Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-10-25
FROM NASHVILLE.
NASHVILLE, October 18th

NASHVILLE, October 18th.
To THE CHRONICLE / see member
of your staff here this morning, Mr.. Thigh
man Haws, who, understand, is attend
ing as witness before the Printing Fraud
Committee. If Mr.. Haws' appearance
and reputation are not deceptive, his tes-
timony will shed much light upon the
dark matters to be investigated. / am
told Col. John Baxter will be here to-mor-
row. 1t is evident that there is consider
able uneasiness in a certain crowd, as the
warwhoop has been already raised, and an
effort is being made to discount the Conn
mittee's report in advance of its forthcom-
ing.
The resolutions favoring Low Taxation
were voted down in the House, mainly on
the ground that action was premature.
But not withstanding the vote in the
House, it may be set down as certain that
the rate of taxation will be reduced.
\ little incident occurred the other day,
indicative of the heart of your member in
the Senate, Mr. Staley. A feeble rheu-
matte man, on his way from Arkansas to
Knox county, reached Nashville, money
less and out of heart. Learning that Sta
ley was from Knox county, he sought him
out and Staley at once supplied the unfor-
tunate man with the money. And, yet,
this act of generosity would never have
been known, had not the writer hereof, by
accident, witnessed it, for there is less
vainglory in Staley THAI in any man in
the Legislature.
Complimentary resolutions are not pop
ular in the House. Vaughn's resolutions
complimentary to Judge Trigg were not
only voted down in the House, but, as if
to censure Vaughn, the House resolved
that such resolutions are in bad taste.
Vaughn introduced a bill the other day
to make the term of the Librarian CO.
eOaln with that of the Governor. A great
many dictionaries have been looked into
since that bill was first read. 1t has at last
been concluded that the true word is " CO.
evil!"; or, in other words, that Vaughn
thinks both officers are alike coils. Vaughn
evidently expects to be Governor!
The Amnesty bill to prevent further
prosecutions for offences during the war
was discussed at length in the Senate to-
day. The bill was violently opposed by the
Democratic Senators, although the bill did
not, with the amendments, amnesty MUIR
der, rape, arson, burglary, robbery, or
horse stealing nor did it amnesty any of
fence committed since July 4th, 1865 ; and
was guarded in its language. Mcconnell
emphatically told the Democrats that he
was astonished to see them opposing am
nesty when they have been demandingtan-
nesty every. day since the war and that If
they were opposed to giVing amnesty he
would be opposed to their receiving am
nesty. Every Democrat in the Senatevo
ed against that bill and amendments.
/ would say to the people who are doubt
lessly amazed at the vast number of bills
daily introduced into two Houses, that the
committees "squelchn at least nine out of
every ten bills; and the two Houses
'squelch'' about nine out of every ten not
'squelched" by the committees.
L am indebted to the Press and Herald
for this new and elegant term "squelch, ~
term by which said paper completely an
INITIATED your former correspondent, who
after reading the "squelchingn article
against him seized his hat, and is supposed
to have committed suicide as he has not
since been heard from. What potency in
word
The Argumentum ad baculum was
brought into requisition to-day, by one OF
Ex-Governor Browns sons, on the streets
of Nashville. 1t seems Col. w. +. Prosser
had written an editorial in the Tennessee
Tribune, criticising the ex-Governor's re-
marks in introducinG1Ge Schurz here
some time ago. This criticism not meet
ing with the favorable consideration of the
aforesaid son, he proceeded to assault Pros
ser with q stick on the street. Prosser, ! am
told, is not seriously injured, but was
stunned by the blow. This method of set
Ting political controversies if not strictly
logical is certainly strictly Democratic
Col Prosser is prominent Republican
and Postmaster of Nashville,