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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07
THE ST. LOUIS CONGRESSIONAL CON.
VENTI0N.
A Letter from Senator BrownlOw.


The citizens of st. Louis have invited
many of the prominent members of Con-
gress to meet in convention in that city on
the 18th instant, to consider the agricultu-
raj, manufacturing and commercial needs
of the West and South, in the hope of
thereby securing their aid towards obtain
ing such National legislation as will insure
the improvement of present and the OPEN
ing of new water lines of transportation
to the seaboard. The convention is
to be entertained by the city. On the
10th grand excursion party of the same
invited guests will make an excursion to
Galveston, Texas, via the Indian Nation.
The trip is to last eight days.
Invitations were extended to Senator
Brownlow and Representatives Maynard
and .Thornburgh. 1t will be seen that
Senator Brownlow declines going, and has
written the letter found below:
ST. LOUIS, April %, 1878.
Hon. IVna. &, Bro1Unlow:
DEAR SIR-Gou are respectfully ana ear
nestly invited to attend a Convention of
members of both Houses of Congress, to be
held in this city, commencing on the 18th
DAY OF May, next, at IL O'CLOCK, NJ, at
which time it is proposed to lay before you
the Agricultural, Manufacturing and Com
mercial needs of the West and South, in
the hope of thereby securing your cooper
alton towards obtaining such National
Legislation, as will insure the improvement
of the present, and the opening up of new,
water lines Of transportation to the sea-
board.
You are respectfully requested to inform
the President of the Executive Committee,
as soon as convenient, if you can accept
this invitation. All members of the Con-
vention will be the guests of the City of
st. Louis. Respectfully,
JOSEPH BROWN,
Mayor and President of Executive Com.
HENRY Il. BLOW,
Vice President of Executive Committee.
VIM. H. Scudder, s. II. Latin,
Thomas Allen, f. d. Jones,
VIM. Currie, George Balm,
Bart. Able, Web. NJ. Samuel,
John S. McCune, d. p. Rowland,
Adolphus Meier, Chauncey l. Filley,
Joseph O'Neil G.. l.. JOY,
James B. Eads, Miles Sells,
Gerard b. Allen, Jno. y. Scudder,
B. +. Bonner.
Executive Committee.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07
D, II. HAOAUAN,
Secretary of Committee.

D, H. MACADAM,
Secretary of Committee.
KNOXVILLE, April so, 1873
Hon. Mcs8rs. BroaUn, BLoaO and Others.
GENTLEMEN: 1 have before me your
very courteous letter inviting me to attend
a Congressional Convention at st. Louis.
l respectfully decline mixing myself up
with any more Southern Commercial and
Agricultural Conventions. Before the late
rebellion the leaders in Southern politics
got up a series of Southern Commercial
Convention and while they were for the
avowed purpose of advancing the Com
mercial, mech anical and agricultural in
terests of the Southern States. they were
in reality, as avowed by Mr.. Yancey, in
tended to fire the Southern heart and in
struct the Southern mind in the arts OF
war, and in bringing on the villainous
work of secession. The eleven States that
went into the rebellion were all presided
over by Democratic Governors, who, sue
in plunging thecountry headlong in
to bloody and four years war. The result
of this conflict L need not pause to give
the particulars of, as the whole country is ia.
miliar with them. The country is now pros
porous and happy and wealth and abund
ance meet the eye wherever you go. What
we want is harmony and a universal ac
ceptance of the state of things as they eX
list. l speak advisedly when 1 say Con
gress will cheerfully give to the country
| such national legislation as is wanted. W.
| have already the best currency of any
country in the civilized world.
We need about five hundred millions
of greenbacks added to our present circu
| lation to enable us to meet the wants O
| commerce and trade.
Very respectfully, &C.,
| w. G. BRowNLow.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07
The Bank Of Tennessee.

