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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-04-02
THE PISTOL BILL

The Senate INDUCED in perfect JAM
bor-ee, or war-dance, for about two
hours to-day on the Pistol bill; it was
tabled and reconsidered, and amended
and motioned, and buffetted back and
forth, until half the Senators on the
floor didn't know what was left of it,
when it was passed on its final reading,
and goes to the Governor. Although l
was present during the whole scrim-
mage and paid the utmost attention, l
cannot tell you what the bill really is,
nor can find a Senator who does know
one clause in it, however, forbids carry
ing rag0rS, and certain members who
brought their tonsorial tools here with
them will have to box them up and ship
them home by freight or express.
The bill introduced and supported by
Senator Patton for the relief of the
RogersYille and Jefferson Railroad was
defeated,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-04-02
Nashville News.
LETTER FROM"CLINCH."
NASHVILLE, March 2s. 1879.
THE DEBT CoMPRoMIsE.

THE DEBT COMPROMISE.
To the Editor of the Morristow nGazette:
The very liberal proposition made to
the State by the Railroad companies,
which are exempt from taxation by their
charters, to surrender the exemption
and submit to be taxed equally with 9th
er property, on condition that the State
debt be speedily settled, led every one
to suppose that the legislature would,
even at the eleventh hour, take some
definite action on the matter The Gov
ernor's message accompanying the pro-
position. urging settlement which
could be met by forty cent tax on the
hundred dollars, frightened the reviv-
ing ray of hope in every State credit
mans heart, that eur unfortunate, and
much abused State could at last see the
way out of the wilderness. An estimate
made by Comptroller Gaines was sub
mitted to the legislature, clearly show
ing that under these conditions forty
cent tax would create revenue sufficient
to fund the debt at so per cent, with 4
per cent interest, pay interest on school
fund and current expenses, and leave a
surplus to apply to a sinking fund
each year for the gradual and final Ii
quotation of the debt. Gin speaking of
revenue raised by forty cent tax, in
clude all sources of revenue, of course. J
Yet, in the face of all these cheerful
facts, settlement seems as far off to-
day as it did the first day of January.
Long speeches, to which nobody listens,
imbecile wrangling over unimportant
points of order, and the everlasting
big Me-and- little Y ou-ism continues in
| both houses of this obstinate collection
| of legislative ouacks.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-04-02

In just condemnation of the present
legislature, there should, of course, be
many exceptions, as there are some good
and true men here who are struggling
against the overwhelming mass of mask
ed and unmasked repudiationists, who
dishonor the halls of Tenncssee's CAPT
itOl By their presence.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-17
srA1wARr1sM appears to be in

Favor in Ohio. A correspondent of
the New York Tribune writing up
the canvass in that State says:
"An1ong the prominent men outside
the State who have expressed their
willingness to heiptnItbe contest, no
one is in such demand as Senator
q ach Chandler. Ten times as many
applications for him have already
came in to the committee as he will be
able to respond to. When local com.
mittees are told that Mr.. Chandler is
not much of a speaker and that some
one else might suit them better, their
reply Is generally like this: :" We
don't care whether Old Zach can talk
we'll or not; we want to
see him. Send him along il
you ,can.n Chandler's popularity
| is significant indication of the
strength of the stalwart feeling.
Another may be found inthe numer-
Gus requests for General John A. LO-
gan. - The soldier "a element are es-
| pecially eager to see the gallant COM
mander of the Fiftt enth Corps and
| the Army of the Tennessee. Among
the Ohio orators the one for whom
there is the greatest demand is Gen
eral Garfield He has grown steadily
in public favor, and his popularity
! which few years ago was confined te
his own section, is now equally greaI
in all parts of the State. There are
very few counties which have not al
this early day filed with the Contra
Committee an urgent application for 8
! speech from Garfield"
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-17
An Englishman has invented

An Englishman has invented q
novelty. It is a mariners compass
which enables the officer of vessel to
tell, blythe ringing of bell, when the
ship has changed its course.
Mile. Bernhardt's salary is So 600 a
year in Paris, but she has been offered
5000, 900 for year in America Who
7 would not rather be Bernhardt than
President.
Gustave D0rohan, monk of the
FFappist order, has been sent to tue
Missouri penitentiary for five years
convicted OF obtaining money under
false pretenses.
North Carolina, South Carolina
Georgia, Florida. Alabama, Louisiana
Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi
have 2 900 sheep, or about one tt
every 100 acres.
The first time David Davis evel
realized his greatness was when hi
was IA years old. The other boy,
crawled through hole in the fenc'
/ and left him alone with a mad steer
Detroit Free Press.
a Two naked cherubs over the door o
a court house in Illinois so eff ndet
the moral sense of the citizens tina
they were knocked off. Something
like the rural legislator of our Stat.
who wanted the statues removed from
the Capitol grounds in Nashville be-
cause they were an incentive to vice.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-17

