Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-09

lht tO!OWlng named gentlemen be ap-
pointed delegates to attend the Sena 3
torlal Convention TO be held at SEWER
willie, Sept II:
Asa Deadrick, Jackson Lewis. Rev.
john Burchtield, Ed. Il. Hall, j. W.
Thornburgh, Ed. Whitaker, VIM. Ti!>
lett.
COLoRED DELEGATES Geo. Nichols.
Joseph Peck.
ReSOlred, That we recommend that
the instructions from the Chairman OF
the County Executive Committee be
adopted rs to taking the vote for Rep>
resentative in our next Legislature,
and that said vote be taken 10y ballot.
Resolved, That we recommend in
structions from the Congressional Ex-
ecutive Committee, and that certified
copy of the list of said delegates, signed
by the chairman and secretary of this
convention, be for orwarded Immediately
to the chairman of the Congressional
committee.
Having transacted the business for
which your committee was appointed,
we beg to he relieved from further
duty. SILAs NJ. MCGUIRE,
II. G. SHARP,
w. p. HosKINs.
r. p. Martin offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously
adopted.
WHEREAS, BY the recent atrocious
outrages committed in various sec~
tions of the State during the past
month, and which has placed such a
lasting stain of disgrace upon the
people of Tennessee,
ResOlucd, That we denounce these
fragrant and inexcusab!e butcheres
and acts of violence which are bring
ing ruin and discredit upon our State
and injuring its material interests,
blghting her fair name and destroy
ing her hopes for the future.
RCSOlUcd, That we pledge ourselves
to use all means for the suppression of
such acts Of violence, and hereby urge
the people of the Commonwealth to
rally to the support of Republicanism,
as our only hope for peace and pros
perity depends upon the prompt ac-
ton of the principles it avows.
Jos. II. BIRCHFIELD,
d. II. MEEK, Chairman.
Secretary.
The resolutions, instructing the DEL
egates to the Congressional Conven~
tion to vote for Col. Thornburgh, were
passed by vote, of 20 TO IA, or two to
one. But the IA votes do not represent
the strength of Judge Houk, for some
of them stated they would not support
him, but that they voted, No, because
they opposed instructing the delegates
for any one. The result of the conven~
ton was satisfactory to almost every
body present. The convention was
made up of delegates and the vote was
fn TnT hNv a. al rnNn NaN H.,
convention. JEFFERSON.
GrecneyiIie Convention.
GREENEvILLE, Sept, 7,5P.M.
The Republican Convention for
Greene county, met to-day:
Major Edwin Henry, was chosen
Chairman and II. A. Wilds Secretary.
The following delegates were chosen
to represent this county in the Chat
tauoOga Convention:
J. @. A. Remine, A. w. Howard,
II. II. Harmon, j. G.. Reeves, John
Lady, Corneious Mays, A, II. Petit
bone, Edwin Henry, III. n. Wilds, al.
ternate.
On motion, A. j. Kicks, was chosen
alternate to represent this county i'm
the event of the absence of the regular
chosen delegates. r.
cambridge Convention.
Messy CREEK, Sept. I, 1874, 6 u. NJ.
EDITORS CHRONICLE 1t has fros-
ted at last, and biting JACK numbers
for his victims, many late aspirants
for Legislative honors. Men who this
morning expected TO be called by a
convention, composed of this county
pillars TO go to Nashville, after the
coming election to battle for the right
are now fixing to wade up Sat.
Well. our Republican convention
met in cambridge to-day, and nomina-
ted as its standard bearer an old reliable
and trusty citizen, Harvey Carson, to
whom no one can object; in fact, we
have no better man in the county for
the position, and it should be comfort
to those in their "briny waden to
know that such a man had won the
laurels for which they strOve. We
imagine we hear
Yes, we Il gathe- at the river,
Beautiful salty river
Ees, we II gather at the river,
That saves fresh slain meat forever
G.
LETTER FROM SENATOR BROWN.