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Year: 1872

MESsRs. EDITORS Permit me, through
your valuable paper, to refer briefly to tire
subject of Railroads in Jefferson County.
The past differences alluded to in the
last issue of the WEEKLY CHRONICLE, by
FRO Bono Publico, are fortunately of a
very slight nature and are only nurtured
oy lew individuals. Our friends in the
South side of the county need not think
because we opposed the Messy Creek and
Dandrldge Narrow Gauge that we will
necessarily oppose the road now in con-
temptation. We feel that the former was
premature and unsafe on account of its To-
cation and length; the latter. if success
fully carried out, bids fair to be not only q
blessing to our friends of the south side
but an advantage to the whole county.


Let not our friends be aggrieved, we will
with all due courtesy and gratitude, re-
member them when we think it to their
advantage, and when it will be no detri-
ment to the county.


We concur most heartily with Pro Bono
Publico's proposition to do away with sec
tional preiudices, keeping in view the TACT
that whatever is of interest to one part OF
the country will be of interest to the whole.
Then as county loving and county
serving citizens you may expect something
at our hands.


We hope to be able at the August cleo
ton to vote Railroad by an overwhelm-
ing majority. = esH
Let more steam OH.


NORTH JEFFERSON.
Year: 1872

The Central Committee at Frankfort
have issued a call for State Convention,
10 meet at Frankfort, on the 20th Of
June.


The sole object Of The State Conren
ton is to select delegates 70 the Nauonal
Democratic Convention, and 10 nominate
an electoral ticket.


We are satisfied that the present feel
ing of the Democracy of this section Is
averss to the holding of either State or
National Democratic Conventiou. How
ever. if the aims of conservatism can
thus be best accomplished, by all means;
let the Convention assemble.
Year: 1872

,iOns aud csurpat;ons Of Radicalismi and
the Or.iy one that can bring the government
q the United States to within the control
of The people The country has such assu-
RANGES as these by supporting this ticket
and the defeat Of such aims by the support
of my other.
Year: 1872

\ correspondent OF tie Louisville
Co,a.ier- Journal, truthfully represents
the political situation in the following


All roads that lead from Greeley cad
10 Grant; but there are tunes when the
politicians obstinafely refuse 10 take any
road tina: does not lead to ruin. and this
may mislead many of those who are not
instructed as 70 the designs of the ma
tional managers. The present time does
not belong TO the class Of periods named
There has been for months at Washing
ton but one opinion, and that is that the
Democratic party, as q separate organl~
zation. has no chance whatever OF a fair
election or a fair count OF the vote. and
that the only hope Of beating Grant rests
solely in 50 dividing the Republicans as
to produce a popular srouud-swell and
bY this agency Of so working upon the
present Radical House Of Representa-
tives as TO compel tito do the clean thing,
having previously y at the polls overcome
by numbers and enthusiasm the ma
chine work with which the Administra
ton will invest the ballot box.
Year: 1872

The colored people to-day celebrated
the anniversary proclamation abolishing
slavery in the District. The process
sion was conceded to he the finest ever
made on an occasion of this kind The
President and members Of the Cabinet
reviewed the procession from the portico
fthe White House. The reception this
evening will conclude the exercises.
Year: 1872

HERALD reporter had an interview with Chief
Justice Beasley yesterday in reference to the time
the decision would be given in the case OF the Jer
sey City Police Commissioners, which has been so
long In abeyance. The Chief Justice said that In
consequence OF the matter having been brought up
20 late In the term, and the Judges were busy
the Court OF Errors at the time, and then,
on the adjournment OF that Court having been
arrive at decision without undue haste. The
Chlei Justice said further, that the case was SO
deliberate over the matter, and, according to his
opinion the decision would not be made known
inside of month"; but probably it might be arrived
al sooner II Will be announced surely before next
term OF Court.
Year: 1872

1t is not often that the name of Ste
phen A. Douglas is connected in our
minds with anything outside of the po-
litical arena, but here is q beautiful po-
etical etfusion ofhis which is a credit a.
like to heart and intellect:
Bury me in the morning, mother,


