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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-23

The taxation of New York, Mass
achusetts, Ohio, Illinois and Mis-
souri,, is more than one-tenth Of the
farm products and manufacturers OF
those States whilst the taxation oi
Tennessee is not one-thirtieth of its
farm products and manufactures.
Does Mr.. Colyar know-we are
satisfied the Dispatch does not-that
in 1860, when all admit we were
prosperous, that the agricultural
products of Tennessee amounted to
only $50 90 per head, and according
to Mr.. Colyar "the people were then
growing poorer every day."
We said Col. Colyar had made an
attack on the people, because he
had said that our people, notwith-
standing they We're taxed less than
any people in the United States in
proportion to their population and
productions, as we have shown in a
former part of this article, are un-
able to pay their taxes, and that
their lands are being rapidly return
ed to the State, because they cannot
pay their taxes. "PeOple all over
the country are giving up their
household goods, and often what Is
worse, their little supply Of prOvi-
sions, to pay taxes" We say there
is no truth in this, and it is SLAM
der upon the people. Can Col. Col
var or the Dispatch mention a
single instance where a man has
permanently lost his land by tax
sale, or where men have given up
either household goods or provisions
to pay taxes ? If so, we never heard
of It, and we don't believe they ever
did. Just such statements as these
of Col. COlyar, which are reported
by such papers as the Dispatch, are
doing Tennessee and her people
great injury, and ought to be ex-
posed. What the Dispatch says
about "hired organs" is unworthy
of further notice than to say it Is
false, and Col. Colyar and the Dis
patch knew il to be false when they
uttered and wrote ii. We excuse
the Dispatch for some things that il
said upon the ground of ignorance
for some things this excuse cannot
be given. We are prepared to make
good every assertion that we have
made, and to sustain our positions
by ample proof. Columbia HeJuid.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-23
A hoy KILLED by Smoking Tobacco.

The CharlottetOwn Patriot reports
another death from excessive tObac-
co smoking. The victim was four
teen years of age, and resided with
his parents at 8 Grove place, Water
loo road. For some time past he
had been in the habit of smoking
tobacco to such an extent as TO make
him delirious. On Wednesday last
he complained to his mother of feel
ing unwell. On being questioned,
he said that he had been smoking
all the morning, and that he felt a
tremendous pain in the chest. He
was put TO bed, and ON the follow
ing morning was found dead. The
medical testimony went to show
that death resulted from nicotine,
an oil extracted from tobacco, and
a verdict to that effect was returned.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-23

Senator Gordon was born In Up-
son county, Georgia. in 1882, and Is
Of n fighting stock. His grandfather
enlisted at the age Off and served
through the revolutionary war "A
brother Of that grandfather, at
Kings Mountain, charged up tothe
British lines, and seizing an Eng
lish officer by the quene, hauled him
down the hill n prisoner. Gordon
was the first Colonel OF the Sixth
Alabama, which at Seven Pines
went into the battle with GOO men
and brought out 20I. An the other
regimental officers fell GordOn's
horse was killed under him and he
had three bullet holes In his cloth
ing. Raised % the command Of u
brigade at Malvern Hill, he left
half of his men on the field Ons
bullet carried away the butt Of his
pistol, "a second pierced his canteen,
and a third tore HIS coat. At Sharps-
burg his whole regiment was nearly
annihilated two companies were
reduced to six men. Gen. Gordon
received two bullets In the leg, one
In the shoulder and one In the right
cheek, besides getting a bruise on
the breast from spent ball, while
two Others pierced his clothing. III
was long before he recovered, but
he lived TO fight at Fredericksburg
and Gettysburg and In the final
campaign under Lee.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-23
WHOLE NO. 2,226.


