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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-21
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.

EDITORS CHRONICLE-That gen
tie hint caused me to consult my
little telephone, and it whispered
that it was about time to renew if l
wanted the CHRONICLE to continue
its weekly visits. AS [ cannot well
afford to do without it, [ send 50 90
to set my name up one year more
on your books from expiration of
last subscription. This is the day
of days for long suffering, down
trodden South Carolina, as at twelve
O'clock NJ. the military are ordered
to move out of the State House, and
with it the rule of the stranger and
thief will cease. l had the pleasure
of being one of several hundred that
accompanied our noble Governor
Hampton from this place to Column
bia on his return from Washington.
There has never been anything to
equal the demonstration made and
reception given him. From Char
lotte, n. c., to Columbia it was a
regular gala day for the people along
the entire line Of railroad between
the two places, and the elimination
was reached upon arrival at the
Capital, where the whole city had
turned out en- n10SSe to welcome
South Cardinals faVOrite son and
and chosen ruler. Garlands of
flowers, triumphant arches of ever
greens, the booming of cannon, with
lively strains of music by the bands,
all combined to make the occasion
one long to be remembered by those
who witnessed it. New life seems
to have been infused into everyone
and business is already reviving
under the genial influence of home
rule and honest government for our
State. All are confident that under
Hampton's administration South
Carolina will soon regain the proud
position she once occupied, and her
influence be felt in the councils of
the Nation as of yOre.
l had the pleasure recently of
meeting, and also of hearing an able
and interesting sermon preached by
Rev. Luther Wilson, whom many
of your readers will remember as
Chaplain of the old 18th Tennessee
Regiment in Virginia. He is now
located at YOrksville in this State as
Pastor of the Presbyterian Church,
and is much beloved and respected
by his charge and all who know
him. / find many TenneSseanS
scattered about over this State, and
am proud to say that l have only
found one who has disgraced the
name Of his native State by herding
with scalawags and carpet-baggers
but, poor fellow, his political aspira-
tons were cut short, and he will
now have the opportunity Of amend
ing his life, by becoming an honest
and useful citizen, or of spending a
portion of the near future in the
State Prison, whichever he may
select to do, for there will be no
mercy shown to thieves under the
administration of Hampton. The
benefits are to be for the honest,
upright and good, who have been
so long oppressed. Wishing the
CHRONICLE many years of success
and usefulness in the future, / re-
main, YOURS truly, r. 7. NJ.
BIackstock, S. c., April 10.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-21
AUSTRIA IN THE SCRAPE.

Itseems that the Austrian govern
ment will certainly be involved in
the war now imminent in Europe
the protection of her Southeastern
frontier alone, with war raging all
around it, will compel her to keep
a large army there for an indefinite
period, with the constant tendency
to become embroiled in the strife
but Austria has interests even be-
yOnd her frontier, which she cannot
neglect; the formation of a SclaVOnic
cOnfederacy in that part of Europe,
is contingency she has long con-
templated as fatal, if carried out, to
the integrity of her own empire,
and she has already announced her
intention to occupy Bosnia in case
of war, to secure its neutrality. The
people of that province on the other
hand, are resolved to resist this &C.
cupation and insOluble complications
can hardly help arising. At the out
break of the Crimean war similar
necessity seemed imminent, but the
precipitancy of France and England
in rushing into a contest, in which
they were less interested than Aus
tria, enabled the latter State to car
ry out her purposes by other peO-
pies fighting.
This game of cats paw cannot be
played this time; France absolute
ly declines participation, Germany
stands aloof, contented with de-
handing the neutrality of ROuma-
MIA, and England resOlutely holds
back refusing any pledge to take a
hand unless her own interests are
clearly threatened. So Austria will
have to do her own fighting this
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-21

