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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19

WASHINGTON, March l9.--For Tonnes.
see and the Ohio valley cloudy, slightly
colder weather, with occasional rain or
snow, northwest to southwest winds and
during the night rising barometer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19
RECEIyER'S BILL.

IL Passes Through the senate.
To the Editor Of the Ledger:
NAsRvlLLE. March l9--The receivers
bill passed the senate on its third read.
ing this morning. W. A. MnLIKES.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19
Death Of Ex-Governor wasnhurn.

Death OF Ex-Governor WAshhuru.
BosTOS, March ,9.-Bx.G Governor EN-
cry Washburn died Sunday at his resi-.
dence, % Quincy street, in Cambridge,
Of pneumonia, after an illness Of about
four weeks. De was born February IA,
1900.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19
H

MITCHELL-Sunday morning, March Is,
1877, at Peabody Hotel. AGNES, wife of VIM.
B. Mitchell, and sister Of Vim. H., Walter
NJ. and henry j. Moore.
The bSdy will be taken to Hopkinsville,
KY. tonight at Il o'clock. Carriages in at
tn-a.,.o
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19
Tho CRIMINAL stsndiug Army Ia

n CFltnl1al Sthnuadk Army ln
India.
Pail Mall Gasette.l
A correspondent, writing from
Madras, says: The great jail deliy-
cry which took place in India on
last New Years day gives one a
strange notion of the vastness Of
our empire. On that day ten per
cent. of the criminal population
we're turned loose upon the land,
to the number Of 1898. 1t is
true that a few of these were politi-
cal offenders, and that a considera-
BILE proportion were prisoners who
had been sentenced to one months
Imprisonment and had worked out
One-half of their term. Others
we're imprisoned debtors who had
been thrown into Jail for sums not
exceeding one hundred rupees, and
whose debts were then discharged.
But after making these allowances
we shall not be lar wrong IN estlma-
ting the actual criminal population
Of the Indian iails on the last day
Of 1876 at fully 100000 persons.
This is the force Of the standing
army Of Indian crime that has to
be maintained at no trifing cost to
the state, and with only a negative
advantage. While in prison they
are p~owerless to do evil, but the
frequency of r|ecommittals proves
the ineficacy of the systems of
penal discipline enforced in the
majority Of Indian prisons.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19

Two OTHER men have gone up
to Nashville to oppose the receivers
bill. One is a big bondholder; the
other is-not. Now we know there
is merit in the bill. The character
of opposition to it as developed
quietly, since the unheard of prop
osition Of electing a recorder at a
popular election was stricken out,
has made the bill many friends.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19
a see,sl d .he nai,roaa Voc.


Chicago Tribune, March, H.
The reason why the recent reduc-
ton of rates to New Orleans was
made by the Illinois Central and
New Orleans, st. Louis and Chica-
90 railroads has just come to light.
There is a fight going on between
the various lines leading to New
Orleans and the South. The st,
Louis. Iron Mountain and South
ern railroad announces that it will
hereafter sell tickets from st. Louis
to New Orleans, via the Mobile and
Ohio railroad, for So. The passen-
gers purchasing tickets, however,
will have to pay the regular fare,
$3.50, but the Iron Mountain
agents give him an order on the
agent at New Orleans for a draw
back Of SIS. This is a precaution
against having the tickets used to
other points than New Orleans.
reduction makes the rate from
via st. Louis, $14. The
Illinois Central will probably reduce
the fare to New Orleans direct, via
to the same figure. Those
anxious to visit New Orleans or the
should take advantage Of
these low rates at once, for a fight
Of such proportion cannot last very
long, and the old rates may be re-
established again before many days.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19
nnrnah ln nnnn,-

Nav York, March l9.-Dsnis Duane,
aged 70, and his sister Maria, aged Sc,
we're fatally burned this morning at a
fire at 227 Cherry street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19
Saturday, April IA, 1877,

within legal hours, the following described
property. situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
and in the city of Memphis. to wit:
Lots 8, 3 and 4, being parts Of lot No. 81 of
the Willoughby Williams subdivision as said
lot was subdivided by the commissioners to
ma Ike partition in tho two causes. Nos. 1922
and 3l67 in their report filed August %. 1873.
Each of said lots front 43A feet on the east
side of Mckinley street by 1855 feet to an alley
l6L feet wide, running south from deoYgia
street. Lot No. 5 will be first sold, and then
4 and 3 if necessary.
Terms of sale-cash,
This March le, ISL.
2. A. COLE. G. and NJ.
R, J, BLACK D. @. and.M.
Smith d Collier, and heiskell & Weather
ford. Attornoys. 16-22-2s.8l "a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19
DIRECTORS.

