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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-09-28
RESPONSIBILITY OF RAILROADS.

Animportant opinion was delivered yes
terday morning, in the Supreme Court, by
Judge Freeman, upon question of the
liability of railroads in class of cases IN
which there has been some conflict be-
tween American and English authorities
and decisions. AS the principle is one OF
interest to large class of our readers, we
give simple statement of the case decided.
A shipper delivered to the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
for transportation to Atlanta box OF
dressed poultry. The proof showed
that the articles were delivered by the said
road in good order to the next connecting
line, the Western and Atlantic road, at
Dalton. Through the negligence of the
agents of the agents of the latter road at
Dalton, the poultry was delayed there some
thirteen days and spoiled. The shippers
sued the East Tennessee road for the value
of the poultry, on the ground that their
usual shipping receipt bound them to flor
wardp the goods in good order to the point
of destination, even though that point was
beyond the terminus Of their road. Judge
Freeman, in his opinion, said. there was
some conflict in American States on this
point, but that English decisions were
uniform and positive in holding the roads
responsible beyond their line unless their
contract of shipment clearly limited their
responsibility In this case the contract
agreed to 'forwardrto Atlanta and the road
was liable for the default even though it
was through no negligence of its servants.
The court said it had no disposition to
modify the liabilities of railroads which
were daily growing more and more
powerful in this country. The well es-
tablished principles of the common law
ought to be rigidly enforced for the pro-
lection of the public The opinion, though
not in fact defining any new principles In
Tennessee, yet gives new force to old ones
over which there is now more than ever
growing disposition to contend. 1t is more
than ever necessary that the rigid prin-
ciples that have heretofore obtained in our
best and highest courts should be repeated
Iy enforced with strictness, for the rail-
roads of the country are constantly seek
ing, by powerfully combined efforts, to
modify and limit their responsibilities,
and gradually break down the rights OF
shiDDerS. ... ..-se..
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-09-28
SENATOR SUMMERS WEAKNESS.

Democratic papers are industriously cir
culating some very unjust and unklnd
criticisms on President Grant, alleged
to have been pronounced by Senator
Sumner. We have no hard words to
say of Mr.. Sumner, for heroic strug-
gle of near a life time against Democ-
racy, allied to slavery and treason, III
our Judgment excuses in great meas
ure his present attitude, especially when
we consider his position was assumed
through his personal quarrels with the
President and his colleagues in the Senate.
But while we are not disposed to say harsh
things of the eminent Senator, we can not
refrain from saying that his present posi-
ton in the party and his public utterances
show how exceedingly foolish great man
may sometimes make himself. The peo-
pie of this country are not fools, as Sena-
tor Sumner well knows, and the man who
undertakes to pronounce President Grant
the "lowest man, Intellectually, morally
and physically, that ever sat in the
Presidential chair" insults the intelligence
of the country, and proves himself so pre-
judicial and passionate as to make his
opinions in such a matter utterly worth
less; aye! even ridiculous. 1t is useless to
discuss such a charge. There are too many
thousands yet living who witnessed Grants
great achievements as q General on the
most historic fields.of the rebellion to make
more than a statement of such an opinion
necessary to insure it ridiculous. There is
not a rebel General living that will not say
that such an estimate of the man is absurd.
A grateful, people, led by his unfaltering
.onraCe and sublime endurance through
painful anxieties, grave perils and the
deepest distress TO glorious victory and
restored and prosperous country, VIII no,
dignity such judgment by serious no
tice. Rebel papers may find satisfactlor
in such assaults, but they ought to have
Judgment enough to know that it carries
on it's very face such conclusive an'
damaging spirit as to be in itself its pes
REPUTATION. 1t would be nnkind TO In
President to answer such a venomous at
tack with a more serious Notice. We ar
NAMED to think a great man like DIR. Sum
nershould stain an unsullied reputation ant
a glorious career by such a Speech anC
snch we must believe are the feelings o
hisfriends.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-09-28
NEWS SUMMARY.

