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KNOXVILLE WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WKDJfKSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1870. I PUBLISHERS. OFFICE: BR0WNL0WS 0L0 STAND, r.iitrniico on (JAY HTIIEKT. I".nil Mile. Between Malnottd 1UU streets. TIIUJIS Of HUHSCHIl'TIO.V. On cow, one year. Ono copy, six month l" Ton ones, ono year Twenty co!ef, one year, w WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10. 1870. THE CHEAPEST AND BEST PAPER. By mi agreement between the publisher of the Whiff, Press and Messenger Mid Chkonicm:, the niton of subscription to the Weekly are uniform ; i. c, Two Dol lars each to sing'le subscribers ; elubs often, $17.50; elubs of twenty, $30.00. Each pa pir now stands upon its merits. The Vi '.kly Chiionici.k, at the samo price of the Whig or Press ami Messenger, la the cheapest paper in East Tonne-see. It eon tains almost twice as much reading matter as the Press and Messenger, ami more than the Whig. It contains the latest telegraph ic news and the Market Report", and is, the most desirable and cheapest Weekly in East Tennessee. THE RESULT We invite the special attention of our renders to our special dispatched from every point in East Tennessee from which we could hoar by telegraph. From them they can form a .judgment of the general re sults of the election in East Tennessee. The llgures, so" far as we can form an es tinmte.showageneral Republican triumph throughout East Tennessee. The results of the day's work are highly satisfactory, and we congratulate our friends upon the cheerful prospect for the coming exciting fall elections. 0US RETURNS. The CiiKoxiCLE of yesterday morning contained the most complete, reliable and general election news of any paper pub lished in East Tennessee, and more than any paper in Knoxville ever published the morning after the election. We give again this morning special dis patches from several important points, and ive invite the attention of our readers to the full returns from several of tlu? coun ties of East Tennessee, from which they may be able to gather new- as to local con tests. We have collected this new.- tit some trouble and expense, and hope our enter prise is appreciated by our readers. We will say in this connection that we have made arrangements so that hereafter we will have special dispatches from the East giving the late.-t war news not includ ed in the regular press dispatches. Knox ville is now a city numbering some llfteen thousand inhabitants, and we are deter mined that in the C!1iomcik its citizens phalli 11 nil a paper worthy of its impor tance and position. We are satisfied that our citizens appreciate legitimate enter prise, and we are desirous of meeting their Wf nts as far as we can. A CHECKMATE PROPOSED. Jfoiy that the Knoxville ring lias fulled in electing its party candidate for Criminal Court Judge, we are informed they are making arrangements to have the Court abolished so soon as the Assembly meets. The ring had Judge Jones' head cut oil-because he would not consent to accept a nomination from the 4th of July " farce," and we should not at all 1m surprised if now they cut off M. L. Hall's head be cause he had the effrontery to beat their candidate. Wo are really very sorry for Mr. Lewi, for he Is a very clover man, but as he was indiscreet enough to identify his race with the men who forced upon our people this " One Man's Court," he must sutler the consequences. Tf the Democrats really want to do the county some good, we can make some sug gestions to them in referonco to this Court which may be of some value. If they will repeal so much or thi Crim inal Court Act as compels Knox county to pay the Judge's salary, or as empowers tho Judge to appoint his own jurors, we will heartily second all such efforts. These are features of the bill which we have oppo-ed on principle, and we will favor their repeal even though the dangerous iower confer red is now in safe and fearless hands. But as we have said before, all the legis lation that created this Court, and abolish ed the County Judge, was partisan and in tended for some special purose, and we are not surprised now that the result of the election Is so contrary to their expectations, to hear that the "ring" has dotermined to abolish it. It would be in perfect harmony with the legislation and spirit of tills As-Bf-mbly. A MANUPAcruiiiNO establishment with a capital of $50,000 would employ one hun dred men, and Increase the population of the city a thousand. It would bo n good Investment for our monl&d mun and for the fit. Cannot such, nn establishment hi started ? j ALLEGED PENSION IRRZaULAEITIES. The pension ofllce has font n special agent to Tennessee to investigate certain charges prefer red against lion, llodoriek It. Butler, of Congre.s from that State, and Judge Wimpy, n member elect from Georgia. If tho tostimony in tho hands of tho pension ofllco proves truo, both will bo arrested. It appears that pensions havo been paid on, papers fbrgod by somo one, and that, to prevent detection, subsequently othor documents were forged. Tho department awaits a satisfactory explanation from tho part ies it suspects. We llnd the nbove in the Washington correspondence of the Baltimore Sun. Similar