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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-02
THE FIRST BATTLE.
The Russians Routed and Eight
Hundred Killed.


Hundred Killed.
CONFERENCE.-The. April 26.-Turkish
troops are reported to have occupied
Kalafat.
1t is officially stated that Safat Pasha
has addressed the following dispatch to
the Turkish Ambassador az London:
1.-The first engagement has just been
fought at Ticliaskson, near Batoum.
After some fighting, the enemy was de-
feated and put to route, with the loss
of $780,"
ST. PETERSBURG, April 26.-The i'm
perial manifesto was read in all the
churches of the Empire, and was enthu-
siastically received.
The Russians are going to secure a
passage through Dobrudja. 1t is thought
that the Turks will not arrive in time to
prevent the passage.
The Golos, which paper is considered
as Russia's chief diplomatic organ, says
it remains for our diplomacy to deter
mine whether military preparations are
to be carried on energetically and with
the full strength of our active forces, or
whether we are to content ourselves with
a predetermined movement for the occu-
patton of certain limited locality.
A slight engagement is reported in
Armenia. A fight is imminent near
Borborch for the possession of the rail-
way bridge over the river Sureth.
Three Turkish gun-boats entered the
river to destroy the bridge. The Turks
crossed the Danube at several points and
sent out flying corps to destroy the rail-
roads before the advancing Russians
The Gar has written the Emperor of
Austria that Russia desires no annexa-
tions.
The Russo-Circassiau army is moving
in two columns towards Wseroum and
Batoum
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I7RKg FROM oLoD HoppER
BEANS STATION, GraiDger CO., |


April %, 1877. E
To the Editor Of the Morristown Gazette:
| place the following items at your
disposal.
Circuit Court has been in session dur
ing the past week. / think pistols will
be scarcer in Granger county in future
than they have been in past. Nelson
Myers, the man who shot and killed
Austin Coffee last February, made his
appearance at Court and gave bond of
5000 for his appearance at the next
term A man by the name of Long was
tried for stealing an ak from Messrs.
Tom Jarnigan s. Bro. The Court con
signed him to the Work House for six
months.
Quite a number of ''patent" agents
are canyassing our county at this
time; one comes with s'Funne1 Clothes
Washers" another with. soap that ex-
tracts the dirt without any rubbing; the
greater the humbug, the more the people
buy.
Farmers are getting behind with their
work, owing to so much rain. Corn
fields are getting green before the corn
is planted. Pastures are furnishing
grazing for our stock. The forests are
putting out rapidly. Wheat, generally
speaking, doesn't look well; owing to
late sowing, it failed to spread, or stool
out, which old farmers say is bad sign
for good wheat crop.
Yours. &C.. CLoD HOPPER.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-02


We fiEd ''The Ladies of the White
House in FRANK LEsLIE's POPULAR
MONTHLY for April, succeeded In the
May number by The Presidents at
Home, by Benson J. Losing, LII D.
The article is illustrated with17 fine en-
cravings, showing places of interest in
history of our Presidents from Washing
ton down The May number is Teplete
with choice literature, embracing short
stories, incidents of travel, anecdotes,
poetry, science, etc. 1t has some 20
illustrations among its 100 pages, con-
corning Benjamin Franklin, Santiagode
Cuba, Elephant Kapping in CeylUn,
Charcoal-burning, etc. 1t is indeed up
to its best standard, and well worth its
price-$2. so for one year. Send to
FRANK LESLIE, 537 Peal St., New York.
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DEATH OF EX-SENATOR Wv.
e.. RROWNLOW.

