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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-16
5ATTLESCENE.
How The Beers Nearly Wiped Out
General CO!ley at the Fight
on the IngOgO.

! The special correspondent OF the
London Standard, telegraphing from
Fort Amiel. gives the following aa-
count of the engagement with the
BoerS on the lnCogo: "Il was wei.
tnat l was turned back by the ap
pcarance ofthe Boors on the heights
| yesterday before reaching Sir q.
| ooiIeys column. So rapidly dia
the enemy make his appearance on
all the ridges that it was with diff
! Guilty that we succeeded IN retiring
before being cut oil. At the time j
rode off the fight was entirely al
long ranges. The Doors were CO..
she heights and We could see Che
small British force gathered ou au
emincuce near the road. replying
with shell 10 the distant fire. AS
during the afternoon the sound o.
the continued fire reached New
castle the excitement there was in
tense Native after native came iu.
each with the report chat the Beers
were streaming in great numbers
from Laing's Mex. and that the
British were completely surrounded.
AT 3 o'clock the fire seemed 90
s.acIlen, but at il broke out again
with greater intensity chan ever. A
thunderstorm was passing at the
time and between the crashes Of the
thunder the boom Of heavy guns
came distinctly but family up, the
distance being about twelve miles.
The reports by the natives were
gloomy in the extreme. They re-
ported the British force to be quite
unable to advance on retreat and to
be doomed to the last man. Many
OF the inhabitants spent the after
noon on the rising ground COM
manding a view of the road for
some distance, expecting to see the
Beers making for this
town. In Newcastle the British
portion Of the population looked
very anxious, but stern and deter
mined to fight to the last, should
the enemy attack the place. The
Beers, on the other hand, were open
ly exultant. AT nightfall the firing
ceased butit was sometime before
the intense anxiety was ailayei by
the news brought in by natives that
General Colley, after maintaining his
position all day, had succeeded in
falling back to the camp.
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PICTORIAL PRE1CHITF.
IVES AND LAZARUS AND THE END OF
THE WORLD SHOWN ON 4 SCREEN.
NJ" LVIh otII-I l5I-I-
Contrasts Between the

New 1bLA otlllJ GOL4
Contrasts Between the Present
and the Future Life" was the sub
iect of the Rev. 7. II. Terry's ser
mon last evening, in the Attorney
Street Methodist Church. Tt was
advertised as an Illustrated sermon,
and the congregation, during the
| opening exercises, stared at a white
sheet in a black frame set in the
pulpit and leaned the against the
wall The frame was provided with
a crank, by which the pictures, on
q roller at the lower edge Of the
framework, were to be unwOund
and revealed to the gaze of the CON
gregation.
The preacher, when he was ready
to begin his sermon, turned the
crank and brought into view a pic
ture showing Lazarus and two dogs
on the steps Of a great palace. Laz-
arus was in rags, and he crouched
at the feet Of naughty black ser
want in a green robe and a red head
dress, who was imperiously point
ing the way down stairs to Lazarus,
while the two dogs held their noses
up and regarded the poor man sus-
piciously. Behind the imperious
and gorgeously dressed servant
crowded a small army Of other ser
wants craning their necks over each
others shoulders to get a peep at
Lazarus. Above on a balcony sat
Dives, drinking ont Of golden cups
with his friends One Of the guests
had Just arisen to toast Dives, and
he held his golden cup on high
Dives seemed pleased at the com
pliment.
The preacher pointed out Lazar-
us, Dives and the naughty servant
with q long wooden pointer, and re-
lated the parable of Dives and Laz-
arus. "Yet," he said, cit is no crime
to be rich, though some folks think
so. l have no sympathy with those
who say that when one man gets
more money than another he must
devide it around Many rich men
are a blessing to the country in
building railroads, canals ana steam
ships, although they may be think
ing only of their own profits. Now,
do not mistake the Servant in the
picture of Dives. The rich man
would not have been so imperioug.
It's the way with servants Of rich
men, I've seen them straighten
themselves up Ike a lord Of crea-
tion, though they did not own
thing ia the house.
I'm the next scene,p said the
preacher, turning the crank again,
1--WE see the harvester's field, The
field represents the world. In the
field are both wheat and tares Ia
the middle Of the foreground stood
a mans figure in green and red
flowing robes, commanding three
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harvesters. One was binding whear
sheaves; on the left another, partly
concealed by the central figure, was
collecting tares, and the third, on
the right of the picture, was pOking
up bonfire where tares were burn
ing, the dense smoke from which
covered the fair blue sky.
This last picture was startling 1t
was a great sphere swinging in
space and burning up. Under the
picture were the words, "The End
of the World" Across the globe
were streaks Of cloud. Yellow puffs
of fame seemed to be bursting from
the globe at irregular intervals, and
beneath, it burned a great fire as
though beneath a gigantic kettle.
"The atmosphere around this
globe when it burns up said the
preacher, "will be as infammable as
the gas we burn. The ocean by
slight chemical change will seethe
and roar in combustion, and every
thing shall be consumed When
the earth is burned, he said, would
any Of the congregation like to be
the tares that then shall surely be
burned?"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-16
A MERCHANTS CAREER.
From ErTand Boy to One OF a
Large Firm.

