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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-05
II RACE MAYEARD's SPEECH.

We invite attention of our read
ers to the speech of the Hon. Horace
Maynard, which we publish this
morning, 1t speaks for itself and is a
conclusive answer to the misrepresen-
tation and abuse heaped upon him for
months by the Democratic press of the
state. His speech treated entirely of
questions pertaining to national issues,
and he made no attempt to discuss
local issues. As his position on the
Civil Rights Bill has been so indus
triously misrepresented, and the at
tempt has been made to influence the
county elections because of that mis-
representation, we take pleasure in re-.
porting his speech at length, and in
viting attention to il. 1t will be seen
that, like Senator Brownlow, he op.
poses the bill and for the same rea-
he does not favor mixed
schools. His explanation of the bill
will show that it has been grossly
misrepresented by the Democratic
press, and especially in this county, by
our contemporary.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-05

MRS. ELIZABETH CODY STANTON
and Miss Susan b. Anthony seem
anxious to appear in the Beecher scan~
dal. They have known all about it for
some time. Now that Beecher is under
a cloud, there are many to turn against
him. Many newspapers who prema-
turely expressed an opinion of guilt
now want the evidence to sustain them
and have gone to work to shape public
opinion accordingly. Even a horse
thief is allowed a fair chance for de-
Tense, and the snap judgment some of
our editorial brethren have taken on
Mr.. Beecher is unfair, We still hope
he can dispel the clouds that hang
darkly around him. We are slow to
believe bad of man who has done 50
much good in this world.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-05

Col. CROZILR, in his Truman Smith
letter says that when Grant ceases to
be President, he may get some office in
New York city, and what would suit
him better, probably, if we did not
make the suggestion, be elected Presi-
dent of "a jockey club at Long Branch
or Saratoga" We advise the Colonel
and his friends to 60 slow. They abus-
ed Horace Greedy worse than that and
afterwards supported him for Presi-
dent. AS long as their party is on the
trade for the spoils of office they better
not even abuse Gov. Moses, of South
Carolina, for theylmay yet vote for him
for some office.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-05

cord on this question. They were
playing false when they supported
Greeley, or else they are playing false
now. Let them say how this is. Let
them acknowledge that they were
hypocrites then, or the people will
know they are hypocrites now. We
call upon their organ here, we cali
upon their candidate for office to ex-
pain how this is, and if they fail to
answer, let the people place true esti
mate upon their professions, and tell
them, " Ifyou deceive us once, you will
again, and we will not trust you"
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-05

THE Press and Herald has been
circulating so many campaign sto-
ries about the civil rights bill that
its party has forgotten that it once
supported Horace Greeley for Presi-
dent, who went further in favor of the
civil rights bill than any Republican
who supported Grant. Greeley favored
nliIed schools. Less than two months
before his nomination by the Demos
cratic party, he made speech favoring
mixed schools.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-05

THE FOLLOWING isan extract from
Greeley's speech of April, 1872, on
mixed schools. The Press and Herald
voted and worked for him for Presi-
dent, after this speech. 1t favored
Greeleys doctrine then, why not now?
Here is his speech:
trust the day is not for distant
when the common rights to any pub
lie conveyance, and in public meetings
and institutions will be recognized as
they were noe recognized OF old, and
as they are but imperfectly recognized
still. l hope the time will come when
our educational institutions and semi
ndrieS will be open to men of all races,
with freedom and hospitality which
has never yet been enjoyed"
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-05

THE interests of that blessed county
election seem to require from the edi-
tor of the CHRONICLE a statement Of
the rise and progress OF the late rebel
lion. We admit that James Buchanan
should not receive a single vote on the
even;ful sixth Of August.-PTeSs and
Herald.
The readers Of the CHRONICLE well
know that before Col. Crozier came
from his retirement to ventilate his
rebel bitterness in the columns of the
Press and Herald we never once made
allusion to the war or its issues. We
have all along been content TO let the
county canvass be prosecuted upon the
personal qualifications Of the candi-
dates. 1t has been the Press and Her.
aid and its contributor, Col. John Gro
zier, who have resurrected the war is
sues. We never shirk taking side on
that issue! Let the consequences be
with them.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-05
THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1874.

