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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28
PLAIN FACTS FROM Al DEMOCRAT

The Memphis avalanche of the Goth
inst, publishes a card from Hon. Jesse
f. Brown, "a prominent Democrat"
declining a nomination for the Legis-
lature upon the reform Democratic
ticket. His language, if uttered in
Knoxville, would be styled "a memo
rial of Iulamy." Mr.. Brown says
fully sympathize With the objects
of the reform movement, and believe
1t the only one calculated TO save the
people of the city, county and State
from the ru.nous taxation which is
now driving off population and capital,
and is whitening aud blIghting ouI
prospects as people. do not believe
the regular ticket (as they call them~
selves) nominated AS they were, main
~ by uiliCe-hUlders and ward politi-
clans, aud pledged as they are 10y the
Nashville platform to levy taxes sutfi-
cieut to pay the interest of the bonded
debt, and current expenses (abouJ 81,
400, 900 annually, can be relied on for
such retrenchment AS the people need.
Let them say, aud promise what they
may in the way of platltudes. am
also solicltous Tor the success of the re-
form ticket, knowing that Andrew
Johnson, the greatest man of the age,
the peoples friend and candidate, Will
find friends amongst them, and be-
lieving he will find none with the
other party.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

THAT MR.. MAYNARD's canvass has
thoroughly aroused the Democratic
press of the other end of the State, is
manifest in that they have started each
for itself mandatory of cCncentra-
ted lie. Here is the product of the
shops operated by the Memphis APP
peal: In it's issue of the Dist, it quotes
an extract from an alleged speech OF
Mr.. Maynard at Athens, Tennessee, in
August, 1866, in which he predicted
that Gin short time the blacks will
marry and intermarry in your fami-
lies" What lie viii they grind out
next?
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

THE Democratic press are resurrect-
ing receipts for fees paid Mr.. Maynard
by the State rs a lawyer, as though
every Congressman who has legal tai
ents enough did not take law business
in the Washington. or other Courts.
Wonder if those three Democratic
lawyers who asked $4,000 each for
services in helping sell for the State
sixteen million dollars worth of prop
ty for six millions, put the Democratic
press to bowling about Maynard's
fees?
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

The people of East Tennessee are now
more interested in the improvement of
the Tennessee river than in any pub
lie improvement of the age. If OBJ
strucuons to navigation were all re-
moved, it would be worth millions of
money to this section. Before casting
our votes for members of Congress it
will be well to ask, which of the two
opposing candidates in this district is
the more likely to secure aid to such
an improvement? Col, ThOrnburgh is
certainly the man.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

OUR CANDIDATE for Governor spoke
a second time in Nashville, on We'd
nesday night last. He was waited
upon by large delegation of the work
ingmen and mechanics of Nashville,
and earnestly solicited to speak to them
on the subject of the penitentiary lease.
They say they do not vote with any
party that puts them in competition
with penitentiary cOnvicts. Maynard
for Governor and Andy Johnson for
u. s. Senator is the ticket of the
mechanics of Nashville.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

pHORNBURGH took to Vienna, last
year, car load of Tennessee minerals,
at any rate he says he did, though
Gen. Wilder usually claims the honor
when in London and New York.
Large immigration was expected there
from, but neither the men or money
have arrived from that cause.
The Bourbon organ never loses an
opportunity to sheer at every effort
made in behalf of immigration or at
those who make it. ThOrnburgh and
Wilder both did very much a. the
Vienna Exposition to give Tennessee
an enviable advertisement. Immigra
ton hasn't come to any alarming ex~
tent, simply because about the time
our Wilders get the people in the no
ton of coming to Tennessee, Demos
cratic outlaws get up Gibson coun-
ty massacre that is telegraphed
over the world and translated into
every language. Such violence drives
Off Immigration, and so it neutraliZed
all the good Wilder and Thornburgh
did at Vienna or elsewhere. Still
Wilder and Thornburgh, and their
kind, are "thieves and blackguards,"
and the Trenton murderers lost
sight OF.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28
IN THE DEMOCRATIC
CAMP

Hon. John Blevins, of Hawkins
county, is an independent candidate
for the State Senate in the Second SEN
atorial District against Captain j. G.
Hodges, the regular nominee of Dem
ocraic Convention. Captain Hodges
publishes a card in the Morristown
gazette in which he goes for Colonel
Blevins in lively manner He says
In the beginning of the late war he
was an open Rebel. He equipped
with his money a company for the
Rebel army.
This then is my opponent? A negro
trader! A Rebel a Union-COnser-
vative! A candidate before the Con-
venlion, that nominated me, pledged
publicly to abide by the action of the
Convention and support me, now a
candidate hoping to be elected 10y the
vote of the negroes whom he used to
buy and SELL aud 10y the votes of the
Republicans to whom he has always
been an open enemy.
The Gazette is worked up to high
pitch of excitement over the matter
ana says:
The position of Colonel Blevins is SO
pitiable, so forlorn, SO hopeless! His
standing as man, who has for years
had, to some extent, the confidence OF
the people is now gone-and gone for
ever!
Colonel Blevins is friend of An
drew johnson, which, no doubt, ac-
counts for the bitter opposition made
to him. inside of his own party.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28
\ LATE DENIAL.

