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YOL. I.
KNOXVILLE, TENN., WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1&70.
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NO. 8.
' - EDITORIAL C0RBE8P0NDENCE.
BlNUltAM HoUHK, PlIILADKI-lMII A, 1
Mn17tl; jg&
. After tolling another day liiNcw York,
the warmest of thqseasoiij wo took our de
parture on the li o'clock train, and about
three hours HUlUceil to plnco us within tho
spacious limit) of the city of " brotherly
Love." We nro being handsomely enter
tained at tlio Blnghnm House, tho pleasant
and quiet , quarterH of which present an
agreeable contrast with tho jargon and con
fusion met with in the great city from
which we have j lift come. J ust an we were
leaving Now York, wo met witli our old
friend, Tllghman Haws, with his genial
better-half, and were pleased to find them
enjoying themselves so well.
INlir.IT.NUKNCF. HAM.
Our first impulso on rising from bed thin
1 morning, after a good night's rest sweeten
ed by yesterday's labor, was to see Inde
pendence Hall ; and immediately after an
early breakfast we proceeded to gratify
that impulse, Wo found the Hall closed,
but through the kindness of the Superin
tendent, gained admission, and stood with
feelings of profound veneration within its
.sacred precinct sacred to Americans as
lieing the spot where tho plans by which
they were made freemen first assumed a
definite shape. With awe we gazed upon
the old bell which first pealed forth tho
glad souLds of "freedom from British op
pression. On beholding tho plain old table
upon .which that immortal document, the
Declaration of Independence, was signed,
wo could not repress feelings of deep emo
tion. The bell was imported froui Eng
land in tho year 1752, for the use of the
State House. This building was com
menced in 1729 and completed in 17.H4
about one hundred and thirty-six- years
ago. It cost was about .5,600, and is a
creditable evidence of tho liberal public
spirit of our forefathers By care, it lias
been kept in a-good state of preservation, a
strict surveillance being kept over relic
hunters, to prevent them carrying away
the building by blocks and splinters. We
-procured a ticket of admission to the stee
ple, which we ascended and obtained a
view of the city. The splendid buildings,
the shipping, the well-laid-out squares, to
gether with the rivers and surrounding
c'ountry, present a splendid panorama well
worth .beholding. The doorway to the
steeple is kept by a .little girl, who, we sup
pose is compensated by the sale of photo
graphic pictures of the steeple and build
ing. Her winning Ways .and pleasant
smiles make it almost impossible for.oneto
refuse to buy her pictures. The city au
thorities have been attempting to nego
tiate for the square in front of-tho Hall,
upon which to erect a commodious City
Hall. As yet they have not succeeded, nor
should they ever. This ground is too sa
cred to be used for any such purpose. It
Is consecrated by too many precious memo
ries, which will ever bo held in hallowed
remembrance as long as the Ameri
can people Vespect the noble sires of
the Revolution. The grove on the square
is most beautiful, and'nstho birds warbled
their joyous songs in the spacious branches
of the surrounding trees, wecould hut look
upon thorn as boinghispired by tho God of
Liberty and Freedom, to send forth these
.appropriate enchantments as a bright ex
ample to a people who have so much for
which to ha grateful. We loft- the Hatred
surroundings in a meditative mood, and,
.as we believe, with a stronger determina
tion to always oppose the mild schemes of
ineji tcikiiptet,what was so nobly begun by
a worthy people:
AMONU TIU: MAXUPACTOIlins.
