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The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-04-20
From Washington.

The SeDatey last Friday,passed the Ku.
Klux bill, with amendments prepared by
the judiciary Committee, striking out the
repeal ofthe tcstpath for United States
jurors, and leaving the law as at present,
and another by Sherman as folloYs ),
That if; any house, tenement, cabin,
shop, building, barn or .grapary shall. be
unlawfully OF feloniously demolished,
pulled down, burned or Destroyed wholly
or in part by any persons riotously and
tu%multeously assem- bled together, or any
person shall unlawfally aud with force and
violence be whipped, scourged,, wounded
or killed by any persons riotously and tu4
multuously assembled together, and if
such offence. was committed to deprive any
person of any rights conferred upon them
by the Constitution and laws of the United
States, or deter bimifrom or punish him
for exercising any. such right, or by rea-
son of bis race, color or previous condi-
ton of scryitude. In every such case the
inhabitants Of the county, city or parish in
which any Of the said o%ffenses shall be COM
mitted, shall be liable to pay full compcn-
sation to the person or persons damaged
by such offence, if living, or to legal rep
resentatives if dead, and such compensa-
tion may be recovered by such person or
his representative, by a suit in any court
of the United States of competent juris-
diotioH in the District in which the Of
fence was committed, to be in the name of
the person injured or his legal representa-
tive, and bgninst said county, city, or par
ish, execution may be issued on q judg-
ment rendercd,in such suit, and may be
levied upon any property, real or person.
al, of any person in said county, city or
parish, and the said county, city or parish
which may have satisfied said judgment, or
the person out of whose property the said
judgment shall have been satisfied, as the
case may be, may recover the full amount
Of said Judgment, costs and interest, from
any person or persons engaged as principal
or accessory in such riot in an action in
any court of competent jurisdiction, and
the person out of whose property such
judgment shall! have been satisfied shall in
such case have a contribution as at common
law, and the Circuit Court of the United
States for the proper district shall have
jurisdiction Of such action. The bill
passed As to. IS, Hill, Robertson, Schurz,
Upton and Trumbull voting nay.
In the House a resolution was offered to
expunge the speech from the Globe, and
reprimand Representative Garrett for
quoting in q speech which Garrett had
leave to print, from the Vicksburg Herald,
to the effect that Senator Ames was a
shoulder-strap puppy and poltroon, and
q most consumOte liar and fool.
Without disposingo of the matter, the de-
fciency bill was taken up and an amend
ment adopted, giving twenty thousand
dollars to rebuild the Orphan Asylum of
Sisters Of orr Lady of Mercy, at Charles
ton also, requiring the National Banks to
paythe expenses of printing their notes i.
The bill was discussed to Adjournment.
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Anniversary Celebration.

