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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-01-08
TOPICS FOR THE WEEK.

sunday Jan. 5.-Sermon-Subject The
foundation, security and universal extern
sion of the Christian Church.
Monday, Jan. 6.-Devout acknowledge
ment; Remembrance of Gods mercies to
the nation, to families and to the Churches;
providential and spiritual blessings to our
selves; confession of sin.
Tuesday, Jan. 8'-Prayer for Christian
Churches their increase in love, activity,
fidelity to the truth and the clearer mani
testation of the unity in the faith; for min
listers, missionaries and evangelists.
wednesday, Jan. S.-Prayer for families;
for SONS and daughtes of Christian parents:
for blessing on home influence and on
the services and ordinances of 1.-THE Church
of God )" for schools, colleges and univer>
stiles; for children at sea or in foreign
lands; for young men in business or pro-
LESSONS, for servants and for all in sick
ness and tribulatiOn.
Thursday, January 9th-Prayer for ma
tons, for Kings and all in authority; for
the maintenance of peace; for increase of
righteousness; for the spread of religious
liberty; for the growth of sound knoWl-
edge; for contentment, concord and good
will among all classes; for the discernment
or GODS hand in national Judgment, and
Tor the removal Of intemperance, immor-
ailty and the sins which are "a reproach
to any people,"
Friday, January 10th-Prayer for man
kind; for the circulation of the Holy Scrip
lures end the spread of pure literature;f or
the overthrow of all forms of tyranny and
oppression; for the removal of every form
of anti-Christ; for all prisoners and cap
tives, and for the increase of that king
dom which is righteousness, peace and
JOY in the Holy Ghost"
Saturday, January llth-Prayer for Sum
day Schools; for missionary, tract and
other religious societies; for the raising up
and sending forth of "more laborers into
His harvest, and for the removal of him
ORANGES to the spread of the Gospel and
the conversion of the world.
Sunday, January l2th-Sermors, 'Let
the whole earth be rilled with His glory.
Amen and amen.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-01-08
A Tempest Ahead in Genrgia.

1t devolves upon the Legislature meet
ing next month to elect n United States
Senator to fill the place of Joshua Hill
The following candidates are conspicuously
in the field Hill, Stephens and Gordon.
Hill is the present Senator-an easy
going, good-natured, large-hearted, COM
placent man, but without great force or
lofty purpose. As a Senator, he has been
rather n failure than otherwise. He has
not made a stir, and the Georgians want e
stir The chances are decidedly that he
will be beaten.
Stephens, the Confederate Vice Presi-
dent-the famous A!eX.-you all know.
He is in the field, with very good chances
of success. The main objection urged
against him is that he is an invalid,
scarcely able to crawl-a helpless, feeble
frame, dangling, as it were, between this
world and the next, with the chance,
rather in favor of the next. But his
friends say that he is improving in health;
indeed, that he has nearly taken on a new
life, which is certainly a point in his favor,
as he had about lost the old one.-Cor.
Gin. Commercial.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-01-08
The PresidentiaI Iuoueuro,,on

The second Inauguration of President
Grant will probably be the occasion of the
most imposing military display witnessed
in Washington since the grand review of
1860. The government troops stationed in
that vicinity will, for the first time, appear
in their new uniforms. The force, how
ever, is somewhat small, consisting of two
batteries of heavy artillery at Fort Nc
Henry, Maryland, one at Fort FoOte and
one at Fort Washington, Maryland. The
Marine Guard at the Barracks and Navy
Yard will also have place in the process
sion. The attendance of volunteer soldiers
will Doubtless be large, several regiments
from New York and Philadelphia having
already signified their intention of coming
here on that occasion.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-01-08
NEITHER HOUSE ELECT A SPEAKER.
HOuk Ahead for Speaker of the House.
Twenty-Five Intellectual Ballots i'm ihe
Senate.
Special 10 the Chronicle,