Over week ago our correspondent
writing from Murfreesboro', an account
of the Gubernatorial discussion at
that place, said that a nephew of Gov.
Brown in reply to Mr.. Maynards ar
raignment of his uncle,s corrupt adj
ministratiOn, swung an open knife
over his head and cursed the orator as
liar. The report has been published
aud re-published far and wide and has
never been contradicted. Yesterday
the Bourbon organ of this city, says q
gentleman from Nashville, who does
not even profess to have been at Muir.
freesborO', writes them upon informa
ton that sit is a lie out of whole
CLOTH Our correspondent wrote OF
what he saw with his own eyes, and
this Nashville man writes of what he
did not see. We know our CORE.
spOndent, and our readers would al
once believe his statements if his
name were published. But this cir,
cuitous, unauthorized, indefinite de.
NAL amounts to nothing. Does any
sensible man believe that the Brown
family would allow such a charge tC
stand mcontradicted, if it could be
successfully refuted?
Until some more direct or authorized
denial comes, our report must stanC
mistaken. But the week it stood un
questioned, the White League organ
Of this city had no reference to max
to it. 1t was dumb and silent, for tn
violence was Democratic violence, an,
it is careful how it denounces its owl
friends who occupy relations to thos
from whom it draws, a part at least, 0
its support. The State patronag
might be lost, if Gov. Browns nephew
was disrespectfully referred to.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

OSE OF the main reasons for the
election Of George W. Mabry, and the
defeat Of Col, Thornburgh, was offered
boy one Of the speakers at the meeting
I'm front OF the Lamar House ON Satur-
day night O.. last week. 1t is the most
prominent reason Democrat can offer
ur w.., oiIar only they are not always
a. candid a5 the speaker referred to,
Said be, the next Postmaster OF
Knoxville viii bc q Democrat That
is il. They do not enquire whether
Thornburgh can more efficiently
serve the people Of the District
in Congress, but whether they may
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

not get into The "bread and butter
brigade " at an early day through the
election of Mabry. They don't ask
who will be more successful in getting
claims paid, which are due to the peo-
pie of the Second Congressional Dis
trict. Every one knows that Cot.
Thornburgh has faithfully served his
constituents. Even his political enc
mics never charge to the contrary
Those who have had business to be
looked after, either in the departments
or in Congress have always
found him ready, willing and
active, No complaint has been made
against him on this score. Then is
there any reason for changing him for
an inexperienced man, and one who
has lived nearly a half century with
out showing any remarkable capacity
for "A leader or a servant of the people?
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28
RoiIer Explosion I'm RaItimore.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 21.-A boiler at
Coates Bros rolling mill exploded, de
molishing the building. 20 feet of the
smoke stack fell, fatally injuring two,
and seriously woundIng three. Sew
eral hundred operatives are temper
arily unemployed.
One hundred delegates are attending
the Baltimore Synod, embracing the
Presbyteries of Maryland, Virginia,
Delaware and West Virginia. DR..
Marquis is Moderator.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

ABOUT THE MOST impudent thing
we ever read was the imperious tone
in which the white league organ. yes
terday, informed the Republicans of
Knox county that their speakers must
divide time with them at the meetings
they propose to hold this week. If
force and buster is the policy, let us
see who succeeds. Has this organ nc
sense to talk in this style to East Ten
nessee Republicans This is not Lou
i7iana where its white leagued asso-
clates parade in armed force to intimi,
date Republican voters.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

II comes with rather bad grace from
Tennessee Democrats to be arraigning
Hon. Horace Maynard with having
voted for the impeachment Of Presi-
dent Johnson. Horace Greeley advo-
Gated his impeachment with all his
grea, power, and charged Republican
Senators who failed to vote for his i'm
parchment with having been bribed,
and yet Tennessee Democracy endorsed
Greeley by voting for him for Presi,
dent Of the United states. Are they
uota pretty set to be talking about inn
parchment"
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

The DE1GOCRATIC camp is not so
lovely as many imagine, Etheridge
is on The war path in West Tennessee,
and the Memphis Appcai, of the Goth,
is compelled to say;
Mr. Emerson Etheridge viii speak
at the Greenlaw Opera House tonight.
What he is to speak upon we may sur
mise from the position that has been
assigned him by the dark-lantern,
secret-seryice committee, whose only
desire is To- defeat the Democratic
ticket.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

