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I""" JAnjoJibiHc ; clcchlji drontclc : Stjcbiusbag, Jtbruarn 17, 1875. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE. 1 h. rmosirt t mailail traa to any .t,lre o aa.. Hairs of rivrrllain In Weekly. Trslint.. or Imk, mild, to eooititma a .quart. I B I" Br.. " C I Si I M W SO pi V) , Oft H :. 0 k fw s fvi id ri w ?oi 27 no I ft! II ! II .Mi! UX ,V :,T fci U i 14 ut ; i no au oo 4mk 7 !) 14 W; 16 'j 2 00, t). ) I row uu I TOR 8 ALU A No 1 four rr old Juk. For i articular., inauira of .1. I. Bsnnatt. Family lira r, w-n.lda Markat Bquarii, hnol vilU.lso. renal lei lea. Work is soon to lie pouiiuimiim.iI ou the ew iron bridge over the Hlwaee , river at Calhoun-Charleton. The Creene county fair come" ott'on the 29th ami :0 of September. 'J'he IntrMgenrrr urged e verybody to get ready for it. Athens Pout: "A bear weigiiiug 800 pounds wan killed near White Clift' Springs on the lilh instant. Wdi. M. Dixon, Bieevllle, in building some splendid carding machines." The most artless fashion editor .vet lieard from is the young person who riosed her remarks one day by saying . she didn't know any more then, but was going to cbureh the next day and would learn something. Cleveland Jlannrr: " The robbery of Hiram Mayfleld, between Kenton and Ducktown, in Polk county, on the 16th of January last, which I going the rounds of the newspapers, turns out to be a huge falsehood, at nothing of the kind, or a-kin to it, ever oc curred." Mr. F. Hlataper, of Pittsburg, Peuu sylvanla, is in the city, lie visits our locality for the first lime, partly with a view to recreation, and partly with a view to observations on our coal and Iron resource. He is a Civil Engl neer of distinction, ami a practical business man. Bristol Courirr; On Suu lav even ing, about 3 o'clock, the resilience of .Mrs. New-land, ou the Ileedy I reek road, sixteen miles west of Bristol, was destroyed by Are. It is thought that the lire, which originated in the kitch en, was accidental. Mrs. New land's loss is from $:i,500 to $4,000. Greene ville Intrllirffnorr ; There has been a great deal of sickness und sev eral deaths in Hawkins county tluriug the past month. The disease, says our correspondent, seems to bean epidemic altogether unknown in this country. it Is something HKe me.imgetis, hut a more fatal malady. Sweetwater JlntcrprUc : Will Cleve land went nouth last Tuesday, the tan. with another lot of Hue cattle., which were raised in this county. A srood mauy of our citizens are complaining of severe colds, (several cases or pneu ruonia, in our town and vicinity. We understand that about sixteen of Prof. Bacbman's school have the mumps. Athens Post: "Knox ville has an other baby sensation. The results of illegitimacy flow in and out of that city as regular as the tides of the ocean." Wrong again. The girl is at home in Jacksborn', Campbell county, aud got on the train with her baby at Ixmdon. How fur down the road she has been, is not known but probably as far as Athens. In speaking of schools the Greene viile Intcllifenrcr lias the following: " We are glad to state that Mr. John K. Miller, of Knox county, with 1'. Ottinger as assistant, has opened school at Cany Branch, in this county. They have 10.1 scholars perhaps the most nourishing school in the county. We believe their school got SSOO of the Feabody fund some weeks ago." Chattanooga Commercial: "The City of Knoxvllle" arrived yesterday afternoon, with over 7,000 bushels of grain and a considerable amount of miscellaneous freight. Mrs. Swish er, 70 years of age, aud relict of the late Jesse swisher, died in Charleston yesterday morning of paralysis. Wheat sold ou the wharf yesterday, all the way from 76 cents to 1.00, a good article bringing from 00 cents to 1.00. Corn was sold at HI and 82 cents rpr bushel. The Good Templars' Histrionic As sociation have determined to play "Ten Nights in a Bar Koom " at the Opeia Hou-e in about two weeks, for the benefit of Mr. Phillips, who suf fered so heavily by the lute lire, hav ing lost all Ills furniture aud clothiDg. A large number of citizens have prom ised to give the society all the assist ance possible to make it a success, and as the object is a good one, we trust that the Opera House will be crowded to its utmost capacity. One of the editors of the Milwaukee