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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-10-27
State Bank Paper-TaxatiOn.

EDITORS CHRONICLES: The suggestion
made by your correspondent, that our
merchants should receive the bills of the
Bank Of Tennessee, at their market value,
is worthy of approval and adoption. 1t
would at least afford some relief for our
people. The merchants can't possibly be
injured by it. sd ara d2ua.l tao-e (
And permit me to add that it is the
plain, lnmistakable, honest duty of the
members of the Legislature to meet the
financial question of the State like men
who are jealous of the honor of the State.
Our credit as State is under cloud.
Suspicion, distrust as to our honesty, pre-
walls everywhere. Our bonds are down
again to sixty-three cents. The result is,
uncertainty, stringency, distress. The rich
and the poor alike feel the evil
/ What is the remedy? Honest tegtstd-
ton. Let the Legislature make provision,
est on our bonds. Let the State once more
resume the payment of her obligations.
The burden will be heavy, but not more
so than we bear now. The people Will
promptly respond. 1t is the politicians
who halt and hesitate. The people are in
| iured much more by the policy of nom
payment and consequent distrust, strin-
gency and boarding of money, than they
| wonld be by plain, open, honest pay
ment of our debts, even when done at the
expense of a heavy taxation. lse,.e e.
We want confidence and credit. IdG-
alton, equal to the emergency, will give
these. Money in abundance will flow
swiftly. There is no other remedy.
| Let not politicians and demagogues de-
| ceive themselves. The people of this great
State can not be tri1ed with always. They
demand relief-not by reputation, either
direct or indirect, but by manly effort to
meet their obligations at this time, when
| it can be done, instead of waiting until our
debt second time becomes appalling by
it's magnitude. Now is the most favorable
time we shall ever have. Two years hence
ii will have swollen to a size that will be
unmanageable. If we cannot pay all now,
let us at least begin and pay a part. What
citizen of the State who does not hide his
face with very shame as he sees, day by
day, the officers of the State, and even the
public Institutions of the State, ie cain, of
fering to sell warrants on our Treasury
May this State of things soon pass, never
| to return -5 m uaa leases -i
We want courage, courage, honest cour-
age, in our Legislature. There is no room
nor time for littleness, for fear, or dema
| QOpulSn, 81. 81 s-sv-t5gs FFs 81 tGH Ef.t~
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-10-27
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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-10-27

WE have recently divided BrOOksldC
Farm" which hes less thar, half a mile from
the northern limits of the city, into tracts Of
about fUe acres each, fronting on broad
dUenueS sirty-sir feet in ,oidth, which tri6
be opened tChep necessary to the convenience
of purchasers. The locations are very fine
for SUB URBAN RESIDENCES, as the
sites are elevated, overlook large crtent Of
country, and command q fine VieV.
The soil is in q high state Of cultivation
and is tOeU adapted for Market Gardens
or Fruit purposes. The grouping Of the
small fruits would pay Handsomely here, az
the demand is good and the supply very
limited To those of oar correspondence
,Oho have written US regarding sites for
Embarrassing, this affords fine opportunity
for securing choice locations not heretofore
available. .,cL ..tt.. .-..f 81 erl.
Parties doig Dustin ss in the city ca find
on this tract delightful situations for resi-
dences, and its short distance from tosCs
enables one to escape the heat and dust qf
the city and at the some time i've atthin
easy reach Of his business and q tract Of
fue acres can be p urchased for less than d
small building Tot in the city. t.,,s-
Property in this vicinity IS rapidly inersussns
u, value, and is non offered at a much toaoer
price per acre than other property similarly
situated as to distances from the city.
A fine map Of the prop erty can be seen at or
office, and price, tsrrs, &C., soiU be furnishes
on application.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-10-27

Ten lines. solid Nonpare to constitute square.
One Squae, each insertion .slsOO
No Special rates application for advertisements
by the year or month.
Local Notices ten cents per line each insertion.
City Notices FIVE cents per line each insertion.
All advertisements due after first insertion.
Yearly advertisements payable quarterly. All other
advertisements payable on demand after first in
sertion. raEp iHflllt ht
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Chancery Court at cambridge.
W. Fl. Lyle. Ex parte.

