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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-06-22

6een signed BY the foreman of the
grand jury. Judge Cypert dis
charged the jury, and proceeded to
hear the G, idence for the purpose of
deciding if the case was bailable.
DULY Eve witnesses were heard, and
Of these four were called by the
State. They deposed to the facts
AZ above stated, and 1t was fur
Their shown that between the time
Of the first rencOntre and that of the
killing, Leake had changed his hat
and coat, supplied himself with
money, and additionally armed him.
self with . razor. The testimony Of
the surgeon who probed the wounds
showed conclusively that deceased
had been in the very act of firing
when he received his death wound,
and Judge Cypert arose and said :
'IIiseontiue the case. 1 have been
fully satisfied of the justness of the
killing. / now discharge the pris-
oner and pronounce him hon0rably
scquitted There was NO indictment
against him, and he ought never to
have been brought here"
The cause of our stay in Helena
being thus pleasantly brought to an
end, We accompanied the late pris-
oner, his wife and brother, to bis
home on Old Town island. During
the ride there of Is miles. We saw
some Of the finest farming lands in
the world, with lnxnriant crops of
cotton and corD, all III fine order,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-06-22

No srriUus impediment to the
work q securing . permanent peace
has jet been met BY the Congress
III Eeropean powers. Everything
fn"ves along - sereuefy - eoakl
have been expected, and there is n
afroug PFobs bility Of ultimate sac>
ESQ;
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-06-22

The thriving town Of Edwards, on
tse v. & T., Railroad, was visited
By u very destructive fre on the
10Th Inst. destroying . large poe.
siaa Of The busiaess part Of the
ssWn.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-06-22

Pretty fair prospects for another
lively Indian war.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26
MORNING, NOVEMBER 26, 1878.
NEW YORK.

New YORK, Nov. 25.-The case
of James A. Whalen against Gen
Sheridan was called to-day in the
United States Court before Judge
Wallace, but owing to absence Of
B. F. Butler, one of the counsel for
the plaintiff, the case went over unr
til Monday next. The suit is
brought to recover $4,000 for
alleged losses incurred by the
plaintiff through the action of Gen.
Sheridan. Mr.. Whalen claims that
he was dispossessed from his sugar
plantation in St. Charles parish,
near New Orleans, by order of
Gen. Sheridan in 1867, while the
latter was in command of New
Orleans. Much testimony has
already been taken by the CommisS
sion in the South.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26

he penned a letter to the Union
Mill directors, making a statement
of his defalcations. They stated
that the books of the mills
were loaded upon a team out
side, when Holder B. Durfee
suggested that they should be
burned either in Chace's furnace
or in his, Durfee's) or in the field
at the steep brook. They were
burned at the steep brook. Hatha~
way declined to give the names of
the young men. Durfee, when on
the stand, afterwards stated that
the young men were Nathan D..
Chace, a son of S. Angler Chace,
and Jas. r. francis. Durfee ad-
mitted that he was present, but said
the books were burned at Hatha>
ways suggestion. Chace denied
that there was any conference in
his room about burning books, but
admitted that his son Nathan,
James R. Francis, Holder B.
Durfce and Geo. T. Hathaway,
were there together. There will
be be a further hearing to day.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26
GREAT BRITAIN.

LONDON, Nov. 25.-The Mayor
of Barrow in Furness has called a
public meeting to adopt measures to
relieve distress prevailing in conse-
quence of the depression of trade.
The Times, which made the orig
inal statement, says: We are
asked to contradict the report that
the great Western line of steamers,
between Bristol and New York, will
be discontinued during the winter. -
The strike of the Oldham cotton
spinners will probably begin to-day
in opposition to the five per cent.
reduction of wages. It does not
extend to all the mills in the town.
The proprietors of some of the
largest mills have not given notice
of q reduction. Notices were
posted Saturday at most of the Car
navonshire slate quarries announc-
ing reduction of seven per cent.
in the wages of the quarrymen.
The men will probably accept the
reduction.
LATER.-Ten thousand operative
cotton spinners at Oldham struck
to-day. Their number will be aug
mented from day to day.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26
KENTUCKY.

