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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-04-27
Births, Marriages and Deaths i'm Michigan

The second report of the Secretary of
State, made in pursuance of the State law
requiring returns from counties in regard
TO births, marriages and deaths, has just
been issued from the State printing office,
and, although not SO complete as could be
wished, contains statistics of valuable ma
ture. The report only covers the period
from April to December 1868, and the to-
tai of names returned by the several Coun-
ty Clerks is 6,377. Says the report:
" Nineteen thousand one hundred and
seventy one children were born, of which
10, 1873 were males, 1908 were females, and
80 sex not given, showing nearly as many
for period less than nine months as were
returned for the entire previous year. Ten
thousand nine hundred and seventy per-
sons, or 5,485 couples were married. The
whole number of deaths returned was 6 1876.
The excess of births over deaths was 12,-
S45u
Noreports were received from Chippewa,
Delta, Keweenaw, Mackinaw and Mantou
counties, and some of the wards in cities
did not mail their reports in time for pub
LEGATION. Many of the townships were also
late in sending reports, or furnished no re-
turns at all, and some of the counties or
ganized by the Legislature at its last session
have their returns included in the report
of the counties to which they were former
ly attached. These facts, together with the
ineXperience of some of the clerks of town.
ships and counties, will place several thou
sand more names on the Secretary'a list,
consequently swelling the total number to
a much greater figure.
OF the 10, III children born, the parents
of 10, 1910 children were born in the United
States the parents of 6,527 children were
born in foreign countries; S4S children
were born of American fathers and foreign
mothers; 1874 children were born of for
! eign fathers and American mothers and
the nativity of the parents of 800 children
were not returned.
african and Iadion.-One hundred and
! tifty-two children (eighty-two males and
seventy females) were born of African pa
rents, and eighty-five children (fOrty-fivC
males and forty females) were born of In
dian parents
TtDins-There were born 2l0 pairs o.
twins-420 children-of which 2i0 were
males and 210 females,
T1'iplctS.-ThTee sets of triplets wer,
born, one in Clinton comfy and two il
Wayne coupty-nine children-f0ur boys
and five girls
Ia regard to triplets, Detroit is awarded
the championship over an the rest of thu
State, the two sets o. al lets above se
down TO Wayne county be nging to De
troit while the other cae occurred nj st
Johns. The creates lIr childrcI
born in any one mont we rn n Au
gust and the leas amber april
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-04-27
NEWS SUMMARY.

The Fenian Congress has adjourned 1t is
said war policy was decided upon.
The authorities are taking precautions against
a Fenian outbreak on the Canadian border
The recent cold snap, it is said, has killed two
thirds of the peach crop in Southern Illinois.
A woman in Baltimore, Maryland, recently
murdered her mother and four of her children.
The Cuban insurgents are said to he very ac-
tive, though reports from them are conflicting.
y new savings bank, said to be upon a solid
basis, has gone into operation in Brownsville,
in this State
Several Federal and Confederate generals
have, it is said, enlisted in the service of the
Pacha of Egypt.
Official advices from Fort Sill indicate that
the Comanches, Kiowas and affiliated tribes are
anxious for peace
The Fenians are unusually active at present
in England. They have threatened to destroy
the office of the Pail Nal Gazette.
Strikes among the laborers of France still con-
tinue. They are assuming dangerous proper
tons. and will doubtless end in bloodshed.
Burlngame, the great Chinese ambassador,
was buried at Boston on the 23d of April, with
imposing masonic and civil ceremonies.
When the missing steamer City of Brussell:
arrived at Liverpool though it was dark, q
crowd gathered, cannons were fired, and gene.
raj rejoicing had.
Dispatches from London, England, of Apri
the DIST, state that fifteen thousand deaths from
cholera had occurred in the Island of Zanzibar
within six weeks
Clinton Ne, few days since, voted TO ex
empt from taxation, for ten years, any manu-
featuring establishment in which the proprietor
invest $1,000.
Before the Baptist Educational Convention
adjourned in New York, Thursday night, tn
delegates recommended that the Bible be re
tanned in the common schools.
In removing Instructions in the harbor a
San Francisco, there was one blast made il
which twenty tons of powder was used
"A big blow" that
1t is said that the rebels of Georgia prefe
military rule for season to continuance o
the reign of Bullock. They hope to buy tn
military Useless-Terry is in command.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen of Mary
vile have passed an ordinance to prevent III
boys from playing marbles in front of the cour
house, or on the streets or sidewalks of tina
densely populated city. Thoughtful,
The New York and Chicago factions of tn
Fenian Brotherhood have been trying to efiec
a compromise During the conference the dc
bate grew animated, and one Maj Fitzpatric
belligerently declared that The proper way t
deal with the Chicago delegation would be t
sling them out of the window.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-04-27
THE UNFINISHED PRAYER.

