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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1875-03-19

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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17
Bishop u Ikoyen.
From the Cincinnati Gazette, ]

The election Of DR.. DeKOven ms
Bishop Of Illinois will be help to
the Reformed Church movement. His
view Of the communion service Is 70
nearly AKIN 10 that Of the Church Of
Rome, that it defeated hIs election in
both Massachusetts, aud Wisconsin.
In point Of talent and eloquence he
stands at the forefront Of his den mi
ma ion. This makes him all the more
dangerous In the estimation Of the Low
Church people, and Bishop Cheney IL
likely to be the gamer by their apprer
tensions. His opponents refused 10
make bis election unanimous, and
vAiuly tried to interpOse a protest to
the action OF The convention,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17

IT detracts nothing from the esti-
nation in which Nashville is held by
the better portion of the world, TO
know that that quintessence of non
sense known as a Mardi Gras cele.
bration was a miserable and com.
plete failure. The Union and Amer-
lean calls it " Folly's Mad Reign in
Nashville" and says it was q "tawdry
affair."" and that the nynlTh du pare
were the most prominent part of the
procession. The Banner calls it the
" Day of the Demi-Monde," and
says;
Everybody voted King Menus a nuisance
and his procession an unmiligaled fraud
So passed away the last Mardi Gras process.
sion we shall probably ever have.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17

BROTHER CHARLTON seems inclin-
ed to give them a " shaking up" In
the last number ofthe Grunge Outlook,
after describing "a miserable set of
office corlnorants, who hang around
the State Capitol, lounging in the
chambers and button-holing the mem.
bers, in order to pick up struggling
crumbs IN the form of Office" and
who are played out at home, toe
lazy to labor" and not sense enough
to rise to a respectable position in so
ciety, he adds:
We now have our eye upon one O.
these drOnes, who has been at the capita
ever since the opening of the Legislature
and has spent money enough for board billi
and otherwise, to keep him going FL
months. We trust that body will send hin
back home as speedily NJ possible, for he il
not fit for the position to which be is aspir
ing,
Now we would like to know JUS
who Brother Charlton means.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17
j. III, ZEILIN a co.
Democratic Opi"ton of the Arkansas
mPss"Ee.

Democratic OpiutOn of the Arkansas
Message.
The Louisville Courier Journal s
Washington special of the 6th, gives
the Democratic construction of the
Presidents special message on Arkan-
sas affairs "a follows:
Some Of the most prominent South
erners are really doubtful whether this
or any other act of usurpation will
arouse the Northern people in time to
arrest the success of the third term
plot. They rightly condemn as inn
prudent under the present circunstan-
ces, the propositions made in the Geor-
gia and North Carolina Legislatures,
to modify the State Constitutions, and
there can be no doubt that these pro-
ceedings gave great satisfaction to
Grant, Morton Il Co., rs affording 8
pretext for exercising military control
over the Southern States. Well i'll
formed observers OF the situation here
are amazed that members of these
State Legislatures should fail to under.
stand by how slender "A thread they
keep the control of their State Govern
ments, and that as long az Grant is
President they are liable TO be upset
any day by the army, with no help fol-
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17

