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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-28
MINISTER sCHKHCK.

The appointment Of General Schenck AK
Minister to England Is satisfactory TO the
country. On Tuesday, he took formal
leave as Chairman OF the Ways and Means
Committee, preparatory to leaving Con-
gress to accept the duties of Minister to
England. He will probably sail on the
18th of January. Mr.. Hooper, of Massa-
ehusetts, who was second on the commit
tee, will act as chairman during the re-
mainder of the session. Mr. Schenck Wis
tied the Secretary Of the Treasury and en-
listed his influence In favor of Mr..
Schenck's bill for the establishment OF
ocean mail steamship lines. Mr.. Schencll
will pay his last official visit to Congres.
tomorrow. He will sail for England with
sealed instructions.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-28
A DEBATABLE QUESTION.

We constantly hear it itcratcd 10y one
class of Democrats that the question of Sc
cession has been settled by the arbitrament
of the sword. We are induced to believe,
that this class is governed as much by pol
icy as by principle. Their is another class,
which is more outspoken as to their views.
For instance, Mr.. Jones, of Kentucky, Of
fered resolution in Congress on Monday,
the preamble to which recites, that the
question of secession was from the begin
ming debatable-that the right of revolu-
ton il admitted, and was affirmed in the
Declaration of Independencc-that certain
States had seeded and set up a govern
mcnt Of their own, in accordance with
their honest convictions of reserved rights,
&c, and, therefore, all offenders ought to
be pardoned.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-28

THE Supreme Court, now in session at
Nashville, has decided that "the "new
an illegal consideration for a note, when
taken by the maker of the note without
any illegal purpose" They have reserved
the question as to the validity" Of what is
known a. the new issue Of the Bank, that
question not being before Us or considered
by US. In the case before them the maker
of the note had not contracted a. the
Court thought, to aid the rebellion, aud
Therefore the i-sue was not illegal as be-
tween the parties.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-28

Down with miserable aristocracy, which
seeks to preserve it's hateful supremacy by
keeping the masses in ignorance! Away
with a spirit which would keep the child
Of the poor man in penury, rags and ignor-
ance, in order that the rich nabob-the ed
ucated fool-may maintain his fancied SUI
periority! He who gloats over the mis-
fortunes of his fellowman, whether such
misfortunea be of a mental or physical ma
ture, is utterly void Of any principle e
manhood, which is worthy of admiration.
And yet, 1--WE blush to say it, there are
men, who, in the light of the nineteenth
century, oppose popular education, for the
reason that when the masses are educated,
they must come down on level with
them. We are unable to find words in
vocabulary, TO express the contempt
with which such opinions should be held
in this age of light and progress Public
opinion should be educated to regard wi h
scorn and Indignation, any man who
would express them.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-28

A MURDERER, who was hanged the other
dav at New Madrid Missouri warned young
men present in the following earnest Ian
guage:
Look at me; l am on the sea1old, about to
no launched into the other world What has
brought meto this7 Letme tell you, and letthese
words ring forever in your ears. 1t was whisky
nd the carrying Of firearms. Whisky and the
bser;ng of nistoIs have ruined me. II you do
not Dot' want them to ruin YOU if you do not want
TO be imprisoned. and in the end brought to the
seafFold, don't drink liquor, don't carry IRE
arms.
Let these words Of warning, spoken from
the scaffold, by a victim to those vices to
which he alludes, while he was almost IN
the laws of death, sink deep into the heart
Of every young man.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-28

TIE Nashville Union and american is
indignant that Gov. Morton should offer
a resolution in the Senate calling upon the
President for information relative to Tor
ganized bodies of disloyal aud evil-disposed
persons in North Carolina" which threat
en- resistance to the laws of the United
States, or deny protection to citizens; and
also what murders and outrages, for po-
litical purposes, have been committed by
such organization With owl-like wis
dom, the Union and american exclaims:
The purpose of Morton is evident-that
if Gov. Holden is deposed, then pretext
is TO be sought for, under which the State
is TO be reconstructed" Now, we are not
in favor of holding the reconstruction
bug-bear' over the Southern States, as the
Union and american would have it's read
ers believe Of the Republican party, mere
ly to keep Radicals" " in office; but we
do believe that Congress has perfect right
to inquire into the acts of these infamous
midnight providers who go about murder
ing and robbing their neighbors, and who
have been the terror of many localities in
the South. We believe Congress not only
has the right, but we believe II to be the
bOun1en duty of that body to protect the
Southern people Of all parties from the
dcpredatlons of irresponsible and unprin-
cipled parties, where the States fail to do
it. Congress should do this, regardless of
newspapers which are virtually the apollo
gist- of Ku-KluN Klans by protesting to
disbcieyc in their existence: That out
RACES have been and yet being commit
ted in some localities of the South is GER
| tainly true-no one having any regard for
truth will deny it. That one Of these
masked marauders have ever been punish
| ed by any State authorities we have yet to
| learn. No wcll-disposed citizen will fear
an honest Observation-Disclosures and
robbers have no right to complain.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-28
CASTE VS.. FREE SCHOOLS,

