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Year: 1869

The disinclination of the Senate to
repeal the Tenure of Office Law. dis
turbs the equanimity of the Gazette. and
in the action OF that body it finds a
text for homily on Radical rascaIity
We think il, ON the whole. very good,
wholesome, equitable enactment. except
in one or two provisions, and although
possibly differing in this view from the
larger number OF Republican newspa~
pers, would prefer TO see it remain in~
tact, to having il repealed IN toto- Ii is
true. IL was a check rein put on the
Legislative bride TO prevent accidental
"breaks" by a rather unmansgeable
Tennessee Jr0aeIO, and did not quite
accomplish it, or prevent his "bucking"
badly. Still. it has merit. 1t is said
General Grant does not like il. Very
well: General Grant is the Executive
elect, not the Legislative Department
The measure was enacted by those who
elected him. was in force when he was
elected. and is yet His preferences are
admissible but not absolute; his judg-
ment perhaps as good and not better
than that of the Senators. We have as
much confidence in the honesty, good
sense. integrity and good intent of Grant,
as any man in the nation, and much
faith that his administration will be
wise. and unmarried by any discredItable
act. Yet the Tenure Of Office Act is
upon the statutes, and cit is a handy
thing to have in the house" The Presi-
dent being largely and directly respon-
sible for the acts of his Cabinet officers,
he should have discretionary powers for
their appointment and removal. but as
the letter Of the Constitution gives the
Senate a voice in the making of officers
the spirit of it contemplates voice IN
unmaking them. 1t is asserted by over
anxious ones for the repeal, that the
Act prevents the removal of inefficient,
direlect or dishonest officers, and that
the President mast have it repealed to
secure good officials. There is moth
ing in it that can even be dis
torted TO warrant such an assertion,
and General Grant can make a clean
sweep of every Office in the United
States, and keep on sweeping wherever
he finds sins OF omission or commission,
until he has an Honest John in every
office in the country-if there are that
many honest men. 1t gives an official
once appointed a tenure, dependent up
on his faithful service, rather than on
the clamors of aspirants or the possible
caprice. susceptibility or apostacy of the
President. The Gazette may have hopes
of Grants giving realization 10 Wendell
Philips intellectual nightmares. and
want the road easy Tor democratic sue
cession, or simply have clutched at this
opportunity TO denounce tue Senate for
partizan effect So far as Grant is con-
cerned, we do not anticipate there will
be any necessity for the measure. But,
as il is no detriment TO a good President
and very safe measure for bad one,
something on the statute book as an
umbrella is in the house, we most heart
lily accord with those Senators, who are
willing TO amend. but unwilling TO exS
punge from the Code that very innocent
bugaboo of gushing Republicans and
grimacing DemOcrats-the Tenure of
Office Act
Year: 1869

The following, copied from the Abigdon Tar-
giaian, may prove of value to agriculturistS:
We insert on the first page Of this paper an
article upon the subject Of preventing smut in
wheat, which is simply to submerge ii into
brine. We have never seen it tried-it is ar,
easy experiment, and may be successful. But
whether it is or not, VIC do know Of remedy
equally as simple, that viii succeed, because
we saw it tried three or fours ycarssuccessively,
and always with the most complete success--
In the fall of "a, A. r. Mallicote, Esq, Of thus
county, following the instructions Of an old
Kentuckian who sojourned with him awhile
during the war, sowed field of some 40 or so
acres, part OF the seed for which was sowed
in the usual way and the balance with seed
that had been submerged in boiling water
The seed was the same. and sown at the same
time. That which had been submerged in the
boiling water had not particle of smut in il.
while the other was very much injured.


