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New York Mutual Life
INSURANCE COM.
STAT. OF emo, IssuaAroH DnrAnrnnxr,

CoLuNBus, February is, 1917,
Whereas, the. Mutual Life Insurance
Company, located at New York in the State
Of New York, has. fled in this office, q
sworn statement, BY the proper officers
thereof, showing its condition and business,
and has complied in all respects with the
laws Of this State relating to Mutual Fire In.
surance Companies, organized BY aot Of Con.
gress, or By or under the laws Of aay other
state OF the United States
Now. therefore, in pursuance of law !,
William D. Hill, Superintendent Of Insurance
Of the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that
said Company Is authorized to transact its
appropriate business Of Life Insurance in
this State, In accordance with law, during
| the current year. The condition and busi-
ness of said Company at the date OF such
statement December 81, 1850 Is shown as
follows: :,
Aggregate amount Of admitted ,'.s..s's ~ =
Assets ...... !. =. . .ss2, 2,o7S,7os 81
Unadmitted assets amounting
| to ,549l10
Aggregate amount oftliabilities, 6 3
including s7losf,20s for re- e-rgso
insurance reserve .........7is8 s813,S27 ~
Amount Of income for the year. 20 ,0l4,963 10
Amount of disbursements for
| the year. ,s02,sSo rs
1 .sS4t Az FOLLOWS: aa78 ss3&
TO Policy Holders:
For .Dividsnds -. 49, ....$3, ,7ol, 700 "a
! Death and Endowment
Claims, and Annuitiss Belle
paid ........s....... 4.4e4,VIe VI
g Surrendered, policies Il
| additions ............ 80. 6,Sl9.7S5 q
/ Total. al.................s.s eoo, ,o5o ot
Taxes paid to different States,
Commissions to Agents, and li
| all other expenses......- 5.,397 ,43o 81
Total .'''ss' .$lo, ,SV2,Soo ~
In witness whereof havei hereunto SUBJ
scribed my name, and caused the seal of my
tofRce TO- be affixed the day and year above
written. WIN. D. HILL, Supt.
JERE. WILLIAlIS, Agent at Woods
field, Ohio. szorsa,a mshao,77tl.
/
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Woodsfiell., March 30. 1877,

"a union OF hearts, a union of hands,
A union of States none may sever;
A union of lakes, union of lands,
And the FLAGoF OUR UNION FOREVER. .
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ANNOUNCEMENTS,

E ANNOUNCING the names Of candi
dates So each Tickets 81 per thousand,
payable ia aduanoe.
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Baltimore Live Stock Market.
OFFICE MARYLAND Stock SCALES,
BALTIMORE, March IA, 1877. ]

= BALTIMORE, WarcH II, io1F' }
PRICES OF BEEF CATTLE THIS WEEK
Very best on sale to-day, 54@6c
That generally rated first quality, 4t@5c
Medium or good fair quality, .4@44c
Ord'ry thin Steers, Oxen q Cows,31 @4c
Most of the sales are from 44@54c
Cattle during the first part OF the
week were fairly active and prices "a
shade higher, but towards the close were
dull and the advance was lost. The
very best on sale brought 5496c.
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Tie reduction made by the Democratic
ouse in spite of the Republican Senate
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Total males and females. sane and insAns. So
And by frequent visits we fnd said Innrm.
ary in good and healthy condition.
We received from County Trsasury,sr<sa
Dscem Der collection =. ........ $4,000 So
overpsid at Sept. settlement. 1876 go 60
Cash amount for the last s months sls4o s.
We have paid out the following amounts
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-18
JOE BRADLEY,
The secrets or -thsr Elcctorai Coni-
nilsson Coming 0ut.


The following double-leaded edi-
torial in the New York sun Is Great
ing considerable excitement here a.
well as I'm Washington
After the argumentupon the Flor
ida case before the Electoral Com
mission in Washington Judge Brad
ley wrote out his opinion and his
decision in full. He completed II
about six o'clock in the evening on
the day before the judgement OF the
Commission was to be announced.
and read il to Judge Clifford and
Judge Field, who were likewise
members of the Commission. IL
contained, first an argument, and
secondly, a conclusion. The argu-
ment was precisely the same as that
which appears in the published doc
uments, but Judge Bmdley's con-
clusion was that the votes OF the
Tilden Electors IN Florida were the
only votes which ought 20 be- count
ed as coming from that State. This
was the character of the paper when
the Judge finished IL, and when he
communicated il to his colleagues.
During the whole ofthat night Judge
Bradley's house in Washington was
surrounded by the carriages of visi-
tors, who CAME tosee him apparent
ly about thedOcision Of the Electoral
Commission, which, as we have
said, was to be- announced the next
day. These visitors included lead
ing Republicans as well as persons
deeply interested I'm the Texas Pa
citic railroad scheme. When the
Commission assembled next morn
ing, and when the Judgement was
declared, Judge Bradley gave his
voice in favor of counting the votes
for the Hayes Electors I'm Florida.
The argumenth he did not deliver at
the time but when il came to be
printed subsequently twas fonndtO
be precisely the same as the argu-
ment which he had Originallydrawn
up, and ON which he had based his
in favor of the Tilden
Electors.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-18
u Would he FntnI.

