Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-06-29

hind the usual time, and that, thusf far, is
Of inferior quality.
Foreign and Domestic Newst.
ATLANTA, GA, June 24.-In the At
lanta papers of to-day, Foster Blodgett,
former Superintendent of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, and bis private secre-
tary, Dr.A- Gasken, publish cardsin ref
erence to the alleged embezzlement of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad funds. for
which they we're indicted by the Grand
Jury of Fulton county. Mr.. Blodgett
denies ever having received any ofthe mo-
ney, and asks an immediate trial Col.
Gaskell Acknowledges having received some
| eight thousand dollars on a claim against
| the road of fifteen thousand dollars, in pur-
! suance of an alleged agreement between
| the claimant and himself. s
ST. LOUIS, june PA letter states
| that u. j. Long, John Mullens and two
others. we're killed by Indians near Fort
| Griffin, Texas One man named Elliott
was burned alive.
Sioux CITY, Iowa, June 24.-Ida
Reese, No. 2 sunk near the mouth of
| White river. Boat valued at $4,000 ;
cargo $4,000. Total loss. Fifty-6ve
| passengers aboard. all saved.
CHICAGO, june 24.-Terrifc thunder.
1t rsiued in torrents here for an hour
Easements flooded, walls and trees pros
trated. No marine disasters yet reported.
The tunnel under river Washington street
inundated the water is pouring in at both
ends.
A disease resembling congestive chills
attacked the hogs in Fulton, Illinois,
Percentage of death large.
The Committee of the Union League
met to-day. A resolution, after long de-
bate, passed to aid the loyal Governors in
| the South to maintain law and order. The
following State members were appointed !:
Arkansas, Hadley Kentucky, Barnes i;
| Mississippi, Ames; Missouri. Beach ;
North Carolina, Harris. Others will re-
main as heretofore.
New. ORLEANS, June 24.-Thomas
Winchell was arrested for the murder of
Jas. L. Lyons, a telegraph operator. on
Saturday last. Winchell, with whom Ly-
ons was boarding. attacked Lyons in bed
Saturday morning, beating him SO severe
" with a watchman's club that he died
Sunday.
WASHINGTON, June 24.-The Secre-
tary of War has gone for five days.
Alderman is expected to night.
Bowen's pardon will be considered
next week. =
There was a serious clash between the
Secretary of the Treasury and the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, the latter
disliking the formers revision of his de-
| cisions and adverse action on his cen-
tracts.
Thirty-fve State printers have beer
discharged from the Printing Bureau
| Cause, duh market for bonds.
BERLIN, June 24.-An imperative de-
mand has been made for the immediate
payment of the first instalment of indem-
nifty, which it was agreed should be paid
within thirty days after the re-establish-
ment of Versaillist authority.
Aserious complication has arisen De-
tween Germany and England. The snb-
iect is unknown, but severe dispatches are
passing between Bismarck and Gran vile.
VERSAILLES, June 24.-General Tai
demand has raised the blockade of Fort
National IN Algeria, after a spirited fight,
losing eight killed and thirty wounded.
Bourbaki has recovered from his wounds.
| Bourbaki commands Lyons.
Gambetta declines Assembly candida
ture. Gambetta says the present Assem-
bly, is illegal.
PARIS, June 24.-The Orleans prin-
ces will not return to their estate at Chan
lilly until the Prussians have evacuated
the department of Ouse.
PARIS, june 24.-People are constant
ly applying to the Government for relief.
| 1t is estimated that two hundred thous-
and subjects of charity are in the city
Labor is very scarce.
Theirs is uneasy relative to the payment
of overdue rents.
Returning prisoners all say the German
treated them barshly.
MONTGOMERY, june GA decision
in the U. S. District Court. placing the A.
& C. r. r. in the bankruptcy, was to-day
reversed in the U. s. Circuit Court, at
the cost of the petitioner below. The
Road was ordered again into possession of
Stanton & Company.
WASHINGTON, June.26.-Grant comes
on Friday to the Cabinet meeting. Bout
we'll departs on Saturday.
A Committee report no counterfeit
bonds in those redeemed or purchased
by the Treasury.
The authenticated Alabama claims ag-
gregate S13,000,000.
New YORK. June ga letter from
Fort Griffin, Texas, June 9TH says:
81 suppose you have heard of the
great slaughter of Indians here. The
cavalry met some two hundred men. wo-
men and children and showed them no
quarters, killing all they could lay their
hands upon. Such yelling I never did
bear. Every man was for himself. The
infantry was in the reserve and caught all