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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17

THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE publishes
in every issue facts about The SOIL climate, pro
ductions, price Of lands, and advantages offered
10 Immigrants in East Tennessee. These arti-
otes are intended TO afford reliable Information
10 strangers, and are prepared carefully, and
afford the cheapest and most rcliable infor7nd.
ton oJtdnaable. Specimen copies Of he paper
sent on application. For terms see third page
TO CORRESPONDENTS We desire ncrs
from all parts Of East Tennessee. Short and
pointed letters, full Of NEWS, are especially de-
sirdble. But as w cannot giro 10 dohloodiity
or TO each epent the space or prominence hey
sometimes merit, Uc beg our correspondents to
be 6ri9. Write phdt you icdnt in teU Uords
Such communications dhcuys are acceptable
We cannot ind time 10 re-arrTtc Iongcommuni-
cations. To condense them is often impossible
in the hurry o. our Work. Be short and spicy.
That is the socra Of success IN neespapcr
Uriting
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17
From tni0n County.
RACCooN VALLEY, Tenn,
June 10, 1874.

ihANNOoN ' hLLE1 fsNN's
June 10, 1874.
EDITORS CHRONICLE l had hoped
some one more able than myself woul d
give some jottings from Union, but
nothing having appeared, / pen the
following.
Maj. NJ. It. Burkhart Is opposed TO
monogamy any has united in the bonds
of matrimony with Miss Mary Viteto,
all of this county.
Mr. Ealey Ousley, father of C. l..
Ousley, eX-Sheriff, died on the 4th
inst, at his residence, three miles west
Of Maynardville.
Mr.. Ousley was a good citizen, a
pious Christian, and member of the
Anti-Baptist Church.
Candidates are plenty enough, sup
pose, owing to the scarcity of money,
corn and other edibes. Wheat is ex-
cellent, oats rather short, corn good.
Something like the fluX has made
its appearance in this neighborhood,
which / fear will prove fatal unless
speedily arrested.
The Civil Rights Bill is the general
topic of the day. Everybody both
white and black, as far as / know,
heartily endorse Senator Brownlow's 8
views. / do. f. NJ. HINDs.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17
The Tobacco Prospects in Virginia.

The Fredericksburg Herald says
ut is said that tobacco plants are very
scarce in the county Of Louisa, owing
to the killing of them by the fly.
Louisa is one Of the finest tobacco pro-
duciDg counties in this section Of the
State.n
The Lynchburg NelOs says: "But
very little tobacco has been plant ed f,
and even should there be a favorable
season. the great scarcity Of plants will
prevent the planting Of anything like
an average crop"
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17
BAD REPORT FROM LIBERIA.
A Knox County GOIOred Man Gives
His Experience of Colonization.
STRAWBERRY PLAINS,

STRAWBERRY PLAINS,
June 12-P. M.-lS74
Dan Price, bright, intelligent
mulatto who left this neighborhood the
23d day of last November, in company
with thirty-two others for Liberia, ar
rived in our town on the 10 o'clock
train this morning on his return from
| old Africa, the native country of his
race across the deep blue sea. Dan
tells us very distressing story of his
trip and of the fate of many of his
relatives and friends and, believing
that it will be of interest to many
readers of the CHRONICLE, ! send it to
you for publication.
He says they had not been in Lii
IBERIA a month till they had buried nine
of their little party, all of whom died
of fever, including his wife, mother.
grandmother and his oldest child.
He brought two of his little children
back with him who were fortunate
enough to escape the fatal disease.
The remainder of the party are near
ly all sick and anxious to get back to
America, but as Il trip this way costs
fifty dollars, none of them can get the
luuuS 10 return on. OuG rev OF Jlem
have been able to do days work since
they arrived in Liberia, and when
they can work they only get twenty
five cents per day.
He says the agents of the Colonial
tion Society grossly misrepresented
the country to them or they would
never have thought of leaving East
Tenn Ssee. The natives with but few
exceptions are of the rudest type ard
nearly all of them live upon roots,
frogs, snakes, scorpions, Lizards and
insects Of various kinds. Bacon being
fifty cents per pound, and -four from
twelve to fifteen dollars per. hundred,
of course can only be used by tae rich.
Corn, wheat, oats and other staple pro-
ductions of this country can not be
grown there to any advantage.
He never saw a team Of horses,
mules or oxen from the time he left
New York till he returned, the soil
being principally cultivated with the
hoe. No one ever thinks OF going out
without an umbrella or something to
protect them from the intense heat of
the sun.
Settlers are often overrun by the
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17
INTERESTING ATHENS LETTER.
Largest wheat crop Ever Raised
Political specuiations-Eduea