We clip the following extract
showing the way in which some o
our merchants have risen from az
humble, nOn-remunerative position
to that of wealth and prominence.
A few years ago a large drug firm
advertised for a boy. The next day
the store was thronged with appli-
cants, among them a queer-looking
little fellow, accompanied by a wo-
man, who proved to be his aunt. iu
Iieu Of tatherless parents, by whom
he had been abandoned. Looking
at this little wait, the merchant IN
The store said, Cant take him. all
places full; besides, he is too small.
Il know he is small, said the wo
man, "but he is willing and faith
rul . There was twinkle i'm the
ooy $ eye which made the merchau.
mink again \ partner la the firm
yoluntecced to remark that -hc III,
iot sec that they wanted such "a b1t
ne wasn't bigger than q pint q.
cider. w But after consultation DE-,
was set to work. y few days later
a call was made on the boys in the
store for some one to stay al. night
Ihc prompt response of ihe I-u.,
fellow coutras.ed well with Che rs-
iuctance of others. Iu the mi#H',
OF the night the merchant looked iu
TO see II all was right iu the sHro.
and presently discovered his youth
tul protegc busy se,ssorinr IsN-
u dId not. tell you TO work nights.
Il know You did not tell me 30. but
thought | might rs well be doing
something. In the morning the
cashier got orders to double that
boy S wages, for he is willing Only
lew weeks elapsed before a show
ii wild beasts passed through the
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-16

Two commercial travellers from
Tennessee had a war of words at a
hotel in BIount county, Ala, one
evening last week. One was from
Nashville, the other from Knoxville,
and they quarreIed about the res
pective merits of the two places,
One got hold Of the poker and the
other seized the tongs, but the kind
landlord commanded peace and said
it was in violation of the statutes Of
Alabama to play poker in a public
house.
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Don't speak angrily to q child.
Don't kick dog when he is asleep.
Don't 20 back ON the friends ofyour
parents. Don't often visit your
neighbOrs ID meal time. Don't
neglect a cough thinking it viii cure
itself Thousands die of consump-
ton by so doing.) Don't forget Or.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
for it cures a cough or cold in one
half the timerequired by any other
medicine and is the only medicine
known that positively cures con-
sumption in It's early stages. Sold
by druggists.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-16

En- route to. Washington, it is stat
ed, Mrs. Garfield, the venerable
mother Of the President, now in her
eightieth year, endured the fatigues
of the journey very well. She is
somewhat below themedium height,
considerably bowed with age, and
dressed in heavy black silk with a
fur-lined cloak. Mrs Garfield was
dressed in a dark gray travelling
suit and wore a heavy fdr-lined silk
cloak. The daughter, Miss Mollie,
was dressed in gray travelling silt.
Gen. Garfield wore q dark blue suit
with cutaway coat and brown over
coat and felt hat.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-16

Sometimes nothing is more en-
barrassing to the fond mother than
to select a name for her popsy-wop-
sie-birdie. Reading, We learn the
name Of the daughter of Don Car
los, the pretender to the Spanish
throne, is, Gn French , Blanche de
CASTLE, Marie de la Conception,
Francoise d'Assise, Marguerite, Jen-
ME, Beatrice, Charlotte, Louise, Fer
nande, Adelgonde, Elvire, Idefonce,
Regime, JOsephe, Michele, Gabriel
lie, Raph@Ile. Now what young
man would prove bold enough to
ask that young lady to change her
name ? 1t beats the xth chapter of
Genesis all hollow. The fish gera-
mum by any other name would have
as pronounced a flavor
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War Records and War Histories.

