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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-12-12

towns seems like the work Of magic
to people reared in an eastern
Sleepy Hollow" where the erec-
ton of anew house, or the advent
of a stranger are notable events.
Later in the day we will enter
Granite Canyon. ascending the
Rocky Mountains. Soon we reach
Sherman. the highest point on the
mountains over which the railroad
passes, being over 800 feet above the
level of the sea. 1t was named in
honor of General Sherman, the
tallest General in the service. Pixies
Peak. one hundred and sixty miles
southwark, is visible from this point
LARAMIE, WYoMINa-SUEsEr --
Glorious beyond compare appear
the Rocky Mountains snow-crown-
ed, but losing their icy coldness in
the roseate tints borrowed from the
setting sun. How beautiful are these
mountains! So grand in their utter
nakedness, with never q tree to
shield them from the storm-clouds
fury. They seem like some noble
spirit, too proud to ask aid or sym
pathv from any, but secure in its
own strength, challenging the awe
and admiration of the world. 1t is
a terrible thing, this nature, and
when our minds attempt to conceive
of Him, whose omnipotence could
call from nothingness such a scene
as our eyes now behold, we are lost,
overpowered by his awful grandeur.
Laramie is notable as being the
first place in America, where females
sat upon a jury. leaving their sub
missive 2? lords at home to sing,
Nice little baby, don't get in a fury,
Cause Namas gone to sit on jury"
Here we see the first Chinaman
that ever our Christian eyes rested
upon, and those who see John for
the first time. will not wonder that /
neglected the tempting supper to
gaze upon the tawny celestial"
who hops hither and thither with an
agility that is strange to see. His
wooden shoes seem to be not the
least hindrance to him, but on the
contrary, he treads as lightly as il
he wore the glass slipper of Cinder-
ella. What queer stretchy look he
has about his eyes AS il they we're
cut the wrong way of the cloth
How cold it is, and yet how beauti.
fully clear. Snow-snow every
where My eyes are almost blinded
by the shining whiteness of the
snow enveloped earth. Tomorrow
night we reach Ogden, where we
leave the Union for the Central Pa
cifc road.
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The South to Send Gen. G OrdOn
to Europe,
[FrOm the New orleans Times

[From the New Orleans Times
The New Orleans Cotton Ex-
change is taking steps to send Gen
John B. Gordon, United States Sen
ator from Georgia, to Europe. when
the regular session of Congress closes
next spring, as an ambassador of the
material interests of the New South.
to invite the attention of the Old
World to the fact that these fertile
States are now finally pacifed, re-
organized on a free labor basis, and
are consequently anxious to receive
and to foster European capital and
labor.
This idea is a happy one and caa-
not but result in great and far reach
ing good. The more formality with
which the visit can be surrounded
the better. 1t should be made an
event equal in Importance to the
visit of the Emperor of Brazil to this
country. The formal receptions
which were rendered to him attract
ed the attention OF our people to his
country and as q legitimate result
We see a general demand for the
promotion of commercial relations
with Brazil. The selection of Gen.
Gordon for such a mission is very
wise. He happily un;tes in his per-
sen the qualities of an ideal fighting
confederate with those Of civil
Header of the progressive tendencies
of the new South which looks to the
future as contradistinguished from
the old South. which fell with slavery
While thoroughly representative OF
this section, he is warmly admired
at the North, aud his mission. will
be one of conciIiation. The North
will rejoice to honor him and second
the move.
If General Gordon can be sent to
Europe with sufficient eclat he will,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-12-12
POLITTOAL.CATEGHLSM.

Who own the United States!
The people.
Who own the people?
The Politicians.
Who own the politicians?
The Devil.
What is Democracy?
A country where every man has
vote.
What is Greenback?
A Government promise to pay.
which the government dishonors by
refusing to receive in payment for
dues.
Who deprecated the Greenbacks?
The spectators. who by corrupt
legislation prevented its issues as q
full legal tender in order that they
might run up the price of gold to
$2,S5.
What brought about the hard
times?
These same spectators. by forcing
the Government to contraction.
Who have aggravated the hard
times?
The politicians who have piled up
the peoples taxes.
Who are the dangerous classes?
The corrupt men in places Of hon.
or and trust.
Who are the ignorant?
The men who do not understand
the Importance of the money ques-
tion.
Who are strikers?
Those who combine to elect them
selves to Office only to fill their pock-
cts.
What is the present penalty for
stealing?
If you take a-shilling three months
in the lookup. If a million-exon-
Grafton and a chance to do it again.
What are men called who are idle?
If they are poor men, out of work,
they are called Tramps. Ifthey are
ofice-holders. they are called Polti-
clans.
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GrigSby House,
(Fornser2y Virginia House,)
MOrrIStOwns Tenn.
"HE UNDERSIGNED HAY-