PO1ticai speeuiattOuS-Eduea
al
Correspondence Chronicle
ATHENS, TENN, June IS, 1874.
Since the close of the schools our
pleasant town wears a less lively ap-
pearance. Business is generally dull.
The smoke house Of A. c. Rohenn
was destroyed by fire last night, to-
gether with a considerable quantity of
bacon. 1t is supposed to have been ac.
cidental.
The weather is clear and cool, and
wheat harvest is progressing finely.
The crop, the heaviest ever grown in
this county, will be safe in few days.
A few fields have been attacked with
rust, but the damage is light. Oats
have improved a good deal since the
late rains, and with anything like fa~
vorable seasons, plenty of corn will be
raised. The farmers want Sl25 per
bushel for their wheat, while the
millers below propose dollar as the
standing price. There will be but lit
tie bought here at the latter figure for
some weeks.
The examination at Cane Creek
Academy on the north side of the
county, occurred on Thursday and
Friday, and was largely attended.
The people of the Conarauga country
take a deep interest in educational
matters, and have built upa school
that will compare favorably with a
good many more pretentious institu-
tiOns.
The candidates for the county offices
are sloshing round, shaking hands
with the men, ogling the women
and kissing the babies.
Your correspondent counted twenty
two-candidates, not babies-at the
Cane Creek examination, every one of
whom is confident of being elected.
There is little said about politics.
Col. VIM. NJ. Bradford will probably
be the Democratic candidate for the
State Senate. At least, there is a gem
eral desire that he should take the race.
He is decided in his opinions, and very
popular among the people. Sam. p.
Neal is spoken of as the Democratic
candidate for county representative.
Thermometer down to 500 at sunrise
this morning. SEMI-OCCAsIONAL.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17
Soldiers Monument at Lancaster, Penn
sylYaniA.

Lancaster city will dedicate one OF
the most imposing soldiers Inonu-
ments in the State on the coming 4th
OF July, The memento will be AS feet
nigh, and is being built of granite AT
Hartford, Conn. at a cost Of $40 900
The site for its erection has been chosen
in the centre of Centre Square OF tn,
city, aud eX. Gov.A. q. Curtin will de
! liver the oralion.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17
Civil Rights,

A very good story is circulating in
Washington at the expense of Mr.
Morrill,, of Maine. 1t seems that the
Senator was out for walk Sunday
evening. In passing a leading colored
church, he was so pleased with the
singing that he went in. He had been
seated but few minutes when color
ed dignitary approached him, and said
in substance that the church was for
colored people, and they preferred to be
left undisturbed by white people dur
ing their services. Mr.. Morrill, imme-
diately retired. A few days before he
had been earnestly working for the
passage of the Civil Rights BILL
SpringtieLd Republican.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17
FROM CEDAR GROVE.
The orop--whsat. corn. Oa,.. &o., se,

The CFOps-WheRt. Corn, Oats, &c., 6c.
CEDAR GROVE,
JEFFERSON Co., TENN, June 13, 1874.
EDITORS CHRONICLE: Two days ago
l left Knoxville for this place. The
entire trip was made in rain storm,
which came just in time to save the
oat crop.
The wheat crop In the vicinity OF
Strawberry Plains is mostly in shock
but next week will be the big harvest
time here.
But for the recent rain, oats would
have been exceedingly short. AS it is,
they will lengthen up considerably.
Corn is backward on account Of late
planting, but otherwise doing we'll.
But little clover is sown. Meadows
give some promise.
The absorbing topic for the last few
days has been the closing exercises of
the Cedar Grove Peabody Graded
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17
A ,niId's Pr"ythlns 1000 Years oId