NASHVILLE, Jan. 6, 1873.
The two Houses of the Legislature met at
noon to-day and were called to order by
the clerks of the last session. After pray
er, both Houses began the ballot for Speak
ers. The House, after the second ballot,
adjourned for two hours. when they re.
assembled. After two more ballots, the
House adjourned until morning.
The last ballet stood: Iouhh, ttiSepu1ii-
CAM "a; Trousdale, (Cheatham Demo-
craft %; Kerr, johnson Democrat s;
Lindsey, independent G; Bond, Cheat
ham Democrat,) 4.
The Senate balloted twelve times and
adjourned two hours, when it reassembled
and adjourned again, after the twenty-fifth
ballot. The last ballot stood, Coulter,
(Cheatham Dem.) -, Jones (Rep) @,
Lacy (Ind.) t, Mcconnell Rep) /,
Hughes DEM ].
The johnson men hold the balance of
power but are divided,
There is lively cauosipg. Johnson
men are holding aloof and are expecting
him tonight. 1t is probable that John
son man will be Speaker of the House.
The Senate is tied and the bourbon needs
but one vote to elect him. Many johnson
men are inclined TO so back to the bour-
bons.
An organization is probable this morn
ing.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-01-08
Week of PRAYER.

EDITORS CHRONICLE: Will you kindly
republish the topics for prayer during the
present week, as suggested by the repre-
sentatives of the various churches in the
Evangelical Alliance?
1t is u grand and inspiritng thought,
this, of a girdle of Christians encom-
passing the whole world i'm united prayer,
and as the Lord has been pleased to
grant abundant blessings in successive
years past in answer to these intercessions,
may we not with fresh encouragement
hope aud expect still larger evidences of
His grace to US, who is rich in mercy unto
all them who call Him
Respectfully,
A PETITIONER
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-01-08
Sickness of the Soul.

Says writer in ,Scribncr' Ss1fdgct:inc: 1t
is rather interesting to see how even with
some very benevolent people a moral faint
Is bar to charity. rs he honest? they
ask first. If that question is answered
satisfactorily, their generosity knows no
bounds. But if the poor fellow has the
double misfortune of light purse and 4
slim conscience-then he must move on!
If he is sick in body, they help him, o
cast him off without computations. If q
pile of bricks falls and breaks his leg,
how quickly they run for bandages; but if
sadder accident overwhelms him in
moral misery, they think they do well to
abandon him to his fate. ysThey appear
never to consider how brittle the legs of
their own virtue; how fortunate for them
selves that their ways lie not alongside of
tottering moral brick-piles.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-01-08
The Last Chance.

From the Nashville Bannerl
The press, type, and material, belonging
to the ia-e Herald, of Chattanooga, Cover
nor Bard's paper, is advertised by the
Sheriff of Hamilton county, for sale on the
18th instant, to satisfy an execution in
favor of Cincinnati type-founders. Itcon-
slsts of one printing press, two imposing
stones, thirteen composing galleys, forty
cases and type, six boxes containing sorts,
one lot of sorts in paper, three heating
stoves, two seven-column forms locked in
chases, one bundle of newspaper, and one
lot of type. What a magnificent chance
for some illustrious political pauper to pos
sess himself of prerequisite qualifications
fer
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-01-08
IMMIGRATION.

The following is specimen of the let
tiers we receive almost daily:
UPPER STEwIACKE, p. o., Nova SCOTIA,
Dominion Canada, Dec. IS, 1872.
EDITORS CHRONICLES: In common with
many others in this inhospitable region
expect to immigrate to more Southern
climate some time during the next year
il can find some suitable location. East
Tennessee l think would offer us the great
est advantages as far as climate is concern
ed VIII you be kind enough to let me
know, as the pioneer of oar 11drty, some
thing about the sell timber, products,
water minerals, markets, prices of living
wages, cost of tickets, say from Boston TO
Knoxville, by rail, also from Baltimore to
Knoxville, by rail, &c.
Large numbers of our best farmers and
mechanics are leaving here yearly hith-
erto they have steered their course to the
great Northwest. If the proper informa-
ton was disseminated here as to the adj
vantages and merits of the Southern por-
ton ofthe United States, in an agricultural
point of view, have no doubt but that
a considerable tide of the emigration that
is leaving here could be diverted to the
South.
Any Information on the subjects referred
to, bymail will be'most thankful received
Yours respectfully,
X. Il. STEVENSON, NJ. ID.
1t can be seen at a glance that the writer
of this letter is a gentleman of intelligence
The class of immigrants he represents
would make most useful citizens, such us
would meet with a warm welcome from
our people, and would be valuable acqui-
sition to any community.
We have no doubt of the truth of this
gentleman's statements. The rigorous, in
hospitable regions of tho North contain
thousands of good men, who are looking
for warmer climate. 1t will be seen that
they are ignorant of the agricultural and
other advantages of the souther portion of
the United States, and are anxious to gain
information. Tennessee can not invest q
few thousand dollars in any better manner
than to provide for publications in cheap
form, giving TO the world something of
our resources as a State. We know where
of we speak, when we say that thousands
of persons at the North and elsewhere are
feeling an interest in this State, and are
earnestly seeking information as to its re-
sources. The thousands of letters that have
reached us in the past two years making
inquiries on these subjects, afford conclu-
sive evidence, and if all the people could
have the matter brought before them as
we have, they would force the Legislature
to take such action as would provide for a
dissemination of the knowledge sought by
so many. 1t is a matter of vital impor-
lance to the State, and there has never
been time so opportune for its agitation.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-01-08
HOUSE.

