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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-21
GRANT-LINCOLN
,nc Soldiers Tri0ute to tia t,a,esBlssu

Anc soldiers Tribute TO the EtatesBass1
At tho unvcilng Of the Lincoln statue nj
Springfield Illinois, ON the 10th, President
Grant made a short address, as follows:
MIR. CUIENtN, LADIES MD GEETL ENH,k
On an occasion like the present, 1t is ths
duty on my part to bear testimony TO tho
great and good qualities OF the patriotic
man whose earthly remains now rest he
meath this dedicated monument. 1t wm
not my fortune 60 make thc personal
acquaintance Of Mr. Lincoln TIL the begfa
ming of the last wear Of the great struggsa
for national existence. During these yeaB
Of doubling and dependency among TIA
many patriotic men ufthc country, Ahrahana
Lincoln never, for q moment doubted bat
the final result would be in favor or peace
union and freedom 10 every race in thSS
broad land His faith in an all vise Provi-
dcnce directing our arms TO this final result,
was the faith of the Christian that his he
dccmer liveth. Amidst oblquy, personsl
abuse, and hate undisgnised, and which was
given vent to without restraint through
the press, upon q stump and ia private Cur
clcs he remained the same stauugh unyieR
/ ing servant OF the people, never exhibiting
rcyeurclul feeling toward lis traducesa.
[ But he rather piticd them, and hoped IN
/ their own sake and the good name of thess
postcrity they might desist, For a singh
moment it did not occur TO him that tks
man, not Lincoln, was being assailed, buL
/ that reasonable spirit one waiting to
/ destroy the frrcst Government the sun ever
/ shone on. was giving vent 10 itself on him
as the chief executive of the nation ONLY
. because he was such executive. As = Law
yer in your midst, hc would have avoided
this Islander, for his life was pure and
simple one, and be no doubt would have
been much happier man. But who oan
tell what might have been the fate OF tho
nation but for the pure, uuscliish, and WHpa
administration ola Lincoln From Mares1
1864. to the time when the hand OF an assas-
sin opened n grave for MIR. Lincoln, the
President Of the United States, my personal
relations with him were as close aud int
mate as the nature of our respective duties
would permit. To know him personally
O. was to love and respect him for his greSl
qualities of head and heart, and for his pa
thence and patriotism. With all bis ds
appointments from failures on the part n
those to whom he had entrusted the con-
mand. and treactcry on the part OF thOss
who had gained his confidence but "a
betray it, / never heard him utter con-
plant, nor cast censurc for bad conduct OF
p bad faith. 1t was his nature to lind ex'
cuscs for his ndversaries in Eis death. Tha
nation lost its greatest head in his deats
81 The South lost its most just friend.
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Ehe Ior.c rnlcrin Poetry.

I'm Missouri fact and poesy-the IT.
regular appropriation " Of other peo-
pies horses and the painful result fol-
iowing-find rhythmic expression in
words TO this effect 10 wit, viz:
lie found a rope and picked it up
And with it walked away;
It happened that to tothcr end
n horse was Aitched, they say.
They found q tree, and tied the rope
Unto a swinging limbs
Il happened that the other end
Was somewhat hitched TO him.
-E'dtor's Drdtoer, in HdTper's Mag
a4ine for November,
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REPUBLICAN, ADDRESS TO
TENNESSEE VOTERS.
A Ecyicw al the Democratic AGdrcss
OF October 5,H.

\. :. Prosser, Esq, Chairman Of the
Republican State Committee, has is
sued an address, which we find in the
Nashville bulletin, and from which
we make the following extracts:
In the address published by the
Democratic Executive Committee Of
the 5th of October, 1874, they attempt
to review the financial condition Of the
State, and give the causes that have
led TO its financial embarrassment.
In this address there are many grave
errors, so patent that their object and
purpose must be to mislead the public
mind, as the facts upon which they
are based are matters Of public record,
and the most ordinary observer could
not have mistaken the facts and
figures.
In Comptroller Blackburn's report
of October 9th, 1869, he says " the
whole amount of bonds issued by the
Republican administration of the State
up to 1869 was, for funding and re-
newal Of bonds, s., S35 600; railroad and
turnpike bonds, Sl1 500, 900"
Mr.. Rice, the Chairman Of the Demo
cratic Executive Committee, says
" Had there been 10 issue Of bonds
either to new railroad companies or To
short and Improbable lines, the State
debt would not have been much in
creased, except by the accumulation of
interest and 10y wasteful extravaganza;
but, unfortunately, most OF the bonds
issued to railroad companies, from 1860
to 1870, were To such roads as were Of
comparatively little value, having no
connections TO make them profitable.
Had the aid of the State been given
only to important lines, making good
connections, then the debt never would
have been anything like so large as il
became
Upou an examination OF Black
burns report, it will be found that the
following bonds were issued by the
Legislature during the Republican
administration TO the presidents and
officers of the following roads:
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Tho Ohio EIcciion.

