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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-12-04
WASHINGTON.
PesIden1 Grant Gone to Attend Mr.. Gree
Iey's Funeral.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-Colfax is gone
The President leaves tonight for Greeley's
funeral.
Judge Nelson of the Supreme Court has
resigned. re- ......-s.-
1t appears from the official statement of
the Court of Claims that during the year
ending the LIST of December one hundred
and twenty cases were decided, seventy of
which were on account of the proceeds of
cotton crops seized by the United States
military forces. The aggregate amount
claimed for the cotton was S2,270,000 and
the award of the court in these cases was
81. 413,000. The highest award was S474,-
600 or 800, C00less than claimed. The court
allowed Sal 600 of $4,000 of the bank of
Louisiana notes, being the amount of
claimants deposits with that bank at the
date of seizure of the same under order of
General Banks of August, 1868. The APP
pointment of Edward Hunt, of New York,
to fill the vacancy on the bench of the
Supreme Court of the United States in
place of Associate Justice Nelson who re-
signed, is received with satisfaction by
those in this city who know him, either
personally or by reputation.
The South Western members of Con-
gress express dissatisfaction at the omission
in the message Ofthe Mississippi levee ques-
ton, Mr.. Morey, who is Chairman of the
Special Levee Committee promises to
bring the subject energetically before the
House at an early day.
The Senate and House LeVee Commit
ties are in consultation, for the purpose
of perfecting an acceptable bill for the ar
my engineer department. -E...
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-12-04
CONGRESSIONAL.
HOUSE.

z ROtoE' - I q
In the House vast number of bills were
introduced and referred.
Beck was excused from serving on the
credit Mobilier Committee.
Brooman, elected to fill q vacancy from
louisiana is seated.
The Secretary of the Treasury was ask
ed, under what law he increased the issue
of legal tenders. rE
The report of General Vincent on the
condition of the freedmen's bureau was
called for.
In the discussion of the ten steam war
vessels bill, Schefield referred to Banks as
having sympathized with efforts to involve
the country in war with Spain. Banks
denied that he had ever sympathized with
such efforts, but that he had introduced
the bill because the Secretary of the Navy
had declared to the members of the House
that he was afraid that events had occurred
in the Gulf of Mexico which would re-
quire the Government to be prepared to
defend her commerce.
A bill enforcing the fishery claim treaty
Of Washington was made a special order
for the first Tuesday in January.
.. SENATE. rt
The Senate adjourned after reading the
journal A motion to adjourn over to-
morrow on account of Horace Greeley's
funeral failed. ......
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-12-04
Local Miscellany.

Quorum Court has been in session the past
two days. The business transacted SO far has
been of a routine nature
The Histrionic Society had dress rehearsal
last night. [35s
Some of the sidewalks in different parts of the
city from their concave appearance would ap-
parently make pretty good reservoirs if lined
with cement and just here it would not be
amiss to state that many of the pavements need
relaying badly. .rr
Zone by one the roses fall, drop by drop the
streams run dry and gradually the old land
marks of our forefathers are yielding to the on
ward march of progress. New buildings are
replacing old ones, and in this connection we
would remark that the Bloody corner is va
cant and new building will soon rear its lofty
front on its former site
An emigrant train will leave Bristol this
morning and. run clear through to Memphis.
commodity in this city, and dealers can not FIJI
their orders from q. distance, -.
Work on the foundation for Messrs. Gossett
s. Eckles new building On the Square has COM
menced. .-..,,,.. tx
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-12-04
That Goose.

A pious negro woman was once caught
by her master stealing goose, and the next
after which her master accosted her as fall
lows: se-5- .-
why, Hannah, l saw you to-day at the
communion table, -T GnH'iE
sYes, tank de Lord, massa, was lowed
to be dare wild de rest OBJ his family.''
But, Hannah, was surprised to see you
there" he said. ''How about that goose?"
She looked little surprised, but, catch
ing the meaning, exclaimed:
"Why, sab, do you tink Use agoin' to
let an ole goose stand atwepn me an my
maker" i.tal.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-12-04