Now lay me"--Say it, darling;
Lay me, lisped the tiny lips
Of my daughter, kneeling, bending
Ger her folded finger-tips.
Down to sllep - To sleep" she murmure,
And the curly head dropped low;
e. pray the Lord. ~ gently added,
You can say il all, l know"
Pray the Lord the words came family
Fainter still" My soul to keeps"
Then the tired head fairly nodded,
And the child was fast asleep.
But the dewy eyes half-opened,
When 1 clasped her to my brear.
And the dear voice softly whispered.
Mamma God knows all the rest"
o. the trusting sweet corfding
OF the child-heart. Would that
Thus might trust my Heavenly Father,
Who hears my feeblest cry.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-04-27

METHoDISM PUSHING ITS WAY AMONG
THE HEATHEN.-The Methodist publishes
an abstract of the fifty-first annual report
of the Missionary Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, which is exceedingly
interesting. 1t appears that from the year
of the organization of the Society in 1919,
when the contributions amounted to SS23.-
"a, down to last year. when the collections
were 1928, 1858 20, the annual gatherings
have increased from an average of three
tenths of "A cent per member in 1919 to
fifty-six cents and five-tenths in 1869. The
highest average per member that the con-
tributions have reached was, in 1865, sew
enty-eight cents and one-tenth. In the
following year, 1866, the largest contribu-
tons ever received by the Society were
made-namely, S57l, go 66-about Sal ,227
more than last years collections. The total
amount of the receipts for the Fl ~ years
the Society has been in existence is s., 56j, :
400 81. The general average per year has
been Sl7l 800 40, and the general average
per member, eighteen cents and nine
Jenths.
The appropriations for 1870 are as follows;
Foreign missions, SOD, 027 93; domestic
missions and misc ellaneous expenses, S444, :
400; to pay outstanding drafts not yet ma
| tured, Sl39, ASP OF; total appropriations
$S00,00 In our foreign missions we have
$50 missionaries. American and native
| 10, 372 members, and 2,9lS probationers, In
our dOmest missions, the Welsh, Ger
man, scandinavian, Chinese and Indian
we have 332 missionaries, 2S,7l4 members
| and 4 996 probatiOneTs-m making total, II
! reign and domestic missions, of 59l mis-
! sionaries, 80, Csc members, and 7,9l4 proba
| TONERS.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-04-27
(coNNuNIcATEp.l
Free Trade and Protection Dishonesty Of
the Advocates Of Free Trade..-Who Pays
the Taxes of Tariff.
To the Editors of the Chronicle /.

