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Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-14
THE KNOXVILLE WING
Knoxville, Tenn, February ID, 1866.
Common Schools.

The Maury county Herald is opposed to
common schools, on the ground that 1t in
lures the moral feelings and social integri-
ty." and weakens the influence Of the faml-
w" Its disquisition on the subject beats
any thing we ever read in Artemus Wards
book. and is SO exquisitely funny that we
copy portion of It for the benefit Of our
readers.
"Such a system may suit the people where
IL originated. but it is not at all adapted to
our mode of thought or social life. The
principle of communism or socialism that
lies at the foundation Of the Massachusetts
common school system, the model upon
which all the others are based, is antgonlstlc
10 the fundamental institution Of Southern
society. This is the family. The direct ten
dencu of all common schools is to lcedken the
ties and lessen the influence Of the family
This institution lies at the very bottom, and
IS the seed Of all healthy civilization. And
any system Of education or morals that
tends to destroy its influence will inevitably
bring forth bitter fruit.
What the South needs then is some wise
system. which, while it teaches a reasonable
amount of reading, writing and cipherlng,
UU preserve the moral and social integrity Of
her character This system to be admins
tered by men who are themselves honoured
types Of that character. We do not rant
free schools" Our people are neither un-
able or unwilling to educate their own chill
dren. Besides, it is a very questionable
benefit which relieves parents Of the necess-
ity of providing for their offspring. 1t is a
false assumption that poor people do not ap-
preciate education"
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1t seems by the New York Herald's Vera
Cruz letter that Harris, Maury & Co. are
making as great bOtch with their Cordova
colony, as they did with Tennessee. The
letter says:
"A few American families who came to
that country, induced by the flaming ad-
dress of Maury & Co., have expended their
last dollar, and are in pitiable condition.
There is land held by the Government in
vast quantities but the -Imperi-
al office holders made sad work with the
power placed in their hands, and invited i'm
migration prematurely.
The rebels in the country are becoming
disguised with the French, and many Of
them are returning to the.Southern States. y
Just as we expected. The managers Of
the colony are a set of laundering destruc-
tives, who have not the ability to organize
anything. Just look how they served Ten
nessee, while they had her in their clutches.
And yet some newspapers in this State are
asking for their return, that they may take
the Government in charge again.
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Rebels I'm Congress.

If such men as Langdon, of Alabama, and
Alcorn, of Mississippi, are elected to the Sen
ate, why not John c. Breckinridge, the ex-
Presidential candidate Of Southern seces-
sion Democracy Press and Times.
To this paragraph of ours the Lebanon
(Tenn.l Herald replies:
AYE, and why not? John c. Breckenridge
is fairly worshipped by the people of the
South. They regard him the embodiment
of all that is great and chivalrous. Enter
tanning such opinions, is it surprising that
they prefer General Breckenridge to man
who does not possess their confidence?
John c. Breckenridge in the halls of Con-
gress would give dignity to place that has
sadly degenerated since the days of Cal,
houn, Clay, ct id orne genus"
If any commentary on the above is need,
ed we cant see it. If it is so, dignity
has got to De devilish cheap commodity.
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LaWlessness I'm Kentucky.
A Louisville paper says:

A LoulsVllle paper says:
Fifteen different proclamations have been
Issued by Governor Bramlette in the past
few months offering rewards for the appre-
hension of murderers alone. These rewards
range from $3.50 to $500, making, in the ag-
gregate, the sum of s., $50, and involving or
accusing twenty three persons of murder.
These proclamations serve to show, to some
extent, the condition of affairs in this State,
and speak forcibly of the desperate and de-
plorable outrages that are committed
These things happen in conservative Ken
lucky where there is no franchise law to ex-
asperate the secessionists. 1t is the demon
of treason which has debauched the morals
of the South and filled her borders with
crime; and the authors Of that treason are
responsible before man and Heaven for the
guilt and wretchedness and degradation
which have flowed from that copious foun-
tain of crime.
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OUR DINE CIeAR.-Try it. Kings Old Cor
neT Jan2-2m ]. II. FEssENpEN & Co.
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A Call for BayOnets TO Reconstruct
Congress,

