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Year: 1871

/ Filling the sky and earth below,
Over the housetops, over the street,
Over the, heads of the people you meet;


Dancing Flirting--Skimming along,
Beautiful snow it can do no wrong:
Flying to kiss fair lady's check,
Clinging to lips in frolicksome freak:
Beautiful snow from heaven above,
Pure as an IN eel, gentle as We!
Oh the snow, the beautiful snow,
How the flakes gather and laugh as they go,
Whirling about in maddening fun:


Chasing-Laughing- by.
1t lights on tie face, and itsparkles the eye;
And the dogs, with a bark and bound,
Snap at the crystals as they eddy around:
The town is alive and its heart is a-glow
To welcome the coming of beautiful snow :
How wild the crowd goes swaying along,
Hailing each other with humor and song:
How the gay sleighs like meteors flash by,
Bright for the moment, then lost to the eye


Observation-Disclosures they go
Over The crust of the beautiful snow:
Snow so pure when it falls from the sky,
To be trampled and tracked by thousands Of


feet


Till it blends with the filth in the horrible


street.


Once was pure as the snow, but I fell,
Fell like the snow fakes from heaven 10 hell;
Fell to be trampled as filth Oh the street.
Fell to be scoffed, to be spit on and beat;


Pleading--Cursjhg-Drcading to die,
Selling my soul torwhoevcr would buy;
Dealing in shqD6e for morsel of bread,
Hating the lRing and fearing the dead.
Mcrciful GA, have fallen so low9
And yet was once like the beautiful snow.
How stfangc it should be that this beautiful


sngw


SEoElJ fall on a sinner with nowhere to 90
Igw strange it should be when the night
/comes again,


~ the snow and the ice struck by desperate
Y brain


Too wicked for prayer, too weak for a moan
TO bc heard in the streets of the braZen town
Gone mad in the JOY of the snow coming


down:


To be and TO die in my terrible woe,
With bed and shrOud of beautiful snow.
Helpless and foul as the trampled snow,
Sinner, despair not Christ stoopeth low
To rescue the soul that is lost in sin,
And raise it to life and enjoyment again.


Groaning g-Bleeding--Dyingf for thee,
The cruciied hung on the cursed tree
His accents of mercy fall soft on thine car,
" Is there mercy for me: Will he heed my


weak prayer?''


0 God, in the stream that for sinners did
flow


Wash me. and ! shall be whittier shan snow.
Year: 1871

In the early part Of the American
war. one dark Saturday morning in
the dead of winter, there died at the
Commercial Hospital, Cincinnati, a
young woman over whose head only
two-and-twentys ysummers had passed
She had once been possessed of an en-
viable share of beauty, had been, as
she herself said, flattered and sought
for the charms of her face but alas
upon her fair brow had long been witt
ten that terrible word-fallen Once
the pride of respectable parentage, her
first wrong step was the small begin
ing Of the same old story over again, -
which has been the only life-history
of thousands. Highly educated and
accomplished in manners, she might
have shOne in the best society. But
the evil hour that proved her ruin was
out the door from childhood and hav-
ing spent young life in shame, the
poor friendless one died the melan-
choly death of broken-hearted out
cast.


Among her personal effects was
found, in manuscript the Beautiful
Snow,u which was Immediately car
ried to Enos Il. Reed, gentleman of
culture and literary tastes, who was at
that time editor of the NATIONAL
UNION, In the columns of that paper,
on the morning following the girls
death, the poem appeared in print for
the first time. When the paper con-
tanning the poem came out on Sunday
morning, the body of the victim had
not vet received burial. The atten-
tiou Cf Tbop1os buchanan Road one
Of the best American poets, was soon
directed TO the newly published lines,
who was so taken with their stirring
pathos, that he immediately followed
the corpse to its final resting place.


Such are the plain facts concerning
her whose" Beautiful Snow" will long
be regarded as oHe of the highest gems
of American literature.
Year: 1871

One of the divers employed n clearing
out the channel of the river at Bangor,


Me-, recently found an ancient cannon i
on the bottom, nearly imbedded in theta
mud and rock 1t was hauled up and
cleaned of, but was rusted so that no
date, if there ever were one, ,canbe found u.
The piece is of very old pattern, and is,
made of iron so soft that it can be cut
with knife. 1t was loaded with q six,
pound hall, which has beeR taken oatss
together with the wooden sabot and the
powder, the latter still inclosed in lis
bag. ~, 4
Year: 1871

A brother ofLewis Thompson, a
colored preacher, who was murder
ed by the Ku-Klux in Union coun-
ty, South Carolina, some days since
has recently visited Columbia, and
the Union of that city says: --


"From him we learn that the
body of Thompson was washed
ashore in Tiger river few day ago.
The body bore numerous stabs, and
also bore marks where the horses
had run over him. and marks and
bruises where be had been dragged
along the road. The body also
showed other mutilations not befit-
ting to speak of here, but befitting
and characteristic Of some of the
worst Indian practices.


