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VOL XXXVII -NO. 29. KNOXVILLE, TENN.: WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 115, 1S75. WHOLE NO 1901 TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. DOMESTIC. IIki.kna, Akk., Oct. 10:ol). Many white ladies, including Senator Alcorn n daughter, are hero from t'rinr Point fur safety. Tho nogroi , three hundred strong, earno w i tli in K cliort distance of Friar's Point. lienersl Chalmers, who commands till while, moved out nnd gave them ti n minute to disperse. 'I lie n"grocs re-organized throe miles out, when they were again dispersed hy the whites. It. is sup-Io-ed the negroes tire n niting 1 T-inl'nn o. merits. Col. llurkc uni others have gane down from hero to ir.nko an ell'oit In -ii;iii-i 7.0 a force to go down tn-nirht. C'l,KVKl,ANl. Oct. Ii. I'homiis A- I!'!!!", lumber dealers, have nss-gncd. I.i il'il.tb-s. 17H 000. l.oi l.svu.l.K. Oct. i. Tim Cuinniiloe of the National Orange nre in .-e-sion in this city today. Tho Directors of ihu Missis dppi Valley Trnding Company nre in con ference with tho Cotnmitteo concerning a direct trailo in (Jrange products willi Kng land. Five tobacco bares in Knhertson county, Tennessee, wero burned during tho just week, involving a loss of about 10,000 pounds of tobsci-0 The Courier-Journal' h special ions the fires wero occasioned by Bases evolving from the tobacco by a pecu liar atmospheric phenomena. Memphis, Oot.O. The followingdisputih in tho associated press is just received : Fr.nn's Point, Miss., Oct. 6, 187o. The Sheriff of t'oahowa county caused our town to bo invaded this morning by an nrmed mob of negro s. Wo drove thorn back. We aro lully organized for defense, with Senator Alcorn and den. Chalmers in mi in in and. Tho Sheriff has fled the coun try. Send us aid immediately. '(Signed) H. I'. Kl-:ii, O. H. Al.CllRN. M KM I'll IS, Oft. 0. The impression pre vails there will ho no blond shed nl Friar's Point. No steps liava been taken to tor ward men or arms l'rou hern. No orgsn-i-,:i'd body of men will go from Helena. Allcnrn had 70 cavalry and do infantry, with which he had driven oil' liOO negroes under llrown. The steamer Mandrind, from Helena, report no fightirg. '1'ho sit 'nation is unchanged. Boston, Oct. 'i - -1! unci' ii llhinaliurd, 'minders, lav failed. At a meeting ol the 11 .diibilion party which met nl I'loeiiiont Temple, mid ul which a number of ladies were present, Iter. l. (.;. Kddy Preside I. The Commit tee Resolutions reported, among o;her resolutions, a resolution lliat the safely of the republic and tho cnusn of prohibition depends upon making tho purty a unit for thu right which can best be secured by de. I'oating Alexandria II. llioo. A committee of 111 wero appointed to nominate a Pro hibition candidate for Governor. Jno. h. liaker was nominated for Governor. l'KOVIDKSCE, It. T., Oct. C Tho most valuable bank letters in Saturday's mad to lloston were missing. Chicago, Oct. 0. The Commissioners of tho American Hoard of Foreign Mission bnTo met to-day, Ht Murk Hopkins pre. sided. The Treasurer report for the year ending August ill, is as follows: Kxpendi lures, $450.38; donations, $:i4'.l,0st; lega cies, fS'J OO'J; indebtedness of Board, if 40 - Ciiattasoooa, Oct. 0. Henry C. Avery, formerly of this vicinity, but of Texas since tho war, was arrested lor presenting fraud ulent govommcnt claims of over twenty thousand dollars. IIomk, Oa.. Oct. . The Convention for tho improvement of Coosa Itivcr, and tho connection of Mobile Bay, with the Ten nessee Kiver by a water route, met in this city to-day. Col. Jos. llodgeson, of Mobile, was mado temporary cltai'S.ari, and Hon, Iten. O. Yancey, of Gonlecte, permanent President. Thu Convention is largely nt tened by the leading citizens of Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. Tbo speeches of to-day's session demonstrate the practica bility of constructing the route at a very small cost, thereby giving uninterrupted navigation for the wh'e year, from South west Virginia to Mobil liny. ClUKLESTON, Oct. Ii. The. Municipal election to-day passed tl'witiiout any seri oils disturbances. The (nil returns aro not yet received, but it is conceded I hat the coalition ot the Kepuhlieaus and Conser vatives have ro-elected Mayor Cunningham and their entire ticket by at least two