Carroll Patriot
Huntingdon, Tennessee
A.W. HAWKINS, publisher

Vol. 1, No. 48
January 20, 1859

Campaign Sketches by the editor (Mexican War) Names in article: JOHN WILSON with the
editor (John Wilson since died), CAPT. RUTH’s company from Memphis, JOHN CROSSLAND of
the editor's company, ALEX HENDERSON from Madison

General Scott in the Crescent City

The Great Pension Bill

The Art of Pleasing

A Yankee in the Smith Family

Great Fire in Memphis

Another Horrible and Sanguinary Murder

A Woman Killed by Her Husband and Stepdaughter The "Taylor Flats" situated about two
miles from Covington, Kentucky, has been within the last two days the scene of a
tragedy… Parties acquainted with what is called South Covington, which forms a part of
the Flats, will remember that nearly opposite COLE'S Garden, there is a small grocery
which has been kept … German known as JOHN IHMIE by name, nickname Shanghai… ¦

By a private letter from a friend in Dickson County, .. JAMES HAGEWOOD called at
BENJAMIN EVANS' about 9 or 10 at night, stating his wife was dying. It being close by,
Evans and his wife, went to the Mr. Hagewood's, leaving their two children, a son age
four and a daughter age two asleep. After an hour at Mr. Hagewood's, they discovered
their own house in flames. Their children were burned to death. The fire is believe to
be the work of incendiaries… two men were arrested. A Negro woman in the service of J.
E. WEATHERS of this county was burned to death at Buena Vista.

Death of REV. DR. JOSEPH H. EATON, president of Union University… Missionary Baptist
Church… from the Rutherford Telegraph..

J. B. ALGEE of Huntingdon is a candidate for the office of Major General of the 1st
Division of the Tennessee Militia… born in Carroll County

Estrays of Weakley County

Horses or live stock taken by ALLEN BRAY (living 9th district), HENRY MCFARLAND (living
in the 7th district), J. W WINSTON (living in the 1st district), EZEKIEL ARNHOLD (living
7 miles east of Dresden), J. G. ATKERSON (living in the 11th district)

Insolvent notice for the estate of JOHN R. BRIANT of Carroll County.


Huntingdon Male Academy trustees; L. M. JONES, DR. L. WRIGHT, JAEMS E. ALGEE, ALFRED
BRYANT, L. A. WILLIAMS

Chancery Court

JAMES M. ALEXANDER vs A. E. CARTER

Notice of the sale of a negro man named GATLITON, property of WILLIAM M. TATE, to
satisfy debts in favor of C. S WOODS, JOHN SHELLEY, BENJAMIN DARNELL, ALBERT HILLIARD,
BREVARD & HARRISON, JO. HAMMERLY.

F. ROSENKRANZ, on Broadway in Paducah, Kentucky, importers of watches and jewelry.

Singer Sewing Machines, agent J. W. RAMSEY.

J. C. CALHOUN and STANLEY BROWN, wholesale grocers and dealers in wines, liquor, cigars
on corner of Broadway and Market Streets in Paducah.

Committed to the jail of Carroll County on Oct. 20, a negro boy who says his name is
Stephen that he belongs to JAMES LEE, escaped from Lee at Memphis while moving from
North Carolina to Arkansas… owner requested to come forward… posted by SHERROD MERRITT,
jailor..

Union Hotel at Paris, Tennessee, S. P. MCCUTCHEN, prop.

Land for Sale

Pursuant to a decree of the chancery court of Pulaski for the county of Giles… case
pending therein of GRANDISON A. GRAVES and wife and others, vs POLLY BUTLER and others…
land owned by heirs of JOHN BUTLER, purchased by JOSEPH N. WHITEHORN…¦

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Obituary

Spring Creek, December 26, 1858

…untimely death of THOMAS H. SIMPSON, who departed this life on Christmas day at 10:10
a.m., aged 23 years 8 months, 25 days. He was at the time of his death, a student of the
Madison College and was held in high esteem by the entire faculty and his fellow
students. A large procession of friends attended his corpse from the residence of Col.
Jones to the cemetery where President Hamilton read the burial ceremony…