The peril to constitutional gov
ernment, of q large increase in the
regular army is obvious. Such an
increase would be another danger
Gus step towards Capitalization. IL
would further diminish the prestige
of the States and encourage con-
tempt for State authority. II would
accustOm the people "a the inter
ference of the federal power, and
exaggerate in the public mind the
lawful power of the federal gov
ernment, Ii would pave the way
for still further expressions and as
sumptions by the money power and
would ultimately lead TO the sub
version of all the rights remaining
to the States. 1t would render easy
and probable the entire usurpatiOn
of the government by oligarehists,
and the utter destruction of the
rights Of the people. IL would be
the beginning OF the end of Repub-
ncan government, and the remOrse-
less tool of the autocratic class who
are now crushing the people beneath
the iron heel OF capital. Such an
increase, while Ii threatens the peO-
pie with loss of power, is not de-
manded by the public safety. Let
the States perfect their militia sys-
tenn, enlarge and popularize il, and
it will afford ample protection
against riot, and local rebelliOns Of
whatever character. Those who
clammor for a large standing army
desire the spbyersipn Of the goV-
ernment and the absorption at all
power by the bondhOldeTs and mon
ey autocFats who are tTamplinR the
people in the dust of poverty, beg
gary and want.-Jdckson Tribune
and sam.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-18
GENERAL LEH's ExAMrLE.
Surrender, Take the Oath OF ALE
glance aud Keep ne


Surrender, Take the Oath OF ALE
.giamce amd Keep ne.
White sulphur Cor New York Express.
When the rebellion had exhaust
ed itself, and Geneml Lee had sur
rendered to Gen, Grant, an engineer
of the Confederacy, friend Of the
writer, who had fought il out TO the
bitter end, and only gave up when
Jefferson Davis ard his party were
finally brought TO surrender in GeOr-
gia, presented himself to Lee for
advice. "I have,n said the defeated
General and engineer, "a profession
and offers to go 10 Russia; 1 cannot
well bear the misfortune Of defeat
but what would you advise me 10
do?' The answer was worthy
alike of q true American and one Of
the foremost Of the sons Of Nir-
ginia: 4...f....I...
"DO as / hare done. Surrender
to the Union forces. Take the oath
Of allegiance, keep the oath, and
endeavor i'm good faith TO bulld up
what for four years civil war has
been pulling down. I have pledged
my word to do this, and intend to
do Il 20
And lee, from the hour Of his
painful surrender, which WAS not
until over a quaeter Of n million OF
Union troops closed upon thirty or /
forty thousand OF brOken-spirited
COnfederates, never hesitated either
TO counsel or 10 work for the restbra-
ton of the Union. Everywhere,
therefore, the name of Lee at the
South is a talisnanic word. ln
almost every house there Is a pOr-
trait of the Southern leader, and
his name and example, which In
1861 was an inspiration for resist
ance, became I'm 1865 both the revc-
lation and reason for Submission.
In 1865 the South was not only eN-
hausted i'm all its material wealth.
the land excepted-but IL needed
the example of men like General
Lee 10 recreate the Southern cOun-
try. Slavery was gone, and all or
ganized labor for time went with
it. The railroad power was eXhaus-
ted, and the horses and cattle and
were almost totally de-
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-18
what Countrr Pnper. po.

