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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6, 1880. HIS RECORD! The Pages Filled Out ! HOW IT IfclH-AJDS I We are in receipt of a Republican campaign document for which we heartily thank the sender. It is en titled ''A Record of the Statesman ship and Political Achievements of General W. S. Hancock" etc.. etc. : Except the title page, every page ia blank. Of course it wa9 got ten up in intended derision by party which designedly ignores the truth of history as it relates to a po litical opponent, with a view to con vey the impression that General Hancock has given no evidence f statesmanship during his eventful career. Of course it is not true, but that is of no earthly consequence. Assuming it to be true, if you please, If (as you say) the pages are blank, they are at least pure and spotless. No taint of venality and corruption stands out prominently and in bold relief to meet the public gaze. What think you, (his own partisans being the accusers,) would General Garfield give tc-day to be able to j wipe out as with a eponge, sundry chapters from bis record," and leave behind even a blank of unsul lied whiteness? Unfortunately for him, his record is indelibly written, and although by due penitence much ; might be forgiven, it can never be i forgotten. We have only to change the name upon the title page of the blank before us to that of James A. Garfield, and the six pages now un filled would naturally be occupied about as follows : PAGE I. Cincinnati Commercial, March 81, 173. And GARFIELD'S noble soul was sadly pertt.rbcd. lie looked upon the scene with grave apprehensions, and re garded this unseemly persecution of the righteous with such horror that his soul was sick within him. He came near making a fatal blunder once. After Ames had testified the second time as to the guilt of Garfield, fixing it upon him clearly and unmiatakaUy, the General at once notified them that he would come before tbem and refute the vile slan ders that the mendacious man from Massachusetts bad poured out against him. The day and hour came, but sim ultaneously came not Garfield. lie had heard that Ames (who was then reluc tantly producing the receipts that Pat terson had signed) had in his possession other such documents to prove the cor rectness of his testimony in respect to others, and the gallant Gereral, whose flashing blade was wont to gleam adown the line, in the gory days of the past de cade, found that to stay away was pru-r dent, and he never appeared. The com placent committee forebore to question Ames further as to Garfield's statement and his own, and the papers were conse quently never produced. , PAGE II. Utiea Herald, Feb. 1873. "The Republicans are not only in fa Yor of the - expulsion of, Ames and Brooks, but of severely censuring, if not expelling, Kelley and Garfield. Generally, we think public opinion would lavor a severe reprimand, if not the expulsion, of Kelley and Garfield. . They can never wholly dissi pate the cloud of suspicion which rests on them, whether they be expelled, censured, or allowed to remain undis turbed and unreproved in their seats. Possibly their offence or indiscretion is made to appear the greater only because f their poverty. If so, this Is their misfortune, but it does not at all modify the appearances." The suspected persons are already dead cocks in the pit, and need not hpe to regain public confidence. There are plenty of geod men on whomnoBhadow of suspicion, rests, and these will be pre ftrrcd to those in regard to whose moral standing there must henceforth be a di vision of opinion. For heaven's sake, let us bury dead out of sight, that they may not offend the public nostrils ! PAGE III.. - ,Kew fork Tribune, Feb. 19, 1873. "Let us gather up the ends from all this snarl of testimony and see, if passi ble, just where we stand. Read the ev idence. With varyiDg degrees of guilt or guilty knowledge, every man of them, with one exception (Mr. Blaine), has been obliged to confess that at some time he hud held this stock, and at some time under stress of conscience, let us hpe, though that is not fully proven got rid it. Now let us go slowly over the list: JAMES A. GARFIELD of Ohio had tea share; he never paid a dollar; received $329, which after the investigation began he was anxious to have considered as a loan from Oakes Ames to himself. These rnea betrayed the trust of the people, deceived their constituents, and by their evasions and falsehoods confessed the transactions to be '.disgraceful. Pass no resolution. Drop it where it is. Remand the whole business to the people." PAGE IV. Albany Evening Journal, Feb. 20, 1873. "Mr. Dawes emerges with a' complete