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VOL. I.
KNOXVILLE, TENN.,- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1870.
NO. 3.
THE KNOXVILLE CHRONICLE,
liXJLE So TARWATER,
rvBLisnr.Ra and iroiuf.tors.
OFFICE: BROWNLOW'S OLD STAND,
r.ut rnticc on GAY NTHEKT, Knst Hide,
Between Main and street.
THE HEGEO IN THE SOUTH.
-CorrcNpondrnre of tlie Illslorlnn of "The
Lout Cnnse" nnl n Kentucky Negro.
Tho following letter, addressed to E. A.
Pollard, is so Interesting that we publish It"
entire, and nsk for it n careful reading from
our colored friends :!
" Louisville, Ky., March 24, 1870.
"Edward A. Pollard, Jlsq.:
" Dkaii Sir: The only apology I mnke
for seeming bo bold In writing to you, an
entire stranger, is that I am n colored man.
"Ihavo read your article "The Negro
In the South' in fhe April number of
LlpplneoWjt Magqtinc, and I stretch my
hand along tho distance, grasping yours in
friendly honesty, aim pray God that more
like you men of decided ability will take
tho same broad and enlightenec views. I
subscribe to all you say, in the main, but
jnust put in an, objection to ono Idea you
advance t. c, that colored men would ad
vance their interests by taking up the good
men of tho South and placing them in po
sitions filled by "carpet-baggers," as you
term them.
"Now, the great difficulty with us is
that we can not find white men of tho class
you mention. How many Wado Hamp
tons, General Longstrcets, and Edward A.
Pollards are in tho South? Are we not
forced to identify ourselves with the ' Rad
ical ' party, the only party as such that has
given us anything ? I admit that the Re
publican party lias in some cases' been
hasty, in others seemliigly harsli,upon the
people of tho South, yet the antagonism
that has been shown the colored man, by
the unthinking masses has compelled him.
no matter how much his better judgment
may have repudiated all harshness, to ac
quiesce under tho circumstances. I know
that tho thinking portion of the colored
people aro opposed to anything that is cal
culated to breed animosity. They desire to
be on friendly terms with tho whites,
knowing that the interests of each are
indentical j that ' what is sauce for the
goose is sauce for tho gauder,' to use a
homely expression ; that what benefits" the
white man benefits the- colored man also:
and what is an injury to the one is an in
fnrv likewise to the other.
"Men of your stylo of thought can not
Hope ror coioreu men to identity tnemseives
with a party that lias for its champions
such men as liriCK 1'ometoy, u ernanuy '
Wood, Vallaudigham, Seymour, Hofmian,
and ' riddling Bill ' Mungen In the North,
and Rvland (?) Randolph, Jesse D Bright,
and the Kuklux Klans in the South. You
could not, would not, think that we had
any manhood m us, out mat, spanici-iutc,
we would lick the hand that smote us.
Hero in my native city we have petitioned,
time after time, that rthe powers that bo '
"would open one or more schools for the
beneiit of our children, (they tax us for
-school purposes,') but they will not even
.answer us wo have knocked at the door,
hut it will not open unto us. When clothed
in the garb of fullknown citizens, can we
vote for those who will not even listen to
our prayer? Will we not rather put that
man in office who, though ' an adventurer,'
still is willing that justice shall be done
unto us?
" In the verv nature ofthings the Repub
lic! nartv. Ilko all other parties, must
crow old and die, or die prematurely ; (the
Democratic party is ' not only dead, but It
stlnketh.") To keep it anvo it must nave
good men and true at the head. And like
other parties, in the course of time, it will
become' more and more, carrupt ; but, so
long as it remains tno party 01 progress,'
thn colored man will be found in its rauks,
.inil vour irood Judgment approves ids
choice, though you, have not got that far
Democratic party being dead, a
new party can' ,be built 'upon its ruins, a
nartv of liberal -views, broad principles
that will embrace in its ranks all lovers of
their countryrrVho know no North, no
South, no East, no West; but you can not
jdo It WUI1 BUCll men as rsej'iuoui, nor rvu
dleton, npr Hendricks, nor any man of tho
nnat. You must have new men for lead-
era. The old fogies are still mourning at
the shrine, wiiero me ebony gou sioou.
