Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-04-13
NEWS SUMMARY.


The Texas delegation have been admitted to
Congress.
Riots are now frequent, and strikes common,
among the half paid mechanics of France.
Advices from Beyrout, Syria, state that Bish-
cp Kingsley, of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
is dead.
In the British Parliament, recently, the
House showed but thirty majority for the min
istry.
General Ames has at last been admitted to his
seat in the United States Senate, by vote of
10 r.
A man by the name of Hines committed sui
eide in Richmond Va, on April I'd, by blow
ing out his brains
The municipal election in St Louis was car
ried by the Republicans, on the 9th of April, by
handsome majority.
The Republicans of Rhode Island carried
that State by majority of four thousand in the
election recently held there
Connecticut has elected a Democratic Cover
nor, but has good working majority in the
Legislature in favor of Republicansm.
1t is now claimed by the friends of the enter
prise that work will be commenced at once on
this end Of the Blue Ridge Railroad
President Grant, and others, returning from
the funeral of Gen. Thomas, took part in the re-
union of the Army of the Potomac, at Phila-
delphta on April 9th.
Mr. and Mrs Munford were murdered, and
their child nearly killed, at Calona, Illinois, on
April 9Th, by robbers, who stole sixteen hun
bred dollars. .tEt-
A man in Galveston, Texas, under sentence
for the murder of Major Lochman, cheated the
hangman out Of his fee by committing suicide
on the night Of the It'll of April.
Our farming prospects, though evidently re-
tarded by wetiweather, are, nevertheless, very
promising, and point to increased activity in
our farming interests Frr
The Democratic press are arraigning the mo-
tives of Hon. w. F. Prosser for his appoint
ment of colored boy as cadet to the Military
Academy at West Point.
The German papers are discussing the pro-
priety of substituting for the present system an
underground telegraph, which it is claimed viii
be more reliable than the present overhead sys-
TEN.
The latest news from the Darien surveying
expedition is discouraging They have explored
several miles, but found no indications Of low
elevation through the Cordillerss suitable for Q
canal.
The Spanish authorities in Cuba have recently
Issued proclamation Offering protection to al
who surrender to any legitimate authority, ex
eept the principal leaders and officers of the So
called Cuban Government.
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The monthly public debt statement shows t.
the friends Of the Government a satisfactory de
crease in the public debt, which is as sdvanta
geous 10 the Republican as it is damaging to tn
Democratic party.
The CONSUMPTION in Spain is meeting Will
considerable opposition. Riots and bloodshe,
are likely to follow any attempt to enforce it
The cry is Viva Republic, down with con
scription.'
The Democratic State Central Committee 0
Maryland recently adopted resolutions looking
10 change in the laws Of that State so as to con
form to the provisions of the Fifteenth Amend
nent. How is that for Maryland Democracy
The good effects ofthe passage ofthe Fifteenth
Amendment was shown forth in a recent mum
cipal election in Danyille, KY, where the Re
tuclI llthNb W a ii'JpIify
1872 Well done for the Republicans of Dan
vile. at
The bill compensating members of Parlia
ment was defeated by large majority in n
House of Commons. Gladstone regretted ths
poor men could not come to Parliament, but
the constituencies desired such represen .tio
the constituencies should pay.
The prospect Mt present in Middle and ~
Tennessee Is that there will be less cotton p b
ed there this season than eommon, de- IN
apprehension that the price Of cotton Wi ~
justify an extensive breadth Of cotton he 4
SENT ieasoiN The planters are turning he