The Knoxville Chronicle, of Tuesday,
comes to us draped in mourning eorsthe
death of it's senior editor, ex-senator w.
@. Brownlow, which event occurred &C.
his residence in Knoxville at min
utes past o'clock last Sunday evening.
Although he had been an invalid for tea
years past, his death was unexpected.
In the early part of Saturday night, he
was cheerful and manifested no particu-
lar symptoms of serious illness Some
time after midnight he grew verse, and
his family physicians were summoned,
but human skill was powerless to arrest
the disease, and he breatbed his last
peacefully at 5 minutes after O'Clock.
He was born in Wythe county, Viz
GINA, August 80, 1906, and had he lived.
until the 90 of August next, he would
have been just seventy-two years of age
He was carpenter by trade, though he
did not follow it any great length Of
time. In 1926 he entered the Methodist
Ministry, and labored for ten years as an
itinerant preacher. He afterwards be-
came connected with the press and for
many eVentful years followed this pro-
fession. In 1858 he had warm and
fierce debate with Rev. A. Pryne, OF
New York, in the city of Philadelphia,
on the question, fought American Slav-
cry to be Perpetuatedg" He took the
affirmative. His views on the subject
were extensively circulated in the South
and did great deal towards perpetual
ing the doctrine of slavery in that sec
ton. When the late war broke out he
identified himself with the Union cause,
and since that was Incorporating Re-
publican up to the day of his death. lie
became Governor of Tennessee in 1866,
and in 1869 was elected to the Senate Of
the United States.
His life was an eventful and stormy
one. As q neighbor and friend he was
universally beloved and respected. In
his public life he was stern and unyield-
ing, often presenting a rough exterior,
but no man in distress ever approached
him, when he had the power of relief,
that he did not exercise it. He had pass
| ed the term of years generally allotted to
man, and his death in that sense could
not have come wholly unexpected He
has been afflicted for years with paralysis
GgitdnS, and the immediate cause of his
death was the extension of this disease
to the bowels, paralyzing the same.
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4 DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.

Our good friend, McAnally. whose
communication we publish in another
column, after paying US compll-
ment on account of our position on
the subject of the Road Law, for
which we return thanks, makes a saw
age attack upon "the press of the
country" yourselves included, we
presume,) because it does not "unite
in one grand, eternal storm Of con-
demnation'' against certain wicked
and ubiquitous practices which he
claims are becoming alarmingly pre-
valent throughout the land, to-wIt:
murder, manslaughter, malicious
shooting, etc. Now, we are of the
opinion that Mr.. McAnally is widely
mistaken when he intimates that the
press wink at such barbarous, unholy
doings. The sentiment of the press
is entirely antagonistic to crime, and
is always favorable to virtue and
morality. And speaking for ourselves
we say, we are very decidedly oppos-
ed to cutting and shooting, more es-
pecially if we were the subject upon
which the operation was to be per-
formed. But while we, in common
with all other members of the press,
are ready on all proper occasions to
denounce violations of the law, we
scarcely think we would find much
favor with the reading public, and
probably little in the eyes of our
friend McAnally himself, were we
weekly to fill our columns with dry
moral homilies based upon every Of
tense against the law which came to
our knowledge.
Our correspondent states that GER
tain parties to his knowledge harbor
fugitives from justice, and that the
press oyerlooks or winks at the same.
Now it appears to us that the wink
is from the other side. We know Of
no one who does snch thing-and
when we do know of it are ready to
denounce that individual as "his
country's curse, his chiIdren's shame;
outcass to virtue, peace and fame,
and pour out upon him our entire
vocabulary Of contemptuous epithets,
besides turning him over TO the Off
GERS Of justice If our memory serves
MS right, whoever, knowing felony
70 have been committed, receives, re-
lieves, comforts or assists the felon,
is an accessory after the fact, and is
liable to the same punishment as the
felon himself. If our correspondent
knows of such offences being CON-
mitted, is it not he who "winks'
when he fails to prosecute the guilty
parties and make them suffer the
penalties prescribed by law. We
must say to our friend, "pluck the
the beam out Of thine own eye, then
canst thou see clearly to pluck the
mote which is in thy brothers eye"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-02

~ The removal of the troops
from the Louisiana State House on
the path was a quiet and undemon-
strative affair. Gov. Nichols had is
sued an order requesting the citizens
to attend to their regular business
during the day. and it was strictly
observed. As the Cathedral clock
struck II, the detachment of troops
marched out Of the Orleans Hotel,
and proceeded TO the river where they
embarked on a steamboat and were
conveyed to the barracks. So the
usurpation is at an end.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-02

- The jackson Sun makes a SEN
sible and timely suggestion to farm
ers. In view of the impending strug-
gle between the two great Eastern
Powers-Russia and Turkey-bread-
stuffs are bound to command remun-
Grating prices. By all means let our
farmers plant more corn. The Sun
says: We are diseounting the Euro
pean war in advance, and already the
prices of provisions are jumping up
toward war prices. Corn in our mar
ket, even here in Jackson, has adj
vanced ten cents a bushel, and -four
correspondingly. 1t is well enough
for our people to have an eye to the
possibilities of the future. A Euro
pean war seems inevitable, and it
promises to be general. The effect
will be to depreciate cotton and in
crease the price of breadstuffs and
meat. Our farmers should look 10
the corn crop.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-02

