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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

AN AMATUER HANGINa.-The ex-
ecution near this city on the 9TH inst.
like dime novel, seems to have taught
any. but the lesson it should have
taught. Hundreds of little boys wit
messed that sad and awful event, and
instead of being awed by it, they were
rather disposed to applaud and initiate
the victim stolid courage. As an
evidence of this but few days ago a
party of boys, in the way of imitation
and playfulness hung upon the gallows
erected for Mclean one of their COM
panions. The little criminal improvis-
ed for the occasion, met his playful
fate with all the sternness and resolu-
ton of veritable Mclean, and with
out q word suffered himself to be hung.
After he was suspended, his compan-
ions endeavored to cut him down, but
not being provided with the proper
instruments, they failed, and but for
the opportune passing of freight
train, whose conductor saw their
dilemma, and who stopped the train
and went to the rescue, the little fell
low would have paid with his life for
the absurd venture of initiating a fear
less criminal. The lesson Of this
humorous but almost tragic incident
is, that capital punishment falls far
short of the purpose for which it was
instituted. 1t is at least one argument
to show that hanging is neither pre-
ventive nor reformatory. The boys
who went through the details of an
awful execution but the other day
were neither profoundly nor healthily
impressed with the lesson of McLean's
| fate.-.Idcksoas SIN.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29
For the Chronicle.
REPLY TO LEAP YEAR.

What pest is leap year
TO many a modest beau,
Who has his heart a beating,
When maids wooing go,
Because they are not captured
Or asked to give their hand.
There is Willie, Pete, and Tolbert,
With Dicks, Arthurs, Johns and DaI
All wishing for some maiden
To grasp them by the hand,
While your iSeemOre is
Very anxious to enter in the band.
While all who are anxious
Can join the hurdle band,
Though 1 say It, my dear fellow,
You are not in much demand;
For when we go n wooing,
We want to catch a man..
While you rely upon your beauty
And talk about your tin.
We care nothing for your beauty;
Not as much as you for tin.
We want a man of talent
And he'll be sure to win.
We want no sycophant,
Who brags about his tin
We want lasting virtues,
Located well within;
So away with all your beauty,
Or store-house filled with tin.
So now, my friend, a long adieu,
To Tolbert, Will, and you.
Though your hands are very white,
Your face and whiskers too,
But ifa hand we ever gain,
Youu find it wont be yours,
While Mamie. Matte, and Ivie,
Louise, O-Toney, Ann,
Lila, Bette, and Maud,
Sweet Helen, Bette, Sue,
If they wished to gain man.
Would never look at you.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

Morton said in his recent speech,
that it is folly longer to deny the out
RACES perpetrated upon the colored
people at the South. And it is equally
foolish 20 deny the outrage perpetrated
by the Radicals, upon the entire coun-
try, upon liberty aud political justice,
by throwing open the ballot box to the
semi -barbarOus ignorance and brutal
~ of the unframed sons of Ham.
Morton remembered too, to forget the
murderous feats of citizens of Illinois,
and the bloody deeds of the Molly
Maguires in Pennsylvania. But then,
the victims of those murderers were
not black, and the scenes of the TRACE
dies were notin the South. Morton
would again submit'to the Moxa ope-
ration, if it could obtain full credence
in the North for all the lies he told in
his speech.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

There are some queer incongruities
in the salaries paid to State officers il
Michigan. The Governor draws q
salary of but 81 900, while that of the
Railway Commissioner is $1,000. The
salaries of the Secretary of State, Com
missioner of the Land Office and At.
torney General are $500 each, and these
are the only State functionaries draw
ing less compensation than the Gov
ernor.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29


The sales on our market this week
aggregate something over 200 hogs
heads, with an advance of 4c. to &c
on Leaf over last quotations, while
Lugs remain unchanged. No really
fine Tobacco has yet been offered,
nearly all the breaks being in very
high order, 'carelessly handled, and
caked in pricing. We would urge
upon our planters the advantage OF
pricing all their Tobacco (Lugs as
we'll as Leaf free-our warehouse
men say from l. 400 to 800 pounds IN
a hogshead. Care should also be
used in handling, as careful handilng
enhances the price of all grades
Sales now commence .on Tuesday OF
each week and continue until all the
offerings are sold. We quote s.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

