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Atlantic Cable Lost by Design.

In the last number of Blackwood there Is 4 most
racy account of the expedition TO lay the Atlantic
cable. Tho chief point of interest Is that 1t init
mates very strong suspicion that the failure was
the result not Of accident but of design, one
having, it is supposed been bribed to render it a
failure. 1t seems that some years ago, in laying
cable in the North Sea- man was bribed to destroy
insulation, by the offer Of thousand pounds if sue
cessful. Two years afterwards he confessed It.
When, in the present instance the first fault was
discovered " it was found that piece of iron wire
of which the covering is partly made, had penetra-
the guttapercha, thus destroying the perfect nsula
ton Of the wires. When the second failure took
place, on July 30 'anOther fault announced,
and of far more serious nature than the first There
was no delay this time. As soon as possible the
vessel stopped and the cable cut and transferred
to the bow, but again. owing to the want of steam,
two miles more had been paid out before the ma
chine was ready to pick up the submerged portion.
It was the unanimous opinion of the electrician that
the fault was only two miles distant, it being, in
fact on board when it was discovered, and exactly
that amount of the cable having been hauled In the
defective part was brought to light Again had a
piece of the wire penetrated the cable thistme
right through, touching the copper wire and DESTROY
ing the continuity Of the electric current The al
fair looked black indeed
The writer says that the men almost unanimously
declared it could not have been the result of acct
dent, and the engineers requested that the gentle
in the saloon should, by turns watch night and
day in the tank, which they did. But in three days
after, while Mr.. Cyrus w. Field was in the tank,
another loss of insulation occurred 1t is remarka-
BILE that all of them occurred eih tie same gang Of
mcn. Then followed the hauling in, shortness of
steam to face change of the wind, the rubbing OF
the vessel upon the wire and the hauling in of the
chafed parts, when suddenly, at twenty-five feet
from the bow with sharp snap, the cable broke,
and rushing through the shoppers to which the men
held on bravey it was sucked into the and lost
perhaps forever
The great question is whether there is any real
to suspect that these failures were the result
design. These flaws hardly could have been there
all along, or they would have been detected But
in paying out the slightest loose end of the wire
might have been pressed into the cable by the ma
chinery, would think. At any rate, Captain
Anderson did not attribute the misfortune to design
But the whole is nicea matter that those on board
could not best Judge 1t at least esteemed sus-
piciouS; and when we consider that about million
of pounds sterling are supposed to have sunk with
the cable, what wonder if men become suspicious of
each other, either wit h or without cause?
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From Mexico.

| NEW ORLEANS Nov. 1O-Ibg Time
Brownsville CORRESPONDENT. under date of
the ID, saws.
Il am informed that the citizens of Malta
mOros are already IN g starving condition
and that the Imperial troops are but little
better off Many Of the late Confederate
| officers are fighting with the Liberals. 1t Is
reported that French transports are al the
mouth Of the Rio Grandc, loaded with
French troops, to ro-cntoroo the garTisonof
| MatamOTos. They viii find IL rough work
coming up the river, as the Liberals hold Il
below the city
The MatamOros bancuc,o q Inc &Isl at
! says;
| The usual artillery firing ami skIrmIshInEs
| continues. The steamer Eugene arrived
| on the 3Oth with subsistence supplies for
| rc-entOrcemcnts, which arc hourly expected.
! Additional Natamoros intelligence says
| General Canales IS approaching NatamorOs
| from Camargo with 800 men, for gc-gntorcc-
mcnts to the Liberal bcsicgcrs.
| New ORLEANS. Nov. IJ-Thc latest
Brownsville adviccs say that the Liberals,
under Generals Escobedc Cortinas Cansles
and MendeZ. are vigorously continuing the
! siege of MatamOros. They captured ON the
| 9th the steamer Rio Grandc and brought
her to ClarksvlIlc To transfer her into a gun
| boat. The Liberals hold the river above
and below the town, which has been cVac-
uated by the women and children, who arc
| seeking refuge on the American side. 1t d,
| thought they will capture the place.
While the United State- forces were
/ enthusiastically cheering the progress Olthc
| Liberal besicgers on Thursday last the I'm
pcrial steamer PcsSanO fired four shots UpOu
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-22
Bounty 70 Decreased Soldiers.

