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OHRONIG vol. ." $o 27; ; 1.1 CLARKSYILLE, TENN., SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1873. WHOLE NO. 2,262. .1 j Y BYERS keeps a complete stock of Drugs, Patent Med icines, Paints, Notions, Blank Books and Stationery, and is prepared to sell low at retail or wholesale. ELY W. H. TURNLEV. W. J. Wj D..MERIWETHER, Jr. TURNLEY, ELY &C0. A.ND General Commission Merchants, in riRE-FBOOr WiBEHOl'SK, PLAIiKSYILLE. - - - TESN. Advances made on Tobacco In Store. w iiav mmriI the service of Col. W, F. Yoane. the well-known auctloner, who will sell all of our Tobacco for us. w !, .nwtHl a shed in New Provl dence, opposite the store or Messrs. McDan lel & Barbee, where we will receive tobacco and dray H to our warehouse free of charge l-T those persona wuo uo no wir.ii " it to Clarkdville. Messrs. McDaniel A Bar bee will receive, weigh and receipt for To bacco delivered at oar shed fn New Provi dence. Oct 171 -If. A. QDARLEH. G. X. UCARLES. X. A tin. Quarles,' .Daniel & Quarles, Attorneys at Law, CLARKSVILLE - TENN. Will practice in the CourU of Montoin ry and adjoining counties. April 27, 1872-lf VMOUD B. MJBTOX. CHAS. W. TVLK. LURTON & TYLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLAKKSTILLE, TEXJT. W1U practice In the courts of Montgom ery and adjoining counties June l5,72-tf. . . JAMES V. RICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLARKSYILLE, TENS. Will attend the courts of Montgomery, Btewartand Houston counues. Offioe on Htrawberry Alley. Jan. 4, 1873-ly J. J. CRTJSMAN Is now making large addi tions to his stock, and offers inducements to the Trade, VU0LESALEA11D RETML. WALTERUcCOIS&Co EXTRA GOLDEN SYRUP. In kegs, hall barrels and barrel. SEW tJMEANS Crushed, Powdered and Granulated STJOAIt. New Orleans, Clarified and Brown SUGAR. NEW CAROLINA RIOE. FLINT HOrsIIItf Y WHOLESALE Sixth Division of the Chancery Court. The Chancery Opart for ihfif, the ixth Division, Hon. CIU. BstiTH, presiding. Is held at the following times and places: ' : Haktsvillb. Trousdale county. 1st Mon days of February and August. - - t'LABKHViLLK, Montgomery county, 4th Mondays of April and 1st Mondays of No Gallatin. Sumner county. 1st Monday 01 Jnne and 4th Monday of December. Lkbanos, Wilson county, 2nd Monday of April and 2nd Monday of October. Monday March and 3rd Monday inSeptem- ber. .... Dover, Btewart county, zna Monuay in February and 4th Monday in October. Ahhi.aKd lTi-. Cheatham county. tr& Monday in January and 2nd Monday-in Akllsgtos, Houston county, 4th Mon day in February and 4th Monday in August. &E06 Franklin Street. Tent Jadlcial Cireuit. , ' The Circuit Courtof this, theKXtt Judi cial Circuit, Hon. J. K. Ricb presiding, are held at the following times and places : Clarksvillk. Montaomery county, on 1st Mondays in January, May ana oepieiu- h.r IV 1 Uilkr lnrlr. Mondays in February, Jone and Octobers- John V. Hatchings, clerk. I A? H land City, Cheatham county, me 3rd Mondays in February, June and Octo-j Der. W.u. isicnijs,cjerjL- . -raiBijyrTK. Dickson county, the 3rd Mondays in March, J uly and .November. J. A. Doason.cier. . -. Wavebly, Humphreys county, the 4tn Mondays in March, July and November. H. M. Little, clerk. . Dover. Ste wart county. 2nd Mondays in April, August and December. W. J.Hag- ler, ciera. SCATTER SEEDS OF KIXDSESS. Let us gather op the hue besm Lying all around our path ; Let uf keep the wheat and roes, Casting out thethornsand chaff; Let us nad onr sweetest comfort " i. In the blessings of to-day, v With a patient hand removing , All the briers from the way. ' -' - Then scatter seeds of kindness For our reapljrg by-and-by. ' Strange we never prize the music '' Till the sweet-voiced bird haa flown ! ' Strange that weshould slight the violeU Till tne lovely flowers are gone ! Strange that summerskies'aud sunshine Clever seem one-nail so fair , As when the winter's snowy pinions Shake the white down in the air ! . Then scatter seeds of kindness -- For our reaping by-and-by. . - If we knew the baby fingers, i '' ! , Pressed againHt the widow-pane, ; Would be eold and stiff lo-morrow Never trouble us again ' . Would the bright eyes of our darling Ciiteh the frown upon onr brow T . Would the print of rosy angers Vex us then as they do now T Then scatter seeds of kindness For our reaping by-and-by. Ob ! those little ice-cold Angers How they pointour memories back To the hasty words and actions Strewn along our backward track ! How thoselitiie bandsremind us,. As in snowy grace they lie, " Nor scatter thorns but rose, For our reaping by-and-by ! Then scatter seeds of kindness For our reaping by-and-by. , ClarliSYillQ, TennM Kontromerr County Criminal Conrt will oe held on 4th Mondays of January and April, and 2nd Monday of Novetnbei, by Judge T. W. King; F.O.' Anderson,- At torney General. ' BA.RKER COURTS, WHOLESALE GROCERS LIQUOR DEALERS Franklin St., Sign of Sugar Hogshead. Janl3,73-tf. ' . . tiers ASDEBSOK. . S. BBINOHCB8T, ANDERSON & BRINGilljBST, VEAUBKS I2T COAL, HAY, GEAHJ, ESAN, ETC., FRANKLIN STREET. CLARKSVLLLE, TENX. Do 23.1871-ly " ' ' IJatioxxai Hotel. CLARKSYILLE, TENN. T. D. SCOTT, - - - Proprietor. fTlila tiAnaa f MIR1 ntcte in all Its appoint ment, and the table supplied with the best the market anoros, at reasonu Jan.a'WX J Oil IV MAIS NINO Is.Always on JOHN M ANT' I NO has discovered that the cl tlaens of Clarksville and surrounding country needed a specific in the