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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-09-11
THE PROSECUTION OF CRIMINALS.

In connection with q statement of
the costs in murder case prosecu-
ted in Washington County a few
days ago, we commented upon the
great drain upon our State treas
ury in the payment Of costs in Grim
inal prosecutions. We are glad to
know that the subject is attracting
attention. It is something enor-
nous, and unless a remedy is pro-
vided, the drain upon the treasury
will continue. -sl&1 a--
What is the remedy In another
column of our paper correspondent
complains of the manner in which the
Governor exercises the par
doning power and thinks that
is partially the cause Of
trouble. We happen to know some
thing of Governor Hawkins manner
of proceeding in such matters. We
know that he exercises great caution
and does not act except from facts
presented from reliable source. Il
he commits an error, it is because he
is misinformed. He does not intend
to turn criminals loose upon the
community without reason, and
pardons no convict without being
able to give reason for his action.
But it is the easiest thing ia the
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-09-11
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER IL, 1881.

ABOUT two hundred of the girls
attending the Hampden Sidney
school building are to be removed to
the old Female Institute building.
This will be a relief to the city
schools by afording more room.
The Institute building is 10 be fitted
up for the higher classes in the female
department. Of course it will be
done handsomely, with an eye to
comfort and convenience. We need
not say that this is necessary for the
welfare and progress of our daugh-
tiers, and to maintain our own self
respect. The building is large and
may be made very comfortable. OF
course it will be done.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-09-11
Waverley
In Chancery at Rutledge, Tenn'

Henry Jacks IN vs.. John Ogan ana OUT y, THg
IN THIS CAUSE 1T APPEARS fEa,anda ~
William NILS and his wife Hannah, rVI 90
Hayse, Thos. II USE and his wife t ur%s 0ssn
Elrod and his wife Barbara, and ntmmssssee, 9
are nom esidents of the State OF moi e
that the ordinary process OF the Ia" '1,Gdsred BY
the Clerk aud Master that publcatlon, lie wis
for four successive weeks in the knSn hnd"i in The
and Chronicle, newspaper publ sl no. resided.
city of Knoxville, notifying sald n ','ery COG!
defendants 10 appear before the Chan monday d
at Rutledge, ON or before the Srd M, mdF hi, D
October. 1881, and make defense 10 s and sci O'
the same will be taken as confessed III"
hearing tx parte as to them; ,ovF c, NJ
Rutledge, Sept 3. 1881,
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world to get up a petition with
any number of respectable names at
tached, asking for the pardon OF
almost any one. We do not know
certainly, but we believe Governor
Hawkins pardons no one without
some recommendation from the
Judge before whom he was cons
victed, or the district attorney who
prosecuted him.
1t is a fact, however, in too many
cases, that the trial of criminals is a
farce. It is particularly SO if the
prosecuted happens to be man OF
wealth or social standing. With
plenty of money in his pocket, a
man may commit almost any crime
and escape punishment. Such cases
will drag their slow lengths through
the courts term after term, until
courts and juries are worn out and
justice cheated. This costs money,
and the tax payers furnish it.
With our knowledge of ordinary
criminal proceedings in Tennessee
we do not hesitate to say that twice
as mnch time is given to the trial Of
cases, some of more Importance, anc
others frivolous, as ought to be de-
voted to them And time is money
in the administration of justice, jus
as it is in other matters. Ii the
people get interested in this matter
and it is thoroughly discussed, We
are sure that a remedy will be pro
vided that will save the taxpayer
of the State thousands of dollars.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-09-11

....
Ma Time tables and all information In
regard to this route, call on or address.
A. B. WRENNE,
Travelling Agent, Atlanta, Ga.
VIM. T. ROGERS,
Passenger Agent, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Or, w. L. DANLEY,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
Nashville, Tenn.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-09-11
HATTIE HOUSE,
KNOXVILLE, TENN.
NEW THROUGHOUT!
Opened June 1, 1880, and Completed
August 10, 1881.

