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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-11-05
ABOUT woRKrNeMErs SOCIETIES.

A case OF some interest to societies, work
ingmen and all Others of a similar charac-
ter was recently tried in one of the Grim
inal Courts at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The parties to the proceeding were James
NJ. Campbell and Benjamin Jewett, MEM
bers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, an Organization for the protec-
ton of the craft and the Advancement of
the interests of the engineers.
1t is part of the discipline of the order
to reprove members for the violation of its
rules.
In the instance above referred to it is
stated that Dennison Lodge, No. IL, had
applied the discipline to Mr.. Jewett, and
expelled him for intemperance, and the
Secretary, Mr.. Campbell, was directed to
send a notification of the fact to Mr.. s. M.
Cummings, who has charge of the loco
motive department at the outer depot of
the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railroad. Mr.. Jewett objected to being
discharged for any such cause, and brought
suit against Mr. Campbell for libel. The
letter written by the defendant was relied
upon by. the prosecution TO maintain the
libel. The counsel for the defendant in
sisted that the letter was written in behalf
of the order, to promote the public
SOOu, anu lnal the act WAS one
which the defendant did as
Secretary of the brotherhood and not in
his individual character, Judge Stowe,
however, charged the jury that no man in
such case had right to obey the orders
of secret society to the injury of others,
and under that instruction the jury return
ed verdict of guilty. The case attracted
the liveliest interest among the brother
hood and froom members of other secret
..a..-.re .r..
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-11-05
The NEW SILVER COIN.


The policy of the Treasury Department
in issuing silver coin in partial payment of
its current expenditures is good one if
carried out with discretion. Pure silver is
now worth more in the market than gold
and if it is once understood that the Gov
eminent proposes to buy it up regularly
for coinage, dealers would soon force up
the price so that the coin could not be paid
out by the Treasury without considerable
of loss. 1t is not the purpose of the De-
partment to pay it out in large quantities.
Wherever a check is presented at the
Treasury the odd dollars will be paid out
in silver. SO that the gain to individuals
will not be large. The silver coin is 10 be
issued in place of mutilated currency, but
the amount to be coined and
paid out will depend entirely upon the
success attending the policy. III the silver
is bought up at once by the banks at
premium and boarded IL would not be
policy to continue II. If 1t is kept in cir
culation 1t will, to the extent Of few
millions, expand the circulating medium
OF the country, and to that degree be
public convenience and benefit. The fol-
lowing facts about the new coin will be Of
Interest
The weight Of the new fractional silver
coin Is metrical, the weight OF the half
dollar being Justtwelve and half grammes,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-11-05

The Boston advertiser has taken great
pains to gather the actual facts about the
the condition of the manufacturing inter
ests of New England, and though sup
pressing no facts, it gives good grounds for
believing that work will be speedily re-
sumed in most of the factories now idle.
The advertiser expresses the opinion that
the worst is past; and, after a very little
time, the capitalists and the laboring
classes will begin prosperity which will
be the better on account of the difficulty
which preceded it. A start, which is
more likely now than further depression,
is only needed to again set business going.
We think that the reports of the number
of mills idle has been exaggerated. 1t is
now the season when many shops make
their annual repairs and reduction of
force. Their temporary suspension has
been attributed to the panic. The agri-
cultural machine shops are generally work.
ing with reduced forces at this season.
The wooden mills have about filled their
winter orders and are Stacking up. So
with many other kinds of manufacturing
works. AS a precautionary measure,
many employers have put their men on
half time or stopped altogether; but we
are inclined to believe the winter will not
be as hard as many now fear.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-11-05