WE have before us the report of
the House Committee on Education
and Labor on the various Agricultur.
al Colleges in the United States. We
find the following allusion to our Uni.
versity:
The report from the agricultural college
OF Tennessee il not quite clear upon some
points connected with its endowments, but
II would appear that tho money received
by that State from the sale of scrip, amount
ing to S27l,S76, has been invested in per
cent. State bonds, at the rate of about SO
per cent, of their par value. This makes
the total investment $396000 IN bonds.
These bonds, according TO the latest fnan-
eial reports, seem fairly to have maintain
ed their value and as they were purchss-
ed At large discount, the investment is
probably cafe one. Some discouraging
facts, however, in regard to the payment
Of interest, are found in the report of the
accomplished president of the college. lie
says: 1.-THE State has failed to pay, fin
money! except comparatively small
amount of the interest due upon the agri-
cultural college national fund The State
treasury warrants have therefore had to be
sold at discount, in order to carry on the
college. The aggregate loss from this
cause, to date, is Sl0065.29, and the State,
by its contract with the United States,
should make it good. 1t is hoped and be-
lieyed that, upon proper presentation of
the subject of these losses to the attention
Of the legislature, the State will make due
reimbursement TO the national fund"
The committee take pleasure in adding that
il has recently been reported in financial
circles that the State Of Tennessee will now
discontinue the practice of meeting its OBJ
legations with treasury warrants. Should
this happily prove to be the case the embar-
rassments of the agricultural college will
be greatly relieved.
The committee recommended the
adoption of the following resolution /:
Resoiue6, That the Attorney General
be requested to report to the House what
measures, if any, should be taken Nv the
United States to secure from any State the
fulfillment of its contract to preserve undi-
minished the principal of the fund derived
from the grant of land made by the United
States for the support of colleges Of agri-
culture and the mechanic arts, and wheth
or, in his judgment, the provisions of exist
ing law are sufficient 70 afford remedy in
the premises.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17
COL. GIBsON'S BILLS.


We have no ideo that Col. Glib.
son intended it so, for we believe him
to be in thorough sympathy with the
smaller tax payers; but IL looks
to us as il his bill providing
for the payment Of taxes with
State bonds. and the coupons
of State bonds at sixty cents
on the dollar. would work to the in.
terest OF monied men. The bonds
are in the hands of this class now,
and in the event coupons are to be
taken for taxes at heavy discount,
they will 90 into the hands OF brok-
ers. who have the money to purchase
them, and the small tax payer
will reap very few of the benefits,
if benefits are to be derived.
Outstanding Tennessee bonds are,
if we mistake not, all of the denomi.
nation OF one thousand dollars. The
interest is payable scmi-annually,
so that the coupons are thirty dollars
each. This amount, at sixty cents
on the dollar, would he eighteen dol.
lars. With State taxes at the present
rate and the rate is not likely to be
increased by this Legislature), q man
must have $4,000 Of taxable proper.
ty to take up one of the coupons in
the payment Of the taxes for n single
year. 1t may be urged that smaller tax
payers can combine and buy up bonds
or coupons and then pay their taxes
promptly, but the experience OF the
past teaches US that this is not the
class of men to form combinations.
Capitalists would combine to control
the price Of bonds and coupons, but
small tax payers would form no com
binations to speak Of Hence, we
fear that what is no doubt honestly
intended for the relief of the masses,
would prove Of very little benefit to
them, while it might lie made a source
of considerable profit to brokers and
capitalists.
His bills in reference 70 the Qucr-
um Court, is = movement in the
right direction. We know nothing
of their details, but some change in
this respect will command general
approval. The Quarterly Court. rs
at present constituted, is an uuwicldy
as well as an expensive body, and
ii it can be rendered more eff
cient, or equally a. efficient with loss
cost. it certainly should be done. We
can see no good reason why the
Chairman of the County Court can
not discharge all the duties OF the
Quorum Just a, satisfactorily n nm
der the present system.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17

THE Memphis appeal, of Tuesday,
publishes a column editorial, of the
spread eagle style, lauding the late
John G. Brown, late Governor of
Tennessee, to the skies. Here is a
paragraph from that editorial:
During the canvass last fall, the enemies
Of The Democracy all sung the same tune,
aud made the welkin ring with charges
I and ISLANDERS against him, and held the par.
/ IS responsible Tor il all He took the
/ stump and made "a canvass through the
/ State That will long be remembered for his
| gallant defense Of the Democratic party and
| his statesmau-like speeches. Not design
! in. to notice the puerile charges which had
been made against himself he spent his
ammunition and turned his guns upon
those who were eudcayoring TO defeat the
| Democracy, and his voice was heard from
! Carter 10 Shelby, not in advocating his
| claims TO further promotion and higher
, hOnors, but in rnl'ying the people to the
standard Of that party in the success of
which depends the hope Of republican in
-rilutions in America.
The time has not been so long but
that all will remember, as one Of the
men who made the welkin ring
with charges against John
| G. Browns administration, An.
drew johnson, who has recently
been elected United States Senator
According to the veracious correspon'
dent Of the Banner, this same An.
drew Johnson is so popular in the
Appcqrs own city as to bring out
thirty thousand people to receive and
welcome him last Saturday. And
all this after he had made the "wel
, kin ring with charges against John
! c. Browns administration. viii the
APpeaI, or any other Democratic
journal, explain ? They must believe
what Andy said, or he would not be
80 popular with them.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17

