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Year: 1870

or words of like import and each voter who
wishes to vote against the ratification of the
New Constitution, shall have written or
printed on his ticket, the words "Old Con-
stitution." or words of like import


3. The election shall be held and the
/ judges and clerks shall be appointed as in


the case of the election Of the members of
the General Assembly; and the returning
officers, in presence of the judges or in
spectors, shall count the votes given for the
New Constitution" and those given for the
Gold Constitution, of which they shall keep
a correct estimate IN said roll books. They
shall deposit the original poll books of said
election with the Clerks of the County
Courts In the respective counties, and shall,


within the five days after the election, make
out accurate statements Of the number of
votes In their respective counties for. or
against the New Constitution /" and i'm


mediately forward by mail one -eopy of said
statement to the Governor and


one to the Speaker of the
Senate. So soon as the poll books are


deposited with the County Clerks, they shall
certify to the President of the Convention


an accurate statement Of the number of


votes cast for or against the New Constitu-
ton" as appears on said poll books And
if any of said returning officers sh Ill fail to


make the return herein provided for within


the time required, the Governor shall be


authorized to send special messengers for


the result of the vote in those counties


whose officers have so failed to make
returns


f. Upon the receipt of said returns, it


shall be the duty of the Governor, Speaker


of the Senate, and the President of this
Convention, or any two of them, to compare


the votes cast in said election, and if it shall
appear that a majority Of all the votes cast


are for the New Constitution, it shall be


the duty of the Governor, Speaker of the
Senate, and President Of the Convention, or
any two of them, to append to this Consti-


tuition certificate of the result Of the votes,
from which time the Constitution shall be
established as the Constitution ofTennessee,


and the Governor shall make proclamation
of the result.


5. The Governor of the State is requested
to issue his proclamation as to the election


on the fourth Saturday in March, 1870,


herein provided for.
Year: 1870

On the night of the 10Th uItimo, a fire
occurred in Lebanon, Tenn, which destroy
ed property to the amount of $500 One
good hand-engine could have confined the
conhagration to the building in which it
originated. Another evidence that every
town of similar Importance should organize
a fire company, and especially Bolivar.
When will our people be prepared to fight
the fire fiend
Year: 1870

Minnesota will submit the question Of
woman suffrage to vote of the people
meaning, by "the people" individuals of
both sexes who have attained their legal
majority. This is the fairest way of bring
ing that problem to a final solution
Year: 1870

During the past six months our exports
have been twenty millions of dollars more
than they were for the corresponding
period of last year which makes the balance
Of trade in our favor.
Year: 1870

CARELESS UsE OF, FIRE-ARMs.-0n the
day before yesterday youth by the name
of George Young, a resident Of Church
Hill, while Oh hunting expedition, was
severely wounded in the hand by the aeci-
dental discharge of his ,fowling-piece. In
getting over fence the hammer Of his gun
became thrown back in some way, and the


piece was discharged, with the result indi-


Gated. Huntsmen should always carry


their pieces al a halEcock except when III
the act of shooting, as In that case there Is


the merest shadow of chance either for an


accidental or intentional discharge.
Year: 1870

Lady Mordaunt claims to have been Grim
inally intimate with Lord Cole, who is evi
dently descendant of old King Cole-thal
jolly old soul, whose vociferous demand for
his pipe and his bowl. and exc his three
virtuosi upon the violin, is matter of his
fory
Year: 1870

Rosy Bouheur adduces, a reason for
not painting much more, that she is getting
too old to paint. The fashion must be
peculiar in Franc. Hereawsy, the older
the ladies' get the more they have to paint.
Year: 1870

ALL FoR GOLD. during the recent great
flood in Virginia a man in the track of the
devOuring food had already been driven from
the lower stories, and. with his family, had
taken refuge up stairs, when a party of his
neighhors came to his rescue. By his side
were his wife and seven children, and a safe in
which he had the earnings of years. The
man would not leave the house without the
safe the woman refused to leave without her
husband, and there they remained watching
the safe .the waters rose higher and higher
with but a moments warning the house was
carried from its foundations, aud in few
minutes man, weman, aud seven childreH lay
sileIt y at the bottom Of the river.
Year: 1870

NdpOieOn.