The Democracy have about enough victory
TO spoil them and confirm the Republicans
in power, They will find their Congressman
divided and discordant on the Issues Of the
iav. with q strong tendency among leaders
Z, retire to the POLITICAL bona-yards for safe
kacring, while BURNERS will revive all the
old war cries and grow wild with fierce
hunger for the Bpoils. The partial Con-
gres3ional victory is not great enough to
give them the sweets Of power, but is
Sufficient to throw upon them irritating and
dangerous burdens Of responsibility,-C
Commercial, { md Oct, 1871.
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AN HONORABLE ADJUSTMENT
OF ALL DIFFERENCES.
Judge GilIcUuatcrs wthdravs rom
the Race.

An amicable adjustment OF the diff
fereuccs has been effected between
Judge Gillenwatprs and Mr.. Butler,
through the Intervention Of their mu-
tual friends alike honorable to both the
interests. Judge Gillcn-
waters withdraws from the race. It's
we'll that this adjustment has been
effected. The friends Of both parties
accept it in the spirit that il was made,
aud are now united in the support Of
Mr.. Butter, WHO'S the candidate Of the
Republican party I'm this district for
Congress in this contest.
The Democrats having invited Us to
battle, let US present an uubroken
front, and we call on Republicans TO
rally and do their whole duty and Mr..
Butler will be elected by "A majority
that will satisfy the Democracy of the
determination Of Republicans to hold
the reins of government in their own
hands.
Judge Gillenwaters has conducted
the canvass in high toned and digni-
fled manner and has displayed such
ability a TO inspire his friends with
renewed confidence in his worthines-
to become tho standard bearer of his
party i'm any capacity. He has shown
so much fairness, caudOr and dignity
i'm conducting the discussion rs to. gain
him hostsof new friends all over the
District composed Of men of all par
ties and even his worst enemies can
but treat him with respect.
In retiring from the contest, he car
ries with him the best wishes of bOtl
friends and political opponents who
wi in the future feel a higher regarC
| for him than ever bufore.-JOBCsjOrO
| UTaid and Tribune.
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NEW YORK.