rarest game of the season, served upln European mvle on ten minute notice, and as the ca'nvaKsfor the Presidency has now fairly opened, he keeps constantly on hand the un,!M Mnnnra. nnre imported li.vintii ciirars and Cincinnati Lageri Beer, to nerve all candidates on to victory. KeKtanrant and Haloon open night and day, where the most fastidious may be more than pleased. " Feb. 8, lSTJm Chas. Lehman, l "i - ( ' .: ' T -r . UotliM Old -Saloon) HiVJug purccased the popular. . Saloon, -Ilegtaurani and Bil Hard Hall, Formerlrwned by. A, Roth, has had the establishment newly painted and r fltted, and is now open to -the public, where alt are invited to enjoy the best of Wfe.,, ,Liq,uors. Cigars,, and olitr refre.kmenU. Everything kept neat anil orderly.. . AugfoT-'-u ; ; S. OPPENIIEIMER, t J . ' -- BEAX.EK I . ' nides, Fnrs, Vool, Clnseng, mi all kinds or Metal, rbUt fquarr. pLARKSVlLLE. I am-no candidate nr office, but will pay cash for all artieien-iq, fay line. Coute along with Ihoiu.. I -A , Kc.u2S. UCJ-tf W. B. CROSS. R. J. fSOOSTREE. W.!B. CROSS & CO. Successors to Geo. O. Willis Co,,) pBorKirroM or it , SAW MILL, CXAKKSVILLE, TESJf And dealersln Lumberof every description Foplaf, Can, Fine, Oak, Walaat, Crdar Fcofe Posts, Shingles, and Sawtd Lathes. Prompt attention given to orders from a distance, at the lowest Cash Prices and sat isfaction guaranteed. Feb. 1, TO-3m The finest selection of im ported Colognes, Handker chief Extracts, Hair Oils. Toilet Soaps, Combs . and Brushes of all kinds for sale hy OWEX & MOORE. TAPIOCA. OYSTERS. PICKLES. WORCESTERSHIRE SAKE.. GELATINE.. Burnett's Flayoring ; Extracts. DRIED BEEF BEEF . TOHGUES. , PEA'CIIES. BLACKBERRIES. Are daily adding new sup plies to their large and well assorted stock of Staple and Fancy &r6ceries Y..L. WILLIAMS, Would call your attention J to hin new spring S to clx of Boots & Shoes. just in store. Tbe assortmcntin cv ery grade is very complete. Also new stories in Vies.. Collars. Cravats. Scarfs. and Gents' Un derwear. All Goods sold at the verv lowest cash prices. - Please call and examine them at IVTo. 23 Franklin Street. Aprus-tf.' W. M. POLLOCK. SAM'L JOHNSON. which they sell as low as they PQLL0CK & JOHNSON, can be bought anywhere in the South or West. GENERAL' INSURANCE AND S?hcy, invite ?es- pecial attention to their ' very large Stock of the Best Brands of Robertson Coun-- ty Whisky, Old Brandy and Pure Wines. REAL ESTATE AGENTS, (Office Up Stairs) CORKKR mSKUS AST) FIRST 8T8., CLARKSVILLE,'TENNESSEE Fire and Marine Insurance. The best and cheapeat Life Insurance in the United The OLD AND RELIABLE New York Life Ins. Co.. no new-fangled, untried, or experimental company, but one time tried ana tested and ever found worthy.- Undoubted in demnity at the THE PATBOXS OF HUSBaXDBT. The following article, giving the origin andv progress of the Order of Husbandry, which is taken from the St Louis Republican, will be read with interest by our agricultural friends at this time: : . . The rapid increase in numbers, and tne increasing prominence and influ ence of the order of Patrons of Hus bandry have excited no little interest in the history of the origin and pro gress of that influential organization, as given by the St. Louis Republican. The idea was originally borrowed from an association which has existed for many years in a community of Scotch farmers in North Carolina. This Scotch Bociery seems to have had for its object the purchase of all needed supplies from first hands. ' and at wholesale rates, and the cultivation of oi more intimate social relations among its members. It was really nothing more than a 'secret co-opera tive, industrial and literary associa tion. The numbers composing it were few and in its influence small. Indeed, the fact that such a society had an ex istence was not known bevond. the limits of the community affected by its institutions. It was not unti the spring of 1S60 that the Order of Patrons of Husbandry became known to the Deonle of the West. Durioe tne preceding wmterK Mr. H. tr. Kel ly, ot Itasca, ".Minnesota, and severa other leading agriculturists of the West, happening to be in Washington had frequent interviews in relation to the interests of the farming popula tion of the great West. It was about that period that the character and workings of the Scotch society of North Carolina became known to them The idea was seized upon, elaborated and matured to adapt it to tne more general purposes of a national Order In the beginning of 1S68, the order was introduced in the west by the or ganization of a grange at Itasca, Min nesota. In a ' snort time another grange was organized in Jasper coun ty lowa ; a tntrd grange soon came into existence at Waukon, Almakee cou&ty, ib the same otate. b rom the year 1SG8 the order made little pro gress until the past twelve months. A few granges were organized in Iowa. Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois, but up to the beginning of the vear 1872 it is estimated. thacjthe whole number ot members in-the four States named did not exceed seventy-five thousand. It is claimed that in the same States now tlere are at least four hundred and fifty thousand patrons. It may be interesting to the readers of the Republican to know something about the internal organization ot this, now., influential order. As be fore stated the Order of Patrons of Husbandry is a secret society, no one except members being allowed to cross the threshold ot their grange nans. Women as well as men are admitted to the highest degrees in the subordi nate granges. .Ueyond the tourth de gree' it does not' appear that females are -admitted. .JuemDers aamittea to the first degree are known respectively as Laborer and .Maid t.m the second degree as Cultivator and Sheperdess: in tlie third degree' Harvester and Gleaner, and in the fourth degree Hus bandman and Matron. - For the Chronicle. SWEDEXBOKG. Something About his Life and Works. ADDBESSOF THOS. B. KIRBY PEES- LDEXT OF THE TEXXESSEE PBESS ASSOCIATION. We are V-., hSOLE AGENTSi' LOWEST KJrOWJf RATES C0XS1SIEXT WITH SEITKITI. Be not deceived and misled. The best is the cheapest. . If yoa wish to insure your life, choose a company of age, experience and ability, and you will select the "Old Relia ble" New York Life. Will alve our attention to me nnying. j Belling and renting ot real estate, '- March lo, i&-u. . J. J. HAMLETT. H. P. DORRIS. HAMLETT & DORMS, TOMATOES. O O 3XT COLMAS'S MUSTARD. PURE CREAM TARTAR. PURE BI-CARB. SODA. Pure Spleen, oFall kinds norsford' Bread Preparation, PURE CATAWBA WINE Pure Cider Yinegar. Old SourMash Whiadcy. Old Peach and Apple Brandy. Old French Brandy. 300 Bus. Clover Seed- TIMOTHY SEED. Orchard and Herds Grass Seeds. BLUE GRASS SEED. With all other goods to make a complete aaaortmenl. . J. J. CBUSMAN, Flat and Franklin Streets. Jan. 4. TC-tf. IX THIS MARKET, FOR DRAUGHAN'S CELEBRATED Robertson County Whiskey The fifth degrees seems to be con ferred only in the State granges, and upon men only. Those who have been admitted to this degree are called mem bers of the Pomona, or Hope grange, composed only of masters and past ters of subordinate granges. The sixth desree is conferred only on members of the council of the national grange. This council is composed of masters and past-masters of the state granges. The council meets once in every year. The seventh is the highest degree to which any patron can attain. It is conferred onlv on members of the na tional senate, which is composed of the council who have served one year .it mi 1.1 . ii.' in that Doay. j.ne emuiem vi una degree is Ceref. The functions ot the council and senate are similar to those of representatives and senators in leg- StOTeS, Tinware, CaSting3, tive authority in the order is lodged in the master ot the national grange ; but each subordinate grange has its own master, overseer, lecturer, steward, assistant-steward, chaplin, treasurer, secretary, gate-keeper, teres, l'omona, Flora andlady assistant-steward. Of ficers in subordinate granges are elect ed to serve for one" year, in State ranges two, and in the national grange ive years. Subordinate granges, by the rules, must meet at least once m every month, State granges once a year, and the national grange once in every every two years. y . The order seems to be intended to exercise a moral supervision over us members, and prflviues for the care of such as may r be unfortunate. The social character of the order is made n,Aminflnf Vint Via motoric! interests SETTLE & SON Acr'tS of :the cla8's exclasively represented in Ma r mvi. g gecret conclaves are, it is said most assiduously guarded. It will be seeu from the particulars given above that this order is very compactly organized, and, when taken. in connection with its vast increase in numbers, its gener al diffusion over the whole country, and ' 1 " ' r i HAWIH .nil Ytnv- COUIltry ITOCIUCO uenerallV pose, its existence constitutes a moat IUIC1C3UUN DIUUI . . .p, ... . .... as well as the publicist. The moral DBALKBS IH Grates, and ITonse Far nlshln? Goods. 0 Every description of Tinware made up to good style. R00m 6 and GrTTEEIXG promptly attended to. H. P. DORRIS will superintend the workroom. Feb. 1. 1873-tf And Dealers In particularly suited to those who want a pure article for medicinal or oth er purposes, Orders promptly attended to and satisfaction guaranteed. Walter UcComb & Co. Marco 22, 1873-tf FRANTL12V HALL BUILDING, CLARKSYILLE, TENN. We keep every variety of FAMILY SUPPLIES, wh.ich we offer at the lowest market rates. WANTED. Country Produce of all kinds, Ponltry, Etcps, Butter, etc., for which we will ex change Groceries or pay crkIi. Jan.TO-tf. COAL! COAL! WearedellverinrSt. Bernard Coal, with in the limits of the city, for 18 cents per bushel. Pittsburg Coal, for 30 cents per bushel. Terms cajh. r . i . unAi.r.1 a inu. 8ep.2,lS71-tf Just Received. A car load of Jackson Wagons, f 110 rash will buy one, COMPLETE. BROCKMAN & BBLNGHURST. ap. D-oni. and intellectual welfare of its mem bers, though strictly attended to, does not reveal the broader and deeper sig nificance of the existence of the or ganization. Already, in many locali ties, has the occupation oi me. agents, or "middlemen," who deal in manufac tured wares consumed by farmers, be come obsolete. The granges have ap pointed middlemen ot their own, through whom an interchange of pro ducts is effected at the minimum cost. In some places they have purchased or leased grain- elevators. At other places they employed forwarding agents of their own order. In Iowa they have already built an agricultural implement manufactory of extensive capacity. Thus far they claim that these enter prises have proved profitable to them in the great reduction in the expense of doing business and lessened cost of manufactured implements. But what is most significant of this movement is the rapid advance it has