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WEEKLY CITRON JTTOL; 44.-NO 1. ,fif! CL ARKS VILLE, TENN., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1873. WHOLE NO; 2,283: 1 t ? ft BYE RS keeps a complete itock of Drugs, Patent Med JtViC. ! - ,:'i " ' ' ''.: . r : i ! . ' " - - ' icines,Paints, Notions, Blank Books and Stationery, and is prepared to sell low at retail or wholesale. - i - W.H.TUBNLEV- W.J.ELY W. ..MERIWETHER, Jr. TURNLEY, ELY & CO. TOBACCO AND Qeneral Commission Merchants, FIRE-PROOF WABIHOrSI, CLARKSYILLE, - - - TENN. Advance made on Tobaee In Store. We have secured the services of Col. W. F. Young, the well-known aiictiouer, who will veil all of oar Tobacco for us. We bhve erected a abed in New Provi dence, opposite the tor of Messrs. MclJan tel A Bar 1mm, wbere we will receive tobacco and dray It to our warehouse free of charge f jt thnee persona who do not wih to haul It to Clarksville. Messrs. McDaniel Bar bee will receive, weigh and receipt for To lacco delivered at our shed in Sew Provi dence. Oct 1 Tl -tf. Captain Jack Captured! Owing to the Breaking of a Worth less Bridle. If he had pur chatted one of Joslln's make he could have bid defiance to G"u. llavis and the dynasty at Wash melon. I have a splen did stork of Ha fi ll le s. U rid 1 s, HtriiML HuKV Whips, Etc., of any kind desired at price which defy competition. Nothing but the Ixsat material nsed, and Done out the beat workmen employed. Ho come along and get t he worth of your money. When you waut anything in the above line, be sure to call on IYI. Li. JOSLUtf, Saddle and Harness Maker, JnneM,T3-ly. Clarksville. Tenn. W. A. QOAKI.ni. W. M. DiWtt U. M. QCARLKS. Quarles. Daniel & Quarles, Attorneys at Law, CLARKSYILLE, - - - TENN. Will practice In theOoarla of Montgom ery and adjoining countiett. April 27. WM-tf VHAS. W. TVI.KB. ' LURTON & TYLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLABKSTILLR, TENS. Will practice in the courts of Montgom ery and adjoining counties June lA.TJ-lf. JAMES W. RICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLARKSYILLE, TENN. Will attend the courts of Montgomery, htewartand Houston counties. Office on Strawberry Alley. Jan. i, 1873-ly BARKER & COURTS, WHOLESALE GROCERS asi QUOR DEALERS, Franklin St., Sign of Sugar Hogshead. janl3,T2-tr. II. WESTENBERGER, ma crACTrnKi or BOOTS AND SHOES, Opposite Tobacco Exchange, Clarksville, - - - Tenn. Feb. 22.T.V1V National Hotel. CLARKSYILLE, TENN. T. D. SCOTT, Proprietor. This house Is complete In all Its appoint ments, and the tablesnpplled with the best I he market affords, at reasonable rates. Jan. IN 'OMr S. OPPENHEIMER, DEAI.t.R IN Hide, Furs, Wool, Ginseng, and all kinds of Metal, rnhlic Squnrr, CLARKSYILLE. I am no candidate for offlce, but will pay cash for all articles in my line. Come along with them. ept.2rt. isr.'-tt The finest selection of im ported Colognes, Handker chief Extracts, Hair Oils, Toilet Soaps, Combs and Brushes of all kinds for sale by OWEX S: MOORE. To ocr Frikxiw. Having .gone to great excuse to give our reader a lar ger and better paper, we would ur gently request all indebted to us, by note or acco t, to come up, without delay, and make payment. We need the money, and hope this oddest ap eal will not pass unheeded. Nkblett & Grant. Fine Cigars, also choice Virginia Smoking and Chew in1' Tobacco for sale bv OWEX & MOORE. i i mm? New Providence Saving Institution We offer for sale Louisville City Seven Per Cent. Bonds, Dae in 1903, AT 90 VT.TS AND ACCRUED INTEREST. The Ronds will be delivered In any amount dexlrett. In either LouUville or New York, or ai i'litrkovtlle, lVna. Hepl. SM. . J. J. CR.USMAW ta si i ill now making large addi tions to his stock, and offers inducements to the Trade, " . VHOLESiLE A1ID RETAIL. EXTRA GOLDEN SYRUP, tn kegs, half barrels and barrel. Crashed, Powdered and Granulated STJGrR NewOrleana,aarlfiedand Brown SUGAR. NE WC AROLIN A RIOE. ' FLINT HOMINY tt&ee&ftQM. TAPIOCA. OYSTERS. PICKLES. GELATINE. Burnett's Flavoring Extracts, rrtiEr beef. BEEF TONQUES. PEACHES. BLACKBERRIES. TOMATOES. COR 3ST- COLMAK'S MUSTARD. PURE CREAM TARTAR. PIKE BI-CARB. SODA. Pure Snjceai, of&liltInl Dorsrord's Bread rrrparatlon, PURE CATAWBA WINE Pure Cider Vinegar. OldHoiirMniih WhlHlty. Old reach and Apple Brandy. 011 Freneh Brandy. 300 Bus. OioYer&ed- TIMOTHY SEED. Orchard and Herda GTiaa Seeds. ULUE GRASS SEED, With all other foods to make complete aaortnteul. J. JT. CRU8MAN, First and Franklin Street'. .Tan.,!. WALTER IIcCOIIB&Cj WHOLESALE 'it ;- ..?. G-EOGIES 1 ?f V a v. A a. . Franklin Street. ClarksvlllB, TeniieA Are daily adding new sup plies to their large and wel J assorted stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries I which they sell as low as they can be bought anywhere in the South or West They invito es pecial attention to their very large Stock of the Best Brands of Robertson Coun ty Whisky, Old Brandy and Pure Wines. We are SOLE AGENTS, IX THIS MARKET, FOR DRAUGHAN'S CELEBRATED Eobertson County Whiskey particularly suited to those w ho want a pure article for medicinal or oth er purposes. Orders promptly attended to and satisfaction guaranteed. Walter UcConb & Co. Msreh !2. 1!WMf V.