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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-21
GREAT LAND SALE.

IN OBEDIENCE TO THE PROVISIONS or THE
/ last will and testament Of Edmond Hodges, dc
ceased, we viii sell,
On the 22d Bay Of May, 1878,
to the highest bidder at public oucry on the promi-
sgs, large anu valuable tract If Land, knowa the
Hodge Farm, containing. by estimation, 1--we hundred
acres This farm situated in the 9Th civil district Of
Sewer county Tennessee, miles southwest of Irun-
dies Cr Roads and l2l5 miles southeast of Knox
vide. There are upon this farm four comfortable
dwelling houses and three large double barns, and
abundance Of good Springs. There are about three
hundred and hity acres III cultivation, and good
chards.
Also a tract Of tmbered land, containing By estma-
ton, two hundred and Ten acres, situated mile
from the above described tract, and known as the
Hodge Still House Farm,
The said 500 acre tract win be divided and sold in
three four tracts. and suitable portions OF said tim
bercd tract assigned to each tract thus making three
three or four farms with house and barn on each.
Persons desiring TO purchare can obtain full norma-
ton by addressing us at Trunde's Cross Roads
said lands will be sold credit of twelve months.
Notes with approved security must be given for the
land until the same is fully paid.
Plas of the division of the above lands can be seen
at the residence of S, w. Randes, who lives on said
premises, az any time after LIST January, 1873.
This It'll day OF November, 1872.
S. W. HANDLES,
JAS. NJ. HODGES,
Administrators, with the will annexed, Of Edmund
Hodges. deceased. noy20w6m
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-21
Carter County.

Mr.. johnson Of Elizabethton, met with
a serious accident by which one Of his legs
was broken.
The wheat crop is looking much better,
md the prospect is that we will have a
good yield. The fruit has been somewhat
Injured by the late frost, but by no means
destroyed.
The friends Of temperance in and about
Elizabethton, have been working diligent-
ly in the good cause for some months.
Three months ago our beautiful little
town was cursed with two rum-shops;
now not single one remains. The change
in the community is quite marked, almost
marvellous. A short time since drinking
was the order Of the day, now we have one
of the most peaceable and quiet commune
ICLE is one of the most welcome of visitors
among US. May it be blessed with an in
creasing prosperity. $. r. +.
Elizabethton, Tenn, May, IS, 1873.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-21
Sullivan Comfy.