thousand nmjorily. Lowr.LL, Mass., Oct. Ii. A tramp was arrested on suspicion of committing nn outrago on the person of Miss Lang w ade. His face was scratched and bis clothes were bloody, lio admits having left Suncook about the time of t lie murder. San Fbancieco, Oct. 0. The board of trustees of the O.dd Dank elected ll. O. Mills, President ; Win. Alvero, Vico Pres ident : Tlios. IJrown, Cashier. Advisory Committee : Tliioe Ileil, Win. Sharon, Jas. K, Keener. WAsiiiNUTos,Oft. (j, Swataua will short ly leave for Pari, llni7.il, and will bring buck nnd land at Port It ". v al South Carolina the remainder of ( Ion federal o Colonists. Wasiu.voion, Oct. (i. The Navy Depart ment, has received no communication Iron", the lnslitulo-Caiiadien. The Department propose. to take no part in the (luibord controversy. The l'rcsidciit bas signed a number of papers at Denvor, and forwarded ihem by mail. Thero was no intimation of their character, but it is supposed the commis sion of the Secietury tf the Interior is among them. The annoucement of a long'by review of Sherman's memoirs, made up chiefly from the official record of th War Department, reached here to-day. It will make a vol ume as large as ono of Sherman's. Free access to the official tiles for the purpose of making this compilation was given al the Department to th author. It is by General ISoynton'and will bo published in a Ion uight by Wesinch ii lJuldwin, of Cincin nati. Nkw Vouk, Oct. 0. The Bobbin factory at l'uscoek, New Jersey, was burned to day loss $75,000. It was tbe largest in the country. The Supreme court in general term, con firmed Judie Barrett's decision denying the motion to vacate the order of arrest in the six million suit or reduce the three million bail in the Tweed case. The court also re versed Judge Donahoo'i decision requiring a bill of particulars as to fraudulent bills and vouchers PliiLADH i'UiA, Sept. 11. Tbe long eon tested church raae, growing out of the su peusion in 1HCK of Oeorge H. Stuart, Esq , of this city, by tho General Synod of the Keformed Presbyterian Church, for singing hymns and communing with oilier churches, was finally Bettled to-day by tho Supremo Court of Pennsylvania, at l'ittsburg, in fa vor of tho Stuart party. The particular case which has been decided, was the suit against the Fifth Reformed Presbyterian Church of this city, Kov. Dr. MoAulc.v's, to eject them from their church properly. I!y this decision they retain their property. Tho opinion of thu Court was renl by Judge Gordon, and is ono of the most im portant church decisions ever givi n in this iMimtrv. Tho principles into vol in this else will determine ihe suits pending against the First llef.irined Presbyterian Church, I!cv. Dr. Wylies, an I '! S e nd, liev. Dr. Stnrrelt, in lavorot l(n si-1 -hii'-elu and against th" Svneil. I Kkhmosii, V'. li.-t 11. Judg" !!""'. ' of the United Sin es Circuit Court, has ap pointed ll'-nry Tyson, of Ilaltiinore, l(e neiver of the Chesapeake and ( hi Il- i I -real under llm application of creditors for the tirM mortgage, fipneral W . C. Wykham, Vice l're-ident, has i-sued an order to all ngents of the roud in eont. run ty with the appointment. How Inflation Affects the Farmers. The fo'lowing la nn extract frmii u Hpeeeh delivered by Ilmi. I 'nil Seluirz nt Manslh'ld, Ohio: lit pnseiitlng tlie HVetn of ii.llii'inii upon the various Itidtisti iul inler.-sl-, Ueiieral Sell n i z Raid the lurtni-in are persistentlv told by the iiillatiiitiists that nn cxpniision of the currency would benefit mid Ihe resttmptioii of sjiecie payments) injure them, ami yet untiling can lie clearer than Ihul of all economy interelsi the agricultural sutlers most severely from tin unsound currency, Hindi in we have. Ihe fai nter jiroduoH hut :i few staple nrtii les for anle, nnd he htm u eolif iilerulile vn jjely of articles to buy. A portion nl stoni't of the most Important staple pro iluidH i.s exporled, nnd the juice of the whole crop ia rrguluted by the foreign market. The limner receives the irice I oiid nt Liverpool, less the cost of trans iiiitntinn, nnd the irofits of the inter mediate operators, with the premium on gold milled : hut the jirices of their ample in the foreign market re mea sured hy thesiecieHtnndiird prevailing there, and not driven ui by uny ptiper Inflations, und they