- L. WilUams---Boot and Shoe Store, Eats. Caps, Umbrellas. Valises, Etc. "Lire and Let Lite Prlce8. Sew aad Extenslr Fall Stock Just Beeelred. Ladies', Misses and Children's Custom ' Work. ; Gentlemen's very Snperior Shop-nude Boots and Shoes, both in Sewed and Pegged Work. Baby Shoes, in Great Yariety, Jnst Keeeirea. Ci.abk8Vii.lk, TsNNn October 11, 73. V, L. Williams would have all to know that he has dow in store, for the Fall Trade, his large stock' of Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Valises, Umbrellas and Gents Furnishing Goods, which he is offering at less prices than the same goods have ever been sold at in this market 1 fully appreciate the exceeding stringency of the money market, and hence will give you my goods at prices commensurate with the Hard Times." In the selection of my stock, great care was taken to buy goods of best material and workman ship, and though these goods are of fered you at less prices than they have ever been sold in Clarksville, I can give you a guarantee of "Good Qual ity" on nearly every pair of shoes you get. A full stock of Gents' and Boys' Kip Boots, all grades and at bottom prices. 1 lie best SfoUU Uents Kip Boot in Clarksville. Ladies' Shoes, full calf Tamp and quarter, - - - - II 50 Gents' full stock calf shoes, - 1 85 Gents' " " kip " - 1 50 Boys' 44 44 calf - - 1 50 Thesk ask Good Shoxs. The best for the money in the market, and will guarantee them to give satisfaction. Allother grades proportionately cheap. The Farmers' Shoe snow and dirt excluder. Call and see it. Thee goods must be seen to be appreciated. Call in and look at them, I will take pleasure in showing them to you, whether you buy or not, one look at them with their astonishingly low prices will convince you that we offer greater inducements than we advertise. It matters not where you have bought heretofore, nor how well they have worn, just call in to see me this fall, if for nothing more than to compare my goods with others in the market, and then buy where you can get the best bargains. In Hats, Caps and Gents' Furnishing Goods, I have a very com plete stock. All the Nobby Styles of Gents' Hats, as well as the more staple goods. Call and see "Hall's Arctic Cap ;" can be worn as four different caps. The very thing for winter. Don't buy your Boots, Shoes, Hats, Ac, &c, this Fall, till you have seen mine, as I feel sure, I can save you money. You are kindly invited to examine my stock. My Storeroom is No. 23, corner Franklin and 1st Cross Street. Very Bespectfully, V. L. WILLIAMS. Oct 11, 1873-tf. J. J. HAMLETT Manufacture and Dealar in STOVES, TINWARE, HOUSE-FlEMSniG GOODS, ETC.. Franklin Street Dorris old stand, Clarksville, Tenn. Every description of Tinware made up in good style. B00FING and GITTIRIXG promptly attended to. Special Agent for Wallace's Patent Orate' And Tllton's Steam-Washer; or "Woman's Friend, kinds ot repairing done. H. P. DORRIS will auperintend tbs workroom. Aug. 9, 73-tf ICE CREAM AND SODA WATER AT LIGON&EL7S. We have opened onr Ice Cream Saloon fbrtheaeanon, and are prepared to furnish any quantity that may be desired. We have on hand a large and varied as sortment of C02JTECTI02SERIES, FIREWORKS, MASKS, DOLLS, TOYS, and everything In our line that can be desired. Call and examine our stock. LIG01I & LY'S BAKERY is In full operation. Fresh Yeast, Bread, and every variety of Cakes, fresh from the oven every day. A 1 1 orders promptly lllled. LIGOItf ELY, No. 33 Franklin Street, Clarksville, Tennessee, Mayl7.T3-tf. Jt. C riTMAX. ID. R. LEWIS. PITMAN & LEWIS, Dealers in CLOTHING. SECTS' FtffiSMG GOODS, TICSKs, VALISES, ETC, TKaKKUH 8TBSKT, OPPOSITE OOUBT HOUSK, CLARKSVILLE, TENNE88F.E. Oct.,'7-ly. j so. r. bousb. H. C. If B.BHITT HOUSE & MERRITT, ATTORNEYS A T LAW, CLABKSVILLE, TEXK. Oct. 11. TS-m. Ftt SALE, or REST FOR 'I. tAnnr farms on thouth tide of Cnmber- eolStyT Addresa. at Clarksville, Mont gomery eouwy. M Q OHOUJON Ort, 4. 7Vlm. UVOClTIOJf TO PATIEICE. BT DR. I- L. X.UKTOX. Sweet Patlenoe, eome to me. And calm my troubled heart ; I long thy gentto fae to see. And nerer from thee part I mourn and am disturbed. That I no conquest gain ; Still sorrowing and sore oppressed. Ho ready to complain. 'When life moves gently on. No crosses In my way. No lowering clouds or darkening storm O'ershadpwlng the day ; I think myself secure, And with thy presence blessed. Nothing my soul from thee shall lure, Nothing my heart oppress. Quick as the lightning's flash, Quick as s passing thought, My sea of rest In tempests lashed My sinful anger wrought. Borne little word or deed, Someact of negligence, A word, or act, I should not heed, Or think them an offense. I know its pride of heart. Impatient of rebuke ; A stubborn will no peace imparts, Or brother's counsels brook. The little things of life, A child might well endure. Stir up within me such a strife My prayers, and tears, eaa'f care. My petulance I feel ; I mourn my waywardness; Low in the dnst to thee I kneel, And tell my helplessness. Spirit of Patience, eome. And sanctify my heart ; Give me the spirit of thy son, His holiness impart. I know thou hearest prayer. Patience to me shall come. AfflietionM cup thou dost prepare, Through this the victory's won. Patience is sorrow's child, Born of an humble race. With featuresealm, and sweet, and mild. By tears and suffering traced. If Patience only comes Through suffering and distress, Dear, Lord, thy gracious will be done. My troubled heart shall rest. Clarksville, Nov. 5th, 1873. THE YELTET-HEADED