LOUISVILLE, Nov. 23.-A deficit
of twenty thousand dollars has been
discovered in the accounts of local
official of the Connecticut Mutual
Life Insurance Company, of Hart
ford, Conn. The arrearage was
brought about five years ago, when
Ryan, Carpenter and Slaughter
were agents. Over sixteen thou
sand dollars was traced to Car
penter, and in squaring the ac-
cunts Ryan discovered the deficit.
Ryan says he assumed the entire
and paid Carpenter six
thousand dollars to get him out Of
the concern. He had been able to
pay small part Fof the deficit and
his sudden removal by the company
revealed these facts.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26
SOUTH AMERICA.

PANAMA, Nov. 16.-A change has
taken place in the Cabinet at Bo-
gotta. The new Ministers are all
intelligent, capable men, and have
had large experience in public life.
Peruvian advices state that a
revolutionary plot in the Pierola
interest was discovered in Arequipa,
according to the papers of that 10
cality, on the 9th ult., but its
leaders were promptly arrested, and
some have since been sent forward
to the capital for trial. News of a
similar character comes from Gaia
merea, at which place, it is said,
the Pierola party are secretly pre-
pairing an attempt against public
order.
On the 4th inst. documents were
examined purporting to contain the
particulars of the discovery of a
new guano deposit situated on the
Island of La Vuida, in lat. 92.30
and long. 1926, on the north coast.
Chilian advices says that on the
9th instant an explosion occurred
in the coal mine of Rosario at Lebu.
Sixteen miners were killed and a
large number wounded, only six
escaping uninjured from the pit.
The pecuniary loss in damage to the
mine is 100000.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26
Ben. Butler as a Lover.
From the Chicago Times.

Ben. Butler commenced his career
as a diplomat and an artful dodger
at an early age. While attending
college at Waterville, Me-, he be-
came engaged to an estimable young
lady there, but, desiring for some
reason to sever the engagement, the
prospective reformer adopted a
novel plan to accomplish his purpose.
The family of the young lady were
prominent in the temperance cause.
and sternly arrayed against the
flowing bowl. Wishing to shock
their sensibilities in the highest de-
gree. Ben. indulged in a bogus
but glorious drunk, staggering
around town in the most rowdy-
like fashion, and conducting
himself generally in a manner
that made the veritable and
most accomplished bunmers envi-
Gus. He finally rolled an inofen-
sive citizen into a ditch and was
promptly WaItZed OFT to calaboose.
He chuckled heartily over his
strategy, counting his disgrace as
nothing. His afianced was over
whelmed by his downfall and dis
patched note to him releasing him
from his engagement, while her
father requested him tonever darken
their doorway again. Ben, appro-
priately called the Beast" was
.ubilant, and, gleefully paying his
fine, he emerged from the Police
Court with proud and victorious
tread, free man, prepared to brows
in pastures new. This true story
Ben. gloated over to a college class
mate, from whom it has come to the
Times correspondent. The fortu-
nate young lady afterward married
happily, and to this day recoils when
she thinks Of her narrow escape.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26
MINOR DISPATCHES.

LISBON, Nov. 25.-This part OF
the coast of Portugal was visited by
heavy storm Saturday. At the
mouth of the Tagus three vessels
and eighteen lives were lost.
Charles D. Anzell, the fugitive
Secretary of the Pullman Palace
Car Co., is confined in the civil
prison. = Eighty thousand dollars,
which he carried away from
Chicago were recovered, being
found deposited in his name in the
Bank of Portugal.
WILMINGTON, DEL, Nov. 20
Major VIM. II. Denis, Of New
Castle, was bitten by small dog a
few weeks ago and died here of
hy hydrophobia this morning.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26
Thanksgiving Services.

According to All arrangement made
by Dr. n. q. Vay lor, of the First NJ.
f. Church, and R"v. G. G. Rankin, OF
Church Street NJ, E. Church, South,
the two congregations will unite at
Church Street NJ. e. Church, South,
on Thursday at 1920 o'clock a. M. in
observing the day of national prayer
aud thanksgiving. DR.. n. G. Taylor
will deliver an appropriate address
upon the occasion. The character OF
the speaker and the great Importance
of the occasion will, we trust, bring
out a large audience. The pastors
and members of the various Methodist
churches Of the city, and all persons,
are cordially invited to attend and
participate in the interesting services.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26
Endccorous and Untruthful.