Office Phoenix Insurance Co.,
K0. 10 Madison street,
MEMPHIS, February l6. 1877.
AT THE ANNUAL ELECTION FOR
"A Seven Directors to serve the ensuing
year, held at the Office Of the Company on the
18th inst, the following named gentlemen
we're selected, viz: il. NJ. Nicely, A. D..
Gwynne. W. S. Bruce. L. X. Suggs, W. N.
Brown, j. b. Day and II. B. Howell.
At an adjourned regular meeting Of the
Board Of Directors, held on the 18th inst, tho
following officers were elected to serve tho en-
suing year: II. NJ. Nicely. President; 4. r.
Clarke, Secretary. lA5.l6
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19
LEGAL.
Attachment Notice,

Before G.. d. Crockett, Justice of the paacs
for Shelby county, Tenn j. I. Petit & CO.,
vs.. James Gordon.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV-
A ing been sued out under section 3455 of The
gode OF Tennessee, and returned levied upon
the properly of the defendant Nv earnlsbll
ment,, and affidavit having been made that
defendant IS indebted to the plaintiffs in
the sum Of $3.50 So, due by note. and that
the claim is Just, and that defendant il a.
therefore ordered that the said defendant
make his personal appearance before me on
the 1lth day Of April, 1877, at 10 O'Clock
Am. at my office, No. 2Sj Main street, ip the,
city OF Memphis. Ienn., and defend said
attachment suit within the time prescribed
by law or the same will be proceeded with ex-
parties and that a copy of this order be pub
iished once a week for four consecutive weeks
in the Memphis Public Ledger.
This 9Th day Of March, 1877.
5-ll-l7-SS GEO. D. CROCKETT, ]. P.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19

SAM P. EVANS was confirmed by
the senate as United States marshal
for the Eastern District Of Tonnes
see, and also confirmed the appoint
ments Of VIM. Rule as postmaster
of Knoxville /; Samuel Hunt, post
master of Cleveland, Tenn; John
D. Lewis, postmaster of Pulaski,
Tenn; and Mrs. Julia P. Voolfolk
postmistress Of jackson, Tenn.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19

GENERAL NAT Upton fell down
the stairs at Shelton's Hotel, Cow
ington, Upton county, Saturday
night, and was instantly killed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19

When Senator Blaine said, II am a
plain, blunt man" be said what was as
Blaine as the nose on the face.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19

IT having been reported that
one Of Packard's Legislature has
caught the smallpox, the Courier
Journals witty man thinks that at
must be mighty contemplate case
Of smallpox that would suffer Itself
to be caught in such a crowd as
that"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19

The sad lack Of Information on
the part of some Of the few who
take exceptions to the receivers bill
is manifest when they talk about
the receiver as a " one man power"
and say he should not have power
to fill the offices under him. No
such proposition has been made or
appears in either Of the bills before
the legislature.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19
mo. 1885,
NOn.E esiAent NOtLea.

In the Chancsry Court Of Shelby county,
Tennessee Joseph w. Branch Brauoh,
Crookes i Co } vs.. Chas. kortreoht ct al.
1T APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
i this cause that tho defendant, A, "a. Brit
ton. is a citizen Of 1T, Louis, Mo, is q non
resident Of the tate Of Tennessee; II ia there
fore ordered that ho make his appearance
herein at the court house In the city Of Mem
phis, Tenn, on or Lefore the FIRST Monday In
April, 1877, and plead, answer or d9mur te
complainant bill, OF the sau0 will DO taken
for confessed as to him and aOt for hearing
OK parte; and that a cory ofthis order be pub
lished once . week, for four successive Woeke.
In tho Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of February, 1917.
A copy-Atteat:
EDMUND A. COLE. G. and N.
BY X. j. BLAgG, D. o. and M.
l1 6-l2.lB
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19

The receivers bill passed the
senate to-day on its third reading,
and will doubtless go through the
house aud become a law. If so the
legislature will have accomplished
a great thing for Memphis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19

Of the whole nation. And they have the
honor to be, gentlemen, your obedient
servants, GEO. s. Coz,
J.. ID. VERMILYE,
B. D. SHERMAN,
B. B. COMEGYs,
ESoCH PRATT,
Committee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19
MEETING.
NOTICE.

