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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-13
THE NEW CURRENCY BILL.

Under the currency bill, which has just
passed both houses of Congress, Il redis-
tribution of surplus currency takes place,
but we do not see that Tennessee is i'll any
way affected. The bill provides for an in
crease of fifty-four millions of bank note
currency, retires forty-tive millions of
three per cent. certificates, redistributes
twenty-five millions from the excess held
by the North and East to the South and
West and provides for free bank on Il
four per cent. gold bond. Legal tender
notes will take the place of the three per
cents as the banks reserver, while the
additional bank notes will supply the
place OF the legal tenders thus withdrawn,
to which, however, must be added the
twenty..per cent. issue of bank notes. BY
this means the volume of currency Is not
distributed. The redistribution will be
beneficial to the South, and as the provi-
sions of the bill are to make the change
gradually upon the basis of the coming
census, no distributing causes are intro
duced into the financial world. Late dis
patches indicate that Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Missouri, Louisiana, Wiscon-
sin, Iowa and Kansas will gain in the re-
distribution, while Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New York and Penn
sylvania will lose.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-13
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

1t will be seen from the letter of Colonel
j. NJ. Thornburgh, published elsewhere in
this paper, that he fully ratifies our re-
Spouse made in his behalf to the Demo-
cratic Convention of last Monday. Mr..
Thornburghs position is easily understood.
He declares himself decidedly Republic
can, but disclaims any intention of making
the race upon partisan issues. The resolu-
ton of the Convention Endorsed his adj
ministration of his important office, and
expressed willingness to trust him in the
future. Col. Thornburgh very gracefully
accepts the recognition, and says he will
be glad to have the votes of all men, ire
spective of party. The whole correspon-
dence is creditable to the Colonel, and
places him right upon the record We
congratulate our Democratic friends in
having so good and efficient an officer, and
pronounced a Republican, to support. His
election is now, as it always has been, very
certain,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-13
THE CAUSE EXPLAINED"

The Press and Herald, of yesterday,
says:
1.-THE ATTEMPT to foment disorder in the j u
dicial Convention of the Fourth, was made by
radicals sent for that purpose by faction OF
radicals in Morgan county.
No reasonable man who was present at
the Convention" on Monday will receive
the foregoing as true statement. 1t Is a
gross and wilful perversion of facts. The
Press and Herald man was present and
called the meeting to business" and his
false statement in this case connOt he attri-
buted to ignorance of facts.
The disorder fomented in this Judicial
Convention" if it can be dignified with
that name) was brought about in differ
ent way. The disorder arose from the fact
that " clique" here in Knoxville, who
had cut and dried their resolutions for the
occasion, could not force them, nOLens rO-
lens, over the mountain county delegation.
The motion which brought about the dis
order" was made by Col. Byrd, and after
ward by Gen. Vaughn, in the shape of a
resolution, and which passed, on division
of the house, by two votes. Col. Byrd's
uiOllOUy anu ptlls iNociutiOi
were supported by Capt. Honeycutt, and
Mr.. Mckinley, of Blomt. Do you charge
that they were influenced by Radicals? BE
explicit.
Two Radicals could not have been re-
sponsible for all the trouble about which
the little soul of the Press and Herald man
is so much exercised. These Radicals
did not address the Convention at any
time on the subject of the resolution, to adj
journ without making nominations, offered
by Gen. Vaughn, and adopted by the
meeting but afterward r9considered,
Again, we ask the Press and Herald t.
be explicit. If Col. Byrd, Gen. Vaughn
Capt. Honeycutt and Mr.. Mckinley wer
Influenced by the Radicals from Morgan
county in all they said and did, why, COM
out and say so.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-13
THE CRIMINAL COURT.
certain.