Leaving Independence Hall, we went,
by Invitation, to the magnificent establish
ment of Win. J". Horstmann&Bons, man
ufacturers of Narrow Textile Fabrics, &c,
One of tho junior ineihbors of-the,firm
kindly accompanied us through the vast
.concern, lrom the first Hoor to tlio sixth
Owing to the decline- in tho consumption
of the class of goods they manufacture,
hundreds of tjicir logins arc iio"w,.idle, and
jthey complain that little is being done ;
wo, hbwoVcr, camo to a very different coiv
elusion before, wo were through tin' build
ing. Their house is the oldest, the largest,
.and in. every way tho most extensive es
tAbliflhindnt of the kind on this continent
It was established In 181-5 by the father
ofthc present senior member of the linn,
and has been In successful operation evjr,
since, meeting with successive enlarge'
mentsnnd improvements. The principal
features of their business arc the manufnc
,ture of Military Goods -and Ladles? Dress
Trimmings Hiich as Bilk and Gold Lace
Fringe, Ornamental 811k Work, Ribbons
Braid, Tassels, &c., &c', also, Cords, Car
pet BipulJjgs, Masonic Swords, Bolts, anil
Cups, atnl a hundred and one other things
toonumcronstoromcinber. Mr.Horstmann
showed us the ingenious machinery" '
which tho beautiful silk fringo is made, so
much In vogue as nh ndonnneni to the fair
jH-rsMis of tln Ijidir. NJi. h iu sf beauti
ful t'oiistmt.on nri P'd iw pntntu i
these gcntlclhcn, arc ued for covering
cords with silk and gold thread, which, by
a proper adjustment, produce a pattern oi
tho surface of the cdrd, and are so perfect
in their construction as to require butlittle
overlooking, for If a single thread should
break the machinery instantly stops. The
manufacture of military ornaments forms
a department, Iheso articles being manu
factured! by them on a larger scale than by
any othcr'house in thisountry. Female
labor is employed by them to a large ex
tent in tho weaving and making-up de
partments. One of the most Ingenious
contrivances used is the "Jacquard Looms,"
by which th'ey are enabl&dlo weave figures
and designs almost equal to a first class
engraving. We were presented with ae
nlfnilc of their building woven in silk,
which in itself seems a perfect prodigy.
Tliis Is done by means of a card with the
proper design upon it, in which holes arc
perforated where each change of the thread
is to occur, and the card is placed on top of
the loom. The manner in whii.i tills
Avorks' sccnis almost magical, ifor as the
fhuttlc files to and fro, the design begins to
appear, and then soon comes the entire fig-
i ure to be represented, the perforated Card
uoving all tho time. The Messrs. Horst-
manii have the honor of being the first to
ntrodueo this loom in this country. .
After having gone through all the rooms
in the factory, beholding the ingenuity
presented in tho establishment, we were
shown into the sales-room, where the goods
were packed up for jobbers, labelled for de
livery. Produced in tho highest style of
the art, wo saw upholstery goods, regalia,
carriage trimmings, military goods, ladles
Iress trimming-', sashes, searN, ting-, masks,
theatrical gpods, hosiery, &c.,A:c., piled up
until it really seems to us as if. the whole
country could bo amply supplied from tills
ono establishment. It is wortli a trin to
Philadelphia, if for nothing else but to visit
this establishment.
We arc going, if we can find time, to vis-
It still others of the large and successful
manufactories in this city. This country
exhibits an unmistakable evidence of what
can bo brought out by establishing and fos
tering manufacturinginterests. When we
of the South can be brought to properly ap
preciate these branches of Industries, wo
may .then begin to acquire wealth, but
while we grovel along in the old ruts, pur
suing the mine course our honest old "dnd
dlcs"'dld'n'hundred years ago, we may ex
pect poverty and hard times and richly
merit the wages of our folly.
LET THE TKUTH COME.
Tho Nashville Banner, in speaking of
the ltailroad Investigating Committee re
port, says:
" Uy tho Knoxville Ciikomci.e. of Tucsdnv.
it U suggested that tho committee 1ms been
'making fuss and fenthcrs'ovcr tho small roads
in hopo tho: public would forget tho others.'
Mover wns thero a ercnter mistake. Wo nro n6t
at liberty to intimate what will ho tho exact na-
turoofthc, final report, hut, when it docseouic,
even the partisan OuuoNictK will ho abounded
at tho extent of tho frauds committed by its
party leaders while the State Government wns
in their hands."
The Banner and Its party have had full
swecPjOf the State since it rodo into power
last August. Why-has it been threatening
this exposure, for so long? We have no
fears as to the result. We have no corruption-of
our own to hide, and wo do not care
to protect others in theirs. We want u.i'ull,
fair investigation Into the management of
mo naiiroaus and rsmooi r-unu, ami u tne
result dpes not show more Democratic cor
ruption than Republican, it will be because j
whitewashing is resorted to. We know
very well that if Republicans were impli
cated in these corruptions to tho extent in
timated by the Banncrx and dts confede
rates' in EivstrenneWee': ithey?would have
been exposed long before this.