1t now appeers that there will be pretty
fair crop of peaches and apples. Some trees
have quite enough left upon the them and
nearly all have more or less.
Mr.. Frank Cullen had horse killed on
yesterday morning by the western bound
mail train on the Tennessee road. The
horse had been out to Craze.
The ministers laborng in the towns of
Bristol and GOodsOn, and in Sullivan coun-
ty have been invited by the Executive
Committee of the Bristol Auxiliary Bible
Society to meet in the Presbyterian Church
in Bristol on the 18th of June next, to take
into consideration the best means to pro-
mote wider interest in the Bible cause
The Sullivan County and Kingsport Bible
Societies have been invited to send dele
gates.
Gen. Malone has determined to repair
the RAILROAD House" or brick building
near the corner of Moore and Scott streets
in Bristol. He also designs erecting a first
class engine house near the present tenn
porary ones. 1t will be of brick and of the
usual semi-circular form.
A CURIosITY.-Dr. S. NJ. Slower has laid
upon our table, very rare curiosity, be-
ing a couple of iron ore specimens, which
would ordinarily be pronounced petrifac-
tions. In reality, they are beautifully eX-
act limitations of oak roots, showing the
bark with every wrinkle and prominence.
Evidently the wooden particles have been
replaced by this pure article ofbrown hem
attic ore. They are one and half inches
in diameter, and show the peculiar inter-
nal structure of the wood in the most min
ute manner.
They were obtained from the center of
solid rock which had been rent asunder.
They were taken from StOver's Ore Bank
on Stony Creek, Carter county, Tenn,
eleven miles from Elizabethton. -BriStOL
NeMs. 1871. -----
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az the thing has been pronounced impractlcaole
by more than one explorer through this country.
The escort Is composed " Company !, Second
Cavalry, Capt. Noyes, with Leuts Hail ana
Kingsbury; Lieut.. Young, an experienced
mount ain man, has charge Of tho Quartermas-
ter's Depart ment, and Assistant surgeon Charles
l.. Heiymaun, United States Army, Is the medl-
cal officer.
Should the explorations Of this party lead 70
the construction of the desired road across tne
mountains the whole trade Of Montana VIII be
carried on from some point on the Union fa-
cinc Railroai. up through wyoming TERRITORY
to Montana, passing by some OF the RrchuesI
scenery the world contains ,
The engineers will meet with many obstacles
in the Wind River Mountains. which are botn
high and rugged, one chain of which, an OLD
guide says u crow cannot Nv over ON account OI
its height.
on the march from Fort Brdger the men of
the expedition had fatiguinR time on account
Of the unusually high stage Of water,most of he
streams having overilOwed their ban Ia. The
crossings were quite dangerous, and several
animals were drowned at the Big Sandy Creek:
the wind River Range, near the base OF IRE
munts Peak, which is said to he one OF the lof-
tiest mountains In North America. Union Peak,
in the same range, much further west, towers
far above II, however, and, IL is thought. VIII De
found to De the highest summit OF them all
The wind River Range Is a magnificent chain ot
mountains. and all OF the principal streams OF
Western America have their sources therein.
This range is looked upon with great awe by
frOntiersmen and Indians, and there is no end
to the number Of stories they tell about II. IL
a acon-equence, is viewed as a kind VI paradise
hy hp
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A Fearful Responsibility.

From the annual report of the General
Agent of the PEABODY Fuuu, DIR. BARNAs
SEARS, the educational interests of the
South appear to be IN II lameutable condi-
ton. In Virginia the freedmen show u
prilsewOrthy anxiety 10 learn. In North
Carolina there is an alarming indin renee
on the subject In South Carolina, al
though the Legislature appropriated over
s3OOOOO for educational purposes, not II
dollar OF this has been spent on schools,
the money having probably been stolen
by the officials. In Alabama 33s,O in a
population of Il million, neither read nor
write; and IN ARKANSAS, with $4,000 cml-
drcn of school age but 1900 are reported
rs attending school,
In the case of South Carolina thieving
Legislature must bear the direct resporsi-
biiity OF an ignorant rising generation,
The funds appropriated for schools have
been misnppropriated by carpet-baggers
md their dupes and allies. And On GRANT
and his agents who have supported the
bouth Carolina thieves the chief blame
The sun., 1873-07-23

A correspondent of the Chicago TribuHc,
writing from Wyoming Territory under date Of
July II, gives some interesting Information about
the exploring expedition lifted out 10 discover,
II possible, practicable wagon road from the
Shoshone lndian Reservation on Wind river
ac oss the mountain Ia Yellowstone Lake, and
thence onward to Fort Ellis. This expedition ia
IN charge of Capt William A. Jones OF tho
Corps of Engineers and he has with him sevo-
ral scientific gentlemen who well know II,
among whom may he mentioned DR.. &. c. Parry,
botiinist and Ininerdogist, and Prof. r. D. Com
stock OF New York, geologist. Thore are several
other Gentlemen out with the expedition, who
are making their nrst trip and enjoy the out
door life with exceed ng zest.
Capt, Jones has made several explorations In
wyoming Territory, and II he succeeds In md
Ing road through from the rulroad To Yellow
stone Lake will certainly achieve grsat honor.
The sun., 1873-07-23

means Of forged vouchers, denial OF their
rights, and appropriation of their money.
No sooner was BALDooH dismissed In
disgrace by the Secretary Of War than he
was at once taken into favor by the Board
of Public Works, and is now holding one
of their most prominent places ut Wash
inGton. lie has the exact qualifications
which COOKE, SHEPHERD, and their con-
federptes most value, and he brought a
large and profitable experience from one
Ring to aid tho practices of another
This is the end OF the Freedmen's Bureau,
from which so much was hoped, which
cost the country untold millions, and
which boosted of such noble aims and
arhipypm1ufst
The sun., 1873-07-23
Commodore vnuderbil'- IL cen Di-cernmenr,