Oh, let me have the light
Of one bright day Oh my grave, mother,


Ere you leave me alone with Night.
Alone in the night of the grave, mother,


'Tis thought Of terrible fear:
And you will be here alone, mother,


And stars will be shining here;
So bury me in the morning, mother,


And let me have the light,
OF one bright day on my grave, mother


Ere I'm alone with the night.
You tell me of Saviour's love, mother,


l feel it is in my heart
But oh, from this beautiful world, ,mother,


'Tis hard for the young to part;
For even to part when here, mother,


The soul is fam to stay;
For the grave is deep and dark, mother,


And Heaven seems far away.
Then bury me in the morning, mother,


And let me have the light
OF one bright day on my grave, mother,


Ere I'm alone with the night
Year: 1872

A raven was crossing a field and saw
a cuckoo preparing soft bed behind a
shady bush. That seemed very odd to
him; so he crept nsarcr, and asked the
cuckoo what he was making there!


a bed, as you see, the cuckoo an
swered shortly.


a bed " nat for ?" the raven kept
on inquiring You are not going to
lie on the ground As far as know,
YOU usually rest in hollow tree.


1T is not for myself replied the
cuckoo, but for that poor sick hen
there. YOU see behind the bushes. See
that poor creature" he continued, weep
ing, "she fills my soul with pity she
has not been well for a long time"


Really, an odd kind OF neighborly
love. l could never in the least have
expected that Of you" the raven cried
in ecstasy and the bright tears flowed
down his raven cheeks at the thought
OF this noble decd.


Yes" the cuckoo continued in a
whining tone, "this good hen laid me
early every day an egg; upon that |
have hitherto lived wnen | could get at
nothing else, and how miserable Ishould
be if she should die ! | must perish.
Yes, must starve in these famine times.


"Aha, so! 1t is not precisely for the
poor sick hen, but for the eggs you
make the nest" croaked the raven, as,
quickly drying her tears, she few away.
Year: 1872

The trial Of Thomas Cullen, aged 10 years,
for the murder Of James P. McWil1am-, q print
er employed in the Office Of the Chicago Times,
was concluded yesterday in the Criminal Court.
After retirement OF about one hour, the jury
brought in verdict OF guilty, fixing the penalty
at imprisonment for life in the Penitentiary.
Although the crime was one Of peculiar atzocity,
it was curiously lacking in those features which
usually lead to certain conviction, inasmuch as
it WIS impossible to produce witness to swear
positively that the accused fired the Shot
The evidence was wholly circumstantial, but SO
convincing as to preclude reasonable doubt
of guilt. In his instructions to the jury, Judge
Tree specifically charged that the plea OF drunk
enness is Of no effect in e1tenuation Of crime.
Year: 1872

There are large number OF public journals IN
this country whose editors give 60 much time to
their neighbor's affairs that they cannot make
good newspapers themselves. Just at this time
they seem to be giving most Of their attention to
the New York Tribune, telling how the stock
holders Of that paper are preparing to shake OF
Mr. Greeley, in case he should not be elected
President, and how Mr. White}aw Reid is
q reed ehaken in the wind, and how
subscribers ere falling off, and ad7er-
tisers losing courage. To the apprehension
Of these little people, q newspaper with
quarter century's growth, worth million dollars
in the market, and which cannot be bought Tor
that sum, is a thing to be blown down IN q day
because an election in Pennsylvania was carried
the wrong way by bribery and bal1ot-Rtulhng'
The Cincinnati Commercial gives these male
Mrs. Grundys "goipg over" in m article
we'll worth reading, which re transfer to ou1
colurone.
Year: 1872

The meeting last evening, at which Governor
Hendricks and Hon. Geo. q. Pendleton spoke,
vas very large, filing the entire Market street
space between Field, Letter l. Co.'S store and the
Union National Bank. It was larger, certainly,
than any meeting the Grant party in this city
have been able to muster during the campaign,
and was more enthusiastic than their meetings
have generally been. It proves beyond doubt
that the friends Of Greeley and Koerner have
the votes to carry the city if they use due dill.
gence to organize their forces and bring out
their full strength on the day Of election.
Year: 1872

