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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-03-12
The Committee on the State
Chattanooga Times.

The committee of the Legislature
to investigate the State debt has res
ported. 1t has been in secret ses-
sion about a month. The report has
nothing new in it, whatever. II con-
gists mainly of an attack on the
financial policy of the State since
1888. 1t changes every Governor,
every Comptroller, and nearly every
Legislature during the past forty ,six
years, with gross Irregularities ana
violations Of law. It is a wholesale
condemnation of oil the State ad-
ministrations of Tennessee since she
began her system of internal i'm
provement, for dishonesty and inca
pacity, with an additional spice
vituperative assault on those from
1866 to 1870. the latter being only
worse in degree than the others.
The An,ericns thus closes a clear
and vigorous article on this singular
" be-muddIed and incomplete docu'
ment:
There is no mistakipg its tendency,
but the reader will note that it is incom-
plete and iudecisive as to the points
touched, that it humps obligations in a
way astounding in paper dealing with
the rights of others 1t does not point
out specifically what bonds it wcu d holo
void for failure of issui Governors
TO comply with the law, or what bonds
it would avoid, for fraud or undue In
Aueuce in their procuration. These ant
other crudities will be noted by the clos
reader. Can the Legislature act, in deal
ing with rights, upon such report ant
give Judgment of avoidance upon BOND
which are not specifically pointed out
Can the people act upon it and CIV
Judgment? 1t is another demonstrate
that the men who are seeking to dea
] with this subject must retire and CIV
place to somebody who can.
We have neither space nor pa
,ience for elaborate comment on TIL
p last performance Of the Legislature
' whose every act aud record IN reteI
f epce to the one great question belor
e them has been an exhibition of th
high art, show not to do it."
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-03-12

Mr.. Duggan introduced in the leu
nos0aa LEGISLATURE a bill to protect the
purity of the ballot-box. 1t provides
that whenever any person, by bribery
~ promises of reward, or by any threats
of nersonal injury, removes from lands
:, houses or IN any manner influences
or prevents any voter in any electlon !"
this State from casting his oailos u ~
cordance with his own wishes ne snaii
be guilty of a misdemeanor' IL also
Urovides that any constable OF orlcer
appointed to hold the election IN any
5istrict or ward that willfnly fails 10
hold such election, and make return ac-
cording to law, shall also be guilty OF .
vnisdcmeanor. The bill passed its flrs'
reading and was referred to the 1uol
ciary Committee.
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A TRUE NEWSPAPER.

The Nashville American has thoroughly estab-
lshed itself as the truest aud best Of Newspaper
notifications IN the Southern section Of the Union
Tts news is always the freshest and most enter
tanina that is to be obtained and is editorial col
umps are lust 10 opponents, and severe 70 iaiSe
friends. 1t never dictates, but warns WINE =
il fair In discussion it is positive I'm ita views and
bv friend and foe is esteemed true 90 It's conNio-
tons. BY its unswerying attachment 70 the rights
and interests of the People, IL has become power
in Tennessee which no other Journal ever attained;
and its influence is only surpassed by Sc popuAri-
~. not only in Tennessee, but an all the aaJ
States. -- 80 -, =.
THE readers OF the GAZETTE win also ma tha'
the miscellaneous columns Of the American en-
brace all that is interesting and useful, In the va
rious fields Of human enterprise; and i can &c
safely commended, as most excellent and yalua-
BILE paper in the Household, the Workshop the
store-house, and to all people in every vocation.
The weekly edition is Of mammoth proportions
beiua IA pages, of y columns-and from two y
three times as large as any Of the foreign Weehea
that are offered at less price. II you want the pest
| send for the AsERIoAS, which prints three edl'
/ tions-Daily. semi-weelly and weekly, specimen
eopies Of which win be sent application, free o.
| charge.
TIE TERMS ARE-PER ANNUM, n ADVANoh-
DaiIy. 5000: semi-weekly, 81 %; Weekly, 81 %
| postage paid Address
THE AMERICAN,
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David Pender, who recently in broad
dov 1{obt ON the most fashionable and
o-owded mart of Fifth Avenue, New
York, tore a diamond ring from the ear
Of a lady promenader, was convicted OF
a.. oeen,,e and sentenced TO twenty
Years imprisonment and hard labor IN
III. penitentiary last week. The Judge
who sentenced him took occasion NOT
long since to rebuke thePractice so com
mon with ladies of carrying their port
monaies in an exposed fashion, saying
that street thieves were tempted to pay
their avocation thereby. The habit OF
ladies WEAVING costly jewelry on the
streets or when travelling might nave
.lso beeu mentioned.
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New Postal Regulations.

