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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-12-20
The Political House that Jack
sr- Built.
From the Chicago Times.

From the Chicago Times.
This is the soldier who organized
the Legislature of South Carolina
with his bayonet. s s'7al
Ttis is the corporal who ordered
the soldiers who organized the Leg
islature of South Carolina with his
bayonet. fag aaca aia9
This is Dennis, who directed the
corporal who bonlered, the soldiers
who organized the Legislature of
South Carolina with his bayonet. y
This is Chamberlain who instruct-
ed Dennis WHO directed the corporal
who ordered the soldier who organ
lied the Legislature of South Caro-
lima with his bayonat. H
This is General Ruger, who au-
thorizea Chamberlain who instructed
Dennis who directed the corporal
who ordered the soldier who organic
ed the Legislature Of South Carroll
ma with his bayonet. .s.-f...a ~.
/ This is, Secretary Cameron, who
ordered General Ruger who author
| lied Chamberlain who instructed
Dennis who directed the corporal
who ordered the soldiers who or
| ganized the Legislature of South
| Carolina with his bayonet,
This is President Grant, who di-
rected Secretary Cameron who or.
orered General Roger who authoriz-
! ed Chamberlain who Instructed Den
mis- who directed the corporal WHO
ordered the soldier who. organized
the aEegislatare- -of~South Carolina
with his bayonet.E
This is the Republican party which
! Endorses President Grant who direct
ed Secretary Cameron who ordered
General Ruger who authorized
4 Chamberlain who Instructed Denni,
who drec. ed The corporal who or
dered tic soldier who organized tbs
q Legislature OF South Carolina will
his bayonet. '.saw
3 lszs--.A New y ork dispatch of the 18th
states that Gov. Hayes had remark
Z ed to one of the 'slocal Republican lead
ers of that city that he was now satisfies
tFat he had !5een elected President 0
the United States, and was entitled t
{ the office, and that he fully expected t
be inangurated as SUCH ToAthe del
with his bulIdozing Let him pull dow
Ills vest and wipe on his chin sA
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-12-20
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Female High IS School: enc

REV T. P SUMMERS 11 i-ss & q
r. A. LOWRY, Davidson CoIlege1. ,ss-5 .1Eu-
Associate Principals.
G. z. DILLWoRTH, Principal Music Dept
The next Session commences the first Monday
IN September, 1876. ~a rFsff ar 7.
Board from So so to S3 90 per week
Tuition from $40 $40 per Of 20 weeks. SOS
Address the Principals, Morristown, Tenn -Fsf
lee p 75-H
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10 The Chicago Times makes the
following classification of Radical
United States Senators: Notorious
rascais-S Spencer, Of Alabama /; Clay
ton, of Arkansas; /; Bruce and Alcorn,
of Mississippi; Sargent, of Califor-
MIA; Conover. of Florida; West, of
Louisiana Patterson and Robertson.
of South Carolina. Astute corrup-
tionists-Logan. of Illinois; Morton.
ofIndiana; Sherman, of Ohio ; Win
dom, of Minnesota;s Howe, Of Wis
cousin; Hitchcock, Of Nebraska !;
Boutwell,, Of Massachusetts, and
Cameron, of Pennsylvania. PARTS
ans whose fortunes are not, however,
bound to Grantism-Conkling. of
New York; Edmunds, of Vermont !;
Morrill,. OF Vermont Cragih, Of
New Hampshire; Booth, of Califor-
MIA Cameron, of Wisconsin; Chris
ltiancy. of Michigan Dawes. of
Massachusetts; Wadleigh, i'of Now
Hampshire. and Ingalls,. Of Kansas.
Non descripts whose action will be
governed By. circumstances-Blaine,
Harvey, of Kansas; Ferry, of Michi-
gan; Wright, of Iowa; Hitchcock,
of Nebraska; Mcmillan, of Mime
sofa, and Hamlin, OF Maine.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-12-20
1TING 'THE PEOPLES MONEY.

