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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11

Yesterday 81 was found engaged in
one of his philosophic, political har-
rangues to some of his colored friends
desc hyar 'publieans kin promis
till de las day in De monin', but dey
amt gwip to ketch dis hyar blackbird
wild no more chaff r he exclaimed
positively.
What's you mad 'bout?" asked
another darkey.
Dis is what I'm mad 'bout-mind
my words nowi Didn't dey say, when
de war wus played out, dat de niger
was gwine to be made good as white
foxes p
lob koarse dey did"
An dat de niger worked fur all
dat de ole marsters had, and could soon
yearn all dat property back to dem
selves, hey?"
Vas dat's true, too."
Dat de white foxes was gwine ter
be as pore as church mouses and mig
gers rich. hey!"
"Oom-hook; dat's what dey said n
Dat all sounds jus as purity as
readin' on circus bill, didn't it9"
"You'se right, it did,"
"Well, what makes me mad is dat
cirkus hasn't arrove down hyar yit an
we can't hear dat its comm. Bres de
Lord, de white foxes is jes' as rich as
eber, an it wuz de niger whar got
busted, an he bin eber sence, an is
gwine ter stay busted OATS what
makes me mad, an eff de- publicans
sber git annodder chance at me, I'll
go die wild de yaller jandiss, a chawin
ole yaller 'lecshun tickets"
No one felt capable of responding to
Sis point.-AtIdntd Constitution.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11
The Beautiful Snow.

The Turf, Field and Farm, Of New
York, has an interesting article upon
the authorship Of the poem known as
THE Beautiful Snow. The honor
of writing it has been claimedfor Dora
Shaw. j. w. Watson and Henry W.
Faxon. Miss Shaw has publicly ad-
mitted that it was not her production.
Watson claims that he wrote it in 1853
and there is no doubt but he sold the
poem in that year to Harper Brothers
as original.
The truth is very clear, however,
that Faxon wrote it in 1850. Our New
York cotemporary gives convincing
proof of this. We desire to add testi-
mony which would be sufficient if we
had no other. Mr.. w. S. Shackleford
and wife, now of our town, lived at
Clarksville, Tennessee, in 1850, and
knew intimately the mother of Henry
Faxon, who was then living there.
They remember distinctly that Charles
Faxon in that year sent the manuscript
of this poem TO Mrs. Faxon, with the
statement that it was the work of her
son Henry. 1t was handed around
among the friends Of the family, and
afterwards published. The statements
of Mr.. and Mrs. Shackleford will
believed wherever they are known
Clark County Ry.) Democrat.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11

The fog which has been hanging
over the penitentiary lease, is begin
ming TO drift away. 1t was more than
once intimated that Governor Porter
had acted cOrrupily, aud that he was
working in the interest Of some ring
In due time this will be found 10 be
basely false, and his excelleHcy will
come forth in the sublime attitude OF
an honest man. We know what we
arc writing about. No one can charge
this gentleman with dishonesty. The
Gubcrnatorial chair was never filed
or occupied By more honorable Gov
eFnor than the present incumbent.
When this penitentiary lease is inves.
tigated, we mean the late bids, II will
be found that his frmness will save
thousands of dollars TO Tennessee.-
ka0sciite Age.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11
WHOLE NO. s,ssS.

Gen. g. T. Beauregard in letter to
the New York Sun ON the Sherman
Memoirs convicts Sherman Of murder
on his own testimony. He copies an
extract from the Memoirs which shys:
Ga the Sth December, 1874. as l
rode along ( found the column turned
out Of the main road marching through
the fields. Close by one Of the cor
ners of the fense was a group Of men
standing around a handsome young
officer whose foot had been blown 60
pieces by a torpedo planted in the road;
he told me that he was riding along
with the rest of the brigade stat OF
the Seventeenth Corps, when a torpe-
do trodden on by his horse, had ex-
ploded, killing the horse and literally
blowing off all the flesh from one of
his legs. saw the terrible wound,
and made full inquiry into the facts.
There had been no resistance at that
point, nothing to give warning Of the
danger; the rebels had planted S-inch
shells in the road, with friction match
es TO explode them by being trOdden
on. This was not war but murder.
and it made me very angry. ] imme-
diately ordered lot of rebel prisoners
to be brought from the provost guard,
with picks and spades, aud made them
march along ia close order along tho
road so as to explode or discover aud
dig them up. They begged hard,
but / reiterated the order, aud could
hardly help laughing at their stepping
so gingerly along the road, where it
was supposed sunken torpedoes might
explode at each step, but they found
no other until near Fort McAllister.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11
State ACredit,