II ing leased the above popular and convenient
stand, begs leave to inform his many friends and
the travelling public that he is now prepared to ac
commodate his guests in the best and most approv-
ed style This House fl situated Main street,
the center of the town aud convenient TO the depob
The proprietor has fitted up in his house a room
which viii be known as the Drummer's Rest, where
they conveniently display their samples to the
many inquiring business men of this thriving
young city My table shall be always supplied
with the delicncies aud substantias of the
Charges shall be moderate servants polite and in
fact neither pains or expense viii be spared to
make the Grigsby House pleasant Home for the
traveller and stranger porter will be in waiting
at the depot upon the arrival Of each train con-
yey your baggage 10 and from the same free Of
charge. There is also in connection with the Ho-
tel hrst-class Stable.
Please give call thing you viii not regret
mt all.
JOSEPH GRIGSBY,
Sept. IL, 1877. PROPRIETOR.
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SATURDAY AFTERNOON,
January, II.

JauudIYp IL
Goodbye books, and everything
within the cars. while we rush out
upon the platform to gaze upon q
scene whose sublime beauty makes
language seem but a mockery. Huge
granite rocks rise almost perpendi
cularly upon either side Of the road,
while we human pigmies stand awe
struck in their presence. The first
of these mighty monuments that at
tracts our attention, is "Castle
Rock" so called because long line
of sandstone raises its wisrd fern,
castle.like upon the side of the
Canyon. This rock is so worn and
torn by turbulent time" that we can
almost fancy our eyes are resting
upon some feudal castles of the days
of chiYalry, and we would scarce
wonder should some helmeted knight
emerge from its shadows and de.
mand the cause OF this unbidden en-
trance upon his domain. We are
going with reckless speed. as if the
engine dared not brave the dangers
of these rugged gorges. but rushes
onward, finding greater beauties and
dangers at every step.
After leaving Echo City. the road
was its way for several miles along
the bank of the Weber river, stream
SO calm, so limpid, one would not
dream how she foams and frets ia
madness few miles further on.
Still we rush onward. and are now
entering the Weber Canyon through
the !" Narrows."
How the river tosses and plunges--
now whirling and eddying in frantic
glee, now calmer growing, until at
last she glides into the plains, as
calmly, as peacefully as if her bosom
had never been torn by cruel rocks
and crags. Poor little riverl You
can feel the agony of being torn by
powers which you cannot overcome
but must. by law of your nature
war against, we'll content il you
reach The smiling valley at last.
You gain peace, 80 regret not the
bitterness by the way. IL 10 not the
turmoil of the way that Is hardest TO
bear, but the fear OF missing peace
at the last
Goodbye sweet river 1 can
loath to leave you. for you are all
too human not to know the conflicts
OF sorrowing mortal breasts. The
hure rocks look down i'm all their
grandeur rpcIn you. Your conflicts
seem as nouqht 10 these mighty sen.
tinels, and they smile In contempt as
they stand so high and cold above
you. They have never been moved
bv the passions which cause yonr
breast to throb and swell, and like
many mighty men. regard with q
sneer tile struggles which they can
not comprehend. But you must be
going TO pour your pure waters in
the briny lake, while | am emerging
into smiling valleys. made vie by
Mormon rule.
lro lie continued naxi week
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ISLANDER.
BY MILFORD BARD.