The Criminal Court Bill has become a
law, with its Objectionable features, to
which we have several times referred. By
an amendment introduced by Col. Elem
ing, the election for Judge takes place on
the 4th of August. This bill has been
pressed through in hot haste, to make
place for some one of the pets of our EX-
ecutive Committee, at an expense of 5000
per year to the county. With Il notice of
four weeks, the people are called upon to
elect II Judge for this Court, position
made very important by reason of the
very novel and dangerous provisions con-
ferred. If we are to have n Judge of
Criminal Court, to pass upon the liberty
and lives of our people, with a right to Sc
lect his own jurors, we ought to be careful
to see who is to exercise the dangerous
power.
We hope the people of the county will
see that the man for whom this office was
created will not reap his harvest.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-13

THE Press and Herald of yesterday
regrets that the dignified body which
assembled here on Monday, "by an over
sight, failed to recognize the gallant and
brilliant canvass John II. CrOzier, Jr., had
made for the nomination as Attorney Gen
eral." Why not let Mai. Gratz, Charley
Gates, and Mr.. David ID. Anderson have IA
share in your regrets? Then there are a
number of other gentlemen, who aspired
to positions, who are entitled to your SYM
pathy
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-13

A SPIRITED controversy is going on
among Kentucky politicians on the negro
suffrage question. Tissues that have been
settled in most of the Southern States for
the past four years, are now attracting the
attention of the old fogies of that fogy-
cursed State.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-13

THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE, of yester-
day, contained double the amount
of reading matter found in the Press and
Messenger, ian eight page paper, published
at one dollar per year" How are you,
"bantling?"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-19
A Little Too Much Law.

The Governor Of the State, who, accord
ing to law, makes appointments to vacant
offices, has lately been somewhat eclipsed,
as far as the Fifth District is concerned, by
the chief Justice of the Peace in Algiers.
Mr. Bijou having resigned his Office of con-
stable, and no appointment having yet been
made by the Governor, Mr.. Eugene McCar-
thy, Fifth Justice of the Peace, undertook to
supply the vacancy by an appointments on his
own hook. Accordingly he Commissioned
Mr.. 7. DAILY, who forthwith proceeded to
Dogberryfy the town at large. He speedily
came to grief, however, for yesterday Will
liam Carter made affidavit against him for
assault, battery and false imprisonment, in
asmuch as DAILY having no more authority
than 'any other man." had assumed vir-
tue when he had it not, and undertook to
make an arrest without any legal power so
to do. Sequel-Mr Dalv was arrested last
evening about nine o'clock, and locked up
at the stationhOuse.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-19
A Street that Wants Fixing.

When the alarm of fire occurred in AL
giers, on Monday night, owing to the mcen-
diary attempt ON the Slaughterhouse, the
fire companies of Algiers, with their usual
promptitude, started for the scene of. the
disaster. Fortunately the fire was at once
subdued by such me ans as the Slaughter
house people had at their command. And
well that it was so, for the engines could
not get to the Slaughterhouse on account of
the impossible condition of small portion
of the street in front of the premises of Nor
gan's railroad.
Since the Slaughterhouse has been in full
operation, the multitude Of carts that
thrOng through the Front street, day and
night, have cut it up in some parts so as
greatly to impede its use as road For it
was last fixed" in the reign Of the late
police jury, there was no idea of such ex
tensive travel as the Slaughterhouse occa-
sions. Besides, the road was fixed" not
with the idea of any public benefit, but to
line the pockets Of certain ring that con-
o'iiutcu al tAC POiioC Jul VI
the parish of Orleans, right bank. Hence
the principal use of the road is, in dry
weather to render residence on it almost
insupportabe from dust, and in wet weather
to make draft animals last only half
their time.
1t is not a nice thing to reflect on, that
should serious fire occur on the right bank,
below the depot, the engines of Algiers
would be hardly available, for should they
even succeed in getting below the Magnolia
Park at all, it would take so long that any
fire which burned with reasonable diligence
could consume all it had to consume and be
gone out before the engines could reach the
scene of operations.
A number of citizens have earnestly re-
Quested the REPUBLICAN to discuss this mat
ter. In the present state of the city finances
and the dizziness of business in Algiers, they
do not expect the road to be entirely reno
waited. 1t will have for some time vet to
remain as police jury cupidity has left it.
But the next to impossible, almost a quag
mire, short portion in the neighborhood of
the railroad depot, should be ameliorated
as soon as possible.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-19
THE CONCERT SALOON ORDINANCE.

