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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-02
EAST TENNESSEE ITEMS.
BrRdley County.

RICH IR6S MINE DIseovERED.--An-
otn1F rich iron mine has heen unearthad
In Bradley county. 1t is located about
eleven miles west of this place, and near
the railroad leading to Chattanooga. 1t is
said that at the point where the test has
been made that the whole of Whiteoak
mountain is mass of the richest iron ore
ever .-aund on the American continent
The abundance of the ore and the easy fa-
citities of transportation, will be great in
ducements for the establishment of one or
more iron foundries in this place. Let
some of our men of capital invest a portion
of their capital, at least, to establish an
iron mandatory at Cleveland. Who
will be the noble spirit to lead off in this
great enterprise During the past winter
good iren mine has been opened eleven
miles south of this place, almost immedi-
ately ON the railroad leading to Dalton. 1t
has been paying founders to ship this ore
Al miles-to Chattanooga. How much
better would it pay Cleveland founders.
who are only IL miles from it? People of
Bradley, You do not know what good
thing you have got Wake up to the inn
portance of the crisis.
The egg trade, in this section, has cot to
be quite a business. A merchant of this
place, since the 18th of February up to the
present time, has shipped 12O barrels, av-
eraging 90 dozen to the barrel All our
trade, but not SO extensively. How'll that
do for eggs?
AS the season advances the price of ba-
con has decidedly an upward tendency. A
lot was sold, from first hands, in this mar
ket, few days ago, at 81 cents per pound,
hog round-the demand is rather light but
prices suff-holders wanting cents
Cleveland Banner. T .N.... ft
suIlivan County. ~
THE WHEAT CRoP.-While at Blount-
vile, last Monday, we inquired of our
friends as 10 the prospects of the wheat
crop. The answers were varied. Some
said their wheat looked well; others that
II was badly Injured by the cold spells of
February. Some said that the mild wealth
er Of the last two weeks had greatly i'm
proved il.
LARCENY.-Last Thursday and Friday,
two colored men of this place-Wm. JEFF
jorson and John Walthall-were arrested
on the charge of stealing goods from the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail-
road. They both had been in,the employ
of the company, and it seems by some
means, had possessed themselves of keys
to the cars, Boots, coffee, tobacco, and
other articles had been abstracted Judge
RAIDER investigated the matter, and sent
them TO 'Blountville Jail to await Judge
Gillenwaters' pleasure. Bristol Courier.
:" - Washington County.
Iinst! saturday night about u o'clock
some person attempted to enter the dwells
ing house of Mr.. Jacob Adler. He had the
window raised, ,when Mrs. Adler awoke
and Ttemandedhis name. Not desrngto
be fntertiewed Mt that hour. OF the night
fellow. left withont securing anything for
his trouble Herald and Zri5Uac.
. -. - {, r
The ;Epglish Naval estimates for the
coming year exceed that of last year9near- |
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-02
HOUSE or RErREsENTATIyEs.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 1S, lS7.

Hon. K. +. FERGUSON, AND OTHERS
Genttemen: Yours OF this date just received.
Thanking you for the fattering manner in
which you allude to my humble efforts in be-
half of the honor and credit of my native State,
/ take pleasure in complying with your re-
quest. Very truly, yours,
j. T.. HoUR.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-02
Washington County.

The English Naval estimates for the
coming year exceed thatof last yearlnear-
Jy s.. 600 900 600. =. -.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14
Blood Sucking.
[st. Louis Journal esth. I