II THE Press and Herald ,OiU dis
cuss the Civil Rights Bill and force It
as an issue on the people in the county
canvass, will it reconcile its present
position against the bill with its advo-
cacy of Horace Greeley for President
two years ago, who went even for
mixed schools? a little explanation is
in order Will it rise ard explain?
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-05

THE REPUTATION plank Of the In
diana Democratic platform meets with
condemnation all around. The Balti-
more Sun, Democratic, says Of it:
at is impossible to read the platform
adopted by the recent Democratic
convention of Indiana without being
startled by the heresies which have
been injected into it, nor are we will.
ing to believe that it expresses the de-
hberate sentiments Of the great mass
OF the Democracy Of that State.n
The New York Tribune, the leading
organ of modern Democracy, says:
That old woTm-eaten, barnacle.
laden ship is still ahoat. She was
sighted on Wednesday in the latitude
OF indianapolis, water-logged. Her
timbers and canvas are rotten. her
last voyage having been made In the
mites. Since then the old hulk has
been saGging about without chart or
compass, with most Of the crew down
with the scurvy. TO proceed in plain
English, the organization in the State
OF Indiana claiming TO be still the old
Democratic party appears TO be equally
destitute OF common honesty and
common sense"
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-05

The Democracy is nothing, and
ought to be nothing, unless it be a par
ty ofprincipIe.- Union and american.
Certainly it is a party of principle.
1t has new one every election. 1t
never keeps principle long enough
for it to grow old. Two years ago it
had strong Civil Rights principle.
1t has worn that out and now it is the
" white mans party"
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-05
The farmers Pests.

We have already announced the ter
rlble devastation of crops by locusts in
Minnesota. Now we learn that the
dreaded loeusts have appeared in
Prince George county, Va, and that
me corn crops there are suffering
greatly from their depredations.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-05

THE organs of the Nashville close
corporation Democracy are growing
holder. They imagine that they have
lashed the voters of Tennessee into a
fury over the Civil Rights question,
and that they may now 20 on to defend
the corruption Of their leaders, and
urge their retention in office with
IMMUNITY. They think that the PEG.
pie have become so blind to their own
true interest, that they will submit to
anything and everything. The Mem
phis appeal is just now the special
organ of The Governor, and says of his
late letter that is able, practical,
earnest aud carefully prepared" and
that it 4" has been most favorably re-
ceived by the public" and adds:
Andrew johnson aud Colonel John
5. Kerr have frequently given their
views as to the financial condition of
the State, and have received the COM
mendsttOn of those who favor or con-
cur with them, and we see no reason
why Governor Brown should not be
allowed the same liberty, or why his
published views should interfere with
our county election, more than those
who have spOlIed before him.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-12-03
Harvest Hymn.
JOHN G, WHITTIER,

Once more the liberal year laughs out
Ger richer stores than gems of gold
once more with harvest song and shout
Is natures boldest triumph told.
Our common mother rests and sings
Like Ruth among her garnered sheaveS ::
Her lap is full Of goodly things,
Her brow is bright with autumn leaves.
Oh, fayors old, vet ever new;
Oh, blessings with the sunshine sent
The bounty overruns our due.
The fullness shames our discomfort
We shut our eyes, the bowers bloom on,
We murmur, but the corn-ears fill
We choose the shadow, but the sun
That casts lis shine behind us still.
Give us. with our rugged soil.
he power to make it Eden fair
And richer fruits to crown cur toll
Than sulnmer-wedded islands bear.
no murmurs at his lot to day?
Who scorns his native fruit and bloom.
Or sighs for dainties far away.
Besides ihe bounteous board of home9
Thank heaven, instead, that freedoms arm
Can change a rocky soil to gold:
That brave and generous lives can warm
a cline with northern ices cold
And by these altars wreathed with flowers
And fields with fruits awake again
Thanksgiving for the golden hours
he earlier and the latter rain
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-12-03
Fall Mulehing.