About. tho time, this. Legislature begins
exposing corruption we shall havo someV
thing to say about the imbecility, mean
ness and corruption, of which it has been
guilty. The Banner evidently has advices
from some cohfidontiiil-frionds on the com
mittee. Wo have only to say to the Ban
ner and Its committee that we nro not pub
lishing n paper to defond corruption and
partisanism, as t has so zealously done for
many years, and that Its report has up ter-
ever, that If
the committee doesn't report
port l)0th sloes
we will undertake to complete Its tuk.
.GEN,, LONGSTREET.
4fA Democrati(f "paper in TcrineSscc 'has just
dUcovered that Gt?n. Longstrcet's generalship
was unworthy of the profession.- This opinion
was delivered by a man who won never within
tension to military ' scionce." .Iffanrn New
Era.
The W'fitj now has n fine opportunity to
review its war recortl anil give tho JVcw
Era some poUit on military science now
to Georgians. The field Is a new ono and
wo know the Whlg'wWx Its energy and
fluency could do tl)e subject justice. It
Is a challenge which can not 1k well dlsre
parried. .
K( i scrlbe lor tin 'liHoxicrA;,
LATEST BYTELEGRAPH.
SPECIAL DISPATCHES,
NASHVILLE.
I'ROCKKDINfiS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Tho Mineral Home R. It. Investigation.
The Charge of Corruption I)en(cd.
Legislature Evorcisctl on the Subject.
Dr. .Morrow Elected Slaie Treasurer.
Special I)iratch to tlio Chronlclcj.1
NASiivn.i.i:, May 2,'t lfl:40 i m. rn
tho Senate, Mr. Nelson ro-ie ton question of
privilege, quoted the card from the CiuioN
ici.i: over tho name of John Baxter, Im
puting that the Railroad Investigation
Committee- were bribed and bought up,
and heXlenied the charge, challenged an
investigation of the charge made in the
Cintoxici.i:, and demanded that Baxter
be made to show wherein the report on
the Mineral Home ltailroad was wrong.
He called for proofs and names of those
bought up by corruptionists, and asked
who are tho bribed members.
Nelson otlbred a resolution calling for a
committee to investigate Baxter's Charge
against tho Railroad Investigation Com
mittee. Adopted under suspension of the
rules.
Mr. Clement-on i-tatod he had a letter
from John Baxter, alleging thattho report
did him (Baxter) great Injustice, and -requesting
a duplicate of his deposition in
the hands of the committee.
Mr. demolition announced that he will,
to-morrow, oiler a joint resolution on the
subject. .
Both Hoiwes nro .In convention.
Dr. Wm. Morrow, of Knoxville, was
elected Treasurer, and E. It. Pennebakor,
of Nashville, Comptroller. Damon.
WASHING TON.
Indian i'lilcN t Mod Jtc.l Cloiut In AVnsli
IiirIoii. Wasiiiwiton," May 12.",. A dozen Tu
'diau chiefs, including Spotted Trail, Hwift
Bear, Fast, Best and Yellow Horn, nre
coming here, at the suggestion of Parker,
the Indian Commissioner, to meet Bed
GI6ud,'the hostile Indian" cliief. They left
Sioux City on Friday.
Gov. Bullock has addressed a letter of
ten pamphlet pages to the Senators and
Representatives in Congress who sustain
the reconstruction acts, In reply to the
speech of Senator Ferry, and the charge of
the Judiciary Committee that he paid ex
orbitant prices to tho Washington Chroni
cle for ccrtaliLpubllcntions.
Tho President nominated H. A, Bar
tham, of North Carolina, Consul to Tnni
plco; and 0. 1). Smith ns Collector of tho
8th District of Virginia.
Commander Gilles was ordered to duty
as Llghthous-e Inspector of the 4th Dist
rict. ThO'titcanier 'Benicia'-lias arrived from
Janerio. AH on hoard are well. It
encountered in latitude one hundrcd'and
longitude twenty-four, two earthquakes,
followed by heavy meteors.
