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

debate in the. House of Lords, Lord Ripon
spoke of an election in the District of Co
lumbia which he witnessed while in this
country, and said that though the contest
was one of races, white versus black, yet
the election was conducted with the ut
most tranquility. This, he added, was an
evidence that the ballot conduces in re-
markable degree to the tranquility, SIM
plicity and order of elections.
ENGLISH RULE IN IRELAND.-In re-
cent article on the policy of Theirs towards
the Communists, the London Spectator
said:
We English have right to speak, for we
have tried his policy in Ireland five hum
bred years tried 1t more boldly than he
will venture to do it, till we had at one
time reduced our opponents to million
and half, and with this only result, that
we bred a hatred which no clemency, no
concessions nor favors beyond justice seem
able to extingish or alleviate.
NOTES ABOUT THE TEETH.-Chdn-
6erS Journal says: Mr.. Caltin, who,
some years ago, had an interesting exhibit
ton of Indian scenery, dresses, weapons,
&c, noticed that North American Indians
have better teeth than the whites. he ac-
counts for the difference in this strange
way: That the reds keep the mouth shut,
whereas the whites keep it open. The
teeth, he says, require moisture TO keep
their surface in good working order when
the mouth is open the mucous membrane
has tendency to dry up, the teeth lose
their needed supply of moisture, ana
thence come discolOration, toothache, TIC
doloreuX, decay, looseness, and eventual
loss of teeth.
FREAKS OF THE TELEGRAPH.-A no.
BILE lady in England recently telegraphed
Il tea with Mr.. -, in Dover street.
Stay for me- His lordship received it as
follows II flee with Mr.. ---- to Do
Yer straight. Pray for me- And he be-
come mad.
WHY TANNIANY's ACCOUNTS ARE De-
LAYED.-In his message to the New York
city council on the 23d, Mayor Hall gives
the following extraordinary reasons why
the Controllers accounts have not been
published
The Controllers Annual Report for the
municipal year ending May !, 1871, was
attended 10y statistical tables intended to
furnish in detail, lists Of the expenditures
which that report merely aggregated.
These tables were being printed when it
became evident that public sentiment de-
manded much more minuteness of state
ment than had been usual for the Finance
Department to give or than the tables in
process of printing supplied. The Mayor
therefore, with the hearty concurrence of
the Controller, recalled the tables, I'D in
place of them has provided the budget
herewith sent.
The printing of this huge budget was
begun, but, when the accounts of 1869 were
ready for publication it became apparent
that the delays in completing the publica-
ton We're used injuriously to the city cred
it. Therefore the printing has been inter-
in, CrIar TO- tf.N nd 10 hot =
and enemies of the city government access
to the accounts, although they are partly
in manuscript.
NEW YORK CREDIT ABRoAD.-The New
York Tribune says:
We have from Berlin the humiliating
announcement that the Standing Commit
tee of the Berlin Exchange have refused
to permit quotations of the New York
City loan to appear any longer on the
stock list. To this pass have we been
brought by the Tammany Ring, the chief
member of which said in his Fourth of
July speech: ave propose to carry on a
strictly economical government"
JUDGE TURNEY ON DIvORCE.-In an cd
itorial some weeks ago the CHRONICLE al
luded to the novel opinion of Judge Tur-
ney, of our Supreme Court, relating to our
divorce laws. The novel part of the opin-
ION Is as follows.
Now l must elect between a statutory
regulation demoralizing in its every influ-
ence and tendency, encouraging system
of kin to freelovism, and an express divine
| law. | do not hesitate to disregard the one
and adopt the other, adopting the language
of Blackstone, book /, page II, as express
| sive of my conviction of the obligation OF
| the law.
Upon these two foundations, the law OF
natrue and the law of revelation, depend
all human laws, that is to say, no human
laws should be suffered to contradict these
| There are, it is true, a great number of in
| different points in which both the Divine
| law and the natural law leave a man at his
own liberty, but which are found necessa'
ry for the benefit of society, to be restrain
ed within certain limits.
And herein it is that human laws have
their greatest force and efficiency, for with
regard to such points as are not indifferent
human laws are only declaratory of, anC
act in subordination to the former.
WoMAN's WEAPON.-A business We
man. in the New York Tribune says o
the best defense women have for insult:
OF all weapons in a wOman's armory
none is so cutting as little self-possesseC
contempt. Men do not mind a Virtuou
vixen who breaks her parasol across thu
face OF one who utters unbecoming Ian
guage, or pours forth the walls of her wratl
upon him in vitriolic English, half 81
much as cool level glance OF contempt
an II do not understand" OF marked
politeness from a woman who thorough,