vindication. ,vTVe think, ilr. Kellev. Jir. GARFIELD and some of the others d not stand quite so well. What is the nature of these offenses t Their wrong was that they did not frankly and fully tell the truthth&t they con cealed and prevancated and misrepresented. Ihis is the whole of it. We do not un dertake to shield them from this charge of deception. They resorted to it, and they must suffer the consequences. , Cincinnati Commercial, June 7, 1880. The most contemptible thing thus far at cnicago is tne chatter about Garneld. He has not a record to run on fer Presi dent. - PAGE V. Resolution adopted by the Republican Con vention of Warren, Ohio, Sept. 7, 1876.) We further arraign and charge him with corrupt bribery in selling his office iai mnuence as Chairman of the Com mittee en Appropriations for $5,000 to i the ue Uolyer Pavement King to aid them in securing a contract from the Board of Public Works of the District of Columbia; selling his influence to aid 6aid Ring in imposing upon the people of said District a oavement which is al- most werthless, at a price three times i .1.1... 1 .i - its cost, as sworn to by one of the con tractors; selling his influence to aid said Ring in procuring a contract to procure wnich it corruptly paid $ a7,WU "lor in fluence;" selling his influence in a mat ter that involved no question ef law, aSasa in a manner so palpable and clear as t be so found and declared by an impar tial and competent court upon as issue solemnly tried. PAGE VI. Statement of James A. Garfield' upon oath January 14, 1873 I never owned, received or -agreed to receive any stock of the Credit Mobilier or of the Union Pacific Railroad, nor any dividends er profits arising from either f them. r-. .. a n s3 y . i , ttit.il i tiurii ji "rf 'iri i. tt r ttiJi ikti. .tnnvnu iw. Republicans, 3 Democrats, Feb. 18, 1880. The facts in regard to Mr. Garfield, . t u k4. t. agreed with Mr. Ames to take ten shares of Credit Mebilier stock, but did not t . i if. i i the eichty per cent, dividend in bonds altl'i cash dividend, which, together with the price of the stock and interest, left a j geant-at-Arms. and Mr. Garfield then understood this sum was the balance of dividends after paying fr the stock. "We do not censure our .Republi can friends for not liking the filling. We should not in their position. But we cannot help it. They are their own witnesses. We shall try to impeach them and ivsy canotI PUBLIC SPEAKING. Hon. A. n. Pettibone, Republican Candidate for Congress, and Hon. R. L Taylor, Democratic Candidate for Con gress, wm aaaress tne people oi me First Congressional district at the fol- owing times and places: CLAIBOIiNE COUNTY. Yellow Store, Wednesday, October 6th. azewell, Thursday, October 7th. GRAINGER COUNTY. Thorn Hill, Friday, October 8th. Rutledge, Monday, October 11th. Turley's Mill, Tuesday, uctener lztn. HAMBLKN COUNTY. Morristown, Wednesday, October 13th. COCKE COUNTY. Newport, Thursday, October 14th. Cosby, Saturday, October 16th. Big Creek, Monday, October 18th. eur shoes and hats from Herbert W. Hall, Knoxyille. FIRST. SUPERVISOR'S DISTRICT. The American is furnished by the Su pervisor of the Third census district with a tabular statement of the popula tion of .the State as shown by the lato enumeration, which proves a satisfacto ry increase in population in the last de- cade. The total noDulation of the Slate is shown to be 1,554,000, an increase of 281,133. Mr. Newton, Supervisor of the First district.Jreports a gain of 67,940 in a population of 257,2b6, as follows : S rST garter . 7,909 10,023 Wellington 4 16,317,, wjfl Greene 24,6fl8 Cocke 12,408 Hamblen ...i. Hawkins .- 15,837 Hancock..; 7,143 Grainger... 12,421 Claiborne , - 9,321 Union 7,603 - Caiupbell....... 7,445 Scott 4,054 ' ?4,554 13,OU I 10.197 M.W8 ,ifii To ml 1 13,519 ' 10,289 10,119 6,024 6,161 . 10,685 88.105 10,575 15 416 15,993 14,230 ' 8,160 15,443 Morgan.; v. 2,969. Anderson.-,. . . . . .f Knox . . Jefferson ........... Sevier . . . ; . . , Blount Monroe London.. .'. Roane Total Increase.... ., 8,704 .. 28,090 .. 19,476 . . 11,028 . . 14,237 .. 12,589 15,622 237,786 ' 325,726 v.. ... 