A Celebration of the Anniversaryof the
|. 0. 0. f., will come off at Loudon, Tenn.
on the 26th of April, that place having
been selected blythe Grand Master Of the
State for such entertainmelt. ,,rG.
The Encampment and Lodges in the
Eastern Division Of the State are invited
to be present. ),
A dinner will be given at the Railroad
Hotel. tD - sA
The following gentlemen have been Sc
lected and invited to deliver addresses,
viz &sn o0l ~ A;dU baki
DR.. james Rogers, G. NJ, R. D. Black,
g.. G., Rev. j. W. Mann aud w. r. Wash
burn. -rsti 9a az H.!rofD nj aG]I"
Music for the occasion by Che o Knox
vile Brass Band. oa Yati BIZ ydI'''
The public generally are invited to at
tend. t~,eye,5l 10 et4Easi4
By order of the Lodge. rs
d. L. DAVIS, Secretary.
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Text of the hmnesty Bill md,the
q Vote Thereon.
The following is the text Of the am
nesty bill which passed tho House OF
Representatives. on Monday April DO
A bill for the removal of legal and po-
htieal disabilities imposed. bythethird
section OF. the fourteenth article OF
- Ppepdmspt to. the Constitution pf the
GUriehlstates, llGGdNNdI
Section L. Be it enacted, etc, two
thirds 'ofeach house concrfring therein,
that all political and Legal disabilities inn
posed by the third section OF the four
teenth article OF amendment to the Con-
%stitution of the United States on persons
therein mentioned, because of their hay-
ing engaged IN instruction or rebellion
against tht United States, or given aid
or comfort to the armies thereof, be and
the same are hereby removed provided
that this act shall not apply to or in any
way affect or remove the disability of
any person included in either Of the fol-
lowing classes, viz: 1E
First. Members Of the Congress of the
United States who withdrew tberellom
and aided the rebellion.
Second. Officers of the army on navy
OF the United States who, being above
the age of twenty-one years, left said
army OF navy and aided the rebellion.
Third. Members of the State Conyen-
ton which adopted the pretended ordi-
nances of secession, who voted for the
adoption of such ordinances.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
before any person shall be entitled to
the benefits Of this act he shall, within
the district where he resides, before n
clerk OF some court of the United States,
or a United States Commissioner, take
and subscribe an oath or affirmation to
support the Constitution of the United
States, who shall cause q list of all per-
sons complying with the provisions of
this act to be laid before Congress al 1.-THE
opening of each session thereof and the
officer before such oath or affirmation is
made shall give to the person taking it
a certificate Of the fact under such form
and regulations as the Secretary of State
may prescribe. Dab - sa1 sl
The vote on the bill stood ayes 1874,
noes 46, absent or not voting AZ. Dem
ocrats in favor of amnesty, 81 I; opposed,
0 absent on not voting 10 Radicals in
fayor of amnesty, 50 opposed, 4G 1aB-
sent or not voting. 32. r+'H<
OF the Tennessee delegation, Messrs.
Bright, Caldwell, Garrett, Golladay,
Vaughan Whitthorne voted for the bill /;
Mr.. Maynard voted againstit, and Rod
orick Butler did not vote. 90. '.f ul2
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The Merilian Riots,

The Brandon Miss. Republican states
on the authority Of gentlemen who have
%conversed with Judge LeaehmanJ at the
Hillsboro Court, that heaopmly charges
all the responsibility for tho Meridian
riots on the Radical negroes of that
place. 1T willbe remembered, lsaysfthe
Republican, that the Judge is an aap-
pointee of Gov. Alcorn, and that he
acted as presiding Judge in the ~investi-
CATION 'Fromthc evidence before the
inrestigatingscouft hebelieves that May
or Sturgis kindled the fire inhls broth
er's store, which burned up an entire
square.
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What Did They Mean

The Wing and Register, asks What
did the Judges Of the Chahcery, Circuit,
and Criminal Courts, the Attorney Cen
eral, the Clerks Of each Of these Courts,
the Sheriff and his Deputies, the Chair
man Of the County Court, and a major
ity OF the Justices of the Pe&ce and
Constables-we say, what did all ofthese
Radical officials mean by not signing
the memorial Of Butler and Maynard
about the Ku-Klux outrages in Tennes-
see Did they mean to- say the memo
rial ishot trueaal0r, have they left the
folds Of tile Radical party, Or do they
meanto say ,bbS their naqcction that they
will stand hsseedlleessly by and see the out
RACES, barbaritios and crimes committed
against their friends whose lives are in
SO much'danger and whose property is
50 insecurity protected by the wicked
rebels and bloody Ku7Klux Of which the
memorial ~soigrievously complains, and
thattieys will take no steps toredress on
prevent themq ais f9od sad ti,u1i
bna lal a AaEyEA tldo
~ An Unparalleled 0tfer. y
A iirst-class Fauily Paper ,fsrty weeks
for one dollar. See advertisement.
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From MalisOnville.

