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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
Marrying for NTonev

A late author very truthfully says.
'fGofa cannot buy happiness, and the
parents who compel their daughters t.
marry for station or money commit a
grievous sin against humanity and God.
And woman who marries churl for
his wealth will find that she has maue
terrible bargain-thatsa all the gatherings
of heartless grandeur are phosphorescent
gatherings of Observation-Disclosures that
her life will be one of gilded misery,
and her old age will be like crag on
the black side of desert mountain,
where cold moonbeams sometimes gilt
ter, but no birds sing, but wild storms
howl and hoarse thunders roar, and
though the sweeping storms shall be
heard the stern voice af the great God,
saying, Your riches are corrupted, your
garments are moth-eaten, yonr gold and
silver are cankered, and the rust of them
shall be witness against you, and eat
your flesh as if it were fire. ~
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06

According TO the Washington
Post an ingenious member of the
Mississippi Senate has contrived TO
slay two Presidential birds with one
stone. Somebody having introduce
ed into that body a memorial on the
Presidency fraud. similar to that
presented in the Maryland LegIsIa-
ture by Montgomery Blair, Senator
Berry, leading Democrat, killed
the thing dead by an amendment
reading:
Resolved, That Rutherford B.
Hayes is fraud and Samuel ]. Ill
den is a failure.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
Senator Barnum's Opinion of
Hayes Prospect.

Senator Barnum, of Connecticut,
Chairman of the National Democratic
Committee, in giving his opinion of
President Hayes and his Administration,
is thus reported in the Post:
Hayes will be left without party by
the time his term is served out. 1t
seems to me, il I'd been in his place, I
would have supported Packard, if it
took every man, woman and child in
my party. BY the reputation of Pack
ard he cloudcd his own title, he put
deed on record with an acknowledged
mortgage before it. But we must &C
cept all he gives US that is right. We
must take good government, no matter
where it comes from, and reject the bad.
His party is now trying to. force him to
take refuge with us; but we don't want
him. There is no room in our party for
him. But we'll give him support when
he does right.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
THE TREATY BETWEEN RUgSE.
AND TURKEY.

The terms Of peace between Rus
STA and Turkey are stated as fol.
l~ws:
1 Servia to be independent without
compensation.
2. Montenegro. to receive Antivaria,
Nicsie and Spuz, and portion OF the
territory bordering on lake Scutari.
g. Russia to hold Batoum, Kars and
Erzeroum until war indemnity of
920, 900, 900 is paid. @
L. The Dardanelles to be opened to
Russian men of-war
5. Bulgarian autonomy to be conced-
ed rather on the principle of Lebanon
than on the plan of the Constantinople
conference and,
6. Turkey TO nominate Christian Gov
errors, for long terms of years, subject
to ratification by the powers. .u..
Z. Bulgaria not 10 be understood to
include Thrace, but only to extend To-
the line of the Balkans.
g. Part of the Russian army to embark
at Constantinople for their return home
and the final treaty peace to be signed
at Constantinople by the Grand Duke
Nicholas.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
Ii MORRISTOWN GAZETTE.
TO OUR PATRONS.

Heretofore we have been len
lent to fault, to our own pre-
JUDGE, in leaving the just de
mands against our subscribers
to await their own time and
pleasure for payment. The
time has now come for action
in business matters, and a little
attention to the proper ameni-
ties due on the part of debtors.
In this vie, we ask the pa
irons of the GAZETTE to attend
to the demands we have against
them. WE MUST HAVE
MONEY, and hope those in
debted to us will find it con-
venient TO PAY AT ONCE. A
large number have been re
ceiving the GAZETTE for two
years and more-paying moth
ing-and they will be stricken
from our books and an effort
made to collect what is due us
Since we took control of the
GAZETTE our subscription has
been largely increased, and our
patrons have been mostly
prompt in paying for the pa
per; but it is folly to squandeI
what we receive from those to
carry large number that pay
nothing. Come forward, sub
scribers, and help us, and we
promise you renewed exertions
in getting up paper equal tc
the demands of our county anC
section.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06

