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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20

One circumstance in particular that
prevents us from getting our best
statesmen into high places is the pop
ularity of some military man or per-
sonage in other departments Of life
who has contact with a large class,
or won a renown in something else be-
side statesmenship. 1t was thus that
Harrison, Taylor, Scott and Grant
came to be the candidates Of the great
parties, for no person would have
thought of them as suitable men for
president from a consideration Of their
abilities as statesman. A military man
is naturally no more qualified for a
high civil Office than a civilian is for
military position. The result is that u
man gets into power who knows moth
ing of his business, and Of course he
is bluuderOr from the beginning 90
the end of his term.-BaItimore Amer-
tcdR.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20
A Neglected Duty.

The Baltimore Sun says There is 4
class of the community which rarely
goes to the polls or give any attention
to the formation of nominating con-
ventions because it is disgusted with
politics and politicians, and with theiI
tricks and manners. Those who
neglect their public duties are among
the most intelligent and conservative
Of the American people, and have as
large stake in the preservation OF
good government as any other class.
The time has come when they must re-
linquish an inactivity which, under the
circumstances, is becoming criminal,
and combine their energies in a sys-
tematic aud determined effort to rescue
the Government from the degradation
and ruin with which it is threatened
by official Generalization"
To which the Nashville Evening
Mail adds: This is the point, and it is
true of every portion of the country.
A large number Of men in every COM
munity have withdrawn from partiei-
patton In politics, even to voting.
They leave to others the selection of
candidates and the election of the men
who are to make our laws as we'll as
those who are to execute them. It is
a matter for wonder when the best
and most intelligent men we have take
so little active interest in matters of
vital Importance, that our laws are
often defective, if not oppressive, and
that we have incompetentand bad men
to fill the offices of honor and trust 2
If these men would visit the primary
and aid in the selection of
and then go to the polls
and vote for the mon thus selected, we
would soon witness change for the
better. 1t is great mistake which
these stay-aways make. Their active
influence is needed to purify the po-
litical atmosphere, and bring back the
country to something like the govern
meut in the purer and better days of
the republic. They must come out
from their seclusion, and perform with
faith the duty they owe
their fellow-men and their country.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20
HENRY IL. ROSE.
BIZ REV. W. A. TURNER.

Soon ali, soon thy race is run,
Death has reaped, and thou art m0wn.
Life has ended ere its sun
To refulgence ever shone,
Ere the opening rose of time,
Freighted full with rich perfume,
Bursting forth in holy prime,
Wholly reached its nobler bloom.
whittier gone need not ask,
How thou died'st l make no trace,
Rudely though the mortal mask
Parted thy immortal face:
See thou standeSt free in light,
Gods own love thy only leaven
'Tis enough eternal, bright,
Are thy visions now in Heavent
We had here acquaintance brief.
Yet twas true, as christians brood:
Earthly cheer gives ne'er relief,
Such as friendships happy mood.
Cheerful, happy. true and good;
Modest, prudent, quiet, free
None could hatethee, if they would
Ay, to know was loving thee.
Side by side, we fought my friend,
Shall we ever meet again
Face to face, where homes meier end,
Talk the paSt-of joy or pain?
"Yes, y cries faith, sit must be so ~
Hope rejOiceS in the thought:
Jesus wash mel ere go
To the home that thou hast bought.
Twas where christians hopeful meet,
Wickedness forever cursed,
Child of trouble finds retreat
From the world, 1 saw thee first.
None had known thee till that hour,
But an inward burning joy
Moved our he9 rts-a secret power.
Stamping theeno strange alloy. E.s#
Twas thy goodness, gentle, free,
Native Independence true,
Ay, the greatness born with thee
Chained our soulS-the praying few.
And I've asked if angel bands
Felt the same enl1indling thrill,
When thy spirits well-trained hands
Touched the harp on Zion's hill.
We met last where angels vie
Angels in a brothers love
Form and face, and then thy eye
All-presaged to world above.
Yet dreamed it not, no! no!
Youth so fun of promise fair,
Thought 1, God viii keep below
Gracious victories fit to share.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20
The YanderbIlt university.