On the night when the masked
men took Thompson he had been
preaching to quite an assemblage OF
colored people, some Of whom had
not retired. Thompson heard the
parties coming, and got up from the
bed and went into the loft, from
where the parties took him. When
he desired to put ou his clothes,
they told him he would have no
further use for them, and carried
him away in his under-clothing.
VIM. Tucker, another colored man,
and Thompson's family were in the
house at the immediate time of the
outrage, but were not molested.


Thompson was formerly known
rs Lewis Rice, having been raised
by family in Union by the name
of Rice. Our informant state that
he always bore a good character,
never held or ran for any Office, and
the only cause of his murder was
that he was known to be an influ-
entail Republican. He was mem
ber Of the Zion Methodist Church,
and was respected by the bishop,
elders and congregation. No one
has been arrested for the murder.
He was a son of Wagner Dennis
Rice"


The foregoing was published in
the Columbia Union of Friday
morning last. In the issue for
Saturday we read. 'From a source
which is considered perfectly relia-
BILE, we learn that the body of Lewis
Thompson still lay yesterday in the
sun on the banks of the Tiger river,
where it was found, and our infor-
mant further states that the coroner
Of the county has not visited the
body for the purpose of holding an
inquest" Weekly PIOi.
Year: 1871

tion- BY dir~ction Of the British government Mr..
thornton caaed Mr.. Fish's attention to the existing
sessions regarding the fishery question. and reviv


ing suggestion made IN 1865 by Mr.. Adams, at the
James, proposed that Mr. Adams, idea of joint
commission con aSs 70 adjust the fisheries dinicai-
OF three me mbers on each side. But never word
did Mr. Thornton hint as to anything outside OF the
fisheries matter, which was 10 be made as In 1854


the lever with which to renstate the old reciprocity
treaty with canada That the British government
fishery difficulty is seen in the very pointed
references made to 1t in the Queens speech
Al this stage Mr. Fish lugred in the Alaoama mat
ter, and England consented, but with the under
posed Of is there anything in all tins to show that
England was anxious about the Alabama matter


n % TO e sne Sa se E
declared TO be her utmatums She consents
to discuss the Alabama question. and at
fight for her view OF it, Her Secretary OF state for


Foreign Affairs Earl Granville hastens to calm the
Commission Is binding upon her. and her leading
journal afilrms the fixed purpose or England to go


And this brings back the inquiry, what has sne


agreed tor Simply mat she Is willing TO
leave to areitrators the question, pure and
for the depredat0ns OF the Alabama, and
whether the United States are responsible for the
she has said that such an arbitration Is agreed TO
she is willing to abide by its decision and pay any
balance found due, but that she will consent to
leave to arbitration in any form any other
question as TO her neutrality laws nor her
PROCLAMATION Of ne neutrality nor her sympathies
against the United States This is the sum and SUBJ
stance OF the matter, and this Is the only arrange
ment abonI the Alabama claims which the English
Commissioners will agree to. II such an arrange
ment will be satisfactory to the American people we
the venerable head OF the State Department having
to assume the r6te OF Touchstone for the public
Year: 1871

Some people may say and believe that the Italian
government have good end in view, ;he consum-
nation OF which Will Justify all the


TREACHERY AND TYRANNY,
force and fraud which IL has exercised. But people
should be very cautious and conservative in their
opinions in tins respect IL would be carrying the
doctrine OF the ends iustifying the means too far
and. further, these ends appeared to him TO be
neither good nor desirable. His lordship closed by
expressing his irm conviction that the Pope Will
again be ruling In Rome before many years.
= The lecture was listened TO throughout with great
attention, and at the close the Rev. Father Farrell
thanked the congregation for the large attendance
on so stormy an evening.
Year: 1871

QUESTION FOR THE LAwYERs.-A Maine paper
reports spiritual marriage asserting that at re.
cent "circle' young woman asked II the spirit Of
her dead lover was present. and on being answered
In the affirmative and told moreover, that he wished
to marry her, had justice OF the peace called in
and the ceremony performed. The spiritual and
spirited bride now claims the property Of the dead
Year: 1871