Libel Suits in the Beeoher Case
NEW York, Oct. lG.-The Grand
Jury Of the Oyer aud Terminer Court
Of Brooklyn, brought in an indictment
against Demas Barnes for libel, for the
publication in his paper Of an article
intimatiug that improper relations
had existed between the late Mrs.
Henry c. Bowen and II. w. Beechcr
BY consent, the ease was transferred
20 the Brooklyn City Court for hear
ing at the next term.
A writ Of issue was received today.
ON the counsel of Henry Ward Beech
or, in the Tilton libel suit, the case
will he placed on the November calen-
dar.
NEW YORK, Oct. l9.-Special cable
dispatches state that the charge against
Won Arnim has dwindled down to one
Of characterization, only Prince Bis
marck dreading further spread Of the
scandal.
The United States steamer Juniata
has arrived nj Iaute and Stanley has
arrived at Zanzibar, en- route 70 the
scene of his labOrs i'm Africa, and was
accorded friendly reception by the
Sultan.
rhe Trustees Of the Peabody FuHd on
Mixed schools.
The committee of the Peabody Fund
Trustees, consisting of William M.
Evarts, John il. Clifford aud Samuel
WetmOre, appointed to consider the
subject of mixed schools in the South,
report that after the most careful com
parsons Of opinions, and the most
solicitous consideration of all the ole-
ments of the discussion affecting the
interests of education in the various
States for their white and colored
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population, they have unanimously
come to the ConClu-ing That the pros
pcCts aud hopessof the public systems
OF education at the South will receive
a serious il not fatal blow from any
legislation which should make such
systems of education maiutainaOlr on
" on a scheme of mixed schools. As to
the organization required for such
public education, the Board are of the
opinion that-whiie Justice and public
good, as well as the interests and feel
ings of the white aud colOred people
of the South, concur in demanding a
system Of public education which
should give equal opportunities and
equal advantages to the children of
either color-no such result would
be promoted by the compulsory
system of mixed schools.
The committee, in conclusion, say
these views are fully set forth in the
report of the General Agent, which Is
accepted and approved rs expressing
the unanimous opinion OF the Trus-
tees.
The Times correspondent shot by
spsniaTds.
Buckland, the New York Times
correspondent, has been shot 10y the
Spanish Republicans. He was private
secretary TO Postmaster-General Jewell
while IN Russia, and was placed on the
Times staff upon JEWELS recommend
atoms. auckland was seeking the
Carlist headquarters when captured,
and was shortly afterwards shot.
In the Episcopal Congress the mo
ton repeating secret session wa lost
hy a vote of % 70 rs. The open pro-
ceedings to-day were technical
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BROTHER WINS and brother Charl-
ton are at war. In the last Post the
former says:
4 short paragraph in our paper Of
week before last, seems to have turned
the natural milk and water Of Brother
Chartou'7 disposition into gall and
NORWOOD, and he comes hack at US
in q half column or more, principally
made up of such expressions as "old
codger," "imbecility,n Collins ram, ~
" old hulk, " "dog days" eXcrements, +"
and other choice aud fragrant epithets,
CLEANED from pastures in which we
never craze.
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Political tidal waves are periodical.
That's been so since political parties
had being. 1t win be so always, The
Republicans, in part, deserved athresh-
ing, and This year was their year for
getting whipped anyhow.
There was one feature of the contest,
however, that was utterly unfair to-
wards the Republicans. We refer TO
the crusade movement rs IL affected
politics. The Republican party was
no more responsible for the fauticism
and folly Of the temperance street cru
sadie, than was the Democratic party.
But the Republicans were held re
sponsiblc for il. "TheIe are twenty
three voters in my own family, and in
{ hat Of my wife, every one for years
has.vOted the Republican ticket, but
every one this year will vote the Dem
ocrat ticket,N said u very responsibe!,
intelligent, industrious, and mind-hls-
oWn-husinCss German, a few days be-
fore the election. Why have you all
changed ?r we asked. Crusuiing,
sir, crusading has done it,, and he
gave the name of prominent woman
crusader rs the chief cause ofthis fami-
" German stampede. And the Joke
of the thing was that that woman is
the wife of Democrat Aud yet the
Republican parry is held responsible
for the incorporate, indiscreet, aud in
eflectual attempt at praying and sing
ing down liquor selling. Perhaps the
crusade accounts for Republican defeat.
Ifso the defeat is unjust, But there
were other causes that every man can
assign for himself, so that between
Republican SHINING, and this year be-
ing the orr year for Republicans,
the result is not astounding.
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FOREIGN NEWS

LONDON, oct. l9.-The Fiji Islands
have b.eu Internationally coded to
Great Britain.
PARIS. oct. 19.-The fun returns Of
the election Yesterday, for tho vacau-
cies in the assembly show that Fu-
grand, a Bonapartist, heads the poll in
the Department Of Pas de Calais, but
as he fails of a majority fresh election
win be necessary. In Alpes Maritimcs
where there are two vacancies, Madi-
Gin and Cheris, Republican candidates,
were elected
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Eject on Business


Tho Democratic victory in Ohio will
make imitation and free trade the battle
cries of the Western Democracy. It will
make the Western Democrats so strong
and influential that they will be able to
force the initiation heresy upon their East
ern brethren. All this, with the anti
protection policy which will now be paint
ed on their banner, will give to the finance
and tariff legislation a totally new depart
urc. There will DO q new tendency among
business men to keep out Of investments
until they can see the end Of this new de-
parturc. The fact that has depressed bust
ness during the past six months is not the
scarcity Of money, but the scarcity Of coni-
dence, the uuwillingnoss Of banks and
CAPITALISTS to trust their money GU. of
th,ir hands upon such securities as bust,
ness men could Offer. This sudden turn Of
the political weathercock, the certainty Of q
strong demand for - new hzncial and anil
protective policy. can not fail TO have an
important effect upon business. Ii upon u
platform Of imitation, reputation, anti
temperance, and frca-trad1, the Democracy
can carry q State ticket in Ohio, then il
must indeed be difficult for o business man
70 know what to expect, or what the fnan-
c.al bins Of next winters legislation will be.
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General sheridan aud ahO Presidency

