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THfi M6RRI&T5WN GAZETTE, BECEMBfifi 24, 18 79 . Entered t the Post Office at Morristown, Tenn. a second clasi matter. TERMS OF THE GAZETTE. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. On year (52 issues) $2; six months, $1; three months, 60 cents. . , RA TES OF AD VERTISING.One inch first insertion, $1; each subsequent inser tion, 50 cents; displayed advertisements trill be charged according to tfie space occu- tried at above rates. , TO REGULAR ADVERTISERS we of fer superior inducements, both as to rate of charges and manner of displaying their rfnTTHKFt TK LOCAL COLUMNS 10 cents per line for first insertion and 8 cents per line for each additional insertion. OBITUARY NOTICES, Tributes of Re spect and Cards of Thanks charged for as regular advertisements. ALL BILLS for advertising are due wlun contracted and payable on demand. COMMUNICATIONS must be accompan ied by the true name and address of the writer in order to receive attention. THEMORRISTOWN GAZETTE WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24, 1879. In accordance with a time honor ed custom, and believing that all connected with the Gazette office are deserving and entitled to a little relaxation from their tread-mill life, nn naner will be issued from this - i i nffice next week. Our next issue will bear date of Wednesday, Janu ary 7, 1880. Very heartily do we wish our patrons, one and all, a mer ry Christmas and a happy New Year The Republican National Commit tee met at Washington last Wed nesday. Don Cameron, of Penn sylvania, was elected permanent Phairman. The time for holding the Republican National Convention was fixed for Wednesday, June 3, 1880, at the city of Chicago, The election of Cameron as Chairman and the selection of Chicago as the nlae is clearlv another boom for i - - Grant. The Readjusters in Virginia seem to have readjusted political parties in that State as well as the State debt. The Republicans, a portion of the Democrats and the darkies in the Legislature have formed a partnership, close-corporation ring, and have elected all the State offi cers and General William Mahone United States Senator. The regu lar Democratic party is outnumber ed and beaten, arid the State debt will go winding along with that of Tennessee and other bankrupt States, probably. Last week, at Knoxville. W. F. Yardiey, Esq., whose fame as a col ored Republican politician is not al together confined to the limits of that city, was accused of stealing a watch from a Dr. C. T. Lour, late of Illinois, while attending an exhi tion at the Opera house. Lour was indicted by Yardiey for assault, and Yardiey was indicted by Lour for stealing. Yardiey was acquitted by the magistrate and then sued Lour for damages, attaching his horses, buggy and jewelry, to await the- re sult. Before proceeding with the trial, Yardiey presented some sort of a written statement to Lour for signature. Upon Lour's refusal to sign the paper Yardiey went for him vigorously with a big stick. Lour is represented as presenting a pitiable specimen of Illinois Stalwartism as he stood reciting the unkind treat ment he had received at the hands of the most distinguished col ored Republican of the Stale after he had fought four years to give freedom to his race. No wonder he was not happy. IMPORTANT DECISION. We copy below from the Nashville Banner a notice of a very Important decision recently rendered by the Supreme Court at Nashville, in re gard to tax sales. From it we gath er that when lands or town lots are sold for taxes by the State, County or Corporation and bid in by the collectors, a lien i9 thereby fixed upon such property, for the amount of such taxes which lien may be enforced by bill in chancery, a3 other liens are enforced, and the property sold in enforcement thereof in bar of the equity of redemption. It be hooves those interested to look to this matter : In the test tax case of the State of Tennessee, county of Davidson and city of Nashville, against .Martha W. lun can and A. V. S. Lindsley, the Supreme Court, Saturday, rendered a decision m favor of the plaintiff. By this decision parties owning real estate upon which there are taxes due for a number of years to the State, coun ty and corporation, and when each year under the laws for the collection of tax es sales were had, at which, for the want of ether bidders, the State, county and corporation bid, to bid in the pro perty themselves, may be proceeded against by a bill in Chancery to empow er the original lien for taxes. In such proceedings the Court will not confine the governments to the mode or modes pointed out by the sta tutes passed by the Legislature for the enforcement of collections, but will, in the exercise of its inherent jurisdiction upon the lien, by decreeing sales free from the equity of redemption, as pro vided by law, in the enforcement of other liens. Iloweyer, inasmuch as these bills arc filed on the theory that the regular tax sales were void or irreg ular, the costs of sales will not be allow ed: The Supreme Court approved the opinion of Chancellor Mcrritt in all res pects, both as to the question of jurisdic tion or upon the question of the amounts to which the different governments are entitled to recover. This was one ot the most important cases ever decided by the Supreme Court. FROM ASUEV1LLE, N. O. Axheville. N. C, Dec. 19, 1879. To the Editor of The Morristown Gazette : The trains are now making regular trip ever an unbroken track from Salisbury through the great tunnel at Swanuunnoa Gap to Cooper's, ekven miles from AehevlUe and we are happy ! . i. Aston. WE COUNT OUT IN MAINE. Governor Garcelon and his coun cil have given the election returns a general overhauling and have thrown eut both Democratic and Republican returns on the ground of legal informalities and technicali ties. The result counts the Repub lican members from ninty dlown to fifty-eight and the Democratic mem bers from sixty-one up to seventy -eight. This gives the Democrats a majority in both branches of the Legislature. The Republicans in Louisiana and Florida taught Gov. Garcelon how to do it. Tit for tat" is a very exciting game among children, but it often winds up in bloody noses, bit ears and scratched faces. It Is a dangerous name for children. When men