Irlsh-AmericaR Building and Loan
Association.
lIHE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
for loans will be hold at tho Office of the
Association, 80 Madison street. en- TUESDAY,
the Goth inst. at 1880 p Stockholders are
requested to pay their dues before 3 pm. Of
that date. JOHN GUNN, Pres't
w. j. MoDERMOTT. Sec'y. 1917
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19

THE necessity for a public meet.
ing in regard to the receivers
bill, first suggested by. the LEDGER,
to have passed away. Peti-
letters and kilograms have
been sent up in behalf of the bill
by a large number of representative
citizens.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19

lF our members in the legisla-
tare were actuated only by a desire
to secure popular appreciation,
which we are sure is not the case,
they would consult their interest
by supporting the Receivers bill.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19
l-goAL..
l2R-9s4.
Chancery Sale Of Real Estate.

Chancory Court Of Shelby county-J B. Heis-
kell etal. va. James e. Burke ct al.
DY VIRTUE OF AN INIERL0CUT0RY
ID decree for sale, entered in the above
causes on the 18th day Of Deeember, 1876, / will
sell at public auction, to the highest bidder.
in front Of the Clerk and Masters office,
0ourt-houso building, Main street, Memphis,
Tam IN
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19

TIE receivers bill is set for to-
morrow in the house, and will
doubtless pass. Private adsices
from Nashville indicate that all or
nearly all the Shelby delegation
will vote for the bill about as pub
lished in Fridays LEDGER. In do
ing so they will represent the in
terests and the voices Of the people.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-19

HE.
Monday Evening, Msrfh 10. 1877.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-02-03
Smoking.

We have paper in another column
on cigarette smoking, selected from
another journal, most of which we
thoroughly endorse. Here. however,
we desire to give some ideas of our
own about smoking specially addressed
to the boys.
Our first advice then about smoking
is don't do it" there are none whom
it benefits and very few whom it does
not injure-don't acquire the habit. or,
if you have acquired it; throw it off
before it grows too strong for you.
Few of you, however, will take this
advice. Our next advice then is, IF
you will smoke, keep the tobacco as
far from your mouths as possible;
eschew cigars; use long pipes" When
We were young there was common.
cheap old pipe in vogue, called famil-
iarly "a yard of clay" 1t was the
healthiest pipe everinvented, the length
of clay tube over which the smoke
travelled was favorable to the deposit
of tobacco poison, and the smoke was
thus depurated of half its evil before
reaching the mouth-only half, how
ever. The, Turkish method of forcing
the smoke through a vessel of water
before inhaling it meets the same re-
quirement
As for chewing, it is the most PERM
eious of any. and, if that won't deter
you, know, young exquisite, that there
is no society outside of the South
western States on the face of the earth
where you can do it and be received
among decent people.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-02-03
The Rev. j. w. Hammer Sr.

A very large congregation assembled
at the Methodist Church last Sunday
evening, to hear sermon from this
gentleman, it being.his first appearance
in the pulpit here for a long time. His
subject was the parable of the Prodi-
gal Son, as given in Luke XIV. He
treated the subject mainly in reference
to the elder son, who objected to the
restoration of the Prodigal, and there
in typifed the heartless self-righteous
Pharisees who had been approaching
the Savior for admitting publicans and
sinners to his society for the purpose
of bringing them to repentance.
The sermon was a very bile one and
unusually eloquent even for Mr.. Han
ner, who delivered it with degree of
feeling and earDestness which deeply
impressed the large congregation who
heard it.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-02-03
CLARkSVlLLR WHOLESALE NlRkET.
CORRECTED BY J.J.cRUsmAN.