The investigation into the affairs of
the st. Louis Mutual Life Insurance
Company of this city still continues to
prove that the Mutual is a company
fortunate in having been managed
wisely and economically. The pros
ecution is a farce and more than a
farce. Not single point has been
made against the company's managers,
though every subterfuge has been re-
sorted to by the enemies of the organ
ization, and everypetty device employ
ed. They have even rung the changes
on charge of too high salaries, when
in fact the salaries are much less than
those paid by other companies, and
have questioned the fairness of a re-
port shown to be complete and correct
in every particular. The entire pros
eeution is a libel upon the intelligence
of the public and an insult to men of
standing and worth. Two or three
individuals have sought to injure an
organization justly a source of pride as
we'll as benefit to St. Louis, an institu-
ton which does more for the city in
one year than the prosecutors COM
bined have accomplished or are likely
to accomplish during the course of
their natural lives, and these two or
three characters pretend to represent
the policy-holders of the company.
There are however, in round num-
bers fifteen thousand policy-holders
elsewhere who demand hearing, and
who will have it if need be-a need,
however, which is scarcely likely to be
made evident. Public interest,
though demands that the difficulty
should. not end all at once. An at
tack has been made upon a business
organization and upon business men,
an attack which thorough investiga-
ton shows to be without cause or ex-
cuse. The officers of the company
owe duty to the public which they
should not be prevented from accom-
plishing by no false motives of delicacy
or mercy. The parties to the suit
brought without foundation should
be at once arrested for conspiracy,
aud the law which has been
invoked as an engineof annoyance
used as an engine of justice. The
business community cannot afford
the escape, scot-free, of men
who cody sacrifice the public interest
and impugn the motives ofhonest men
for the purpose of furthering some
private and malicious scheme.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14

then show conclusively that there can
be but slight, if any increase in the
production of iron in the Old
World. In that event it is palpable
that the New World must increase its
iron production far beyond its ratio.
This iron sceptre is slipping from the
hands of the European manufacturers,
and it will naturally fall into the hands
of the American manufacturers. They
alone are able to grasp it, and those
three Southwestern States, Tennessee,
Georgia and Alabama, with greater
area Of coal and iron ore than Eng
land, Scotland and Wales, and eli
mate so genial that it is Incompatible,
must soon become the great iron pro-
ducing section of this continent when
opened up to the markets by water
communication. Let the mandate go
forth from the people that these water
communications shall be made, and
before the great enterprise, worthy
of great people, is completed, hun
dred furnaces will be erected, where
brilliant and prosperous fires shall
light up the valleys of the Cumberland,
Tennessee, Sequatchie, Coosa, Black
Warrior and Cahaba, producing an
nually /, 600 600 tons of pig iron, and |
adding $40,000,00O to the wealth of |
the people, and in addition 100000 |
tons coal, 1 the annual product of |
Pennsylvania, can be mined and float |
ed to market, which will add $15,000,- |
coo more TO our wealth as a people. |
Here is an estimate of 100000 tons
of coal and iron to be shipped from
these States annually, and this is
merely the beginning, which, with our
present facilities for transportation,
could not be moved at all.
Mr.. ". Mattien Williams, we'll
known as an English contributor to
the Metallurgy of Iron and Steel,
says: Ere long we, England, shall be
importers of American pig iron"
With cheap transportation to the sea,
pig iron can be shipped now from Ten
nessee, Georgia and Alabama and sold
at profit in England, as the average
price now is S3l.20 gold on SS35, SO
United States currency per ton. And
the same is true In regard to coal,
which, with water transportation to
the sea, could be put in the English
market a cost of $3.50 per ton.
Add to the natural resources of these
States, that of cheap transportation to
the markets of the New World, and
then they can compete successfully for
the iron trade of the world.
Very truly,
GEO. L LEWIS.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14
LOUISIANA.
Address from Gov. MeEnery.
He Yields to the Dictator, but VIII Use
All Legal and Moral Means to Main-
tain His Rights.

He Yields to the Dictator, but VIII Use
All Legal and Moral Means to Maln-
tain His Rights.
NEW YORK. june IA New Or
leans snecial gives an address Of Gov.
McEnery, in which he says:
President Grant as the Chief Mag
istrate of the nation, assumed the high
and grave responsibility of foisting mp
on the people of this State a usurpa-
ton without precedent IN this or any
other free country, and he is answer
able before the bar Of public opinion
for this high-hahded measure. The
President with the army and navy at
his command has the physical power
to coerce the people Of this State into
any line of policy he may be pleased
to dictate, and it would be but folly
and madness to interpOse resistance
likely to bring US in conflict with the
national authority. Yet the deeply
fixed sentiments Of irrepressibIe hos
tIlity in the minds and hearts of an
outraged people against the vilest
usurpation ever attempted to be fas-
tened upon freemen, will find their full
cope and vent. L advise that these
manly and patriotic sentiments take
form and shape through all the moral
and legal agencies possible to be de-
vised. In the meantime / trust peace
and order may reign supreme through
out the State, and that all our indus
trial pursuits will be unembarrassed
by political difficulties. And espe-
cially DO urge upon the peopls of the
two races who are numerically nearly
equal in this State, to cultivate one to
wards the other nothing but feelings
of amitys good will and mutual uEder-
standing
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14
The Confederate Dead.