67,940 New conn ties formed since 1870, and whose cen sus for 1870, are included in that of other counties. This shows an increase of about 27 per cent, in the last ten years. The counties of Roane, Blount, Mon roe, Grainger, Jefferson, Washington and Carter do not show a proportioned increase in population since 1870, as compared with other ceunlies. For in stance the population of Roane, in 1870, was 15,622, and in 1880 only 15,443. This is the result of the territory of these counties being cut oil to make new coun ties. KEEP IT BEFORE TIIE PEOPLE, That in the House of Representatives, in 1868, Mr. Garfield introduced a bill "to reduce and improve the military establishment by discharging oneMajor General." The provisions f this hill were aimed at General Hancock, and in advocating its passage Mr. Garfield said: "This genesal was sent into the dis trict of Louisiana and Texas with a law of Congress in his hand, a law that com mands him to see that justice is admin istered among the people and that no pretense of civil authority shall deter bim from performing his duty, and yet we find that officer giving lectures in the form of proclamations and orders en what ought to be the relation between civil and military departments of the government. We see him using a general order in which he declares that the ciril should not give way before tlie military. We hear him declaring that he finds nothing in the laws of Louisiana and Texas to war rant his interference in the civil admin istration of those States." Vermont. Wlmcares how Vermont went, .so Herbert W. Hall, atKnoxville, sells us shoes and bats as cheap as he does.- . . ...,. A POWERFUL EXPO SITION! JUDGE BLACK ON GAR- FIELD I ! " THE ISSUES ALL WITH US AND THE ACCIDENTS NOT AGAINST US !" : ' II O W GARFIELD THINKS TREACHERY TO HIS COUN TRY IS FIDELITY TO HIS FRIENDS! The following letter from the Hon. Jerry S. Black, of Pennsylvania, sent in renlv to I i an invitation to attend tne great Democratic mass meet ing in the city of New. York, Sept. 23, will command the at- of thinking men of all shades of political opinion : BitocKiE, York, Pa., Sept. 22. 1880. Gentlemen: I cannot attend the meeting of the Demeeratic-Repub- licans at the city of New York on the 23d inst. But I can assure you of my concurrence in its object, and if time and space permitted I could I . i give you a reason ior tue iaun mat - - J is wiinm me I trust we are anDroachinff the end I . of our loD- struggle agamst the op.- pression and fraud of the anti con i w"v J ' '" " b the destruction of our Government by every possible meaus in their reach. By our Government I mean law under which we live, including the granted powers of the Federal Union, the reserved rights of the States and the personal liberty of the citizen. Ibese three are all vital points of our political organization, and the life of tue DalioQ depends as much on one a9 anothei- If 5 want to Kin a man n maces no dincrence whether you knock out his brains, stab him through the heart or tear open his bowels either way he is done for. Certainly an American who forcibly tramples on civil liberty or by violence extinguishes the rights of the States is not less a traitor to his country tban one who resists the just authority of the Fed eral Government. I need not remind you with what manifold treachery our opponents got possession of the power which they have so frightfully abused. At the beginning of the war they sol emnly pledged themselves to use the forces put into their haads for the sole PurPose of defending the Fed eral government and maintaining the I supremacy of the Constitution and laws, with all the rights of the States and the people unimpaired ;J and they promised that when this was accomplished the war should instant ly cease.-' In consideration of this special pledge, superadded to their oaths, the men and the money were put into their hands which complete ly subdued the armed opposition of the g0uth to thQ Tjni0D. But when the C0Dflict wa9 over y "oonc. ed that the victory instead of de- fendicff the Government had revo lutlonized aud overthrown it: that the whole doctrine nf Sfafp Hcrhts . . .. . . ..." was exDloned and nersonal liberty J was consequently a thing of the past that the military was above the civil authority, and through that in strumentality they the central oli garchy might kidnap, imprison and kill citizens for political offenses without judge cr jury. The right of suffrage had ceased to exist except when it was exercised by their per mission and in a way which suited their purposes. Destroying all the election laws of half the States in the Union, they filled the State of fices with notorious thieves and crowded Congress with redemption less rogues who did not pretend to any title except what they got by force and fraud, and in all the States they claimed the right to be repre sented at- State elections by the bay onets of their standing army. Would you have me enumerate the corrup tions generated by this .infamous system?, Count the stars , if . you can ; try to number the sands ef the seashore. . - " - ' v Their idea of a strong government was fully developed. . Six years al". ter the war ; fraud and force had made it so much stronger than lib erty, justice and law, that the Con stitution had but