one day, before Cornelius Vanderbilt oh
tanned possession uf the Hudson River Railway,
he was travelling IL Is said, rom here Ia ALBANY;
and, considering himself privileged character,
went into the baggage car to smoke. lie had
been enjoying his cigar but two or three min
utes when the conductor came along, and in
formed him politely that he must not smoke
there. Vanderbilt said that IL would not make
any dirercnce-that II was ali ri.ht, &c; but the
conductor was OF different opinion, declaring
that u was contrary tn the rules II the road
"Hou don't know me, said the smoker. NV
name is Vanderbilt. l am sometimes called
Commodore. ! generally do about ~ | please Do
~ don't know nor do ! care who you are, MIR.
Vanderbilt. intend To obey the rules. II you
were ten times Commodore could not per-
INIT you to smoke here, aud YOU must 20 else-
where to finish your cigar"
The loyalty To duty displayed by the con
ductur pleased the ancient Cornelius, aud he
went out though not before he had said To the
conductor: =" You are the right kind of man I, r
your place. Nou don't Tespect persons. | think
OF buying this road, and II l do you can stay on
II As long as YOU like"
Vanderbilt did huy the road and retained the
conductor. lie frequently remarked that that
man could he trusted that he was never ms
taken IN judging of character; and that he knew
from the hrst that the conductor was sound.
The conductor stayed ON the road for FIVE
years, and IN that tlme, Us the story goes, stole
himself into peouniary Independence.
80 much for Nanderbllt's knowledge OF char
ac or. Evidently the conductor knew Vanderbilt
better than Vanderbilt knew the conductor.
The sun., 1873-07-23
The Case of Lady Pollok. The scnrboroash
Barmuid.

The substance OF the complaint anf an
swcr In Lady Pollok's action Tor rcpIah'a'
with alimouy, against her husband, Slr heN
Pollok. has already been published Ia I'M ~"
The case came on for trial early IN Jul> beio"
Lord Clifford, Ia the Edinburgh Court oi ses'
siOns. one Of the witnesses called deiosed lH''
in 1871 Sir Ilew and Lady Pollok STAYED al n0
house. near Mercantile Is ~, for elrNou "e'A''
and during that time he Wa, GENERALLY .p-y'N'
was only occasionally very kind The -ls'T "
this witness said Sir Hcw WAS "o...' .''"''N
sober in fact, she had seen him s''''
for "a whole day at - time "A si'''"'"'
which created laughter An thor "'''''
from "a Scotch watering place, clll'd l'1I"
Allan, stated that the defcudtlt 'l''I II" .
house in lsAi'. lie took rooms tlr lh nSr ".'' III.
bat subsequently, Lady Pul9k Ju u,L .'" .' ..I'.
was Il lict IN his nJhlte uulll her "a tN-'h ..-
but after she came he drank uitruff NI 49, "A
were frequent quarrriS. A lormri l'', '"'a
to Lady Pol ok Informed th" {. u'l if"' IT.,
found a iuN liver under the pill ~ lr "' "'
bedroom She often heard SIR ilrW Li. - %
tui, mostly in the WIut-tlur. Ia .O'." -
room and the press dpur were lu ltN 'd n" b,
sh T.. lie was ALWAYS very dl-hsrDr a, n
Pollok, ON one occasion he turn % ''' r
the bedroom. and pleNluus T." ihir N""'f7 ,..'.s
something llNea body falling iIuW i' .' .....
nuur. lddy Pollok had To- hrCtI ''t ' '. >r
room by "A visitor and "A "ll1 10. nh.
llew attacked her and seized l'r MI, 10
throat. The gentleman who was "e ..-r..
carving Lady Pollok To- Auutnrf r'.n. hnuI,s
renl1nstrunCs unavailable, kuocn'd - ',r.
down; but as his host promiHrd I" h"h"'' ,,urn
self. he WAS allowed 10 get up hia'u pIlG
this arrangement was going on, ihiF he'd
made ou and touk refuge In the roHci 10 Az arr "a
but witness afterwdrd dressed her a. q All AZ.
her ON her hack cut Uf the castle, ahd J" ",I.,
commudatirn for her ladyship ~ in' .|q
One of the witnesses stated that ne "'"t .p
Lady Pollok the wurse tor druN, an" iisw.
drank brandy, whisNey, and wine WITH ~ i,,r. i
Lord Gin urd granted the cree i"r 'tr'"h.
but with only EDO alImuuy, Ia 4 ''l' "'''
the amount asked Tor by Lazy PuAvA
The sun., 1873-07-23
Neither senator Conhlins nor senator Howe
can he hi,t Justice.

