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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-01

In spite of all hints of the Ameri-
can Minister, in spite Of the protest
of Badeau, the French Republic
wouldn't accord the slightest recOg-
milton. He arrived at the Northern
station in the dark, and was met by
a few obscure journalists and the
fullest-fedged of the fiunkeys of the
American colony. Great care had
been taken to secure two OF suit of
ten rooms that the Prince of Wales
occupies when in Paris, and the an
nOuncement sent to the Paris papers
that the eX-PreSident of the United
States was to occupy the Princes
apartments. Finally, when every
artifce had failed in inducing the
French to take him up, NOyes sent
an appeal to the Americans in town
to meet him to confer over pro-
posed banquet to the eX-President.
a few parVenues met and decided
that q grand dinner should be given
to him, and that the guests should
pay 80 francs, Sc, for the privilege
of eating the dinner. The history
of that extraordinary mingling was,
I believe, to some extent made
known at the time, but / doubt
whether Il proper idea of it was ever
sent forth. With one accord the
Paris press ridiculed it, and for
weeks the cafes rang with merri-
ment over it. 1t was hardly sur
prising if, after that, no notice was
taken of the distinguished citizen''
by the French officials. 1t may be
said that MacMahOn pUrpOsely put
a slight upon a Republican, as he
was Just at that time aiding his un-
constitutional ministry to throttle
the republic. But during the weeks
that Grant remained in the city,
walking about the streets with a
look of ineffable ennui on his face,
not asingle Republican leader called
on him or intimated a knowledge of
his existence. Some rich Californi-
ans made q big fete for the hero,
but the attendance Of the French
was slim. NOyes gave a reception,
and two of the Cabinet Ministers
attended-De FOurtOn to gossip
with the Spanish beauty, Mrs.
Sickles, and the Minister of Foreign
Affairs as a matter OF etiquette.
Grant himself made no mistake as
to his standing. He fell into free
speaking on certain occasions, and
cursed the country heartily, and
vowed his purpose of instantly
taking ship home. He was per-
suaded to go to Copenhagen to see
his brother-in-laW, Minister Kra-
mer, and hoping that in a small
kingdom, at least, he would be
big man. But the same fate met
him. Kramer called in his diplO-
matte privileges and used every
artifice to make a sensation with
his kinsman, but unsuccessfully.
The fact is, Grants reputation all
over Europe is just what it was
during the BabcOck exposures, the
San Domingo and other scandals,
and these ld-fashione1 and well
ordered Governments and peoples
resent the intrusion of such person
in their realms. automatically, of
course, they are bound to treat him
at least cOurteously--in no case have
they gone beyond the most formal
exigencies. In Rome the young
King refused to see him for a long.
time, until the Ministry convinced
him that it would imperil the good
understanding of the two Govern
ments.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-01

Eac Believes His Life saved by the
Prayers of His People.

The editor of the Columbia (S. CD
Register, in the course of a most in
! tereSting account of a visit to Gov.
Hampton, whom he found greatly
improved in strength and steadily
recovering from the severe trials
| through which he has recently
passed, tells a striking story of a
dream which the Governor had at
the crisis of his case, and tells it in
the Governors own words. The
visitor, about to take his leave, said
to the Governor: Sat least in all
your serious illness you had the de-
voted love of your own people,"
'Ah, yes, SIR" was the hearty,
deep-t0ned reply; "never man
more. / believe, as confidently as
, / do that / live, that the prayers of
the people saved my life. / will
tell you why I feel and believe it so
firmly Whilst | was lying here at
the point of death, and had become
utterly Indifferent whether / lived
or Cied, got a letter from an old
Methodist preacher, one of my old
friends. He wrote me word inform
ingm of the deep and devout petit
tiofls put up in behalf of my restora-
tiou by the Methodist Conference
then in session at Newberry. He
then urged upon me to exercise my
viii to live in response to the sup
plieations of the people of the whole
State, who were praying for me
night and day in every household /
in the State. My sister, who had |
tremblingly brought the letter to I
my bedside and read it to me, then |
urged me to listen to the kind, |
loving words of the man of God and |
to rouse my will to live, and / prom |
ised her to do so. / fell into deep /
sleep that night, and the most vivid |
dream / ever experienced in my \
life crossed my slumbers. | dreamt
/ was in Il spacious room, and that
in it I was moved to all parts of the
State, so that met my assembled |
friends everywhere. / remember
most distinctly of all old Beaufort,
where / had last been. 1t seemed
there were immense assemblages,
and as / looked down upon them
grave parsonage approached me
and touched me on the shoulder
and said to me: "These people are
all praying for you. Live, live,
livev | never realized anything
like it before. 1t seemed a vision.
/ woke the next morning feeling
the life blood creepirg g through my
veins, and l told my family the
crisis was passed and ] would get
better"
AT the close of the touching and
thrilling narrative WE bade him
heartily wishing him a
speedy recovery and many, many
long years of health and usefulness.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-01