The evidence already taken by the
Credit Mobilier has been ordered before the
House, and that the committee hereafter
sit with open doors. Passed, $50 to Z.
A motion to commence suit against the
Credit Mobler for five and three-eighths
million dollars was received, 90 yeas to
26 nays, more than a two thirds vote, but
no quorum. A call of the House was Or
dered, and quorum was found present.
motion to adjourn was defeated.
A second vote was taken when not quo
rum voted. Those voting in the negative
were Adams Barry, Butler, of Tennessee,
Dorman, Duell, Dunnell, Frye, Hoar,
Houghton, McCrary, Mckee, Merriam,
Negley, Orr, Palmer Perez, T.. II. Roberts,
Sargent, Sloughton, Stovall, St. John,
Taft, Wheeler-23.
A Committee of five was appointed to
inquire whether the stockholders of the
Credit Mobiier hold Union Pacific bonds.
A message from the President vetoing q
bill TO remit duties on spirits destroyed In
bond was presented, read and laid on the
table.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-01-08
Sewer County Note,.

The horse malady has appeared near Sc
vierville in a mild form.
A number Of hogs and dogs in Weier's
Cove are reported as afflicted with hydro
phoba.
A shooting scrape occurred in a saloon
in Sevieryille during the holidays, in
which nobody was hurt, but will probably
cost the county several hundred dollars,
So much for Christmas whisky. Hope
the new legislature will leave the licensing
Of bar rooms to the voters of the civil dis
tricts.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-01-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
Proceedings of the Second Session of the
FOrty-SecOnd Congress.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 5.
SENATE.

Mr.. Sherman offered resolution in
structing the Committee on Privileges and
Elections TO inquire into the contest in
Louisiana and Arkansas.
Mr.. Morton introduced a resolution in
structing the same committee 10 inquire
ami report the best method of electing a
President and Vice-President, and how to
provide a tribunal for the determination
of contested questions connected there
with. Ordered printed.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-01-08
New Years calls i'm Louisville.

The Louisville Commercial of the I'd /,
says:
The New Years callers were quite nu-
merous yesterday, and some of them went
in grand style, One party of five young
men had OWNS two thousand dollar drag,
with four in hand, two white horses and
two gray ponies leading. Several other
parties had fine turnouts. Another group
went in an open carriage drawn by mules
driven tandem, while many patronized
walkers line.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-01-08

ONCE AN ACToR.-Years ago, it is said.
General n. T. Banks made his debut on
the stage Of the National Theatre, in Bos-
ton, as Claude Melnotte, In "The Lady Of
Lyons" After the play he asked yete-
ran actor what he thought as to whether
he should stick to the stage or leave 1t.
The actor advised the young man to stop
and go into politics. The good advice III
this case was followed, but General Banks
Keeps, to this day, a little Of the stage thun>
der In his voice,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-01-08
WASHINGTON,
OFFICIAL VIEW OF THE LOUISIANA
SITUATION
a Baltimore Lady Murdered.