hre ulso depressed by the eonipeiilioti i.f the products of other agricultural countries. While thin receiving comparatively low juices fur what he sells, he has, uiid-r our currency system, comparatively high jirices 'to j uy for everything he buy in clothing, shoes, groceries, household nnd farming utensil', und so on. And why is this so'.' The value of nn Irredeemable iii er currency con stantly fluctuates The importer of goods, the merchant, the niiiiiuf.ic:nr er, when ollV-ring Iht ir articles for sule, tir-t add to the puce which they would sell under specie jiaymeuta the irein i u in ou gold, hut they know also thu' they run the risk of tl.e fine tuiitinn and possible depreciation of the paper money Ihey gel for their goods, so that if they sell ou time, the sum of money which they receive in jiayment when the iurchuser Jiays the note may not represent the same gold value which the same nominal value repicscntod when the sulo was ma le. The mer cIihuI or manufacturer irotects him self against his risk of loss by making another addition to the price of goods he sells. Usually the goods ass through several hands these of the jobbers, the Western wholesale dealer and the retailer before they reach the consumer. Knelt one of these interme diaries runs t he same risk of the de preciation of the puier currency, und p rot ecu himself by making another addition to the jirice on hisvirt. And who ha to niy the three or four addi tions to the jirice made by the traders for their own protection against the fluctuations of imiier money ? Of course the consumer. In this ci.-e the Cuimer. Tho juice or everything he has to buy, therefore, has been run ti, not only by the premium on gold, but far beyond that by tho additional )er centnge covering tho ri.-k of three or four intermediate trailers. All this is owing to the nature of our currency. 15ut docs not the risk of currency fluctuations u licet, also, I he irie. of the iroduetthe farmer lias to sell '.' Yes, II does ; but in Ihe opposite wit v. The tradesman who buys the farmer's wheat and ships it, the meieb.iut who ships it to rww ork, inn the smie risk of currency lliii'tiintiuu, also, .nul try to jirotect themselves. l!ul they can not pul it ou the riceof the wheat they have bought, for the rea on that the Jirice of that wheat ul New Vi.ik and Liverpool is iletermini d by the ma' ket there, which market i con trolled hy the cum iiel ition of all the agricultural countries of the civilized world. How, then, do these trailers protect themselves? Hy deduct ing the percentage necessary to pay their risk from the irb'e they iay the farmer. The farmer Matters himself that if gold goes up, he uelH lor his products the Item fit of the high premium on gold ; hut Ihe risk of the tradesman w ho buys from him hi ing deducted, lie getn a coiisiilerble percentage less than the full premium ; while on the irice of the goods he buys the risk of liie trades man is added to the premium, and the farmer has to pay n c ilisidomble ier ceii'nge over and almve that premium. Thus the farmer's candle burns at both ends. The character of our pntu r currency in const quciice. of its inflation blows up the prices nf everything, the farmer has to buy, ami the same thing runs down the prices of all he has to sell. When he buys tt thing, the risk of currency Inflation Is ngainl him, and he has Vi iay for it. When he ells his products, the risk of cuneney I ii Hat ion is against him. and he has to iuy for it. When lie sells his iirodueia Ihe risk of currency Inflation isagainst him, for it is deducted from the irtee he gels. Even under favorable circiim stances tbe farmer does not make much over and above his expenses, hut under such a currency he makes Btill less. I Great iplause. EASTERN DIVISION FAIR Tho Bfst Display Ever Known on the First Day. Tho Foot R.to3, Walking Mitch and Pistol Shooting. The liny opened out bright and beau tiful, and ihe rain, luopbesied by the " h lib! fi.l and slow i.i believe," d.t not make its appearance. Nature appeared as though Nature's G'od was smiling upon ii r the grandest e:!otts in the way of a Fair ever made in K ist Ten nessee. At iti e it 1 I ii ul :' ech ieles and hot se men e.uil I li - ii wending their way towards the Fair I i roil t d--. t hose going b-ing u ineipalSy nlVicers of the Fair nnd jintiis