There Is no doubt that the proposition to
compel Congress to admit the Southern del
egates by military force is becoming moro
popular with the Southern organs. The
Macon Telegraph says;
, There is one more hope, and it is barely
a hone: it is that the President, alarmed by
the revolutionary conduct of these conspi-
rators against the peace and happiness of
his country, may use the strongest arm o. po'r-
er 10 put d0rp and crush out their mtqu'touS
plot. We hare alluded to this point before, and
still beliere It is the tWe remedy for ertstlng
ecils, and one that will be sustained by the
country and give him rank among the great
est of public benefactors.'
These reasonable measures cannot fail to
prejudice the interests of the Southern peo-
pie at Washington
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FINE CIGARS at retail and wholesale, at Kings
Old Corner. dec2o3n
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TEE cheapest and best Tobacco and Cigars in the
city, ct Kings Old Corner.
fan3-2m J. II. FEssFHpEF & Co.
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JOHN NETHERLAND,
Attorney at Law.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-14
RAILROADS.

OFFICE OF GENERAL SUPERISTESpENT, }
N AND C. AND n. AND Y. ". RAILROADS.
Nashville, Tenn, Oct. 9th, 1865. J
ON and after Tuesday, Oct TO- 1865 and until further no.
1 J flee Passenger Trains will as follows:
NASHVILLE AND CHATTANOOGA LINE.
Lave Nashville Chattanooga, and all points South at
" Arrive at Chattanooga at go p NJ.
Retprninr-Lcaye Chattanooga at $40 NJ Arrive at
Nashville at sis P. NJ. -,
SbebyyiIIe Accommodation leave Nashville at 5:lo p NJ
arrive at ShelbyviIe at 7:2o P: NJ --
A n.
NASHVILLE AND NORTHWESTERN LINE.
Leave Nashville for Johnsonvie and all points West and
Northwest P. NJ, arrive at Johnsonvle at IL P n
Returnng-Leaye Jacksonville 1o A. NJ, arrive at Nash
Vile at $50
Trains N and \. W Railroads connect at Johnsonyle
class line of Steamers Paducah Cairo and st
Louis.
Trains stop at all intermediate points.
wM. P. INNES Gen'l Supt
dec6f n. G. and n. i y. W. Railroads.
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CBeICE TOBACCO AND CIeARs.-A large and well
selected stock st wholesale and retail can be found
at Kings Old Corner.
decl0-2m j. Il. FEssEEDES & Co,
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F.rsn Hsw orleans.

NEw ORLEANS, Jan. 6.
New Orleans cotton dull and declining:
sales Of =, 500 bales ut 40 to SOC,
Gold 422, sterling 52l =
The Picaypne learns from gentleman re-
Gently from the interior Of the State that the
Freedmen positively refuse to maks new con-
tracts, 60 to work, or to leave the plsnta.
tons. This is their reply to the owners Of
several large plantations where Freedmen
we're comfortably located, and il Was thought,
entirely contented. They were respectful and
peaceable. They allege - reason, that
they expect new proclamation that will mas
torially benefit their condition. M
The river continues rising.
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WsssA1r Nysrss.

