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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-09-13

The many friends Of Miss Dora
Dickinson are glad to welcome her
home again from summer visit to rel
atives in Kentucky.
= We regret our absence from town
last week when our sanctum was visited
by our old and valued friend, Col. W.
E. M. Word, Gen. Passenger Agent of
the A, NJ. and O. railroad. The Colo
mel was making western visit on bust
ness for his road.
= Happy household The GAZETTE
acknowledges the receipt, from it's good
friend and patron, John w. Harle, Esq,
Leadvale, of q sweet potato weighing
within fraction of five pounds, a spe-
cimenss of the kind of esculents grown
this season on his farm
A correspondent of the Clinton Dis
patch gives an account of the death, at
his residence near jamestown, Fentress
county, recently, of Capt. David Beatty,
better known as Tinker Dave" and
whose fame is indissolubly connected
with the bushwhacking times of the late
war. He was sixty years of age and had
been in feeble health some time before
he died. The morning before he died
he sent for carpenter and employed
him to make bis coffin at once, giving
specific directions how he wanted it
made, and expressing a preference for
black walnut timber The workman sug-
OaStad that If Woo uof common fo NJ nh Z,
a mans coffin before he died, and that he
might get up again. mo difference, F."
he said, 81 will die sometime" He was
particular in pointing out the spot, I'M
der cherry tree in his yard, where he
wanted his grave dug. He directed that
he be buried in shroud and gave di-
rections how it should be made. His
career in the war and afterward has Civ
en- him character which was years ago
exaggerated for the sensational reader in
one of BeadIe's Dime novels.
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Special Notices.
Be Wise in Time.

Prompt attention to small ailments is
the part of wisdom. Not only does a
trif1ing disorder often eliminate in a
dangerous disease, but those ailments
which many are accustomed to regard as
critics. are so far from being so, that
they harrass the entire system, by SYM
pathy, to degree which very seriously
ieopardizes the general health. Take
for example an irregular habit of body,
which many persons are accustomed to
neglect altogether. Into what deplor-
able confusion does it throw the entire
ailmentary region, disordering digestion,
diverting the bile from its natural chan
mel into the blood, and alternating the
vital current into thin, watery, unnu-
trious LIQUID. If these are not serious
consequences, we should like to know
what are. Yet how many entail them
upon themselves by neglecting to regu-
late their bowels when they are out of
order
The best corrective in the case above
described, as well as in all others devel-
oping indigestive and constipated symp-
toms, is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a
mild but efficient laxative, which never
gripes or otherwise distresses the patient
and at the same time that it yields re-
lief from the special difficulty tones and
invigorates the entire system. The Bit
tiers are equally efficacious as diuretic,
promoting a healthy secretion and regu-
lar micturition of the urine, and sooth-
ing irritation of the bladder or the
urethra. Intermittent and remittent fe-
vers; nervousness, want of appetite, and
local or general debility are likewise
promptly remedied by this admirable
medicinal stimulant and corrective, as
efficaciOuS as it is popular.
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RANDOLPH as THE COLORED
MAN,S FRTEND

James II. Randolph, now a candi-
date for Congress from this Congress
sional District. loudly calls for help
from the colored voters, and claims
their support upon the ground that
he is and ever has been their best,
truest, most faithful friend. We
propose to show to the colored Yot-
ers whose assistance he so pitifully
implores how he manifested this
great friendship for them in 1865
when they most needed his help.
We will throw a little light upon the
manner in which he assisted to
.'break the shackles'' from their
hands.
In the Spring of 1865, Randolph
was a Senator in the State Legisla-
ture at Nashville. By the amend
ments to the Constitution slavery
had been abolished in the State, but
no further step had been taken to-
ward fixing the political rights of the
colored men. Randolph was deter.
mined that they should have no other
rights, as the following proceedings
had in the Senate on the 18th April,
1865, will show. We copy from the
Senate Journal, 1st Session, 1865,
page 80:
"Senator Randolph James III. Ran
dOlph, eX-Judge and candidate for Con
gress), introduced Senate Resolution 20.
10.
Resogoed, That the election for Senators
to represent the people of the State OF
Tennessee in the National Congress. be
postponed until the next regular session
of the Legislature of Tennessee, which
will occur on the first Monday Of Octo-
Der next.
Res0Iged, further, That as a Legislative
body, we will support no man to the
high trust as Senator in our Federal
Congress who favors negro suffrage, OF
who would favor their equality with the
white race, or advocate his being made a
aOit7leSS against lcItite man, or act as q 5lt-
5O7' IN the trial Of causes, either cecil or c11na-
iRdt."
Such was the friendship, colored
men, that he felt for you when he
d:d not need your votes. He would
not have you even to be witness in
court where n white man was con-
cerned. You should not have the
privilege of being tried by jury of
your own race, if you so desired
you were not to be allowed to go to
the polls and vote side by side with
the Hon. j. II. Randolph. While
YOU were free in name, all the rights
and privileges that make liberty
sweet and precious were to be denied
you. Colored men, it is for you to
say whether or not you will be de-
ceived by hypocritical, canting pro-
fessions of friendship, and vote for
a man who has placed his name on
the public records of the State as the
enemy of your race.
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ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CAN
VASS.