made. In Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and especially in Georgia, the people are organizing granges with the same avid-, ity which characterizes the progress of the order in the northwest ' Swedenborg was born at Stockholm, Sweden, January 29, 168S. Hia early life wasremarkable for piety and learn ing. In 1709 he took, his degree of Doctor of Philosophy, In 1710he be gan hi3 travels through Europe and continued them about five , years, in England, France and Holland, study ing mathematics, philosophy, astrono my and mechanics. Iu 1716, at the age of 29, Charles thtfXII, King of Swe den, appointed him general assessessor over all the mines and metallic works of the nation. . i " He published a great number of phil osophical and "scientific works up to 1745, when he began to center his great learning on theology. . As a natural theologian, Swedenborg thus far stands unrivaled. He "looked through na ture, up to nature's God I" We now pass on to another man and author, to theaeer and theologian. At 56 years of age (1745), he says, "he was called to a holy office by the Lord, Who opened his sight fo view the spiritual world, and granted him the privilege of conversing with spirits and angels.'V- He now resigned his office of assessor and girded himself to works of his new commission, which was o develop truths of which the religious world had never dreamed, and his unfolding of God's word, of heaven and hell, are as far in advance of the commonly re ceived opinions of professed christians, as theirs are in advance of Judaism, of which his religious works contain abundance of internal and external evidence. Swedenborg says, no one is bound to receive his writings on his ?0SjJ i - unu tjjte uucii, vt say so; Dut examine and decide according to reason and in trinsic evidence. The following arethe Rules of Life which he laid down for his own guid-. ance : 1. Often to read and meditate on the Word of the Lord. 2. To submit everything to the will of Divine Prov idence. 3. To observe, in ' erything, a propriety of behavior,' and always to keep the conscience clear. 4. To dis charge, with fidelity, the functions of his employment and the duties of his office, and to render himself in all things useful to society." His scientific and ' philosophical j i i .... . woras are equal to tnirty common oc tavo volumes and his theological works to as many more ; making in all sixty octavo volumes, embracing every sub ject of thought and feeling of which it is possible for any one to conceive. Probably about three-fourths of his works are published in English, and can be had in this country. It is a re markable fact, that in his theological works he never so much as. mentions one of his previously written works. EXTBACT FEOM 8WEDENBOBO. . "There are five classes of those" who rea'd my writings. The first reject them entirely, because they are in another persuasion, or because they are in no faith.' The second receive them as sci entifics, or as objeetaof mere curiosity. The third receive them intellectually, and are in some measure pleased with them, but whenever they require an ap plication to regulate their lives, they remain where they were before. The fourth receive them in a persuasive manner, and are thereby led, in a cer tain degree, to amend their lives and perform uses. The fifth receive them with delight, and confirm them in their lives." SWEDENBORGIAX. A Sardine Story. In one of the cities of New Hamp shire, some years since, a man named H was elected mayor, and very im portant he thought his position. Dur ing his term of office a fire company sent word that they should visit his city and continue several days. The mayor called a meeting of the city council to see what should be done to ward entertaining them. He wanted to show the hospitality of the city in its most munificent form,-and proposed that a collation should be given to the strangers. And what, asked one of the alder men, "do you propose to put on the ta ble for the collation ? " 'We'll give them," said his- honor in reply, "hot coffee and sardines." One of the council thought that sar dines and, coffee were hardly up to the mark for hungry firemen. '' I know better, cried the mayor in angry tone. 'Sardines are hearty and will be just what the men need." Perhaps, said an alderman, his honor does not know what sardines are. The mayor sprang to his feet, angry all over. "I know, ' he shouted, "what sar dines are as well as you do, or any member of the board. I've eaten enough ot them in my lite. Ihey are easily prepared. Just take two pieces of bread and put a piece of ham be tween them, and then your sardine is made. His honor sat down amid a roar of laughter. How to Water HpRSEs-One writer says, never water immediately before or after feeding. 