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JEFFERSON DAVIS AND THE
FAILURE OF THE CON
FEDERACY.

Jefferson Davis has been guilty of
a great many sins, and some of the
Southern people hold him guilty of
one, which, in our estimation, is not
much of a sin. There are great
many intelligent people whose
sympathies for the lost cause were
unmistakable, who believed that
Mr.. Davis did a great deal to aid in
the overthrow of the Southern Con
federacy. One of these is Robert
Toombs, whose health, by the way,
is said to be failing in way to
alarm his friends. In a recent con.
versation with a correspondent OF
the Philadelphia Times, Mr.,
Toombs was asked what, in his
opinion, was the cause of the failure
of the Confederacy. He replied:
"IfI had to name one thing that was
most fatal should say the conscript
act. That demoralizeu the troops and
the country. There was no necessity
for it, and it spraag from Mr.. Dav s's
desire to have the appointment of
officers. He was crazy over his West
Point mariineis, aud when he could
not appoint tie officers of the volun-
teers, he went TO Congress and de-
manded the clnscIipt law aud got it.
[ said at the time: The cause is lost,
and this should be it's epitaph Killed
by West Point. In general terms the
absolute inefficiency at Richmond was
the cause of our failure. Davis is re-
ma-kable character. He is good
writer, and that is all. He was Glow
man, aud always acted rashly at last
His delay was not caused by delibera-
ton, but was combination of variety
and a refusal to think. He is q very
small military man. I told him that
so per cent. of war was business-that
we must organize victory rather than
trust to fighting entirely. urged him
to send to England to buy all the arms
there. He ordered 5000 rifles. Joe
Brown, of Georgia, had more arms fof
a long time than the Confederacy had
Under pretense of giving the Union.
lists time to leave the South, I kept oul
ports open for go days. No new Gov
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Hendersons's springs
FOR THE SEASON OF 1879.

This we'll known health resort will be
opened on June l, 1879.
Our table will be supplied with the best
of food, prepared in the very best style
and with view to the wants Of our guests;
This desirable Summer Resort is situated
in Sewer county, 5! miles above SEWER
Vile, and gOl miles from Knoxville Com.
Portable hacks will run from Knoxville n
one day A daily mail will leave k tmn X
vile at a. m. and arrive at SovierHll eo d.
5 p. m. Mail directed to guests Will De colI
veyed to the Springs at p. m. An nun
should be addressed to SeVlerVitnlee' IN ,o,
week. P. d. ToonEY, Supt,, mlod'l
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I'm Criminal Court for Knox Co iRiN
Tennessee
BILL FOR DIVORCE,

Caroline N. Brakebill vs. Adam ErakcbilI.
II N this cause it appearing from tn al eg Ut ons
L of the bill. which is sworn 10. that the de-
PENDANT Adam Brake bill is nonresident of the
State of ] eRnessee. so that the ordinary process
ordered by the Clerk that the said defendant
Adam Brake bill. appear befo e the Judge of The
Criminal Court, at court 20 be held for the
county of Knox, at the court house in Knoxville,
on the first Monday in September next. and
make defense to the bill filed in this cause. or
the same viii be taken for confessed ex parte: 1t
is further ordered that this notice be published
ia the Knoxville Wing and Chronicle for four
consecutive werks GEO. L. MAL0NEY.
jl1w4t CLERK.
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FOR THE NORTH AND WEST
Do not fail to see that your ticket
= reads by the
NASHVILLE,
CHATTANOOGA
and ST. LOUIS
r. A [ L E O AID

For speed, safety and comfort you will
find this line to be unrivalled. For the
celebrated Springs and Summer Resorts
Round Trip Tickets can be purchased at
to go West, either to locate or as pros
pectors, will find it to their advantage TO
go by this route. Round trip emigrant
tickets on sale to Texas points. By this
line you have no tiresome delays. Through
coaches are run from Chattanooga to Col
umbus without change. Sleeping coaches
on all night trains. Good coaches, good
rOod and
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InsoIvent Notice.

IOHN CRUMLEA, ADMINISTRATOR, OF
y John T. Wells, dect ased, having duly sug-
gested the insolvency of the estate OF said John
T. Wells, deceased:
Therefore I. J. F. J Lewis, c. ERIK efths County
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deceased, TO give notice in the Knoxv!le Chr9n
icIe. and also at the court house do r IN the
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of May, 1879.
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PURSUANT TO THE ABOVE ORDER
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having claims against the estate f John I
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with the Clerk of the County court o. Enoz
county. on or eiore the Isl ~ of September,
1879 so that pro rata distribution OF the fund
may be made All peTAons owiEg said oeceas Ell
wi at once come forward and pay up add saw
cost.
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City 5ireetnry.
KNIGHTS Of HNNnS


. ELlEF LODGE, No. I63. K. of H.-Meets
IL evers Friday night at TeutoLia HsU
neP Church and Gay Streets,
n. D. Cooley. Il d; Harvey c ark, Rel Crtcr-
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For Maps, Timetables and all informa-
ton in regard to this route call on, or ad-
dress,
, 1879-06-26
Sun Spots and Rainfall.