II Governor Brown has any spare time
from his planning for securing the next
Legislature so as to send him to Washing.
ton as the successor of Senator Brownlow
it would be well for the peace and pros.
perity of the State if he could pay some
attention to enforcing the laws in Weakley
and some other counties of the State. The
West tennessee Democrat, a journal
thoroughly orthodox in its politics, calls
the Governors attention to the following
facts:
zone of the most brutal and revolving
crimes was perpetrated in our county last
Eight or ten men, citizens of Weakley
county, some of them married, went to
the house of citizen living on Knob
Creek, five or six miles from Boydsville.
and took negro girl out into the woods
and each in turn outraged her person.
They were all armed to the teeth, and
were so bold that they did not attempt to
disguise themselves, but carried their vic
tim a short distance from the house. The
gentleman with whom she was living was
powerless to prevent it, and he and his
family, including wife and daughters, were
compelled to listen to the agonizing shreks
of the helpless creature. "a .....
QUE Was lOullu alterg Jney Ie1t, most nor
ribly mangled with life extinct.
The facts were never reported to the cor
oner; the magistrates, if they heard it,
took no action in the premises, and the girl
was buried without any legal examina-
tiOn.
We learn that the parties, some of them,
are highly respectable, and on this account
there is disposition to hush the matter
up.
Has it come to this? Can the most re-
voting crimes known to human nature
be committed in this 10Th century, in this
land of Bibles, laws and professed Chris
tianity, and public opinion hush them up
for fear of exposing the villains? We
call upon the Grand Jurors of our county
upon our Governor-upon law-abiding
people, to wipe this black stain out
Governor Brown, in his first inaugural,
was very free to make false charges as to
the lawlessness in Tennessee under Repub-
lican rule. He ought to tell the people of
Tennessee why it is that, under his admin
istration, such crimes go UNPUBLISHED and
unnoticed. A little attention to this sub
ject, and less to schemes looking to his per-
sonal advancement, would be more credit
able to him and better for the people.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-11-05

THE so-called Democratic victory in
Ohio has a livery fictitious foundation. 1t
appears from the official vote that Allen,
the new Democratic Governor, actually re-
ceived 37,177 votes less than General Wiley
the defeated Democratic candidate for
Secretary State received last year. The
Democratic victory then means simply
that while $1,000 Republican voters kept
away from the polls only 37,177 Dem
ocrate failed to do their duty. There
are near forty thousand Democrats less
in Ohio in 1878 than in 1872 according to
the election returns. If that is victory
we would like to know how many such
they could stand.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-11-05

THE mineral resources of Arkansas
are beginning to attract good deal of at
tention. 1t is said that the State abounds
in magnetic, hematite, specular, calcar-
eous, and other varieties of iron ore, lead,
zinc and coal, manganese and associate
metals, together with the marble, gypsum
salt, kaolin, whet and hone stone, slate,
limestone, granite, mari, paint and nitre
earth. The coal fields of the State embrace
an estimated area Of twelve thousand
square miles, and in the valley of the Ar
kansas river, where the most coal mining
has been carried on, the beds are from four
to nine feet in thickness. This coal is sim
liar in structure and appearance to the
Cumberland coal of Maryland, and its
quality, by analysis, is very similar to that
famous articles of fuel and it is an excel.
lent steam and manufacturing coal.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-11-05

WE see by the Nashville papers that
sam P. Wins, of the Athens Post, has been
in that city. 1t is possible the old gentle
man has ahankering after the "humid at
mosphere of the State capital Sam
wouldn't make bad Governor, either.
His messages at least would be concise and
to the point and he could write them him
self The Democrats might do much worse
than to nominate him for Governor. Trot
him out. But if he can not get the nomi-
nation, then give us Bob. McNelly.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-11-05

THE way that the giant railroad corpor-
atoms are monopolizing the business, not
only the transportation, but of producing
leading articles transported over their
roads is shown in the operations of the
Reading Railroad Company of Pensyl-
vania. This corporation owns and oper-
ates, including its side tracks, some 300
miles of road. 1t also owns nearly all of
the stock of the Philadelphia &c Reading
Iron and Coal Company, an organization
that owns $4,000 acres of coal land on
which are operated ninety collieries pro
ducing annually, four million tons of coal.
This production is to be doubled next year.
The earnings of the two companies-in
fact one-for the year ending September
9Otb, was So, 200 900. The corporation
now invites subscriptions to new Slo,-
600, 900 loan, with which-to increase their
mining operations. -.-. .
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-11-05

