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Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-18
ARE we A NATION?r

Under this caption the New York
Tribune, of August 18th, discusses the
question of State Sovereignty taking
for its text certain remarks attributed
to Hon. Jas. B. Beck, of Kentucky.
That gentleman is reported as saying !:
ayes, gentlemen, there is that contempti-
BILE word nations word which no good
Democrat uses when he can find any other
and, when forced to use it, utters in disgust.
This is no nation. We are free and indie
pendent States"
Now if good Democrats" all
regard the word "nation" as con.
temptible-if that is the test of good"
Democracy, we would like to know it,
We have too much confidence in the
good sense and patriotism Of Demo
cratic masses, in East Tennessee es-
pecially, to believe that they look up
on this QUESTION as Gen. Beck evident
ly does. 1.-THE principles of Mr.. Beck
are to prevail, then the late war was
a failure. If this is "no nation" then
the four years of terrible war were all
to no purpose. Any State may with.
draw from the Union at will, and our
government is really not worth pre-
serving.
We regret exceedingly to see this
question coming up again in our pol
itics. 1t augurs no good for the fu-
ture. 1t is dangerous heresy and
will ct some time in the future give
us trouble. In discussing it, we do
not feel that we are speaking of a
thing upon which all who were Union
men during the war shall be on one
side and all who were rebels on the
other. We believe that thousands Of
men in the South, who were Seces.
sionists, are not in sympathy with Mr..
Beck's views as above expressed.
They believe that the Federal authors
ity is powerful enough and extensive
enough to protect the Government
from disintegration, such as might
happen at any time if Mr.. Becks
views are correct. We may as well
prepare to meet this question as lead.
ing Democrats are determined to
force it upon the country.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-18
STATE SOVEREIGNTY

MIR. Henry W. billiard, of Atlanta.
Ga, has written a review of the life
OF Andrew johnson, which we find
published in the New York Tribune,
IN which he takes occasion to avow
his attachment to the hateful heresy
of estate Rights" He finds fault
with Mr.. johnson for his course at the
commencement Of the war, when he
favored coercion" and says:
"No man is more attached to the Union
of the States than am 1 rejoice that the
whole country rests under the sanctity of
the Constitution, and is protected by the
flag of the Republic, but that a Federal
Government composed of coequal States
may be maintained by military force, is a
proposition in such direct conflict with the
nature Of our free system that l trust no
e1igency will ever again arise to make it
necessary to assert it,"
Here we have the germ Of secession
IN the same form as we found it pre-.
vious to 1860.
In 1861, when South Carolina
and other rebellious States, under
the leadership of JEFF. Davis.
Toombs, Rhett, Yancey and
Others, were going off in their mad
scheme Of secession, we were gravelv
told that the Government had no
power to coerce sovereign State"
We said that the Government did
have such power, and subsequent
events proved the truth of our asser-
ton.
1t cost a great many lives and a
good deal Of money to do it, but it
was done, and the Southern Confed.
eracy is thing of the past. We had
hoped that we would hear no more
about States Rights, as it was then
understood, but we fear we were mis-.
taken. There are hot-headed politi.
clans in the country who would be
willing to 60 to war again on their pet
theory Of State sovereignty, if they
could see any hope Of success. They
are looking to the success of the Dem.
ocratic party, which event they think
will restore the question Of States
Rights to our politics, in all its former
vitality.
Toombs and JEFF Davis are not the
only men who are cropping amid the
ruins Of the Southern Confederacy,
for a firebrand with which to ''ire the
Southern heart" and revive issues
which the war ought to have settled,
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-18
PUBLIC EXECUTION.

If our opinion had been the oppo-
site of that we have heretofore ex.
pressed, the scenes which disgraced
our town on Friday would have con-
vineed us that public executions are
demoralizing and disgraceful to civi
lization.
Every thoughtful ma w',o witNcss-
ed the spectacle of JOIN, .,r nrug
hauled to the gallows, bes,i ~ IN eager
multitude Of men, women and children
of all ages, sexes, colors and condi-
tions, animated by no other motive
than an unaccountable morbid curios-
ity, must agree with us that the infu.
ence Of the day was evil and only evil.
The idea that that spectacle will
inspire the low and vicious with q
wholesome fear Of punishment that
will in the future restrain them from
committing murder and other kindred
crimes, is, to our mind, absolutely pre-.
posterous.
In fact it was a gala day, with
drums beating, colors flying, accom-
panied with general demonstrations
more like a 4th of July celebration
than an execution under the solemn
forms of the law.
Men were present with their wives
and children, who live more than q
days journey from Knoxville. They
will lose three days in coming and
going, and their families are and have
been and will continue to live almost
destitute of the necessities of life.
They will complain of their hard lot
in life, and yet they find time to spend
three days to witness q miserable
wretch swing into eternity from the
gallows.
We trust we may never again have
occasion to witness such a spectacle
as that of yesterday. We trust that
men will obey the laws, and that there
will be no occasion again to enforce
the extreme penalty provided for the
of murder. If the law is
violated, let it be vigorously enforced
rs it was in the case of John Webb. |
but in the name of civilization we
protest against public executions.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-18