The following is a receipt for
making hard soap, which Is excel
lent and economical:
Nearly every family accumulates,
through the winter and summer,
drippings from beef and mutton,
etc. These can be utilized from the
grease by boi;ing in water, allowing
to cool, then removing from the
water and boiling till all the water
is expelled. Oh course, the whittier
the grease, the nicer the soap. Take
six pounds of sal-soda, six pounds
of grease, three and a half pounds
of new stone lime, four gallons of
soft water, and half & pound, Of bO-
raX. Put seda, lime and water into
an iron boiler; boil till all Is dis
solved when well settled, pour off
the clear lye, wash out the kettle
and put in the lye, grease and borax;
boil till it comes e. soap, and then
pour into a tub to cool, and when
sufficiently hard, cut into bars and
put on boards to dry, using a fine
brass wire to cut the soap with.
This is very nice for washing white
flannel and calico, etc.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-01
How They Bum Grant i'm Europe.
From two London letters to the Chicago
Times.

No. 4. ENGLAND.
The whole trip of Grant has beer
/ a series of acknowledgements in
trigue, more or less iudicious wher
brought to light. The way he ha:
been managed and advertised re
/ minds one more OF Barnum's meth
/ ods than even the astute party
enginery in vogue ip s'the States. y
Badeau, had he been seconded by a
more able associate than PierrepOnt,
would have done marVels-he did
wonders as it was. PierrepOnt,
however, was timid. He wanted
TO stand well with the British aris-
tocracy. He saw from the first that
the British were simply guying the
General, and he knew that, by
identifying himself too closely with
Badeau's ludicrous pretensions he
too would share the ridicule visited
upon Grant from the moment of his
first public appearance until this
hour. Pierrepont was willing to go
as far as diplomatic precedent would
admit in forcing Grant, his son and
his wife into public honors, but he
searched in vain for precedents.
The American Ex-Presidents who
have visited Europe hitherto had
been received by society, the court
and nobility on mere letters OF pre-
sentation !; they had met with the
most profound consideration with
out the intervention of any diplo-
matte formalities. Franklin, at the
French court had been made the
special guest of the King, though
Franklin had never been President.
But Pierrepont, whose aristOcratic
yeaFnings restrained him from aid
ing the impetuous Badeau, thought
of a subtle eXpedient. He imag-
ined that the British would be dis
armed if Grant could be presented
in the character of the Spartan Re
publican. He therefore gave out
that it was a Cincinnatus remitting
the ploW for the moment to pay
tribute to the kinsmen of his coun-
trymen's ancestors. Grant himself
confirmed unconsciOusly this humOr-
Gus by-play. He declared that he
had come abroad simply for a jaunt;
that his means would not permit
him to travel extensively; that he
hadn't the means to present himself
in state. He fixed six months as
the utmost limit possible to him.
This naive confession was of course
put in print. His admirers 'talked
it up" with conscious pride in their
idol. "Look," they exclaimed, sat
this great soldier just retired from
two terms of sovereignty of forty
five millions of people, so poor that
he cannot relax himself in a few
months of travel, not sitting by the
wayside like Bellisarius to solicit
compassion for his woes or imply
reproach to his people, but simply
accepting adversely as he had ac-
cepted triumph and elevation, COM
posedly."
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-01
Gone TO the bad.

