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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-03-13
HOW THEY STEAL IN NEW YORK.
How the Tammany Ring Stole in One
Item S3S0, ,66O.


Item S3S0,66O.
Mayor Hall, of New York, is on trial
for fraudulentIy approving vouches for
hundreds OF thousands of dollars. The
prosecution introduced as one of its wit
nesses Andrew J. Garvey, the prince of
plasterers. On taking the stand he was
asked:
''Is this claim for S41 ,260 a true and hon
est claim ~ ut is not, answered Mr..
Garvey.
"On what foundation was it made ?'
asked Mr.. Tremaine. "Well,p answered
Mr.. Garyev, searching in his pockets for
the bills. at was necessary for me to have
during the months of June, July and Au-
gust, 1S70, S11O, 800 for finishing the plas-
terinr, &c, of the court house, S7S, $50 for
the work in progress in July and August,
and on the county buildings $4,000. My
whole bills amounted to S264, 500. l was
to have S126, ,OO9 for other people, and was
to-and did-give Tweed $50 600 to go to
Albany with and influence the Legisla-
ture. So 1 made up fraudulent bill for
| 1896, $50 in all.'
"Of the 1896, 500, how much did you re-
ceive ?n asked Tremaine. 81 received 35
per cent. of the whole bill, without inter-
est. $4,000 gave to Tweed $50, 900 was
spent for buildings in Greenwich, Conn.,;
S18,O for Woodward, in Connecticut
50. 600 for plastering the house of
Walter Roche; $1,000 for self to be
spent in politics. I got my blanks
out of the supervisors office. ,.gch The N his
| tory of this particular account 1895 800 is
this: this The latter part of May l gave the
bill to Woodward, Deputy Clerk of the
BOARD of Supervisors. He took 1t to Au-
dior Watson's office. Iwent with Wood,
ward. On the 9th of June Woodward, the
Deputy went with me ToodwoTd to FoUm eRGSs eRecl
TINS L room. 9noddHeV Ineu Rank for S1iO6 49,"
''l At TT this point Burrill made objection t t.
the evidence. In fact, Mayor Hairs conn Ioina
sci spent the whole day III making ooJeo
tiOns. o,.,
Garvey now swore that he never sW0r' " or
to the correctness of the accounts, Be
fore | made up the account L received Io !;
memorandum account from WoodWaI.
specifying the amounts which he ! Wantf[ M :
charged in the bill, and instructions as Y
how this bill should be made up" MI,
The statement was objected TO- In
court adjourned.
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miscellaneous and washington News.
HOME NEWS.
JAY GOULD FAILS TO ACCOUNT FOR
s5O.OOO, zoo!
He and His Followers still in Possession.

He and His Followers Still in Possession
NEW YORK, March 12.-The schooner T.
Page which has been under way for Whining
ton since Feb. u is missing.
The morning papers regard the overthrow OF
the Erie ring as great triumphin the interest OF
honesty and reform.
At tseven o'clock this morning both Gould and
Archer were in the Erie Railroad building,
supported by their followers. Several demon
Strations were made during the night. Import
ant developments are expected to be made dur
ing the day, q F.
O'Baldwin re-challengeS Mace in savage
style, and calls him coward.
Mr.. Ramsey, ex-President of the Susqhehan-
Ma Railroad puts the amount for which Jay
Gould has not accounted at Sol, 10000.
The Tribune says: I'VE are obliged to take
from Collector Arthur credit which he receiv-
ed yesterday for appearing finally to dispose the
Leet-Stocking case The old ring is not broken,
and scarcely disturbed. The parade Of firms
authorized to receive goods turns out to be
screen, as Leet and Stocking have not been dis
possessed of their plumes. A prominent merchan
stated yesterday that Leet and Stocking could
carry on the old business under the name Of
Squires & Co., and stray the proceedings"
The car hook murder case of Foster was car
ried to the Court of Appeals.
Three inches Of snow fell here to-day.
There were large operations in Erie stocks to-
day. Over twenty thousand shares changed
hands, Gould signing them as President. He
has ordered the employees to obey only his or
ders. No injunctions have been served or ar
rests made. The entrance to the Opera House
Is closed and guarded by police. They will
maintain a strict neutrality.
LATER-Gould has resigned the Presidency
Of the Erie road.
LATEsT.-General Dix is in quiet possession.
Henry Bergh has gone TO Savannah for his
health.
Alfred Hofcy, who commanded the English
regiment which guarded Napoleon at st. Hele-
Ia, died to-day in Brooklyn, aged 78 years.
COLUMBUS Ga, March 12-R L. Nets
palace -four mills were burned this morning.
Loss, $1,000, uninsured. 1t was the work of
an incendiary.
MOBILE, ALA, March 12.-Judge Hill of the
United States Court appointed Chas Walsh Of
this city Receiver of the Alabama and Chatta-
nooga railroad in Mississippi. He is already in
possession in Alabama. L. j. Fleming, Gen
eral Superintendent of the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad, has the management of the road
SELMA, Ala, March T. $50 P. M.-The Gov
ernor Of Mississippi having cleared the Ala
bama and Chattanooga road, from Meridian to
New York, of the Instructions on the track,
caused by the unpaid laborers, the trains are
running.
HARR1sBUKG, March l2-Emanuel Shatinor,
81
yicted.
WARRENToN, March 12.-Rev. w. q. Coe
Statistical Secretary, presented his report, which
shows the strength in numbers and gain in the
Conferences since last year. The number OF
communicates in the Conference are twenty
three thousand.
Bishop Payne wllmake the appointments to-
morrow.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
HOTSE.