The Chief Justiceship cannot be given to
either senator Howe or senator Cunkling, or
any other member of the Senate.
1hc sixth section Of the first article Of the
Constitution declares that mo senator or Rep
resentative shall, during the time Tor which he
was elected, bc appointed To any civil Office
under the authority OF the United states, winch
shall have been created, or the cmolumonts
whereof shall have been increased during such
time" Among the salaries raised 10y the last
Congress was that oi lne Chiot Justice. The
President, therefore, Is precluded from appoint
ing to that Oliice any member of the United
states Senate who belonged To that body AT the
last
The sun., 1873-07-23

The sending of LOUIS KRUGER back to
Switzerland should prove lesson to the au-
thorties of that and other European countries
to keep their professional paupers at home. IL
appears that the poor house oflcals OF Duvin'
Switzerland. offered the sub-aRent Of the Cunard
line In that place nfty francs to forward KRUGER
to the United States, and two hundred francs
additional as soon as the certificate Of his hav-
ing landed In New York should be received
KRUGER was brought over In the steamship Ia
tavia, and his appearance exciting attention,
the circumstances Of his leaving Switzerland
were inquired into. The paupcr produced the
contract by which he was sent here, and he was
returned TO Switzerland by the steamer Calabrin
The asylum on Wards Island already maintains
several crippled and useless beings who were
sent here from Italy to be supported bv New
York charity. There Is a law making captains
Of vessels responsible for the kind OF passcn-
gers they import, and its enforcement would be
wholesome.
The sun., 1873-07-23

The result Of KEILOGG-CAsEY rule ap-
pears plainly from the figures of New Orleans
CONNIE GO for the six months ending June 10,
1873 The amount Of wharfage aud leyee dues
collected during that period was sl6.li2, AGAINST
$l5l,5A COR the corresponding months Of 1872
The market revenues for the same period were
$E6,7Gi, against sl3O,bl0 In lS72. So that while
taxes are lnore lsing, the revenues from trade
aad commerce arc diminishing. Politicians are
growing richer and the merchants poorer. With
bankruptcy thus threatening the State and CON
lsoaton the people, MATT CARPENTER advise,
Louisiana taxpayers to "let politics alone" and
allow CASEY 10 run the machine.
The sun., 1873-07-23

A benevolent steamboat captain of New
Orleans IL emulatine the good work of the Ne,c
York Times by giving poor children Sunday
excursion down the Mississippi. The sugar me-
tropolis has thousands of homeless little ones,
many Of whom, through vcissitudes consequent
on the rebellion, have grown from an infancy OF
alluence into a childhood of penury. To all of
them the breath Of the sea air must be grateful.
These excursions are not only good for the
street boys and girls, but by making them
cleaner and healthier they benefit the commu-
nifty at large.
The sun., 1873-07-23

We regret TO see In the Georgia news
papers notices which read very much like the
old advertisements for runaway slaves. N. T..
CHozIER advertises In the Georgia Appeal for
LEWIS SPRINGER, runaway, who had CON
tracted to work for the present year. Said
freedman ls about twenty-five years old, hve
feet four OF nve inches high, black complexion
also, BLAKE 0oyLpIKa, sixteen or seventeen
The sun., 1873-07-23