Pat. Donan, of the Weekly Adj
vance, Bent0nviIle, Ark, thinks
the country is going to the bad rap
idly, and that, without sudden
change, it will soon be there. Hear
him:
We are sick and weary of it. The
whole country seems rotten to the
core. It is one vast, continental,
puffy core, from which the Shiny
OOze of corruption pOurs forth wher-
ever a pin is stuck in it. A very
leprOsy Of political, social, financial
and commercial wickedness has
overspread the land from Maine to
Mexico. An era for crime, unpar-
alleled in any other region or any
other age since Babylon and impe-
rial Rome were stunk to death by
their own filth and pollution, has
set in upon our republic. Radical
ism has scattered its Dead Sea fruits
of sin and debauchery, murder, ra-
pine and lust broadcast everywhere.
The whole press of the nation daily
vomits forth the loathsome and
shocking details OF the hideous car
nival of deviltry. All the old crimes
have grown stale from constant use,
and new and horrid ones are being
invented with every rolling day.
AS things go, Beelzebub may be
expected to transfer his headquarters
any time from Tophet to a dozen
rival spots upon our soil. Reform
must come soon or q hemisphere
will sink, overwhelmed and stifiled
in tho haitian In-s 1apf bc pf ite pupD
rOttenness. We need more incor-
ruptible judges and juries, sterner
punishment of wrong, more peni-
tentiaries and gallowscs, more jus
tice and hemp. Away with mawk-
ish sentimentality and lawyerish
palaver, away with emotional in
sanity lodges and executive-pardon
absurdities, and let the guilty suffer
surely and ineXorably, always and
everywhere.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-01

IN the Forty-sixth Congress the
Republican side Of the Senate will
be mentally and morally, as well as
numerically, weaker than it has
been for a score of years, while the
Democratic side will be stronger
in the same proportion than il has
been since the day when the De
mocracy fell into the arms Of seces-
sion Thurman, Bayard, Wallace,
Herman, PendietUn, vo0iiiS;5.;, Nc Nc
Donald, Hampton, Hill, Gordon,
Vance, viii find only Edm0nds as
the peer OF any Of them in the heavy
artillery Of debate, and Blaine about
the only fOeman fit to cope with
them in the use Of the lighter and
keener weapons of parliamentary
warfare. Phitadelphia Times.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-01

During the thirteenth century
the wages of farm labOrers i'm Eng
land were equal to fifty cents a week
in our currency. They have slowly
advanced to 1910 week, the pres
ent average. A bushel of wheat i'm
the thirteenth century would pay
for eight and half days work.
Now q laborer gets a bushel Of wheat
for two aud a half days work. In
six centuries the price Of meat In
England has advanced from 8 cents
20 III cents q pOunu.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-01
,rhe oros,o.o Tobacco.

Correspondence Of the Rural Messenger,
Through the kindness of you I
procured a package of the Yellow
OrOnOkO tobacco seed, which gave
perfect satisfaction. / sOwed them
the lst of March; by the Ist Of May
/ had an abundance Of plants ready
to set out, which | distributed
among my neighbOrs, after reserv-
ing enough for myself. l only
planted a small patch for home con-
sumption. / commenced to cut it
the latter part of August; it cured
beautifully, and is considered by
my neighbors to be the best new
tobacco they ever used. ] left a
sucker at each hill, ard the second
crop was almost equal TO the first.
| had some suckers that weighed a
pound each. Iadvise all who plant
tobacco for market to procure their
seed from Maj. Ragland while they
can, as it is much earlier than any
other variety known to myself.
j. III. CONWAY.
Parham's Store, Sussex, Va.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-01
The Retiring Carpet-Bag Senators.
PHILADELPHIA Star

The four carpet-baggers who re-
tire on March 4, namely, Spencer,
Of Alabama Patterson, of South
Carolina; Dorsey, Of Arkansas, and
Con0ver, of Florida, appear to take
matters easy. Their exit leaves
only one carpat-bagger in the Sem
ate-kellOgg, Of Louisiana. He,
with Bruce, the cOlOred Senator
from Mississippi, will be the only
two Republicans left Of the thirty
two Senators from the Southern
States. Bruce will go out in 1881, ,
and unless there is Il shaking up
which will secure to the cOlored cit
izen the same right accorded to his
white fellow-citizen, he will be the
last of his race that will be q mem,
ber OF the Senate in our day. Pat
ttsiet,:. tt,..il--, of settling in Northern
Texas with his two sons, now young
men. Spencer owns One-third of q
gold mine in the Black Hills, and
is to manage the mine on his retire
ment from the Senate. COnOver
ran for the House at the last eiec-
ton, says he was elected, but
counted out, and is going to contest.
Dorsey owns q ranch in New MeXi-
co. stocked with 10000 head of cat
tie. but will retain his residence in
Arkansas. Dorsey, Conover and
Spencer are all under forty, and
their wives are singularly beautiful
women.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-01
Cause of GEN. Pillows Dyath.


