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Year: 1871




The bloodiest affair that has ever occur
enacted on board of the Sussie Silver, ly-
ing at our wharf Monday night. At
late hour a number of white men were sit
ting around the stove to keep themselves
warm, One of the number named John
son got up to go to bed, and told another
white man to take his seat. Before, how
ever, the white man had time to sit down,
hideOus looking negro named Owen,
with a face like large cocoanut, and lips
similar to sides of rusty bacon, planked
himself right in the chair. This sort of
indignity and insult could not be borne by
people with much less spirit than those to
whom it was offered. A quarrel ensued.
The negro pulled out big knife and pro-
ceeded to carve indiscriminately.


He cut one man in the breast right over
the heart, he nearly severed the thigh of
another man, and cut and hacked a third
in all directions. He ecommenced the busi-
ness without ceremony and carried it on
with such vigor that there was no possi
bility of stopping him until the damage
was done and, had not the knife slipped
out of his hand, it is within the range of
possibility that he would have killed at
least half dozen men. He is certainly
the most sanguinary being of the human
mould that ever sailed on the Mississippi.
He was arrested and locked up in the
Adam street station house. The names of
the injured parties are Pat. Ryan, Thomas
Halligan and George Ross. Two of them
are in the city hospital. The murderous
negro is now in Jail, having failed to pro-
cure three thousand dollars bond before
the recorder yesterday morning.-Mem-
phis AppedE, 10Th.
Year: 1871

EbIlABETHTON, NOV. H. 1871.


EDITORS CHRONICLE: Circuit Court
usually attracts large crowd in Carter,
but this week the yeomanry are out in full
force, from the fact that Turner and Fain,
harged with the killing of young Shell,
We're expected to be tried. But their case
will not he reached at the present term,
even if they could be tried in this county,
which cannot be done with safety to all
concerned. 1 think the people are very
much eXasperated, and are quite anxious
the full measure of punishment shall be
meted out to them. Their counsel, who
are, as we are informed, Col. Netherland,
Gen. Britton and Judge Butler, will ask
for change of venue to Washington
county.


Elizabethton came near being the scene
of another homicide on Sabbath evening
last. a negro man by the name of Stover,
who was somewhat garrulous from having
taken too much benzine, rudely insulted a
young man 10y the name of Perry, where
upon young Perry dealt Slower blow
with bludgeon that left him stiff and
stark. He remained in an insensible con-
dition until yesterday morning, when rea-
son seemed to return and his physicians
think he will recover, though the skull Is
fractured.


Within the past three months Carter
county has had two or three wicked, wan
ton murders, and though it seems hard
that one fellow w-creatur'es blood shall, in
early life, by the hands of an assassin, be
made to crimson the orchard plat or viii
lage side-wall for the purpose of awaken
ing the wicked to a sense of their wrong,
yet it appears such will be the case, and
it may be they have not died in vain. L
have seen but one man under the influ-
ence of liquor in the town. The grocery
has not half its usual number of followers
and heretofore drunken men abounded
and brawls were common. Rev. Mr.. At
water, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church
at this place, is waging a relentless
war OF determination upon whisky in all
its phases. The people are going to sus-
tain, him for they are determined to have
less drinking.


Franklin Literary Society gave most
excellent concert last night, which was a
complete success.


From the amount and manner of hand
shaking that about five or six distinguish
ed Republicans are trying to learn, would
say. we will have a jolly family quarrel in
our next Congressional Nominating Con-
vention. They are good men and weare
going to nominate-and nomination is
equal to an election in this district-just
who we please and make the others be-
have, too. .#. ~ ~ HENRY.
Year: 1871

The Secretary of the National Republi-
can Executive Committee has issued call
to have a meeting of that committee at
Washington, on the 18th day of January,
to decide when and where the next Re-
publican Presidential Convention shall be
held. New York city will probably be the
place.
Year: 1871

A reader of an article in an evangelical
weekly, on converting United States five
twenties, " says he longs to be a mission
airy in that field and thinks he should
cleave unto his flock.
Year: 1871

WOMEN of business tact are few in num-
Der, but we occasionally hear of one. The
latest instance is that of a lady editor in
Wisconsin, who advertises through the
columns of her own paper for n husband.
She says he must be a printer and possess
ed of sufficient means TO buy press.
Year: 1871

