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II is alleged that money is being very
freely used to secure the Communication OF
the death sentence against Foster, the car
hook murderer. Mrs. Putnam, widow of
the man who was SO brutally murdered,
has written letter to Governor Dix, max
ing strong appeal in Fosters behalf. 1t
is charged that she received S15, 900 for
writing that letter. 1t is possible that by
such means his neck may be saved from
the halter, but we do not think so. Gov
ernor Dix is a man with will of his own,
and his purposes are not changed without
a sufficient reason. [.lt.t-I
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lin Chancery at Clinton,

ANDERSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE
WHEREAS, R. II. GRATZ, G. A. PERDICARIS
w A. g, Richey, Jonathan Steward. H. A. Stiles
W.. X. Sterling, John G. Redding. Chas X. MOrreD;
Ihos y. Magill, and Charles M. Steward, have filed
their amended petition for charter of incorporation
to De known as The Poplar Creek Mineral Railroad
company. praying for all the ri hts and powers and
privileges allowed by law. to enable them as a eOrpO-
ration to construct and operate railroad comme1ee
IN Anderson county. on the Mountain Fork OF Poplar
Creek. near Dunnayons Gap. and run thence north
eastward along the valley south of Walden Ridge to
point on the Knoxville and Ohio Railroad between
Clinton and Coal Creek. with a five mile branch up
said Mountain Fork.
This is therefore to notify all persons TO appear
fore said Chancery Court the special term on tns
Saturday before the second Monday in April next 70
show cause if any they have why said prayer should
not be granted, and decree Of incorporation pro-
nounced or said petition will then and there be acted
1t is further ordered that this notice be published
for thirty days in the Knoxville Tenn0 Daily Chronl-
Gle.
Done at Office. this February I'D. 1873.
VIM. III. WHITSON, elk & Mr..
A true copy of the order. Attest:
ii25d3Od WIN. III, WHITS0N, elk & Mr..
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The Carlists in Spain have achieved
some successes and are accused of the out
RACES and socialistic dist urbances reported
in Spain.
, 1873-05-25

luton can be traced through successive geo1ogi-
cal epochs is question as yet wholly unde-
termined, with nothing in the observed facts Of
the present epoch to favor such supposition.
IT leave that part of the subject" lie Rays,
!" out Of consideration now, because it requires
vast array Of geological and archaeological
facts for which We may not have time in this
course. I confne myself now to the history Of
the egg, and repeat emphatical1y that, as far Us
We know, tho cgg evolves nothing but what it
has received from progenitors, aud docs not
necessarily evolve that, in every caso, wholly or
uninterruptedly, there being sometimes break
in the continuity Of inherited fortunes, and re-
production Of thom after lapse OF ono or more
generations"
We give place to Prof Agassiz' lecture, with
the accompanying illustrations, in another part Of
this paper, and invite attention to it as one Of
the most interesting Of modern scientific dis
cu6si0us.
, 1873-05-25
THE J" "ScAVENGER."

~ the Editor cf 7hs Chicago Tribune: =: i.
6m: It was long ago remarked that the greatzt
est rogues cry 'sstop thief louder than any one
else. So perhaps the venerable editor Of the
Chicago Times would like to divert the attention
Of the public from the debased specimen Of hui
manity be presents, by calling attention to the
faults and failings Of men Of more Or less local
OF national reputation. Or, perhaps, it eases bis
guilty conscience to find that other men are not
guileless; OF it my be bis. avarice ia 80 great
that, il to pander to the prurient taste Of q fol
low being would bring in single scent nickel IN
excess Of the average daily receipts, he feels In
PEELED 80 to do. . :. - -
Whatever may be the object, the result re-
mains the sane There arc certain birds which,
because Of their useful way Of disposlng Of de-
caying animal matter; that would otherwise be:
come offensive, are: called scavengers. The
proprietor and editor Of the Times is a Scaues-
qer. and poor one at, that. The birds pass
ing under that tito do their work thoroughly,
and put completely out Of sight that
, 1873-05-25

is constantly failing, while the number Of girls
in the separate department is constantly increas-
ing. President Eliot says that this is also the
caao in many other Western institutions where
girls and boys are educated together, and that
the slatron Of Oberlin College, after long e1-
perience, told him that she would not allow her
daughter, or any other girl in whom she was in
terested to so through the regular college ccurse
The most practical suggestion which President
Eliot made was that those interested in the
higher education OF women should ondoavor to
build up day-schools Of high standard rather
than boarding schools Of any kind, where it re-
quires special care to prevent evil in the contact
Of large number Of girls. At this point, Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe lost her temper, and the dis
cussion was BOON brought to close.
Ali who took part in this discussion. in oue
educational facilities for the female se1,
and the best sentiment Of tho time
and country will be found to agree
with them. As to the coordinate education Of
the soxes, there are already enough institutions
TINT have applied the System to demonstrate its
advantages and disadvantages. During this ex-
perimontal epoch females have hardly any more
right to demand admission into colleges for
males than the male sex have to demand admis-
sion to educational institutions for females.
Tho Inter would be regarded as piece Of ine1-
cusable impertinence.
, 1873-05-25