III ante Jclum days slavery with all its
curses rested upon the South, bearing US
down into the beaten ruts of old fogyism,
and, like some horrid nightmare from
which we could not escape, held us there
while our neighbOrs North and West of us
were pressing Oh to the goal of wealth and
prosperity. The masses then had little
hope of what was understood as social
recognition. They were forced to accept
the situation. Stern necessity compelled
them to tacitly acknowledge the lines of
demarcation drawn by rich nabobs, who,
OH account of their birth, fancied them
selves superior to their poor neighbors
But the first gun fired at Fort Sumter
thrilled the Southern heart and broke this
spell which had so firmly bound the labor
ing man TO the arbitrary and tyranuical
dictates of Southern chivalry or Southern
aristocracy. The demon caste trembled
upon his throne, which has ever since been
erumbling away and lettering preparatory
to its final overthrow.
Under the state of affairs then expert
enced, when these bloated would-bc aristo-
Gratis held the sceptre in their hands, faint
indeed were the hopes entertained that
anything could or would be done TO ele-
waite the masses. From a set of men who
made it criminal offence to learn the
child of a negro slave to read, we would
naturally expect very little in behalf of
popular education. The same motive
which led them to enforce measures for
keeping the Colored child in ignorance,
would prompt them TO keep the poor white
man i'll like ignorance, in order that their
lines of caste might be maintained Give
every man an equal showing in the mat
ter Of education, and this thing of caste,
which keeps aristacracy alive, would soon
be forgotten.
These reasons are at the bottom of the
! opposition to free schools. 4 great many
of them are yet brooding over the loss OF
their fancied superiority i'll society, and
have an idea lingering in their diseased
brain that they will, by some hook or turn,
regain their former position. They dread
to soc the masses educated, and are begin
ming TO be haunted with forebodings OF
| dire oalamitiss. The idea of the poor man
taking rank and outweighing them in the
scale of intelligence vexes their anxious
souls, which spirit finds utterancc in words
and deeds of opposition to whatever lends
aid to that which they would most avoid
popular education.
There are grades in society founded on
| just distinctions. These classes, i'm most
| States, have their foundation upon real
| Intelligence and merit Such distinctions
have always existed, and always will
Where founded on brains ard culture, open
to the meritoriOus, they are healthful dis
tinctiOns, and 50 recognized. To such an
aristocracy no one can object. But to an
aristocracy founded en- ,ircly upon the ac,
oident of birth, and without any claim n
social superiority, there are objections, es-
pecially when it seeks TO perpetuatc its
aseendancy through the misfortuneS of it,
own ruoe.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-28

Ara low assessment, the taxable pro-
perty of Knox county will amount to S.
100000. Levy tax of two mills on the
dollar on this amount would give Sl6,OoO.
This would make a snug school fund, and
the tax payers would not experience the
least inconvenience in paying it. Let us
add To this the sum of 81 500 realized from
poll-tax levied by the State, and given to
the county for school purposes. This Is at
the rate of so cents to the poll, and we
have no doubt the Legislature will double
this-make it IS, O0O-that is, one dollar to
each poll. Then, let the county add poll-
tax of one dollar to the fund. This would
give us school fund of 22,0OO. A great
many men now pay three times as much
for tuition as they would pay tax for free
schools, and do not have the advantages OF
as good schools. We invite attention to
the above figures. They are substantially
correct, and very suggestive.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-28

APRoPos to the school discussion now
going on are the following figures concern
ing Tennessee from the report Of General
Eaton school commissioner just issued from
Washington: he gives the scholasticpop-
ulation of Tennessee at 100000 the num-
her of children enrolled in tho schools at
1s5. $50; the number OF children Of school
age never registered, at 224, 1876.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-28

WE learn that the committee appointed
by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen on
the subject of city free schools, contem-
plate reporting in favor of submitting the
question to vote of the people. If this
be correct, we commend their action in the
premises, and trust that provisions will be
made at once, 20 that if the measure is car
ried the tax may be levied and the schools
he nut in operation in 1871.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-28