Thev are behind the aire. Like Ri Van
Winkle, they have been slumbering while
the world was tearing on. The Chase
movement' camo very nigh tho mark, and
with such men as yourself and Hampton to
load in the South, a creat National party
can be built up; We dare not trust the
' Conservatives,' because they betrayed us
tii WntiniKSpft nnd ntlusr nljicns; tho ' Dem
ocrats' Iho simon-pure, hammer-headed
class don't want us, and God knows wo
will none of them then what must wo do?
Can we be other than ' Radicals?' You
can brimr tnit men, but they must be o
new blrtii as yourself, who can and will
do not believe that there is a being in tho
couutrv inoro sinccru in desire to see the
it. ,., , i ........ . . i
peopiu uiu wuuib pvupiv ihijjrv mu jium
porous than tho colored man. Wo are In
tensely ' American ' in hopes and aspira
lions: tho greed for office aflllcts but few
for wo know that we lack in all that's ne
cessary to fill with credit public places.
" All we want Is fair play and no goug-
imr. You seCm disposed to concede It,
With your powerful pen you can mold
.f.wlf. a trnim tlttnl'tm. , Iiltf fiillf t1 fill
think for themselves; it is much easier to
' have others do it for them.
" Apologizing for trespassing so long on
your time, expressing my viows not clearly
at best, my excuse is that as one of the
down-trodden.' obscuro though I be, In
' a lcadi
er.' I deslro to thank you
for the munl.v articlo in relation to 'Tho
Mil lUdMLI . J. ULOIIU III 11IUII
Negro in tho South' for T bellevo that it
will bring us a host of warm-hearted
friends, Voyy respectfully,
" HouaOK Moiuuk."
fr. Pollard accompanies the above letter
with one which we are sorry wo have- not
tho room to give entire. It is full of sug
gestions worthy the consideration of South
ern nicn. He says that ho does not won
der that the colored people distrust their
so-called friends in tho South j because
whenever such pretended friends have had
the opportunity, they have shown u spirit
of resentment not calculated to win the
colored votes. Ho says, too, that tho inde
pendence and resolution shown by tho col
ored people in the fearless free exercise of
tho right of suffrage entitles them to the
greatest praise. When they were slaves,
he says, they obediently followed their
masters, and did whatever they were or
dered. Their enfranchisement was follow
ed by the boasts of the Democracy that
their old masters would vote them as they
pleased. But, wyn Mr, Poilard, wc all
know that their masters did not vote tlitm
on tile contrary, they have voted ayai'nst
their masters in the very face of threats!
This independence and manliness, savs
Mr. Pollard, shows tliat thev arc well
'nullified to exercise their suffrage. In
view of all such facts, he says, " I intend
stand by the negro In the South, and
.fore Southern men, and that despite the
weapons of tho Kuklux Klans, or the
more cowardly slings of libel and abuse."
Wo endorse all that Mr. Pollard, says
about the Independent and fearless manner
with which our colored people have exer
cised their franchise, and tills, too. in the
faco of open bribes and corruption. Some
few of the pretended leaders of the colored
people of this county once sold themselves
to a few corrupt Democratic leaders, but
the Democrats found to their sore disap
pointment that they had brought only a
few unprincipled men, and not the- entire
colored vote.
Letter from Senator llrowiilow.
IT.
S. Skkate ClIAMllEn.
Washington-, April 11, 1870.
jr. Rum:, Esq. : I have received the
first number of your new paper, the Knox-
ii:, and I have examined
it with care. It is quite a readable weekly,
and I would like to see it in every Repub
lican family In the State. The type and
paper are good, the selections are judicious,
and the mechanical part of it well execut
ed. Enclosed I pend you tho names of
three subscribers, and I will hand you the
money when I see you.