| which is Offensive and no1ious. But this n,on.
Scavenger patiently, parseveringly, and diligent.
| II seeks out the carron which he ecants AZ r.,
Of, -1and then what7. Docs he peck at It to d.
stroy it7 Does he bury it beyond tho ken Of the
Henses? He Who would thus make the world a
worlds thinks. But NO, o,-he must needs hrinr
the disgusting mass ont into the broad Light n
day call whole city full around it; then Inn
it over, and upside down, aud inside out, in tha
light Of the worldI; He. 1n1ist needs spread ~
and scatter it to the winds, that they NAV csrr1 -
bring forth-yes,- fruit. Every seed afte, his
kindl For the toorhy husbandman, q tcordty
harvest. :':.
:, There Ii not disreputable thing or q drty
hole in the city Tor outside Of it, tor that atter}
is polluting. And even this Is not enough
This semblance Of a man must needs
attempt to bring the Church Of God down to a
level with these iniquities. :. .Disgraceful is no
name for such work; disgusting is no name for
it,; there must yet be coined 3 word to express
the utter and perfect abhorrence IN which such
employment should be held
None are perfect. In the Church are gr1eVoua
sinners. In the Church, and out OF 1t, are good
n1e7s, who have done some things which they
themselves are ashamed Of And who ia there
that sometime in his Life has not been guilty Of
things that the very thonght Of sulitea into hi4
innernost conscience2 Il to bring these things
before the world-would serve some good pur-
pose, there might be some apology for 80 dong.
But, when tho sole object ia to pandar to q taste
Tor al that is vic and loE, and the transfer OF
the most despicab1e that could be engaged in,
t is on1ya wonder that this chiet sca7enger
can find assistants who will bring them
selves so nearly down to his level
as to aid him In this dirty business. II there is
the least spark Of manhood left in them, let
lat trcyfHt. cf1faf
, 1873-05-25

two planets between Mercury and the sun. And
then still another, who says thore are no
planets ut all in that quarter. The four
have commenced q pitched battle. Other
astronomers, young aud old, little and big,
learned and un1earned, are mixing in the quad
rilateral fight, and the way in which spheroids,
tangents, right ascensions, left declinations,
paralla1es, planes, ecliptics, and other things
are flying back and forward, is q caution to
people with weak nerves. 1t is evident from all
this that these people, whose concerns are prin-
cpally with tho stars, are very earthly in some Of
their habits.
, 1873-05-25
TIE DocTRIHE or LOCAL OPTION.

TIE D0CTRII3E OF LOCAL OPTION
Among the numerous Legislative remedies
suggested for the eTn Ct intemperance is that
known as "Local Option" which prevails in
Pennsylvania. It refers the question Of prohibi-
ton to every town or city to decide for itself,
free traffic in liquor or prohibition following the
majority OF legal votes cast in favor Of one or
gard the minority Us infal1ib1y right, or even
thoEe who believe that the ruling sentiment
Of the majority must regulate the personal
conduct habits, and preferences Of the minority,
this solution of the temperance question will
especially recommend itself. It has, indeed,
many advantages over prohibition by q State
vote, since the communities tlat are thus con-
strained according to ono rule in tho use of
stimulanta are smaller, and those who feel that
their personal liberty is interfered
yith may choose more congenial residence With
less Inconvenience. expense, and discomfort. The
objections to the System are the came as those
which may be urged to all prohibitory legisla~
ton, as limiting the exercise Of personal
freedom in the use OF 6timulants IN q manner
not demanded By the welfare Of society, and
shaped rrther rpon the preiudices of the ms
joritx than the necessities Of police regulation.
In Pennsylvania, the validity Of the law was con-
tested On the ground that the Legislature, in
passing it, he'd virtually de1egatedthe 1aw-1naking
power, which it had no right to do. The su-
P.ene Court held, however, that this was not
the csse, and the Law remains With the distinc-
tion Of producing the moot hotly-contested local
elections which the people hare ever had.
Tho Now York Legislature recently passed
Local-Opton bill, modelled after the Pennsyl-
Eania law, but Gov: Dix vetoed it. The reasons
which he has given for Withholding his assent
ara Of considerable interest. He does not doubt
that intempcranco is the source Of a large pro-
portion Of the er5@e, fi==1f;71i4m, and misery Of
, 1873-05-25
FL0WERs--.MAKE HOME BEAUTIFUL.
To the Editor a. Ihk Chicago Tribune:

! To the Editor of Ihk Chicago Tribune:
l.. Sm: Having been disappointed many times
| in sowing tho wong seads, OF sowing the right
ones too early, in this district Of low baromotara
thermometers, and what not, and thinking some
Of your many readers might wish to beautify
!, their grounds and avoid failure by knowing the
experience Of others, I therefore give mine in
the culture Of flowers, and hope that Chicago
as q whole, will cultivate these summer beautiea
more than heretofore.
|. It does not require extra skill to raise anuuals
They will grow wherever the sun shines, in al
| most any kind Of soil 4 rich, sancy loan, well
drained, is the soil best suited to tham, and
| is what We eau boast Of. They require little OF
no attention after they are once started, but
richly repay the cu1tivator, If heed is paid to
+ their wants. The following List comprises soms
Of the choicest, that will do finely IN this dig
:trict = >
f. Abronla fragrans; -.> :
r. Antirrhinum-au colors; '.-.
1 Aster-rose-aovered truRants, and the peony-
lowered, no garden should be without one of
3:.Ba1sama~ ~ca1anolliaraowsred;; spotted German,
|: and the Solferino;' rs: ..
Browallia,- ia,-blue and white;
clsrka integsipetela, and double red and
+ "'N&uQYEulE-puIp10a allu EIIu5Ou.
Gamma Nepafensis, and annei, stately plants
=" Chlora grandifloEa; ~.'
| ~Chrysanthemum- varieties; -
Dianthus-an double varieties mixed, They
ire splendid;
;.Dslphiniun elatior foro:pleno, ,-germinsse
- 'Lobelia erinus gpeciosa and white: .-'
Lupins-sl1 colors,-elegnnt;
ignonette-Parsons' now tree and new white;
Mangold-French double, Dunnett's new or
Il -fn$n&+
:. Mirzbilis Ja1apa- a-sea1let, white, and chamois;
Pansy-best English varieties, shade
Phola Drummondii- all colors; =. -
Petunis-aing1e and double; =,
=, Portu1aca-doublea and single !; - .'
+. Ricnus purpurea major, for lawns; -. :.
,si8olanum-- white ornamental eggplant
II stock--ten woeks, German, dwarf varieties
Of all co1ors; - '"
f.: .Verbena-of all colors;
. Zinnia double lowered, elegant-all colors.
/. !. =. CLIMBING PLANTS.
,,Cobas scandens- rple,- has grown 200 feet
in one season = -
conroivulus Major (morning-glory)
:Dolichos sablab Chyacinth bean);
;Gourds- -cyc1anths1A e1plodens, ns,-curious; r.
.::Ipomaa Quamoclt (cypress-vine);
%: Peas-foWaring, all color5 49,.
- -Phaseo1us (aoWering beans)
-Thopmo1um Peregrinum (cana1J-bird aower):
1.-The aladio1us. dad 1 That the bulbs costing
10 to Is cents have as fine dowers as those cost
ing 81 to 49,: They can bs planted out from the :,
1at Of May to the middle Of July. Plant three
inches deep, and in clumps OF SIX or more. :.
ta:Get few Of the colored ones, and plant them
in clumps three feet apart.
y." TUrERosE.
). It is now too late to sta7t these for outdoor
blooming. Can be bought from the florist for ,
small amount. They nre sweet. We had Soma
last scason with thirty-eight aoweret5 on. VERY
respectfully, 49,: AMATEUR
, 1873-05-25

The astronomers have got by the ears. One Of
the profession recently discovered planet be.
tween Mercury and the sun. Immediately came
another ast1 onomer and laid claim to the dis
covery, which he had made some time before.
And then another who asserted that there we're
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gnoes TO advertisements.

