Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-10-10
HON e NEWS.

CHATTANOOGA, Oct. 9.-The Alabama
and Chattanooga Railroad is now open
| from Chattanooga, Tenn, to Meri-
dian, Miss. 1t is run by J. G.. Stanton.
This event is hailed with pleasure and en-
thusiasm by the people all along the line
who have so long been deprived of this
road.
CHICAGO, Oct. 9.-To-day is the ami
versary of the great fire, and. many cele-
brated it by removing to new quarters in
the rebuilt portion of the city.
The Tribune appears this morning in its
new form of eight pages, and is issued from
its rebuilt office in the burnt district.
Both the Times and the Tribune publish
sixteen pages this morning, largely de-
voted to review of the great calamity and
wonderful restoration of the city. --.
- - 60 s< I.
Third District Congressional Canvass.
KEY rs. NELSON.
ATHENS, October Sth.
p 1t was understood by announcement that
the aspirants for Congressional honors
would speak here to-day County Court
was still in session, and respectable
crowd was in attendance. At II, NJ,
Judge Key made his appearance in the
court house and began in an easy
going sort of style to make q Gree
ey-Liberal-Reform speech. He said
he had been Chancellor l sup
pose he means THAT he has rcluota,tly
given up that place said he was an old
line Democrat; went into the war and
fought for slavery got badly aUhipped;
was not willing to acknowledge that he
was wrong, but intended abiding the re-
Gulf of tho Ctpurplo uUnnlH fiOht
keep the negro from going back into SER
vitude. He stands ON the Cincinnati-Bal-
timore platform square out-lauds
the Republican party-Grants admins
tration. Grant, himself, he says, is an
honest man, has made good President,
but the interests of the nation demand the
election of Horace Greeley. Says it is
magnanimous for Democrats to vote for
this father of Republicanism! First-he
of the war. SecOnd-he favOrs the one
term principle, and third, he is a peace
able, honest sort of fellow, then adds, he
has confidence in the South, which Grant
has not.
He howls piteously because loyal men
are being paid for losses sustained on ac-
count of the Union army says we were
all ruined together and should all build
up together He bewails the condi-
ton of rebel soldiers widows. Oh,
how hard that they don't get pensions.
sleeping dust of the brave ones in the lost
cause. Says the Union soldiers are col
Iected into magnificent cemeteries, where
imperishable marble hands down their
deeds to future generations, but the poor
brave ones who fell in defeat have no Gov
ernment to care for their sacred dust
They sleep in Obscurity.
He then takes hopeful view of matters.
He tells the people where the Tennessee
river is situated; that it ought to be opened
I'D for navigation; that we have had car
net-baggers in Congress who cared nothing
| for us: that he would demand an appro-
priation for making that river highway
of commerce. He tells them we have
boundless resOurces-a wealth of iron in our
mountains, and that he will invite capital
| to bring it out. -.-..s,
| He makes few broad insinuations, and
| would like to attach blame to the Repub-
| lican party, but is afraid of losing votes.
| He turns preacher by telling the story OF
the Cross, and wishes Republicans wouid
make an application of the doctrine.
Can't. Crutchfield being ill and unable
| to fill his appointments. Col. d. NJ.
| Nelson responded to Col Key. He
charged that, in speech of one hour
and half Key had not made
a single issue had assailed nothing or no,
body; had admitted everything; showed
| the Inconsistency of Col. Keys liberal pre-
Tensions said he in common with Demo
Gratis generally were making all this show
about peace and Cancellation in order to gel
1 into power; said the past did have some
thing to do with the issues of the present
men are known by their deeds; living IS
sues grow out of struggles past. He read
up Capt. C's and Col. KS record and ther
appealed to Conservative Union men tx
vote intelligently in the coming election
it had been charged that the Radicals hac
no use for the negro but to vote him
charged back that the rebels had no use fo
Conservative men men but to vote them
showed how they had carried this doctrine
out in the election of officers from Cover
nor down referred to the Cleveland Con
Yention in which Col! BLIZZARD, a Conserva
tive Union man, who had les
forlorn hope two years ago in their be
half was defeated by a rebel colonel ap
f pealed to them to stand by Capt. c., Con
e servative man all the time in the tru
: sense of that word, man who himsel
E was largely interested in the development