We find in late number of the New
York Sun leaf in the history of the
Vanderbilt University which will be
read with interest by the people of the
South, and especially as it bears marks
of authority. The Sun speaking OF
Vanderbilt and his University" says
The Commodore likes to relate in
cidents in his life to interested friends
as they sit with him. The other day
he told the history of his connection
with the Nashville University. About
two years ago Bishop McTyeire, ofthe
Methodist Church, now President OF
the University, and who is related to
Mrs. Commodore Vanderbilt, was
staying at the New York Hotel, under
treatment for an obstinate disease by
DIR. Bodenhamer. The Commodore
invited the Bishop to stop at his house,
which, he good -naturedly said, was as
good hotel as the New York. The
Bishop went, and a strong friendship
was cemented between host and guest.
The day before the Bishop was to
leave the Commodore called him aside
and confided to him his project OF es-
tablishing university somewhere in
the South. 1t was a duty, the Com
modore said, that the North owed to
the South, to give some substantial
token of reconciliation that would be
a benefit, and he wanted to do his in
dividual share by founding an institu-
ton. The next day the Commodore
explained his plans to the Bishop.
They agreed upon them, and chose
Nashville for the site of the Universi-
ty. The Commodore then gave check
for $500,000 to found the institution,
and he since added 100000.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20
Col. j. Z. Bailey.

We make no apology for the space
occupied by the document which will
be found on our first page, from our
able aud distinguished fellow citizen,
Col. j. L. Bailey. He argues that
tax of 5 mills on the dollar would be
sufficient to pay interest, aud the cur
rent expenses Of the State government.
He also produces figures 70 show that
of the bonds now remaining unpaid,
there were only 81 $4,000 that was is
sued by Brownlow and Senter, for in
solvent railroad companies. The fig
ures exhibited by Col. Bailey very
clearly show that the proposition 10
repudiate on the ground Of fraud is
only a preteKt, and scarcely worthy OF
refutation .-iSprinQfeid Record.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20

The New York Nation, paper that
is held in highest esteem by the intel
lectual and thinking classes of the east
ern States, says of Blaine's speech ex-
planatory of the Fort Smith railroad
bond matter:
The Little Rock and Fort Smith
road was carpetbag enterprise, and
issued bonds and stock in a way that
would make granger's hair stand on
end. The company of Boston gen.
tlemen, as Mr. Blaine calls them--Or
the ring, as it has been generally known
that got up the road, for every thOus-
and dollars they received Issued
two thousand dollars worth Of bonds,
and two thousand dollars worth of
stock; so that Mr.. Blaine's payment
for his bonds of "the regular price
fixed for their sale" does not mean
precisely that he paid dollar for dol
lar. His statement, too, that the road
got nothing from congress, but "deriv-
ed its life, franchise and value wholly
from the State" is misleading; for,
though the State of Arkansas was the
intermediary between congress aud the
road, the real donor of the land grant
which gave it all its value was the
United States. Mr.. Blaine's state
ment, also, that the only act passed by
congress after the land grant affecting
the road was simply to "rectify a mis-
take in previous legislation, is, we be-
lieve, misleading. 1t appears from his
statement that Mr.. Blaine bought his
bonds in the summer of 1869. At that
time an act Of congress, passed in the
spring of the same year, restricted the
road to two dollars and fifty cents per
acre in sales of its grant. On March
8, 1870, another act was passed remov-
ing this restriction.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20

ALL Odd Fellows are required ito
act like honest men" hence it should
be the special duty Of every Odd Fell
low to feel that, morally, he is his
brothers keeper" and any known i'm
morality in brother should be pri.
vately reproved, and if he persists in
it the matter should be promptly re-
ported to the lodge. No lodge can
long prosper, whose members haEitu-
ally violate the laws of God. Our
odd Fellowship is our distinctive
feature, and certainly one definition
of that is. that we are to be altogether
unlike other people" Our teachings
inculcate purity of life and conduct,
and it is the duty of every lodge to
see that its members make something
like an effort to attain to the excellency
of its teachings.-Neao England ODD
FeLLoac.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20
Speaker Kerr.