Mn. Enron Here Is what old. Mon
roe has done in: one day, The Clerk Of
the County Court has issued to-day (l2th
April the following Marriage License
b. B. Hugler, to Nancy j. Keys.
Ewing Y. White, to Mary G. Mayo.
Rufus A. Hall, to Lorinda Hicks.
Thos. j. Hudgins, to- Moilis Il. Taylor.
Talk about your great Pacific Railroad
Stocks, your fve-twdnty bonds, and tap
ping tho great Commercial Emporium
Sweetwater-with a shellroad. 5H
This is the kind of an investment that
all sensibie'men make. This, is tapping
the true source. Of all wealth and happi-
ness. Far superior to all your Coupons
and Railroad Investments. .... ''at
'' Two Of the above; Burt Hagler and
Dock White, we're considered incorrigible
old bachelors, who have resisted the flash
of black. eyes and the fascinating smiles of
the angels for 10! these many long years.
But they at last have enlisted under the
banner which hasHgver beeppullcd down.
Success attend them.
No~iNu woman-fOrsaken old pioce3of
humanity, the enemy Of the perpetuity of
free and Republican Institutions, and at
war With all tbe>higher and feel
ings of m9G, instead Of promenading
around town slip-shpd, and the heels of
your spchs worn out, and your sensitive
seat Of honor in a dilapidated condition
60 thou and do likewise, or solitary and
aloneF y
You will go down to the vile dust
From whence you sprung,
UHYePt, unhonored, and unsung.
Yours, truly 1oii MARIrts.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-04-20
'Ronlanism in America.

N.NL.-LNf- ~ aEYffFL "tITTTTE ..
We clip from the Christian Advocate
the following article on the above sub
ject :!Io a,d9tIia aonn'3agg 90 10 lo,
Many among us, in their excess of
chaaityy fbhdly Thought that Romanism
had abandoned its old tactics and was
becoming Americanized. The riot of
July, 1868, undeceived them. The com
plete jsubservienct of this foreign .ele-
ment to the vilest Of political deiha-
gogues, then became apparent. 1T still
continues 'The metropolis of this nation
is entirely at the mercy of the minions OF
the Popead They do without hindrance
just what they pleaseiin it. Almost all
its civil Offices are held by Romahists.
A recent inspection of the civil list
showed that in New York city the Sher-
if, Register, Comptroller, City Chamber
lain,iC Corporation Council 81 the Presi-
dents of thesC fotoni Board, the Board of
Aldermen, and the Board of Council
men the CieFksiof't the Common Coun-
'cllland bherB Board of Supervisors ;afve
Justices of the Court of Record, all the
civil justices, all but two of the Police
Justices, all the s olicet Court Clerks.
three out of four iofy the Goroiers, two
ineinbdrso of Congress, three out Of five
State Senators, eighteen out of twenty
members ofthei Assembly, fourteen out
OF nineteen'Ofthe Common Council, and
-e~ightechiof the Supervisors, are Roman
'istsp' Who doubts that any approach to
this state of thiagsin the nafbn at large
would be the death4cn mel of our liberties!
10 Happily fcfsas Rdmanism his betome
10, iftdiHiteds by 'its suceelssstes3 that It
OPENLY declares its purpose to overthrow
our institutions. Priest HeGkets saws
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-04-20
You will go down to the vile dust
Etom whence you sprung, 7
UHYept, unhonored, and unsung.
Yours, truly ioil, MARIrGl
A Practical PaneY.


2 Our teachers and school officers need
more practical suggestions as TO the best
methods to adopt, in order that they may
discharge efficiently the important and re-
spopsible duties devolving upon them,
Not only this, but a moments reflection
will CONVINCE any one that all our citizens
are alike interested in the success and
prosperity, of our Public schools.
Intelligence is always not only au effec-
tive but a productive element also. We
are led to these remarks by glancing over
the table Of contents of the last number Of
the "Journal of Education" Miss Anna
G.. Bracket tells "How to Teach" Nh.
Il. Nicely gives some "ImportaRt Sugges-
tons to Voters and School Officers" Then
there is "The Teachers Bureau" a new
design and cut ola suburban school house;
a plea for "School Visiting" by a coun-
try school teacher, which all ought to be
read; besides, a poem, editorials, educa-
tional intelligence, &e , &c. VI 81
The Premium of Webster's Dictionary
for twelve subscribers is still continued.
Address, J. B. MERwIN, Editor and
Publisher, 7l0 Shestnut street, st. Louis,
Missouri.
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Democratic Convention.

The Ohio Democratic Convention will
be held ON the first day of June, The
following are the officers t. be nominated
by the Convention (: Governor, Lieu
tenant Governor, Attorney General, Aud
itor of State, Treasurer of State, Supreme
Judge, Nomber of Board Of Public
Works, and Commissioner of Common
Schools. a,g ,,,i, yag,..lrrs
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-04-20
To ReuPitied.