Disarming the Algerian rebels progresses with
difficulty.
1t costs 500, 800 per annum to examine school
eachers in Texas.
The wheat crop will be short one hundred
million bushels this year in France.
The fall races have commenced at NashVlhe
with lively interest manifested.
A plot for the restoration OF Napoleon was
discovered in Paris and suppressed.
Twenty-Five emigrants from Iceland have set
tied in Wisconsin. They prefer warm cli-
mate, evidently.
The amount of money borrowed by real es-
are given is estimated at 100000.
In ten years mich COWS in Vermont have IN
creased ten per cent The butter produce, has
increased 100000 and cheese has declined 3
O00,0 600 pounds. .Har
Marshal McMahon's testimony before Gov
eminent investigating committee on the. con
duct ofthe war, exonerates Napoleon from re-
sponsibility for the disasters to the French ar
mics previous to the surrender at Sedan.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-09-28
SUPREME COURT OPINION.
GRUB & CARTER VS.. SIMPSON.


A Marty To a sl1it in his own right or III
his representative capacity, is not entitled
to claim and receive compensation for his
attendance and examination as witness,
nor to have taxed to his adversary such
costs as have accrued by reason of the issu-
ance and service Of subpoena upon him in
the cause.
The law makes it his duty and he is con-
clusively presumed to be present at the
taking of the testimony and the trial
If he is an administrator or executor, he
by accepting such trust, imposes upon
himself the duty of looking after and at
tending to the business, Irrigated and un
litigated, of his testator or intestate, for al
which he is compensated in an allowance
by the proper tribunal.
The motion to retaX the costs in this case
must prevail.
TTRNEY, Judge.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-09-28
Financial.
EXCHANGE and DEPOSIT
i b A n K,
Knoxville, Tennessee.
EsTABLIsHED 1860.

WE are prepared to purchase, at
" Best Rates, Gold, Silver, Gov
eminent, State, County, City, and
Railroad Bonds and coupons, Bank
of Tennessee Notes, New and Old
Issue, Uncurrent Southern Bank
Notes, and East Tenn, Va. and Ga. r.
r. Stock.
We transact a General Banking
Business, buy and sell Eastern and
Southern Exchange at current rates,
receive deposits and make collections
upon the most favorable terms.
Interest paid on Deposits in Savings
Bank Department.
Tickets by 1nman, Anchor and National
Lines Of Ocean Steamers, and Exchange On
all the principal cities Of Europe for sale.
Z. P. BAILEY, CASHIER.
.Tu1v15-dGptf
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-09-28
FOE sALE.

DESIRABLE HOUSE AND LOT ON CUM
N bERLAND Street. between Loo 81 and Henley
streets convenient to the business part of the city Is
offered for sale on accommodating terms. Apply on
'I anSItf Mas. JOHN E. HELMS.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-09-28
WILL ALL THOSE WIG SUFFER
.0F 1-It FROM
CONSUMPTION or COUGH
Please Read the Following letter
From Reliable Druggist?
MOUNT VERNON, ILL.,, April %, 1871.

MOUNT VERNON, ILL. AprlI y, Is 1.
MEssRs. J. N HARRIS & Co.. Cincinnati, Ohio;
such high terms of Aliens Lung Balsam to-day that
thought would write you the substance of his state
ment: He says his mother, who is sixty years of
age has suffered with consumption for several years.
AMI has been under the of all our best physicians
but never received auy permanent benefit; then she
resorted to most every kind of Cough and Lung Bal
sam that could be procured for her, but all to no avail
She still grew worse until she confined to her bed
and when she seized with p2roXysm of coughing
she would lose the of respiration, and they
compelled to resort to various means to restore breath
ing; and while she coughed hard she could not
pectOrate anything, and the family and friends had
given up all hopes of her recovery. Her noticed
the advertisement of Aliens Lung BalSam in the
Christian Advocate. and they thought they would pro-
cure and try it. They commenced giving her the Bal
sam at o'clock P. NJ. directed, dose every hour
until midnght then she took another spell of cough
ing and expectorated mouth full of dark yellow mat
ter which something she had not been able to do
for some time They continued to give her the Balsam
until morning and then she began tC expectOrate free
w. and within hours she had eXpectOrated three
pints of mucus matter which gave her immediate re-
lief and since that time she has continued to improve
She sits up all day, and walk about the house
and take considerable outdoor exercise. Her son
bought more of the Balsam to-day, and he is re ON
Yours respectfully, A. c. JOHNSON, Druggist
Was there ever greater proof OF merit than the case
this letter refers to
ALIENS LUNG BALSAM is without doubt tho
public. 1t contains opium IN any form, and It's
is harmless to the most delicate.
EA- Directions accompany each bottle
- J. n. HARRIS & CO., Proprietors,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
FOR SALE By ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
. - For Sale by
z. J. SANFORD q CO., Knoxville, Tenn.
GHAMBERLAIN tE ALBEFs
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-09-28
It. Louis, Memphis, Nashville and Chat
tan0Oga Railroad Line.
Short Route.