/" In the fall Of 1865 he scalded all his seed,
and it was entirely free Of smut. The sue
cecdng fall he sowed without scalding, and
the smut appeared as thick as ever. Here.
then, was fair experiment, about which there
cannot be any doubt or any argument. The
plan pursued was this: A large kettle Of water
was placed over fire in the yard, and when
it tcame to boil the wheat was put in a basket
aud submerged, but Immediately raised aud
spread upon sheet to dry, and then sown.--
One person can thus prepare it as fast as sew
eral can sow, and We arc willing to underwritc
that the farmer who will follow this plan will
rid his crop of smut
Year: 1869

The times are sadly out Of joint. Listen to
popular author on the degonoracy Of society


Everything is now sacrificed to one univer-
sal gold-gold. The noblest fashions, the f.
ner feelings, domestic and social happiness arc
freely laid on the altar of Mammou. This is
apparent in everyday life Men or women in
the highest circles of society do not marry for
love. They have got over that Weakness
Marriages de conrendnce arc in vogue A
fashionable mother is blessed with daughters
They attain to the dignity Of long dresses and
cbignons, and enter society. Whatever hon
orable and natural sentiment developed itself
in them soon withers and dies in the unhealthy
atmosphere Of fashion. They are trotted out
for inspection by their shrewd and calculating
mammas. Their points are shown off and di-
lated upon as If they were horses For sale >
is printed in unmistakable language on their
forcheads. They soon understand the part
they must act TIE empty-headed scion Of a
wealthy shoddyite Is welcomed with mods and
beck and wreatbed smiles, while the young
man depending for his fortune on bis own
strong arm, bis intellect, his probity, bis in
domitable resolve TO conquer all difficulties, to
persevere in spite Of the world, the flesh, and
the devil, gets the cold shoulder. The quail
fications Of husband arc perfectly understood.
Marriage has been reduced to an exact science.
A brown-stone mansion, carriages, summer
residence, large bank account, and all that it
can command, with fop or ninnyhammer
of man thrown in, is all that young lady
cares for now Future happiness is Httle
thought Of in connection with marriage. It's
this longing for wealth that has destroyed
cbivalry. 4 young man cannot have CHI
valrous feeling for his lovely partner in
ouadrille when he knows that she is thinking
how much he is worth, or how much his father
will leave him, or what probability there is Of
his fathers crossing the dark river soon.-
Young neu have a wholesome fear Of merce-
nary women. This fear makes many old
bachelors, and corresponding number of old
maids. Female extravasance is characteristic
Of the tines"
Year: 1869

Lee struggled with himself while longer
His own ill-nature had to be conquered first
his moody, accusing spirit had to be subdued
But he was coming right, and at last got right
as to will. Next came the question as to how
lie should begin. He thought of many things
TO say, yet he feared to say them, lest his wife
should meet his advances with cold rebuff
At last, leaning toward her, and taking hold
of the linen bosom upon which she was at
work, he said in voice carefully modulatcd
with kindness: "You are doing that work
very beautifully. Mary"


Mrs Lee made no reply. But her husband
did not fail to observe that she lost, almost in
stantly, that rigid crectncss with which she
had been sitting, nor that the motion Of her
needle-hand ceased.


"My shirts are better made and whittier than
any other mans in the shop said Lee, encour-
aged to go on.


Are they ?" Mrs. Lees voice was low and
had in it a slight huskiness. She did not turn
her face, but her husband saw that she leaned
little toward him. He had broken through
the ice of reserve, and all was easy now. His
hand was among the clouds, and few feeble
rays were already struggling through the rift
1t had made.


"Yes, Mary" he answered softly, and I've
heard il said more than once What good wife
Andrew Lee must have"


Mrs. Lee turned her face toward her hus-
band. There was light in it, and light in
her eye. But there was something in the ex-
preston Of the countenance that a little puz-
zed him.


"Do you think so ?" she asked, quite soberly.


"What a question !" CALCULATED Andrew
Lee, starting up, and going round to the side
of the table where his wife was sitting. "What
a question, Mary" he repeated, as he stopped
down and kissed her. "How strange that you
should ask me such question ?"


"If you would only tell me so now and
then, Andrew, it would do me good" And
Mrs. Lee arose, and leaning her face against
the manly breast Of her husband, stood and
wept.


What a strong light broke in upon the mind
Of Andrew Lee He had never given his
faithful wife even the small reward Of praise,
for the loving interest she had manifested daily,
until doubt of his love had entered her, soul,
and, made the light around her thick darkness.
No wonder that her face grew clouded, nor
that what be considered moodiness and lima
ture took possession of her spirit.


You are good and true, Mary, my own
dear wife. am proud of you-I love you--
and my first desire is for your happiness. Oh
il I could always see your face in sunshine
my home would be the dearest place on earth.