milking entriis, superin tendents of li pat I mi nis, t'to. Of course not many visitors wive expected on I be Ii 1st day, ns everybody is gen erally lui-y displaying their articles, and no mie has time to notice visitors or answer questions. When wearrivtd on the Grounds we were surjulsed at the number of articles on di-ilay already, nnd hy 10 o'clock there was mine on the Crotind than I here ever was on the first day at any jirevious Fair. F.verything wns confus'on, and it was impossible for us to get even a halfway correct list of articles ilis ilaycd. Yet we made the attempt, and will give some of the articles worthy of jiarticulnr attention. Till: llltOVNII l-'I.OOIl (IF Till: lll tl.l) INO Wtis already neatly crowded with nr lii les on exhibition as follows: Fechner Hroi liers, of Chattanooga Carriage Factory, have on disday sev eral vehicles nf tluir inaniitiieture, which has the ni penrance of being n good work ns we have ever seen. The woik of ihis firm enjoys high reputation ami is worlliy ol examina tion. Me-srs. llognn, Kelly A. i; . have on exhihitioy (iiiie a large iul of their wink, castings, iic, J. I'. S 1 1 1 1 it Co. show union n (in-) i L chil ls cradle, n beautiful piece of marble work, and a specimen of their lettering. T. 1'. Thomas A Co. also have some of tin if marble, wo'k on exhibition, and make a grand display. W. W. Woodi lid' ii Co. have some Oliver i hilled plows, Hall's safe, corn shelters, cresseiit, hand nnd circular saws, nnd other implements in thisile deiiartineiit. Also bells shot puns, rilb s and scales. Messrs. tstmuel & Campbell, of the Kuoxville Keg Factory, exhibit u number of their measures of difl'ereiit woods hy ne-ts, also the nest of meas ures ofl'cied by them ns special irem ium. Hawkins Diitt&Co. display one of their large cooking furnaces, as well us a number of artielesiu their line. Capt. Blunt, of Hrudly county, lias his wheat on exhibition. It will be remembered he raised 62 bushels to the ucre. Mr. Chns. Walker shows the Walk er's Prolillc crn, of which he produc ed on 27 acres of upland, an average of 3o bushels to the acre, ulso some beau tiful red ioi-coin. There is a good disjiluy of cum, wheat, 11 hi r, potatoes, pumpkins, red pepper, tomatoes, nats, and articles of thai kind, and entries had only faiily began in this department. THE FLORAL IlKI'AKTJls.NT Oil this lloor was well rejireselitcd. We hnvo never sten the number ot flowers and foliage equalled M this Fair. Col. Moses White, and Major '.V. I". Klliott, of the com mittee on this (lejiarlineiit, dis played much tn-te in sel. c ions and arrangement. The follow ing ladies de serve Ihe thanks of I he A-socialion nnd the public ge. erally for coinrihutii g the fl.iweisand foliage Tor IheoccMsion : Mrs. J. dm H. Cn zier, Mrs. Hutler Mrs. W. P Klliott, Mrs. James I). Cowan, Mis. Jos. A. Mabry und Mrs. Gaines. TIIK KLOKAl. CIIMMITTKK Iteijuest that nil ilileiuln g to send cut flow eis to lie u-eil ill t he for! In r decor- ' ultoll of the Hall Send Ihem tit this morning, either made into lu'iiiets or 1 ioe. 1 liose Intending to Compete fur the Hunter plil'.e of $10 CO lor the be-l coil ctiou or i nt Ibiwcr-, nro no'ifleii lo have them on ihe Grounds by 0 o'clock Thut. i,v luorniiig. Tue pre mium for ban;,; . b isketsin st'll open, and the coloiiiit ie would gladly me more enli ies made. W. P. Fl.I.IOTT, Cliairinan, SK-'ONI) FLOOtt. This floor jiresented a lively Hpiear ance. A Urge number of ierson-. will) the Hupeiiiitenilents of the iliU'- rent departiuenis, were busy in arranging the ditr.-rciit articles for di-jilnv. 'l'lieie was more lo be seen on Ihis tlonr than we have ever seen on the first day ' f any Fair, and yet the .Secretary and assistants were kept husv in making entries. We to k the floor, the west end, with the following result : Mr. S. B. Boyd occupies considerable space in showing uriiclcs from bis store, such as line carpets, rugs, coun terpanes, curtains, etc. A number of juries display cotton and woolen goods of home manufac ture, such us jeaues, liudsey, home made car)ets, etc. F. llockeiijiw shows a ca-e of hiimc niaiiUlaC'iired ciiiurs, very flue. The tables a sigi ed for ludh s' fullcy hundwoik were crowded, and every description of fancy work could he seen, such as hand t'lauliiig, hand em broidery of ever de-eripiioii, feather