BONNEVILLE, Mo-, Dec. 3.-The malady
is here, and spreading: ,r.a - .zi-
BALTIMORE, Dec. 3.-Sixteen new houses
on Stricken street were unroofed by the
gale last night. There were only three of
them occupied.
BUFFALO, Dec. 1.-Two drunkards were
killed by the switch engine of the Central
Railroad.
NEW YORK, Dec 3.-Editors of news
papers throughout the country are request
ed to mail to Ezra Cornell, at CornelPs
University, Ithaca, New York, copies of
their papers containing eulogies or other
articles on the death of Horace Greeley,
to be comprised in a memorial volume
for the library of said university, ofwhich
the deceased was one of the Trustees.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-12-04
Horace Maynard in Pennsylvania.
MIILERSvILLE, LANCASTER Co., Pa,
November 26 1872

November 20, 1OIZ.
EDITORS CHRONICLE: Allow me to en-
dorse through your columns, Senator w.
G. BrownloW's suggestion that Hon.
Horace Maynard be chosen Speaker of the
next House of Representatives. 1 can as
sure you that here among "the hardy sons
of toll" of Lancaster county, Pennsylva-
nia-the former constituents of the great
Thad. Stevens, and throughout the whole
freedom-loving North, your able Congress
men is no less appreciated, no less hOnored
and esteemed by all good men, than he is
at his own home in Knoxville, Tennessee.
He has battled and contended for the cause
of justice and equal rights in days when it
tried mems souls. 1t was not quite as
pleasant for q Southern loyalist to sit in
our National Congress, during the dark
days of the rebellion, as it was for North
erner. Of the few who represented sec
tions of the South, almost all wavered, and
most, as Andy Johnson did, faltered.
Some pretending loyalists and Republic
cans advocated measures, amnesty for in
stance, and the like, in order to render
their personal and social relations so much
more agreeable, and in order to be called
m ore generous, more magnanimous, more
sublime, and that sort of thing.
Brave Horace Maynard saw that the
path of duty and stern justice lay in diff
ferent direction, and he almost alone of
our Southern Congressman followed it
without murmur. And at the same time
he was as generous, as liberal and as mag
unanimous as it was proper to be. In the
most trying time of our country's peril,
when his fellow Congressman of the South,
waveringly faltered, this great champion
of freedom, liberty and independence, JUS
tice, truth, right and goodness, Hon.
Horace Maynard, alone stood firm, and to
him America owes the most browning
honors.
May God give to Knoxville another citi-
zen, to Tennessee another Statesman, to
Massachusetts, another son, to the oppress-
ed another friend, to the cause OF justice,
truth and right another advocate, to the
American Union another patriot, and to
the world another good man like Horace
Maynard, and to our National Legislators
only so much commonsense as to elect this
noble, able and faithful public servant
Speaker of the next House of Representa-
tives. JOHN II. LANDS.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-12-04
Cooke County Items.

They claim that the Jail is not very we'll ven
tilated.
This is the banner hog county in the State
They have larger hogs, fatter hogs and more of
them than will be found elsewhere Thousands
have been driven to Southern markets this
season.
For the finest farming lands East of the Mis-
sissippi river go the French Broad and Pigeon
river bottoms. They have raised immense
croDs of corn.
Clcke county boasts of inexhaustible depos-
its of the finest iron ore in the world
The colored boy to whom the CHRONICLE
some time since alluded as going into the iron
business On his Town hook" went to the peni-
tertiary yesterday for three years. He says he
prefers TO be shoemaker there
All that Cooke county wants to make it the
garden spot of the earth is liberal system of
public education and better system of public
roads, This would bring double the present
population within her borders within very
few years.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-12-04
NOrrisfORn IfeIrls.

Old "Epizoot' has made his appearance and
has attacked quite a number of horses Most
of them are doing well.
Yesterday morning blaze offre was discov-
cred in the roof of Flynn's carriage factory, it
having caught from a defective fue. A few
buckets of water .quenched it and prevented
what might have been serious confagration.
The inhabitants Of this enterprising town are
somewhat elated over what they consider the
prospect for the completion of the East Tennes-
see and Western North Carolina Railroad.
The Turley House has recently changed pro
pretors and Tom. Cain, the geniel clerk of the
good eating himself and will also enjoy seeing
his guests provided for.
Since the election the urbane, and for Demo-
erats, exceedingly clever editors and publishers
of the Gazette are taking it hard, but saying
nothing. We wish them a speedy recovery, a
happy convers ion and a long life.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-12-04
The opera House

