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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-06-04
DECORATION DAY ABROAD.

From our exchanges we gather that the
observance of the 30th of May last, as,
decoration day, was more general than
ever before. The universal testimony
given in dispatches, and in detailed &C
counts of the ceremonies is that more peo-
pie attended the ceremonies this year than
ever, and that in the closing of business
houses and the suspension of work in the
manufacturing establishments in the sew
eral cities, the public generally manifested
deeper interest in the solemn and patri
otto services than before. Several features,
of the ceremonies in the different cities are
worthy of note. In New York the streets
on the line of procession were decorated
with flags and flowers, and crowded with
peaple. Conspicuous features of the pro-
cession were the colored corps forming
part of the military escort, and number
of boys, orphans of soldiers, accompanied.
by their drum corps, from the Union
Home, also many of the girls belonging to
the same institution. In Washington, the
exercises were better than ever before.
AT the cemetery part of the services
are thus described ga body of orphans
from the National Soldiers and Sailors
Home, under charge of the lady managers
and officers of the Home, then sang
hymn entitled The Soldiers Memorial
Day. The President and family took
with them to Arlington large basket of
the choicest flowers as a contribution TO
the decoration. The exercises closed with
the singing of the American hymn, My
Country TITS of Thee with orchestral
accompaniment by the full marine band"
In st. Louis the Union and Confederate
dead were decorated at the same time by
joint exercises, which are described as fol-
lows;
The marked feature of the day, however,
was the cordial cooperation of Federals
and Confederates in paying tribute to the
memory of the dead. The services were
opened by Bishop Bowman with prayer,
after which Colonel John A. joyce,
Union officer, delivered an eloquent ora
ton, and was followed by Col. Heinrich in
a breef speech in German. Prof. Feethers
then recited the poem entitled the Blue
and the Gray, and was followed by Col.
a. w. Slayback, a Confederate officer, in
very eloquent address, in which he plead
for peace, reconciliation, fraternal feeling.
At the cemetery a very large assemblage
gathered, the blue and the gray mingling
freely, and tenderly showered their floral
offerings over the graves of the departed
heroes. OF the fourteen thousand graves
in this cemetery, not one was passed un-
needed, the Federal, the Confederate and
the colored soldier being alike honored.
The graves in Bellefontain and Calvary
cemeteries, five miles above the city, were
also decorated and the tombs in other
cemeteries in the vicinity received like at
tention.
The services at Knoxville were more
largely attended than ever, and from all
the indications, it is safe to say, that decora-
ton day is firmly fixed by the will of
the people as the great National holiday.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-06-04
4 BuNeL1NG ADMINISTRATION

The administration of Gov. John L.
Brown is Justly entitled to be known IN
the future annals of Tennessee as the bung-
ling administration. There appears to be
an entire absence of anything like system
in the management of public affairs.
What is done just happens so, without any
sort of effort on the part of the Governor
or his subordinates. Instead of doing
thing with statesmanlike elaboration and
forethought, the State authorities appear
something like blind horse in an old field
full of gullies and pitfalls. If he keeps
out of them it is piece of good luck, and
if he falls in and breaks his neck, mo one is
surprised,
The conduct of the State authorities in
reference to the assessment law is case in
point. The law was passed and Comp
troller Hobbs began to stumble around
among the pitfalls for the construction of
the same, and to devise some practicable
way for its application. He got up a
blank schedule about as unintelligible as
it well could be made. He submit
ted it to the Attorney General and
Reporter, the States Legal Advisor, Mr..
Heiskell. and that officer gives his opinion
in reference to the form as follows:
W. ". Hobbs, Comptroller:
The foregoing form for assessing proper
ty for taxes, under the late act of the Gen
eral Assembly, as well as the synopsis OF
the act, submitted by you for my opinion,
has been carefully examined, and L am OF
opinion they are in strict coYornauy TO the
act. j. b. HElskELL,
April ~, 1873. Atty. General
After careful examination of the form,
the Attorney General is of the opinion that
it is in strict conformity with the act. The
form is printed at an expense to the State
of nearly six thousand dollars, and sent
out for delivery to the sovereign tax-pay'
ers. Hobbs finds that he has stumbled
into the ditch-that the path before him is
labyrinthian, and that he is irretrievably
lost. He gets very sick and resigns. The
willy Burch succeeds him, just in time tc
hear a clamor all over the land, caused by
the distribution of Hobbs forms. He sees
that Gov. Browns pathway to the United
States Senate chamber is becoming OBJ
structed, and that unless the way is cleared
he will never get there. The Supreme
Grand Council is Immediately convened
The aid of Attorney General Heiskeil Is IN
volled. Our special dispatch from Nashville
yesterday tells the story. The form is de
clared not in accordance with the pro
visions of the law. Whether the Attorney
General has put on Browns and Burch''
spectacles and gave the form another care
ftI examination through that medium, We
can not say but the mode Of assessment Is
changed. When something else will b'
stumbled upon by these official bungler'
remnins 10 be seen.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-06-04
CHICAGO TO KNOXVILLE.