There is question before the peo-
pie of Tennessee, paramount in i'm
portance to all other questions. This
question was presented to the people
of the State in the last canvass, when
the good people by universal acclaim
announced that the debts Of the State
should be paid. By such action they
vindicated the reputation of the State,
and the justice and honor of her peo-
pie. Again the question is propounded
and brought prominently before the
people for their solution. What will
be the answer is already announced.
Tennessee has too much appreciation
of the high esteem in which she is
held by her sisters and all the world,
to yield to the seductive influences of
the demagogue who would rise to
prominence on the self-debasement of
u dishonored people. Our revenue an
nually amounts now, to nearly two
millions of dollars, we have a hidden
treasure in our mountains the value
of which figures cannot compute, our
resources are boundless, and before
another decade passes we, as we'll as
the balance of mankind, will be as
tonished at the wealth OF our State.
With this gorgeous future before her,
dare she blight her good name by the
humiliation of repudiatiDg an acknowl-
edged Indebtedness. Reputation will
destroy her character and good name,
her influence in the national councils,
her credit viii be gone, and her peo-
pie will, individually, lose the conf
dence of the trade communities, and
will have to suffer consequences not
now dreamed Of We are however
confident that the shafts of calumny
viii never, (through repudiation) be
hurled at the noble crest of the Vol
unteer State.-ColsmJiG Journal.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11
0Just AsIRxpected.0

One of our colored brothers went in
for fun. He went to Ironton, you
know, to do the Etna and to contract
a stock Of hair oil, jewelry, jelly, can
dy, fre-crackers, red necktie, walk
ing.cane and a yellow ribon for his
hat. He soon felt very good and pro-
longed his calls at places where they
dispensed fun by the drink, until later
in the evening he felt SNOOPY, went to
a hidden corner of the rolling-mill
and soon snoozed soundly and peace
fully. Unobserved slept he until the
next evening, when all the fires were
yet ablaze, darkened figures of men
we're carrying the heated iron hither
and thither, and the squeezer was
laundering Justify. Sam awoke from
his slumbers, roseS opened his eyes
wider and commenced TO foam at the
mouth, and reeling backward uttered
the heart-rending, agoniziBg cry /:
Gone to hell, just as / expected. -
GreenNp IadepeRdeRt.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11
Dreaming.

Dreaming is now not such 4 puzzle
as it once was. We know by careful
study and experience what il is. No
one dreams when he is sound asleep.
Dreams take place only during an inn
perfect or perturbed slepp. The inn
aginative faculties are less or more
awake, and being unchecked by the
reflective faculties or judgment, the
widest conceptions are formed, and
these half-waking fancies we call
dreams. Usually these fancies are ILL
assorted shreds Of casual remembran-
ces, or Of something that has made a
strong impression on the mind. There
is nothing supernatural about them.
and any attempt TO explain them is
simply ridiculous. Persons who pre-
tend TO tell the meaning Of dreams,
are either impostors, or weak, self-de-
ceived individuals.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11
WhiteWash.

The following recipe for whitewash,
sent out by the Treasury Department
to all the lighthouse keepers, makes
an article that answers on wood, brick,
or stone, nearly as we'll as il.paint,
and is much cheaper. Slake half
bushel of unslaked lime with boiling
water, keeping it covered during the
process. Strain it, and add peck Of
salt, dissolved in warm water, three
pounds OF ground rice put in boiling
water and boiled to thin paste; hall
a pound powdered Spanish whiting,
and pound clear glue, dissolved in
warm water mix these well together,
and let the mixture stand for several
days. Keep the wash thus prepared
in kettle or portable furnace, and
when used put it on as hot as possible
with either painters or whitewash
brushes.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11
Modes OF DYING.