Sentinel tells us that he has been struggling with hit moustache for two years, and yet it consists of but nine hairs. He ought to know, occupying the positioii he does, that a respecta ble moustache ean't be produced with out brains. Ixiuixviltr, Courier-Journal. Well, we don't propose to ex haust our brains in that way. If the editor of the Courier-Journal had any brains to start with, he must have a frightfully long moustache he has squandered none of his brains in his editorial columns. Mil. Sent. Greeneville Inttlliirnecr : The jury now trying Frank Sevier is the second colored jury ever summoned in this county. Judge Itaiidolph, of the (Sec ond Circuit, often orders a colored Jury when the parties are colored. Valti- hle chalybeate water has leeii discov ered near Cross Anchor. It bus been analyzed and found to be very excel lent for invalids. We have heard of several cases of mciiingctis in tiiis county. It is said to be very dauger ous does its fitul work in a very short time. The county site question is uovr agitating the "sovereigns" of Sullivan county. Home waut it re moved from Blouutville to Union. If they have as much trouble about it as the Cocke county people have hsd, they had better go slow aud proceed judiciously. Mrs. Hurts, of Wash ington county, has milked on an aver age 4 cows, aud baa sold as the product of those cows 731 pounds of butter at something over au average of ti cents per pound, after supplying the family with an abundance of good milk and butter. . . Sour. .. l Hi 8 jqum 3 ID 3aaraa l.lbl 44a Mr. I J antra X. Nay Menlenee far fannler- Musi, Soou after the Federal Court met yesterday morning, t!l. Baxter arose and in snb-tance stated ihal he had noticed from the newspaper that James N. Usy bad confessed his guilt to the charge of counterfeiting pre- j ferred against htoi by the Govern-1 inenl. He said that he arose to a I personal explanation. More than! twelve mouibs since, at defendant's request, and in connection with other counsel, and upon the asservatlon by defendant of his Innocence, supporiea by a brief of the evidence, which he assured us he would lie able to adduce In his behalf, I cheerfully aud gratuit ously undertook to defend him against the charge of counterfeiting, imputed to him by the Government. He lying on the evidence as sufficient to vindi cate him against the charge preferred, we were ready for and urged defend ant to try. But through tome influ ences not known to us, the defendant initiated and has since carried on ne gotiations with the representatives of the Government, which has resulted, at the present term, in a confession of guilt. The defendmit had the unques tioned right to do this, and 1 do not complain at all. But I desire to say publicly, and to the Court, that I have bad no participation in the negotia tions, which has l-ad to this result, aud that I am in no way resiionsible for it. Maj, K. C Camp followed Colonel Baxter, stating that he bad appeared for Mr. Bay under the same circum stances as those stated by Colonel Bax ter. He considered the relation of counsel and client of such a character that he desired to protest against the action of Mr. Hay iu assuring his counsel of his innocence, while at the same time he was negotiating with the Government for terms, on condi tion he submitted his case. In one other case of a similar character be had commented severely upon a wit ness for the Government, hut had fail ed to produce his proof to justify his comments in that case, lieeause he ex pected in the case of Bay to develop this testimony fully. But the defend ant had confessed his guilt, and that in face of his assurances to the con trary, and in the face of what, seemed proof enough to establish his inno cence. He was not aware of the char acter of the negotiations with the Government prosecutor, and intended no reflections upon him. Col. A. Caldwell, one of Mr. ltay's counsel, said that, at the request of Mr. Bay and Judge Andrews, he had communicated with his Honor (Judge Trigg) in reference to Mr. Bay's sub mission, and what the Court's views ou the subject were, as Judge An drews felt it would be improper in him to approach the Judge on such a subject. So for as he knew, the nego tiations to which the gentlemen had referred in their remarks had been honorable and fair. Mil, KAY'tS STAlK-MKNTsj. Iu