THE Lexington Disp1tch says, few
days ago Gen. Thomas Benton Smith,
a gallant and distinguished Confeder-
ate officer, was adjudged lunatlc at
Nicholasville, Ky. He imagined him
self an hdian king, and, galloping
with bow and arrow, shot indiscrimin-
ately at the people, being finally cap
tured with difficulty among the hills of
Jessamine. He bore his Tanner brave
ly throughout the entire war till the
battle of Nashville. After the sur
render he received saber stroke on
the head, the effects of which are sup
posed to be the of his lamentable
alteration. His case is distressing
one, and causes great grief among his
friends.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

In tire whisky ring prosecutions
indeed in every investigation into ofiic-
ial frauds-the Radical party is on
trial, and the people should bear that
fact in mind and remember at the same
time that the corruption of Radicalism
has won for US, at home and abroad,
the reputation of being a nation of
thieves.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

THE Northern Radicals are expected
as matter Ofcourse, to denounce Hill
and his speech, but when Northern
Democrats speak lightly of both. as if
unwilling to admit that honor and wis
dom can be indigenous to the South,
We are tempted to inquire in what
Northern Democracy differs from Rad
icalism in the undercurrent of feeling
towards the South. Either party is at
liberty to charge the South with all
manner of crimes, and both become
indignant at a denial. by Southern
man, of the truth Of the charges. The
inference 10 that the South has no
friends in the North. and issimply be-
guiled, by false show. into voting 10
the Interests Of Northern Democracy.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

Eread of revivals in various To-
calities in the North and feel anxious
to learn their effect upon the Radicals.
Without conversion, we fail to see the
good to be effected so far as the in
crease of public virtue is concerned.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

1T seems that the various Congrega-
tional Churches-as a whole-are
about to take Beecher in hand and de-
termine, by thorough investigation,
whether or not he shall be recognized
as minister of that denomination.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

We are pleased to see that our Rep
resentatiye in Congress, Col. j. L.
House, is watching the interest of his
constituents. 1t is no more than was
expected of him, and no more than
the Colonel expected to perform when
he asked their suffrage. The Colonel,
by his manly bearing and gentlemanly
courtesy, has already won host of
friends in the nations capitol. Dorer
RECORD.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

THE Democratic Executive Com
mittee is to have an Office in Washing
ton. 1t ought to be farther removed
than that from Wall street and Tam
many influence to secure the full con-
fidence of the party.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

THE colored citizens of Chrystal
Springs, Miss, in public meeting, re-
solved upon an organization somewhat
similar to that of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry, to cultivate friendly relations
with the whites, to withdraw from poll
tics, suppress crime and endeavor to
produce everything for their own con-
sumption, at home.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29
NEW HONE ENTERPRISE
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN's UNDER
State OF TenneSsee--MOntgOmery I
T., r.,.o,,,,,,. Nfti,a csg,,art

JIG. Joseph vs.. Nike colbert,
In this cause IL Appearing by aihdaVit
" indebted to plaintiff and IL non-fesi-
dent of the state so that The ordinary pro
cess o law cannot be served upon him, ana
an original attachment having been served
upon his property, 10 is therefore ordered
that publication be made for four successive
weeks In the GAINESVILLE CHRONICLE, n
Vile, commanding the said defendant
TO appear before me or some other acting
Justice OF the Peace ut my office la ClarkH-
VILE, on the 10Th day OF February, 1875,
and make defence 10 said suit against hiin
or IL will be proceeded with ex parte.
IL. ID. READ, j. i.
Jan. Is, IS76-4w.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

THE Virginia Legislature is not pass
ing many bills this session. A letter
to the Petersburg Index says: :. Gen
Fitz Lee's immigration scheme is dead
Gen. Dick Taylor's plan for funding
the foreign debts dead. The Centen-
NAL appropriation bill is dead. Hon
est John Letchcr's dog-law is dead.
Everything, that Is anything, Depend
ing upon the grace OF the Legislature
is dead. q
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

WE invite attention to letter of our
former townsman, Mr.. g. L. Lewis, in
refutation of misstatements by the
Iron Age" in reference to the iron of
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. The
subject is important and the writer is,
in every sense, reliable.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29
Charleing the Scholastic Age.

