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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
Coulter, Bro. 3 strdtton.
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The proprietors have received
their new ruling machine. and their
arrangements are now complete for
binding and the manufacture of
account books, ledgers, journals,
day books, and, in short, every va
riety Of commercial stationery Of
the best style and quality, and at
the shortest notice. The public are
respectfully invited to visit the es-
adjustment and see the apparatus
at work.
Parties in the city having maya
zines, papers, music books, ETC.,
which they wish bound, or books
rebound or repaired, can have them
called for and returned by dropping
US postal card.
w. P. TPTUs & Co.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
BROTHERS DssAGRnE.

Schurz and Sheridan, the depart
Thents of war and the interior, are
squabbIi1g and terminating about
the Ute massacre; in short, they
show a disposition to blackguard
one another, and in doing so they
expose ugly secrets. Caution, gen
tlemen, you have a good deal OF
dirty linen in your house; you had
better wash it at home.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
Dress Goods Department.

Brocade mohairs, Atwood
filing, all shades, 15c to 25c;
alI-wool French cashmeres,
all shades; the best black
French casemeres So to IS
inches, 45c to SL'75. New
French matlasee dress pat
terms, in all the new shades,
CHEAP. Black silks 81 to 50;
coIored silks, zoe I'd $50, in
aIIshades. Black satins, plain
and stripe; silk veIvets and
velveteen, plain and brocade.
new fall shades black. Al.
shades
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

THE Pullman Palace Car COmpa-
ny has escaped a serious financial
disaster by the termination in its
favor of a suit for damages, in which
the plaintiff sought to show that
the paper car wheels used by the
company were not as safe as iron
wheels, and that the company was
guilty Of criminal negligence in
using such wheels. The ease was
tried in the United States Court at
Philadelphia, and the defendants
were n0nsuited. Had the plaintiff
got a verdict, it would have COM
PEELED the company to change all its
car wheels at a cost Of not less than
a million dollars.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

The Tuskega Mail says: Never
since freedom has there been in this
section a better state OF feeling be-
tween the whites and blacks. The
c0lored people have begun to real
as punish. AlOof for period rom
the evil teaching of those who, for
base and selfish ends, sought to inn
press them with the idea that free
dom meant exemption from all re-
straint, and the laws were repug-
nant to liberty, they have learned
to respect and rely on its authority.
Unm0lested by outside influences
they viii soon be a prosperous, con-
tented and settled people.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

was one of the worst. never had
any sympathy for him. nor respect
for his achievements, although, Of
course, can not but wonder 1T hrs
marvellous genius. remember
that when we were on the French
ship going 10 Hong Kong. one ct the
young ladies asked Gen. Grant TO
write II a book called ssQuestiOTEs
and Answers" a sort Of young
ladies' album much in vogue One
Of the questions WAS. (Which two
characters in history do you dislike
most - He wrote, = Napoleon and
RObespierre +"
Heaven and earth! Grant objects
to Napoleon because he took care Of
hEs own family. Well, well 1t il
true that Grant did not have many
kingdoms TO give away, but he
was wonderfully lavish Of post
Offices, post-traderships and other
/ fat little morsels, for which the
( brothers and the cousins, to the
fourth and fifth degree, were al
ways opening their mouths and
4 never came empty away. Bad Ma,
I poIeonE Holy and righeous Grant
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

The Colored Refugee Relief As
ISOLATION of St. Louis, reports that
the exodus continues, and, although
greatly diminished, arrivals aver
age twenty to thirty families per
week. The movement is not now
confined to Mississippi and Louisi-
anna, but spreading, the majority
of recent arrivals having come from
Alabama and Tennessee. Informal
ton has been received that the ex-
odus viii assume larger proportions
than ever next spring.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

THE names of the representatives
elected in Franklin county, Ohio,
are Settler and Mix. What do
they Mix with their Settler in that
county? Not the native whiskey,
it is to be hOped-for the stomach's
sake. Further intelligence states
Settler and Mix were beaten by the
wicked Dem0crats-they mixed
their drinks too much.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