Mr.. OvERToN, a Democratic candi-
date for the State Senate, during a
speech at Memphis, was asked
"ATe you III favor of making me
chanics in the penitentiary ."
Mr.. Overtou-When we tease the
penitentiary, / am in favor of allow
ing the lessees to work it to the best
advantage to themselves.
That's exactly what is hurting, and
that is why the Nashville mechanics
who feel the injustice of this convict
labor are Tor Maynard.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

THORNBURGH AND Col. JOHN
BRoWNLOw send back encouraging
reports from the Congressional can
vass in Sewer and Jefferson counties.
Squire Mabry is not meeting with
much encouragement in those sec.
tons. Horny hands and hay seed can
be used very well when a man stands
as a candidate for Squire or Sheriff,
but when the people select a Con-
gresham to legislate upon important
questions, they want experience and
information as to public affairs in adj
dition to other popular qualifications.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

REV. WILLIAM HOWELL, pastor Of
the coIored Baptist Church, of this
city, was educlred at Oberliu, Ohio
Ingersoirs school. The Democrats
ought to hear from HIM on tn, suu-
iect Of mixed schools
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

INGERsoLL, the leading speaker at
the Democratic meeting on Saturday
night, was at Oberlin College six
years. Oberlin is the largest mixed
school" in the United States. The
usual College course embraces four
years. We presume Ingersoll staiG
two years longer for the sake of the
society.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

WE invite attention to what the
Chattanooga correspondent of the Gin
c.nuati Commercial has TO say i'm de-
Tense Of the Tennessee delegates to the
Chattanooga Convention. They are
the men the white league organ in
This city calls "tnieycs and black
guards / must sound strange TO
men all over the North with whom
Wilder and Chamh.r.atu's names are
7yuonJ with our iron and coal
Interests, 90 hear them called " thieves
and bla,Sguards.v The Democratic
press OF Tennessee who know these
men, are doing themselves and the
State great injustice in showing such
intolerance and prescription.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

WHILE the taxpayers are groaning
uRder their burdens, the Nashville
ring are piIing up their fortunes. Let
the people look at this ring, at their
brick blocks, fine establishments and
pockets full Of money, aud then ask
where does it all come from? Elect
Maynard, and the Nashville ring will
dissolve, and the taxes 90 TO pay our
honest debts, instead Of into the peck
cts of private contractors.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

HAyNARD gave it to Brown hotter
than ever on the Goth at his own home,
where Porter had threatened that he
should "eat his words He didn't
eat but we expect poor Porter wished
Brown was there to relieve him only
snce Of that terrible arraignment.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

THE Democracy are unfortunate in
the records of their imported friends,
There is Ingersoll, put up to tell what
an Ohio Radical thinks Of the terrible
Civil Rights BIZ, and it turns out he
was raised a patron Of mixed schools
What a CONSERVATION among the bour-
bons it did create, when last Sunday 5
CHRONICLE told that fact Then
there is the man who nominaiIy owns
the organ down the street, Friday, on
all sides Of all subjects for ten cents
a line;" it turns out he was loyal
Lacquer, in mixed league, too, aud
for all we know, went to some Of the
mixed schools in Pennsylvania
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

THE Democratic papers have not
had a word to say about the Interrupt
lion and the attemptediutimidatiou of
Mr. Maynard at Murfresboro' by Gov.
Browns nephew. Ii some Republic
san in East Tennessee Of equal promi-
acnce had uninterrupted Judge Porter,
whata howl the Democratic organs
would have raised,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

THE Nashville Union and american
thinks that Wilder and Chamberlain,
and other men who have permanent
interests at stake in Tennessee" de-
serve credit for their course in the
Chattanooga Convention, still the
Press and Herald thinks them
" thieves and blackguards.'
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28
THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE.
WEDNESDAY, OCT Is, 1874,

MAYNARD. was not made to eat bis
words at Pulaski on the 2Olh as our
special dispatch shows. Poor Brown.
Poor Porter.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

THE Cincinnati Commercial, with
strong Democratic sympathies, after
carefully reviewing the different States
in the elections yet to take place, and
giving the Democrats the benefit of
all the gains already made, concludes
that the next Congress will be Repub.
lican. OF course it will. In Ohio and
Indiana the temperance question
fioored the Republicans, but there is
no chance for such gains in Illinois,
Pennsylvania or New York. They
may gain few members in each
State, but they will not be enough to
overcome the large Republican major
ity. II is therefore more than ever
important that the Union men OF this
district should re-elect Thornburgh.
Besides being unquestionably the best
qualified man. he can be Of great ser
vice ia a Republican Congress and
with a Republican Administration.
while Aahry would 10 Of no Use
whatever
" - ~ Alh' -'AaSi > VI sou VI LAle NlAN
represents Col. Thornburgh a favor
ing the Civil Rights Bill, is there a
man, woman or child in this Con,
gres,iouaI district that does not know
that 50 ise? Every one who has
read "a newspaper SHOWS it is untrue.
And yet these chety hireiug- do it.
What poor opinion they must have
of the intelligence OF Tcune,-eeans
They, perhaps, belong TO that small
ca-, Of Northern men who believe
the patriotic mountainous OF East
Tennessee 10 he fools. Frcemcn Of
East Teuuez-ee-of The Second Con.
gre-s.guai uistrict--now your man
mood by indignantly -pnruiug tlead-
vice oi these mercanary czotics, and
voting for Col. Thoruhurru. lie has
.a.tArglly represented yo9 iu Congress
land Wilde 70 again
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

