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

The city of Petersburg, since the war,
has been very largely Republican.
The last legislature of Virginia passed
law taking the government of the
city out of the hands of the voters and
putting it in the hands of a commits
sion.f Gov. Kemper very promptly
vetoed this bill. He was burned in
effigy and threatened with assassina-
ton for it. Failing in the first bill to
accomplish their purpose, the legisla~
ture passed law requiring a new reg
istration of voters. This law provided
that the tests of registered voters
should be published before election for
public inspection and that one Repub-
lican judge of election should be APP.
pointed in each ward. These regstra-
ton lists were never made public
and the Republican judges appointed,
it is claimed, were not republicans
and the Judge appointing them refused
to pay attention to the recommends
tions of the Republican Committees.
Election day came and city always
since the war largely Republican was
carried for the Democrats by fraud, in
timidation and au open disregard of
law. Under the laws of Virginia
whenever a hallOt-box contains more
ballots than the poll books show it
should contain one of the judges is
blindfolded and allowed to draw out
enough ballots to make the number of
tickets correspond with the number of
voters. In the city election referred to
the Democrats came out on election
morning with tickets printed on the
thinnest and sottest paper in the
smallest type, so thatthre or four could
be voted and not make in bulk
per. The Republican tickets were of
the usual size and kind. OF course
when the boxes were opened, there
were more tickets than the poll books
showed voters. and ofcOurse the blind
folded judge in drawing out Of the box
the excess OF tickets, could tell by
touching, which were Democratic and
which were Republican, and of course
he drew out only Republican tickets.
aud by connivance with tue judges
there were enough tickets to be thus
drawA out to give the election to the
Democrats.
The Republicans do not propose
tamely to submit to such frauds,
and have sworn out warrants and
ten judges of election have been
arrested. There is great excitement in
the city, aud several prominent Repub.
licans have been threatened with
death. 1t was in view of these threats
that the President was called upon for
troops. We think he acted wisely in
refusing the latter, but approve his in.
slructions to the officers to prosecute
vigorously all who have violated the
laws. The fraud is too transparent fol
concealment, but we do not see that il
affords any grounds as yet for military
interference. II the Courts can tole
rate such conduct, so much the worse
for Virginia.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17

THE Union and american makes
haste to say that there is to be no " Bit
ter personal quarreP' between itand its
neighbor, the Banner, sufficient to
warrant us in expecting valuable in
formation on the Hobbs question. If
the z. e. 4. and Browns "close cor
poration" can afford to keep this
Hobbs transactions mystery" we
certainly can. Enough has been de-
veloped to warrant the public in be-
lieving there was something rotten in
the resignation of Hobbs, and until it
is proven to the contrary, they will
continue to believe so.
In the Law Court of Davidson coun-
ty, the case of WOmdck rs, Hobbs is to
be tried, and some of the facts may
come out, provided the matter is not
hushed up by compromise. Womack,
it will be remembered, was a clerk en-
ployed by Hobbs, and who claims that
he was employed for certain length
of time at a fixed salary. He alleges
that Hobbs sold out, and, without
regard to his contract, left him out
of employment.
The Banner, speaking of this trial,
says
1t certainly must afford satisfaction to
all reasonable minded persons to have
this mystery cleared up. AS an
impartial and fair minded journal the
Banner favors this course, and this is
why we hope the case of WOmdck as.
! Hobbs, which is set for trial next week
in the Law Court of Davidson county,
will not be compromised or hushed
up. Justice to the parties involved in
the mystery" demands that the trial
| go on. If the result of this trial, and
the result of the legislative investiga.
| ton which is to follow, prove the ru-
mors now in circulation to be errone
Gus and unjust, the Banner will be the
first to publish the fact to the world.
We promise the same thing. If
/ upon honest Investigation by any com
petent authority, this Hobbs scandal
proves without foundation we will say
so at the first opportunity. Let those
who are implicated seek a thorough in
vestigation OF all the facts in this cas-,
before the courts and put an end to the
matter.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17

A hater of tobacco asked an old ne
gro woman, the fumes of whose pipe
were annoying to him, if she
thought she was a Christian. "Yes,
brudder, l spect / is" "Do y on believe
in the Bible?n " Yes, brudder." "Do
you know that there is passage in the
Scriptures that declares that nothing
unclean shall inherit the kingdom OF
heaven 90 'IYes, I've heard of ii. D."
"Well, Chloe, you smoke, and youican
not enter the kingdom of heaven, be-
cause there is nothing so unclean as
the breath of smoker. What do you
say TO that?" "Why, spects leave
my breff behind when / go dar.n
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17