statements have appeared in other papers. We know nothing as to the truth of the charges preferred, and of course do not Intend to express any opinion upon them. But if these charges are true, we have only to say, that we hope the Secretary of the Interior will take prompt steps to have a just punishment indicted. If not true, it Is duo both gentlemen that a speedy and full investigation relieve them of the serious imputation now rest ing upon them. We do not care to what political party men accused of such frauds belong. If gtty they deserve punishment, and we know that in the Honorable Secretary of the Interior we have a just man, who will see that full justice is done. If Innocent, they will have a speedy and full vindica tion ; if guilty, they will be dealt with as the law provides. The integrity of the public service can only be secured by a faithful execution of the laws. Corruption must be exposed and punished, whether in high or low sta tions. We hope that these charges tire untrue, and that a speedy investigation may so es tablish them. WHAT DOES IT MEAN! Our neighbor of the Whig has at lust been whipped into the traces. He has for some time shown an independence and candor truly remarkable. He could not yield a hear ty support to the Executive Committee, as at present oltlcered, and verv frankly stated objections. He wanted, hesaid, a "man of brains " at its head. He did not want to support an inefficient administration of o important a part of the political ma chinery. It was only the other day that he denounced, in unmeasured severity, the "knavery" ud unscrupuloiisness of the little tricks resorted to in behalf of Brown for Chancellor. In the spirit of a man, he spoke out, and declared such low cunning unworthy of the canvass for such a high ofllce. We do not know what mighty influences have been at work to curb this proud spirit, to temper this fiery leader, but certain it is such agencies have been at work, for now he is gentle as a land). He repents, and is willing to succumb. He is anxious to work in the traces if the master will not be, too exacting. He said yesterday morning upon this subject. "We have had some slight jars in our political family, but we are all becoming more considerate, and therefore, the wise purpose lias been form ed to cultivate more amicable relations." There it is. The lion and lamb lying "around looe," cooing n- tenderly as two doves. What a spectacle for peace-makers ! II'v great thcchtirigc! But we look now for hard work. The junior Interloper of the organ litis the reins anil wlUp in hand, and if he does not make the Whig man work lively and stibmis-ive- jy, we are much mistaken in hi- nature. He lias felt keenly the thrusts of his con ...... 4V.1.. 1 t . . . iviiiiiui.ir.v ; leu mom wiion ne nail no means of retaliating; but now that lie is in the ascendancy, we shall bo mistaken if we do not see the lion very sorely tried. But we cannot longer contemplate with patience tills: remarkable spectacle. Just when all the world Is deeply absorbed in the war in Europe, we are suddenly called upon to witness a reconciliation more re markable, and perhaps in it- way, quite its significant as it would be just now to see Bismarck and Napoleon bury the needle gun and ehussopot and smoking their meer.-chaum- over a bowl of rhino wine. BANNER DISTRICTS. In the recent election, the twenty-first district, soutli of the river, polled 11(i votes, giving Judge Temple U." majority. This is owing to the fact that voters turned out auil had iKisted themselves upon the Issues. 'Ihlsisthe banner district of the county Others have done well. In the fourteenth, out of 110 voles, Brown, the straight-out Democratic candidate, received ten. The fourteenth and twenty-first have, until re cently, voted together, and they have glorious record. The fourth and fifth come up nobly, the former giving a Republican majority of HI), Him me inner m. i no cigmn district over came u small Conservative majority and gave a Republican majority of lio. This may he owing to the fact that about forty copies of the Cuitoxirm: are taken in that district. Wherever there has been proper exertion, the result Is encouraging. There should be a thorough organization in every district in the county preparatory to the fail campaign. Let it take place at once. Every exertion will be used by the Democracy to bring about success, and It behooves us to meet it with a iiTopopd Jng effort on our part. Let district meet ings he held and committees of aetivo, working men splinted, Wliiuh district will bo the first to organise and furnish such organization for publication in the OUR SCHOOLS. It needs no argument nt this day to con vince every right-minded man of the im portance of n good and efficient system of common sohools.v The education of the people lies at the root of all national-prosperity. The com paratively trilling cost is repaid many times over by the Increased value of property. The diminished expense for criminal prose cutions, jails and penitentiaries, and the numberless benefits which actual experi ence has shown to bo tho result from the education of the youth of our land. Even those who at heart, for their own selfish purposes, oppose any plan which places the child of tho poor man on a