IN connection with the vacant seat
in the United States Senate we have
heard the name of S, d. Morgan, of
Nashville, mentioned. He is one of
the most successful, clear headed bus.
mess men Of the State, and his long
experience in business matters, it is
claimed, peculiarly fits him for a posi-.
ton in the highest legislative body
in our country. These claims are by
no means unreasonable. 1t is a well
known fact that the number Of first
class business men in our legislative
assemblies, is altogether too small.
When questions of finance are to be
discussed and acted upon, sound
judgment would say that men who
have had experience in financial mat
tiers should be selected. Mr.. Morgan
is that kind Of a man, and his friends
believe he would fill a seat in the
Senate with credit to himself and his
constituents,
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-18
An Inch Of Rain.

ram Is caught and measured in such a
way va as 10 20 give what would have been the
had not soaked in or run off. An inch of
ram Is OF more consequence than would he
generally supposed. On an acre of ground
II amounts to 9, 1872, GAO cubic inches. This
gives ~ 6225 gallons of water, which
would MI cistern capable of holding $50
hogSheads. Reducing it to weight Il
W., amount to over 1l3 tons. A Trough
III ~ Ieet long 10 feet high, and feet wide,
men oil rain from an acre Of ground.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-18

THOUGH IN SOME respects the wealth
er has been unfavorable it is safe now
assume that the harvests in the South,
already gathered or to be gathered,
are bountiful. Cotton, sugar. corn.
and wheat will be abundant and with
economy and industry our people can
start the Centennial year under most
favorable auspices. The present is a
favorable opportunity to urge upon
our agricultural interests the impor.
lance of economy and industry. The
whole South is dependent upon the
farms for its wealth. We have com.
paratively no manufacturing indus.
tries to add to our wealth. We have
but few mines opened to swell the sum
of our yearly products. What we dig
from the soil is all we produce-all
that adds to our riches. For
years our crops have been
inferior and our agricultural
interests crippled. One good harvest
can do but little more than pay offold
scores and start us with better pros.
poets on new year. Those who look
to printed paper money to add to our
wealth or lessen the burdens of the
producer are far off the track. What
we need in the South is greater indus.
try, fewer idle, able bodied loafers
about towns, railway stations and
groceries. Work, work and more
cotton. corn and wheat to sell will
make us rich and nothing else can.
The time to begin for the Centennial
haryes.s is near at hand. The boun-
tiful yields of this year should en-
courage our people to cultivate more
thoroughly their land, and then the
way to prosperity is open.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-18

", There may be different answers TO
W. 10. G.'s question, as the Church
OF England worth preserving % but
-PIach, VIZ -'"uy'
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-12-07