We believe in the largest individual
freedom consistent with the safety and Sc
curity of the peace, persons and property
Of community. To undertake to inter-
dict the indulgence of the passions and
sensqous tendencies of men and women
by means Of laws, is always Intellectual
and often ridiculous. Every interference
with inherent individual rights, unless it
be the interference of despotism, reacts
upon community to its final disadvan-
tage. Let crimes and offenses be defined,
and penalties provided and enforced, SO
that punishment be melted to individuals
and not to classes. The surveillance of
the police, rigid and e1acting, for cases
where classes Of men assemble in objects
Of doubtful morality, is all the lavsmater
has right to; for the government that
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-19
QUARANTINE.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
PAGE e. CO.,
SO Camp street,

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Executive Department, ,
New Orleans, May 70, 1870
WHEREAS, An act of the Legislature, approved
March u.s. 1855, entitled san act to establish quaran-
tine for the protection Of the State provides that
the Governor Of the State shall issue his proclama
ton, upon the advice of the Board of Health, de-
claring any place where there shall be reason to
believe pestilent, contagious or infectious disease
exists to be an infected place, and stating the
Der of days of quarantine to be performed by the
vessels, their Passengers officers and crews coming
from such place or places.
Now, therefore, in pursuance of the provision of
the act aforesaid issue this my proclamation, and
declare the places hereafter named to be infected
places, and that all vessels, together with officers,
crews and passengers and cargoes arriving from
such places having touched or stopped at any of
them shall be subject to a quarantine of not less
than ten days, or for longer PERIOD may be con-
sidered necessary by the Board of Health, to take
effect from and after the FIFTH DAY OF JUNE,
1870. Any violation of the quarantine laws as here
proclaimed, will be severely punished.
The places which are hereby declared infected a.
aforesaid are the following, to wit: Havana, Ma
tanzas, Trinidad, Cardenas, St. Jago all on the
Island of Cuba; Port Royal and Mintego bay on the
Island of Jamaica; Jacmel and Port-au-Prince on
the Island Of San Domingo; the Islands of St. Thorn
as Martinique and Gaudaloupe; Campeachy in
Yucatan; Belize, in Honduras; Vera Cruz Alvarad0,
Tampico, Matamoras and Tuspan, in Mexico; San
JUAN in Nicaragua; Chagres, Aspinwan and Porto
Bello, in Central America Maracaibo in venezuela,
Laguayra. Island of Trinidad, Rio de Janeiro, Para
Cayenne, in South America aud Nassau, New Provi.
dence.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State,
this thirtieth day Of May, 1870, and of the indie
pendence OF the United States the ninety-four
H. C. WARMOTH,
Governor of Louisiana.
GEORGE E. BOvEE,
nf Toto
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-19
TIE STREET RAILROAD ORDINANCE,

No more judicious or necessary regula-
lation, nor one in which the public is
more universally concerned, is contained
in the whole body of city laws, than that
| passed recently by the City Council, to
secure safety and comfort in street car
riding. 1t provides against infection from
contagious diseases, against the obstruc-
ton of the track of any railroad, and,
though last, not least, against the unmiti-
gated, persistent, diabolical practice of ill
regulated boys Of riding upon the steps
and hanging upon the sides Of cars. The
last, however, is not adjusted to our taste,
lnasmuch as it makes the ofense penal
against parents in place of consigning the
little incorrigibles to the considerate man
agement of some more governmental rule
than that of home. Indeed, we hardly
think the law in this respect makes the
title of our generally wise and judicious
Administrators to the always conceded
appellation Of "City Fathers over clear.
1t is so universally known of the class of
juveniles calling for this legislation, not
only That parents have no terrors for them,
but that, on the contrary, they are an un-
failing terror to the hapless progenitors
having the honor to claim them, that even
cold and irreclaimable bachelors smile
daily recognition Of the fact, and will
doubtless indulge themselves seriatim
with an immoderate laugh, which
they rarely do, over the unhappy
"parients who have now added to
their natural and reasonable punishment
for indulging in children in progressive
times like these, the unnatural and I'M
reasonable pains and penalties of the ordi-
nance. 1t will not do to say that parents
and guardians must keep their children in
doors. 1t might answer anywhere else,
or for any other boys than New Orleans
boys; but as long as houses in our city
have windows and doors, and yards
only fences, locks and keys avail
nothing with them, whatever they may
with respect to burglars. The means by
which these youngsters are to be managed
is yet as completely undiscovered as per-
petual motion; and any unmarried man
not muddled by such perplexing respon-
sibilities, who has by this time, probably,
discovered that he has very little to do in
the world, or that his life is of no other
use to him, might layit out advantageous
ly in devices and searches fora plan for
its accomplishment; calling it, if found,
the philosophers stone-a name long
waiting for its proper use Or application
IN metaphysics, whereupon the old fellow
might become Benedict at last, on ac-
count OF his extreme fitness-and make
his fortune. ..
But, funny remarks-as we take these,
with the permission of our contempo-
raries, to be-apart, there are few of us
who do not daily run upon the annoy
ances this ordinance is intended to pro-
vide against The recent prevalence Of
SMALLPOX WAS doubtless suggestive Of its
III
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-19