diation would be very little worse.
Its comment on the 10 cent. tax law
which it highly favors is as follows:
Compelled to pay only 10 cent. tax for
general pulposea pending al compromise,
ii is not improbable that the people can hold
out as long as the bondholders.
He also contends for the current
value of the bonds as a basis for negO-
tiation and does his best meanwhile
to bring down that value to zero by
representing the people as unwilling
to pay anything; a gross misrepre-
sentation, as we believe of their real
sentiments. He concludes thus:
In brief then, we say that the people will
not compromise at more than 50 cents on the
dollar, for these reasons: lst,-because the
debt is, in part, unjust.-2nd, because that is
more than the market value of the bonds.
3d.-because it was created without their
consent. 4tll. because they are not able to
pay and have nothing to pay, with. These
holder to consider, before the Tennessee
Legislature holds its extra session.
The only other paper we have at
present to notice is the Shelbyville
Commercial.
And there is not much to notice
in it, for it consists of the old com
mon places we have so often dealt
with, such as the reasonableness of
paying only the current value, and of
| putting that down as low as possible
by slurring our own credit. How
ever there is one charge repeated
against this paper which we have
hitherto treated jOcularly, butwhich
we now repel in earnest: The
CHRONICLE is spoken ofas "bond-
holding interest advocate" and it is
said that cit is only those interested
in bonds who are making such a
hue and cry about the matter .
Such charges are consistent with
neither sense, truth nor honesty; this
paper is in no way interested in
bonds nor is it the organ Of bond
holders; it is the organ of none but
the people, and it is in their own in
terest that the people are, in its col
umns, uniformly counselled to cher
ish jealousy the credit of their State
government; and when the journa
in question represents it otherwise
he is disappearing men as homes
as himself and, as we believe, bette
friends of the people of Tennessee
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-21

THE motion to dismiss the cases
of Napoleon Hill ct ais. vs.. State of
Tennessee, and Harrington VS.. the
State, for want of jurisdiction, was
denied by the Supreme Court of the
These eases involve the right of the
State, county and city to tax the
stockholders in the Memphis City
Fire and General Insurance Compa-
nv. fine Union & Planters Bank,
fernando, Bluff City u Washing
ton Insurance Companies, beyond
the one-half of one per cent, which,
under the respective charters, is to
be paid the State, and to be in lieu
of all other taxes whatever. This
is a victory for the respective corpo-
rations. so far.-hemphis Ledger.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-21

RICHMOND Enquirer: A word of
warning to the people of the South
is timely. Let them remember that
eternal vigilance must be the price
of liberty for years to come. Let
them see to it that decentralization
does not follow success, and that
party discipline does not give way
under the citation of the moment.
Though the bloodhounds will have
been dragged from our throats the
serpents will still hang about our
camp.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-21

THE New Orleans Picayune says:
Louisiana has nothing TO offer and
nothing to ask. She will sustain
the Administration so far as the
administration sustains her; but
She is not prepared to take half
loaf. or to surrender any part OF her
rights rs a member of the Union.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-21
LOUISIANA,

There can be no doubt that as
the commission from Louisiana re-
turns to Washington, the precedent
of South Carolina will be applied to
that State and troops removed. No
conditions have been made or eX-
acted, but to remove apprehensions
the following resolutions have been
passed by the Nichols legislature.
GAS an earnest of our endeavors, we here
by sOlemnly declare that 1t IS and Will be
the purpose of the government of the state
of Louisiana. represented by Francis L.
Nichols as its executive head
"First-To accept in good faith the mir
teenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amend
mentS of the Constitution OF the United
States in letter and in spirit.
''SecOnd-The enforcement of the law rig
idly and impartially to the end that violence
and crime shall be suppressed and promptly
punished, and that peace and order PREVAIL
and that the humbleSt labOrer upon the SOIL
of Louisiana throughout every parish III the
State, OF every color, shall receive the full
and equal protection of the laws IN person,
property and political rights and privileges.
"Third-TO the promotion OF the kindly
relations between the white and cOlored cit
liens of the State, upon a basis OF justice
and mutual confidence.
the people being essential to the preserva-
ton of free institutions, we do declare our
solemn purpose to maintain system of
public schools. by equal and uniform taxa
ton upon property, as provided IN the con-
StitutiOn of the State, and which shall
secure the education OF the children OF White
and cOlored citizens with equal advantages.
"Fitth-DeSirOuS of healing the dlSSenSlOnS
that have disturbed the State for years past,
and anxious that the citizens OF all pOllt1-
cal PARTIES NAV be free from the feVeTiSh
anxieties of political strife and join hands
in honestly restoring the prosperity OF
Louisiana, the Nichols government VIII dis
countenance any attempted persecution
from any quarter of individuals for past po-
Etical conduct
There is no doubt that this would
have been the policy of the Nichols
government without any resolutions
at all, so that the constitutional ac-
ton of the.President in removing
the troops is, as it ought to be I'M
conditional. 1t is true that the
question was once put in the name
of the commission, whether they
would elect Packard to the Senate,
but the OminOus silence with which
this question was received soon
caused its Withdrawal-it should
never have been asked it was the
one blundeF Of the commission. The
sending the commission at all was
the blunder of the President; in all
other respects his action in LOUISE
ana and South Carolina has been I'M
eXceptionable.
The Packard legislature in caucus
assembled, to the number of SO,
have refused the suggestion of the
Commission that as many of them
as were originally returned elected
should unite with the Nicholl legis-
lature. That completes the mega
tive record Of the Commission.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-21