I
- Bu1vALo, Jan. 8.
The thermometer here y 10 deSfets.a Aboy.
zero q Staten Island,. Il below at BurliDe
ton, Vt, IL below; Mo6tfeai, q below,
Troy, 20 below Hba,y, l6 beiov; Osawa,
81 below-coldeM ever known. pa0s
Other weather reports Indicate very cold
weather, extending from east to far west.
| NEW YoRK, Jan. 6.-Reports of the wealth
er this forenoon state that the mercury q 81
degrees below zero 1t Utica; s. below At
Halifax and Portland 10 degrees below at
Boston II below At Philadelphia; below
At Washington.
At 3 this forenoon, in New York. It vas 10
degrees below zero, and has varied from !
above 70 below, since.
BUrrALO, Jan. 6.-A dispatch Aom Day.
ton, Ohio statss that the thsrmom@ter was 10
degrees above zero ;at sanset. q Wheeling,
Va, it was 10 above, at Columbus Is above,
and at Janesville above.
DETROIT, Jan. e.-Weather clearand bean
IHiui-no rnd-thermometer degfees above
zero.
PoSrIAc, Ills, Jan. s.-1hermoheter de-
grees above zero st sunset.
HALIFAX, Jan. 8.-Wind Northeast, and
weather fresh and clear. Thermbmeter at
zero.
SPRINGFIELD, Mas, Jan. s-Weather at
snRset-wind fresh from the Northwest; ther-
mometer degrses above zero.
New BEDFoRD, Mass, Jan. Either.
mometer at sunset degrees above zero.
PoRrrASD, Me-, Jan a.-Wind from the
north-thesmometer 5 degrees belok zero.
ST.. JOnxs, Jan. 8.-Westher cl@ar-wind
from the north-thermometer at zeio.
BrrTAlo, Jan. p-Weather moderated
Thermometer II degrees above zero.
CLEVELAND, Jan. e-Thermometer de-
grees above zero /; clear.
IEDIAxApoLIs, Jan. s.-Weathdr clear
thermometer 10 degrees above zero.
BELFAST, Jan. s.-Since the unprecedented
cold term Of January. 1867, the weather has
not been so severe In this section of Maine
as during the last few days. Yesterday the
thermometer indicated 20 degrees below zero
in this city.
At Bangor the thermomeier stood 30 be-
low zero. This afternoon the cold lis not so
intense.
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A,.s.m. Y~e.A.s. AsA.r.---Gt.. r.. G.
Crawford.
NEw YoRK, Jan. 8.
The Times Washington dispatch SAYS that
Gen. Swayne, Commissioner Of Freedmen
for Alabama, writes that he succeeded in re-
ducing the issue Of Subsistence to destitute
persons of all classes in his District, 10 about
l5, 900 rations per day. The SaaAe Commits
sioner, appointed by the Legislature for that
purpose, reported destitute 100, 900 white per
sons alone.
The Tribunes Washington special saws
Gen. T. Clay Crawford, who is reported to be
at Brownsville, Texas, with his Chief Of staff,
Col. A. F. Reid. raising an American division
for Mexico, is . citizen Of Tennessee. who
was about year or Is months ago dismissed
the service by court martial, upon charge of
stealing money from bank in Rogersville,
Tenn, and was some years ago cadet at
West Point-was dismissed after two years Of
study, and subsequently went to Nicaragua
with Walker, and about the outbreak of the
war was in the Virginia penitentiary for some
offense, de was captain of battery Of ar
tllery in the Union service, having fraudu-
lently secured muster. He was 1t Col. of
the regiment, and held appointments as Col
onel OF the regiment, and also Of colored
regiment, to neither of which he was mus
tered up to the time of his dismissal.
His Chief Of staff was Ii. Colonel Of col
ored regiment, and xaa dismissed some time
last summer for grave offeuse
II ia believed BY those qualified to iudre,
that neither Crawford or Reid have recruited
q single man.
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GEs. FRANK BLAIR has brought suit against
the Judges of Election in st. Louis, who de.
0lined to receive his ballot on his rei6sing to
take the customary oath. He lays his dana
ges st $4,000, and if thesjusy find for him we
may find the judicial value Of vote in this
country.
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yesterday, and in all probability the Cover
nor's Message viii be presented to-day. II
so we shall give it to our readers in to-mor-
rows issue.
REAEDIEs FOR HIGH FREIGHTs. =
The universal complaints in the Northwest
on account of the cost of transportation OF
produce, and the excitement of the public
mind evinced by public meetings and news
paper publications, ought to result in some
thing better than mere idle "expulsion of bile"
or harmless "blowing off steam And vet,
80 far as we can Judge from present indica-
tons, they do not promise any thing more
practical by way of remedy for the evil com
planned of.
The people should direct their efforts to
improving natural lines of transportation and
constructing new ones of an artificial charac-
ter, as one mode of relief.
Another mode. and eventually the most ef.
fective, is to stimulate and encourage home
manufactures, that we may have multitudes