About % week ago representative OF "a
Ohio paper interviewed General Ph5.
sheridan on the possibility of his receiving
the nomination for the presidency. Genera
Sheridan replied:
81 do not allow thought on that sub
ject to occupy my mind | think many
men have been ruined by thinking thH
ought TO be President of the United States.
All their actions, oticisl and otherwise,
have been controlled by that one idea. u
becomes disease with them. l am yet young
enough to perform active duties, and l Wish
to labor, not 10 be led of by such an idea"
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MONTGOMERY, Oct. l9.-One month
ago the Sheriff of Sumter county sum
noned posse of forty-two men to
suppress negro riot near Belmont.
The rioters dispersed without waiting
The arrival of the posse and the posse
was disbanded. a little negro who
carried the United States mail on mule
was detained q few minutes on the
road by the posse, to prevent an un-
necessary spread Of excitement in
other and quiet settlements. After
wards this posse were arrested as ku-
kIux and also for stopping the United
States mail, but are now released on a
bond of 500 each.
Large numbers of men are sum-
lnoned to appear before the United
States Court in Huntsville from the eX-
treme northern border Of the State
early in November, from some cOun-
des az many as a hundred and huns
dreG and fifty. 1t is also reported to-
iay that from five to eight hundred
warrant, have been issued for the ar
rest of men in districts where no dis
orders have been reported.
Hultitudts Of Deputy Marshals
are heing appointed on the recommen-
dation Of Chas. f. Mayer, Chairman
of the Republican State Executive
Committee, bnt the state was never
more quiet.
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THE Athens Post, the leading Dem
ocratic paper of East Tennessee, afteG
abiding to the Congressional confess
in this district, says
Since the above was put in type we
notice a Card in the Knoxville pa
pers from Senator Browntow, With
drawing bis name "a "A candidate for
Congress. The Press and Herald OF
the same date prints Card frOIa
General Mabry, in which he amour
ces that he will continue on the track
50 the race now is between that gentle
man and Thornburgh, with the chances
largely in favor of the latter.
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Grants Action in Louisiana En-
dorsed, and the Southern Out
TRACES Condemned, &c.
Special "a Chronicle.

CHATTANOOGA, Oct. a. 1910, =. NJ.
At the night session of the Couven-
don the Committee on Resolutions re
ported a resolution, combining the
Baltimore and Philadelphia resolu-
lions on equal rights, which disposes
Of the civil rights business, another
endorses Grants action in Louisiana
and another condemns the outrages in
the South and holds the Democratic
party responsible. The Committee on
4 Addresses will report late tonight
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Out of these thirty-tiye gentlemen,
tweuty-siX were Democrats-Teprc-
sentative men Of that party, who
were the presidents Of all the principal
lines in the State. IL will be seen
that these bonds were issued 10 the
principal lines Of railroads that were
chartered before the war, on which
the State had made large advances
These principal roads had been broken
up; the bridges on the lines Of the
roads were burned or destroyed; the
companies were unable to repair them
they were ruined by the Tavages OF
war. The alternative was presented
to the legislature whether they
would abandon these great channels OF
commerce, in which the State had SO
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HOME NEWS.
Eulogizing the Modocs.