1 say that if a horse is thirsty always give him drink and he will thank you for it. I have often seen horses put in the stable at noon for an hour or two, and eat a pound of hay or grain, but looking wistfully for water, and then their care ful owner, who would not let them have water when warm, will come to give enough to kill, and drive the remainder ot the day on two buckets ot water and no feed. Ten chances to one his hore irives out with him or gets sick before night. Now, I say, give the orse water if he is ever so warm, give him a swallow, rinse out his mouth and aostrils, give him- bite of hay, in a short time a little more water, but not too much. If he is watered several times, a lit eata time, until he is satisfied, he will not drink more than half what he would if ynu let him gulp it down all at once. Vor. Iribunt. We give below the address of Thos. B. Kirby, of the Chattanooga Times, delivered before the Press Associa tiou, at Lebanon, on the 8th inst. : The elements of success in publish ing a newspaper are few and simple, and yet not 'many men have ever comprehended them, while of these a still smaller number have been able to keep them constantly in mind. The first and most important ele ment is news. The daily morning pa per should be a complete photograph of yesterday. The weekly paper should be a photograph of the week, showing each event in its proper per spective and relations to others. 1 he successful metropolitan papers, the London Times, New York Herald, Cincinnati Commercial, and others, whose names readily suggest them selve3, are daily photographs of the world. Successful papers iu smaller cities and country towns are success ful only in so far as they photograph the daily and weekly events of their immediate locality. And by this I 'mean not only that they faithfully record actual occur rences, but that they represent thetone of public sentiment In the effort to Csp this element of Buccess, however, ks the greatest danger of failure. Popularentiment is not always right, and when a community recovers from a temporary delusion it is apt to in flict a vicarious punishment upon a newspaper which follows it in the wrong, instead of judiciously striving to set it right. Only experience can teach how to avoid such error, and that experience is costly. To the successful we ' must have an absorbing love for our work, and de votion to our profession. Law is not half so jealous a mistress as journal ism, and those of us who have given hostages to fortune can testify how it is to reconcile our chosen work with our domestic duties. Nor have we the stimulus of person al fame which inspires the successful advocate with such fervor. In jour nalism most truly the "individual withers, but the world is more and more." Outside the ranks of the tro-' fession who knows, or even cares to know, the name of .the unknown man ager of the New York Herald or the London Times. The paper is all in all. The individual is nothing, Horace Greeley id dead, but the Tri bune is no less a power in the land. Bennett is dead, but the Herald is still the greatest newspaper of the world Generations of alters have lived and died, but the London Times is still the thunderer. and its unknown editor yet-wields a power before which aynastie3 tremble. When we seek personal fame we de stroy in our journals their power for good. When we are felt to represent the people, we can create , or mould public sentiment for the pablio wel fare. When the pesonality f the ed itor is obtruded, the paper utters only the sentiment of an individual, and not the voice of the people. Like the coral insects, we work deep below the surface, building up the foundations for glorious structures in the future. Like them, we and our works perish if drawn from our chosen obscurity and exposed to the bright sunlight of publicity. We have but one permitted pleas ure the sense of power and yet the moment that we boast of this power, it vanishes, because it is hot ours, but is ot tne people whom we serve. There are other essentials of suc cess. So long as sordid type-founders and paper-makers and hungry print ers persist in demanding filthy lucre for their wares and services, and until we ourselves can solve the problem of living witnout eating, and society shall aispense witn tne necessity tor cloth ing, no newspaper, however ably edit ed, can succeed until its receipts shall equal and exceed its outlay. Indeed, I fear that too much elo quence has been devoted to magnify' ingtne sentimental aspect ot our pro fession, and too little work has been done in protecting our business inter ests. It is less important to glorify to office or the press as a great moral en gine tnan to vindicate its nonor as a legitimate business pursuit For much of the popular misconception on this point we are ourselves responsible. We did well at our last meeting to abolish the excursion system. The greatest drawback to our business suc cess is the popular- belief fostered by these excursions that an editor is a kind of pauper, dependent upon the charities of the community, who ex pects to be " dead-headed.1- every where. We can never occupy our proper position until we pay for what we get and compel those whom we benefit to pay for our services. Our editorial utterances should be unpurchaseable. They should repre sent the noblest sentiments of a free people jealous of their liberties. Every time that an editor publishes an "item" about the poverty of print ers, the delinquency of subscribers; or appeals to the public for support in any manner other than would be con sidered legitimate in one of his mer cantile advertisers, he degrades the profession and contributes to his own destruction. It is certainly time that the Press, of all prolessions, stopped pleading the baby act." If a man cannot conquer success, let him waste no time in whin ing, but either gracefully surrenderor try again. The public has no spmpa thy for unsuccessful -men, and the surest way not to get their support is to let them think that they cannot thrive without our assistance. To plead poverty and beg for sympathy is simply to admit that we can do the public