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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-17
ANOTHER OF OUR GREAT MEN GONE.

The last twelve months have been pro-
life of sad events in our country. There
has been more than ordinary mortality
among our great men. The nation that
has scarcely laid aside the weeds of mourn
ing for Thomas, Fessenden, Rawlins,
q Dahlgren, is now called upon to mourn
the loss of her greatest naval warrior, Adj
miral David GlascOe FaTragut, whose death
is announced in our dispatches elsewhere.
Admiral Farragut was born at Camp
bells Station, in this county, in the year
1sOl On the 23d day of May last, in reply
to an invitation extended To him to visit
this place, he expressed his qualification at
the invitation, and in BETTING terms allud-
ed to the home of his childhood. He was
appointed Midshipman when but nine
years of age and assembled in rank until he
occupied the highest position in his coun-
try's navy, and rendered his name the most
famous in its annals. When the rebellion
began, he had been in the service about
forty-eight years, and was sixty years
of age but his mind was sufficiently vigo-
rous and his body sufficiently strong
to enable him to make a record which will
live as long as the American Republic
He was at that eventful period residing at
Norfolk, Virginia, where he had mar
ried and being native of the South,
the rebels hoped to secure his able services
in carrying out their unholy designs, but
sectional pride in his case was secondary
consideration, and national allegiance pre-
dominated.
His first expedition was for the capture
of New Orleans, which was entirely sue
cessful. He directed all the principal
movements of the Federal navy during the
war, his grand finale being the capture of
the rebel iron-clad, Tennessee, in the har-
Dor of Mobile, where his gallant conduct
furnished rich theme for the poet and the
painter. A grateful people will long re-
member his faithful services, and his name
will be a household word as long as patri-
otism is admired by the American people.
His memory will live in the hearts of his
countrymen while his country exists.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-17
THE CHEAPEST AND BEST PAPER

BY an agreement between the publishers
of the JVAig, Press and Messenger and
Chronicle, the rates of subscription to
the Weekly are uniform; Z. C., Two Dol
lars each to single subscribers clubs of ten,
s17.5O. clubs of twenty, $4,000. Each pa
per now stands upon its merits. The
WEEKLY CHRONICLE, at the same price of
the Wing or Press and Messenger, is the
cbeanest paper in East Tennessee. 1t con-
tains almost thrice as much reading matter
as the Press and Messenger, and more than
the WING. 1t contains the latest telegraph
ic news and the Market Reports, and il,
the most desirable and cheapest Weekly in
East Tennessee.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-17
THE SITUATION.
as the tim.

The situation at Metz still eXcites pro-
found interest. The French army, under
it, new ommander-in-chief, is now reor-
ganized, and with the advantages of a
strong position, is yet a powerful army.
Three of its corps have not yet been under
fire, and will therefore prove nucleus
about which the new organization can
readily crystalize. Napoleon has summon
ed the entire French people to arms, and if
they respond with alacrity and enthusiasm,
he will have an army of two millions with
which to make his future struggles.
The Germans, on the other hand, have
been strongly reinforced since the battles
of last week. The people of Rhenish Prus-
sia feel greatly relieved at the prospect of
being spared from the devastation of the
armies, and in common with the en-
tire German people, will respond freely
and enthusiastically to the demands of the
Government. The armies, under Prince
Royal Frederick Charles and the Crown
Prince, will number over one million be-
fore the middle of the month, and with the
prestige of Weissenburg, WOerth and For
bach, will be Il terrible aggressive force
We of course can make no speculations OF
much value a. to future movements, but
we do not think it probable that many men
will be sacrificed upon such works "a sur
round Metz. Something like the thanking
movements 80 successfully made by Sher-
man in Georgia may be made in the pres
ent emergency.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-17
NEW GUARANTEES OF POWER