Having now spoken of tho good quail
ties of your newspaper, I must say a word
of its bad qualities. It Is too mild In its
tone, and altogether too conciliatory, con
sidering the party with which you have to
deal, and how violent and hostile towards
the loyal people that party is. Wo have
Gov. Sentcr with us, and, as I am told, he
has been before tho Reconstruction Com
mittee of the House. His testimony is
said to have been strong against the Ku
Klux party, and altogether satisfactory t
the Republicans. I expect the Committee
of the House to report a bill looking to the
reconstruction of Tennessee. We propose
to wipe out the Legislature, and the late
Convention, and order an election of anew
Legislature under the old law, and with a
new registration, leaving tho Executive
and Judiciary undisturbed. Tho bill will
meet with opposition In the House from the
Democracy and the tender-footed Republi
cans, but will, nevertheless, pass. In the
Senate, wc will have less trouble, as wcaro
divided, politically, sixty Republicans to
ten Democrats. They will, of course, go
on to elect Judges ill' Tennessee. What
Gov. SentcrTVill feci ithis duty to do, lam
unable to say, but if I wero Governor, I
would refuse to commission their Judges
anil other officers. That party have made
n great noise oyer the.increaso of tho State
debt by tno issuanco or bonus to pay the
five years interest they had repudiated by
the rebellion, and bonds Issued under my
administration to putour railroads in order.
They call it the Brownlow despotism, ex
tra vagancoand swindling. They promised
to wipe out Radicalism, and renew an era
of prosperity. What have they done?
Are they building up the towns and watte
places ? Is real estate and rents advancing
or falling off? Let the mechanics and day
laborers of Knoxvllle answer tho question
The fifth month of tho present session Is
passing oil rapidly, and I am pleased to be
able to Inform you (hat I am the only man
in the Senate who has never been absent a
day. I make no speeches, hut the ayes and
noes show mo to be always right, voting
for extreme Radical measures. If I had
not lost my voice, it Irf likely I would bo
talking too, though we have quite too much
talking in both Houses.
Tho death of General Thomas has cast
quite a gloom over tho whole country. Tho
country seems now to appreciate him
Why not? I hold that lie was thogrcatest
man of the war, and tho only General of
Whom it can bo in truth said ho never lost
a battle nor mada a mistake. I have ox
tended this letter beyond what I had in
tended, and therefore, hasten to a close.
W. G. BCOWXLOW.
Temperance Address.
Clinton, TeiW., April 12th, 1870.
Editors Knoxvllle Chronicle :
Tho following address was delivered by
William F. Dowell, before the "Lights of
Temperance," recently, at this place. The
Society unanimously requested Mr. Dow
ell to furnish a copy of the address for pub
lication. In obedience to the request, and
In behalf of tho Society, I respectfully re
quest that you insert the address in your
uper. Katk E. Andeiison,
Soprctnrv.
Ladies and Gentlemen :
Having been selected to addr6ss vou to
night upon the subject of t6mperanee al
though young, unused to public speaking,
and lacking, as I must confess, all the ele
ments of oratory I shall, in bowing aa
raccfully as possible to the power vested
by our suffrages In our President, in tlm
constitutional exerciso of which I have
been selected as ono of the orators of tho
night, attempt to- contribute my mite to
wards the success of this God-given princi
plethis " temperance reform'' in which
I have with you embarked, and in the ul
timate success of, which the entire sympa
thies of my nature are enlisted.
ny way oi preliminary, permit me to
remark that I cannot exnoct to Intercut.
you to-night as you were interested by the
able address of thq distinguished speaker
who auuressed you at our last meeting. I
cannot expect to soar to that dizzy height
where often, even, the tongue of eloquence
miters aim tne oram oi genius reels ; but
in presenting this subiect. It shall bi mv
mm w Dliuu unit luiisuuiu HUCU IIICIH UUU
woman and child, capable of contemplat
ing truth and appreciating motive, to exert
their .Influence, in favor of this "temper
ance reform."
The gigantic ovils incident to and insei-
uruuiu irom me use oi anient spirits in any
form, in any disguise, moderate or habitu
11.. a 11. .. r ... . j
al, cannot be conceived by the mind of ge
nius or uepicieu uytue tongue oi eloquence.
They mock, defy discussion. The work
ings of the most iriant. massive brain that
ever existed would ioiik be consigned to
tne inactivity ot oblivion, and the, boasted
tongue of eloquence be palsied with the
ice of death hushed in the silence of the
tomb before the ono could faintlv con
ceive, or tho other adequately depict, the
horrors of the reign of this Moloch of dam
nation intemperance. .Not even the in
imitable eloquence and natural powers of
description of a John B. Gougli, (who hav
ing himself been rescued from the horrors
of a drunkad's grave, from the drunkard's
awful fato and deepest degradation). Is ad
equate to tne tasK oi uescrioing the horrors
Ot "llollrlmn frninonu" tlio Imrlnntnliln
ot "delirium tremens" the lamentable
fate of tho ruined, miserable drunkard.
That wia, endowed with reason, possess
ing an immortal mind, should degrade
himself In such a manner, and bv such
meaiis, and sink himself to such depths of
degradation and Infamy to a level with
the brute, (aye, Infinitely lower.) where
the traits of tho man aro scarcely recog
nizable, stifle all the noble aspirations of
nis nature, and reel through that combina
tion of horrors, " delirium tremens," into
a drunkard's hell Is something that per
haps tho logic of a Bacon could explain,
but I, at least, am unable to solve the
mystery. But, incomprehensible as It Is,
It cannot be disputed that such is the la
mentable fact, and he who would attempt
to refute that which is as plain as the noon
day sun, would exhibit folly equal to that
once displayed by the celebrated Dr. Sam
Johnson, wiio persistipntly arguing with
Lorenzo uow that everything was the
result of imagination, and argument hav
ing utterly failed to convince him of the
absurdity of his position, tho eccentric
Dow resorted to an unanswerable specimen
of practical lojrlc. By maklnir the Doctor.
.tne unwilling recipient,ot a ournca bum he
compeneu mm to coniess that neat, at
least, Is a reality, and not entirety imag
inary.
Among the first reasons wo wish to pre
sent why the use of alcoholic liquors
Should, be dispensed with is, thc,ir Immense,
enormous cost to the consumers.
It is ascertained from data as unerring
as Custom Hquso books, and even from
the declarations of manufacturers of ardent
spirits, that GO.000.000 gallons of liquid
ikiibuu uro uiiiiuuiiy cunsumcu uv utc citi
. . i , i I,,
zens of tho United States. The people of
tno united mates. accoruniK to commis
sioner Wells, swallowed bv retail In a sin-
uiu yvui ju.oo.-iui.oo.j worm ui uruuiiL
.. .. ot eo mi fin - -. . .. i 1. .. e 1 1
spirits. This is tho direct cost of a single
vear. in which novertv lias been general
throughout the country. Indirectly the
cost, nas oeen immeasurably greater, xi is
summed up in blighted hopes, saddened
homes, ruined fortuned, broken hearts.
crime, debauchery, degradation, dishonor
and death. Every prison in the laud cries
out against this giant evil; every poor
hous,e is filled with Its victims ; every In
sane asylum has Its raving maniacs; every
gallows " its tale of ruin tells." Yes, bo Ft
1&; and now we ave. officially Informed
that our country, boasting its civilzatlon
andlntolligence.drinksSl.578.-191.8G5 worth
oi tins poison in a single year, l uimc oi
that ! Sl.673.401 .805 annually expended in
a christian land, bv u christian neonle. mid
f:reat God! for such a purpose for that
iquid "whoso touch is poison, and whoso
sting is death!"
We are free! We are christians ! ! We
aro civilized ! ! I This Is freedom freedom
to compass our ruin in the shortest timo
and by infallible agencies. This is civili
zation with a vengeance. In tho name of
common sense, is tins Christianity? Wo
pay tribute to no nation. Wo bow to no
emperor. We obey the mandates of no
dictator. Our stars and stripes " lloat tri
umphantly from ocean to ocean." Yet wo
foster, nurture, and encourage within our
own bosom a greater enemy than either :
and with all our boasted "freedom," wo
are, as a nation, In more abject slavery to
the tyranny of King Alcohol than wo are
in danger 01 becoming to any earthly pow
er. May our Hag, respected by all, no
longer bo lowered to King Alcohol!
would ask you, how many slaves do you
imagine now, id tho light of tho 19th cen
tury, tread tho American soil? We ask
not-01 slaves to man, but to Intemperance,
in comparison to whose bondago tlie yoke
of the tyrant is freedom. Tho number Is
over 480,000. But tills is not all. The
mere co( of this article, though enormous,
hardly makes an item in the aggregate of
uie pernicious consequences resultant irom
the uso 6f ardent snlrlts. The use of ar
dent spirits Is an annual tax of many mil
lions upon our people. At least "three-
lourtns oi all tho crimes In tho land proceed
from tho maddening power of ardent spir
its. Go and examine the records of our
courts, examine minutely in tho circum
stances connected with tho commission of
crimes for which men arc held to answer
at the bar of public justice, and you cannot
but echo tho universal vtirdict of candor
and experience. Place a man under tho
inuuence oi this demon, and he Is bad
enough for anything. He can plunge the
dagger to the, heart of his nearest friend.
It wits In drunken revel that Alexander
slew his best friend( Clytus, and it was
when beastly drunk that he proclaimed
himself a god and died.
The records of our courts tell us of act
committed while under its, influence that
would make tho brigands of Italy shudder
and tho strongest nerve shake. Husbands;
murder their wives, children butchqr their
parents. By far the- greater part of tho
atrocities of our land proceed from its
maddening power. Then think of genius
wrecked men of tho highest order of tal
ents swent Into the fricrhtfiil vorh'x.
"Whisky" sends some of the brightest
intellects oi our country to the mad house,
raving maniacs, or permits them to wan
der about our streets, miserable wrecks,
hooted at bv boVB for their silly snoeclies.
Some of the brightest intellects this coun
try ever produced have sunk, to rii-v no
more, under its blighting influence, while
the mediocre, who thought too much of
himself to throw himself away, has built
a name, won a reputation, or amassed a
lonune. wnicn hundreds or unsuccessful
men might have done had they but cared
for the powers given them. Think, for
Instance, of Joshua It. Giddings, a man of
the Highest order oi talent, who died the
death oi tne renned drunicard died as
genius misused generally dies, as the pa
pers told us of "apoployv," but really of
"wIiIhUv"
More could be said more has been said
by gentlemen who have preceded me
much more than lam capable of saving
to show up the appalling effects of the use
of ardent spirits. But tho facts are before
the people. The citizens of this town can
not but know its terrible evils when mo
mentarily surrounded by the blighting
effects of six yroy shojw; but we must
sound tho alarm, arouse our citizens to
action, until they shall rise en masse and
espouse the cause for which wc are organ
izes
Having briefly enumerated the evils of
intemperance, the question arises. "What's
the remedy?" I would reply, "Entire ab
stinence." The principle which underlies
tills and all other temperance organiza
tions " total abstinence "is the only
hopo of the drunkard. With it he is safe,
without it in -peril. What a discovery is
this principle of " entire abstinence." Let
the name ot its author no embalmed with
tiioso of Luther, Howard, Raikes, and Wil
bcrforce. Butoutsiderssay. "What! drink
none at all? Certainly its moderate use
win harm no one,'
' Mv renlv would be.
"Yes, drink none at all." Our reply is,
" Men with prospects as fair as yours have
found themselves, ere they were aware, in
tho coll of the serpent 'whose toucli is
poison and whoso Bting is death.'" Ono
gallon of ardent spirits for the use of the
citizens ot uiintou is just lour quarts too
much. But we may expect opposition.
Every great principle has its opponents.
Luther had opposition, but he cried "for
ward," went ahead, and effected a reforma
tion, in connection with tho history of
wmcn ms namo win uc nauueu down to
" the last syllable of recorded time."
M nnrnwl n n u u .1 l-.ul n f liitf 1 1 11 ,1,i.ir.i.?
into the dungeons' and prison pens and re
lieved suffering humanity, and ho is now
pointed to oh tho greatest philanthropist
tho world has overproduced. And ttiougn
dead, he still lives, and his memory is green
in tne hearts oi an goou men. uul wnni
matters It that the bar-room bully, the
guardian of the grog shop, the man who
will for a paltry pecuniary consideration
deal out to Ills fellow-man the liquid poi
son which contains the elements of ruin
and degration, points to us with curling
Hp and Bays " that wc entered this organi
zation because we could not pay our whis
ky bills?" We may, of course, expect
tneir opposition, tho principles oi tins
organization are directly opposed to their
interests, and wo may expect tneir opposi
tion. But one source of opposition I, at
least, did not expect : tho opposition of n
few (thank God not many,) professors of
religion men clothed in white, who set
themselves up to us " reformed drunkards"
as men of piety. What a burlesque on
Christianity. But let eveu their opposition
burst Upon us In all its fury. Wc will
probably outride tho storm ; but if wo, do
sink, wo will go down "with flying col
ors." It may do them good to know that
they have planted themselves in direct
antagonism to the teachings of that hook
whose mandates they profess to follow.
It may bo a source of comfort to them to
know that by their opposition to tho God
given principlo of temperance, tlioy have
planted themselves in direct antagonism
to tho teachings of him who unmistakably
says, " Wino Is a mocker," and that they
havo arrayed themselves against every
nrlnclplo of that Christianity of which
thev profess to bo "shining lights:" but
of one tiling I am convinced : wo will suc
ceed In effecting a grand tcmperanco refor
mation in spite ot combined opposition.
T.nl. us do our ilntv our whole dutv. ex
tending the hand of brotherly lovo to all,
in order that wo may reform them, but
meeting the sneers of persistent opposers
With that most lorcimo ot an arguments
silent, unuttercd contempt.
In conclusion, permit mo to say that I
hone every member of the "Lights of
Temperance" will rale their voices and
their hearts in this sacred cause, and never
iioui tueirpeace, never stay tneir exertions,
never cease their prayers, until hitemnor-
anco.Bhall forever lib banished not only
from our own little town and county, but
from our land, and finally from tho world.
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.
A Jiay of HoJolrtiiR lit Cincinnati.
The colored people of tho city of Clncin-
nati celebrated tho adoption of tho Fif
teenth Amendment on last Thursday In
an appropriate manner. From the Cto?u-
mcrcial wc extract the following particu
lars of its detailed and interesting account
of the day's Jubilee:
As early as 8 o'clock, tho coloreiLpcople
had left tneir houses and went pouring to
wards tho Sixth street Market space, Ayith
the Clifton House for a rallying point. At
9 o'clock tho Commit tco of Management
and Marshals of the day appeared at the
uuiton ami proceeded to distribute badges
and arrange for the procession.
Delegations from Walnut Hills, from
Avoudalo, from Clifton, from Lockland,
from Cumminsviilo and from Covlngtoii
and Newport, Kentucky, arrived In car
riages and wagons, on horseback and afoot.
TUB I'noCKSSIOh.
Tho out-door feature of tho jubilee was
managed by. Isaac N. Delaney, First Grand
Marshal, and five assistants.