' NEW-VORK. ;
llusert ion of Thirty NoltlTor ?ltiaons'li!r-
miiiii; mem. ,
Wi:st Point, May 23. Thirty soldiers
of the Sapper Corps luwe deserted, on ac
count of alleged harsh treatment. Tho
Government has ofTered a reward of fifty
dollars each for their capture. A largo
numberof the poorer citizens of WestFoint
ihaveiioinedithosoldiorsjiiv.tho'inirHuit.
"' Nnw W?,"May1&&fho executive of
ficers of tho Adams Express. Company hero
state that the report of tho sale of tho Geor
gia Stato Road to the Company is without
foundation.
A dispatch to the New York Democrat,
from La Crosse, says tb.o number of lives
lost by the'recent fire there will exceed
fifty men, womejvahd children and that-
railroad and steamboat managers are mix
lous that the number. burned and drowned
should not be known. Of the crowd of
emigrants on board the Ill-fated steamer,
few were saved.
Tho Albany Argus, of this moruiiig,
makes tho Democratic -majority in tho
State election, on the Judiciary tlckqt,
OHIO.
Action of I ho I'rettbytcriuu HynoU.
Cincinnati, May 21,-The Committee
on tho Signs of tho Times of tho General
Synod of the Reformed Presbyterians re
ported a-long list of indications calling for
the mourning of tho people, including the
mnrriaco relation and Government corrup
tion. Tho ttueation of union with tho
'United Presbyterian Church Is the spetd
order trr Mommy.
ninj;i. vk AccinEvr.-
A llurrel of AIn IlurstN In it Nitloon immI Al
most ItlllN tlio lliirkcccr. '
Tuesday morning, a distressing accident oc
curred at tho bar of-Cooper's Ililliard Sal6on, "
on Gay'strcot, whereby tho barkeeper, Mr, John
Stumpf, better known by tho soubriquet of
"Dover," was
DANunaouHtY wouxiiEn.
Tho facts ns wo learned them arc aliout ns fol
lows: About six o'cloolc, Mr. Sturnpf entered
tliq room and nttcmpted to movd n barrel of ale,
for tho purpose of setting it behind tho bar,
when
THE HAltKKI. IIUUSTKU
with a sharp report, rending tho head asunder
and Sending tho larger portion, witli almost tho
fbrco of a ennnou shot, to the ceiling, knocking
off the plaster nnd starting a plank from tho
floor of the Vrest and Ilrrahl job room. Tho
other fragments struck Mr. Sturnpf in the face,
iiiiEAKiNo ms nr-r-ER jaw honk
in two place?, knocking out ono of bis front
teeth and loosening tho others, lacerating tho
roof of his mouth In a shocking inntmer, nnd
tore its Way through the sphenoid bone, frac
turing ins noo, and throwing him to tho floor
with
GREAT VIOLENCE.
A colored boy wa' in tho billiard ball at tho
time, and heard Mr. S. move tho barrel and
then tho repor, and ran' hastily in and witnessed
the di6tresring sight'. Tlio unfortunate young
man wns lying on his fueV
llLEKniXd l-UOFUSKLV,
while, tlio wnlls nnd ceiling wero dripping nnd
tho floor streaming with tho foaming liquid.
Two colored boys nro employed by Mr. Coop
er, and tho other having arrived, ono went for
tho surgeon while, his companion, nssisted by a
gentleman who had como in, attracted by tlio
unwonted noUc, convoyed" tho sufferer to his
room.
The man of lancet hOon nrrlved, nnd the rio
bMng
VBUV CUITICAt.,
tho wounded youth was taken to tho Franklin
House, whero he could receive constant atten
tion. For n whilo ids face was swollen so much that
"his eyes wero entirely closed, but Jlntcr in tlio
evening tlio swelling had soabated that lie could
see and was able to recognize his friends, many
of whom called upon him during tho day.
His injuries nro serious, but with careful nur
sing ho will probably recover. It is impossible
now to speak definitely of his hurts.
Mr. Sturnpf is thought highly of by those who
know him, nnd is n member of Knst Tenneseo
Lodge, No. 34, 1. O. O. T.
IHo.l.
Wo regret to nnnouuco that Mr. JohnStumpf
died from tho effects of his injuries, thlsniorning
nt twenty minutes of ono o'clock. For thirty
six hours previous ho hnd been delirious and
required constant care to prevent his leaping
out of tho third storywindow. Lat nightni-mi
seven o'clock, ho was sitting up, and we nre
told mndo up his bed,- nnd at that tihio wns con-'
sclous and recognized his friends. o do1
not know nt what hour his funqrnl will tako
place, but presume it will bo somo time during
tho nfternoon.
