Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-31
Campaigp Notes.

The mournful fact is announced that the
Villisca Iowa. Journal, the first Republic
can paper that announced itself for Gree
ley in that State, has already given up the
ghost But one of the same stamp remains.
Hon. j. j. Davis and Governor Jacob,
two of the most influential Democrats of
Western Virginia, have publicly announced
their opposition to Greeley and the Balti-
more swindle.
1t is reported that Hon. John \. Peters
will not consent to be a candidate for re-
election to Congress from the district which
he has represented for the last three terms,
owing to pressure of private business. He
will, however, give his support to the Re
publican ticket, and take the stump for
Grant and Wilson.
4 Wisconsin Greeley man, whose white
hat was severely dusty from long railroad
travel, wanted to "know how the old
thing worked' in that train, so he went
70 a vote among the passengers. He didn't
count the small boys, and the able-bodied
result showed 81 for Greeley and 1853 for
Grant. He said he knew how it would be,
but only wanted to have his curiosity salts
fled. He was successful just once!
The New York Herald gives list of 1874
political newspapers, with an aggregate
circulation of $4,000 copies. OF these
journals 104 with an aggregate circulation of
527, 300 advocate the election of General
Grant, anu W, WlJn All HSBTcStle ClTCulu-
ton of $4,000, advocate the election of
Horace Greeley. Five Independent jour
nails, with an aggregate circulation of 239, :
800, are also given. In neither of the
above classes is the New York Herald in
Guided.
The Welsh paper ut Utica, NY, Y RYcb,
which the Tribune joyously claimed as for
Greeley, is unhesitatingly for Grant, who,
il says, in war time was heroic and agrees
sive, and in peace is considerate, sagacious
and safe. Greeley's most deluded admirer
would not venture to apply these epithets
to him.
The wisdom of Solomon, with variations
by Brown-better is straight whiskey
without greens, than soft-shell crab, cob
blers and collie in the tents of the wicked.
Admiral Semms made n speech at a po-
ltical meeting in Mobile the other even
ing, in which he said " It is Horace
Greeley who has come to the captain OF
the Alabama, and not the captain of the
Alabama who has gone to Horace Greeley.
He stood where he always stood. He pre-
ferred him to any war Democrat, Balti-
more could only have nominated n wal
Democrat We would not destroy the in
tegrity of the Democratic party by voting
for Greeley. Let the dead past bury its
dead Let us shake hands over the
chasm.n
Senator Sumner denies all letters com.
uniting himself to either Grant or Gree
ley.
The republican Cooper Institute meet.
ing of last Tuesday night in New York
was one of the largest since the war. The
Tribune says it fully equalled Schurz's
great meeting in April, and that in enthu-
siasm it surpassed any Republican meet
ing of the year.
Advices from North Carolina continue
encouraging, and Republicans still claim
the State-a claim generally conceded 10y
impartial judges.
Judge David Davis, of Illinois, is re
ported for Grant.
The Chicago Times (Democratic) says O
Hendricks indianapolis speech 1.-The
fact is that the really able and leading
Democrats appear at a sad disadvantage in
advocating the election of Horace Greeley
to the Presidency, and they can not toe
soon repudiate such an ungracious ant
compromising task"
The Allentown PENN Chronicle says il
can name three hundred Democrats in tina
town who refuse to support Greeley anC
Brown.
Daniel Drew, who is reported as one o
New York's rich men for Greeley, ha.
been arrested recently OH II charge of issu
ing $4,000 of fraudulent Erie railroad
stock