VIII be the scene tonight of an interesting
performance by our home company, the Hlstrl-
onic Society, Notice thebills and go and break
a bill md get your tickets. - = -
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-12-04
DIR. p. HI. CardweI,.s

Dental Office, West Side Market Square, front
rooms METERS building, mp stairs, north of P.
Kern's. iii19dtf
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-12-04

BosToS. Mass Nov. II. 1872.
MessTs. Herrings & Farrell, Nos Isl and 252 Broad
way, New York:
Gentemen-In the Great Fire. which has destroy
ed the business portion of this city, had in one
of your Champion" afes. and which we were unable
to recover from the ruins until this P NJ on account of
the intense heat which surrounded it. When we open
ed we were agreeably surprised to find our books
papers, &c.. in fine condition. Yours. &C..
J.C. BURRAGE < co.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-12-04
ANOTHER.

Boston, Nov. a. 1872.
Messrs. Herring5 Farrell:
Gentlemen-0ur store No. Is Summer ST., was burn
ed in the late Great Fire. in this city of Nov. and
10. Our books AMI paDers in of your Patent
Champion Safes" and were all preserved in good con-
dition Our store was burned about 10 o'cock Satur
day evening" but account Of the heat could not
get at the safe until the Tuesday ollowingover sixty
hours after the fire. We consider this FIRE ordinary
test for Safes and take pleasure in giving facts above
Very truly yours, ...
PORTER, BROTHERS & co.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-23

Engaged in O contest which is o contest Oh
"life and death, and there is nothing to do but
"to fight on and TO fight it out" Are these, IN
any sense. doubtful or uncertain utterencesf
AS to votes, the matter is, il possible, more
decisive For all the naval and military APP
preparation bills, for all measures OF war
revenue Mr.. Buckalew voted steadily. lie
voted for the measure of liberal bounties to
the soldiers, and when a Republican Senator
proposed TO reduce the bounty from S3OO TO
500, he voted against it. And now we quooe
from Pennsylvania journal
Before Mr. Buckalew's election to the Senate an act
nassed that body July IT, 1862 fixing the pay OF coored
troops at no per month"; tho pay Of white soldiers DeB
at that tine sls per month That law remained IN orce
until 1854 On the ed Of April 1864, MI "isoh Vi ~
sa chuseHs offered amendment TO the ARMY Dii 10
lating {, certain regiments OF eoored troops asa'
which Mr. Buckalew voted for excellent reasons rHs'
the amendment proposed to increase the pay OF WIo
soldiers only from of the passage Of the Dill pu'
N autlorze the increased pay coored soldiers from
the bernuing of the year. making what he regarded
as An Unjust discrimination. Secondly, IL allowed coi
pensa1on TO New-England agents who went Soutn W
procure the enlistment of coored troops to I'LL the quotas
OF the England States He thought 1t was concedng
unite enough TO those enterprsng agents TO permit them
TO star at home and make money by putting eoored sol
oilers INTO the army, without paying them commission
on tlp fighting they were TO do by proxy IhIdiy, IL
proyled FOR increased pay to four colored regiments
two rom Massachusetts and two from South Cardinal
and left those colored troops who had been equally
faithful TO their eolors, though shorter time IN the
service without increase. These reasons should nave
been conclusive against the amendment, yet 1t passed.
and Mr. Buckalew voted for the BILL of which II had De
com, part, rather than give his voice against any
neasure for the compensation Of colored men III inc
| arn,F." q Or '.a.a 20 D.1' F.L.
Here we are obliged and content to pause.
A fortnight from to morrow Pennsylvania de-.
ternines whether such a man shall be her
Chief Magistrate, or whether the reign OF
corruption and venality- Cameronianism--s
continua -. DO -I.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-23