This House is located in the Exact Business
Centre, one so are only from the POst-Otfice,
C. stom-ho Ra ks and the principal Whole
sale and Retail Stores.
This House is nearly 800 feet long, the Halls
feet vida. and il IS situated at the Highest Point
ay Street, all OF which contributes TO make
Ii the coolest point in the city.
Our Rooms are all desirable, and our New
Large Rooms for Commercial Travellers cannot
be equalieu between New York and The Coast.
Baggage Elevator h Us been added a 50
ELEGANT BATH ROOMS for Ladies and Gert men
Hot and Cold Water ana Shower Attachments.
1t has an Electric Annunciator and telephone
Coz nectOns with the principal business places
In he city, including the Depot station.
OUR NEW DINING RooN-the Location. Ven
tiau n ana surroundings are such that II CASsoT
Tx EXCELLED FOR COMFORT.
| Our " Kit ,hens, New Ranges and New
| Equipments Throughout will enable us to do as
| we'll a. THE BEST.
Our New Laun ~ will be found equal to all
| reas enable requirements.
z. s.. Poiters always at the Trains. Omnibus
| Free.
! JNO. &. FLANDERS. Proprietor.
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J. F. BAUMANN,
ARCHITECT,
OFFICE: Over e. T. National Bank. Gay 81
NOTARY PUBLIC,

ID A, BROWN,
II. NOTARY PUBLIC.
Also agent for the NORTH GERMAN LLOYD
Line of steamers, between Baltimore and Bre-
men For further information In regard to ar
rivals and departures and rates. call on or ad-
dress X. A. Brown, Chronicle office, Knoxville,
Tenn.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-09-11
\ 0P BITE R )

| cure all diseases of the Stomach, Bowels. Blood
Liver, Kidney and Urinary Organs Nervousness,
SleeplesSnesS, and especially Female Complaints
Ask your druggist for Hop Bitters and Try them
before you sleep, Take no sth'r. Send for
circular.
Hop Bittsrs Mfg Co. Rochester, N. Y. and To-
Tonto, Ont.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-09-11
Benson'S CaDCinG Porous Plaster.

No II m. dy more Widely or Favor
ably Known, It is rapid In relieving
Quik in curing. For Lame Back, tsh-H-
matism. H sdDey Affections g, and aches
and pains generally 1t is the unr. vailed
remedy. aue20 4W
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-09-11
HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN

Any person to be seriously i'll without weak
stomach or inactive liver or kidneys And
when these organs are in good condition, do you
not find their possesSor enjoying good health
Parker's Ginger TGnic always regulates
these important organs, and never fails TO make
the blood rich and pure, and to strengthen every
part of the system. 1t has cured hundreds OF
deSpairing invalds. Ask your neghbor about it,
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For the NORTH AND WEST
Do not fail to see that your ticket reads by
NASHVILLE,
CHATTANOOGA
4e and ST. LOUIS
BAIL II o A d. . !

For speed safety and comfort, you will find
this line to be unrivaied. For the Gel. brated
Springs and Summer Resorts, Round Trip Tick
cts can be purchased at all the prime pal offices.
EmigrantS wi hing TO go West, either 10 locate
or as prospectors. 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 Columbus " thOut change.
Sleeping coaches on all night trains Good
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-09-11

AGENTS WANTED E ,,a Pr, 8 t. t, g.
ting Machine ever invented. VII knit pair Of
STOCKINGS, with HEEL and TOE complete, in
70 minutes. 1t will also knit great variety OF fancy
work for which there is always ready market send
Tor circular and terms to the Tyv0mbly Knitting
Machine Co., 400 Washington St., Boston. MASS
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PROFESSIONAL

NELSON Il DICKSON,
IN Attorneys at Law.
P.O. Box 1872, KNOXVILLE, TENN.
COMMERCIAL Law SPECIALITY. Special atten-
ion given to collections in all parts of East Ten
nesSee. Letters OF inquiry promptly answered
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-09-11

GEO. BROWNLOW.
" REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENT.
Special attention given to the management OF
property, rents collected taxes paid.
Insurance companies represented:
Royal, OF Liverpool. 100000
Lion Of London, ............ 1856, 900
Northwestern National, of Milwaukee,, 1,0lO.o00
Travellers Life and Accident, of Ii TT
Tord. 1855 900
Office, FOuche Block, Knoxville, Tenn.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-02-05
MINOR DISPATCHES.

