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Year: 1871

A case of the most revolving crime
which has ever been brought 10 light in
this county, comes from Walnut town.
ship. The source from which We obtain
the facts narrated in this article is entire
ly trustworthy, else we would think it
hardly worth while to publish them.


Shortly after the Chicago fire, woman
came from Chicago to the house of fam
lily living near Walnut Station, with whom
she was acquainted, and whose name for
the present shall be withheld, and re-
mained there until few days ago. On
Monday evening, the Both of October
the woman went out to shock of corn
near the house, and remained there fol
for some time; and when she went bach
to the house some boys belonging to tlie
family were passing that way, and thought
they heard a noise like child crying
They stopped and searched about unit
they found, near the shock of corn where
dirt thrown on it, The child was crying
and making feeble efforts TO free itself
An examination disclosed the fact tina
the child was but a few minutes old; tina
the dirt covering it had been stamped o
pressed down; and that there were mark
about its throat that plainly indicated al
attempt to strangulate it. 1t was remove
to the house and cared for, but it die



within an hour


The following day the facts becom
known to the people of the neighboI
hood, and there was consequently muc


indignation manifested at the conduct .
the woman. She remained few days
but the indignation of the people admor
ished her to leave, and she left. An a
tempt was made to have an inquest hel
over the remains of the child; but fc
some cause unknown to the public,
failed. 1t would be difficult to imagine


clearer case of brutal child murder; and W
cannot see why detention of the woma
and an inquest over the remains of til
child would not have been proper cours
of procedure.-Ply1p0ut Democrat
Year: 1871

The enormous mortality from scarlet
fever which appears in the Registrar
Generals mortality-bills is now a con-
stant and increasing quantity. 1t is as
suming proportions which are alarming |;
not the less so, because they are largely
increased by individual carelessness, 1t
has always been a. source of great NOR
tality: and in the absence of any means
of checking its progress, such as we pos
sess in vaccination for small pox and by
attention to the water supply and drain
age for ch.l lera and some forms of phtho-
genie fever, it becomes the more neces-
gary accurately to investigate the means
by which it is spread. These may be
summed up in few words. 1t is spread
by personal carelessness, by neglect and
by recklessness of individuals as to the
public safety. Scarletfever is propagat-
ed from person to person by culpable ig-
norance and criminal neglect. Cieanli-
ness and general.sanitary regulations are
of use in mitigating the severity of the
disease, but are no bar to its propaga-
ton. Let us take the experience of one
London physician during the past week
and it will easily explain how the fever
is being spread. He tells US that he has
become cognizant of the following cases
during that time. Travelling by rail he
was requested not to put the window
down as the little boy in the car was not
very we'll. The boy was on his way
home from a school where scarlet fever
had broken out; and, on examination,
the eruption was fully evident. A cler-
gyman brought into his room lad, not
to consult him about the lad, but mad
vertantly. He was about to take him
into the country. This lad had just re-
covered from scarlet fever, and was In
the dsquamative stage of convalescence
shedding about those scales which are SO
1 llgDly lulcCllOuS, anu aiS Ohou5h " P0'S


on the whole population. His washer
woman had scarlet fever in her family ;
she ascertained that it was conveyed by
the clothing of the scarlet fever patient
sent to the wash by the friends without
any caution. These are acts of the most
culpable and dangerous negligence
Scarlet fever is one of the most intensely
and continuously contagious of diseases.
Not only should the patient be carefully
isolated; his clothing and all that comes
in contact with him carefully disinfected
his body be anointed with oil to limit the
aerial effusion of the epidermal scales;-
but the utmost care should be exercised
by the persons attending him not to be-
come carriers of this virulent and sub
tie poison. To send to the laundress ar
ticles of infected clothing, to expose in a
public waitingroom or carriage the caus-
es OF disease are terrible offences against
publicsafety. British Medical Magazine.
Year: 1871

Auburn, H., bas hal a great scandal. There
came to that place, from Ohio. a young gentle
uan who bad eloped with his stepmotherl The
father and husband wrote TO the errant wife to
come home and be forgiven; she swore that she
would rsiher die than leave her :. affinity" and
the youth was equally ardent But father came
after her and carried her of, leaving his son in
consolably bowling.
Year: 1871