1t seems from the Nashville papers that there has
-oel "a lively discussion in the House of Representa-
eivcs on a proposition introduced by Mr. Waters Of
Madison c,unty to pay bounty Of 500 to each cf
The widows and orphans Of deceased Union Tennes-
see soldiers. The bill warmly supported by
Waters Smith, of Hardcman, Duggan, Of Sewer
ana others. while it was opposed by Steele, Hood
ana others of that class-men who are in sympathy
with the rebels and do all they by their speeches
ani votes 10 give all and comfort to rebels Give
.ach men liquor and the means Of feeding and cloth
ing themselves. and what do they care for the naked
and starving Widows and orphans Of Union soldiers
This small contribution to these bereaved ones, would
only take them through this one winter, and yet it
is denied by these drinking, gambling demagogUcs.
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Real Estate Agency.

W. al. attention t. the advertisement OF Henry
e. Whitney y CO. Real Estate Agents and Attor-
icy at Law They will attend to the sale of farm
ing lands mineral lands, situations for water powers
ug the lumber trade, in West, Middle, and East Ten
lossee and cotton plantations in Alaboma and Gcor-
ga. We know this firm to be altogether reliable,
as well as qualified 10 transact all the business placed
D their hands. We have known Major Whitney
B. during The waF. and know him TO De q gentleman
above suspicion We are pleased 10 learn from him
that nc intends a visit 70 Eas: Tennessee in few
weeks. Those wanting TO sell Real Estate in that
section may safely intrust to his management He
ha= an extensive acquaintance in tho great North
west, and high character for integrity.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-22
Pleading for a ScOundrel.

The Mississippi Legislature asks for ths r4r....-
Of Jacob Thompson Jacob Thompson In 1860 con-
nived at the Indian bond fraud by which tr. on
eminent lost a great sum Of money and had IFS
credit impaired at critical moment lie was ono
as treacherous in the cabinet of Buchanan as Holm
B. Floyd Later ne went to Canada. where lie SUE
perintended the fitting out Of expeditions to tu-a
down our border towns and Kill uuarmaG cf,7z.us.
He was Blackburn's confident IN the infamous at
tempt to Introduce yellow fever into Washington
and into camps By infected clothing
He wrote to his wife in 1852 telling her that l5
had sent from Mobile some cotton for investment
abroad, so that ain case of the worst he should Bos
be unprOvided for He meant o. live In luxury
abroad and leave the dear South 10 take care Of IT,,
self. The Legislature Of MisissiPP. disgraced it.
SELF if such thing were possible, b. interceding
for Thompson. It is more anxious 20 save the lives
of Thompson ana Davis than to restore Mississippi
70 her tFle ALLEGIANCE,
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PatFOniZing Our Paper.

The sympathics of all true Union men, whether
u business, in politics in law, religion, should
be and doubtless are, with the loyal out and cat
Union papers Of the country, which, during the
dreadful struggle for the life Of the nation, risked
MI for its salvation and battled nObly and ceaseless-
~ TO sustain the Government, ordained Of God
through the four years Of fire and sword and blood
and carnaCe-thc most terrific war known. The
free ont-spokcn Union paper in Tennessee, with the
exception Of about tro in Middle Tennessee are to
he found in Eastern Tennessee: and there, like the
yygr-worn veterans, who come up from the field OF
..arnagc minus a left, am arm, an eye, or otherwise
aaimed, SO have the Union papers passed through
The dreadful conflict manned and disabled in pc
.8niary point Of view. 1t Is no more than fair
mere iustcc-tha these loyal papers should be held
in grateful remembrance. by loyal business men.-
G atcman, You who have public other advertis-
iug patronage to dispense think of these things.-
We ask not your reflections upon this subject for
.r own paper but for those loyal country journals
af, our state struggling for an existence Our pa
ser we'll patronized both in the way Of subscrip-
rru and advertisements and it cant be starved Out
~ any system OF prescription that can be invented.
. Our WuIG was started in the Spring of 1889 say
svcars ago The fathers and mothers Of the pres
.ut generation Of active men, was among our first
patrons. and their descendants are now our read
ur East Tennessee alone viii sustain our paper
Th, loyal. radical, square-out unconditional Union
.aen with this paper in sentiment, and they APP
prove d. teachings. Their names are lcgioa, and
thy make their mark at the ballot-box. They ap-
rreyia.c our c,asclcss toll anxiety brain-labor
a. gul of
means in the Union cause during the quarter Of a
..ntary past Gratitude is cardinal virtue, and is
E9oacl for among lovers Of the Union We have
80, and ars pleased 20 know that our patrons
nave a.
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Important Order.
HDQRS MIL. DIV. OF THE TENNESSEE,
n ashville, Tenn, Sept. 20, 1895.
GENERAL ORDER No. 80.