seven friends in the Senate and less than a third of the members in the lower, house. Bat the principles of free and hon est government were not destined to be crushed out forever. The moral influence of the Democracy was itself a power which abashed the anti-constitutional .leaders and be numbed their faculty of evil doing. Thousands of true men, who in mo ments of error or alarm had "wander ed from the track of their principles hastened to retrace their steps and to reeaiu the road which alone leaaa tW. Von-.l WfPtv." Truth -..y. - j - heart. First, the Federal House of Ranrftntat.i'vPA I waa redeemed : then the Senate, and in 1876 an over whelminV majority of the people at tested their devotion to free prior ciples by voting for a Democratic President. This looked like a 8uc - cessful vindication of free govern - menti but it was not. The anti - con stitutional party has an advantage which more than counterbalances the strength of the people. It can cheat at elections, it can' falsify the count, it can forge returns. "There s the respect that makes calamity of so Ions a life. We are about to repeat the exper Iment.. We may be swindled again, I . . ' but there is not any doubt that our honest ruaioritv is greater than it was before. The issues are all with f " v as and the accidents are not against us. Our candidate" is not only un- exceptionable, but admirable, and has the unbounded confidence of the whole country in his talents, integ rity, and patriotism. The impulses of personal friend ship and the duties of fair political opposition alike require me to speak of General Garfield. Intellectually he ,is the first among the politicians of his party not the sharpest or strongest, but the most gifted and best cultivated. Ilia private life is stainless, and in everything uncon nected with politics his behavior is regulated by principles of the sound est moralitv. But in public affairs bedoeil not act upon hia convictions wheB-jje passes Into' the domain of politics his conscience loses Its grip ; and for his party he is willing to do any wrong which will promote their interests, or play any card how false soever, which will win them power. This surrender of his moral and mental integrity is the condition upon which he holds his high place in the affections of the party h belongs to. Treachery to his country is fidelity to his faction. If at any time in the last fifteen years he had given way to his own sense of right, supported the Con stitution and laws in a spirit of pure justice, refused to defile himself with election frauds, withheld his countenance from exeentive corrup tion or denounced the forcible in stalment of thieves in State offices, he would have converted himself into a Democrat and been expelled, from the communion of the anti constitutional party. This moral prostitution to bad po litical purposes is far from being un common. Men naturally good have yielded to it in all times and ia all countries where there is a party un principled enough to demand it and strong enough to reward it. But General Garfield's public career furnishes more sinking examples of it than the history of any individual I have known. Let me give you a case : After the war at a time of perfect peace in the State of Indi ana, where no war had ever been, certain military officers, being in structed from Washington that they were above the civil authorities, had kidnapped and were about to kill three citizens for no offense defined by any law and without the pretence ,pf a trial by court or jurv. If this could be done there was man ifestly no security left for life Or property, Plainly it could not be done without a flat violation of the Constitution, whi ch in express terms forbade it. But the men who then ruled us with a rod of irou insisted upon it and we could not be certain that the judges, State and national, might not be 6ubdued by their influ ence. The hearing of the case before the Supreme Court was a great cri sis in the constitutional history of our country. There was a place ia the argument which nobody could fill so well as General Garfield, and I besought him to help us in this desperate extremity to rescue Am erican liberty from the utter destruc tion with wbich . it was threatened. He responded with noble alacrity, and made a great argument lu which he proved not only the continued ex istence, but the inestimable value of the Constitution.,- He demonstrated that the right of trial by jury at all times and all places was indestructi ble, aiid that any officer, civil or mil itary,; would violate, his oath if. he attempted to put the military above the civil authority. He affirmed the whole Democratic, doctrine on, the subject ad showed it, to be