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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-11-01
Methodlst Protestant Confrrencc.

The fifth annual session of the Holston
Conference Methodist Protestant Church
convened at Beersheba Church, Greene
county Tennessee, on Thursday, October
10, 1871, DIR. j. G.. Johnson, President, in
the Chair. After an agreeable session of
three days, they adjourned to meet at
Liberty Hill Church, Hamblen county.
Tennessee, on Monday preceding the third
Sunday in October 1872.
The following is the list of appointments
for the ensuing year:
President G johnson.
Abingdon Station-Henry C Butts, SUI
perintendent.
Good Hope Circuit-Wm A Laughon,
superintendent.
perintendent; Assistant to be supplied.
Rye Cove Circuit-Wm M Hillman, SUI
perintendent Assistant to be supplied.
Guess River Circuit-Samuel III Stallard
superintendent; Assistant to besupplid.
Paint Mountain Circuit-James Hink-
ley, superintendent; James b Mickle, AS
sistant.
Midway Circuit-N Roberts, superin-
tendent. Ir. ee#t
Providence Circuits Il Sizemore, Su-
perintendent Assistant to be supplied.
Hopewell Circuit-Wm l. Worthington.
Superintendent; VIM Wallace, Assistant
Mooresburg Circuit-James Fades, Su-
perlnIenuenJ.
Saltville Mission-Geo II Barr, Superin-
tendent.
Holly Creek Mission-Wm III Bond. SUI
perintendent Assistant to be supplied
Kingston Mission-To be supplied.
Cumberland Gap Mission-To be sup
piled. r
Tazewell Mission-To be supplied.
Indian Creek Mission-To be supplied.
JOS p Filler, Jas r Thompson, James w
M al G,.fl n,l, &c
the hands of the President.
The following persons were appointed
Fraternal Messengers:
Maryland Annual Conference-Rev G r
Barr and II G Butts.
Virginia Conference.-The A Langhon
and G II Barr.
North Carolina Conference-N J Roberts
and VIM Wallace.
Tennessee Conference-G r Barr and ]
Is Mlckle ]. B. MIcKLE, Sec.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-11-01
State Bank Paper-TaxatiOn.

EDITORS CHRONICLE: 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,
And permit me to add that it is the
plain, unmistakable, 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 a State is under a 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 LCgiSld-
ton. Let the Legislature make provision,
by taxation, for the payment of the inter-
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. II is the politicians
who halt and hesitate. The people are in
jured 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 heavy taxation.
We want confidence and credit. Tag
ation 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 trified with always. They
demand relief-not by reputation, either
direct or indirect, but by a 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
its magnitude. Now is the most favorable
time we shall ever have. Two years hence
ii will have swollen to size that will be
unmanageable. If we cannot pay all now,
let us at least begin and pay 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, in rain, of
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So, l3A 703 ~
Inc detailed statements of these charges
under their several heads, and of the man
ner III which the money was raised. are
appended to this report, and also classifi-
cation of these charges.
Your committee would ask YOU to notice
that the amount, IS, 134, 7O3 10, which we
report as the cost of the new county court
mouse, is composed of charges taken from
the several aforementioned accounts i'm
which the items designate the new county
courthouse as the object Of the expendi-
tuN put, IN the opinion of your commit
tee, this sum by no means covers the cost
of the courthouse and its furniture for we
find on the books of the Controller two ac-
counts headed "Adjusted Claimsu and
County Liabilities" in which appear n
large number of charges for work done in
and furnished for county courts and offices.
amounting In the aggregate to S., 2S2, 220. 10.
ana after diligent inquiry, further find
that many if not most of the county courts
and offices are in the new county court
house, so that to the sum already mention
ed as the cost of the Courthouse IS, 134-
7O7.19, we have to add a considerable nor
ton OF the expenditures charged to "Ad-
justed Claims and I" County Liabilities
say three or four millions of the So, 2S2,-
Z2S.lO, making the total cost some eleven
or twelve million dollars to date.
The detail reports proceed to show that
safes valued by the committee at S63, $50,
John Nc b. Davidson & Co. were paid
SlS2,537 Y; for carpets valued at S1S,S76-
80, j A Smith was paid $641 900 40 for
furniture, eabinet-work, ond fitting the
county court house, old court house and
the city valued at 1906 Al 81, Ingersoll &
Co, q d Bollar & Co, G Miller, G S Miller,
and A w Marsh We're paid $1,000, 1S7 OF
for painting the same buildings, work val
ued at SS9, 800, A Hall, Jr, p Woods & Bro
Their, and a ] Garvey were paid $685., 1865
20; for plumbing and gas fitting, valued at
S73, 752, A Keyser q Co were paid S9l4, 93O-
60 for plastering, valued at ST005O, A ]
Garvey. was paid 81 1887 ,545 81 for carpen-
ter work no estimate of value was made.
Five of Nc b Dayidson's warrants were
Endorsed 'EA w, :" and two of A Smiths !
by Woodward. "E a VIZ also appears on
all of A HALLS warrants which Were found
and on all of c ID Dollars and Ingersolps. |
J. DONALDSON, Chairman.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-11-01
THE NEW YORK THIEVES.
The Court House Item-Its Cost $1,000.
O00-Real Value $3,OOO,OOO,