WASHINGTON, March 12.-In the matter OF
amnesty it was ordered that no bills hereafter
be passed unless the names are read. Inc
trouble grows from the name of Governor
Vance of North Carolina, which is on one of
the House bills.
James NJ. Leach presented Eance's name,
and he claims that he has violated no pledge or
understanding in including his name III
the list
The Yerba Buena Island bill was recommlt-
ted to the Pacific Railroad Committee
The Postoffce Appropriation bill was re-
sUmed. Adjourned.
SENATE. #.
Mr.. Johnson introduced a bill providing Tor
The payment of claims for rent arising. IN the
States declared to be in the rebellion. Also to
provide an adequate supply OF circulating
medium for States needing it. 1t directs
me Secretary of the Treasury, on the appIIl-
Ciatlon Of the Governors of States, to supply
men, mem with treasury notes to the amount
winch Is in connection with the National
o;1ii oalk notes already furnished and shall make
s-gnt dollars for each inhabitant, provided that
IFl estate security is given for the repayment
''SSeh sums in fifteen years,
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WASHINGTON.

WAsH1NGToN, March12. Southern Flor
ida Railroad bill was brought up in the SEN
ate to-day The bill as amended gives one
hundred feet on either side of the road and
forty acres for each station, ....-.a
The House is discussing the amnesty bin. !
Attorney General Bates of Utah, declines
the invitation to resign.
Governor Henry a. Wise, of Virginia, Is
here lecturing on the future Of the Republic.
The President has nominated John 6, w.
Parker for Surveyor of Customs at the port of
New Orleans, vice Longstreet
A long debate occurred in the House over
the granting of subsidies for the steamship lines
The Senate considered appropriation bills all
dav
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THE FIRST GUN.

The first gun of the great campaign of
1872 comes from the old Granite State and
indicates too clearly how the popular tide
runs. After detraction and unparalleled vi
tuperation, New Hampshire endorses
Grant and the Republican party and wheels
into the column of Republican States.
Democracy and so-called Liberal Repub-
Iicanism has received its first rebuke.
Last year New Hampshire went Demo-
cratic by majority of near a thousand.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-03-13

THE BARN IN WHICH BOOTH WAS
KILLED.-Richard H. Garrett, of Vir-
ginia, the owner of the barn in which j.
Wilkes Booth took refuge from his pur-
suers, some time since preferred a claim
to Congress for compensation for the de-
strlctiOn of his barn. The Senate Com
mittee on Claims, which had his petition
under consideration, has decided adversely
to it, on the grounds that CARROTS loyalty
was not above suspicion.
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William Sheets, an honored resident of
Indianapolis since 1882, is dead. He was
twice Secretary of State was the pioneer
paper-manufacturer of Indianapolis, and
was presented by the Masonic fraternity
with $4,000 silver service for his efforts
towards the erection of Masonic Hall.
His wife was one of the Virginia Ran
dolphs, and an adopted daughter of Will
liam Henry Harrison
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pulsion from the South of all loyal men of
Northern birth and native UniOnists. To
the accomplishment of these objects they
are daily looking.
In conclusion, 1 would express the hope
that the time of holding our State Con-
vention be changed to the 18th of April,
and that some care be taken to send the
right kind of men to Philadelphia.
3 w. @. BROWNLOW.
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Exhibition Thursday Night.