THEY HAVE Cor A GoyERNoR-The people
of the District Of Columbia, and Henry D.
Cooke, of the firm Of Jay Cooke & Co., is the
happy man. The happy people Of the District,
promoted to the status Of Utah and Terri
torial Governor, and with banker as their
man, ought to get up another carnival for the
Governors Inauguration. Best of all, they
will, like Utah, New Mexico and the other
Territories, have delegate of their own in
Congress to look after the special interests of
the District which is very good idea, and
they will have Territorial Legislature and
so, what with all these things, and what with
negro suffrage and the expectations of woman
suffrage, the people of this national district
have right to be proud.
Year: 1871

Mr.. Sumner proposes to deliver new
speech on the st. Domingo question to-day,
and we may confidently look forward to a
great shaking Of dry bones again. Mr.. Sum-
ner's normal condition is war and opposition.
He must have some object to fight at, and
nearly any object will do. He is not particu-
larly fastidious about it. All that he wants is
to see head that he may hit, and he will hit
it. This st. Domingo business, for instance,
is small matter. 1t has amounted to nothing
more than the appointment of three Commits
sioners (and very creditable appointments they
were, too) to spy out the land and let us
know all about it. They are not authorized
to annex the black republic at once, Baez,
Fabens and all, whether or no, nor even TO
advocate annexation among the uncivlized
barbarians that they seem most likely TO en-
counter there. They are nothing more, so far
of Don Quixotes, with comfortable retinue,
seeking adventure in a strange land at govern
ment expense. They have already created q
good deal Of hubbub, it is true, but that was
because some landlubber of tho press started
panic about the loss Of the vessel upon which
they sailed, and for this the Commission was
in no way whatever responsible. The good
souls did not knew at the time, and probably
do not know yet, what an excitement they
were creating. So, as we say, the St. Do
ningo business is small matter, and yet Mr..
Sumner sees in 1t enough to call forth his
hottest invectives against the administration,
and TO warrant him In war Of opposition to
the Executive of that party with which he has
been identified all his life.


There is possibility, il Mr.. Sumner sticks
to his opposition, that this ST. Domingo bust
ness, Insignificant and outlandish as it is may
break up the republican party. Squatter
sovereignty in Kansas did as much for the
democracy in the days Of Douglas and Breckin-
ridge and that was a matter that ninety mine
out Of every hundred of our people took no
interest in. Things Of little moment are often
the cause of great effects; and it would be too
bad, indeed, if so meagre a matter as the
appointment Of the st. Domingo Commits
sioners should end in a total disruption of the
great republican party.
Year: 1871

We have been carefully watching for some
days past the daily weather reports of the
Government Signal Service Bureau, and its
statements of the condition of the skies in
different parts Of the Union, the courses of the
great storm currents, and the probabilities of
the weather for a day or two ahead, East, West,
North and South, and from these observations
we are satisfied that this meteorological insti-
tuition is in a fair way to render eignal service
to the country on the land and water in
regard to approaching and disappearing
storms. Fer instance, In the official weather
report Of Sunday last from Washington, at
1l:25 p. NJ, after noting the winds and rains
in different sections Of the Union, the opinion
is given that on Monday ''lair weather, with
fresh winds, will probably prevail on the Gulf
and Upper Lakes" and brisk winds aud
clearing-up weather on the Atlantic coast and
Lower Lakes" The report for Monday is a
complete fullilmcnt of these predictions. This
late storm or ''wet spell" covered so much of
the country cast OF tho Rocky Mountains that
in breaking away the whole intervening
country has cleared up.


We say we have great hopes from this
Signal Service Bureau Of signal service to our
landsmen and seamen, especially our coasters
The season, too, is near at hand when, with
the breaking up of the winter, we may expect
heavy foods and freshets, especially in those
rivers which drain off the surplus water from
our melting mountain SHOWS, and here our
Washington meteorologists may prove them
selves eminently useful in giving in the most
important cases a seasonable warning of u
coming storm. The bureau Is doing very well
and is making some very interesting discover
les in relation to tho movements of our storms
from the west TO the east and from the south
to tho north, and we should like to sea the area
Of its operations still further enlarged.
Year: 1871