JNHEREAs, THE, ABOVE NAMED PARTY
bridge petition for charter of Incorporation under
an act of the General Assembly passed Janua ~ 2h
ISL said corporation to be known as Union Presbv
set forth in said petition being ITO forward ,aid re-
gious association in all charitable objects within the
scope of the means of said corporation Tn csc are
therefore to notify all persons to appear before the
Chancery Court at Dandrdge the first Monda after
the fourth Monday Of October 1871, and show cause
issue as prayed for in said petition or the will
be set for heaving ex parte.- 800 -1rrlf sdJlb
1t is ordered by the Clerk and Master that this
tice be published for thirty days in the Knoxville Daily
Chronicle. Sept 25, 1871,
copy of the order. Test:
sept27d3Od D. R. N, BLACKBURN, G. i M.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-10-27
FOR RENT.
SUBURBAN RESIDENCE.

2 SUBURBAN RESIDENCE.
good brick house, stable and servants house with
s twenty acres of land well fenced and partly
divided in small lots for stock There tive eissrns
and excellent well. This is fine place for markst
gardens or diaries. .- @-s
WATER-POWER MILL AND WORK
--- 'H.5 a. SHOP. $500
hrst-clAss power suitable for running almost any
mind of light machinery. grist mill ia now in rua-
ping order and turning lathe can be attached. Also
y1enty Of shop room. Will be rented for q term
kears. For terms apply at our Office.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-10-27
ON MARRIAGE.

Happy Relief for Young Men from the effects of T..
rors and Abuses in early life Manhood restored Ner
YOU, debility cured: Impediments 10 Marriage re
moved. New method of treatment. New and remark
aba remedies Books and Cireusrs sent free IN sealed
envelopes Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION No
z South Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. octlITI
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Love tL,ghtens labor.

"..n Love Lightens Labor.
Agopd wife Toae from her b one morn,
And thought, with nervous dread.
or. the piles OF clothea to be washed, and
Than q dozen mouths to be fed, I ....i
Theres the n,esls to get for tho men IN the
Ana the children to fix away '..'.
To sShool. end the miikI't DO Skinned and
And all to ble' done that day. Y,
It had rained in tho night, and all the wood
!, Was wet as it could. be, ~: ~ e1%I
There we're pudding and pies to bake, beside
A.loaf OF cake for ten. .l...t 'R.t.iI
And the day was hot, and her aching hcad
Throbbed YEARLY, as she said,
Ut matdene utknew what good wives know.
They would befin no haste to wodl''
Jennie, what do you think I told Ben
Brown?"
Called the farmer from the WE'LL
And a flush 'crept up to his bronzed brow,
And his eyes half bashfully fell;
'It was this" ho said and coming near,
he smiled, md stopping down,
Kissed her check" "twas this, that You wero
the best
And the dearest wife in town!"
The farmer won't back to the field, and the
wife
In smiling and absent way,
Sang anatches of tender little songs
/ Shed not sung for many day.
And the pain in her huad Was gono, and The
clothes
We're white as the foam OF the sea;
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Insanity is greatly on the increase in
England. In 1859. when the population
amounted to 19,O86. 701, there were
36. 762 lunatics, or nineteen out of every
10000 persons. In 1871, with II popu-
lation of 22,704, 108, there were &c, 755
lunatics, or twenty-five out OF every
10000 persons. or the sc. 755 lunatics,
there were CLIO private patients, 80, 1876
panper patients, and AGO patients in pri-
SOM.
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Her bread Was 4kSt. and her butter was
sweet, . - -
And golden as 1t could be.
"Just, think" the childron all called in a
breath,
Tom Wood has run OF to s6s
He weuldn't, Iknow;if he only had
AS happy home as we."
The night came down, and the good WHO
smiled
To herself, as she softly said,
!" 'Tis 30 sweet to labor for those we love,
ItB not strange that maids will wed!"
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JOBBING TRADE
CHARLESTON, S. @.
FALL AND WINTER OF 1871.