Tiic Washington Chronicle on louisiana
Affairs.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-01-08
THE TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE

FIRST DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-09-11

made him hurriedly drop the whole port
folio and hasten down the walk and across
the street.
"Wellw exclaimed the astonished Paul,
"he'th gone to thell her thome too"
The waiting was so long this time that
he had ample chance for full visit to the
land of dreams and Mrs. Martha's tempt
ing dinner waxed cold, and her temper
warm at the delay. But the loiterer re-
turned with eyes too radiant to notice
small clouds in any horizon, domestic or
otherwise.
After that-everybody knows what came
after that; how the white.robed figure
changed porticos, and the dream grew to
a sweeter reality To be sure Mrs Martha,
who had before been afflicted because she
had so much to look after, now became
vaguely pathetic over being laid on a
shelf-put aside for stranger; but it was
a comfortable, easily managed trouble-a
sort of picked tribulation-that could be
so readily bottled up and put out of the
way when it was not wanted, and so easily
warmed over, and made as fresh as new
when it was needed, that it was really in
valuable to her.
Just the old story, you see-old as the
Mills, and common as the daisies on the
hillside. Yet even the dasies are new to
each summer, the hills wear different col
ors as we look at them through different
atmospheres, and the loving thought that
winds fresh clouds about their tops and
cares for each daisy as if it were the only
one, makes this old story of human hearts
evermore sweet and new to each in their
turn.-HedrM and Home.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-09-11
Flies.

FLIES! Considered individually, the
subject is small, but 1t Is very numerous.
In fact, Of all small creatures not abso-
lutely vicious, the common fly is the
most vexa:ious. Mosquitoes bite. They
must to get living. Bees sting-to de.
fend themselves. Cockroaches run away
when you attack them; they are afraid.
But flies nibble upon you in an aggravat.
ing manner, never get enough, and moth
ing will ID them away. They return
with fiercd consistency after cruel and
constant rebuffs. You commence TO read
your newspaper in a comfortable arm
chair, or to write, for the sake of friend
ship, fame, or daily bread, at your desk.
In the middle of the first sentence soft
footsteps begin to tickle the top of your
left ear. You shake your head emphati-
cally, without lifting your pen. The In
truder flies off few inches, and realights
on the back of your neck. Another
shake, and again he settles on the top Of
your head, and begins to promenade up
and down the parting Of your hair. You
give your head vigorous slap, never by
any chance hitting the fly. He is equally
content to crawl over your forehead; and
you meekly brush him away, hoping that
gentle measures may prove efFectuaL He
tries your right ear, and with calm reso-
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-09-11

THE newspapers of Lancaster, Penn,
publish an account of the building of q
brick dwelling house in that city in ten
and half no irs, the materials having been
prepared and collected on the spot pre-
vious TO the commencement. The house
is twenty feet by thirty on the ground
floor, two stories in height, and contains
eight rooms There were in all upward
of one hundred workmen employed. The
cellar foundation was already laid, and at
precisely six O'Clock, Friday morning, the
men went to work. The Examiner thus
describes the labor:
"Mr. j. II. Reading, photographer, was
present with his Photographic apparatus,
and took views every fifteen minutes OF
the building and the workmen while in
motion, which, of course, produced some
ridiculous pictures-men, white and col
ored in almost every position, are to be
seen represented. At eight O'Clock a. m,
the structure was advanced to the height
of one story with two tloors-ground and
secondhand, partitions in, and lathed and
partly plastered, doors hung, stairways
up, and view taken with the Doctor in
the midst Of his wOrkmen. The scene is
busy and a comic one-the bricklayers
erecting scaffoding for the second story.
ItU " Clo'h H. ILL.,, VIC" vi "NoNi"
front on Prince street; second story brick
work two thirds up, with carpenters ready
to lay the floor, and plasterers commences
lathing; western front painted and brick
penciled on first story, and masons run
short of brick, and then some delay in
consequence, but it was remedied in .
short while.
Eleven o'clock a. m, the bricklayers arc
up to square Of ceiling for third floor,
with corners raised to the height required
to receive the rafters for roofing Timers
waiting The process Of white coating il
now about completed in the first story. At
II :1S a. M, first rafter for the roof laid.
At IL 81 the last brick was placed upon
the chimneys, and the bricklayers are
done. Roof sheathed and timers begin
to lay roofing. 1880, scafl'olds all remov-
ed from building. 2:30 p. m, sash in
windows of first story and painters finish
ished up; washboards down and rubbish
cleaned away. AT this writing the tin
ners are leaving the building; roofing
and spouting completed. Plastercrs still
at work in the second story. The build
ing has been insured, and in the course Of
few hours will be ready for tenant"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-09-11
Welded.