/ SAYING THE PEOPLES. MONEY.
The financial statements contain
ed in the report ofathe Secretary of
Treasury afford some interesting sta
tistics. showing the effects of Dem
ocratic success. upon the national ex-
penditures. In 1869 the net ordipa-
ry expenditures of the. Government
were $3.50, 1876. SD. In 1870 Mr.
Dawes. the chairman Of the Ways
and Means committee, made an 'elaB-
crate speech condemning the extra
VACANT expenditure of the peoples
money, and appealing to his party to
be more economical. When Secre-
tary McCulloek was planning the re-
sumption OF specie payment he made
an elaborate report upon the pros
pective ability of the Treasury, in
which he estimated that upon peace
footing the net ordinary expendi-
lures of the Government ought not
10 exceed $685. 100000 per annum.
Mr.. Dawes argued that the expendi-
lures should tend toward that sum,
and so accordingly the appropria+
tions were reduced and expenditures
cut down for several years thereaft.
er. as will appear from the following
table: rr tsFt r1s- 8a.s tra
1870. So Ga, ,421, ,5O7 1874. $194, 119, ,985
1871. 157, ,583, 1927 1875. III ,529 ,84S
1872. 153,201 ,S56 1876. 15S, ,216, ,526
1873. 190, ,489, ,636
1t will be noticed from this how
the appropriations were reduced pri-
or to the Presidential election Of
1872, and how Immediately thereaf-
ter the expenditures bounded up,
until the Democratic victory of 1874
caused the Republican House to
trim down the appropriations for
1865 in order to make some showing
of economy for the Presidentialean-
vass. The reduction for 1876 was
the effect of the economies OF the
Democratic House, pushed through
in the face of the opposition of the
Republican Senate. The policy of
economy thus auspiciously inaugu-
rated will be pursued by the Demo
cratic party, with the result of large
fedtctions below the amounts for
1876. 4s, sru
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The New 0tx Hegula, of the 9th
nst., says in its leading editorial Ihe
country was never before in chperilas as
IL ii At present, not even in the great
crisis Of 1851 a
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-12-20
Cheap Enough.


& Tt seems that kellogg. S interesting
eanyassing. board III New Orleans,
who are electing d President of the
United States. hold four sessions a
5day--thus :iaa Ba3 easa eHA
i /. An open session. Nobody adj
mi tted.oasf m Fr feef m
2. An executive session. Nobody
admitted but the ten distinguished
Northern visitors on each side
s8l3. A secret session. ftP0sitively
no admittance." The three white
men and two negroes-all Republi-
cans. handle the returns themselves.
A. An evening session, at which
Republicans only are admitted, and
at which the situations Is cussed and
discussed, g 4 tss
At the frst, or open, session of
these President makers by the new
patent process of Kellogg, Grant,
and Packard sanybody can obtain "a
view Of the machine without money
price. IL is cheaper than the expe-
Renee 81, Of the inebriated Jerseyrnan
ii New York, who. led by flaming
posters advertising the play OF the
Forty Thieves at Niblo'ss went to
The box office and called for q ticket
.--at. the same time throwing down Q
s. greenback. On receiving in re-
| turn $s and a ticket, fhe had expect
cd 90 pay about so cents the as
toniShed9 eountryanan, locking first
At the money and then az the ticket,
exclaimed
f-h-how much dO you ask to
fhic1 see these Forty fThieeesf''g
The ticket agent informefl him the
price was 81.
" ell. said Jersey, throwing the
ticket back, and looking sharply at
/ The Official, you may k--k-keep
sver tfeket-I lon't care about seeing
1.-The other thiftv-nineiiA a W
= The New York HeWla, of the 9th
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-12-20

Igaye it up. | hauled down MY
colors and surrendered. I was not
eqhaP to the requirements ofa guber-
material campaign in the state of
New York. and SO set in my with
drawal from the candidacy, and in Bit
terness of spirit signed it, Truly
yours, once a decent man, but now,
fAoI IS 'fA ai MARK TWAIN.
4. P.,7M. T., .B. s d. T., f. c.. and
L. i. a 4s. .tns.ssse seferen ys8
Middletown transcript., 1876-01-22
Mexican Life.

Although the Mexicans are lazy
people, and pass hour after hour in laz-
mess, they rise early-the gentlemen
to take their morning ride, the ladies
to go to early mass, which is the only
occasion in which they appear in the
streets on foot. They take luncheon
between twelve and one o'clock. Mex
Jean men are. as rule, temperate;
but gambling is thoir passion, and they
are not particularly honest. They are,
however, compauionable and hospitable.
and though frugal in their way Of liv-
ing, provide bountifully when they en-
terrain. At dinner there are always
two or three covers laid for guests who
chance to come in. In many Mexican
houses they have, as rule, no regular
dinner. If they are hungry they eat
some simple dish or drink cup Of
chocolate, which is excellent; the coffee,
however, although they raise good
quantity. is not good-tbey do not
know how to prepare it. At six o'clock
they drive out and from the promenade
they 60 to the opera or theatre, taking
their daughters. dressed in their finest,
with them. If perchance there is no
place of amusement to which they can
60, then they remain at home. and
amuse themselves at cards and music.
The young people make dancing their
principal enjoyment. More than half
the population of Mexico are Indians. |
ana curious phase of Mexican do
mestic life is that their house servants
are principally Indian girls, although
among the eight million inhabitants
there are half million of negroes. The
girls are treated very kindly by their
employers, and are skilled in house,
held affairs as we'll as in the use of the
needle.
Middletown transcript., 1876-01-22
An Earnest Life.