attend to ali the above named wounded.
Sneedville is smart little town, and
is notable as the first place to commence
specie payments, Mr.. Mcneil, mer-
chant, the day before having paid ont
gold and silver for greenbacks.
From Sneedyille went over the hills to
Flat Gap, where l remained over night
with Woodson Wolfe. Dir. James
Wright, of Mooresburg, has a store
there, in charge of T. w. Garrett. A
large business is done, principally by ex-
changing goods for country produce.
The people for miles around Flat Gap
feel the want of post office, and are
circulating petition to the Postmaster
General to establish one, with Mr.. Gar
rett as their Nasty.
Friday morning, coming down from
Flat Gap, took dinner with a merry old
''King Cole" by the name of G. w.
Moore, and went on till arrived at the
residence Of Joseph T. Gill, and found
| him confined to his house with frost bit
ten feet, frozen while up in the noun
I
badly off as Madame Rumor would lead
people to believe he was, but yet bad
| enough. Friday night reached Moores-
burg, and remained over night with Mr..
James Wright, whom we found to be a
travelled man. He has seen much of the
world, and we'll knows how to turn an
honest penny. Hence his success al
Mooresburg.
Saturday morning 1 turned my foot
steps towards Morristown, where 1 ar
rived by night, all right.
think it may be only due to J. w.
Oliver and John II. Wester, to state that
7 rested under their hospitable roofs on
the nights of Wednesday and Thursday
January % and "a
1 have heard, on nay present ''swing
around the circle" an anecdete of Tom
Hood, the English poet, which I think
must be original; at any rate, have
never seen it in print. Hood had pub
Usher, as all English authors have, and
they were extravagantly fond of fishing
and hunting. They enjoyed the free
dom of certain park owned by stric
sabbatarian-a near relative to the pub
lisher-whO had the store-house contain
ing the fishing tackle, guns, ammuni
ton, &C., carefully locked every Satur
day night. Hood and his companion
went over from London one Saturday
evening, to remain over Sunday, anC
they desired to hunt rabbits on that holy
day. Therefore, they induced a son o
their host to get the keys, open the store
house and deliver to them the guns, am
munition and dogs, and started off 70
days sport. They hunted all day
without so much as uncovering a rabbit
and when they concluded to return IL
the mansion, Hood remarked to hi
companion, "the rabbits are unlike us
for they are more hol(e)y than We"
T G W
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06

~ Hon. Thos. A. Hendricks has
written letter in reply to Mr.. Bel
mOnt's letter in relation to the sill
yer question, in which he says he
thinks that silver money should be
restored, and the pledge of 1869 Of
payment in coin and assurances in
the act of 1870 of payment in coin
at the then standard value would
seem to authorize, almost to require
it. Compliance with the contract.
can not be a breach Of public faith.
Our country is large producer of
silver; the quality Of money is inn
portant to its value. / think when
tested silver will approach and per-
haps reach gold in value. but should
experience prove that it must re-
main below gold because of its
greater production, Congress has
ample powers to provide against any
evils likely to follow" The Herald
is bitter, editorially, on Hendricks,
charging that he only got credit for
an honest financial record, because
his views were never understood.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06

San Antonio Herald: Corn is six dol
lars busliel in Chihuahua. 1t sells in
this city at thirty-ive cents bushel.
Northern Mexico suffered fearfully from
the dr0uth last summer and provisions
there are very scarce and sell for enor-
nous prices; here provisions are plenti-
full and very cheap. If we send provi-
sions from Antonio to chihuahua, we
must use wagon transportation and take
the northern route BY Forts Duncan and
Davis, and thence across the Rio Grande
and by circuitous road to Chihuahua.
The recent survey by United States
troops through the hitherto terra fnc0g.
nita of Northern Mexico has developed
a much shorter road by Cobras which
saves fully three hundred miles to trav
el between here and Chihuahua.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
MR.. PETER COOPER'S LAT
EST PROJECT.
Founding an Institution I'm s. G
for Educating Young Women.