On Sunday last we were walking
down town and noticed squad OF
men on Fifth street, who seemed TO be
under guard. Approaching the party
we soon discovered it was company
of convicts from the line of the Gin
cinnati road making their way TO
Nashville. They were being tramped
about town to keep them from freez-
ing. They were thinly clad, shoes rag
ged, aud generally the picture of de-
lection and misery. The weather was
utter cold, and the poor creatures
looked as though should they stop one
hour they would surely chill through,
IL not freeze to death. Common hu-
msnity, it seems to US, is due even to a
convict, and we write this in the hope
that it may meet the eyes of those in
authority Chattanooga Times.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17
In ChanCery Court at May
nardviIle.
o. AND 1. BILL

o. AND l, BILL,
Archibald Mullens vs.. John Robertson. William
W, Gibbs, lsaac L. Davault, Samuel Croft and
William II. Turkey.
| IN THE bill which is swo n to, that John
Robertson and William W, Gibbs non resi-
dents of the Stale OF Tennessee, SC that the or
binary process OF law can not be rived upon
them. tits therefore ordered that Publication
be made for four successive weeks in the Knox
vile Chronicle, a newspaper published in the
John Robertson and William W, Gibbs 10 appear
on or before the rule day next preceding the
ty. to be held at the Court House in Maynard
Vile on the third Monday of April 1875, to
plead. answer, or otherwise make defense TO
confessed and set down Cor hearing ex.parte, A
true copy Of the order. j, w. BRAHS0N,
iSw4t Clerk and Master
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17

ability and courage of our present
Legislature Is now before it. Ii is
called upon to meet the current eX-
panses of the State without raising
the rate of taxation, when it is evil
dent that the proceeds will not bc
sufficient The current expenses of
the state. including the interest on
the State debt, amounts to $2,j4S,.
l2l 70 meet this, tax of 40 cents
on the hundred dollars will fall short
Si6S,256. Our assessment is $780,.
900, 900, which at 40 cents amounts to
sl.l60.0OO. The interest OH the
bonded, debt to be paid by solvent
railroads, amount to $197,33S. The
privilege tax amounts to $32l,000.
The amount Of revenue collected by
clerks, &c, amounts to Sl05.00O.
These are the only legitimate
sources Of revenue. unless railroads
are taxed, which it is safe TO say can
not be done inside OF q year. There
are heavy difcits of back taxes to be
collected, which, it is estimated, will
this year bring to the State 100000.
1t Is evident then, that q tax Of 40
cents on the hundred will not give us
sufficient revenue to pay our current
expenses. Even so cents, ii the PEG.
pie would tolerate an increase, would
not meet the drafts upon our State
Treasury.
The only way out Of this trouble is
to apply the pruning knife relnorse-
lessly. Our costs for criminal prose-
cutions, exclusive Of Judges salaries,
amounts to S237O00-next to the in
terest on our debt. the largest item Of
expenditure in the list.
We have made some suggestions as
to one way TO reduce their expendi-
lures. Let criminals work out the
costs Of their prosecutions, and let
the exemptions of convicted persons
be reduced, so that executions can
reach their property before they do
the pockets Of innocent tax payers.
We have offices in the State that pay
more than they ought to, and their
perquisites should be cut down.
But retrenohment in these direc.
tions i not al that is necessary.
We need legislation to encourage the
growth of the State, and thereby to
increase our taxable property. The
State is in the condition of the ema.
ciated invalid who needs y tonic to
strengthen his system. We need
some new life.blood, and without it.,
instead Of improving, we will sink
lower and lower. There are several
measures of a character TO stimulate
our agricultural interests, which, after
all, is the foundation of all the pros
perity we can hope for at present.
We have pressed one of these measures
in a variety of ways, and presented
it to the public day after day, but it is
still not worn out. Our Legislature
can do much to revive the interests OF
our farmers and merchants by bet.
ter road system, and they should lose
no time in giving it to US.
Retrenchment and reform legisla
ton. then, is one of the pressing du
ties of the hour, and in that way only
can the Legislature make our rev
enues meet our expenditures.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17