The South Carolinian, in speaking
of the beautiful and enthusiastic del
egation of Memorial Day in Column
bia, concludes thus:
As appropriate to the subject, we
have called the following extract from
the beautiful address of Mr.. John 4.
Bacon, delivered before the two Liter
ary Societies of the State University in
June last.
Twenty miles on the Via Appia,
where the wheels of the Triumphal
Car cut deepest the imperial Romans
the Horatii and Curatii. Storied
urn and animated bust mark not the
spot, but within those green mounds
restthe bones of those whose deeds have
stirred the blood of ages So sleep
within their quiet graves, with cross and
garland DER their green turf, and their
grand ohildren's love for epitaph, the
mighty host of martyred Confederate
dead. At the dim sunset hour, when
thoughts of loved ones come sweetest
Ger the soul, and the Ace Maria is
stealing freshest Ger the heart, the
village maiden strews flowers on their
graves, and the rustic tear hallows
their last sad resting place with the
refreshing dew of sorrowing affection.
And after.all when the mockery of
earthly grandeur shall have faded, and
the proudest of the worlds pageants
shall have crumbled, genius cannot
compose to their memory a purer
panegyric, nor art erect to their virtue
a nobler monument. OF them, naught
now remains save that which is robed
for the eternal rest, reposing on beds
of glory, clad in robes of Immortality.
PILGRIMS may not throng their tombs;
ma.Dle may not be worn by the knees
of their deyotees but their patience
in suffering, their fortitude in adyersi-
ty, and their heroism in death, will be
the boast Of freemen in all ages and in
all climes, the love and affection of
their own native land, and the pride
and admiration of the civilized world"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14

Artemus Ward ,ssS h-uf iasney.
He thus reessssts tn 1nsee6en: "A
gentleman ffised yfDBe esszs TO me
with tears in his eys-. ] said: Why
these weepsy He Eai6 he aad 4 mort
gage on bis farm and wanted to borrow
500 lent him the money and he
vent away. Some time sfler he re-
turned with more tears. He aid ke
must leave me forever. veutursd 20
remind hiIs Of she s3D0 he borrgzed.
He vas much eas mp. 1 shoarhf
would no; Be- hard 0a kim. - 1 fcld
him I would th-ss ea go Es
brighisdt4. shosk ny hand. ssd ss1i
Old freed, I wenf allow yua % eas-
do ne N siberali,y; IN tkros g lAs
other kaadFsd.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14
HIS FIRST, BEST FRIEND.

The following touching verses from the
Dublin Freeman-wondefully pathetic in
their simple fidelity to one of the noblest
relations and emotions in human nature
represent an Irish mothers message to her
emigrant son in America, by another emf
grant just about to sail, and will find ap-
preciative echo in all kind hearts:
THE WIDOW To HER SON.
Remember, Denis, all bade you say:
Tell him we're we'll and happy, thank
81 the Lord;
But Of our troubles since he went away
OF cares and troubles, sure, we've all
The finest summer isn't always fair.
Tell him the spotted heifer calved in May
She died, poor thing; but that you needn't
mind;
Nor how the constant rain destroyed the
But tell him God to us was ever kind,
And when tie fever spread the country
His mercy kept the e"sickness'' from our
door.
Be sure you tell him how the neighbors
And cut the corn and stored it in the
barn;
'Twould be as well to mention them by
name
Pat Murphy, Ned McCabe, and Shamus
earn.
And big Tim DAILY from behind the hill;
And say, agra !-oE, say, miss him
still.
They came with ready hands our toll to
share;
Twas then missed him most-my own
right hand;
felt, although kind hearts were round me
there,
The kindest heart peat in a foreign land.
Strong hand, brave heart,-one severed
far from me
By many weary league of shore and
sea.
And tell him she was with us-he'll know
who;
Mavourneen, hasn't she the winsome
The darkest, deepest, brightest, bonniest
blue
ever saw, except in summer skies;
And such black hair lit is the blackest
That ever rippled over neck so fair.
Tell him old Pincher fretted many day,
And m19ed, T,9ei; dRPo poor dogi twas well he
crouched by the roadside, how he watched
And shifted life tn the travellers as they passed
Hail, rain. or shine, sure twas all the
same,
He listened for the foot that never came.
Tell him the house is lonesome like and
cold,
The fire itself seemed robbed of half its |
light;
But may be tits my eyes are growing old,
And things look dim before my falling |
sight
For all that, tell him twas myself that |
spun
The shirts you bring. and stitched them
every one.
live him my blessing morning, noon
and night,
Tell him my prayers are offered for his |
good,
that he may keep his Maker still in sight,
And firmly stand as his brave father
stood
True to his name, his country, and his
God,
Faithful at home, and steadfast still
abroad.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14
Country Papers In Tennessee.