OF even greater interest are the house.
hold articles, implements of trade, foot,
&c, which, like the spoils of Pompeli,
restore for us the domestic life OF the
people. Here, for instance, are stools,
cane bOttOmed chairs and work boxes,
1000 years old, yet no more dilapidated
than II they came out of garret of the
last century; nets, knives, needles
and toilet ornaments glass bottles and
drinking cups, as clear as IL just blown
earthenware, glazed in blue aud yell
low patterns, the very counterpart of
old Majollica; seeds, eggs and bread
straw baskets and child's ball for
playing; paint boxes with colors and,
brushes, and boards for games OF
draughts-in short, a collection almost
as varied and complete as the ashes of
Vesuvius preserved for us of the Gr8co-
Roman life of the year 70 of our era.
But these Egyptian relices date from
l 900 to 3, 900 years before our era began.
l-BdyGrd TdylOr's account of the
Museum at BOOEdk, Egypt, in ". y.
! Tribune.
The New York herald., 1874-08-24
PLYMOUTH CHURoH.
The Old Church in It's New Drexs-Ser-
mon by DR.. Robinson on ssThe Over
coming Power of Faith In Jesus
I,~l.S

The Old Church in It's New Dress-Ser-
mon by DIR. Robinson on ssThe Over
coming Power of Faith in Jesus
Christi
Plymouth church was reOpened yesterday MORN
ing alter the painting and cleaning OF the last
three weeks. The services were conducted by Dr.
Robinson. who preached a short sermon on ''the
power OF aith from the following text:-''who Is
ne that overcometh the world but lie that beieveth
that Jesus is the Son OF God.n God saw that moth
ing but the giving oil the life Of HIS would in-
sure victory over sln The foes which He had to
contend with were very numerous, but are here
summed up under the one head OF "the world"
We must not suppose tnat the world Is only an
armed antagonist and nothing more. The world
Is in reality an enemy in the dark: it cnarms, al
lures. deceives and satisfies. and so stealthly
steals our affections and sympathies for ITSELF But
there Is victory which overcomes this enemy, and
ONLY one, ana that Is iound In the over coming power
or aith In the love OF Jesus Christ Culture may
take bad worldly man and make him appear as
perfect gentleman but the inner thoughts OF his
soul are untouched, so tnat really he is wicked
as ever and, consequently, has no faith IN himself.
WHAT gives the INNER such perseverlng courage
iaitn In the treasure that lies hidden In the heart
OF The mountain. But we need not go lar Tor Illus
trauons OF faith; look at the Plymouth church,
what has kept 1t and made 1t what IL is all these
months and years of caiumny and slander but
faith IN God and in the pastor, through whose low
ing energy the people have been brought together
IN union and fellowship. Men are strengthened
man has ben saved from the tolls OF the charmer
by the pure, spiritual love of his little Child. Now,
when man bears in his mind that God loves him,
and has His name engraven on His heart, he has
operating within him the strongest possible power
tnat he can have gwen HIM. He feels the
tide Of the love Of Jesus rushing through his
soul, and though it is a real blessing
still 1t inevitably makes him feel very unworthy;
but by this very unworthlness Will he try to rise up
and live In His likeness. There Is, too, respons
i've love. ST. Paul in his prison was made happy
by his Joyful anticipation OF heaven and the love OF
the Father. Faith IN Jesus is liberated and gives
us faith In the world All things are mine ii / am
Christs. All things are ours that are beautiful and
enchanting II we are Cnrlsts. Robertson says tnat
We are to have the world, and not let inc world
have us. We must overcome or be overcome. 1t
Is easier to go down with the stream than to breast
up against IL, Dut the battle Is only Or a short
time. All the way down the road to destruction
there are saving hands held FORTH IL we will only
let them help u.s. VIII you give up the struggle
and allow your immortal soul to be lost? 1t Is
strange that there is not something more in the
victory to allure men on to believe.
The New York herald., 1874-08-24
NEW ENGLAND CHURCH,
The ImpOrta nee Of fConversion-The Chief
End OF Man.