II will be seen by reference to our
Nashville specials this morning that a
number OF petitions from East Ten
nessee on the subject of better roads
were presented in the Senate yester-
day. 4 special committee was ap.
pointed, to which the petitions were
-efr-sd, and it looks like prompt ac-
rion E..zS. be token.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17

THE NASHVILLE CORRESPONDENT
of the Louisville Courier-Journdl,
writing concerning the feeling in favor
of reputation at Nashville, thinks
the politicians largely responsible for
it. He says:
To my mind the politicians ara RESPONSE
BILE, in great measure, for the wide spread
sentiment here in favor Of u essening of
taxation, even ut the expense of the honor
and credit of the State. a certain distin-
guished man, whose name even now is
filing the trump Of fame has probably done
rs much to arouse this feeling of discon-
tent as any other man in the State, and
find quite an element among his support
ers willing TO incur all the coming evils
that they may gain present relief 1t is
not for me to say that the instigator of this
hue and cry has obtained the prize ne
sought when the attack upon the financial
management of the affairs Of the State
was made. At the same time hope to be
allowed to say that things look that way.
The railroads want the bonds forced down
to the lowest fgures-at least certain CT
them, that could be named if necessary,
desire it-and it ia shrewdly hnted that
more than one capitalist, prOfting by the
history of the bears of Wall street, would
admire very much to see them touch bot
tom.
Perhaps there are able bodied statesmen
| in Tennessee who wish TO add to their
bonded store, and would not weep should
they fluctuate toward zero.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17

Hon. j. A. Campbell. who has
teen appointed Third Assistant Sec
rotary of State, and who has accept
cd the position, has been Governor
of Wyoming Territory for some time
past. He will be remembered by
many ofour readers as Adjutant Cen
erai on General Schofeld's staff.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17

4 CIRCULAR issued from the con-
mercial reporting agency Of Dunn,
Barlow * Co., New York, last week,
presents review Of the business sit.
uation Of the country in 1874, which,
as compared with 1873, shows some
improvement. While it is true that
the panic broke out in 1873, its effects
extends to the business of 1874. and
we are even now but slowly recover
ing from it. This report places the
failures last year ut 1880, against
j,1s3 in 1879. 4,O69 in 1872, and
2.9l5 in 1871. Total liabilities Of
: the failures last year, Sl55, 900,
f against S228, 900 in 1873, S121,-
!. O5G.OO in 1872. $50, 1852, 900 in 1871.
q In Connecticut, Indiana, Maine
II Massachusetts, New Jersey. Penn
v sylyania, &c, the failures we're more
1. than in 1873, and less in Alabama
1t Missouri, North Carolina and Other
II Southern States, the causes, no doubt
nj being purely local. Another noticea
es Bile feature in this exhibit is tina
a. while the number Of failures exceed
n. that OF last year, there is marked
diminution in the amount Of habili
ties.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17

Col. JNo. L. RoUTT, who has Just
been appointed Governor of Colora.
do, and confirmed by the Senate, has
been Second Assistant Postmaster
General for about four years, and has
discharged the duties Of that position
faithfully and satisfactorily. He was
appointed from the State of Illinois.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17
ChanCery Court at
Knoxville, Tenn.