CBUTCH. "Wil!" Old Mr. Asahel Lisle called out his companion's name so abruptly that Wilbur Renton's cirgar nearly fell from between his teeth. I'm here, sir. W hat can I do for you?" There was a cnarmmg tresnness ana manliness in the tone of Wil's voice, and when one heard it they decided at oflce that it must belong to a noble man. He was a fine fellow, and no one knew the fact any better than Mr. Lisle, in whose employ Wil had worked for years. What can you do. enr well, in short notice, you can marry Annie Lisle, if you want to." This time the pen dropped from Wil Renton's hand from sneer astonish ment. Marry Annie Lisle ! The warm blood surged over his face, and he looked across the office straight into Mr. Lisle's eyes. "I don't understand you at all," he said, simply. A bIv twinkle was in the old gentle man's keen gray eyes, but he answeied very demurely: I can easily explain, my dear boy. You have heard me speak often enough of my niece, Annie, and it's of her I speak now. She's a dear good girl, and I want to see her married to some one I can approve. I approve of you, Wilbur Renton, and if you can win my little Annie's affections, I'll give her to you, and a check for twenty-five thousand dollars on your wedding day." Mr. Lisle paused as suddenly as he had commenced, and watched Wil's face narrowly, both while speaking and when he had finished. "You understand me now?" he said, after a momentary pause. But Wril still looked the utter oston ment he felt, When he answered he spoke slowly : "I certainly comprehend that you have paid me a high compliment, Mr. Lisle, and placed at my disposal a great honor. But I do not know why it is that it is necessary for Miss Lisle to be presented with a husband in this singular manner. I know, from what I have heard, that she is qualified to be a wife for the most fastidious." Mr. Lisle's cheeks flushed warmly. "You have heard aright. Annie is refined, educated, of an amiable dis position, and very pretty in face and form." I know I ought to be grateful, Jlr. Lisle, but-but " "You are not already engaged? Mr. Lisle asked, almost anxiously. A joyous laugh from Wil's lips seem ed to prophesy his answer : "Not I. I am glad to say I am heart-free as yet" "Then come around to dinner to night. I want you to see Annie, any how." He arose to go, but Wil detained him. "One moment. Miss Lisle does not know of this projected arrange ment?" "Not a word. And she shall not until you tell her." WTould WTil go ? For two hours af ter Mr. Lisle went away he leaned over his desk, turning it over in his mind. TwAntv-five thousand! It would make him independent; he could bay for his old mother the cottage she lived in, away down in her country home. He could send Phil to college, and start himself in business. Why shouldn't he marry her? Other men married for money, and was he such a model that he should fling it away if it came within his reach? Besides he might admire Miss Lisle; she might like him ; what could be better than that? ... 4 tiA an Wil Renton shut up the big Day Book, and resolved to go to his boarding-house and dress for dinner at 5 r. Lisle s. 4 lnnir liarmt room, whose front was a huge bay window ; whose side win dows looked out on a close-shaven lawn ; whose wickets ana muuets sug gested delightful flirtations over cro- ijuet balls. u;.h.ma came, fruit and rare flowers were hung against the tinted walls ; a carpet son as piusn, oi ongnt, i . V rl nranirp tinOTd with dashes of light pink ; a table with covers for four, witn its sweeping crim son and white satin damask cloth, and nankins to match, occupied me center of the floor. Altogether a very cnerry, coy ain-ing-room, Wilbur Renton thought as he chatted with Mr. Lisle about the inevitable weather, and looked very critically across the room to the two young girls in the big bay window So she was Miss Annie Lisle, that charmingly beautiful girl, with a com plexion all aaimy pu aim wn , wnu the jetty Diac iir brows, and the large, lustrous gray eyes, cine wa v" . 7,. ,,' and he felt sure, wiiaiceruiBunmui ful agitation at heart that either with or without the check for twenty-five thousand dollars for an incentive it would not be a difficult task to fall in love with rretty Annie Lisle. Then, with almost a tender pity for her Wil turned from Annie's radient beauty toward the slight, fragile girl by Annie's side, who was so quiet, so re served and yet, when she smiled one of her rare smiles, Wil was sure it was the most perfect revelation of woman ly purity and girlish sweetness he ever had seen. ... She was dressed very simply in a white alpaca, with light blue trimmings, and in the wondrously arranged mas ses of her pale, flossy gold nair she had daintily fastened a bright pink rosebud, and a geranium leat in the center of the blue bow she wore. W il could hardly tell what color her eyes were, so persistently did she keep ner head turned from him. isut ha did know what a purely Grecian pro file hers was, and how fair as a lily petal her cheeks were, and what a sweet, grave mouth she had. And he knew, too, that she was lame ; this lovely girl, whose name was Lena Lisle cousin of vivacious An nie. He knew bv the mute, sad si?n of the ruby velvet-headed crutch that stood, like a grim, faithful sentinel be side her chair. But Lena didn't seem to grieve over her misfortune, as Wil was sure he would have done. She was very bright and very sweet, and at times he canght such merry glances shining from those wondrous amber clear eyes of hers. 