The good Queen of England has said
and done many noble things for her sub
jects. She is ever anxious and ready to
work for their welfare. She appreciates
fully the importance of education for the
masses. In her recent address prorOguing
Parliament, she said, Il have been pleased
to concur in the bill for National Educa-
ton in England ae,0 guarantee .for the
moral and social WeH-Geiag Of the nation,
and for its prosperity and polCer." Quite
a different view this good ruler takes of
education from that of the recent Constitu-
tional Convention of Tennessee-a body
that refused to incorporate into the funda-
mental law of the State provision re-
quiring the General Assembly TO provide
for the education of the people. A good
free school law would be worth more 10 Ten
nessee than all the internal Improvements
we have made for twenty years. With
such a system we would have :" new guar
antees for our prosperity and peace'-new
guarantees for our moral and social we'll
being, and for everything tending to ele-
vate, improve and enrich the Common
wealth. Will not the people take hold of
this question, and in the coming elections
for members of the General Assembly elect
none but good men, who will work and
vote for such great blessing? We hope
it will go to make up the issue in every
county in the State.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-17
PUT NONE BUT coon MEN IN OFFICE.

The time will soon be at hand when the
people of Tennessee will be called upon to
choose a Governor, members of Congress
and of the Legislature The record made
by the present incompetent General AS
sembly of our state, should be a sufficient
warning to the people not to permit like
blunder. The affairs of the State demand
some practical, common-sense legislation,
and to secure this we must have practical
men in the body which Is to make laws.
We have had enough of bungling, partisan
legislation We feel the effects of allowing
a body of third-rate men to do the work
which requires the best talent in the State
To this end we urge upon our friends
throughout the State to exercise due caution
in selecting their standard-bearers in the
coming election. With good men on the
track, we can carry every county in East
Tennessee, with three or four exceptions
If we run incompetent men, whose records
will not bear the freest and fullest criticism,
we may expect defeat in most instances.
The people have determined to lay upon
the shelf incompetent and corrupt politi-
clans, no matter from what party they may
hail. The efforts of bad men to hide their
hideous vices, under the cloak of party
with pure principles, must fail, sooner or
later. No party can afford to take up such
men. Then let US select our best men for
the important positions to be filed in No
vember, without reference to the foolish
issues which have divided the Republican
party in Tennessee in the past Let us Sc
lect men with clear heads, pure hearts and
clean records, without reference to where
they were born and educated. Let us Sc
lect such men as will bring success to the
party, and who will honor the positions to
which they may be chosen. If we are only
actuated by such motives as these, there is
no question as to the result--the party will
be strengthened and the country blessed.
We earnestly invite Republicans through
out the State to give these suggestions a
careful consideration.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-17
NAPOLEoN's DANGER.


While the armies of Germany and
France are gathering on the banks of the
Moselle for struggle, which must prove
rs fierce and desperate as any the world
has witnessed for many years, we must not
lose sight nor underrate the Importance of
the mighty events transporting on the banks
of the Seine. Paris is France, as has often
been said, and when it is tumutuous,
France is in danger. Less than one month
ago Napoleon, upon "a flimsy pretext, de-
cared war, as he said to assert the dignity
of France but as we believe to protect the
throne. With Boosting and great pride, he
went out from Paris to lead his army over
the Rhine to Berlin. He stopped at Metz
to deliberate upon plans which it was
boosted were decided upon a year ago, and
to perfect an organization and equip
ment in an army declared to be more pow
erful and efficient than any Prussia could
ton and delay he allowed his golden op-
portunity to pass. While he was preparing
to move, his enemy, more prompt and ac-
tive, struck his isolated right wing and
drove it, routed and broken, into the noun
tains. But these defeats have not been his
greatest disasters. Alarmed at the perils of
his army at Metz, he called upon the En-
press to convene the Corps Legislatif. The
populace of Paris, filled with CONSERVATION
by Napoleon's bulletins, clamor for arms,
and they are promised.
The Ministry assume the administration
of affairs and call the people of France to
arise in behalf of the nation. Frenchmen,
ever alive to the dangers of France, re-
spond, and millions of men are in arms.
Meanwhile, the Corps Legislatif assem-
bles, and the Ministry are asked to resign.
A new one is formed, but still the tumult
continues. The people throng the streets
of Paris, muttering threats against the
| Prussians, but give more riuas for Char
GARNER than for Napoleon.
These are the yAanges of one short
month in France and who can divine
! their full meaning? Who knows whether
the arms given to the tumultuous Partisan.
will be used for Napoleon or against him
They will be charged and discharged fol
France, but they may not he for Napoleon
Such rising is formidable, but it may
prove too formidable for him. Already tn,
muttering begins. Thiers, that profounC
statesman, already declares, "The Empir,
is ended-the Republic is inevitable
The Tribune processes to have special adj
vices that it has been decreed that Naro
leon never shall return to Paris, and tina
Eugene is preparing for flight. Thes'
things are not improbable, for the Frencl
are impulsiye, and love excitement anC
changes. Napoleon is not likely to leaC
his army victorious to Berlin and it seem
probable now that he will not even be per
mitted to lead them back to Paris.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-17
PARTY DIsCORD.