There arc two seasons IN the year when
fruit trees, grape vines, berry bushes, etc,
require mulching-in the heat of the sum
mer to prevent drouth, and in the tall to
protect from the frost and furnish nutri-
ment III the spring. The fall is the most
important season Tor mulching; as the
soil frequently stirred, and kept mellow
during the hot weather, will answer to a
great extent the purpose OF a mulch in
summer 50 will the snow in winter; but
in late tall and in the spring, as also and
more particularly IN an open winter, it is
OF the highest Importance that vegetation
be protected. Grass then, with a coat of
manure on good coat of aftermath, will
be greatly benefited; so will wheat with
a coat OF manure, OF even straw. The
cultivated blackberry in our latitude can
hardly be kept exposed to the cold without
harm. and too often with total loss Pro-
tected sby an early, deep snow, the pro-
lection kept up during the winter, there
will be less hurt and few canes (if any
will perish. In lieu of the snow, a mulch
will answer good purpose; for it is not
only the canes that are exposed to the air,
but the roots also that are hurt If both
are severely attacked, the plant will die
Roots that have a vertical tendency,
buried in deep, porous soil, are safe as
they impart yigor to the tree OF shrub
which will 60 far towards warding off the
effects OF frost. A warm covering of the
ground will be great protection, giving
chance for the roots to retain their yigor,
and thus increase the winter action of the
sap, which when entirely suspended leaves
the tree at the mercy of the cold We
therefore want TO protect the roots of our
trees and shrubs, our berry bushes and
grape vines. The best mulch for all these
is a coat Of leaves, unless the ground re-
quires more enrichment; then add manure
But usually good coat Of leaves, spread
thick and wide, answers a sufficient pur-
pose; at least | have found it So This,
where the ground has sufficient fertility,
applied each fall and in the spring worked
into the soil. will supply what the crop
removes; and leaf pabulum seems to be
what is wanted, containing the material
IN good proportion. | have tried this thing
with the most satisfactory results Some
times, where there is exposure to the
wind, it will be necessary to cover a little
with earth, so as to keep the leaves in
place Chip mould is also good; so is
garden refuse. Any dry vegetable material
will do, even straw packed with little
soil; but I prefer the leaves-Nature's
provision, Some sprinkle on little lime
doubtless in most cases it is a beneft-a
bar also to mice and insects, 1t probably
would not do to use every year, especially
if considerable is applied at a time. APP
piled thus, leaves, which are generally
considered useless and in the way, may be
made to serve a very good purpose. +.
G., in Country Gentleman.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-12-03
VOLUME IS.
Raising Grade Cattle for Beef.

| aim to raise and sell for beef about
twenty calves per year, and until lately
the most OF them have been grades. |
usually castrate all my grade bulls. and
sell my thoroughbreds, while young, at
from 500 to $3.50; and if fail to make
sale of a thoroughbred bull before he is
two years old, | make steer out of him
also. | can make more out of nv steers
than IN raising bulls for sale at two Years
old at these prices as shall proceed to
show
One spring l sold 2 lot of yearlings at
So per head; they averaged about four
teen months. feed my calves nearly all
they Will eat until six months old through
the winter about half as much grain, and
sometimes much less, with plenty of hay
Last tall sold my steers at thirty months
Old, for five and five and half cents per
pound. They weighed 1900 pounds each
They had rot been fed any grain the sum
mer after they were a year old, and scarce
ly any during the winter, until April 18th
when l fed all they would eat Of twenty
five to twenty eight cent corn.
Last spring sold my steers at an aver
age of two Years and six days They were
ted nearly all they would eat, except the
first winter, and brought me over $50 per
head
Now, it costs twice as much 20 keep 4
bull two years as it does to keep steer,
and unless can sell my bulls Young. | find
| had better make stee 5 of them
Lam as ready as any man to benefit my
neighbors, but when they accuse me OF
ayarice for asking 800 to $50 tor bull
! confess my philanthropy evaporates, and
! 60 for beef to feed the world. even if
do have to compete with two cent Texans.
can compete with them successfully with
Shorthorns. Cor. Live Stock Journal.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-12-03