Tlie procession formed on Elm street,
with carriages containing the orators of the
day and tho colored pioneers, David Smith,
Stephen Irvln, Elliott Clark, Maria Casey,
Samuel Wilson, William Darns, Oscar
aaincs, and others, in front. Then fol
lowed eight and four-horse carriages, filled
with young girls, representing the Goddess
of Liberty presiding over tho States of the
Union, private vehicles filled with richly
dresscil, wealthy colored people, a company
of United States colored volunteers, under
Capt. Liverpool, and tlie following benev
olent societies :
Tlie United Brethren, one hundred and
fifty strong; tho Good Samaritans, two
hundred strong; the Good Templars, two
hundred strong. Tlie procession was also
swelled in number by the colored Ameri
cans and the Masons, who did not, how
ever, appear as a body.
Tlie notable features were banners and
mottoes, prepared for the occasion. Por
traits of Abraham Lincoln and President
Grant were conspicuously displayed. The
mottoes were specially worthy of note as
oxDressing tho gratitude, political proclivi
ty" and feelings of the enfranchised host,
and while Currier's and Walters' cornet
bands headed the Cincinnati division, and
tlie Newport Barracks band headed the
Kentucky delegation, fill tho joyou" air
with dispiriting music, wc will glance at
the moving panorama as it passes along
tlie street, viewed from both sides by win
dow and doors full of sympathetic people.
THE JIOTTOES.
"Peace, Prosperity, and Good Will to all
Mankind," with a picture of Lincoln wri
ting the Proclamation of Emancipation,
and a picture representing a colored man
depositing his vote in a ballot-box, in con
trast with a colored man tied to a post,
while an overseer applies the lash, to rep
resent 1860.
Avondale Is represented by a wagon
with tho motto "Trust in God" while n
little school-l)oy stands under a canopy
witli his hand resting upon tho pages of an
open bible. " In God we Trust' "Labor
and Liberty." Tlie Colored Orphan Asy
lum occupies a wagon and carries a mam
moth American Hag.
"In the War for tlie Union 200,000
strong."
" John C. Calhoun bullded better than
he knew."
" In time to servo tho Bible."
"Clrcleville don't like the Fifteenth
Amendment" Picture of a stubborn-ass,
and a bull attempting to butt a locomotive.
"The Declaration of Independence used
to be called a glittering generality, it i
now an accompllsned fact."
"The American Eagle no longer a buz
zard." - .
JTho Kentucky, delegation, mainly irom
Covington and NoWiKirt, displayed a mot
to promising the Southern Railroad 40,000
votes, lu tho affirmative.
A wagon boro a pyramid, on tne siues oi
which were inscribed tlm names of tho old
time distinguished abolitionists, and the
later prominent menus oi uuhi-inh nu
fragc. Also the names of battlefields in which
colored troops distinguished themselves.
"Honor to Grant and tlie people, and
tho Fifteenth Amendment."
"Truth and Justice have at lust pre
vailed." m, ,
"Wo Praise tho. Lord, wo Thank our
Prlcuds."
"Red, White and Blue no distinction
of color." n ,
"Emancipation 18G3, Suffrage 18i0."
"Fremont 1801, Hunter 1802, Lincoln
1803." , ,
" Grant our next choice."
Speeches wero made by Judges StorerJ
Taft and others, which wo are sorry ,wo
have not room to publish.
Tho Princess Salm-Salm promenade-
overs day -with her baby under tlie Lin
den, In Berlin. The family of her husband
has thus far refused to hold any Intercourse
with her. i m
Napoleon tho Third says ho is a believer
in homeopathy ; but whenever hp Is taken
sick, ho Bends Tor his allopathic court
physician. m , m
Some South-German papers mention a
rumor that General Sigel will shortly re
turn to his native country and remain
there. u
Victor Hugo derives every year yet a
eopy-rJglit of nearly fift'- thousand francs
from the sale of his old novels in France.
Tho handsomest young Boj-ar in St. Pe
tersburg bears the euphonious name of
Count Kratlsmayashajowsky.