The Creamer Reception Committee met yesterday
afternoon at the rooms OF the Tammany Associa-
ton, in ST. Marks place. The arrangements for the
reception and ball have been almost perfected and
the evidences are that the affair will be one OF the
grandest of the kind ever given in this city. The
Academy OF Music and Irving Hall have both been
engaged for Easter Monday night and will be elabo.
rately decorated. The orders Of dancing will be
something gorgeous, and everything else viii be in
keeping. County Clerk Loew Is at the head OF the
ARRANGEMENTS.
Year: 1871


The following curious illustration of the
power of short words in the English language
has long been out of print
Think not that strength lies in the big round word,
Or that the brief and plain must needs be weak.
To whom can this be true who once has heard
The crv for help, the tongue that all men speak,
When want, or woe, or fear is in the throat,
So that each word gasped out is like shrek 4,
Pressed from the sore heart, or a strange Wild


note


Sung by some fay or fend There Is strength
Which dies if stretched too far or spun too hne,
Which has more height than breadth, more


depth than length
Let but this force Of thought and speech be mine,
And he that will may take the sleek, fat phrase,
Which glows and burns not, though 1t CLEAN ana


shine


Light, but not heat-a fash without blaze.
Nor is it mere strength that the short word boasts
1t serves of more than fight or storm to tell
The roar ofwaves that clash on rock bound coasts,
The crash of tall trees when the wild winds


SWELL


The roar of guns, the groans of men that die
On blood-staincd fields. Ii has voice as well
For them that far off on their sick beds lie,
For them that weep, for them that mourn the


dead,
For them that laugh, and dance and clap the hand
To joys quick step, as we'll as griefs low tread
The sweet plain words we learnt at hrst keep time,
And though the theme be sad or gay, or grand,
With each, with all, these may be made to chime
In thought, or speech, or song or prose, or


rhYme.
Year: 1871

Happiness is unborn. 1t is not an outward
trail. 1t is generated in the soul. 1t is never
bought or sold as an article Of commerce.
You may fill your houses with all manner Of
beautiful and curious things, but you cannot
lay in a stock of happiness in the same way.
If you are happy, your happiness IS that
which you are able to make by the use Of the
mind itself. a fundamental condition Of hap
piness in this world is activity, and that kind
of activity which carries with it all the facul-
ties.
Year: 1871

a story is told Of citizen Of Connecticut
who was broken to the wretched habit Of
swearing in novel manner. lie was an in
veterate cursor aud grumbler. At every meal
he neglected blessing, and swore at every
thing from the gravy to the teapot. His oatbs
discolored the napkins, soured the bread and
curdlcd the milk. His wife, a woman who
evidently believed the hair Of dog would
cure the bite, stood this unscemiDgly conduct
" until forbearance ceased TO be ylrsye, -
One morning be was unusually cross and pro-
fame, and was about TO take a fresh start at
something else, when biz wife suddenly broke
out with series of damns that made the old
gentleman get UP and leave his chair as though
some one had introduced pin between the
canes. As soon as she ceased, he breathlessly
remarked, Well, swear, if it has got so
you cap swear, it is time quit" And be
did.
Year: 1871

a busy town New York was, and how
he hoped to make lots OF money. BY.
and-by they came to Pearl street. The
gentleman crossed and turned down Oak
street. ...


Here is my friends office" said he
to the young man, pointing TO the police
station.


The young man turned abruptly AMI
fled as fast as his legs could carry him


Il thought so" said the gentleman.
as he quietly retraced his steps; ian |
that peddler was his confederate"
Year: 1871

A Republican paper published In thls city
said that the best thing for General Ice would
be for the people 20 forget him IT would
take all the dulness Of the Republican press,
aud all the opates of China to induce Il sleep
profound enongh TO make them forget Robert
f. Lee. The Radicals would like to forget
him, but will General Grant, will General
Hooker will General Burnside, will General
Mcclellan forget him? Can the heights Of
Fredericksburg be sunk into tic chasm Of an
earthquake to please Burnside? ? VIII tho
woods Of Charlottesville ever change their
CORY garniturc in the ahirighted eyes Of whip
ped Hooker2 VIII the Wilderness ever DO
named now rs a victorious field Of his or tho red
field Of Spottsylvania grow laurel to Grant,
viii Cold Harbor be aught else than the point
where the boosted line was shattered and tho
commander Of nation, not Of an army, forced
by this Lee TO follow In the place Of the hated
and abused Mcclellan.