Without change of Cars to Nashville, Mckenzie,
Union City, Hickman, Columbus, Humboldt, Browns
vile, and Memphis,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-09-28
ON mARRTAGE.


Essays for Young Men, on great SOCIAL
EVILS and ABUSES. which interfere with MAJ
RIAGE, and ruin the happiness Of thOusands-EiA
sure means of relief for the Erring and Unfortnns.,
diseased and debilitated Sent in sealed letter sETf
ZION. No. IS. Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa,
sept3-d3m
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-06-08

The CRUST, OF THE EARTH If you
bury thermometer fifty feet below the
surface of the earth, the mercury will
remain at the same point the year ro1nd,
IL winter or summer, showing that the
influence of the sun does not reach below
that depth. If we carry the thermometer
fifty feet lower, the mercury will rise one
degree, and will rise in the same ratio for
every fifty feet we go down. 1t can easily
be calculated at what known depth
substances will melt This would not
exceed fifty miles 1t will thus be seen
that the crust, is exceedingly thin, in
proportion to the diameter not so thick
as n egg shell, in proportion to tile size
of the egg. With crust so thin, con.
stantly cooling and producing pressure
upon the internal masses, it is not strange
that the bed Of oceans should be elevated
in single day, and whole cities have
been sunk in this space of time. The
side OF a volcano mountain once broke
away, and the livid masses flowed out,
forming river twelve miles wide, which
IN its course melted down six hills 800
feet high, filing up valleys 600 feet deep,
and spreading over a surface of 100
square miles.-Dr. Bognton.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-06-08
FLOWERS.

1t has been said, "No man who is essen.
TALLY bad loves flowers" We believe it.
We believe in the refining civilizing, and,
if you please, outstanding influence of
music pictures, birds and flowers. And
we are pleased to see flowers in the
school-room on the teachers desk, and on
the desks Of her pupils, and believe SO
placed, they serve another purpose than
merely to decorate the room.
A few days since we had the pleasure
of calling upon our teacher friend Miss
-, and were struck with the profusion
OF green leaves and flowers in the school,
room. A beautiful bouquet on her desk
first attracted our attention; then bou-
quets, which for better vases had their
stems inserted in ink: bottles on the
pupils desks, and large peony in an,
other ink bottle on the clock, while
eYergreens and branches, green with
maple leaves, decorated various parts of
the school-room.
Teachers should cultivate the taste of
pupils, and as far as possible induce
neatness and comeliness A vase of fra
grant flowers tastefully arranged, will
have its due effect in this direction.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-06-08
EDUCATIONAL.
EDITOR
HOSEA BARNS,
WAKE UP

