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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-30

WE have heard of some men attempting
to break the force of Col. Baxter's charges
against the Nashville papers, by saying
that, in overcharging to the amount of
$4,000, as is charged, they had only done
what has been customary heretofore. This
is flimsy excuse, and one which will not
satisfy honest people. If they were not
entitled by law to receive the $50, 900 which
Col, Baxter says they have received, but
were only entitled to $50, 900, as he says,
they have wronged the people out of that
much, and they should be held responsible
in the same way that any other man would
be, who took 5000 that was not his own.
We know not what answer they will make
we look with some anxiety to what they
have to say-but they can never satisfy
honest men that they intended to pursue a
strictly honest course, when they were
paying two hundred and five hundred dol
lars to certain parties TO keep their mouths
closed and remain outside of the "ring"
If the next Legislature has the courage,
capacity and honesty to investigate this
matter, we will know just who are in the
ring" and who has received pay to ac-
quiesce in its operations
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-30
HOME.

Louisville has lost $4,000 by fre.-The
Kentucky Legislature stands Senate, So Dem
ocrats, Republicans; House. 81 Democrats, is
Republicans first bale of Arkansas cot
ton has been sold in Memphis at 2j cents-LeX-
ington, Kentucky, and Ithaca, New York, have
each lost one hundred thousand dollars by re-
cent fres.-New York city claims the ground
on which the Times building stands, valued at
one million.-Army worm is destroying the
cotton in Mssssppi.-The yellow fever is pre-
vailing in Charleston.-Chas. Scribner is dead.
The Gubernatoral canvass opened in Ohio on
the OATH by speeches from prominent Republic
cans at various points Gen. McCook has with
drawn his appointments.-Th Italian process
sion in New York. on the oath, was unmolested.
Gen Butler opened the Massachusetts, canvass,
on his own part, at Springfield on the oath inst.
"A frightful railroad accident occurred at Re-
we're, Massachusetts, on the 26th.-Another ter
rible accident, the explosion of the steamer
Ocean Wave, occurred near Mobile, on Sunday
last, with a loss of about 80 or 40 lives.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-30

THE Montgomery advertiser is kept at
white heat by Alexander II. Stephens, the
Mobile Register and few other papers
hostile 10 the new departure. Recently it
gets off the following:
We will now repeat what the Advertiser has
said dozen times. We care nothing about de-
parture or non-departure. This is all tweedledum
and tweedledee. We cannot help thinking that
the furious fuss made about the so-call9d de-
parture, is wretched affectation! The Adrer-
tiser has never even suggested platform nor
one single plank in any platform We would
not make one if We were sure it would be adopt
ed. our platform, if apart from all policy, we
should present propositions for the people Of the
United States to endorse, would startle the
country, we think.
Now, If the advertiser was going TO get
up platform in which its principles would
be enunciated, apart from policy,p what
do you suppose it would be? Would it
''startle the country" by openly proclaim
ing against the government, and against
any utilization with Yankees" and Grad
icals"' If it spoke plainly, with what
terrible thing would it "startle the coun-
try?"
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-30
INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM.

The Lynchburg Virginian has some we'll
timed remarks on this subject, which SO
nearly expresses our own views that we
give them. After quoting from a late
number of the Tribune, in reference TO
editors giving their own individual views
on important questions, whether these
views are the same as are entertained by q
majority of their readers or not, and en-
dorsing the position of that paper, the
Virsinidn says:
tits equally true, that all men are not so con-
stituted as to be able to appreciate an Outspoken
independent journal. Their idea is, that an
editor must, in all cases, express their opinions.
he must be in perfect accord with them and if
he fails to confess sentiments identical with their
own and especially if he should advocate with
any degree of warmth and earnestness, prin-
ciples to which they may feel averse, the first
evidence OF their disapproval is given in those
omlnous words: Stop my paperl" And these
mario w-minded blockheads'' often seem to
imagine, if We may judge by their actions, that,
not only their relations to the paper as patrons
Will cease, but that the paper itself will be
stopped" as Mr.. Greeley says. Such men,
obviously, have very crude and Incorrect ideas
about the independence that ought to charac-
terlze journalism under all circumstances, and
arc wholly unable to discriminate between
honest indepenent journalism, and venal.
shackled, time-serving Press; of which, un-
fortunately, there are too many examples in
the country.
We like that kind of talk. We believe
it to be the duty of editors to thoroughly
post themselves on all questions they dis
cuss, and then give the result of their own
honest convictions, regardless of what
others may think. With such a spirit OF
independence, the public press will attain
to standard of respectability which it can
never reach otherwise.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-30