To the Editors of The Chronicle:
If the advocates of free trade would meet
the question with candor and honesty,
there might be some satisfaction in trying
to prove the error of their theories. The
Press and Herald in speaking of May
nard late speech in Congress on the tariff,
says that he attempted to prove that " du-
ties 10 not raise the price" of articles on
which they are levied. We can hardly be-
lieve that the editor intended to utter q
falsehood, but must suppose that he pub
lished the lie second-handed, and had not
himself read the speech. Maynard's argu-
ment is, that on some articles the duties
are paid by the consumer, while on others
they are paid by the foreign producer-on
such articles as tea, coffee and spices, which
we do not attempt to produce, the duty is
paid by the consumer, but on those things
which we manufacture or produce 10 such
extent as to establish home market,
the duty is not paid by the consumer, but
by the foreigner who sends his goods to
this country. For instance, the Canadians
ship to the United States 6,650,000 pounds
of butter and 100000 pounds of cheese,
which pays duty of four cents per pound;
100000 bushels of wheat, which pays
twenty cents per bushel; and 10000 BUSH
els of potatoes, paying twenty-five cents
per bushel. No free trader will venture to
assert that the consumer pays this duty,
but it must be conceded that every dollar
comes out of the pocket of the Canadian.
The United States produced in 1869 near
ly 100000 tons of pig iron, while the
amount imported from England during
the same time probably did not exceed
800, 600 tons. 1t is a very plain case that
in shipping this small portion the English
manufacturer, Notwithstanding he paid
low wages and had other advantages, was
compelled to sell at little or no profit; 9TH
erwise larger shipments would have been
made. He paid the largest portion of the
duty, and not the consumer in the United
States. Both the English and American
manufacturers are cOntending for the mar
ket. If the duty is taken off, the former
has the advantage of the latter, and will
undersell until their competitors are driven
from the field, and then will advance the
price 10 polnI lndI Will Coiupei thc CoIl-
sumner to pay nearly as high price under
free trade as under protection.
Experience has proved that high duty
has in many cases so stimulated home pro-
auctions as to cause the increased supply
TO bring down the price lower than former
ly offered by the foreign market free of
duty. This has been proved on steel and
steel rails, on salt, on coarse cotton goods
and on many other articles.
The people of this district, as well as of
the whole country, are greatly indebted to
Mr.. Maynard for his laborious effort, and
the clear and unanswerable arguments be-
fore the House, demonstrating the true
policy of continuing to sustain home in
dustry against foreign competition.
H. G..
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-04-27

The problem of blowing newly-cleared
land with American plows in the valley
of the Rio Grande has been solved, and
the days of the old Mexican pillow are NUM-
bered
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-04-27

The Globe Inn, Dumfries, Scotland, once
frequented by Robert Burns, and which
cOntaines the chair he used, was recently
Offered for sale for goo, but there was no
bidders.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-04-27

\ witty Republican in Washington
saws thas the Senate is divided into three
p1ttes the Republican, the Democratic
aad .he Judiciary Committee.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-04-27

The course of lectures on Free Reli-
gion.n lately set ON foot at Lowell, Mass,
has proven failure the attendance being
much too small to warrant the expense.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-04-27

A Boston paper says that there are very
few railroads in New England whose re-
CENTS are not now from 100 To 800 per cent.
an excess Of the original estimates.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-04-27

GOv"ALcoRN, OF Mi sslppi, in a mes
sage to the Legislature, recommends sepa-
rate public schools for the white and col
ored children, and the establishment of a
Normal school for the education of colored
teachers.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-04-27

josh Billings says; The mewl i a
iarae iuri. than he guse or turkey. IL
.ha tgs egs ~ walk with and two more to
kick as,h, and Il wares is wings on the
as Ne Aei..
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-04-27

AN internal revenue store-keeper in Ten
nessee writes to Gen. Boutwell, that his re-
signation must be Immediately accepted,
as he will no longer hold office under Re-
publican Administration. He assigns as a
reason that he is Disguised at the misrepre-
sensations of the happy condition of his
State by Congress. The letter was address,
ed to Mr.. McCulloch, as Secretary of the
Treasury. Mr.. Delano on the subject being
referred to him, found that the dissatisfied
gentleman had been dismissed last Septem-
Der, and the Collector of his district has
been requested to explain how it is that he
has remained in office up to this time
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-04-27

EGG OIL.-Accounts are given in some
of the foreign papers of the heating prop
critics of new oil. 1t is easily made from
the yolk of eggs, and is said to be much
employed by German colonists in South
Russia as a means of curing cuts, bruises,
scratches, etc. The eggs are boiled hard,
the yolks removed and crushed, and STIR
red carefully till the whole substance is
on the point of catching fire, and the oil
separates and may be poured off. Hens
two spoonfulls of oil may be gained from
n single .-Erchonge.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-08-24