The joint committee appointed by the
last Legislature to make a settlement with
the Trustees of the Bank of Tennessee, and
to investigate the affairs of the bank, will
meet in this city on the first Monday, 9TH
of July. The committee is composed OF
Senators Smithson, James and Tillman,
and Representatives FL. R. Moore, Houk
and Brown.-U. and Il.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07

a Christian brother was lately giving in
a religious meeting the experience OF him
self and family, saying, among other
things, that his first wife was "A very good
woman, but she sickened and died in a
happy frame of mind, and he should re-
joice If his present partner would go just
the same waV.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07

THE COMING FRUIT CRoP.-Hon. VIM.
Crutchfeld laid on our table yesterday a
small twig from one of his peach trees that
had on it some twenty peaches, some as
healthy as we ever saw. Apples are plen-
ty and equally healthy. Uncle Bill says
the croaking about the fruit all being be-
ing killed is nonsense.-Chdt. Times.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07

a conscientious deacon in Franklin
county, during revival in his church,
recently, said don't believe in forcing
religion upon the people, for read in my
Bible that man convinced against his
will is of the same opinion still.n
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07

A gentleman took the following tele-
gram to a telegraph office: "Announce
with brief the death of Uncle James. Come
quick to read will. believe we are his
heirs.-John Black" The clerk, having
counted the words, said There are two
words too many, SIR" IAN right, cut out
with grief'n
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07

A little boy in Springfield, after his Gus
tomary evening prayer, night or two
ago, continued, land bless mamma, and
Jenny, and Uncle Benny" adding after a
moments pause, the explanatory remark,
,.his name is Hntchison.n
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07

Most army officers are expert in the game
Of ''old sledge,n but as yet General Gillem
and his men out in the Modoc region have
allied to "turn up jack
The New York herald., 1873-12-12

each one accuses the other. II 10 .
continual recrimination, as to whether one
honest boy, having stolen with the rest, did
not carefully return the plunder from the
mere honesty Of his nature, before the owner
had missed it and before there was any row
about it or whether another honest fellow,
pocketing his share the meanwhile, did not
prophetically warn his comrades that it would
get them all into the State Prison. Never was
Congress so thoroughly worthy of contempt !;
never was degradation of character so patent !;
never was such meanness held up before the
eyes of nation as in the past few days on this
subject 1t was shameful fact when the knowl-
edge was forced upon the country that q
majority of Congress could vote to commit an
embezzlement of public funds /; but even that
might have been ambiguous-peopl could
have doubted, tor Congressional intelligence
leaves room for it, whether members per-
ceived fully the scope of their vote but as to
this latest spectacle there can be no doubt
and it is far more shameful than the primary
fact They are convicted by their own
acknowledgment of conscious dishonesty in
the first vote, and now of demagoguery
without parallel in its servility and meanness.
An endeavor has been made to
relieve the dominant party of the RESPONSE
biity Of this public theft but it can
have no result Salary stealing is of q
piece with the other corruptions in which
republican rule has been so fertile, and the
republican party has not rejected the thieves,
even when caught and known. It accepts
them all, and must accept as its own the
odium of their acts. OF this the composition
of the committees in the House is crowning
evidence Democrats took part in the salary
theft, and SO have no claim to superior hon.
esty; but the republicans could have pre-
vented it and did not, and it is upon their
party the popular indignation must fall. To
say, as was said in the Senate, that the Presi-
dent would have vetoed the clause for back
pay but that it came in the General Appropri-
alton bill is only to move the ground Of accu-
sation and defence, for the republican majority
is overwhelming and without practical con-
troll, and could have kept it out Of the Appro-
priaton bill and kept it from showing its dis
honest face in any bill whatever if that ma
jority had had the will and the honesty to do
its duty properly toward the country. It was
in these great respects it was found wanting,
and party without the moral stamina to put
down dishonesty within its own lines or else
where cannot continue to rule the American
people
The New York herald., 1873-12-12
The Cuban Insurrection.