GENERAL ORDER No. 80.
All sales made by the United States through the
proper officers, to private parties either OF horses
mules or other property, are hereby declared wand
and the title thereof indisputable. Citizens making
purchases of such property must not be moieted 0y
the civil authority in the possession of the same;
and all suits of action pending in the civil courts
either for the property itself its money value VIII
be set aside and considered of 10 force or effect
The Government of the United States IS response
BILE for any and all property seized for military pur-
noses and any damage resulting to private citizens
therefro Is of the same nature other claims for
damages and will be submitted for adjudication to
the proper authorities at Washington.
By command of Major General Thomas.
VIM. d. WHIPPLE,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official: VIM. L. PORTER, Assistant Adiutant Gen.
eral Dept Of Tennessee.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-22
THANKSGIVING Proclamation.
STATE OF TENNESSEE.
EXECUTIVE DLTARI~LNI,
NASHVILLE, lem. Nov. IItk, 1862

Inc return OF the closing year. fragght with innu-
Ae-sole Oesslngs-not the least of which is s Gen
ne -ttce INVITES us gain with prayer and thanks
IL ScA-.g iIGSe oelore the Author Of them all our
multiplied Obligations FOR His loving kindness
THU RSDA Sl,, IHE SEVENTH DAY OF De
GENDER NENT, has been set apsrt Nv ProoloT1o-
ton OF the President Of the United Sta;os
Of National Thanksgiving Let all the citizens 20 ~
Tennessee adopt that day, and with solonniti ~
usual and appropriate, giving praise to Almigbtv
God that the conflict in which our country has 6aeI
engaged during the four dreary years past has end
ed in Heaven-6orn peace. Meeting on that day in
our usual places o. Worship, let US
Praise God from whom all blessings fow,"
md asJ, for continuance Of his favors and bles-
sings.
Given under ny hand and the seal of the State, in
The Executive Chamber at Nashville, the day and
late above named, in the year Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-fve.
WIN. G. BRowELow.
By the Governor
A IL FTCHTR. Secretary Of Stale,
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Knoxville, Tenn, November %, 1865.

c. s. HUBBARD, Of New Haven Connecticut, is our
regularly appointed agent receive subscriptions for our
paper in the STATES Of Connecticut and Massachusetts,
The WHIG can be had every week at the News
Depot Of r. II. Singleton, Post Office Building
Nashville, Tenn.
LOUIS McGLAUFLIN is authorized TO act as our
agent along the whole Pacific Coast His address
is San Francisco California.
Col. john Ii. JAMES, Chief Quartermaster OF
The District Of East Tennessee is authorized to re-
eeive payment for subscriptions to this paper
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-22
i LAYNIAN.
HE NATIONAL lNTELLIGENCER, journal
very friendly to the South, remarks

'Cly 4l4euu4S 10 InC cOuth, remarks.
There Is no humbug" about the masses
They know what the war was fought for
and they know what rights and duties are
restored by peace They understand that
the policy Of the F's5idcHt IS experimental
and that the South hare their fdte IN Their
0lgn hands
Would that the truth of the words which
we have italicised, could be impressed dis
tinctly, and indelibly on the mind Of every
citizen of the South We can be as great
and powerful, as heart can wish, If we
choose to be national in feeling, and Just in
action. Our fate is in our own hands, not
in the stars, nor in the book Of fate.
Glorious, honorable, happy and enduring
will be our condition in coming years if
wisdom shall prevail in our own councils:
If President Johnson were thousand
times our friend, he can not force the sue
cess of his policy, if we cling to the pros
trated idols of the past, and perform our
duties as American citizens with cold indif-
ference.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-22

