Knoxville Weekly Chronicle

This little "bantling," despite the contemptuous efforts of the Press and Herald, still flourishes, and daily increases in circulation and popular favor.

We felt certain of being "snuffed out" when our able, (?) enterprising (?) and influential (?) contemporary, about one month ago, publicly announced that thereafter its readers should hear no more of us or our paper.

But, notwithstanding the fact that since that time we have only been contemptuously noticed as the "radical organ," and have been deprived of the benefit of the publicity we, before that time enjoyed, by an occasional notice in its columns, we still thrive, and, what is still more remarkable, gain, almost every day, new subscribers from its own readers.

Some of our most enthusiastic friends are men who have heretofore read the Press and Herald under the impression that it was a newspaper, and they have intimated to us that the Press and Herald quit noticing us through its columns, not so much to lessen our publicity as to stop us from giving them the sort of publicity, through our columns, they felt was becoming very damaging.

It may be true that this "organ" grinds very unpleasant music, and in view of recent developments, we are induced to think so.

Our new subscribers take the CHRONICLE because they want the news and some reading matter, in addition to the interesting notices of "the saloons," &c., "mixed drinks," &c., which occupy the principal part of the space of that enterprising paper.

But we commend the persistent efforts of our contemporary to snuff us out. It has succeeded remarkably well. But we should not be surprised if, in its efforts, it has not already burnt its fingers as bad as the country boy did in trying to snuff out the gas jet in the New York hotel.

In conclusion, we beg to assure the Press and Herald that we appreciate very highly the patience and fortitude it exhibits in its embarrassing position.

We know that, occasionally, it must suffer excruciatingly, because its vow precludes it from assailing our vulnerable points.

Some have been complimentary enough to suggest that this vow grew out of the fact that we developed, in its political record, some weak points, of which its publishers are very sensitive, but we believe it is because it is determined not to give us publicity through its columns knowing full well that, without such aid on its part, we must soon be "snuffed."

ENCOURAGING.

The Press and Herald is very susceptible, and in its calmer moods takes good advice and sound argument very freely.

It is unfortunately surrounded by a number of very indiscreet friends, who frequently take advantage of its impulsive nature, and induce it to advocate very unwise and impolitic measures.

But if left entirely to its own counsels, it often astonishes the reading community by its liberal and respectable course.

For some days, we have been endeavoring to persuade this honest (?) General Assembly that the honest people of the State were opposed to repudiation, and would not endorse the shameful policy deliberately determined upon by the leaders of the Democratic party.

For some days it seemed very doubtful what course would be pursued.

But after the specious and exceedingly weak effort of Senator Cooper's Committee was discovered to be unpopular, and certain to be defeated, the Press and Herald yields to the impressions made by our articles, and yesterday morning concluded to fall in line with us, and battle against the corrupt imbeciles of its own party.

We frankly admit that even for such slight aid and encouragement we are thankful.

But it is not only in our fight against corruption that it is willing to join our ranks, but comes up like a man and endorses our charges as to the partisanism of the Assembly in its reorganization of the Judicial Circuits and Chancery Divisions of the State.

It admits that the nine counties in this Circuit with twice the population of Shelby county, and about ten times its area, ought to have more than one Judge.

Memphis city has three Courts and Judges, while our nine counties have but one.

Our contemporary, having its attention directed to this shameful partisan legislation by our editorial of Wednesday, endorses it and favors a change.

We knew that we could satisfy honest men of the unfairness of such legislation, and we did not even despair of the Press and Herald if we could only reach it free from the influences of its advisory club.

We hail these symptoms of liberality with pleasure, and really hope our contemporary is about to take a new departure in its style of journalism.

The Knoxville Press and Herald has been a little doubtful what to say about the repudiation projects of certain members of the Legislature, and has had one or two editorials partially endorsing them, but the sober second thought, and a diligent perusal of the Times' editorials, has elicited from it a sound editorial.—Chattanooga Times.

We were flattering ourselves that the CHRONICLE had something to do in persuading our contemporary to make its change of front on the repudiation question, but we may be wrong.

It may have been the Times.

But in either case, we consider it a triumph of some significance.

There is still some excitement over the question of the future ruler of Spain.