WASHINGTON, May S.-A distln.
guished member of Congress to whom
Speaker Kerr, before leaving for Rich
mond, impaired the information, is
authority for the statement that he
will resign in a day or two, and letter
Of resignation already has been writ
ten. When in New York Mr.. Kerr
was informed by a physician that his
ailment would not yield to medical
treatment unless be relieved his mind
of all business and embarrassments
incident to the presiding officer of the
House. Mr.. Kerr finally consented TO
be governed by this advice. He will
reman in quiet for few weeks, and il
not at the end of that time consider
ably improved, it Is his further inten-
ton to resign at the close of the pres
ent session so that his successor can
be elected in the fall. II is probable
that Mr.. Cox will be chosen to the
Speakership TO succeed Mr.. Kerr, as
MIR. Randall has lost rather than made
friends since the session began.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20
WHOLE NO. 1886.
HUMAN M0NsTRnsIrr.
Frances Mcclellan Creates nm Ex.
element la Jackson.

Last Wednesday q mulatto girl
named Frances Mcclellan, living on
the farm Of Mrs. Mcclellan, about ter,
miles from jackson, visited that uity.
and created quite a sensation. She
was raised in Madison county, and is
now about seventeen or eighteen years
old. Her face appears 70 be that Of u
human, with a mask-like covering on
the upper portion, resembling very
torcibly the front and nose of cali.
From the top of her forehead down TO
her lower lip, the face is calls face.
The nostrils perform the duties Of che
human nose. and extend down on the
lower lip like the nose and upper lip
OF a calf. Her eyes are several inches
apart, large and peculiar in appear
ance. The skin Of her calf-iace Is
smooth like other parts Of her per-
son. The lower lip, chin and under
jaws are natural human features, and
OF common size. The large eyes, the
broad, fiat, calf-like face, the wide
nostrils, and the thick, heavy upper
lip, joined to the human features be-
low, gave to the face at once a horri-
bic, revolving and hideous appearance.
All who saw the girl were excited with
curiosity, and eyed her very closely.
She soon noticed this, and hid herself
from public gaze.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20

city was recently asked what were the
probabilities of the coincidence above
alluded to being accidental. After a
long and intricate ealenlation, into
which the differen i il and integral cal
culus largely entered, be announced
the result in the following terms
The Interpretation ofprophecy places
the end of the world in 1876; the in
ductions of science place the end OF
the world at no great distance af time;
the Interpretation of the Egyptian
hieroglyphics, which have correctly
exhibited the mathematical laws ofthe
solar system long anterior to theirdis-
covery by man, prefigure a terrible
calamity to the human race in 1876;
the chances, then, against this coinci-
dence being accidental are about four
million to one.' maasst ot.a aeag' g
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20

The Richmond Whig is determined
to be loyal, aud doesn't want to be
called a Bourbon. 1t says ave are
content with a union of the States.
Indeed, we announce now in advance
that we will advocate thrashing into
submission the New England States
when they become so disloyal TO the
glorious stars and stripes as TO attempt
resistance to our great aud benehcent
Government and its laws, as we forsee
they will in a few years, when the pow
er of the empire shall have westward
wended its way permanently, aud the
friction of its machinery shall have
rendered sensitive the scions of the
Pilgrim Fathers. The freedom Of the
slave, too, we even rejoice in--not ex-
actly, il is true, yet awhile in the man
ner or mode Of its accomplishment,
but the fact itself, that the negroes are
slaves alone to themselves and their
own freely-chosen taskmasters, and that
we, the whites of the South, are en-
franchised, liberated from the fearful
responsibility that so long enslaved
us. In fine, all the legitimate results
of the war we accept as fully settled
forever and ever"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20

The one thing most devoutly to
be wished for by the patriotic men Of
all sections of the Union, is a complete
restoration of fraternal feeling be-
tween the North and South. The
causes Of quarrel have oil been re-
moved. There exists no longer reas-
on why Union men and Confederates
shall not wipe out the baneful distinc-
tion implied in these terms, and meet
on common level, as citizens Of a
common country, filed with a common
love and moved by common purpose
-forgiving all ofienses--forgetting all
differences-remembering only that
they are bound together by the herit-
age of common glory and united by
the ties Of common destiny; and that
in their hands is tho grandest work
ever committed TO any people in all
worlds history.-iSaint Paul and Mn
-neapolis Pioneer Press and Tribune.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20