TnE LAW BREAKER-The army
bill, approved by the President on July
Is, 1870, contains a Section in these
words: at shall not be lawful for
any officer of the army of the United
States on the active list TO hold any
civil Office, whether by election or 10y
appointment, and any such officer ac.
crpting or exercising the functions of
a civil Office shall at once cease TO be
an officer Of the army" This makes
it clear that an officer of the U. S.
army cannot hold a civil Office, and
yet the New York Sun calls attention
TO the fact that "President Grant still
keeps three army officers attached to
his person. They are: Frederick
Dent, Major of Infantry, and Briga.
dier General by brcvet; and Orvlle
G. BabcocS, Major OF Engineers, and
Brigadier General by brevet; and
Horace Porter, Major Of Ordinance
and Brigadivr General by brevet.-
One of them, General Dent, serves as
doorkeepcr at the White House an
other, General Babcoek, was the ne
gotiatOr of the notorious st, Domingo
treaty; the third, General Porter. is
constantly spoken of in the Congress.
sional Globe as Mr.. Horace Porter,
Private Secretary to the President "
Now il is quite certain that this is a
violation Of the act OF July 10, ,lS70, and
should be denounced by the press of
the country in the puinest terms. If
the President of the United States
has an Imperial staff about his august
person, let the people know that fact.
and, also, the other fact that General
Grant will not respect the law when
a personal or party end is to be reach
ed.-Age
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-08-24
n Rorro,red Pass.

The Reading Eagle of last Friday
says: This morning Captain Right
myer, conductor on the Lebanon Val
ley Railroad, while taking up the
tickets between Harrisburg and this
city, was offered yearly pass, issued
by the Philadelphia and Reading Rail
road Company, for the year 1870, to
"John Forsyth and family, House OF
Representatives, Pennsylvania" the
number of which is 62 The conduc.
tor knowing that the holder of the
pass was not Forsyth, at once took it
up, and upon the arrival Of the train
in this city the company had the
party, consisting of Lewis Snyder,
and a little girl seven years old, a
grand daughter of Mrs Snyder, arrest.
ed and taken TO the lookup, on the
charge Of fraudulently utteringa a pass.
Upon the arrival at the Mayors
office, Lewis Snyder stated that be
had received the pass from his broth.
er, George Snyder, who had been a
delegate for Forsyth in the nomina.
ting convention. Forsyth, he stated,
was unknown TO him, but be had seen
him selling meat in the market
The young man seemed greatly
concerned when the law relative TO
the ofIensc was read, which states
"That any person guilty Of fraudulcnily utter
ing any written instrument, other than notes,
drafts, 4c with intent to defraud any person OF
body corporate. or shall frauduently cause OF
procure the same to be done, he shall be guilty Of
a misdcmeanor, and, on conviction, be sentenced
to pay enc Of $1,000 and to undergo an i'm
prisonment by separate or solitary confinement
at labor, not exceeding ten years
] S. Richards. Esq, counsel for the
Company, stated that the Company
intended to break up the practice OF
loaning passes which they issued. 1t
was becoming too bad, and the Com.
pany were yearly delraudod out OF
immense sums by il, and he asked
that Snyder be bound over to answer
the charge at Court.
Snyder stated that he was on en-.
tire stranger in Reading, with the ex.
reption OF one person, a Mr. Lessig,
and, in company with Chief Field, be
went in search Of him.
Upon the prisoners return TO the
Mayors Office he was held to bail in
the sum OF $4,000, TO answer the
charge at Court, and released.
The pass shown by The Snyders has
been shown by three different parties
during the past week, to three differ
ent conductors, and is much worn aud
disfgured, showing that il has been
constantly in use since the issue.
The officers of the company know
that a number Of passes are in use,
which belong to other people, and
they arc determined TO take them ur
when offered. Tho penalty, as will
DO observed in the above, is quite
heavy
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-08-24
mn a Rorseoi .sri,s,.

