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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-03

Knoxville and Knox county, thereby?
Again, heartily approve your idea
Of using the county prisoners to make
good county roads. Tennessee roads
are the nbomination Of the Northern
visitor. The hills every where are full
of superb material for constructing the
best Of macadamiZed roads. | have
seen wagons daily stall aud ruin horses
getting through "a mudhole in IA hun
bred yards of thousands OF bushels %
rock, ready broken up by nature,
There is no good reason why East
Tennessee should not have the best
roads in the Union But under the
present laws they will ever remain the
same. they can only be made good
by some such system AS you propose.
A word as t. immigration. | have
some means of knowing what are the
objections brought 10y persons to the
State-chiefiy, they are: Bad titles to
land poor schools and most villain
Gus roads i'm winter the very time
when a farmer wishes to use the road
The titles to land north of Tennessee
river ard east of the Little Tennessee
were never very good, but they have
become still more mixed 10y the out
IdStOuS circuit -NSltlu--iltu Ntl4lilE
what they have never paid for. In
Morgan and Scott counties il is still
worse. OF the school system | need
say nothing. The eudeavUr of too
many is to abolish it entirely, aud the
selection of superintendent has been
too often with that idea, or To reward
some partisan. As to roads; However
much railroads benefit country, the
farmer who brings his produce to
town in wagon is the man who real.
ICES the most profit. He saves his
railroad fare for the 10 or - miles, and
frequently his hotel bill, and is unable
to spend that much more. The flour
ishing towns of the South are those
which, like Charlotte, n. c., have a
large wagon trade, as well a railroad
transportation. Knoxville needs bet
ter roads leading to her, anu another
route to the west aud to the sea, TO no
longer be at the mercy of one railroad.
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Mimier Mnrk.

One OF the oldest and most extensive
farmers IN Yermillion county. Indiana.
has experimental largely on destroying
brush and briar,. and on the methods Of
preventing sprOuting after being cut.
After extensive experiments, he finds
that by cutting under-bru,h and briaTs in
the winter, when the ground j. frozen
hard, say I'm January or February, that
they are most easily killed. They sprout
some in the spring, but a little care in cut
ting them back for year efiectually de-
stroys them, the roots rot and they di-ap-
pear. The ground should be frozen hard
when the first cutting Is done. Cutting
At such time breaks aud ,lliyers the stem
10 the ground, and although he has no
lengthy theory On the subject. a thorough
and practical test ON the method proves II
a good one. II has been tried on extern
siyc areas Of land. Wc also hear that I'm
the southern part Of the State thl- meth
Cd has been tried with success, and those
having trart- 81 land encountered with
bramblc- and briar- which they wish 10
make available, should try this method
during the cold weather Nc need hardly
add that one could keep warm al THAT
kind Of wOrh.-Iadiann Fdrmcr.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-03
THE EUROPEAN WAR CLoUD.
German Aggression and Concessions
Bold and brilliant Programme.
Special to the Graphic ]

Special to the Graphic
WASHINGTON, January 2l.-Persons
well informed in European politics say
that the recent alarming editorial in
the London Times, touching the de-
signs of Germany and the probabilities
of great war in Europe, is due to the
discovery of a great scheme of Bis
marck's to reconstruct the map of Eu.
rope. II is said here that Bismarck
has recently proposed to France and
Russia the following programme:
/. That to France shall be surrender
ed Alsace and Lorraine, with Belgium
and all the country on the west bank
of the Rhine.
?. That Russia shall be allowed to
take possession of Constantinople and
all of the Turkish possessions in Eu-
rope, together with the Hungarian and
Slavonic population in Austria.
In compensation for these immense
concessions To Russia and France, Ger
many asks to be allowed to extend her
rule over the eight millions of German
population in Austria-which would
give her Vienna and Trieste-and
also to take possession of Denmark,
Holland, and all the country on the
east bank of the Rhine. This scheme
would involve the blotting out of Au-
strIa as a nation, of Turkey In Europe
of Denmark, Holland and Belgium.
1t il also understood that Bismarck
demands that Russia shall surrender
to Germany the Baltic provinces of
Russia, which are Inhabited mainly
by Germans.
This tremendous scheme would have
the advantage of depriving France of
any occasion of going to war with Ger
many, as it would make her a greater
power than she ever has been. It
would give Russia what she has long
plotted for-the possession of Constan-
tinople-aud so give an outlet TO a
great commerce.
1t would also give her the Hungari-
an and SlavOnic populations of Aus
tria, while Germany would profit by
getting an outlet to the Mediterranean
and Trieste, while with the possess
ion of Holland and Denmark she
would have access to the German
Ocean, a splendid coast-line and mag
nificent harbors, and she could at once
be what she has always aimed to be-
come-a great maritime power.
All admit that the situation in Eu-
rope is grave, but it is believed that a
war would be beneficial to this coun-
try, inasmuch as it would give US a
market for our grain and provisions,
as well as giving To our manufacturers
a trade by destroying the rivalry of
other nations.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-03
That Uproar.