After the 18th of next March, the
clause of the school law providing for
the admission into the schools of per-
sons between the ages of Is and 81
years will expire, and after that date,
only pupils between the ages of 6 and
IL years will be admitted.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

Knoxville Chronicle, Jan. %: THE
Board of Mayor and Alderman start
ed out yesterday, In the way of re-
trenchment and reform. The ADOLF
ton Of all salaries for Mayor and AL
derman, and the reduction of all 9TH
er salaries. saves to the corporation
over FIVE thousand dollars per annum.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

BLAINE, in his malignant assault
upon the South, exemplified with the
aid of his partizans, tightly occur
renee in every village-the bark OF one
dog sets all the other dogs to barking.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

A Measure in which Tennessee, Ken
tneky and Virginia are Deeply
Interested


Ever since the internal revenue act
Of 1868 the people of the South have
insisted upon being allowed to sell leaf
tobacco IN unlimited quantities. or in
specified quantities, for consumption.
Under the present law a Ersgaueer of
tobacco is not authorized to sell It IN
the leaf except to some licensed manu-
facturer or person designated in the
law as competent to receive It. The
consequence hSs been that no tobacco
goes into consumption in the leaf. 1t
is all manufactured into chewing to-
bacco, fine cut. cigars, smoking tobac-
co. or snuff, Even the scraps from
the cigar mandatory are used by
other cigar manufacturers, until all
the material except the stems is con-
sumed. In the South they have a way
of rolling the leaf and chewing it with
out other manufacture. This IS done
on the plantations, but the planter is
not allowed to sell it even to his neigh
Dor. A number Of members from
Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia in
sist upon the proposition that the pro.
Queer be allowed to sell a hundred
dollars worth of leaf for consumption,
and the Commissioner of Internal Re-
venue is very strongly opposed to it.
tits evident, from the tone of feeling
in the House of Representatives, that
they intend to pass bill allowing d
producer to sell one hundred dollars
worth Of leaf tobacco for consumption.
but, as sure as they do, it will oe de-
feated by the Senate Finance Commit
tee and the Senate, in both of which
places it has been defeated before. 1t
was the old rule to pace no special
tax upon the raw agricultural produc,
like cotton, hay, leaf tobacco, grain,
garden vegetables, ETC., etc. For two
or three years there was tax collect
ed upon raw cotton, but it was repealed
because it was contended to be no more
just than would be like tax upon hay
and grain The tax on leaf tobacco
was several times defeated upon ths
same ground. 1t is considered by to-
bacco producers an exceptional tax Of
restriction upon sales of farm produc,
that is entirely indefensible.- Wash
ington Republican.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

IT is a damaging comment upon the
rights conferred upon the citizen by the
Constitution, that one hundred years
after the adoption of that instrument,
a citizen of the South has to petition
Congress for the removal of disabili-
ties imposed by sectional tyranny.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

CONGRESS is still harping upon civil
service reform. To expect anything
civil or serviceable during the admin
istratiOn of Grant is stretching credu-
lily to its extreme limits.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

THE Wing party may have expired
in 1860 as is asserted, but its principles
still live, and the Democratic party
will gain wisdom and power by their
adoption as part of its political creed.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

IT is singular fact that whilst SO
many ofGrant's friends and appointees
are aspirants to single term in the
Penitentiary, he should be seeking a
third in position which he has so sig
nally disgraced. Were he tried under
the law, defining the guilt ofaccessories
before and after the fact, he and his
whisky ring friends would not long be
separated in the flesh whilst united in
spirit.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

SPEAKER KERR has not expelled
the money changers from the Capitol,
but he has closed the bar-rooms in
which Radicals were wont to imbibe
inspiration for deeds of wickedness.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