THE last departure" proposed for the
Democracy comes from the Richmond
Wing and is to pay three thousand mil
lions for the slaves emancipated by the
war, and so divide it with the colored
people as to secure their support for the
Democratic party. The New York Times
saws of this:
But made by a Southern journalt to Northern
Democrats, it compels US to reflect that it is not
more unreasonable than the demand for the re-
peal of the Missouri Compromise, for the sym
pathy Of the Democracy with rebellion, or FOL
pig-headed resistance to the result of the war
to all of which the Democracy yielded with
blind zeal
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-30

THE Nashville Banner thinks the
CHRONICLE is 1.-THE chartered organ of Mr.
John Baxter in the prosecution of his nu-
merous libel suits" We have been charg-
ed by some jealous little creatures about
here of being "Baxter's organ" generally,
but this is the first precise information we
have of our relations to the damage suits.
But the Banner charge is not at all diff
ferent in spirit from others we have heard
They invariably come from men who have
sold themselves out in various ways and
to various masters, and who believe we
hold ourselves out for price as they have
done and still do. But such charges
do not worry us. We want it dis
tinctly understood that in exposing
the plundering of corrupt newspapers and
politicians we are the organ of any and ev-
cry honest man who is bold enough to
make the expose. Further than this, we
are not the organ of Mr.. Baxter or any
living man, and all imputations of this
kind, if made by an honorable man, will
be considered an imputation upon our in
tegrity, which we shall meet in the proper
way.
AS for the Bonner, we have only to as
| sure it that Col. Bakers communications
do not bring us so much revenue as it re-
ceived for publishing the obscene libel for
which it is sued, or as it is now charged
with obtaining from the State on one of
| its smallest jobs. Its rates for libels, are.
if we mistake not, twenty cents per line
for public printing, evidently, as much as
| it can get.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-30

THE signal success attending Secretary
BoutwelPs new five per cent. loan is proof
that the firm policy of the Republicans to
carry out to its strict letter and spirit the
contract of the Government with the hold
ers of her bonds, has given us credit
abroad. While the German bankers re-
fuse to deal upon any terms in New York
City bonds, because of the astounding
frauds and corruption of its Democratic
rulers, they eagerly subscribe for their alot-
ment of national bonds at reduced in
terest. The result of this new loan is,
that on the amount already taken, the
Government saves t,0O millions of dollars
annually on the interest paid on our debt.
A further result will be that additional
portions of the debt will be converted into
five per cent. bonds and additional bur-
dens be removed
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-30

WE can hardly recur to the recent West
field explosion at New York, and the ter
rible loss of life that followed it, without a
shudder. One hundred human beings.
without moments warning, We're ushered
into eternity, and scores of Others manned
for life. All this, the result of carelessness
and ignorance. Men trusted with the inn
portant position of managing vessels,
which carry thousands of human beings
to and fro every day, have, through negli-
gence, connived at this wholesale murder
We are glad TO see the authorities dis
posed to put a check upon these things
Already the President, Superintendent and
engineer of the Ferry Company, which
owned the Westfield, have been arrested
and there seems to be disposition to dea
out TO them even-handed justice. This
and this only, will assure public safety.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-30
q EXOTIC JOURNALISM