The Rogersville Spectator learns that
on Thursday night, 10Th inst, the barn
of Mr.. Alex. Myers, of Greene county,
was struck by lightning and totally de-
stroy ed. The barn was large one, 90
feet long and 40 feet wide, and in addi-
ton to the grain and hay there was in it
At the time three work mules, mare
and colt, yearling colt and milch COW,
all of which were killed or burned to
death. He also lost moving machine.
straw-cutter, corn-shcller, two horse wa
gon, spring wagon. tanning mill, 225
bushels of corn, 80 bushels of wheat.
from so to rs bushels Of oats, all the
harness and gearing belonging to the
wagons, and set of carpenters tools
comprising all that he had-nothing was
saved. Great efforts were required to
save the dwelling house standing about
rs yards from the barn.
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Robert s. Shields.
Resolutions Of Respect By the Mineral a
Sabbath lceIoaE Aa,,-;7 % 1877

Resolutions Of Respect By the Mineral HIN
Sabbath School, Aprz %, 1877.
Whereas. Almighty God in His infin-
tie wisdom and justice has taken from
earth Robert S. Shields; and
Whereas, 1t is the sense of this Sab
bath School. now in session, that we
should make some manifestation of our
kind feelings toward the deceased; and,
also, express in some degree the deep re-
greet that now pervades and possesses not
only the feelings and heart of each indi-
viduaI in School, but has cast a mantle
of gloom over the entire community; and
Whereas, We also feel that the most
profound sympathy should be extended
to the family of the deceased in this their
sad bereavement, who alone feel, as 9TH
ers cannot, the loss of one who has so
often frightened the parental fireside
with the pleasantness of his smiles and
the kindness of his youthful heart; there
fore be it
Resolved, That we do meekly bow be-
fore the Hand that ''doeth all things
well'' and tto the good of them that
love Him. )"
Resolved, That in the death of Robert
b. Shields we have reason to believe that
we have lost faithful and devoted Sab
bath School scholar kind and alice
tionate friend whose name win ever be
as an oasis in life's toilsome way-and
around which memory will love to cling.
Resolved, That we commend the sew
eral members of the family who are yet
on ''times uncertain sands" to Him "who
is as a great Rock to the weary traveller
in desert land"-and may they ever re
member, 1.-THE closer the hand that deals
the blow the lighter the stroke"
Resolved, That copy Of these resot
utions be furnished the MoRRLsrowN
GAZETTE and the Holston Methodist foI
publication; and also that copy be sent
the family of the deceased.
JAMES a. RICE,
w. Il. GILL;
j. +. AUSTIN,
COHl9lSttee
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-02

Soon after sunrise last Saturday morn
ing, our townsman, VIM. Holt, called at
the depot of the East Tennessee, Virgil
MIA and Georgia road On business. The
young gentlemen who sleep in the depot
had not yet arisen, and were perhaps
asleep. Being suddenly aroused by the
knocking at the door, one of them fired
pistol at the door. The ball passed en-
tirely through the planks of the door,
near the center, and about as high as a
mans chest. Mr.. Holt happened not to
be standing in range of the shot, and so
escaped unframed If he had been in
front of the door, the result would have
been a sad one. From what we know
of the young men who were in the de-
pot at the time, and from what we have
learned of the affair, we have no doubt
the shot was fired under the impression
that there were burglars about, and that
no wrong was intended. Nevertheless,
they acted too hastily, and win no doubt
be warned by this affair to be less hasty
hereafter.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-02
WOOL CARDING.

The Morristown Wooden Factory, To-
Gated on Turkey creek, 1t miles from
town is being rapidly fitted up and will
be ready for earding rolls the last of
May and will do the best of work and
at the lowest price. / have a machine.
for taking the burrs out of the wool and
picking it, SO that you need not wear out
your fingers picking out the burrs by
hand. Bring your wool along. I will
also exchange Jeans for wool.
may 6m w. Iii. LANE.
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This item is to be read aloud, in
clear, manly voice, and without blush
ing behind the ears, by those whose
name can't be found on our subscription
list with a magnifying glass. Now be-
gin and the crowd will listen; Il beg,
borrow or steal the MoRRIsTowN GA
zETTE every week, and read all there's
in it. It's a good spicy paper, and
every body, ought to take it-every-
body but me- l can borrow from my
friends and save $500 for cigars and
''sich"-and what's the use in having
friends if you don't use them? My wife
says she would like to see it-she got
hold of one number that picked up
some place and forgot to lay down
again, read its story and its local and
news matter and now she is nearly era
Nv to see it every week. But shaw
what's the useg can tell her all about
it, and if she don't like it second-handed
she can do asI do-beg, borrow or steal
from the neighbors. This paper be-
longs o., who pays for it in
advance for me to read, and if it comes
up missing some of you fellows can tell
him that it must have stuck to my 1ng-
ers, and if he hasn't read it he can go
and buy another"
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Hotel Arrivals.
AT THE CAIN HOUSE