THE Memphis Appeal aud Chat
tauoogs Times manifested disposi.
ton f-w day. ago 20 discuss the ques-
ton a. 70 what hecame of the school
fund Ia Teunessee. It has been per-
,I-ter. y charged By the Democratic
press aud Democratic politicians since
the war that the fund was lost. stolen
and .qusndered under Governor
Brp"nioH's administration We have
proven cOnclusively by Democratic
authority that ii was invested in the
war fund and used to break up the
United states Government We have
tod how it was taken by Governor
Harris and his cOmpeers in rebellion
without any legal right. These are the
facts in the case, and if the papers
which have charged otherwise want to
90 the lair thing they will admit it
and 20 Inform their readers There
are great many persons in the State,
no doubt, who honestly believe that
that fund was lost under Governor
8rownIow's administration, which is
just az far from truth as it is possible
TO be-
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17

A CORRESPONDENT of the Memphis
Appedi, writing from Knoxville un-
der the date of June 5th, says that
L" not one negro was suffered to enter
the portals Of the Federal cemetery -
at the decoration here on the 3Oth of
May. He says also that in Knoxville
white people avoid barber shops"
and that uegro walters have become
unpopular in hotels. All of which
shows that the writer is possessed of a
vivid imagination, and is not com
PEELED to oase newspaper article on
30 trifiuk a consideration SIS facts
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17

AT the suggestion of Rev. H A.
NJ. Henderson, Superintendent of Pub
lie Inatructiou in Kentucky, a conven-
ton will be held at Frankfort on the
10Th day of next month, the purpose Of
which is to concert measures to mature
a tystem of public education, that shall
extend to the training Of teachers for
free schools. This action cOmmeuds it.
self to all lovers Of popular education
throughout the country, and is credta.
bic to the zeal and earnestness of Mr..
Henderson in behalf of a great cause.
II is the desire of every one who SYM
pathiZes with the thousands of children
who are compelled to rely upon the
free schools as the means for obtaining
an education, to see this agency made
a efficient o. it is possible for it to be
made one OF the most important
things in this connection j. the en-
Payment Of competent teachers. To
this end normal schools ought to be
established and literally encouraged.
We hope TO see something of this kind
in Tennessee before many years. We
can not abandon our schools but must
labor zealously and all together, to
build them up until they become in
every respect, equal % any similar
schools in the Union.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17
RAILROAD STATISTICS.

From advance sheets of Poor's Rail-
road Manual, the following statistics
are taken, relative to railroads in the
United States; t
within the past five years 81 ,TS5
miles of railroads have been constructs
ed in this country at $40, 900 per mile I;
the cost of these works has been ST.
Ill 100000. In the meantime $50, 000,-
600 have been annually expended in
enlarging the accommodations and in
creasing the facilities for business of
roads already in operation-in other
words, there have been expended upon
our railroads $500, 900, 900 annually in
the last two years. If we have not ex-
ceeded our means in the construction
OF these works, we have published
this great interest out of proportion to
others. We have only to stop con-
struction, to have the equilibrium
speedily restored. The method is a
very simple one. The earnings of the
railroads of the western States the past
year equaled Sl4 33 per head of popu-
latiou. The present year, but for the
effect OF the recent panic, they would
equal SIS 33 per head and in 1875, SIG
SO per head. This gain Is certain to be
made as soon as the country RECEIVERS
from the present prostration. In the
meantime population is increasing at
the rate of more than one million an
nually. I he contribution of this in
crease to railroads will add, at the
present rate of earnings, Sl4, $3.50, 900
annually to their gross receipts. The
population of the country increases at
the rate of about $50 per cent. annual
ly. The earnings of our railroads in
crease about skiold greater Tatio.n
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17
AMNESTY FOR ANDREW JOHNSON.