If further argument in favor of establishing
the Onc-Term Principle were needed, it would
be found in the present demOralized condition
of the public service. Everybody knows what
a prostitution of public means to private ends
is likely to follow a determination to reflect
an INSCRIPTIONS Administration; but we doubt
if the most responding ever dreamed that
there would be such an abandonment of decency
in the Government as we see now. Perhaps,
in the natural prominence which personal char
acter and personal unfitness for office assume
in any canvass we are in danger of overlook
ing the causes which lie behind the defaulting,
corrupt, careless, and servlle officials. Who
supposes that we should see such demorali-
cation of the public service; such diver
sion of the functions of the Govern
ment from legitimate uses, if the
President were not trying to reeect himself ?
Here are the Secretary of the Interior the
Secretary of the Treasury. the Attorney Gene
raj, and other high officers Of the Govern
ment, forsalSing their seats and neglectng
their duties in order TO add their individual
and official forces TO the reelection campaign.
Their example is commended TO and initiated
by their subordnates the Executive Depart
ments are managed by outsiders, and the
country Is covered with Otfioe-holders clamor-
ing for the reelection OF their chief
The spectacle is not edifying nor encourag-
ing. But this is only a superficial view Of the
case, after all the example is bad enough,
and the practice is one to be condemned by
those who want TO see dignity and statesman
ship where we only see a mob Of chattering,
selfish politicians. But the worst feature of the
whole moral disease is the utter generalization
of the public service. When a selfish, mar
row man in the Presidential chair resolves to
be rechosen, if he can, he is bound to corrupt
every officer Of the Government, directly or
indirectly. Look at the innumerable host of
postmasters throughout the land; they repro
vent in every town and hamlet Ihe Admins-
tration which controls thenb rs it desires
TO control the votes of The people With
whom they hold such intimate aud
.1lH u
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-23

was represented 20 us as very ably written and likely to
be profitable; but told. also. that Mr.. Abby
was an Abolitionist and would have nothing TO do
with him. We are very respectfully your obedient ser
wants, hAhfEh Dh"inhho'
These are the men who try to sit in judg-
ment to-day upon the political record of Gree
ley and Sumner. If their artist was in any
other service, what a cheerful picture he could
draw of his masters making their craven sub
mission, grinding their waistcoat buttons into
the ground in the effort to flatten themselves
"a much as possible. Except that in this case
the picture would be true, and truth Is nO'
especially in his line.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-23

the interest of freedom and union, and now
to save freedom and the Union the war must
end and end at once With an effrontery as
remarkable as their vindictyeness, the party
of Hate arrogatc TO themselves the legitimate
succession of that noble and self-sacrlhclng
coalition of the army and the country, which
accented the war, and carried it through to
ITS triumphant close. But they are working
new in the interests of perpetual discord, and
when they carry the tattered flags and grldons
of battle into political conventions where the
only object to be obtained is the renewed
plumber and continued degradation OF the
Southern people, they commit brazen and
shameless sacrilege. If the war is 10 pass into
history as anything but frightful carnage, II
the blood spilled on a thousand fields is to
fructify and not curse the land, if the cause Tor
which Lyon and Wadsworth, Sedgwick and
Lincoln gave up their lives is to go on to a
full realization of its glorious and beneficent
plan, it can only be by the triumph OF this
liberal principle, which shall bring the
sundered States together and make all the
sections feel once more common interest IN
their common government.
. lDlS, we dNON llJ ID JlC hlctj ehN A'"DN
mentous Issue we find in this campaign. we
do not underrate the weighty and essential
questions of reform which will demand their
solution at the hands of Liberal Government
and Liberal majority in Congress. we snail
be found in the future, as in the past IN every
fight, on the side of retrenchment economy,
and rigid accountability. But the matter-we
will not say of life or death, because we are
sure of the triumph of justice and magma
nimity in the end-the matter of vital import
ance to-day is that the war shall end by tne
recognition of the Southern people as cltlNen us
and brethren. The powerful organization VI
the creatures of the Administration is nlaAins IS
a desperate struggle to retain the conIroi Vi
80 hut the interests of the public are
more important than the interests OF the
ofice-holders, and the country cannot always
remain the private estate OF placement Inc
enthusiasm which greets and follows our can
didate's eloquent exposition of these principles
is the best evidence of the hold they nave
taken upon the popular heart.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-23
Ner3-9}o Duilp Gribmt'f.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER %. 1872.