master notable example. After our successes
against the Mexicans we decided to obtain the
possession of certain amount of territory
which hitherto had been considered to belong
to the enemy. 1t was not known to us then
that the territory we took from Mexico con-
tanned ''the gold mines Of California and the
silver mines of Nevada" but it was neverthe-
less felt that the extent of the acquired terri
tory exceeded the requirements of justice;
and, as became great and law-loving people,
we paid down TO Mexico several millions of
dollars by way Of adjustment. We have no
cause to be ashamed Of that magnanimous
act. But II Germany, yielding to the influence
Of men who, after all, have no sympathy
with the people properly 50 called, will abate
nothing of her demands. the time may come
when Germany in her turn will look in vain to
men and Heaven for mercy. True, the first
Napoleon-and France through him-was
cruel to Germany, and especially cruel to
Prussia. But is there to be no forgetting, no
forgivinga Is the progress of civilization to
exercise no restraining influence on the bad
passions of men and nations? Is each sue
cessive war to sow the seeds of another war,
still more bloody, still more Destructive? Is
magnanimity to cease 10 be characteristic of
the victor? Is our vaunted modern civiliza-
tion only barbarism made more cruel?


Let us hope that the French National
Assembly win, in considering those terms Of
peace, show no lack of wisdom. Let US also
hope that in this the hour of their glorious
triumph the rulers of the German Fathcrland
will remember mercy, and kindly show forgive
ness, as they hope to be forgiven. -
Year: 1871

Some specimen of mortality, who is
no doubt as "ugly rs mud fence" has
the following to say about handsome
mon;"


"One of the greatest nuisances at
"A hotel is handsome young man.
He is an intolerabe bore to all the la
dies in the house. If might be allow
ed u suggestion. | would advise every
father who is threatened with hand
some young man in the family. just to
take Il clothes FOUNDER and batter his
nose to a pumnace. For some cause or
other. nine ont of ten of the handsome
men you meet are cOnceiicd jackdaws.
They cultivate their hair and complex
ion so much Chat they have no time to
think of their brains. by the time they
reach thirty. their heads and hands are
equally soft"
Year: 1871

1t was stated IN this paper last week
that citizen of Polk county, named
Paul Parks. had been bitten BY large
rattlesnake. It seems Mr.. Parks was
hunting cattle, and had asccnded some
distance up the mountain. when he
came upon the snake so suddenly that
he die not see it until it was in the nc,
Of striking and there was no chance to
retreat or 10 avoid the blow. Ie was
struck in the leg with both fangs. n few
inches above the ankle-ioint. He made
sn effort TO kill his enemy, but the ven.
ON circulated 81 rapidly that in n few
:ecopdS he became sick aud dizzy and
| turned away from the place. After pro-
| ceeding short distance partial blind
ness and extreme nausea and dizziness
cnsued. and. selecting as level place as
he conld. the poor fellow stretched l,im-
self upon the ground. as he thought. to
die. helpless and alone. almost within
sight or his humble home. But rcviv.
ing little in a few minutes. he deter
mined to make another effort. and be-
ing unable to stand erect and walk. he
commenced rolling himself down the
mountain and succeeded in reaching a
spot near the "biy road" where his
cries and means attracted the attention
Of a passing ncighbor, who went to his
assistance. A vehicle was procured and
the unfortunate man was conveyed to
his homc-but before reaching there he
had become blind and spccchless and his
tongue was protruding from his mouth


AT last accounts Parks was still alive.
and some faint hopes were entertained
of his recovery. He told the neighbor
who first reached him that the snake
WAS much the largest he had ever seen.
being. as he expressed it, "as big as my
leg." We hope this victim of the cnmi-
ty between the serpent and the seed of
the woman may survive. though it is
likely that he will never recover entire
ly from the effects of the poison thus
Infused into his system. We confess,
too. that since we heard of this terrible
adventure OF Mr.. Parks with the Polk
county Rattlesnakc, the towering nights
and sublime altitude of the Chilhowee
range have lost good deal of their at
tractiveness in our estimation, and that
we no longer cherish great degree o!
confidence in the instructive noblcness
of this reptile, which tradition says
never strikes without first warning the
intruder of his deadly purpose.
Year: 1871

Bees are curious insects. 1t is said Of
them that when about to swarm and
take their departure from hive, their
flight can be Immediately checked by
rejecting the rays of the sun before
them from large looking glass.
Year: 1871

1 Quite large immigration landed at
our Levee on Thursday afternoon last, from
the steamer Dardaaelie. A brother of DR..
They went OH to Cane Hill Saturday, where
they will settle and are al acquisition to any
settlement. There is room enough for all aud
We welcome them 10 the West.
Year: 1871

Don Manuel De Cartney was one Of the
wealthiest planters In the western portion Of
Cuba. He owned broad lands and numerous
slaves, and bis revenues derived from them
we're so great that the money flowed into bis
Golfers with a steady current, which bid fair
to amass for him fortune iu gold, scarcely
inferior to that of his estates.