BY MILFORD BARD.
What is SI4ANDER7
'Tis ASSASSIN at the MIDNIGHT hour
Urged on by ENVY, that, with FOOTsTEP soft,
STEALS on the sumber Of sweet INEooENCE,
And with the dark drawn DAGGER of the MIND,
Drinks DEEP-the crimson current Of the HEART
1t is a WORM, that crawls on BEAUTY's cheek,
Like the vile yIPER-in a vale of FLOWERS,
And RIOTS in anbrosial BLOSSOMS there.
1t is oowARD-in coat of NAIL,
That wages wAR-against the brave, and wis6s
And, like the LONG LEAN lizard, that will mar
The Lions sleep, it wounds the EOBLEsr breast.
Oft have seen this DEMON of the SOUL,
This MURDERER of SLEEP, with VIss AGE smooth,
And CoUNTESANCE, serene as heavens own SKY.
But STORMS were raving in the world of THOUGHT
Oft have seen a SMILE upon it's brow;
But like the LIGHTNING from stormy CLOUD,
II shocked the SOUL and disappeared in DARKNESS
Oft have seen it WEEP ct tales of WOE,
And sigh, as 'twere the HEART would break with
anguish;
But, like the drop, that drips from JAvA's tree,
And the fun BLAST, that sweeps Arabian sands,
u wFERERED EVERY FLOWER of the VALE.
saw it tread upon the LILLY fair
MAID, Of whom the world could say no HARM,
And when she SUNK beneath the mortal WOUND,
1t broke into the sacred sEPULGHRE,
And dragged its victim from the hallowed grave
Fer public EYES to gaze on It hath wEPT,
That, from the EARTH, its victim passed AWAY,
Ere it had taken yENGENCE on his VIRTUES.
Yea, have seen this CURSED CHILD of ENVY,
Breathe MILDEw ON the sacred FAME Of HIM,
Who once had been his coUSTRY's BENEFACToR,
And, on the SEPULCHRE of his REPosE,
Believed with many tributary tear,
DANCE, in the MOONLIGHT of a Summers SKY,
With SAVAGE SATISFACTION.
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THE LITTLE BRoWN sTooK1NG
BY HELEN NJ. COOKE.

Here is a little brown stocking,
Faded by many years,
Hidden among my treasures,
Stained with many tears
1t hung in chimney corner,
On Christmas long ago,
Loaded with precious goodies,
Full from top to toe.
Two chubby hands unIoaded
The gifts of Santa Claus
Oh, how his black eyes sparkled -
And surely there was cause.
You see that little hole there?
There's where horse was tied
So heavy that it tore it,
And big enough to ride.
No soldier was ever prOuder
With war-horse most superb
Than he on his rocking pony,
With saddle, whip and curb.
Oh, that was the merriest Christmas,
And he the jolliest boy,
And this is the sweetest memory
ever shall enjoy!
The red leaves of the autumn
Lie dead above him now;
The prAttling lips are silent,
His hands are cold as snow.
Naught but the little stocking
Is left of that glad day
The stocking and the memory
Are mine to keep always.
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THE CENTRAL HOUSE,

Ts SITUATED A FEW STEPS,
"A either way from the Custom Honse, Post Once,
Banks, Wholesaleand Retail Stores, and Markea.
Beautiful front yard, with I1xurfanf shade trees.
Rooms and table, equal to the best IN the city, to
say the least June $. rs.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-12-12

at the Paris Exposition and other
places. do a great work towards at
tracing attention to our resources.
1t will be a magnificent and success
ful advertisement of the fact that we
are out of the slough of despond and
full upon the highway Of material
progress.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-12-12
FRIDAY noon, Jan. 16.

CHEYENNE, WYoMNa This j. the
largest city between Omaha and
Ogden. and is situated in q large,
open PLAIN.
On the 4th of July. 1869. there
was only one house in Cheyenne,
while the census two years later
showed a population OF three thou
sand. The growth of these western
, 1877-01-24
WHAT JAMAICA MOST WANTS.
From the Cleaner

Sir William Grey took occasion recently to
give public utterance to his views, with res.
poet to what he thought at present the greatest
need of Jamaica. This is about the first time
that His Excellency has taken the trouble to
enlighten the inhabitants of Jamaica in regard
to a decided policy on any subject OF general
concern. The new year may then be said to
open upon a new phase of what must be term
ed the administration of affairs. Sir William
is, however, about to leave US, and it will not
dey0lye upon him to carry out the idea he has
enuncAted. But there can be little doubt that
, 1877-01-24
NEW ADVERTISEMENT.