The State Executive Committee
announce the arrangement of the
programme for the canvass of the
State by the Electors for the State
at large. Messrs. James and Petit
bone open the canvass at Elizabeth,
ton, Tuesday. September 10. speak
ing at this place Saturday, Septem-
Der %, and close for East Tennes-
see at Chattanooga, October 9Th.
Messrs. Bate and Foote will open at
Springfield, Robertson county, Sep
TENDER 10, and close at Savannah,
Hardin county, October z, for Mid
die Tennessee. Messrs. Bate and
Pettibone will open in West Tennes-
see at Camden, October II, and close
at Jackson. October pa. Messrs.
James and Foote will open at Grand
Junction, October II, and close at
GAINESVILLE, October "a.
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The Morristown Gazette.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. ID. 1876.
FOR THE CANVASS

Desiring to place the GA
zErTE in the hands of the great
mass of the voters of this Con-
gressional District, we will fur
nish it through the campaign,
until the 18th November, for
% CENTS A COPY; or, we
will send the GAZETTE to any
address, until the 1st of Janu-
~, 1877, for FIFTY CENTS
A COPY. Now is the time to
subscribe. Send in your names
without delay, with the money.
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HOUR At MORRZsTO WV

Some scribbler for the Chronicle
dating his piece Sept. 8, and signing
himself "One Present." among other
things says:
''Mr. Mcfarland arose and Reckoning
to his little band of followers, in his late
Congressional style, they went out of
the house, leaving the Republicans com
plete masters of the situation"
The inference intended TO be given
by this paragraph is totally false.
The fact of the matter is just this /:
Mr.. Mcfarland came to the gather
ing to hear Judge Houk, bringing
with him from his home, friend
who was a comparative stranger at
MOrristown and who was visiting at
his home. Having listened long and
patiently to Houk's harrangue un-
til near its close, Mr.. Mcfarland got
up in a quiet way to leave the house,
and catching the eye of his visitor
he beckoned to him with his finger,
and the two quietly retired. So
much for that contemplate little
Misrepresentation. But that "satis-
factory address Such a vitupera-
tive harangue, we are assured, has
not been delivered in this town for
many a year. Houk totally mistook
the calibre and character Of his au-
ditors. He addressed them as though
he supposed them to be ignorant,
uniformed back-woodsmen, while in
truth there we're present number
of Republicans in every way the
equals Of Judge Houk Intellectually
and as we'll informed as he. These
land we know whereof we speak left
the house disgusted and ashamed of
what they heard.
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NOTICE.

desire to inform the public that
have adopted a new system of doing
business, which enables me to sell
Boots, Shoes and Caters 10 per
cent. less than ever before. Every kind
of fashionable Boots, Shoes and Caters
made. Fits and workmanship guaran-
teed. | wish call from all. All kinds
of country produce taken in exchange
for Boots and Shoes.
propose to furnish Boots at the fol-
lowing prices
First Choice French Calf Morocco, Leg
Boots, sewed, per pair.................. $40 90
First Choice French Calf, Morocco Leg
Boots, pegged, per pair ............... rs
First Choice French Calf, plain Leg Boots,
sewed, per pair. .............-......... TO 90
First Choice French Calf, plain Leg Boots,
pegged, per pair ..-.,.-...-.... ......... 90
All the above work will cost 81 90 NOR with Box
Toe and Wrinkled vamps.
Home tanned heavy kip and side
from 81 % to ~ %
Congress Caters, Firsl Choice French
Calf, from. ........-... 1870. 90 to p
Creole Caters, First Choice French
Calf, from. .......-...- ............ IS to 90
Centennial Shoes, First Choice French
Calf, from Observation-Disclosures. so to so
Respectfully, &c,
ID. G. M. LYLE.
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SPEECH OF ION. D. az KEY.