Ine importance OF ISOnverS10n-Vhe Chtof
End Of Man.
fair congregation was assembled in Thirty
fourth street church yesterday morning. The text
selected was Psalms, lvii., 7-''My heart is nxed u
God; my heart is fixed. / will sing and give
praise" 1t is great thing to be converted, it is
the grand epoch in the history OF the immortal
soul; but it Is greater thing to stay converted.
The religious life Is perfect unit, and the condi.
ti0ns upon which we receive 1t, If complied with,
Will enable US to retain it. Now, when mind is
fully made up, as the mind OF the Psamest appears
to be- and the determin alton adhered co. the battle
Is hall fought and victory Is certain, but all men
have not the determination and hence it seems to
me we can divide all into three classes first, the
decidedly wicked, VINO don't Intend to be any
thing else and in direct opposition is the class OF
decidedly good, who are not ashamed to have 1t
known that they belong TO Jesus. Then comes the
third class, who are neither very pious nor very
bad they are like the morning dew which passes
away, like "a ship without ballast, they are repre-
sented by the expressive language OF the prophet IN
reference to EphraIm, EphraIm Is cake not turned.
IL seems as If we can find that character in every
church. You recollect that when the King OF As
syria had placed certain men TO occupy the land in
were idolators and worshpped IDOLS, and
lions came and destroyed them, and they supposed
II was because The gods Of that land were oYended
AZ their worsnippng IDOLS Tney sent word to the
King, VINO sent jewish priest; and they presented
the strange contrast OF worshipplng God because
they we're AFRAID OF the lions. and OF worshipping
their idols because they loved them.
Now David was not Of thS character, for. u the
The New York herald., 1874-08-24
CHURCH OF THE TRANSPORTATION

whether aenoerats or accidental on the part OF the
sc xton, the church Is yery badly ventilated.
The New York herald., 1874-08-24
NEW HERALD MONDAY, "a ls74-TRlPLE SHEET

walton Is al your door and at your hands siuirly
look to Him as your saviour and lie and peace
doing what YOU can Tor yourselves anc what yon
can Tor Others The Church depends upon the
spirituality offts members and how they work for
their salvation by bringing others to II. You come
here as Christian men and Christian women 10 be
instructed; not to learn the Gospel; YOU have
tDis already. but to be instructed as TO the work
anu service which lie before you. Your business
grace. Whatever side you came from, your obga-
ton as christian is TO instruct others, bring
ing them with you, Keeping them here when you
otners you VIII yourselves be wiser ana more
comiorted. You Will then be shining lights and
songs OF thanks viii be offered throughout eternity
ior you who led the ignorant In the way of peace.
The New York herald., 1874-08-24
SEVENTH STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH

Inc pulpit oi This historical church was yester-
aat occupied 10y the Rev. Joha w. Jackson, OF the
Fmiadeiphla Conference. In consequence, prob
ably, OF the threatening morning the attendance
was only moderate. The text selected by the
eloquent and ieryId preacher was the eleventh
and twelfth verses OF the tenth chapter of st.
John's Gospel, and the prayer and hymns preeed-
ing the discourse had especial reference TO the
sublime and dominant theme-'I am the Good
shepherds the Good Shepherd giyeth his life for
the sheep" The exalted ana earnest ptety OF the
prayer and praise or the opening services are well
Illustrated in the following verse OF the hymn
finely rendered by the entire congregation i'm.
Inediateiy before the sermon:-
a, let us take q softer mould
blended and gathered unto Thee;
UnAer shepherd make fold,
Where all Is love ana harmony.
The words Of the text are supJimeJy, touch.
The New York herald., 1874-08-24
NOT A SUICIDE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HKRALD:-
The account copied from q san Franciaco paper
about two weeks since of the death OF W. y.
Brown BY suicide has since been proved to be In
correct. l have received . telegram from my
son, who Is a nephew and member Of the family,
stating that second inquest had been held ON tho
l6tn inst, and verdict OF death by accident reE-
dered. win you oplige the family By making tns
correction through the columns Of your valuable
papery
The New York herald., 1874-08-24

10 pay the tribute, and yet In time their teachings
triumphed over all opposition.
IL ls'to be deplored that Judaism and N0ham-
mechanism aud infidehty and Popery still hold
such q sway all over the earth. but, though the
wall of CHINA In not yet broken down. let US not
despair. If II be the Lord that gives the word let
not neglect His word. However Insignificant
the talents OF the preacher
HoxEvER GREAT HIS SHORTCOMINGS
remember that a. ~ the Word OF the Lord he
breaches. whose saving grace is all sufncent.
Ministers OF the Gospel OF Christ should be care.
fu 10 preach the word Of God.
, 1874-06-15
had na many Northern votoa al wo NODDED. Wo
cnntd have Ind moro II wo Ind wantod thom.