UNCURRENT MoNEY-It will be seen from the
advertisement of Thos ]. Mari, Broker Nashville
that there has been pretty considerable advance in
uncurrent money. Parties holding this description
of money will find favorable time to sell, his
orders may be withdrawn, when prices will de-
cline
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-22
Negro Suffrage,

The grave question of negro suffrage was submit
ted to the people of Wisconsin, at the late State
election, and rejected by majority of 900 votes
The Republican ticket prevailed by majority
equally as large. Our patriotic friends North in
sist that Tennessee shall give the negro the ballot
but they ant afford TO trust him at home!
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-22
The Great Fenlan Loan in London.

A few weeks ago all England and the continent
Of Europe were thrown into Mysteries by the publ
cation of list Of subscribers 20 the famous rebel
loan, the authority for which came from the State
Department at Washington. Editors peers, parsons
politicians and puglists who had taken part in the
loan flew into most violent temper, denying all
and every part OF the charge i'm the most rough and
ungentlemanly manner. They refused % ac5nOwl-
edge the corn. The list, II appears was merely an
aPportlonment made to the parties designated, and
lmPhed that the money was not % be paid unless
the rebels succeeded We now find that the two
Leading journals Of London, the celebrated Punch
ana the uhscrupuous Times, have bse1 squariaz ac-
counts by the publication in the former Of list Of
subscribers 10 the tenan loan, including the
Of many distinguished pcrsonagcs in this citv md
elsewhere. Among the stockhoders which includes
editors, politicians, parsons, pluguglics policy ven
ders showmen, Mormon wives and widows ~ Sc
we find our name put down for three thousand dol
lars This is an error. They ought to have put Us
down for thirty millions Of dollars. Nothing less
than that amount can contribute for cause that
is not only prosperous but promises the redemption
\ Of Ireland Canada and the entire British realm
/ w Q have doubt that the other subscribers have
been equally moderated In this country We are ac-
eustomed to frankncss and openness and unlike the
lll-tempered Johnny Bulls and miserable creatures
who pass for peers in London, when accused o. sub
scriblng to the rebel loan, We accept the published
] list OF Fenlan Stockholders and acknowledge the
corn all round. We who have suggested maguIf-
cent plans for paying OIL the national debt cannCt
subscribe less than thirty millions Of dol srn good
wishes II nothing elsc-for such noble undertake
ing as the liberation of Ireland How much the
Old World has learned from the New within few
years We have taught the London newspapers
what enterprise IS and the fruits IN the pub
hcatOn in the everlasting Times Of the list of sub
scribers to the rebel loan, and in theimmggtl Punch
a wonderful list Of subscribers 20 the Fyuiu loan
Things now must wear q troubloUs aspect in Eng
land. No wonder there Is no ministry. No Won
der Earl Russell cannot take care of that trCmCn-
dous piece of crockery, the British Government. No
wonder they fear the concUson OF the Fenian blum
derbusses will shivcr the whole concern % atoms
John Bull truly frightened and this list Of sub
scribers to the Fenian loan, published In the enter
prising Punch, must make the cid rePcO5ate treu-
bic even to his bOOts.-N J. Herald
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Capt. j. E. Remington, A. Q. NJ, at Chattanooga
Tenn has been promoted to the rank of Brevet
Lieutenant Colonel of Volunteers, for faithful and
meritorious services
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Fair Warming.

Persons wishing TO insert communications adv
,orca.s in weekly paper notified that they must
hand them into our Office by Monday morning Of each
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-22

4 FUNERAL SERMON on occasion Of the death Of
The late William Homer, will be preached ut the
Bapti-, Church on Sunday. December Sd, at log
o'clock, A. NJ, by Rev. 7. d. Pearne D. d.
Quarterly meeting services will be held at the
same place. commencing on Saturday preceding at
= O'Clock. 4. ".
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-22