Some time ago, the st. Louis Republican
published an editorial on Exotic iourn-
alism," which pleased the Banner men so
they knowing full well how such things
were-that is, what good thing "public
printing" at 90 high price /" is. Here is
the way the editorial begins:
Radical journalism in the South is confined
almost exclusively to those States where the
Radical party is in power, and has public paint
ing to give out at high price. Their chief bu-
siness is to print the State laws, do the official
county publishing and beslabber the Governor
of the State with praises"
Under recent developments, let "Demo-
craticn be substituted for "Radical,n and
how well it applies to the Banner Ac-
cording to Col. Baxter's showing of the
case, and his charges have not been denied,
the "chief business of Jones, Purvis &
Co. was to print the State laws, and by
dint of charging and receiving pay for
four times what they ought to have done,
have succeeded in keeping two Democratic
organs sleek and fat, besides giving several
of the rural Democratic papers Gift"
But the Banner quotes on with question:
able taste
Two years ago Tennessee was alive with these
Radical journals fed from tho official printing
funds which the Brownow government had set
apart for their support; but the moment Dem
ocratic Legislature was chosen, in 1869 it re-
pealed the act which designated the forty or fifty
official papers of the State and they were all
snuffed out in an instant, leaving the Radical
frmamont in that section as dark as midnight.
There are now not more than two or three Radi-
cal papers in Tennessee-simpy because there
no official crib to feed at.
Yes the moment a Democratic Legsa-
ture as chosen, it elected high toned
public printers, who would scorn to do a
little thing, but just take a fifty thousand
dollar slice from the treasury, and thereby
make it a respectable transaction. Let the
honest tax payers of the State, regardless
of party, give their verdict upon this tran
saction.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-30
WEEKLY SUMMARY OF NEWS.
FOREIGN.

The subscription to the American loan in Lon
don, to noon of the 22d, amounted to $50, 600, =
OO0.--The cholera is increasing at Koenigs-
burg-The potato crop in Ireland is good
Gambetta proposes a Republican Union for
France-The National Guard of France is to
be disbanded. Troubles with the Carlists are
imminent in Spain.-There were six deaths
from cholera in Paris last week.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-30

THE Nashville Banner says the "most
important work 4 before the coming Leg
islature will be 'to re-district the State"
Exactly, there it is. A Legislature called
together by the people of the State to legis-
late for the interests of great common
wealth has for it's ''most important work
such re-districting of the State as will
give it complete political ascendancy.
With the doors of its school houses half
closed by bungling legislative enactments
with warrants upon its depleted treasury
hawked about the streets at a shameful
discount with grievous taxes burdening
the toiling masses Of the State; with hum
dred evils crying for reform, the "most
important work TO be done by our legis-
lators, in the eyes of this partisan sheet, is
TO "gerrymander' the counties of the
State SO as to give over to the grasping
outs every petty Office in the common
wealth and every Congressional seat at
Washington.
We do not know how it seems TO the
Banner, but we can assure il that 10 the
honest people of East Tennessee one of the
''most important works the tax-burdened
people can ask the Legislature to do, is to
legislate SO that the public printing of the
State will not be four times paid fora exorbi-
tant rates hereafter, as Mr.. Baxter alleges is
now done. To us it seems that to the
Banner it is now infinitely more import
anti that the serious charges preferred
against it should be disproved, than that
through political chicanery its partisan
powers should be extended and increased.
The Mexican Government is offering large
bounties for Apache sealps
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-30

THE Nashville Banner occasionally
flames out for a week or two with ten col
umns. 1t is then tremendous sheet. But
most OF the time it is only common eight
column paper. We wonder if "public
printing" amt "fat" when it runs ten col
umns, and lean" when it runs eight. We
call again upon the Banner to know if il
can't give its hungry contemporaries in
East Tennessee slice? They are modest
and can't speak for themselves, and we
therefore assure it that they need help.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-30