Franco is as isolated in 1870 as che was in
1915. Indeed, her position is more perilous
now than II was then. The First NAPOLEON
inspired the world with a sense of awe and
even his enemies were compelled to almi-e
the grandeur of his genius. The French
were fascinated by his glory; and when lie
fell, tie national pride was soothed by the
feeling that II required the coalition of all
the great powers, and the periidy of Eng
land, TO overthrow the colossus Even his
the worlds fear OF one who had kept world
at bay


But what is there in the present BONA
rAETE to create any such enthusiasm?
Nothing, except that he bears an llustrious
name, and that the French army, one of the
best disciplined ever known, is faithful TO
his orders. His bungling policy has long
sncc revealed TO humiliated France that he
is but spurious nephew of his uncle HIS
Crimean war Yves great blunlcr, for Russia
is now more powerful than ever and Turkey
continues to he nothing but vassal of Eng
land His Italian war gave him the prestige
Of limited success: but even then he left
the work of Venetian cmancip patton to be com
pletcd by Prussia, and stopped short Of max
ing Rome the capital Of Italy. That country,
which he counted on for an ally, if not a
vassal, now r@gards him with hatred, and
will leave him in the lurch at the last fatal
hour of his career


The fortunes of the First NAf2IEoS turned
at Beresina but the gloom of that disaster
was relieved by the grandeur of the con.
ception which aimed to strike n deathblow
at Russia. Tho fortunes Of the Third NA.
roLEoN turned in Mexico and the absurdity
OF that enterprise was redeemed by nothing
whatever. 1t was such Llunder, such a
masterpiece of stupidity, as no tyrant and
certainly no French tyTant, could ever re.
cover from.


What makes the isolation Of France go
much more dangerous to her master in 1870
than in 1915, is the fact that Prussia has now
grown up TO formidable proportions, 80 that
ii pitted single.handed against France her
success is not beyond the range of possibility.
And while LOUIS NAPoLEoN's position at
home is so much weakened that reverse of
his arms would at once put an end TO his
reign. the strength of the great powers has
become so much increased that, even without
such tremendous coalition as was formed
against the first Empire, the overthrow of the
second Empire would seem to be thing of
comparatively easy accomplishment.
Year: 1870

war 10 intrnacally horrible, it consists
in killing men and destroying prop
erty. Its Object is exclusively to weaken
and disable tho enemy 20 that he can no
longer continue hostilitics, and must submit
TO the terms for tho alta nmcnt Of which the
war was begun. Why, then, should lo be
allowed TO continue unin.erruptcdly upon
the sea the pursuits OF commcrceH Upon
land this privilege is denied linn and there
is no reason why he should be permitted to
prosper and grow wealthy by fovign trade
upon the ocean, when by military operations
ON land he is constantly crippled and i'm
poverishcd.


AZ for privatecrs, there Is everywhere
among real statesmen n reaction against the
doctrine put forth by JEFFEHsoN, FRANK
LIN, and ADAMS, and favored by FREDElucK
the Great in the eighteenth century. At
that time neither tho United States nor
Prussia had any foreign commerce, or any
ships of war upon the ocean; and it was
desirable for both countries 10 establish
principle which would diminish their own
relative weakness as compared with the mari
time powers. For this purpose they conceived
and preached tho abolition Of privatccrng;
but in the present changed condition of tho
world, it would be false and mistaken
policy for either nation to insist upon such a
measure. Privatcers are upon the ocean pre-.
csely what volunteer troops arc upon tho
land and no one who witnessed tho mag.
nifccnt achievements Of the volunteer army
of the United States during the rebellion
can Je in favor of depriying this country of
an arm which would prove 90 potent in the
case of foreign war. II is all very well for
Mr.. FIsu, with his limited powers of mind,
and his deficient insight into political rcla.
tons, TO lay anew upon the anvil and
laboriously hammer over conceptions which
belong to = past epoch but Gov. NANCY
was u great deal wiser when in 1856 he re
fused to agree to the declaration of Paris.
II will be an unlucky dny for tho United
States when the theory of making war upon
philanthropc principles shall lie adopted by
our statesmen and sanctioned by the author
ity of Congress. Such mode of warfare
belongs TO the millennium, and no wise man
viii ondeayor TO introduce it in advance Of
IFS proper day.
Year: 1870