no good and thus insure our own failure. Power and wealth crown the successful-journalist, and above all the consciousness of having done good for mankind. Success is worth trying for, but is only grasped by those whom no difficulties can discourage and no fail ures can daunt. STATE PRESS C05TT5TI0X. From the Memphis Ledger. . The State Press Convention meets at Lebanon on the 8th inst, and from present indications will be largely at tended by editors and proprietors of the daily and weekly papers. Thus fur these meetings in our State have not been so fullv attended as the im portant objects in view would have suggested, nor can weointto tangible results of conseauence. But the mem bers of the Association and others have been led to.see that their union and annual gatherings may be. made mutually beneficial in a business way a well as sociallv a rare Pleasure The address of Gen. Jones delivered at the last regular meeting, was pub lished in whole or in part ot nearly every paper in the State, and as it con tained so much valuable information. sound sense and business wisdom, it must have given the public, as well as the members of the profession of jour nalism. an increased degree of respect for its dignity, power and capacity for usefulness. Bv concert of action and a determined effort the business of ed iting and publishing newspapers can be made more profitable and be utilized to higher ends or material and moral success. The abuse which creep into the press from within and from without can be corrected, and its true and high mission executed without fear; favor or affection. We trust that some steps will be taken to draw a broad line of distinction between the quasi or orna mental members of the press and train ed journalists, who consciously do their duty, without the hope of subsidy or gratuity, from any source, ouch a distinction often as essential as be tween a lawyer and shvster. for the public often mate a sad discrimination. because thrown so little in personal contact with journalists, and having but limited opportunities for forming judgment Another important result can be accomplished in due tnie if the press of the btate will make the is sue, and this we have urged with some zeal heretofore: and that is, to secure the repeal of the present unjust law. only allowing one-half or one-third prices for legal notices. The limit should be removed absolutely, and the papers allowed to charge regular rates for all pnblic work. There is no jus tice or reason in reauirinsr a nrinter to work for nearly nothing. The wrong has been perpetuated for nearly two generations, simply because the papers have submitted to it it every paper in the State will exact a pledge from the next candidatesfor the Legislature tuic jui u icifcai va lug iJicKUii law, leaving the common rates of business to regulate the question hereafter, it will be done. The papers make and unmake legislators, and often out of very light material, and while they should discard the cheap favors ten dered often like a pittance of charity, to secure the support of men, measures The Centennial. It seems that our sister State, ' Ten nessee, is making such efforts in behalf . of the so-called Centennial Celebration and Exposition of 1876, as meet the approval of our Philadelphia breth ren. There has been a good deal of -talk about this affair, which lockj to , us like a big advertisement and specu lation for the City of Brotherly Love, but we have yet to see that any exten-" s ive preparations are being made in Virginia in connection therewith, All the sentiment about fraternal feeling and reconciliation resulting therefrom, is the merest bosh which can hardly deceive anybody. An era of good feeling can best be restored by the press of the North and their public men. Let them speak of us kindly and manifest such a confi dence in our good faith as will make that good feeling rest upou a more solid Dasis than the excitement and contribution of our-money as such an exhibition can secure. Let their pub lic men stop writing magazine articles calling our fellow citizens, who rep resented us in the late war, traitors and conspirators. If the past is to be forgotten, some of the forgt'tfulnesa must be manifested as well bv the North as by the South. It takes two parties to make a bargain, and to en force it, both parties must comply with its stipulations. Abingdon irgin- tan. Consumption. The census statistics on disease how that out of the 4&12G3 deaths in 1800, 69,896 were from consumption. There are comparatively few sections of the country that are free from the disease, A few counties in Wejt Virginia, the Florida peninsular, and a portion of Georgia exhibit a freedom from it, or rather from cases origina ting there. - There is also a small sec tion of country in Central New York that is well-nigh free from it Min nesota and California, with the excep tion of a strip of country north and south of the Sacramento and around San Francisco, can be put down as well-nigh exempt from this terrible scourge, but there are no other sec tions of the country where the disease does not figure very prominently in the mortality list New England appears to be dreaded by consumptives, the deaths in this section being one in tea of those from all. Prospects of a Large Sugar Crop. A Louisiana exchange, in an article upon the coming sugar crop of thai section, remarks: "At the present time the plant cane is up in every field of this parish, and