We learn that the Young Peoples Prayer
Meeting of the Baptist Church propose giving
an exhibition on next Thursday night at the
defamation, reading &C. The public are cor
daily invited to attend. No charge for admis-
sion.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-03-13
THE TRUE THEORY OF CURE.

RADwAY's SAHsAPARILLIAN REsOLvEET supplies the
SYSTEM through the blood urine sweat and structure
making constituents. with ESsue-making, Flesh-mak
ing Heat or Caloric and FatMaking elements. All OF
its constituents nOurishing purifying and strength
ening 1t repairs heals resolves and drives out Of the
body the products of decay and corruption ConsamD-
tion White Swelling, Dropsy, Syphilis, Cancer, Tu-
mors &C.. all Of scrofulOus as such,
within the curative range Of the Sarsaparhan he
solvent. -.
That ScrofuIa by whatever name des gnated, is the
result of deposits from the induced or caused by
chronic inflammation That those deposits take place
when the blood is poor weak, Watery and incapable
holding in solution its proper constituents or from the
presence of seme virus poison in the blood MeF-
curry JCalome, Corrosive Submate which Is the Cor
rosivc Chloride of Mercury. other agents given in
midicines, and which enters largely in the COMMON
advertised Sarsaparas not absorbed or changed from
th cir natural condition.
That unless the repairs or nutriments greater
than the wastes. that decompostonhnd decay viii sa
peryene, and the powers Of life become exhausted.
That the dying body cannot be sustained on any
treatment of medication that exhausts the system
fails to nourish the blood the only medium through
which the vital forces preserved and which the
growth Of the body depends.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-03-13
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Tax Collectors Sale of Bank Stock

u,HIs IS TO GIVE NOTICE THAT I WILL. ON
the 4th day of April, 1872, proceed to sell at the
court house door in Knoxville, Tenn 80 shares Of
the wear 1869, as the property of H. B. Henager for
taxation valued at $l5,tOO; tax s65 and costs. 100
shares of stock in the Bank listed for the same
year as the property of D. E. Reese, for taxation val
ued at $4,000; tax S110 and costs And Is shares of
stock in the same Bank listed for the same year for
taxaton as the property of VIM. Goddard valued at
81 tax Sl650 and costs Levied on by me under
warrant of authority issuing to me, authorizing me to
be sold at the time and place if said
taxes and all costs are not sooner satisfied.
- - ."-I III G. TARWATER,
Late Tax Collector for Knox County.
March 13. 1S72-d6t
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KidneY. BIadder.
THE WASTES -OF TnE BODY

THE WASTES OF TnE BODY -
Are supplied with new. healthy and vigorous blood,
that furnishes sound structure Hence all suffering
from kening discharges either male or female,
from Ulcers Sores through the reparave process Of
RADwAYs SARsAPARILLIAN are arrested, and the Tup-
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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-03-13
LETTER FROM SENATOR BROWNLoW.

He VentiIates the Liberal Movement
Grants denomination and Reelection
Certain-What a Democratic Triumph
will Mean.
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TumOr of Twelve Years Growth Cured By
RadWay's ReSOIvent.
REVERLY. MAsa.. link

BEVERLY, MAss., July Is, 1869.
DR. RADwAY-I have had Ovarian Tuner in the
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WASHINGTON, March II, 1872.
NeSSrS. Rule & Kicks, Editors Chronicle:
GENTLEMEN: I find in the Washington
papers of yesterday morning the following
diCnatob
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Drugs and Medicines.
EVERY DAY AN INCREASE In
FLESH AND WEIGHT IS SEEN
AND FELT,

EVERY DAY AN INCREASE In
FLESH AND WEIGHT IS SEEN
b. AND FELT.
Scrofula, Consumption Syphilis in its many forms,
Glandular Disease Ulcers in the Throat and Mouth:
Iumors, Nodes in the Glands and other parts Ofths
systems Sore Eyes, Strumous Discharges from the Ears
EruPtive Diseases Of the Eyes, Nose, Mouth and the
worst forms of Skin Diseases EruptiOns Fever Sores
Scald Head, Ring Worm, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas,
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morbid dark, bilious appearance, and white Bone
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OVARIAN TUMOR CURED.