In the Chattanooga Times of Satur-
day indicoTous and untruthful men
ton is made Of an estimable young
lady of Knoxville, to the effect that
she is soon to be united in matrimony
with a Mississippi gentleman. With
the exception Of the compliment paid
the lady personally, the whole thing
is sheer fabrication, and without the
slightest founda len. How the Times
fell into such an inaccuracy, TO use no
harder expression, is more than we
can understand. The only explana-
ton we can think of, is q paragraph
il the same issue of the Times. from
which it appears the editor had been
opening champagne and beer with
he "Can t-Get-A way Club.n
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26
GERMANY.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 23.-The
GOlOs asserts that Russia must have
land communication with Bulgaria
during its occupation, as sea com
munications are liable to be inter-
rupted at any time by England or
Turkey. The same paper adds,
that Roumania's refusal of Russia S
demand for increased facilities for
INSTRUMENTATION through Rou-
mania is only another Illustration
Of the difficulty of fulfilling the
Berlin treaty.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26
MASSACHUSETTS,.

TAUNTON, MASS, Nov. %
Chace and Hathaway were present
at the probate court here yesterday
to testify in regard to the Durfee
estate. Hathaway was called to
the stand and he stated that the
books of the Massasoit -four mills
were burnt at the request of Holder
B. Durfee. Two young men came
to the Chace House one day, when
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26
The Liver Regulator . suit.

Judge {. T. Trigg will arrive to.
night from Bristol and will convene q
special term Of the Federal Court to.
morrow for the purpose of hearing
the celebrated suit of ]. II. ZeiIin &
Co, of Philadel phia, Pennsylvania,
proprietOrs of Simmons Liver Regu-
ialor against the A. O. Simmons, Liv-
eF Medicine Company of Chattanooga.
lot Infringement of patent. The suit
IS an extensive one, involving about a
million dollars, and eminent counsel
are employed.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26

THE Gallatin Examiner is out in a
strong article in favor of adopting the
Mohett bell-punch system in this
State as a means Of raising taxes. 1t
argues, with much force. that it will
be the most satisfactory way of col
Letting the tax OH spirituous liquors,
aud that the amount thus raised will
be much larger than under the present
system
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26
CANADA.

HALIFAX, Nov. 25, II A. NJ
The weather is fine and clear, with
westerly winds. Salutes are being
fired from the forts, and the Sarma-
tan is moving up the harbor. The
official landing takes place at 1:3O
p. m.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26
THE EAST.

LONDON, Nov. 25.-The Calcutta
correspondent of the Times thinks
Gen. Brown and his column will 60
to Jellalabad this winter, Major
General Roberts to Kurm Fort and
Major General Biddulph's Quetta
column to Candahor, and that these
will probably be the wintering sta
tions of these armies.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26

=. sNAsTEE GENERAL KEY is cred
tied with saying that the people of the
West are undoubtedly for Grant for
President in 1850. He saw scarcely
any one on the Pacific slope who was
not for him.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26
ITALY.

ROME, Nov. 25.-The Minister
of the Royal household has written
to the Archbishop of Naples on
behalf of King Humbert acknowl-
eding the Archbishop's letter CON
veying his congratulation upon the
Kings escape from assassination
and also sending the Archbishop
his exequator,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26

INDICATIONS: For Tennessee and
the Ohio Valley, partly cloudy
weather with occasional light rain or
snow, followed by clearing weather,
winds mostly nOrtheasterly, falling
followed by rising temperature and
generally higher pressure.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26

THE Supreme Court of Florida has
decided that Bisbeer Republican, is
elected TO Congress from the Second
district in that State. They tried
hard to count him out.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26

PRIVATE DAIZELL sends US a long
Interview with himself, by himself in
which he gives his views on the next
Presidential election. He is unani-
mOusly for Senator COnkling, of New
York, but viii vote for Blaine or
Grant.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26

GOV MARKS has since his election
received on an average fifty letter per
day, mostly from applicants for Office.
He is confined to his room with a
bilious attack, snI is unable TO answer
any Of them
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26