'Wil found dinner very good that evening. He laughed, and ate, and helped Miss Annie and Miss Lena, and talked to Mr. Lisle; and when they adjourned to the parlor he played and sung his best. Annie was flirting about from the piano to Lena's chair, ever gay and merry, and Wil made up his mind, as he heard her low, sweet laugh, and watched her graceful figure, that Mr. Lisle had indeed offered him a prize worth fighting for. ' Winter had sped on, as if on icy wings ; spring had unburdened herself of greenest grasses and whitest blos soms, and now the fervid, glorious midsummer days had come, when the sky was one wide blue arch, and the west winds blew coolly in the even ings. Everybody said it was the most de lightful summer they had ever expe rienced. Everybody had hied them off to mountain-side or seashore Mr. Lisle and Annie and Lena had been and were summering in the White Mountains and everybody except Wil Renton, seemed happy as a lark. And Wil was very unhappy this bright, breezy July morning, man-fashion with his feet on his desk, and his office chair tilted to an angle of forty five degrees, with his pen stuck in the curls behind his right ear, and his lead pencil between his teeth. He was very unhappy, and the reason was he was head and heels in love. And not with Annie Lisle, either ! When he thought of her, and what were obvious Mr. Lisle's wishes, Wil was quite vexed with himself. But when he thought of Lena's precious face, every thought fled but perfect thankfulness that his fate had given him such a blessing. Of course, Wil would have liked the twenty -five thousand dollars; to be sure when he first met Annie Lisle be was elated at the thought of the double treasure he might win. Then grad ually, slowly, and snrely, Lena Lisle's sweet, self crept into his inmost soul, and he learned to know that instead of wooing the heiress, the beauty, he had been won by the poor cripple. We must confess that, at times, Wil had wondered if he would be ashamed of the crutch she wielded so gracefully; and he would mentally compare her ir regular limp with Annie's free, gliding step and then he would hate himself for the vile thought, and swear to him self to guard his unfortunate darling with his own perfect limbs, and work for her till he could give her just such a home as he had expected to take from her cousin Annie. So under the sweet sunnifyiug influence of Lena's love, as yet unspoken, save by the voiceless eloquence ia her conscious eyes, Wil Renton was developing the best, the noblest traits of his charac ter, and he would smile at times to think it possible he ever could have thought of money winning him a wife. He told Mr. Lisle the very day he brought his nieces home. He listened, in a silence that Wil resented a little as being dogged, and then commented on it. "What on earth can you do with a lame wife? She'll be a burdento you as long as you live." WiTs cheeks flushed at the thrust. "No, sir," he retorted, quickly. "Lena will never be a burden to me. We love each other too well." "Oh, it's all cut and dried, then?'' His eyes began to twinkle again. "It's agreedf between us, Mr. Lisle, if you are willing." "You'd better have taken Annie. She's just the wife you want, Wilbur, gay, dashing, and rich, mind you." "I know it, sir, and I regard Miss Annie as a prize for some lucky fel low ; but I assure you I'd rather have my wife little lame Lena, a thousand times." "Crutch and all, and be poor as a church mouse ?" Mr. Lisle spoke very dryly, and Wil bit his lip to retain any unbecoming language. When Mr. Lisle passed Wil's desk that afternoon, on his way home, he nodded at WiL "Run down to-night. I suspose it's to be, no matter what say." "You are $re you'll never regret this, Wil?" Lena lifted her eyes to her lover's face as he leaned over her invalid chair, toying with a loose curl on her neck. "Lena, darling ! how dare you ask me such a question?" He stole a kiss as he spoke. "I was 60 certain you'd be disgusted because I was lame. Oh, Wil, don't you wish I could walk, and dance like Annie like other folks?" He felt a pang of pity for her, but he answered her very cheerily : "For your sake, dear, I'd give ten years off my life to have you as you so naturally long to be. For myself, I could not love you more were you the queen of walkers and dancers." "Ten years off you life, Wil! as if I could spare it. And now that I know how you love me, for myself alone, I am going to " Instead of finishing her sentence Lena lightly from her chair, dashed away her crutch, and waltzed down the room and back, flinging herself in Wil's arms, half laughing, half cry ing. "I wanted to prove you and win you if I could ! I loved you fo long before you knew me !"' ... ....1 .Art ho could nave resisted that r cer tainly not Wil Renton, who, in almost a panic of astonishmet, tried to realize she was not lame at all, and had nerer been. It was a glorious surprise, and Wil was prouder than Pompey when Lena and he had a jolly galop in the purlor, played by Annie s holers. "Shall we go to uncle Asa's library, Wil ? He wants you, you know." Lena's eyes were shining like stars, and she linked her arm in Wil's as they entered the room. Mr. Lisle