The projected railroad from Chicago to
Savannah, via indianapolis, Lexington,
Knoxville, thence by the Blue Ridge
Road to Clayton, Augusta and Savannah,
is Just now attracting much attention in
Chicago. The Inter ocean has had sever
al editorials on the subject, and says that
city will give it speedy and practical en-
couragement. The distance from Chicago
10 Savannah is $40 miles, Of which 22i are
already completed The building of the
Cincinnati Southern Road to Coal Creek
thence to Knoxville, Will complete about
$50 miles more. The Inter ocean says: "A
"The West and South possess a popula-
lation of over twenty millions, and the
products of the two sections are so diverse
that each demands the commodities Of the
other. AS our manufactures increase in
number and extent, their necessities will
enlarge, until the South win find her most
important cotton market in the West, as
we shall find our most important grain
market in the South.
"This route would shorten the distance
bStween Chicago and Augusta $50 miles.
1t is believed that the immediate traffic
over such a line would be immense, and
that eventually the productions Of Cuba
and the South American States would find
their way into the country over this speedy
Nd comparatively inexpensive highway"
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-06-04
IRISH AND GERMAN AMERICANS.

Commissioner Walker, of the census bu-
reau, has witten in the June number OF
,Scribner's Magazine, an interesting article
on the comparative fecundity of the Ger
man and Irish Americans. The data upon
which he bases his conclusions are found
in the census for 1870, when for the first
time the number of children of foreign
parentage are given. The impression
seems to have obtained that the children
of Irish parents outnumber those of Ger
mans. This opinion, the Commissioner
thinks, is founded upon the fact that the
Irish population is most numerous in the
Southern States, where, as compared with
childred of native parents the Irish OIL
spring seemed very numerous. AS a gem
eral rule, the writer thinks the limit OF
children born to either of these nationali-
ties is somewhat in proportion to the abili-
| ity of the parents to sustain them. In ag-
ricultural regions where the people find
| food abundant, the fecundity increases.
But Independent of all these considera-
tons the article referred to shows that by
taking Irish aud German countries and
| States throughout the country, data is af-
forded upon which reliable conclusions
can be reached.
The Irish States of the Union are Con-
nccticut, Massachusetts,, New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
| In these States the Irish population out
number the Germans largely, the aggre-
gate of the former being ], 169,624 to 557,
765 The German States of the Union
are Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri,
Ohio and Wisconsin. In these States
the Germans number 1892, while the
Irish number 35S, 626. But a true conclu-
sion cannot be reached by a general com
parison of the children born in those
States. The commissioner goes further
In each of those States are Irish and Ger
man counties, where they greatly prepon
derate. BY taking the strong Irish coun
ties in the German States, and the strong
German counties in the Irish States, il
comparing the increase of population by
counties and States, the figures show ;
greater fecundity among the German
Americans. The tables, both in comparing
by States and counties, show that the in
crease in the German sections is decidedly
greater than in the Irish. The tables
show, too, that the increase Of population
among the foreign population is almos
double that among the natives. In thu
Irish States the increase of Irish descen
is about 10OO:1OOO, while in the German
States it is about 2lO0:l0OO. The figures
are full of interest, and afford the basis TO
study as to its effect upon the future of tn,
nation. The foreign population is increas
ing faster now than ever. The preponder
ance of Germans is almost entirely in Tia,
wealthy agricultural States where they
are Iandholdders, growing wealthy will
the rapid increase Of their States. Thu
Irish population is more numerous in thu
Eastern States, where, about the Iarg
cities, more day laborers are needed. II
the growth in wealth and as landholders
the Germans surpass the Irish.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-06-04

IN view of our exposure of the Rurdt
SIN scheme to absorb the $4,000 annually
appropriated by the State for the "Agricul-
tural Bureau, /" we ask the farmers of East
Tennessee to consider how lar that paper
is interested in organizing Farmers Clubs
for the benefit of getting subscribers and
then how far it is honestly interested in
promoting the interest of the farmers OF
the State
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-06-04

THE two Democratic Congressman from
Connecticut denounced the "baolk pay
job" before their constituents in the re-
cent canvass and glorified themselves for
having voted against it. After the election
was over they sent to Washington and got
their money.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-06-04
A SPECIMEN FARMERS ORGAN.

