Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-06-09
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General t sherman Defines his Position.
Proceedings of the New Hampshire
Legislature.
Miscellaneous and Washington News.
F.S'HoME NEWS.

CoNcoRD,N. H., June The House
failed to y elect a clerk yesterday. The
Senate merely met to elect temporary
chairman and appointed committee to
count the Senatorial votes. Both parties
are cauctissings to-day irissfs- h''.-
CINCINNATI, June S.-The Rabbinical
council adopted resolution providing for
auniform reading from Pentateuch dur
ing three years, emitting antiquarian laws,
A resolution was adopted protesting
against the establishment of National
Rabbinical Office at Washington.
SAN FRANCISCO, June S.-A tremend-
Gus hurricane has prevailed i'm the vicinity
Of the Fiji Islands.
Brig Kentucky from san Francisco for
Milburn, foundered. All lost, including
the Captains wife.
There are great floods in New South
Wales. Immense losses, including the
wheat crops f4i q h-is' d. -
The gold yield is increasing.
Anew. disease is killing sheep by thou
sands. 49, ,.,.,, .r.,.,, ,,...4.. mama. 3D., .r
Honolulu news is unimportant.
The Nevada initial steamer, in the Aus
traIjan line made Honolulu, from San
Francisco i'm seven days and sixteen
hOuEs.s-- O., -7f.. ifr -t.t,s.3 s-Ia.s .r.t
BAITIMoRE, June s. The Topographic
cal'Uni6n adopted resolutions admitting
pressmep togmembersAip.L
NEW ORLEANS, June S.-Strong south
east winds, with rain on Lake Pontchar-
train, this evening. The water in the city
has fallen two inches in the past twenty
four hours, now three inches below low
watersmark.T The Neutral Grounds, on
Canal street, is clear of water nearly to
Claiborne street. Besides policy and char
ity boats, there are hundreds of small
crafts engaged i'll passenger traffic; they
are as thick around the Neutral Grounds,
on Canal Street, as vehicles at a race course,
and. the boatmen are as so1icitOus for pat
ronage as depot cabmen. The boats are
required, to carry lights, and after dark it
is an interesting spectacle.
Five thousand loaves of bread and other
articles in proportion are distributed daily
to the sufferers. a very disagreeable odor
arises. all along the border of the over
flowed districts from the stagnant water,
deeaying vegetables and animal matter.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. June S.-The Ala
hama aud Chattanooga Railroad Com
pany, better known as Stanton's Road,
Misplaced in bankruptcy by Judge Bus
teed, Of the United States District Court.
The petition was made by W. c. Jones,
an Alabama creditor, whose claim is about
fifteenthousand dollars. e. II. Grandeur
and John F. Bailey were appointed tempo
rary custodiahs pending the election of an
assignee by the creditors.
ST. Louis, June S.-LymOn j. Fuller
ton, of the firm of Ferguson Fullerton d
Co., died from an overdose of chlOroform,
taken to relieve pain. 'i' ....
BALTIMORE, June S.-The committee
on fast type setting gave the first premium
to George Ahrefisberg, of Philadelphia
the second to w. A. Edwards, of Norfolk,
Virginia :, the third to James A. Butler,
of Little Rock, Arkansas. .l..... .-,
NEW YORK, June S.-John III. Anthem
has been elected Grand Master of MasOns.
Dr. Spar, a brother-in-law of Wood
hull & Claflin, died suddenly. The doc
tors say of consumption
WASHINGTON, June S.--Walter Il. Shipp,
route agent from Norfolk to Raleigh has
been arrested on the charge of violation of
postal laws. Tygi - fIhafr
Two stills with fixtures and one hun
dred and seyenty-five acres of land in the
fourth District of Northi Carolina, have
been seized for violation of the revenue
laws.
General Sherman writing to TIE New
York Herald from Fort Sell, saysY:f5s
Now as to politics, III thihk all my
personal friends know my deep seated an
not to understand me, hereby State and
mean all that say, that never have been.
and never will be, o candidate for Presi-
dent. That, if Nominated by either party,
l should peremptorily decline. and even if
unanimously elected, should decline to
serve If you can lind language stronger
to convey this meaning, you are at liberty
to use it. eeH' 1uo 'H s7irF' -es'f
/ am your obedient servant,
(Sigiiei.l W.T., SIBERIAN, Gen IL 4
Work has resumed at some points at
81 so per day. The syorlznen are unmo-
Tested. A strong force of police, however,
is in readiness Many still hold out for
8 90 and eight hours
Judge O'Lin will hear the argument on
Monday, whether he can withhold Bow
ems sentence until motion for new
trial is decided.
CONCORD n. H., June 9.-The entire
forenoon session was consumed i'm the at
tempt 20 draw seats, which failed, owing
to duplication by some members.
Mr:' Rafdaii" urged the proprietv and
right of the ballot for clerk, which the
Democrats .persistentlyl refused, fearing
shaky members.
g. D.