BosToN, Oct. l9.-Father Gleason,
IN a public meeting, applauded Capt.
Jack and his fellow MOdocs, and de
nOunced Meacham as political ad-
venturer, who misled Capt. Jack re-
gsrding the views of the Government.
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S75GOOO0s

The eight million fraudulent debt 81
South Carolina has not bosn settled,
but negotiations looking to an adjust
mcnt are in progress. The terms Of
settlement in all the States are in the
main similar. Vhegeneral features of
the adjustment are simply that in Goa
sideratiOn of these States entering into
a contract and ratifying it by stats
legislation, the foreign bondhQldeaa
tgrr, to fund the debt, princlpS and
interest, and extend the time of pay
meut Of the principal for thirty years
at four TO five percent. interest, Us may
bc agreed. HIS visit to this city is fGT
the purpose Of efiecting the same al
rangements as to our State debt, and
he has been i'm conference with GOV.
McEenery and other gentlemen; bat
owing to the unsettled condition o.
our affairs, he has not yet attempted
10 give the matter in this State official
shape. The draft Of a bill TO be sub
mitted to the various State LegisIa-
lures in ratification Of the contract has
been approved by the executive of tina
States that have already agreed to a
settlement, and its passage will be
urged by the respective governments.
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4 farmer near Center Point, Lima Counts
Iowa, planted Iimburger cheese near ~
potatoe patch, and the bugs gave his haAa
ia wide berth
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The leaders Of the Democratic party
are opposed to all those who supported
and sustained the United States gov
crumeuti in time past. Andrew join
son, in 1861, stood firm for the Unhn
and the Constitution, for which he
was burnt in efligy. He was tlen
assailed from every quarter. He is
now again before the people as a can-
didate for United States Senator 4
savage war is waged against him; ne
is held up as unworthy of conlidenC.
What is his offence? He was UniSn
man in 1866, and il now in favor of the
Union and the Constitution. Tie
Governor of the State is assailing hin.
Savage, from the mountains, Is on the
warpath, and warning against him.
Why is this? He is II Democrat--hut
he is Union man.
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KNOXVILLE TENN: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1874

large an interest, or lend its aid to re-
pair them.
The policy OF the secession Democ-
raCy has been TO rule or ruin. IN 1860,
when they saw that the election at Mr..
Lincoln was inevitable, they fired the
Southern heart; they plunged the
country into "a terrible war, destroying
the material Interests Of the state, and
they sacrificed upon the altar of their
ambition thousands of their fellow
citizens After they were crushed in
their mad efforts to destroy the coun-
try, and the supremacy Of the law was
restored, not satisfied with the results,
they obtained power 10y the dissertations
in the Republican ranks i'm 1863, aud
have had control of the State for tho
last five years. Under their rule props
ertv has declined from to 10 per cent.
per anuum; lands that were worth S5t
per acre in 1869 are now not worth $50.
The taxes have been increased they
have rcsOrted To new and inqulsItoria.
means Of eXtOrting revenue from the
people. Upon their advent to pOwe
they Immediately called a convention
Of utlice-seekers to change the organi
law; they turned all persons holdini
Office in the State out, except the Gov
eruor. OF the seveuty.tive member
composing the convention, over fit,
were candidates for office. They in,
creased the number OF Supreme Judge
from three TO six, aud authorized then
to sit i'm sections, giving them salar!
of $1,000 per annum, thus increasing
the expenses Of tn" State SIP, 900 Pc
aunum. The business Of the court i
accommodating, and the docket is now,
in two of the sections, behind. The,
have. 10y their policy, brought the
State to the verge of bankruptcy. Thu
last Legislature funded the accumulat
ed Interests of the State debt, the in,
tercst not having been paid since the
Democracy came into power, thereby
increasing the debt OF the state $500,
coo per annum. They provided 10y law
that the interest on the state debt
should be paid before the current eX-
peu-es of the State Government were
paid. Strange iuiatuaion
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4 ZIG TRANSACTION.
Foreign Capitalists and southern
state Debts.
Special Dispatch to tie Couricr-JOurnal

Special Dispatch to the Couricr-Journa
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. l5.-In July
last there arrived in this country ths
duly commissioned representative Of
European capitalists holding upwards
of 5000, 600, 600 OF bonds of the South-
ern States, armed with the power to
effect with such States a settlement 81
their Indebtedness according to the
terms to be hereinafter set forth. This
gentleman is now here, and as a par
tial result of his mission he has effect
ed settlements with the following
States in the sums given
Virginia S3f, COG, Co
South Carolina lO,OO0,0ee
North Carolina D,0f0,OCn
Alabama SOOO,oa
Arkan-as lcNtra debt $500, 6os
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large an interest, or lend its aid to re-
pair them.