30
al IN a recent conversation with
Congressman Young, of Ohio, Pres
ident Hayes is said to have ex-
planned the object he had in view
when he issued his Civil Service
order No. 1, as follows
First, to prevent officeholders from
attending nominating conventions as
delegates, or in any way taking part
in their manipulation second, that no
office holder should be, under any cir
cumstances, a judge of any election ;
and third, that no onice-holder should
be compelled to contribute any part OF
his salary for electioneering purposes.
All of these points he still adheres to,
and he does 30 because he believes it to
be right and the only course to pursue
in order to promote, as far as possible,
the purity as well as the freedom Of
elections and to free the parties from
the. domineering methods too fire..
quently adopted by the domin>
ant party, through their office
holding friends, for the furlherance of
personal and sectional feelings; but
the FreSlOenC Salu pOSlLlVeIy LnaC he
did not originally intend, and does not
hold now, that the order was in the
least disqualifier for any officer un-
der the Government to donate V0lun.
tdrily any portion of his salary to aid
the party 70 which his sympathies and
fealty belonged and further, he said
that ne considered it the patriotic duty
of any man who held an office under
the Government. if he was capable OF
acting as speaker on the stump. tc
| tender his services for tia! purpose
and if he was, writer, and could write
for the press, he would consider it hil
duty to do so, using his pen as well 81
his tongue for the benefit Of bis party
but that if he declined to contribute
either money, voice, or pen TOWARD
the. support of his party, it would no
In any way interfere with his position
in the Government -
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-17
FOR THE NORTH AND WEST
Do not fail to see that your ticket
reads by the
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For speed, safety and comfort you will
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Round Trip Tickets can be purchased at
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go by this route. Round trip emigrant
tickets on sale to Texas points. By this
line you have no tiresome delays. Through
coaches are run from Chattanooga TO Col
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on all night trains. Good coaches, good
road and quick time
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White black berries grow 10 Ala.
bama. 4ss -
Where should man go for rest :?
To the forest, of course.
Bob Tombs thinks the Union is - a
mere temporary concern"
Where does the Republican roost
now who is not stalwart !?
The Utica base ball club have dis
banded-about 81, 100 in debt.
New York is troubled by the en-
forcement of the Sunday law.
The cotton crop of Middle Tonnes
see is reported as being finer than for
many years.
Nineteen car loads of cheese. were
shipped to -Earope at one time, few
days since.
The Fire Marshal of Chicago, who
was removed by the Mayor. has been
reinstated by the City Council.
| Among the opinions coming cut in
| the Buford trial is one that the brains
fof ealidren of cousins are always af-
fecied.I ii .9.a =
Beaconsfield is said to live entirely
| upon champagne) Jelly Each meal
lcosts him SIS for it takes three bottles
of The wine to make a glass or jelly.
Sir Henry Thompson, as English
surgeon. divides Europeans into two
meal, three. meal and four meal races
and declares tobacco IAN ally Of tenn.
lpefance.''1 y Z So - s24s@s ~ $50
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-17

without feeling that we are in great
danger Of such disgrace. If by
compromising our own views, with
out admitting their incorreetness for
a moment, we can stand in the
breach and do anything to prevent
final and absolute Republication, as a
Tennesseean, as State credit man,
as q patriot, without at all impugn-
ing. the motives of those who differ
with Us, we feel it is our duty to do
so, and we intend to do it.
We see the hosts of repudi alton,
led by such men as Savage, Wilson.
Warner, Ballanfant, Hearn, the
shelbyville Commercial, Franklin
RevieaO and others who have been
the champions of what We
conceive to be the worst
sort Of dishonesty, oppos'
ing - the 5O-4 compromise
and insisting that the people are no
able to pay it, and when we remem.
Der what an evil influence they have
exerted in the past, we are led tt
shun the paths they travel, which
lead Enthusiastically to shame and dis
grace. Something good may come
from the adoption of the 50-4 com
promise, but, from the out and-out
open-avowed repudiationists who
oppose it, we need expect nothing
but dishonor and infamy.
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
Marshal MacMahOa.
GLondou News.l