The New York Tribune of Saturday con-
tains lengthy account of the action of
the joint investigating committee, which
shows that upwards of S20,O0O, 900 have
been stolen from the public treasury, ST.
100000 paid for useless advertising. to-
gether with forgeries of gigantic nature.
and exposes and denounces the officials as
unworthy of public confidence
COST OF THE NEW COURT HOUSE.
The subcommittee to whom was intrust-
ed the examination into the cost of the
new court house, report as follows: The
charges, as they appear ON the books of
the Comptroller, extend from 1861 to the
9TH of July of the present year, and are
under the following heads, viz:
New County Court House. .......... So 267. 204 "A
Court House new construction of, 1852, 1906 95
Souhty 166, 419 81
ADJUSTED claims........,,....,......... AZ G64 SO
Total charges for building. ......S5, 734, IA 40
And for furnishing and fitting up the
same:
New County Court House. .........S 7S9 Gas "A
Court House new construction of, 97,2D4 O5
County liabilities ............,..... A26 7Ia az
Refurnishing rod Il Finance De-
partmcnt.".,.."...S,"...."""....... $1,000 90
Total charges for furnishing. T.. So, 4OO, 55s n
Making total expenditure for
the building and furnishing,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-11-01
Mrs. Gaines, Penslon.

In February, 1859, Congress passed law
allowing Mrs. Gaines pension, equal to
half the pay per month that Major Cen
eral Gaines was entitled to at the time of
his death, which was two hundred dollars
permonth. Onmotion of Senator Seward,
declared that the amount of said pension
should not exceed fifty dollars per month.
The compilers of the United States stat
utes, in copying the original bill, omitted
the lines applicable to the proviso, and the
Commissioner of Pensions, in making out
the pension, has always been guided by
the terms of the original manuscript bill
on file at the State Department, refusing
to allow Mrs. Gaines over fifty dollars per
month. She is now, through her counsel,
contesting the authority for this action, J,
claiming that she is entitled to one hum
dred dollars per month, as provided for in
the statute book.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-11-01
Death of Gen. Robert Anderson,

The news Of his death VIII produce a
turilI OF sorrow oil over the land, more es-
pecially in view of the stories recently told
of his poverty and distress in a foreign
land. General Anderson was born in
Kentucky in 1905 He was early appoint
ed cadet to West Point, where he gradu-
ated in 1925, and was Immediately APP
pointed to Second Lieutenancy in the
Second Artillery. In October, 1857, he
was made Major of the First Artillery.
Just previous to the war Major Ander-
son was ordered to Fort Moultrie, in
Charleston harbor, which, Immediately
after the Secession Convention at Charles
ton in December, 1860. he evacuated, and
occupied Fort Sumter. After this he
became part of the most wonderful his
tory this country ever learned or lived.
As is well known, he held Fort Sumter
until compelled to surrender to the Con-
federates under General Beauregard. For
his gallant defense of Sumter he was
made a Brigadier General of the army
May Is, 1861, and in the following Sep
TENDER, he was appointed to the command
of the National troops in Kentucky. This
appointment was made at the request of
the Legislature,
In consequence of i'll health, General
Anderson retained the command but q
short time. October ~, 1868, he was placed
on the retired list with the full pay and al
lowances of Brigadier General. He has
been residing in Europe for years past,
whittier he had gone with n view to re-
cover his fast failing health.-LOuisviLie
Commercial
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-11-01