SUGAR.-Clariffed, 1917 q II; Crushed,
Powdered and formulated. l3g l4c.
New Orleans sugar, new crop, fair to
prime SO to 81, clarified IL TO H..
New Orleans Molasses, new crop, 45955.
COFFEE We quote Rio 221l to
zsALr.-Kanawha, bushel bbls, So co.;
by the Car load 81 0l.
FLoUR-Supertine, Sc 90; Extra, So 80.
Choice or Fancy, 81 %.
STAR CANDLEs.-l6to lSc.
WHIsKEY-Common country, 81 0O@ 20;
best brands Robertson county, 81 % to . 20.
CHEEsE-Prime factory-l3@l5
RICE-Carolina, to nc.
OIGs-C0al oil, 3S1S to 4Oc; lard oil, Soc
linseed oil, raw zoe boiled 70.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE--55.
VARNIsH-Copal, 81 25; Japan, 0 80.
WINDow GGLAss-SxlO 81 so % box, lOxl2
PowDER.Rifie, 1925 . keg; lead, 10 y 70.
SHoT-S2 35.
CAPs-4O@5Oc q LOGO.
OYsTERsS2 and ID cans 2 00@l 90.
SARDINES-l625.
MAoKEREL-No 3, per Dbl. $40 so; kits,
Mol 81 75@2 90.
BLACKING-371&@75, per dozen.
NAILS-$3 10.
IRoN-Kentucky, 3; Tennessee, ~.
PTTTsBURG COAL 80 cts. ST. BERNARD,
20 cts. delivered.
CoLLARs-s8 90 to "a per. doz.
HAMES-S4 to 10 per doZ.
AxEs-SS so to 1000. per. doZ.
The following are the prices paid here at
this date for country produce.
BACoN-Buying, l0c.
LARD-l0C.
TALLOW-6c.
PEA NUrs-4O@5Oc per bushel
GINSENG 80 to 90c.
REESWAx-20c.
FEATH ERS-neW-356 40c,
WHITE BEANS-Sl 90 to 81 %.
PEAS-75c to 81 90.
TIMOTHY SEED-S2 %.
HERDS GRAsS-90 to 81 90.
ORCHARD GRASs-S2 90 to 25.
BLUE GRASS-S1 so to l IS.
RYE-SI 10.
GLOVER SEED-Sl0 90.
OATS-5212 to So,
PORK-46a5 gross.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-02-03
Index to New Advertisements.

Rolk G.. johnson Clerk and Master
publishes several nonresident notice:
10 this issue
S. A. Caldwell, Esq, also has
a nonresident notice in another
column.
j. S. Woodson advertises stray
Pointer dog, about one year old.
Read his advertisement.
S. A. Wilson, Esq, of District No.
10, has nonresident noticein another
column.
Sam. johnson, real estate agent, ad-
vertises the Mckinney property near
College Street, for sale or rent. See
az 5ertisement for particulars.
Persons having hides and furs are
requested to read the price list of Mr..
S. Oppenheimer. He pays the highest
market price for them.
Mr.. WE'LL at Lieber's Trade Palace
advertises grand clearing out sale of
fall and winter goods, for the next
thirty days. Now is the time to make
your purchase. Call and examine the
goods and prices.
Charles R. Kellogg, at the Office of
T. P. Burke, has an advertisement in
to-day's paper. He has on hand
good supply of Fleming and Pittsburg
coal. Charlie is an energetic young
man and will deliver you coal on short
notice. Give him trial.
Mr.. VIM. z. Scott, from the house
of F. Fisher, Merchant Taylor in Ev-
ansville Ind, will be in our city about
the 1st of March to solicit orders for
dress and business suits of clothing.
He says he will be enabled to sell goods
at from 10 to % per cent. cheaper
than Cincinnati or Louisville. Be
ready to give him your order.
Mr.. Ed. V. Harrison has safe,
lot of store stools, large mirror, and
some hats, boots and shoes, which he
in another column. Country
merchants or anybody else who need
such things, can get bargain by call
ing on him at the Gracey Warehouse.
We call the attention of our readers
to the card of l.. Gauchat matchmaker.
We congratulate him upon having Sc
cured the services of Joe. Boillin, at
the same time we shall miss Joe at the
Post Office, where he has gained a
reputation among all business men as
a steady intelligent and obliging as
sistant. His place at the Post Office
is supplied by Elmer Green, son of
DR.. W. T. Green, Internal Revenue
collector.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-02-03
Death Of Thomson Greenfleld.

Died on Wednesday the 24th inst,
at New Orleans, Thompson Greenfield
long a well known citizen of Clarks-
vile.
In early life Mr.. Greenfield was en-
gagged in business in GAINESVILLE, near
which city he was born, but at the out
break of the war be was a member of
the great commission firm, Fellows &
Co., of New Orleans. On the entry of
the federal army into that city, rather
than take the oath he left his country
and resided in Paris till the end of the
war. His family have several times
revisited Europe since that time.
They are we'll known in GAINESVILLE
society, having frequently spent the
summer at the residence of Allen
johnson Esq, brother-in- law to the
deceased. Mr.. Greenfield was lately &C.
cupied aspurchasing agent for various
European governments in the Ameri-
can tobacco markets. His death will
be cause of mourning to many friends
and relatives in this city and county.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-02-03
In MEMORIAM.