It would appear that the very 6rst day OF tho
last murder trial afforded the counsel for the
defence an opportunity for an exception that
may lead to the granting Of a surersedeas from
the Supreme Court if it should become desira-
ble,-that mysterious instrument which has
excited the wrath of those lawyers who make
mistakes in trying criminals. The ex-
ception, like the others which arc susceptible
Of such convenient use in cases Of conviction,
can be traced to the States Attorney. In this
instance, it happens to be an error in the en-
panelling Of the jury. In other cases, it is a
flaw in the Indictment, or some other irregu-
1arity Of the prosecution On the part Of the
Year: 1872

State. If the people of this community actually
cherish the hope Of quick punishment for crime,


and dread the interference of the
supersedeas as much as they pretend,


would it not be wise to avail themselves OF the


means Of prevention within their power, and
choose Prosecuting Attorney for the State
who would frame his indictments and so con-
duct his prosecutions as to render it unneceB-
sary for the Supreme Court to reopen cases of
plain conviction on account Of manifest errors ?
Year: 1872

General Longstreet las boxed the political
comrass. and got back into the Grant party.
His note announcing his latest change is what
the New York Times calls "the letter OF An
honest man.
Year: 1872

this State, will find him faithful to every duty
pertaining to his Office and imposed On him By


tile lew. If they want anything different from


this, they should vote against him.
Year: 1872

SHOwERY. = We have been blessed
with two nice thunder showers in the
past twenty-four hours, which, aside from
cooling the atmosphere, have probably
put out the fires that have been raging in
the mountains for some time past.
Year: 1872

The PARTY AT MOUNT PLEASANT"
The party given by Jimmy Ward, on
Friday last, was very pleasant and So
cable affair. Over thirty ladies were
In attendance, and dancing was kept up
until day-break.
Year: 1872

Action brought
in District Court of
the Ninth Judicial
District ofthe State
of California, in
and for the county
of Trinity, and the
Complaint filed in
said countyof Trim
ity in the office of
J the Clerk of said
District Court.
Year: 1872

Ak Indiana woman got u large num-
Der Of names to a petition for the par
don Of her husband, who had the mis-
fortune to get into the pen,tentiary.
On her rounds she met another fellow
who suited her better, whereupon she
burned the petition, will claim the di-
vorce tho law gives her In such case.
and become the blushing bride Of said
other fellow.
Year: 1872

A NEGRO preacher at q Georgia
camp meeting told his hearers that
they could never enter heaven with
whisky bottles In their pockets, and
urged them to 4 bring 'em right up to
the pulpit, and he would offer 'em as a
sacrifice to de Lord" The conse-
quence was that the good shepherd
was In the, evening so overcome by the
spirits as to be unable to preach.
Year: 1872

They have a new way Of getting up
surprise parties in certain parts of
Illinois. a resident receives an anon.
ymous letter, stating that a surprise
party will be with him on a certain
evening. He prepares for it, nobody
comes, and the surprise of the party is
complete.
Year: 1872

: su1vo, osud subdivision Ot placer claims

 into smaller quantities than one hun

 dred and sixty acres, together with the

 cost of publication of notices, shall be

 paid by the applicants, and they shall

 be at liberty to obtain the same at the

 most reasonable rates, and they shall also be at liberty to employ any United

 States Deputy Surveyor to make the survey. The Commissioner of the

 General Land Office shall also have power to establish the maximum charges for surveys and publication of notices under this Act and, ill case of excessive charges for publication, he

 may designate any newspaper pub lished in land district where mines are situated for the publication Of mining notices in such district, and fix the rates to be charged by such paper; and, to the end that the Commissioner

 may be fully informed on the subject,

 each applicant shall file with the Reg

 ister a sworn statement of all charges

 and fees paid by said applicant for

 publication and surveys, together with all fees and money paid the Register and the Receiver of rne Land Office, which statement shall be transmitted, with the other papers in the case, to the Commissionar of the General