reply to Col. Baxter's statement, Mr. Bay stated that it was due his counsel to say that they had acted up on his statements of his innocence, ami that at the time he could have proved that he was innocent, but that since then two of his witnesses had been re moved, one by death and one by being killed on the Cincinnati railroad. He was anxious to get out of bis present position, so that he could make a liv ing. He thanked Col. Baxter, fur he had refused to charge him n fee and had always acted uMn his assurances or innooeuee. HIE SKSTESt 'K or THK Jt.RI. The Judge remarked that the state ment of counsel that they had believ ed the accused innocent strengthened his opinion that there were mitigating circumstances in the case. Ho far as he kuew anything about the case, there was no ground for relleeting up on any one. The law left the punish meut to the discretion of the Court to make it either tine or imprisonment, or both. He had thought a good deal about the case, and had concluded to sentence the prisoner to two months imprisonment, aud as Mr. Bay had expressed a wish to go to Hcott county, be would send him two mouths to that county jail. He would also line bim (1,500. He would further do what he regretted to be compelled to do, strike his name from the roll of Attorneys of this Court. The Judge said he be lieved this punishment was sufficient for the prisoner under the clrouro stai.ces. He had thought over the whole case, and this sentence, which was a little stronger than the Govern ment seemed to think necessary, he hail concluded would be about right. The prisoner was given over to the custody of the Marshal. This is the last of quite a number of cases of a similar character, which were uotorious throughout Eastern Tennessee. The indictments were found upon information obtained by Government detectives, acting in con junction with the Government ollicials here. The fact that every one of the parties have plead guilty to ti echarge, is conclusive evidence of the thorough ness and completeness with which these olllclaU performed their task. Nearly all of those implicated at the same time with this defendant are now in the penitentiary, and there was no little unfavorable comment yesterday, on (he light sentence pa seed upon Bay. To say that it did no meet with public expectation is what must have been apparent to every one who was on the streets. The current criticism is that he of all others knew he was committing a grave crime aud thut his sentence should have been of equal severity with his confederates. I YI IIVBOIIY HKAIt Till ! Koo ivr.Tloitih t Agents wanted iu every town and county in the United ntates and i)an ada, to sell the JAPANESE PKAH. 200 BUBHEL8 TO THE ACUE. Send SO cents for a sample box (that will produce from & to 10 bushels of peas), prepaid, by man, givinu terms to Agents, full directions for planting, cultivating, ftc. Address L. L. Osmknt, ii!0w4t Cleveland, Teuu. FREE!: I Best English Hewing Machine Needles 60 I ots. per dozen. Ham- I pies free. Send stamp xWiwtf 8. P. A no El., Knoxville. KNOX CTT tfrt. Accident li4 lteacha-A Roll nil Pantonine Crows. Powkli.'s Station", Feb. 1Mb. 7'.i the Ev.iU ri f the Chri Spring. Huttertlies. February's ' purty spell." Bob. Wood has had strawberry blos soms. Sabbath school open at Powell's rt!a tion next Sabbath. There was a baptising at Hei'kell's Htaiioo yesterday. Mrs. Kmarine Ogg. wife of Henry Ogg, died on Friday. Havid Coffman, who lately split his foot open with an ax, left the house, .Saturday, riding a mule, but the mule sooti returned, ntiuus the ride', Search wag made and after considerate hunt ing he was found in the woods in a state of iuntal derangement. Cir cumstances showed that the male had thrown Mr. CoTman and hi- shoulder and nck seemed to lie severely shock ed. He was taken home and recover ed his senses but could not explain the circumstance .f his accident. Mtrange to say he left, home with a gun aud was riding on a shawl and when found he was seated by a tree, a considerable distance from where he had been thrown, still holding to his gun and shawl. The crow- are i 'ore numerous than ever known in this section. Where they find a field of corn they riddle it iu a twinkle. I have swn them find a slump or log containing insects, and they would crowd to it In such num bers that the earth