AMUsENENTs- Seventh PGge-6h column.
RAINING HOUSES AND BANKRRs-SepeHh P00e-Sd col
BUSINESS NOTICRs-FoUrh Pdqe-lst column.
CHANCES FOR BUSINESS MEN-SeeOHd Pa0e.-ith column'
CORPORATION NoTICEs-SiIh Pd0e-2d column.
DENIIsTRY-Sepenh Pdge-sth column.
DIVIDEND NOTICES Seventh PdQe-3d column: -,
EISANCIAL--StIth Pdge-4th column. Sepen" E"Ve-%u
and 81 columns.
FINE ARrs-Sepenh Page-6th column.
FURNITURE SepCnh PGge-5th column,
HELP WANTED, MALES-Thfrd Pd0s-Stn coiu 1 IN ,,N
HoRsgs, CARRIAGES HARNESS, &e.-SeVe'h Po9e-eth
column.
HoTEIs~7hird Paqe-Ith column; EURoPEAN-See0nd
Pdge-5th AMI 9th columns
INSTRUCTION SiJth Pdge-2d column
LAW SCHOOLs-SiTh PGge-2d column , -,
IECTIREs AND MEETINGs-Sepenth Pdge-6th column.
LEGAL NOTICES Second Pa0e-4th column.
LONDON ADYERTIsEMENTs-.See0rd PGge-Ath, 5th, and
M.RpJE md SLATE MANTRIs--Third Paoe--5th column.
MARRIAGES AND DEkTHs-FHth PGQe-6th column
AIsCRiLANEOUS-DecO age AN oOiuilhi S'V"N"Se
MUSICAL IssTRUMENTs-SirtA Pdoe-3d column,
NEW PuBIICATIoSs-Sirh PGge-lst and ID columns.
kRAL ESTATE FOR SALE CIT - Third Pd0e-2d col
JERsEY-Tkird Pa0s-2d column OoUNTRr-Thrd
Page-2d column AT AUCTIoN-ThtTd Pdge-1d and
SALES BY AUcTIoN-Serenm Pd0e-5th column.
SAVINGS BASKs-Serenh PGOe-3d aud 4th columns
SITUATIONS WANTED, MALEs-Ihfrd Page-4th column;
FEMALEs-Third Pdge-4th and 5th columns.
SPECIAL NOTIcBs-Eith PaO6-6th column.
STEAMBOATs AND RAILRoADS-Third Page-5th and 9th
columns.
STEAMERS, ocEAN-Ssrenth PdOe-lth column.
SUMNER KKTREATs-SeeOnd Pdge-6th column.
1EACHERs-Strh Page-2d column.
10 LIT, CITY PROPRRTY-Ihtrd Pd0e-3d column;
BROOKLYN PROPERTY - Third Page sd column;
COUNTRY PROPERTY-Third Pd0e-Sd and 4th columns.
To WHOM II MAY COScERS-Sepenh PGOe-6th column.
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A RRLRF COMPARISON.

France has just concluded the payment of
its war debt to Germany. One installment, to
be sure, remains unpaid, but it is provided
for, and may be fairly considered as out of
the question. The liquidation Of this debt
one thousand millions of dollars-was COM
menced two years ago. 1t is one of the mar
wells of the age that the French nation,
stripped and peeled as it has been, should
gather so much recuperative strength and lift
such a vast load in 30 brief space of time.
Even the enormous sum just named does not
cover the whole amount of financial harvest
gathered. The Commune lett debt which
has been assumed; the incidental expenses of
the Government have been met and
large sums have been expended in re-
pairing the waste which war made in
the national possessions and works. Part of
the amount paid to Germany or otherwise ex-
pended by the French Government was from
cash in the national treasury. The main part
was raised by taxation, by popular loan, and
by the sale of bonds to foreign capitalists.
The sale =. the bonds on which money was
obtained to release France is something UNI
exampled even in our own country. These
bonds are virtually mortgage on the indus
try and productive resources of the French
nation. The people have shown real passion
of patriotism in their anxiety TO help the
Government raise the money needed to pay
OFF the war debt. The stories told of the
sacrifices, tolls, and shifts of people in every
rank OF life, striving to add something to the
public funds, are pathetic almost to tragedy
We read of acts prompted by love
of country and performed by women,
children, and humble men which remind
ono Of tue heroic age Of the Roman Republic
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disciplined opposition, which numbers no" III
its ranks the two foremost men OF France.
The MacMahon Government will not fail 10
give occasions for criticism in plenty ino
Marshal's first words, on receiving the hoe,n-
cation Of his election. were signihcaht Vi Sno
spirit in which he intended to govern ITO
spoke of his trust in Divine Providence anu
the Army TO enable him to fulfill the duues
now devolving upon him. 1t is not oy any
appeal to Rome and to bayonets that mouerh
France is to be managed. The Pope, II Is true,
has responded promptly to the President anu
has expressed his qualification at his election
in terms which will gain tho new
Cabinet as much suspicion as support,
The mysticism of NJ. dc Cnallpoir !.
will not be equally graceful in the mouth Vi
o soldier of the Empire. 1t is already doup',
full whether the full majority which Voteu
against Theirs is resolved that the KepuOnc
never shall be definitely established. IL Is
certain that they can never agree upon wna'
shouId come after the death of the Republic
if they should accomplish its murder. Nelther
the Comte de ChambOrd, nor his cousin ol
Paris, nor the young Bonaparte who Is Initial
ing his fathers early exile in England-a
parody of parody-could secure the united
suffrages of party which is more influenced
by its prejudices than by its interests OF
by common sense. 1t is unlikely, IN fact,
that Marshal MacMahon nourisles any lllegai
plots of restoration. He probably tells inc
truth when he says that his desire is to keep
the peace and regain for France her place In
the world in some underlined, respectable, con-
servative way. His Cabinet is formed OF men
like thoroughly honest, narrow, we'll
bred men, who are so constituted that they
think the breeching the nobest portion OF the
harness of state. They are not men who
would naturally be chosen for any
work of daring rascality. The air Of the
Faubourg ST. German is not favorable to per-
jury or murder. The men who held SO stub
bornly aloof from the criminal of December
during his whole reign will not be likely 70
attempt to initiate his crimes. AS the Cabinet
stands at present, it contains no menace for
France. 1t would be safe to predict that
every hour it stays in Office will strengthen
the minority until it ceases to be one, and
then the Assembly can attend to its most
pressing duty-wbich is suicide.
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THE MACNAHoN GOVERNMENT.