 Land Office The fees Of the Register and the Receiver shall be five dollars each for filing and acting upon each application for patent or adverse claim filed, and they shall be allowC he amount fixed by law for reducing mony to writing, when done in Land Office, such fees and allowaL

 to be paid by the respective Partie

 and no other fees sbal be charged ba them in such eases. Nothing in this
Year: 1872

A fond father in Rochester had
suspected his daughter of having
stolen moonlight walks with lover
whom be had refused her seeing, and
in coming home tle other night at
late hour, he thought he saw his
daughters ar,a linked in with the
hated lovers The indignant papa
took the young man by the collar and
was giving him good shaking. to-
gether with sundry admonitions from
behindwhen he dicovered to his dis
NAV. that he had tackled the wrong
man, the parties being highly res
pectable young couple, who were
innocently returning from prayer
meeting.
Year: 1872

How nearly akin the red and the
white rcns IN are. and how the in
stincts of tie one are the same as tine
other. A Western correspondent,
writing from the frontier, describes
a little Indian girl of three or four
years, who had q pappoose board in
her arms, and on the board q doll
covered with wicker work and small
piece of red cloth. She cared for
it as carefully as the white child does
for her imaginary offspring, and
probably felt the same instructive
yearning for maternity.
Year: 1872




The two questions of most interest,
politically, at present in England, are
the new method of voting by ballot and
the licensing bill. The first appears to
an American to be enculnbered with a
number of useless precautions Here
we take printed square of paper go
up to the poll and vote Our danger is
the stufIing of the ballot-boxes, and, as
late events has proven, it is a very seri-
Gus one. In England the peril most
urgent is the old custom of bribing
voters. Each election in many of what
are know as the rotten boroughs' has
hitherto been but a question of the
depth of the pockets of the different
candidates and the skill of their agents.
To guard against this, the machinery OF
the English ballot bill is such that no
person knows how tho voter casts his
ballot, and therefore it is rendered use
less to bribe a man when he may on may
not vote for the briber as he pleases,
and nobody is the wiser. The licensing
bill puts under control of commission
in the various towns and counties the
opening and closing of all public
bouses. The commission can license
these to open early and close late, or
they can abridge their freedom even to
shutting them up entirely. THIS far
the scheme appears to have worked ex-
ceedingly well. G0nsts
Year: 1872

The time has passed away when wo-
men must be pale and delicate to be
called interesting-when she must 90
totally ignorant of all practical kn0wl-
edge, to he called interesting--when
she must know nothing Of the current
political news If the day. or be called
masculine and strong minded.


1t is not a sign of high birth or re.
iuement to he sickly and ignorant.
Those who affect anything Of the kind
are behind the times, and must shake
up and air themselves, mentally and
physically, or drop under the firm
strides of common sense ideas, and he
crushed into utter inslgnificance.


In these days an active, rosy-faced
girl, with brain quick and clear, warm,
light heart, temper quickly heated
at intended insult or injury, and just
as quick to forgive whose feet can run
rs fast as her tongue and not put her
out Of breath; who is not afraid Of
freckles, or to breathe the pure air of
heaven, unrestraned by the trawn
curtains of a close carriage; and above
all, who can speak her mind and give
her opinion on important topics which
interest intelligent people, is the true
girl who will make good woman.


This is the girl who wins in these
days. Even iops and dandies like
woman who can taik we'll, even if she
is not handsome. They weary of the
mnst beautiful creature if she is not
smart. They say, "Aw, yes, she is
beauty, and no mistake, but che won't
do for me-lack of brains"--of which
commodity, j: would seem, she could
have little use in her association with
him; however, to please even an emp
ty-headrd fop, woman must know
something.
Year: 1872