THE communication from Cleveland
printed in another column will show how
city and how eagerly it rushes to the de-
fence of kuklux villains. 1t unblushing-
ly sends forth the statement to go abroad
throughout the country that the citizens of
Bradley county endorsed the lawlessness
of these masked villains
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-30

THE Nashville Banner says there are
not more than two or three Radical papers
in Tennessee-simply because there is no
official crib to feed att The few Radical
papers there are, however, are living by
legitimate newspaper enterprise. If they
had such fat take" as the Banner seems
to have they might occasionally flame cut
as ten column dailies.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-30

TnD remarkable reticence of the Demo-
cratic press upon the charges made by Mr..
Baxter against the Public Printers is very
significant. They are even afraid to pub
lish the defence the Nashville papers
make. Have they all shared in the alleged
plumber, and are they afraid to talk?
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-30

THERE are two daily Democratic sheets
in East Tennessee run by ex-loyal leaguers
and sx-officers Of negro regiments, that
are mighty lean and hungry, and we think
the Nashville Banner ought to divide some
of the ''ofiicial printing funds" with them.
A small slice Of that fifty thousand would
go great ways with them-wOuld at least
enable one of them TO take the Associated
Press dispatches for few weeks. A little
'syrupn on their bread would taste mighty
good. Won't the Banner be little gener-
Gus, now that its sickness is explained?
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-30

A NUMBER Of philanthropic ladies in
Washington are making praiseworthy
effort to reclaim erring females in that
c':y. 1t is a laudable undertaking Iand af-
fords an ample field for the display of one i
charity.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-30
people of Florida

Our colored citizens are showing an example
which the colored population throughout the
State would do well to follow. St. Augustine
has the most orderly and most illustrous class
of people of any city in the United States and
there is one taait of character for which they
deserve particular credit, that is the care they
take in bringing up their children. They take
great pride in sending them to school and TO
divine worship on Sundays and Holy-days of
obligation. Again, they do not allow their
children TO run about the streets at night,
which is the very best step parent can take
who wishes child, when grown to manhood,
to be good and useful citizen good moth
er can exercise no holier calling than to guide
the footsteps of her children in the paths Of
virtue and piety."
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-30
PROGRESS OF THE CoLoRED PEOPLE.

History affords no parallel where a peo-
pie have made such rapid progress in
everything that pertains to civilization, as
the colored people of the South since the
war AS they emerged from the bonds of
slavery, they seemed to at once appreciate
the situation, and went to work to i'm
prove whatever advantages were afforded
them for obtaining education and wealth.
The st. Augustine Examiner pays the fol-
lowing high compliment to the colored
naanla of Elorida
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-30

The Mexican Government is offering large
bountes for Apache seaps.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-06
DruqS ! Medicines !

Having refittcd our Drug store in the
best sty lc, We will c,ntiuuc to sell the
pure>t goods at the lowest market
prices. Especial attcrti'n p,id to
quality and standard strength Of every
article offered for sale.
Full stock Of the best preparations
of Bitters, Pt~&.nory, Fa.cy and
Toilet Articles, Paints, Oils and Dye
Stuffs. Lamps, Chiuncys, Spices, Ci
gars and every kind of house keeping
goods, usually kept in fret clas,
Drug Store. Prescriptions carefully
compounded. LADD BROS.
aug IL
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-06
COTTON GINS.

RROWN'S Georgia Pattern Cotton Gins,
- arc simple. durable, we'll made of good
materials, very light running, and unsur.
passed in the quantity Of the staple pro.
duced. Price 81 per saw, delivered at any
il. Il. depot in this State, where the Fl eight
does not exceed that Of two Railroads.
Gullct's Patent Stcol Brush Cotton Gins
the cotton from these Gins always com
mands the highest market price where or.
dinary care is taken in tho preparation
At tho Gotten States Fair, held at Augusta
Ga, last year, thcro were ten gins in com
petition, and tho premium was awarded to
The Gnl'c't Gin. Price SIS and $3.50 per
saw.
Cotton Presses Of various patterns, Horse
Powers, Houdlcys Portable Steam Engines,
Brinly's Kentucky rloughs.
G. GRAVELY,
.? Fast Day ST., south Of tho PostofIioc,
charleston, ). C.. aug 3-2m
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-06
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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-06
A Belle rs is Il Belle.