\ VERY pretty fight is now on
hand for the Senatorship Of Ohio,
which Thurman viii soon vaeate.
1t will now go TO Republican, and
the trouble is THAI there are many
claimants but only one Senatorship.
Garfield was euchred ont Of it three
years ago and Is certainly the most
able claimant, but then Sherman
wants it and Ohie belongs to Sher-
man, and Stanley Mathews wants
it, and Stanley II the Presidents
pet and Ohio belongs to the Presi-
dent, and and, j.g short, theirna nc
is legion.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

TIE foreign missions to England
and Turkey have been vacant some
time no&, and we are not thereby
involved in war with either Of those
two pow erS. The aggregate saIa-
ries Of those two ministers is some
thing over thirty thousand year.
Would il not be we'll if We were to
keep them vacant till it was ascer-
tanned whether any harm came of
it? 1t seems to US that some saving
might arise to the nation and then
the experiment might be extended
to cur embassies at several other
courts.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

IT is with a feeling Of deep dis
enlargement that we read the fol-
lowing two paragraphs. They are
Washington special dispatches from
Washington to the Louisville Jour
nal and the Cincinnati Enquirer:
FROM THE COURIER-IOCRNAL-
A member of the Cabinet, speak
ing of the Ohio election, said it was
well enough to claim the victory as
one for the principles of the Repub-
lican party, but that the principal
reason for the defeat of Ewing
was the quarrel between Ewing and
Thurman. He says from the first
the Republicans calculated more
upon ThuFman's friends sacri-
ficing Ewing than upon any
other cause. He mentioned the
names of several of Thurman's
friends who two weeks ago
were having themselves inter-
viewed, so as to get it before the peO-
pie that the main object was tOsave
the Legislature. He called atten-
ton to the Interview with Lefever.
an Ohio member of Congress, who
was in Washington several weeks
ago, and who was interviewed gen.
orally, but always with one result,
that he hoped the Democrats would
elect Ewing, but was certain that
they would elect the Legislature.
The class Of Ohio politicians who
hang around the able Ohio Senators
are men who do not command any
respect here, and, as the. member Of
the Cabinet said, would sell out
to anybody for money.
FROM THE ENQUIRER.
Anent the Ohio campaign, a New
York politician has a queer theory
a. To why TiIden took the interest
in it he Is represented to have taken.
You see" says my Informant,
'sTilden wanted to destroy Thur
man. He never had any idea that
Ewing could beat Foster, but he
did seriously believe that the DEM
ocrats would secure the Legislature.
Hence he helped Ewing, with the
hope that Fosters majority would
be so small that it would give
Ewing a chance to compete with
Thurman for the SenatGrship f; and
IN that event he would have
still further given substantial
aid to Ewing. Now, however, that
the Legislature is lost, i venture to
say" says this veracioUs politician,
''that Tilden Is not at all sorry, be-
cause it completely eliminates
Thurman from the Presidential cal
culatiOn-"
Now if these two Western jour
mails, both OstensibIy Democratic,
have no better consolation for us,
after the Ohio defeat, than TO invent
charges Of treachery against one or
another of the Democratic leaders,
would not silence be the PREFERABLE
alternative The C0urier-JOurnal
special especially is a transparent /
invention. We neither believe in
confidential communication from a
Cabinet officer to the correspondent (
OF the c. J. nor in the theory that /
Thurman ruined himself for the 4
purpose running Ewing. Bah it
Is a dirty business all round.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

THE Greenbackers in Ohio have
all been captured and are to be
found in the Republican camp. We
have long pointed out that they
really belonged there ; it is well
that their false coIors have been
furled. Good bye, Greens.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
GRANT LAeUITUR-

The press is very busy of late tax
ing down Grant'ssayings, orinvent-
ing sayings for him. Here is one
Of them
- think if Napoleon" Gen.
Grant said on one occasion, ~had
been a thoroughly unseldsh man, a
patriot, and one who cared about
his c0untry-not about the advance
ment of his family and his personal
pOwer-he would have been, with
out comparison, the greatest man
IN history; but, as ii turned out, he
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

A writer in the Galveston News
expresses the opinion that river of
petroleum is flowing through the
subterranean cavities Of Texas. 1t
takes its rise in the carboniferOus
strata north of the Colorado river,
and may be traced at various points
on its course to the Gulf of Mexico,
by oil appearing on the surface of
springs. streams and lakes, while
at what Is known as Oil Bay, on
the Gulf, the wafer is so covered
with oil that the waves have no ef-
feet.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

CHRISTIAN faith is a grand ca
thedraI with divinely pictured win
dows. Standing without you see
no glory, nor can possibly imagine
any; standing within, every ray Of
light reveals harmoy Of unspeak-
able spiendOr.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
LnsoIyent Notice.