The New York Nation, one Of the
ablcst and the most respectable Of al
tho radical journals, makes the fol-
lowing capital picture Of the carpet.
bagger, which we copy for prescrva-
ton. II should be hung up IN the
sRogue's Gallery" Read the opin.
ion of of this radical editor concern.
ing the Congrossmcn, the Governor,
aud the negro-wonch marrying Scna-
tors who arc, under Congressional ma
nipulation and negro suffrage, select
cd" in the Southern States;
"The Northern people are begin
ming to understand the carpet.bagger
tolerably we'll, and he is on bis last
legs, no uoubt, but every month by
which his final end can be hastened is
precious; and II il TO be hoped that
light from all sources may be thrown
on this figure till there may be not a
man in the republican party who does
not Justify the South in its hatred OF
him, and SEQ why the South is to be
partly excused for hating us. A typ
ical carpet bagger may actually have
been few years ago n bankrupt sa-
loon keeper, of the ability usual with
his class, whose saloon decayed be.
cause OF vehement suspicion that il
was a house of assignalion, and an alb
solute certainty that it was very
unsatisfactory place in which TO eaI
and drink; he may have been more
than halfbelevod TO set his saloon on
fire for the sake of getting tho insur
ance money; he may have been sol
dier. known for currying favor, aud ;
petty officer uatcu 1Ur rrn",s ..--.a.
mics he may have always been limo
cent of more education than goes 70
the reading of the Ledgerj and yet
today he may be lieutenant governor
of State with prosperous "ring;'
or he may be a Congressman and a
seller of cadetships or-and here il
chief concern of ours with him-bS
may be a representative of northern
civilization, an instructor OF the Negro
voter, making him rotten in legisla
tive rascality before he is ripe for the
suffrage; an agent in reconstruction
and fruitful source of the hearty
hatred for the North, which has SC
long delayed the peace that is essen
tial. And worse cases than this could
be cited. Every Southern State has
had its share of them, and the Repub
lican party has suffered in conse
quence about as much us it is wise "a
attempt bearing"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-08-24

GENERAL McMAHoN.-Marie Edme
Patrice Maurice de Mcmahon, the
commander of the French forces who
were defeated in the recent battle OF
llagenau, is descendant of one of
those ancient Catolic Irish families
who accompanied the Stewurts in
their exile TO France after the revolu-
tion of 1858. He was born at Sully,
in the Department Of Saone ct Loire,
July l3, 1908, and is now codsequent-
ly sixty.two years of age. In 1922
he was received into the military
school at St. Cyr, and in 1882 acted
as aide de camp of General Archaud
in the seigo of Antwerp. In 1888 he
was sent to Algeria, where he served
many years with distinction, and
with successive promotions, until he
reached the grade of General and
of Grand Officer of the Legion of
Honor. In 1855 he was given the
command of division of iuianty in
the Crimcan war, and il was he who,
at the seige Of Sabastapol, led the Fl.
nal assault upon the Malakoff tower,
which resulted in the capture of that
fortifcation and the surrender Of the
town. After another campaign in
Africa he was recalled in 1859 TO take
command Of the second division of
the French army in the war of Italy,
and for his services at the battle OF
Magenta was created, on the field,
Duke of Magenta aud Marshal Of
France. Since then he has been Gov
ernor- General of Algeria, and, until
his recent defeat, was esteemed the
best of Napoleon's generals.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-08-24

WILL They Do lTg-in Kentucky,
Radical negroes have been guilty of
violating the law in regard TO cnfor-
cling the Fifteenth Amendment
Their are some Democratic negroes in
that State, and these have been sub
jected by their Radical brethen to
threats and even personal violence.
In many townships thoes Democratic
negroes were intimidated to such an
extent that they dared not 20 to the
polls, and those who did vote the
Democratic ticket to asystematic per
secu,on calculated to drive them
from the State. The Radicals Of Ken
tucky should enforce their law against
these violent and intolerant men, who
have conspired to prevents portion
Of their race from participating in
their newly-aquircd privileges. When
a negro will vote the Radical ticket,
he is under the protection OF the Radi-
cal party and the Fifteenth Amend
mont. When he acts against them,
he is a Niger, and the country should
be made too "hot to hold him" Such
is Radicalism.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-08-24

The late letter of Attorney Gener-
al Ackerman to the people of Georgia,
TO the effect that the government"
will allow the citizens of that State to
hold an election this fall has infused
new hope into all the decent people
Of that military despotism. The
largest democratic State Convention
that ever met in that State assembled
on Thursday last, and tho result will
be a total annihilation OF scalawags
and carpet-baggers by from seventy
five to one hundred thousand MAORI
ty. The political harlots are being
banished from State after State, just
as fast as the election time comes
around. The country and the per
sonal liberty Of the citizens will soon
be in the hands of "the old Union
Savers again.