ESCAPE OF THE TAMMAEy CH1EF.-And now
Boss Tweed has "stepped down and out"
After battling the highest courts and greatest
lawyers Of the Empire State with his persist
ent appeals and habeGs co1puses, the great
Tammany chief, despairing OF entirely free
ing himself from prison walls by legal tricks,
took the law in bis own hands Saturday
afternoon and discharged himself from Gus.
tody. 1t seems that Mr.. Tweed has lately
been allowed many privileges, visiting his
home and various other localities under the
escort of deputy sheriff, and returning TO
his quarters in Ludlow-street Jail ad h6itun1.
On Saturday he went home with his ac'
commodatipg "shadow," and obtaining
permission to have private Interview
with bis wife, departed to return no
more. These were the tactics employed,
it will be remembered, by the noted
| Harry Genet, who distinguished himself IN
the same line. Through the exemplary sys-
tenn of silence and mystery so much In favor
| in police circles, the circumstance seems TO
have beer. kept very quiet for several hours
so very quiet, indeed, that the police them,
selves knew little or nothing about 1t until
long after the bird had flown. Then was
commenced a most vigorous search. The
Tweed mansion was ransacked and the
dwellings in the neIgbborhood were ex.
plored. The fertile genius at headquarters
even set his mounted police in motion, and
they "scoured the woods" Of Westchester.
But, strange to say, neither the clothes.
presses of the houses nor the huckleberry
bushes of the woodlands bore any signs OF
the presence of the fat contributor" to SO
much of New York's misery. All that can
be said of him now is that he is gone, but
,rhere is as great mystery as the where
ahonts of Charlie Ross.-Baltimore Sun.
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TINS FIRE IN LorTsfIELR. n II Day yesser
day the burnt ediice was yisisea By squadl
of people. The walls, side ard front, as well
as the steeple, remain intact; the pews are
damaged Only by water, and o part 81 the
organ, pulpit, and baptistry were saved. III
present the interior Of the church resent ies
the ruins Of some ancient castle. mt present
q correct estimate Of the damages cannot be
arrived at, the nearest conclusion being
$50, 900. or this the loss may be summarized
as follows: Building, SS5 900 ; furniture,
$1,000; organ. 5000; library, 81 600. The
insurance will almost cover The loss. 1t Is
divided as follows: Building, S37 500; fur
nitsre, $500; organ, $4,000; library,
50 5uo-totai, $40 800. The following are
the losing companies: Fireman's Fund, San
Francisco, $500; Liverpool, London and
Globe, England, $1,000; Manhattan, New
York, "a, 900; Home, Columbus, o., $4,000 !;
Atlantic, New York, $1,000; Faneuil Hall,
Boston. s., 1000; Louisville, OF Louisville,
$4,000; Hoffman, New York, SIC, 000-totat,
S46.500. ~ 50 ..,3l
The values are probably about as follows:
Building. $5T 900; furniture, 5000; organ,
$4,000; library, 81, 900. Total, s75, o0o.. d
The library Of Rev DR.. Burrows, pastor
Of Broadway Baptist church, was the accu.
mutation Of years of search and study In the
literary world, and included many rare and
valuable volumes. The sermons OF DR.. Bur.
rows for the forty years in which be
has been in the ministry, were also 10
the library, and, like the books, com.
pleteiy destroyed. The friends OF DR.. Bur-
rows, who is now in Toronto, where he dedi-
Gated church yesterday, estimate the value
of his library at 81 900, and say 1t is totally
ruined,
i3The church Will be rebuilt lat once. It
was first completed at a3eost Of $4,000, in
GLIDING that Of the ground. lot. LAST Decem-
Der the completion Of the rebuilding (made
necessary BY reason of weak walls) was per-
fected at a cost of $4,000. The walls are
now intact, but the cost of rebuilding and
reftting will be double that of the former
improvements Courier Journal, Sd. =.
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A man who was undoubtedly native Of
st. Louis died recently in Los Angeles, Cal.
His name was Alton, and in his will he LETT
ten thousand dollars to be held 10 trust until
Ii should amount to thirty thousand dollars,
when it should become the property OF Los
Angeles county. If that county declines, IL
is to 90 10 any other county OF any other
State in the Union except TO that In which
Chicago Ia situated; which last provision Is
supposed to indicate his birth place.
A few nights since four disguised men went
TO the house of Russell Allison, In Putnam
county, Tenn, and Shot him dead. AN oheer
and posse, In which was brother OF the de-
ceased. arrested Two brothers named Bross'
well, one of whom shot ct and killed J..J.
Allison, the brother Of the murdered map.
The sugar.h house boiler on the Fairfax
plantation, near Franklin, La, exploded
Friday night, iustantiy killing three men.
MORALLY Wounding two, and badly scalding
q good many others, besides doing great
damage tolthe buil dings III .ii, s . ..5s
The Buffalo Courier says that furnaces 30
dwellings are carrying thousands Of people
to their graves. I. stssa.itsh sskzsss /.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-12-07

Two PRIESTS AND LADY BURNED TO
DEArH.-MontreaI December 5.-On Satur-
day- Rev. Father Murphy, editor Of the True
Witness. famous lecturer on papal intall-
bility, &C., and Rev. Father Lynch, ia
Tented young priest, lately from Ireland,
drove out to Beck river, seven miles from
Montreal, and stopped at Lsjeonn esse's
Hotel at night. After retiring fire broke
out in the hetel, and Fathers Murphy and
Lynch, and Madame Champagne, lady
sleeping on the third fat, were burned to
death before assistance could be rendered.
Lejeonnesse's Hotel was q large wooden
building and burned very rapidly. The
flames spread to Marcott's Hotel, opposite,
and both were burned to the ground. Five
thousand people visited the scene to-day. I
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Brief. TeiegraDfs.