Having suggested the insolvency OF the
estate OF 81. Hartman, decd, all persons hav-
ing claims against said estate must present
Them duly authenticated, To the Clerk Of
the County Court OF Montgomery county,
by the 5th of March. 1889, for settlement, or
they VIII be forever barred. All persons
owing said estate, will save cost by making
immeCiia1e settlement.
E 3 SHELBY.
Oct ., IS7t-4fsE Administrator.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

WHEN a young man first meets
his future wife she is "hame,
from which state she gradually
dwindles into a spark but after
they are married, and a quarter OF
the honeymoon Is passed, she Is Ger
tain 70 eXhibis some of the old ire
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

BANCROFT, the historian, is such
a painstaking writer, so carefully
polishing ais sentences after they
are in type, that the correction Of
his proofs il more expensive than
the original cost Of composition.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

WHY viii merl, and women too,
suffer with warts, e0rns, buniOns,
frosted feet, sore throat, rheuma-
tisn, neuralgia, sprains and bruises,
when they can get relief by using
C0ussens' Lightning Eminent ?
Price 50c. For sale by Warfeld d
REYNOLDS.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
MALE ACADEMY

This school VIII begin GA the THIRD
MONDAY (Ihe 18th day on AUGUST, I87B.
The Principal can take four or i've board
r : IN his own family.
For information, as 10 terms, address the
Principal, D. "a. QBARLEa,
June y lST9-tf ClnrxsYille Tenn.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
shawls and CIOaks,

Novelties in zephyr and wool
shawIs to which we call es-
peciaI attention,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

We will furnish the CHRONICLE
and the following papers at the
prices named below:
hronieIe and Nashville Weekly
American 90
Chronicle and Louisville Weekly
Courier-IlurI- . .
Ghr49nfcIe and Gf0deyis Ladies Book. 4 40
Chronicle and Country Gentleman = 10
Chronicle and Rural sun.--.-......--...--.... %
All orders must be accompanied
by the cash or the papers viii not
be ordered.
NEBLETT Il TTpUs.
Pr0priefOrs Chronicle.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
y PURCH AsING YOUR
WOODEN Department.

Splendid stock cloths and
cassimeres, in suitings and
pant patterns special lines,
blacks, browns, blues, gray,
mixed and fancy.
RepeIlants.
Scarlet fianneIs, plain 20,
., 35, 40, so, SO ard Is cts;
scarlet fannels, twill, 40, 50,
so and rs cts; white and
mixed f;nnels, 20, %, 30, 80,
40, 80, 30 cts. to 81; silk
warp fiannels.
Blankets.
All grades, 10-4, Ia, 124
and ia. Buyers will find
our stock complete and at
/ prices equal to any market.
Large stock Clark's D. N.
/ T. Cotton always on hand,
and merchants can buy as
cheap of us as in New York.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
Don't fail to look at our Stock Of Boots and Shoes
before buying, it will pay you.

Dolmans, circulars and
cloaks, in great variety, at
very low prices. Do not fail
to see them
Linen department is full
in Richardson Fronting and
Family Linens, P, G. Linens
and Linen Sheetings.
Table Damasks in Brown,
Bleached and Turkey.
Towels in Huckabacks and
Damasks.
Crashes, American, Scotch
and Russian, all qualities.
Bargains constantly offered
in this department.
Fine line Blea- & Bro. cot
tons, A, Ga, 10-4 and 14-4,
at the very lowest prices.
American and Scotch ging-
hams, all shades.
Mummie and Saline cloths,
for covering furniture, and
window shades.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