The signors of the Butler, Maynard,
memorial, are more to be pitied than
condemned or abused. Some men have
notthe moral courage to- resist doing
what those in authority over them ask
them to do "iH' '"f II "'" "et
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-04-20
/, Destruction ofStataes.

All the statues erected to the heroes
OF the second empire in France have
been destroyed. Tbemetal Of the eques-
trian statue of Napoleon-I LII, was used
at the cannon foundry in Paris +; and
Moneys statue at Trouyille and Bill
ault's statue ut Nantes, We're simply de
stFoyodago - hloi 7i y19ia .aaai
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-04-20

.Cap fOFta HH-K lux Bill for Nassau
chhsetfs.
9he New ork Posi- Rahicall Salls
foFh Ha-Klux bl If Massachusetts,
where the school boy4 have been recent
tAiouna carrying loaded pistols Pie
citizens OF loyal Massachusetts,, seeing
.tfHt Rebellion exists iu- that State, and
that they are neither protected in their
lives or property ought to prepare and
'sell their farms" and memorialize But
Ter and Maynard for protection. If it
can't get signers there, send it down to
"lOil East lenneRseai
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-04-20
b Rnst in wheat.

The Knoxville Chronicle, Of Tuesday y,
says that rust has appeared among the
wheat ON Beaver Creek, near Powel's Sta
ton, and also near the mouth Of Little
River. 1t is to be hoped that its ravages
will beicoh6Hed to narrow limits, for if
this great staple is injured the price of
bread will advance considerably. az,
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-04-20
Doing aGCOd Business.

Doing aGOOd Business.
We find the following in the Cleveland
Banner
The manufacturing establishment Of
Mr.. John H. Reynolds, at this place, is
doing q very extensive business--in fast,
far exceeding his most sanguine expecta-
tions. He hasa shop full of workmen, and
still he is Is month behind in filling orders
for wagons, hacks, carriages, buggies,
plows, &c. Reynolds manufactures such
a good prticle tbat everybody wants one
Of his make-and everybody Knows that
he makes them, because he adyertises in
nearly every paper in East Tennessee and
pays Gberaly fotitA So mnchifor advsr-
Using. He is meeting with a rich reward,
and right down glad are, we of it. He
makes better wagons and Hacks, nicer car
riages and buggies than anybody, and be
should be well patropized BY an apprecia-
ting public. When you want anything in
his line, buy of him There is no dis
count upon articles turned out from his
establishment. eu'pref ,gasog ir>F4 .saifmo9
e..
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Double Daily Line.

The Lynchburg Republican of Thurs
day last osays that Mr. H. b. Bowers, of
the Wilmington Locomotive Works, lis in
the city for the purpose of consulting Cen
eral Malone relative to furnishing new
rolling stock forthe double daily line soon
to be established between that city and
Chattanooga Pic result ofthe visit has
not trqpspirsd, but the opihion prevails in
well informed circles that new aud valua-
BILE trains will beisecured, at satisfactory
prices, in tim for the occasion. f'td ds'd
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-04-20
HnmneHaA

'f'The Ieentfalism of liberty ana the
imperialism Of equal ssrights.a Such Is
Sainhef's line of retreat from his oHayti
'speeeh@ He'would make clever Paris
ianImadepR aThea eentraliamo fGberty
is @tilfllhstfated in tie re- ntfdlt Com
nrittesl and %the lH~perfalRAil Of ioHpfhl
,rigAesso finds expression fh the dread
Commune. '.m9jl dir gpyii on U5Gi
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-04-20
A RilieulOus Farce

Fl One Of the most Ridiculous farces ever
heard Of, is that Of Fred. Douglass and
other negroes in Washington city con
gratulating Shallebarger, and thanking
him for the passage through the. House,
Of that infamous lie, the Ku-Kux bill.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-04-20
OnlYlOne.

Grant is making a vigorous war upon
Senntor Fenton, of New York. Only
one Of that gentlehaDrs friends, now re-
mains in oficein New York City, That
is Gen. Patrick H. Jones, the Postmaster,
and his turn will probably come before
long. So. y.s or
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Great Faith in the, Grand Cyclops.