An exchange combats with con-
siderable vigOr the argument that
the city papers, are cheaper and bCt-
terthan county papers, because they
give more columns Of reading mat
ter for the money. DO the city pa
pers, it asks, ever give you any
home news? DO they say anything
i'm regard to your county? Moth
ing. DO they contain notices Of
your schools, church-meetings, int
prOvements and hundreds of other
local matters Of interest, which
your paper publishes without pay ?
Not an item. DO they ever say "a
word calculated To draw your at
tention to your county aud it,
numerous thriving towns, and
aid i'm their progress and enterprise
Not n word. And yet there are
men with such contracted views OF
this matter, that unless they are
getting as many square inches Of
reading matter I'm their own as they
do in a city paper, they think they
are not getting the worth Of their
money. 1t reminds Us Of the per
son who took the largest pair nfI
boots i'm the box, simply because
they cost the same as pair much
that fitted him.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-18
rhe Fiath tercnos Distrlcr.

ID. B. Cliffe, Revenue Collector Ol
the Fifth District Of Tennessee, has
presented his resignation. Since
then the Department has accepted
the resignation To take effect August
Both, and now the various applicants
for his position have a clear track
Some eight or ten persons have al
ready signitied their Willingness 10
accept the vacated position.
The Fifth Revenue District iscom-
posed of the Third, Fourth, Fiflh,
Sixth, and Seventh Congressional
Districts, with one or two counties
i'm the Eighth Congressional District. /.
The whole comprises fOrty-elght
counties, including all Of those in
Middle Tennessee. About seventy
five persons are employed In the de-
partnent, says the Nashville Amer
lean.
Tho salary Of the Collector Of the
Fifth District is 1000 per annum
He h required 10 give practically ID
bond of $20O, 900 for the faithful dis
charge Of his duties, and SIG, ,(a0 fOr
the disbursement Of money 10 thd
officers i'm the district. He 4 requi1 \
red tO secure bonClsmen who are nod
on any other mans bond, and whO|
are in no way connected with thel
manufacture or sale " liquor
hHofriHe Tribune.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-18
Not Remarkable.

A Massachusetts farmer says r
"My cattle viii follow me until /
leave the lot and ON the way up to
the yard i'm the evening, stop and
call for a lock of hay" SmithsOn
says there Is nothing remarkable in
that. One day last week he went
into a barnyard In the eeountry, where
he had not the slightest acquaint-
ance with the cattle, and an old bull
not only followed him till he left
the lot, but took the gate off the him
ges, and raced with him in the most
familiar manner possible. Smithson
saws that he has no doubt the old
fellow would have called for some
thing if he had waited a little while,
but ne didn't like to keep the folks
waiting dinner, so he hung one tail
Of his coat and piece Of his pants
on the BULBS horns, and went into
the house,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-18
THE CROPS.
A General Survey of the AgricuItu.
raj Prospects.

The barley, rye, wheat, oats, tim
Othy and clover crops have been
garnered and saved in this section,
and are extremely heavy and eX-
Geedingly excellent in quality, The
wheat ofon this year is one of the
largest and best ever harvested in
Kentucky indeed the farmers, from
the present outlook, save California,
have the promise of most bountiful
harVests Of all cereals, as the growing
corn promises to be equally as good.
Wheat commands in this market
from 81 Is to 81 20 per bushel, but
many Of our farmers do not seem in
clined to sell at the present market
price. The best wheat-growing re-
gi0n of Europe, we all know, is
now engaged in a tremendous war.
Great Britain has heretofore OBJ
tanned her chief supplies of grain
from Turkey and Southern Russia.
She cannot obtain supplies from that
section during the present year, and
she must look to America to supply
the deficiency, and fortunately for
us we have an abundance to spare.
The TurkO-Russian war advanced
the price Of grain and provisions,
and they will continue high until
the cessation of the wars But this
war is on so gigantic a scale that it
cannot continue long, and so soon as
it ceases grain and provisions must
fall. With the admitted large crops
in this country, it is extremely dam
gerOus and hazardous for farmers to
hold wheat for higher prices. Nine
times out Of ten more money Is made
by selling an article when ready for
market at current prices, than by
holding for an advance. Wheat
may advance or it may not, but if
we had crop we would sell as soon
as ready for delivery. This is not
written to induce farmers to sell, or
in the interest of spectators, but is
our deliberate Judgment after much
oonsideration.-.Lerfag (Ky.) live
Stock Rec0ra.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-18

Mr.. w. j. MCCORMAC, tho celC'
brated photographer at ClaEksville
has favored us with copy of hi,
picture of the Tennessee Press A.
sociation. The editorial gentlemen
are grouped so ~ To give n distinct
full-length picture of each one. The
pictures are faithful and liie-likc
and the manner In which the work
Is executed does great credit 90 tbs
skill of the artist. There 4 bat one
objection to the picture, and the ar
tist l. in no way responsible for that,
DIR. White IL taken cOuchant. lii-
friends should have lifted him up
and held him in a perpendicular at
titudeduring the process. But therl
this SorrOwful feature Of the grOuI
l. In great measure atOned for tho
absence Of Polk johnson and two
other noble young kentuckians who
fortunately had such a violent az
tack of Crusmania that they could
not be present.--HopkiastiHe Ned
Era
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-18