His ignorance of politics alone, it is
now seen, led him into all his mistakes,
and as soon as he had only his sense of
duty to consult he was irreproachable.
Despite his want of acquaintance with
constitutional fctions, it is mistake to
think him unintelligent. In Cabinet
councils he was taciturn, listening to
what was said without interrupting, but
he had great good sense; and when he
heard one of the Ministers maintain
/ fallacy, or what seemed such to him, he
would fdget, twist his pen or pencil
round, and turn suddenly red. Then
he would begin to speak rapidly, as if in
hurry to finish, putting his point
clearly, and apparently glad when he
had finished. On such occasions he
had kind of eloquence by which his
ministers could not help being i'm
pressed. Outside Cabinet councils and
on ceremonial occasions he had seri-
GUS manner which carried great weight,
even with the least impossible. The
Ambassadors who presented their Gre
dentials confess that he awed them, and
one of the latest arrivals, an eminent
statesman of great GOODNESS, was so
nervous that he left the salon to fetch
his first secretary to stand beside him.
At these ceremonies the Marshal, in full
military uniform, erect and motionless,
his foreign Minister beside him and his
military household around him, made
such an imposing figure as to impress
even those accustomed to see him daily,
He did not himself prepare the speeches
he delivered, but he never delivered one
without making felicitous corrections in
it, and it was he who drew up his speech
at the close of the Exhibition, the
Marquis d'kbsse only revising II,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
Mad.Hou Sc Mysteries.

boston correspondence Cnlcago Journal.l
A few months ago prominent citizen
of Boston was arrested and put into the
Insane Asylum. He was on the point
of going to Europe, having just previ-
ously made his will, the contents of
which were unknown to his family. 1t
cost one thousand eight hundred dollars
to get the same man out of the mad
house. A few days ago some legislation
was advanced stage with view to
improving the laws relating to lunacy
in Massachusetts,, more especially with
reference to commitment, release and
supervisions. There are four thousand
persons confined in the asylums of this
State, one-half of whom are in private
institutions. Some of these private
asylums are used for the privacy" of
the drunken sons of wealthy parents
sons who have gone to Europe for their
health" The certificate of &c two
respectable citizens will send person
into an insane asylum in this State, but
in England no person can be committed
to an asylum unless it is stated why he
is committed. Such thing as a trial
by Jury is unknown and unauthorized
in Massachusetts,. One-man power runs
the insane asylums of this State. If a
man is charged with murder he has an
opportunity given him to prove his
innocence; but sane person committed
to an insane asylum in this State has no
chance to prove his sanity. Such a
person can only be released upon the say
of the person who caused his commit.
ment. The hospitals of Massachusetts,
are one hundred years behind the age.
The scientific ring rules these insane
hospitals, and the laws which govern
the insane hospitals here are the worst
in the United States. In Illinois, man
had his wife locked up in an asylum
because she differed with him on the five
points of Calvin, but the Superintendent
refused to hold her any longer; and
foiled by the law, the husband tried fol
years to decoy her into Massachusetts
where no doubt he could have had the
woman incarcerated until her death.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
For his master had eaten Goldfish and
potato, and Goldfish and potato was all
that was left for Master Mig.

For his master had eaten Goldfish and
potato, and Goldfish and potato was all
that was left for Master Mig.
A plate with the fishy food was pre-
pared and placed in Nig's corner, and
he was invited to partake. At first he
approached with evident hunger and de-
light, shifting eagerly at the offered
plate; but when his nose told him what
it contained his countenance and his tail
both fell. He looked at his master in
reproachful manner, and turned sadly
away. He was called back and ordered
to eat. Slowly he returned, but, instead
of eating, he carefully pushed every
particle Of food from the plate to the
floor, crowded it close under the rim of
the dish, and again retired to a chair,
where he seated himself, looking soberly
at the plate and then at his master, as
though entering remonstrance against
such breakfast.
But his master was obdurate, and
spoke sternly:
Mig, you must eat that fish and
potato before ouhave any thing else"
No sooner were the words spoken than
the dog leaped from the chair, ran to
the door and disappeared.
For two entire days nothing was seen
of him, and his master began to fear
that the little fellow was lost, when
early upon the morning of the third
day Mig presented himself at the door
and began to beg for his breakfast as
usual.
Hoping that the dogs hunger had
overcome his scruples, the fish and
potato were again presented to him. He
regarded it for moment with sorrow-
full air, ears and tail dropping low, and
then quietly walked out of the door
without tasting it.
This time he was gone nearly week,
and when, at last, he returned, his mas
ter succumbed. The obnoxious fish and
potato were thrown away, and Mig Jared
sumptuously upon fresh beef and hot
rolls.
Since that time the spaniel has only
eaten such food as he prefers. Like
many children, he had fought the battle
out and conquered.