compara tive equality with that of the rich in the race of life, aro obliged to conceal their sentiments. They dexterously pretend friendship for tho cause in general, but maintain n constant hostility to any sys tem that seems likely to accomplish the object in view. While avoiding a declara tion of open hostility to public education, they nevertheless contrive never to give the children of the country any practica ble and efficient means of obtaining the same. Here in East Tennessee we arc in a posi tion to appreciate even more than the citi zens of the State iu general, the advanta ges of a good free school system. Much of our territory is but thinly settled, and in such districts especially, is it found that subscription schools cannot bo depended upon. Unless there tire free schools, the main bulk- of the children will grow up comparatively without education. Then, too, in East Tennessee we have more school children in proportion to our wealth, than in the other portions of the State. Wo receive a greater proportion of school money than we pay. A good school system, while largely to the advantage of the whole State, would be especially bene ficial to East Tennessee. Let us look for a moment at what our present Legislature has done for the School cau-c. The Republicans had inaugurated a school system. It had, like every new and important measure, much opposition at first. It came into existence when the whole machinery of the schools was still disjointed by the war. School houses were in ruins, teachers scarce, money by no means plenty in the treasury, and alto gether a mostMiscouraging prospect of any great immediate results. But steadily fi'oni the beginning it gained favor with the pub lic and converted enemies into-friends. It was not, as some persons seemed to imagine, an invention of the Tennessee Legislature, but u careful adaptation of the results of the experience of teachers and school officers in States where systems of free schools have long been in sttcccssfu and harmonious operation. Defects which were displayed In its prac tical workings were carefully corrected by the Legislature as they appeared. Defects perhaps slill existed, but in spite of them all thegreat facts were apparent that houses were built, school districts were organized, and the children were gathered in and taught. The report of the State Super in teudont showed from actual official figures that, while its yet the system was eompara tively in its infancy, between one and two hundred thousand children hud been actu ally enrolled a.- scholars iu the free schools throughout the htatc. .livery suc ceeding year would have made the system better understood and more successful in its working-, and any needed changes could have been readily made without interfering with the general progress of the education of the children of the people. In this State of allitirs the present Legis lature came into power. Killed with thei general hatred of everything that had been done by the Republicans, they at once with one blow swept the system from existence, and shut the doors of the .school houses iu the faces of the children. For very shame they diired not omit to enact some sort of a substitute. But what is it'.' The result of their different bungling efforts to conceal the mischief they had done has left the matter In such a condition that not one man in a hundred has any knowledge of what tho law is, and except in tho few counties where the County Court will pro vide for a school fund by a county tax, there will lie no free schools. Last year at this time free schools were opening throughout the Stttte. Xow no enumeration lias been taken up, no school officers have been cho-en, and no schools are being opened. This is the worknf tho present Legislature of Tennessee, the outcroppings of a spirit which would take from the children of our land all opportunity of obtaining the in valuable boon of education. 1'nder tile present exeu-e for a school system, we will have as a general thing no schools. We do not exaggerate when we say that there is no measure so vitally Important to the material and moral prosjiority of our State as a good free school system. Xo mail wlio Is not in its favor should he sent to ine Legislature, especially rrom l;at i isnpolcon. The Washington correspond-Teniies-ee. Tlip people have tills cause ! cut of the New York Tribune, in noticing deeply at heart, and when our next Gone-1 the rumor, says: nil Assembly Is elio.-eti we trust that the' "(ion. Sherman ny tho story that tho French Common School question will he made a ' Kmporor lias reftieed to allow (Jon. Sheridan to . . ... ,. j. ,, , . ,,. eomo within tho Froneh lint is not true, from te-t question with all candidates. Wo can-1 the plain fact that Gen. Slioridati has not vet not afford to b false to tho rising genera- idi' such n wjuent, and it is liotatallimproln- inI, It you want lllll-Hwids gotten up in the bt i o, Ko w mm CU3W.ICJ. Jul office, THE GREAT C0NTLICT. The war news from Europe which we publish this morning Is exciting and of tho greatest importance. Tho movement fore shadowed in the Chkonicm: of Saturday morning has been made, and the result Is i victory of great magnitude and of tho highest import to the German cause. There Is but