By the detailed accounts Of the operations
carried into effect by the Cuban forces against
the towns of Santa Cruz and Manzanillo we
are enabled to Judge the increasing strength
and daring of the insurgents. In the earlier
period of the war such an event as the attack
and sack of garrisoned and fortified town
was almost unknown The smallest Spanish
their inexperienced enemies; but now the
circumstances are altered, and the Spanish
soldier finds himself unable to cope in the
open field with the men whom few years ago
he despised The temporary occupation of
towns has enabled the Cuban forces to obtain
not alone munitions of war, but such
other supplies as were most useful to them.
This policy has paralyzed the Spanish authori-
ties and compelled them to so divide up their
forces that they can no longer undertake i'm
portant operations in the field. At this mo-
ment the contending parties have changed
their roles, and, from being hunted fugitives,
the Cubans have assumed an aggressive
attitude, which has already produced the best
results.
1t would be difficult to overrate the heroism
and devotion shown by the insurgents in the
seemingly hopeless struggle they have waged
unaided against their Spanish oppressors, and
we hope the day is not far distant when the
American government will put itself in accord
with public opinion by adopting vigorous
policy in dealing with Spain. The barbarous
war of races must be brought to an end. and
this can only be done by the armed interven-
ton of the United States, to which, sooner OF
later we shall be forced to come
The New York herald., 1873-12-12

PROFESSOR AeAssIz man of Pro-
fessor Agassiz requirements and celebrity is
stricken down as he has been the weakness of
language in its power to express public SYM
pathy is very painfully felt The few lines of
despatch printed elsewhere will serve to in
dictate, quite as well as any elaborately ex.
pressed condolement would do, the breadth
and depth Of the grasp he had acquired upon
the hearts of his friends and acquaintance.
Professor Agassiz is one Of the few men OF
whom il may be said, with some approxima.
ton to the truth, that the world cannot afford
to lose them. There are too few whole-souled
and conscientious devotees to science. Pro.
fessor Agassiz is one Of those few. Every one
who Is familiar with his career at home and
abroad will await with more than ordinary So
hcitude the intelligence of his recovery, and
will mourn with no common grief should that
recovery be pronounced impossible.
The New York herald., 1873-12-12
Indian Outrages in Texas.

The Indians are at it again in Texas, MUIR
dering and plundering From San Antonio
it is reported that in late raid on the Nueces
River they killed twenty-four persons, mostly
sheep herders; that at Riells ranch band
of thirty Of the redskins succeeded in running
off thirty-eight horses that at one place they
came upon two Mexicans, one of whom to
save himself jumped into well, and that the
facetious savages, thinking it a good joke,
threw the other one in, and went on their way
rejoicing; that at another ranch where thir-
teen herders were driving sheep, the playful
Indians killed seven of the men and hung
them up in the trees to dry, and as for the
other six men, they are missing. We believe
that there are four or five thousand United
States troops occupied in guarding the Texas
frontier, and that Texas-excluding her In
dians-has population of some seven hun
dred thousand, and we know that her white
men as o rule are good shooters and have no
objection to fight. How it is, then, that q few
bands of half-naked Indians can roam about
at pleasure, killing and plundering in the
heart Of the State, we cannot comprehend.
We fear that the State and its people depend
too much upon the United States troops, and
we believe that il the State were to take this
matter of the suppression of Indian disturb
ances into its own hands these outrages would
soon be suppressed. Here the old maxim will
aptly apply that Providence helps those who
help themselves.
The New York herald., 1873-12-12
TRIPLE S HE E T.
New York, Friday, Dec. 1a, 1873.
THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY
'To-Day's Contents of the
Herald.