1t is far too soon for the partisans of reac-
ton to begin to congratulate themselves upon
their apparent victory in France. If the Re-
public is to be killed it must be by the er
rors and the follies of its adherents and not
by the usurpations of its enemies. There is
great vitality in political institutions which
are rooted in popular sympathy. The Re-
public ibas come Ito be 80 generally ac-
cepted in France that it will require holder
and more cunning hand than that of Marshal
MacMahOn to destroy it. Heinrich Heine
once said that the fact offered by Boo
cacio in support of religion applied equally
well to the Republic, that both succeeded
in spite of their ministers. 1t will be hard to
prevent the republican sentiment from grow
ing and consolidating in France, even though
the republicans have left the official bench
and given up their places to men who detest
democracy and all its works. Indeed, it is
possible that the late disaster may turn out
to be the most efficient means for breaking
the paralyzing deadlock which was al
ways impending over the Assembly through
the mutual defiance and mistrust of the Gov
eminent and the Right.
The most effective work of establishing the
hepuDllC HAS Juuo ldI DCcu uono NY iOo UitbSl
enemies. NJ. Gambetta has rendered no such
precious service to the popular cause as the
Comte de- Chambord. The reserve and dis
erection of the great radical have been most
admirable, but they have brought about no
such evident results as have followed the
frank and voluble absurdity Of the head of
the Bourbons. 1t was Henry V. who stood
always in the way to blow over with some mad
utterance of absolutism or bigotry the ingeni-
GUS card-castles which his prudent cousins
of Orleans and their supporters were cOntinu-
ally building with such labor and pains. 1t
was the Marquis de Gramont who, by an i'm
pertinence of which only man of his class
could have been guilty, drove NJ. Grevy from
the chair which had neutralized him during
the session and placed his valuable talents at
the disposition of the Republic on the floor.
1t will probably be seen that when this in
solent majority dismissed Theirs, Jules Simon,
Casmir-P6rier, and their colleagues from Of
fee, they gave France in its need more efficient
champions than any mere oftce-holders can
be at this moment Compare for an instant
these veteran debaters and politicians with
their weak successors upon the Government
Bench. The Left has received a reinforce
ment of incalculable value. The Right has
lost more strength than it could afford. 1t is
scarcely possible that the slender majority by
which the Theirs Government was overthrow
can long survive the vigilant observation and
incossant attack Of the hopeful and perfectly
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might serve as model for any bill that may
DO presented in New-York. The first section
of an ACT passed April 80 1859, provides that
the stockholders may by majority vote
"direct their existing Board of Directors to
$50 classify the members thereof by lot or
" otherwise. that one-third thereof shall ter
"minate their official term as directors at the
" first annual election thereafter, and one-third
"at the next annual election thereafter, and
" the remainder at the next succeeding annuai
ELECTION thereafter the vacancies as they
occur to be filed for three years. The secona
section provides that
at shall be lawful for tho stockholders OF any ran
road company whose railroad wholly or partly WITHIN
this State at any regular annual election OF directors
thereof classify and elect said directors tna1 ono
third thereof shall for one year. onehrd lot TWO
years. and the remainder for three years. and a each sue
ceedng annual election thereafter the stockholders sna
elect directors 10 take the place Of those whose terms
expire above"
This law recognizes the rights of tho stock
holders, which Mr. Madden's bill entirely dis
regards.