looked up and smiled dryly. "Not so bad after all, eh?" "I told you she never coiWbe a bur den," rejoined Wil gayly. Mr. Lisle's eyes were twinking in the peculiar way Wil had often noticed when he was interested. Now he quick ly handed Wil a slip of paper. "I'll sign that on your wedding-day, my boy. And now I knowyou will be right sort of a husband for my little Lena. Annie'll deftrst -rate, too; she's engaged to Dr. Warner. There, young ones, scamper; I want to read." And Wil saw a check in his favor for twenty-five thoaand dollars, while Lena, with her laughine eyes Wil had long since discovered their color, size and shape full of tears, informed him that she and her cousin were eo-heir- So Wil didn't do so ill, after all, did ha? TERRIBLE MURDER YS SEW OR LEANS. A Father Stabs His Daughter to the Heart A Meden Virginia. . The New Orleans Times brings us the particulars of the murder of Caro line Uugel by her father, Joseph Hu gel, on the levee in that city, just after leaving tho steamer on which they had both arrived from Bordeaux, France, from which we briefly gather the following facts : Scarcely had the hurry incident to the mooring of the ship subsided than many of the passengers hurried for ward, anxious to set foot again on ter-ra-firma. Following several of the eager passengers, and accompanied by a young man and two young girls, was a young woman, plainly but neatly at tirred, and passably handsome, who, apparently as joyous as any, tripped lightly down the gangway to the wharf, across which she, with her companions, pursued their way. They had made scarcely more than twenty steps from the end ot the staging when a man rushed forward, and facing the four addressed a word to the young woman, which iu a moment he followed up by . AN OATH AND A STAB, and with a wild shriek she threw her arms up and fell backward. A demon appeared to have possessed the man, for drawing his large sheath-knife from ner breast, into which he had buried it to the handle, he delivered another thrust, but this was given as the young woman was falling, and the reach was short, hence the point of the terrible instrument entered but about an inch. The first thrust was a mortal one. the knife, as it was subsequently ascer tained, having CENTERED THE HEART. A feeling of horror seemed to per vade the numerous witnesses to the tragic scene, and chilled them into a perfect silence for a moment, during which time the man looked upon his bloody work : but this momentary lull was suddenly disturbed by a cry of horror trom the multitude, which aroused the man from the contempla tion of his horrid deed ; whereupon he turned, and apparently actuated by a sudden terror he fled, followed by a shrieking, maddened crowd, who evin ced a disposition to string him up in stantly, some calling loudly for a rope, and others crying "kill him." With this hue and cry behind him the man retreated precipitately across the levee in the direction of the houses beyond the street, and he eventually took ref uge in a paint-shop, still holding his knife and threatening his pursuers. Despite his threat to deal destruc tion to any mortal, one gentleman ap proached him as he stood at bay in the paint-shop, and, taking the knife from his grip, led him forth a prisoner. The Times' reporter says the fiend took the matter very coolly in jaiL and attempted to justify himself by stating that the conduct of the girl had been very bad on ship board, and that he feared she would desert him and lead an abandoned life. It seems he had left his family in Alsatia in ISM and came to America. In California he had made a small fortune keeping a beer salmon, and his wife dying at home, he went to Europe to bring out his daugh ter, aged 22, and a very promising young woman, whose hand he had al ready disposed of in marriage to his partner. He found her in Paris acting as a servant, and induced her to accom pany him. When on the ship, she per sisted in keeping company with a couple of young Frenchmen contrary to his wishes, and threatened to quit her, and he determined to kill her to save the family honor. The story told by the passengers is, however, very different. They all speak of the con duct of the young lady as being very modest and exemplary, and say her treatment by her father was so brutal and inhuman that they had frequently to protest against it and interpose for her protection. If what they say will be borne out by the testimony, instead of the honors due Virginius, this would-be Roman father richly deserves the gallows. A Case of Blistering. The Republicans sought to make capital in the late canvass in Ohio out of the fact that the Hon. Wm. Allen, the Democratic candidate for Governor, was an "old fossil," and that he had passed the day of his usefulness, not withstanding he is hale and hearty and manifests wonderful vigor both of body and miod. Senator Morton, of Indi ana, went to Ohio to make some speech es for the Republicans, and was indis creet enough to join in the cry about "the antiquity of Bill Allen." As might have been expected, Allen re torted in a way that "touched the raw" in a manner to make even Morton to feel his force. He is reported to have said : "This very man Morton, when he was brought before the people, had not the power to stand on his feet before the people. Laughter. The com mittee helped him up ironical