The Democratic, mOngrel party in Ten
nessce are making a dreadful effort to har-
monte. They seem likely to fail because
one faction of the party is too dishonest to
admit the truth, and the other is too powerful
to succumb. The leading representatives
of the factions are the Memphis appeal
and the Nashville Union and american on
the part of the outspoken Democrats, and
the Memphis avalanche and Nashville
Banner on behalf of the third party -
faction. The 1ppcdl and Union and
Amcrjc0R represent the old Democratic
element of the party, and are honest
enough to state JUST what are the obnoxious
principles of that party. They claim they
make up the larger part of the presl.t
mongrel party, and are entitled to direct
and control the patronage of the State.
The Ardiopche and Banner catching some
of the progressive spirit of the day, want to
lift the party up out of the old ruts and in
spire it with more liberal and popular ideas.
But they can not do it, rs they are but a
handful in the great dominant party, and
their dishonesty consists in attempting to
impress upon the country that such ideas
really control Tennessee Democracy. They
want to crystalize the opposition to Repub-
licanism by making attractive, popular and
progressive the principles of Democracy.
If they could succeed in doing this there
might be some hope for the future,
The old organs Of the Democracy look
with suspicion and envy upon these inter
lopers in their camp, and pronounce the
movements az in favor of " third party"
The Nashville Banner, in answering such
charges, continues the war in the following
style:
There /. a certain class Of political agitators
in this State, who, in spite of all persuasion to
the contrary, will persist that there exists Sc
cret movement 20 organize a Third Party =
| Whom they are not sounding the alarm Of a
T. Third Party they are conjuring up the ghost
of AN old Wing Party, that traditional man
of straw which they are themselves constantly
setting up in order 10 knock down. You may
know these fellows by their antecedents unmis-
takHbly. They are noisy set of prescription
ists, who will deny 10 all men freedom of
thought opinion and expression. They would
have denounced man n an abolitonist, who
would have preferred Douglas or Bell TO Brock
inridgc, in 1850 They would have branded
him sublnissioais ia 1861, if lie failed 10 swear
that the Union Under which he had been born
I ought &, be dissolved, and that one man south of
the Ohio was equal To siN north Of it, in battle
They would have denounced man as IA Radical
IN 1863 who, in the face of the NINth and XVIII
Amendments questioned the policy or the justice
Of u white man party. ,lSOme of them went
"a Brazil and some of them staid at home aud
were lmperialisfs, about that time
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-17
THE NEW FRENCH MINISTRY.

The French Ministry resigned on Thurs
day, after Il stormy and exciting debate in
the Corps Legislatif. One of the Deputies
of the Left shook his fist in the face of the
Duke de Gramont, Minister of Foreign AT
fairs, and amid the most intense excitement
the Chambers took IA recess. At the adj
journed meeting the fate of the Ministry
was decided "on the ortlcr OF the day de-
claring that the Chamber. were DESTROYS of
insuring energy in the national defense, -
which was adopted. Olivier then rendered
the resignation of the Ministry, which the
Empress promptly accepted. As promptly
did she charge Count Palikao with the
duty of forming the new Ministry, which
we announce this morning. Palil<ao is
designated Minister of War, "A significant
appointment when we consider the emer-
gency. r~ .-rr -.
Thus, within less than IA month from the
declaration of war, has France given every
indication of the decided revolution she
has undergone. Following close upon the
reverses Of last week, was the change in
the Commander-in-Chief of the army.
Then Paris was declared in IA state of siege,
the Corps I4egislatif aricred to assemble,
and the Ministry assumed to control the
administration of affair. Now comes the
change of Ministry, and the appointment
OF Gen. Chargarnicr on the permanent
staff.
These are indications of the great changes
that have taken placc--clianges which we
think not unfavorablc to France. but
which are unmistakable evidences of the
fear and CONSERVATION which pervade all
in authority at the imminent peril that
surrounds the Bonaparte dynasty.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-17