get to playing at it in election matters in a country like this, where the freedom of fifty millions of people depend on the fairness and purity of the elections, it becomes a matter of very serious import. If Returning Boards or Toiinci'.s of State can reverse the returns of an election, why, then our elective svstem is a failure and our government is a failure with it The ballot box must be untrammel ed and free and the voice of a ma jority of the people as expressed through that channel must be held sacred, and respected and obeyed by everybody, or our entire system falls to the ground and we will drift rapidly into revolution and anarchy When that bold fraud was commit ted in Louisiana in 1876. under the advice of Mr. Sherman and the othei " visiting statesmen," we were startled at its audacity and saw plainly the danger such a revolu tionary precedent might and proba bly would lead us, as a people, into, but our reliance was upon the Democratic party to free us from Returning Boards, to stand up man fully for free and fair elections in all time to come, and thu3 save the Union from anarchy and ruin on the one hand and from consolidation and a regal empire on the other. But it seems that the "counting out" process has been learned by at least one Democratic Governor, and so we are drifting onward, to what? Destruction of the Union as our fathers formed it, and loss of free dom? We fear so indeed. It is time for conservative, thoughtful, good men, of all parties, in this Union, to etop and think ; to take our reckonings, as it were, and Bee whither we are drifting. Party spirit has oeen running too high lately. There is too much selfish ness, too much corruption, too much baseness on the part of some of our public men. We are in great peril as a people, and It behooves us to look well to the ship of State. This " counting out" arrangement must be knocked in the head right now in its infancy, or we are a lost people. MONEY VS. MORALS. It is very remarkable that so many inventions are made by which men rapidly accumulate great wealth, and no one has ever vet been able to devise a plan by which morality and virtue are made to increase. Wejiavef the very highest authority for the assertion that " the love of money is the root of all evil," and while all admit this to be true and also that everybody loves money we must, at the same time, admit that money is the foundation of all great, good and ooble enterprises. Without this root of evil the poor cannot have the cosoel preached to them, nor could the heathen have the bible and missionaries. Preach ers can't go into all the world and save sinners unless they have scrip in their purse. While these stub born fact3 are so very apparent, is it not wonderful that those whose special duty it i3 to counteract the evils of money influences, are wholly unable to afford any sort of relief. It is a fact that most of the great inventions have a vary demoralizing iufluence. Whenever Tom Scott or Jay Gould determine to run a rail road to any given point, preachers, deacons and elders, at that point, are all iubilaut and vet they know full well that with tlje road wil come thieves, robbers and murderers Even the invention of machinery for The manufacture of ice, so neces sary for the comfort of the human familv and so very essential iu cases of sickness, has greatly increased the consumption of that great friend to vice whisky. Still we all hail with great joy the advent of any great discovery, although we know its coming will entail upon us great evils. If the devil is so successful n manipulating all the great inven tions. cannot some one of our in genious divines devise some way to counteract his pernicious influence? Tf it is not in their Dower to con vince the human family that: Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, lie in throe words health, peace and compe tence." they should certainly make a very vigorous effort to utilize the advant ages of all greai enterprises and make them auxiliaries in the pro motion of virtue and morality. Capt. Rule, of the Knoxville Chronicle, has been interviewed by the Washing ton correspondent of the Chicago 2ri- bune. He is very skeptic il about the Democratic break up in the South. The fact is thaHtule has been engaged with his daily brake and after breaking and scratching away and hackling at Democ racy lor about ten or lit teen years, he finds it a fabric of that kind that don't break worth a cent. American. COLONIZING INDIANA. "THE TIME HAS COME TO ULTIL- IZE THE NIGGER-" If any of our Republican friends. colored or plain, desire to read the following as it originally appeared in the paper it purports to be copied from, they can enjoy the privilege by calling at this office : Lemars Sentinel (Republican.) Yon see the nigger must be good for something. Up till this moment he has been a scab on the body politic; a cancer about whom politi cal quacks have throttled each other. As a slave he was a picturesque image of misery, and a petennial fountain of philosophic and trans cendental gush. As a freeman he was still romantic, but as an enfran chised citizen of America he ha been an unmitigated fizzle, a fraud, a failure. He was Intrusted with the ballot to back up the Republican party iu Dixie land ; for that and nntliinc else. The eushers told us he would do it. and sure enough, so long as he wa9 "protected" by Yankee bayonets, he did his part nobly. But the moment they were withdrawn the bull-dozer swept him out of the way with shot-gun, nd torch and terror. The poor, ignor ant, timid nigger had had all his manhood taken out of him by the lash of Southern barbarians in the day of slavery, and when loft alone he either did not vote at all or voted the bull dozer's ticket. He is of no earthly use to those who gave him the ballot, away down in Pixie, and it is high time he was ultilied. Let the Republican campaign committee send him to Indiana by the thou sands and the ten thousands, where he cau be "protected" In voting, and directed how to vote. Indiana is to all intents and purposes a rebel State, with Stalwarts enough in it to crush bulldozing, intimidation and tiaud. It needs about 20.000 Re publican votes to make it as . Stal wart as Iowa. The niggers are our meat. They belong to the Repub lican party, to the Nation, and they