Lee fought all these battles against large
odds, and whipped those who, Of course, would
now like to have him obtorated and their Dis
grace 60 with him In his grave.


But tho worst thing for this country 10 do
would DO to forget Iieci and that she had
son so great and good. lie will pass over tho
spasm Of their mockeries, and their attempts
to forgetfulness, and all the wrongs TO him
and to US here, now, 10 this northern people
stabbed nearly to death by the eame blows
that beat down the banners Of The South, and
his memory will be quoted by orators in be-
half Of oppressed natiOnalites, and the youth
of the country be stimulated by the chOstc he
roism Of the great Yirginian 70 attempt to save,
as be did, the ark Of freedom from the hands
Of the destroyer


The spirit Of public and private virtue, Of
morality in politics, aud purity Of religion,
will not willingly let die name so ilustrious
and 50 beyond reproach.


Defeat may postpone, but out Of the tombs
Of great warriors viii como an inspiration that
will, In the end, save the country from the
grasp Of military despOtlsm PomToys Dem
Ocrat.
Year: 1871

We have put into our Mills all the la
test and Best Machinery, that we may be
enabled to give as Fine an Article of
Flour, and as much of it, as any other
Establishment South of Mason and Dix
on's line.


Besides GRINDING WHEAT, we de-
sign putting.into our Mills good RICE
CLEANER. And wefurthermore Thresh
and Clean Wheat, and Pack Cotton.


So Soon as the Toll Season is over, We
shall 60 into the regular FIGURING
BUSINESS FOR MARKET.


Ard we would say to all parties living
convenient to Railroad who may send US
their Wheat to grind, that We will haul
the same to and from the Depot in Gran
iteville free of charge; and for every
Five Bushels of sound and clean Wheat,
will return One Barrel of as good Flour
as the Wheat will possibly make.


All our Different Grades of FLOUR,
MEAL, GRITS, &c., will always be as
Good as the Best and as Low as the Low
est.


Trusting to our Thorough Practical
Experience in this line of Business, and
promising our best efforts to give univer-
sal satisfaction, we respectfully solicit for
the MECHANICS MILLS the patronage
of the public.


BRENNER d. BAKER.
Year: 1871

tic, cannot long live together in har-


mony under one and the same Gov


ernment. Their minds, their educa-
ton, their ideas, their habits, their


mode of life, even their language,
their food, their cooking and their
physical conformation are unlike;
and becoming daily more SO. But
what is more antagonistic than all
these, their material interests are
diametrically opposed to one another.
1t is VIGOROUSLY untrue that what
benefits one section profits the other
the converse is the truth. One is a
rural, agricultural population; the
other, manufacturing and CONNER
cial people. One desires free trade
and cheap goods; the other cannot
live without high protective tariff
to sustain the price of her manufac-
tured products. Furthermore, the
North contains within herself the ele-
ments of disruption and disintegra-
tion. Her people, from the accumu-
lation of power and wealth, have be-
come corrupt. She is rapidly becom-
ing overcrowded with a mixed and
revolutionary population. The wild
est fanaticism is taking the place, in
the minds of large number of her
people, of sober and clear judgment.
The most crazy ideas of liberty and
government are driving out every
thing like aproper conception of right
and justice. Love Of plunder and
wealth, and sickening greed for
gain has taken the place of healthy
patriotism, love Of country and no
Bile ambition to become famous by
doing good to the State. Already
the whole government is corrupt and
rotten the whole system has been
changed, and the fabric is nearly
ready to fall to pieces. The country
is too large and unwieldy and wealthy,
and contains too great a diversity Of
interests to remain under one govern
ment much longer. 1t will fall to
pieces of It's own weight and from its
own corruption and rottenness. Our
war Of secession was but the begin
ming, and we think we will yet be a
free people without any more blood
shed on our part. All We have to do
is tokeep quiet, be prudent, maintain
our dignity and strive for our rights
while still clinging to this rotten,
worm-eaten old hulk, and when she
falls to pieces, take all the good that
is left in it and build US a fine new
ship, and sail on over the bright seas
under the command of captain, and
with the assistance of crew, of our
own Observation-Disclosures (Ga.) Ga
zette.
Year: 1871

looked just as young and handsome
as ever, and induce her to propose
herself as model for the artist once
again. Had she been a singer she
would have found plenty Of friends
to tell her that time was nothing in
her case, and she would probably
have believed them.
Year: 1871

Has INST Returned FROM NEW YORK and fully pre-
pared to offer to the public completely assorted Stock OF sEAsoNA
BILE FIRST CLASS DRY GOODS.