The amendment Ehich he senate
attached to the postofice approprla-
ton lii. IS very inportant one,and
has beep advocated for several years.
It prtyiiles. FIRST for the readjustment
OF the plain BY which railroads are
p q Eof transporting mails, 60 that
eacl company shall be paid according
to cal feet or car space occupied
by mails, and average rate of speed
mali. aimed by mail trains, The
f.aler u all is carried the greater CON.
pensation, and vice vera. The bill
Aso revides for The Reconsideration
Of n. all matter into four classe. as fol
ows: First, written matter sec.
,nd periodical publication third,
uiselaneous printed matter; fourth
merchandise. Rates of postage to
be as follows;
Frst-class-Three cents per hall
ounce or fraction thereof.
Second class.Two cents per pound,
up,l certain conditions-frst, the
leri aical must be issued regularly
ii N known office of publication
aus contain information Of public
alac,er relating to current events
+ have a legitimate list of payint
srtiaeIs.
Tie third class must pay pestag'
at he rate of one cent for two ounces
! fraction thereof, and the fourtI
class at the rate of one cent for on
ounce or fraction trereof.
The bill also provides that th'
postmaster general may adopt 8
his discretion. a double postal care
so arranged that it may be forWaFde
and returned at a postage OF t"
oants.
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washington Special. Gen, Shields, OF
Missouri, made lengthy speech IN the
Senate Today in favor of pensloning
the soldiers of the Mexican war; and the
Senators paid close attention, as It is
probably the last speech Shields WIN
make in the Senate. upon the floor OF
which he has represented three states.
The speech, however, made ne converts
70 the Mexican measure, as the seri'i-
msnt of the Senate is strongly against
it particularly at this time, when pen
sion drafts upon the treasury are OF su =.
MAGNITUDE as to cause a serious deiici'
We already pay out more in pensions
than any other three nations on earth
Original applications for invalid pen,
atoms are now coming in at the rate OF
25o daily, owing to the arrears OF pen.
sion law. and the excitement which II
has occasioned.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

To all persons who are troubled win
old Ulcers, Boils, Cuts, Burns, Plles,,
Ring-W orm, letter, Frost Bite, CnaPeu
Lips or Hands, and all eruptIons OF the
Skin, can be instantly cured, oy using
DR.. G. z. Duncan's Ointment with Car
boEc Acid. possessing the most wonder.
fuI healing power of any Salve that has
ever been made, and SO pronounced by
ali who have used it, its effects are like
magic. HORSES WITH SORE BACKS
shoulders or Scratches, cured instantly
Try it. For sale by G. A. McNUTT.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-03-12

A bad cold or cough, the most insidi-
ious of all the evils which affiict man
kind, readily yield to Coussens Com
pound Honey of Tar, and a practical
test of its virtues has never failed to con-
vince the most skeptical teat 1T is the
best remedy ever offered the publlc for
coughs, colds all diseases OF the throat
and lungs. The editor of one OF our re-
ligious papers says that friend OF his,
suffering with Asthma, infirms him that
he experienced more benefit from the
nse of Coussens' Compound Honey of
Tar than from all the various remedies
he has tried. If you have bad cold or
cough, remember that Coussens' Com
pound Honey of Tar will speedily relieve
YOU. 1t is sold by w p Oarriger and DR..
M Carriger at so cents bottle.
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BETTER THAN QUININE.

For the speedy and certain cure OF all
maIariaI diseases, no medicine has been
vet Invented equal to DR.. c. P. Duncan's
celebrated Chill Tonic. 1t contains no
arsenic, strychnine, or quinnine, in any
form; consequently it produces none OF
the bad effects which so commonly re,
suit from the use of those mineral and
noisonous medicines. Duncan's Chi
Tonic purifes and builds the impoYer
ished Blood, gives tone and strength tt
the whole system-one bottle equal tt
Three Dollars worth of Quinnine. Fol
sale by G. A. McNUTT, Morristown
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THE AMERICAN,
Nashville, Tenn
snccess Attained I'D Last.

