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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-04
OUR WASHINGTON LETTKR.
Tine Stolen Message The Thief MOI
Discovered. =
wha, General cling man says.

Whai General Cling MAJ, says.
From Our Own Correspondent
| WASHINGTON, d. d., NOV. 80, '79. y
I On last Friday, some uBprincipled
person connected with the Governs
ment printing ofiee ipufleint d ad.
vanced theets of thei.President's and
Sscfeiary Shermsn's ne ssages to Con-
grest and sold themats one of the
aboys' on Reportets' Row. The
lucky purchaser at once made ddpii-
Gates OF the messages, and sold them
to his brother correspond Is for sums
ranging from $40 to 500. Ca Saturday
morning the President ard Secretary
Sherman were surprised to see cor
rect synupsis Of their messases in the
WashiIig on Republican, aud In lhe
Baltimore papers, and at once took
steps to discover who the thief was.
To that end they enlisted the services
of Chief Brooks, Of the Secret service,
supposing that the man who is so
adept in arresting the counterfeiters of
the country's currency would be able
to ferret out aud bring to justice the
thief. who, without fhe Sfsar Of God or
His Excellency, the President, before
his eyes dared to abstract2so valuable a
document as the Presidents message.
But Mr. Brooks met with no success,
and the only response he was able to
obtain from the knights of the quill
was to the effect thatthey would suffer
martyrdom before they would reveal
The name of the Official from whom
they got the messages. As long as
metropolitan, journals keep cash bal.
ances In banks here 10 pay for infor-
nation thus acquired it must be ex-1
pected that thieves will be ready to
serve them, aud it will behoove high
officials hereafter TO sntrust such inn
portant documents only TO the keep.
ing of employees OF Integrity. a.
Ex-senator Cliugman, of North
Carolina, assured me last night
that he had never sta ed that he would
support General GEant for a third
term, and added that there was but
6ne Republican in tbes country who
possessed strength enough to break up |
the solid South, and that man Is Pres,
dent Hayes. Although somewhat
advanced in years, MIR. Clingman has
lost none of his ancient vigor, aud his |
discussions upon Southern politics are |
lucid and Instructive, He speaks q ips |
PANTY of North Cardinals politicians
of the present day, and characterlz 8
such men as Vance and Scales as |
t'couDterfeits.n He stated that such |
fellows as Vance were enabled to push
themselves to the front by the agency |
of the Invisible Empire''-another |
name for the Ku Klux Khan. He |
thinks the day not far distant when |
the political mushrooms of to-day in
his State, will be Temanded Dy the |
people to the o0scurity from whence
they emauated.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-04

KNOXVILLE, Nov. 30. 1S7

81 LAVA flblE ANcfs ~ 1O'"'
Mr.. EDITOR: Last Monday even.
ing the people in the vicinity Of
Macedonia, four miles northeast of
Knoxville, assembled at an early hour
at the church to listen to a lecture to
be delivered to the @MRcedOnla Read
ing Society,"" by Prof. w. r. Muir
ply. For one hour and half he held
the undivided attention Of the, audi
ence on the subject OF "Educa ton In
the Rural Districts Of Tennessee
This subject, which ia of such vital
importance TO the people of Tennessee,
was handled In the best. possible man.
ner, by Prof. Murphy. "A graphic de-
scription was given of the condition
OF education ten years ago throughout
the districts of Tennessee, and con-
trasted with lis aspects at the present
day, showing what gigantic strides II
has been making within the last few
years. The lecture throughout was
replete with wisdom, truth and elo-
quence, which time and space forbid
me to speak OF here. 3lHh
After the conclusion of the lecture
eloquent and appropriate remarks
were made by Capt. Armstrong, Maj.
Daley, Supt. Frank. I'M. Smith and
others, after which the Society adj
journed. 90 ~
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-04