1t having been stated by the Plea
yune that the Louisiana delegation to
The National Democratic Convention
were understood to be all but one in
favor of Bayard, five Of the six dele
gates from this city have written a let
ter to the Democract, in which they
allege that there has been no meeting
of delegates and no determination ex-
pressed to favor Bayard or any other
individual aspirant. The following is
the closing paragraph of the letter,
and very fully sets forth the policy Of
the city delegation In other words,
it is our intention, as we believe il 10
be our duty, to go to the convention
perfectly free to give our support to any
good and true man who, in our jadg-
ment, may be most acceptable to the
party generally, and most likely to
unite and receive the support Of the
opponents of Radicalism. .'-Neio Or
leans Bulletin.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20

TOBACCO PLANTs.-After careful
examination and enquiry we are con-
yiuced that there are not in Christian
county enough plants of the first SOW
ings to set out one-twentieth of crop.
These having been almost totally de-
stroyed by the fly, the reliance for
plants is now confined to late sowings
which are just coming up, There is
as yet but little abatement in the raw
ages of the fly, and if the cool weather
continues, the later sowiDgs will likely
be as completely destroyed as the first.
In no event is there probability OF
setting out more than half Of crop
in this county, and that will neeessa-
rily mature very late, if indeed, it ma
lures at all.-HopkinsUiile Neao Era
18Th inst.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20

The Postmaster General has discon-
tinued the following postothces in this
State:
Cemetery Station, Shelby county;
Fruit Hill, Hamilton county; Fairfield,
Bedford county; Goodfeld, Meigs
county; Lookout Mountain, Hamilton
county; Laurel Hill, DeKAlb county;
Porter Station, Henry county; Post
Oak Springs, Roane county; Rob
Camp, Claiborne county; SaTdis, Hen
derson county; fuckers Gap, Wilson
county.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20

How SHE WAS FooLED.-A lady in
this city (says the Marquette JournaD
suspected that her husband was in the
habit of kissing Kate, the cook, and
resolved to detect him in the act. Af-
ter watching for days she heard him
come in one evening and quietly pass
through into the kitchen. Now Kate
was out that evening and the kitchen
was dark. Burning with jealousy the
wife took some matches in her hand,
and hastily placing her shawl over her
head, as Kate sometimes did, entered
the kitchen by the back door and was
almost Immediately seized and en-
braced in the most ardent manner.
With her heart almost bursting with
rage aud jealousy, the injured wife, pre-
pared to administer terrible rebuke
to her faithless spouse. Tearing her
self from his embrace, she struck a
match, and stood face 70 face with
the hired man. The husband says his
wife has never treated him so well
since the first month they were mar
ried as she has for the past few days.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20

A ST.. Louis lady announces a lee
ture "for men only" Certainly an
occurrence not usual, says the Phila-
delphia Press.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20

CONSIDERABLE Indignation bubbles
up in the Republican press over the
resembling of the resolution of censure
upon Hon. John Young Brown.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20

THE friends of Rev. Henry H. Rose. de-
ceased, member of the Tennessee Confer
ence NJ E. Church South, will read with
pleasure the following tribute paid him by
one who knew him well, and loved him
for his worth:
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20

DURING last week nine Americans
died in Rome of fever.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20

3, Venus, z; Earth, 10; Mars, l6; As
teroids CERES, Pallas, Juno, Vesta.)
q, Saturn, 100, and Uranus 1876.
When it is remembered that Uranus
was not even discovered until the be-
ginning of the present century, this
record of the ancient Egyptian magii
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20

AsA1N'A H1O 1-ENl 7 HAA1 D<AAL
of the final convulsion that will, in
the tWinkling of an eye, wind up the
human life of our planet, some extra
ordinary evidence has been discovered
on the banks of the Nile, in the an
cient land of the Pharaohs. The
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-20