should be placed where they will do the most good. It is an outrage to have them go to Kansas, where they are not needed, while Iudiaua, which is practically in the hands of the rebel Democracy, has such ur gent demand for 20,000 Stalwart niggers. Let there be no apologies, excuses or whining on the part of Republicans. There is no need for secrecy or hypocrisy in this project of xoloniaiug niggers enough to carry the State of Indiana, or any other doubtful Stale, for the party that conquered treason aud saved the Nation. Hurrah for the import ed iger The Republican members of the Legislatuie held a caucus last Satur day night and unanimously adopted the following resolutions concerning the State debt i Resolved, that we recognize the State debt aa the paramount isstio in this State, and wa will not suppoit any person or proposition looking to the repudiation of the same. We regard the bonded debt obligation of our State as legally bind ing, and we pledge ourselves to use all honorable means within our power to pay the holders of our bonds such an amount of the same as they may de mand. Resolved, that we utterly condemn the spirit of repudiation, wheatber man ifested at home or abroad. A NUISANCE. To the Editor of The Morristown Gazette : Permit a countryman to call attention to a nuisance in Morristown. It is the switching of the liuncomb train at and across Main street. Every day, for half an hour or more, it Is absolutely danger ous for ladies, or indeed anybody, to ride or drive along that street near the crossing. There are at least three other places at which the train can be made up and nobody injured. Awrd,&c. District. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTIONr On the Second Saturday in January, 1880, there will be a Sunday School Convent ion held at Church, in Mori'UtOTvn, AH schools in Hamblen county are invited to send their best workers as delegates. Remember the time the Second Saturday in January next. V. D. Smith, V. Pres't. for Hamblen county. TEMPERANCE LECTURE. To the Editor of Tlje Morristown Gazette : On last Sabbath evening, at the M. E. Church in this place, it was our good fortune to listen to one of the ablest and most exhaustive temperance lectures we have ever heard. The lecturer was our townsman, Rev. T. P. Summers. His address was delivered at the request of the Lodge of Good Templars at this place. At the commencement, he, an nounced that it was not his purpose to preach a sermon, and yet he proposed to read a text of scripture as the foun dation of his remarks. He read from the book of Judges, ch. 5, v. 23: "Curse ye Meroz," &c. He showed from sta tistics the enormous bold that intemper ance has on all parts of the country -the incalculable harm it is doing and has done to all classes, financially, morally and in every other way. Then as a coun terpart to the dark picture, he showed the rapid strides that are being made by temperance organizations toward the emancipation of the race from its bond age to this blighting, eura&bearing ty rant. But we cannot give an adequate idea of the lecture, unless we could re port it in full. And. even then, no one who did not hear it could form any just conception of its force and effect, for the earnest zeal evinced by the speaker had much to do in giving effect to his lecture. His audience was large and gave the most profound attention to the 1 ecture. Sometimes persons take it in their heads to give a friend a suit of clothing for Chrutm&fi, but oftener they make up their minds to trot themselves to new suit before the holiday. To all such we would eay go to Jo. JfcTear's, Knoxville, where they will find a large stock of clothing suited to the wants of ail. In goits furnishing goods their stock is very complete, and we noticed they have just received a large stock of the best snspendarg ever made the Argosy Suspender. Call and see it, and all their other nice goods, and if you w&nt anything in their line they will treat you right. The Chattanooga Times in noting the" return of a number of parties who ess than a year ago went to the West and South-west to better their fortunes.says: Returning emigrants arc becoming num erous. They come back In every man ner, by railroad, in wagons and 6foet. As a rule they wear a woe-begone est pression which convinces ona that the land "flows not in milk and honey" for them. The only reason that more do not return, is that they do not have the means. Their cad experience is teach ing them that there is no better climate, soil and society under the ma than in the homes they left. The farmer in this country are now beginning to (Bnd this out. and the oftener they are re minded of It, tho better off they will be. Letter from'Clinch.' AS TO THE REVENUE WORKERS. Lee Valley, Tenn., Dec. 15, '79. To the Editor of the Morristown Gaaettt : j As your faithful chronicler in these j ends of the earth, it becomes my duty I to pay my respects to the " caudal -extremity of the Revenue Department," 'which baa far some time held a reign of terror over the poor people in this section, and to acquaint the public with the J methods certain Deputy U. 8. Marshals 1 and their staffs of professional witnesses have adopted to line their pockets out of the U. S. Treasury. The victims generally picked up by these harpies are the poorer and least In formed class of renters, who raise a few plants of tobacco each year for their own use, and who, with the liberality common to poor people, will divide the last pipe-full of tobacco with a neigh bor. These people are not able to pay any cost, and the government becomes paymaster for all the petty prosecutions. HOW THEY ARE WORKED UP. The eases are worked up thus: A professional stool-pigeon witness will go about in the neighborhood, in an in nocent kind of way, and is out of tobac co of course, and begs a little home me.de from everv one he thinks may have a twist or a hand; where he makes a raise he gets Btrangely liberal and in sists on paying fy it, then goes straight to a commissioner with his evidence; a warrant is immediately issued, and the deputy marshal zealously hurries off to do his duty, with his pet witness along for a guard, and surprises the poor, ig norant, and honest mountaineer in hie bed, and drags him off forty miles or more to a commissioner for a prelimin ary