We have heretofore referred to the RuraI
Sun as introducing into its columns polti-
cal matter. Our attention has been called
to articles which seem to us so objectiona-
bic that they call for protest. The paper
processes to be an agricultural paper. Its
publisher, Mr.. Griffith, in his remarks at
the Farmers Convention, Wednesday, ac-
cused the political newspapers of sur
rendering their columns to the politicians,
and giving up their editorial space
to whoever chose to write for them
He claimed for the Sun that it had a
strong editorial force, who wrote their
own articles and carefully watched the
make up of the paper. With such editors
of course, nothing is published without
supervision.
In its issue of May 10Th, is one of a series
of articles, "By BOazr entitled "EXperi-
ences by an Amateur Farmer Instead of
an agricultural article, it is chiefly, saw
age, cruel, unchristain attack upon the
colored race. We make some extracts as
follows:
"Cuflee will go to 'meetin, pray, &c. =,
and on his road home he will lift chick
en- from its roost or bag fat pig with all
the childlike simplicity, &c, &c. Of a
"heathen" Chinee."
In the same article we find, this high
toned Christian sentiment?
And | will here iterate and re-iterate
my firm conviction that the only way un-
der the sun to operate effectually upon the
moral nature of the nations pets,V is to
arm the ministers of the gospel with stout
cudgels instead of Bibles, for am sure the
cudgel will win their way in triumph
where invisible lakes of fire and birthstone
wouldn't start a small sized scare old
Nanny Stowe to the contrary notwith-
standing. Missionaries will please take
notice accordingly. / mean white mission
aries, for | never knew black one that
wasn't a thief of the most shining quality
and the longer he preached the bigger haul
he expected to make when the sermon
was OVER
The exceedingly refined allusion to Har-
riet BeeCher Stowe ana the brutal, unjust
and cruel assault upon the ministers of the
cOlOred race is hardly in keeping with the
spirit OF farmers paper published for
men OF all political opinions. Is this the
proper spirit for an agricultural paper, lust
endorsed as the "organ of the farmers of
Tennessee Such sentiments we pro-
nounce unchristian, untrue and in mean
spirit. OF course, according to Mr. Griffith,
these sentiments are not those Of "politi-
| clans" but were published after revision
by the editors of the San. We simply
publish these extracts to show the Far.
mers' Convention how it has been embar-
raised by endorsing this paper, and how
much wiserit would have been to lay aside
all such advertising resolutionsas improper
and out of place.
THE people of Nashville seem lively
over the new assessment law. Comptroller
Burch is trying to mellow it little, per-
haps so render it more palatable to those
who take it. He has invited Attornay,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-06-04

THE people of Nashville seem lively
over the new assessment law. Comptroller
Burch is trying to mellow it a little, per-
haps so render it more palatable to those
who take it, He has invited Attorney
General Heiskell to the Capitol to confer
with him on the subject, and he expects
to be there tomorrow. We suppose the
question under consideration is whether or
not the muddled schedule sent out by the
Comptroller is gotten up in accordance with
with the law passed 10y the Legislature.
N.lN CttVlt g. u { subject is
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-06-04

IT is said that Gov. John c. Brown eX-
pected great help towards getting to the
United States Senate from the new as
sesssment law. AS far as we can hear, it
will help him stay at home forever here>
after.
, 1873-08-13
NOTICE.

THE creditors of II. C.. Ratcliffe's
Trustee Estate, + hereby in
formed that at the meeting held in
said estate Wednesday 10th July
last, it was unanimously resolved to
keep another meeting in said estate
Wednesday the Goth August coming
at | O'Clock p. m.
ChriStiansteds Dealing Court 9th
August 1873.
Ii. A. JURS.
, 1873-08-13
PrOklama.