would be covered with a struggling heap of the famirhed birds. Home of the farmers have re sorted to poison, to protect their corn fields. One man has killed more than fifty. Jin put strychnine on corn and placed the grains where the crows would Cnd it. Wheu they picked it up some fell dead ou the spot, fie alarm was instantly given and the horriCed multitude of crows, like a black elo jd, arose from the corn f-ld aud litgbtud on the trees near by. In a moment others begau to fall from the limbs, aud the frightened flock Hew away, many continuing U fall from the riock as it went. The late freezing weather has been a trying time on wheat, aud it looks the worst for it. But the most dam age has been done the young grass, sown last nui ; much ot it has been frozen out. 1 have been thinking lately, that I would like to hear what has become of the hanriy ' q jllls " that used to put so much glow iuto the Cjikonicle. Where is " Henry?" He used to do up upper Fast Tennessee in a master ly manner. Has the tomb encased him? Where is "Gnorts?" whose articles have been set up by many a jolly printer, all around from Knox vllle to New Vork. Is Occasional " never to have another occasion to en liven us V If so then " Bemi-Oocasion-itl " Hands a poor chance. Let us hope they may yet ' itemize" for the thou sands, who read the Chronicm:. If the records show that " Fax " has left this uncertain sphere for another, where his name will have more com pany, I assume the pleasant duty of christening the tirst correspondent, who steps into his shoes. His name shall be '' Hamfax." Let us hear. Hoy. We have Beoured the services of Mr. J.B.Brooke, formerly foreman for Mr. Fraticisco. aud cue of the lent work men in the State, and we would be pleased to have you give him a trial when you wish a neat aud good pair of boots or shoes made to order. He pairing promptly done. CAMl'llELl, k Dow. SC. John's I bnreh rails a New Hector !Kj0u Km xvHIe Daily Chronicle. Feb. 14. J The Vestry of Ht. John's Episcopal Church, at a called meeting held last night, decided to send a call to Bev. Bamuel Binggold, of Hannibal, Mo., to take charge or the parish. The call was unanimous, and it is almost a cer tainty that he will accept. He was here last spring at the invitation of Dr. Howard-Smith, and together with Bev. William Gray, of Boliver, and Dr. Howard-Smith, conducted a series of meetings that resulted in great good to the parish. Duriug his visit of two weeks, preachiug every day, Mr. Bing Kold made a deep and happy impress ion upon the parish aud we might say upon tho religious element of the en lire city. He will come with the good will of every parishioner aud his ser vices will undoubtedly be very accept able. The Vestry also requested Bev. Dr. Humes and the Wardens to Commu nicate to the Standing Committee of this diooese the earnest protest of the Vestry against the confirmation of Bev. Dr. De Koven as Bishop of the Diocese of ilinois. A rdit In. thai 70,OOfl Null. The great suit which has occupied the attention of the Circuit Court aud the public for Uve days, ended, so fur as the jury is concerned, yesterday af ternoon, with a verdict of $1,000 for Mabry. The railroad company enter ed a motion for a new trial, which will probably be argued on Saturday. Our original notice of the suit has attracted very general attention, ami been a subject of comment, which we did not care to republish duriug the trial. The Memphis Appeal said that lobbyists would watch the case with interest. The Chattanooga Commir cial commented unfavorably upon it, and the Union and Amrriran put it up as " Mabry'a Big Suit." Parts of the evidence we did not comment upon at the time the case was being tried, but one portion of Colonel Nelsou's evidence showed that Kenter was a "handy Governor" to have along with a traveling party. Iu testifying about their trip to New York, to see tho President, Col Nelson tenlitled that while in New York he Seculated some in Tennessee bonds. It was done iu this way : He Mays he wrote several articles for the newspa pers calculated to depreciate the bonds, lie had Gov. Henter interviewed by a onrresondent. In this interview ttie Colonel said be wrote the Governor's answers in his presence and with bis consent, and they were to published. The purport of their Interview was to depreciate bonds. Wheu