IT is very opportunely remarked
by the Montgomery Mall and Adj
vertiser that thousands of we'll
meaning people have been deferred
from settling in the South because
they believe the tales of Southern
outIawry and murder, so industri-
ously circulated in the North and
West. Now when every cOmmuni-
ty in the great Middle and Western
States is agitated from centre to cir
conference, not knowing when the
fury of mob will break loose and
scatter and destroy the accumula-
tions of "a lifetima, all is peace and
serenity In these much-abused and
maligned Southern States. There
is perfect protection for lifeand prop
rty, and the railroads and their en-
ployes are working harmOniOusly.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-18
so U T HW EST E r N
PRESBYTERIAN
UNIVERSITY.
STEWART COLLEGE
Session 1S77-S Begins Sept. 3.
Session 1S77-S Begins Sept. 3.
FACULTY.:

Rev. ]. B. .SHEARER, D. D., President.
Rev. WM. Finn, d. D., Professor of Met
aphysics, Logic, Rhetoric, &c.
JAMES DINwIDDIE, A. M, Professor of
Mathematics. sI.
d. NJ. QUARLEs, Grad. of University of
Va, Professor of Latin, &c.
w. W. LEGARE, A. M, Professor of Greek,
Natural Philosophy, &c.
s.. COLEMAN, Grad. of University of Va.
Professor of French, German and English.
j. W. CALDWELL, A. M, NJ. D., Prof. of
Natural Sciences.
WIN. STEWART, A. NJ, Professor (emer-
itus,) of Geology and MineralOgy.
Biblical Course now taught by Rev. VIM.
Finn, D. D.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-18
MONDAY, SEPT, Sd,

with experienced teachers in every depart
ment. Grateful for the liberal patronage of
the past session, we ask a continuance of
the same, We are building up a school in
work and as a finishing school OF high grade
is drawing pupils from afar. We ask every
friend of the Academy to help us. For
catalogues call at the business houses of the
city or on the President,
]. r. PLUMNER.
July 81, lS77-tf
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-18

GAINESVILLE
Female Academy

The sd Annual Session of this fourishing
institution will begin
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-18
SHEEP.

The depredations of dogs continue
to increase. About 81 per cent. have
been killed by dogs during the past
six months. AT this rate it will
take but a short time to eXtermi-
nate all the sheep in the State. Av-
erage price of sheep, 81 955.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-18
TENNESSEE CROPS.
Commissioner KiIlebreVy Reports
Their Condition Through.
out July.

Commissioner J. B. Killebrew, of
the Bureau of Agriculture, Statistics
and mines, has prepared his report
of the condition of Tennessee crops
and other agricultural interests in
July, which is given in full below.
1t could not be surpassed for COM
pleteness and correctness in all its
details, and furnishes information
that is of the greatest value and inn
portance to the farmers of the State
and those who handle their produce:
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-18

Considerable disappointment has
been expressed as to the previous
estimates, they having been reduced
fromN10 to Is per cent. This falling
off is still greater in many of the
leading wheat growing counties,
notably so in Montgomery, Robert
sson, Rutherford, Bedford and
Maury. In many parts of West
Tennessee a similar disappointment
as to yield has been experienced.
The yield in East Tennessee has
gone beyond expectation. Compar-
ing the June with the July reports
we have:
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-18
THE REPORT.

OFFCEOF THE BUREAU OF AGRI-
CULTURE STATISTICS AND MINES,
NASHVILLE, TENN. Aug. S.-Dur-
ING the first half of the month of
July hot, dry weather prevailed
throughout the State except along a
strip lying at the western base of the
Cumberland mountains and among
the Unaka mountains in East Ten
nessee. Crops began to droop for
want of sufficient moisture, and in
many of the counties the corn crop
was irreparably injured. After the
18th rains began to fall, and they
were general from the 18th to the
oath in every portion of the State
except in some small local areas on
the highland rim, where the rain
fall was very partial, coming down
in torrents in some localities, while
it remained very dry in others.
In East Tennessee, 20 counties re-
port the weather seasOnable, B wet
and 2 dry, those being Campbell and
Union.
In Middle Tennessee, all the cOun-
ties, except those lying along the
foot of the Cumberland Mountains,
report dry weather up to the 18th.
Since that time 10 have been season. !
able, 13 wet and 2 dry-DicksOn and
Smith.
West Tennessee had too much |
rain towards the close of the month. |
The crops along water courses and |
in basins were materially injured. |
OF the counties reporting, Y were
SeaSOnable and wet.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-18