THE Chicago Tribune making general
estimate of the chances in favor OF Feuian-
ism securing the independence Ut ireland,
cites the following figures.
Population, in 1861 of England and WIlrs % 5Joe0o
Population Of 100000
Scotch Irish loyal 10 Great Brjaig-.... 100000
Total British h......-........ .. el,5g0uu0
Population of ireland ......-... .--.....i,u utH""
Deduct loyal Pr0tcStants........-..... 100000
Rebels to Great Britain. ...vtuya
Majority against Irish rcaeis.....-...... IisoGt01
To this overwhelming odds population
on the side of the established authority is
to be added a still greater prep0uderauce Of
wealth, munitions Ofwar, prestige influence
and power of every conceivable kind.
There is vast and tremendously powerful
navy on the one side, to none on the other.
1t is supposed, moreover that the entire
population Of Protestant Irish will be q
unit with the whole OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
and CathOlic-of Great Britain, in oppOsi-
ton to the Fcnian revolt And besides this
it is certain that the Catholic priesthood
everywhere openly discouutcnance and de-
nouncc the movement
Per CONTRA an enthusiasm, very rcsOIutc
and intense, glows at the heart OF the enter
prise, which can not fail to leave traces Of
a permanent character somewhere. And
the inability of the priesthood to abate this
fervor or preclude its manifestation IN acts,
forebodes important changes in either
Church OF State
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-05-04
IL the Cholera Coming

The following paragraph, from the New
York Tribune, says that as war is abating
its ravagcs we are threatened with its sister
scourge, pestilence
"All Europe has been alarmed by the re-
ported appearance of the Siberian plague
at st. Petersburg and its advance toward
the frontier of Germany. A telegram from
st. Petersburg states that it is committing
fearful ravages, and that official returns as
to the number of victims have altogether
ceased. a scmi-ofhcial organ of the Rus
sion Government denies the correctness of
these reports, which, however, tho neigh
boring countries agree in accepting as true.
The Austrian Government has sent Medi-
cal Commission to St Petersburg to examine
into the nature of the epidemic, and the
French Government has ordered all ships
arriving from Russia to be put in quarran-
tine The English Government has sent in
structions to the consuls in Russia and the
ports of tho Baltic to collect all the infor.
nation they could on the subject and for
ward it to England
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-05-04

that of the most absolute sovereign on
earth, even in the midst of his army; but
few monarchs seemed to have needed such
warnings so little.
Louis Napoleon, the present Emperor Of
the French has made several narrow escapes
from assassination. The most formidable
attempt was that Of Orsini and his com
rades, in January, 1853, who threw per-
cussion shells under the imperial carriage
on its way to the opera. Several persons
were injured, but the Emperor and Empress
escaped unharmed. Orsini and his confed-
crates were captured and publicly executed.
At another time citizen fired at Napoleon
on the street, but missed his aim, and was
executed.
The assassination of public men is a
new thing to this country. The only at
tempts upon the life of President, previ-
Gus to the recent diaboical success, were
directed at Andrew Jackson. During the
second term of jackson au Englshman by
the name of Lawrence, Il lunatic, snapped
two pistols in the Presidents face just as
jackson was taking his place in a funeral
procession; but the weapons missed fire,
and the assassin conveyed to lunatic assy-
lum. At another time an 9x-naval officer
named Randolph, furious political oppo-
II
cane; but the old hero cowed his assailant,
knocked away the pistol with his umbrella
and handed the would be assassin over to
the police.
From the brief review of some of the
leading assassinations recorded in history,
the readers of The Crisis will perceive how
utterly futile the crime of killing chief rul-
ers has proved as a political remedy. 1t is
however, one of the inevitable incidents
Of despotic governments. Under the Gov
ernment established by the Constitution Of
the United States, it is not only useles,
remedy, but an inexcusable crime. Its ap
pearance at this time is but another, and
most terrible indication of the frightful de
moralization produced by tanaticism, law
lessness and debauched public sentiment. -
A people once casting off the restraints o
the written law, assuming to govern them
selves by an indefinite code of their owl
making under the title ola "higher law
thus abandoning themselves to chaos anc
anarchy-bccome liable to such incident
as we have recently witnessed. When mel
are left free to make and decide upon thei
own law and execute judgement as the
choose, there is an end Of government an,
society, and no limit to the confusion ant
horrors that are certain to ensuc. - CRISIS.