The Columbia Herald graciously
condescends to grant amnesty to An
drew johnson. 1t says:
But the people are forgiving, and if
Mr.. Johnson will show Willingness
to serve the people, and not so great a
desire to make the people serve him,
he Will be admitted 10 the ranks of the
Democratic party, and be allowed all
the chances that an able and ambitious
politician has for promotion to Office
and leadership. We need give our
selves no trouble about Mr.. Johnson.
Circumstances which he can not con-
troll will control him.
How very kind How Andy will
appreciate this kindness You have
been wayward, dear Mr. Johnson; you
have gone contrary to the fiat of the
close corporation, but we have no
desire to punish you further, and now
if you will just come and get in our
wagon, you may ride along with the
balance of us who have always been
true, while you were a deserter. Yes,
we will admit you "tO the ranks,n and
allow you take your chances. We
know Andy will appreciate this, He
is bound to.
In the same number of the Herald,
a correspondent dominates Frank G.
Huntington for Governor. Get up,
Andy, and take your place in the
ranks, under your great leader, Frank
| Huntington.
''Oh, won't we have jolly time p
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17

THE st. Louis Democrat charges
Hon. David A.IWells with plagiarism,
in his recent speech intended for the
instruction Of Congress on the trans
portation question. 1t says:
We can not too highlylcommend the
good taste of Mr.. Wells in stealing
from such excellent authority as the
memorial of the Merchants Exchange
Of st. Louis, on the subject Of trans
portation. II il was necessary for him
to steal at all, he could not have stolen
matter better worthy of the attention
of Congress. But he would not have
disgraced himself to any extent with
the merchants of st. Louis especially
IL he had given to their memorial
credit for his facts and his language
for a large proportion of his speech Ii
copied almost.Ver6dtinl without credit,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17

IN the Law Court of Davidson coun-
ty, on Saturday, a case was called
which is now known of all over the
State-the case of Womack VS.. Hob BIS,
involving the question as to whether
the defendant resigned, or in other
words, sold the office of Comptroller
for a consideration. 1t was hoped that
the case would be tried, and that this
Hobbs mystery would be cleared up,
but the case was continued until Sep
TENDER, so thatthe matter promises to
be developed in mystery for while
longer. The Banner alludes to this
postponement and says:
AS we have said, the trial is postpon-
ed until September This is certainly
to be regretted, as it leaves an extraor.
binary mystery" unsolved and places
the Conservative party in position to
be seriously damaged during the CAM
paign.
This matter we alluded to nearly a
year ago. The organs of the present
State administration sneered at U.S.
They never denied the disreputable
facts alleged, but like the Tammany
ring, they defiantly said to the tax
payers, help yourselves, if you can
But now public opinion has forced
those implicated in the trans.
action to take notice of the charges
Some one is certainly in position =" tC
be seriously damaged" The people OF
Tennessee are in no mood to be trifled
with by clique or ring, inaugurated
for the purpose of plundering tax.pay.
ers and enriching themselves by pro-
curing the resignation of one man and
the appointment of another to an i'm
portant office.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17

IN speaking of the Presidential
chances for 1876, and of the prospects
of the Republican party, the Wash
ington Republican says
One lesson, however, can be drawn
from it-that it is all nonsense to talk
about the death of party whose Off
cial head can, it is admitted on all
sides, be reelected for a third term
almost without opposition and in spite
of all the traditions of politics.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17
FOR THE oINCISNATu CONNECTION.
The Prospects of Completing the
Through Line.
"OFFrcE X, & o. r. r.

"OFFGCE X, & o. r. r.,
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, May 27, IA
"a. C. Kaufman. Esq, Secretary and
Treasurer SpdrtenOurg, and AsheviLIe
Railroad Company, Charleston, IS. @.
DEAR SIR-Yours of the LIST in
slant to the President of this company
has been handed to me. In reply j
state that a connection will undoubted-
ly be made between our road aud the
road now in progress from Cincinnati
and Louisville, although am not now
prepared to state the exact mode in
which the result will be attained. 1t
will require the construction of but
little more than twenty COY miles of
railroad to connect our line with the
Cincinnati Southern at Chitwood.
Very respectfully yours.
JOHN l.. MOSES,
Sec, Treas. and Supt.n
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17
RnIIIInnre Market.