trial, or to take his bond to appear at the Federal Court at Knoxville. Some one may ask if there ain't com missioners in each county to attend to such matters? Of course there is, and marshals are instructed to take prison ers before the nearest commissioner; but tjje j)iiUa,ga is the wain item in a mar shal's bill of costs, and the farther he takes a prisoner the better it pays. There is a commissioner in Rogersville and one in Hancock county, yet the deputy marshals operating about here take their prisoners to Rutlcdge twice or three times as far as necessary; A9 a sample of moat of these tobacco cases, I will give you one in full i The victim U a very por roan, and mentally imbecile, named William Hicks, who raised a small patch of tobacco in 1878; one of deputy marshal Tom Jones' regular wit- nesses happened to Be at major w . v . Willis' one day and knew of the Major sendinsr to Hicks for some tobacco, and saw the tobacco when it was brought home. Major Willis tells me that Hicks was not at home wnen ne seni ror me tohacco. but that Mrs. Hicks sent him some, and that pay was never named by anv of them, and mat ne nas never paiu flicks a cent lor it in cash or anything else. Poor Hipks, hpweyer, was drag ged from his bed the other night aud marched off to Rutledee, bare-foot, and a half dozen bare-foot and hungry chil dren crvine after him. As he has not vet returned home, and has no knowl edge of what few rights belongs to him, I presume he is now in Rutledge jail, in default ot nail. Ofcoursa, most of these things are done in the form of the U. 8. Internal Revenue law, but a man of any human feeling would exhaust every honoranie means of earning a living before he would stoop to engage in such low per secutions. Clinch. "Wasliinerton Letter. A UTLI DEBATE IS THI 8KNATB APPOINT MINT OF CENSUS BUFEBVIBOBS, ETC. ETC. To the Editor of the Morristown Gazette: . WAsgixoTON, D. C, December J?th? l7f In the Senate yesterday there a lively debat on the resolution of Mr. Voorheea calling for the arroointment of a committee to investigate the cause of the exodua of negroes from North Carol! na ttj Indiana and Mr. Windom's proposed amend. meut instructing the committee, in case they should find the cause to be cruel and unjust treat ment of the negroes by their white fellow-citizens, to report to Congress what steps should be take to secure them In the free exercise of their politicaj rights, ar)d whejftpj g territory should not be set apart for their exclusive nag. The debate, though animated from first to last, was moderate in tone. l-end characterized by becoming courtesy and digni ty on both si4es, Congress adjourns to-day for the holidays, bav. ing accomplished much in the way of appropria tions. On Friday, last the House passed the Forti fications and Pensions Appropriation Bills, the lat ter calling for $32,404,000. During the week Mr, Warner has asked for information as to what cam of the bimetallic mission to the governments o, Europe, for which $20,000 was appropriated ; and Mr. Morrill for the effect on the revenuu of the re. Deal of the duties on tea and coffee. Resolutions have been iutroduced expressing sympathy with the Irish Nationalists in their efforts for equal laws and self-government, and the hope that they may SOPH become pwners of the soil they cultivate ; and speeches have baea mads over petitions for enrjeh ing the soldiers and sailors of the civil war by the difference between the gold value of the greenbacks in which they were paid and their nominal value The President has decided to appoint an equal number of Democratic and Republican supervisors of the census of each State. This decision gives sorne dissatisfaction in Republican circles, and the President has been urged to. make all uuch appoint, ments from his own political party . He, however, declines to do so, on the ground that tha Uw, as It now stands, would not be fairly administered if be appointed only Republicans. DID IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE f Mrs. Judia Strong, perhaps one of the oldest residents of Jefferson douPtf . 4ed at her home, near Talbott's Station, last Thursday, at tit Sir vanced age of 85 years. Hobbistowm Gazette. It was our good fortune to know the old lady; and a more devout, benevolent, philanthropic soul was never spared a lonir life of usefulness to suffering hu manity. But she had a grandson with who3e acquaintance we were also honored. He was the embodiment of all that was mischievous a hale, hearty, devil-may-care chap, and a fiend incarnate on prac tical joking. He had a flow of animal spirits that nothing could suppress, and a light-hearted disposition that masquer aded with trouble and poked fnn at calamity. He scented the ridipujpus with the same instinct that a sleuth hound runs down its prey. Were the Universe to collapse, he would endeavor to ride over chaos oa the tail of the comet for the sake of laughing at those who struggled to stand in space. He was en excellent fiddler, and his musical passion outstripped PVPry pon sideration, sacred or profane. n pooir pany with him and two other friends, (one of whom was a lady) we visited tha home of his grandmother. It was Sun day. He took a seat near the bureau, n which rested a violin and bow. While tha others conFersed he mechanically fingered the slrings of .he yfojfn. puring a pause in the conversation, ne aeiipo "Granny, wouldn't you like to hear me play. I'd like to Be an Angel ?" "Yes, my son," replied the good old lady; "anything: that does not desecrate the Screwing up Jhj ptrings of the instru ment to the utmost tension, ffte young scapegrace let into tne wua,soui-si.ir)ng air of the Maid or Monterey: Now I clutch my rifle closer. t3 1 pass the dark defile, Wberetoe f4 guerilla watches ' O'er many a Jaiieif jf. The pJ4 lady, overcome by ecstasy of religious l&rvbf. tell pack in h.er jchair, and clasping both. fcnds together, ex claimed: 'Sweet Jesus ! Sweet Jesus I f This was too much for our gravity. We suddenly remembered that we had lost soroetbing.swi stumbling out doors, we leaned against tn chimney, and wondered if Am. Stewart would eyer become a Missionary to China. AshevilLe y. Q. Journal. The Government b&3 bt Washington the largest printing ofhee in the world Its annual cost is nearly $1,000,000. Since it was