ALBERT D. MARKS, an eleven-year
old son Of Gov. Marks, has recently
been elected the presiding officer of q
juvenile Temperance Lodge of forty
five members, in Winchester.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26

EN- Gov. MORGAN believes that
Senator COnsIing viii be reelected
with but little opposition in his own
party.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26

The Tennessee Annual Conference
of the COlored NJ. E. Church in Amer
lea, is in session in Nashville, Bishop
Hslsey presiding.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26

AN exchange nominates Dennis
Kearney for the chair of PrOfane His
tory st Harvards
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26
= New nnd Valuable Invention.


Our clever and popular young friend,
| Chas. M. Harris, Of Whitesburg, was
in to see US yesterday. He has given
up the typographical profession for the
present, aud is introducing a new and
! valuable invention in the shape of a
combined corn planter and cuItiva-
tor" jlst Invented by his brother, s.
E. II trris. We made an examination
of the machine and its operations yes
terday, and are convinced that it is one
of the most valuable labor saving
implements ever invented for
the farmer. Ii gives him a most ad-
vantageOus com mOinatiOn Of the plant
er and cultivatOr, and will easily, with
the assistance of one man and horse,
do the work Of four men and three
horses. 1t lays off. drops the corn and
covers all at the same time and is easi-
ly converted into cultivator.
Mr.. Harris will perhaps be in the
city a day or two for the purpose of
negotiating for the sale of county or
S ate rights, on reasonable terms. We
would cheerfully recommend him to
any one who wishes to take hold of a
good thug. He will treat you right.
In this State the Tilden schism in
the Democratic party has proved
disastrous. Ever since the cleo
ton of 1915 Tilden has tried
through his most intimate friends
and agents to keep control of the
party organization in order to Sc
cure his own denomination in 1880.
This has led to determined oppo-
sition, and the party has been rent
in consequence. The Tilden faction,
headed by Cooper, tried its utmost
to control the State Convention at
Syracuse. 1t was defeated, and it
came out of the Convention breath
ing vengeance. 1t formed a cor
rupt combination with the Republi-
cans and with other factions in this
city to break down one of the best
governments this city ever had, out
of spite to the regular Democratic
party and in Tilden's interest. The
effect of this quarrel has been dis
astrous to the Democracy in this
State. Tilden has cursed tie party
which elected him to the Presidency,
an Office he had not the courage and
craftsmanship to take when it be-
longed to him and was within his
grasp.-NeaO York Express (Tam-
many Dena.)
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-26

THE indications now are that Knox
willie will have a very quiet municipal
election this year.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-08-16
The Famine in Northern China.
The horrors of the Chinese famine are

The horrors the Chinese famine are
impossible TO describe, and happily in
conceivable to American minds. at n
recent meeting in Dublin. Sir Thomas
Wade. British Minister to Chira. said
that five provinces. covering an area Of
$4,000 square miles, with population
OF over l2o,0Oo.0OO three times that of
all the United States), have been so
stricken with drought that the ordinary
sources of food have been almost entire.
~ dried up, reducing 10 state OF star
vation not less than 100000 people.
Not long since the Chris,id,. Union pub.
iished letter from China, in which it
was stated, on the authority of tic Gov
ernor ofShansi, that the number already
starved and frozen was estimated ~ g..
100000. Whole villages had been de-
populated: dogs and fowls, and every
living thing but crows and cGyrion birda
were dead. The London estimate that
7O,00O,000 have persisted is no exagge-
ration, but those actually waiting for
death by starvation, more or less prompt,
are still 100000 perhaps, of whom
relief will be too tardy to save perhaps
100000; while, if The rains arc denied
in Shansi, Honan, and Sbenshi again
this spring, nothing but foreign or Di-
vine interposition will save 10000, 600
people from death"
Substantially the same testimony is
borne by q gentleman holding an Official
position in Peking, in letter to the
Boston JoWsnM. The sale OF children
and kindred for food has been going on
for some time, and cannibalism has
been largely rosorted to. Had the
drought occurred in Southern China
there would be less difficulty in reliey.
ing the famine, owing to the abundance
of water communication. IN the north,
however, there are no such means for
meeting the emergency, there being only
earth roads, and those Indifferent
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-08-16
PICK UPS.

