Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-21
rANRICrDE IN NEw YORrs.
Cmicr Justice Chase stiu InwcIl.

IkuY, y. ", Dec. l1.--kulur and wife
two of the oldest and most spectacle citi-
zens Of southampton, were murdered 10y q
blind son, who disputed with his father
about his will.
PoUCHEEErSu, y. y, Dec. 1.-The
steamer 81. John has grounded The
steamer Boardmau has put hucl, on ac-
count of the lee. The weethcr j, very
cold
PHnAnELrnIA, Z. A., Dee. 1.-THE
entire stock of the American Steamship
Company has been taken
NEW York, Dec. 17.--It II announced
that tho.Baltmorc and Ohio Railroad de-
clince 10 participate in the proposed Rail
road Convention at Erie.
A special TO the World, from London,
on the 10Th, says the Papal Envoy arrived
at Versailles on the 18th with the Pope's
dispatch to the King and Bismarck. The
King of Prussia promised to restore the
POpc's temporal Power az soon as the pres
ent war was eadcd.
NEW York Dee. lT.-A letter from
Chief Justice Chase doubts whether he can
deliver the inaugural address at the unvcil-
ing of the Morse Statue. He is recovering
slowly.
The H,ruid's special from Rome, of the
18th inst, says at the feast of the Immncu-
late Conception, q gang of rufians, led by
anotorious iniidcl namcd1aquetto, attacked
the friends of the Pope near the Vatican
with knives and hatchcts. Soldiers inter
fcred and quclcd the disturbance.
W1LMINGToN, Dee. l7.-Xack McLaugh-
lin, notorious outlaw, of Robson coun-
ty, for whose capture large rewards have
been offered by the Governor Of the state
and The authOritc- of the county, was kill
cd yesterday, near Agim hy Henry Biggs.
/ Mclaughlin had forced Biggs To accompa-
ny him on one of his predatory excursions,
/ Bigg, being UnGImed. stopping in q
swamp, they built fire and laid down Ia
rest. Mclaughlin fell asleep, when Biggs
secured his pistol and shot him dead. The
affair has created much excitement and
much rejoicing i'm RObcSon county, where
/ McIaughlin's many bloody deeds had
made him Il terror to all good citizens.
y piano factory in New York was blown
4 down by a terrific gale and several buried
/ in the ruins.
/ Rainoy, colored Congressman from
/ South Carolina, has been appointed 10 the
( Committee on Freedman's 4 fairs.
/ RICHMOND, Dee. l5-The Republican
State Central Committee last night adopt
cd resolutions praying Congress 10 pass q
general amnesty bill. There were only
two dissenting votes.
WAsnINGTON, Dec. IA correspOn-
dent of the Baltimore Sun tclesraphs hence
, that Attorney General Akcrman has init
.
his early rc-ignotion, partially on account
of sickness.
ROdcrick X. Butler member Of Con.
grcs1 from Tennessee, has been indicted
for forgery. \ warrant has been issued
for his arrest.
LATER.-Butler, of Tennessee, has been
held i'm 50 ,O0U hail t0 answer two forgery
indictments. His colleague, Stokes, Went
his bail.
WAsHiNGroN, Dee. l9-Thc laylicn
Minister has written Secretary Fish, dis
aVowing his intention 10 criticise the Pres
idcnts Message
Itis telcgraphed hence that Pleasanton
iaVOrs Il uniform twenty-five per cent tax
on tobacco and one dollar on whisky, in
which measures he will have the prcsi-
dcnt's and Boutwel's support.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company
owes the Government nearly S3,O0u,OO
accrued interest, which Akerman decides
must be paid now.
\ majority of the Finance Committee
Of both houses oppose the repeal Of the in-
come tax.
NEW YORK, Dee IH.-Scycral hundred
brakcmcn on the Eric Railroad have
struck, alleging il simply impossible for
them to sustain life on less than 50 day
The strikers carried away all the coupling
pins from lIorncllsvillc, whereby 100
freight cars are blocked. Stock are dying
on the cars. Matters We're so threatening
Yesterday that the Sheriff Of Steuben
county sWorc in n deputies half the male
population of Horncllsvillc, and suisse
+ qnently regiment of militia was called
F out. The passenger trains are unmolest-
cd, hut The froight7 arc completely block
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