"How precious to mo are your words Of love
and praise, Andrew !" said Mrs. Lee, smiling
up through her tears, into his face. With
them in my ears, my heart can never lie II
shadow"


How easy had been the work of Andrew Lee
lie had swept his hand across the cloudy hor'
izon of his home, and now the bright sunshine
was streaming down, and flooded that home
with JOY and beauty.
Year: 1869

This is the season for enjoying this favorite
luxury with the Juveniles, and indeed the older
ones, too, for there is many one Of mature
years who smacks his lips with serene satsfac-
ton as the Jumps Of tafiy dissolve in his mouth.
Some genius has reduced the manufacture OF
this article to science, and gives the following
directions, which will be of interest "to all
whom it may concern" Melt in a shallow
vessel one fourth Of pound Of butter, and then
add to it one poundof brown sugar. Stir them
together for fifteen minutes, or until a little OF
the mixture dropped into basin Of cold water
will break clean between the teeth without
sticking to them. ANY havoring that is de-
sired, as lemon, pineapple, or vanilla, should
be added just before the cooking Is completed.
The taffy, when done, should be poured into
shallow dish, which is buttered on the bottom
and edges. By drawing knife across it when
it is partially cool, it can easily be broken into
squares. Molasses may be used instead OF su-
gar in making taffy, but it is not so brittle"
Year: 1869


There's dear, sweet spot way down in the past
To which my heart ever turns with sigh,
And nv tears fall fast as leaves in the blast,


When the winds Of Autumn are hurrying by!
'Tis the happy place where drank my NIL


And cooled my burning thirst with joy,
From the gushing Spring at the foot OF the hui
Where drank when was boy!
In the old stone house standing high above,


With its honest front and its open door,
Dwelt the dearest friends of my boyhood's love
In the gay and the happy times of yorel
On their love and their friendship musing still
Idream with sweet but saddened JOY,
OF the gushing Spring at the foot of the hill,
Where ! drank when / was boy!
I look around me and the friends are gone,


Who played with me there in my boyhoods time
And still through this world | am wandering on
Now dreaming dream and, now muttering


rhyme!


But up through the mists Of memory still


Like music heard from the land ofjoy,.
Comes the gushing Spring at the foot OF the hill,
Where drank when ! was boy
In the valley below, where the maple shade
Grows dark on the mound Of her early grave,
Lies sleeping forever gentle maid,


Who was lovely as God to earth e'er gavel
And the stream flows on in its music still


As it comes with hymn of joy,
From the gushing Spring at the foot OF the hill,
Where | drank when / was boy!
Year: 1869

TICKET SPECTATORS BrT-Edwin Booth
played to a beggarly account of empty boxes
on Friday night at bis new theatre, in New
York city, though his excbequer was as full as
if every seat had been filed. The explanation
of the anomaly is to be found in The fact that
the spectators had previously purchased two
thirds of the seats, and were disappointed in
the public not coming forward to take them
off their hands. Though the house is capable
of seating ZOO persous. there were not more
than IS in the dress circle aud 500 IN tho par
auette ard galleries.
Year: 1869

THIS Hotel has been rcftted recently, and
i is now in first rate order. The table is
supplied with the best, and the traveller will
find his lodgings superior to most country
hotels. The stabling is new. ejl5Y.
Year: 1869

The wife of Socrates was said to be a great scold. Had her husband furnished her with Renne's Pain Killing Magic Oil to cure a painful toothache, she would. no doubt, have been one of the best women of the age. Iao aiaesg I a'5a1 Eo rl
Year: 1869

MONTGOMERY. Jan. 90 In q recent press dis
patch from this city it was stated upon the
authority of the ColumbiaDa Guide, that circuit
Judge Pelham bad decided that the Alabama
Legislature wss not legal body, and that Wm.
II. Smith was not legal governor The dispatch
correctly represented the statement of the paper
referred to but the facts in the case are these
A vacancy in the Office of probate Judge Of
shelby county was reported to the governor, who
was required by the Constitution to issue a COM
mission TO fill the vacancy. Afterwards the ques.
ton arose as to whether there was really
vacancy. In determining this question, Judge
Pelham decided that II the vacancy had not
occurred in the manper prescribed by law the
governors commission designating another man
for the office was null ard void. The decision re.
lated in no way to the validity of either the Legis
lature or the governors office.
Year: 1869




Two days ago an adventurous student entered
the cave which is known to run under our CITY, in
West Nashville, near the residence of Mrs. Hines
On kno" les street, and having travelled in south.
erly direction for over mile, until be found him
self under the hill on which Fort Negley stood he
commenced a rigid exploration Of the interior Of
the cavern as he returned.