it is seldom a plant er is heard to complain of not having as good a stand as he could wish, and never since the memorable season of 1853 have the crops promised so well. The.lon? rains, it was feared, had in- and corporations, thev should assert jured the seeds in mats and win rows. and demand their right to full pay for But the contrary has proven the case lull worK. IMl Ilia l ue tue motto OI wuu fiamiug m iuu (niisii, iou iue the Tennessee press at the next elec tion, and in less than in two years the benefits ot such a policy will begin to be realized. The Ledger hopes to have a representative at .Lebanon in in full harmony with the main object of the convention, but these sugges tions are thrown out in advance for the consideration of our editorial brethren. this number ot acres or plant cane are greater this year than any time since the war closed. Such are our crop prospects at this early day, and we think we hazard nothing in saying we believe a prosperous season ia ahead of us." Tit for Tat The Xodocs. The San Francisco Chronicle of the 20th ult, relates a brutal act oftreach- ery and assasi nation practiced upon the Modocsby Ben Wright and his company, twenty-one years ago, near the spot where General Canby so re cently became the victim of a like shameful treachery, Ben Wright and his .men called the iuodoca into a friendly council of peace, and in the midst of it. Wright drew his pistol and shot the nearest Indian to him. This was the signal that had been agreed upon by Wright and his men, who following the example of their leader, shot down seventeen Indians on the spot making eighteen in all Some of the Modocs d id not come to the council, but remained under cover close by. These made their ecsape. but not before they sent a shower of arrows at Wright's company, two of which took effect seriously wounding two of the enemy. 1 he dead JModocs were scalped, and the bloody trophies brought to Yreka, where Wright .and his men were feasted and honored as heroes. After this Wright was ap pointed Indian agent and tine night he was assassinated by a Modoc chief, in his cabin, near the mouth of Rogue river, fcuch is a piece of unwriten history, according to the Chronicle, of one ot the most infamous and disgrace ful ' acts ever committed. At that time the present Modocs were children Capt Jack was nine yean old. John Schonchin was nineteen, Boston Char ley was an infant of about a year old. and Hooker Jim about the same age Tnis ia one of the stories revived upon George Francis Train since hU voluntary incarceration in the New York Bastile, as he is fond of calling the noisome Tombs : Train attended last year the Jockey Club races at Je rome Park, and laid wagers during the whole week on the wrong horses. Attheeioseof the last day, having had his usual ill luck, he exclaimed in a loud tone of voice : "1 11 bet $100 that I'm the greatest fool, of the native born specimens, that this republic can show to-day : An entire stranger, only a few feet off, drew forth his pock et-book, and said: "I don't know who yuu are, but 1 11 cover yourpile, unless you should happen to be George Fran cis Train." Read the following paragraph, front the Boston Globe, in regard to manu factories : Missouri, Kentucky and Tennes see can make iron cheaper than Pennsyvania, and are doing it this day ; the Southern cotton factories are earn ing twenty-five per cent dividends by making cheaper and heavier cloth than the Rhode Island mills make: and in the manufacture of wood. there is no State in New England that possesses equal advantages with the West and Southwest The Southwest is develoDinar manufactures with sur prising rapidity, and in a few years it will have a home market for a large 6hare of its surplus products." n Daniel Webster penned the fol lowing beautiful sentiment : If we work upon marble, it will Jt ;a l,n;t certain that h .tnrtr f perish ; it we work upon brass, time eachery, told these chil- enectsit; u we rear tempi Wright's treachery, dren and youths by their fathers. uncles and kindred, nourished their hate of the whites, and prompted the massacre of Gen. Canby. hen this bit of American history shall be gen erally known, we doubt not there will be a modification of the feeling now so prevalent, to exterminate these Indians. A Good Retort. "If you had avoided rum," said a wealthy, though not an intelligent, grocer to his neigh bor, "your early habits, industry, and intellectual abfhtie would now have, permitted you to rule in your carriage." And it you had never sold rum lor rre to buv. repnea me Daccuanai, "you would have been my driver." A St. Paul paper notes that all the dvertiseroents for Indian supplies call for just twice as many barrels of best brown soan as of plugs of tobacco, and wonders what the Indians can do with so much soap.. A Nashville founder paid $59.27 per ton for iron a day or two since when it ought to be obtained here at I Si per ton, if we had blast furnaces. Scissors. A good many editors and we notice they are generally the ones who are guilty of the most unblushing thievery a re eternally sneering at those members of the editorial staff whose business it is to make cullings from exchanges. These would-be critics convict them selves of dishonesty or stupidity. They either know nothing of the highest functions of the editorial profession, or are dishonest enough to sneer at it for the sake of a little cheap wit ' ' The newspaper man who uses his