The Jackson Dispatch comes (,
the defense Of COl COlyar In n char
acteristic article. We are glad som,
paper has been bold enough to de
fend Colyar, as II gives US an oppOr
tunity Of showing. that Colyar'
speech Is, as we said before, full O
gross and palpable misstatements o
fact. The Dispatch says that ''Col
yar's speech is full OF iacts and truths
that cannot be contr0verted." !" This
is the issue between us. Now fol
the proof. Colyar says "a careful
examination of the census report.
will show that but few States arc
worse off than we are" A humili.
ating confession, even if 1t were
true-but 1t Is not.
Mr.. Colyar says that our produc-
tiOns amount to only (S4l) forty-one
dollars per head; and he takes this
from a statement contained In Gov.
Porter's message, and then says
that population like ours cannot
live on $4l per head, and whenever
the productions of country like
ours amount to no more than $4I
per head, the people will grow poor
er every year, He must have mis-
understood Gov. Porter. The ag-
ricultural product of 1870 amounted
to $50, ,492, ,847, including better
ments and additions to stock, which
was $66 90 per head, and they were
greater last year than in 1870. In
this county (Maury) the wheat crop
was then 200, sos bushels, and last
year it was SOC, 200, bringing into
the county over 100000, besides
what was consumed in the county;
whereas in 1870 it only brought In
about Sl50,n00 This Is a sample.
Mr.. COlyar fails to estimate the i've
stock, the animals for slaughter, the
orchard and garden products. The
exports from one railroad station
alone, Murfreesboro, last year, be-
sides what was left at home, amount
ed to 81 100000 or one forty-fifth
part Of all that Col. COlyar contends
was made in the State. The value
of live stock in Tennessee i'm 1870
was $55,0S4,075; of animals for
$15, 1856, $50; and Of man.
ufactured articles, $17, ,9S7 ,225, ma
king in all, including farm products,
sl73, 600, 900, in one year.
The compendium of the United
States census for 1870, page $40,
table showing the popu-
lation and taxation of ali the States
in the Union. BY examining that
table, it will be seen that Tennessee
IS taxed less per head than almost
any state in the Union. We give
a few of the leading States:
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-23
Russian Conditions o peace.


|. The Black sea TO become a
Russian lake, while the White sell
IL also to be changed to a Russian
pink madden.
.. The Turkish ironclads 10 be-
come Russian property; and all
necessary repairs to pat them In
thorough fighting order To be pro-
vided for by special prO rata sub
scription, to be made by the Eng
lish holders Of Turkish bonds.
3. The editors and proprietOrs Of
the Daily Telegram aud Pail Mall
Gazette TO be- banished TO Siberia.
4. DIR. T.. 4. Freemen to be created
emperor of Bulgaria, with the Rev.
Maleome M'Call as his eX-arch.
>. Turkey to pay Russia one hun
dred and fifty milliards, and the
latter power to hold Constantinople
till the above sum Is paid.
6. The sultan To live At BrOussa
on his allowance, and send round NO
more Hats.
Z. The well-knOwn aperient drug
10 be hencefOrth known ~ Russia
rhubarb; and Turkish morocco to
be done away with In the interests
of Russian leather.
s. The Turkish parliament TO be-
sold in one lot TO II. T. Barnum, and
remove ea DlGsse to his museum in
New York for exhibition a. con-
stitutional curiosity.
8. General Skobeleff 20 be- made
khedive Of Egypt, and the Suez
canal closed 10 all but Russian
vessels.
10. Greece, Servia, Montenegro
and Roumania 10 become Russian
tributaries, with power ~ add tO
their number.
IL. Lord Beaconsfield 20 walk to
st. Petersburg, clothed in a sheet Of
the Daily Telegraph, and do pen
ance before the cZar.
u. The ear to determine for
himself what shall be known hence
forth as the continent Of Russia.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-23
The Great Nile Proiec,.

Speaking Of the scheme to utilize
the foOd-water of the Nile, the Sci
entific Monthly thus represents it:
Another gigantic engineering
project has been suggested, namely,
diverting a portion Of the fiOod-wa-
ter of the Nile into the deserts of
Nubia, Dibya, and Soodan. As is
well known, the main stream of the
Nile IL fed by the great equatorial
lakes of Africa, and Its annual In
undatiOns are caused by the in-rush
of tOrrent-water, laden with soil
from the fertile slopes of the Abys-
sinian plateau. This silt Is now for
the most part deposited in the bed
Of the Mediterranean, where II IL
gradually forming a new delta. Sir
Samuel Baker, in a letter to the
London Times, after rehearsing
these facts, proposes a plan by which
not only the water of the Nile, but
the mud which it now deposits use
lessly, may be utilized as a means
of fertilizing the deserts south Of
Egypt. He proposes, by suitable
engineering works, 20 divert a pOr-
tiOn of of the Nile fiOOd-water into
these deserts, where il can deposit
its rich sediment In the sands, and
also irrigate them so IA TO transform
them into "cotton-fields that would
render England independent Of
America" lie would construct
sluices and dams at different points
of the Nile at the cataracts, for in
stance. These dams and sluices, by
enabling craft to pass the cataracts,
would also render the Nile naviga-
bic from the Mediterranean to Con
dokOrO.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-23
Population