Rev. Daniel s. Helton, q Baptist
preacher Of Roane county, Tenn, is
So years old, and is as active as most
men Of 60 He recently walked three
miles to give testimony at the county
seat and returned the same day. He
says: II can sight q ritie-gun as well
AZ | could 60 years ago, and can bring
a squirrel nearly every time, and only
tor u slight tremble of the hand would
not miss one shot 10 hundred.p In
reply to the question, : On which side
were your sympathies during the late
wat?" he replIed'' a''I was always q
Union man, / had l6 sons IN the
Union army and two in the rebel
army, and my sympathies were with
the Union army by IA MAJORITY
When asked II he. knew which of the
boys were right he said: II know
which think was right, csp'D., There
war Is majority in that 'ar family in
Guiding me. holp the boys on the
Union eide" He has been twice mar
RED, and IL the father OF "a children.
He served Ia the war of 1872, but
draws no pension - Exchange,
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Address, .t'o. .,....
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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-04
A PARTY THAT ALWAYS
LOOKS TO THE REAR. Sa

We always did admire the binds
sight of the Democratic party.
The optics of the Jacksonian De-
mocracy are sharper than Sheffield
razor, not to mention the time
honored Damascus blade. But
those eyes never take within the
scope of their vision anything more
modern than the resolutions of '9S,
whereby the ancient and unterrifed
Democracy of Kentucky and Vir>
ginia resolved that the American
Union was rope of sand, and that
each State was an Independent MAJ
ton. --
Hence, when South Carolina
chose to secede she had right to
do so: and so with all the rest. This
ancient doctrine has always been
the breath of life in the body of
the Democratic party. Of course
Washington and Hamilton and
Adams and Franklin, all of them
founders of the American Union,
all rejected this view as utterly I'M
sound, but they never were any
thing but blue light Federalists a
best. John G. Calhoun laugh
otherwise ; and since he was raise(
on the sacred soil of South Caro-
lima, he could not err. He was in
fallible. Therefore secession wal
right. Therefore Democracy wa'
right. Therefore Lincoln was ;
traitor and not Jefferson Davis, o.
Ben Hill or Yaneey or Rhett orLee
Why, bless you, these latter wer'
gentlemen, while Lincoln and hii
crew, Conkling, Blaine, Grant ant
the rest were a scurvy set o
fanatics. aa a-a q
Again, it is historically true that tn
Jacksonian Democracy was hare
money party. But in addition, it hac
and has seven principles +; five arr
typifed by the five loaves and th'
others by the two fishes! The Demo
cratic party is pious-since the re
cent elections-and by means o
its hindsight sees clearly the fore
of the command, "that man shall
not live by bread alone's-therefor
it takes two fishes in its bill of fare
1t is, therefore, in favor of hare
money in the abstract, and in fayoI
of unlimited irredeemable green
backs in the concrete. Just al
during the late "unpleasantness,
it was in favor of British an
French gold, and Confederate
money. hl
1t is in favor Of repudiatinl
State debts, created to build up ant
develop the material interests o
Democratic States, by Democrat,
Legislatures, and manipulated BY
Democratic politicians--but, and il
is an emphatic "bat," the party il
strongly in favor Of paying tn,
National debt, which was incurred
in buying powder and ball, swords
and guns, blue uniforms and Ma
tional flags, and in paying million
Lincoln hirelings to use the same
powder and ball and guns 10 subju.
gate the Independent Nations Of the
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-04

Following Is llst OF the committee !.
A. w. Ro;e, V. F. Gossett, Andrew
Kidd, w. M. FitzgsIald, William
Goodman, E. w. Adkins, RoberrK Ken
nedy, NJ. M, Harris, Chss E. Cham
pion, Gideon McCampbell, Chesley
Jarnagin, Byron Burton, W: A. Muir
ply. A. NJ. Clapp, III, L. w. Mypaa,
Jno. H. Mynatt, john Leslie, Jno.
Conner. VIM. Neibert, Curd Cox, Nm.
McCloud, w. w. Bishop, Hsrdie
Brown, Leonard Heron, Nelson CAL
laway, j. M. Swan, II. M. Harvey,
III. Ell. Taylor, Jacob Barger, g. L
Maloney, J. K Lones, ID. r Samuels,
VIM. Bradley, j. n. Johnson. James
Upton, M. A. Walker, ]. M. Ford, G,
NJ. Monday, w. w. Cruze, Peyton
Carter, Philip Sherrod, Alex. Leek, 8
w. Kennedy, Eli Sksgss, James Ma
i0rs. Geo. Weaver, G. w. Bird, Hazel
Hill, Rufus Hall, Thos. McCammoD,
j. e. Cruze, j. b. Derieux and 7. A
| Smith. fst
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-04