As the Changers cannot be cajoled into
exercising moral influence" " only, the West
crn machine politicians are trying the effect Of
abuse. The shrewder GRANTEES East, who have
long seen the injury that the farmers move
mcnt might work to the cause Of Addition,
Division, and Silence, began In the abuse line
some time apo
The sun., 1873-07-23

"Tbc Constitution snys tbnt niI trials shnll
he nv jury, md the accused IL entitled not TO
be hrs, convicted by "a court aud then to be ac-
auitted by n jury, but to be cOnyicted or ne
quilted ~ THE FIRST INSTANCE by "A
iury."-sANVEL BLATcHoHD
The sun., 1873-07-23

years old, about i've feet high, yellow complex
ion" Mr.. CRozER Is not TO blame for trying to
get his freedmen back, but the injustice is In
the laws OF Georgia, which make II a crime to
harbor a negro who has contracted to labor and
has run away from his employer There is no
similar restriction on the white laborcr. This Is
simnlY reYiyinR slayerY under another name.
The sun., 1873-07-23

must fall. MOSES and his confederates
have merely done what GRANT gave them
the chance to do.
There can he no more fearful RESPONSE
bility than that of causing the nations
children to be brought up in Ignorance.
The sun., 1873-07-23

II s intimatcd that the Hon. ALExAN-
DER MCCuE Of brooklyn viii not now be can
dldate for the Supreme Court bench in place Of
Judge GILBERT, personal matters OF tho most
engrUssing nature requiring his exclusive at
Ianlion.
The sun., 1873-07-23

Hdrper's Monthly for August IL excccdIngly
fresh and interesting Its hrt illustrated article Is
upon the small aborers Of this city, such as tobacco
workers, envelope makers, bWnlshers, paper collar
makers, twine makers, newsboys, anu other such
lrdd b. Next u descrlDes the magnetic eegrA h, with
Illustrations OF every department OF estab shng aud
working telegrapns. Mr., NurdhOn also has a very
read be Illustrated rrticle upon the Sandwich lsanis
Win these there are the usual serial novels and other
miscellaneous reading, better magazine and one
produce, '
The sun., 1873-07-23

Tho new day nne 20 Newport over the Long
Island Railroad is likely TO become the fayorite means
OF reaching that fashionable watering place. From
Greenport the journey will be made TO. day and here.
after IN the SUI erb steamer which Mr. ChArck has
just put upon the line, She said to be the fastest
boat of her size the world and 10 also one Of the
safest and most agreeable.
The sun., 1873-07-23

Judge STANLY, of the sun Francisco
County Court, very promptly defeated little
game to pack a Grand Jury the other day In
the interest Of an official charged with corrup-
tion. Judge srASLy, unlike many OF the
Judges In Philadelphia, Is not owned 10y Ring.
The sun., 1873-07-23
All tor S5O,OOO a y,nr

WASHINGTON, July 22.-The President will
yNt Washington next week, but n anything recurring
his airnIun should transpLre before thlt lule he ~l
come upon being nOIined.
The sun., 1873-07-23

IN hdultoh 10 ihert, We nave lWh horses, G,5b
mules. 90 Citi2en EMPLOYEES, two Lnglsh noble
men, and two correspondents.
licsides the above, three companies Of the
Seventeenth Infantry are reported as ordered
To join Gen. Stanley.
The expedition is furnished with sixty dave
Subsistence and forage tor animals, After these
from depot to be established on the Yellow
stone river, which Gen, Forsyth has looked WI.
Ii Il the lntentun of Gen, stanley To push on To
the depot on the ellowstone, where he will de
tach strong force, build stookade, and erect
barricades. This will be necessary, from pres
eut Indications in order 10 securely protect the
stores, anu furnish a stronghold for the troops
IN case Of great danger. The Indians are numer-
Gus, and II opportunity offers no doubt they
viii give Ms some still hghtiug, and make every
eff ri 10 drive un our animals, of which we have
great numbers.
A herd of cattle goes with us, and the troops
Will he furnished fresh beef, slaughtered a. they
neeC II, at the rate OF Ave days fresh meat to
two ddvs' bacon.
The sun., 1873-07-23