Tlio I'lmeriil,
Jtr. iStuinpf, who was-, mortally injured last
Tuesday morning, by the explosion of n bar
rel of nle, wns buried on Snbbatji afternoon.
His romaiiH wero followed to tho cemetery by
East Tennessee Lodge No. it 1, I. O. O. F and
many members of Holston Lodge, in regalia, of
tho same order, together with tho Sons of Her
mann, also in regalia, und member-uf Wio Turn
Vcreiu Association. On reaching tho'e.eiiietery,
it wns thronged witli' crowds of, citizens, who
did not march in tlio procession". "
Tho,reniains wero consigned to tho grave ac
cording to tlio beautiful formula of Odd Fellow
ship, after which other ceremonies peculiar to
tho fniternity of tho Pons of Hermann wero
gone through. It wu- tho largest concourse
scon in Knoxville for a long time.
A Cohl Illnoilrtl Murtlcr.
We lenrn from a correspondent in Kogers
ville, Tenn., of a cold blooded and dolibcrato
murder which took plnco nbout ten miles north
of Itogersviile, on tho 17th instant. On the
night of tho 17th, a strnngo man called nt tlio
house of Thomns Sizomore, nnd asked him to
como out to tlio gate of tho ynrd to get n letter.
Sizcmoro went out as requested, and was hand
ed n pieco of paper- JUflt ns ho took tlio paper
ho vnf shot through the head, tho ball entering
over tlio eve A second hot wns sent through
his right breast, tho two diol producing jnstiwt
death, The man committing tho. murder icit
nt.-once, nnd has not yet been arrested. Tho
dead' man wa's qu(et and indutrlous, and has
boon for somo time past engaged in teaching
sebool. Ho hnd been nway from homo all day
on tho 17th, working for a neighbor, some ,two
miles from his home. A strange man, supposed
to bo tho same who murdered him, called nt hs
houso during.tho dny nnd asked for him; saying
ho wanted to buy somo hogs."
Tho deed was committed by a'strnngcr, asia
supposed, for tho murdered man is represented
as quiet and neighborly. Ho was" accused
of haying murdered a man during tho war near
Jtussellvillc, and also ono in this county, Ho
wns a brother to Honry Sizemoro nnd C. A.
who was killed during tho war by scoutB, and
also a brother to William O. Sizcmore, who was
killed somo two years ago by Willis. A deadly
feud lias existed between this family and some
others in tho county for years, and ono by ono
thoy havo been killed off. Ho leaves a wife, to
whom ho was married soipo lx months ngo, A
father, mother and brother survlvo hiro.
Wo nro indebted to our friend "M ' for tho
ahovo faen
irjf
,7 . fcOMMCNICAtKD.) '
A Card from Col. Jno. Baxter.
X' -'
To the Editors' of the Chronicle
The Knoxvlllo H7i of this morning
has tlio following special from Nashville:
NASiivihtK. May 1C The railroad Inr
vestigiiting. Committee mndo n lengthy
report on tho Mineral Homo Railroad.
Mr. Baxter Is implicated In frauds upon
tlio State.
The following joint resolutii n was Intro
duced to-day, in the Senate, by Mr.
Cooper, of Bedford :
"jlcmlvcd by the General AAsembli of the
Slate of Tennessee, That the Treasurer of
tho Suite Is hereby directed to demand
from the Mineral Home Railroad, and
from the Exchnngc and Deposit Bunk nt
Knoxville the SHH1.000 In bonds of the
State Illegally Issued to the President of
tho Mineral Homo Railroad, und which,
according to the, report ofthoSpocinl Com
mittee on railroads, have been illegally
sold by tho Kxchaugo and Deposit Bank.