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the the
this supplies
5 ]
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Dry Goods.
street nMS BATES Co. No. 1s Meeting 9 GAN soYaToN co.
liIa,ne No
EDWIN RATES & street.
Fancy Goods, Notions
STEELE wARDELL
Fancy Goods Notions
JOHN FAIRLY
Millinery and Straw Goods
CHARLES a lENGNCk, SIcetn
Boots and Shoes.
FLEMING CO, Meeting
E. b. sroDDARD ~ co. No Mc.t ting
Hats and Caps.
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Hardware.
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Saddery saddlery Carriage
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Drugs and Medicines.
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Crockery and Glassware.
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Groceries
GEO W ST cots
Groceries. Liquors, &C.
QUACKENDUSH,
DOIMAEN Bros r street,
Paints Oils, Glass, &c.
HOLMES CALDER No. 5 East Bay WIN
Job Printer Stationer and Bookseller
Meeting stree
and Printing Material,
Aug1l WALKER EVANS coaswELl.s
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CANDY! CANDY!

O6HuY! V8UVy!
EO BOXES assorted OANDY-5uu ,oeioht
cV and pure article. As Oapdy OF iieht
weight is extensively sold in this market.
purchasers will find It to their interest to
have The boxes weighed before buyinp. W.
guarantee 25 pounds in edcl. boz. .Y.:i''l.s :
Sept IL JOHN AGNEW j. SON.
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THE EXCHANGE HOUSE.
YHH1S well.known establishment is in full
Il blaat, and keeps up its reputation for tho
best OF everything in the limo Of WET GOODS.
They carry out the motto of 'Good articles
or mono" PAYSINGER & FRANKLIN,
August 81 Prophet orB.
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The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-15

The SUPREME. IssuE-LIBERTY
OR DEsPoTIsM.-The question natu-
rally arises, why should General Grant
assume such grave responsibility !?
The answer is the country is about to
enter upon the most important politi-
cal struggle that has ever been agitated
since the formation of the government.
1t is contest between constitutional
liberty and central despotism. This is
the supreme issue. We believe that
Genera, Grant intends to hold the
government for himself and his party;
that if he can carry this election by a
popular vote, he will not call into ex-
ercise the dictorial powers conferred
upon him by the Ku,Klux bill; but
In the meantime he is preparing and
using the machinery of that bill in
these reconstructed States, TO familiar
ize the public mind with this mode of
usurpation, so that if it becomes neces>
sary, he can apply it to the large States
of the North and West, should he be
convinced the majoriteis there are
likely to be turned against his re>elec
ton. The single question to be pre-
sented to the popular mind of the
American people at the next general
election will be, is this a confederacy
of Independent States, States, united
under a written constitution, clearly
defining the rights of the States, and
the powers of the general government,
or is it centralized despotism at
Washington, to be used for the aggran-
dizement of General Grant and his
supporters? We think the signs are
unmistakable; they foreshadow the
march of General Grant to imperial
power, for the benefit of himself and
followers, or the triumph of constitu-
tional liberty. The decision of this,
the great question Of modern times is
in the hands 6 the people of these
United States, not as citizens cf 8
centralized government, but as citizens
of Independent, sovereign States. Al
they love liberty or prefer tyranny. 50
will they decide. e.-BarH,ceU Is. c.,
Sentinel.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-15