work, fans and wreaths in fr.t nes, sofa cushions, with head work, jiiu cush ions, silk enitiroiib-ry of every ite-crljf lion, crotchet mi ked tidies, siecl mens nf silk embrdderv, cotton and wool hoe, two beautiful ottomans. Mollie McGrath, aged 1.1, shows a pic ture of embroidery. A girl 7 years old shows some tine worsted work, silk embroidery on socks and art idea of that nature could be Been, embroider ed skirts, chemisettes, child's carmen Is, pillow slips, collars, and a wheat straw cabin on a plank covered with moss, and miniature trees attracted much at tention In this department. A box of miniature clothing by a lady of 77 years of uge is also a mutter nf curios ity. Mr. .Tame Malory linn a show case of feathers, feather work, and articled in his line. McNully, George A Hall have a show case of ribbons, feathers, culls, .Vc. Mason A: Lambright make a large disjday of iilihons and arti.-l.-s in their line. Williams, Slurges A: Co. make a dis dav of ( 'otiiiting House hooks, canes, stationery and many other articles in tl.eir line. The China House make a splendid show of articles in their line. San ford. Chamberlain it Albets dis jilayed the (liferent remedies of the celebrated Dr. Hurl, and no our need leave the Grounds sick. They also dis day a show caso of other articles to be louml in a drug store. There is a fair display of ajijib s mid grajies on this lloor. I ii this department we found ( 'apt. Spurgin, of Washington county, and three Washington county Indies, Misses Sue Templin, Sue Deakins ami Kva Heakins, who were the life of the Washington county fair, nnd are mak ing themselves useful here. Mr. Biickl.ind, jeweler, w ho has late ly conic in our midst and Is opening out in the corner store of the new Fouche Block, with a splendid stock of watches nmr jewelry, nnd w ho has ollcrcd some inagnillcient siccial iremium, has two show cases of line watches, jewelry, silver ware, ivc. Bui everybody will see them, as every body will he contending lor on or more of I he special jireuiiiltiis. Mes-rs. Lyons A- Campbell haven show case full of articles, perfumeries Ac., from their drug store. Messrs. Beardeus & McTeer have a show case full of ties, cull's, in:., from their clothing und gents, furnishing goods establishment. Mr. Gen. II. Smith, jeweler, has a large show case full of silver ware, a grand display of (docks and the tcle grajdi batery used at Richmond, Pe tersburg, ami in Geo, Lees headquar ters generally, during the late war. Of course it is iirized highly as a relic. Mr. 11. F. Hodgson has a number of beautiful oil iaintiugs of his work. i T. B. Mi'Cinry, jihotographer, has u ' number of photographs on exhibition. Miss Bertha Ksperaudicu has eight pictures oil paintings, drawings, and water colors on exhibition. They are very bountiful and ilisday consideiable tub'nl tor art. Mr. J. F. Ban man, our poiular young architect and house builder, shows a number or architectural drawings, showing w hat. he can do in that line and lie can build a house us well with brick und wood ns on paper. There is quite a display of oil paintiuns und wax work in this department, but we failed to learn by whom disjilayed. Messrs. Lewis & Jackson make a good display of work from their hoot und shoe establishment. TheHockford Manufacturing Cnni jiuny have some of their yarns and bailing ou display, H. Hpiro Ai Kro. have a show-case full of bread and cake, to which wo would call the attention of Germans in particular, for there they will And German week, or biscuit, Vienna kip fel, hretzel, zweebuck toast, &c. lie also has u refreshment stand below. Mr. C A. Weiser has a jar of gieeu figs, raised i'l Kuoxville, us line us we have ever seen. There is a large disjiluy of canned or Jarred fruits, jellies of every descrip tion, wines, honey, mixed jiickics, bread, cakes, butter, nnd everything of thut kind. Mr. Samuel K. Harris has a splendid disiluy of fruit in Jars, ns lino us we huve e'er seen. Mr. Harris under stands Ins business in that line. Messrs. J. L. Lloyd & Co. have a fine display of harness and saddles in the east end of the building. In that end of the building roics have been stretched and are covered with every descnjition of quilts, counterpanes, Ate. AdlllCfl.l t'UAL IMrl,KMl:.NTS. Ill this department there is quite, u largo disjiluy already und still moro