Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-09-07
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l WASHINGTON, September l.-Mr. Harlan
Secretery of Interior yesterday retired from
that department, when the heads of bureaus
clerks and department united in presenting d
valuable service of silver accompanied by an
appropriate address.
WASHINGTON, Sept. l.--Mr. Browning the
newly appointed Secretary of the Interior
appeared at the Department this morning
and was sworn in by Judge Wyle, and was
formally introduced to the Head of the Bu
reau and Immediately entered upon the du.
ties Of his new office.
NKw ORLEANS September IA strong
guard of white soldiers now do duty night
and day at the private residence of Gov.
Wells at his own urgent request.
CoSsTANTrSopLE, August 29.-Affairs in
Turkey are in very bad state. The revolt
in GAMMA progresses. The inhabitants Of
Cretia have asserted their independence of
the Turkish empire. Constantinople is in a
state of seige.
NEW ORLEANS, Sep. 3-The defeat of Hon.
John Hancock for the United States Senate
from Texas, was owing to the accusation
made against him in the Conservative caucus.
by Maj Langley of Gen. Canbys staff that
Judge Hancock sought while Union refi,-
gee, the position of Brigadier General for the
purpose Of invading Texas.
ST. LOUIS Sept 3.-President johnson has
accepted an invitation to visit ST. LOUIS, and
will arrive here Saturday noon and remain
over Sunday.
New York, Sept. "a Chinese commits.
sioner named A. II. Yue is on his way to
this port from San Francisco. lie is accom-.
panied by an interpreter and by Mr. Robert
L. Strichlan, an Americas, who has been
many years in China. The object of A. II.
lues visit to the east is to introduce Chinese
aborels into the United States, and with this
view, he will travel through the Southern,
Western and Eastern States, offering to fur
nish field hands,
HARTFORD, Conn, Sept. 2.--Between eight
and nine o'clock tonight the large manufac
tory of Hubbard l. Co.. makers of cloths
and trimmings, at Meridian, took fire and was
burned to the ground. The loss is not as
certained.
New YORK, Sept. 3 .-Thirteen new cases
OF cholera and twenty-eight deaths were re-
ported on Friday at Helena, Arkansas
Dispatches from the West state that about
two hundred of the leading merchants of
st. Louis have signed circular denying the
existence of the cholera as an epidemic. II
is designed to upset certain efforts in Chca-
go to Brighten off country merchants from
going to st. Louis to buy stocks
Advices from Memphis of Saturday even
ing say that the cholera steadily increases,
33 deaths occurring NJ to 0 clock that
morning. Eleven deaths from cholera have
occurred in Ottumwa. The disease is great
ly subsiding in the river cities.
In Chicago Saturday there were l2 new
cases of cholera aud deaths. The health
officers report for the week ending Aug.
81, shows 207 cases and III deaths. Of the
2O7 attacked only 20 were of American ma |
tivity, including colored persons.
NASHVILLE, Sept. 3.-The report of thir.
teen cases of cholera at Rolling-mill Hill |
was entirely erroneous. Not single case
occurred.
There were forty cases of cholera to-day,
one terminating fatally.
The two deaths yesterday, reported as
cholera, were Mrs. Murray and Miss Gala
han. The funerals took place to-day, and
the latter was buried by the Fenian Brother
hood, an immense concourse Of whom at
tended the funeral.
New ORLEANS, Sept 3.-Therc were tbr-
ty-tour cholera and three yellow fever deaths
for the forty-eight hours ending Monday.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 3.-The cholera inter-
ments yesterday were forty-eight.
HEARTS CONTENT, Sept. 2.-The news of
the success in the full picking up of the At
lantic telegraph cable of 1868, reached here
at AS minutes after six O'Clock this morn
ing. The expedition with the Great Eastern
had been out twenty-four days. All hope of
success had been abandoned by the telegraph
people here. The news reached Valentia at
40 minutes past o'clock, one hour and five
minutes before it was received here. S;p-
nails are sent through the cable with perfect
and we are talking with the Great
Eastern every moment via Valenta in Ire
land. About three hours after the recovery
of the cable the splice was made with the
cable slowed in the main tank of the Great h
Eastern, and the lowering of the cable into
the sea Immediately took place, aud the big
ship is now paying out the wire and ap-
preaching Hearts Content on her return, Mt
about the same rate of speed she maintained ,
IN the former expedition. The telegraph
leet is expected here next Saturday.
ST. Louis, Sept. 2.--Tho brass foundry of
+, Coughlin, and the extensive candy facto-
y of Hesselmeyer & Hymers, on Locust
street, between Main and Second, were burn
ID last night. The loss of the latter was
mainly by water, but nearly complete. To-
al loss nearly forty thousand dollars, which
vas mostly insured.
The deaths from cholera yesterday amount '
d to about sixty.
PARIS, Sept. an Drouyn de L'Huys, :
he French Minister for Foreign Affairs, has .
esigned. The Marquis of Montholon sue n
eeds him. :
BERLIN, Sept. 1.-The Prussian Diet ia en- /
aged in the discussion of the bill to indem. c
ify the King for his violation of the con.
litution, in imposing taxes and raising funds
u the support of the war without the con-
mt of Parliament
The Grand Duke Of Darmstadt refuses the I
russian treaty.
Upper hesse is likely to be annexed to
ru ssia by treaty. D
MUNICH, Aug. 3l.-The motion to close il
e union of Bavaria with Prussia was lost p,
he Chambers then adjourned and will prob b