THE KNOXVILLE CHRONICLE
And Weekly Whig and Chronicle
for 1870. 49,. u

year., the DAILY CHkoNfcIH wi
take unactive part in the sigoron
discussions of Z all political issue
| involved, dtrt will, at q the sam
btime, okeep its readers fully posted
on all ?the important events of thu
day .IttFiin DO whatever is homes
and Legitimate TO promote the sue
cess offs the Republican, ticket
placing fidelity to the inter ests o
that party above anylpersonal aims
OF, priyata ambition, To this end
twill favor j the selection of good
men with clear records per-
son aallld and ahnd political, for standard
bearersin the coming canvass, and
when such are selected, It will do
everything reasonable snto secure
their success. qsi0oI edt 10 iai9flo
re- In State politics, the Chronicle
will support no man, for nany Office,
from Governor down to constable,
who is not in favor of paying the
State debt upon terms satisfactory
to the creditors of the State. 1t
will oppose the efforts of repudia-
tionists to drag the entire State
down to their low and degraded
standard, first, last and all the time,
and even though the rrepudiationists
should be successful, it will continue
to denounee them and their infa-
nous schemes. z Di1AO1
& The WING AND CHRONICLE will
be published weekly as before, and
will be made up from the issues Of
the DAILY CHRONICLE. 1t will. con-
tain a choice selection Of miscella-
neous matter each week, together
with editorials, telegraph and local
matter. Especial attention will be
given its columns, and everything
that could be Objectionable in the
family circle will be carefully ex-'
Guided. twill be the object of the
publishers to lake it a welcome
visitor into the families of the
country. i.ol 1s'.- j.;
Its market reports will be carefully
revised every Tuesday and made as
nearly perfect and reliable as pos
ll' N.23iA 5000 I'm t57t
islble. 9Ai a7.H msd Bk
2 The Agricultural columns Of the
WIG AND CHRONICLE shall receive
close attention, and will bsw i'm
proved all the time. In this depart
ment, the views Impractical farmers
on topics of interest will be invited.
The proprietors of these two old
and we'll established journals will
spare no pains to keep up and add
to their established reputation, and
are confident that they will make
them worth many times more than
the subscription price charged.
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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-04
RNaaMrs OF noNoh.

DEL1EF LODGE. No. l65 a. OF h.--Me Gets
Ia on the first end Third FRIDAY nights OF each
month at Toulonia Hall corner Church and aay
Streets,
L. a Brown Il D: Harvey Clark, keporter !.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-04
ATTENTION REPURLICANs.
Call for a Meeting OF the Enox C0un
" Republican Executive Committee.

The Kuox county Republican Exec.
utive Committee are requested to meet
at the court house, in Knoxville. on
cot~-d-J. ooh aey gof DSeU--D.f
1879, at IL o'clock M, for organization.
...... g. L. MALONEY,
e. w. ADKINS,
.- J. NJ. FORD,
JAS. r. JOHNSON,
M. A. WALKER,
w. A. MURPHY.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-04

The Morristown corporate authori>
ties are beginning already to guard
against the holiday fireworks.
The daily gazette., 1879-12-29
HEAP GROCERIES.
y CHEAP q ROtERIEa.