nestle IL cents, Cash.
Fruit Loom A Bleached
Domestics IL cents, Cash.
Wamsutta 4 4 Bleached
Domestic 131 cents, Cash.
Harris Gold Coin A Do
nestle 10 cents, Cash.
Londsdale Cambria Is cts,
Cash.
Best 10-4 Bleached Sheet
ing 81, 33, 361 cents, Cash.
Best Corded Pique 10 cts,
Cash.
Best Heavy Brown Drill
10 cents, Cash.
Super A Sea Island Shirt
ing 81 cents, Cash.
Best Calicos, choice styles
y cents, Cash.
Hemp Carpeting Is cents,
Cash.
Extra Super Carpeting,
best goods, low prices for
Cash.
Observation-Disclosures
worth 50 cents at % cents.
Cash:
Good Linen Handkerchief
PER DOZEN, at IS cents Cash.
Black Alpacas, %, 80, SO,
40, AZ, 48 and "a cents, Cash.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-21
INSOLvENT NOTICE.

l have this day, April Is, 1877, suggested
the insolvency Of II. p. Doris, deceased.
All creditors are notified to file their claims,
duly authenticated, with the Clerk of the
or be forever barred. WIN. H. DORRIS,
apr2I-4w Administrators
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-21
Sale of Land.

By virtue of n deed of trust executed to
me on the LIST day of February, 1875, by David
Dick, TO secure the Judgment of $500 and
interest now due to G.. NJ. Pardue, and
directing the payment of $500 and interest
mort paaa- / will the
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-21
18th day of NAV, 1877,

IOtII NItty u WHY, 1910
at the Court House in GAINESVILLE, sell at
public auction to the highest bidder a tract
of land lying in District No. of Montgom.
cry county, bounded as follows:
Begins at stake corner to b. HaelSney's
tract, runs South IL l5 West 2lS poles then
North So West 70 poles to an old stump
then North s. poles to poplar then North
$50 West l512 poles to rock; then South
~ w 40 poles to a stone; then North So
West "a poles to a stone then North lo East
30 poles to stake; then East 0 poles TO a
stake then North l1so East 1857 poles to an
ash; then North lS5112a-lS715 poles to the
beginning.
TERMsSCash sufficient to pay the defend
ants debts and interest and the costs OF
executing the trust, the remainder on a
credit of one and two years. For the de-
ferred payments lien will be retained: Nc
redemption. j. f. BAILEY,
April p, 1S77-4w Trustee.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-21
Gents Goods

Unlaundried Shirts, COM
plete, 81 Is, Cash.
Laundried Shirts, linen
bosom, extra bargain, 81 %,
Cash.
New Patent, shield bosom,
very durable, 81 875, Cash.
Best Peppl. Drilled Draw
ers, as IS cents, Cash.
Gents Good Undershirts
3 for ST. 90, Cash.
bargains in NEW STYLE
READY-MADE CLOTH
ING.
D. I. COULTER { BRO.
March 81, 1877.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-21
Suits from 81 90 up to $50 90!