n. Y. Sun, Jan. 80.
Mr.. Peter Cooper has under consider
alton plan for opening a free institute
fer girls in South Carolina, to be very
much Oh the same plan as the Cooper
Institute in this city. Nothing definite
has been decided on beyond the selec
ton of what will probably be the site
of the new institution. Mr. Cooper was
lately induced to look at proposition
for the purchase of the property known
as Limestone Springs" about four
miles from Spartanburg. The property
consists of 800 acres of lahd on the sunny
side of a slope 10 900 feet above tide
level Upon it are seven buildings and
brick church, which accommodates
persons. The main building was in
ante-war times fashionable hotel and
afterward a succe ssful girls school. 1t
is of brick, 240 feet in length and four
stories high.
Mr. Cooper thinks the situation ad
mirable for first-class educational in
stitute He said: Il wish to do some
thing for the South, and show that
Northern man has some interest in the
welfare of the Southern people. | hope
it may do something toward ending old
feuds and cementing the Union. think
there is very good field for an institu-
ton there that may be means of doing
good to the country. 1t VIII be done if
1 can see any way of putting it upon a
substantial footing. It would be a
school of science and art in its applica-
ton to all the useful and necessary epur-
poses of life, and for ladies only. =
The undertaking can be accomplished
at a greatly decreased expense, much
less than would be necessary to build it
| from the start Mr.. Cooper does not in
tend to expend on it any such sum
! (S2, 900, COO as he has given to Cooper
| Institute. The expenditure will be linn
tied to paying for and fitting up the
property. 1t must afterward run itself.
| The use of the building, its appliances,
tuition, and everything except board
will be free to any lady over fourteen
years old from any part of the werld.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
Make Me a Song.
BY FATHER RYAN.


Out of the silences make me song,
Beautiful, sad and soft and lew
Let the loneliest music sound along
And wing each note with wall of woe,
4r Dim and drear
As hopes last tear ~
Out of the silences make me hymn,
Kshese sounds are shadows soft and dim,
Out of the stiffness in Your heart
A thousand songs are sleeping there
Make me but one, thou child of art,
The song of hope in last despair,
Dark and low,
- A chant of woe. > :.
Out ofsthe Stiffness, tone by tome.
Soft as a snowflake. wild as moan.
Out of the darkness flash me- a soEg,
Brightly dark aud daIkly bright;
Let it sweep as lone star sweeps along
The mystical shadows Of the night,
Sing it sweet.
Where nothing il, drear, or dark or dim,
And earth-songs melt into Heavens
hymns.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06

Knoxville Chronicle :: During the term
OF Federal Court just held in this city
by Judge Baxter, one hundred and fifty
eight violators of the United States in
ternaI revenue law were sentenced to
imprisonment for terms varying from
one to six months in the different coun-
ty iails, and in almost every case fines
were imposed varying from 500 to 5000.
Of the number, four aggravated cases
were sentenced to the penitentiary,
three of them to two years each and one
for twelve months. The probabilities
are that with this rigid enforcement Of
the law the next court will not have
half the business that this one had.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06

A late editorial in the Chicago Id
Uance pays the following well-deseryed
com liment to Hon Horace Maynard,
the American Minister to Turkey /:
Hon. Horace Maynard, of Tennessee,
Minister to Turkey, is a Presbyterian
elder. A minister of twenty-five years
in that country lately said publicly that
he believed him the best Minister the
United States had ever sent to Turkey
We have heard of English residents in
Constantinople writing that they had
wise and efficient representative. The
civil service rules are not worth much if
the do not retain such man.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06

~ The Elizabeth IN. j. Register
says: The Silver Bill fight is none
of Or funeral, anyway. A real
Greenbscker stands by to see fair
play in that fight, pretty much as
the woman did whose husband was
having a deadly tussle with bear
Twas no odds to her which won +;
but somehow a right lively fight was
alters interesting TO see -
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06

There are to be four eclipses during
the present year-twe of the sun and
two of the moon, and, on the 9th of
Nay, a transit of Mercury over the suns
disc OF these, total eclipse of the
sun, July 20, will be visible in all parts
of North America The line of totality
runs through KanschAtkS, Bshriag
Straits, Alaska, British America, West
ern Colorado, passing about one degree
southwest of Denver City, and across
Texas to the Gulf of Mexico, near Gal
weston.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06

H Ex-Cengressmaa Young, Of
Georgia, who is in Washington, rep
resents that the sentiment of Geor-
gia is almost unanimous for the sill
yer dollar and the repeal of the re-
sumption act, Dearly as he loves
Ben. Hill. he says he has gone wrong
on these issues, and that bis people
will never sustain him on the finan-
cial question.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
What it Meant.