The following are the arrivals at the
Cain House for the week ending Mon
day, April 80, 1877:
WI Greenlee, Leadvale; T L Rev
nolds, New York; a B Wrenn, N {:
Col Robert Netherland, Kingsport; s G.
Lee, Noes Ferry; A f Green, Swan Is
lands; Jno E Hammer, Bristol; w III
White Beans Station; j S West, BaIti-
more; Geo Eckle, Ii G Helm, Leadvale;
w G McGaughey, Atlanta, GA w +
Morris, Bridgeport, Jno E Chapman, Z r
Oats, E w Krutch, Jno Hubbard, Jas
G Surges, G NJ Harrill, X w Kerr, Col
Jas E Carter, Jno Anderson, S r Ogdon,
T O Swatz, Knoxville; M Craigmiles,
Ashville, N G; b + Glover Jas Mahoney,
CO. z II Lutrell, q w Sanderwood, VIM
Bush, E T Va s. Ga RR; G A McNutt,
Choptac; w Merrill, wife and daughter
Cambridge, Mass; Asa Davis, ChatLanoo-
ga; Geo 5 Savage, X Y;G w Donaldson,
Russellville; j N Moore, Bulls Gap; j ]
Spangler, Baltimore; Jas Spence, South
Pittsburg; ID Beachb0ld and son
Michigan; A d Reynolds, Bristol; w q
TempIetOn, CO.
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smithsonian Institute In East
Tennessee.
Messy CREEK, April 80, 1877.

To the Editor OF the Morristown Gazette
We hear that our distinguished towns
man, DR.. G I'll. Smith, has contributed
another stone to the great cognominal
monument, whose foundation was laid
in America over two hundred years
since by the distinguished husband OF
Pocahontas, and founder of the f. Z.
V's. This contribution of our esteemed
fellow-citizen is an act for which his
many friends in this community feel q
pride in congratulating him, and hope
that the SON which was born to hisherit
age on the evening of April 25th. may
not only bea perpetual joy to his own
domestic circle, but prove great &C
cession to our own little community,
An ornament to the State and an emDel-
ishment to the great Smith Monument
In this country.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-02

~ The debt of Turkey is put
down at about one hundred and nine
ty>eight million of pounds, one hun
dred and eightY>fivs million of which
she owes to foreign bOndholders and
thirteen million at home. The pub
lie debt of Russia amounts TO two
hundred and fifty million nine hum
dred and sixty-two thousand pounds.
She has besides this a paper curren-
CIV of one hundred and thirteen mil
lion of pounds. The finances Of the
two countries are not in very good
condition from this exhibit.
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TURKO--RUssIAN WAR.
Hostilities Already Commenced
In Asiatic Turkey.

II
ST. PETERSBURG, April 24.--Prince
GortschakOff has sent the following
note, dated April "a, to the Turkish
Charge deAffaries there: Earnest
negotiations between the Imperial
Government and the Porte for a dur
able pacification not having led to
the desired accord, my august mas
ter sees himself compelled, to his
great regret, to have recourse TO the
force of arms. / will be therefore
so kind as to inform your govern
ment that from to day Russia con-
siders herself in state of war with
the Porte.
LONDON, April 25.-The advance
for crossing the Pruth consists of
fifty thousand men, including the
calvalry.
The Turkish preparations for de-
Tending the Danube must be formi-
dable in gun-boats and iron clads.
The Turkish iron-clad squadron in
the Bosphorus are ready to sail.
Shots have been exchanged be-
tween the belligerents in Asia.
The Russians after crossing the
Pruth took the direction of Galatz.
The Russians will reach the Danu-
be at Imsail, Kilia and Viloff.
Prince Nicholas, of Montenegro.
and staff have gone to the Albanian
frontier.
CoNsTANTrNoPLE, April 25.-Skir-
mishing has commenced on the out
posts near Kars, on the Asiatic from
tier.
LONDON. April 25.-The London
press unanimously condemn the
Russian manifesto.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-02