GALVESTON. TEX, Feb. 4-The
News has the following specia': FORT
DAVIS, TEX, Feb. At is reported
on gout au, hort'y tn It Colenel BayIer
jniued Lieutenant NaviIIs on January
20, and with twenty fl We men they
attacked the Indians in Tierro Dlaiz
range taking them by surprise. kill
ing six aud capturing three souav vs
It il supposed that Lese are the s.me
Indians who attacked the Graham
fsmil, in the Boss canon. la, t Mayn
TAUN ION, MASS. Feb. 4.-rhe pape
msnufactorv of l.. LIucoln & Co
of North Dignron. was burned thii
morning. L ,ss $35. 900; partially in
sured.
BALTIMORE. Feb. 4-Robert A
F,-her, pres dent nf the board OF trade
of this cry, AID head OF the well
known shipping aud commission
house Of r. A. Fisher & Co., died sud
denly this morning OF coagestion o
the lungs. aged 48 years.
HARRISBURG, Penn, Feb. 4.-Th&
seventeenth bailpt for United State
Senator to-day resulted: Wallace So
Oliver 68, Grow IS McVeaph 8 Phil,
lips 8. Hewitt 1. Shiras 1, Curtin /
Agnew l, Snowden !. The conyen.
tion adjourned until to-mo
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-02-05

semi-annually. The committee strike
out the fifth section, known as Car
isles amendment, which provided
for the compulsory use of new
bonds as security for national bank
circulation and for change in the
law concerning the retirement of the
circulating notes and the substitute
in lieu thereof of two new sections,
the principal feature of which is a
provision that hereafter securities
given by national banks for governs
ment deposits and the faithful per
formance of their duties az public
repositories, shall consist st; wholly {, Of
United States bonds. TIP commit
tee also recommend that fhe allow
ance for expenses of isshing and
placing new bonds and certificates
be increased to one-half Aof l per
cent. instead of one-quarter as linn
tied by the House of Representa>
tives.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-02-05
An 500 Pound POrker.

Our worthy townsman Mr.. Perez
Dickinson displayed on the street,
yesterday an extraordinarily fine speci-
men of the product of his renowned
Island Homs, in the shape of the
csrcuss of mammoth Berkshire
hog killed Wednesday. the live
weight o! which was 800 pounds. 1t
was suspended in frame on
wagon drawn by two fine horses
and two fine mules, and attracted mu' b
attep lion on the streets. The wagon
was stopped In ffoDt of McCrary d
Branson's, and Mr.. McCrary soek sf me
fine pictures Of it, The hog was sold
to Messrr. Metler & Zsigler. and is dis
played on their stall In the market
house.
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Special Dispatch to the Chronicle.

Special Dispatch to the Chronicle.
NASHVILLE. Feb. 4.
The first witness at the session Of the
legislative bribery Investigating COM
mittss to-day was John J. Littleton,
jr., of Roane county, who testified that
of his personal knowledge he knew no
one who had sold out, but he pro-
posed to prove it by other witnesses.
He had gone to MI. Plummer. member
of the Legislature, and asked how
much he (Plummer) would be dam
aged If he voted for Republican for
secretary of State? Mr.. Plummer res
piled that he did not know. asked if
500 would pay the damages, when he
ssid it was too small an amount That
he could get $3.50, but he preferred to
vote for my man if I'd 'rsy that sum.
AS to Mr.. Davis, I met him at the
Maxwell House, told him 1 had a
friend running for secretary of stats,
and proposed if he would vote or work
for my friend would give hundred
dollars toward his (OavisO election TO
the Senate. He did net accept, said
the amount was too small, or some
thing that way. l made another en-
gagement and went TO his room.
Messrs. Butler and Morgan were there.
Mr.. Davis said he would meet me at
the capitol. When I saw him l asked
If he had come to conclusion. He
said no; that if he wanted to sell he
could get five hundred dollars. I
asked if he could not vote few times
for less. He said perhaps, but he
would see me later.
II. G. Snodgrass and Representative
Head also testified. Messrs. Brown
and SmallmaD, of the investigating
committee, were selected as examiners
DR.. Davis was represented by counsel
Mr.. Plummer was not present, havin 4
gone home on account Of sickness.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-02-05
A Committee Appointed to Invess
tigate Charges of Bribery.
They Will Begin To~day-Prom|
nent Witnesses Subpenaed.
Mr.. Driver Talks With the Bark on
in Reference to Charges,
And spurns With Indignation Any
Epithet or Insinuation.
Special Dispatch to the Chronicle.