According TO scientists the best meth
cd of purifying liquors is to agitate II
and introduce an abundance OF fresh
air. A large proportion Of the typhoid
diseases of the present day are caused
nv the use of impure drinking water
Bisbop's Water Elevator and Purifier
will purify the foulest we'll OF cistern 10
a very short time. It's excellent quail
ties are recognized by all who have ex-
amined or tried it They are not ex-
pensive. Buy one and satisfy yourself
what an Improvement il is on the old
modern or iron pump. For sale by
ROWE s. BUTT,
Morristown, Tenn.
Manufactured by ]. ]. ATKINS, Knox
vile, Tenn. Jy AZ, 20 ~
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a FARM
FOR RENT Or SALEl


WILL RENT OR SELL MY FARM,
one mile North OF MorristOwn or
will sell 100 or $50 acres OF the same.
The land Is good-well timbered and
watered-with good Improvements, ana
an abundance Of
Choice Fruits, Of all kinds.
There are about 10 acres Of cleared
land.
will also sell 300 acres Of excellent
land Icing i'm the beautiful [" Beans
station Valley" 10 miles from Morris
town, 81 miles east OF Beans station,
and 2 miles east Of Tatc's Spring. The
land Is well timbered and we'll watored
! with running streams and syringe on
| limestone, freestone and white sulphur
water. About 100 acres cleared, and
much of IL set in clover and blue grass,
Apply TO me, at Rutledge, Tenn, or
| TO w. III. Lane, on the MOrristown farm.
jan Soft y. q Smith
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GOOD NEWS.
cents.

All persons troubled with diseases OF
the Lungs, Throat, or Chest can OBTAIN
immediate relief by using DR.. DuncG'1' s
C0uGh BalSana 1t is pleasant, harmless
md sure. Il never fails to relieve sore
Throat, Coughs, Colds, Asthma, SPIT
ting of Blood, and all diseases OF tne
lungs. 1t is sure cure for Group IN
children. No mother would be Wlthou'
a bottle in her house after trying IL once.
Person having coughs OF long stanulhg
shonId be sure to give DR.. Duncan
Gomgb Balsam trial, as it gives i'm
mediate relief in the most advanced
STAGES of consumption. Price fifty
cents. Sold by G.. A. McNutt, Morris
town, Tenn,
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The Lamar House.

The undersigned having released the
above popular Hotel, begs leave to in
form his friends and patrons, and es-
pecially the travelling public, that he is
now prepared to accommodate hisguests
in the best and most approved style.
The House will be faliy renovated and
the table will always be supplied with
all the delicacies of the season. In fact
it will be his endeavor to make Che La
mar House second to no Hotel in the
South. Polite walters aud tne best at
tendance will be secured the guests.
Passengers will be onveyed to and
from the depots fseR charge.
i gHT S99ERF,
Proprietor.
GO 80
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crop THAT PAIN.

Cramp Collie, Diarrhea, Flux, and
all affections of the Stomach and Bowels
can be relieved by using DR.. DHncGns
Eminent. 1t never fails to cure Head
ache. Toothache, Rhumatism, Neural
gia, Sprains, and Bruises in man.
HORSES with Collie, Bolts, or Sweeny
can be cured instantly. For sale by q.
A. McNUTT, Morristown.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-03-12

The white Of an egg is said to be
4 specific for fish bones sticking in the
Rhroaf. Il is to be swallowed raw, and
viii carry down bone easily and GER
saiulv There is another fact touching
eggs, which it viii be we'll to remem-
her. When, as sometimes by accident
corrosive sublimate is swallowed, the
white Of one or, two eggs taken wiz
neutralize the poison, and change the
aBect to that of dose of calomeL
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-03-12