incon teMibly right. Hi sincerity was un doubted, for, like the-rest of us, he engaged in the cause as a labor of love without, fee or any reward ex cept the thanks of geod men. Such were bis true convictions. But when be came to deal with the same subject in his political capacity he surrendered everything to his party. Me voted for a military des potism and a regular system of kid napping and murder io all the States and justie gradually regained their with every article and, every section I constitutional faction will be over natural ascendancy in the popular I of the Constitution. In all this he whelming. Id the mean lime let us j of the Sonth. In the same act were i otner provisions wmcu ne cenainiy understood to be in direct conflict . - - did not transgress, like other.", in i I norance or in naasion : he sinned - 1 against light and knowledge and on - 1 a cold calculation of partisan policy J It is an infinite pity that such ft man i Bhould be not only false to his coun- l try but false to himself. J What makes all this very mucn - 1 worse is his denunciation of General I Hancock for saying that the military I was constitutionally suborainate to j the civil power, and that liberty was j still the inheritance of the American I people ; for these were propositions I which be himself bad asserted and knew to be true. It might be expected that the course of a man so influenced would irequenuy aeneco irom iue path, and one great aberration we Cannot DUt rememDer. . . - - . . . . . Mr. lilden was elected in ioo. A false return was the only resource asainst him. 1 do not believe tnat Geneial GarSeld, if let alone, would commit an election fraud any more than he: would steal a horse or a sheeD. But when the manasera of his. party demanded bis aid in a ereat swindle he could, not refuse. Under that coercion be went down to Louisiana and there found it ab solutely certain that the Tilden elec tors had been "duly appointed' at a legal and full poll, so peaceably conducted that there was not even a equabble about it in the whole State. And the appointment so made was attested by and recorded upon the certificates and the oaths of election officers adverse to the appointees in all their feelings and wishes. There was no earthly excuse for denying this, r no contradiction of it could be honest. To count the Slate for Hayes was a thing that could be done only by impudent and unmiti gated fraud. For a time I hoped , that General Garfield's share in that great crime had consisted in passive acquiescence, and I am surprised by the proofs recently brought forward of his active assistance in its perpe tration. His judgment as a member of the Electoral Commission was a thing to be expected, for he must j long before that have convinced him self that a fraud was as good a way as any other of electing a President. In a political game he did not think that anybody had moral sense euough to abstain from throwing a die which he himself had loaded to win the stake. This liability to be rushed into evil courses by his party associates has brought upon him much odium which he does not deserve in the transactions of the Credit Mobilier. The stock distributed by Oake3 Ames was intended to influence the legislation of Congress corruptly. He and tho company who put it into his hands meant business, and that business was bribery. Undoubtedly those members vho took it knowing the nature of the thing were great criminals and wholly unworthy to retain their seats. But General Gar field, thougU he certainly agreed to take the stock and did actually take dividends upon it, had no suspicion of its connection with the Union Pa cific railroad or of the conflict which its possession might create between bis private interests and his public duty. He was as guiltie.as as the child unborn of any dishonest mean ing about the whole business. I be lieve this not merely because he told me so, but because it Is proba ble in itself, and corroborated by many circumstances. If he had stuck to it he would have been cred ited by all men as implicitly as he was by me! . Fearing that his politi cal friends might influence him to depart from it, I wrote beseeching him to stand fast upon the defense he had made to me. That he did not take this advice is the bitterest regret of bis life. But "the party" would not let him take it. The ac cusation struck at the highest heads in the House and the Senate They bad but one answer and that was a positive denial of the fact that any stock had ever been taken by them ; and on that line they exptcted Mr. Ames to.swear them through. Gen eral Garfield, for the benefit of oth ers and to his own great injury, uni ted in making this false defense. Their witness failed