Without particularizingw would say
that within the last two years there has
been more Improvement in Country
Tennessee Journalism than we have
ever noticed in any branch of busi-
ness comprising so many different
firms. And it seems that meritorious
ambition induces more vigorous ef-
fort than the ordinary exercise of com
petition.-SheibyuiIie Commercial.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14

METHODIsM is making its way in
the ends of the earth. In Australia
there are four Wesleyan, conferences,
with 361 ministers; 2,947 churches
and other preaching places 3L251 To-
cal preachers 5.2Si class leaders; g.
$50 members, including probaiioners /;
3S1 .856 attendants on public worship; /;
ll2,S7e Sunday scholars, aud l0i.l57
day scholars.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14

IT is no longer ago than the 9th of
March last that Matt Carpenter, of
Wisconsin, in the United States Sen
ate, spoke of the kellogg government
as IAN acknowledged fraud and usur.
pation-a usurpation forcibly executed
and accomplished by the military force
of the United States" This was in
Washington. His last speech was
made in New Orleans.-.S Louis
Times.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14
GOV. Brown at the Convention.

Gov. Brown, of this State, presided
at the GubernatoriaI Convention and
at its close made the following remarks,
as reported in the Atlanta Constitu-
ton:
President Brown vacated his seat,
calling Col. Darlington, of Virginia, to
the chair. From all parts of the hall
resounded cries of Brown y John
c. BrownF'
Gov. Brown, OF TENNESSEE,
responded to the demand. He thank
ed the convention for the honor cor
ferred by calling him to preside, AMI
the courtesy and support Of each dele
gate. The leading object of the Con-
vention, to connect the South and
Northwest and afford them cheap
transportation, met his unqualified
support. In the last few days he had
experienced emotions notfelt for years.
There were gentlemen in the eonven-
ton of every shade of political opin-
ion; the wearers Of the blue as well as
the wearers of the gray; men who diff
fered politically as far .as the North
from the South pole. His mind rever-
ted back to the time when he was
defender of Atlanta, then beleagured,
and her streets the scene Of the borri-
bic carnage ofwar. He was gratifed
to see this exhibition Of the highest
and best elements together, for it was
the evidence that the country was at
peace. There was no power to arrest
the inevitable destiny of the South and
West. There were three modes to
contend against the exactions Of mo-
nopolies. By State legislation; by
Federal legislation BY competing
lines. He would try the last mode
first, and, on failure, resort to the first
mode. (Applause.) He would carry
noiuc win nIu.' is-7ss- s-pira-ars re-
collections ef this iTief bes delightful
visit lC6s.;nses ,pplause.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14

The finest selection of i'm
ported Colognes, Handker-
chief Extracts, Hair Oils,
Toilet Soaps, Combs and
Brushes of all kinds for sale
by OWEN q MOORE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14

Somebody wonts 10 ksOw, What il
home without a cradle. ssd the Coa-
ricr Journal answers. Hang t.ae era
die It's she litsle euss in the cradle
that makes home howl"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14