war hecOf0s ana war Histories
New York Herald. Feb. 2s.I
We are sorry that the war record
debate went as it did in the house
the other day. The idea of the
| government purchasing the papers
OF leading generals, especially on the
Confederate side il a good one. And
n the purchase costs little money.
and if the money goes 20 the heirs
Of Lee, Jackson, Hood or Bragg. it
does not matter much a congress
which can vote millions to Improve
trout streams should not hesitate
over a few thousand dollars in buy
iug what may DE- az r~iacIr-. value
to the historian merely because tho
.uc money wi.. gladden. fH. tyr.s
lt some iorlOrn Confederate
Anything that will contribute to
the history of our war should ro
preserved We have lgJ som. "a
memoirs aui we hope Iar others.
resident Buchanan ,..''..|.u
"a- au instructive chapter .. .'r
overture to tho tragedy 20
~ we d0 not have fH. ,'.,. .a
'urual- OF Seward. t.a.e ..E ...
.Dn. We could learn H. f.rI
rom the papers OF Mason. -.iI.I
ga iWcv a- to villa. E.'H. LID.
ions really Iil fl uiI .hu south "r.
ring the war. The memoir. Of
sherman have % rr,H. r..r. and
make u hope .H.. Grant HH HHs
advantage o' DIS rarn-o AMI rn..rr.
mont from UuH... f.s lU w.. DIS
memoirs 40 mm living could f.u
NOR. interesting ..rg $50 are
Informed chat General HrI.r fra
finished his military history of
Grant This will De most yrn-
able contribution t0 war history. not
alone from thc fact that General
badcau was au eyewitness and a
slarcr iu the great wars. and that
Hc has the grace and skill 0fm aC.
complishcd'wrilcr. but because his
will have the revision and
approval Of General Grant himself
Many of General Grants friends
complain OF his indifference to his
military fame, and the fact Chat vo
.re 20 have q record that may bo
.ailcd scmi-otiicial, ifuot official. is
Ie8t value.
Jefferson Davis is also writing his
memoirs. We await this work with
interest SIR Davis H. one ol the
'OLspicuOus pCrsOuagos ofAm,r.cau
STORY. and viii live gs long gs thc
.i-tory OF the rebellion As one Uf
ac authors OF the rcbcIIiou=chicf
..thc cause, and it- uudauufcd. rc-U-
I.c leader for four weary bitter
-oors of war and s0T0w-Mr Davis
an write a history OF smpgssiHg iu-
crest and value. The time iur Che
inal judgment Of history as Co., our
var has not come and viii hardly
.omc in our day. Those authors,
With their memoirs are witnesses.
They bear testimony, some ON one
'de and some on the other When
ll the testimony is in IL will be
imC to weigh and determine the
auscs of the war-thc character
md achievements of the men who
oHduct 10. We have 10 doubt that
his Judgment win differ from thc
partisan. HiU OF t., hour
History +. calm. I.Ghera.. triHg
Justice les sU. .gvE.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-16
LABOR IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

A gentleman from this county
now sojourning in South Carolina
in letter to friend refers to the
labor apathy in that locality as fol-
lows:
x x A large proper
tion of the cotton already marketed d
and nearly all yet to market is OF
poor quality. The cause Of this is
the unusual amount of rain and the
very cold winter. These inferior
grades are sold atabout DC to Sc per
pound. IF the crop could have been
gathered in due time it would have
brought vastly more money, and
the people would then not have com
planned so much of hard times. As
it is, they have enough to make
them in independent circumstances,
over almost any other section, ii
they would only utilize the means,
advantages and labor they have a
command. But they do not, nor dc
| believe this generation will. Nei-
ther will the next, unless there
comes a tide of emigration to this
State sufficient to institute a new
system of labor and a new train Of
thought This people has never ap-
preciated and adopted as their OWL
the axiom of DR. Watt "Lab0r tpSc
poLuptus." While they are energetic
and lively, yet, as the term ac0rk is
understood in East Tennessee, they
are inclined to do very little of it. ]
can think of half a dozen men with
IN six miles of Morristown, either OF |
whom do more work than any halt |
iozen white men in six miles of this |
place. The negro, poor unfortunate |
,reature, is more Of an imitator than
IN originator, and he is much in
lined to initiate the whites in try
ng to live with as little labor as
'ossible. But we are compelled to
i've the Yankee or carpet bagger
redit for this, though it is pretty |
eavy charge on the C. b.
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Ny Good Woman.