This distinguished gentleman,
whose death was briefly announced
in these columns a few weeks ago,
fell at last, as we have recently
learned, martyr to his patgiotism.
lie died of an Inflammation origi-
mating in one Of the wounds he re-
ceived in the military service i'm
Mexico. 1t would be but scant
Justice to the living or the dead,
simply to herald the death Of such
a man, without more. And yet he
died at a time when the presence of
the pestilence here had almost ig-
nored death, coming in any other
form. The chief points in his char
acter and history have been well
and elaborately portrayed in the
columns of a leading journal Of a
sister city. Ii is not necessary TO
repeat them here. They are histO-
ricaI. There was Il Well-rounded
fullness of fame in his life, which
is "protitable for instruction" to
those who are to come after him.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-01
WHOLE NO. 2,254.


In Smithland, some years ago
when the venerable Judge Fowler
was on the bench, q rnan was ar
rested for carrying brass lSnuekles,"
and the terrible weapons were con-
fiseated. The statute in fOrce at
that time provided that articles of
that kind should be taken by the
Sheriff and placed where they would
"never be found any Inore.p The
Court instructed the Sheriff as to the
law, when the officer demurred,
saying he did not know Of such a
place. A half-tipsey lawyer, whom
everybody believed to be asleep,
suddenly arose to his feet with this
remark: "Afay it please the Court,
as the Sheriff seems to be at a loss
whore to place the knuclkles so that
they will never be heard from any
more, move that the Court instruct
him to put them at the foot Of the
docket. Once there, they
never will be heard from again"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-01

WASHINGTON Post Some of the
Republican Governors i'm their
messages are very severe ON the
tramp nuisance. When we con-
slider that the tramp is the legiti-
mate progeny Of the Republican
party, this severity appears unkind.
The crushing out Of industry By
vicious legislation has covered the
land with horde of tramps, many
of whom have changed from steady,
industrious citizens to hardened
criminals. This is one of the lega-
cies Of the Republican party. To
enrich the few it has Impoverished
the many. TO build up the colossal
fortunes Of the rich il has made
paupers and criminalsof thousands.
1t should deal tenderly with its own
offspring, the tramp.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-01
Hennctt's Arctic Expedition.


James Gorden Benefits yacht,
the Jeanette, which pat into this
port OH Friday, on her way north,
is lying at Mare island undergoing
repairs. She is to be fitted out for
a long voyage, on which she will
start next spring, first going to
Alaska, touching at st. Michels,
where a supply of Esquimaux dogs
will be taken on board-the Alaska
Commercial Company having tend
cred them to her commander, Cant.
De Long, to facilitate his eXplora-
tiOns on land and iceberg. One Of
the objects OF the voyage is the eN-
ploration of WraEgel land.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-01

LONDON (Canada) Standard !:
There is a good deal Of jealousy
among prominent Republicans Of
Mr.. Sherman's presidential pros
poets. 1t seems that the Western
people don't take kindly to Grant,
but express decided preference
for Sherman. 1t Is to be hoped
that Secretary Sherman will be
chosen by the convention before
Grant, bat still happier announce
nent would BE that neither Of them
would get it but instead some one
who is less of a partisan and more
of patriot
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-01

JUST exactly what the Register
said long ago. Silver remOnitiza-
tion has aided resumption and the
silver dollar goes up TO par with
gold. The trouble heretofore has
not been that the silver dollar was
Of too little intrinsic value, but
that the gold dollar had an undue
value. Resumption brings both
gold and silver 10 an equality and
elevates the paper dollar to par
1lObiie Register.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-01

THE death is announced Of Col.
Van Wickie, who was among the
earliest American settlers IN POinte
COupee, La, being Sheriff Of that
parish in 1923, succeeding his uncle,
Charles Morgan. lie afterwards,
for several terms, represented his
parish in the Legislature, and was
for some time Gue Of the Land Com
nizsioners Of the State. lie was
also prominently spoken Of for Gov
ernOr.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-01

THE small boy Of to-day doesn't
look up TO George Washington and
Benjamin franklin as examples.
No; he thinks his big brother, who
lights a cigar in the house, goes out
any time, and returns when he feels
like it, is a good enough example
for him.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-01