cheers, and when they got him up they had to set him in an arm chair, and had to fumble and huut up an old manuscript that he had concocted in the deep darkness of some midnight, and read it there and called it a speech. Laugh ter. Do I look like a man? Loud applause, drowning the speaker's voice completely. Am I paralyzed from my lips down ? Laughter. there are two kinds of influences which wear away human life. One is the silent, constant wear and tear of time, that takes the man beyond "that bourne from whence no traveler returns," which disorganizes all organized things, and resolves matter into its pristine condition. There is another kind of influence that brings on age and de crepitude. There is a vicious early life. There is personal debauchery. There is moral and physical decrepi tude which is brought on in individuals, and paralyzes them from the hips down. And yet this man comes and talks about my want of manly vigor. $50,000 From One City. New York has done the most mag nificent thing yet, and at a time when we hardly expected any more large do nations not already on the way here. The dispatches in the morning papers state that the appropriation ot fOO.iMK) by the Board of Alderman mentioned yesterday has been confirmed by the Board of Assistant Aldermen. They voted it on the suposition that there will be needy people in 3Iemphis all winter, and did not take it for granted that they knew more of the neces sities and sufferings of the poor than we know ourselves. We think the time has come to say to the world that we will try togetalong without further aid, and then if anything is sent after that for the relief of the poor through the coining season it will be all the more gratefully appreciated. We should let the outside world know that the peo ple of Memphis are not disposed to take advantage of public sympathy, but desire to become self-suppporting as soon as the nature of circumstances will admit. Memphit Ledger 1th intl. An inquiry into the kind and quan tity of destruction caused by lightning has recently been made in the interests of the Insurance Companies of Sax ony. As might have been anticipated, the result of the investigations estab lishes the fact that houses roofed with slate or iron are very much less liable to be fired by lightning than houses covered with shingle or thatched roofs J A WOX AX'S CTRIOSm. Hows Scrub-Woman Took Her First r Degrea In Odd Fellowship. A certain lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows determined to have their lodge room done up clean and nice. It was resolved unanimously that Mrs. K. should be employed to do the job. After the meeting ad journed the guardian, who knew the inquisitive character of Mrs. K., pro cured a billy-goat and placed him in the closet that was kept as a reservoir for the secret thinss. lie then tntorm ed the lady of the wishes of the lodge. and .requested her to come early the next morning, as he would then show her what was and what was not to be done.. Morning came and with it Madame K., with her broom brushes, pails, tubs, etc., and found the guardian waiting lor her. "Now. Madame." said he. "I tell you what we want done, and how we came to employ you. The brothers said it was difficult to get anybody to do the job. and not be meddling with the secret in the closet ; we have lost the key, and eannot find it to lock the door. 1 assured them that you could be depended upon." " Depend on I I sruess I can. My poor dead and gone husband, he be longed to the Free Masons, or anti-masons, I don't know which. He used to tell me all the secrets of the concern. and when he showed me the marks of the gridiron, made when he was initia ted, and told me how they fixed poor Morgan I never told a living soul to this day; if nobody troubles your clos et to find out your secrets till I do, they will be there till they rot, they will." . " I thought so," said the guardian, " and now I want yon to commence in thatcorncr and give the wnole room a thorough cleaning, and I pledge my word and honor to the fidelity of your promise ; now don't go into that clos et ;" and then left the lady to herself. No sooner had she heard the sound of his feet on the steps than she ex claimed, " 'Don't tet into the closet !' I'll warrant there s a gridiron, or ;onie nonsense just like the anti-masons for all the world, I'll be bound. I will take one peep, and nobody will be any wiser, as I can keep it to myself." Suiting the action to the word she stepped lightly to be forbidden closet, and turned the button, which was no sooner done than bah !' went the billy goat, with a spring to regain his liber ty, which came near upsetting her ladyship. Both started for the door, but it was filled with implements for bouse cleaning, and all were swept from their position to the bottom of the stairs. The noise and confusion occasioned by such unceremonious coming down stairs drew half the town to witness Mrs. K's. efforts togetfrom under the pile of pails, tubs, brooms and brushes in the street. Who should be the first to the spot but that rascally doorkeeper. After re leasing the goat, which was a cripple for life and npifiing the rubbish that bound the good woman t) the earth, anxiously inquired if she had been taking the degrees. "Taking the degree!" exclaimed the lady; 'if you call tumbling from the top to the bottom of the stairs with