Well Aunt Sally, ! went out 10 +. NJ.
Wfers, lHD Market street, and bought
eranberriss at 4. and lOc per quart, and
granulated sugar at lOc. and white At &C..
and almost white at sc. dried apples at
8. =, and l0c. per quart; table peaches at
l6c. can; aud two cans pie peaches, for 25
cts., and that corn pack ed by the new pro-
cess, beats Winslow's and Bakers ali To
pieces, only 10 cts. can, brought you
can 70 try II Aunt Sally, and their 3 los.
new Valencia raisns 25c. 4 lbs. currants
26c. English currants as large rs raisins
for cts. lb., citron as large AS your head
for B cts. lemon and orange peel nc lb.;
lbs. mince meat zoe. lbs. apple butter
DC; and their l6c. coffee is excellent, and
their &c. flour, IL beats all creation and
their sauer kraut DC. quart, bought the
null of q bed tick II was so good, evaporat-
ed apples. l2c. peaches. &c. 4 ID. figs 25
cts mixtures 2Uc. trunk full apples 80
cts. and boxes and bales and tomatoes iOc.
can. Lots and lots of goods | cant re-
member. 1t took IA clerks to wait on me
Aunt Sally, and then | could not get ali |
wanted. 1 want you TO come with me
next time, Aunt Sally, and we will get
wagon loads from L. NJ. WIER'S,
deczl-6t l2U9 Market street,
The daily gazette., 1879-12-29

Saturday was a bitter cold day, but It
did not prevent drunken country man
from leaving his horse stand at Third
and Markey streets for more than Fix
hours without any covering Miss Emily
Webb take notice.
We must again say to valued cores
pondent that If MIR. TiIden is dominated
by the Democratic National Convention
we will support him earnestly, no mat>
ter what may he our present notion as TO
tho policy of his nomibai ion or the
chances OF success under his leadership.
We claim the figit Just new TO have an
Ont nion of our own upon the subject.
the 'ame right we cheerfully accord 10
every other Democrat, but when the
when ehe conventions decree is regis
tered we will be found AZ fai hfully re
cognizlng its commands as any other
soldier in the ranks, and that's the kind
of men WE are.-BMt. Guzette.
This is about the dullest time OF the
year for the Custom House, and the col
lectors of the port has not many incUm-
ing vessel els 10 look after.
Prevention is surely better than cure
and to prevent the diseases OF bab, hoo,
from attacking your child, use in season
DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup the safest aud
best remedy for children. All druggist
sell it,
The daily gazette., 1879-12-29
IN ErDaine Robe for E'sfnn unds

WARRINGTON, Dec. 2S.-There Is
good authority for the statement that
on or Immediately after the assembling
Of Congress the name Of Senator Ed
munds will 90 into the Senate for the
place on the Supreme bench to be made
vacant by the resignation Of Jus ice
Hunt. 1t now appears to be fact, as
made known through the friends OF the
Senator, that some three weeks ago the
President called him to the White
House and offered him the position,
stating that Justice Hunt was soon to
resign. After some lengthy consulta-
ton with his intimate friends, the Sena-
tor has finally decided to accept the
offer, IL being understood that the
gentleman now ON the bench will re-
tire.
Business Is now so far behind In the
Supreme Court that the whole bar OF
the country is complaining, and the
| President has arranged with Justice
Hunt, in view of his inability TO attend
to duty, to withdraw, and an effort will
be made to compensate him for The re-
manning two years, at the end of which
| he might have retired ON full pay
| There will probably be no objection Il
this, aad the Senator, as distinguished
member of the Judiciary Committee, ,ant
It's chairman for many years, will be con
6rned beyond all doubt by his asso-
ciates, according to the rules OF Senator
al courtesy, without any reference t
committee.
The daily gazette., 1879-12-29
SMALLLOCALS.