established in 1860 the treasury has paid out on its account 128,000,000, an average of over $1,500, OuO a year. It has never been inventori ed. For one thing the office has on hand oyer 2,QQ0,Ou0 pow&da of typ,c. Local Notes and Other News. Santa Clsus. Thursday Christmas. Holiday trade booming. It never rains but it pours. Hen, boys and brethren, Keep Sober. The Old Year is getting bald-headed. Children, hang up you stockings to- night. Circuit Court is grinding at Rutledge this week. The grocery merchants are having a good trade. ' The mule market is active and prices are ruling high. The wheat crop throughout this sec tion was never more healthy in appear ance. The time for turning the "new leaf" if at hand. Jot good resolutions down for 1880, boys. Miss Mattie B. Briscoe, at Salem Fe male Academy, N. C, will accept our thanks for an invitation to a musical entertainment to be give by the 8chool. Remember you get as much of Dr. Greenhalge's Restorer for 50c. as of other kinds for $1, and it is actually better, try it and be convinced. Sold by W. P. Carriger. Capt. Tip Elmore, a freight conductor on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad, died at Knoxville, of pneumonia fever, on Monday night, 15th instant. Two fearful epidemics seems to not have killed Memphis. On the 10th In stant 8,300 bales of cotton, amounting n value to over $400,000 were sold in that city. The many friends of Mr. Fred. E. Mitchell, formerly of Greeneville, will be pleased to learn that he is sound and healthy as a fresh egg, at his residence in Oakland, Cal, Nat F. Baxter, Jr., has been appoint ed Supreme Court Clerk vice W. N. Cowden resigned. It is understood Judge Turney, by courtesy of the court, had the naming ef Mr. Cowdeu's suc cessor. John L. Buchanan, President of Em ory and Henry College, has been called to the Presidency of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, a State institu tion located at Blacksburg, Va., at a salary of $2,500. If you wish to make a nice New Year's gift to a relative or friend, and one that will be appreciated the whole ear through, send us $3 25 and we will send them the Gazette and Godey's Lady's Book for one year. Another man was killed at Bristol last Friday. A man named Carver, who lived a few miles from town, was found dead in the street on the outskirt of the town, Saturday morning, At last ac counts no clue to the perpetrator of the murder was had. A musical festival and religious en tertainment will be given in the Metho dist Church, Thursday night, by the Teachers and Sunday School Scholars pf the Church. The exercises will con sist of vocal and instrumental music, responsive recitations, addresses, etc. The public are invited. Dandridge Watchman: The citizens of this place and vicinity were considerably shaken up by the ominous roar and tremor of an earthquake, on Thursday night, about half past 8 o'clock. The shock apparently came from the south west, and lasted about 10 or 15 seconds We acknowledge the receipt of an in vitation to attend a grand hop and en tertainment at Yoe's Hotel, Mossy Creek, Tenn., on Tuesday evening, 30th instant. Under the management of ESQ. Prvor Yoe. we predict the affair wp he a. fupces. From the gorgeous display of Christ mas tricks at W. P. Carriger's drug store, we would judge that Finkcey in tends to have every youngster in this country made happy on the 25th. ne has a very handsome stock of every thing imaginable for Christmas and New Year's presents, and offers special inducements in prices. James Holston, ("Bud,") who has so faithfully served the town patrons of Tbes Mqrjwstown Uaibttb during the past year has preparad a very ap propriate and neatly printed Carrier's ad dress and will be around with it oa Christmas morning. Gladden his heart and strengthen his legs for the tramps of the year before him by rewarding him with a few pieces of silver. " Give the devil his duo." An extra freight train was thrown from the track just this side of 8weetwa' ater on the lout, l he accident was cau a ed by some miscreant having placed a steel rail acrosa the track. Ihe engine when it struck the obstruction, jumped the track and rolled down the embank ment, smashing the stack and cab, and badly breaking the machinery. Lucki ly, and by almost a miracle, no one was seriously hurt. Newport Reporter: On the evening of the 11th inst., at six o'clock, a heavy shock from an earthauake was felt bv the citiiens of 2j"ewport,Qjd Newport and Eastport. The shock was so great as to cause considerable clattering of the aueensware in the stores, and the win dows clattered frightfully in the houses and many families were considerably frightened. The following are the officers elected last Thursday night to govern Morris town Lodge. No. 972, K. of H, for the ensuing six months: E. J. Wells, P. D. ; It. A. Lowry, Dictator; W. G. Gam mon, Vice Dictator; John H. Tate, A. D.; S. B. Noe, R.; Geo. Livingston, F. .; B. F. Stubblefield, T.; D. P. Rowe. O.; J. W. Loop, Guide: J. K Lawless, UuaFdian; J no, fJoe, Sentinel. W. a Dickson was elected Representative to me urana ioage ana iu. j. wens auer nate. Morristown Male High School gives its pupils two weeks vacation during the holidays. J his promising prepara tory school, under the efficient manage ment of R. A. Lowry, J5sq., who has spared no effort to make H equal to any . . i . t . i in tne caumry, nas ueen encouragingly patronized and sustained during the first term, and its prospects for the next term are still brighter. The school has already accomplished the best results, and elfQjild. S TRPMtyj supported by-the community,' " ' - The young ladies and misses of Mor ristown Female nigh School are enjoy joying two weeks holidays with that zest which enly months of confinement and application to school duties can im part. prpf. Qumer3 requests us to give notice to the natron's' pf fhe ppbool that the classes will be reorganised on the 1st Monday in January. The school is in good working order and quite a Dumber of accessions are expected for the spring frm. Let all such be present at tfte reorganiafiop, ; three weeks tuition majf thus be secured without -- .Jg : Tusculum Reeord: iir. XL g. Doak tells u that he has discovered two very fine beds of lead and zinc ore. Its rich ness varies with the different veins some yield 