We remember to have heard Mr., MAvGUM
one of the wisest patriots of his day. and whose
services in Congress were of inestimabe value,
remark, when Polk was chosen President, that il
was a national misfortune. . precedent fraught
with immense mischief to the country. lie said
the nation might safely endure one or two third.
rate men in the Presidential chair; but let the
thing become habitual-and the choice of one
must necessarily lead to more-and the great
American experiment would prove an abortion.
Year: 1870

Would it not he well for our spirited citi
zens to ft out an Arctic expedition under the
auspices Of Dr. HAYES, so as to protect the coun-
try against the bungling HALL expedition which
Gen GRANr is sending out' Lady FRASKlIs
may be too polite TO express her disgust with
HALL's former antics in the Arctic ocean, but her
ladyship would surely he the first to countenance
serious effort made by DIR. HAYES
Year: 1870

All the Emperor NAPoLEoN's talk about
taking ;he field in person. and the stories about
his horses having been sent to the front, are, ac-
cording to the Paris correspondent Of the London
Daily NeVs, more braggndocin. the Emperor is
such ccnhrmed invalid that it is difficult for nm
to take any more active exercise than walking
for half an hour leaning on the arm of an aide ede-
camp As for his being able to mount horse
and command an army, il is impossible.
Year: 1870

Police Commissioner BENJAMIN f. Ma.
sIERRE is to sail on Saturday for Europe, where
he will remain at least long enough to allow his
Democratic associates to weed the force Of the
few Republicans remaining in il. In order that
his departure NAV take place in a style betting
the bosom friend of the magnstes of the Tam.
many Ring, a contribution has been levied upon
the various Captains Of the force and some prom
inent cilizens, with which to hire a special
steamboat TO take the lustrious Commissioner
down the bay. The sum raised is between $500
and f4oO, which will be enough, we trust, not
only to dcfray the expense Of the steamboat but
to pay for brass band and a little champagne
and whiskey besides If Mr.. MASIERRE cannot
quite equal the magniheence of the President Of
tho Anlcricus Club, he means to come as near to
1t as he knows how, and what is more, without
its costing him a cent
Year: 1870

Times seem to be generally Frightening
throughout the State, although there are still
many idle men with considerable dullness in
business. The depressing effects of eastern
competition not so severely felt by ira
ders and merchants because we arc gradually
adapting ourselves to the condition Of
things. The decline in gold and consequent ap-
probation of greenbdcks have already brought
Eastern capital to this coast, and large sums
have been loaned in San Francisco on long time
for seven per cent. per anpum. We have for
sometime been presenting the singular appear
ance of calling for more population and COM
plainiug of lack Of employment for those who
were here-all in one breath There is not,
nor has there been any reason for complaints by
workngmen. 1t is stated that more than one
third of the inhabitants of California reside in
the cities. THIS is not proper distribution and
II is TO be expected that some branches would be
oYerdone. We want more population /; and
there is an abundance of room for all who may
come. This coming summer, unless all calcula-
tions greatly at fault, we are destined to re-
ceive large sccessions. This State with nearly





sLing in resources and situation necessary for a
great empire, will afford happy homes and pros
perous employment for millions more. New
comers not wanted in the cities. The Ia.
borer wiling to bold the plough swing the
pick cannot 70 amss for work In the near fu-
ture the mines will receive more attention, con-
stitutng, as they do, the strong box" of the



if the time Of its liquidation ever arrives, 1t is
more than likely that immigration is about to
set in to this coast at a lively rate, and that
proper effort would distribute il over the State
to better advantage than il left to take its own
course. The mining sections can easily absorb
more than their present number Of inhabitants
Trinity county will answer for her share. Send
them along.
Year: 1870

THE FATE OF THE ENGLISH HotsE OF LORDS
It cannot be long before the House or Lords
finds itself face TO face with the new revolution,
bringing with it changes which it will be as idle
to oppose as it was for Canute to attempt to keep
back the rising tide The demand for popular
government will roll on against it like an over
whelming wave, compelling it to go with the
current in order to avoid destruction. As leg
islatve chamber it will certainly be remodeed
perhaps altogether abolished. Ii a second
chamber should be retained at all, it will in all
probability take the shape of a senate, whose
mem bers will be elected for life from among can
ddates relying on their personal merits, not on
their aristoc:atic birth, for election; and to
whom the nation, looking upon as a body of
true cOunselors body of really "pOtent,
grave and reverend seigniors' could safely en-
trust ruling powers. The glory of the House of
Lords is departed As it stands at present it is
mere pageant, an anachronism, an absolute
remnant of the old feudal system. The masses
have taken care TO render it mpotent for evil,
though at the same time they have rendered it
impotent for good. But for a certain conserva-
tive element in the national character, 1t would
ere this have been abolished formally, as it has
for some wears been abolished virtually. 1t has
been retained in form much on the same prin-
cipe which gives to men and women tendency
to preserve relics of bygone days, which, though
cumbersome and useless, they have nevertheless
not quite the heart to destroy
Year: 1870