Henry Dillon, an ex-Union soldier,
proprietor of newspaper stand in
Jersey City, yesterday received a check
for $500 from the daughter of the late
General Stegman, of the Confederate
army. The circumstances under which
the money was paid are romantic.
During the war Dillon served in the
Second New Jersey cavalry. He ac-
companied his regiment on Griersons
famous raid through Mississippi, and
while on scouting expedition one day
encountered Gen. Slegman and ore of
his staff officers. Shots were exchang-
ed, and the rebel general fell from his
saddle mortally wounded. The staff
officer fed, but was overtak5n and
captured by a comrade of Dillon's.
In his dying moments Gen. Stegman
requested his slayer to take from one
of his inside pockets his will, bequeath-
ing all his property to his wife and
daughter, and life Insurance. policy
for $40, 900. He asked Dillon to keep
them, and send them Ia his family.
After the war Mr. Dillon advertised
in vain for the owners, and he resolved
to retain possession of the papers until
some inquiries should be Tale for
them. Recently an advertisement APP
peared in the Alabama papers, offering
$500 for the missing will. Dillon
answered it, and General Stegman's
daughter came North as the guest Of
Roger A. Pryor. She related the
particulars of the long search for the
will, the difficulties that had been en-,
countered, the production of forged
will by her fathers relatives, and theil
Mobile lawsuits. She expressed deeT
gratitude to Mr.. Dillon for the re-
covery of the will, and said that through
it her mother and herself would b,
enabled to regain possession of thei
extensive Alabama and Georgia estates
The estates are valued at 5000, 900.
N. Y. Sun, 2Sh uH.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-15
No TINE TO THINK TWICE, Bril-.

No TINE TO THINK TWICE. Bril-
liant thoughts are often slow in their
formation like the diamond. Thomas
Moore was frequently occupied three
weeks in writing song. Theodore
Hook often took about the same time
to perpetrate an impromptu, and Sher-
idan was frequently a whole day in
getting .upa joke which was supposed
to be the inspiration of the moment.
Neither Of these great men would be
worth a fig on daily paper, where
the editor writes as he runs, and catches
a thought on the wing, and transfxes
it with a momentary flourish of his
gray goose quill. The daily editor has
no time to cudgel his brains for thoughts
or to polish them when they come-no
time to take the sage's advice to think
twice. y .af lIs7q as0dl
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-15

COLONEL HARDEs on Conclusion
AS A VERMIFUGE.-Colonel Hardee,
who was a Confederate soldier during
the rebellion, has, in these piping
times of peace, turned his attention
from the slaughter of men to the more
commendable killing of insects, obnox-
ious to vegetation. He recently ad,
dressed a meeting Of farmers at the
Florida land agency, and claimed "to
have utilized conclusion in the perfect
annihilation of the horticultural pest
known as curculio." He first noticed
that the blowing of a whistle by a
locomotive on a railway, passing near
him, had driven the curculio to the
extreme end Of his orchard. He con.
cluded that the insects didn't like the
jarring, and by way of confirming his
opinion he ignited two pounds of pow,
der placed in the hollow of a live oak
stump. The result was that not only
the curculio, but every winged insect
in the orchard. was destroyed. He
adds that conclusion is "a great fertil.
izer;" that it destroys "animalcules,"
and renders sickly localities perfectly
healthy. When there is little or no
thunder, he argues, there is a great
deal of yellow fever. How conclusion
affects air, soil or trees he doesn't know;
he only knows the facts. al claim"
he says, that the Yanks were indebted
to King Gunpowder for tteir health
fulness during the late wicked war;
Well, they certainly would hardly
have have healthy time without it.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-15
Prudes are coquets gone tew seed.

Prudes are coquets gone tew seed.
Revenge sumtimes sleeps, but vanity
always keeps one l open. "a ,gisra
1t IL Just az natral tew be born. poor
az tew be born naked, and it IL no
more disgrace. BE-. .irs.Iau oal lsdf
The only human being on the face
ov this earth that l really envy il a
-laifing Christian. % a-i
A man whom yu kan hire tew work
on farm for nothing and board him-
self, will just about earn his wages.
Thare IL two kind ov men that / don't
kare tew meet when am in gaate
hurry: men.that owe, and men that
want tew owe me. ast
l kant see what women wants emmy
more rights" for; she beat the first
man born into the world out ov a ded
sure thing, and she can beat the last
one with tho same kards.AJosh Bill
lings m11 lar eli 10 l89gss-r
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-15