THOMPSON GREENFIELD, a commission
merchant of New Orleans, died at Coving-
ton, Louisiana, on January oath, 1877 Of
pulmonary disease, with which he had
been afflicted many years. He was the
eldest son of william Greenfield, and was
born in EIkton, Todd county, Ky, in the
year 1878, and was in his 59th year when he
died. In 1884 his father moved with his
family to GAINESVILLE, and in 1913 Thompson
Greenfield " as married to Miss Elizabeth
Bronson, and very soon settled in New
Orleans and male it his permanent home.
He was for many years a partner in the
great commission house of Cornelius Eel
lows & Co., and was actively engaged in
great commercial enterprises, principally
trade in the palmy days of New Orleans.
AS business man he enjoyed high repu-
tation, and secured the confidence of the
best commercial houses in Europe, where
he resided three or four years, and of
those in America, which were dealing in
our great staples of Gotten and tobacco.
He was man of great sobriety, and new
er yielded to the temptations of New Or
leans and Paris so far as to indulge in the
use of wine or other intoxicating liquors
at all. He possessed great social qualities,
was strictly honorable in his dealings with
men, and married into one of our best Ten
nessee families. He leaves behind him a
wife and three accomplished daughters to
mourn his irreparable loss. H.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-02-03

ACCIDENT.-Mr. Len. g. Faxon
stepped into what he supposed was a
closet at the Northern Bank Thursday,
and fell down a pair of steps fifteen
feet into the cellar, striking his right
arm and bruising it considerably, and
cutting a place in his left cheek about
an inch in length by coming in contact
with dry-goods box. DR.. McReyn-
olds was called in and found it neces-
sary to use the needle in the face
wound. Mr.. Faxon was taken in a
carriage to the residence of his brother
and is doing well at this writing, though
his whole nervous system is terribly
shocked by the fall
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-02-03
New Pencils.

We have received specimens of the
manufacture of the American lead
pencil company of Hoboken, New J err
sey. Let it here be stated that the
editorial pen is a myth, and that no
editorial article is nowadays written
with the pen, but all of them with the
pencil and we can assure our readers
that freedom with which the editorial
thoughts flow depend very much upon
the quality of the pencil that interprets
them. We have tried these pencils
for the first time to-day, and think We
can promise our readers a very dash
ing style of editorial from their excel
lent points. They are the best we
have tried, whether of European or
American manufacture, and we think
artists would find it to their advantage
to use them as drawing pencils.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-02-03

HOLLOWAY S Observation-Disclosures
las and all infammatory diseases yield
to diligent use of this powerful pre-
paration. In the foot, hand and neck,
their approach should be checked at
once-if supparat ton ensue, danger is
imminent, and the knife connot be en-
ployed without eopardizing life. This
will remove the disorder, without cut
ting, pain or peril. % cents per box
or pot.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-02-03
Too Soon.

Doak is splendid hand on an obit-
uary, indeed so irrepressible are his
faculties in this department that they
somtimes blaze forth before the time.
So it was on Jan. 30, on which day the
inside page of the American contained
beautiful obituary of Mr.. A. H.
Stevens of Georgia, while paragraph
on the outside informs its readers that
the Georgia Statesman is not dead yet
Well it is all right, if he had known
what a handsome obituary DOak had
got ready for him, he would have died
at once that it might come out.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-02-03
The Oliver Chilled PIOM.

Fox & Smith, Sole Agents for Mont
gomery county, have sold large num-
Der of these Flows, and in every
instance they have proven to be the
best Plow in the world. Farmers
would do we'll to go and buy them for
their Spring ploughing. Prices re-
duced. This firm also sell the Avery
and GAINESVILLE Steel and Cast Plows
and Points. jan27-tf
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-02-03
Gentlemen of GAINESVILLE.

will be in your town about March
LIST with full line of samples; will be
pleased to have your orders for dress
or business suits or spring overcoats.
We warrant perfect fit and good styles,
also prices 10 to % per cent. cheaper
than Cincinnati or Louisville houses.
WIN. P. SCOTT,
For L. Fischer, Merchant Tailor.
feb3-4t
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-02-03
B. F. COULTER & BRO.

Greater bargains than ever
in READY-MADE
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-02-03
The Boot on the other Leg.

Why was the Senate so eager to drop
the twenty-second rule? This was the
measure adopted in 1865 by both
Houses of legislature, then completely
controlled by the Radical party, for
counting the Presidential votes. 1t
worked, to their satisfaction at least,
from that date till 1876 but in 1874 a
Democratic House was elected: now
the joint rule gave to either House the
power of rejecting the vote of State
for reasons satisfactory to itself. This
did very we'll so long as the House as
we'll as the Senate was Radical, but
when it became Democratic the rule
threatened to become fatal to Return
ing Boards and all the deviltry of the
carpet-bag States hence the Radical
Senate dropped its own measure like a
hot potato.