Jackson as a Land Trader.

Madison county was organized In
1871 and of the thirty-four books of
records, the oldest begins with Eebru-
airy, 1922. In this last is recorded a
land deed from Andrew Jackson to
John Overton, both of Nashville,
April IS, 1922, for 200 acre tract,
and two tracts of 400 acres each, one
a part of $40, and part of 23l acre
tract, all in Madison. Only a quit
claim title was conveyed and all war
rauty or guarantee was specially ex-
cepted, the sale being in nature of
compromise and settlement of con-
ficting interests and claims. The pre-
else sum paid is not named, but only
for good and sufficient reasons, etc.
In another place is recorded land
deed for 600 acres in this county sold
by VIM. Terry Lewis to Andrew Jack
son for $3.50 and dated IL March 1896.
Gen. Jackson then owned large part
of the land where Memphis is, aud
other large tracts along the Mississippi
valley where several of the celeheated
mounds have been discovered. He
possessed a large and valuable land
property.
The first deed begins, This linden
ture made and concluded" etc., and is
written out at full length after the old
English style of phraseology, is posi-
tive and complete in all its conditions
and provisions and signed, Andrew
Jackson, (sea)" and witnessed by
Thos. Crutcher and John G. McLe-
more.
The first deed recorded has certif-
cate of registry dated Feb. z, 1922, and
the register was John T. Porter, grand
uncle of our present uncle Governor
Porter.-Jachsan Wing and Tribue.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-05
Abandon Ohio! Not Much,

rhere f2 are .2g1. 6dIR6j "dD6e emocrats in
Ohio who will fight on. fight ever
We have forty-four Democratic to
forty-four Republican counties In the
State. We now have a majority of the
Congressman in Ohio, and while it is
barely possible that we may loose one
or two districts that we carried two
years ago, we intend to elect major
ity of the delegation.
The Democracy of Ohio are not the
men to lay down their guns, either at
the dictation of the Republicans, or
because they have not always been
strictly in accord with the views of
the Democracy of the other States. All
differences will be dropped in the
presence of the common enemy, and
the Democracy of Ohio will make
such fight in October as will sur
prise their enemies and challenge the
admiration of the Democracy of the
Nation. " abandon Ohio {" Nor
MUCHl
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-05

If there is anything in the reported
movement to defeat the reelection Of
the Hon. j. ID. G. Atkins, in the
Eigth Tennessee district, II ought 20
be discouraged. Weare not in the habit
Of medding with these matters, but
the loss Of Gen. Atkins from the
House wouId be felt far beyond the
bounds Of his Congressional district,
and therefore the suggestion 70 supply
his place with another. justlhes us IN
saying that he il one Of the very few
Of our representative men who unites
to talents of the first order, a reserved,
Woodworking capacity. This tells
more ia legislative acts than in mere
speechifying. He is now ia position
to be Of the most effective service.
His experience, his personal character,
and his abilities give a parliamentary
rank Of the FIRST class, and his people
should not even consider change.
As member of the COMMITTED on
Appropriations, he has contributed
no inconsiderable part in the vast re-
duction OF governmental expenditures
accomplished BY the present Demo
cratic House. But asa counselor In
caucus and on the floor, he has done
incalculable good BY his moderation,
discretion, and tact. The South has
too few such men to dismiss them from
| its SERVICE Courier Journal.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-05

In Ireland the dog duty is Is. a
head ; in Great Britain IS. head. In
the former kingdom the money real
lied by this tax is distributed in aid
of local burdens among the counties
and towns; in the.latter country the rev.
enue goes into the imperial excheqer.
There were 320,371 dogs regis
tered for duty in Ireland during 1875 !;
this is at the rate of about one dog to
every IL inhabitants. The money re-
allied by the Impost came to g32. OF.
Per contra, the expenses were fl3,729,
so that there was a net balance Of
f18,307 to be divided. Many more
dogs arc kept of course in the country
than IN the towns and we accordingly
find that if we count every little vii
lage as town, there are about eight
times as many dogs in the purely ru-
raj quarters as they are ia the Ill
townships. As an illustration we may
compare Mayo county with the city Of
Dublin. The population is about the
same-2l0,0 600 each-but in Mayo
there are 1901 dogs, and only 1850
in Dublin, rather more than one
fourth. Mayo receives f9l8 on the
distribution, Dublin EFT. Land and
Water.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-05
MIR. BERRY LYLE.