We keep extra assortment of fine Cloth Coats fine
Black Silk and White Vests, and Black Doeskn Pants
for wedding purposes
Also large stock in Piece Goods Black Cloths Black
and Fancy Cassmeres Cottonades and jeans Our Gents
Furnishing Goods is complete We have Laundricd and
Unlaundred Shirts by the dozen. Gents Linen Collars;
an extra large assortment in half hose. Ladies' Fancy
Neckties, Ladies' Silk Handkerchiefs Collars and Cuffs
Ladies Fishues, Ladies' Lace Fshues Ruchings We
have very large stock of Hamburg Edgngs and Insert
ings, which bought at late bankrupt sale in New
ork which we will sell at astonshingy low prices We
also have large assortment in Ladies' and Gents Kid
Gloves all shades coors and sizes We offer to the trade
Black Kid Glove for ladies for the exceedingly low price
OF 5O cents An immense stock of White Goods Victoria
and Bishop Lawn, JackOnets and Swiss very low fine
assortment in Silk Parasols. Our make in Ladies'
Misses and Chldrens Shoes Goat and Kid always on
hand Buying for several of my houses in very large
quantities for cash exclusively sell cheaper than any
other house this side of Cincinnati Give CALL is all
ASK and the citizens of GAINESVILLE Montgomery
and adjoining counties that will do what say Don't
forget the paceLiebers Trade Palace-and call before
buying elsewhere New Goods received daily per express
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-21

maid of my love, sweet Genevieve,
In beauty's light you glide along;
Your eye is like a star OF eve,
And sweet your voice as Seraph's song.
Yet not your heavenly beauty gives
This heart with passion soft to glow;
Within your soul voice there lives
1t bids you hear the tale of woe.
When sinking low the sufferer wan
BehOlds no hand outstretched to save,
Fair as the bosom of the swan
That rises gracefully DER the wave,
I've seen that breast with pity heave,
And therefore love l you, sweet Gene
We've"
Leaving the parsonage we zig
Jagged until well nigh night-fall,
my rare companion relieving the te-
dunn of the drive by a Mark Twain
ish style smartly chastened by the
grace of God. If Mark was a con-
secrated man (whO knows to the
contrary p he could find Jonathan
in my rare companion. We spend
the night at Genoa. Kind friends
and heartfelt hospitality render us
ObliViOus to all without. What
young Christopher of this modern
Genoa will launch his bark upon an
unknown sea | am unable to tell
but of one thing | am fully persua-
ded-she will have to float
"Where meier a ship had sailed before"
and Ian d the rival of our modern
Americas Vespucius
ssWhere naked men in forest prowl
And bears and panthers roam and howl"
before she can make classic this
Christian county Genoa.
Wednesday m orning we wind our
way amid the gentle April shower
through the region so completely
chronicled for the past year or two
by the versatile pen of l. d. a.
One would hardly expect to pass
through such a region and hnd
$40 one to love, none to caress-"
but rain, rare companion, and mis-
cradle personnel must be my ex-
cuse, We dine with cherished
and the afternoon is spent
in pleasant pastime by some while
others enjoy tired natures sweet
restorer, balmy Sleep" AS the
"Music of the rain pattering down
ON the glass and window pane"
of "my old Kentucky home" keeps
me company / claw my Uranium
for items to wear in your new suit.
II. J. DUNCAN.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-09-25
SAMPLE ORR
Wanted to Sell q Horse.

Quite an interested crowd of spectators
assembled yesterday evening at the corner
of Ohio and Fourth streets, attracted by
The loud talking Of man who wanted "a
sell horse. His description oi the vir.
tues Of the animal excelled anything in
the auction line that has been afforded "a
the idle crowds who haunt such spectacle.
Tor many day. He was gentle as a COW,
and spirited As racer; a thorou zhbred
but devoid Of any Of the ariS,ocraiic ain
by which blood d animals distinguish,
themselves. lie was offering him for the
remarkably low price Of fifty dollars.
That's very cheap for horse ike that
remarked by siander.
Cheap! ] should say so-cheap rs
.!irt, Ell"
Il don't see how ven can sell him al
that price"
Il need money. know lis just like
giving him away: but I'm in q hurry ia
dispose Of him, Won see"
"Ies, / sec-'iraid his owner will over
take YOU, perhaps" remarked the suspicious
citizen.
The horse vender stopped in the mids, Of
his eulogy. His lower Jaw dropped with
an expression Of dismay. and turning sud
denly. he mounted the hcrse aud rode
away.
II is quite possible that he was all right,
and only indignant at the suspicion thrown
uPon his honesty hut il looked very mucl,
as il the citizen had hit the nail square
ON the lead.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-09-25