The Rogersville Spectator, referring to
our notice of Ham Fulkerson's remark
able hen egg, unearths this: "Pattons-
vile now desires a hearing to relate
remarkable malformation displayed in an
egg, found in hen belonging to Mrs.
M. ]. Morrell, of Pattonsville, Va. On
killing the fow1-was found an egg con-
tanning taoo lice chGckensl Now, brother
H, wont you surrender on the egg ques-
ton ?" By no means but we confess
both stories are rather Incompetent
sible EhP
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OUT OF SOAREND Of THE s.SNE
DERp-"PUNCHER"-"SAGEG GRASS
CORRESPONDENCE

SKINFooT, Granger CO., April 81.
To the Editor of the Morristown Gazette
If you will allow shall attempt to re-
pIy, or rather comment briefly upon
friend Snider's sketch" to Puncher and
myself. 1t is true, so much criticising
looks as though your Granger CORES
pondents were running out of soap; but
1 think we can get up enough to stir up
the dirt that settled in the moss that
grew on Snider's back while sojourning
in the land of toads Puncher how does
that conjunction put in the first line of
Snider's last epistle jingle. And with
horns large enough to salt away the
meat" etc. Who ever heard OF horns
sailing away meat? Snider accusing you
Puncher) of mixing up the English
language" reminds me of black Afri-
can calling his brother niger" Like
the fellow that got drunk and said that
every thing was stirring and mixed up
together, and the ground flying up and
striking him in the face. The idea OF
miIlct taking the place of sage grass !!
To do this, Snider, you would have to
sow your millet every sixty or seventy
DAYS, and considerably soften the winter
or the sedge grass would surely step in
and take possession. Come round, Pun
cher, and we will take peep at Snider's
fine stock and milIet fields.
Yours, SAGE GRASS.
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~ A fire broke out in the edito-
rial room Of the New York Journal
Of Commerce, the Esd inst, and des-
troyed the two upper floors of the
building. The publication rooms and
presses were injured by water. Loss
estimated at $4,000. But the de-
struction of the library and all files
back to 1928 is a loss the value of
which to the proprietors cannot be
estimated.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-02

We learn that our friend, Capt. j. G..
Hodges, is having unexpected success in
introducing his interest calculators that
he has already established agencies for
its sale in several States, on terms entire
Iy satisfactory. We predict for it an
immense sale. 1t is simple, cheap and
useful. 1t supplies want felt by al
most every business man,-that of cor
rect, easy and simple method of calcu-
lating interest.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-02

At two o'clock on the morning of the
9th, four armed men rode into the town
of CastrovilIe, Texas, and took posses
sion of the courthouse, saturated all the
interior of the building with coal oil,
set fire to it and -decamped The citi-
zens rallied, but were unable to save the
building. That was destroyed, and also
the District Court and State papers. All
that was rescued from the flames were
the county records and one book OF cat
tie records. While attempting to stay
the flames, sixteen shots were fired by
the incendiaries.
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Married.

Near Leadvale, on the 18th inst, at
the residence of Asa Bayless, by Rev.
W. Il. Smith, Mr.. A. r. WINNIFoRD, OF
oakland. Oregon, and Miss AMANDA M.
BAYLEss, of Hamblen county.
The happy couple left last week for
the home of the gallant groom in Ore
gon. May fortune smile upon them,
and every bright dream be realized.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-02

Of the fifty-seven white and ninety
eight negro legislators of South Carroll
ma, last session, twenty-four whites and
sixty-seven negroes paid no taxes, and
eighty-five of the one hundred and fifty
five legislators were not mentioned on
the tax books
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II wish l were you about two hours -
she said with great tenderness a And
why, my dear?" he asked with consider
able interest. Because, she said, toy
ing affectionately with his watch chain.
{" because then / would go to Tate's and
buy my wife new dress and pair of
his superior ladies shoes"
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THE MORRIOTOWN GAZETTE
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1877.

~ Judge Spofford. Dem, was
elected U. S. Senator by the legisla-
ture of Louisiana on the oath inst.
Many Republicans, after patriotic
speeches voted for him. Out of 153
votes he received 40.