A NOVEL BRIDAL CosrUME.-The
! Washington Chronicle prints letter
from a young lady in Chicago to her
afiahce In the former city. Here is
an extract: "We expect to have
new house built in few weeks, just
around the corner, from where We
formerly resided. lam very glad you
did not come to this city when you
intended, for then you would be as
the rest of us, half scared to death,
Father was up at the time and saved
two suits of clothes--the one be had
on and another-blt we, that is Mai,
Jeneatte and /, were less lucky. You
would be surprised to see me, the next
morning after we were driven out of
the house, with pair of Jim's old
pants Oh one, slipper, one shoe, and
a waterproof cloak. This was, indeed, ;
my complete outfit, ana it was. not
till yesterday that I received some
other clothes from my cousin Mary,
who sent them from Cincinnati. That
would have made spendid Wedding
siit, wouldn't it," r3 nfa4r
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-15

For YoUNG MEN.-The thing for
every young man 10 strive for, if he be
ambitious OF pecuniary success in this
world, is specially in his Business,
No matter what trade or profession he
may choose, lei him adopt some par
ticular branch or department of it in
which to render himself famous. He
may then render himself necessary to
those who employ his services, and
thus receive bis own price for, that
which Ire does particularly well, With.
out this special superiority, he comes
into competition Witt the great medi'
ocracy; and must. expect a mediocre
compensation only in return. The
pleasant eminence of excellence, how
eyer, IS not to be gained by wishing
merely. 1t requires good hard work,
and plenty of it. The world does not
pay people fol being iAle, nor for hat
which is idly done, There is labor t'
be done after they are learned, and
the beginners should never finch from
it. for it is only by his own exertions
that he can attain the speciality that
is to bring him future honors. and
better yet, future gold. a a u I
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-15
JOHN T. BEARDEN.

SELF.-This Insignificant intruder
is at all times one of the most imper-
tinent companions in the world; you
may try every art and contrivance in
your power to get free from his troubles
some conversation; the creature will
press upon your retirement, and force
himself upon you, in spite of your
teeth; will be meddling with your
affairs, setting them in such light as
cannot fail of putting you out of hui
NOR, or teasing you with reflections
that will make you weary Of your life.
No place is safe from him. He will
force himself into the closet, and hover
about the bed, and penetrate through
the thickest darkness, into the deepest
recess; will travel with you by land or
sea, and will not quit you, though you
be in banishment. There is very
whimsical circumstance, at the same
time attendant upon this paradoxical
character. Most people are reproached
with loving him with the greatest par
tislity and boldness, and are greatly
delighted, it is said, to hear him
praised, yet very few seek to come to
he knowledge of him or to cultivate
his acquaintance; nay the greatest part,
by all possible means, avoid encoun>
tering him. 1t is surprising to see,
say they, the pains that are continually
taken, and the ccntrivances used to get
rid of this continued phantom; some
flatter him; some bully him; some en-,
deavor to impose upon him; some carry
him to the gambling.table, Others to
the bottle, and the like: but he never
fails to detect their frauds, and to
resent them with severity, like the
reckoning, he appears after the banquet
is over, and not frequently reproacbes
one with profusion, and another with
safety. Nay, so CALLING are his repre-
tensions, and troublesome his intru-
sion, that there have not been wanting
instances even in high life, of some,
who, not being able to help him other
wise off have called to their relief the
halter, the dagger, or the pistol, and
fairly removed themselves into another
world to get rid of him.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-15

Narrow gauge railroads are coming,
more into favor every day, and for all
shortlines are unquestionably the thing.
Mr.. Henry G, Stebbens, noted New
York capitalist, in writing on this
subject, says: '1n my opinion, it will
not be possible to resist the weight of
testimony in favor Of these railways
over any other gauge, and I certainly
agree with you, that the discovery
of their efficiency win do more for the
south and southwest than could have
been done by any other human means"