The taxation of Arkansas Is one
hundred per cent. per capita more
than Tennessee Mississippi and
Alabama 90 per cent, and Louisi-
ana four hundred per cent. And'yet
"we are worse off than other
States -
1t is also true that Tennessee Is
taxable less in proportion to her
productions than any of these, or
almost any other State. The pro-
ductions, farm products and manu-
factures of these States are as fol-
lows:
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-23

Mr.. John S. Wise, son of the
late eX-Gov. Henry A. Wise, and
prominently spoken Of for Congress
from the Richmond (Va.) district,
has written letter, in which he
states that if Gen. Joseph Z. John
ston will accept the election he has
no desire for the place. Mr.. Wise
declares that his "little hopes and
ambitions are nothing compared TO
the homage due by the people Of
Virginia to Joseph +. Johnston"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-23

Speaking Of the scheme to utilize
the floOd-water Of the Nile, the Sci,
entific Monthly thus represents it:
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-23

OldSi, ofthe Atlanta Constitution,
on the s'no hell' theories: Eyer
Jess nakeer nigger believe der amt
no heaharter, an see whar yer comes
ter. Ebery secon' house III be or
court house, an de houses twiXt
'eIn III be jale houses. Hits
mOughty hard ter keep en- -strate
now wild de Sheriff an hell bofo'
dar ewes 80
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-07-31
FROM MOOREsBURG SPRINGS
MOoREsBURG SPRINGS,
Hawkins County, Tenn.
V,,Iu Ok 1920 |

hawkins county, leunS,
July 25, 1873.
To the Editor Of the Morristown Gazette:
Once more upon his native heath,
your correspondent, like Richard, sis
himself again" Although / have not
vet been here a week, the pure, cool
mountain air and splendid chalybeate
water have made a wonderful improve
ment in my condition. This has long
been a favorite resort of many seekers
of health, and now that Mr.. III. G. viii
liams has erected substantial boarding
house where visitors can find comfort
able accommodations at most reasonable
prices, il is destined to become more
popular than ever. On behalf of N.Y.
self and our hospitSble host, tender q
cordial invitation to both, the senior
and Junior Editors of the GAZETTE to
come over after the August election and
have life and vigor for the fall campaign
infused into your systems.
In this country, as is always the case
before elections, things" to borrow an
expression from the gentleman from
Hawkins" are at red heat. The coun-
ty, as well as the judicial elections, are
the subject of intense feeling. This
civil district, the reliable 18th, will still
bear the banner nObly to the front. The
VOle mere III 1910 IOE NuCC III I0hN " 40 SAO
to % for Randolph, clear majority of
1856 votes. This was the largest vote
and majority ever given any man, but
the calculation is to put it at about the
same figures for Mckinney, Deaderick,
Reeves, Blcvins and Wolfe. Judge
Mckinney is stronger here than
ever before-Deaderick and Reeves are
most creditably known, while Bob
Blevins and John Wolfe are virtually
"home folks" have been good friends
to the "boys" and a Mooresburger
would feel that it was an objectionable
sin to ego back on" them.
hear but single expression of dis
satisfaction or regret here, and that is
because this people can't get to vote for
Jimmie Rose as well as John McKin-
ney.
The GAZETTE reaches here regularly
and promptly, and the next best thing
to grasp of your hand and look at
your lovely ~ "phiz" is to read your
paper. Yours,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-07-31