THE Baltimore Sun says the officers OF
the Virginia. Valley Road, have raised
now all bat 500, 1900 of tho 50, DOC, 900, re-
suired to be raised before they could begin
work. 1t Ia expected that this balance will
be speedily raised 50 that the large organ
izod fierce OF workmen now about complst-
ing the Pittsburg and Connellsville Rail-
road can be at once transferred to the Vir-
ginla Valley Road and insure its prompt
completion. This will give new line from
Southwestern Virginia to Baltimore, and
may he the means of opening up line of
communication from East Tennessee.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-28

THE Southern members of Congress in
tend to support proposition, to be made
after the holidays, for the appointment of
three commissioners to examine all claims
for losses and damages arising out of the
war; and report to Congress at each session
till the labor is ended, which must be with
in two years. 1t is to be expressly stipu-
lated that no claims shall be made for
losses of slaves.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-28


WE do not want the school question
dragged into the arena of politics, but we
want to drive politics out of this coming
city election and the school question into
il. We want the Board of Aldermen made
ND of friends of free schools, and in order
30 secure this, think it best that good men
be run-irrespectiveo of party lines-in all
eases where arty candidates are not un-
Squivocally and openly pledged to the
cause. We hope that in every single Ward
the friends of free schools will unite upon
some thoroughly reliable, recognized
school man, and elect him. Let III have Il
Board that is pledged to the good work and
that will press it through. There IS no
necessity for the friends o! this measure
standing timidly back, for tear it may be
preudiced by over zeal. No great ne orm
measure can be prejudiced by piess NJ IT,.
The people are clamoring for schools, they
are determin ed to have them, and IA cleo
tions and in al other demonstrations of
popular judgment, the questions ohu sd be
prominent. Those who are H,t with us
are against Us. Let ~ know Who they
are.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-28

\ Versailles dispatch, dated on the 22d,
says Il great battle has occurred between
the united armies of the DIke of Meek
lcnburg and Frederick Caarles and the
army Of Gen. Chausey, near b cure. The
French were defeated, ard rere-ted to-
wards Alonzo
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-02-23
Seleft Story. ,
A DANISH TRADITION.

The Island of Zealand is joined on
the northwest by a narrow sandy
strip of land to beautiful and fertile
penen5ula, thiekly, dotted with cot
tages, and forming a little district in
itself 1t boasts of one small town
beyond which the peninsula extends
in a, bold headland far out into the
wild and ormy Cattegat, forming a
Landscape of the most bleak and desr
olate description The shifti,gs has
destroyed all traces of vegetation,
moving sand hllls--the play of the
.tempests which, unchecked, sweep
over the land from the stormy sea
arc constantly changing their, posi-
ton, and, arise and disappear in ever
varying succession, While travelling
through the island, I, Ca one occasion
spent an hour in this place, and it
has, left on my mind a picture of
horror which I shall, never forget -
I was riding alone over the desert
and sandy fat, when there arose
from the north, on the side nearest
the sea, a storm accompanied with
thunder and lightning. The waves
ran high, the clouds chased each 9th
er through the, armament, the skies
became, dark and lowering. the sand
began to give way in masses uuder
the feet of my horse, and at last rose
in wbirlRinds and filed theair. The
path could no longer be discerned
the horse sank deeper and deeper in
the loose sand heaven, earth and
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-02-23
,.5.. 1[From the ',,' Kew Yofk Ledger. %
Sir,WaIter Raleigh, Founder of pir.
ginia, '''i' - ~
BY james PARTON

-
T. A. beautiful and noble Englishcoun-
| ty is. DeSonshires.' fruitful mo ther- of
| heroes. i is one of the lopeliest pros
vinces of England !, i senchantingly, di-
versified .withthiH and dale, and shows
ing everywhere the elegance and finish
Of a thousand years OF culture.4n sE..-
Here was born the founder of Nir-
ginia-Sir Walter Raleigh Summer
visitors To the seaside village of Bud
leigh Salterton, in. D5vonshire,r LOOK
With interest upon a slab of gray slate
in the pavement of; East Budleigh
church, containing an inscription in
Latin -irf --s =: f.. II ii.s.
PRAY for. the soul of Jonnah
Raleigh, who died on the 10th August,
in the yea. of our Lord -. % zer-
''1 The year, is illegib e. Near this
slab there is the famous Raleigh pew,
bearing the date 1887, and adorned
with the arnlorial bearings of the RAJ
leghs. The slab of gray slate covers
,the'iemains of the first wife of Sir
Walter Rllegh's father; and in that
pew the family worshipped for many
oenerationssmoSir Walter himself, in
his boyhood and youth, often sat in
1t. The family was ancient, dating
back beyond the conquest; but the
father of Sir Walter, although he still
held the, family seat, and some of its
ancient acres, was not so aff1uent assto,I
be un willing to increase his revenues !
by ventures i'm Devonshire trading
ships. rJr s. 81 az: nror l..l.irt,!
Nothing ismoreinteresting than to
note how great men are prepared IN
early life for the work appointed forii
their nlatu rerJryears. Many things
conspired to make Raleigh a planter of |
colonies His father was thrice mar
ried: first to Joannah Drake, a rela-
tive of the great navigator and sea
king, Sir Francis Drake, next to the
daughter of one of those Genoese mer.
chants who, like the, Cabots, settled |
in England during the reign of Henry
the Seventh lastly to The widow of 1
Ohio Gilbert, who was already the
of the famous Sir Humphrey
Gilbert when Walter Raleigh married
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CHURCH DIREc Glory.