Augustus Caesar chose to die in a
standing position, and was careful in
arranging his person and dress for the
occasion. Julius Caesar, when slain
by the eonspirators in the Capitol, con-
cealed his face beneath the folds of
his toga, so that his enemies might
not see the death pang upon his count
enance. Siward, Earl of Northumber-
land, when at the point of death, quit
ted his bed and put on his armor, say
ing 1t becomes not a man to die like
a beast" Maria Louisa of Austria, a
short time before she breathed her
last, had fallen into an apparent slight
slumber, and one of the ladies in at
tendance remarked that her Majesty
seemed to be asleep. "No," replied
she, i could sleep if | would indulge
repose but / am sensible of the near
approach of Death, and l would not
allow myself to be surprised by him
in my sleep | wish to meet him wide
awake" Lord Nelson. on receiving
the fatal shot, said to Capt. Hardy
''They have done for me at last, Hardy;
my backbone is shot through !" and
had the presence of mind, while car
ried below, to take out his hanaker-
chief and cover his face aud stars. to
be concealed from the gaze OF the
crew. And last of all the great Bona
parte died in his field marshais = uniform
and boots, which he had ordered te'be
put on short time previous to his
dissolution.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11
Goodness Of William Pitt.

William Pitt, the English Minister,
was noted for great self-control. The
fiercest attack in Parliament never dis
turbed his composure, and the most
complicated questions in the Cabinet
could not ruffle his temper. He was
equal to any emergency, and the most
startling occurrence did otthrow him
from his balance. Lord Spencer, a
political associate adviser, used to tell
story in proof of Pitts serenity,
even in sleep or dreams. There had
been mutiny on one of their ships ;
the mutineers had seized the Admiral
and were threatening death. Mr..
Windham and others were greatly
alarmed, and came to Pitts house late
at night to tell him of the disaster
He was sleeping soundly, but they
shook him roughly, awoke him, and
told him the alarming facts; but Pitt
would not be disturbed and lose his
sleep. He at once sat up in bed, and
having asked for paper and ink, briefly
wrote: IF Admiral c. is not re-
leased, fire upon the ship from the
batteries" He then turned over on
his pillow, and was ssleep before they
left the room.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11

A Colorado paper, speaking Of re-
cent wind storm, says that the gale was
thickly ffeckled with things strange TO
the eye, things living and dead, that
fitted hither and thither, going aud
going and coming, appearing aud dis
appearing among the rolling billows
OF sleet and dust, shingles, barrels,
coal buckets, ashes and cinders, frag-
ments of frame houseg, horses, mules
and wagons, while now aud then hu-
man form scurried down the gulch
with the rush and roar OF the tempest.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11
Suggested by James PartOn's Mar
riage.

/ married a widow who had grown
mp step-daughter. My father visited
my house very much, fell in love with
my step daughter, and married her.
SO my father became my son-in-law,
and my step-daughter my mother, be-
cause she was my fathers wife. Some
time after my wife had ason he was
my fathers brother-in-law, and my
uncle for he was the brother Of my
step-daughter. My fathers wife !. e.,
my step-daughter, also had a son he
was, of course, my brother, aud in the
meantime, my grandchild, for he was
the son of my daughter. My wife was
my grandmother, because she was my
mothers mother. l was my wife's
husband and grandchild at the same
time, and as the husband of person 3
grandmother is his grandfather, / am
my own grandfather.-PoU9hkee
Ed0[e.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11

CAMP MEETIN' TALK.-"I heah del
car rumblin', roin' frou der land
heah der steam huzzin'. No second
class on board dis yer train, we's bound
for Canin's land. Come children, gil
aboard. Everybody git right aboard
dis yer train, while we heah der steam
a buzzin, an while we heah der car 2
rumblin. Come children, git aboard.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11
Merrill i'm Trouble Again.