Good company is a good thing. The
Picdyatne is anxious to save the State, but
will only consent to do it in unexception-
able society. In introducing Hatch's 'alf-
and-'alf consent to admit colored people
to the Democratic convention, it is very
particular to specify that Intelligent, re-
spectacle, educated negroes are the only
ones capable Of comprehending and &C
cepting the benefits of this new act of
amnesty. Possibly, in time its molasses
may vinegar shade more, and then it
will take in the entire Republican party,
but at present none but educated, re-
spectacle and intelligent colored men are
wanted. Go to.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-19

| first provision. We have ourselves, al
times, stepped furtively to a seat wind
ward OF some face yet ugly with unhealed
scars got in the war with this old enemy,
lately waged in our city. True valor is
always discreet, and no one wants muchly
duel with this SCARED old veteran, who
holds the whole nateria naedica in con-
tempt, and rarely gets out Of the way Of
the doctor or alchemist. There is no
question that street car travel, as means
OF contaglon, has its dangers, at least /;
and there are many diseases without the
overt characteristics of infection, against
which every available sanitary measure
should be brought on guard.
The city government must not be I'M
mindful, however that whatever wisdom
may be laid out in preparing and passing
necessary laws, they amount only to those
good intentions which shrewd old Sam
johnson considered were applied, as a
sort of Nicolson pavement, in that mystic
rious and too little regarded precinct
known by the learned as he'll; and that the
heavenly popularity Of the whole matter
lies in having them vigilantly and dill
gently enforced.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-19

Dr. Dio Lewis has sprung leak, and is
oozing out advice said to be profitable to
lean people He prescribes early hours,
say eight O'Clock, for bed time; drink as
much water as possible before hiding
between the sheets; take much fresh all
by daylight; ride till you are hungry; eat
oatmeal porridge, cracked corn, graham
mush, sweet apples baked, and plenty of
sugar and cream; take nap in the day
time; see all the jolly people in town, and
laugh till your belt breaks; keep clean;
let the sun shine where you nap it; be
bright and CHEEKY, and have everything of
the same bright and CHEEKY color about
you; sleep ten hours if you can; and
in six months your liver will say
you are getting too full for
comfort. The Germantown Chronicle, of
Pennsylvania, thinks we'll of the Doctors
prescription, and SO do we. But we
should like for the Doctor or the Chronicle
to inform us how the editor of a daily
paper is to fulfill this role, and still keep
his weather eye on the lugubrious visage
of the Democratic Central Committee, as
we have to do, not to speak of reading its
melancholy romances about vampires.
VIII the Doctor further prescribe for this
new scourge which has SO suddenly been
announced in the show bills2
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-19