w. F. Yardley, Esq, colOred,
editor of the Knoxville Examiner,
publishes the following very sensible
article which ought to put to blush
with shame the bowling and Shrek
ing of local Republican leaders who
are engaged in doing the very thing
the Squire objects to so vigorous
ly:
WHAT THE DEVIL rs THE USEP
If any piously inclined person
looking upon the above heading
shall consider as Is growing pro.
fame. we beg q suspension OF judg-
ment until the occasion of our ejac.
ulation Is understood.
The cambridge Watchnadn prides
itself as THE official organ Of the
Republican party of the Second Ju.
dicial Circuit" 1t is owned, and
we presume edited, by q company
OF LOydliSts, who have not learned
that the war Is over, or knowing
that fact do. nevertheless. take great
delight in reviving the memories
and keeping alive the prejudices and
hatreds Of the war times. In il
Issue of June 18th uIt.. one .'Vin'
dex" contributes q column about the
Confederate Col. Rose" and Mr.
Three Stars writing from I'm
ion county. says 1.-THE rebel colonies
for circuit judge have gone down 8;
per cent. in this county since the
convention" And Mr.. Genuine
from Sewer county, alIudes TO the
time when Rose. (the Democratic
candidate for judge twas welding
his sword against as, etc."
Now, we are not championiDs
Judge Roses cause, but, We d.
think that the Waterman should b.
ashamed to be making such aPpeali
to the prejudices Of its readers
Why not let the war with all its sal
memories be forgotten? What tn
devil is the use Of eternally wavini
the ''bloody skirtY' Can't q maj
be q Republican without doing thi
thing?
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-07-31

Whether it be genuine yellow fever
or some other kind of pestilence they
are having over in the Brooklyn Navy
Yard, it is plain that the seeds of disease
are deeply planted there. The Walla-
bout lands have been mostly made by
the dumping of refuse upon a marshy
foundation. Sewers empty into the
shallow water channels, and dredging is
constantly necessary to make them nav
igable. The deposits raised are put
upon the lands, and there also foreign
ships are permitted to unload sand and
earth used for ballast This ballast may
he affected with miasna, and may con-
tain the seeds of disease. If from an
infected port, the danger is especially
great The Brooklyn Navy Yard is
little better than pesthole. 1t is sur
rounded by thickly populated part OF
the city. No measures seem to have
been taken to prevent the practices that
have at length produced disease and
death. Yet now that this part OF Brook
Ign is pretty thoroughly frightened, it
may be that something will be done, or
talked about.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-07-31
NOTICE TO MOTHERS.

A sure remedy for teething children,
and all bowel affections, such as Diar-
rh9a, Summer Complaint, Bloody Flux
and gripping pains in the stomach and
bowels, in both young and old,
DR. DUNcAN's BLACKBERRY ELIXIR,
is far superior 10 any and all prepara-
tions that has ever been used in the
treatment of the above diseases; il never
fails to relieve when taken in time and
according to directions. It Is an Elixir
made from the berry aud the root of the
plant and therefore contains all the medi-
cinal virtues of the plant, of which
everyone is acquainted. 1t abates all
inward fevers, counteracts and removes
every cause that is calculated to irritate
or inflame the Stomach or bowels. It Is
pleasant to take and perfectly harmless.
Physicians are prescribing and recon-
mending it every where. PRICE so cts.
Prepared by 9. p. DUNCAN.
Jackson, Tenn.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-07-31
Recommended by the Press.

1t is source of much pleasure and
qualification to notice articles as the
following which appeared in recent
number of the Patriot and Herald, pub
ishedas Marion, Va:
SEVEN SPRING ''IRoN AND ALUM
Mass" This celebrated preparation is
daily adding to its already justly won
celebrity. From all sections of the
country, we receive the most favorable
accounts of its great efficacy. 1t has
been used with the most satisfactory
esults by great number Of our citizens,
for various diseases, such as Soar Throat,
Erysipelas, Dyspepsia and variety of
chronic affections. Nearly every one
who has tried it, speak of it as a wonder
full specific. AS for my own experience,
/ can truly say, that have never found
such speedy and effective remedy for
disOrdered stomach and Sick Headache.
If properly used it will certainly relieve
these unpleasant complaints in an as
tonishingly brief space of time. With
our personal knowledge of its medical
virtues, and knowing the source from
whence it is obtained, as well as a per-
sonal acquaintance with the manufac-
lures, we can confidently recommend
its use to any who may be afflicted as a
safe and reliable family medicine.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-07-31
TIE MURPHY NoHKKRNE