y'sALARY STEALERSl PUBLIC VIRTUE AND
PARTY Observation-Disclosures ARTI-
CLE-SIxrH PAGE.
2HE BACK PAY SINNERS AT THE CONGRES.
SI0NAL PILLORY INTERESTING SPECIAL
REPORT OF THE SCENES In THE HOUSE
YESTERDAY-THIRD PAGE.
"PEccAvll" CONGREssMEN DEFENDING BACK
PAY ROBBERIES AND "FLYING THE
TRACK" ON REPEAL OF THE OBNOX-
l0US Law CESARISMl Mr.. STEPHENS
ON DEMAGOGUEs AND INCREASED SAL
AIRY MR. SUMNER vENTILATES THE
FINANCES-F1FTB PAGE.
dOyELLAR APPEALS TO THE BRAVO yOLUN.
TIERS TO RESPECT THE LAwi THE
CASINOS AND THE PRESS DEMAND
FORCED LOANS AND LEvIES TO SAVE
THE SITUATIONn NO SURRENDER OF
THE yIRGINIUS NEED BE EXPECTEDl
RUMORS OF SEVERE BATTLE AT LAS
TUNASl ADMIRAL PORTER AND THE
AMERICAN FLEET MOVING TOWARD
CUBA-SEvENTH PAGE.
RERILs OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP THE
VOLUNTEER BLOODHoUNDs LOOKING
FOR MORE VICTIMS IN HAVANA "NO
FLAG TO LOOK TO FOR PROTECTIONr'
PRESS ZEALOTS ON .THE HONOR OF
SPAINr-FoURTH PAGE.
FULL REPORT OF THE MAMBIS' ASSAULT ON
MANZANILLOl A SPIRITED CONTEST AND
HEAVY LOSSES EXCITING SCENES IN
THE TOWN THE PRESS On CUBA LIBRE-
FOURTH PAGE.
ANOTHER VICTORY CLAIMED BY THE CAR
LISTS IN SPAIN LOPEZ DOMINIQUE IN
CHARGE OF THE SIEGE OPERATIONS
AGAINST CARTAGENA-SEvENTH PAGE
;BAZAINE AWAITING HIS FATE MCMAHON
CONSIDERS THE APPEAL FOR MERCY
THE DECISION NOT TO BE MADE PUBLIC
NLL TODAY But LITTLE HOPE OF A
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PAGE.
THE GREAT LONDON FOG STILL CONTINUES
SERIOUS EFFECT ON BUSINESS-SgvENTH
PAGE.
lCAPTAIN sURMoNTs vINDICATIoN-IMPoR.
TANT GENERAL NEWS-SEvENTH PAGE
THE RALLY OF THE wORKINGMEN AT THE
COOPER INSTITUTE LAST NIGHT THEIR
REMEDY FOR THE .'SLACKu TIMES-THIRp
PAGE.
GHE MEXICAN IONA LIBRE FREED FROM
TRADE RESTRICTIONS. PROSPECTS OF A
REVIVAL OF TRAFFIC-sEvEsTH PAGE
lB0ST0N'S LATEST HORRORS AN "lNSANE''
HUSBAND STRANGLES HIS WIFE TO
DEATH, ALMOST SEWERS STEP.
DAUGHTER'S HEAD FROM HER BODY
AND THEN CUTS HIS OWN THRoAT-LIFE
INSURANCE TRANSFERS-FoURTH PAGE.
IMPOsITIONs UPON AND PROTECTION FOR OUR
IMMlGRANTSl THE CASE FULLY STATED
BY LADY OFFICIAL WHO PERSONALLY
INSPECTED ALL THE ROUTES AND AR.
RANGEMENTS-DOINGS OF THE ALDER.
MEN AND POLICE JUSTICES-EIGHrH PAGE.
TWO MURDER TRIALS In THE COURTS YES.
TERDAY MURDER IN THE SECOND DE.
GREE IN THE McDERMoTT wIFE-KILLING
CAsEl THE BRoDERICK MURDER-ELEv-
ENTH PAGE,
DOLLAR FOR DoLLARl THE ADMINISTRATION
VS.. THE lNFLATI0NISTSi FINANCIAL
BUSINESS YEsTERDAY-HosFoRD-
PAGE.
The New York herald., 1873-12-12