The strength of the command, exclusive II
citizens and engineers, Il about a. follows;
IWcny'second Infantry, Is officers aud 300 men,
tutat ................... 2C,
Sixth Infantry, officers and 81 mcn total .... q.
seventh LaNay, q utlscrs anu ~ men, total Ell
Surgeons .......... ....................
sc,ut-, ocer and 3 men, total. ........,...,... s.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-29

On Saturday last, an action un
der the provisions of the recent
whiskey bill was brought before
j. A. Turk, Esq, Mayor pro tenn,
by Mrs. George Wetzell, of this
city, who charged Mess. Lutz & Fry,
prOprietOrs of the Merchants Ex
change, with selling to her husband
Intoxicating liquors, contrary to her
repeated requests. Mayor Turk
sustained the plaintiff and ordered
the house closed as public nui
sance. The defendants entered al
appeal to the Circuit Court.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-29

MADISON ENCAMPMENT No %
meets md and 18th Tuesday nights
in every month, at 8 o'clock.
Officers for the present term:
S. c. Cochran, c. p.
j. w. Baughn, I'll. p.
Thos. ShacklefOrd, S, W.
E. j. Bowers, j. w.
r. Fl. Gould, Scribe.
G. G. Campbell, Treasurer.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-29

r. The attention of parties who
are indebted tn this Office for adver
tlsing, subscription or job work, is
earnestly called to the TACT that we
need all amounts due us, and that
we expect each one to make settle
mem at his earliest convenience.
Those who are unable to pay, we ask
to come up and get the amount of
their Indebtedness, and probably we
can compromise in some that will be
mutually agreeable. This appeal is
prompted by the direst necessity,
and we trust our good friends will
respond to it in the same spirit in
which it is made.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-29
RATES OF ADVERTISING:
Canton Fire Company.

Extracts from the Con Institution.
ART. Viii. SEC. l. The. meeticgs of the De
psrtment for general -is,siness shall be on rhe
6rst Friday night 81 each and every month ::
hours Of meeting from 18th OF March 10 Sepiem
Der 18th. So O'Clock and from september 18th tn
March 18th. = o'clock.
ART. XI. SEC. l. The anniversary of the
IL Department Of the City Of Canton shall lie
frst Friday OF October OF each and eve ~
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-29

Weepublish communication this
morning in which the writer prefers
grave charges against the manage
ment of the jackson Fair He is
not alone in this matter, for com
plants have reached us from other
sources of personal favOrr.ism hrin .
shown in the distribution OF prelni-
ums, and which. if true, must seri
ously affect their future prospects.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-29

THE ladies of Canton and vicinity
are speciality invited to call aud
examine Il large lot of fine shoes,
boots. and slippers just received at
the establishment of McSsrS T.. *
II. w. NIRDEN. They have all
sizes, qualities, and sly ies-hand
made and by machinery. Their
present stock il the best ever
brought to this market, puv for sale
gerry eA<AV for cash.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-29
Dissolution Notice.

"HE FIRM of CLARK e. BALD
WIN is this day dissolved by
mutual consent. T r. Clark is alone
authorised to collect and settle up
the books of the late firm.
Il. r. CLARK.
W. o. BALDWIN.
Canton, MISS, November 20, 1873
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-29
PASS HIM AROUND

A red haired, see'iy looking prin
ter. known as j. A. Park. left our
town last week, leaving sundry lit
tie bills ual al. Park. ha ing lie r. i.
ed some how that winter was COM
ing on. determined 10 have better
clothes, and having. no means,:: he
was mean enough! to steal trCm the
editor. This Park is IA drunken,
unprinciplcd thief and L advise our
newspaper friends to he on a Look
out il he should happen their way.
| request cur brothers OF The quiii
TO pass him around.
HENRY S. EALCONER.