Why are you so out Of sorts, never
able to tell folks that you are well ?
Ten to one il al caused in the first
place by habituai constipation, which
no doubt finally caused deranged
kidneys and liver. The sure cure
for constipation is the celebrated
Kidney Wort 1t is also a specific
remedy for all kidney and liver dis
eases. Thousands are cured BY ii
every month. Try it at once
Toledo Bln9e.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-16

The debt statement issued on
March 1st, shows the decrease OF
the public debt during the month of
February to be 81 ,843, 1851; cash
IN the Treasury, $233, POS 8,176.69; ;
gold certificates, S6,541 ,480; silver
do, $47,884,260; certificates of de
posit outstanding, 81, ,965, ,0O0;refund-
ing certificates, $682, $50; legal ten
ders outstanding, S346,681, 1,016;
fractional currency do, $7,144, ,813.-
%
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-16

Atlanta, Ca, was SO named no
longer ago than 1845 by j Edgar
Thomson, the well-known President
Of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. Thirty-fve years have pass
ed and there are now eleven Allan
tas in the United States.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-16

Postmaster General Maynard has
issued an order reVoking a regula-
ton made by Postmaster General
Key in April, 1879. The revoca-
ton in effect requires that all COM
mercial documents, wholly or in
part in writing, shall be subject to
the ordinary letter rates Of postage
g cents per half ounce instead Of
the third class rate q cent for two
ounces or a fraction), as required by
General Keys order. The change
is one Of great Importance to mer-
camille interests, and will materially
increase the revenue of the Pogtoffice
Department In New York City
alone the estimated increase is over
$500, 900 per annum. The regula-
ton was based upon q statute pass
ed in 1879, and has caused a great
deal Of trouble. Upon matter of
third class, or upon the wrapper in
closing the same, the sender may
write his own name OfRddress, with
the word "from" above preceding
the same, and in either case may
make simple marks intended to des-
ignate word or passage of text to
which it is desired to call attention
This will throw considerable matter
into the frst-cl which has hereto
fore passed as third class. Invoices, |
bills, bills Of lading, papers of legal |
procedure, deeds Of all kinds, print
ed commercial papers filed out in |
circulars, various documents |
Of Insurance companies, etc, all goes
rs first-class instead of third-class,
as formerly. One effect Of the
change will be to absolvo postmas-
ers from the very unpleasant duty
If passing on the character of com
nercial paper, Under the old sys-
EN- any one who desired could ar
'ange his mail matter SO as to bring
t under the cheap rate of postage, !
o the great injure of the public in
crest. Under the new order of
hings all this will be changed, and
erenity will reign in the souls ofthe
)ostofice people.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-16

The Nashville AmeTicdH il vCry
emphatic in its condemnation of the
Springfield mob. it says is this
American civilization, Tennessee en-
lightenment and progress ? Five
men hanged at the door Of the tenn
pie Of Justice, dragged from beneath
the oye Of the bench, away from
trial, torn away from the jury in
whose hands the public and the
criminals are supposed to be secure
Of Justice! The brutes who suffered
could better afford it than "some df
our best citizens" who did it. To
the dead it is a pang Of a moment !;
to living society here it is corruption,
disorganization, distraction for we
know not how long. We know the
arguments used to justify it. They
are mere burnt paper. There is no
justification for thus burning our
own house over our own heads. 1t
is more than pollution of the fame Of
Justice, it is destroying the in
corporeal, spiritual presence Of the
law, which is our own protection.
That at most is an idea. 1t governs
men firmly and powerfully, though
it is rarely invoked In that idea
we live and move. Destroy it,
weaken it, if you will, farmers, mer-
chants and laboring men, and all
others, and you will have hardly,
bitterly with intense labor and arO-
ny, to rebuild it.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-16