In conclusion, let mo give you an.
other incident Of tho life of Long
Branch belle. | was strolling through
the ar-room Of the Continental Hotel
last evening, when horse gallopcd
up to tho door and young lady sprang
from tho saddle unaided. She was
dressed in full riding habit, and when
her groom came up, she gave him di-
REGIONS as to what faro the horse
st Eonld get, for all the world like n
iurf master who had been brought up
moHghorscs all his lifetime. The
groom had no sooner gone than she
deliberately walked up to tho bar, in
oompaly with a gentleman who met
her at tho door, and called for q glass
Of bottled ale, and, what is more, she
stood at tie counter until tho gentle
man, Who didn't drink, had paid for
1t: This young lady belongs to one
OF the bet raJing parties stopping
at the Branch, and is q lady in tho
ordinary 'cccptAnco Of the tcrm.--
CIR. ". Y. HrnM.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-06
Russia Exciting Hostility 10 Turkey.

One would have thought that the
concliatory attitude Of the Porte to-.
ward Rns.i,, in tic Black Sea qucs-
tion, would have secured for Turkey,
if not sense Of gratitude, at least Il
certain amount of impartiality at the
bands of the Russian press. This,
however, has no. been the case.
Many Russian papers have again ta.
ken up, and more warmly than ever,
the old and fAvoritc theme of the
Chri. tians in Turkey and the barbari-
ty of the Mussulmcn. Nor in any
"nlumny spread i'll support of this
misrepresentation. Thus, the Goloss
does not hesitate to affirm that Chris-
J'an blood is shed in torrents at B.r.
r,alouka, in Bosnia. aud that the
Turks arc determined to cxtirpatc
the Christian faith from that part ,f
The empire. Tho Gazette Of the
Bourse will also have it that tho in
surrcc.ion in Albania has taken such
proportions that the Governor Gene
raj, has been Obliged to gather around
him all tho forces of that provence.
Such calumnics do not of course, de.
scrvo any rclutation, but tho Porte
feels thatthcy ought not to be publish
ed with impuni,y, or left uncontra.
dictGd by tho Russian authoritics.-
t""stontmoplc Correspondent London
Times.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-06
An Anecd0tC of Colonel johnson,

A friend Of my friend Col. Battle,
Of North Carolina, is tho best story
teller at the Branch. He's descended
from Col. johnson, and has yarn
about him. You've beard of Col. VIM.
r. johnson, havn't you2 What !!
Never heard of Colonel johnson l.?
Then Just as ssoon as you cot sober 20
home and ask your father who Colo
mel johnson was he'll tell you. Why
everybody know johnson. johnson
was the Kaiser Of the southern turf in
the good old days when Fashion q
mean the horsc) was a baby, and ere
Flora Temple had been spoken. Well
he used to come North sometimes
and when tho famous ho;so Boston,
passed to in his pofscssion hc tool, him
over to the Long Island Course ard
matched him against Fashion. There
was an awful crowd. All the sporting
men far and near were there, and the
Colonel sent all he could beg, bor-
row, or steal on Boston. lIo even
wanted to stake the clothes on his
back. Sad, however, to say. Fashion
won the race. While >tanding ia the
crowd brooding over his hard luck, the
Colonel felt tho hand of II pickpo ckcl
thurst into his wai,tcoat. Without
making any motion to arrest tho would
be thief, ho exclaimed, go, pick
away. You're welcome. Boston's
hcnton.'-L"ng Branch Letter in N.
7. Commercial.