Upon the Invitation of the Morristown
Tilden and Hendricks Club, Senator
Key, of Chattanooga, delivered an adj
dress, at the Court House, on Wednes-
day last, to large and most intelligent
assemblage, composed of many of the
solid and thanking men of our county
We have not the space to give even a
synopsis of Senator Keys great speech
for great it was-and must content our
selves and our readers by saying that it
was, in every respect, high-toned, man
~, patriotic and statesmanlike, and one
that will do much good for the Democ-
racy in this section. Republicans who
were present join in commenting Sena-
tor Key for his fair and honorable mode
of arraigning Grants administration for
its many shortcomings, and it is our
opinion that the seed sown by this speech
will bring forth "good fruit" in Novem-
Der next.
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Sensible Advice.

You are asked every day through the
columcs of newspapers and by your
Druggist to use something for Dyspep-
STA and Liver Complaint that you know
nothing about, you get discouraged
spending money with but little success
Now to give you satisfactory proof that
GREENS AUGUST FLOWER win cure you
of Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint with
all its effects, such as Sour Stomach,
Sick Headache, Habitual Costiveness,
palpItation of the Heart, HEARTBURN,
Water brash, coming up of food after
eating, low spirits, &C., we ask you to go
To your Druggist DR. MI. Carriger, and
get Sample Bottle of GREEN's Auausw
FLOWER for 10 cents and try it. or =
Regular Size for 20 cents, two doses will
relieve you.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-09-13

GB The publisher of the GAZETTE,
determined to make it an active and
more efficient auxiliary of the party of
reform in the pending political canvass,
has secured the services of Capt. J. Q.
Hodges, Senator from the Second Dis
trict, as Associate Editor during the can
vass. Capt. II. is an educated, well in
formed gentleman, and a writer Of strong
Saxon vigor, with whose assistance it is
safe for US to assure our friends that the
GAZETTE will lose none of its political
influence or local popularity. The Cap
tain's association commences with the
present issue.
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THE LAMAR HOUSE.
KNOXVILLE, TENN.
JOHN SCHERF, Proprietor.

Southwest corner Gay and Cum.
berland Sts., in the business centre
of the city.
Ny aim will be to keep in the fu-
ture what Knoxville has long need
ed,
FIRST-CLAS HOTEL.
It has the advantage over all other
hotels in the city in regard to loca
ton, being situated
In the Business Centre of the City.
The interior OF the Lamar House
is being refurnished and reAtted
thr onghout. Good Beds, an excel
lent Table and attentive servants,
await the traveller.
Terms will be reasonable and the
Public is invited to give the house,
under the new management, trial.
JOHN St;HERF, Proprietor.
WM. III. LILLARD. Clerk.
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Cabinet-Maker and Undertaken.

hereby inform my old customers and the pub
lie generally, that have moved in my NEW SHOP
in the east end of Morristown, opposite J. Brown
& Sons Carriage Shop, where viii keep ON hand
and make to order, all kinds of FURNITURE.
Special attention given to Picture Framing. al
SO keep on hand and make and trim to order all
kinds of WOODEN COFFINS, with or without
glass the face. All kinds of repairing done in
tine Furniture line. Having had u years expert
ence in the FURNITURE and COFFIN trade,
feel that guarantee satisfaction In either line
of business All kinds of PRODUCE taken in ex-
change for work Prices to suit the hard times.
Prompt attention given to all orders for CoFFINs,
and liberal reduction in former prizes on all work.
Spring-seat Sofas and Chairs repaired in good
order. nj. A. WHIT.
March % IS76-tf,
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TERRIBLE TORNADO ATLoUD0N.