the devil arter taking things bv de grees, I have them, and if ye frighten ed folks as ye have frightened me, and hurt to.boot, 1 11 warrant they will make as much noise as I did." " I hope you did not open the closet, madam,' said the door-keeper. " Open the closet? Eve eat the ap ple she was forbidden. If you want a woman to do anything, tell her not to do it, and she'll do it certain. I could not stand the temptation. The secret was there. I wanted to know it. I opened the door, and out popped the tarnal critter right into my face. I thought the old boy had me, and I broke for the stairs with the critter butting me at every jump. I fell over the tub and got down stairs as you found us all in a heap." "" But, Madam," said the door-keep er, " you are in possession of the great secret of our order, and must go up to be initiated and then go in the regular way." " Regular way!" exclaimed the lady, " and do you suppose I am going near the tarnal place, and ride that ar tarnal critter without a bridle or a lady's sad dler -S o, I don t want anything to do with the man that rides it. I'd look nice perched upon a billy-goat, wouldn't I? No, never! I'll never go nigh it again, nor you Bhall nuther if I can prevent it. no lady shall ever join the OddFellows. Why, I'd soon er bear ree Mason, and broild on a gridiron as long as the fire could be kept under it, and pulled from garret to cellar with a halter in a pair of old breeches and slippers, just as my poor dead husband. And he lived over it, but I never could live over such an other lide as I took to-day." IMPORTANT TO REVENUE COLLEC TORS. A Circular from the Comptroller. Comptroller's Office, Nashvilly, Nov. G, 1K73. To the Tax Collectors and Chairman of the County Courts of the State : In answer to inquiries from different parts, of the State, I issue this circular: 1. It is the duty of each tax collec tor "to endorse upon his tax books the date of the payment of each tax there in," whether that payment be made to-day or year hence. 2. It is the duty of each tax collector to make to the Judge or chairman of the County Court a monthy statement showiug the aggregate taxes which have been paid during the month, and an abstract of the report shall be fur nished to the Comptroller bv the Coun ty Court Clerk. 1 would suggest that each tax collector make his first state ment up to the first day of the month next after he receives his tax books, though a full month have not clasped; then afterward np to the first day of each succeeding month. 1 his will give system to the reports of the tax collectors of the State. il. The sum of ten per cent, upon amonnt collected during the month by anv tax collector will be imposed upon hiin for eaeh month he fails or refuses to pay over the money collected by him. . . 4. As the poll tax is levied exclus ively for school purpose, it must be returned so that it can be credited on the books of this office to the school fund, separate and apart from the gen eral State tax. If the tax collector makes his payments to a State dejosi tory. his receipts should state distinct ly what he has paid in poll and what on State tax. 5. With the 10 per cent, tax on prop erty for school purposes, the Comp troller has nothing to do. No report of it should be made to him. It is paid to and distributed by the County Trustee. J so. C. BcRcn, Comptroller. A totchino incident ia reported from Chattanooga. An utter stranger called on a respectable farmer, recently, and asked him if his house had not been robbed during the war. The farmer replied that it had. I," said the stranger," was one of the ma rauding party that did it. I took a lit tle locket." " That locket," said the farmer, bursting into tears," had been worn by my dear, dear child." "Here it is," replied the stranger, visibly af fected : " lam rich ; let me make res titution. Here is $20 for your little son ne gave the farmer a .jO bill, and received IC50 in change. He then wrung the farmer's hand warmly and left.- The farmer has since dried his tears and loaded his shot-gun. A BOLT ALWAYS ET OKDEB." How Mrs. SquUU Got, Eves with SquIHs. " " From the St. Louis Republican. ' Squills declares that his wife is al ways taking some kind of mean ad vantage of him. "The best woman in the world, sir," says Squill, " but now and then she will act mean, and she can't help it" Last Saturday at breakfast," said Squills, "she was as smillingaa a bun dle of chips." " Are your chops done to your lik ing, Squi lis, dear? " " Deliciously, my love." "I broiled them myself, dear." "I knew it was goingtobe hot," said Squills, and when I got into the hall to leave, Mrs. Squills was there with my hat in one hand and my overcoat in the other. " Squills dear," she began. : " I thought it time to pitch inhere," said Squills, so I said quietly," " "How much Mrs. Squills? Out" with it, my love." "Mr. Squills, said she, "don't be unmanly sir, I beg; not to say ridicu lous. Gussy wants a silk dress to go to church in ; the poor child really isn't decent 'you are very sorry,' well, so you ought to be. 