About once in tour or five years the
question "Was Morgan murdered by
the Free Masons p comes up in the
newspapers, and is discussed with as
much fervor as if the transaction it
refers to was a matter OF yesterday. 1t
will sadden those who delight in mys-
terv to know, on SO good authority as
that of Morgan's son, that the supposed
victim of the brethren of the mystic
tie was neither tied to stone and sunk,
had his throat cut or was torn asunder,
according to the general custom in such
cases. On the contrary. he lived until
nearly thirty years after his abduction,
and finally ended his days in corpu.
lence and contentment at Hobartowu,
Van Dieman's land, where he for some
wears published a newspaper, the Ad-
vsrtiser, which is still in existence.
According 10 the statement of the son
referred to, Morgan was released on
condition of his leaving the country
forever. He was accompanied to Que
bee, where he entered the British navy,
and was placed on ship which left
soon after for England. Later he &C.
companied a Government vessel to
Australia, and his period Of service
being ended, he chose to take up his
residence in that quarter Of the world.
His son is a resident Of San Francisco,
and is responsible for the statements
here given.
Year: 1872

WASHINGTON, May5.-Senator Trum-
bull announces his approval Of and in
tention to support the nomination OF
Greeley and Brown. Other Liberal
Republicans have also announced their
determination to adhere to the ticket.


The Indirect Claims.


The expectation INDUCED in certain
quarters here that Great Britain would
propose TO this government as a means
Of settlement of the indirect claims the
principle that neutrals are not to be
held response for indirect damages, and
eventually have their way for a settle
ment of our direct claims at Geneva
under the treaty of Washington. has
been disapprovsd. The British Gov
ernment has notified this government
that they can make no such
proposition for the settlement OF
principle which they never did
or never expected to admit.
This notification substantially places
the whole question where it was when
first presented at Geneva aud it is
thought, shuts out all hope OF salts
factory solution ofthe question Of in
direct and possibly direct damages, as
the administration again announces
that in view OF the fact that they have
incorporated in our case a claim for
indirect as well as for direct damages
and asked that gross sum might be
awarded, therefore they cannot and
will not recede from their position.


The Buell. Records.


1t is stated here that the missing
Buell. records, over which there has
been 50 much discussion lately, were
turned over to General Badeau to
enable him to complete the second VOL
ume of his life Of General Grant, since
which time they have not been seen or
accounted for. Testimony was given
last week before the House Committee
of Investigation by prominent ex-offi-
Ger of the Union army to the effect that
these records were seen by him in pos
session of General Badeau, that the
latter exhibited them to him, and that
many of them were much mutilated.
Year: 1872

AMONG other things for which the
New York Tribune has lately been re-
markable, is a short letter concerning
Northern Settlers in Virginia" the
fairness OF which forms an agree
able contrast to the communications OF
the cowardly anonymous correspond
ents 10 whom the Tribune, at one time,
so freely threw open its columns. The
letter we speak Of is signed with the
writer's full name, and the gist Of it
can be gathered from the first two
paragraphs. He says:


IL have been in Virginia during the
past winter looking for home, and am
often asked regarding the feelings OF
the people toward Northern settlers. !
reply that was never treated in more
friendly or hospitable manner in any
part OF the country, and have travelled
q good deal in the East and West"


Such testimony as this, coming from
a Northern man, and, in all probability,
in politics a Republican, is the best
answer to the multitude Of scribblers
who have made it their business to
plunder and mslign the South.
Year: 1872

The amount of interest paid by the
accounting officers OF the treasury upon
the debt OF the State amounted to, up
to yesterday, about 100000. 1t has
been less than thirty days since the
nayment OF interest commenced, and
while there has been no rush Of bond
holders, there has been steady and
dsily increasing demand for the four
per cent so ungraciously allowed by
the last Legislature. The appre-
bension that there will not be more
revenue raised by the present tax
bill than is sufficient to pay
current expenses of the Government
and two per cent interest next year, has
induced many persons to collect the
amount offered them, and to acqulesce
in the repeal OF the provisions OF the
law making coupons receivable tor
taxes, that would not otherwise have
done 30.


Counties are still applying to the
Auditor for blanks to make out the
new assessment, and the reductions re-
ported vary from fifteen to fifty per cent
on on the valuations Of last year.-Rteh'
nond Enquirer.