m EFT begjendtgj6res herved, at
Udkast til Repartitionerne i efter-
navnte Boer nemIig:
/. Afgangne Enhe RACHEL HoFF-
MAINS D0dsbo.
2. Afgangne WILLIAM Wilson's
og efterleyende Enke VICTORIA
Wilson's f@lles 30 vile blive fremlag-
te paa SessiOner, som afholdes Ons-
dagen den 2Ide Februar f0rstkom-
mende henholdsvis midday III. IL og
Eftermiddag XXI. | sIet, h~voreftcr
Boerne f%Orventes sluttede.
Christiansteds Skifteret den 22do
Januar 1877.
II, A. JtRs.
, 1877-01-24
HOW TO MANUFACTURE SUGAR
PROFITABLY.
Correspondence 9fhc European MaH)

Sir,-The system or rather unsystem
IF one may coin word) at present pur-
sued in the elaboration of sugar from the
cane should have yielded years ago) to
what is known as the diffusion process.
the washing out of the colourless saccharine
crystals stored in the cell of the cane. By
this Process (washing or dihusion) nearly
pure sugar would be extracted, diluted
With water, while the mucilage, pigments,
wax, &C., which render cane Juice 50 diff
cult to manipulate under the old system.
would remain behind in the fbrous 1Iortion
Of The cane, in lieu Of being Intimately
mixed by the very mechanical means
adopted to express the Juice, causing inf.
mite trouble afterwards to eliminate. Thir-
ty years ago Dr.. Mitchell, of Trinidad,
took out a patent for this process, which
was practically worked ia the island of
MartiniqueI but during the revolution
which followed the deposition of Louis
Philippe. the machinery was destroyed,
and those who erected it ruined, AL
though the scientific world acknowledge
the stride in advance, and the Royal Socie.
ty, has bestowed its gold medal on DR..
Mitchell, yet monied and commercial men
looked upon the new process as chimerical,
and ominously buttoned their pockets
when its adoption was mooted. The
Watt" of sugar manufacture failed to
find q" Boulton." Had the sugar cane
fourished in Europe, it would have
been q different affair. In the West
Indies, however, the man of science hal
to cope with the odds of unskilled mocha
MICS. want OF capital, and worse, the
moral opposition Of the old school, " who
knew it would not work" The old p!an-
ter is yet welded to the belief, that the
vacuum pan is o delusion, and the employ
.ment Of animal charcoal fraught with GER
tain ruin. His motto is, " The dirtier
the sugar, the better ii will weigh, and
pay" ~ Mr.. Minchin, of the Aska
Works, near Canaan. has devoted much
time and great ability to the mechanical
perfection of this new process, with most
satisfactory results. Theory and practice
have been united in a simple apparatus,
almost automatic, constructed, too, from
the toughest material. The loss of a frac-
tfonal quantity Of sugar in the washing
process can be readily detected. and pre-
vented, while under the old system, ten to
, 1877-01-24
81 CONFERENCE.
From the Times.

The nature OF the Turkish counter propo sa:a
does not appear as yet (Jsn. 2nd) TO have been
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-29

mirable literature does not employ or justify
such quackeries and charlatanry. Believe us,
children, good books, conveying the words Of
wisdom and the precepts of correct morals
books whose wit is sterling and not brumma-
GIN; books that will last through this genera
ton to be admired by the next; books with
out which no library is perfect, do not appear
before the book buyers Of this world either in
masquerade or fantastic attire, and certainly
not in the garb of the vulgar and the coarse
minded. eve would not injure the sale of
these new books by Mr.. Fox-and we guess
we have rather given them profitable noto-
riety-but the severity of this Notary taste
will not permit his silence when an author
hucksters his wares in violation of the code of
ethics) 49,. They say the San Franciscans,
Just and unjust, are catching terrible SINCE
ing Just now The thermometer is quoted at
1O2 in the shade, with hot nights and all ma
ture stewing Nobody ever heard of the like
before. There would not be any very old
Oldest Inhabitant or Veracious Pioneer left
to tell the tale if such experiences had been
frequent. Suppose it should never rain any
more 1t seems as if it never would
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-29
FOUND DEAD.