II strikes US as being little strange
that, at the Capitol of the State, where
wisdom is supposed 10 meet with all
the graces and sit together in counsel,
passion should prevail over all
other things, and enact the dlsorderly
scenes witnessed in the House this
morning. Good men and those who
love the reputation Ofthe State, should
unite 10 prevent repetition Of so
shameful an outrage on the proprie-
ties. They should demand that all
their proceedings shall be done decent
Is and In order, or else additional color
ing will be given to the stories that
have gone abroad against us as an ms
telligent and enlightened people,
N,0shUiir Buiiettn-E Extra.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-03
The Road suffice, in ninaIe rennessec

The Knoxville CHRONICLE is in IA
vor Of county warehouses;. 1t says of
eonvict~.n These fellows, who live
by petty larceny, and disturb our peo-
pie with drunkeL sprees, hate to work.
A ball and chain and ten hours a day
on the public roads, where their
crimes would be daily advertised and
serve as a terror to their associates,
would make lawabing citizens of them
sooner than comfortable cells and good
care in jails at the public expense "
This is true. The Legislature should
abolish the present ridiculous road
law, and adopt one which will give
the state good roads. 1t can be done
without costing the people any more
than they now have to pay expenses
of the Criminal Court Columbia
Herald and Mail OF 22d.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-03

had played one of his great tragic
parts, he was so used up that he had 10
he carried off the stage. There Ia some
thing OF the kind in this Beecher
tragedy. AS soon as Morris had fin
lshed his opening speech, he had to be
taken home With Illness. When Por-
ter, who undertook the next serious
work, had carried on MoultUn's cross
examination for two DAYS. he was taken
III and confined till to-day. General
Tracy, to-day, at noon, when Moul-
tons cross examination was finally
brought to an end, looked so cadaver-
Gus, and was so exhaused, that he him
self said he could hardly have stood
any more of the work. Fortunately,
however, as one gives way, another,
who had previously given way, is able
to come out again, aud to-day, Porter.
who has been i'll for week, appeared
in Court.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-03
PenItentiRry COnViets-PubIic Rouds
and Immigration.