FALL. RIVER, MASS, December o6.--All
the mills are quietly at work under ten per
: BALTIMORE, December e.-The Baltimore
and Ohio railroad allow q drawback OF three
cents per one hundred pounos on gram
their elevators for export. %
BRooKLYs, December ga number OF
prisoners escaped from the Raymond:street
iail last hight, including John and Thomas
Loughery, Eve. cens-nickei connterfeltefs.
| BRooKLYs, December 6.--The elevator be.
longing 10 The Philadelphia and Reading
Coal Company, with two hundred tons Of
NEW ORLEANS, December 6.---The race set
for to-day has been postponed to Saturday
on account of the heavy track from rai9. Z.
- NIcaoIAsrILLE, KY, December 6.-FlYe
business.houses burned here to-day. Loss
$4,000. .i.4Iss rs ~ ~ Il ).
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I rus mn nsr.I1,s OF TEE :, : GA, AssIvI.

- FURTHER DETAILS OF TEE GzlAArVT.
LONDON. December 6.-The ;collieEy at
which the dreadful explosion occurred to.
day belongs to Mitchell & Cos, one Of the
| largest in the southern part of Yorkshire.
It's joined by underground workings with
Edaund's main collieEy, where, twelve
wears ago yesterday over three hundred
persons persisted. The works extend for
many miles, and are entirely worked with
safety lamps under very rigid discipline, and
| were considered safe. IS
AT 6 O'Clock A. NJ, about three hundred
men and boys descended and commenced
work as usual. Il,
At half. past 8 the terrific explosion &C.
Cured. The exact position of the explosion
was unknown, but the miners in all parts of
the pit were startled By a loud report, follow.
ed by large volumes Of smoke, and after.
wards by damp. t.&I :"
Those who we're able rushed to the pit
bottom, but tie drawiDg.cage was displaced.
AS soon as possible search was made for the
dead, and dying, and those who had escaped
injury.
After being down for some time the vol.
unteers reported about noon that they met
with great difficulty. They saw maBy who
were alive but unconscious. 1t is impossi.
BILE to give the number lost, but 1t Il feared
the first report two hundred) will be con-
firmed, though the managers OF the eolliery
hope many Of them will be saved. The ope.
ratiyes in all of the collieries of the district
are on the spot, ready and anxious to do all
possible for the relief of the sufferers. All
local surgeons have arrived. All rescued
thus far are seriously burned or injured.
Hundreds of men, women, and children
are congregated at the mouth Of the pit, and
as disfgured bodies are drawn to the sur
face the scene Is of a most heartrending cha.
| racter. ~ A-s" 49,
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NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!
.-......-. H.. + NEW GOODS
JUST RECEIVED AT e.et- .-ai 100
CARDozo, FoERQUREAN & CO.'S. .

. . :. .r'4
Handsome DRESs-GOODS just received of the
newest shades and styles, varying In price from
l6ac. TO 81 SO per yard. = 3:ii ttE+'S
We have just received large lot Of BLACK
SILKS, which have been bought very cheap, rang
ing In prices from $l.25 to IS per yard. We call
special attention to our 50 grade. Purchasers
will find Ii to their advantage to examine olr stock
before purchasing. - l.fs,
COLORED SILKS In all of the newest shades; -
Also, TRIMMING SILKS Of all grades and Shades !;
In VELYETS our stock IS kandsomer and Larger
= than ever heretofore. both in CLOAK ana
+ - TRIMMING YELVETS;
Also. STRIPED CUTVELVETS. for over-dresses
SPITZBERGEN CLOTH, for over.dresses
CLOAKS.-We have now in stock the largest and
handsomest display TO be found In the CITY,
WORSTED FRISGES from zoe. up, to suit the
new shades; ,t ~
SCARFS OF the newest styles; .-
Bh1NKBTs-iargc stock, ranging in prices from
Also, CARRIAGE-BLANKETs = - ? ~.
CARPETS, RUGS, So -. '-'
DRUGGETS, &C., &C. ~ no 10
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from the New York World, 4th ]
Rev. DR.. Fulton Resigns.