Rev Adam Stengle, of Crisfeld,
preached at Union Church yesterday
morning and at Asbury at night.
A revival IL thought to be commenc-
ing in the Household of Faith.
Mr.. Miller, who was assaulted at
Third and Shipley streets, some time
ago, is slowly recovering.
TAKEN TO NEW CASTLE
William jackson, cOlorea, who was
given hearing before the Mayor last
evening, ON the charge of ste aling frou
Joseph johnson, also coiOred, was taken
to New Castle this morning on the 9.lo
train.
He was committed In default of 5000
to answer the charge at the next term OF
court in February.
The daily gazette., 1879-12-29
- g.
from The \. Y. Herald, Dec .,
EdisOn's Linn,

On Wednesday ev.,,'
lamps and some of ,he hH The !
paIk WIN be lighted by the ts p,, III NJ
,I'c M Mhght, which has allrs1S 1'',oI
nibit-d to several hunire,, s 1--WE, @en
this'public exhibition WI, prisons.
place critics will di.plav a' w. sooh i
plest sense and prudence # tnn ,Sn. ,le
,nrtner ,,l', comment uHtil they hay bayo 'o'l !,
their eyes the visible pr, +. "a. "s :, ov
ein's nneri's and defects In VI VI 'ae
ot sciehtific progress the,a "e I'LL
prominent warnings AGAIN, o,', e y
male hnrriedly, as if 10 pl,inJ'ca In.c] y
opinion even against exp. t,,".. m Pu
ised NJ an early date. I'll. n'n,% ~
scientific New Yorker. thras "ruecl' ,,,
century ago that Fulton. i," .,a y
wouid be failure and the .n,'n ",l
logical demonstration by n,f nfpa'e M
that "a steamship coah n,va, cr. Ian
a ,!antic are significant ilO,,r.n'a'' 's'
| :, Whatever may be- the re.nl, | ~
Eh sons experiment, It cannu, l..
that the designer Of the new ,,s,n ~
Illumination by elecirCity h,. " :,
opinions upon the public Whs,
has been published on the sut;.",
sought-no, offered. The il ys,,
~ mush of a reclnse as auy man,
KIND, and what the pub ie know ,
the light has been the resuI, of ns,,
inquiry at the doors Of a man ,
good nature aud accessibility are
rcntly the only SPECIAL Doni, Of d
ence between him and Other nr,',
exderimenters. Besides, SC eaiiec +
generally find 1t safe to beware Of ,
with one Idsa--for th. time h,,,
those other cIltlcs who are "
against the man OF one book
The daily gazette., 1879-12-29

fRloHTFuL : EFFECT or g.,
"A certain gentleman, Tr I'ui isrFrRj
the outlying wards Of III. living in o
apparent good circums,.mss.c INNS city, u
Tor some years yast in rbs b,ces, has
.'hP'y a poll tax. This 'ol Of \
somewhat s'i, .. !, astonished a, At, ,e!s,' year b
',,n Ti,l TO IL. the amount of slid" II c,",ce'ylns "
lting the assessors ,'%' 10 ~. upol
meant, they to bis as,oni.e aaow VII
mehced me interrogatine him 'in'nent, in ae
lne ownership of Ger raj ain ~ rslali
stocks &c, aud when pu,hsa I,n mort
ne ne, Confessed tina. they er belon1'..,ll :. ll'
ana that the tax bill wa, ~, n''Ssa !,S to
In reply 10 his persi.lsa, MI it'sht'
to who had furnished l's ,ns,n llquir !l,
Information, they Gually i"sN % WIN
Ihat his wife had regislersa ,",O,lne' h
as voter, and, when oue.,,' ~ nef
her qualifications, had r',,, u''ol'e(
various taxable properties '",Fta' Wv
lord "-Boston Troreliir ' OIL let
The daily gazette., 1879-12-29
The NeW Church

TIE members OF the new congreg
Of Methodist Protestants have COM
ly enlarged the inside Of the Sci
street opera house, and now use 4
place of worship. The tirst religion
vice was held there yesterday NOR
when alb ut seventy five persons a
bled to hear the gospel preached.
W. T. Potter and John Glay cond
the exercises. Mr. Gray made a
address aud Mr.. Potter preached
the text. 1--WE will not iorsake lhe
Of our God"
The daily gazette., 1879-12-29
General NesUS.