Special Dispatch to the Chronicle.
NAsHvILLE, Feb. 8.
Senators Tillman, Perkins, BroWn,
smaIIman and Hill, and representa-
tives Butler, McTeer, Vernon. Reeder,
Coulter and Manson were appointed
committee to investigate the charges
of bribery an d corruption made against
certain members of the legislature, In
the election Of State officers Tuesday.
After the two houses had adjourned
for recess until Tuesday, the 18th
inst, the committee met and resolved
to commence the investigation to-mor-
row forenoon.
SUBJ ass for the following witnesses
were ordered Issued: John ]. Littieton,
Jr., 81. C. Snodgrass. Representative
Head, Geo. r. Footf, L. G. Houk, e. J.
Sanford aud V. F. Gossett.
L. t ,e house at to nights session
Mr., D iver satt: Il learn, sub rosa.
thai my name has b en- mentioned in
o1nnec ion with certtin newspaper
ch4rg. s against certain members OF
tut, house, bee .use, forsooth. they ex-
ereiseustheir right t. vote for cer'ai n
gent emen for Safe officers. Now
sir, in the light of The history OF
the past, aud of the fact that the
Christ of INN acula pur ty, when on
earth, was suspicio0ed and fouiiy
charged, I am no. surprised that aud
al Id
be so charged. AS for my vets. one
and AL, 7 have no apology t. make OF
regrets to express, but 'hls 1 ssk, that
the speaker will appoint Ihs gent'e'
man that called upon him, if such
be the fact, and that expressed desire
to have me invest gated, on thls com
mittee with some others-three or hve
in numbef-a minor ty of whom shall
be extreme radical D ,m' Gratis, and thai
this house instruct the committee tt
investigate myself, observing the os
rigid star chamber method OF such In
vstigation, and report the result
I ask for this special committee, that
the greatest time and limit may be
given this Investigation. l, sir, want
no chance allowed for the possibility
even for a chance of VIII t4washing.
spurn with indignation any epithet Of
insinuation of any improper conduc
while member of this General AS
sembly, aud invite and solicit the mos
rigid scrutiny by the General Assem-
bly anu my constituents"
The speaker said tnat no geDtlemal
had said t him directly that the gen
tleman from Humphreys Mr.. Driver
was implicated in that connection
that he had only heard of the N atte
In an indirect manner.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-02-05
FOREIGN.
Flashes by Submarine Gable from
the Old World.

Flashes by Submarine Gable from
the Old World.
LONDON, Feb. An the House OF
Commons last night, Mr.. Mitchell
Henry moved the adjournment Of the
debate, as protest against injustice.
Sir Joseph McKenna, Home Rule
member for Yaughat, seconded the
motion.
Lord Harrington said he could not
admit that there was any validity in
argument founded on the absence OF
certain members through their own
misconduct.
A motion for adjournment was
then defeated by vote Of 371 to
%.
The first amendment of Sir STAFF
ford Northcote, having been added
to the original resolution, it was
agreed to.
Sir Stafford Northcote's second
amendment that the majority to de-
eide question of urgency must
consist of not less than 800 mem
bers was rejected by vote of 234
to $50.
The government subsequently
adopted the slight amendment offer
ed by Sir Stafford Northcote and
Mr.. Gladstone's resolution rs amend
ed was agreed to.
Mr.. Gladstone then moved that
the bill for the protection of life and
property in Ireland was urgent.
The motion was carried and the
House adjourned.
The Home Rulers expelled from
the House yesterday held meeting
last night at which they decided tt
issue q manifesto to the Irish people
den ouncing the conduct Of th'
House, but advising the people t.
keep within the lines of Constitu-
tional action in expectation that th'
home Rulers might carry the resis-
tance to an extreme. Yesterda.
18O policemen were stationed in tn
vicinity of the House Of Commons
LONDON, Feb. 4.-The specifi
charge upon which Davitt was ar
rested is breach of the condition
of his ticket of leave in connection
with his association with the LAM
league. He has yet to serve betwee,
four and five years of his sentence
The ministerial inquiry was yer
= brief. Mr.. Davitt was removed i
: a prison van, it is supposed, to Pen
tenville prison. The police hav
= strict instructions to give no informa
3 ton on the subject.
= DUBLIN, Feb. 4.-Meetings to d.
nounce the government will be hel
in many places on Sunday next, br
there is generally an absence of e1
citement. A number of arrests
especially among members OF tn
: land league, are expected to be mao
directly.
a The coersion bill has passed tt
p House of Commons.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-02-05

HENRY CLAY, in bis pslmiest days, wss
no nearer the unanimous choice of bis
party, for any position Of public trust,
than was Hon. Horace Maynard the
choice OF his party in Tennessee for
United States Senator. And yet there
are little~souled, envious creatures,
great in their own estimation, who
acted the part OF midnight assassins
to defeat the peoples choica. And the
people know who they are.
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WASHINGTON.
Miscellaneous News from the Ma
tional Capital.