little doubt now but that a very largo army has been concentrated on Ercnch soil, operating from Welssenburg and Treves as bases, with Paris as its objective 2oint. If tho victory of Saturday Is of tho magnitude reported and of this even tho French report leaves but little doubt we think It not Improbable that tho second conflict at Mctz, if one is risked by Napo leon, will result in a third triumph for the Germans and carry them triumphant to the gates of Paris. A battle at Mctz, if fought at all, will be one between the entire armies of both bel ligerents. Tlie victorious army coming from Welssenburg will bo Increased by the tremendous armies from the direction of Coblentz and Maycnce, and the forces en gaged will be full a million of men. This terrific contest can not now be long delay ed. The result is uncertain, but with tho prestige of Welssenburg and Worth, the chances are decidedly In favor of the black eagle. These movements are of course merely speculations, but we think thorn plausible because of the immense German forces concentrated on the French frontier, and of the well known vigor and dash of Moltke. But whether these speculations be plausi ble or not, certain it is that every hour is now pregnant with momentous events. The map of Europe is being revised on the battlefields where theChassepot and needle gun are being practically tested, and Napo leon may lose his throne before the Ides of September. A CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR. Now that tho Judicial elections are over, we have to suggest to our State Central Committee the expediency of fixing upon some early day for the meeting of a State Convention for the nomination of a Re publican candidate for Governor. The re sult of Thursday's voting shows that in East Tennessee we have a decided majority and in every county an active, energetic party that will fight gallantly and stub bornly in ti State canvass. We want a State organization. Wo need some contest which will bring about in every county in the State a thorough organization, and en able us to make a determined and vigor ous struggle for a strong representation in the next General Assembly. Under the new Constitution an able and active mi nority in the Assembly can defeat all such infamous schemes as were projected in tho last, and there is no rea-on why Ave should not be represented to such aw extent. East 1 enncssce alone can send such a representa tion, and we are exceedingly anxious that she should do it. In tills State with all the aid of the patronage of the general govern ment and with the strong majorities in .r.asi leniiessee, we io not see why wo should not have an active and strong State organization. We are not disposed to give the Held entirely to tho enemy. With a consciousness oi our just ami progressive principles, and with the infamous record of Tennessee Democracy to aid us, we feel confident of being able to make a strong and aggressive canvass. We hope, therefore, that our State Com mittee will take into consideration tho policy suggested, and that we shall sou hear of a movement for a State Conven tion, a strong nomination for Governor, and of earnest preparations for a vigorous campaign. HOW THE WAR WILL AFFECT US. A correspondent has lately interviewed President Qrant as to the effect the present European war will have upon American Interests. The President said : "Tho effect of tho war on this country will bo ...... .i.gn.j Awj.tui, jiairu. uur war raiscu values, not only here, but nil over tho world. 1 eoplo couldn't live in Europe after one, nor one-half ns cheap as before. Tho present war mines in Europe. Americans will eomo home. Iron and leather and coal will ad vance there. Then wo can competo with them without a tariff. Tho war will be a self-imposed high tanli; imposed on every nrticlo of foreign importation. This war (and hero tho Gcnoral was enthusiastic) will bo tho greatest blessing that could bo afforded to'America. It will r:iso huropu to tin equilibrium of prices and labor. Our factories will startagain. Importations will cease. They will no longer bo ablo to make a coat cheaper in Europe than in this country. Our breadstuff, and bacon will havo to furnish their quartermaster's department indirectly. ?i. . ,v''l advance and general farm produce will bring correspondingly high figures if tho war InsU, a I now think it will. Our bonds will eomo homo at first, but they will bo quickly absorbed. Thoy are safe, and foreigners aro even now making largo deposits of them in AmericiTn banks. Many nru coining back, but few want to rcalixo on thorn, They make a suro revenue for them, no mutter how the war turns out at home. 