Earnestuess does not always mov'
with clatter. There are other thing
in this world which are quite as pleas
ant and edifying as the rub-a-dub-dut
Of a snare drum. In fact this kind oi
melody is not generally the highest
style of music. Have you never known
a man bustling and oficious, and clam
orous and loud, but who did not weigh
heavy after ala thing very we'll un-
derstood by every one except just the
man who might have pro6ted by that
piece of information And have you
never known man, quiet and unosten-
tatious and faithful. and who was per-
petunl blessing, golden man, deep
souled and true. whose memory fingered
long after he was gone, like light upon
the hills after a gorgeous sunset?
The shallow stream rattles along its
course but when it is met and drowned
by the majestic tides rolling in from the
sea, there is silence on the hills. To the
great tide there is the power Of more
than hundred rivulets, yet its coming
is aim ost as quiet as the celestial forces
that bring it. The tide flows down and
shallow grows the stream. and again
the empty chattering goes on. And
this is what we wish to say, that things
most potent. although demonstrative,
as indeed they must be from their
effects, are not necessarily noisy. A
strong and earnest life need not make
what people are in the habit Of calling
" a fuss" 1t is better to be known by
he lead that strikes, thsn by the bang
II the gun that sends it.
Middletown transcript., 1876-01-22
Selett Aoetrp.
THE MUSIC OF CHILDHOOD.
BY JEAN lNGELow.

| BY JEAN lNGELOW.
When hear the waters fretting,
When see the chestnut letting
All her lovely blossoms falter down, think
"Alas the dayr'
Once with magical sweet singing,
Blackbirds set the woodland ringing
That awakes no more while April hours weal
| themselves away.
In our hearts fair hope lay smiling
Sweet as air, and all beguiling;
And there hung mist Of bluebells on the
slope and down the dell;
And we talked of joy and splendor
That the years unborn would render
And the blackbirds helped us with the story,
for they knew it we'll
Piping, huting, "Bees are humming;
April's here and Summers coming;
Don't forget US when you walk a man with
men, in pride and joy
Think on us in alleys shady
When you step graceful lady;
For no fairer da rs have we to hope for, little
girl and boy"
Laugh and play, o lisping waters!
Lull our downy sons and daughters;
Come, 0 wind, and rock their leafy cradle in
thy wanderings coy;
When they wake we'll end the measure
With wild sweet cry Of pleasure,
And riley down derry, let's be merry, little
girl and boy!'
Middletown transcript., 1876-01-22
Shall Shall We Meet Again.

The following is said to be one o.
most brilliant articles written by the
lamented G.. D. Prentice
" The fiat of nature is inexorable
There is no appeal for relief from the
great law which dooms us to dust. We
flourish and fade as the leaves Of the
forest, and the flowers that bloom and
wither in day. have no frazier hold
upon life than the mightiest monarch
who ever shook the earth with his foot
steps. Generations of men will appear
and disappear on earth, and the multi
tude that throng the world to-day will
disappear as the footsteps on the shore.
Men seldom think of the great event
of death until the shadow falls across
their own pathway, hiding from their
eyes the faces Of loved ones whose liv-
ing smile was the sunlight Of their ex-
istence Death is the antagonist of life,
and the thought of the tomb is the
skeleton of all feasts. We do not want
to 60 through the dark. although the
passage may lead to paradise we do
not want to lie down in the damp
grave, even with princes for bed-fel-
lows In the beautiful drama of Ion,
the hope of Immortality, is eloquently
uttered by the death devoted Greek and
finds deep response in every thought
ful soul. When about to yield his
young existence as a sacrifice to fate,
bis Clementhe asks if they should meet
again, to which be replies: L have
asked that dreadful question of the hills
hat look eternal-of the clear stream
hat flows forever-of the stars among
Ehose fields Of azure my raised spirits
,ave walked IN glory. All were dumb,
'ut as l gaze upon thy living face. l
eel there is something in the love that
nautles through its beauty that cannot
wholly perish. We shall meet again,
>"
Middletown transcript., 1876-01-22
A Sell, Not a Sale.