News from the Ma
tional Capital.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-The House
committee on naval affairs had under
consideration this morning the mes
sage of the President relative to the
establishment of coaling stations on
the American isthmus, and instructed
Representa- Whitthorn to request
the appropriation committee to in
clude in the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill an appropriation of 5000, 600
for that purpose.
At meeting to-day of the House
committee on ways and means Rep
resentative Carlisle, from the sub
committee on internal revenue, re-
ported in favor Of abolishing the tax
on matches, bank deposits, including
savings banks, bank checks, patent
medicines, perfumery, &c.
The committee adopted the report
and authorized him to prepare bill
embodying recommendations of the
report and report it to the commits
tee.
The committee refused to abolish
the tax on bank capital.
Representative Carlisle also re-
ported bill to regulate the manu-
facture of weiss beer, and was i'm
structed to report it favorably to the
House.
Representative Tucker was in
structed by the committee to prepare
substitute for the House bill abol-
ishing the 10 per cent. STAMP
tax on exports of tobacco. -.
The Senate finance committee this
morning completed the consideration
of the House funding bill, ane
authorized their chairman to repor
it back to the Senate with a recon-
mendation for its passage with tn
amendments, which provide that tn
bonds shall be redeemable in hv'
years and payable in twenty years
that the rate Of interest upon then
shall be 81 per cent. per annum; tina
the LILO certificates authorized b.
the bill shall bear interest at rat
not exceeding 81 per cent. pc
annum, and that the interes
in each case shall be payab.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-02-05
HOUSE.

hOur the House resumed cOnS1dera- |
ton of the bill coming over from the
previous Friday, providing for the
sale of certain New York Indian
lands in Kansas, which, after some
discussion, was passed.
The House then went into COM
mittee of the whole on the private
calendar.
The first bill considered was the
pension bill, to which there was
some objection, Mr.. Atkins, of Tens
nessee, asserting that the arrearages
of pensions would already amount to
S75,OOO,OOO.
Messrs. Coforth and Updegraf
insisted that they would not exceed
$264,OoO,OOO.
After some discussion the bill was
laid aside for favorable recommenda
ton.
At 3 o'clock the committee rose,
and number of bills, coming over
from previous Fridays, were passed.
When the bill for the relief of
Mrs. E. Page was reached, Mr..
Goode, of Virginia, said that since
the discussion which had taken place
upon this bill on last Friday he had
received letter from the widow of
Capt. Hugh N. Page, in which she
instructed:him peremtorially to with
draw her petition. He said if he
felt at liberty to consult his own
feelings he would, without hesita-
tion, press this bill to a
final vote, but in this matter
he felt constrained to obey the i1l-
structions which he had received
from the petitioner. Her feelings
had been so wounded by the fierce
assault made upon the memory of
her dead husband that she was not
willing to furnish any pretext for a
renewal of that assault. The peti-
ton would not have been presented
if the humble petitioner had foreu
seen that it would have been taken
as pretext on which to attack rude,
ly the cherished memory of her
honored dead, and to comment un-
charitably upon the character of the
Southern people. He said he had
been accused of desire, in
presenting this petition, to es-
tablish precedent for the payment
of Southern war claims, no charge
could have been more uni ust OF
more baseless. He wished to repeat
what he bad frequently said, that the
, people Of the South had never ex-
pected and did not now expect
that losses incurred by individuals
as necessarily incident to war would
ever be reimbursed to them. They
had gone into war with their eye!
wide open; had staked everything
they possessed upon the issue of
! ! gigantic struggle, and they had los
1 and were prepared manfully to &C
cept it as the fate of war.
> Mr.. Conger, of Michigan, moved
to recommit the bill, with the in
struction to the committee on nava
affairs to report with full statemen
y of facts Of the case, pending which
q on motion of Mr.. Goode, the bil
was laid on the table.
4 The speaker laid before the Hous
a message from the President trans
= = mitting a communication from tn
a Secretary of the Navy with refer
;. ence to the dispatch of a vessel TO
. > the relief of the Jeanette exped
y ton, and commencing the recon-
mendations of the Secretary to th
u favorable action of Congress. Re
- ferred.
y The House then adjourned.