Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-19

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have no cause for complaint at the
prices now paid for bacon, beef, corn
and wheat.
At the Lexington races on Thurs
day, Searcher,' a bay colt, three
years old, belonging to Robinson, Nor
gan & Co, of Lexington, made the
fastest time on record, making n mile
in 1:4lS. He is colt Of " Enquirer
Hon. Sam. Randall's high tariff
notions are being talked of, which
does not in the least reduce Hou. NJ. &.
Kerr's chances for election to the
Speakership of the next House of
Representatives. Southern and West
ern Democrats have said some hard
things about the tariff,
The Republicans of Kentucky
have nominated General Jno. NJ. Har-
Ian as their standard bearer in the en-
suing Gubernatorial contest. General
Harlan is a good man aud y man of
far more ability than the Democratic
SahAiNoNNs 1AC lAOBNoOo W NohN tbC
stump about the first of July
Too much care cannot be exer-
cised in the selection Of material for
public buildings. Had the material
for the construction of the Government
building here been used at Chicago
there would be no cause for complaint
at crumbIing walls. The authorities
know Whist we have here and should
use this material when no better can
be procured.
-Postmaster-General Jewell has
taken hold of lottery at Cincinnati
conducted by one l.. d. Sine, and if
he succeeds in breaking up the estab-
lishment, he will deserve the thanks
of the country. 1t is one of the most
disreputsble concerns of disreputa-
BILE class, and deserves to be broken
up. The United States mail should
not be made a medium through which
people are to be swindled.
Speaking of the breaking up of
the whisky ring the Chicago Tribune
says: lit will probably lead in the
end to a very general change to the
personnel Of the revenue service, and
act as a warning and restraint on office
holders for years to come. In this way
it is a grand victory for the Republican
party,-grander and more effective
than wilt be the defeat of William
Allen, in Ohio, and the rescue of Indi-
ana from the hands of the Democrats. "
- A week ago the Democratic
news mongers were Matching up all
sorts of sensational stories abouithe re-
moval OF Commissioner Douglass.
Some of them interpreted it, and pro-
fessed to have good authority for doing
so, that Grant was going back on Sen
ator Cameron. Others were eulogizing
Mr.. Douglass, and saying that he was
too honest to enjoy the Presidents con-
fidence. But the sequel shows that he
was removed for the good of the coun.
sneak into their dens to hatch up new
lies about something else. Commits
sioner Douglass honesty has not beer
impunged, but he did not have the ca
pacity to break such fearful whisky
ring.
These crooked whisky seizures strilI'
ne terror TO our soul; We always take j
straight. - Union and American.
An honest confession is good fo
the soul.
TIE Memphis Ledger, the most in
tensely Democratic paper in the State
gives us the following fatteping en-
,dorsement
"Brownlow patronizes the Thirty -nintI
General Assembly through the CHEoNIcL
by saying that cit was the most inAnitel.
worthless body Of men collectively tina
ever assembled at the State Capitol. Tn,
old gentleman must be in good huHior
We hardly expected sueh catering en-
derseraent Of the Legislature at his hands.
Our dispatches this morning brins
intelligence Of the death of Genera
Jno. @. Breckenridge, which occurred
at his home in Lexington, Ky. Thi
news is not unexpected, as the public
has been fully informed for SOM
time Of his precarious condition II,
was born in 1921. In the Mexican
war he served as Major. Soon ate
he was elected to Congress two terms
and afterward to the Senate. In 1885,
he was elected Vice President on TN
ticket with james Buchanan. Whel
the late war came up he took par
with the South and was actively en-
gagged in the rebellion. lie was
man of fine address and ability
Since the war he has lived in eompar