Religious services are regularly held in
the following churches in this place every
Sabbath morning and evening. 80.
- Methodist Episcopal Church, corner OF
4th and Church streets. Rev. T. H. Dis
sett, Pastor. Prayer meeting every Thurs
day ieyennig. So {; Z -, r. ~ as'T5,s r :
/ ( Presbyterian Church, corner Of. Sd. and
Church streets. Rev. John Robinson, Pas
tor, Prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening. 'H "a
Lutheran Church., between Church and
Orange streets. Rev. j.: w. Swick PASTOR
Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening:
Second Christian Church, South Ashland
Chapel Rev S. Z. Pearre Pastor. Pray
er meeting every Wednesday evening pa
United Brethren Church, South Ashland
Chapel lSeryice every other Sabbath, at 3
o'clock, p. m. Revs. aIcIntire and Newill,
Pastors. ar -... ..
German Reform Church, Sandnsky st.
Services regularly every End and 4th Sum
day of each month. Rev. Daniel Zimmer-
man, Pastor. German Sunday School eve
ry Sunday morning. p. ..-...ij .-- --..,..
Catholic Church, Cottage street. Rey.
Father J. Kuhn, Pastor. Services every
Sd Sunday in each month, at half past nine
o'clock. A. NJ. 80 f.H .'t i''. -rii.-ia s...''
Church of Christ, ON Orange street, John
F. Rowe, regular preacher, Prayer meet
ing every Wednesday evening. :.
German Lutheran Church, West end Of
Main Street. Minister, Charles Schmidt.
Services, every Sabbath 1T 10 A. NJ. e -
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-02-23

| Walter Raleigh, for the first time,
! from her seat at the head of the Coun-
Gil table, when tile young warrior en-
tered to discourse concerning Affairs in
Ireland He was then thirty-two years
of age. He stood about six feet, and
he was nobly proportional. lie had
an abundance of dark hair, and his
countenance had the vivid expression
which betokens a mind intelligent and
eager. He was too good courtler
mott appear before such sovereign
with every advantage OF gorgeous at
tire and fine appointments, andihe had
that asselnblage of qualities which
give to mans presence mingled
weight aud charm, He knew how to
use his tongue too with elegance and
force Elizabeth was captivated by
him, anil he BECAME at onosa favor-.
ite.
This valiant English soldier became
a courtier in good earnest. Knowing
the Queens. taste for persons of ancient
lineage, we find him now sending
down to Devonshire for his arms and
genealogy, and causing them to be re-
corded at the HeralPs college. Hitir-
erto he had spelt his name, as it was
pronounced, "Rauley;" but now he
adopted the spelling Of the family re-
CORDS and tonrbstones, and ever after
wrote i. thus: "W. Raleigh" For
that superfous i, now almost universal
ly employed in writing his name, there
is no authority whatever; and North
Carolina, 1 trust, will be good enough
to, take it out of the name of her ca
pital. -';'>7 i.-@ r.
Queen Elizabeth was not backward
in acknowledging the attentions of her
new courtier. She made haste to en-
rich him with grants, monopoiies, and
gifts of forfeited Irish estates. He
Was soon in position to expend mon
ey in gratifying the strongest S desire
of, his heart; which was, to use his
own langague, to plant an English ma-
tion IN tie New World
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The TreiFpisht.