60 per pent of zinc oxide while others range irom u 10 per ceui or oxide of zinc. The principal rofnes are on two oeaa near riages inai exienu through the county, about three miles apart- No zinc had ever been found there before "at either place, ne says that he will not go very deep to rind lead at one of the zinc mines. He is getting ready for regular work. The price of ores is too low to work it out faster than it can be sold. ARE WE TO UAVE ANOTHER EX TRA SESSION The Tennessee Legislature met on the 16th in extra session in accordance with the proclamation of the Governor, to the end that the local government of Memphis be clothed with additional powers for the construction of the pro posed sanitary improvtment for the protection of the city against yellow fever. The executive v message also states that further legislation is necessary to enable the municipal authorities of Nashville to improve its sanitary condi tion. The other objects of the extra session are to amend the laws so as to prevent the robbing of cemeteries for scientific purposes and prohibit the traffic in dead bodies, and such legisla tion as will enable the Memphis. Padu cah & Northern Railroad to raise means to complete the road. Bills were in troduced bearing upon all the points reierrea iu in tne message, and among others a bill to enlarge the corporate limits of Nashville. Special Dispatch to the Cronicle. Nashvixle, Tenn., Dec. 18th. The holding of a caucus bv the Low- tax Democrats at the Commercial Hotel last night has created a great deal of talk to-day. The proposition was sub mitted to petition the Governor to call an extra session of the Legislature to pass a law levying taxes with which to pay the interest on dollar for dollar of the Agricultural, Hermitage and Capitol bonds, amounting to two milliou one hundred and five thousand dollars. It is asserted that the proposition was final ly withdrawn, the meeting agreeing to leave the matter to theGovernor. should he desire to call a special aesdion for thai purpose. Mr. Uregg, of Sullivan, who is regard ed as Gov. Marks' right-hand bower, is reported to have been the leader of the meeting and the person who presented the proposition, and it is regarded as an effort ou the part of the "low tax" men to heal the apparent breach botwecu them and the State credit Democrats. The "low tax" men assert that the proposition has fallen through. Noth ing was said in the caucus regarding the great bulk of the State debt. ' Nashville Daily American. The caucus meeting held by certain members of the Legislature, Wednesday night, appears to have been, from all we can learn, after getting through the mystery, an abortion. A resolution for a session to levy a tax to pay the Capi tol, Hermitage and other bonds which are, bo called, strictly the State debt, failed of support. It is said, however, that the matter was left with the under standing that if the Governor of this great Commonwealth chose to call the Legislature for that purpose, he could doit. I hat is so, under tho Constitu tion. He can, if he will. Will he? It is also strenuously sought to be made to appear that the.Govcrnor had nothing to do with the meeting. Perhaps he didn't. Maybe it suggested itself. Why nay that he did it, if he didn't. Are Democrats afraid of the Democratic Governor? Why is all this mystery, and this Work ing under the "kiver. WLoae funeral is it, any way? As the Governor of the great State of Tennessee declined to in clude in his late call the subject of doubling the burdens of the people by the postponement of taxes at the last session, we thinV he will be careful not to make a tax upon the people the sub ject of a call of the Legislnturo in au other extra session, Nevertheless, it IoqKs as if the Governor were on the high fence, wishing he knew on which side to get down. THE NEW HOTEL. Knoxville Dinpatch. We learn that the owners of the Masonic Temple lm!lding have accepted Mr. John Schcrf's pro position to lease the new hotel for five years, and that the remodeling will commence at once, and is expected to be ready for occupation in August next. The store-room now occupied as a mill inery store wili be kept as a store-room, as will also the one on the corner, oc cupied by Mr. Boyd. The first eutrance above the corner store will bo converted into a saloon and billiard room, and the next entrance adjoining will be used as the office, in the rotunda of which there will be a handsome cigar stand and also a newspaper 6tand. fho ladles entrance will be on Church street, and the build ing now occupied by the Paper Mill Company will be enlarged and added to the hotel, the second story of which will be the dining-room, which will be reached by a oovbred bridge over the alley in the rear of the temple. "ljonaon nas a population ot some four millions.mostly fools." said Cnrlyle. If people continue to doctor by rule and tradition, and allow so many to die use lessiy every year, iney deserve to oc classed amongst the category "mostly tools when the use of l'rof. l'auu Catarrh Vapor will cure all diseases of the head, throat and lungs. Office, 250 S. Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. At Bristol, last Tuesday, a fatal ren counter, between Mr. W. T. Thomas, f clerk in Mr. J. M. Barker's store, and VY. II. Kader, a young lawyer, occurred at the 6tore of Mr. Barker, in which Mr, Thomas was fatally stabbed in the neck, and died m a few minutes, the jugular vein and carotid artery on the leftside being cut in two by the stroke of the knife. The homicide it is said, grew out of the refusal of Thomas to credit Rader for a box of collars. Mr. Thomas was an upright, highly esteemed young gentle man, and stood well in the community, Rader was taken Wednesday, under a strong guard, to Blountville, to be con fined in jail until his case comes before Court. The excitement over the affair, and indignation towards the murderer, continued at & lgh ebb, but ijq violence was one red. Godey's Lody's Book for Jakuary greets the New Year with a face of smiling boautVj containing a varied feast of good things for lovers of litera ture, art, and fashion . The steel plate is one of Dariey's masterpieces a party of happy people seeing the old year out, the new year in. In this number is commenced a new serial by Christian Reid, whose