A GRAND snipe hunt was had near Sacramento
lately, and a railroad official was induced to
" hold the bag" lie held on for two honrs, and
no snipes coming that way he went home. We
take it thas this must have been a small Central
official-say a switchman-for the head officers
of that company have done much better. They
held the bag and caught all the snipes in the
State, not excepting the Legislative snpes, who
can't see anything but the mouth of the bag,
and rush in as nimbly as young monkeys when
tempted with Basket of apples. The story of
baggpg Central Pacific official won't go down.
When these gentlemen go snipng they catch
snipes.- San Joaquin Republican.
Year: 1870

THE Utah Legislature has voted for female
suffrage. 1t is stated as the true reason for this
movement that there was a fair chance of the
opposition to Brigham electng the next Dele
gate to Congress and Territorial Legislature.
Something had to be done and accordingly the
BTghamtes propose to insure their predomin-
ance through the vote of their women,
Year: 1870

TIE Democrats are beginning to play for the
colored vote 10 Oregon. 1t is stated that they
have offered to furnish the colored population
money for a colored celebration of the fifteenth
amendment if they will pledge the colored vote
20 the Democracy.
Year: 1870

The Squire had friend to visit him on
business, and WIS very much annoyed by
being interrupted by his wife who came to
ask him what he wanted for dinner.


Go away! let us alone impatiently said
the squire.


Business detained the man until after din
rer time, and the Squire urged him to stay.


he Squire was a generous provider,
proud of his table, and he complacently es-
corted him to seat A little to the sur
prise of both, they saw nothing on the board
but huge dish of said, which the good
wife began to dish up.


MY DEAR said the Squire, where are
the meats?


There are none to-day replied the lady.


No meats? What in the name of power
ty! the vegetables thenl Why don't you
have them brought up?


You didn't order anyr


'Orderl didn't order anything!


'Oh you forgot coolly answered the house
wife 4 asked you what you should have,
and you said, Lettuce, atone! and here it is.


The friend burst into a laugh, and the
Squire, after looking lugubrious moment,
joined him.


Wife, give it up. owe you one
Here is the five pounds YOU wanted for that
carpet | denied you The Squire forked
over. Now let. us have peace, and some
dinner.


The good woman pocketed the note, rang
the bell, and sumptuous repast of fish,
poultry and vegetables was brought in.


A few days afterward the Squire remain
ed working in his garden some time after the
usual tea hour. His wife grew impatient of
the delay, and went to find him. His ex-
cuse, when asked what he was waiting for,
threw her into Hutter of excitement.


Some ones to come to supper, he ex-
claimed.


why didn't you tell me? l declare you
are a most provoking man.


And without asking which of his friends
was expected, she hastened to change her
dress and slick her hair for the occasion.
This done, she came out, and found the
Squire at the table reading the newspaper.


where's your company


MY company! haven't any company


But you said you expected some body
to supper, said the indignant wife.


MY dear, | said no such thing. You
asked me what / was waiting for, and
said summons to come to supper. That's
what | was waiting for, my dear, and l
came at once


And you have made me 60 and change
my dress. Oh, I'll pay you for this


NO matter about it, my dear; l owed
you one, you remember. for that lettuce
Year: 1870

Fly TME.-A Connecticut paper feelingly
and sensibly remarks: when Moses got up
flies to bother the people of Egypt, his head
was level. They are little the meanest thing
known in science. Take it Sunday after
noon and between six and eight o'clock in
the morning, when any one is trying to get a
nap, and have perverse, persistent, perti-
nacious puslanimous fly come to you a
thousand and nineteen times successfully, is
enough to make Pharaah let go, not only
the Jews, but his meerschaum pipe. A
boarder at one of our four hotels who was
subjected to this plague of flies, woke up the
other morning with the mattresses twisted
around his neck and tied in double bow
knot. We calculated that we rolled over in
bed SO many times this morning, that if the
same number of evolutions were given to a
mustard seed, it would roll to Alaska and
back again"
Year: 1870