the bonds Knt low enough he invested and sold and made enough to pay the expenpes of his trip, but how much more he did not snv. Dr. J. 11. Lludsley, the indefatigable President of the Htate Tea'hers' AfSi elntiou, is not content to allow his ex cellent lecture on Normal Schools to pass by unheeded and unheard. Ha proposes to deliver it during this week in Fast Tennessee. He proposes to speak in Murfreesboro' on the subject Monday night; Chattanooga Tuesday night, and Knoxvllle Thursday night. Now is ihe lime to strike, and if the Legislature establishes Norma Schools, as wi trust they will, the peo ple ougimo i instructed as to their nature aud aim. The lecture of Dr. Llndsley does this thoroughly Han- We have had no oilier In formation as to Dr. Llndsley's proposed lecture here, except the above Darasranh In the 7 anil-r. He is a gentleman of high culture and an earnest friend of general education. If he visits our city Le should command a large au dience. Blnce writing the alsive, Mr. J. A. Hayi. Chairman of the Board of Edu cation, received a note from Dr. J. B. Lluuiley, of Nashville, saying he would arrive in Knoxvllle at iiimn on Wednesday, and desired on Thursday night to present his views on an edu calionsl system for the State. The Board of" Education will, no doubt, make arrangements for the address aud give our people, aud the Grangers from all over our State, who will lie here at that time, au opportunity of hearing one of our mist earnest and Intelligent friend'! of education. Dr. Lindsley como legitimately liy Ms zeal iu educational matters. His father before hliu held a prominent position among educated men in the Capital of the State and wielded an influence for great good In his day, aud now his son has taken the father's place and is bat tling nobly for a superior educational system for Tennessee. His views are endorsed by Dr. B. Sears, agent for the Peabody Fund, a man whose ripe ed ucation and long experience in such matters give his views peculiar weight. Let ail the people come out and hear Dr. Lludsley aud show that they are real friends of education for the masses. We learn thai the Board of Educa tion had a meeting ytsterday evening and w i;i make a'l nectsary arranges meuts lor the address. Dr. Lludsley, It will bereu"mbered, was in ourcitv during the educational meeting last year, and made many friends, and we trust ne will have a large audience. EH Ml III tiiis city on Monday, the loth Inst., of pneumonia, at 7 o'clock r. M Mrs. Nauoy Barry, In the tisth year of uer age. The deceased wa the wife of our old and esteemed fellow citizen. H Barry. Es-i.. and her death will be re ceived with sorrow by a large circle of relatives and irieuds. she was born in Loudon county, Virginia, April !.'. 1807, ami while yel a child her parents removed to Kouue county, Tennessee, where she lived until fu r marriaue. the fjii of January, lsi!, when her husband came to Knoxvllle, which hassiuce been her home. While very vnntii, alia InllmH tlia If t-- t '1. .. ...1. f which she was a consistent member until the time of her death. She was the mother of fourteen children, ten of wnom are; living ana all of whom have reached years of maturity. The fatal illness was pneumonia. combined with asthma, to which latter disease she bad been subject. She hud been con lined to her bed since Mon day, the 8th instant, the greater por tion of w lii h time she was under medical treatment, but it was not un til her span of life was almost run that she was regarded as iu a critical condi tion. She retained lull possession of her faculties almost to the moment of dissolution, conversing rationally, though witli au ell'orl, just a few mo ments before her death, and expe rienced no fear nor expressed reluc tance to cross the dread river. Bipe with years, having almost reached the allotted three-score years and ten, she calmly passed away "Like on,) who druw thti drapery f hi cout-li Abiut I iin, UD'i lien down m ileuut ttrf-juis.'' Veteran or lsi. Among the Grand Jurors now at tending the Federal Court is au old veteran ot the War of I8I1I, now resid ing in Monroe county Michael Gird ner. He was borne in Greene county, 011 the 24.h of December, 1791. At the age of eighteen he enlisted in the U. S. Army ut Greeneville under Capt. Alex. A. White. Ho was made Order ly Sergeant, aud brought