The don was blessed with bu! one child, and
heir to all these huge estates and this was
daughter, as beautiful as poets dream, or
ever a lover conceived his mistress TO be.


Fair indeed was the beautiful Inez. As her
father was rich, so was she beautiful


Lovers she bad by the score, who one and
all worshipped her, as they would some fair
saint. But to cus did she give encouragement
and he like most Of the others, was banished
from the house.


Don Manuel had no notion that any common
lover should carry of his daughter, much less
a Yankee who had only his good looks to re-
commend him.


He had rendered his daughter some little
service upon one occasion at a crowded. fair, and
for this she bad been very grateful, aud in re-
turn had asked him to the house.


To this the don had made no objection, but
his sharp eyes bad soon discovered that the
Yankee was daring to make love to her, 50 one
day be impaired to him the information that
his presence there was no longer desirable.


Walter Garland took this rather plainly i'm
piled hin. and departed but he did not by any
means give up the plans he had in view. So
long as he felt sure Of the love Of Inez, he did
not despair


There were ways enough for him to see her,
if it was not in the old don's drawing-rooms,
be resumed, and he determined to improve
them.


Two or three times they had met thus, while
the old don was put asleep and unconscious Of
what was going on under his very nose.


He thought that Inez, like 4 dutiful child,
had obeyed him BY casting OF her Yankee
lover, who he deemed, was only after his gold,
and had sought his child as a matter of specu-
lation.


One evening, JUS, as The sun was going down,
Year: 1871

camprehended 81 once the danger in which
she stood.


But she was no coward; And thinking that
perhaps her life might depend upon her pres
cnce OF mind at that moment. she summoned
all her strength, and in firm voice exclaimed;


Who are YOU, villain, Who dares thus to
enter the presence Of Don Manuelis daughter"


"Hark No. SO loud, il you please, my lady.
Another word as loud as that, and viii bury
this knife IN your heart"


Thou darest not, villain. But for what
dost thou come Make known thy errand
quickly, for one will soon be hero who will
deal with thee as thou dost deserve


The villain took step forward, aud wis $50
close to her that she felt his hot breath upon
he. cheek Hastily she fell back, feeling all
her strength going at once, which she had but
now summoned TO her aid.


~ have come for these jewels, be said in a
signii cant tone and at the same moment he
laid bis hand upon the necklace which adorn-
cd hor snowy neck.


Back, monster Touch ME not :" she cried.
unmndful of the threat be had but Just made
did she Care to speak above her breath.


With an oath the villain raised his knife aud
sprapg upon her. His hand was upon her
throat, and the deadly weapon was uplfted to
strike the fatal blow. At that moment, when
death 10 her seemed inevitable, the form Of
man filled the window, and the next instant
the report of pistol sounded in the apartment,
and the woud-be murderer fell 10 tho floor
with bullet through his brain.


Inez would have fallen too, her strength had
left her, had not her saviour at that momen,
sprung over tho body Of the fallen villain, and
caught her in his arms


my Inez thank God / was in time 20
save you," cried Walter Garland for il was he


Walter" she said family and then she
lay utterly unconscious in bis arms.
At that moment there was a hurried tramp
/ ling of feet without, and then the door Of the
apartment was thrown open, and Don Manuel
hurried in, followed by half score Of servants


For moment his astonishment almost de-
prived him of speech. The body OF the dead
villain lying upon the floor, and his daughter
clasped in the arms OF him whom ho had for
hidden the house, and whom be did not know
had seen her for months In a tone OF mingled
anger and calm he demanded what it all meant,
and in at few words as possible Walter Gar
land told him all of what he had witnessed,
and how ho had arrived in time 10 save his
daughters life.


Inez soon came back to herself, and corrobo-
rated it, and then the old don thanked him for
what he had done.