When Rev. S. NJ. Merrill shook the
dust Of Gallatin from his feet, he be.
took himself to Iowa, where he pro-
claimed himself Congregationalist
and was subsequently called to the
pastorate of a flourishing church al
Ottumwa. He had been preaching
for some time, when whispers of his
course while here began to spread
letters of enquiry were sent to Nash
Vile, and replies were received re-
vealing his true inwardness' to the
Otumwa congregation, by whom be
was few days ago set adrift.-Ameri.
F0n
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11
A Beautiful Sentiment.

The beautiful extract below is from
the pen of Hon. Mr.. Hilliard:
II confess that increasing years bring
increasing respect for those who do
not succeed in life. as those words are
commonly used. Heaven is said to be
place for those who have not succeed
ed upon earth. and it is surely true
that celestial graces do not best thrive
and bloom in the hot blaze of worldly
prosperity. Ill success sometimes
rises from supeIabundance of qualities
in themselves good-from conscience
too sensitive, taste too fastidious, a
self-forgetfulness too romantic, a mod
esty too retiring. | will not go so far
as to say, with living poet, that the
world knows nothing Of its greatest
men" but there are forms of greatness,
or at least excellence, that "die and
make no sign )" there are martyrs that
miss the palm, but not the stake; there
are heroes without the laurel, and con-
querors without the triumph"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11
A medical authority asserts that the

A medical authority asserts that the
severest eatarrh cold can be removed
in about ten hours by mixture Of car
bolic acid, 10 drops, tineture Of iodine
and cloroform, each 5 drops. A few
drops of the mixture should be heated
over a spirit lamp in test tube, the
mouth Of which should be applied to
the nostrils as volatilzation is effected.
The operation should be repeated in
about twenty minutes, when after the
patient sneezes number Of times
troublesome symptoms rapidly disap.
pear.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11

Mr.. BEEcHER's method of mana
ging his Advisory Council reminds the
Brooklyn Argus of the explanation
given by an Irish lawyer Of his success
with judges and juries "Whin l have
the facts, / give thin the facts whin
! have the lar, | give them the lar ;
but whin / have naythur the lar nor
the facts, faith l do paw the dhiFt aRd
below"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11
Another Of Grants Friends Under

Washington special to the N. Y. World.
The committee which has exposed
goiknap is on the war path after an
other high official Of the War Depart
ment in the Quartermaster' branch
of the service. 1t is believed he is
an old friend of the President, and
was put into place from which su-
perior officer was forced out to make
room for him. Passing claims that
are fraudulent aud doing other things
that are misdemeanors may yet bring
him before the House, provided the
committee prove the allegations.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11

This being leap year, the ladies must
be very particular towhom they make
proposals, for many Of those backward
chaps who wait TO be asked are too
slow to ever get in hurry when IA
fresh pail OF water is Eeeded or the
doctor is to be sent for ina hurry. BE
cautious, girls.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11
RoHen-Beecher.

Atthe business meeting Of Plymouth
Church lately, MIR. Bowen was present,
and was requested TO disclose what he
knew of Beecher's guilt He refused,
but stated he was willing to go before
secret committee and give names aud
dates.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11

A bashful young clergyman, recent
" rising to preach Tor the FIRST time,
made terrible mix Of it, announcing
his text ia this wise And immedi-
ately the cock wept. and Peter went
cut and crew bitterly"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11
Administrative Notice

Having qualified as Administrative O.
lanes Tally, decd, all persons holding
claims against his estate are required Il
present the same within the time required
by law, or they will be forever barred, anC
those indebted TO the same Will pleas,
make payment at once.
Aamr'x of JAS, Tally, decd.
Feb. -, lS76-4w,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11