TO the Editors Of the CHrenicle:
1 have carefully read everything
which has appeared in your paper on
the above subjects, and in many of
your views heartily agree. While 1
approve the present system of leasing
out the penitentiary convicts, / do not
believe that il is either right or lust,
OF to the prosperity and advancement
Of the States growth that they should
he allowed to make wagons, saddles,
DC. l approve their working in mines,
but such work can not be aud should
not be conducted by the State ; private
individuals must do that, and should
be responsible for it. AS for the Ban
ner's idea that the State's working
mines would make coal S cents per
bushel, in Nashville, it is simply an
absurdity natural to one not skilled in
mining and its co-relative business.
For instance: If the State bought a
mine she would have 10 pay not less
than $50 coo for it if she leased, one
cent per bushel royalty. She could not
get any mine already opened, and with
cars and tramways built for that rate I;
if she opened one then SD, 900 must
be spent. II is an asceTtaiued fact
that with guards, doctor bills. &c.
the labor Of the convicts costs from
50 cents IN Sl.OO per day, aud only in
"A four or five foot vein Of coal will
they average 50 bushels 10 the hand.
! admit that al SeWanee mines, they
may get out more, but I assume that
they are unusually well managed
and cared for at that mine. The great
value of this labor in the mines has
been found to be its perfect reliability
They make full time, and a mine
owner can with them take
large contracts at low rates
simply because he is sure of his labor.
Thus we have, with one cent royalty
and two cents for getting out, cost Of
three cents for the coal. Moving ii out
Of the mine and loading in cars, il
even as well located a. the Coal Creek
mines, Will cost one cent more, maxi
ing four cents. Salaries, repairs, wear
and tear and contingencies will de
pend on the business done, but seldom
less than one cent per bushel, hence
we have five cents. Freight on rail-
roads for 100 miles is 81. per ton or
four cents per bushel at the least.
Thus We have full nine cents in Nash
vile on the car, and have not said a
word about stealages, tremendous
Item when States or Governments at
tempt such business. Aud ] do not
believe there j. a coal man in the cOun-
try but will say have underrated ev-
erything.
Again, i believe in their being
worked on railroads. Let US suppose,
for instance, that, by common consent
OF the counties adjoining Knox, the
county should take and care for 800 /:
that these should be employed in con.
structlng the line known as the Ten
nessee and Pacific from Knoxville to
Nashville, and also continuing the
Maryyille road to the North Carolina
Line, where IL would be met by the
Blue Ridge road that they should be
employed In making the grades Of the
Knoxville and Ohio road respectable.
is there any reasonable calculation Of
the benefits which would accrue TO
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-03

The Knoxville CHRONICLE is agita-
ting the establishment by the Legi-la-
ture of better system OF public roads.
1t deserves all the assistance the press
of the State can give. The present
system j. not only inefficient in giving
to the country good roads, but it is uu-
just in its operations upon the people
Good roads add greatly to the value of
the real property through which they
pass, and as a general rule they will be
used more by men who own property
than by those who do not. There Is
no reason, therefore, why the poor
man should be required to pay as much
as his wealthy neighbor in keeping up
the public roads in which their inter-
ests are wholly unequal. The road tax
ought to be levied upon property just
like any other tax, aud individuals re-
quired either to pay poll>taX for that
purpose or its equivalent in labor
Commercial Of 26th.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-03

WE THURSDAY saw a fagged-out
team, drawing about fifteen hundred
pounds, coming in on the Seviervllle
road with a load Of produce for mar
ket. The driver and assistant had
been two days on the way. Now let
any reader count the cost of such
transportation and he will see the
embargo upon all inland transporta-
ton by our execrable dirt roads.
Two men and two horses two days
out, hauling fifteen hundred pounds
twenty-siX miles Why, it is enough
TO rouse any people in the world. 1t
is 4 surprise to us that farmers, mer-
chants and traders have endured this
outrage so long. Here are people
burdened paying costs of criminal
prosecutions and the convicts enioy-
ing an exemption of their property
from judgment for costs and then put
into jails and fed, free from labor or
anything that is q punishment to
them! They want nothing better
than lodging and feed. Put ball and
chain on them and set them to work
on our dirt roads, and in a few years
We shall have less crime and better
roads.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-03

Four weeks Of the time allotted to
the present General Assembly has
expired. During this time the Sena-
torial election has absorbed public at.
tention, and we are not disposed to
complain that our Solons at Nash
vile have been utterly unfit for a
survey Of the field of general legisla.
ton. But this is all over now, and
we trust that something Of a national
character will henceforth occupy their
attention. A road law and vigor-
Gus statute for the protection Of sheep
are two of the measures demanded
by every man who has the welfare of
the State at heart.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-03
Rcorganizing The Army.

Mr.. ghOnburgh. OF Tennessee, has in
PRODUCED In the House Of Representative.
"A bill authorizing the President at his
discretion 10 increase the number Of enlis-
ted men ia any companies Of the regular
army 20 one hundred men per company
for cavalry, and eighty-iiye for infantry
or artillery provided the aggregate num-
Der OF enlisted men in the army shall at
no time exceed 5000 until otherwise au-
thorized by law Warrington RepubH-
can 2Gth
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-03
WEIGHT OF GRAIN, sc.
Pounds to Pou
~ ll -
BOX MEASURES.