The Cash duel murder case was
given to the jury at Darlington,
South Carolina, on the 25th. Judge
Priestly, in his charge, Said that he
had no sympathy with a civilization
that is prompt to slander and de-
fame, and when taken to task de-
clines reparation. No Christianity
or civilization was worth o farthing
but that which was slow to give of
fense and quick to accord redress.
The judge and jury in performing
their duty had no right to regard
the tolerance heretofore given a
practice which he regarded a relic
of barbarism. Was honor one of
those weak, sickly flowers that the
foul breath of SANDER could wither?
Was it not firm enough in its purity
to withstand defamation This hon
or to be retained only by the duel
was as false as tears Of sand The
code of the duelist, he held, was
only sustained by the duelists own
theory of vindication of honor by
the strong, cold and expert against
the weak, the agitated and the un-
trained. He held that it was muir
der under the common law where
the accused could not prove sudden
passion while being attacked. No
man could voluntarily place himself
in post of danger and then claim
that he killed his antagonist in self
defense. Col Cash leaned pensive-
ly on a book and heard the judges
words with a detected air. The jury
retired at 4:45 P. NJ. Failing to
agree during the night, the jury was
on Saturday morning discharged.
1t is said that eight were for acquit-
tai and four for conviction. The re-
suit is generally regarded as a sub
stantial triumph for the anti-duel-
inc. sentiment Cash was bailed in
the sum of $4,000. The case against
the seconds in the duel was contin-
ued till next term
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-16

Representative, Benjamin Wilson,
Of Greene county, has introduced a
bill to establish a new county from
portions of Greene, Sullivan, Wash
ington and Hawkins, with Fall
Branch as the county seat.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-16

Judge jameson, of Chicago grant
ed divorce to a wife on the ground
Of habitual drunkenness in her hus-
band, though the evidence showed
that the man was no more than a
very moderate drinker. us he fit, -
his honor argued, in his remarkable
decision, "to be the father of his
wife children? The greatest cruel
ty that can possibly be inflicted upon
woman is to make her the mother
of children likely to become drunk
ards, The legislature would be
justified in providing that, where a
man has so INDUCED in drink as to
have tainted his blood, and thus
made it probable that his offspring
will take by inheritance tendency
to viscious courses, that fact alone
should be good ground for a divorce,
although he may in all other cases
be a kind, indulgent husband, able
and willing to give his wife an
abundant support"
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The MORRTSTOWN GAZETTE
Subscription Price, So.

Pennsylvania farmers, in Wash
ington county, New York, are scat
tering sheaves Of wheat along the
hedges for the benefit of the suffer
ing partridges.
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WORK or THE EARTHQUAKE.
TWO HUNDRED LIVES AND $500, 900
WORTH or PROPERTY LOST.

TWO HUNDRED LIVES AND $500, 600
WORTH OF PROPERTY LOST.
Naples, March 7.-By the fearful
earthquake which occurred at
Ischia, seven hundred houses have
been destroyed, ono street Of The
town being a mass Of ruins. One
hundred and twenty dead bodies
have been recovered. Those OF Tho
population that were not injured Gcd
to the open country, aud are starry
ing for lack OF food Soldiers are
helping ia the preservation ofthosc
that arc living and have performed
many brave deeds and saved
hundreds of women aud children.
The wounded have been brought to
this city. The scenes al lschia arc
narrowing in The extreme, and
there are yct many bodies in ,ho
ruins. King Humberi ha sont help
to the sufferers.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-16

When you feel a cough or bron-
chiaI affection creeping on the lungs
take Ayers Cherry Peetoral, and
cure it before it becomes incurable.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-16

The Oldest Monument in the
world is in the Ashmolean Museum
at Oxford. This is the Intel stone
of tomb which formed the last
resting place of an officer who lived
in the time of King Sent, of the
second dynasty, whose fate is fixed
by NJ Marriette more than 5000
years ago. The stone is covered
with that delicate and finished sculpt-
ure which distinguished the early
periods of Egyptian history, and
was immeasurably superior to the
stiff and conventional art of the latter
ages of Egypt, which we are accus
toned to see in European museums.
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to the sufferers.

Some one s13 tho a0Wer of thc
British army is 0ut AGAINST The
Beers in South Africa The com-
mandor's name indicates that &c 81
tho Collcy flower.
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Suffering Wo1nan.l

There is but very small .propor-
ton of the women ofthis nation that
do not suffer from some Of the dis
eases for which Kidney Wort is
specific. When the bowels have be-
come eostive, headache torments,
kidneys out of fix, or piles distress,
take package, and its wonderful
tonic and renovating power will cure
you and give new life Watebman.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-16

John b. Cough admits that if one
of his suspender buttons had given
way during his first public lecture
his oratary would never have been
heard of again The world may be
said to rest on pins and needles.