THE Cincinnati Commercial has been
mathematical. The bull hurled against
it comes from such authority as the Arch
bishop of the Diocese including Cincinna-
til. b. Purcell. His bull is as follows:
1--WE acknowledge the perfect right of
this paper to insult US. But we claim the
same right 10 resent its insults. We could
fill several columns of the Telegraph with
extracts from its columns, for weeks,
months and years past, in which every
thing that malice could suggest against
ourselves and our fellow Catholics in every
part OF the world, against our faith and
morals, has been repeated uSgue dd nau-
seam. 1t is daily insulting, on account of
their faith, those whom all Catholics re-.
we're. But not for this alone do we cryN
stop the vile sheet ~ Its spirit has be-
come decidedly infidel, if not atheistic
We therefore say, and ask all who have
any regard for our judgment and advice TO
say, discontinue sending us the Cons
DlcrcidL'" j. B. PURCELL.
The effect of this was that on the morn
ing the above appeared the Commercial
sold an unusually large edition. OF course
IL Is a first-class advertisement for the pa
per and will win il five subscribers where
Ii loses one. The right OF the Archbishop
10 advise his flock as TO their reading
is unquestioned, but the policy Of debating
to them what papers they shall or shall
not subscribe for is bad Ii Is not suited to
the religious freedom of America, and Will
only serve as another proof that the
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-11-05

The Press and Herald learns through a
dispatch from one of the Knoxville mar
be firms, a few days age, that the Secretary
had decided against the Tennessee marble
ION account Of its color.n Where's the use
of being loyal, if fellow can neither get
a government contract nor counterfeit p
Union and american.
1t comes with poor grace from this old
prostitute, the organ and stipendiary of
public printing swindles and office-bro-
kers, to be sneering at the loyalty or hon
esty of East Tennesseans.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-11-05

ter grammes, and that of the dime two
and a half grammes. These will be the first
issue of silver coins of the metric standard
established at the last session of Congress,
and will have weight and consequent
value of one-half of one per cent. in ex-
cess of the former standard. ..... ..... .
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-11-05

THE money to be put into circulation
this month by the payment of interest on
Government and railroad bonds, and by
banks and corporations as dividends, will
run to over fifty millions of dollars. Much
of this has been accommodating for some
time, and boarded ever since the panic
began. 1t will materially relieve the
stringency of the money market. The
Government pays its semi-annual interest
this month amounting to $4,000 600, in
gold. 1t also pays $l5,000,000 principal of
the bonds Of 1862, in gold. Then there is
SO, 425, 900 interest due on the new six per
cent. bonds, which is to be paid to-day
The export of domestic produce last
week from New York was SO, 900 900, being
an excess of one million over the CORE
spending week last year.
These figures indicate that there must
soon be easier times in the money centers.
1t is encouraging to note, that amid the
announcement of general suspension the
Troy steel works in New York are increas-
ing their production and receiving new or
ders for their products.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-11-05

A NEW YORK Herald reporter has in
terviewed the Supreme Court Judges of
Tennessee, at jackson, as to their choice
for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States. Judges Nicholson,
Deaderiek and Mcfarland are in favor of
Hon. William NJ. Evarts, of New York.
Judge Freeman favors Judge Curtis, of
Massachusetts,, and Judge Sneed prefers
Judge Campbell, of Louisiana, though
would be satisfied with either Evarts or
Curtis, while Judge Pete Turney thinks
Chief Justice A, o. 2. Nicholson ought
to succeed Chase, and if he can not be
appointed, he favors Hon. r. J, Mckinney,
of Knoxville.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-11-05

THE editor of the Columbia Mail has
hideOus dreams Of the future. Woman
suffrage is what frightens his Virtuous
soul. Like horrid nightmare, it dis
turbs his rest and robs him of his peace of
mind. He says We Of the South hear OF it
as something afar of, and regard it as a
ridiculous delusion Of the degenerate de-
scendants Of those fanatics who burned old
women for witches in the days before the
Revolution" But there is something Sc
riously alarming in the favor such a heresy
is gaining in the public mind. In proof of
this he cites the fact that the Order Of the
Patrons of Husbandry admits women into
its membership, and then observes:
This order of the Grange promises to be-
come great controlling political power,
and If the wives and daughters of the male
members have a voice in the exercises of
that power, then the result will be inevi-
table. Women will become the political,
As they are already the social and domeE-
tic rulers Of our country.
Poor fellow, we feel for hin If woman
suffrage should be adopted. VI trust that a
saving clause be inserted ia the eonstitu-
tuition for this editors benefit 1t would be
a pity TO leave such a nice modest young
man without some protection from these
horTid women.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-11-05

Church of Rome does not yet fully COM
prehend the power and Influence of the
free press of this country, or of the spirit
of our institutions.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-11-05
WEDNESDAY, -: NOVEMBER ., 1878.