of local home markets where farmers can
tHct1 pTuuuCc IOf sucn mAnufdc-
tured articles as they may require. If the
money invested in Railroads in the West we're
not duplicated by investments in manufac-
lures, we believe that the home market would
relieve the glut on the facilities Of transporta-
tion East, and the rates of freight would fall
to reasonable figures.
The Chicago Republican, speaking of the
outcry against Railroads, says
But desirable as 1t 10 to reduce the cost of
Transporting produce from ifty down to
twenty five per cent. of its whole value, we
say that such reduction is not sufficient
There is no sense in the farmers having to
bear such burdens. The cost of transporta-
ton to market ought to be nominal merely.
The means chiefly employed should be the
farmers own wagons, and their market should
be within easy drive of their own doors.
Such market can be made for them bv the
introduction of manufactures, and not other.
wise. 1t is worthy only Of half civilized peo-
pie like the Turks and peasants of southern
Russia to be sending bulky agricultural pro-
ducts TO markets thousand miles Of. Intel.
hgent Americans mar do the same thing for
q time, becauSe they cannot help it but they
should be too wen informed respecting their
own interests to allow such a way Of doius
business to oppress them day longer than is
absolutely necessary.
Home manufactures are what is needed and
must be had to make us what We ought to be
and can he
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ATTORNEY GENERAL ISAAC L. ALLEN has
resigned on account Of i'll health, and Cover
nor STONE has appointed F. E. BrssELL, of
Dubuque, to fill the vacancy.
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NEv YoRK, Jan. 8.
The Times Washington special says be
learns from New York Indians in regard to
their Kansas Reservation, Is now pending
before the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs.
Judge Cooley, the hrst treaty. which houida-
ted all ysgtis Of these Indians, and reserved
70 them 500, 900 acres of land st Green Bay,
Wisconsin. They we're to remove in three
years, and . portion did So By treaty in
1888, the New York Indians eeded all their
interest in the Wisconsin Reservation: in con-
sideration thereof, the United States ceded TO
them the Kansas lands, the Indians 10 forfeit
all interest Il. these lands if they do not accert
and agree to remove to that country within
hve years or snch time A. the President NAV
appoint. Ii was also provided, that four hun
dred thousand dollars should be appropriated
TO aid in the removal
The Indians claim that the appropriation
was never made, and no notice TO remove was
ever given; and they argue no forfeiture of
their title has happened, and that, by subse-
quent treaty, the time Of removal is extended
and all forfeiture waived, If any had in fact
happened; and that the Department, in several
instances, recognized the claim and title of
the New York Indians.
Ii is claimed that when Jacob Thompson
was Secretary of the Interior, failing to have
. Dill passed by the Senate Appropr1ating the
lands to the use Of Government, he afterwards
without authority Of law, and without notice
to the Indians, made it part of the public
domain, snblect to private entry; and one
third to one half of this reservation has been
sold and patented BY the United State at ten
dollars per acra Last winter the New York
Indiana made application for the appointment
Of 4 Commissioners TO negotiate {ettlement
of their claim for indemnity; and UPON a mo-
ton from the Representatives in Congress
from New York. Commissioned was an.
pointed The Indians now insist tlat this
claim should be promptly salastsd ON fair,
just and liberal bass.
The question under consideration by the
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs whether the
previous Secretary, Thompson, having decided
that Kansas lands belong to Government, and
these lands having been brought to market
the present Secretary is not pzecladed from
sction in the premissx. G
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as jurist is evidence Of the ability NTH which
he will grace that highest of State Judicial tri-
bunals.
The press is largely represented here.
Capt. Edwards, of the Harkeye; Mr.. Rus.
sell, Of the Davenport Gazetse; Mr. Dunham,
late ofthe Harheye; Mr.. Bereman, of the
Mount Pleasant Josrndl; Mr.. Walden, of the
Centerville Citizen; and more than We can
name now.
Adjutant General Baker, Gen. Warren,
Gen. vandever, Gen. Clark, COL Stanton and
many others are the representatives of the
military. But our pen shall run out of ink
here. More anon. s. NJ. C.
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RusH CLARk, Esq., OF Iowa City, has gon,
to Texas for his health.