Amiable shopkeepers deserve to be
canonized Here is an illustration OF
the trials to which they are constantly
subjected. One midsummer day. when
Eolus slept, and the thermometer stood
in the nineties, lady entered store
and inquired for parasols. The. oblig-
ing proprietor spread out before her
samples of large and varied stock.
"Have you any of the shade q size
larger ?" said the lady.
The size was produced.
II think on the whole I prefer the
size smaller"
The size smaller was presented.
Have you any Of this size lighter
shade of blue p
The required shade was brought out.
Haven't you any Of this kind with
a crooked handler
The shade with the crooked handle
appeared.
Haven't you any with the crooked
handle not quite so heavy?" said the
lady. and SO continued her inquiries for
every conceivable size. shade and weight
possible in the line of parasols.
After nearly an hour had been con-
sumed, the fair shopper gathered up
her handkerchief and gloves. and moved
for the door.
Can't sell you parasol ?" in
quired the exhausted proprietor.
"Oh, dear, no." replied the lady,
Il was merely inqoiring the prices.
l am going in mourning myself, and
have one for SALE"
Middletown transcript., 1876-01-22
CHURCHES.

FOREST PRssBYrERIAN.-Rev. John Patton
D. D., Pastor. Divine service every Sunday
at 10. 30 q. m. and 700 p. m. Sunday School
at am. Lecture on Wednesdays at 100 p.
m. Sunday School in the Chapel at Arm
strong's every Sunday at 2.30 m.
ST. ANHE's PROTESTANT EPIscoPAL.-Rev
VIM. G. Butler, Rector. Service on Sundays
at 10. 30 a. m. and $50 p. m. Sunday School
at 2.30p.m. Services on Fridays at $50 p. m.
METHODIST EPIscoPAL,-Rev. L. G. Matlack,
D. D., Pastor. Service every Sunday at 0.G0
a. m. and TOO p m. Sunday School al $50
a. IN. and 2.30 p. m. Prayer Meeting on
Thursdays at 100 p. m.
CoLoRED METHODIST n. Norris
Pastor. Service every other Sunday at 10. 30
p. M; and 8 p m. Sunday School every
Sunday at ! p. m.
Middletown transcript., 1876-01-22

ondition, she asked that all 60 out o.
the room excepting her husband and
housekeeper. when she told how much
she dreaded leaving her little child
amongst strangers, and as dying wife
entrestcd them to marry again. The
proposition was strange one, but both
promised, and in few months after
ward. when the second wife had been
dead sufficient length Of time not to
cause remarks, the two were again
married, brought together after a cruel
separation of SO many years. and we
believe, are now living happily together
in a cosy West End house .-Cincin-
moti Enquirer.
Middletown transcript., 1876-01-22
!" Rock Of Ages Cleft for Me-"

ln the pleasant county of Devon. in
one Of its sequestered passes, with ! few
cottages sprinkled over it. unused and
sang Augustus Toplady. When q lad
OF sixteen and on visit to Ireland, be
had strolled into barn in which an H.
literatc layman was preaching but
preaching reconciliation to God through
the death Of his Son. The homely SER
mon took effect, and from that moment
the gospel welded all the powers Of his
brilliant and active mind. During his
last illness, Augustus Toplady seemed
to lie in the very vestibule Of glory
TO friend'sinquiry, he answered. with
sparkling eye: 80. my dear sir, /
cannot tell the comforts l feel in nv
soul-they are past expression. The
consultations Of God are so abundant
that be leaves me nothing to pray for.
My prayers are all converted into praise.
enjoy a Heaven already within my
soul" And within an hour Of dying.
he called bis friends and asked if they
could give him up; and when they re-
piled in the affirmative, tears Of joy ran
down his cheeks as be added, "Ob,
what blessing that you are made viii
ling to give me over to the hands Of
my dear Redeemer and part with me
for no mortal can live after having seen
the glories which God has manifested
to my soul!" And thus died the writer
Of the beautiful hymn, 81 Rock of Ages
cleft for me-"
Middletown transcript., 1876-01-22

LOST THINGS. are a great
many things lost that are found again.
and great many others that are lost
and never found again There are rep
utations lost, which cannot be regained /;
there are hopes lost. which come not
back again; there are joys and friend
ships lost; there are thoughts and tal-
ents lost, that are never found. Every
man has at sometime lost something,
which be would give the world, if it
were bis, to recover. 1t may have been
but single pearl from the thread Of
friendship or mere hope Of his soul.
but it was preoiously dear to him, and
life is sad and dark without it. The
smallest things are oftentimes the
dearest to the heart of man, as for in
stance. little wife, little fortune,
little home. What wonder, then, that
when they are lost. he would give
everything he had for their recovery!
Middletown transcript., 1876-01-22
A Truthful Sketch.