'Let her say her prayers at home.' No, Mr. Squills, she shan't stay at home, and she shan't say her prayers, and Mr. Squills, you're enough to agravate a saint, and your conduct is digusting, and its enough to drive a woman to bolt right off to Chi cago and get a divorce." "I thought this was a good time tn fire off my pet joke," said Squills, "so I said, ' Mrs. Squills, a bolt is always in order.' Then I bolted myself, for Mrs. Squills comes of a fighting fami ly." " W hen I went home at niehL Gns- sy, dear child, played all my pet Offen bach music, and I knew I was in for the dress, only I wanted to hold out till morning, just for the look of the thine." " For five years after we were mar ried," said Squills, Mrs. S. would per sist in looking under the bed for a man. It's the same man every woman looks for, I suppose, because they all do it. Well, failing to find the man. Mrs. Squills finally gave him un in disgust and took to something else. I sup pose," said Squill "they all take to something else after they can't find the man under the bed. Mrs. Squills' weakness is bolting the door. ' Mr. Squills have you bolted the door? is always the last thing at night. " This particular night," said Squills, 44 Mrs. S. was very dignified and dis tant 'Vnfitnii;,,;, m. t.:Ho ; you please; you wounded my feelings in their tenderest point this mornin;, and I cannot forget, though you did. that I am your wife, sir, and the mother of your children, Mr. Squills.' " "This was pitching it uncomonly strong, you know," said Squills, " and was about to surrender, when Mrs. Squills turned off the gas and then coiled herself up in a pet somewhere on the outside bed-rail. Not even 'good-night, Squills. I felt prttty bad about it, I ca n tell yoa, but 1 went to sleep I don't know how long I had slept, but some time, when I experi enced a kick in the back, as if a play ful mule had been fanning me. Per haps it was necessary, as I always slept hard." " Mr. Squills," at last I heard Mrs. S. say, " Mr. Squills, have you bolted the door?" " Now I leave it to any man," said Squills, appealingly, " whether that is the correct thing for the mother of a family to do? Of course I got up and bolted the infernal door, and I said, 'Mrs. Squills why the deuce didn't you think of bolting the door before I went to sleep, and not wake up a man in the middle of a cold night to do it?' And what do you suppose her answer was?" "'Why, Mr. Squills,' she said, 'I thought a bolt was always in order.' " "What did I say? What could! ".y? And the worst "of it all," said Squills, " I'll be hanged if she wasn't laughing at me ; I could feel the bed shaking." !fo Electoral College. The Standing Committee on Elec tions and Privileges of the United States Senate recently held a confer ence in New York in reference to the mode of electing the President and Vice- President. The substance of their deliberations may be briefly sta ted as involving the following propo sitions : 1. To abolish the Electoral Colleges. 2. That the President and the Vice President shall be elected by the peo ple voting directly for the candidates. 3. That each State shall be divided into as many districts as the State is entitled to representatives in Congress, to be composed of contiguous territory, compact in form, and as nearly equal in population as may be, and the per son having the highest number of votes for President in each district shall re ceive the vote of the district for Presi dent, which Bhall count one Presiden tial vote ; that each State shall be en titled to two Presidential votes at large, which shall be counted for the person having the highest number of vote in the whole State. 4. The person having the highest number of such Presidential votes in the I'nited States shall be President. 6. These provisions to be applica ble to the election of Vice-President. C. Congress shall have power to pro vide for holding and conducting the election for President and Vice-President, and to establish tribunals for the decision of contests as to the vote in any district or State, and make reg ulations governing the proceeding of these tribunals. To Make A Good Collector. Be on time to the minute when the debtor says " come to-morrow at nine o'clock." Sit on tbe step and wait for his return when he says, " I am just going to dinner." Insist on stepping out to make change when a man "has nothing lss than a twenty." Go to au " old stager" every day fr a month with a cheerful countenance "about that little amount." Don't mind edging into a crowd to ask a fellow. Take a dollar in part if you can't get ten in whole, and " credit it " with alacrity. Always suggest a check when the money is not in hand, as you can get it "cashed " to-morrow. Always have the account "on top," so that the man can have no excuse for potting you off. Don t mind asking for it immediate ly after being " treated "or pleasant ly entertained. Never be in a hurry, "will wait till you get through." Cough or salute when the "hard case " wants to pass you without see ing you. In fine be patient as a post, cheer ful as a duck, sociable as a flea, bold as a lion, weather proof as a rubber, cunning as a fox, and watchful as a sparrow hawk. The " Heroic Age" of Methodism. In speaking of the late Bishop Early. Bishop McTyiere said : He was a re presentative man of the heroic ace of Methodism, for Methodism had a. " heroic age," before the log cabin and bush arbor had given way to the state ly dwellings, with frescoed ceiling when men rode circuits as large as our present districts, and preached at twenty-eight appointments ia twenty-eight days, and when the word salary " was not in the book.