DE fOund earthen vases IN pr0fusion, some of
them capacious enough to hold barrel OF water,
aud OF undoubted Eastern style Of Instruction.
he also found stone coffin or sarcoDhegus, nine
feet lorg on the outside and seven feet on rhe in.
slde. IL was laid up on a natural ledge Of rock.
and bore certain characters on the eide of it,
which be was unable to decipher. Within was
nothing buts email spriDkling Of dust and about
half an inch Of pasty mud. He also found regular
steel Knives, with very long handles Of some sort
Of composite material, which he assures US Is
pottery. On this the craven characters are vet
quite legible. He brought forth from this gave
Of centuries several specimens of his discoveries.
which are no less curious than wonderful He Is
masking preparations for a series of explorations.
which he intends to extend over several weeks,
They will be undertaken with the view OF writing
an exhaustive and correct account of all the
archaeological remains which are to be found around
this city.
Year: 1869

In one of the most splendid houses on
Fifth Avenue, N. Y, lives lady of greaf
wealth and expensive tastes, who is noted
for the splendor of her diamonds. Per-
haps half million dollars invested in
these stones, was kept in safe in her
dressing-room, and the key of the safe
locked in box in private drawer.


On coming up from dinner one day, she
found the key on her dressing-bureau, and
valuable diamonds in old fashioned set.
tings which were heir looms, had been
ste e..


On applying to Mr.. Tiffany, the jewel.
er, for advice, he recommended her to
advertise for the lost diamonds, offering
just as large reward as she felt disposed
to give, and promising no questions should
be asked.


The next morning a note was slipped
under the hall door, saying the jewels
would be delivered in the ladys own
house at such an hour in the afternoon, in
the presence of herself and her husband
only. The reward, by the way, was
100000.


The lady sent for Mr.. Tifanys head
setter of diamonds to be on hand to INSPECT
the stones, lest they should prove imita-
tions. The hour passed, and the whole
evening, but no jewels appeared. The
next morning another note was slid under
the door, say ng it was useless for the lady
to have spectators concealed in the back
parlor, as she had on the previous day,
or to send for judge Of diamonds; the
writer was gentleman, and would return
the real stones.


lie next appointed a place of meeting
on vacant lot near the Cen. Park, where
he would receive the reward at the hands
of single person, and deliver the stones.
Further, the money must contain no mark
ed DIS, and no large ones, which would
excite remark when changed, If she
chose to comply with these terms, she
should have her diamonds; otherwise she
would never see them again, as N. Y. was
growing too hot for the writer, and he
meant to leave. A servant man went to-
tire spot to receive the package of stones
he was met by gentlemanly person whose
face was concealed, and the argain wa.
made. The jewels were all right.


The robber had slipped in the basement
after grocer's boy at dusk, and hid him.
self till the family were at dinner, when
he went up to the dressing-room. Here
h. was interrupted twice BY the entrance
Of maid; he went into one closet of
the room while the girl was in the other,
and if it had not been for this hindrance
he would have taken all the diamonds,
and no reward would have tempted him
to bring them back.
Year: 1869

A SMILING FACE AND A KIND HEART
Which will you do-7smile, and make your
household happy, or be grabbed, and
make all those young ones gloomy and the
elder ones miserable? The amount of
happiness you can produce is incalculable
if you show a smiling face, kind heart,
and speak pleasant words Wear pleas
ant countenance let joy beam in your
eyes, and love glow on your forehead.
There is no joy like that which springs
from kind act or pleasant deed and
you will feel it at night when you rest, at
morning when you rise, and through the
day when about your business.
Year: 1869