IT seems that the Legislature wishes to
make amends for not giving Gen. Breck-
inridge that public reception, which the
upper House of that body so ardently de-
sired, and a bill was introduced in that
body on Thursday to exempt certain pro-
perty in Shelby county, belonging to Gen.
Beauregard, from taxation. The Nash
vile Banner says the Judiciary Commit
tee reported against the passage of the bill
and that "a motion to non-concur was lost !;
and a motion to concur was not acted on
before the Senate adjourned"
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be hurt. / am not only willing but anx-
ious to have all the evidence published.
But predict the accused parties will never
publish all of it-especially will they not
publish their own accounts on file with
the Comptroller. These are conclusive lof
the frauds alleged and will never be ex-
posed to the public eye through the col
umns of the Banner or Union and AD,erf-
can. g Let us be particular and not tramp
on each others feet' JNo. BA XrEp
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-11-01

iering to sell warrants on our Treasury?
May this State of things soon pass, never
to return 80 Nv
We want courage, courage, honest couy-
age, in our Legislature. There is no room
nor time for littleness, for fear, or dema-
goguism,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-11-01

a large and intelligent scale, push the work
with vigor, and advertise his business, we
undertake to say that, In ten years or less
time, he can make an independent fortune.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-11-01
4 Fable.

MEssRs. EDITORS: Once on time,
Muscovy duck found himself in the midst
of drove of horses, when he looked inn
ploringly into the horses faces and said
Let US be particular and not tramp on
each Others feet" MoraJ-The duck was
the only one whose feet were in danger of
being hurt.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-08

Will SToP.-A mamma in the
rural districts lately gave her five
vear-old hopeful an outfit of fishing
tackle. SO she heard a shout from
Willie. and running out found one
of her best hens fast winding up the
line in her crop. whittier the hook
had already preceded it. Willie, OBJ
serving the troubled LOCK of his
mother, quietly remarked, Don't
worry, mother. | guess she'll stop
when she gets to the pole
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-08

Tho now family elevator-&en.
liant.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-08
ORMSBY HOUSE,
Corner of Carson and Second Streets.
CARSON CITY. NEVADA
GEO D. FRYER. --- Proprietor

yINHE ABOVE NAMED PROPRIETOR HAVING
| leased the 0rm~by House would inform his
friends and the travelling public that this House
has been thoroughly refittef throughout and put
in complete order for the comfort and pleasure of
all who may please to give him a call.
The TABLE will, at all times, be supplied with
all the substantialS well as the Injuries that
the market affords. No pains will be spared 10
please guests and every attention will be paid to
their respective wants at all times
The BAR is well stocked with Fine Liquors,
Wines, &c.
Attached to the House is BILLIARD ROOM
containing Three Tables of the latest improved
styles with good cues, balls and fine light.
Also GENERAL STAGE OFFICE for the Stages
connecting with all the diiiernt lines of Stages
and Railroads running through this state and
California, and any information in relation to the
same will be cheerfulIy given at all times
EN- Particular attention paid to booking Pas
sengers calling them, &c. Nov. 3O-tf
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-08

HIS ExCUsE.-A Western journal
ist, whose wife had just presented
him with twins. and who, for this
reason was compelled to neglect his
paper for one day, wrote, the day
after, the following excuse: I'VE
were unable to issue our paper yes
terday in consequence of the arrival
of two extra males.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-08

.u- ls ~ Liberal Iniuceme
rttervd the public.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-08

WAGGIsH.-A wife once boasted Of
having cut and made a shirt for her
husband in one day. "Yes, replied
a wag of q fellow, 'and he wore it
out the next"
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-08

A Cincinnati horse doctor adver-
tises horse to sing. But we have
enough one horse singers already.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-08

The English navy talks Of abolish
ing Ho@ging except for certain ag
grayated offenses.
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MRS. II. L. READ,
DresSmaker,
Nevada Street, Carson City.

