Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-12-17
GENERAL FORREST TENDERS HIS
SERVICES TO THE Coy
......# .r. ERNNIENT,
General sherman Writes a CharaCtGr-
iStiC Letter,
Forrest wants to Fight the spnninrds.

Forrest Wants TO Fight the Spnnisrds.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 9.-Gen. n. Is. Forrest,
in view of probable war with Spain, has
made a formal tender of his services to
Gen. Sherman, who writing n characters
tic letter to Forrest, said he had sent the
letter to the War Department, with this
endorsement; Respectfully referred to the
Secretary of War tor file among the hum
dreds of offers that come to me. l deem
this worthy of place among the archives
to wait coming events. | regard n. b,
Forrest as one of the most remarkable men
developed by our civil war, and, were it
left to me, in the event of a war requiring
cavalry, would unhesitatingly accept his
services and give him foremost place. l
believe now he would fight against our ma
tional enemies as vehemently as he did
against US, and that is saying enough.
w. Z. SHERMAN, General"
Sherman don't believe there will be any
war, as he does not believe either Govern
ment wants war.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9,-The Mcmillan
Pinchback case is postponed to Friday.
Judge Southworth, of Mobile, arrived
here yesterday, in the interest of the Mo-
bile and Ohio Railroad, and also in the in
terest of Sykes as against Spencer, who
now holds n seatin the Senate. The Com
mttee of Privileges and Elections will pro-
badly not reach the Spencer-Sykes case be-
fore the holidays. The proceedings against
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad have, by or
der of the Attorney General, been stopped.
The Attorney Generals order to the Dis
trict Attorney in effect, is: "Iou are or
dered not to bring suit for duties paid the
Confederate Government by the Company
during the war; and, if brought to dis
miss
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.--Alcorn, OF Mis-
sssippi, introduced bill to provide for the
construction of leveCs on the Mississippi
river Referred to the Committee on
Levee5.
The proceedings of the House to-day
were of a lively character, After the pass
age of a bill for the redemption of the
twenty million loan of 1888, the question
of the increased salary bill came up and
was discussed till the hour of adjournment
The two chief advocators of the report who
appeared on the stage to-day were Cox, OF
New York, and Lawrence, of Ohio. The
former was pretty thoroughly riddled by
Negley, of Pennsylvania, while Lawrence
was made the butt and laughing stock of
the whole House, because he had to con-
fess that us q member of Congress in 1866
he had pocketed four thousand dollars of
back pay under circumstances quite as dis
crcditable as those which characterized the
last salary grab. The only Southern men
who participated in the discussion was
that the Southern members were opposed
to any reduction, and at least wanted that
no reduction should apply to the present
Congress. On the whole the salary grab
bers were in the ascendant. a vote will
be had but hardly reached tomorrow.
In the vote fori President pro. tenn, Car
penter received 80, Thurman, l6 and
Blank ..
The bill removing the political disabili-
ties of Thos. h. Bocock, of Va, John II.
Reagan, of Texas, and others was passed.
(NoTE-This is not the General Amnesty
bill which passed the House,
VITginius Survivors TO be Surrendered.
WAsHINToN, Dec. 1.-THE survivors
and the Virginius will be delivered in day
light, on Tuesday next.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l0.-In the Civil
Rights Convention, the preliminary pro-
ceeding were interrupted by the motion of
Mr. Caney, of Texas, that Hon. =. b. S.
Pinchback be declared permanent Presi-
dent by reclamation. The motion pro-
duced considerable excitement and was
lost. The call of States then proceeded,
and the Chairman of the State Delegation
appointed a committee of permanent or
ganization. The Convention throughout
was somewhat turbulent, and did not adj
journ until half-past twelve O'Clock.
what President Grant said to the CoIored |
Wen. !
The Louisiana delegation to the Civil |
Rights Convention, visited President Grant |
to-day. Senator West introduced them.
The President said he was glad to meet |
them, that lie had always endeavored to
secure for the colored man all the rights
which should accompany their enfran-
chisement. Certain rights are still with
held but he hoped that ere long they
would find themselves in full possession
of all the privileges which belong to free
men. He said he did not know what Con-
gress would do in the matter but he
thought it likely that that body would at
its present session pass a civil rights bill,
and that if such a bill is defeated it will
probably be because an extreme measure
is urged by some person, who claims To be
a particular friend of the col0red man
Bank RObbcas whipped.
NEW CASTLE, Dec. 1q.-The bank rob
bers were whipped to-day in the presence
of about 2,0OG people.
WILAIINGpoN n. C., Dec. lO.-WestOn's
time was beaten ON the race course near
Raleigh to-day by walkist named O'Hara,
who walked five miles in 40 minutes and
20 seconds, a half mile made in minute)
of the distance being backwards.
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THE New York Times urges Tweed to
make confession and give the public the