seventy or eighty men to Knoxville and lodged iu the barracks iu rear of where the Franklin House now stands. When Mr. Girdner came to attend the Feder al Court last month, he good huninr edly culled upon the proprietor of tho Frauklin House and informed him thut he had called to collect his rent as he had never surrendered his title gained by squatting ou it in 181:). Af ter the warended and Gen. Jackson dis banded bis army, Mr. Girdner came back home and soon after married a daughter of Capt. Wear, of Blount county. For many years he bos resid ed in Monroe county. He was in Knoxvllle on last 4th of July to at tend our celebration and says he will come to the next celebration. He is a s'rong friend of Burnsidc and Grant. Klitie 4 red 11. We are afraid some of our friends at Nashville are agitating aud intro ducing mutters not calculated to en hance the credit and integrity of the State, Our Constitution und statute books bristle with homestead aud ex emption laws, and the sense of pecu niary obligation is ulready largely im paired among tiie people." Everything thut squints at even partial repudia tion but tends to increase the evil, the musses holding that if it is right for t lie commonwealth to disregard its ob ligations, it would be right in tho in dividual. We deprecato agitation of the subject, because we know it is fraught with mischief. Athenn Pont. About lllllers. At certain periods of life a toulo is necessaiy ; but there is danger iu using stimulants that injure the orgaus of digestion while giving temjiorary re lief. To obviate this, and present to the public a tonic free from alcoholic poison, Dr. Greene prepared theOxy; genated Bitters, a sure cure for Dys pepsia aud all kindred complaints. Sold everywhere. John F. Henry, Curran A Co., Proprietors, S and il College Place, New York. !lare Mrla hf Blahaai Haven To tW rAl;u,rnth Chrvnidr : This afternoon the Holston Semi nary was favored with a visit from Hlsliop Haven, Bevs. Marshall and M anker, of Knoxvllle, and Bev. N. G. Taylor, D. D. To-night a large audience was enter tained by Bishop Haven, who deliver ed au able and pointed lecture 011 " Grip" or" Hold Fast." The lecturer hold the attention, not by the power of delivery, but by is profound thoughts; not by rheto rical flourishes, tomrtlmm rslled ora tory ; but by sound logic. Like the mathematician, he presents his prop osilion clearly and concisely, then, by forcible argument and apt Illustration forces the hearers to accept iiis conclu sions. He Is certainly pil led with the lower of illustration. Every propo sition wis. enforced by atrlki'ng illu tratiotis 1 should glvea report nre in aielall, iHulime forbids. HutHce it to say that It was an emluent success. History, science, art and language, all seemed to lay their most precious treasures at tho lecturer's fisst, out of which he selected the best. It was also a financial success, the roceedsof which are to lie appropria ted to the Holston Seminary. The next lecture will be delivered on the liTlh.on The T;irant n ho ruii in Avv r ica, by Prof. Milburn : who will be fol lowed by Bev. N. ti. Taylor, D. I)., aud Hon. Horace Maynard. Hrttfs. New Market, Feb. 1J. - . Knd Honda million 4o lliiiiie- ! CAHxru's Frn.NACi:, Tkxn , 1 February 10th, 1S7"i. j Tothi- i'Aito -n e the Chronicli-: I In my last, I stated that w inter hud i forsaken us up here, but alas how changed! Instead of the balmy air summer, with the feathered musicians piping forth their sweetest lays, we nave the drear cold winter, of nearly Siberian rigor howling around us ou every hand, with the ink freezing on the ieu, in a warm room, us I write. The warm weather preceding this was ouly a lull before the rising storm, which burst in all its IlicaniHte furv upon us on the .id, and continues yet, with unabated, but increasing vigor : so we may expect a late spring. The roads in this section of t he coun try are in a terrible condition, scarcely passable on fool or horseback, and it is nearly impossible to drrw a Jloaded wagon along them. Before this cold snap the mud was positively two feet deep along any of our public highways. Can not the Legislature do something towards helping this prevailing epidemic'.' It is ruining the country, both financially and clher wise; liccjiuse producing" men can not gel their wares to market Without doubling