novel in the Lady's Book last year woa universal favor. The new story opens with great interest, and promises to be one of this popular author's best works. There is a clever satirical picture of the Amateur's first trail, in which the tracks of an old house cat are being investigated by a city fop, arrayed in gorgeous costume for hunt ing. The recipeb are for a "Sick Room," and offers many appetizing dishes for invalids. In addition to Christian Reid's novpl. "Rosjyn's Fortune," there are contributions from many ppnuiar writers. The ''Rosebud Garden pt Uirls" is continued, and a summary given of previous chapters, for new subscribers. We will furnish the Morristown (Ja- zette and Godev's Ladv's Book for one year at the low price of $3 23 on appli cation at this office. Anecdote oi'Ueneral Ortant. Gen. Grant, on his return to this country, is said to have been severely afflicted with a cough, contracted while crossing the ocean, and which had stub bornly refused to yield to any treatment. A frieu'd 'pVpeured 'for him a Lottie of Symphvx, and ly ipj use"'he' was in a few hours entirely refieved. lie re marked to his friend i ''Man look upon me as a great soldier, but this bottle of Symphyx is greater than I. My calling ls been to destroy men's lives, but this raediplpp is a icrjoHa savior of men. snaif never pe wjthqutit ayaq.' Senator Voorhees presented a petition to Congress on the lbth signed by f.OOU ex-soldiers and sailors, asking to be paid in greenbacks the difference between the value of greenbacks, in which they were paid far services to the covern- ment,rand thp value of gold at t.he time toe payment was maqe. Short Jlprn Bulls, W.S. Shields, Cllnchdale. Gratmrer county, has for sale two handsome yearl ing Suort Hons Bolls, of the best breeding and at reasonable prices. PERSONAL. Capt. C. E. Dunn, of Leavale, was in town last Friday. Capt. R. F. Patterson, of Taze well, gave us a pleasant call one day last week. Maj. W. F. Evans, of Tazewell, was registered at the Cain House Saturday last. Miss M. Lida Kyle, of Whitesburg, was the guest of Mrs. T. C. Cain of our town last Friday. Mrs. Clark, of Kingston, is spending the holidays with her estimable daugh ter, Mrs. Major John Murphey. Mrs. This. C. Cain, accompanied by her son. Master Hugh, left on Saturday to spend the holidays with, her husband in Nashville. Messrs. S. II. Stokely, W. P. Blakely, S. C. Ballord and John Stokely, students of Mossy Creek College, spent last Friday in the city. W. S. Kyle, Esq., of Mudtown, wai in our sacctum Monday, and reports everything unusually quiet in the up per end of Hamblen. Jos. B. Hill, formerly a typo of this office, made us a brief call on Friday, cn route to visit his mother at Witt's Foun dry. Mr. Bascomb Pendleton, formerly of this place, but assistant depot agent for the past two years at New River, Va., gave us a pleasant call Monday. He is on a visit to his mother's family in this vicinity. Miss Ma Bewley, of Anderson C. H., S. C , a winsome, charming young la dy, who has bee.n absent from our town several weeks visiting relatires in the country, has returned for the holidays and is the guest of .Mrs. Col. J. M. IJcw-ley. Notice. To each am! every mormbcr of Morris town Presbyterian Church : You nre most earnestly rcues;'d to he present at the Church next Sabbath, December 28th, as their is important business to come before tho session for your decis ion. V. II. Smith. One Kxperienee for Many. "I had been sick and miserable so long and had caused my husband so muc h trouble and expense, no one seem ed to know what ailed me, that I was completely disheartened and discourag ed. In this frame of mind I got a bottle of Hop Bitters and used them unknown to my family. I soon began to improve and gained so fast that my husband and family thought it strange and unnatural, but when I told them what had helped me, they said "Hurrah for Hop Bitters! long may they prosper, for they have made mother well and us happy." The Mother. " 'Twi.sthfi eve before Christmas good night hud been iiid, And Annie and Willie had crept into bed," When their father, w ho was a big-heart ed man and loved his children dearly, noiselessly stole out of the house and went to Dr. M. Can iter's drug store where h purchased them each, at a very little expense, a nice irift to make their little heart happy the next morn ing. For Christmas goods see M. Carriger. Do we Believe in VVitchcaft? "I take the position that we do not, in its broad sense," said a gentleman of years and experience ; "and yet wC find many of the present day carrying a Buckeye in their pocket through a kind of superstition, when they might be re lieved by a few applications of Tab ler's Buckeve Pile Ointment." Thil Ointment is made from the Buckeye, and is recommended for nothing elat but Piles. Try it. It will cure you. Price, 50 cents per bottle. For Sslt by all Druggists. Feeble Ladies. Those languid, tiresome- sensations causing you to feel scarcely able to b on your feet; that constant drain that is taking from your system all itsclasticity driving the bloom from your checks that continual strain upon your vita forces, rendering you irritable and fret ful. can easily be removed ty the use of that marvelous remedy Hop Bitters Irregularities and obstructions of you system are relived at once, while th special cause of periodical pain is per manenty removed. V ill you heed this The price is only 50 cents, jet the real value is beyond estimation We allude to that invaluable com pound, Coussens' Honey of Tar, which has gained the enviable rcpu tation of being the greatest cough medicine of the age. ror Croup, Whooping Cough, and all Throat and Lung diseases it has no equal, Sufferers with consumption who use it always experience speedy relief. lry it. ' ior sale by all druggist. Town Italic. Santa Clans in all his glory at Carriger's. Tin Toys of every description Carriger's Drug Store. Dr. M at M If you wish a large stock of Christ mas tricks to select from, co to Dr. JW Carriger's Drug Store. m. .;arripr lias on exhibition at ins Drug Store the larjrest stock of Holiday goods this side of Knoxville. f rencn l;andiea, f un y Canilics an Plain Candies in great quantity at M Carriger's Drug Store. IjiSend your sons and daughters to Tazewell Collegc. See adver tisement. June 25-Cm. 31. Carriger's Drug Store is literally lammed with uuristmas tonus, such as Toys, Candies, Nuts, Cakes. Canned Goods, Apples, etc. Toy Bunks, Bny'a Toy Carpenter Tools, Tiy Animals, Toy Traius of Cars, Toy IJelJs, Toy Writing Dt'fcks and loys too numerous to enumerate at M Carriger's Drug Store. Toys ! Toys ! Toys ! For everybody and their cousins at M. Cairigcr a Drug btore. Cheap I Cheap I If you wish to.gladden the hearts of your little pirlsor boys Christmas morn ing, go to M. Carriger e Drug More and procure some nice little gift tor them. at a trivial expense, Childien'i China and Britannia Sets, V ases, 1'itchers, Mugs, ire Baskets, etc., etc , in great variety at M. Carri ger's. Elegant Toilet Sets. Vases. Shell Boxes, Glass Boxes and Books, China ornaments, Toilet Soan, Perfumery, po made, tic, i.ic, at lir. M. IVrjgcr'a urug Btore lor ihe Chilstmas trad. Fire Works I Fire ! Works A lar?e and well selected stock of Firo Work can be found at M. Carriger's Drug Store, Toy Guns, Pistols, Ilarpa, Fancy Horn?, Trumpets and Wbistka at M. Carriger's Jrug Store. von SALE. A hemltliy ynuatf Fem&la Cuatry of nixtrlnr breed. Ajily at or Jdreii thil office Grf?- ! Crouch, Of TEXNK.S.it-.K, WITH SAMUEL BEVAN & CO., WOTtTERa k DEALERS VH Dry Goods & Notions 2T0 W. BALTIMORE STREET, Oifltimoro, - - AIcU Oct 8 "i 3iu. MAItKET KK POUTS. Morristown Produce Market. WHOLKSAI.E PRICK. Mokristow5, Dec. 23, 1873. WHEAT 1 001 2 COKN' OATS rr FLOUIt 3 0t .fi;3 MEAL 4.'fci.".0 APPLES Urt a PEACHES k4 5 FEATHEKS 2.".;.5:i BUTTE It 10ol2 F.GGS (.il.'i BEESWAX FLAXSEED LAUD t6(7 TALLOW tac BACON c,,a 7 Knoxville Mnrket, CORKKCTliD T SMITH 1V)I1'RAKT DKALKItS IN' OEMCIUL rilODfC. Kxoxvii.lk, Tkxn., Dec. 22, 1ST. riwou t " hiinulder . t (U " -llm. 1SU I rd ... Tvt in hft-Siw, olin, I i 4 1 M (! 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ItwIJ Lar 1 In lil.la ' Ir. ran" Htlttrr clmlc rla.'! K !?! 1." lUiinna Vr harrrl 3 lb it I-lal. rotator lvr trrrl (i1 ? Kratlirr Ni'W fttiaM A !! S f"4 C'hwtnitta iJal M CW.K 1'ir ll-d !J CoiiMniijilIoii Cured. An old liysi iun, retired from prac tice, having hud pUicd in hit hand br iui E.ist I nil i 'i imtthiutiary tin- formula of a simple vretublo rrmcdy for tho re dy and permanent rurr for Coiuump tion, ItionrhilU, Catirih, Axhina, and ail Throat and Lunu; AHictintm, almi a positive and radical rurc for Nrrvoiif Debility ami all Neivout Complaint., after h.tvintf tented its wonderful cura tive power in thousand of eaoii, lim felt it his duty to make it known to Lis fiuiTeriii fellow. Actuated by thi motive and a desire, to relieve human gudciin, I will ticnd free of chaii; to all who desire it, thin recipe, in tier man, French, or English, with full di rcctioim for preparing and Uslnjj. Brut by mail by addrestin with ntninp, nam ing t) im piper. W. W. Siikiiah, H3W rs Blufk, R,i,t,r, N. 1. ott 2 2 Ut Tho Lamar 1 1 on ho. The undersigned having re-lea'! th above popular Hotel, bega h ave in in form his friend and putron. and e petially the traveling public, that he U now prepared to accommodate hliuesti in the best and mot approved ntyle. The Home will be fully renovated ami the table w ill ulw uv bu auppbed with all the delicacies of" the noatft. In fact it will b hi endeavor to ma-te the I. a mar House second to no Hotel In tl.t South. IVIite waitera and I no ! t at tendance will be secured the (rural. Fa-wongcr will be 'jnvcyed to and from the depot f t charge. John N nmr, I'oprietor. Sept. 5, 1 I N . We wire eipomd last wrtk to a piti less storm, that wet our feet and flik ings, aud indeed our pcrnon all over. In fact w e took a cracking rol l, whkli brought sore-throat and sever symp toms of fever. Tho good-wife a:rtt J her authority, plunged our feet into hot water, wra.jed us in hot blankets, and Kent our faithful son for a bottle vt Aveii's CiiKititr I'kctokal. It i a spleudid medicine pleasant to take, and did ihe Job. We slept soundly through the night and awoke well the next morning. We know we owe our quick recovery to the Pectoral, and shall not hesitate to rcrcminer.d it to all who need such a medicine J'thuacara ( Texa) Jiryfyian What I'liyslclan.H at Homo ami Abroad Think of tho Seven Spring Iron and Alum Ma. In tUr trratuunit of Irll, CUlurukl, Aluax tula, Xi-rruiia sod Miiacular lAUij, Mrrroaa aud Hit k IleatUrba, l)iinrnnrrljir, Monorrbtfla, Auivnorrbora, dutraaea ot tba KUnrja aod l)l.lr and lut-h Ilka organic or luIiHlnual dlaturUauca, 1 kuortfni rmiwlj upon vUi h I ran rljr with more rrrtaluljr of aa(Ua-tory rulia (baa ih "Sovru Kj.riB(fa .." W. f. laa, M. !., Alilug l ., Y, I Lava found no ou ii.". run.rdj tt (Mutt aatix fat lory rraulta a tha "Hareo Hj rlui MM." Iu the trvatruftut ot IriMtla, CLrotiU) I'UriUra, Anamla, Chloroaia, aud for Chronic Etariua, I dud it iuvaluablo, aaaotlaUsl wiib i'rn rlala (.kl trraliucDt. Oito. T. lUaaiaos, M. I Xr Yrk cat. l'rniiiiiijnriv with tha " I it m aud Alum Ma," .' tt It U1 J ror tha b-t iiudlrlua w bava in ue, fut Miroi.lo :. t, &. J. lUtlsatu, If It , ra'l'"",l Tra. For fyapr.ia,rWrlitn ot Ui Tbroat, InlUtu- tnattonof lb Xrck of lbs IKad lrr, Lain-orrbtaa, fit!., Ui "Rrvru Bi.t-tu- Maa" aroma in a4 with alin.wt ajlflo affrct. E. O. Uan.tar, pa Vita, AiH, Th 'JtwvMi Riirtnga Hw" furiilab vaiaaU runrdy t.j rrlx-ra I't-riu Hatorrbafa and tbl rlaaa of fi-raale diaraara, far autwrtor titb I'laiya- "1 Iri.o. 'i . Hoaasa, Jr.. V. l ur. U. 8. Ka. Hv Um-a uai 114 tba "1mo sod Alum Hih" In tuy rn.ri,a f,,r lb Ut Xrn nx-tUba, ita iri4 !- la tnatj cam. J li llconaoa, M. IV. Buoijr, H. O. I sra fully onoTloord from ra-Mial ebaor ratio of th grrat thrraprtittti raiua of lb "Hataa Kiino- Maaa" Iu tba trratmant of famala com- IaiuU. A. I acta? IS, kl. D htt.rniUla, Miaa, Uav bad gri-at aunt- wub "Ir- o add Alum Uw" la trratiri frmala dlaraara. It la a d.:rtl,I licina and about I ha Wear konwq tr lb pro uon. . T. iuiaaatima, k. li.. ltaktr'a btau-o, 7. urn. Wa cmil.l riUn d tbia Hat Into II tkouaaada nitk n tl IraUoiotilaSa fr.nii I bTalrtaua fr.ua atrr lata la tha I ui. d; but tbraa ar auCrUt i to ludi- rata lla aii.li.-ail.n. Tba rrpntaUca IUimik. y i tm artilrly known ta aa worda tii. b l a ;.arftrr. la t.rarltif fr.iu lrv .-( .! inrittloa Ka Serin Maaa 1ih rnt w( Fat ka or for '.) at.t by taail, t i d laaiiaiM a ln Abuatvau Va fall TJ Ij ut cb(