Let a man fail in business, what al
effect it has on his former creditors
Men who have taken him by the arm
laughed and chatted with him by tht
hour, shrug their shoulders and pass on
With cold chow do you do?" Every
trihe Of bill'is hunted up and present.
ed that would not have seen the lieh,
for months to come. but for the misfor-
tunes ofthe debtor. Ifit il paid, we'll
and good; If not, the scowl Of the sher-
il. perhaps. meets him at the corner.
A man that has never failed knows but
little OF human nature In prosperity
be sails along gently. waited by favor.
ing smiles and kind words from every.
body. He prides himself on his name
and spotless character, and makes his
boast that he has not an enemy in the
world. Alas! the change. He looks
at the world in different light when
reverses come upon him He hardly
knows how to move or to do this thing
or the Others there are spies about him,
a writ is ready for his back. To know
what kind Of stuff the world is made Of
a person must be unfortunate and stop
paying once in a lifetime. If he has
kind friends. then they are made man.
ifest. A failure is a moral sieve-it
brings out the wheat and shows the
chaff. A man thus learns that words
and pretended good will are not and do
not constitute real friendship.
Middletown transcript., 1876-01-22

He HID HIS HEAD.-The superin.
tendent Of an insane asylum in France,
while passing through the wards re.
Gently noticed man Of very inoffen.
sive appearance, sobbing IN bed like a
child. My poor friend, what is the
matter?" inquired the physician. !" All,
sir, !" said the lunatic. my next neigh
Dor has played me sad trick. He
concealed my knife, aud have been
looking for it two hours without being
able to find it," Then, be added, with
a smile, childlike aud bland. 9" But l
will play him a fine trick 10 return" !"
:. That's all right" said the superin-
tendent, consolingly patting him on the
shoulder as he passed on. Two days
later the superintendent chanced to
walk through the same room early in
the morning. His insane friend stopped
him. and said: =" / have found my knife
again, and have played that trick on
my comrade. as I told you l should do"
/" How is that? ?" j" While he was
asleep. hid his head" This man is
very crazy, thought the superintendent;
then he asked, and what did you do
with it then p II put in the linen
closet; but you need not tell him." was
the answer. The physician walked
mechanically to the closet. opened the
door and looked in. The head of the
lunatic's comrade was there
Middletown transcript., 1876-01-22
A Curious Romance.

Norfolk street, Strand, says the Lon
don Court Journal, has a curious com
memorative monument. An observan
spectator will notice that the first-foo
windows of large house at the corner
of Howard street present peculiar sp
pearance. The shutters are up, and
they are covered thickly with dust,
while through the chinks can be reeu
the blinds. also thick with dust, and
moulderng away with age. Those
shutters and blinds have been 10 exactly
the same position. untouched, for about
fifty years. During that time no human
foot, it is believed. has entered that
room. And the reason is this:
Fifty years ago certain nobleman
was engaged to be married. the day
fixed. the wedding morning arrived.
the breakfast was laid out in that spa
cious and handsome room, the BRIDE
groom was ready to proceed to church,
when it was discovered that the bride
was missing; note in her handwriting
was found addressed to the bride groom
briefly informing him that she had
eloped that morning with his "best
man." a gay and gallant captain Of
Dragons. The Tilted bridegroom did
not say much; but be went alone to the
room in which the wedding breakfas,
was laid out. with bis own hands put
up the shutters and drew the blinds,
locked the door and took the key.
He gave orders that the doors should |
be nailed up and barred With padlocked |
bars. and that no one should enter the |
'oom again. When the house was let, |
t was stipulated that the room 10 ques-
ion should remain untouched, and
'um Of 92OO per annum was paid to /
he tenant for the deprivation Of the.
'se Of the room. The nobleman has
'een dead some years. but it is believed
bat the Foem has never been entered
ince be closed it, and there are the
wedding meats" mouldering silently
way, and the ornaments crumbling to
ust in the funeral gloom.
Middletown transcript., 1876-01-22

WHILE ten men watch for chances.
one man makes chances; while ten
men wait for something to turn up, one
turns something up; so while ten fail,
one succeeds, and is called a man. of
luck. the favorite Of fortune, There
is no luck like pluck, and fortune most
favors those who are most Indifferent to
fortune.