scissors judiciously, culling such mat ter from his exchanges as will please, amuse and instruct his patrons, is like ly to be possessed of the highest ele ments of the critical, discriminating intellect. lie is certain to be a fine judge of human nature, and to thor oughly understand the bent and the peculiar mental tastes of the multitude wJo patronize his sheet And the chances are that he can write a better leader than the conceited fools who sneer at his vocation. For, as we have hinted, a first rate clipper, the editor who knows how to turn to the best ac count the thoughts of his cotempora ries, is of necessity, no mean critic: and a good critic is always a good writer. We would like if this twaddle about scissors might cease; but we suppose so long as the profession is afflicted with pretenders whose brains are destitute of any other material for a joke save this thrice worn out clap trap, we must put up with it Chatta- nooya Timtt. Kiss Me, Mamma. " Kiss me, mamma, before I go to sleep." How simple a boon, yet how soothing to the little supplicant is that soft gentle kiss. The little head sinks contentedly on the pillow, for all is peace and happiness within. The bright eyes close, and the rosy lip is reveling in the bright sunny dreams of innocence. ies kiss it mamma, for that night kiss will linger in memory when the giver lies motdering in the grave. The memory of a gentle, lov ing mother's kiss haa cheered many a lonely wanderer's, pilgrimage, and has been the beacon light to illuminate his desolate heart ; for remember, life has many a stormy billow to cross, many a rugged path to climb, with thorns to pierce, and we know not what is in store for the little one so sweetly slumbering, wfch no mar ring care to disturb its peaceful dreams. The parched and fevered lip will be come dewy as recollection bears to the sufferer's couch a mother's love 4 mother's kiss. Then kiss your little ... . , .i t ones, kind motner, ere tney sieep, there is a magic power in that kiss which will endure to the end of life. How to Begin a Newspaper Letter. A great many people are apt to hit upon happy ideas in society, and when they go home they write them out for rnblication:and most of these good folks know how hard it is to begin an article satisfactorily. A word to them: commence with your very finest writ ing and most beautifully-rounded sentences. Introduce your subject in the most elaborate style, be poetical, rhetorical, didactic, as your mood may be, and when you think- fit gradually drop into the discussion of the subject-matter. When the article is fin ished, begin at the opening sentence, and read it until you find yoa have commenced to say something to the point Stop at this place; strikeout everything before it nd let your ar ticle begin just there. You will then probably find that it opens well, and that by collecting all your labored composition in one place where it can be be readily stricken out you will have saved yourself all the trouble that would have been necessary had it bees scattered through the article. Among the vestrymen of St Laiarua Church. Memphis, elected recently, were Jefferson Davis and Gideon J. Pillow, . es, they will crumble into dust ; if we work upon immortal minds.-r-if we imbue them with principles, with the just fear of God and love t f our fellow men we engrave on those tablets something which will brigaten for eternity." Journalism is fast - extending throughout J a pan; a new paper making its appearance most every week. Con victed criminals who are hired out to work are encouraged to buy newspa pers and books with the earnings they obtain, to read on Sundays, which is now a day of rest to them. A Jackso.h, Miss., letter to the New Orleans Picayune says; "The whole Legislature, that is. a maionty. could be bought we are told, for about $5,- 000 sometimes $l.(KH)t prices 0f in dividual members ranging from twenty- five to one hundred dollars, sen ators are worth from one hundred to two hundred and fifty.' Speaking of the cotton crop thia season. Southern papers say that the money paid for it in its raw state will not tW short of $m00,0l)0. Of this sum about $35,000,0)10 will have gone to speculators and first purchasers, leaving $".$,000,000 to the producers. The witty "local" of the Augusta Chronicle gives the following, which may be beneficial to the subscribers of other papers : "Delinquent subscri bers should not permit their daughters to wear thia paper for a bustle. There being so much dim on it, there is dan ger of taking a cold." Dt'RiNO the interval between the har vest of 1372 and 1873 it ix estimated by competent authority that England must pay out $173,000,000 to foreign countries for wheat alone, and about $50,000,000 more fur cor a and other food. The Supreme Court of the United States decides that a person commit ting suicide does not vitiate a life in surance policy, the Court holding that the facts show the reason of the sui cide to be bo impaired that the act waa not voluntary or intelligent The London Times ia printed on a press newly invented, called the "Wal ter," supposed to be by far the swiftest working press in the world. It is a self-feeder, and delivers the sheet) printed on both sides and folded ready for mailing at the rate of 12,000 per hour. John E. Hatcher, Esq., haa resumed his old place as the witty paragrapher of the Louisville Courier-JournaL There is one bell in Europe that cost three hundred thousand dollars.