had nH many Northern votoa IA wo neetlcH. Wo
ct,nnld have fad moro If wo Ind wansod thotn.
I'hcy saw
T'IE1n OWN roE-FAoEs
Fnna woro friElltoned.*" Tho form for dough-
facoa) was tlcncoforwartl applied by Abolition.
inta to similar charaotors during tho following
II 1slodo Island, It's Two Representatives,
Eddy and 1Iaznrd, who had tins voted, ouoo,,,,-
tered formidable opposition, inaamucIl that tho
1,ainn Of lIazhrd was 1roppad from Ills party
candidate in tho State until then, was retained,
and sharp contost orsuod, at public meetings
md through tile newspapers. Tho rohuit wnB
lls election by 10 small a majority {eAs tlha1i
1oo) that ho was ncver brought before tho foope
for thoir hNiIraGes again. t was during Tint
discussion Tint tito writer OF this akntomont nd
vclltnrod tho prediction, i'll the Providence azelie
(otlitod by Waltor T.. Danforth. afterwards known
IN tho rnl,ka of Froc-soiloes' y tint. Whenever
all tho region sonth Of tho stipulated co1nproln-
iro ,iho Of 30 deg. 50 min. they would tomnl,d
ropeni Of tho Compromise, and attempt to
Hcize tho territory north Of it,-a prediction
Which lo 1ivod to Hoe fulfilled.
hut tho high promise Of The spirit o; Freedom,
in 1890, suffered
SECOND pEULENe1oS.
Freedom md Slavery, grnrpled for tho mastcry.
came timid, lesitatlny, ylelting slnyory bo-
came bodor. moro agyreaBfye, moro dominating.
Freedom rotreated from ono lost position to
another; Slavery advanced from conquest to
conquest. Several years Of unrosiuted tcspotfsm
of tho Slave power followed tho contamination
Of the Missouri Compro,niao. Tho dark
spirit Of slavery nwaycd the policy Of tho nopub-
lie. Southern Legislatures repealed tie moro
humane acts Of their Blnyo-Codcs, revived tile
still mora Boyero lnws Of Colonial legislation,
and ouncted Btatutes still more inhunlan. Nor
tlloin Stntcs too, wore guilty Of onacting similar
statutory euactments iii the iutoreBt OF oppres-
sion. Tho co,,sciouce Of the people was lnliel
into quiet by tho new gcI1ene Of African cooni-
zallon. Institutions Of learning, boliovoence,
and religion, political organizations, and public
mon, bent In unroaisting submission to tile all-
conquering dcspotlHn whose aggressive nd
vaucos bocame more rcsistlcss, and its SUCCESS
sivo victories hccomo more complete" {Yol. I,
p. 1861
Thia picture is not exaggerated. It wns high
tin,o to strike directly agauat slavery itself.
Nothing short Of this could have startled tho
nation, or could layo met tho e1igeuces OF the
crisis.
, 1874-06-15
INTRODUCTORY.

It soems desirable that this reunion Of tho
survivors Of the gront struggle against A1nori-
,an Slavery that Terminated It's o1iateuco. now
assembled in Chicago, juno Q, 10, and II, 1874,
should, in somo way, preeout such public Bonti-
ucnts in respect to 1t Ms may be instructive mid
uscfu1 to the uewly-riaon generation md to
postority.
And, notwithstanding the dvers!tos OF eenti-
mont among tho opponents Of slavo.powsr, and
the varieties OF measures employed by thcm, 1t
il conceived to ho practicable, in royiov Of tho
past, to unto in common statement Of such
views, principles, and lending facts and occur
rencoy, as al,all servo as landmarks for iu1uir-
els In search Of a more minute acquaintance with
the subject.
And, il diyorsitios Of statement, In which all
cannot agree, he deemed doshnbe, opportunity
may be- Afforded for individuals, for Themselves
or Us representatives Of their associates IN ao-
ton, to present tho!r separate statements on
their own responsibility, yet With careful impair
t!atity, and without installing tho vcws, OF I'M
pus,,ing tho courao, or impeachipg the motives,
others.
II il NECESSARY to look, first, at tho gigantic
evil to bo eucountored and conquered.
, 1874-06-15
Conspiracy to l1nslave the State
OF Illinois.
sfNfoilcrn At0litionls1n ''1-- Organization
Of the Anti.S1aycry and Pro.
Slayery Forces.
Outlines and Incidents Of the Great
Struggle.
The Liberty Party --- Anti-slavory
Views of the Constitution.

Tho following paper, by tho Rov. William
Qootlcll, Of Now York, was read at tho recent
Abolition Reunion In this city. Lack Of space
haa prevented It's publication till now: