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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-15
The State Debt.
Chattanooga Times.

The main, the important matter,
is to get the troublesome issue
quieted. Very few of the people of
any faction ever cared much for the
bondholde1s, as class. They have
exercised very little common sense in
the long quarrel over their Gains.
Twice before 1908 was passed the
holders of the debt could have Sc
cured more favorable settlement
for themselves, but were too pig>
headed to listen to the men who
knew most about the people of the
State and the probable result of their
refusal If they lose more than they
ought to lose through their own
conceit and stubbornness we
shall not shed tears on ac>
count of it. When 50-4 was pend
ing hearty approval of that scheme
by the leading holders of our securi-
ties, majority of them, would al
most certainly have assured a favora
BILE response from the people The
undoubted State credit element
sought and begged for such encour-
agement. They were treated with
contempt, concealed by a very thin
veil of courtesy. The same thing
occurred when the sos proposition
was before the Legislature. Had
the bondholders then agreed to
forego a mortgage on the States
resources the settlement at
that figure would now be a fnality.
Clearly the bondholders have gained
nothing by these refusals to take
what was fairly "in sight" The
State credit men who almost unani-
mously urged them to accede then
are still regarded by them as "no
better than the repudiators. The
Stat still suffers from the open and
disturbing condition of this exciting
question No party or person in>
terested but is to-day worse off than
they were five years ago. Why keep
up fruitless struggle? Why take
the risk of repeating the scandals
attending each attempt to close
this matter? Those who do most in
the direction of settlement receive
least credit for their efforts from the
creditors, and, for one, we are utterly
tired of pulling against wind and
tide to benefit not alone ourselves
and State, but chiefly parcel of rich
men who will not soil their dainty
hands by throwing US rope. We
are quite willing the question may
drift on the tide Of agitation for the
present, reserving to ourselves the
right to take such position in the
future as may best suit our judg-
ment and convenience.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-15

TIE Nashville American of Mon
day says:
"a prominent Republican member
of the legislature told an American
reporter, yesterday, that the next
special session of the Legislature
would take into consideration the
question of a settlement of the State
debt. He felt certain, however, that
no special session would be held un
til Congress shall have passed the
Congressional appointment bill. In
calling the special session for the ap
portionment Of the State into Con~
gressional districts he thought it
more than probable the Governor
would embrace in his call the 81 hject
of the State debt. He believed the
State crecit element in the Legisla-
ture, which was in the majority,
would take definite action looking to
settlement of the debt.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-15
Much Excitement in Commercial
Circles.

New YORK, February IA
Louisville special says: The rapid
decline of cotton. futures in New
York and New Orleans, caused much
excitement in commercial circles in
Louisville. Several hundred thous
sand dollars is supposed lost, and as
nearly all spectators were on the
long side, had the news of the
failures in New Orleans reached
Louisville before the close, of bus>
mess chances are the there would
have been panic. All the small
fry in cotton deals were swept out
nee November, 1st Merchants,
clerks, shop-boys and chambers
maids, and in fact every man or
woman who could raise a S. note,
rushed to the bucket-shops and iu-
vested in cotton. Nearly all this
class got frozen out last week and
the week before, but the decline of
yesterday bursted the last one of
them. Their margins were all gone,
and with them all their hopes and
castles in the air.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-15

The following is the inscription on
Daniel Webster's tomb, written by
himself short time before his death !:
DANIEL WEBSTER,
Born January Is, 1882,
Died October "a, 1852.
Lord, believe; help Thou mine unbelief." p"
Philosophical
argument, especially
that drawn from the vastness of
the Universe in comparison with the
apparent insignihcance of the Globe,
has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith
which is in me but my heart has always
assured me and reassured me, that the
Gospel of Jesus Christ must be Divine
Reality. The Sermon on the Mount
cannot be merely human production.
This belief enters into the
very depths of my conscience.
The whole history of man
proves it. DANIEL WEBSTER.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-15
NASHVILLE.
The 1908 Settlement Again.
The Supreme Court Asked to
Modify it's Decision,
So as to Permit Funding Without
the Tax Coupon.
The Court Takes the Matter Under
AdviSement.
Special Dispatch to the Chronicle.

Special Dispatch to the Chronicle.
NASHVILLE, Feb. IA.
An application was mad in the Su
preme Court to-day to modify the
decree so as to enjoin the funding
into bonds with tax-receivable cou-
pons, but to~permit the funding to
proceed if the bonds do not contain
such coupons. The decision would,
in this event, merely have expunged
the tax coupon feature from the act.
Flnding would then proceed in 100 3
bonds with ordinary coupons. The
Court took the matter under advise.
ment.
Senator'S Morgan, and Smith, of
Fentress, and S. H. Bell were exam
ined by the Legislative investigating
committee. Senator Barrett was to
have appeared on the witness stand,
but was prevenred by sickness. The
committee will probably adjourn to
morrow to some future date:
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-15
National Cotton Exchange.

New ORLEANS, February 14.-The
National Cotton Exchange statement
for five months, ending January 31s',
shows a total movement to mills di-
rect, of 335,477 bales. An excess
over last year of 1,O10. The total
amount of this years crop that has
appeared at the ports and points of
crossing over land is 4,079,073
against 4,372,352 last year. Total
foreign exports, 1,934,7 ,763; deficient,
compared with last year, of 5,60S, ,0O6.
Shipments over land to Canada, 21,-
238 against 5000 last year. North
ern spinners took, during months,
LIT, ,242; excess over last year of
70,651 bales.
Prominent members of the Cotton
Exchange, stated last night, that
those in a position to know best, ex-
press the opinion that losses by the
six failures posted yesterday, will
not exceed $4,000. The firms hay
ing large amounts of margins in
deposit.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-15
The Mississippi River Booming

LITTLE Rock, ARK, February IA
A special from Helena, Ark, dated
yesterday, ssys: ''The river at this
point has risen high. Advices from
Madison and Walnut Bend indicate
rapid rise for the past "a hours.
The levee at Walnut Hills is broken
in several places; not three acres
of land is to be seen in any direction.
kilograms have been sent to Mem
phis asking that boats be sent down
to take out the cattle, horses
and mules. The st. Francis River
is reported to be rising along its en-
tire length. The situation is indeed
alarming, but the citizens of Helena
are determined to leave nothing un-
done to keep out the water.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-15

A GAZETTEER published in London
in 1948, contains the following ::
Knoxville, a town of Tennessee,
United States. 1t stands on the
Holston River and is regularly
planned and handsomely built. East
Tennessee College is here; foure
ishing institution with good libra
ry. 1t is 49S miles from Washing>
ton, population, 1,5G0. Eight other
places in the States are so named.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-15

The tract of land purchased by
three Chicago men, in Texas, in con-
sideration of funds furnished to
build new State house, is as large
as the State of Connecticut and five
times lager than.Rhede Island. The
two Farwells are brothers, both lead
ing business men in Chicago-one of
them member of the present Cons
greSS,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-15

The Knoxville correspondent of
the Nashville World telegraphed to
that paper last Saturday that the
business men of this city were well
pleased with the decision of the
Supreme Court. We have conversed
with several business men here and
have neither seen nor heard of one
who is pleased with the result.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-15
FOREIGN NEWS.

LONDON, February 13.-As result
of the Cabinet counsel held Satur-
day, England and France sent a col
lective note to the powers explaining
their attitude on the Egyptian ques-
ton. The note is couched in very
amicable terms.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-15
Not to Be Sneezed at.

That pure, sweet, safe and effective
American distillation, of which hazel, Amer
ican pine, Canada fir, marigold and clover
blossom, called Sanford's Radical Cure for
Catarrh. A few doses instantly relieve the
most violent sneezing or head cold, stop all
watery discharges from the nose and eyes,
cure headache and nervousness, and Danish
all danger of fever. Complete treatment
for one dollar.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-15
Quick and Sure,

Many miserable people drag themselves
about with failing strength, feeling that
they are steadily sinking into their graves,
when by using Parker's Ginger Tonic they
would find cure commencing with the
first dose, and vitality and strength quickly
and surely coming back to them.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-15

TENNESSEE railroad securities have
deprecated materially since the
decision of the Supreme Court, as
will be seen by the New York stock
market report for yesterday.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-15
Communication Restored

LOUISVILLE, KY.,i February IA
Direct communication between
Louisville and Memphis, by the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
was restored to day, the high
water having lasted 26 days.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-15
REBELLION
In the Great State of New York.

In the Great State OF New 9ork.
ALBANY, N. Y, February 13.-
Governor Cornell has issued a
proclamation declaring the town OF
Greenwood, in Steuben County, to
be in a state of insurrection, and
commanding those who are resisting
the laws for the collection of taxes,
to disperse.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-15

TT is believed that Judge Blatchs
ford, of New York, will be Judge
Hunts successor.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-15

The small spectators in. cotton
futures have, been swept out of the
market, and are mourning over their
losses. q 3- ! - - ~
Daily Republican., 1882-08-16
waiting to be VIndicnted.

According to the views of ex-senator
Hendricks, Samuel M. Tilden holds
that he was cheated out of the Presi-
dency in 1876 and he is still waiting foI
the will of the people to be vindicated.
We may therefore infer that he will &C.
cept the nomination of the Democratic
party ia 1884, should it be rendered to
him. In no other way can the vindica
tion he refers to, be made. 1t is mis-.
fortune that his letter to the Cincin-
natl Convention in 1880 was misunder.
stood or misinterpreted. While pre-
tending to decline candidacy, it ap-
pears that he was anxious for the nom
nation. This is another evidence of
the impropriety of speaking in am.
biguous terms in reference to import
ant matters. If he had said he was a
candidate he might have been nomina-
ted instead of General Hancock, and
the opportunity given for the vindioa.
ton of the will of the people, If he is
not too old DOW, he was not too old
then to pass through the excitements OF
political campaign.
1t is certainly not reasonable to sup
pose that he is becoming more vigorous
by the lapse of years. He should cease
to prats about this vindication or an
nounce his candidacy at once. We
should then know what to expect in the
coming political canvass. We are of
the opinion that he is too old for the po-
sition, but if he and his friends think
otherwise, we shall defer to their
Judgment. The review Of the cipher
dispatches, the tricks of Croci in in Ore.
gon, the general effort On the part
of the redshirts in South Carolina and
the outrages perpetrated in Louisiana,
would furnish much interesting read
ing. The emphasizing of the wrongs
practiced and the villainies attempted
perhaps would result in some good as
the leaders of the so-called Demo-
cratic party are still ready to unite to
uphold any villainy that promises to
benefit their friends. This was shown
by their readiness to support the mem
hers who were forced to give up their
seats at the recent session of Congress to
the men who were elected. Their con.
duct was disgraceful and we'll calcula,
ted to ALLEVIATE every man who desires
fair play and the triumph of right un-
der all circumstances.
Daily Republican., 1882-08-16
Incrannaoflnnanirv.

DIR. E. A. Macdonald, Medical Su-
perintendent of the Insane Asylum at
Ward Island, New York, and an ex-
pert on insanity, has been making some
minute calculations based upon his
long experience and varied practice in
multiplied cases of insanity and weak
ness of the mind, and he has come to
the conclusion that insanity is alarm
insly on the increase in this country.
He referentially calls insanity "the
disease of civilization" and gives it as
his opinion that as civilization increases
insanity will keep pace with it. The
real cause for it, he says is rrobably
not so much that the brain is worked
too hard, but that more complex civili-
zation requires harder work, and that
with the crowding into cities men are
more exposed to bad food and bad air,
two factors now recognized as import
ant in producing insanity. In Europe
insanity is far mere common than in
this country, and those who live in sea-
board towns see more Of it than the
people of the West. Certain forms of
insanity, DR.. Mac Donald says, such as
paresis or what is known as softening
of the brain for instance, are more COM
mon here than in the West, where it is
almost unknown and Western doctors
come East to study the disease. 1t has
been stated on good authority that in
England the ratio of insane persons to
the population has doubled in the last
thirty years. The English statistics
give the number of insane persons in
1850 as 10, 10 TO every 49, 900 of popula.
tion; in 1870 it had arisen to 24.56, and
in 1880 to 27.94. This is alarming in
deed and rather a dark forecast of the
future. 1t has been contended that the
better statistics of later years have pro.
duced an apparent increase in the num-
ber of insane persons and doubtless
there is some ground for this opinion.
DR.. Macdonald thinks the change in
treatment of the malady from the old
time idea Of employing force is very
impOrtant,and hesums up his expert
ence of the institutions with which he
is connected by saying: "If cases are
taken in hand within three months af-
ter the disease appears, three out of fl We
cases get well, of which three cases,
Daily Republican., 1882-08-16

THE EVERY EVENING gives very
fair explanation for the appearance
It's advertising dodger inside the folds
of the REPUBLICAN, delivered to sub.
scribers at New Castle. It matters
not how the little doger got there,
though it might have been put there by
an Every Evening carrier at New
Castle. At any rate we have no objec-
ton as the Every Evening needs all the
boasting 1t can get, and the RRPUBLI'
CAN can do without it. We feel graft
fed that we have been enabled to give
our friendly uptown contemporary
free advertisement through 5000 Re
publicans, a better advertisement than
it ever got before, or will ever be able
to give itself.
Daily Republican., 1882-08-16

only ono is likely to remain permanent
ly free from recurrent attacks. If there
is delay in treatment extending to six
months, not more than half the pa
tients have any assuring prospects Of
recovering. In the case Of patients
who are allowed to 60 for more than
year without treatment, the cases OF
recovery do not amount to more than
two per cent.
Daily Republican., 1882-08-16
WEDNESDAY,AUGUS IS, 1859.
protesting Democrats.

We are met at every turn by protests
from Democratic organs against Dela
ware being handed by her voters over
to the care and keeping of the Republi-
can party. We are not surprised at
this and therefore are prepared to make
full allowances for party's protest
that has held the reins OF government
for the last twenty-five years. When a
party gets into power and stays in 80
long as the Democrats have in Della
ware. il of course entrenches itself and
tries to prolong its hold upon power as
long as possible. But there are many
eddies and turns in the tide of life and
so in politics, nevertheless objections
to these turns are still the same in or
der. The Republican party of Della
ware comes forward and proposes Co
give the people more liberal and bet
ter government than the Democrats
gave them. But the leaders and their
organs Immediately protest against any
change being made, because this would
throw a number of Democrats out of
Office and put Republicans in their
places. The office and its emoluments
indeed are about all the Democrats see
in the contest. They have nothing to
present to the people by way Of reform
purely, nor nothing to recommendation.
selves to the support of the people, ex-
cept that those in power have not sto-
len the money in the State Treasury.
They profess to have been extremely
honest, knowing that with Democrat
in every office from County Constable
to Governor of the State, it would be
hard to prove dishonesty, even If half
the funds of the State should be misap-
propriated. Organs called Democratic,
vigorously protest against a close min
ute review Of the course tile Democrats
have pursued since they have been in
power. They Indignantly protest
against investigating the cause of the
State debt, knowing that it is indefen.
sible and was raised more for the pur-
pose of aiding the rebellion than the
Union army in sustaining the govern
ment. OF course it is unpleasant to
have these things brought up and
charged upon the Democracy. but when
they are true what are the Democrats
going to do about it? Not less than a
million and half of dollars was bor-
rowed, not to pay Union men, but to
pay drafted men to procure substitutes,
that they might remain at home. The
seal of disloyalty is stamped upon the
State by the United States Government
that pa i off the war debt of the loyal
States, but would not touch that of
Delaware, because it was tainted with
disloyalty. 1t is no wonder the organs
object to tracing the actions of the
Democratic party back to the days
when they refused to aid the govern
ment in crushing out the rebellion,
though Delaware kept its place pro-
fessedly as one of the loyal States of
the Union.
Daily Republican., 1882-08-16
r-om w,,m,uxtou to west Point.

From Wilmington 10 west FOlmt
There Is no route in the country which
affords more of varied interest OF
pleasurab!e character for only three
dollars and a half, than that from this
city to New York BY rail and from
thence up the Hudson on the steamer
Stockton to West Point, Ionia Island
and Newburg every Thursday. The
Hudson is very properly called the
American Rhine, for there is none like
it in beautiful scenery outside of Eu-
rope. There are hundreds of Whining
tonians who by reading the history OF
the United States become familiariZed
with the heroic struggles of our revOlu.
tionary fathers upon the banks of this
magnificent river, but there is nothing
like sight of the places where these
grand struggles took place to give life
and zest to what was CLEANED in histo-
ry. There is hardly mile of this his
toric ground ON either side of the river
devoid of revolutionary incidents, nor
is there a mile that does net bring some
pleasant change of natural scenery.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
in opening up this cheap route of ex-
cursion travel for such q tri1ing ex-
peuse has placed the people of Will
miugton under the greatest obligations
to the company and before the season
is over thousands of Wilmingtonians
should be familiar with the scenery OF
the Hudson and the beautiful cities
and towns spread out in a great pano-
rama of beauty from Wilmington to
New York. The train leaves Whining
ton tomorrow morning at $50 NJ.
Daily Republican., 1882-08-16
WLIAInlrSfTOE AM
BALTIMORE RAILROAD

DHHAADELPHlA, wIIAmlr1TOK AM
i BALTIMORE RAILROAD.
TRAINS WILL LEAVE WILMINGTON AZ 1oL'
Lows:
July ,lI1SS2.
For Philadelphia and Intermediate sta.
Il ons, 100, 1880 q. NJ; 2:So, 4, 1880, 700
p. m.
Philadelphia texpress), 2 2:23, $50, 7:2B, O..
ID O. esS, $Os. llbS q. m; l2:lS, 1:bs sly, t:Sf,
7T6, 7:2o p. m.
New York 400, 2.2s, s.Vo G2k. 9bs, Ills e.
m., ,"I9i1S, l.5S,S ,Sl7, 6.Ss T,2o y. 10.
baltimore and intermediate Stations, LOO
eli q. m, and 900 p. n.
Baltimore and bay Line, 6.E p m.
Baltimore and Washington, L.t2 90.
aOb, eli q. m. L9o, Al'OS, ,6.00,o.b1, u.ot D. N
Baltimore only, LOS .. m, IL 20l and p. N
Trains for Delaware DiVtGion leave for:
New CASTLE go, S.lO .. m. LOS, 400, e.2S p. n
Harrington and IntermSdiGtO Stations, Gl
q. m, Lob, e.2bp. N
DslmAr and IntsrmsdiGts Stations s.lOA
M, 1.0b, y. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
PhilAdelphiG and intermediate STGtionG
$40 Q. m., II m.b3o, ,1.SO, 0.bk p. N.
philadelphia and New Y ORR, 100. 1913 q. n
I'll, 03s, T.2o p. m.
Baltimore and Washington '.G2, L.N
a0S, 9.l7 o. m; il.cA p. N. Bal. LOS am.
For further information passensers are n
tsrred 70 the time tables posted AE the depot
Trains marked thus ~ are limited eXprol
upon which extra fare is charged.
FRANE THOMSON, J.R. WOOD
Genl Manager. fe1 MI Pass. AGt.