HAS it not come to pretty pass,
when the exotic crew who run the
Habry machine in this city, put them
selves forward as the special guardians
Of East Tennessee's interests, against
Col. Thornburgh, who was born and
raised in the Second Congressional
District? Well might Esquire Mabry
exclaim Sage me from such
friends" Their support is a terrible
in1liction aud lie deserves no such
fate.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

THE ring organ down the street tries
hard to make Thornburgh appear in
the position of supporting the CIVIL
Rights BIZ, Notwithstanding he is
universally known to be the other
way. We shall not be surprised at any
time to see that veracious sheet pub
fishing to the world that Senator
BrOwnlow is an advocate of that
measure.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

WE LEARN through Col. Browulow,
"ho yesterday returned from the Con-
gressional canvass, that Sewer aud,
Blount counties are thoroughly awake
FOR Thornburgh, aud will give him
good majorities. He says the debate
IS al! one-sided, and that the people
are more than ever convinced that
Thornburgh is the man, and not
Habry,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28
swindIing the Grangers.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20.-The liabH-
tiles OF G. s. Morgan & Co., Agents for
the Changers, are $50, 900.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28

RTl) EACH WEEK. Agents wanted, Par
p @|ticulars free. j, Worth 4 Co., st. LOukho
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28
FIFTH AND LAST GIFT CONCERT
LIST OF GIFTS.

DRAWING CERTAIN AT THAT DATE
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-01-16
Haps and Nishaps.

A gallant young man in LOgansport.
Ind. recently rescued from drowning a
lady. who, in token of her appreciation of
his courage. sent him four quarts OF but
tcrnuts.
Marsh Parks. of Warsaw. Ind. the
other day threw his overcoat across the
saddle of his horse. In one of the pock-
cts was a revolver that discharged. killing
the horse Instantly.
While riding on the Lackawanna and
Bloomsbury pa Railroad recently. a wo-
man noticed the car was of the track, and
fearing wreck. she threw her child out
of the window and killed il.
"A Sharpsvlle Qnd.) man undertook
to drive a cartridge out of his revolver
with nail impelled 10y vigorous blows
from hammer. He succeeded admirably.
but it took two doctors To splint up his
wrist.
"A young girl at Des Moines (la.) was
recently scalped by her long hair being
caught by rapidly revolving shaft Of "A
paper mill. She suffered but little pain
and was progressing nicely.
"A coa-oil lamp exploded i'm the resi-
dcnce of Samuel Gallagher az Sedalia. Mo-.
a few DAYS since. setting the house on fire
and so badly burning his youngest daugh-
ter that her recovery was considered doubt
ful.
AT Tcrrc llaute. Ind. the other day. a
pistol i'm the hands of boy named James
Lowe was accidentally discharged. shoot
ing another boy named VIM. Stevenson in
the abdomen. infictng fatal wound.
"A young man in Carrollton. ILL.,. was
lately foolish enough TO make some gross
misstatemcnts about young lady. where
upon she gave him an old-fashioned horse
whipping and compelled him To publish a
statement generating her.
Rev. Mr.. Drake and wife. of Lima.
Ohio. while taking down some old wall
paper recently, were so badly poisoned
from inhaling the poisc nous atoms con-
tanned in the green colo.ing ON the paper.
that they died soon after, and within two
hours Of each other, from the effects.
In New Albany. Ind. the other day.
John Parker. carpenter. shot his wife in
the head and blew his own brains out.
Parker died instantly. and his wife will not
survive II j. understood that domestic in
felicity was the cause.
A man in Manistcc. Mich. named Nc.
Donald. recently attempted to commit sui.
eide. With great dciberation he wrote let
tiers TO his wife. his employers, and til,
Masonic Lodge of which he was a member
lie then took chair. placed pillow in IL,
put himself IN position. and shot himself M
the ear. Strange 70 say, he J. recovering
AT a shooting-match ~ Dodson, Mont.
gomcry county, Ohio. on Christmas day
two brothers. John and Henry stone
Gnarrccd about The loading of rifle. John
called Henry liar, when Henry drew