WE PUBLISH elsewhere a card from Mr..
Charlton, in relation to his withdrawal
from the Wing. We do this as an act of
simple justice When we We're requested
not urged--to say nothing of his with
drawal from that paper, we supposed that
such course would meet WHh Mr.. Chart
TOMS approval, having had no converse
ton with him on the subject. We have
done him injustice, perhaps, without in
tending to do so, and are willing to repair,
so far as within us lies, any injury he may
have sustained.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-17
STATE CONVENTION.

Our suggestions as to State Republican
Convention meets with general approval.
That we should have complete organiza-
ton throughout the State is admitted, and
there is no way to affect this but by Con-
vention of the people. We trust such a
Convention will be called at once, and
would suggest Thursday, September 3Oth
rs the time.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-17

GEN. BROWN, the proposed Governor of
Tennessee, evidently looks upon the pres
ent Democratic mongrel party in Tonnes,
see rs a reorganized part of the Democratic,
party of 1878, for Tuesday night, in his
speech at the Lamar House, he spoke of the
leaders of the party as Generals, Colonies
and Majors. We have no such officers in
before the war. The General forgot him
self, and thought he was in West Tennes-
see t.# .
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-17

A BRIDGE over the Holston at the foot of
Gay street could bekuilt for few thousand
dollars, would be safe and profitable in
vestment to the stockholders, and of great
benefit TO the whole, but especially to the
Southern part of the city. 1t would expe--
dite and cheaper transit over the river,
lower the price of our marketing, and af-
ford choice and desirable building sites for
private residences. . f.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-17

GEN. JNo. c. BROWN spoke her elast
night, and thought that the Why ought
not TO object to being domineered over by
the Democrats, as it was all for the good of
the party. Gen. Brown was made simon
pure Democrat durislg the wdr, but there
is a good many old line Wings in East
Tennessee, who didn't fight with Brown
and who do not now propose to be driven
in the party traces by the old Democratic
leaders of 81. The Democrats cry out
against third party. They want but two
parties, knowing that they are the control
ing element in one of them, and can, there
fore rule it.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-17

IN one of his speeches in West Tennes-
see a few weeks ago, Gen. Brown, as re-
ported in the Memphis Aualonche, exhorted
the people to unite under one banner, and
meet their old enemy-Radicalism. In
spirit similar to the remarks made here, he
advised all to be cautious, to act discreetly,
and to be resolute He said that the COM
ing fall elections were important ones; that
a great battle was to he fought, upon the re-
suit of which much depends; that Tennes-
seeans had fought bravely, sword and gun
in hand, upon other fields. and lik hoped
that they would come out with equal zeal
and play the soldier with the ballot, until
the last vestige of Radicalsm was gone.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-17

FREE SCHOOLS would furnish education,
TO hundreds of poor children now idle and
vagraut on our streets, and at the same
vancement IT our State in every direction.
1t would attract immigration and be
great blessing to all. An efficient system
would make it cheaper for every parent
having children to edneate
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-17

If Gen. Brown was familiar with the
local history of the Knoxville ring, he
would not care much for their support for
Governor. Young, in his recent canvass
for Judge, had good reason to exclaim,
" Save me from my friends :" Brown and
Lewis were both defeated because the ring
favored them in their peculiar style. If
Gen. Brown knew the full import of the
recent elections, ne would rather go into
the Convention next month with the
Knoxville ring against him.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-17

A LETTER from gentleman in Loudon
reports the Republicans of that county in
fine spirits and good working condition
We predict a good report from Loudon
county at the ensuing November elections.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-17

THE delay Of our European letter is oc-
casioned by the blockade of most of the
German ports. The letter was written one
day before the declaration OF war, and has
been almost a month on the way.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-17

General Changarnier is appointed com
mandant of Metz.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-08-17

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