'I'm: Democratic press seem to circulate with pleasure tho report that Uen. Sheri dan litis been refused permission to come within the French lines by tho Emperor "i mm "e win go to norilli uotoro lie Uoui to Pari. Th.. Dnllv ,,,.,1 w,,.n,. f!n, , ... .i.,. j boukuttrei), only nyo co:iW per copy. ' A MERITED COMPLIMENT. Tho following compliment to the able Secretary of the Interior, is frotn Don. Pi att, Washington correspondent of tho Cin cinnati Commercial. He has not of late been much given to saying anything com plimentary of Gen. Grant or his Cabinet, so that this deserves all the more attention. With great unanimity tho press of the country approved the message of the Presi dent referred to by the correspondent, and wo aro very sorry Congress did not make some arrangmcnt to give it due considera tion. It was a golden opportunity for America, and one it may not yet be too late to Improve. Don Piatt's compliment is as follows: OUn AVIOATIOX CAWS. Tho sudden and somewhat unexpected mes sage of tho 1'residcnt, sent m during tho closing Hours ot uongrcss, asking for a repeal of so much of our navigation laws as prohibited Americans from tho nurchaso of forciirn-built vessels, lias been, within tho last few days, nc- counica lor. i no tacts havo eomo out through General Dent, that this was (r iJf .JT'.?Wn meeting, over n week beforo adjoiEJi'Sfertc, by General Cox, Secretary of tho Interior. It was seconded promptly and earnestly by Secretaries b isli and Uclknap, and opposed by Secretaries Uoutwell and Roheson. tho Inst inmnrnd bv tho breezy Porter. The President took no sides, un til news ot tno wnr rcaciieu mm, nna then ho suddenly sided with Cox, and prepared his mes sage. t Ohio has every reason to bo proud of tho grow ing influence of tho member to tho Cabinet sho furnished. His actual knowledge of the wants of tho people, nnd his breadth or viowf, arc only equalled by the courage with which ho maintains his conclusion?. MAJ. A. H. PETTIB0NE. We announce elsewhere the name of Maj. A. H..Pcttibono, of Greenevlllc, as a Republican candidate for Congress In the First District of this State. Maj. Pettibone has been for some years a prominent, ac tive and Influential member of the Repub lican party in this State. Ho was on the Electoral Ticket for Gen. Grant in 1808, and has been for sometime tho able and very acceptable Attorney General of the First Circuit. Ho is a lawyer of fine at tainments, a gentleman of thorough cul ture, a speaker of great force and ability, and would make a splendid canvass fully tho equal of any candidate the Democracy can put into the Held. Mr. Pettibone has hosts of friends in the District, and we doubt not will make a strong fight, if not a succcssfnl one, for the nomination. IMPORTANT TO TENNESSEE OFFICERS. We havo seen a letter from the Third' Auditor's Office, Treasury Department, to tho Governor of the State, calling his at tention to the trouble tho Department ex periences in communicating with officers of Tennessee regiments having unsettled accounts with the Quarterniuster's De partment. Heretofore the Third Auditor has been enabled to learn of the addresses of most of these officers by writing to tho State Adjutant General. But of late letters to that Department do not receive the at tention they deserve. The Third Auditor would be obliged if till Tennessee officers having busi ness or accounts with the Quartermaster's Department unsettled would furnish him with their address. A NEW SYSTEM OF PROMOTION. Tho civil service of the Government can only be improved by placing tho officers ami employees upon their merits as men. If they are competent nnd faithful, they should be restrained, if incompetent and unworthy they should be removed. Wo are glad to see that the head of one of the Departments at Washington has adopted a system of promotion by which men of merit and talent will be rewarded as against those who hold place merely because Of their po-itiou and influence. A dispatch to the New York Tribune says : " Secretary Cox, of the interior, ha ordered that competitive examinations bo held in beau reaiu of tho interior department when appoint ments aro to bo made. The head of tho bureau, with two other competent persons, will conduct tho examination. WEISSENBURO. The dispatches of this morning make tho following news concernlngWeissenburg of present interest. The heights referred to iu tho dispatches probably refers to tho line of works on tho line of the frontier. Welssenburg is marked on the map as an Important French fortress of the second class : "At Weiiscnburg the French frontier de scends from tho mountains into the beautiful and fertilo plains of Alsace, following tho River Eatttcr to tho Rhine, which Franco enjoys for her eastern boundary from tho Lauterburg to Bade. The "Wcissonburg Lino" waa built un der tho direction of Marshal Villars during tho war of tho Spanish succession, and consisted of a chain of light works running from tho left bank of tho Rhino along tho Lauter, nearly 15 miles Weissenbnrg Itself being surrounded with walls and towers while above it stood tho majestic fivc-baMioued "Iturgfcstung." This wliolo lino was abandoned in lbli", by imperial decree, though tho works were not razed. Tho ame decree degraded Unguium, which never hail served any very important purposes as n fortress, uiilo-s in guarding the inmerial lowclit I of Friedricli I." Wk liuve now a regular correspondent in Washington, whose llrst letter we publish this morning, to which we invite atten tion. Ho is a gentleman of ability ami ex perience as a newspaper man. Wo of course do not wish to be understood as al ways endorsing his views, but wo will give him a reasonable latltudo to express ids own views, having conlldcncc In his judg ment and discretion. Tin: returns show that the Baptists did not rally to Brown as Humane was so eer- l Uiu they would.