After the prayer.meeting at the Hanson
Place Baptist church, in Brooklyn, last night,
Rev. DR.. Fulton said if the charges against
him were withdrawn he would resign at
once. They were withdrawn, and after the
following resignation, which he then read.
bad been twice rejected it was finally accept
ed; whereupon seyenty.fiye members with
drew from the church.
BROOKLYN, December 8, 1915.
Dear Brothers and Sisters;
With undiminished love to Christ and His
children, and with unfaltering faith in Gods
purposes and plans, and with pleasure
greater by far than l experienced when
accepted of the pastorate of Hanson-Place
Baptist church, now surrender it, and pre-
sent my resignation. to take effect on the Isl
of January, 1876. I remain In the bonds o
Christian love, your brother in the Lord,
JUSTIN D. FULTON.
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q
The CHESAPEAKE AND OHIo RAILROAD AND
TIE ScIoTo VALLEY RAILRoAD.-ThIs great
work needs no further newspaper ooasting.
Under the swift energy of Spots, Frank %
Go. il is assuming entity "right under our
noses" Madame Rumor had proceeded SO
far early in the week as to dispose OF the reaa
10 the Baltimore and Ohio Company. Ine
notorious old dame is doubtless too fast IN
this, as in many other instances. Rumor 10
a fast old jade at best, though she may have
ventured the assertion In the way OF prophe.
cy. We don't believe Mr. Garrett would
buy out the line Ia its present condition; but
that he may bid for 1t some time hence is
more than likely. In fact, 1t is the destiny
Of the "Scioto Valley !" to splice on to Dir.
CARROTS newly acquired Chesapeake and
Ohio, but not until the cars are running on
Dir. Chapman's line and the i've hundred
thousand dollars private subscriptions are
paid up Cfrcleusile Herald and Union. ,fz
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-12-07

A STATUE FOR THE ANrIErAM CEAErERY.-
The colossal granite statue for the soldiers
monument in the Antietam Cemetary IS to
be exhibited at the national centennial. The
statue has been executed BY the New Eng
land Granite Company, of Hartford, Conn.
The figure is twenty-one feet high, and
weighs thirty tons, and is constructed in two
sections joined at the waist, and carved out
of a block Of granite weighing one hundred
tons. The figure is that Of a private soldier
standing erect and grasping his musket in the
position Of !" parade rest" He wears the reg
ular infantry uniform, with overcoat and
cap, and his face wears the expression OF eX-
pectstion blended with that Of quiet resolu'
ton and courage y .-l"fa. as..f..
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The Last Expedition to Caba-Report
of. the Commander OF the Uruguay.


NEW YORK, December 6.-Colonel Resada,
who was in command OF the last expedition
TO Cuba in the Uruguay, last night made a.
report to the Cuban Association. He stated
the vessel was wholly unfit for the service.
Her machinery was old and in poor condi.
ton, and the propeller worked 80 badly that
the utmost speed the steamer could attain
was a little over five miles an hour. When
the vessel had set out on the voyage
it was discovered. that the supply Of
coal was Insufficient, and---:--later
the provisions began to fall short. The peo-
pie on board suffered greatly from these
causes, also from excessive heat. When they
reached Cuba nine men were landed in boat
to reconnoiter, but the place was so dam
gerous TO vessels that it was impossible to
land any part of the cargo or any soldiers.
Meanwhile the Spanish authorities had been
informed Of their presence, and they had To
make the utmost speed to Jamaica. The
arms furnished were of an inferior quality
He blamed the agents in this city for negli'
genee In fitting out the vessel. TE -
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Military Courtesies to q Federal
." - Officer

=. CHARLESTON, S. c., December 6.-The de.
parture of the First Artillery, which has been
stationed here for the past three years, was
made the occasion for fare Well entertain
meht to General Vogdes and his ofncers,
which was given at the Charleston Hotel to-
night by the officers Of the washington
Light Infantry. the German Fusileers' ana
the Palmetto Guard. q. 90
/. General Hunt and the officers of the Fifth
ARTILLERY, which is to relieve the First regi'
ment; we're among the guests. The iestivl'
ties3were marked by tie utmost goodfeeling.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-12-07

How RreHMosD Is TO ReRcH TEE WEST
The track is now being laid between Co.
lnmbus and Chiilieothe, end It is expected
that the cars will be running before Christ
mas. The work from Chillispthe to Ports.
mouth will doubtless be commenced next
spring aud rapidly pushed to completion.
The extension Of the road up The river to,
Huntington will then be only a question Of
tirne. i!isboroush Ohio Ne,rg. a'E