HEART linked with heart in each noble endea-
Husband and wife;
ue,ye adrift, oh, my sweet, on the beautiful
river .u.
The shore of my girlhood, far back in the dis
lance,
IN, vour love, true and faithful, still makes my
existence
strong arm OF love has never yet failed me,
Never. dear heart!
Mar your faith, oh! my darling, when censure as
~ Life, when apart
roses its sweetness joys radiant 1owe
Bloom never Tor me,
Az lonely walk through the desolate hours,
Waiting for thee.
with Faith for the pilot, and Love to cast DER us
W." The light Of her smile,
The waves Of the river Of life yet before us,
Look tempting the while.
There is nought in the past that is worth the re-
Ny darling; instead,
MOI moment this hour we would fam be forget
ting,
Since we were wed.
/. sear not the storm clouds that hover around me,
Drifting with thee,
For the Spring time and Summer OF lie yet nave
found thee
Faithful to me
I'm nm tn the shore Of the hlissful Forever
Husband and wife;
-rooether we'll float down the beautiful river
The river OF life.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-09-11

luton you wave him away. The creature
sees his advantage, and audaciously
alights on your nose. Resolving to keep
your temper, you think you will let him
take his own time to leave, hoping it will
be soon and forever. He pecks with gen.
| tie but restless persistence, and you writ0
vigorously, resolute not to be disturbed
by trifles. Suddenly down goes your
pen, making an ugly blot on the fair
sheet, and you employ both hands
in giving your nasal organ a good rub
bling. Patience, as in a moment, is ex-
hausted. You mediate murder. You
plan it deliberately-murder in the first
degree. You lean back in your chair and
set yourself as trap. The bait is good;
the expected victim approaches; you wait
breathlessly; your hand falls with blow
that makes your cheeks Jingle; but you
look up to see him securely fluttering
above your head, ready to try again. You
will be more cautious and give your mind
to the business. You take your handker-
chief, double it judiciously, and hold it
ready to descend with swift vengeance.
The fellow is on your left hand Such
little creature'to disturb your equanimity!
Slowly, slowly, and you will get him.
With sudden and tremendous force you
pOuHSC uptH IllIi-tItl 1c Sails away
harmed. You feel most uncomfortably
irritated-conquered by an insignificant
fly. And you reflect (while brushing
away the swarm which by this time, at
tracted by the confusion you have made,
have come to see what is the matter) upon
poisons, medicated fly-papers, and all the
cunning devices advertised for enticing
flies into the house with malicious intent.
Shall you provide the neighborhood (of
flies) with deadly food or submit to be
nibbled alive? That is the question.
And you fall into a mental discussion
concerning the comparative annoyance Of
dead and of living flies, in the midst Of
which you drop into a comfortable dozo,
except for the audacious return of the
identical fly you have been fighting, which
lights on the tip of your nose, and you
awake, feeling absolutely cross.-Harper's
B0z0r
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-09-11
A Bad Boy.

THEY say that the chief astronomer at
the Washington Observatory was dread
fully sold few days ago. 4 wicked boy,
whose Sunday School experience seems
only to have made him more depraved,
caught FREELY, and stuck it, with the aid
of some mucilage, in the center of the
largest lens in the telescope. That night,
when the astronomer went to work, he
perceived blaze Of light apparently in
the heavens, and what amazed him more
was that it would give couple OF spurts
and then die out, only to burst forth again
in second or two. He examined 1t
carefully for few moments, and then be-
gan to do sums to discover where in the
heavens thatextraordinary star was placed
He thought he found the locality, and the
next morning he telegraphed all over the
universe that he had discovered a new
and remarkable star Of the third magni-
tude in Orion In day or two all the as
tronomers In Europe and America were
studying Orion, and they gazed at it for
hours until they were mad, and then they
began TO telegraph TO the man in Wash
ington to know what he meant. The dis
coverer took another look, and found that
the new star had moved about $4,000, OOO,-
600 miles in twenty-four hours, and upon
examining closely he was alarmed to per-
cevc that it had legs! When he went on
the dome the next morning, to polish up
his glass, he found the lightning bug.
People down at Alexandria, seven miles
distant, heard part of the swearing, and
they say he infused into it much whole
souled sincerity and vigorous energy.
The bills for telegraphic dispatches
amounted to $1,000, and now the astrono
mer wants to find that boy. He wishes
to consult with him about something
Mar AdleY.