Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-06-08
OUR NASHVILLE LETTER.

kindred. The Legislature have diourned and
on motion of Ex-Gox Brown, the Circuit Court
adjourned over till Tuesday, to afford those who
wished an opportunity to'participate in the GER
emonies Trains will be run to and from the
cemetery, and the fare is cheap, enabling all
who wish, to go.
Legislation during the past week has been
largely Of the investigating genus Reports
have been received from several committees and
more are to come
The report on the Knoxville and Kentucky
Railroad exctes comment, and il would not sur
PRISE me much If laws were passed to compel |
reluctant witnesses to disclose. The reticence of |
one Railroad President has excited the ire of the |
law makers, and do not be astonished if some |
plan be invented that will completely eclipse |
the rack, thumb-screws, iron boot and water |
test OF in9uisitoria days, so wildly described in
that horribly truthful work edited by one Fox |
IL reports continue to come in like the one re-
terred to, and it is shown that no good use has
been made of the money arising from the sales
OF state bonds, it is presumed by the knowing
ones here that there will be some scaling done
with view ostensibly to protect the State but
really to help corner, and enable railroads to
pay their debts to the State cheaply. We shall
The latest sensation here that excites talk is that
meek and lowly follower of fallen fortune.
kutter. He has been here selling information
10 rum the radical party, and the article he fur
nishes is of very poor quality Aside from this
he shows the usual fate of those who try to thrive
blythe trade of informeJ. He has been trihe too
swift in his efforts to make himself useful and
acceptable to the powers that be- 1t is gravely
limited that, having exhausted and nisstafed the
few facts he might have had against sundry per-
sons, he now falls back on a reserve that belongs
to all rascals, who arc such by their own con-
tession, to-wit: lying Take Rutter upon his
own sworn statement, and he is unworthy of
credit by decent, honorable men. Hetalks free
ly, and will cheerfully give the result of his ex-
perlence to such as interview him. He thinks
he only made one mistake in this whole matter,
ana That was as he states it, Il should have stole
the party and State poor that they could not
afford to prosecute Our lamented friend, Ar
temus Ward, would have graded Rutter as
truly 'penltential cuss;' he's so sorry, only he
amt. But this splendid specimen of true grit is
about to try another dodge to keep himself be-
fore the public. The Banner announces that G.
r. Rutter will soon issue the first lumber of a
quarterly publication, in which he will do his
level best to convince the world that he is
greater rascal than his sworn statements show
He promises to disclose muchly to the discomft-
ure of radicals and reconstructonists and
promises to bring all his talents and industry to
the dirty work. We give him the benefit of this
notice cheerfuy as it is the duty of the press to
assist selt-convicted criminals in holding them
selves and their dirty work up before the world
a warming Wewould suggest that the forth
coming work of this great exponent of rascality
be placed in the Sunday School libraries
throughout the land to enable the youth of the
country to see how meanly man may talk of
himself.
There is no limit to the new bills being intro
duced in both Houses, large number of local
and many of general interest, that need watching
and sitting. Look at the bill to exempt s., 600
of personal property from taxation. The poor
man, if he is worth that much money, puts it
into house and lot or home. 1t is the rich who
have plate treasures, iewelry, carriages, &c, all
of which come under the haad Of personal
property. This bill is a nice thing for rich men,
but poor folks won't see it, and it will pass with
out amendment. Weshall see the taxable prop
erty of the State reduced some millions, and not
one cent of the reduction for the benefit of poor
people, but solely for the benefit Of that class
who can afford to indulge in expensive luxuries
The Louisville ond Nashville Railroad Com
pany failed to get through neat bill to enable
that corporation to issue bonds and mortgages.
The House, by a decided vote, rejected the
thing. The people are beginning to see the end
of that scheme begun by Guthrie, and carried
out by his successors. A line from Lousvilleto
the Gulf, with branches in every direction con-
trolled by Louisville, might, in time, build up
that city and make some families there very
rich, but it would not do much for Nashville or
other points that want small chance in the
game
Resolution directing Attorney General TO COM
mence a suit against ArneH, to COMPEL him to
give the money belonging to the School Fund,
was introduced by Mr. Hinkle. Well, Samuel
may submit to the proceeding" but as to ''giy
ing up anything, we don't see it. Anybody
can lead horse to water. but who can make
him drink" This old Spanish proverb will re-
cur. Wncn THIS SOrI OF leglSlhtiOu II DSlllR uOue
There is strong probability that Samuel will
''give up" when Joseph A. M. tells the rest of
that little story the Investigating Committee are
so anxious to hear.
The bill for dismissal of indictments against
soldiers for offences committed during the war,
is slightly ambiguous, but We are left to infer
that the bill contemplates both sides Of the
question, and fair play is intended, at least We
hope so.
\ vast number Of bills TO protect game and
fish, have been introduced, all with the intent to
keep the mud-sill and poor darkey off the lands
and out of the streams of the rich land owner
Hunting and fishing are aristocratc pleasures
That right belongs to the rich, and the poor have
no business to indulge in such luXures hence
all this legislation, and the trcspass law of last
session. The high roads are the places for the
poor they are not to cross rich mans farm
only as laborers Well. all We can say, is, a
few more laws Of this kind in the Code and we
shall have emigrants by the million pouring
into Tennessee-Over the left.
An intelligent German told us yesterday, that
there was enough in the Code of this State to
keep people out who were looking for free and
equal government and who despsed these pu-
rifle attempts to initiate aristocratc Europe If
Tennesscee wants Immigration. lct her make her
Code like that of Missouri or Iowa, and they
will come by tens of thousands
Gossip enough for this time.
DAMON.
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