GENT FOR CURTIS MATHEMATICAL
- DRESS MODEL. Patterns for LATEST
STYLES OF DRESSES constantly received and
for sale. Ladies please give me call. Orders
from the country attended with promptness.
se7-tf
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Half cranberry, it is said, bounl
on u corn: viii soon kill il.
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27+j cola Cuin Gifts, amounting to-. ...s25u VOl
100000 tickets will be sold at So. 90

G"ld Coin each. with five coupons, each coupon
emitting the hole to the CONCERT and to one
NTH of any gift which may be awarded to the
ticket.
APPLICANTS for tickets can send money by checks
on any Bank Of san Francisco or Sacramento. 'r
Ly P,~t,ilic orders. or registered letters, OF by
Wells. Far-p x Co. ; Express. Agents allowed a
most liberal commission.
All orders and communications should be ad-
dressed to j. II. D0NNER,
General Manager, Sacramento, Cal.
J. D. kERSEY, Local Agent. o4td
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-03-26

Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta R. R. Co.
PRESIDENTS OFFICE,
CHARLOTTE, March l, 1871.
!VNLIIS Company will continue to receive
IL money on deposit or loan for six months
or longer, and pay interest on the same at the
rate Of ten per cent. pei annum. Deposits
or loans may be made with the Treasurer of
tho Company at Columbia, NJ. p. Pegram,
Cashier, or the undersigned.
WILLIAM JOHNSTON,
March 2plO President.
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has remained pretty uniform in the
Rocky Mountains, and slowly increasing
on the Pacific coast. Probabilities-It
is probable that the cold North west
wind will continue, but with added force,
over the Eastern States, on Sunday.
Partially cloudy weather, with fresh
winds, are probable for the lower lakes,
middle and Southern Atlantic coasts
CloIdy weather, possibly, with rain, will
probably prevail in the Gulf and on the
upper lakes.
New York, March 25.-The French
Relief Committee has received in two
days 50. 400.
A large number of delegates to the
Savannah Railroad Convention departed
to-day.
Specie shipment to-day was $500, 900.
Dennis Gum, who killed his sisters
seducer in San Francisco, has been ac-
quilted. The verdict was wildly oheered.
The Mississippi Senate refuses to con-
cur with the House resolution for Fed
eral aid.
The New York World has a special
despatch, dated Paris, Oath, which says
the reaction in favor of the Empire in
creases hourly.
CHARbEsToN. March 25.-The steam
ship Falcon, from Baltimore, is ashore
near this bar. The weather uufavorable.
The latest from the steamship Falcon is
that the steamer is in bad position, ard
that she is throwing her cargo overheard.
An attempt to get her off at high tide
failed; another effort will be made to.
night.
RICHMOND, VA, March Charles
Friend, prominent citizen of Prince
George County, living near Petersburg,
was murdered last night, near his house,
by band Of negroes, who took him into
the woods, where he was found. He
lived long enough after his discovery to
tell the circumstances of the assault.
A white frost, this morning, along the
line Of the Fredericks burg Railroad.
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|
Icy Tor his advice as: to the relative mer-
!ts OF long-horn end shoEt.horn cattle,
Tor the farm Horace said his expert.
ence convinced him that the short.horf,
cattle were the best, as he had a COW
that had both horns broken off jumping
rail fence, and since that time she had
given more milk and cheese than two
yoke OF long-horned oxen, and on the
same feed, too. That poor, deluded Ell.
mira farmer has gone to knocking the
horns off oil his cattle.
The height of avarice has been reached
In Pennsylvania. a millionaire there
was robbed and offered $4,000 reward
for the capture and conviction of the
thieves. They were captured, but the
millionaire, not wishing to pay the
amount Of the reward, engaged q lawyer
to defend the mon and thus saved his
money.
This is about as good journalistic
Joke as we have heard for long time.
A copy of the Fairfield (Iowa) Ledger,
by some mistake, was sent to the Bloom
field Iowa) Democrat, with but one side
printed. The Democrat printed its edi-
tion on the other side and sent it back
Radical Republican on one side, and in
tenscly Democratic on the other.
"A Providence man, about seycn years
ago, was persuaded to take some stock
IN fancy corporation for q bad debt,
and recently some of its creditors, find
ing his name in the list of stockholders,
commenced suits against him, and
obtained judgments, which have thus
fur amounted to S25, ZOO, and the end is
not yet.
A lady teacher in one of the public
schools of town In Wisconsin has laid
aside her ferule and adopted the method
OF kissing her pupils into obedience.
The larger boys, it is said, are partiou-
larly unruly, and require daily correc-
ton.
"Why," asks an enthusiastic gusher,
why, oh why is love like canal boatp''
and knowing that conundrums are not
intended to be guessed, lie replies to his
own question. 'bccause it is an internal
transport.
A bigamist lawyer, in response to q
question from the Judge. rs to how many
wives his client had, said: "We have
thus far only counted up thirteen; but
there are yet twenty-nine States to hear
from. your honor"
"Shall L help you to alight?" said
young gentlemen, addressing bouncing
country girl, who was preparing to jump
from q carriage in front of his Office.
"Thank You, SIR" sweetly replied the
girl, 'but don't smoke"
It will take GOO granite cutters two
years to get out the material for the New
York post Office, so it is said
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