THE Chicago Times opinion Of
Senator Morton He is a nuisance
offensive to the moral sense of the
community, and ought to be suppressed.
Any doubts on this point that may
have been entertained BY persons un-
familiar with his recent career should
certainly be set at rest by perusal Of
the mass of concentrated folly and
venom he inflicted on the Senate yes
terday.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

BEECHER is getting laundering mad,
and proves himself an adept at singing
epithets, even in the pulpit rendered
famous by his hypocritical worship of
God.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

The election of ex-Congressman
Beck as United States Senator from
Kentucky is welcome result of the
contest that has been going on in the
Legislature of that State. No better
choice could have been made. Mr..
Beck, who entered upon his Congress
ional career only ten years ago, has
madein that time national reputation,
taking his place among the ablest re-
representatives. of Democracy in the
House. In the Senate his influence
will be felt on the side of sound and
practical legislation, and his presence
will add to the Democratic strength OF
the new Senate which comes in with
the new Administration in 1871
Boston Post.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29
PORTRAITURE.

To those having old pictuTes Of Diseased
friends TO be copied 10 an enlarged alze, or
desiring 10 sit for Life Size Pictures ri fhem-
selves. I would state tbntmy arrangements
for such work are as complete ~ any VAL
lery in America. / have made a specially
Of this branch Of my Professionalism re-
quires the greatest care and experience-
every negative for enlargement u made Nv
myself and the finishing OF The pieturr'
whether in india Ink or In colors. ~ eii.
trusted 10 none but artists Of known skill
and ability.
! respectfully invite the public 90 call and
examine the style of work done % this
gallery. Prices will be as low ~ nuy other
gallery doing as good work.
Gallery opposite ccnrt House.
Dec. II, 1S75-tE ~
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

THE Natchez (Miss.) Democrat says
we have private advice from Jackson,
from a very reliable source, that there
is scarcely any doubt that Gov. Ames,
Lieut.. Gov. Davis, and State Superin-
tendent Cardozo will all be very soon
impsached and removed.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

SEVERAL heifers purchased In Ken
tucky at cost of $50, 900, have arrived
at Jersey City. They are Of the breed
known as the Rose of Sharon, and
were bought for persons In England,
to whom they will be shipped.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

GRANT S refusal of a third termand
his imitation of Washington's farewell
address may be looked for about the
18th of June. So rumor has it,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

AMONG the many bills introduced
into Congress, large proportion en-
brace subjects over which that body
has no constitutional authority.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

THE Russellville Herald says the
Kentucky Legislature having gotten
through with the election of United
States Senator-the most important
work before it-they will greatly oblige
the taxpayers of the State by adjourn
ing sine die at an early day and return
ing to their respective homes. The
tax payers don't want any more laws
having more now than they can under
stand, and more than they have any
use for if they did understand them
Woe be to the man who offers any
measure to increase the taxes for any
purpose whatever. He had as well
commit suicide at once
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

WE are promised that at an early
day something viii de done in refer
ence to the repeal of the resumption
act.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

AN exchange says one more of Nor
toms lies has been nailed" To nail
them all would raise the price of the
article.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

THOSE who discuss the relative ven
ON of Morton and Blaine will present
ly be quarreling about the relative per-
fume of the skunk and pole cat.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

The Tennessee Congressional dele
CATION is notindifferentto the improve
ment of the rivers of the State.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

THE third termers are not so much
devoted to Grant personally, as is sup
posed-all they want is a President
who will liceBse thieves.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

THE Congressional committee to
which the subject was referred recon-
mend an appropriation of $4,000, 900
for rebuilding the Missippi Ievees.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

BLAINE says his course eH the am
nesty bill will damage the Democratic
party, by arraying the South against
the Centennial. The truth is that the
Centennial is q very small matter in
the estimation of the Southern people
who are too we'll aware that tits not the
hundreth anniversary of the govern
ment founded by cur revolutionary
sages. Besides Blaine insults the in
telligenee of the North, by assuming
that he can blind them to the fact.
that he is the incendiary author ofthe
movement to array the South against
the Centennial, and with no higher mo-
tive than to promote his aspirations to
the Presidency. If his estimate Of
Northern intelligence and patriotism
is correct, the government is failure
and the South is powerless 10 save it
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