Itisrrported that the German Lm5i3sador at Farls
h,a resir-,.3 Edmond About Lls Seen released from
,rrest - The Cop,r-ss OF o. Catholics at Cologne
has al fairrnrd = TIE Spanish C.r,cs viii consider
the Iue. on Tuesday. =-= T-e Vienna cor, has gone
into nl1,rniu- for he late NJ NJ sweden ==== More
stringent law. ay.i-.t coolies have been published In
Cuba.
Horace G~.-iv made addresses A. Cincinnati and
AZ Newport and Louisville. = TIE Elgisl ericketers
played 40 ILisl.lpli. $3.50 TIC R'mher won tAo
ocean yacht Ise: Cor ne Bennett Oh le1-e cup
James O'Frl-n iar tie clcc'or % Gcr. Grant and
Francis herman. =--- lie main witness oEainsl az
reu tue alleged murderer OF tho co!ore1 lunatc on
Warl's f.'snd. has died. -=== sS'te murdered
by his brotherln-law at a christening. == TIE faue
Of az Insurance company aud It's agents is officially an
nounc,d == Judge Barnards successor is the Hon.
e. l.. Fslcaor. == Cold 1ll 1193 1875. Thermomeier'
yOo, 20, c., co, So. 7Oo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-23

Another Ring rascal, it is said, is to be
indicted. That's right. Let them all be tried,
and that speedily. But Mr.. Attorney Barlow
or Mr. Peckham cannot afford to hunt up new
evidence against others to the neglect OF
what is already prepared against Tweed. ANA
to indict somebody who was overlooked last
year, because just now he is taking actlVe
part in politics against the party when lne
| Attorney General serves, will only nave tne
effect of increasing the rumors when assert
| that Mr.. Barlow has bargalned Win ohoSo
already indicted -noUe prOseqttS beng gwen
IN evcbonca for political Influence This sort
of dickering won't do. Mr.. Barlow, or Mr.
Peckbam. if you will have the responsibility
delegated. has got three important witnesses
against Mr.. Tweed. He has condOned with
Connolly in order that the evidence of Garvey
and Keyser may be eked out by that former
official even Cooke is to be let go on con-
dition that he testifes to Tweed's share in
the forgery on the Garrett q Schuyler war
rants. Mr. Peckham may have had no judges
TO try Tweed heretofore he certainly does
not lack for Witnesses and if these old rogues
are to be permitted to escape by turning
States evidence, the people want them used.
Let October result in Tweeds conviction and
sentence to Sing Sing and the rest will be
easy work. Come, Mr.. Peckham, let us have
no more delay on any excuse. Indict all who
are guilty but just now the people of this
city want the Boss thief convicted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-23

In replying to the very serious inquiries
which we put TO The Times on Friday regard
ing its SHARE in the swindling aud blacLmail-
Ing operations of its old ally, James 0'Brien,
by asking series of irrelevant and absurd
questions, that journal confesses its weakness
of invention OF its guilt. There is no escap-
lng the consequences by any such subterfuge.
We have charged that James 0'Brien, having
failed to compel Peter B. Sweeny when Cham
berlain to consent to the payment of false clam,
falsely sgOgn. rs correct. stole. through others.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-23

There is a great deal of noise in the Grant
party in Pennsylvania, and more enthusiasm
among the Liberals. A correspondent of THE
TRIBUNE, whose letter is published to-day,
exposes the feeble pretense Of the Ring, and,
with honest figures, shows how forced must be
heir Boosting. What with a judicious use of
he public plumber and keeping up continu-
,us racket, the GRANTEES expect to accomplish
everything; but the facts and figures are all
AGAINST them. Give the Liberals a fair cleo
lion and the victory is surely theirs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-23

The case Of N. Edmond About has sud
denly collapsed. Whether his arrest at Stras-
bourr was the act Of some superserviceable
official or an error in judgment by some higher
Functionary we may never know. But there
vas no case found in the examination, and so
be was set at liberty. The fertile satiriSt has
been warned" after the old French imperial
fashion. lie win go back to Paris and have
/ ont with Germany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-23

When in March last Fate overlook the Erie
Ring, Cen John A. Dix was made President,
and retained the position something less than
four months. We have positive informal
ton that one voucher of Gen. John A.
Dix, duly audited on the books of Erie, shows
that he pOcketed at one time $4,000 for his
services. If this payment was his salary as
President of the road, ii was at about $4,000
a year, or double that of the President of the
United States, and about the same as the
amount OF excessive rent that Fisk and Gould
used to charge for the Opera House. Has
Gen. Dix expended any part Of this over-pay-
ment Does he think acceptance of such an
unheard Of salary proper method of relieving
an embarrassed railway, just rescued from
Ring mismanagement And apart from any
mere question of economy, what does Gen.
DIX expect business men to think of the
honesty and morality of this transaction, by
which the money Of long swindled stockholders
Is paid out by irresponsible directors for work
not done