But it j. said that reservfng the
conduct Of elections to the State
government i claimed as State
right, and that State rights were set
aside by the issues Of the war that
the war was fought for that pur-
pose
1t is easy to contend that the war
was fought for any purpose. 1t has
In fact been q practice with the Re
publican party, whenever any Of
their vicious legislation has been
opposed, to cry that that was what
the war was fought for but the
positions gained by the war and
eeded by the Southern States as a
result Of It, have been strictly de-
fined, and are contained in the adj
ditionaI clauses added to the Con-
ststutiOn since the war was over,
apart from them, the Constitution
remains what it was. Had the con-
querers of that day intended to
abolish the reserved rights of the
State, they would have abolished,
not amended the Constitution, for
that document Is saturated with
L State rights from the beginning to
end, and that trucuIent Radical pa
per, the Lemars Sentinel, Of Iowa,
is in fact the only consistent de-
eIaimer against State rights, for he
contends that they can only be
abrOgated by abOlishing the COnsti-
tution. The whole course Of the
Republican party, ever since the
war was over, has in fact been based
on the assumption that State rights
stand where they did before the
war; Republican Chief Justices have
distinctly recognized them in their
decisions, Republican States have
claimed them when their institu-
tons were attacked witness Rhode
Island and her property quaIifiea-
tions-but if any one wants to ap-
preciate Republican testimony to
1 State rights, as still in force, LET
him read the debates in Congress at
/ the electoral count Of 1876.
n The speeches Of John G. Calhoun
were neve fuller of State rights than
those Of the Republican debates OF
that day, when they wanted tC
prevent Congress from going behind
the returns to prove the frauds
which those returns covered VIII
! Garfield of Ohio, Hoar Of Massachu-
, ehusetts, Morton of Indiana, o.
Kasson Of Iowa, be accepted
a. good Republican testimony
: in the case? Wecould extend
= our list of quotations much further
but for brevity's sake these foul
, shall suffice:
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
KASsON-

The history of it shows that it
was intended that we should have
very, very little to do with the de-
termination of the result. tt gave
Us no authority to override State
action and the alleged right to
change a duly certified result con-
tains within itself a claim of right,
and without appeal, to deny to the
States that exclusive right which
the Constitution took such extraOr-
binary pains to confirm to them
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
MORTON.

If Congress may OveF-rule the
State authorities and decide who
were elected by the people, the IN
dependence of the States in the ap-
pOintmenr Of electors would be lost,
and their power amount to little
more than the right to nominate
number Of candidates, from whom
Congress may select
IF the States have a distinct and
clearly defined right expressed in
the Constitution, il is in their per-
feet freedom from al outside inter-
ference in the appointment OF cleo
tors. In this they are as free and
independent a. in the choice of a
GCveEnnr OK State officer.
To these we might add the ex-
pressed opinions OF the Judges ap-
aFpGiarzs1 In that commission, but it
~ aeesfIEsES their decision was
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
GARFIELD.

These are the only limitations up
on the authority of the States in the
APPOINTMENT of the electors Of the
President. Every other act and
fact relating to their appointment IS
placed as absolutely and exclusive
" in the power Of the States a. it Is
within their power to elect their
Governors or their Justices of the
Peace. Across the line of these linz
itatiOns Congress has no more right
to interfere with the States than 1t
has to interfere with the election Of
officers in England. To speak more
accurately, I should say that the
power IL placed in the Legislature
of the States, for if the constitution
of any State were silent upon the
subject. its Legislature is none the
less armed with plenary authority,
conferred upon it directly by the
National Constitution
1t is insisted by those who oppose
the view I am taking that, though
the Constitution authorizes the
States to appoint electors in such
manner as the Legislatures thereof
may direct, yet the two houses of
/ Congress, in counting the electoral
votes, may inquire whether the
[ State authorities proceeded IN ac-
/ eOrdance with their own laws and
NAV correct any errors in the pro-
cess, or any Violation Of the State
law. To this / answer that the
I power to appoint includes the power
to do all those things necessary TO
complete the appointment, and to
determine and declare who have
been appointed. IN pursuance of
its authority to appoint electors, the
State may not only provide for the
holding a popular election as the
mode OfchOOsing them, but it may
also provide by what means the re-
suit Of such election may be verified
and declared.
The final determination Of the re-
suit Of the election having been de-
cIared by the authority empowered
/ to determine and declare it, that act
/ becomes the act Of the State ; and
the two houses of Congress can
40 more question the primary
right of appointment by the State.
In conclusion I will add that the
preservation of the right of the
/ States under the Constitution to APP
point electors and declare who have
been appointed, is, IN my Judge
ment, a matter of much greater I'M
pOrtance than the accession Of any
ORe man to the Presidency
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
Chancery Sales
FOR
Friday, Nov. %, 70.
John Il. johnson and wife vs.. T.. l..
NJ PrOuty.