Oscar j. Dunn, Lieutenant Governor of Lou
isana died in this city yesterday morning after
brief illness. He had been suffering for some
weeks from pulmonary catarrh, but not sutii-
ciently SO to keep him within doors. His plysi-
clam. Dr. E. ID. Beach, ccrtiiies that his death
was caused by congestion of the brain. Mr..
Dunn was representative man among the
coorcd people of the State. and enjoyed their
confidence to an extraordinary degree. He
was their acknowledged leader While in office
his conduct was marked by good sense. self
possession and quiet dignity which enabled
him to perform his difficult duties as presiding
officer of the Senate with success which
could scarcely have been expected from one
who had had little or no experience in dclbcr;,-
ting assemblies. 1t is generally admitted that
he exercised restraining influence upon his
race, who had been so suddenly elevated from
condition of servitude to q condition Of citi-
zenship, and who were encouraged by bad men
to make an improper of their freedom.


What effect his death will have upon the 20
ltcal aspect of the State remains to be seen.
Some think that it will work change in the
sentiment and attitude of that portion Of the
Republican party with which he acted, and
that the division now existing is not likely to
he healed 1t is stated that Gov. Warmoth in
tends to make an appointment to the Office
made vacant by Mr.. Dunns death.-N 0. Bee.
Year: 1871

Although we assumed it to I've the case
in our article of yesterday, it does not
follow that because President Grant and
his advisers have l,een digesting the
ku- klux law, that their real intention is
to employ its powers in the cause of
reform in the Southern States. There
is too mucl, ground for believing that
their motive is mainly partisan, aud the
end in view the crushing out of all op-
position to General Grants reelection.
None of our readers would construe our
remarks on this subject as intended to
piece of legislation rs the ku-klux law,
it's use for any such purpose as the
election of any man to Office. We have
never had but one opinion of that extra
ordinary and unprecedented statute. Its
entire Inconsistency aud incompatibility
with the provisions of the Federal Con-
stitution and republican doctrines would
prevent our being reconciled to the EN-
ployment of powers so dangerous to the
people. Tt is unquestionably revolu-
tiorary in it's character. But when ones
house is ON fire he is not very particular
as to the means employed for it's ex-
tinguishment, and it is only in this sense
that we could witness with satisfaction,
Federal interposition under the ku- Klux
law, in our State affairs. We may prop
erly aud without violence to the princi-
plies we hold, encourage President Grant
to use all the powers he possesses for
the benefit of oppressed communities,
our ewn in particular. If lie is sincere
and can put stop to the ruinoua gov
ernment under which We have been liv-
ing we know of no reason why We should
reject his aid. But, then, if he inter-
feres in our local affairs, it should be
solely with the view Of restoring to the
people of the State the control of their
own concerns and not for the further
| ance of party interests. Without pla


cling too much confidence in the good in
tentions of the Radical leaders, there
may not come any harm to us by assu-
ming that they have at last come tothe
conclusion shat it is for the interest of
! their own party that the reign of corrup-
ton should be speedily closed. There
are oatgivings by prominent men of the
Republican party to that effect. They
admit now, because they cannot deny
the widespread decentralization conse-
quent upon the defalcations and robber-
leB GOHAEHlttSN Uy OlAC6-nDtU6ES OI tn6lr
appointment. Wendell Phillips, great
light among them, asserted in a late
speech that ''in one-half of the States
there is no republic" Who is response
BILE for it? We take it for granted he
would mot accuse the Democrats Of the
country of bringing about such a state
Of things. When men welding such an
influence, make confession Of wrong do
ing, there may be some hope of their al
90 discovering the proper remedy. That
remedy is not by o continuance Of the
wrong and we would fain trust that the
purpose of these leaders now that they
are convinced of the mischief which
has been done, and Of the peril Of the
country that their measures have been
taken with an honest intention to effec-
tnate reform. These measures must be
comprehensive in their scope and states
manlike In their character il their authors
desire to obtain the confidence of tho
people. N. O. Bee, Nop. 5th.
Year: 1871