I-tRRIBLE IORN 10 AZ LO ODOA.
On last Sunday, between 1 and 2
o'clock, p. m, as we learn from pas
sengers, a terrible tornado passed
over the section of country near
Loudon. At this writing we have
no particulars except that one span
of the magnificent railroad bridge
which spans the Tennessee river at
that place was blown away. We
heard of no loss of life. However
serious the damage may have been
to the railroad interests, we do not
suppose it will materially delay the
transportation of passengers and the
mails, during the short time requir-
ed to rebuild the bridge.
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FEDERAL AUTHORITY AND FED
ERAL b YONEIS TO BE USED
LNIIHE COMING ELECTION

The New York Times in its issue
of September 6, speaking of the
Southern States holds forth as fol-
lows:
The sole chance of free, fair, and
! full vote in November lies in the
strength and vigilance of the Federal
| power. The Democrats denounce it in
advance because it promises to stand be-
! tween them and the execution of their
nefarious plans. But it is a righteous
| power. And the conditions which call
it into play, and the limits within which
it operates, furnish its justification.
Thus it is seen that Ulysses LIST
and his would-be successor, Ruther-
ford 1st, despairing of the success of
their designs upon American free
dom do not hesitate to copy their
great antitype Napoleon I'd. They
know full well that if the American
people are left free to vote their SEN
timents next November they and
their thieving, plundering associates
must bid long farewell to place
and power. They know that in or
der to succeed they must throttle the
free people and prevent fair cleo
ton. Already the general order for
the use of troops in the South has
been promulgated, and obeyed by
sending the troops into various Sec
tions where they hope to make them
effective. 1t is said Whom the
gods would destroy they first make
mad"
So in this instance, Grant and his
minions may prevent q fair election
in few districts by the use of his
troops. But no honest Republican
who has his country's good at heart
will approve of this step toward ty-
ranny in America. Thousands of
men will vote for Tilden in Novem-
Der, who but for this dastardly out
rage would have voted for Hay es.
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RADOLPH AND MCFARLAND At
TAZE WE'LL.

It will be remembered that the
candidates for Congress in the First
District had an appointment at Taze-
we'll. Claiborne county, on Wednes-
day, the 9th inst. Well, we were
there. We heard them. 1t was Ran
dolphs day to go before. He did so.
For an hour and half he made the
welk;n ring with his stentorian voice.
His speech was full of anecdotes of
rather common order. The anec-
dotes told, however. nearly all SEEM
ed to delight a certain class of his
auditors, as well as the speaker him.
self. Frequently he joined heartily
with the crowd in the back seats in
laughing at the anecdotes told and
comparisons made; and seemed on
the whole to be well pleased with
himself. That part Of his speech
which was not anecdote, consisted
mainly of charges against what he
termed the Confederate House."
If he discussed any of the questions
agitating the public mind, we failed
to hear it. His effort at waving the
bloody shirt was weak and fell with
out effect upon the audience. Time
out.
Mcfarland took the stand. Rap
idly he glanced at the petty charges
made against him and the "Confed-
crate House - showing for instance
in answer to the charge that 40 Uni
on soldiers had been discharged from
place by the House of Representa-
tives and its officers, that they were
Radicals, and that sc Union soldiers
had been put in their places, who
were Democrats. He then proceed
ed to a comparison Of the Democrat
ic House with the Republican SEN
ate, showing that the House passed
the Equalization Bounty Bill, which
was killed by the Senate. That
through his own exertions and that
of others, the House appropriated
considerable sums to be expended
on the rivers of East Tennessee,
which was stricken out by the Sen
ate. That his bill to allow farmers
to sell 800 worth Of leaf tobacco
free of tax, was passed by the House
and killed by the Senate. That while
this bill was before the Senate, it
gave Pinchbeck $4,000 for services
he never rendered, and was not
entitled to. Showing that the House
would have saved to the Treasury
fully Forty Millions of dollars dur
ing the current year, but for the stub
born resistance Of the Senate. That
despite every effort of the Senate to
defeat the measures of reform insti-
tuted by the House, it forced the
Senate to agree to a saving of near
Iy Thirty Millions.
Leaving these topics, the speaker
glanced rapidly at the history of the
financial legislation of the Republi-
can party, showing conclusively that
that party had legislated at every
step in the interest Of the moneye6
power, and against the poor.
But we refrain. Suffice to say, the
speaking at Tazewell told fearfully
on Randolph's prospects of an cleo
ton. Set Claiborne down for Nc
Farland by fully 800 majority.
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GOHERNOR PORTER.