ScALAwAGs AGAIN.-A North Carolinar
draws the following accurate, Efe-like pic
ture. He must have been up in this region
with his camera-unless the subject is the
same in all attitudes:


GA scalawag is low flung, mean look
ing Gus wrapped up in white mans skin,
who thirsteth for an office of some sort as a
sheep killing dog thirsteth for the blood Of
sheep, and who to get the negroes to vote
him an office, sheds crockodile tears in theil
presence because he was not born a negro.
He pretends to believe the negro equal to
the white race morally, politically and men
tally, and hugs and caresses all the carpet
baggers that come along. He is dirt-eat-
ing creature who believes that whatsoever a
radical Congress Or Legislature does is right
even if they command him to drop his breech-
es and kiss the hand that filings nine and
thirty on his hide. To this add an innate
disposition for snatcbing blind negroes blue
black herring off a grid-ron and you have a
scalawag photographed"
Year: 1870

A GAME OF SEvEN-UP FOR A wIFE.-W G
have read of wives being sold, ratfled off and
gambled for, but for the first time in our re-
portorial career we are now called upon to
chronicle genuine and well authenticated
transaction of the kind. About eight or
nine months since, a man living in the north
em part of this city went out in the eastern
part of the State to seek his fortune in the
new mines of that section, leaving his wife
and one child here in town. Some seven
months ago. gallant disciple of ST. Crispn
persuaded the White Pine widow to take up
her abode with him in house which he fur
nshed for her The new pair lived together
for about seven months, when few days
since the genuine husband returned. OF
course there was trouble in the camp, but
after some quarreling, the two men agreed
to play game of seven-up for the woman.
The game came off last Saturday night, and
the husband won his wife back by just ''two
points" The man claimed his wife, and the
man of leather could not say but that he had
won her fairly. The woman preferred the
shoemaker, but the husband and winner was
determined to have his own. He packed up
what furniture they possessed, and last Sun
day evening, with all his household goods
and gods, left by Woodruff & Ebnor's Fast
Freight wagon for California. When the
wagon started from North street there was
quite scene A crowd of nearly one hun
dred persons had collected to see the husband
carry away his 'stake," and there was much
merriment over the romantic affair." The
woman cried and wanted to stay with the
shoemaker, and the shoemaker cried at part
ing with the treasure he had lost by not hold
ing enough "trumps." He asked some of
the crowd if they thought he would be ar
rested if he attempted to take the woman out
of the wagon. They told him that he had
lost her on the square, and he must bear it
like man, SO the wagon moved on, and soon
the fair one was gone from his gaze,-4er.
Enterprise
Year: 1870

How softly on the bruised heart


A word Of kindness falls,
And to the dry and parched soul
The moistening tear-drop calls;
Oh, if they knew who walked the earth
Mid sorrows, grief and pain,
The power word of kindness hath,
'Twere paradise again.
The weakest and the poorest may
The simple pittance give,
And bid delight to withered hearts
Return again and live;
Oh, what is life if love be lost


If mans unkind to man
Or what the heaven that waits beyond
This brief and mortal span2
AS stars upon the tranquil sea


In mimic glory shine,
So words of kindness in the heart
Reflect the source divine;
Oh. then, be kind, who'er thou art,
That breathest mortal breath,
And it shall brighten all thy life,
And sweeten even death.
Year: 1870

VOICES OF THE NIGHT a cat doth
meet cat upon the garden wall, and if a
cat doth greet a cat, oh ! need they both to
squall? Every Tommy has got his Tabby,
waiting on the wall, and yet she welcomes
his approach by one unearthly yawl If a
kit wish to court Tab upon the wall, why
don't he sweetly sit and smile, and not stand
up and bawl; and lift his precious back up
so high, and show his teeth and moan, as if
'twere collie more than love that made the
fellow groan? Among the twain there is a
swain, his voice is known full well; but
what's his name or where's his shame, the
deuce alone can tell. He's sweet upon the
other sex, his amorous passions rise, he can't
resist the tender glance of their seductive
eyes; and so with groans and horrid threats,
he rends the evening air, and makes these
midnight rendezvous impossible to bear.