SRERTF.-We understand that the Democratic
candidate for Sheriff is on his rounds, and has an
idea that every Republican who treats him civ
lily is going to vote for him. The number OF
genuine Republicans who vote for him, will be
f.w and far between. Among other things, his
hackers charge that MAQuILKEN is drunkar'i
aud a rowing character. As to drunkenness, all
the liquor he drinks in year would not make an
ordinary horn for Democrat in good standing
and MS for rowing, he has resided here for almost
fifteen years, and has rarely been away for any
other purpose than an occasional days hunting,
except about three years, when he was rowing
about the South, hunting rebels Can the De-
mocracy tell what portion of that time their can
didate was in the rebel army, and what portion
he was skedaddled TO that rebel land Of refuge,
Montana.
Year: 1871

Missouri PACIFIc-The Missouri Pacific is q
good road-it has large eolored placar,ls posted
all over the country, announcing the fact-but a
great road like this, dependent upon all classes Of
people for patronage, should be impartial in its
business transactions and not discriminate against
the members of one great organization, while ex-
tending it's favors to all Others This road sold
tickets ut but little more than half fare to the
Kansas City Exposition, to the Masonic Grand
Lodge Of Kansas, and Grand Lodge of Good Temp
lars; but refused to make any deduction whatev-
er to the delegates to the Grand Lodge Of Odd
Fellows being the only road operating in the State
that refused to do So upon application being made
This act of meanness may not lose the road much
business, but will certainly not gain it any good
will.
Year: 1871

LAwYERs.-There is not law Office nor law
library left in Chicago, except the few mall
duplicate libraries at the residences of the lead
ing lawyers. There is not paper showing that
there is suit pending in any Of the six courts Of
record in Cook County, including the federal
court. There is not an Indictment 10 existance in
the county against any one, not . Judgment, not
q petition in bankruptcy IN the federal courts.
Even the duplicate files that the lawyers kept in
their ofbccs Of ofimportant cases are all gone.
Year: 1871

Such Is GREATNEsslOn a recent visit to to q
city in this State, we ran across man who once
held high and honorable Office in Kansas, and
who less than two years since took unto himself a
wife. He had his lady out buggy riding, with a
buck board and mule! o, ambitious man, be-
ware. In the height of your power and fame re-
member that You may yet come down to buck
board and mule!
Year: 1871

" The Democratic, Tor "People's' party, as
they call themselves, for blind,) in Nemaha
County, have nominated for Sheriff a man who
was DISTINGUISHED for having been in the rebel ar
my. and was restored to citizenship only last Win
ter, by the Legislature. Had it not been for the
kindness of that Legislature, we don't know what
the Democracy throughout the State would have
done for candidates this season.
Year: 1871

" The Democracy of PottewatOmie County
have nominated for County Treasurer man with
euphonious cognomen of CAPLIcE. They also had
gray-baeks in the party, and, in fact, the whole
range of vermin to choose from.
Year: 1871

In the city lives a poor family, the
father Of which is a Catholic, while
the mother is a Protestant. Recently
their daughter, q beautiful child Of five
years, suddenly sickened and died.
During its sickness it was attended by
a physician, who was accompanied on
every visit by his daughter, a girl of
fifteen years, who evinced the great
est sOlicitude for the little sufferer.
When death came with its cold grasp
the young lady was there, and with
tender hands closed the innocent eyes
and arranged the form of the babe
which had been called home. The
funeral took place the next day, and
owing to the conflict Of religious Opin-
ions between the parents, neither
Driest nor minister was called in The
Young lady went to the house Of
mourning, and in company with the
grief-stricken parents, followed the
remains to the cemetery Arriving
there, the little body was placed by
the side of its narrow resting place to
allow of 2 last look at the sweet face
which all loved so well. With a low
wall the poor mother threw herself
down by il, and with passionate kisses
sought, as it were, to recall life to the
cold, motionless clay. Every one was
visibly affected by this outburst, and
when she called upon the young lady
to offer a prayer FOR her poor darling,
all reverently uncovered and knelt to
the ground. The young lady without
a moments hesitation, knelt and COM
menced praying. At first, her voice
was visi6ly affected by emotion, but
as she proceeded she seemed to forget
self and surroundings, and poured
forth such a fervent and touching ap-
peal 10 the Throne Of Grace that there


was not, when she ceased, a dry eye
or an uumOved heart in the assembly.