There are many faults in our school
system, and it seems no easy matter to
remedy them But many of the defects
seen are not attributable to the system so
much as to the teachers themselves. We
have those amongst US whose ideal of a
good school may be expressed in the
single word ORDER We believe we do
not underrate good order, thorough dis
cipline, precision, but we do not regard
these of greater Importance than any
thing else. We q0ouJd have order and
perfect obedience, but not at the expense
of vitality and life. Activity and en-
ergy are demanded of teachers and
pupils. They are demanded every day
and every hour that school is in session.
But the best order and highest dicipl1ne
are not necessarily antag onistlc to the
life Of a school Readiness, promptness
and rapidity may characterize thought
and execution, in every school without
regard to rigidity of discipline.
A truly successful teacher is one that
fully appreciates good order and requires
it, and just as fully appreciates life and
activity, and has the happy faculty Of
infusing them into the school.
We have too many szeepy teachers in
Kenosha County. They doze over the
living wants of pupils thirsting fol-
knowledge mot found in textbooks" and
seeking for that intellectual strength that
comes from intellectual activity; but
they awaken with suddenness that is
almost terrible at the slightest breach OF
decorum.
Wake up, teachers, to the pressing
need of expanding mind also! Arouse
your schools! Infuse them with new life
and being Wake up! Do you know tina
we are living in the last third of tht
nineteenth century? Do you know tha
this is the age of thought ? Do you know
that it is yoa@' duty to think and to in
duce thought in your pupils? Wake up
Let us have no more dead schools in Ken
osha County. Wake up!
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-06-08
BOOK NOTICES.

NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, Revised Edi
ton; by G.. p. Quackenbos T, r. n
New York: D. Appleton and Comnanv
T. b. Hulse Agt., III and l19 State ST
Chicago.
This work which has long been favor.
ably regarded by teachers has UNDERGONE
revision and been brought fully up to the
times. It is well adapted to use IN GU,
common schools, its free use of enorav.
ingS obViating the necessity of expensive
apparatus. We can heartily recommend
it to the notice of our teachers.
HARPERs' ScHooL History OF THE
UNITED STATES; by David B. Scott
new YORK: Harper & Brothers T
u; Rolte Agt., III and 119 State ST
Chicago. 0''''e d.
we nave examined this book verv
carefully and feel warranted in SAVING Il
is the best work on United States History
we nave yet seen. It is full, but there
seems TO be little that is superfuous. II
Is embellished with numerous man. ona
many excellent engravings. History Is
generally poorly taught in our schools
fact which we have in part attribnted
to the text books in use. With Harao.o
School History we should look for very
different results.
PRACTICAL GERMAN GRANNAD. - r.
mann ID. Wrage, A. M. New YORK. y
Appleton 6 Co., ~ -
rms work is arranged on the simplest
possible plan and appears to be wei,
adapted to the wants of the students O
UeTman' We notice but one fault, and
tnat is fault of omission. A full vocah.
Olary isglVen, but no key to punctuation
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-06-08

How CoUNTERFEIT NOTES ARE MADE
"A party of men, say from three to a
dozen, band together and hold frequent
meetings, and act according to a plan
laid down. One or two will find out
some copper plate printer in the employ
OF the bank not company-in fact all
such printers are known by the party.
These men will then manage to meet one
OF the printers in the evening, get ac.
quainted, drink and have good time
generally with him, and SO proceed for a
few evenings. They then offer him from
800 to 500 to procure a certain kind
of impression This impression is made
in this wise The printer will take the
impression upon tin foil from the pla,e
from which he is printing, which can be
done in a moment. Thus you see every
line and the size is obtained CORRECTLY
From this tin foil an electrotype is made.
They then get some plate printer that
can be found about the city, have a good
time with him, engage him at twenty
dollars 4 day to do the printing. BY this
plan thousands Of copies are struck off
that defy detection, except in the quality
otthe paper, which will differ from the
genuine.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-06-08

A fish-boat coming into Michigan City
Indiana,on Wednesday last, was suddenly
seen to disappear about four miles
out, when tug going to look after il
found it bottom up, with three men
clinging to it. There had been four on
board, but after capsizing the boat would
sustain only three, and the fourth, John
Olvany, saying that as the others were
men of family, he would give them the
chance Of rescue, and himself try to swim
ashore on the board, had started, but the
empty board floating back soon had in
dicated that he was drowned.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-06-08

An Ohio young gentleman and lady some
time ago met and loved each other, but
the maiden's papa was ungracious, and a
separation took plack which so affected
her that she became insane and was taken
to an asylum. Subsequently her lover
was similarly afflicted and conveyed to
the same institution, in the reception
room of which they met and recognized
each other, were allowed seasons Of brief
mpanionship, recovered their health and
reason, were pardoned and allowed their
own way by the cruel parent, and a short
time ago married, all in one chapter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-06-08