BALTIMORE, June 15.-Flour dull
and heavy Howard street and West
ern supertine, S4.50a5 25. Wheat quiet
and steady. Corn firm, good demand
southern white, 90a9l yellow, SlaS2.
Provisions quiet and nominal.
Whisky, so.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17

The Democrats of Overton county
have held meeting and endorsed
Hon. J. L. T. Sneed, of the Supreme
Court ,a- their first choice for Governor.
Judge Goodpasture is their man for
Congress from the Fourth district.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17
ChancrylOurt at cambridge,

mn Asbooris. w, N. Williams, ct no. Az
h''h' '1'N Il. Bill. No, 6ls,
nPcAUSE APPEARS FROM THE ALLIE
X gatiS,s ole bill, which are sworn 10, that
~ Nv M Williams, Is a Resident 81
ne State oflitornia tits therefore ordered
Ky tbs cid a. Master. that publication he
ro ~ for fo,uosessiye weeks. in the Knoxville
WY CISIclE, notifying said defendant 10
49,, befi theChancery Court at DaDdTiSgs
~ ~ hefer he second Monday Of July neSt'
Snd maEe tenseo compliments Bill. or H.
sans will Take for confessed and the cause
sst down fheahg eTpsrte as TO him, Juno
i'm. isI4h COT Of the order, 'uN'
Attest, bLhOhbUkN, q NJ,
Vi17Wif
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17
CHANCERY SALE
OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.

80. 4Si.
james S. Hall. Executor. &c, vs. Rebecca
Murray, ct al.
DURSUANT TO AN INTERLOCUTORY
Il decree pronounced 10 the above cause at the
March Term 1874 Of the Chancery Court at Knox
vile, will sell at pu Bile auction to the highest
bidder, in front of the Court House door in Knox
vile, on
Saturday the 18th day Of July, ISL,
at II o'clock, A ~, the real estate mentonedind
described in said decree, viz The undiyide in
terest Of W. B, Murray in the tract Of lat ae-
Joining the lands of Sampson Tillery. william
Tillery, Zion Wade and others, being an udiyid-
ed one eighth nart thereof; aud the urlVlded
interest Of W. b. Murray in the tract noWn a
the Home tract of james d. Murray. 'eceased,
being one eighth part thereof
Terms:
The first mentioned tract will be old for cash
in hand, and the other on a credit slx months,
taking purchasers note with goOgecurlty bear
ing interest from date This 18th 1ly' E4.
yil7wit NJ. L. PATTI GeOS. Z. a Nj,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17
ERMS:

Said soIa IN blmade on a credit of six md
,ai,,a he. AZ in bar of the equity OF re-
ian NItt syith approved security, bear
Inc intertst ropiate. will be required Of the
n MS his IA day Of June, 1874.
pvii7git 4. l., PATTERSON, c. AM.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-17
Saturday the 18th day of July, Is1
Terms /:
CHANCERY AXE
OF
VALUABLE PROPERTY.
CD. swsrt vs.. j. sprasue. ct al.
No. o.

CD. Swart We. j Sprasue. ct al.
PURSUANT TO IHTERLoCUT0RY
March Term 1874 of Il Chancery Court at Knox
vile, / will sell in fro VI 'ue O0utt house door
at Knoxville. on
Saturday the ah day Of July, 1874,
q, n o,clooL 4. to the highest bidder the
'roneyty msntia q and described 10 The plead
ms, Lsips twoH q ground, Nos. and 8, in
Fa{r VieSy Mnt Addition to knoxville, KnoT
co a 'T TsnnS ani IN the 18th civil district
Of said county
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-15

Sheridan got his Phil. of horse
racing at Buffalo.
The Lullaby House must be a
nice place to sleep.
"Frost for Congress" will be
nipped at the polls.
Atlantic City has base ball
club called the Sour Owl.
Money quoted easy Wouldn't
hard money be better.
| A sarcastic exchange calls Beech
er q finished orator."
They are still killing two hum
dred dogs day in New York.
Minnesota has spent SO, 000, 900
entertaining grasshoppers.
A committee of physicians is sit
ting on Boston's water supply.
The railways get about $8,000,-
600 a year Tor transporting mail
matter.
At last accounts the Sioux were
retreating with Custer in hot per
Siouxt.
They don't consider three toilets
a day indispensable at Saratoga
any more.
The wheat crop in France this
year indicates that Frenchmen
will be well bread.
The railroad kings at Saratoga
distance all the other swells Of the
season thus far.
Summer visitors (male) are send
ing home for their wooden trous-
ers.
Uncle John Robinson Is lavish
ing his spare cash on a new opera
house in Cincinnati,
The wine dealers of France are
accused of forming a clique for
raising prices. The Wilder Clio
quot should see about this.
At Creton, Iowa, Sunday night,
J. II. Burnett entered the bedroom
of his stepson and cut the latter's
throat from ear to ear. The MUIR
derer fed. The cause of the act is
unascertained
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-15

