The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-12-04
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BEuLAH p o., Nov. 81, 1878.
r. the F5itor a. The Afo7-risto,yn Gazette.

BEULAH 20, NOV. II, 1878.
To the Editor Of The Morristown Gazette:
ABOUT MEXICAN DOLLARS.
In the absence of news, let me say
something of those Mexican dollars. 1t |
is well known that they contain more
real silver than cur own, yet they are |
refused at the counters of the banks and
by railroad corporations unless their
holders will part with them for ninety
cents, thus gouging honest owners of
ten per cent. of their value. Why is
this so /? Because the cunning, calcula-
ting spectators have imposed them
upon confding public at ten cents
above their legal value in the United
States, and now desire to depreciate
them in order to make another ten per
cent r-ri
The Mexican dollars now in cifcula
ton were mostly foisted upon the peo-
pie by a deception unworthy of honest
men. They were sold to merchants Wis
iting New York to buy goods for 80
cents on the dollar. The mercants to
whom the New Y ork sharpers sold them
were told that they could buy thous-
and Mexican dollars, aud by giving
them out as change make forty-five dol
lars clear. Merchants are never 10th to
make five per cent. on SO plausible a
transaction, and bought them in good
faith, took them to their respective
customers, who were pleased to possess
few silver dollars again, And it seems
to me that these spectators or brokers
calculated very nicely concerning their
speculation. They had evidently and
truly taken into view the fact that after
the merchants had disposed of their
thousands of dollars they would grad
ually and certainly flow back again into
other channels of trade after they had
| been toyed with awhile, and then they
could refuse to take them at their face
value. This they did, and for two or
more months merchants generally
are following the lead of the banks and
railroad corporations and refuse to take
them at more than ninety cents.
| The other day gentleman called at
the store here and inquired for Mexican
dollars, saying he would give green
| backs for them, dollar for dollar What
his object was do not know, but had
I been less busy waiting upon customers
iect. The ways of bulls and bears are
past finding out till they are ready to
operate, when many are fieeced.
~ MORE ABOUT LICK CREEK.
In former letter I told you some
thing about the waywardness of Lick
creek. Ordinarily it is very narrow
and shallow stream, but when swollen
by rains it gets on rampage, and emp
ties itself into NoIachucky river in a
hurry, not a quarter of a mile from
where l write. If old Nolachucky gets
on high, it causes the waters of Lick
creek to set back, overflow its banks,
and spread itself'ove wide space. In
such an event travel IS impeded, bust
ness retarded, and hundreds of people
are homebound or the knobs and hills,
with the water all around them, and
like Noah in the ark, have to wait till
the waters subside and the land dries up
before they can go abroad. But often
the creek is only bank full, and then
the people can travel to and from it, but
cannot ford it. The only dependence
for crossing is in canoes and dug outs,
which are dangerous, and only few per-
sons venture to cross it in that manner.
IT MUST BE BRIDGED.
To convenience the travelling public
and the neighborhood a bridge should
be constructed at this point over Lick
creek, for the road which passes by this
store and postof11ce is an avenue much
travelled. 1t is the direct road from
Russellville and Morristown, as wei as
Whitesburg, to Warm Springs, N. c.,
consequently ON through North to South
Carolina wish, through your col
umns, to call public attention to this
matter of bridge, and may ask of you
further space to advocate it's early con-
structiOn by the authorities of Greene
county.
GOING TO MARKET.
Since l have been here, now only
weeks, many droves of hogs, horses and
mules have passed along on their way
to South Carolina and Georgia land
market" BLIND STAGGERs.
learn that the farmers around Chest
nut Bloom P. o. are losing their horses
bv blind staggers. Robert Magee, STAINS
berry n. Howell, Samuel Sitzler, Silas
Palmer and others, have each lost a
horse by that disease.
RAIN
/ will close this letter by saying, that
it rained here nearly all night Monday,
and also yesterday, right smartly."
The consequence is, Lick creek is up,
Nolachucky is rising fast, and we are
watching the rising flood. We do not
anticipate a very great depth ofwater, be-
cause mother Earth has required so
much to saturate her. She is now we'll
soaked, Last night, though windy and
rainy, the creek did not rise immoder
ately. By noon the weather cleared,
and the wind shifted from the east to
the west during the morning. 80 e
PERSONAL.
Our neighbor, J. L. Cain, has left
here. to-day, for Memphis, where he
will be on business three or four weeks.
J. S. W.