tained and when it does not become an
oppressive monopoly. Unfortunately. the
railroads are and must be the great
arteries OF commerce-have become stock-j job
bing concerns, under the control of powerful
and irresponsible spectators. The people
are made to pay on an average at least
one-third more than they ought TO pay
for freight and passage by the railroads.
because the capital has been inflated far above
the cost. Interest on fictitious capital has
been demanded, and heretofore the legisla
lures Of the States and even the members OF
Congress have been so under the influence o.
the railroad power that no remedy could bs
found. 1t seems to US that general and strin-
gent laws should be made first to regulate the
railroads in existence, for they are the chan
nels of commerce among the several States.
Then direct lines of freight railroads exclu-
sively with double tracks, from the trading
centres Of the West to those of the East should
be chartered by Congress, and, after allowing
q reasonable interest on the capital invested,
the rate of charges should be defined and
limited. The different States also might lend
SAOAA uiu - AoSAANaoAhB 0Au ShCoPCAAAo 0oAAS
portation by proper railroad laws and by canal
and other internal improvements. We advo-
cate help from both the federal and State
governments in this way and as far as possible
without Congress making large appropriations
and creating jobs. However, we must wait .
little longer to see what will be developed by
the various movements referred to for pro-
noting cheap transportation.
The New York herald., 1873-12-12

UNHAPPY BAEz had good reason, it appears
to implore the protection of the United States
According to our late news he is in critical
situation. A formidable revolution has COM
menced right under his eyes in the capital of
st. Domingo. 1t is not the fugitive Cabral
this time, with dozen Of ragamuffin revolu-
tionists, but the oppressed subjects of the
dictator around the seat of government We
do not suppose General Grant was aware Of
the facts when he made reference to Baez' s
petition in his Message. The Samana Bay
Company and those who hold stock in it have
been putting the best face on st. Domingo
affairs, and have, probably, deceived the
President. We rather think the scheme Of
these spectators will collapse with Baez be-
fore long.
The New York herald., 1873-12-12

RIGHTEOUS SENTENCE. Hackett
must be recorded as having accomplished o
duty He has sentenced to Imprisonment in
the State Prison for twenty years felon who
aided in one of the most piratical outrages
ever committed in the waters of the harbor of
New York. Our harbor police must be more
on the alert, otherwise condemnation for
neglect of duty will be visited upon them
eelves,
The New York herald., 1873-12-12
The Cheap Transportation Question

There is unusual interest manifested Just
now in the subject of cheaper transportation
for the products of the remote parts of the
country, and from the West particularly, to
the seaboard and market. Congress-, during
the last session, saw the importance of it, and
select committee was appointed by the Sen
ate to collect evidence and to report on it. A
committee of the commercial community of
New York has been similarly employed, with
the view Of urging suitable measures upon
Congress. The farmers oranges and cognate
societies among the agricultural population,
now o most powerful body, make this the
prominent object of their association. Public
men everywhere, in Washington and in the
several States, are following and acting with
public sentiment. Cheap transportation, in
fact, is likely to become an important element
in the future political movements Of the country
1t has been said that the President would ere
long send o special message to Congress on
the granger movement and the objects of it.
The Senate Committee on Transportation has
been working industriously during the sum-
mer, and is now about to ask for time to ex-
tend its Investigations, chiefly in New Orleans
and the Lower Mississippi Valley.
That something advantageous to the coun-
try will come out of all these movements we
cannot doubt The late panic and the neces-
sity thereby shown of enlarged facilities for
bringing the abundant products Of the West
to market have increased the interest in this
question. The difficulty will be, probably, to
devise practical measures, without involving the
government in enormous expense and opening
the door TO jobs and corruption on one hand
and yet to afford tho relief needed on the other.
Private enterprise is best to meet the de-
mands Of commerce whenever that can be OBJ
The New York herald., 1873-12-12