to come. Mr. H. H. Hubbard, of the State Grange Agency, ha-, about the largest collodion ot agricultural implements on the ground us yet, consisting of mowers, reajiers, rakes, cane mills, evaporators, plows, harrows, A:C. Mr. S. T. Post, our enterprising townsman, makes a large disjdav of wagons, there being live or six difl'cr eiu kinds He ulso lias tqiecimens of il. ii. Post's wheelbarrows, trucks, A:c, nil of his own manufacture. Messrs. ('lark & Co. nre on hands with the celebrated Johnson jdow, which has taken so many jin minium heretofore. Mr. A. Gredig has on exhibition the "Cnampiou" n-ajier and mower, be sides other Implements in his line. Mes-rs. 1 1 it. L. MeClung Ai Co , ulso, have a wagon, plows, corn shellers, a Blatiehard churn, &o. Mr. 1. KldridgH is on the ground with un excellent display of buggies of ull kinds from his celebrated man ufactory. We noticed the Jarnagin buggy farm wagon, made hy the Jarnagin Bros, nt Beau's Station. The Keller patent faliiilog mill, made by Mr, Charles Christian of Kuoxville, Is also on exhibition. The Kooxvtlie Iron Cmiptuy hud men engaged yeslerday evening Jiut iing up a saw mill, which will lie in running order. The pole which is to be reused and climbed for the pn.e is already erected. There will slip be otlnr entries iu the agricultural impleiuuut line. (Continued on Second Fagv.) Facts About Campbell County. We find Hie following in the Frank lin Frrnnhr, published nt Hampton Iowa : In r( dy (o a letter of inquiry Wes ley Brogan, F.sq , of Gain township, recently received the following from the county treasurer of Campbell county in relation to that jiortioti of Ten ncssee : " W. Hrogan, Dear Sir : Your let ter making inquiry us to this portion of Fast Tennessee duly received, and I cheerfully ucceed to your request. To begin witli our county seat, Jueks lioro, is situ.ated in a beautiful vulley of about two miles in width, near the center of the county, ami i u ached by what are know n'as "jiike roads." The northern part of tne county is inontitaiiious with hii occasional small valley, while in all iiorlious of it mav be round idem v of timber, coal and an ,.t,,,,, ii-i,,j 1,1 iiiiiiit-i eoui nun hii iibui.dat.ee of ,, tire water. For sleek- I rsi-ing juiioses no hotter locality cull he found. As to health 1 stliose we csn " brag " of this region ns being liarticulatly so. Billions diseases are almost unknown to the natives; in fact Fast Tennessee is as healthy a lo cility as call tie found in the I'nited Slates, or pel haps in the world, in .oiuilatlon we lire behind many of the northwestern States, something that is mainly ultiibtituble to the existence of slavery here ill the past which not ac cording with the views of Northerners irevented them from sett ling among us. Our laws give u man sd.Oim worth of .ersonul uoierty exempt from taxa tion und u homestead valued at the same amount together w ith a limited amount of personal proierty free from execution. Taxes are light ; j.oll 1, and iroierty81 on each if lull valuation. This is about the average and includes State, county, and school taxes. As to lemiieralure the thermometer rurely indicates above lilt) or below zero. We have a gentle breeze, bin. veiy little of what a Western man calls wind. This is one of the be-t of fruit-growing re tinitis, though until within the last few years but little attended to as in mosi iarls of the border Southern States. In railroad faeilit ies w e are not overstocked, a branch of the Fast Tennessee and Georgia line running lo Caryvlih' three miles from this dace being the only outlet of that kind we have in the county. A man coming to this section can have his choice as lo I mils, there being a great many varie ties, In in the richest level lo the most broken and even very poor grades. In i tho rich parts, the "range 'is mostly U"ed up, though some portions of the mountains ate niiinl if not, superior lo your Western piaiiies for cattle and! fur better for sheep, as iheie are vari- j ouh herbs growing in those localities w hich have iroven to be not only healthy but. nutritious. The-e mountain lands are cheap, ranging in price from one to ten dol lars ier acle, and lin y are splendid for raising oats and grass, but hot well adapted to corn uud wheat. Valley and hill lands range in j. rice from $.1 to jit) jier