Elk Governor Clifford, who died the
other day at New Bedford, was Presi-
dent of the Boston and Providence
Railway, and about a month before
his death had his own salary reduced
as an example Of economy.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

TUENLEY, ELY & Co., of the Elephant
Warehouse, sold Jan. 9th, 1876, 81 hhds. as
follows:
Hhds Good Leaf, at Sl2 IS, u 70. Il 90
u 90, u 90.
finds Medium Leaf, II -, II so, IL 80,
IL co. 10 IS, ~ IS, 10 70. 10 80 10 80.
p Hhds Common and Low Leaf, so, so
8 80, 9 go, 50, 8 80, 10, 40, ., 90, gC0.
0 ~, s 20, 10, 8 50, W, so, s 80, 30, 30,
G %. 90
Is Hhds Lugs, 5 80. ) so, 5 60, 5 50, 5 90, 90
90. 5 40, ) 20, 5 90, 50. 20, %, %. o.
IIhds Factory Lugs and PrimfnSs, ID,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29
Grange Farehause.

HERSDoN & SMITH, of Triee's Landing
Grange Warehouse, sold at the Exchange
i'm this city, on the 18th and 9th inst, "a
Hhds, as follows:
e0Hhds Good to Fine Leaf at $40 90 to
ID q. f3r
% Hhds Low to Medium Leaf, 81 oc to
Is Hhds Lugs at 81 90 tor 10.
Central Warehouse
KExDRrcK, HAMBAuGH & Co.. of the
Central Tobacco Warehouse, sold since last
report 81 Hhas. as follows
IA Hhds. Good Tugs from F6 50 to 50.
"a HIlds- Good Leaf from 10 10 to IL D.
10 Hhds- Medium Leaf Ironi 90 to 8 SO.
IA Hhds Low Leaf from soto 50. -
d. Hhes Primings and Common Ilugs
from 3 OV 70 | SO.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

WI hope the majority in Congress
viii bear constantly in mind, the fact
there must be majority in both
Houses and a change IN the Executive
Department. before any great reform
can be consummated. And that in
view Of this fact it will be suicidal to
divide on issues that are necessarily
postponed for want of power to give
them immediate effect. Resumption
and the currency are two such issues,
and whilst the House may effect good
by condemnation of the former. the
latter can well await future develop
ments. The first question in order is
the removal of RadIcalism from pow
err and to accomplish this there must
be harmony in the ranks Of the oppo-
sition-and it can urite upon the broad
basis Of Radical usurpation and cor
ruption.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

THE Philadelphia Inquirer IS also
disposed to pat Mr.. Morton on the
back with club: When Mr.. Nor
ton makes to the Senate such an IN
fammatory speech as that which he
made on Wednesday, he is doing no
possible good CD the contrary, he Il
doing vast deal of harm. 1t may
serve temporary political purpose,
but it seriously disturbs and retards
the work of Craftsmanship, which is
to unite the people Of the whole ceun-
try and not to disunite them.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-29

Would announce 10 their friends tina
having greatly reduced their expenses, as
compared with last year, we are IN the
most favorable circumstances TO sell goods
at the lowest possible cash prices. We
carry no rubbish, but replenish our stock
weekly direct from the Manufacturers and
Importers. We handle HE purest and best
goods and conscientious In the manipula-
ion OF drugs, we promise those favorins
us with their patronage that we VIII dis
pense nothing but pure medicines.
Thankful for the very liberal past iaVors
we hope 10 merit continuatio OF same
Respectfully,
McCAULEK a. co.
N.B.-All those indebted to me indivsdu-
ally. or to McCauley * Co., are earnestly
requested to call at my store ana settle
aSsny business is such that cannot cali
on you. .<,,
Ian %. '7G-tf &. +. L. MCCAULE1.