Pennsylvania was supposed TO possess o.
900 men before last week, which showed the
rottenness of her militia system. Her avail
able force to-day is inside of $50 men, while
that of Maryland is only two regiments, or
less than 500 men, already fully worked. OF
the Western States, Illinois, Indiana and
Michigan have passed militia laws within n
year, but have not five regiments between
them of reliable troops, Virginia has one
regiment at Richmond Tie rest OF the
country is utterly defenseless till we reach
California, which has two brtgades, in num-
ber aggregating 1900 men. This is the actual
total of the dispOsable force of the Union,
0ntSide of the regnlAr armY.n ----.---
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-18

The profits of fruit orchard are
very great, amounting sometimes to
$500 per acre.
Peaches are 273. Many of them
rotted during the wet weather,
which reduced the average since
June.
Blackberries also suffered from the
same cause.
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iAsORN SION

Le Is novembre, est d6c6d6 4
D0naldsonvillc, 4 Rage de- 20 ans,
NJ valery- Francis Dlffel, fils du
feu juge Albert Dufiel ct de dame
Louise Landry. '1H9'is q . %
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lie Heraldtlonne le ecompte-fendu
ei-dessos,s de 10 session de Ia COur
de district:
II aesaioa sioavre 10 lundi, 3 novembre,
sons In pr6sideuce du juge Marka Lc pre-
mier Jour est employs la formation du
grand Jury. L'avocat do district declare non.
len de poursuivre dams ra4aire Etat contre
T.P. L0vejoy, nxe ct. coupa La Cour s'a.
jsurne IN mercredi 7. Lei, le jngc Marks &C
Kcnse dams les shaircs de dame O.-G. Bur.
hank. tufrice, contre w. Harris; H.-L
YonDes contre IA. Luling, HI. Yonngs
Maurice B6ranlt juge al Aoc A6Eaire Etat
contro Mary Valentine, larcin, verdict de
non-cuIpabflit6. Etat contrc Gcofgiana Ro
hcrtson. asaaut ct battelie, dix sous din,nende,
L'a6airc Burbank cortre Harris prcnd le
reate de IL semaine- Sseonde ensnaino, lnntll
12: ahaire Burbank contre Harris. dom.
magcs-int6rets de $500 accoryl6s On plaignant
Manfi Is. effaire Youngs coutre Luling sona
considGntion du jnge; s6Aire Youngs o0ntrs
Iiol0isao 6tIChRies a sOumettrc en- brcf: Il
faircs v. Laurent contre F.-M. ct Al. Bcel
man. ct Y. Laurent contrc JILL et Mol BOut
e, exceptions pr6sont<es- Mcrcruli ~, affairt
laurent coutre i'll. et Mol BouttE, oxcnp
tions eossrnseA dscsnds de no,,yesn jsEe
lEais; azEairs ID n6ms Y. L1ureut consrs
T.E g Al. Bselnan, Etme d6ciaiou qns
dessua, en . qui concerne Al. Beelman
HIT coatzo Henry, Walters, lArcin. accaist
dknlanS aconpahle; ny. Kinler. dame a
Gaseon, c0utsS son mari, jngcinenf Dc sepa
ration de- biene e. faveurdo u adcmandoresae
Y.R coutsc rrk Tr6pagnier, rescision Il
rorarc dc = Cour sut u petition suppl6mcp
taire dn plaigpaut 1eudi Is. AID. Bous6ro
ex6cuteur teelAmentairo dotH cDnfIe dam<
vopve F.-E TFoxler ct ID. Troxlcr, dedsa,sd<
re1ct6e ct d6fendenSs antoris6s fetiret IeuI
note; A. LsrpuGc contre L. Hcrwita,. appc
da d<1endeur nspouss6 q ntais = charge
Richard Washington declare coupabie DO 70
n0cturno Per eMrAetiOn. sans Armo dangc
rsuse; rEederi1k Toaps, yioI, a6aire ajoar
u6e inde6nimcnt: (: Morris Il. Bien. noll
.soseqwi; John Williams, declare coupabl,