ported, and that the gang did not number
more than nine at the outside.
THE MEN,
who, II il believed. participated in the at
tack, have b,rn in Clay c unity and below
there nearly all summer. up to about two
weeks a4O, when they went away in pairs.
Two Of ,heM told their friends they we're
going to the Black Hills country. The
Others slipped awav, and il Was known
that they were gone. bat where, nobosiv
told. ID has been known for month that
the boys we're getting ready To strike some
where. and several railroad and express
detectives had notified their companies 81
the expected raid. From the aclnaint-
anre which the r,bf-rs have ii the coun-
try, il Is believed that the pursuit will h..
ln"tless. They have IsSs than seventy. i've
miles tn ride souihwsrsily until they strike
the PLACES al ZONE "ld army friends and
former Missourian<, who will keep them
as long ~ they choose to stay.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-09-25
News Items by Telegraph and
Otherwise.

-McMahon's manifesto is to the point.
The battle still RACES before Plevna.
They are talking Of revictuaiing Nicsis
again.
The Mormons are to reorganize their
church.
The Roumanians suffered terribly in
The recent bsttles.
Chester has been selected for the Illi-
nois Peniten,iary.
Wade Hampton has paid his respects
TO the President.
Trains are nov crossing the Union Pa
siic bridge At Omaha.
The President has hada grand demons
iration at Nashville.
The New Jersey Prohibitionists have
put ont . state ticket.
--wllkesbarre miners have rejected the
Ofier ut ten per cent. advance.
The free trades demand the moliifica-
ton of the tariff laws at once.
All along the route to Tennessee the
President had literal ovation.
There we're half dozen notable we'd
dings in St. Louis, Wednesday night.
"A Portland dispatch says General Sher-
man arrived At Walla Walla yesterday
morning.
A vessel from Ounaloski brings the
report that John, son Of Senator Morton, Is
recovering.
The French president want. the people
to sustain him, but If they don't he'll sus-
tain himself.
AT Sidney, Neb., last night . man
named Thom.s, Harrison vss shot By .
herder ssd will probably de. 49,
The plaster mill Il G. F. Woodruff 4
Sca, Broadway, New York, bsrnsd lsse
night Los, $4,000 Insurance $l0.o0o.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-09-25

Victims of may-bem-Seam-
stresses.
The American dramatist is look
ing up. He is locking up old French
plays.
The biggest peach of the season
Tweed peaching on the Tammany
ring.
Chicago men will pawn their coats
and bet the proceeds on game Of base
bell.
-Gambetta wears q shocking bad
hat. Why doesn't MacSlahOn shoot
it for him?
Eggs are As cents per dozen in
New Orleans. but no savings bank
failures to report.
"A woman in the suburbs has
named one Of her hens '.Aacdu6,r so
that it may lay on.
The new style for fall dresses
make the average young lady a rolling
pin wrapped up in rag carpet.
Not q drop Of rain fell at Austin,
Texas, last month, and when it did
come. everybody was very tank-fall.
Kentucky squirrels are swim
ming the Ohio River in great droves.
and finding law, order and safety in
Indiana.
The Yankton Herald saws that
the price Of q squaw had advanced to
81 and . blanket, and hard winter Is
predicted.
Private ID. p. Spear, Of Penn
yam, recently won q twenty-five dol
lar suit of clothes q . target rifle shoot.
He must be a clothes shot.
Thomas jefferson lived in one
house for twenty-eight years, and
never had . scraper at the door. That
shows what q sort Of . man be WA
"A Mississippi doctor has found .
substitute for quinine. He binds .
lump Of ice on . patients spine. and
The shakes lets 90 and start toe Arkan-
sas.