Great care has been taken to supply each Department with EVERY
THING NEW AND FASHIONABLE, we'll, as the staple
articles of the Trade
The Cash System will be Strictly Adhered to, and
i much cheaper pay per money and Dry Goods
for Cash, than to buy them on time


The best judges Dry Goods and the closest buyers are particularly
requested to examine my present schedule of prices


Mar 90 tt IT
Year: 1871

EDITORS CHRONICLE l notice an article in
your paper thaI seems to advocate the erection
OF an IRON, instead of wooden, bridge over the
Holston. am satisfied that iron Is the only
material that should be EMPLOYED for such nur
poses, and apPrehend at the present day but
few men would care to urge the erection of
wood. Thus far, | heartily approve of the arti-
Gle in question. The reasons for the adoption of
a particular bridge are not so we'll sustained
especially when the allegation is made that 'the
cost of a bridge of the Canton, Ohio, design
would be only SD 900 more" than the same of
wood. The article ignores the fact that there is
gentleman now in the city who is the inven-
tor of an iron bridge that is equally as good in
design, and that can be furnished for SeverUL
thousand dollars Tess than the sum mentioned,
and only employ home capital and skill in its
construction. Such being the case, Mr.. Pratt
should have fair hearing. We are credibly
informed that, when the proper time comes, he
IS prepared TO make an offer of such a character
that 1t would be almost the hight of folly to
think of going to Ohio for the materials


Mr.. Pratt bridge is the result of years of
study upon the nature of the materials. taken
in connection with an extensive experience in
erecting iron bridges of various designs. and
inasmuch as competent engineers freely admit
that his bridge is superior to any design for an
arch bridge now In use, We think the people
should be made acquainted with his PROPOSE
tions and the standpoint from which they are
made. First then, he is not novice in bridge





regarding the practicability of his design. His
experience as general agent for the King bridge,
and afterwards as contractor for the Miller
erldge, precludes the possibility of such an idea
ior upon those designs he has contracted for and
erected over fifty bridges. While acting in this
capacity, he conceived the importance Of de-
sign more supple is its construction and of equal
strShgth ana beauty, and as his bridge goes to-
gether with bolts made by machinery, instead
0t Tlretng 6y hand, he is confident of being
able to undersell anything in the field by al
least 10 per cent, the matter of price alone be-
ing almost surety Of success. Hence upon the
perfecting of his designs, (which were spnroved
by competent enginers) he at once took stems r.
close his business relations, with the Miller
Bridge Co., and at once throwed up one of Az
best paying businesses in the West in ore, 70,
that he might embark in the manufacture onS
erection of his own bridge, and we are inform
ed his real business in the South is to look fot
the most suitable situation for the inauguratio,
of the business. 1t is needless for US to ada tba
he has received encouraging offers from capi
talists and enterprising men in various towns
Up TO the present time he has made no positiv,
arrangements, and we candidly believe that i
our people could see it to their interest to erec
Year: 1871

his bridge, and give him the proper encour-
agement, we might secure the enterprise for
our city. We have no doabt cities could be
found that would make him donation of hand
some proportions to secure such an enterprise
Such things are common inIthe West, but as we
understand it, he does not ask donation sim
ply this: He is desirous of erecting specimen
bridge as soon as possible, and we believe were
our people to take proper interest in the mat
ter. they can secure the iron bridge for a small
trife above the absolute cost of the materials,
and at the same time secure the benefits of this
point being the mandatory for the Southern
States.


From these remarks, you will readily infer
that am Ofthe opinion that our people should
candidly consider this matter, and at the earli-
est practical moment confer with Mr.. Pratt on
the subject, before getting too much excited
over enterprises that take all the money out
OF the State, instead of leaving it at home.


Mr.. Editor, would most respectfully suggest
that the citizens call meeting at the court
house, at an early day, and request Mr.. Pratt
10 exhibit his designs and make known his pro-
positions when definite action could be taken
by our citizens. %##
Year: 1871

1t may not be generally known that we have
one of the very best Job Offices in East Tennes-
see We are prepared to do all kinds of book
and job work on short notice, in the latest
style and on reasonable terms.