RLLE og Enhyer, som have Noget
Ll at fordre paa Skifteret efter af
gangne Handelskommls Christian
Petrus WaIl0e, indkaIdes herved
med 3 Maanedcrs Varsel til for un-
dertegnede Skifteret at anmelde og
bevisliggj0rc deres Krav.
St. Thomp Skifteret, den Site
JUL 1873.
P. NJ. ANDERSEN.
, 1873-08-13
AVIS.

the other a Steam Ship, are proceeding in such directions
as to involve Risk of Collision, the Steam Ship shall Keep
out Of the way of the Sailing Ship.
s 16.
Ships und4 Steam to Stacker speed.
Every Steam Ship when approaching another Ship
so as to involve Risk OF Collision, shall slacken her speed,
or, if necessary, stop and reverse; and every Steam Snip
shall, when in a Fog, 90 at Il moderate speed.
Ve@eb o~reuaking other V@eS.
Every Vessel o~yertakiug any other Vessel shall keep
out of the way Of the said Iastmentioned Vessel.
Construction Of IS 10, IA, l5 and II.
Where by the above Rules one OF two Ships is to
keep out of the way. the other shall keep her course sub
ject to the qualifications contained in ) 49,
5 I9.
Pr9riso 10 Sarc Sncal cases.
In obeying and constituting these Rules due regard
mus be had to all dangers of navigation; and due regard
must also be had to any special circumstances which might
exist in any particular case rendering Il departure from the
above Rules necessary in order to avoid immediate dan
ger.
90
No Ship unda aag circumstance to neglect proper Precoa-
lions.
Nothing contained in these Rules shall eXonerate any
Ship or the Owner, or Master, or Crew thereof, from the
consequences of amy neglect to carry Lights or Signals,
or Of any neglect to keep a proper Lookout, or OF the
neglect of any precaution which may be required by the
ordinary practice Of Seamen, or by the special circumstan-
c6s OF any case.
, 1873-08-13
AN0RDNING

ON Ud,idelse til de dansk vostin-
diske Der at Low Of eide Juni 1867 og
af Anordning ode August s. A. angaaen-
de ForholdsTegler for at undgaae Paa-
selling og Ansvar for deres Til
sides@tteIse.
q. Tide Mai 1878.
, 1873-08-13
Ships undeT Steam to Sl0ckcH spcel
Vessels orertaking other Vessels.
Construction Of s. IL, IA, 10 and n.

Where by the above Rules one OF two SHIPS !
keep out Of the Nway. the other shall keep her course
iect to the qualifications contained in 49,
I9.
, 1873-08-13
ORNTNANCE

OhNINANOL
extending to the Danish Westindia Is
lands the Law Of 3Ist June 1867 and
the Ordinance Of 9th August same
year, concerning Rules to be observed
in order to prevent Collision at Sea,
and the legal Responsibility incurred
by the nome observance Of said Rules.
Ohe 18th Of May 1879
, 1873-08-13

InIa SIJ MAJ nogcsomIo9 TJa7de Jos5mm1 a bug
passs1ds Fo2sigtgLcdsmidcr
Inter, som i~ndehoI3es i disso Bestemmelser, kan fri
ci0e nogetsomhest Skib eIer diets Rheder, F6ger eHer
Besmtning for FoIgorne at F~orsonmelse med at fore Ian
torne, gj0re Signaler eIler hoIde t~iib6rigt Udkig, eler for
F0Igern0e at at anvende othvert ForsigtghedsmiddeI, som
almiudeligt S6mandskab ciIer ct TiIfeldes seregne ON
stPudis heder udfordre.
, 1873-08-13
Carl Hatteagcn

VT is hereby made known to the Public,
a that the Government has approved,
that the public examinations 10 the Coun-
try Schools may this year take place as
follows:
, 1873-08-13

andet ct Dampskib, styre saadanne Courser, at der er Fare
for Sammenst5d, skal Dampskibet gaze 0fveien for Sell
skibet.
, 1873-08-13
s 49,.
Skibc nnder Damn skuNe mindske Fart.

Ethvert Dampskib, som mariner sig ct andet SIKH,
saa at der opstaaer Fare for Sammenst6d, skal mindske
Fart, eIler, ON n0dvendigt, stoppe og bakke, og ethvert
Dampskib skal iTaage gaze med mindsket Fart.
, 1873-08-13
LIABILITY TO PENALTY.