A BLOWING OUT OF MATTER
which gives rise to the extraordinary
penumbral phenomena witnessed by
Prof. Leverrier. There il undoubt-
edly an immense underfeed from the
outside towards the center, but whether
by rush downward from the center of
the focii of disturbance can not be
determined. The present action, at
all events, has had the effect Of show
ering upon the earth large additional
increment of solar heat. So far the
effect has not been Objectionable, but
in the Immediate future the conse-
quences may prove disastrous The
sun has emitted an enormous amount
of extra heat, and this emission may
jeopardize his very existence, as well as
the stability of the system he controls.
BY comparing, as it were, his own VI
tality, his reciprocal action upon our
globe will be materially diminished.
The restraint hitherto exercised upon
the molten ocean that surges. WITHIN
our planet has been chiefly solar, and
if this influence has been lessened, as
there are too many grounds to believe,
a series of terrific earthquakes In re-
gions hitherto comparatively free from
them may inaugurate hnal compre-
hensive convulslon..
An eminent mathematician in this
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-04
d Prather.
LEXINGTON. Mo ".

Mo, Nov. ), 1876.
j. P. WIles. 6. Clayton, Nj. Sommeryille,
j. A. Graham, W. II. Chiles, b. Marshall and
j. A. Quarles met and organized by appointing
B. Marshall chairman, and j. A. Quarles secre-
tary.
The chairman states that the object of the
meeting is to investigate IL certain statement.
made in the Lexington Register, Rejecting up-
on the moral character Of JudgcJno. A.. Pratber.
A communication from NJ. L. Denote, edl-
tor of the Register, to DIR. j. G. Russell. with
regard to the statement, is read.
The editors aud publishers of the Register are
requested to present any evidence which they
may have to substantlate the charges made
against Judge Prather. j. P. Wiles 6. CLAYTON.
and j. A. Graham are appointed a committee to
wait upon these gentlemen, and make this re-
Adjourned TO meet at county clerks Office at
G. 80 p. m.
The chairman of the meeting is added to the
After recess, the committee having made their
report. the following resolutions are unani-
mOusly adopted, tO-wit:
Resolved. That we, the undersigned. citizens
Of Lexington, requested to investigate the
A Prathsr, after inva s~tigating the affair. beg
leave to report that said matter was thoughiIesso
y published upon u mere rumor, emanatins
the accompanying letter OF Col. DeMotte. the
editor of the Register, fully exonerates Judge
L dluGI-
LEXINGTON. NO., Nov. Bird, 1875.
DIR. j. G. RUSSELL: Hearing from Won that
Judge Prather feels aggrieved at a publication in
the last issue of the Register, l request you to
based upon rumor, the truth or falsity of which
! do not ASSUME, and assure HIM that / had no
intention to do him an injustice, and regret ex-
ceedingly that the article in question appeared In
the Register. He is ut liberty to make such use
OF this rs he may desire. Yours,
MARK l..
II 10 fI,rfIar air
meeting, from the evidence before it, that the
said charge Is without Justification, and it is
deeply regretted that it should have been thus
thOughtlessly published.
1t is further resolved, That the editors of the
city papers be requested to publish the proceed
ings of this meeting. B. MARSHALL.
j. r. WILLIS,
WIN. H. CIIILEs,
j. A. GRAHAM,
--..- NJ. SOMMERvILLE,
q. CLAYTON,
j. A. QUARLEs.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-04
AN UNAHsWERABlE ARGUMENT.

The strongest rSu'nen which can be urged
against the advisnbility of administering such
corrosive and nervc-dcstroying poisons rs ar
senic and quinine tor intermittent and remittent
fevers. is the vastly superior success in the pre-
vention and cure of such diseases Of n medicine
which is the very antipode of the above named
drugs, both in respect Of Its composition and
the results wrought bv it. Such a medicine is
Hostetter's Stomach Bittcrs, n purely vegetable
preparation. which not only eradicates with
wonderful prOnptitude every trace OF fever and
ague. and kindred types OF nalarious disease,
from the system; but is Il certain prev entive of
all maladies begotten Of miasma-tainted air and
water. These results mineral anti febrile rem
edies do not effect with certainty. and their con-
tinued use entails consequences highly perni-
ciols to the system. The Bitters, on the contra
ry, not only afford speedy relief. but establish
health on u permanent basis. noy4.Im