A great fire broke out In Kendall x
Co.'S paper warehouse, in Boston, at ] l
O'Clock last night, destroyed that build
ing, the publishing house of Houghton,
Osgood & Co., the North National Bank
and other buildings on Federal and Dew
onshire streets. The total loss was esti-
mated at about $2,5O0,OCO. 1t is believed
the losses are covered by the nsurances.
Commissioner General Mccormick
has finished list of all the expenditures
on the part of the United States at the
Paris Exposition, for transmission to
Congress OF the two Congressional ap-
prOpriations, amounting to l9U,OOO,t there
is an unexpended balance OF over Sl0,-
700.
In the Socialistic Convention, at Pitts
burg, on Saturday evening, report rec
ommending that a Socialstic candidate
for President of the United States be
nominated was accepted.
An incendiary fire III Palestine, Texas,
yesterday morning destroyed the west
side of the public square, and block
adjoining, causing loss of $4,000.
Two men, named Woodruff and Sem
mole, the latter hali-breed Indian, no
were charged with murder, were taken
from the Jail at Golden, Colorado, about
/ o'clock yesterday morning, and lynched
by mob of 100 masked men.
President Hayes, 1t seems didn't come
to Philadelphia for the purpose of seeing
General Grant at all. He suddenly re-
membered that he had some relatives
living somewhere over in Jersey, and so
he just called on the eX-President cas-
uaily as went through. This was not
only very kind in President Hayes, buI
1t was awfully sly.
Special dispatches to the Denver
Tribune from Los Pinos, express III,
belief that unless Ouray can keep then
quiet, the Utes will Attack Hatch ant
ois little band, who are in a natural trap
There are several hundred "braves'
near Los Pinos, while the whites numbe
only %, including 10 soldiers All,
agency employees. 1t is believed tina
Colonel Mckenzi's troop OF cavalry ha
been ordered to moke forced marcl
from Forth Garland to Los Pinos, bu
they may not get there in time.
The Irish citizens of Chicrgo held a
relief meeting on Saturday, at ~hicl
reports were showing made $1,000 liza
been raised in that city for the Iris
relief fund.
President Hayes left Philadelphia q
Saturday to spend Sunday and Monda
at Plainfeld, n. j.
The Dominion Parliament will me,
on the 18th of February heXt.
The exports of Montreal durir
November were S2,000,OOO larger tina
during November, 1878.
The steamer Prairie City, playing o
the Wabash river, between New Ilar
mony and Wabash Station, Ind, BILE :
up on Saturday. The captains wife wa
killed, the fireman, cabin boy and
female cook are missing, and the pile
and another man were Injured.
George and Haight Drummond, age
respectively thirteen and seventee
years, were drowned while skating ne,
Woodmansie, \. j., on Friday.
The daily gazette., 1879-12-29
Home for the JifriOt Jirfi,,

George Shepherd, who was burned on
last Wednesday night by having oil OF
vltriol thrown into his face, Is slightly
improving. DIR. J. q. Young, the attend
ing physician, said last night that the
condition OF his patient is a little more
favorable than at the previous time. IL
Was thought at the time OF the assault
thai Mr.. Shepherd would lose the sight
of both eyes. The left one is compleiy
gone, hut il Is now thought Il AT the
right eye will retain its accustomed
power. The other burns on the and
bodv are in such a condition that strong
hopes are eLtertai ned for his recovery.
The daily gazette., 1879-12-29
A Joke Ends IN Homicide.
CHICAGO. liz, Dec. ~.

CHICAGO, III, Dec. ZI.
John M. Waite and M. b. Gould,
botb prominent and respected business
men. this afternoon, thinking to play
practical joke upon a colored janltor,
disarranged the contents of Mr.. Waite's
room, and then concealing themselves
I'm a closet waited until the janitor ap-
peared. The latter becoming excited at
the condition of the room procured re-
yolyer, and hearing noise in the closet
tried 10 pull the door open. Failing IN
that he fred through the door. The shot
passed through Mr.. Gould's head and he
died shortly after.