We regret to find that the feelings
of this gentleman have been hurt Dy
the way in which we spoke OF HIM. on
the occasion of his making speech az
the Savage meeting the week before
last Our allusion to his having been
in the Brownlow legislature, was In
tended as no attack upon him-we re-
spect every mans convictions be they
ever so much opposed to ours, and we
are the less disposed to take position
hostile to him, as We have since been
informed that his policy while In the
LEGISLATURE was conciliatory to the
southern people, many of whom were
benefited by his intereession with pow
ors which then ruled the State. W.
most willingly express our regret ina
onr article inadvertently wounded nj
feelings.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-05

Both these arrangements MIR. Yancey
considers wrong, SO that he il the par
ty after all who il at issue with ''our
forefathers." He thinks that the
bondholders ought to have been sacri-
iced and the holders of the Continen-
tai currency who were the people ought, |
if any, to have been paid up to the face
of the notes they held, and in this
matter he agrees with Scott and Liv-
ermore. whose opinions were not acted
upon by "our forefathers.
We hardly think it necessary here to
defend Washington, Madison and Ham
ilton and the first Congress generally
for not acting ON the advice OF Scott,
Livermore and company, but as the
difference between the case OF the
Continental money and the bonds Is
sometimes inexperienced we will
here explain it briefly. The Continent
al money was simply the currency IS
sued during the revolutionary war for
ordinary daily transactions in buying
and selling, it passed rapidly from hand
to hand so that, though it rapidly de-
preciated in value, no individual lost
much on it; long before the termina-
ton of the war it had become entirely
worthless and, when the war was over
nobody cared much about it and wher
the Federal government gave 40 oft
nominal value for it men were rathe1
surprised at getting more than the!
expected-it was in the hands OF tn
people and the people owed it; IN shor
the people were both creditor AM
: debtor and if rather than submit to al
enormous taxation to liquldate it the
3 were willing to cancel the whole mat
Ter no one suffered. The Continents
: money had purchased our independ
euce and nothing more was wanted
"a it.
The bonds stood on entirely ditfel
. emf grounds they were due not frol
= the people to the people but fro
= the people to individuals who ha
; ; loaned them money and many of who
; were not Americans at all and had
interest in the result of the struggl
g the faith of the nation had been piedgt
: to them.
= Now we are aware that according
the Regulating theory of morals
- this goes for nothing-that as soon
= a man has loaned you money he b
n comes your natural enemy, capitali
Is a bloated bondholder, and has
~ rights that an enlightened patriot
~ bound to respect. but our torefathe
NC were a simple people, they had b
'iS rowed and used the money and tn
- settled up rigidly with their credlto
~ They were right and it will yet
:. shown that their descendants ha
not degenerated.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-05

New YoRK, Aug. 2.-The acqnital
Of Belknap is the subject Of general
comment by the press this morning.
The Herald says it will occasion no
surprise, but prove a great dlsappoint-
ment. The acquittnl will prove q gain
only to Belknap himself While in
some respects il will be hurtful 10 good
government aud pure administration,
Il was a vote to let the guilty escape.
AstO Belknap, It makes but little
difference whether convicted or &C
quilted. In either case he was ire
trievably ruined or disgraced. The
verdict was unworthy Of Senators, and
of the country.
The Times considers the failure 10
convict him as a serious misfortune TO
the country, and says it will hencefor-
ward be impossible 20 convict an OH
Ger who resigns before impeachment.
The tone of the other morning pa
pers are 10 harmony with the senti-
ments Of those quoted above.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-05
HOMES In THE SOUTH.
A Few Plain Statements from a Prac-
tical Farmer of Tennessee.
FROM Che Toledo ComInercial.l

FROM tHC AOASAo ~1AAA@AA~~N-~S.'i
Aswa travel through the North we
see life. activity and the fruits Of en-
terprise and industry. Such eviden-
ces of wealth and prosperity are a
guarantee that happiness and content
ment reigns supreme. This honored
and loved section Of the country was
once my home. I will never forget
the associations that were formed, and
have in great degree controlled my
actions thus far in life. 1 moved to
Tennessee nearly six years ago. Farm
ing has been my occupation, and am
frank to say that farmers who emil
CRATE from the North to Tennessee,
Alabama and Georgia, and use the
same industry there that they did in
North, that they will make three times
as much money in the South.
The climate of these States is great
help to the farmer. There grass
grows nearly the year round. In the
/ North it requires several months OF
hard labor to secure hay and grain to
/ winter stock. This is nearly all saved
| in the South. Feed is fuel regulating
| animal heat That mild climate re-
auires less food on this account
Stock of all kinds is very healthy and
prolific In the South. Lambs raised
in these States usually sell for twict
as much as those raised in the North
Born in December and January, the.
are ready for market in April, whei
the North has none for sale.
The farm products that can b
raised in these States are much NOR
numerous than those raised in tn
} North. The range in their maturit
runs from February until January
Early fruits and vegetables ripe
: there early in the spring, and ar
; shipped to Northern markets and sol
at high prices, because the North Ia
none ready for market. How will SD
ever be able to compete in this trade
The climate gives the South great ad
. vantages in this branch Of industr,
Men With small capital can go ther
: and soon become wealthy. In fac
there is not product that grow
North but the same can be produce
. in these Southern States, at muc
greater profit.
These States are also very health
: with good society. No better an
: more friendly neighbors can be foun
! in any section of the country. The
: are very anxious to see Northel
= people come there and assist in bull,
!, ing up and developing the resourc
= of the South. Lands are very che;
,. and can be bought within ten miles
: Montgomery at from five to ten dolla
y per acre, improved and ready for Il
], plow. In Tennessee they range highe
J from twenty to forty dollars per acI
. In Georgia about the same as
: Alabama. In neither of these Stat
r. are the lands valued according to il
= provements, location and richness
soil, but according to the necessity
= the owner.
sc STEPHEN COLLINS.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-05
ALLEDGED REPUTATION IN HIS
TORY.