John Il. Johnson and wife vs.. T.. l..
M. Prouty.
Pursuant to decree Of the Chaneery
Court at GAINESVILLE, in the above cause, ~
its July term, 1879, / will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder, at the office
door of the Clerk and Master, on
Friday, November 18th, 1879,
two tracts OF land in District No, OF Mont.
gonlery county, containing in all $50 acres !;
one tract bounded on the north by Finis
Ewing, east By McKOin, south by Ewing
and BlcKoin, and west by Snadon. The
other bounded on the north by Thomas
Randie, east by Dawson and Hampton,
south by Dawson and Mimms, and west by
MiEnms; being same property sold bye H.
Randle to z. +. n. PrOuty on December
TERaIs-sI, 008 cash. Balance. on credit OF
and y months with interest No redemp-
tlon.
POLK g. JOHNSON,
Q. a ". and Commissioner.
Oct. %, ls79-5t-prf 500
Aequilla Grant, Admir-, VS.. Charles
Powers {col.
Pursuant to a decree Of the Chancery
Couft at Claritsville in the above cause, at
the July term, 1875 7 will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder, at the office
door Of the Clerk and Master, on
Friday, November 18th, 1873,
a tract of land in District No. 1 OF Mont
gomery county, Tenn, containing 30 acres,
more or less, and bounded as follows
beginning at q stone, the east corner OF
the j. C0thran tract Of land which said
DaYfe Grant bought at sale by the chan
cerY Clerk on the 81 Of November, 1876
runs thence north - east with Waters az 4
shaw S line LOS poles to a stake about feet
east OF a post oak near the Keysbure road
thence with the meauders OF said road south
AZ west 26 pOlOs, south IL west "a poles.
north So west ~ poles 10 a stake thence
south II west l2S poles to Stake in the south
boundary line Of the original tract Of land
thence north So east 80 poles to the bcgin-
ming,
TERMs-f1ne and two years credit with
interest. Notes with good security and
lien. No redemption.
POLK q. JOHNSON
q. 4 M. and commissioner.
Oct D. IS7f-5t-prf 50 gg
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

The election Of President is ac-
compIished by a mechanism wholly
created by the Constitution, unlike
anything else in the world, by
which the executive power Of the
country is TO be continued without
interruption, and rendered perpet-
uaI by elections to take place once
in four years by persons appointed
by thirty-eight other sovereigns.
The State acts by such agencies as
it selects. The power conferred by
the state upon these agencies can
not be exercised by Congress To
usurp them for the purpose of right
ing alleged wrongs would be for
this Commission which has only
the power Of Congress, to commit
the very wrong which is imputed
to the Returning Boards in some Of
the states. When the agencies
which the State has selected have
acted the State has acted No power
can reverse its action for mistake
or fact, for fraud, or for any cause
whatever, unless il bea power high
er than the State on whom the Con-
srituCiun has expressly conferred
such authority. But there is for
this purpose no such power higher
than the State and the President
Of the Senate and Congress are but
the mere servants Of the States viii
and registers.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
HEADQUARTERS
4. @ 4AAt FOR
DIR Y GOODS,
Rice, BrOadduS & Go.
Are now receiving their mammoth stock o.
Dry Good, Carpets, Clothing, Boots, Shoes,
Hats, Etc.

Grand opening Of Dress Goods embracing many new
novelties in Silk and Wool fabrics Elegant Brocadc
Satns and Silks in the shades of Bordaux-Drcgs Of
Wine Gend arme Navy, Beautiful French Plaid and
Striped Satneens Of the attest leaders Of Partisan
fashions Handsome English novelties for overdresses and
trimmings. Black and coored Silk Velvet in All Of the
new shades Brocade and plain Veveteens All colors.
Satin and Velvet stripes for trimming SILK dresses Col
ored Sans and Silks in all coIors Elegant stock Black
Silk Grass Frnges from soc to $50 per yard with head
ing to match.
QUERY-Why should go to Rice BToaddus & Co. to
buy my Dresses
ANswER-because can find the kandsomest stock, at
lowest prices to select from, and get ali the trimming
to match and save time and money by going to headquar
ters at once.
gy sargsas Il M our segatssat CO.