BEAur1TUL Soyr AND GLossY HAM,
Those wanting fine and glossy hair pisuse
rssd tie card Of George Cebus, in anoAhAr
nent cure for the dandruff; cures seurf, erup-
6ons, and all the diseases OF the skin; restores
grey hair TO IL original color dec10-2m.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-09

AccoRDISG to : statement Of the Secreta<Y
Of War, the total number Of men furnished
the service by eli the States- amounted to
265S, ,O62.
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Mrs. MARIA SHErT. Of Petersburg, Virgin
ia, desires to learn the whereabouts of her
brother, RICHARD BENNETT, and viii be
thankful to the newspaper press for giving
publicity to her anxiety
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-09

GEy. LOGAN is to deliver a series of lee
lures in the principal cities and towns of Illi-
nois in behalf of the Soldiers Orphans
Home Of that State.
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DETROIT ITEMS.

The Chicago tribune has the following tel
egraphc items from Detroit. We trustthat it
is hardly fair average day In that locality
A young man named Julius Merritt. of
Cambria, accidentally shot himself while
blowing into the muzzle of his gun. The
charge passed into his mouth and oue of the
back of his head. killing him instantly Mr..
Frink, a neighbor, aged about sixty years,
who was sent for to come to Merritt was so
overcome by the occurrence, that he dropped
dead al the gate just before he reached the
scene of the accident.
A most fendish murder was committed at
Corners Creek, about FIVE miles from this
city, yesterday about noon. A man named
John Cooper visited the house of his sister,
Mrs. Lynch, and after remaining there for
some time, drew a revolver from his pocket
and deliberately fred at her, but missed his
mark
He then seized an axe and made brutal
attack upon hHr, telling her tn the floor. and
then commenced cutting her body in a most
horrible manner. While he was psrpetrating
this atrocious deed, little son Of Mrs Lynch
informed some workmen in the vicinity of the
act, who Immediately rushed to the house,
seized the murderer,iald hroaght ban. u Ja,
in THIS city. He admits thst Ne intended to
kill her. and says that she murdered his
father some years ago in Ireland, and he
committed the deed to avenge his death.
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The Pirate SRNxEs is about to petition the
President to quash the indictment against
him, on the ground that he is entitled to ex.
emption from punishment by virtue Of the
terms Of LEES surrender. It that be legal
defense, why not plead it. before the court
if not, why set it up at all?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-09

The Select Committee to devise suitable
means to testify the national respect for the
late President Lincoln, had ! meeting this
morning, and selected the Hon. George Ban
'croif % deliver the eology, on Friday next, in
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Inc "oria W Arlington special dispatch
says that among the prominent names men
toned IN connection with the yaean. supreme
Jadgeship. those Of Newell Houston and
Judge ltigg, Of Tennessee, and Judge Shar-
key, of Mississippi, with the chances in favor
The appointment of a Sub Committee by
the Joint Committee on Reconstruction. CON
sisting of two membersof the Senate and one
OF the House OF Representatives. to wait on
the President of the United Sta&es. in rceard
ed as very significant of the Intention Of that
Committee with reference to the admission of
the Tennessee delegAtes. The fact is receir-
ing general colnment. and il rs not doubt Il
but that early in the coming week the Repre-.
sentativeg from Tennessee, at least. will be
admitted 10 seats in Congress. The President
is exceedingly anxious that this should be
done.
Soldiers and Sailors National Conven
ton is called to meet in Washington on the
I'D, tor the purpose of urging Congress to
pass measures relating to the equalization Of
boanues, and TO promote the mutual welfare
of soldiers and sailors. All leagues and sol
diers' organizations are requested to send
delegates.
The Florida acceptance cases will come up
IN the Court of Claims to morrow. The sum
IL,
the Government is legally liable fer Tie raount
of these acceptance. Among tie able coun.
sci employed Is Caleb Gushing, Judge Beach,
ana Mi. Beckwith of Chicago
When JEFF Davis and Regan, the Confede-
rate Postmaster General, were captured. there
was found upon the latter person some $500
900 In bills OF exchange on the Rothschilds,
drawn by Trenholm, rebel Secretary of the
Treasury. These, together with some others.
IN amount upwards of 81 200, coo. were sent
to our Consular Agent in London for collec-
ton. They have recently been returned by
him to the Secretary of the Treasury, with
an endorsement on their back by the house of
Rothschilds that there were no funds to meet
them. 1t is alleged by persons who know
that there we're plenty Of funds " hen the bills
were drawn, but by some means or other they
were spirited away.
The Herald's Washington special says that
it now appears that X. B. Winder, Captain
IN the late rebel service, recently confined in
the Old Capitol Prison, is q nephew Of the
rebel General Winder. and not his son. the
real culprit. The man now in custody was
Chief Quartermaster of all the rebel prisons,
and was not responsible for the discipline OF
o.rI particular prison, or who superintended
the affairs of Libby prison. He fed to
Canada.
Major Gee, the commandant Of the rebel
prison at Salisbury, N. c., who was sent from
the Old Capitol Prison about month ago to
Raleigh for trial, is still under confinement in
the latter city, and ignorant when the court
will be convened. This court Is upon the way
TO Washington, TO ascertain the course the
prosecution will take IN the case, and to ask
FOR q speedy hearing. Gee writes to bis friends
in Washington City that he is very hopeful of