Philadelphia Ledger.
A bomeshell has been thrown into the
Democratic camp here by the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, in the shape of leading
article recently, which recommends the
Western Democracy to cut loose from
New York, Connecticut and New Jersey
altogether, thus iRdorsing the PROPOSE
ton recently put forth to the same effect
by Gen. Ewing, of Ohio. This
is pretty strong blast, and considering
that the Enquirer is power among the
Ohio Democracy, the leaders here ma
turally enough are asking what does it
portend? The Tammany managers,
who follow John Kelly, say it means
that "the Western Democracy are sick
of Tilden;" but the Tilden men say, on
the contrary, sit means that the West
is getting tired of the insolence and die
tation of Tammany Hall" Either way
the editorial has created great commo-
ton in the camp and stirred up the ele-
ments of deal of future trouble, should
all these factions once more come to-
gether in a National Convention.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
" The indianapolis Sun makes

II The indianapolis Sun makes
the following pithy argument against
the system now authorized by law.
under which National Banks are
permitted to usurp the privilege Of
the government
Deposit 800, 600 in U. s. Bonds, re-
ceive interest, $4,000 in gold on the
whole amount, you then get permission
to issue $50, 000in currency, your entire
investment being 100000. Deduct
500. 600 which you are permitted to issue
in currency, you have actually only in
vested $40, 900, for which you receive
$4,000 interest from the government.
Every honest citizen can see the outrage
committed on the people"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
Lamar and Hill.


Senator Lamar, of Mississippi, is po-
litical humbug. He not emily misrepre-
sents his State upon nearly all leading
ques. ions but gives flimsy,- unmanly
reasons for his course. He was, some
time ago, believed to have sold himself
out to Wall street, and his career In the
Senate is calculated to confirm the be-
lief. He made speech in the Senate,
yesterday, in opposition to the remone-
tization of silver, in favor of the single
gold standard, and in support of the in
famous resumption act. Strange to say
in the very beginning of his speech, Mr..
Lamar made an admission which, if
true, upsets all his arrangement. He
admitted that, prior to the passage of
the act of 1869, the $40 bonds ''were
payable in greenbacks, according to the
literal construction of the contract" be,
tween the Government and the bond
holders; and yet he has the temerity to
excuse and defend that act of repudia-
ton, ans; to thenceforward indorSe the
whole scheme of robbery which Con-
gress has inflicted upon the country.
This speech of Lamar's should sink
him into the depths of political infamy.
He is fit only to keep company with
Ben Hill, of Georgia, whose career in
Congress has put a stigma upon the
Empire State of the South.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06

Says an exchange land we endorse
every word of it,: Whenever you hear
q fellow abuse an editor, or a paper,
you may bet your bottom dollar, one of
three things are true-he either owes
for the paper, got mad because he was
asked to pay, or the paper stopped on
him because he did not pay, and he
seeks to hide his neanness by denounc-
ing the editor or paper, or both" Such
is life.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06

Savannah Nescs: One hundred and fif-
ty of the prominent citizens Of Barlow
county have signed call for grand
rally of the people in favor of the rsmon-
etization of silver and opposed to the
enforced resumption of specie payments,
to be held at Gainesville on the Goth
inst. The people of Georgia are speak
ing ont in loud tones, and if Senator b.
II. Hill don't hear them it is not their
fault,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
A brilliant wedding occurred in Knox

A brilliant wedding occurred in Knox
vile, Thursday night. Mr.. Herbert w.
Hall, popular and promising young
business man, member of the firm Nc
NuIy, George & Hall, and Miss Annette
Mcmillan, beautiful and universally re-
cognizcd belle in Knoxville society. and
granddaughter of the late Judge Eben
Alexander, were the contracting parties.
We extend to our young friend Herbert
and his lovely, bonnie bride sincere
God-speed for the battle of life. His
choice is one of the fairest and most
accomplished daughters of Knox, and
she has a generous, brave and noble man
to lean upon through life.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
Valentines.