ANOTHER LUCKY MORTAL.-A card in
another column shows that Mr.. Michel
Nose, residing at the corner Of st. Philip
and Rocheblave streets, has had the good
luck to draw the comfortable prize of two
thousand two hundred and fifty dollars,
being the proceeds of a quarter ticket pur-
chased by him in the Louisiana State Lot
terry. Mr. Nose is grateful to fortune for
the windfall, and to the lottery company
for the prompt payment of the prize on
presentation of the ticket at their counter.
This is only one of number of instances of
good luck in the Louisiana State Lottery,
that have fallen to the lot of citizens of
New Orleans, and is an encouragement to
others to ego in and win"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-19

ther particulars will be given. The names
of the ssfirst nine" are anxiously awaited.
In addition to our report Of Wednes.
days transactions in Slaughterhouse, we
have to add a sale Of 500 shares at SIG %.
The stock was offered at that figure yes
terday, but no sales were reported. 1t is
predicted confidently that it will go still
lower, but on what these predictions are
based we have no knowledge. Certainly
the company has everything all its own
way at present. A few forced sales, how
ever would depress the market value of
the stock, and it may be that such sales
are anticipated.
An offer of 100 shares of Lottery at
$50 was taken up yesterday. Whether
the bargain was consummated we did not
learn, but the price named can be taken
as the present market value. Holders of
Lottery have made very handsomely dur
ing he last two months, and they seem
generally indisposed to sell. The semi
annual dividend has steadily increased,
and, after the last division of profits, a
han dsome balance remained to be carried
over.
Bank of New Orleans is quoted at from
S3723S; old State warrants from S75 1880;
new do. at 20. Seven hundred dollars in
the latter were sold yesterday at 20. No
sales Of Metropolitan warrants We're yes
terday reported, but they were said to be
worth from 93!@94l or IS, according to
the size of parcels.
Dealers bought gold at quarter below
New York rates, and sold at the figures
received by telegraph from Wall street.
Those figures were as follows: At ten,
116a; at half-past, 1859 vat noon, 116a; at
three o'clock, 11655. The market was
steady and dull.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-19

We publish in another column the re-
marks of Mr.. Louis L. Mayenno, clerk
in the Office of Secretary Of State, before
the Tenth Ward Club, on Tuesday night.
The club had under consideration the
question of ratifying the action of the
Republican State Convention. The views
of Mr.. Mayenno, expressed in clear and
vigorous language, reflect the sentiments
of the great mass Of our party, though all
may not be so happy in giving them ut
terance
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-19
ON CARONDELET STREET.

Any kind of sensation would do
Carondelet street good The proposition
is bruited that the brokers form themselves
into base ball club, and devote their
attention and energy to that profitable
amusement for the remainder of the sum-
mer. 1t is thought vigorous practice
in the national game will not add many
to the present number of soreheads and
lame ducks now ornamenting the flags
The stake for the champion nine is not
quite made up, owing to the fact
that it has been discovered that quite a
number of the hardest and most active
men among the brokers, are de-
voting themselves enthusiastically to
drill in the awkward squads of some of
our new military companies. But the
"base-ballists . seem to have the majority,
and unless the project falls through, will
soon enliven the neutral ground of Canal
street with a game that will compel the
clone Stars" to look to their laurels.
The association will be stock company,
of course, and the shares will form val
liable addition to our long list of "fancies, :"
and will rank favorably with many of
them at the start. The shares Of several
dead or dying companies will be received
in payment for base ball stock in proper
tons to be fixed by the champion
nine. Several absentees have tel
egraphed home to have places and
shares reserved for them, and
have gone into training. The uniform is
to be white shirt with map of the Ship
Island Canal across the shoulders, with
the seal of the Valley Levee Company
upon the corners Of the collar. The pant
aloons will be ornamented by stripes Illus
trating the wells of the Petroleum Com
pany. No caps will be worn, as it is con-
sidered that umbrellas will be more appro-
pirate. Some leading operators in
Slaughterhouse desire to have the en-
blems of their association conspicuously
exhibited in some portion Of the uniform,
but until the stock strikes SIS it will not
be entitled to- such . display. Assoon
as the Organization is perfected, fur.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-19

Vampires seem to be thickening as the
election drags this way. Hatch has got
out new brood, and is now trying to
keep out of their range by the use of
Brown. If we can be of any service to
protect the Central Committee from this
pestiferors imputation Of its own chair
man, let no reasonable amount of mod
esty stand in the way of commanding our
services. Naughty vampires, to bother
the venerable Hatch and his sage COM
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