LlajtIiY to Penalty.

: d
Liability to Penalty.
Non-compl lance will the foregoing Rules involves
besides the liability of decentralization which, in accord
anco with the general maxims ofIaw, may, according to
circumstances, be incurred by The offending party or par
Instability to the penalty OF Fines, ]" no case exceed
ing 500.
%.
Treatment Of Suts.
Suits concerning the adjudgment OF Penalties of the
SAID nature are treated as public Police Suits.
TO which all concerned have to conform.
Tic Gorcama1 Of the Danish Uctinda Lland, st.
Thomas, tie ooh gfJay 1873,
UyDER Wy HAND AND THE SEAL OF GOVERNMENT,
AUG. GARDE.
T.. So
, 1873-08-13
STRAFFEANSVAR
) 81.
StrdHCGUSUUT

THsidesattelso af ~forantorte Forholdsre2ler medt0rer,
toruden Diet Erstatningsansvar, som de Paagjeldende eter
Observation-Disclosures i Medt5r af de almindeige Retsregler
Vile kunno ~paadrage sig, Straf at B0der indtiI 100 vest
indiske Daler.
, 1873-08-13
: II.
Naar ct SAib indbeater at {

Ethvert SIKH, som indhenter ct andet SIKH skal gaae
a'yeicn for dette.
, 1873-08-13
90
q

SagcYucs B~chandEng.
SageG ongaaendo Id6mmeIse afdesjgo B0dor bchandIes
som oaenti8o Politisager.
Hvorefter ale y~edkommende sig have at rette.
Gomcracmcua 70, the dona-randisIe Der, s.. Tdoau
den code JIj, 1878.
UNDER MIN HAAND OG G~0UVEREEMESTGTs SEGL,
AUG. GARDE.
IL, S.
, 1873-08-13
HroLlcdes S II, IA, Is Q

HroI7cde5 y II, a, IS Qg y ere a JoIsI0ac
Naar ct SIKH it0Ige ovenstaaende Regler skal gaae al
veien for ct andet, skal Diet andet vedblive at holde sir
Cours, idet Diet dog har at rette sig eftor de estemmels
som 5 10 i~ndeholder.
, 1873-08-13

We'd at f0Tgo dIs8o KegIeT Dor der tage5 fIbOTTTgT Hen
som til de saregne m8t5cndishede sou ct giyet TiIfel-
dc kunne gi6re en- Afvigelse fra disse Reger n0dvendig for
at undgaae en 6ieblkkelig Fare.
The Portland daily press., 1873-11-14
How to be Happy.

During the present week the American
Health Association has been holding its an
nua session in New York. All questions
aff.cting the health of mankind have been
considered. from the causes of cholera to the
more general calamties of clammy bread.
DR. Edward James of Dorchester, Mass,
among Others, read paper on the ''Powe. of
the Housekeeper over the Health Of the Fam
ily," in which he declares in effect that the
cook not only holds the physical condition of
the family in hrr hands or rather in her luck,
bu', also, its soc al and moral status Indeed it
is not our fault that we aie nervous, dyspeptic,
morbid. crotchety and disagreeable generally,
but that of the housekeeper through whose
stolid ignorance and Indifference we arr FED
with bad food and horribly compounded
s'uifs. II she could be intelligent, and skill
iul' and humane, there would be an imme-
olate transformation of the whole race and at
once we should become tue mos serene, benig-
manu- ana robust Of creatures, fit for the gods.
lndNeu THIS material James leaves lis TO infer
that the moral elevation of f,II.p rooo orl
the event OF the millennium can oaly be safe
ly relied upon through the instrumentaiitv of
perfect cooking. But DR.. James as re-
former forgets to be gallant. He saws that
the result of carelessness in the kitchen is
styled ill-luck. 1t is "unlucky' when the
bread is heavy and the opposite when it is
light. yet" he says, ga carpenter might as
well say that it is ''unlucky' that his window
castings are too short. Nowhere, ex-
cept in the kitchen where so much de-
ponds upon care in selections and prep
arations, is the use of the measure done
away with" He leaves lis to infer that
WOMB never measure anything. IF shs de-
sires 10 use a given amount of sugar she
metes it out with grab: and distributes her
flour in clutches whose size depends entirely
upon her frame Of mind, just as she measures