THE New England States will enjoy
an earthquake on the 10Th of next
August unless Prof. Delissier is lia..
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14
NTcCORNIAC'S.
Pictures For EyerybOdy!N

While thanking my friends and the
public generally, for the very liberal
trade extended to me heretofore, So
licit a continuance of their patronage,
and do my best to deserve il by bring
:::S -, :a:y profession to a level-in nrices
with any of the large cities of the
north or east. and BY excelling them
in the quality Of 'oork. My arrange
ments now for work are suck that [
can make at enc sitting 1, s. IL, or %
photographs, to suit the wishes of my
customers.
Four Of the popular little Gem pic
lures made and beautifully cOlOred for
One Dollar!
Twill guarantee :hc nest srrs cyec
done in Clarksville. Come up and see.
Respectfully,
w. J. McCoRMAC.
May 10, lS73-tf.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14
Y. l. .WILLIAMS,

Y. u. w lUUlAMO,
Would cauyour
attention to his
new spring Stock
of Boots G Shoes,
Just in store. The
assort1nentil7 ev-
cry grade is very
complete. AIS o
n e w styles in
Tt e s., Collars,
Cravats, Scarfs,
and Gents I'm
d e r w e a r. All
goods sold at the
v q rY l o w e st
cash pric e SIR
Please call and
examine them at
Mo- 23 Franklin
S4~1z4
okEGGlH April 5-tf.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-06-14

Britain is due to the fact that its mines
are no longer able to yield what is
needed to carry on its great industries,
those industries must languish, and of
these, iron manufacture is the surest
and most seriously effected" What
are the facts?
The coal mines of Great Britain
have reached the maximum of their
production, 100,000,000 tons a year,
and cannot now yield sufficient to
make it abundant and cheap"
The shafts of many of the mines, it
is said, have attained to the depth of
1000 feet; and at that great depth the
thermometer stands at 80 deg. Fair,
which renders labor difficult and ex-
pensive. Coal few years since was
sold in England at ten shillings or
two dollars and forty cents ton, now
it is worth forty shillings or nine dol
lars and sixty cents a ton. The cost
of making ton of pig iron in Great
Britain few years past was forty-fye
shillings, or ten dollars and eighty
cents a ton, now it is eighty seven shil-
lings, or twenty-one dollars a ton, in
gold.
7. I.er::l;er Rel p-es;dart &c
the English Iron and Steel Institute,
said in a recent address: I'm by far
the greater number Of European States,
according to our present information,
there is limit to any rapid increase
in the production of iron. =
The impediment wEich
stands in the way of any ygreatextension
/ of the continental iron trade is coal.
y If we have to ap-
prehend the advent of a powerful
rival in the iron trade, it is not the old
world of Europe we have to fear, but
the immense and undoubted powers
possessed by the Western Hemisphere.
| In ores of the finest description. the
resources of the United States are un-
limited, while in coal or- owp great
wealth is in comparison but poverty.
In short, there il, ap-
parent, but one bar to boundless pro
duct;on Of iron in the New World,
that Of human hands to manufacture
it." These few remarks Of Mr, Bell
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-02-11

Successful results have attended the use OF
"daulin" as an explosive agent at the ice-gorge
that has formed at White River Junction, YER
mont, situated at the junction OF White river
with the Connecticut river. When the freshet
of January II occurred, it carried the ice out of
the White river into the Connecticut. forming q
dam about mile below the junction, threaten
Ing should 1t remain there and be reinforced by
more ice with the spring freshets, the safety Of
five long and coItly bridges near by. In this
emergency it was determined to use ''dualin" In
the effort to remove the dam and clear tire riv.
ers. Since Monday last men have been engaged
In the work of exploding the collected ice, and
no doubt is now entertained that in few days
the channels OF the rivers will be open aud the
broken ice will go drifting down to the sea. The
immense power of "dualin" il developed when
the substance is confined otherwise it ls COM
paratively harmless. It somewhat resembles
sRwdust, and the cartridges are shaped like 10
man candles. In the present instance
they are fred either by battery aud wire or BY
fuse and caps. AT each discharge large massez
Of ice float down stream. A perceptible fall in
the water at the dam at White River village is
already nntad