STATE elections will be held on Tuesday
in Minnesota Virginia, Texas, New York,
and Massachusetts,. In Minnesota, Vir-
ginia, Texas, and Massachusetts, Governors
are to be chosen. In New York, a Secre-
tarv of State and other State officers will
he chosen. The indications are that a
very light vote will be polled.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-11-05

THE news which comes to US from the
large man featuring districts of the North
and East is not encouraging. Thousands
who depend upon their labor for living
are out of employment on account of the
financial depression. In the city of New
York alone, it is said that 10000 working
girls, who labored on light, fancy goods,
have been discharged. We sincerely trust
that this state of affairs will not continue
long. AS the chilling storms of winter
come on, we there will
be larger number of persons in the Uni
ted States than usual, who will not be
prepared for it. People cannot live too
economically now. 1t behooyes every one,
the working man who depends upon the
sweat of his brow for his daily bread, as
well as he who has been fortunate enough
to provide something for "a rainy day"
10 save everything he can, and to prepare
for whatever comes.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-11-05


THE Southern Historical Convention
met at Richmond, Va, on the Goth ult
Among the speeches delivered was one by
Wade Hampton, who gave this rose-coler-
ed view of our present and future. 1t is a
pity that Wade can't find some lone island
where he can escape the oppression and
corruption of this wicked Governments
He said ~ .I.. '...--5'
The United States have entered on the
downward road on which all empires have
passed. Venality reigns in public and pri-
vate. The Judiciary is gagged or weakly
obeys the behests of party 20 overturn a
State, as in Louisiana. But he hoped that
a reaction would ensue, at least in the
South, which would relieve it of black
domination, and hurl the blacks and their
blacker allies to defeat and confusion. The
whole fabric of the Government is totter-
ing. and yet idiots are gibbering and
laughing beneath the lettering structure.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1873-06-28
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Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1873-06-28

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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-03-08


The Senate Committee on Pub
lie Lands Friday, reported ad-
versely upon the bill for addition
al land bounties to soldiers, which
evidently will have to dispose Of
the measure finally. It was open
to the objection that while it would
have operated to throw about 3O,-
600, 900 acres of public lsnds upon
the market TO fall into the hands
of spectators Il would have been
of little advantage to tho soldiers
since underjtte provisions Of the
present Homestead act any ofthem
can acquire title to . farm simply
by settling on it. Tho warrants
provided for by the bill could have
been sold without actual. settlement
and would have realized little or
nothing, while strengthening the
landed monopoly ss against actual
settlers. The same committee also
reported adversely upon the bill
for the Incorporation OF the Euro
pean American Land and Emigra-
ton Company, with power TO hold
100000 acres Of land, which is .
further indication Of the growing
strength Of the sentiment IN Con-
gress in favor Of the reservation
of public lands for actual settlers,
and TO discourage speculstions
whereby = . profits Of middle meo
are adder 20 the cost OF lands to
actual syltlers.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-03-08

after . spirited discussion the
Nationol House OF Represents
tives has finally passed q bill in
creasing the salaries OF the Presi-
dent, Vice President, Cabinet Of
ficers and Supreme Judges, and
fixing their own pay 1t SO, 800 q
year. dating back two years. Their
present pay Is 95, 900 4 year; this
increase, therefore, Of o1, 500 1
year, dating back two years, would
give each member the nice little
plum OF 5000. Il Was passed os-
tensibly AZ an equivalent for mile-
age, the franking privilege, ETC.,
and if it were mace to apply to
the future only, II would not be
much amiss, but there Is absolute
II no justification for making it
run back two years. The following
Indiana members voted for II, viz !:
Packard, Shanks, Voorhees, and
Williams. The measure may not
pass the Senate.