Over five thousand Knoxvillans,
big, little and eolored, have Joined the
Murphys during the past four weeks.
We learn that Mr.. George Leavenworth,
of Kentucky, who was leader in the
movement there, will inaugurate it in
this town, under the auspices of the
Good Templars of this place, during the
coming week.
The above was placed in type during
last week On Saturday evening last,
Mr.. Leavenworth arrived in town. He
held his first meeting in the M. E..
Church, South, on Sunday night The
house was filed with an interested au-
dience. Mr.Leavenworth made a short,
simple, christian-like talk, which had
the effect to greatly intensity the inter-
est already felt among our people upon
the subject of temperance. At the con-
clusion of the lecture an opportunity
was extended to. those present to sign
the pledge and ''don the blue" when
about $50 persons availed themselves of
the opportunity. The Murphy move
ment is thus auspiciously inaugurated
in our midst. If it were necessary we
would bespeak for Mr.. Leavenworth,
the hearty cooperation of our people,
but it is not necessary. Any one pres
ent on Sunday night could net fail to
see that our very best people are heart
and soul in the work with him. He
will remain in town about two weeks.
We ask all to come out and hear him.
He will interest you. He will not bore
you or tire you.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-07-31
SNEED VILE ITEMS.
SNEEDvILLE, Tenn, July %, 70.
T., t,. R1itor Of the Norristouyp Gszatte.

SNEEDvILLE, Tenn, July %, '78.
To the Editor Of the Morristown Gazette;
Before this letter could possibly reach
your readers, through your columns,
the election will be over, and the news
will be waited on every breeze that
Hancock county has fell into line, and
that John A. Mckinney has been re-
elected by an immense majority. At
this writing, / have no doubt of McKin-
ney carrying the county, and of course
the entire ticket-Chancellor, Attorney
General, and all, will get the same, or
nearly the same, vote.
The morals of Hancock are still i'm
proving, as the scarcity of mOOnshine
liquor continues. If there is solitary
illicit still now running in the county,
il is a sealed secret.
Candidates for county Offices are so
numerous that the country dogs are
barking themselves to death by the doZ-
en- at them riding by. They are compar-
ed to the ''plagues of Pharaoh" by a
good old preacher on Newman's Ridge.
The quarterly meeting of the M. f.
Church was held at this place last Sat-
urday and Sunday, by Presiding Elder
Little, and was largely attended.
Well, am trying to write a letter
with nothing in my mind to write about,
and as it is an uphill business with
writer as well as reader, I'll drop the
quill for the present and try to get up a
better letter when something new turns
up on CLINCH.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-07-31
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.

To the Editor OF the AorrtstoWn Gazette:
Ia On the 23d inst, quite a number of
the prominent Democrats of Cooke
county assembled in Newport for the
purpose of making arrangements for
starting a Democratic newspaper. Dr.
B. r. Bell being requested to address
the audience came forward, and in a
short but well directed address, set
forth the necessity, the possibility and
the prOpriety Of establishing, at this
time, Journal at Newport in the inter
ests of the Democratic party.
Hon. VIM. Mcfarland was present
and favored the audience with a short
and patriotic address, in which he urged
the citizens to unite and support any
enterprise calculated to bring so many
good results to our country, to the peO-
pie and to the Democratic party
DR.. b. +. Bell was then called on to
preside over the meeting and j. l..
Clark to act as Secretary. The follow
ing steps were taken:
list. A committee of four, consistinS
of Col. VIM. Jack, d. L. Boyd, ID. ).
Robinson and J. III. Clark, were appoint
ed to canvass the county for the purpose
of securing the necessary subscriptions
for shares relative to the organization OF
Joint Stock Company.
E. %1s ~ WAS NCmJANC0 tAA4l SAC N0AAAA@-A-
tee be instructed TO take half shares in
the subscription.
Sd. II was also resolved that the COM
mittee be instructed 20 begin work at
once.
Throughout the meeting, much inter
est was manifested by all present and
no doubt seemed to exist in the mind OF
any one as 20 the success of the enter
prise. aa aaIf
The house adjourned to meet again
the let Monday In August. so
6EMPER.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-07-31

The undersigned will reopen Morrsi-
town Female High School, on the first
Monday in September next.
A competent corps of Assistants viii
OC I'd
rendered me a generous patronage an
Principal of this Institution. To nav
friends, one and all, return my sincere
thanks, hoping that their united efforts
will make the next session more pros
porous than any that has preceded il.
To suit the stringency of the times,
tuition will be reduced TO the very low
rate of from five to twenty dollars per
term of twenty weeks.
In devotion to duty, and in honest,
faithful labor for the real advancement
of your daughters, we are determined
to give our patrons a school second to
none in East Tennessee. A full an
nouncement will be made in due time.
jy2 ct T. p. SUMMERS.