EASTERN LOBsTERs IN CALIFOENIA.
The tsh commissioners OF this State are
performing 1n excellent work IN 4 thor
oughly practical and unostentatiOus man
ner. and deserve hearty encouragement
The latest achievement Of the commission
is iii the lobster line, and the particulars
OF it will be read with qualification by all
who retain pleasant memories OF the spec
linen of that long gtailed crustacean found
IN the eastern states. In June, 1873, the
commissioners started from New York
with one hundred large and lively lob
sters, with the intention of accimatizing
them i'll the BAY of san Francisco. All
save seven of the lobsters died Oh the
journey, aud these seven arrived in an ex-
hausted condition, The Holsters slowly
crawled away when placed on the shore
of the bay and there was difference of
opinion among the commissioners as to
the result of the experiment. As each
lobster bore about a quart Of eggs at the
time OF Introduction to the bay, the ques-
ton was one v hich a year would be likely
to settle, If either of the Holsters lived,
the eggs she )ore would yield a million
Holsters, and these would soon be noticed
among the fishermen. The original lob
sters lived and thirty ed. and the bay now
contains millions of young ones. A China
man who cast his net for shrimp the other
day caught fifteen or twenty young lob
sters, some Of which he brought to one of
the fish commissioners, In accordance
with previous understanding The east
ern lobster is far more palatable than the
so-called Pacific-coast lobster San Fran
cisco Bulletin.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-12-03
Farm, Garden and Household.
An Irish Stock Farm.

The New York Tribune gives the follow
ing account of ''stock tair" lately held
in Ireland We have nothing of the kind
IN this country, the limited sales at cattle
shows, and the small "tairs" which have
sometimes been held in certain sections.
not being worthy OF mention when com
pared to transactions wherein the animals
sold are reckoned by thousands, and
which extend over several days:
On the hrst Tuesday in October begins
each year the great Stock Fair OF Balm
asloe, IN the west of Ireland, and it con-
tnues during the week. The first and
second days are devoted to sheep, and the
day before the opening thousands of these
from every direction are headed toward
Garbally Park where they are placed on
exhibition. Here the shepherds pitch their
camps, and at night the blazing of hun
dreds OF fires, the tall trees casting deep
shadows over hundreds of hocks quietly
grazing or uneasily bIeating, the barking
OF hundreds of 'colley dogs, which. with
their owners are yariously employed in
gathering straGglers, making new ac-
qualntances, amusing themselves, or fight
Ing form a combination q weird and re-
markable scene During daylight the
scene is scarcely les strange and animated
y - " custom rom 'liIhe lInmemoral" IN
0nIs country oI conservative habit, tor
e@cA regular attendant al Inc Ialr to occu-
py Vne same pace year alter year But
lAts RUE IS sometimes broken III upon, and
an lnter!oper i found sheltered beneath
the tavorlte elms. Then comes 8 wordv
war hight and an electment
But IT noon of the first 1ay go 600
sheel plteh chaage hands and make their
way ou' o. me Iafk at the custom gap
"a Slng4e ule "lthout loas' but not without
t.ie 'S'',t' passages oi aLIS Wiih tae ma
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'a4u'oIe morse. the Sole property ol a poor
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ol aholAer man as poor as himself, SO that
the recovery oi damages was ont of the
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-12-03

InE You've WIFE. The marriage of
middle age is companionship, the second
marriage OF maturity perhaps the repara-
ton OF q mistake, perhaps the pallid trans
cript of hurried joy; but the marriage
of the loving young is by the direct bless
ing of God, and the complete idea of a
lovely human life. Let those who have
found that pearls hold it fast and keep it
safe Within the doors where love dwells
no evil things should enter, and the loving
bride who would be the happy wife
must speedily guard against her own Inn
patience and despair when the lover is
emerging into the husband, the flatterer
into the friend
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-12-03