No, S750.
r. r. Bearden. Ex'r Of Eliza D, sneed, decd. w.,
Eliza sneed Jones Margaret Andrew Jones, q
A. Rayl. S. b. Boyd, j. M, Boyd. l.. G. Shep-
ard and j. +. Sprague.
1T APPEARING FROM THE BILL WHI0H
i il sworn to, that the defendant Is a non -resi-
dent of the state OF Tennes co, ID il ordered that
the defendant above named appear before tho
Charoery Court at knoxville, tennessee on the
third Monday in March next. 1875, and MAKE
defense to the bill fled in this Cause or the
same will be taken fer csnfes ed. This netico
will be published in the Knoxville Weekly
Chronicle for four eonse utive weeks
A true COPY. Attest;
NJ. L. PATTERSON. c. * M,
By W. a. GALBRAITH. D. c. an.
iilnHdt
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17

IT is believed by those who have
had an opportunity for studying the
temper of the Legislature on the snb.
ject, that the bill which has passed
its third reading in the Senate, abol.
ishing the Office of Tax Collector,
will certainly become law.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17

THE editor Of the Chattanooga
Times, and Representative Spears,
Of Marion county, have organized a
mutual admiration society. Spears
says that the Times man is d" an ass, ="
and the Times man says Spears is a
D." iackass.' Very high compliments.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17
In ChanCerS, Court AIT
.JackSbOro'. Tenn.
Hart, executor. &C., vs., Beujanine Hart.
ct al.


THIS CASE 1T APPEARING PROM TIM
allegations in Tho bill which is sworn to, thai
tdeitnd ants, II tmas TART is a resident Of the
.ItdIeX ?. and that the residence of JOhu
Jar, one Of the d PENDANTS, is unknown. after
lilligent inquiry, II IL therefore ordered by me
hat publ itiOn be made Tor four sue essyo
wee In tho knoxville Chronicle, newspaper
PUB shed IN Knoxville, Tennessee, motif ing sad
defend nts 10 appear before the Clerk and Mastes
at h q uid0s ~ tno town Of Jaot SHORE Iennessoe,
on the FIRST Mon ny Of June, 1875, it being the
lat rule Gay next preceding the next term Of sad
court and their answer or other defense h.
sai biil, or the same will BIO taken AS 9OR leased
aud set Tor hearing eX nArte a. W them.
February c, lS76,-ii sw4t,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17

No newspaper man in this country
writes so fluent on the subject of
draw.poker, as the editor Of the Lou
dsville Comier-Journd lie spins out
half column editorials without the
aeast apparent effort.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17

NE ARE GLAD the Legislature is
after the dogs We hope they will
tax them good. We must either give
up raising sheep or dogs, and we must
lake our choice, We are for the
sheep. The dogs are oflittle value,
and those that are. viii be protected
by their owners. Next to road
law, a dog law is the need Of the
hour.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17
q GREAT DISCOVERY.

IL TARhH. Bealed Breast, Fel0ns and all sim
dred diseases speedily and efectually cured By
the use Of Vegetable PreparBtion Price. 81
refunded, Address, Rev. j, P CURTIS nj"
Spring, Jefferson county, Tenn Reference,
given II desired. by those that he been ured.
6Wlz
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17

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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17
fHE WEEKLY CHRONICLE.
WEDNESDAY, FEB, II, 1875.

JEFFERSON DAVIS is expected to
deliver an Grafton over the tomb of
Robert +. Lee, in October next, at
Lexington, Virginia.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17

Our Nashville dispatches have
twice reported the reception Of petit
tons from citizens Of Knox county,
prawng for the abolition Of the Grim
Lrai Court Of the county. 1t is not
stated what is wanted in it's stead.
The court was provided for by Dem.
ocratic Legislature, to give some
Democrats an Office. 1t j. possible
that the present movement may be
tinged with politics.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-17

In condonation Of John Young
Browns offensc against the House Of
Representatives and against the coun-
try, Democratic papers are publishing
that he lass received letters from
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts. New
York, Ohio and Indiana, congratula'
ting him upon what he said about
Butler. And we have no doubt thai
Mike McCoole, after each successful
engagement in the prize ring, receive
congratulatory letters from Massa
chusetts New York Indiana, Penn
svlyania and Ohio.