When she had finished, the body was
carefully lowered into the grave, above


which now grow some beautiful fiow-
ers, mementOes Of the love of the fslI
young lady.-Ncmphi7 ArTlGnrhc.
Year: 1871

Josh Billings says; "Most
men will concede that it looks
foolish to see a boy draggin' a
heavy sled up bill for the fleet
in pleasure ofridin down again.
But it appears to me that the
boy is sage by the side of a
young man who works hard all
the week and drinks up his
wages on Saturday night"
Year: 1871

THIS well known house has been


IL refitted and improved and for
elegance, convenience and comfort is
not surpassed by any Hotel in the
South. Every attention is paid to the
comfort of guests and nothing is want
ing to render their stay in The city
pleasant v4
Year: 1871

A galyanie battery Of great power
is deeribed in the French journals.
Two carbOns are placed together in a
large porous vessel with a mixture of
biehromates of potassium aud sodium,
and perchromate and persulphate of
iron. In the outer vessel zinc and a
satuated solution of common salt are
used. The poles are to be placed as
near as possible, and to beiOf the great
est extent Rttainable. 1t is easy to
see that such battery must be Of great
power. Indeed, for equal size, it is
said TO have twice the power Of the
bichrOmate battery with two liquids,
snd eight and a half times the force
of the single-liquid bichromate bat
terry. The uses for such q battery are,
of course, not numerous, but when
great intensity Is required and an in
strument of small bulk is convenient
this combination is appropriate.
Year: 1871

Speakingof the Chicago disaster h.
W. Beeeher says:


1 have been very much struck with
the predatory wiekedness of those
men who, insensible to the suffering
around them, resorted to steal and
rob. There are great many who
say that there cannot be q devil that
Good is too good to have such a mon
ster. 1 only say thatifthere is not any
there are very good materials to make
one out of. Laughter lfGod is too
good to have a adevil-in-chief, he amt
too good to have them in detail. Az
the fables that ever monks put tOgeth-
er do not equal the Nervousness of
men who prey on their fellows like
that. They are like men who follow
a battle that stab man that they
may rob him. You do not see any
great catastrophe but you see what
men creep out to show how wicked
wiekedness may be, and inhuman
inhumanity can be.
Year: 1871




In the profoundest sense Alice Cary
never loved but once. The man
whom she loved is still alive; yet gos-
sip with its keenest scent, has never
found or named him. With all her
fullness Ofaffection, hers was an eelec-
trio and solitary soul. He who by
the very patent of his being was more
than any other mortal could be
might pass from her life, but no other
Could ever take his place. A proud
and prosperous family brought all
their pride and power to bear on a
son to prevent his marrying q girl
unedueated, rustic and poor. II
waited for one who never came back, -
she said. "Yet 1 believed he would
come till read in q paper his mar
rizge to another. Can you think
what life would be, loving one, wait
ing for one, Who would never come ?'


He did come at last. / saw him.
His wife had died. Alice was dying.
The grey-haiFed man sat down beside
the gray-haired woman. Life had
dealt prosperously with him, as Is
wont with men. Suffering and death
had taken all from her save the luster
Of her wOndrOus eyes. From her wan
and wasted face they shOne upon him
full Of tenderness and youth. Thus
they met with life behind them
they who parted plighted lovers when
life was young. He vas the man
whom she forgaye for her blighted
and weary life, with smile of parting
as divine "a ever lit the face OF wO-
man.
Year: 1871

and liabilities under which we labor
often, especially for lack of time.


Our dish must be on hand at stated
seasons, whether well cooked, half
done, or rare, or else scolding will be
done at our expense. The lawyer is
expected to miss his aim half the time
because he has but one side to werk
for: the preacher may err in trying to
instruct his hearers, but his mistakes
are soon forgotten; the doctor lucky
fellow it is said, often hides his er-
Iors under the ground. Notso with
the printer, especially the newspaper
man. A thousand critics scan the
work, and perhaps not one in ten can
spell the word chestnut or February
correetIy-but they can tell when the
letter q is upside down. To all these
the printer weekly submits, and tries
to do better. Keep everything in its
proper place, aud these carpers
will have less to do.


The position OF a country editor
Is any thing but a sinecure, If he does
his duty well. If faithful he scarcely
knows what rest is-his work seems
not done till death comes with his
dagger and writes finis to his career.
In the good time coming it may be
this cOnsummati) ii
is our duty to labor and to wait.