And more than that, few days afterwards
he gave him his daughter, saying that he bad
earned the prize by saving her life
Year: 1871

A printer dunned a man for the amount Of
bis BILL The debtor said he was !" sorry, very
sorry indeed tha! be could not pay it.
We'll" said the printer, " I took you Tor
man tina. would be sorry but II you are sor-
rier than an knock under"
Year: 1871

GENERAL FEATURES.


From the general geographical features
given in our first article, it will readily be
inferred that the general elevation, both of
the Valley of East Tennessee and of the
Cumberland Table land, has a marked in
f1uence upon the climate. To this eleva-
ton is attributable its rarity and invigorat-
ing effects The objection in most persons
minds to a Southern climate is the intense
protracted heat and sultriness Of its sum-
mer months. The climate of this section
is remarkably free from all such objections.
Our latitude gives US the genial features Of
Southern climate, while our altitude
gives Us the clear, bracing qualities Of
colder cline. While free from the sultri
ness and protracted heat of Florida, which
so enervates and prostrates most systems,
we are likewise free from the severe length
ened winters of the North. Its geographical
position and high elevation gives to East
Tennessee climate entirely exceptional
in some features-a desirable mean in all
respects--having the best features of the
Southern and Northern climates. The sun
shine is hot, but our elevation from 800 to
1900 feet above the level of the seal gives
us the relief we crave, SO that while i'll the
sun light we have the desired heat for
growing purposes, in the shade we have
the cooling temperature desirable for COM
fort. Our experienced farmers take advan-
tage of this in having their Southern ex-
posure for one class of vegetation, their
Northern for another.


We are not overdrawing this statement.
as we shall satisfactorily show from reli-
able statistics. The difference in the alti-
tude of the Valley of East Tennessee and of
the Cumberland Table lands, make some
difference in the general average of the
thermometer. Of these differences we
shall have occasion to write more fully in
treating of the effects of the climate upon
the produsts of the two sections.


For the present we shall be obliged to
treat generally of East Tennessee, for the
climate tables are in the main made from
observations taken at Knoxville, in East
Tennessee, at Nashville and Lebanon, in
Middle, and Memphis and Glenwood, in
West Tennessee.


RESULTS OF EXTENDED OBSERVATIONS.
The mean temperature Of the gear along
Year: 1871

and when they saw no bullet hole in
that barn door, it would be too much
encouragement for them. just then a
little bird, little larger than a spar
row, lit on sage bush near by. Steve
whipped out his revolver and shot It's
head off. The boys picked up the bird,
and were talking about it, when the
other duelling party came over the ridge
and came down to see what was going
on. When the second saw the bird be
said, How far off was thaty Steve
said about thirty steps.


"'Who did thatg why, Twain.
nav man, OF course Did he, indeed |!
can he do that oftenY We'll, he can
do that about four times in five.'


IL knew the little rascal was lying,
but didn't like to tell him so. / was
one of those kind OF men that don't like
to be too frank or too familiar in 8
matter like that, so I didn't say any
thing. But it was q comfort to see
those fellows under jaws drop to see
them turn blue about the gills and look
sick. They went of and got their man,
and took him home, and when / got
home l found little note from these
parties, peremptorily declining to fight.
How sore the boys we're! How indig-
nant they were! And 80 was [! But
l was not distressed about it. | thought
l could stand it perhaps.


"Well, l was out Of that scrape, and
l didn't want to get into any more Of
them. ! turned the other four
duels over to Steve, who wanted them.
But when those people found out after
ward that he did that shooting, he
didn't get any good out of his duels.
They wouldn't fight him.


"All that was in my younger days
when didn't know much-which /
do now. I didn't know any better
then, but now / am bitterly opposed TO
dueling. won't have anything to do
with dueling. I think that dueling is
Immoral and has had bad tendency,
and think it is every mans duty to
frown down and discourage dueling. |
do. | discourage it on all occasions.
liza man were to challenge me now, /
would 60 and take that man by the
hand and lead him to aquiet, private
room-and kill him


Ladies and gentlemen, after thank
ing you very heartily for the attention
you have given me this evening, | de-
sire to wish you a very pleasant good
night, and at the same time assure you
earnestly that have told you nothing
but the truth tonight, and / have
hardly exaggerated that" Laughter
and applause.