Never has a medicine taken internally been known
TO have cured tumOrs either of the womb, uter
ries or bowels the knife has been the sole reliance in
the hands of experienced surgeons; but DR.. RadTayS
Sarsaparilian settles this question. For it has cured
over TWENTY persons of OVARIAN CYSTS and TUlORs.
as well Tumors in the bowels, uterus womb, liver.
Dropsical Eusion Ascites. and Calculus COncretions
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RAILWAYS READY RELIEF

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The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-03-21
The Confederate Gold.

The Richmond Upylq'ch recently pub
lialrl communication in reference to
the Confederate gold III which tho fol-
lowme appears:
ii learn from an OIL army acquain-
:ancc ot hestrespoctyb.iity, who was
one OF thP party formed here to guard it
while hoinG transported 90 Augusta,
that tho returned soI'lerg were prevent
ed from helping themselves by being
told that the money WAS To be used for
tue benefit Of our prisoners at tho North:
that it reached Augusta IN Ga.str; that
guards we're then paid twenty-five dol
lars each for their services and d,gchu-
ged; and while it cannot be proved cy-
actiy what became Of tho gold, vel i. is
certain that onr suffering boys iurrisou
never heard Of il"
MAJ. Il. J. Iosos, hlo Confederate
tomm;sso.y for the the State of Geor-
o"'' '"' o''.1f 10 "Io.o care the gold
','''Eol 10 was entrusted, replied to the
"f''c.a III communication to the Gol-
UinNVS lda') EnIalre; The money
amounting to nearly $4,000 in bullion
was taken to Washington, Wilkes coun-
" UeotS"'' where 1t was handed over
90 MAJ Moses. On the order Of MAJ.
W. L. alexander assistant to tie Quar-
'rn"''er-'5oncral, three boxes Of bull
I"n' estimated nj SiGUUJ were paid to
'Ao VHAfterm"s'ers department, Maj.
-doaos Lao remaining thirteen boxes Of
""'i'oA weighing S3LJGj. With the
concurrence OF Gen. Ii. McLaws, then
commanding officer at Augusta, Ga, lie
wrote to General MolIyneux to ascertain
II arrangements could he made with the
Federal an,horiiicst to place the balance
oI The Confederate funds ut their con-
m"nd for the purpose Of feeding and
providing for the returning sick and
wounded Confederate soldiers, a favor
ahlo reply having been received the
thirteen boxes Of bullion were handed
1yur. 4, t.n,,,.l N - .l1.-.,.,,. - .....1..
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'"'< RESOLVED To ''.p and take arrest.
MOn'y i great lever in the affairs Of
man; SO great Ieaycr that sgmo If a.
can never keep Il.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-03-21

4 New NoIk paper tuat has been look
ing into peniteutary statistics finds in
;hem very strong point against the pop.
ular theory that ignorance is the parent of
crime. |, says.
"!hat there is fallcy in thi, theory
is proved By some figures r.c.cutrd ia
the report Of the Inspectors OF tla State
peu,teudary in Western Pyun.y .gania.
Of tLe four hundred and eig.te,u mnayes
Of this institution there are On forty
seven who can neither read nor write and
forty-four who cau read only, while those
who can both read and write numher
three hundred and twenty-seven. That
is to say, the proportion of 'ilIiteratcs'
among these prisoners is actually consid-
erably less than the proportion of the
Northern States taken together. The
same seems 70 be true Of other prisons.
The reports from Auburn prison, in this
STATE, and from the prison at Columbus,
in Ohio, also show that the vast majority
of criminals have received fair educa
tion.