We have before us paper written
nv Mr.. It. l.. Yancy, In reference u
some matters in controversy between
him and Col. Bailey, at the Jordan
Springs barbecue. We have not room
for the insertion of the paper, ana can
onIv saw that it consists mainly OF
.or,o extracts from Hildreth's History
Of the United States-of course these
ore history. but what position either
Mr. Yapeey or Col. Bailey took IN re-
faronce TO them on the occasion siluu-
cd TO we have no means OF knowing
nor do we consider it important DC
main point for US to considers whe'n-
90 tba messages in question III any way
instifv the position assumed by MI
yoncey in reference to the bonus o.
Tennessee, and on this point we arr
ouite confident in giving negative an
swer.
The passages he quotes are from TN
sroecbes of Livermore and Scottln tn
second Congress who may be consider
"a as the regulators of that day an
for whose opinions the "fOrefathers
snotsn Of in Mr.. Yancey's paper al
no more responsible than Tilden a1
Hendricks are responsible Tor =
beresies of Messrs. Yancey and SaVag
About the real point at issue we W
40 room for few words; the mr.
Congress did compromise the Com
nental money which had been the Gu
reney of the nation during the WI
but religiously respected its BOND
debt giving the prior consideration
10 that which was due to foreigners
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-05

AHb OHHh "OOeA VI wv
Parke Goodwin, in the Utica, IN. ~ Obser


/ have been intimately acquainted
with Mr. Tilden for nearly forty years,
and though | have often differed with
him politically, sometimes even la
menting his strong reliance on party
agencies, have never had the slight
est occasion to suspect his absolute
integrity of purpose and sincerity OF
conviction. In all the relations OF
private life he is purity itself. At the
same time he has always been q pub
lic-spiritcd citizen, taking an active
part in whatever concerned the well
fare and progress of the community IN
which he lived. His devotion, indeed,
to public affairs began while he was
stiff youth, and his early discussions
of intricate questions of finance at
tracted the attention of matuTer minds
by their singular penetration and
judgment.
Professionally, he has taken rank
with Van Buren,, Brady, O'Conor,
Graham, Evarts, Kirkland, and other
foremost lawyers, aud in peculiar
class of cases-heavy and complicated
railroad litigations-he is admitted to
be facile priRceps. His counsel, when
important and decisive action was in
volved, has been deemed invaluable.
In still higher relations, MIR. Tilden
seems to me to combine, more than
any man now before the public, hardly
excepting Mr. Adams, of Massachu-
sets, the two great kinds of quality,
theoretic and practical, which form
the true statesman profound un-
derstandi1g Of the philosophic grounds
of political opinion, and the sagacious
tact and energy OF the man of business.
This union of theoretic insight with
practical capacity has been singularly
shown in his administration OF the al
, fairs of this State. New York is the
largest Commonwealth of the Union
, the largest in population, in agricultu-
. raj products, Ia manufacturing enter.
prise, in commercial captain a word
in the diversity and Importance Of III
business relations and the Governor
! ship there is not clerical function
confined to the appointment OF nota.
) ries and the signing OF commissions
/ as in many OF the newer Western
\ States, but an onerous, intricate ant
responsible trust.
The Governor is invested with thu
veto, which makes him part Of tn
i legislative power, while his executiv
v connection with the complicated bust
\ ness of the quarantine, the salt works
: the State prisons and charities, an
4 an immense system of canals, impose
n upon him the most varied and Difficult
e duties. Mr.. Tilden, in his short ten
: ure of the place, has evinced master
q ly fitness for all its duties. He ha
defeated multitude of ill-considere
! and improper bills, rectified man
n minor errors of administration, over
. thrown a fraudulent and gigantic cor
: spiracy, and reduced the taxation froI
,f over SIS, 100000 in 1875 to less tina
4 $4,000, 600 in 1876, with an assuranC
that if the changes he has suggeste
are followed, the decrease will be tw
or three millions more in 1877 !.
part of this reduction is due to Il
extinction of the bounty debt, but 81
ir rest to Gov. Tilden's direct efforts an
influence.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-05