A pamphlet has recently been publish.
ed by Professor Archibald, of Patna, on
the rainfall of the world in connection
with the eleven-ycar period of sunspols.
The author is An ardent advocate of the
modern theory Of the existence of such
connection, and he states his VI, VS. very
clearly in the present paper. We may
say that his idea is that the minimum OF
OF terrestrial temperature, and he is thus
in accordance with DR.. +. G. Hahn and
'ome other European, as distinguished
from English, physicists who have dealt
with the Question. Not only does Prof.
Archibald endeavor to prove the existence
OF the relation in temperature, bat also in
vapor tension and in wind force, assuming
that the solar periodiciy of typhoons re-
quires no further proof. The most in
teresting portion of the paper is the ex.
planation of the reason why some stations
affords results as 10 periodicity of rainfall
diametrically opposite to those exhibited
by the records on which Meldrum has
based his theory. Professor Archibald
points out that in general the periodicity
has been sought fer in the annual amounts,
but that if the seasonal fall be examined
the figures will be much more favorable.
He divides the globe into certain zones,
in some of which defect, and in others
an excess, of rain characIerizes sunspot
maximum. The chief authors he cites
are Mr.. S. A. Hill and DR.. +. G.. Hahn,
whose work on the subject was noticed
in the Academy tor June 2, lS7S.-
Academy.
, 1879-06-26
An Indian Father

Little Big Man, formerly Northern
Sioux belonging to Crazy Horses band,
came rushing into the Agency yesterday,
his horse running with fall speed, and he
singing warpath' song, ina nude con-
dition the blood streaming down his legs
and very mach excited. lie jumped
from his pony and ran mo tho agents
office and asked for gun. On being in
formed that he could not have a gun, he
stamped the floor cried and pulled his
hair, and, being covered all over with
blood, a more ghastly and fierce looking
savage was probably never seen in the
country. He tried to scratch match
wrong end up, and smoke the bowl OF
his pipe instead of the stem. The inter-
prefer having arrived, he stated in a fran.
tic manner hat his little girl--his only
child-had caught her dress on fire few
hours before and had burned to death.
The physician in company with Col.
o. Bierne, Mr.. Mou and the interpreter,
proceeded at once to tnc camp, seven
miles away, where they found the child
dressed in clean Calico amusing her>
self by playing with wax doll.baby, and
eating stringed dried apples. The Doc
tor found quite an extensive burn on her
right leg and also on the right side of her
body, but thinks her injuries are not Of
a serious character. 1t seems that before
the woman found out how bad the child
was burned they inforemd the Little Man
that she was burned up beyond all hope
of recovery, whereupon the Chief began
stabbing himself innctiny several deep
wounds and would undoubtedly have killed
himself had it not been for other Indians
taking the knife away from him. Corr.
Sioux City journal.
, 1879-06-26

international Commission Of 1873. Its
cost will b, about the sane, and it will
require an equal length of time The
Panama Railway Company wouId have
to be paid an indemnity, as 1t possesses
a franchise emitting it to do all the
transportation business across the 18TH
mus.
Project seven is the Nicaragua route.
1t travcvscs Nicaragua and Costa Rica
in Ccntrol America, leaving the Allan
tic at Grovtown and ascending the river
San Juan into the Lake OF Nicaragua,
and thence dropping by a series of locks,
and the Rio Grand river, into the Pacific
at Bnto The total distance to be ira.
verscd is 292 miles, n which l95 will
have to be Il canal. |. contemp Iatcs eN-
cavation to the extent of 4S,OOO,OOO
cubic metres, and filing to the amount
of 5,50O,000 cubic metres. In all,
twenty.onc locks will have to be used.
The advantages are that the land follows
the water level of the canal. Against
this is to be set the entire absence of
ports, and, worst of all, the instability
of politics Of the country traversed.
The project has been examined by
nearly every exploring party since 1851.
Its cost is estimated at $l05, 600
and it is believed to be the work of
ten years. Herald.
, 1879-06-26
Has a. Cat Nine Lives?