the expense of hauling, thereby cutting down their prolils to nothing. And just so long as the roads coutinue in this condition, we may ex pect no rise in the husiuess of the country. Pa hm A has. leltrrsou ;uuly l luanrn Reviewed Da n I) hi doe, Feb. VI, lsv--,. To tif Editor of the Chronicle: Since a series of articles appeared in the CllKONIt'l.K about two years ago on the financial policy of this county, this question has been one of more than ordinary interest to the people of this county. The idea of Jetlerson comity claims selling for cash at from 75 to ht) cents 011 the dollar was, for awhile, a mystery, and (eiliaps to some extent is yet. However, the matter has lead to an investigation, ns the law directs, of all the officers of the county by the Chairman of the County Court. It is to be hoped if there be any delicieut revenues developed by this overhauling of clerks aud county oflioers, from magistrates up, that there will be a prompt enforcement of the law by the Chairman and the de ficit be at once collected and placed In the Trustee's hands to liquidate our claims with. Throwing it great deal of light upon the depressed condition of our claims was a deficiency of collection by our late Bevenue Collector of over twelve thousand dol lars, as was shown in his settlement at the last quarterly term of the court, and reported in the New Market Acic. When all these back scrapes are settled, It is confidently hoped and expected that our claims will be at par. and bring dollar for dollar, and that the people 01 old Jetlerson that have boasted so much of their prestige will have no longer to submit to the humil iating shame of seeing her claims sell for 7"i cents on the $1.00, which is less than 'S per cent, discount, or $L!O,0ii0 of them only bringing tlo.ooo. One other thing that is just now in teresting the people of Jetlerson is, a petition that has lately been gotten up, about Mossy Creek, to change the boundary Hue between Jetlesorn and Hamblen and to throw Mossy Creek into Hamblen county, so as 'to give some gentleman of aspiring instincts an opportunity to represent this new "battering-ram" county that can not represent Jell'ersou. Amiccs, Tlir4;ritBkersanl MaBiilorlarlna la- errsls. CAKTKK'.T FLR.NAI'K, Tr'NS., February 9th, IS7.J. To the 1-ilitort of the Chronicle : Permit me through the colums of your paper, to correct a statement, made in uu urticle of February -d, over the signature of " Punnudas," writing from this place. His knowl edge ns to facts in tne cu.se h alludes to, is a mere cipher. I will quote the I paragraph of his communication to which lie refers : "The Grangers, under the Superiu teudance of G. P. Crouch, are talk ing up u furnace close here. and a man ufactory for the manufacture of fann ing iiupllments at Johnson City, 011 a capital of three thousand dnllars.Proli ably they may succeed, but I doubt it." Ilia assertions are broad, but groundless. The Grangers of East Tennessee have no Suerintendentsof manufacturing, as yet, neither have they intimated such a thing. There fore his tirst sentence! is without foun dation. 2. A prospective company is in view for the purposeof erecting manu factories to manufacture all kinds of farming titensIL-, but nothing definite towards raisin a capital has yet been undertaken, only In event of such a thing lslng determined on, aud comes up in proper shape, (a capital of over ten times the amouut he erroneously alludes lo, can be raised in less than twenty-four hours within six mile- of Carter's Furnace, liesldes many other (Kiints that are only waiting theoppor tunity). Therefore the capital of these Grangers uudei ihe Superintendence of inylf, in wnien he so much doubts their suc cesshas never been in exlsience, and 1 tan sat almost with crtwlnty, to hi knowledge. I have agitated this question in up per East Tennessee, on many oi-cs-sions, and through a suggest ion I made In the columns of the Uranrii (httlnok, a Convention of the Patrons of Husbandry was called by the Wash ington County Council, t all t!ie (ranges of six counties, to meet at Johnsou City, on the second d.iy of February in-t. Said Convention bs taken steps looking to the pi ad liabil ity of electing such maniilac tori-, and follow iu ihe steps of their liveli er Grangers of Stuttsi, who have led nt',' In such enterprises with entile saii--factiou to themselves, while success has crowned their efforts 111 spite of all Ihe schemes invented by such men a " Parmadas " to defeat" tnein. These hasty remarks 1 make iu justice to the Grangers, and myself nllinlcd 10. thsi the many readers of your ouiuii may see the design of" Pai uiadas " in trying to undermine an institution Igotteuupby "Grangers," and tle IKised tocxi-t by him. Yours, iipevi- fullv, Gr.o. P. 