We find the following going the rounds ::
In his Key to North American Birds. Mr..
Cones expresses his apprehension that the
English sparrow would modest and drive
away our native species He now writes
to the American Naturalist that these ap-
prehensi0ns have been verified From a
letter written by MIR Thomas G. Gentry,
itappears that i'll the neighborhood OF Ger
mantown, Pa, the English sparrows are
driving away the robins, blue birds and
native sparrows.' In reply we have to
say, that while we have no knowledge of
Mr.. Gentry, we feel called upon to contra
diet his statement. We We're among the
first to have the European sparrow upon
our premises, and they are now quite nu-
merous; but up to the present time they
have nothing 10 do with driving other
birds away. The robins were more nu-
merous the past season than usual; the
king birds ditto; the wrens ditto; the
wood robins ditto We have no blue Lirds
a very shy, silent bird, because the
wrens drive them away; they throw their
eggs out OF their nests and take posses
sion, and then build up the entrance so
completely that nothing larger than a
wren can enter. The winter sparrows
from the north come here as usual, and
they and the European sparrows get on
harmoniously, taking their food together
Germantown Telegraph
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-12-03

The journal says that Lewis Blake Of
Mt. Vernon raised this year on acres OF
land, from bushels sowing, "A bushels of
wheat. Mr.. Albert Greasy raised on 2
acres from 10 bushels of wheat and 1 1-2
bushels OF barley, 29 cushels of wheat and
30 bushels OF barley. Mr.. Charles H. Tur-
ner, the veteran printer, raised on little
less than threc-quarters Of an acre, from
| 1-2 bushels sowing, IL bushels. The
The above wheat was the Lost Nation. -
The grain was sown about the 18th of
June, and the thrashers say that the late
sown grain yielded 10 per cent. more than
soWn in Nav.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-12-03

The Calais Times says that many farm
ers in the vicinity of Calais and up coun-
try who have recently depended in part
Tor support upon numbering, have deter
mined in the future to devote their entire
time to agriculture, and with that view
have been making extensive preparations
this fall Others, who have become dis
couraged with the prospect of obtaining
as large wages as formerly in woods and
mills, are in search of farms, and q num-
Der have already purchased
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-12-03

LAwLEssNEss IN PENNSYLVANIA Mn
ING REGION. Wilkesbarre, Pa The reign
OF lawlessness in the coal regions appear
to be continually growing worse, caused
perhaps by the TACT that most of the per
petrators of assaults and murders escape
capture and punishment At CarbondAle
on Saturday morning last two men muir
dered and three severely assaulted. one of
whom will probably die. Patrick Paddeu,
miner at Colebrook collierv, was found
upon Dundortf shot in that city on Sunday
morning with two bul.et-holes in his head
and badly wounded about the body His
head was frozen to the ground the hair
having dragged in a pool of blood and
water, which had congealed. He was not
quite dead when found, but expired in the
afternoon.
On Saturday afternoon Michael McNultv
was found dead upon the railroad bridge
near Lookout, in the same city. He was
about twenty years of age, and had ev-
IDENTIFY been put there Michael Begland
was found about the same time with his
throat cut. Hew dressed in an old suit
Of miners clothing, When last seen on
Saturday night, he had on a suit of good
clothes. He is still alive and will probably
recover. A boss at the Erie breaker was
waylaid on Saturday night and had his
arm broken, and received other injuries,
but escaped with his life, His name has
not been ascertained. About two miles
below the city, at Carbondale Mines, q
man whose name is unknown was found
nailed to beam in a lonely and unfre-
quented place. Strong nails were driven
through his coat at the wrists. and his
pantaloons at the ankles. and in this posi-
ton he was undoubtedly left to die, but by
mere accident was found and released. At
Scranton, on Sunday morning, newsbov
found the body of Michael hearney living
at the foot of q steep embankment. He
was dead and had evidently been thrown
there.