Last month, writes correspondent of
London Land and Water, greatly 10 the
sorrow of The children, our Cat, hal!
Persian, suddenly disappeared and her
accustomed place by the hearth "knew
her no more" Search was made high
and low, but no trace of puss could be
found. AS time went on we conjectured
that either our favorite has been stolen by
a sailor and taken for voyage or killed,
and so resigned ourselves to our loss.
Great, then, was our surprise last Friday
on seeing puss qui,ely walk in, scarcely
able to stand veriest skeleton covered
with fur, and take her seat before the
fire. ! need not say she was fed and ca.
ressed adlibitum. The next day we learn
ed her adventures. Ii seems on the 24,h OF
February puss had strayed in 10 pay a
neighbor visit, and then, finding plank
Of the flooring up-a man was altering
the gas-pipes-had retired into this hole
TO seek mice. In due course the plank
was nailed down, and the cat made a
prisoner. Here, then, wiihou, food, drink
or air, puss remained until the 2o,h of
March, when her incessant scratching
made the occupier of the house fancy
rat must have nest there, and take up
the flooring 10 lay poison. She was
taken out more dead than al e, but ind
ly nursed and fed with lit drops oI
beef lea, and the next day found strength
to crawl home. After her twenty-si
days fast, think poor puss fully entitle
TO a most absolute indulgence during the
remainder OF Lent.
, 1879-06-26
Hand Training In Education.

In paper on hand-rraining in the
public schools, read before Massachu-
sets county teaching association, the
reader, Rev. G. L.. Clancy, laid special
emphasis on the need of giving public
school children the proper bias coward,
not against, manual labor. A present
children are taught i'll such 1ay that
they look down upon manual labor.
Education should not thus be | rejudi.
cial to the laboring interests IF the
country. Industrial education is alb
solutey necessary for us as a people.
Hand-training is in reality mind,train,
ing, or building by hand" Mr.
Chaney argued that special trade schools
should be maintained by manufactures,
for which the public school training
should be preparation. The work of
the industrial School Association in
Boston was alluded to as an example of
what might be accomplished in the
manipulation of tools common to all she
trades.
, 1879-06-26
The Inter-Oceanic Canal Route

The telegraph announces that the Inter
Oceanic Conference, which for some time
pas. has been in session at Paris, ha e.
cided on the Darien route for the p4o-
posed oceanic ship canal. This route is
the one proposed by Messrs. Wyse and
Reclus, and it is estimated will cost about
$a1o,ooo,ooo. By it canal is to be cut
through the isthmus from So to 90 miles
in length, which shall be without locks.
That is, it is proposed either to cut hole
broad enough and high enough for the
passage of the largest ships, masts, spars
and all, through the Andes o. 10 cut the
Andes down entirely, not only 10 the
level of the sea, but far enough below its
surface tohoat the largest and most heav-
lily laden vessels. The time necessary for
the accomplishment of the undertaking
has been calculated at from IL TOYS years,
and the time Of passage through it when
completed for vessels will be two and a
half days. There are number Of rea
sons for considering this scheme in an
unfavorable light and at least for dist-ust-
ing the motives of the parties interested.
1t is generally expressed opinion that
several others of the seven schemes pro-
posed to the conference were more feast
bic both in point of expense and ease Of
accomplishm than the oOe selected
and many prominent journals openly
charge that the present end was reached
wholly by the skiliul engineering Of Lieut.
Wyse and his adherents, who are backed
by strong French interests and have per-
sonal aims in view. Certainly the scheme
appears to have been gotten up regard
less of expense, and looking at the ensin
eering difficulties to be overcome, we fear
that its motives a'e somewhat less than
honest. Admiral Ammen, the American
DELEGATE, has throue hout opposed the
scheme on the ground of its impractical.
bility, and advocated at all times the
cheaper routes lying farther to the north.
Still, now that the Darjeu scheme has re.
ceived the sanction Of the conference tine
whole body Of American engineers have
tacitly accepted the situation. ney say
that the United States wants a canal, and
that its location is an entirely secondary
consideration, as compared with its actual
construction at some Que point. 1t is to
be hoped that tn. canal will actually be
constructed. BIT, taking into account
the difficulties to be overcome, The enor-
NOUS cost, the hampercd means OF OBJ
tanning the necessary funds, and the way
in which the job has been lngged through
he committee, 1t seems mu h more prod
able that it will never exist, except in the
floating stock, and that stead Of the
many millions which will De saved by it
to American commerce, ". shall see our
dollars quickly disappear the pockets
of these dishonest French speculators.
, 1879-06-26

A man in Michigan swapped his horse
for wife. An old bachelor acquaintance
said he'd bet there was something wrong
with the horse, or its owner would never
have FOOLED ii away in that reckless man
ner.
, 1879-06-26

Uuder his parents rooia a young gentle
man should never devote an entire even
ing 10 but cne or tao laCi.s.
, 1879-06-26

A gentleman should not shake hands
with lady until she has made the first
movement.
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Consumption Cured.

An Old physician, retired from practice, hav-
ng bad placed in his hands by an East India
missionary the formula OF simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent cure for
all Throat and Lung Affections. also positive
and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all
Nervous Complaints, after having tested its
wonderful curative powers in thousands of
cases, has felt it his duty to make il known to
his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive
and desire to relieve human suffering, l will
send free of charge 10 all who desire it. this
recipe. with full directions for preparing and
using, in German, French, or English. Sent
by mail by addressing with stamp, naming this
paper, w. ". SHERAR, 149 Powers Block.
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