A fsw weeks ago Sumner denounced
Grant rs the "Grndi Oyclops Of the Do
minican Ku-Khux" prosecuting the ne
groesa of Hayti. Now Sumner votes
kingly powers to Grant to suppress KU-
Klux. Charles must have great faith in
the Grand Cyclops. uit.,m sairf .,iii
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% The Memorial of Infhmy. D


We publish elsewhere a memorial,
which has been published in the Knox
vile papers, recently signed byla mum
Der OF persons, residing in the different
counties Of East Tennessee, calling upon
Congress to devise means by which the
loyal people of the State, may re-
ceive protection Without further
comment, we publish below q most
interesting rebuke,, which we find in the
Knoxville Chronicle, Of the signers OF
this false and infamous memorial The
Chronicle says :i1aL uHs uI I..fras ai
We have repeatedly declared through
the Ohroniele,g editolially and in our
East Tennessee articles that no KuIKlux
organization or ~lawlessness of any kind
ever existed in East Tennessee, on make
tile citizen in his right of person and
property less ecu in this Grand Di-
vision of the State than he would be in
Massachusetts or Ohio.r We say so now.
We can not believe that any citizen OF
class of citizens, would wish to be I'M
derstood as disputing these facts. We
think, therefore, That the recent memo
rial to Congress, sent from this city, CON
corning which so much has been said,
should plainly and distinctly have made
q discrimination in favor Of East Ten
nessee We regret exceedingly that it
did not do SO, for such petitions should
always be founded uron facts. We be-
liove the memorialists themselves regret
it, for, 80 far as we have heard any ex-
preston from them on the subject, they
all positively disclaim that they had any
intention to state what could be con-
strued as representing that East Ten
nessee was not orderly and tranquil.
While we disclaim any intention OF
defending the memorial, or of speaking
for men capable of speaking for them
selves, we believe tho intention with
which men act is u material .eonsidera-
ton in passing judgment upon what
they do. a.u-I.u. nf ..J 90 ,aIlW a.uIia
*ul 3D. *.".. x aly* Dr.. x
ri The memorial, if allowed to circulate
without contradiction, would do East
Tennessee harm, bat, SO far it has
never been published anywhere but in
the Globe at Washington and the pa
pers of this city. If it has sven
been published anywhere else, or even
alluded to- We have never seen it,
although we have watched for it. Ii
promptly contradicted now it canUdo
comparatively little harm. This contra
diction every J good citizen will make.
We believe the memorialists themselves
would be glad to make it, and ought to
do SO. a, .a
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A Huge Beer Saloon,

As an evidence that Memphis morals
prc improving, the Sun, Of that city,
states That the old Methodist Reposi-
tory bailding is about to be converted
into u huge beer saloon.
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4 Fhin 0neninr. !

The Union ami American says, there
is. q 6n9 opening forlths operation Of the
Ku-Klux law in Utah, where Brigham
Young has elfsctualy blocked the courts
of Justice. 1.-The remedy proposed, how
ever, is an Appropriation Of $4,000!
Queer! .gaiI1e4 ~ .g|.islgleslH 90 JOB
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-04-20
Decoration Day.

Tuesday of last week, the ladies OF
Nashville, Tennessee, appointed u num-
Der of gentlemen as u committee of Ar
rangements IN connection With the me-
mortal services on the 10th Of May, dec
oration day. 9'a'. t'u" ''''"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-04-20
Heavy Cotton Shipment.

. A greater number of vessels are en-
ployed m carrying cotton from New Or
lie ms to the continent Of Europe than at
Rny1time &hSe ths9 Sar. Recently ten
American Vessels cleared for continental
ports, all loaded with cotton in a single
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-04-20
} Laying Down Their Track

The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail
road Company are laying down their
track IN Tie Indian Territory 1T the rrabte
OF two miles per day, and will reach the
Arkansas river in June, and by early. in
the fall will be near enough to the Texas
liis'to control the cattle trade, Which, It
IS expected, will reach twelve million
head About three hundred Thousand
steers were driven to Kansas last season.
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- ,Iap.gA Note Of Mnrning.

O TheN ew York Democrut 6tters This note
of warning dHit TO your wigwaim, oh,
We little Indians, SO papobses, and We
sanams, TOT the brave Sheridan, who has
been abroad, returns to America very
soon. -.,.--afE ...af q e,aIi .