We are ruined, not by what we real.
ly want,i but by what we think we want.
-.-.-. When, in tho case OF doubtful
morality. you have to ask. Is there any
harm in doing thisp answer by asking.
Is there harm in letting ii alone?.. -.
A good word for bad one is worth
much and costs little. We love to
lilo beneath the shade and quaff the CO oil
lemonade and also to feel the cheerful
ants crawl slowly up our summer pants.
......Paris ladies' sneeze on $500 hand.
kerchiefs."-Ex. That's sneezy way to
get rid OF their money. If you want enc.
mics. excel others; if you want friends,
let others excel you. .....Why ia a
young widow like musical perform
ANGER Because she's mourning con-
SORT. Wanted, by confectioner a can.
oio young woman. 49,. An Iowa Justice
refused TO fine man for kissing girl
against her will. He thought she ought
to have consented 49,. An intellectual
paupcr has appeared in Boston, who can
beg in ten different Languages
Vicc-President Wheeler, it is said. never
smiles. Probably he is n stern Wheel
er......llow to remove weeds MARRY
the widow. The light of other days
Taliow candles. Silence at the
right Slime is worth more than the most
beautiful sreech. .... Many persons
have quickness to discover their faults.
with not energy enough to eradicate
them ..-...lf yoa haven't got much
money, and want TO go somewhere, 90
to work. ..... Weeds cost more than
labor. and, like evil habits, feed upon
their own growth lit is easier TO
swim in The sea than in q river, because
the specific gravity Of salt water is grca.
ter than that Of fresh, and therefore il
buoys UP the swimmer better No
man can be provident az to time who Is
not careful "a TO company. .A
Leading physician says heat is the sole
cause OF cholera infantum .....A Ken.
lucky orator and Office. seeker exclaim.
ed; Il wish TO be a friend to the friend.
less, father TO the fatherless, and
a widow TO the widowless .....A
brave man is one who is not afraid 20
wear old clothes until ho can afford TO
buy hew. All editors are heroes.
More lemonade, less sickness, says
Boston physician.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-08-16

II q team runs. do not DO In too much
OF hurry 10 leave the wagon. Unless
a collision is imminent, it is generally
best TO stay in the wagon. IL possible,
as long as it holds together. But judg-
ment must be used in this respect
Whenever it seems necessary to leave
the wagon. it is best to either drop OIL
behind or jump from the side. In any
and every case when leaving runaway
team, remember and face the way the
horse is going. When this has been
done man has ortentimes left a wagon
in safety. when if be hal jumped in the
opposite direction he would be killed or
dangerously injured. The only possible
safety is in continuing in the same eii.
rection in which the motion has been
given until the ground is reached
When jumping is necessary. always try
to strike on the toes or forward part of
the feet. Striking on the heels involves
much danger.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-08-16
Beer-Drinkine Abroad.
Where Waer Is only Used for Boiling l'o.
tasoes and Washing Dishes.

Beer is drank pretty freely in all parts
Of Germany, but in Munich it literally
supersedes water, which is only used
for boiling potatoes, washing dishes and
making beer. As much beer as per.
SON can drink can be bad for ten pfen-
nings, or about n cents, cold and spark.
ling, and it is not to be wondered at
that everybody relies npon it, when
good drinking water is so scarce. and If
you put lump Of ice in it will cost as
much money. A visit to the breweries,
and beer gardens and taprooms Of Mu.
Mich would astonish the most invcter-
ate beer-drinkcrs OF Baltimore. II is
sold at the breweries in mugs holding a.
bout as much as four ordinary glasses,
and so great is the demand that OF an
evening when the spigot Of fresh bar
rel is turned it is never stopped until
the barrel is empty. We have seen FIVE
barrels thus running at one time in q
largo establishment. the mugs being
filed with remarkable lexterity. 1t is
used in every family as part of the
daily food. young and old partaking OF
it with all the freedom that we use water.
They contend that it is healthy and
much less injurious than coffee, and
that as few persons injure themselves by
drinking it TO excess as others do by
drinking too much coffee Foreign Cor.