The CHINESE AND DARwINIANIsM.-
The question having been asked, if the
Chinese are Darwinians, why or when
the fashion of their Chimpanzce fore
fathers was so changed as to locate the
"tail'' on the back of the head, the TOLEDO
Blade submits whether it is not possible
that the backbone of the Chinaman is
reversed, this being one of the possible
changes" which Mr. Darwin says may
have "supervened" Pursuing the theo-
ry the Blade adds: "Thus the Chinese
are remarkable for doing nearly every,
thing backwards, habit which may be
attributed to the reversed position Of the
spinal column. They begin at the end
of book and read forward, at the bot
tom and read toward the top, and at the
right hand side of the page and read
toward the left. In mounting a horse
they oupon the right side and throw
the left leg over instead of the right.
To them the very points of the compass
are reversed for they call us the west
ern devils when our location is east of
them"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-06-08

WHO RULED THE COMMUNE has
been discovered that the real leaders of
the commune were Karl Marx, jacob,
Blanqui, Tonatchi and Diebneck. The
idea of burning Paris originated with
jacob and Tonatch1. Papers have been
seized which show that these men are in
London, and are now planning new
schemes, designing to make Lyons.
Marseilles, Madrid, Turin, Rome, Naples,
Vienna, Moscow and Berlin scenes of
CONGREGATIONS.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-06-08

1t is said that the late Hon. VIM. Pitt
Fessenden once made a remark which was
interpreted as an insult to Mr.. Seward.
When informed of it, and seeing such a
meaning could be given to his words, he
instantly went to Mr.. Seward and said
"Mr. Seward, I have insulted you; I am
sorry for it.. I did not mean it." This
apology, so prompt, frank and perfect,
SO delighted Mr.. Seward, that grasping
him by the hand, he exclaimed, "God
bless you, Fessenden, / wish you would
insult me again. @e
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-06-08

PROF. BLOT ON COFFEE MAKING
Grind the coffee rather fine than other
wise. think it is usually ground tc
coarse. use coffee pot with a filter.
You can get them at any tin store. Mixed
coffee is best prefer a mixture of Java
Mocha Maracaibo. Soft or spring
water is best Proportions, one quart Of
water to three ounces Of coffee. Of course
1t can be made stronger or weaker. -Four
teaspoonfuls make quart of very good
coffee for breakfast, but too strong for
children.
In selecting filter, or "coffee biggin, y
choose one with bottom of silYered
gauze, instead of perforated tin, as the
perforated bottom lets the finely ground
coffee through. Good coffee cannot be
made IN what is wrongly called coffee
pot, which has no filter, and is much like
tea pot. Such utensil requires the
coffee to be boiled, which ruins it, leaving
bitter taste, and sends all the aroma to
the attic.
When the water is boiling hot, put the
coffee in the filter and pour the water
over 1t, and the coffee is made. IF the
water does not pass through fast
enough, set the kettle on the fire again
until the water in it boils, then pour it on
again. If all the strength is not extracted
at the first making, repeat the operation
when needed. The coffee may be dark,
even black, when strong, but it must be
clear. Each kind of coffee must be
roasted separately, and it is better to
roast 1t day or two before using,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-06-08

Here is curious example of taking
time by the forelock:" My grandmother
once awoke my grandfather in the middle
of the highland told him she much feared
her son Willie had become deranged, as
she had been listening to him for some
time speaking loudly and rapidly to
himself. Her husband listened, came tc
the same conclusion, and they forthwith
hurried into their boys bedroom to know
what was the matter Willie's explanation
was, that as they were going to the sea
side the next day,he wished to save time
and was saying his prayers over and over
to last him during the holidays.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-06-08

The total number of Union soldiers who
persisted in rebel prisons are Given at ID
391, yet the graves of 1906 onlv are
known, Leaving 3O,585 whose places OF
burial are unknown. In Andersonyille
prison there were confined 4O,611 men,
and of these 1906 died, being more
than one in every three. That is terri
BILE record for the rebel leaders, and one.
too, which will require several ssnew de.
partures" to erase.