THE mind of youth cannot re-
main empty; if you do not put into
it that which Is good, II will gather
elsewhere that which Is evil.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-01
"OId issue

The following table shows the
amount Of Tennessee money C"old
issue that has been Cancelled:
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-01

THIS country manufactured lO0.-
00O,000 shoes last year.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-01

Total burned aud cancelled. sIml2s2 50
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-11-01
RACE s +! RACES! +!
@ | aakA

AnuThIay, NOSemOer lotns
FIRST RACE-Purss. $500; mile heAts; free
for ALL First horse to receive $3.50; second
horse TO receive $3.50.
SECOND RACE-Purse, s25o; half mile dash
free for ali two-year-olds. first horse TO re-
eeive siT5: second horse to receive SIS.
THIRD kAcE-pnrse. $3.50; trotting race,
mile heats, 8 and s free for all double teams.
First team to receive s.T5 second team to re.
ceive s7s.
second Day-Friday, 18th.
FOURTH RAcE--Purse. $3.50: one mile dash ;
free for all. Fret horse to rexelve $lT5; second
horse 10 receive $T5.
FIFTH RAcE-Purse. 500; hsif-mile dash
for all two.yesr.olds in Cherry Greek district
SIXTH RACE Purse, $500 three-quarter
mile dash: for three-year-olds east OF Reno.
First horse to receive s2Io: second horse to re-
eeiys $50.
Third Day-sasurtzay. 18th.
SEVENTH RACE Purse, t2c0i auArter-lniis
dash. Tree for all. First horse to receive slaol
second horse 10 receive SEQ.
EIGHTH RACE - Purse. $500 half.mile
heats; free for all. First horse to receive s3lo
second horee to receive $50.
NINTH EAcE--Purss, $50 tspecisi); to be
run for by Pop. Nellie, Jeff and bennie.
half dash. free for ALL First horse TO receive
$3.50. second horse to receive &l20.
ELEVENTt RACE-Purse. $50: hAlf-mils
dssh. free for all saddle horses. First horss
10 receive 1885, second horse TO receive si5.
]. Entr.ea to close the night before each race.
2. All races require four or more TO enter and
three or more to start.
3. Entrance fee. 40 per cent. Of the purse.
q. Tke rules Of the Pacific Blood Horse Asso.
citation will govern running races
.. II, GREY. President.
DIR. J. TUFFORD, Vice President.
PAUL MITCHELL. Treasurer.
s2s-td ED. cowLEy. Secretary.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-11-01
NOTICE TO TRAVELLERS.

DARTIEs DESIRING PASSAGE TO RAIL
WAY stations will please procure tickets
at the Jackson House, OF at the Fashion Stable.
and leave orders to be called.
W. II. SWEENEY l. CO.,
eeia.tf Bus Pfopristofs.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-01-30

The manner in which the Democrats
carried Florida is illustrated by the follow
ing letter. written just amer election. BY
one of the Democratic candidates tor Con.
gress:
Fort REID, Nov. 8. 1873.
Mr.. Nat. PoyNtz:
Ny dear Sir:-I have q dispatch saying Bis
bees majority 81. Orange VolusiA, Brevard
dated eth, r. NJ, which j. the latest news.
Now, as Orange and Volusia only give me I4O
majority, ! need u few over 20 TO come from
Brevsrd and Dsde to give me . msjOrity 10 the
district. Can 300 be had? viii il do any good
for you to 90 to Brevard! / would give any.
thing IL this could be accomplished. Ileave for
Jacksonville in the morning BY steamer Bird
TO look After my interests there. III ANYTHING
done the cost Of the trip Is no consideration
with me. Think Of IL.
Your friend, n. A. HULL.
am much mortified ut the vote OF Orange
and voiusia, IL they had half performed their
duty should have been all .. K.
Mr. Nat. Poyniz took this letter of Mr..
Hull. and went to the house Of J. r. Allen.
In Orlando. Orange county. Saturday. No
vember 3, and showing him the letter. en-
gagged him 70 go to Brevard to procure
the needed returns. Poyntx paid Allen
600. and he left that night for Brevard
with the letter from Hull. Allen read the
letter to Lee, clerk of courts for Breyard
county, and gave him the $500. and he en-
gagged Rpgene Goulding to do the work.
and the returns from Brsyafd were made
TO show the requisite majority to override
the Republican candidate Portland Press.