acre, according to locution tion und improvements. As before stated, the county is not very well set tled; the poiHilatiou probably does not exceed fci.oou. There Hre no large towns, Jackshoro', wilh 500 inhabit ants, constituting the " hub," though there are n number of thriving luisi ness ioints, which at no distant day, will form the nucleus for promising villages, Our free school system is rapidly improving, und I think we shall soon have good schools for ut leust half the year. The jiriricijiul varieties of timber are oak, poplar, Jiine, cedar, maple, walnut, chest nut, hickory uud sycamore, with an abundance of superior limestone uud brick clay for building juirjioses. There nre many advantages (and some disadvantages) that 1 liave not show n in this hastily written letter, but I have endeavored to give you the main points without making u.-e of the "coloring" that is so frequent ly resorted to in l lie hope of Inducing people to change their locution. Yours ii. W. HKATliLKLKY. '' A Discouraged Editor. (Kai I'lay ICul,)Scmitiol). lie was a sad-eyed, muok-faeed man, and wo iupposed ho merely wished to give us a news item; but when ho commenced telling us about building u barn oa bis ranch l'.h.x 'X) feet, seven stories liigli, and ornamented with bay windows, wo thought il was time to check him, and so we commenced : " Well, wo must admit that that is a pret ty large barn for this country, but back in tne Slates' our father built a burn "U'OxoOO feet, nine stories biqli, and furnished with steam elevators ; the ' ' Hack in tho States," hit rrupted our listener. ''Why, that wasn I mueli of a barn for tho States. I rutin tiihor, now, that w lu'ii I was quite young my father built a ohiela.'d-eoup f.ol).KU feet. 1 don't recollect how many ntories it was high, but I know there was a cupola on it lor the roosters." " About how high was that cupola'''' we asked. " 1 don't remember the exact height now, mi-ler," was the reply, "but 1 know it was so high that tho fourteen upper tiers of roosters died from tho ell'eet. of tho light atmosphere tho tirl Itiunu" Then we went oi-t arid sat down on the woodpile, und wondered whj somebody was always outstrijiping us in lint race of life. Salt for Hogs. I bavo seen fait fed to bogs for ,VJ yenr?, and in the last 'J0 years bavo led many heavy bogs, ranging from 'juutuUiHJ Pounds net. 1 fed them all liberally with nail; have never lost ono, nor has ono been sick an hour. The.-o hogs liavo been fattened in a close pen, und their principal food wus corn meal made into dough. This dough I bavo sailed al li :i-L ouch a day. .Some times my hogs would fail to clean out their trough ;"in that cieo I would put a handful of salt into my bin ket with sung water, pour it into their trough, and they would lick it up with much relish. In addition to alt, I f.-ed coals from the move. 1 make it a reirular custom to feed Coals, and it is a., tonisuing whata quantity a l.og will eat, and how lieahhv and robu-t it will make him. Lot the bogs have plenty of salt and charcoal, and w- shall near less of t"e cholera..'. L. Salem in Iowa Stock Journal. A BANK ROBBER CAPTURED. It earlj a.l.noo Found an lilt Vrrnrm, Ono of the parlies concerned in tha heavy bank robbery nt Huntingdon, West Virginia, some time since, wan brought in on the K. At O. train, yester day, chained and heavily gaurded, and taken up on the noon train, having been captured a Tewdays ngoat JanieH town, Teiin. He was found in a blacksmith's shop, and had on his jier son, when taken, nearly $.",noo. He was taken on hy the ca-hier of 'he bank, and one or two others, nnd fear ing an attempt wool I lie made to res cue the prisoner when they got into Virginia, they tclegraihed to Hunt ingdon for reinforcements, t meet tlieni at Bristol. There were four parties concerned In the robbery, one of tlirui was Killed in - . . i .i . ..!.., HM ,t,l'1 1r,f!'l'u,' Mul tl,e ot,,er I u'n lira uli II nt Inrnu two nre still ut large. filiililrn Ileal II of ll Minister. SKVIKKVIl.I.K, Tkns., Oct. 7. 