aL -
! Crimson red behind the hill, f,-... p.
...a Day was sinking slowly, .. -.
Hushedly the wild birds sang
Notes of melancholy.
HOneward from boetless quest, - !
Went the wild bee humming; O.
Earth was weary, day was done,
And the night was coming. g.....
Sadly thro' green wood way
Walk a youth and maiden. -.-
Looking in each others eyes, Es.a.
Fond and sorrow laden. ,-...a ...
.'Rudolf, now thy country calls -..
And our lives are parted;
Be thou brave-but keep thy troth,
And be-constaIIt hearte'l.' ii'.-.. .s.'.
: s.5" -.tJSsI.- III. .. -i5'-'t rL
or the cleaning golden hair, ui ,...
/ One bright lock she sunderz;,.-.. p,
Day is dying. lar away
Sound the battle thunders. - ,--'
Fare thee we'll, nv own true love; -
5 Where our flag is fy;ng.G o@sh
II shall bear thy lock Of lisirr 4 mn
Faithful ppiG dying,"I g. -aC- %
Far ia&ay the thunder sounds, 80
Swiftlyspee,ls the lover; d" z
=. Wild and loud the day goes bv s'-.-.
Till the strife is over L. Id. aJr
Red and bloody CLEANS Inc gun ...
Over dead and dying,
Sick 10 death upon the field '''''-
Sec the lover lying. ,"'"i''.i '+i.
.sg : .z-.5i ..re".! js.gr-y
To a cpmrade dear he cries, Jc,...-.,- p
- ''Trucst friend, and nearest, -..... ...
Bear this lock of bloody hair.
TO her my heart holds dearest.
Bertha VIC shall meet again TiH-'
2. Where the true part meyer, --s.ie
Bertha !" then his eyes grew. dark
And were closed forever. ....,.,g
Home to Bertha hied the friend. '':i.,'
Found her wild with weeping B" !;
"Berthn, was his latest word 81 y -.
= Ere he sank to sleeping" iryi,.r
'I shall follow him full soon, =. ,.g-,..
Whom loved SO bIindly;;'' .'.' 80. -,
Then she met his comrades eye4; -
And she thought them kindly. fl; '
!"Comfort comfort 4! do, not die :. y.r
Thou art fair and youthful ~ -
Once again che met His eyes,
And she thought them truthful, 't''
Smiling silly stood at hand, ''- .H-
Love the flaxen-headed 49,.
When, for her dear Rudolfs sake,
She his coinrade welded !'i'i -.
.ii3 '4;e:,.'s--Aultke Year Round. !
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SsIfft 3nftry.
First Love.

1t beameth through the gloomy clouds,
III Childhood's memories leave, ,r,...i -
!, And falls ike balm upon the heart, -
The world would teach TO grieye
It throws a halo of delight : - -.-
Around our saddest hour, t- .r
And sorrow falleth poisonless
.a Beneath its witching power! ., Ffe
Oh ! sweet upon the care-worn soul
~ Fall Friendships kindly words,
As music, as the jocund song,
p. OF natures happy birds.
But ah! the harp's sweet music falls,
Though sweet as cooling dove; y @
Before the heart-entrancing tones ei
-. Of first impassioned love, q.
, First love dieth not. Youths dream .
May leave the gladsonie heart, ..l~G
AS beauty's tints grow dim before n.t- z,
The autumn's winds depart :,o.. ..,,.
But first fond love-. when grief and time
Have furrowed DER the brow.
-Will blossom like one verdant Leaf il'H'
J Upon r. withered bough. 97ii 1f- .
~ ..;..r... +, ga !...e hi:W T.. It
The smile that lit the deep recess .,.,.
OF Summers sweetest bowers,
The glance that threw fairer light To-
On even natures flowers :. sf-''....'
Those, those are craven on our h hearts.
As sin on mortal clay, .a5 .+. .-. f..
Which even times uncourtly waves ...
- Can never sweep away.
The thrilling of loves fond embrace, @
The bosonI's honest beat, -".|iul-.
Will only leave the memory .Y .-...,...
When Reason leaves her scat. s..-.
The balny nectar nf it. Lisc
VIII dwell upon the lips
With dreams of gladness, lighting up
Misfortune's dark eclipse: -.h. = ..-
Till, leaving this dark earth at last,
An6 all its sthorny ways, ~.
We find our parting hour illumed
4 BY its effulgent rays:.'
1t blendeth with the blessed hope
OF peace and joy above. si .l..-'.
And passeth with the weary soul .;...-
To everlasting love. -.....-.. -,;
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-,i DIR. WIN. S. ALLEN, NJ. d., ---.r
Physician and Surgeon-Office and Resi-
dence on Corner of Church and Second Sts.,
Ashland, o. 'scul. -s tv24nlSl