We are requested to say that Val
entines Of all styles and sizes can
be found at the drug store Of DIR.
Nj. Carrigers.' Rem ember that the
l4th inst. is St. Valentines day.
The young folks should equip them
selves for the occasion.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
H Barnum estimates his receipts
as Snowman at $50. 100000.

Says The Dallas Tex Commercial:
The influx Of the population into
Texas is unprecedented. Not only
are the trains packed with passen-
gers, but every by-way and high way
leading into this grand State can
bear testimony to tremendous i'm
mi0ratiOn''
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06

Nashville Banner: A Nashville Chi
naman desires to link his fate with that
of colored damsel, and he is afraid to
do SO without having the law on his
side. Several of our most prominent le-
gal lights give 1t as their opinion that
China can be united to Africa and the
law not bother them. We understand
that "almond eyes," to be on the safe
side, proposes to file a mandamus this
afternoon against the State to show
cause why he cannot marry the girl of
his choice. He says "whitee gal won't
have me, therefore me takee niger"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06

Jasper Collins was sentenced to the
penitentiary fer six years by the late
term of the Circuit Court at Sneedville,
Tenn. There are several others in Han
cock who should keep Jasper company
for the next six years.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06

Representative WhitthOrne, from Ten
nessee, will introduce bill giving to
all la5ersrs and employees of railroads
chartered by Congress, or which may be
engaged in Interstate commerce, lien
on the property of the respective com
panies for wages due, which shall have
priority in equity aud right of all claims,
aud which may be enforced BY attach
ment or otherwise in any District Court
of the United States.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06

A candidate for door-keepsr of the
Connecticut legislature sent his picture
with the circular he mailed to members,
showing the location of the forty-seven
gun-shot wounds he received while fight
ing for the Union.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06

"Dull times" it is said, care the best
for advertisers. Because when money
is tight and the people are forced to
economic, they always read the adver
tisements to see who sells the cheapest
aud who they can trade with to the best
advantage.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
At Franklin's creek in Fentress coun

At Franklin's creek, in Fentress coun-
ty, oil flows out of the bed of the strea m
Immediately under bluff two hundred
feet high. Pebbles at the bottom of the
stream look as though they had been ina
mersed in petroleum All along the
western edge of Fentress county oil
springs in any quantity may be found
There is group of such springs near
the mouth of Poplar Grove creek and
several on East Fork.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
FOR SALE.
A Small Farm

Lying one mile from Mofristown, on
the Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap and
Charleston railroad, containing 20 acres.
Has good cottage house, good barn,
good small orchard, and running water.
II is desirable location and will be sold
very cheap Apply at this office.
oct 10-tf ~
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06

Last year Murfreesboro' shipped about
10, 900 bales of cotton valued at $500. 900;
l5, 900 hogs valued at $3.50, 900; 1000, 900
feet of lumber valued at 100000; over
so cars OF horses and mules, valued at
800, 600; $50 cars of wheat and about
200 cars of corn, valued at $175, 900.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06

A horse thief, whose name Is IN
known, was pursued by two men from
Pulaski county, Kentucky, and captur-
ed at Choptack, Tenn, Sunday, 2Sth
ult He was taken to Rogersville and
Jailed
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
''I'm Glad SaIvation's Free"---
But it Takes Money to Run
Stylish Temples.

NEW YORK, Jan. 28.-The Times has
long article, showing in detail the debt
of the churches in New York City. The
following table is a recapitulation of the
total debts of the fourteen denomina-
tinns and the miscellaneous chnrchns.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06

~ The death of Bishop Marvin,
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, will necessitate the election
of three Bishops by the General Con-
ference. which will meet at Atlanta
in Nav next.