them and they were all-convicted. After the re port of the ' committee I wrote to Mr. Blaine the letter which has been extensively published and which waf an effort to put General Garfield back upon the true ground which he never, ought to have abandoned. But it was too late. I regret sincerely that General Garfield is a candidate or that be should be placed " in - any position which. calls for criticism on his con duct & a public man. But I have eajd nothing that will be new to him, for in many forms, at many times, in suudry ways, publicly and pri vately, 1 have given this 6ame con struction of his acts and. exhorted him to coaiejp.uk Irom .the. evil and corrupt fellowship which drags him down while it pretends to elevate him. ; ;-; . - ' - 1 hope that on all the issues the friends of liberty aud justice" aod law J I and honest government win maKe i m..0..w. . : clear j that at the next election the i nnnn nr nnnndmnntinn . ni me anil- watch as well as pray that the coun try be not swindled again. "Faithfully and hopefully yours, ' ' J. S. Black. The lion. Augustus Schell, Chairman and members of committee. TRAIN THE BOYS FOIi BUSI NESS, There is one element in the home iD8tructioa wbich boy8 re0eive prior to their advent - into the business world to which too little attention has been given. We mean the cul tivation of habits of punctuality, sys tem, order and responsibility. In too many households boys from twelve to seventeen years are ad- ministered to too much bv lovinc mothers or other female members of lhe famUy Bey8. livC8 during - I (inga vpr nrn tha haTrvmn An-cu nf I J J J j,, exi9tcnce. Up in the morning U6t in season for breakfast; noth- ing to do but start off early enough so as not to be late ; looking upon an errand as taking eo much time and memory awaj' from enjoyment ; little thought of personal appearance except when reminded by mother to spruce up a little ; finding his ward robe always where mother puts it in fact, having nothing to do but enjoy himself. Thus his life goes on until school ends. Then be is readv for busi- ness. lie goes inio an ouice wucre everything is system, order, preci sion. He is expected to keep things neat and orderly, sometimes kindle 0reSf file lette do errands- 0 abort become a part of a nicely regulated machine, where everything moves in systematic grooves, and each one is responsible for the cor rectness in his department, and where, in place of ministers to his comfort, he finds task masters, more er less lenient, to be sure, and ev erything in marked contract to his previous life. In many instances the change is too great. Errors become numerous, blunders, overlooked at first, get to be a matter of serious moment ; then of serious moment ; then overtasked, and the boy M A ! AAA A VIA 1 ffVn patience is is told his services are no longer wanted. This is his first blow, and and sometimes he never rallies from it. Then comes the surprise to the parents, who too often never know the real cause, nor where they have failed in the training of their chil dren. What is wanted is for every boy to have something special to do, to have some duty at a definite nour. and to learn to watch for that time to come, to be answerable for a cer tain portion of the routine of the household, to be' trained to antici pate the time when he may enter the ranks of business, and to De for tiBed with habits of energy, accura cy and application, too often of more importance than superuciai book-.'earnimg. Gen. Garfield's Credit Mobilier Record. From his Own Swoin Testimony before the Poland Commit tee, Jan. 14, 1873. I have never owned, received, or agreed to receive any stoclc of the Credit Mobilier or of the Union Pa Cijflc Railroad, nor any dividends or profits arising from either of (Item, From Judge Poland'a Report, TVb. 18, 187S Oar field 'a Testimony Perjured. The facts in regard to Mr. Garfield, m found bv the committee, are that he agreed with Mr. Ames to take ten shares of Credit Mebilier stock, but dkl not paj for the same. Mr. Ames receired the eighty per cent, dividend in bonds and sold them for ninety-seven per cent., also received the sixty per cent, cash dividend, which, together with the price of the stock and interest, left a balance of $329. This sum was paid over to Mr. Oarfleld by a check on the Sergeant-at-Arms. and Mr. Garfield then understood uiu turn wa the balance of dividends after paying for the stock. From the New York Times, Feb. 19, 1873. Messrs. Kelley and Garfield present a most distressing figure. Their partici oation in the Credit Mobilier affair is complicated by the most unfortunate contradictions of testimony. rrom the New York Times, Feb. 20, 1873. The character of the Credit Mobilier