The Knoxville Age pays the fol-
lowing deserved complement to the
Governor of the State: Tennessee
has never had a more upright Gov
ernor than his Excellency James d..
Porter. No man can breathe anght
against his reputation. He stands
to-day before the people of the State
without a spot or wrinkle. True
there have been infamous inuendoes
to the effect that he was identified
with some rings about Nashville, but
those who make them are too .das-
tardly to proclaim them"
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GENERAL MEETING FOR ORGAN
ia ALTON.

The chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee has requested
the TiIden and Hendricks Club at
Morristown to take immediate steps
to put the party in Hamblen county
in thorough organization. In accord
ance with this request |, as Presi-
dent of the Club, give notice that at
the meeting of the Club on Thurs
day night next, Sept. IA, steps will
be taken to organize Clubs in every
district in the county. Democrats in
all parts of the county are earnestly
requested to attend that meeting,
and aid us in the good work. Come
out, gentlemen. Let us make one
long steady charge-a full charge
altogether, and we will rout the
thieves at Washington, horse, foot
and dragoon. Respectfully,
L. P. SPECK, President.
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~ The Ne v York Times is now

~ The Ne " York Times is now
very zealously Haunting the bloody
shirt and manufacturing all manner
of dirty and Infamous falsehoods
against the Democratic nominees. In
November. 1871, it wrote and print
ed as follows:
''Vote for Samuel J. Tilden. Esteem
it an honor and privilege to elect Sam.
j. Tilden to the Legislature. He has
shown himself gallant, conscientious,
efficient foe to corruption. We appeal
to every Republican to work and vote
for him, and to do so the more cheerful
ly-as we make this appeal-because he
is an honest Democrat. F"
Alas circumstances alter cases !
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"a We were absent from town
last Thursday when the venerable
and pugnacious ex-Confederate
champion, Henry S. Foote, address
ed his Republican allies. We are in
formed that respectable audience
was present, but the effort of the
speaker is represented as complete
failure so far as coming up to the ex.
pectations of the people on the Vi
tai issues of the day. The best ev-
dence of the disappointment of his
friends may be noted in the fact that
nearly every one we have question
ed on the subject have been enthu-
siastic over the little talk Of Maj.
Pettibone, and declare it to have
been the best effort they ever heard.
The truth is, Footc is not the kind
Of timber the Republicans of East
Tennessee want. His abusive cpl
thets and slang applied to Mr.. Til
den and the Democratic party, nor
his fulsome eulogies of Grant and
the Republican party, could not blot
from their recollections the disunion
and secession he advocated so lusti-
ly a few years ago. when he was in
his prime, with teeth that could be
felt. Now the old mans eloquence
has dwindled to the garrulous glib
berish of old age, and when we
think of what he has brought him
self to, he is more to be pittied than
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-09-13
Notice to Farmers.

Having re opened my Shop, L am pre-
pared to do all kinds of work in work
man like style, at a reduced price, for
Cash or country Produce. Horseshoe
ing at so cents per horse, and other work
in proportion. All work that fails to
give satisfaction, will do over free
of charge. Having good wood work
man, | can have any kind of Carriage or
Wagon work done that may be needed
Shop on Cumberland street, north of
Methodist Church. All accounts that
have must be settled. A word to the
wise is sufficient.
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u Returns from 100 towns

~ Returns from $50 towns in
Vermont show net Democratic gain
Of 80 per cent. The same per cent.
gained would give the Democracy
nearly every State in the Union. Not
in twelve years in Vermont has the
Republican ticket received so small
a proportion of the total vote as in
this election.
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NOTICE.

The insolvency of the Estate of John
McDanold, deceased, having been sug-
gested to the County Court for Hamblen
county, all persons having claims against
said Estate are notified to appear and
file the same authenticated in the man.
ner prescribed by law on or before the
10th day of January next. This the 10th
day of August, 1876.
/. P. HAUN,
Aug 80, 1876. 3t Administrator.