wonder, uncle. said httie
girl, ''if men viii ever vet live TO be
500 or 900 years old?" No, my 1
child" responded the old mani
'that was tried once, and the race
grew SO bad that the world had TO
be drowned"
The Boston Transcript hungers
for revolution. II don't believe 10
people using the same old express
ions when they fall on the slippery
sidewalk. will the Transcript man
suggest a new sermon for the oc-
casion.
Miss Minnie Hauk. the prima DON
ma, is engaged to Ernst Wartig,
When She commences to MARBLE he
says: "Hauk, l hear an angel
sing" To which she replies: "Oh,
you are not in Ernst."-Rome Sen
tinel.
A colored preacher in Norwich
while ago gave out the following an
nOuncement: Brothers and sis
tiers. next Sunday, the Lord Wiling.
there will be bap,izing in this
place, the candidates being four
adults and three adulteresses y
There was tide in the affairs Of
NOAH, taken at the food, which did
! not lead on to glorious fortune
though the patri-ark managed &c
keep his head above water, aud save
"the only complete collection o
wild and trained animals in th'
world"
, Keep way from dat niger,
tell yen," said Uncle Rube to bi
=, sable daughter keep way from him
ns He's like what de Postle John live
: on in de wild'ness" "How's datl
she asked. Low cuss an wild
honey" replied Uncle Rube.
"Chickens allus cum home {
roost, is a mighty good proverl
:, but dat dent allus apply 10 di
part. Kase I'm been loOkin' all dal
an all kin fin % mine dat didn
roos' home las night vas few rec
ders in de cullud preachers d
yard"
ing A member of a fashionable 1
town congregation called at mus
store and inquired: "Have you Il
notes of a piece called the Song
2 Solomon adding: sour past
referred to it yesterday morning
,op an exquisite gem. and my wi
- would like to learn to play it,
Lii A WEIGH paper published in Uti
:, has for its motto. "Newpddiadur O.
b edlasthal at Wassaneath Cenec
.atis- Cymery YIN y Taleathau Unedil
Tie wonderful appropriateness
this motto will strike the gen
reader at once. We often thou
it would make a good motto,
have been tempted more than o.
:. to start q WEIGH paper, for the
purpose Of utilizing it.-Norristc
OIL. Herald.
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he MORRlSPOWA GAZETTE
RKpNKsDAY. MAR. z. sc.

Gen. r. N. Hood, Of Maryville, has
purchased third interest in the Knox
vile and Charleston railroad for $29, 300.
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CHILDREN CRY

For DR.. Duncan's Worm Syrup-lt IS
is sure, safe and pleasant to take, amp
never fails. Try it. For sale by u. a.
McNUTT, Morristown.
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-TH E.
New York Weekly
for 1870.
-11
Noic is the Time to Subscribe.

The NEW YoRK WEEKLY ia universally coneee-
ed to be the best story and sketch paper. ~ A
RECOGNIZED as the representative literary papefi
becaIlge among Ats contributors are many noveists
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the NEw YORK MEEKLX.
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iva essavs valuable information for the million,
snH q variety Of humorous matter, are also nfOmi-
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Do YOU wish to be admired by the OPP
,,osits sex2 then use DR.. Greenhaige's
soc Hair Restores. sold by G. A. McNutt'
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Are the Best ON the Market.
GrigSby House,
(F0rmeriy PfrgtHia Houee)
NIOrristOwns Tenn
HyHF UNDERSIGNED HAV-

THE UNDERSIGNED IA v
ing leased the above popular and convenient
etana bags leave % inform hia many tfieuaa ASA
Ire travelling public that he 81 nov lreparcd % &C
cornniodato bin guests tn tho besi aud nnHt aNptNt
Ell style. This House On atuated pu NAM elfetl ~
the center OF The town aud convenient o. tne aeIt
The proprietor has htted up Ia be hunec tgo1
which VIII be known the Drummcr'4 ttcats Nnnle
they can conveniently display their samples W the
r,arv Iinoufrfnr business men % tnlH thriving
Young city Ny table shall ~ always HaplAea
with the deiicnciea and luhatauttaa on tle HeAepl.
f9harces shall be moderate, ncrFauin polite and m
fact neither pains or expense VIZ ~ spared ~
make the Grlgsby House ploaeant Home Tor We
Traveller and stranger. A porter WlA 20 Az waiNnA
Al ne depot upon the arrival Of each train % COM
| vev vour baggage b and from the same ire ~
I charge There d also in connection with the no.
L lei a hrst-ciaas Stable.
please give mo a CAL, thing you WI noi regret
JOSEPH GRTGSBY,
sept. u, 1871. rhofhikroH
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-4tvou hsye Bills 10 distribute or post
in this section, sse 81, ~ u
.iicn KiYea oE no pay. Box7' 4WeoT.
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Cntchpenny schemes.