was no secret. The source of its profits were well known at the time Congress men bought it. Though Oakes Ames may have succeed in concealing his own metive, which was to bribe Congress men, their acceptance of the stock was net on that account innocent. The dis honor of the act as a participation in an obvious fraud, still remains. Some ef them have indulged in testi meny with reference to the matter which has been contradicted. The com mittee distinctly rejects the testimony of sev eral of the rrtcmbcrt. This can only be done on the ground that it is untrue. But un true testimony given under oath is morally, not legoMy, perjury. It is the clear duty of Congress t vis it with punishment all who took Credit Mobilier stock freca Oakes Ames. . From the New York Tribune, Feb. 19, 1873. James A. Garfield of Ohio bad ten shares: never paid a dollar; received $329, which, after the investigation be gan, be wasaaxious to Lave cnsuerea as a loan from .sir. uakes Ames io mm self. -. - :! ..' .Well, the wickedness of all of It is that these men betrayed the trust f the peo ple, deceived their constituents, and by evasions and : laiseiiooas coaieeu transaction to be disgraceful. From the New York Tribune, Eeb. M, 1873. Mr. Ames establishes very clearly the noint that he was not alone in this of fence. If he is to be expelled for bribery, tls m -1 1J . 'it I - men w& vers (tnuea swuia go wun mm, New Advert itt in t n tj. WHOLESALE -GROCERS, We hare unsurpassed facilities STAPLE & FANCY GROCERIES, At New York price freight aJJci. AGENTS FOR HOLSTOH SALT AND PLASTER C8, X,E3STOimS and ROCKPOBD tw Plenty of Storage Boom. Order by mll KNOXVILLE Foundry and Machine Company, Successors to ROG AN, KELLEV A CO., JV O X ('Ii; 1 . KA.VCrACTTT.Enfl CW GEARING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, MILL Circular Saw Mills, AndaU kinieof Cuttings for up-rijht Sato MZU wvi Oirrw.". Steam Engines Built and Repaired. HOLLOW-WARK A SPECIALTY. AND TIIK NlCIWr AND BEST MADE IN TIIE NOUT1I. Fronts and Grates of all Sizoa. r Side Hill Plows and Plow Castings, Cane Milk, RxUroad Castings, Brass Cattinjs, Dixr SHU, Window Sills, Sa ffW.V Columns, Street and VenlihUinj Crate, and Builders' Castings jruruHy. ' AGLNT9 Eclipse Double Turbine Water-Wheel, SllllicclVn Lime infracting Heaters, andjud son's AJirf ard Governors for Steam JLttglstes. HOPE fTTfJi t t W SUCJOLmaKOrS COR. GAY AND CLINCH Kcrpi In rt vk Watches! Jewelry, Solid Silver, Silver-Plated War Superior Table Cutlery, tfcc. RfPirln and KnffrYlE killfullT cotre prompt attention, and aatlnfactlon guaranty. I. GEO. BROWN, 3SroVir,X,E, - - - TElT2r:E3S.EI3. General Agmtfor fAa Sale of the ciiffl son n cm pp, Which is fast superceding all other tw aid three-titrM I'lowi. The Iiet 1'loie in the World ! Hm the Hole airency for the aale of the STUDEPtKEB WAOO!-prW ra4 U I'l m - I. eluding brake on box and running (ear aud aprlnar at. Sole agenta In Eaat Tunnewwa for the aaie of UlhUt CO. "8 "NTW MHHlUiiX" TW. KKS, Hurae Powera and tb riaira fur the aam 1 hi ntw marblna of lt)aii a .Irx.r aD and cleaner attachment, whb'b ran ba attac-bed at any time at a coat cf onl OU, a4 m aar Um fca4 machine on the market, bond for circular. We keep large atock of all klnJa of Agricultural Implement ani lUi ira, lt lut:nj Hovers, ReapSelf-BiiJErs, Graia Drills, Irerj's M FIiti, At factory price . Job Poera Stw.l Plowt, Ooaix'a llroa. Watfona verjr cheap), Doubte-abovel l'lowa, and Clorar. Timothy, Orchard Oraaa and Oermaa Unieti. Wa kwp the Lrf4 Htock of B4 aof houae lu tba Wuat, and aoll for the vary lowwt cah prtoa. Commission Sell all kind of Country Produce and make liberal MILL. MACHINl-KY of every kind furntatiad. All buHiceaa eutruated to ua will recti t a prompt apr4'77 tf 33?"9 ro.Ie 3X3LCrfiniXC20Arill9 WHOLESALE Produce and Commission Merchant, ; ! DEALERS IS Wheat, Com, Oats, Hay, Flour, Bacon, Dried lYuit, $ c. CASH ADVANCED ON PRODUCE IM STORE. Warehouse : Old Virginia Depot, on Railroad Truck. KNOXVILIX, TKN'Xi:SSEIl may 28 'T9 tf J. W. GATJT & SON, ' NO. 203 GAY ST.. KNOXVILLli TENN. Epcelree CouaitimeaU cf al) kinda ef Produce, aud Guy WHEAT, CORH, OATS, RYE, HAY, DACOIJ, LARD, FLOUR, DKIKD FUUIT.FrATIIERS. Ac. For which tbe hlgheet markrt pric la ttt. Whra dird, liberal adraucra end e co r-wiea'e, Cliargca liberal and eatiafaclicm guaranteed . u. - for supplying the trade with c rffully tcJ i r imptlj tlUn44 It. iI M ly . nr r. r v v n wr FOR THE t-j U tn our hum to ;t m cU. t & BEO., - 811(1 Jewelers STS., KNOXNILLE. TENN faj La uf AS r.ra by auU wui r Iv k-Laar Iu, H'jwlalr Pin Oattara. fttah tte-l ehoel and tutl Wuf u fclaia. IIorclin.nt adranrrnrnta. alao KUm a.n".uc. attnuoa. CI HO. IIIOW.H, v;"; if-J i