THE United States Economist says
it may be asked, how is the need for
currency to be met if the greenbacks
are to be withdrawn ?" Partly by
using the vast amounts of silver which
Western mines are now producing, but
mainly by stopptng other Government
naeddtings a0ith trade. Let the law
which provides for the issue of non
redeemable bonds repeal the tax that
drives State bank notes out of circu-
lation, aud all penalties on the issue of
notes by private individuals or firms
on their own responsibility. Notes of
these classes would as rule circulate
only as long as they were really useful
and only as far as they were known to
be good. They would mainly stay at
home and would, as soon as they ceased
to be useful in circulation, be deposit
ed or presented for redemption, in
stead of being sent to monetary centers
to be lent on call and thus aggravate
speculation. The objection that this
condition would revive wild cat" is
sues would be met partly by this ten
dency to stay at home, partly by the
fact that many wild ca" banks and
bankers are better than one wild cat"
government, whose fnanciering is con-
trolled (as that of the United States
for years has been) by wild cat" ope-
rations, and largely by making the re-
peal of taxes and penalties apply only
to notes whose faces bear the words in
clear, distinct type This note is issued
solely on the responsibility of the maker
and neither the United States nor any
State is in any way obligated to collect
or pay it, which notice would serve as
check against over-issue. AS fast as
greenbacks were withdrawn, if such
liberty was extended, silver aud these
notes would come out to supply what
ever lack might actually exist. A
great advantage about these notes
would be that their volume would al
ways about equal the demand, since
when they were needed they would be
borrowed from the makers, and when
not capable of profitable use returned.
Hence, prices with such currency
would be comparatively stable, and
the decentralization and other mischief
consequent on frequent and sudden
changes in the circulating medium S
purchasing power would be largely
avoided.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11

Forty States and territories cultivate
tobacco. They produce an annual
crop of three hundred million pounds,
with value to the producers of at
east forty million dollars.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11

THE State of Georgia exempts from
taxes cotton and wooden mills and
machinery for ten years from the time
the mills are started.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11
MILLINERY GOODS, sc.
TO THE LADIES !!
Fine Farm for Sale.

wish TO sell my farm, lying in District
No. ), in Montgomery county, in the bend
of Red river, about one mile from the
Port Royal and ClarkSville road, and con-
ed, the balance well timbered. The i'm
proVements are good.
TERMS: :-One-siXth cash, balance on l. 2
g. land years, with interest from date
For full Information apply to
X. j. GARDINER.
Feb. l2 lS76-Sm,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-11
Greenbacks in Connecticut.

The Greenback convention which
met in New Haven, Conn, on the 22d
Of February, adopted the following re-
solutions:
l. We oppose the act fixing arbi-
trarily the time for the resumption Of
specie payments. not because we have
any objections to our paper money be-
ing worth its face in gold but because
that act, by creating distrust of the
future, has paralyzed enterprise, thrown
producers of wealth out of employment,
and has thus postponed the day when
it shall become possible to maintain
our paper money at par with coin with
out creating wide spread bankruptcy,
which an attempt to enforce the re-
sumption act will inevitably produce.
Our paper money should be appreci-
ated to par with coin by rectifying the
defects In our monetary system and by
producing general prosperity, not by
creating general prostration of busi-
ness and by robbing debtors to enrich
creditors under the hypocritical cry of
honesty. To fix an arbitrary time for
specie payments is as absurd as would
be to fix day for patients recovery.
The issue Of money and the regula-
ton of the value thereof is matter of
National concern 1t is prerogative of
sovereignty, which should not be dele
gated directly or indirectly to corpora
tions. National bank notes should be
gradually retired from circulation, and
the general government having moth
ing to do with banking, it should
merely coin and issue
THE NATIONAL MONEY.
We want no banks Of issue nominal
ly on specie basis, but which really
manufactures inflated, worthless paper
currency. The national paper money
should be issued by the Bureau of the
United States Treasury only when
paid for by government bonds. Meth
er Congress or the bankers should be
allowed any more control over the
amount of paper money than they now
have over coinage of specie. Con-
gress should simply adopt a system,
under which the currency would be
automatically regulated. Business
should not be kept in constant fear of
either the contraction or expansion of
the currency. No one can tell how
much currency is needed at any par
ticular time. The volume should be
left like everything else, free to con-
tract or expand.
Resolutions were adopted, and an
executive committee appointed to take
Independent action of both parties if
necessary. Delegates were appointed
to the National Convention in Indian
apolis, May 18th.