In this desultory and very imper-
feet essay. gotten up at odd times,
not withOu thearing the word "copy"
pronounced at intervals, have at
tempted to put together such ideas as
occurred to me during their prepara-
tion, and if they serve no higher pur-
pose, will answer to while away few
minutes in their reading. We have
come together for business, not amuse-
ment, so bring this piece to close.
Year: 1871

An old man of seventy, living near
Newport, Indiana, qusrreled with his
wife, and, taking down his shot gun,
announced that he would commit
suicide forthwith. He went into the
yard, laid down on the ground where
he could be seen from a front window,
fired the gun of in the air, and re-
mained mOtionless for an hour, dur
ing which time he slyly watched the
door and window for the appearance
of his grief-strieken wife. But he
was sadly Mistaken" says the old
gentleman's home paper. 'aThey did
not come out TO see whether he haG
blown the top of his head OF or not.
This was mora than the old man
could stand. He rose up. went into
the house, and made things hot for
the old woman and the children for
awhile. He'd show them whether
they wouldn't come out when he had
killed himselfn
Year: 1871

A writer in the Herald Of Health
argues that the average longevity of
the human race has been gradually
increasing for centuries, and that it
will probably continue to increase for
centuries. He, however, made a dis.
tinction between that and potential
longevity" or the expectation of life
In the higher ages, which he says is
not increasing, OF, at least is not
shown 10 be increasing by any stalls
tics yet taken. He mentions it as a
singular fact that there are absolutely
no statistics that throw light on the
fluctuations in longevity in past ages,
so that nearly all that is written upon
that fruitful theme is mere speeula-
ton, and must continue so until
facts have been accumulated to war
rant deduction. The race is now in
in q sort of transition state, which
is really causing a " survival OF the
fittest," as Herbert Spencer calls It.,
operating through the emulation of
individuals and communities, and by
means Of this struggle greater mental
power Is being added to the contes-
tants. Hasty writers have concluded
that this increased mental expendi-
ture must tell against longevity, even
sllowing all the other conditions
to remain the same; yet there is every
reason to believe that the structural
capacity keeps pace with the demands
made upon it, and that the brain of
the present age is not more exhaus-
tive to the men who have become
enured to it than that of the dark
An shn 1a-u oalofzln -
that time. Were il otherwise the race
would inevitably become extinct
through the increased difficulties of
existence which accompany increase
of population. On the contrary, as
we approach that perfect state of
civilization, man will become adjusted
to his condition, life viii have fewer
needless drafts upon it, and healthy,
energetic centenarians may be the
rule and not the exception.


A curious branch of Mr.. Lankes-
ter's is his idea that, . If exempt for a
great length of time from disease, a
specie may become no longer subject
to it." In other words, suppose that
by vaccination and other sanitary
measures the smallpox weIe kept off
for several general generations in sue
cessioD, might not the very seeds of
the disease be eliminated from the
human constitution so that smallpox
would be unknown? The sheep and
OK are said to be descended from q
not remote common ancestor, yet
they are not now subject to the same
disease or to come nearer the case in
hand, the smallpox Is terribly fatal
among Africans, while the Maories
have an almost perfect immunity
from it. If this theory be correct,
then man can presumably go on
eliminating one disease after another
until they are all banished and death
itself becames a matter Of considerable
difficulty.
Year: 1871

It's very good rule in all things in life,
When judging a friend or brother,
Not 70 look at the question alone on one side
But always to turn to the other.
We are apt TO be selfish in all our views
In the iostliPg, headlong race;
And SO TO be right, ere you censure q man,
Just put yourself in his place"
It is very hard to be just-toknow


The reason another may give
How much he has struggled ard fought and


striven,


How honestly tried TO live;
How much been cheated, how sorely tried,
Ere the wrong he was forced 10 embrace
And tfyOu would learn these things, the way
Is 10 put yourselfin his place"
There's many a man crushed down by


shame,


Who blameless stands before God,
But whom his fellows have utterly scorned,
And made to "pass under the rod;'
Whose soul Is unstsined by the thought Of


sin,


Who will yet find saving grace,
And who would be praised where you now


condemn,
IfyOu would "put yourself in his place"