Within the past two or three days man
has been among the business men around
town endeavoring to get them interested
in anew advertising scheme. He pro.
poses to give them quarter Of a column
advertisement on ten thousand sheets OF
music for SIS and furnish each one with
five hundred sheets Of the music free for
distribution. Wehave not heard that any
one has accepted his terms, but know Of
several merchants and professional men
upon whom he has called and made these
propositions, and have no doubt that in
some cases he has been successful 1t is a
singular fact that almost any stranger can
enter a place and procure any amount Of
advertising for these catchpenny schemes,
which, as a rule, are utterly devoid Of
good results to the business community,
and yield no adequate return for the
money expended. A large amount Of
money is wasted every,year in this way,
which IL judiciously applied to Legitimate
advertising in the home newspapers where
1t would reach the eyes OF the purchasing
community, would yield a generous re.
turn In Increased sales and profits
Bridgeport { Conn Standard,
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All About The Dog.Dnys.

tToudenee Journal.
This embarrassing spell of weather COM
menced the 18th, and continues until the
9th Of September The dog-days are real
" upon us, and we must bear the hot,
sticky, murky, and disagreeable weather
asbest we can. During their reign there
Is little life in the air, little exhilaration in
the sunlight, and little elasticity in the
animal economy. 'This is a regular dog.
day." will DO an oit-repeated remark dur
ing the forty days to come. Every one
will recognize the kind of weather describ-
ed in the exclamation, though every one
will not remember the origin OF the word
which from long usage is synonymous
with 1t. Dog-days is term for which
we are indebted to the ancient The.
bans, who first cultivated astrono-
my in Egypt, and determined the
length ofthe year by the number of risings
OF the dog.star, or Sirius. At the season
OF the year when this brilliant star rose
with the sun their combined influence
was supposed to be productive OF pesti.
lential heat and all manner of baneful in
tluenceS. Therefore the Egyptians watch.
ed the conjunction OF Sirius and the sun
with mingled feelings OF hope and fear,
for it toretold to them the rising OF the
Nile, and was ominous OF fruitful crops or
devastating droughts. Their dog.days ex.
tended from the 4th OF August to the 14th
OF September. The rising OF Sirius, how.
ever, has been so accelerated by the
procession of the equinoxes during the
passage Of more than two thousand
years that the corresponding conditions
for the ancient dog.days would include
them within the Sd Of July and the
18th Of August. 1t will readily be seen
that our modern dog-days have no connec-
ton with the rising Of Sirius or any other
star, because no permanent data can be
based upon stars whose positions are al.
ways changed by tho falling back OF the
equinoctial points. The dog-days refer to
particular kind OF weather, which marks
about forty days occurring a month after
the summer solstice, and based entirely
on that epoch. They simply retain an
ancient name, as in many other instances
without retaining its significance, 1t may
seem strange that Sirius, which is seer
overhead in midwinter, should be associ
ated with the heat OF summer; but it mus
be remembered that this star is overhead
in midsummer in the day time, although
like the other stars, invisible on accoun
Of the sun,
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BOURBON BALLADS.
DEAD lsauEs-yAnLE oV THE BEES'

Tom Ewing With large brain endowed TO-,
And larger voice. was taking loud
To Democrats and other, $40
He warned that EaplnN buckeye crowd fis
To avoid touching tie "ol dead lSiueah tAt related
To the past or present conduct ofour Southern broth
on. 10 VI sGF Ht!
Meandering home hs ch1neeIto SEQ
Closo y his houIS maple tFee, ~
Old, lelaeAs, weak aud holloE.fo
"l'll never cut II down. qUoth be,
because 1t d unate 10 touch IL II might tumble on
Us, aud serious catastrophe follow"
Just then Il tmbled-sdre enoughl-
KeTaop! and mashed bis peaceful roof;
And from tho hollow In II
- Came angry beCs-iu such hnfil
And they turned buck sunmeTtet towards every
live thing about The kraAl, hundred thousand MIL
The hollow maple BVarmed with ben!
Poor PuSs dew up the shady trees;
iU. Tray down the we'll went hoRlingj
They even sIung an ancient cheese ...
Unti not being able 70 stand II any longer, II SUM
moned all lta strength aud up the road went bowl
ing'
And ThonnS9 All! They slew him sore;
A bee stood guard at every p1ro
And murmuredi 1--WE begun IL
You seldom were behind beioTei"
His ears IwOlled up like 40 elephln'e and bis nsSS
was p big that he wore his hat upon H.
The neighbors chased him when he fed,
And found him in \ feathersbed, lAA
Meath Eo0len quilts and Sheotin'; 70 i
MuSh pouluees were on his head,
And 40 old farmer eAutouiy felt Of hli pulse and ~
marked: HMiSgnided th6ndi This boiler tree was
somethtng Ike them dead Issues! you told " about
at the mIetln'!n