THE fact is, the Republican party
will have no motive to reform matters
if Mr.. Hayes is elected, because, de-
spite its overwhelming corruption, the
people will have kept the party in Of
fee. IF elected and trying reform,
Dir. Hayes would be peremptorily
shown that there would be no necessity
of it. He would be shown that all
that would be necessary would be to
jog along for four years. and in 1880
nominate some other Hayes and get
the Schurz of that day to help him
out with plausible letter of accept
ance. and that the people would re-
spond as before. There is no way to
reform a government when it Is bad
except to punish the party which has
made it bad, and the only way to pun
ish party Is to turn it out OF power.
-Brookiyn Eagle.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-05
State Convention,

Believing that this county is among
the soundest in all Tennessee upon
o,astions of State policy, We trust to
see n large delegation sent to Nashville
naxt Wednesday. Some of our ablest
men have their names on the list OF
Delegates and we would suggest a CEN
ference of those likely to go previous
to starting, that on their arrival IL
Nashville they may be provided with 4
well digested line of policy to be pur
1 sued.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-05
Correction

The voting quota assigned to MONT
gomery county by the Commute on "a
sis of representation at the late sena-
torial convention was A. There must
have been a serious error in the calcu-
lation. The basis was that each coun-
ty should have one vote for every 0O
Democratic votes, and every fraction
of 80 given in the last gubernatorial
election. The vote given by the
county for Gov. Porter is 2,5S3, this
divided by 80 gives 30 and 30 over
which entities the county on that ba'
sis to 81 votes. This correction ma!
! be important.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-05

So far as Montgomery and Its two
peiphboring counties are concerned,
all the nominations to the State legis-
ture now complete, are in the highest
degree satisfactory. Judge Smith for
representative of the county, Col Bran,
don as foater for Montgomery anu
Stewart, and Mr.. A. E. Garner as
senator for the three counties, form
trio Of able and estimable men thor
ourhly sound in all matters OF State
and Federal policy aud processing
largely the confidence of the eommu-
nitv We have but little idea that any
imposition will be started but If either
Radical or Independent should desire
70 try his hand we have no doubt O
his receiving q lesson which will D.
profitable to him in the future In
State legislature for the ensuing wv
wears will evidently contain BODY Q
men practically devoted to their dut
l and. we are confident, more ethclen
in providing for the true interests
2 of the State than their predecessor
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-05
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
Have Key and Harris Combined Their
Strength

From the Morristown Gazette, and repub-
lished in the Brownsville Democrat.
Under the above heading the Nor
ristown Gazette. one of the leading
papers of East Tennessee, says:
We would not be astonished if West
Tennessee called upon East Tennes-
see, in the next Legislature, to recip-
rocate little and vote for West
Tennesseean for one of the two Sena-
torial positions. We think that Sec
ton of the State should be entitled to
some cosideration at our hands. To
it was due the election of Mr.. john
son to the Senate. We should re-
member this; remember too, the great
interests of West Tennessee at Wash
ington and remember, also, that we
have been a State for nearly century
and that no Senator has been elected
to Congress who was at the time OF
his election resident of West Ten
nessee. 1t would not astonish us tc
see Ex-Governor Isham G.. Harris pre-.
sented from West Tennessee with the
same earnest and ardent support which
we always gave ex-president johnson
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-05

Hon. JNo. F. House is expected at
home in about ten days. His friends
will give him warm welcome Soon
.fter he returns he will address the
people, of which the public will be ad-
yised. Everybody will turn out on
that occasion because of all the men
in Tennessee, our people prefer to hear
him Added to the fact of his sur
rassiug eloquence, they have perfect
] confidence in the man.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-05
Fall Trade prosuccts.

Business men find announcement
in the prospect of a good fall trade.
The dry goods aud commission houses
report early sales and hopeful out
look. Low freights, it is thought, will
bring greater custom. Another of
the large sales of dry goods was held
yesterday, and three quarters of a
million of dollars was realized, prices
seeming to show gain on those of
last week.-Ne,c York Tribune.