Farmers and market gardeners will
find series of box measures very useful
and they can readily be made by any one
who understands the two-foot rule, and
can handle the saw and the hammer. A
box lG by l63 inches square, and inches
deep, will contain bushel, or 2l50.4
cubic inches, each inch in depth holding
one gallon.
A box "a by IL is inches square, and 5
inches deep, viii also contain a bushel,
or 2l50.4 cubic inches, each inch in depth
holding one gallon.
A box y by II 10 inches square, and $
inches deep, will contain half bushel, or
1852 cubic inches, each inch in depth
holding half gallon.
A box 8 by 81 inches square, and s
inches deep, will contain half peck, or
39S.s cubic inches. The gallon dry meas
uTe.
A box by inches square, and 4 Is
inches deep, will contain one quart, or
67.2 cubic inches.
MEASURING LAND.
One acre contains 100 square rods,
4,S4O square yards, 1850 square feet.
One rod contains 30l square yards, 2723
square feet. One square yard contains 8
square feet.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-03
The WEEKLY CHRONICLE.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3, 1875.
FIELD AND FARM.

ATTENTION is invited to the COM
munication printed elsewhere on
Roads and immigration. The cor
respondent has had peculiar facili-
ties for informing himself upon the
subjects of which he treats. We are
glad to learn that the people are
waking up to the Importance of the
question we are agttating. We will
be glad to hear from those interest
ed in this subject in short articles.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-03
The Roller Against Drourh.

4 corrc- pOHdcut Of tine Department Of
Agriculture in Stearns County. Mimi. re-
ports that while wheat generally averages
about fourteen bushels per acre the past
season, his own averages twenty, and he
is satisfied that the difference IN bis favor
IS mainly owing to prevention Of injury
from drouth by thoroughly rolling the
land.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-03

The figures given below have often been
printed in detachments. We give them
collectively, that housekeepers and far
mers may have them in convenient shape
for reference:
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-03

LONDON, Jan. 2S.-The Home Rule mem
bers will take no part in the election Of
Liberal leader.
The bark Aurora which was lost had
eight survivors who were without food for
four days when picked up.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-03
now no ESTIMATE DROPS PER ACRE.

Frame together four light sticks, meas
urihg exactly foot square inside, and
with this in hand walk into the field and
select n spot of fair average yield, and
lower the frame square over as many
heads rs it will inclOse, and shell out the
hea4s thus inclosed carefully, and weigh
the grain. It is fair to presume that the
proportion will be the AZ, 560th part Of an
acres produce. To prove it, go through
the field aud make ten or twenty similar
calculations, and estimate by the mean of
the whole number of results. Ii will Ger
tainly enable a farmer to make a closer
calculation of what a field will produce
than he can by guessing.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-03

After the Woodruff scandal, about
Tilton's desire TO make public state
ment clearing his wife, about Tilton's
letter 10 a Complaining Friend"
about an alleged note Of witness TO
Beecher denying the adulterOus
charges and at this point a letter was
shown, but not read, as witness said
he had never seen it), about the origin
al publication of the Tilton-Bowen ac-
cusatOry letter in a Brooklyn Sunday
paper, about the party responsible for
It's publication, about the lapse Of time
between its publication and Beecher's
gift Of $1,000, published on April 10th,
1873. It was then brought about on
cross-examinatiOn that witness saw
Beecher soon afterward, and that in
two weeks, or May ID, Beecher put
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SWEET SIxTEEN.-In answer to a
note from young lady etat sixteen
as to the best manner of persuading
the told man" to allow her young
man to serve out his time, we an
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Why, l wonder, can't newspapers
let each other alone, as business
men do, and mind their own affairs.
1t certainly is not creditable to
them to thrust their quarrels into
the face of the public every time
they get chance. The Tribune
sets all our other papersan excellent
example in this respect. lift is on
bad terms with another paper it
will not allow the name of that pa
per to appear in its columns. This
is much better than INDUCING in
Bllilngsgate.-lC Correspondent But
falO Courier.