187.'). T.i tltf Ettttur of the Chronicle : Tholtev. Mr. It. L. Houk, u Itup tisl minister, of Hoyd's Creek, a car penter by trade, was doin; some work for Mr- Timothy Chandler Tuesday last, being as well as usual. While at bis work talking to Mr. Chandler. sitting ou the lloor of the portico witli his hummer iu his hand driving nails, he fell over und iu less than five min utes was a corise. He wns n memberof the Orderol the Patrons of Husbandry. This morning the Order met nt ltoyd'H Creek church, where the cor.se arrived about 111 A. M., and wus taken charge of hy the Order, und deposited iu the church. Kev. Win. liumett made some very ajipropriate remarks, after w hich the Order took tl.e remains to the grove, followed by n large proces sion of relatives nnd friends. It was estimated thai from four to live thou sand were ireseut. He wus buried with the ceremonies of the ftbove mention ed Order, lirother Houk was a man beloved by all who knew him, und stood hiuii iu society us a Chris tian minister, slid iiad a reputation of being a wide-awake, devoted Chris lian. He has now gone to be forever ut rest. Tile news also arrived nt Sevierville this pveniuc, of tbe death of Mr. Dan iel Kmert, of Grainger, formerly of Sevier. He also fell dead on hi t eve ning, but have not learned the iar ticulars. lie is a brother of Mr J. B. Kmert, of Sevierville. Sl-.VIKK. Innoccnee in a Picture Gallery. i lTrny Times.) Everett's art gallery is graced with a fine oil pair.ting of Shakespeare, which hangs prominently from n center column at the back of the store. Tho other day a lady from tho country ca:no in, glanced about. and inquired of Mr. Everett, pointing t bhake-eare s pin. : " What minister is that?" "That is Shakespeare." replied tho ur bane Everett, with a jduyfu smile on his hps. "Ob, it is, hey. Wherodoos ho jireach now ?" "He wasn't a minister, madam. Ho was a poet." "Oh I Ah! Yes. Seems to nio I've heerd on him somewhere. Did lin writo any pieces for tho Free Will llaplista' hymn-book ?'' Mr- Everett politely sougl't to divert tha lady's attention by showing her a picture of Jscob kis-ing ltachel, w hen tho old lady innocently inquired, after ttu 1 ing the on graving curiously : " What bu they wrost Tin' about?" Afier asking when there was to be a circus in Troy again, Mio lot t tho gallery highly pleased. The North Carolina Road. News comes to ns from the East that hin Exeelleiiev I iov. Krogiten has sppointed Mnj. W. W. Koliuis, ol M n -toill, mid Mr. W. S. .''ear- oi, our n--i.tiii, . .-.liior, com missioners el' the We-tern Kailroad. The third party is not iiatni'il, bui it is thought that Mr. M.ver.-, ol Charlotte, will - be ilia man. 'M neiv.vntid ability of thu two gentl - a ..pointo'l argues well for the CLiinii ot' the rosd. Their every in teres: omiilicd with its sin cess, and lliey will reach ihut desideratum if not hamper ed by legislation. Asircifte iJioucrr. We have the further information from a gentleman who travelled with Maj. K-dl lis from Washington to his lo. me ul Marshall, in Madison county, a week ago, thai tht Coinnii!,,-ioner8 hud b en telegniphcj by (iov. Itngden to meet nt Chulotto last Saturday, the Jnd inst,, toorgatiizeand gut ready for work. Mj. Kolluis rtnuii ed hut a day with his family, and then l ft for Charlotte. It is cniitidemly bcliot'id by our informant that work will hn commenc ed on this end ol'tlie road in u lew weeks. Alowia?"!'"! U'izett: Didn't Say. A ninth avenue boy stoiiied catch ing Hies nil at once yesterday uud lui lied to his mother ami inquired : ''.Ma, ain't M rs. l'arsons u nice wo man, though ?" " 1 guess so why?" she answered. "llecau-e, when I was over there this morning she jmt In r hum! upon my head, like this, and she almost, cried us she s aid : '1'nor, dear boy ! how could your father ever think of marrying ihnt sbarji-nosed, viingar lied old maid for a second wife !' " She took Henry into thu shed, and while she In Id la-l l i his ear she in formed him that it would be nothing short or (lent Ii if he ever entered Mrs l'arson's house ugain. An Awful Disappointment. An old man living in the country culled ut ihe ellico of llio guS company ui (..'hi. ago) the other day, having a Iwu-ipiart pint ia hi hand and asked : " Is this where they sell gas?" " t'es, sir, wo can furnish you with gas," replied i ho clerk. Well," sa'd the old man, as he pulled the cover off his pail, " I ve heerd a tood deal ubout gas, and I H take two quart -along and try it. How much is u a, (Url 7" vVhen hn was iniormed that gas was qupor, and thu method of burning it uMiluuied, hasighol and said: " Hannah wilt be awfully disappoint ed." TP