DEATH IN THE STREETS. The Board of
Health calls attention, none too soon, to the
dangerous condition of the excavations on
Fourth avenue, for the Harlem railroad track
sinking, both as regards the public health
and the risk of accidents to life and limb.
There appears to be no more regard for human
life, not to speak of the convenience and COM
fort Of citizens, in the whole of this work
than there was in the use of the boiler
which recently exploded at Harlem.
Sewers are opened, excavations are left
without proper safeguards, the railroad cross
ings are without sufficient guards, and every.
where tho work, which is designed as public
good, is q public evil, likely to do more dam
age than its ultimate advantages will recon-
pense. Such o work as this, in the heart Of
the city, should never have been made neces-
sary but being unavoidable, it should at
least be carried on with q decent regard for
the public safety.
The New York herald., 1873-12-12

OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway. between Houston
ana Bleecker sts.-ESocH ARDEN.
The New York herald., 1873-12-12

NIBIO,s GARDEN Broadway. between Prince and
Houston sts.-IHE CHILDREN IN THE WooD.
The New York herald., 1873-12-12

UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Union square, near
AsrRAY
The New York herald., 1873-12-12

THEATRE ooMIoUE, No. Sl4 Broadway.-vAnrKrr
4 AEArLp AIM
The New York herald., 1873-12-12

WOODS MUSEUM, Broadway, corner Thirtieth ST.
Poor GENTLEMAN, &c. Afternoon and evening.
The New York herald., 1873-12-12

MRS. ?. B. coNwAY's BROOKLYN THEATRE
The New York herald., 1873-12-12

wALLAcK's THEATRE. Broadway and Thirteenth
etreet-HoME.
The New York herald., 1873-12-12
ADJUSTMENTS TINS EVENING.

ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.
MRS r. B. CoNwAY's BROOKLYN THEATRE
,GEsEyA Cross
LYCEUM THEATRE. Fourteenth street.-LApr OF
IYoss-
THEATRE ooMIoUE, No. 5l4 Broadway.-vAHrErr
NESrERTAIsMEsL
OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway, between Houston
ana Bleecker sts.-EsocH ARDEN
NIBLo,s GARDEN Broadway between Prince and
Houston sis.-IHE CHILpRks IN rhE WooD.
wALLACK's THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth
etreet-HoMk.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Union square, near
<Broadway.-LEp AsrRAY
WOODS MUSEUM Broadway corner Thirtieth St
ACADEMY OF MUSIC, l4th street and Irving place
SULLIVAN
GERMANIA THEATRE Hth street and 50 avenue
,AUF HoHER SEK
BROADWAY THEATRE. rs and 7sO Broadway
DIANE.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE. Eighth and Twenty third
.et-HUxrrr DUMPTY ABROAD
PARK THEATRE. Brooklyn, opposite City Hail.
JACK CADE
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE. 18th St and Broadway
ALIKE.
BOOTHS THEATRE. Sixth av. - Twenty third St
,ErLrES ocE.
METRoPoLITAN THEATRE 5s5 Broadway.-vAnrrrY
ESTRRrAINMFNr
sTADT THEATRE, Nos. As and Al Bowery.-GERnAs
OPRRA-DIs ATRcAsERrs.
TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE. No. 21l Bowery.-
VARIETr ENTERTAINMENT.
J. BRYANr,s OPERA HOUSE, Twenty.third St, corner
Sixth av.-NHcRo AISsTRELsY. &c.
sTEINwAY HALL. l4th St, between 4th and
Irving place--GRASD CoScERr
The New York herald., 1873-12-12

LyCEUM THEATRE, Fourteenth sueet.-LApr o.
LYONS.
The New York herald., 1873-12-12

ACADEMY OF MUSIC, 18th street and Irving pls
SULLIVAN.
The New York herald., 1873-12-12

GERMANIA THEATRE l4th street and 50 avenr
,AUF HoHER SEE.