LYNCHING OF A NEGRO Ruff
FIAN.--Last Sunday afternoon a
negro named Marley indeccntly
assaulted q white girl fifteen years
old in the woods near Johnson's
city, Washington county, East
Tennessee, and then murdered her,
cutting her throat from ear to ear.
Search for the missing girl, who
was of a highly respectable farmers
family. continued until Friday,
when the horrible discovery was
made. The negro Marley was sus-
pected and arrested, and being ac-
cused of the crime, confessed 1t.
Friday night, while on the way to
Elizabethton jail, he was sliced by
a party of citizens and hanged.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-15

where civil law is in full force. We do
not condone the beinous crime Of Talife
70, but the law, although its delays are
sometimes grievous. should always be
respected and enforced. Talifero had
been declared guilty by an honast and
impartial jury of his own choosing, and
should have suffered the full penalty of
his crime against outraged law-but he
should have paid the full penalty under
the law and according to its provisions.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-15
GOSSIP.

Dexter is sixteen.
Nebraska is frog-ridden.
Disposed OF your fans yet.
Goldmith Maid is seventeen.
Soft crabs are pronounced scarce.
Canada frog fishing is now in
full blast.
Supper is the full-dress meal at
Saratoga.
Dog days seem to have been as
phyxiated.
Rhode Island thinks six State
constables a plenty.
Chicago's last blaze was percep-
tible filty-.six miles.
German phiologist says the mean
ing of Eve Is Nib"
Curtin will uncurtin monopolies
for the Iowans this Fall.
The French Assembly is doing
some very close voting.
The English cricketers think the
Americans awful wicket.
In whose interests Mrs. Wood
hull exported to Europe?
Williston, VT, claims to be the
banner town for longevity.
ST. Louis announces the first
case of sun-struck alderman.
Observation-Disclosures can now
bend his thumb without pain.,'
Wheeling. Va, makes wine
glasses holding just q spoonful of
wine.
Ice watermelon Is the best thing
st. Louis has got for the coroner.
They are making it lively tor
the backpay Congressman in In
diana.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-15
George H. Bolemnius 4 Co. VS.

George III. Bolemnius & Co. VS.
same, judgment for $76 26.
State VS. Michael Welsh, prelim-
mary examination, charged with
arson, remanded to Jail for action
of Circuit Court.
Same VS. Levi Keller, grand lar
ceny, preliminary examination,
remanded to jail for action of Cir
cult Court.
Same VS. Charles Prather, selling
liquor without license, four cases,
fined ten dollars in each case, and
sent to Jail for forty-eight hours.
Same VS. John Flaherty, petit
larceny.
THURSDAY, August 18th.
Messrs. r.. M. Price, j. Baker
Kearfott, and Il. Boyd Faulkner,
were appointed a committee to OK .
anime the title to the alley at
the west end of the Court House.
j. M. Mcneil, Esq, qualified as
an attorney of the court.
State VS. John Flaherty, petit
larceny, two cases, tried by Jury,
verdict guilty.
Adolph Sheig VS. the unknown
heirs Of George Fuss; decree re-
moving cloud from title TO Sheig's
property, and appointing I'll. b.
Miller a special commissioner to
convey all of Fuss interest to
Adolph Sheig.
=. The estate of VIM. III. Tansell
was committed to Sheriff Thomas.
Jacob KEGS VS. John w. Snider,
referred to Commissioner Picking.
Decatur Hedges, J. w. Curtis,
Henry Sharff, B. G. Speck, and
James ID. Miller, were appointed
a committee to carefully examine
the road known as the Warm
Spring road and its intersection
with the G. v. r. r., and report its
condition, &c.
Alfred Collins VS. Hamilton j.
Kiler, appeal, on trial.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-15

The New Albany, Ind, coun-
ell have prescribed dogs, but are
mixed on geese.
They voted a cane to Thomas,
of Green Bay, and he used it to
whip fourteen men.
Cape May is pestered by hotel
and bath house thieves.