New YORK, March 25-Noon.- Flour
and wheat dull and heavy. Corn quiet
and heavy. Pork quiet, at 21.OO. Lard
unchanged, ut 121a01256. Cotton firmer
--uplands 15A; Orleans 1574 sales 2, 900
bales. Freights firm. Governments
dull and heavy. Stocks steady in price.
Money easy, at 1. Gold weak, at -1OL.
E1change-long 91s; short 1O5a.
z ?. M.-Money 3(94. Sterling dull.
Gold 1919. Governments advanced ia
2s closing strong. Southerns very dull,
at yesterdays prices. Cotton firm; sales
3,311 bales. at 1514. Flour 5@1Oc.
lower Wheat shade elower-winter red
and amber Western 1.6S@1.71. Corn
dull and S0@S2. Pork 21.25.
Lard shade firmer. Freights steady.
GlBosToN, March 25.-Cotton firm
middling 152s@l51a; receipts 1875;
BALTIMORE. March 25.-Cotton quiet
and fiirrmr-middling 14al; receipts 1853;
sales ATS; stock 2,O19.
low middling 13; receipts | 1880 bales:
stock G,146; sales 1876.
WILMINGTON, March 25.-Cotton more
active middling 49,; receipts As;
seles rs; stock 1927.
CHARLESTON, March 25.-Cotton firm
-middlings 14@1411; receipts G29;
sales 400 bales; stock 22,264.
AUGUSTA, March 25.-Cotton market
closed firm, with fair demand, at 1897
for Liverpool middling; sales 500 bales;
receipts EGO.
SAVANNAH, March 25. Cotton in good
demand and prices advanced -middIing
l416; receipts 1,4O7. Sales 400; stock
67. .696.
MOBILE, March 25.-Cotton firm
middling 1414; receipts SO; exports
2,O9S; sales 1,500; stock 6O,33
New ORLEANS. March 25.-Cotton
steady and in fair Misunderstanding
l42s914I; receipts 1857; sales 955;
stock 276,215.
GALVESTON, March 25.-Cotton quiet
good ordinary 1871; receipts 842; sales
7oO bales; stock SIS, 674.
LONDON, March 25-Noon. n.-Consols
92l1. Bonds 90.
LIVERPOOL, March 25-Noon.- Cotton
neutrality-suspicious. 715; Orleans IA.
LIVERPOOL, March 25-Eyening.
Cotton closed active and firmer-up-
lands 1905; Orleans 72l@77s. Sales
!o.OyO bales; speculation and export
t,OOU.