And, upon the failure of the olllecrs of the
Mineral Home Railroad, and of tho Ex
change and Deposit Bank, of Knoxville, to
fully account with the Treasurer of the
State for tho said, bonds, then, and iu that
event, the Attorney General of tho Stato Is
hereby directed immediately to Institute
legal proceedings for the recovery of the
same in the name of the State of Tennes
see. The Pre.t and Herald contains a similar
dispatch with the words "Mr. Baxter 1
implicated in frauds upon the State" omit
ted, These dispatches evidently eincnated
from the same mind and were forwarded
In furtherance of a conspiracy to defame
me; forestall public opinion nnd divert
public attention from corruptions to be
hereafter developed by the Committee, pro
vided tho high trust confided to them is
executed with ildullty.
The statement that " Mr, Baxter is im
plicated in frauds upon tlio State," is false.
Tho Commlttce(notwithstandlngItis well
understood here thatu. portion of thorn
have been bought up by the corrupt ionists,)
I am well assured have made ii" such Im
putation upon my honor. If the have,
the imputation is fulso and miuic'ous and
without the shadow of a foundation ni the
evidenco adduced beforo them.
The Exchange and Deposit Bank is a
corporation owned and controlled hyjiio.
About October, 180!), Col. J. W. Grayson
and Mr. Thos. L. Smyth, the first Presi
dent and the last a Director of " The Minlfe
nil Homo Railroad Company." left with
my Cashier, on special deposit, $09,000 of
State bondH, ami hypothecated another
thousand for a small loan made to defray
their expenses, These bonds so left with
the Bank remained till In the early pnrt of
January, when undor auu In accordance
with a resolution of "The Mineral Home
"Railroad" Company" and the request and
they were sent to New York and sold by
the Bank for tho Company.
The transaction, so tar as this Bank Avas
concerned, was purely and exclusively a
business one. Neither I nor tho Bank had
any agency In obtaining the issuance of
these bonds, nor havo I or the Batik at any
time hau any interest in or connection
with " The Mineral Home Railroad Com
pany," or in the proceeds derived from the
sale of said bonds.
The proceeds of said bonds wero placed,
in the usual way, to the credit of Col.
Grayson, President of the Company, and
paid ns he chose to draw for it. A.alanco
remains witlf the Bauk,-and I aiiljytlad to
know that it is to bo sued $or by tho fiftato.
Courts uro the proper forums to insuro jus
tice and to expose fraud and corruption.
There both parties can lie heard, and have
the right to summon witnesses and. exinn
Inn mul ernss-exnmino them on oath, fnfc
"from the political prejudice and corrupt,
appliances wnieii ioo oiiyn eoiuroi i.egi.
latlvo bodies.
Tho motive of this insidious assault on
me Is meaner than the assault Itself. It
had an object, but will fail to accomplish
Its'nim. But this is enough for the pre
sent. I will wait until the report of tho
Committee is published. When this is
done, I may, Messrs. Editors, with your
permission, have something further to say.
I have Bome talent for ''investigating"
and I may be, and I hope- 1 will be,
under the necessity of organizing my
self into an "Investigating" Committee.
Should I be under such a necessity, I will
take a wide range, and investigate men and
measures with n freo and easy pen ; and in
doing so I will bo able to develop many
new facts, refresh the memories of several
gentlemen in and about Knoxville witli
unpleasant recollections, and astound the
community with' the many .glaring and
outrageous frauds. perpetrated upon them
by tho-comblnatlon of bad men who are
now trying to cover their tracks by crip
pling inc through such assaults.
Respectfully, Ac., Jno. BAXtiik.
. Knoxville, Tkn,N), May 17, 1870.
. As all the grog-shops- at WHlhnantie,
Connecticut, were closed.lua moment of
anti-liquor onthusiasm, a Ynnkco establish
ed a " wet Equivalent Grocery," retailing
nutmegs und sugar to his customers, and
inviting them ton free pull nt the whisky
cask.
i '
An. Arkansas paper fearlessly proclaims
thattho people must be educated, even If
every schoolhouso erected la a direct blow
at tho subscription Ust of every Democratic
paper in the State.
An Indian woman In California, one
hundred years old, has declhr6d iu a trance
that San Francisco, Is to be -destroyed by
an earthquake iu 1873. ' n
m i r 1
A sooiety has. been formeU at Pari-?, tin
members pledging themselves to bequeath
their Iwdles to the medical college for
dissection.
Bchenck explains his reported utmuU
that the tarltl bill was bclnp ""'bhledto
death by pismires," by dc?laWnp that lu
said 'TBesemcrH,"