HARD Work AND HARD DRIvrNG.--Hor-
ses were designed as beasts of burden, to
relieve mankind from fatiguing drudgery.
1t does not hurt them to work hard, if
they are treated kindly. 1t is not the
hard drawing and pondcrous loads that
wear out horses and make them poor, and
baulky and worthless; but it is the hard
driving, the worry by rough, inhuman
drivers, that uses up more horse flesh, fat
and muscle than all the labor team per-
forms. Consider the ponderous loads that
many teams are required to cart every
day, and several times day, yet they
appear to grow fatter and stronger every
year. They are treated kindly. On the
other hand, other horses, that do not per-
form half the labor, soon grow poor, and
give out, and the next we hear of them
is, they die with the harness on. Hard
work does not kill them; but the worry
ing. fretting, and abuse did the job.


Horses will do all the moving and reap
ing on large farm, thrash the grain,
pitch the hay, turn the grindstone, saw
the wood, and perform almost all the
heavy labor that farmers have been ac-
customed to do, and grow fat, if they are
not worried and jerked and kicked about
as if they we're living football.
Year: 1869

lIS lICuillCllSdl SOuuCll, NtllCu ID ~
assemble at Rome in December of the
present year, will be very important
gathering, and the questions which will
then and there be discussed will be of
great interest and significance to the whole
religious world, as well as to the Roman
Catholic church. One of the questions
which is then to come up is in regard to
the election of u successor to Pope Plus
Ninth during the lifetime of the latter
The object of such movement is to OBJ
viate the danger which might result to the
temporal power of the Pope by having
an interregnum of any considerable length
in the Papal Office. The choice and in
auguration of Pope are divided into
three parts, the first of which is the
election by the Cardinals. the Sc
cond is the exaltation, when the pontif-
ical cnair and its occupant are carried to
st. Peters upon mems shoulders, and the
third is the coronation. Only the first
part of this programme, of course, could
be carried out during the lifetime of the
present Pope, but the accomplishment of
this would greatly lessen the complications
that might otherwise arise at the death of
the Pope, and it is understood that the
Pope himself has authorized and sanction
ed this arrangement. If it is a measure
originated or approved by him, there can
be little doubt that the Council will give
it most favorable terms.


The principal purpose of this proposal is
to check the aspirations Of the Italians for
the extension Of italian sovereignty over
the present Italian territory. The tenn
poral power which the Pope exercises is
a source of perpetual annoyance, discom-
fort and irritation to the Italian govern
ment and people, and they have long hop
ed that at the death of Pope Plus they
would be able to include Rome in the
Italian kingdom. They are willing enough
to have the Pope retain his spiritual pow
er and position, but they want to make
Rome the capital of Italy, and to have
the Pope occupy himself with religious
matters rather than with the exercise of
temporal sovereignty. The present Pope
has often and forcibly declared that he
would never willingly yield an iota of the
power which has so long been associated
with the Papal office, and the Italians
have been quietly hoping for the realza-
ton of their aspirations at his death. 1t
seems from this movement that Plus has
been fully alive to the situation of affairs,
and that he means to leave no effort un-
untried to perpetuate at Rome the tempo
raj sovereignty of the occupant of the
Papal chair. This whole matter will have
an important bearing upon European poll
tics, and now that the Papal policy has
been announced, the Italians and those
who sympathize with them in their wishes
to have separation between the temporal
and spiritual power will lose no time in
consolidating their forces and preparing
to combat the purposes of the Vatican
Boston Journal.
Year: 1869

admitted, until the sash may be gradually
withdrawn part of the day.


Great care should be exercised in re-
moving and setting out the plants in the
open air. They should not be removed
until the weather is settled warm. Hav-
been started in such sheltered position,
and cared for so tenderly, they are par
tal exotics and need special attention.
They should be moved with as much earth
as possible about the roots and placed in
rich, warm soil, and they will be likely
to grow right on. But if they are care
lcssly set out they will boehecked in their
growth and may be failure.


Without the trouble of making hot
bed, many plants, where the dependence is
not upon the roots for food, such as mel
ons and vines of various kinds, corn, g.,
may be greately advanced by being
started under glass, on pieces of upturned
sod, ami the small pieces removed and
set out without disturbing the roots in the
least. A gain of some weeks may be
made in this way.--Ne,o York Observer.