Notices has been made in these columns from
time to time of the mysterious absence of Mr..
futile of Genoa from his home and the sus-
picion that he had made way with himself.
We received last evening the following dis
patches confirming the worst suspicious:
GENOA September %.
To Fl. Mighels; Body of S. E. Tuttlefou
this morning about one mile from town. He
had shot himself in the center of the forehead.
w. Swart
The following particulars are brought in a
subsequent dispatch:
The body of futile was found on the banks
of the Carson river about one mile from town
to-day by two fishermen. He was lying on
his back and pistol by his side, one chamber
being empty and bullet was found in center
of his forehead. Body in an advanced stage
of decomposition. Body brought to town.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-29
A MAN RUN OVER.

Last evening at about a quarter past five
clock the locomotive |. E. James was stand
ing on the main track, in front of the railroad
depot, and as the engine started to move out
to get on the side track, he observed a pair
of boots sticking up in front Of tn engine
He Immediately stopped the locomotive when
to his horror he found man lying near the
cowcatcher. Upon examination the unfor-
tunated individual was recognized as Alonzo
st. Clair, a man whose face has been familiar
to most of our residents for the past FIVE or
six years. He is very seriously injured, hav-
ing two holes in his forehead and lower limbs
badly crushed. Even before this -cc;dent he
has been perfect wreck, physically and
mentally; and as he has been drinking hard
for several days, those who know him best,
believe that he purposely threw himself in
front of the engine with suicidal intent
st. Clair was picked up and taken to the
county hospital where he will be well taken
care Of; but it is supposed that he cannot sur
yive his injuries. No blame can be attached
to any one connected with the I. E. James.
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yive his injuries. No blame can be attached
to any one connected with the T. E. James
WHAT Is WAKE.-The other evening one
of our prominent physicians, large man by
the way and State officer, not a large man,
were sitting in one of the stores on Carson
street with the proprietor. In the course of
the conversation the subject of the demise of
one of the party was under consideration and
the doctor remarked eve will give you a
good old Irish wake" In few moments a
man entered and called the smallest man out
in the shadow of the door and asked him,
"can you tell me what an Irish wake isl"
~ cannot replied S. m, I'm an Irishman
meseH'' said the man. Il cant help that. ="
"Well' continued he in an excited manner,
GAS l tould ye I'm an Irishman and l wont
let man talk about an Irish wake, in ma
presence Didn't ye mention Irish wake?'
'No sir" politely replied s. m. eff had
mentioned it, l would acknowledge it of
course, but it was that large man who made
the remark" 'Then I'll settle wilh him
when he comes OUT said he. Soon that
large man came out with a cane, but the man
sloped and definition of an Irish wake was
not arrived at.
In a letter from Bodie to the Gold Hill
News Frank Tagliabue gives his opinion of
the stage line by which he reached there, in
the following unequivocal terms A trip to
Bodie involves deal of personal discomfort,
dust, heat and extreme cold, espe-
cially while passing through the Saltwater
country. The stage line is abominable, con-
sisting of rackety old coaches, mud wagons,
and half-starved stock, and prices high enough
to bankrupt a man of ordinary means were he
compelled to make two or three trips during
4 month If my trip is an average specimen,
hour. Passengers are only an annoyance, and |
are carried under protest. The shotgun mes
sengers are the feature of the trip, and the |
inc is run for their benefit, they being the |
guardians of the weekly shipment of treasure
rom this place, which averages about two
oars of $21, 900 each, or $4,000, and they of
course imagine passengers only secondary
consideration.
FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS At four
o'clock yesterday afternoon fire started in
he immense woodpiles belonging to Yering
on, Bliss & Co. situated at South Camp,
lear the summit, on the road leading from
his city to Lake Tahoe. The high wind
which prevailed last night made it very diff
ult to get control of the destructive element
he loss is undoubtedly great, but at late
our last night it could not be arrived at,
he origin of the fire could not be determined I
efore going to press.
A surprise party was given to Miss Min
lie Blackburn (stepdaughter Of Mr. Benz.
'oster), and Miss Mary Finnie, young lady
isiting the Foster family, last night at Turn
Terein Hall. We were not present, but
ave every reason to believe that the affair
very pleasantly,
e. NJ. Yerington, Supt of the V. &, T. R. {
T., arrived from San Francisco yesterday
corning.