'mil ru , ' ' 1 ExiHisure Is-gets a cold. Willi Mu coid conies u cough. A cough neglect ed, is consumption, which mean death. Beware how you neulect I he cough, as your life may pay Ihe lor feit, lor at Hist a simple remedy removes what, medical science i unable to cure when neglected too long. Medical men think no medi cine has yet been discovered, which will ciire aeoojjh sjiilefciy n sym jihyx. oniau'i trl Iu. Oiirf Martin Ford, a citlA'n Anderson, was Indicted in the Federal Court for elicit distilliDg, or for con cealing that which he bad distilled some three years ago. Last January, Ford submitted to the charge. His Honor Judge Trigg, sentenced him to two months imprisonment in the An derson county jail, and the Court hav ing the utmost confidence in his vera' -ity, with the exception of the illicit business, they directed him to no out to Clinton, and report lo Mr. Brock' the jailor for imprisonment, and he did as directed by the Court. HrocU asked Ford if he bad mittimus, u. which Ford replied no, Imilhe Judge said for you to put me in, and keep me for two mouths. The jailor said, 1 cau not, under these ciicttrastauces, aud asked Ford what was his idea for wanting to be put in prison. He said be wanted to get out in time to plant a corn crop this coming spriug. Ford left, but has been back several times, askiuir for admittance, without, how ever, gaining it, a no mittimus haa arrived. Since his last visit, the mit timus arrived and now Ford has in tie locked up. Kal tmi Transient. The following are the teal estate transfers recorded in the office of the County Court Clerk, for the week ending Monday, February loth, 1675 : E. W. Haun to L. .1. Telford, lot for $o.00. W. M. Bearden to A. C. Hall, lot for $-K). Peter Dousnat to Nicholas Cuquel, lot for &l,Ouo. W. Heldel und wife to Ann Bice, lot for $160. John L. Moses to M. Hamilton, lot for Boyd A. Jaques to David Itichard-i. lot for $i80. Sarah J. Neal and J. F. Neal Ishain Farmer, land for $LM0. Israel O. Smith to John Worlhinit ton, land for $-j0.00. Isham Young to Dennis Gleasim, lot in Knoxville. M. 1) Bearden to V. F. Gusset t, lot for $5,600. C. A. King et ux to.lohn I.. Hit dee, lots for l,o00. Ofllrrin 01 IhA CJrand LwIk. MnlKtith I Pyihlss. The following Is a list of the ofllcer of the (irand Lodge Knights of Pyth ias of Tennessee, eleeted ut the recent session of that body held here : W. P. Kobertson, Jackson, Teniim see, Grand Chaucellor. J. P. Wheeler, of Nashville, 'lenn -see, Grand Vice Chancellor. B. W. Weakley, of Nashville, Grand Prelate. W. B. Thompson, of Nashville. Grand Keeper of Beeords and Seals. Campbell, of Franklin, Grand Master of Exchequer. Hapiie), of Trenton, (tram: Guide. Alex. Allison, of Knoxville, Past Grand Chaucellor and Bepre-enlali ve to the Supreme Lodge of the World Chattanooa Timet, . - The ( itutraet f.ir Iron and Meet Hull lor Ihe 4 lurfnuall K'ial. On Tueday eveuing the Hoiiid 0 Trustees of ihe Cincinnati ltailn ao concluded a contract with tho Cleve land Boiling Mill Company, tepid-cut ed by the vice-President ot the npa- ny, Henry Chisbolm, for the delivery of the iron and steel rails In be used .1, the construction of the ( 'iin liiCMt . Southern Bailr iad. The contract is for 12,"i00 ions ul ir..i anil 11. (hki ton or jsessemer -feel rain, at the figures of the coinpui.) ' Mi.' submitted lust week, and published in th.i a:cttt; at the time, the delivery to begin 011 tho 1st day of next Juiir". The rails contracted lor are neatly, j:' not quite, all that will bo used in the construction of the road Civ. fwrfi of llrA. Marring? l.lcruses The following marriuge licenses w e : e issued from the County Court Clerk's oflice, during the week ending Sa'ui day, February 13tb, 1875: Samuel L. Ellis aud Lizzie Mlu-hail James M. Trent and Sarah M. Shipe. t-uinuei .uniors and i.miiia Jac isou William Wilson and Lucinda Da venport. J. M. Wui-1,1: an I Huth rrb?rnn