Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-04-28
Arrest Of Bounty Claim Swindlers.
Miscellaneous and Washington News.
HOME NEWS.
woman Convicted of Murder in the FIRST
80 Degree.


A woman Convicted of Murder in me arst
HARTFORD, April 27.-7Frederick Hall
was to-day convicted of murder in the firit
degree, for killing woman. Both were
colored. - - az
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27.-The Fair ju-
ry was out forty minutes. The verdict re-
turned was murder in the first degree.
NEW YORK, April PA mass meeting
of Crispin's delegates from all parts of the
Union. The speakers denounced the Bur
lingame treaty for sanctioning the intro
duction of Chinese labor, criticised New
England capitalists who hold up their
hands in horror at negro slavery, at the
same time they foster more degrading
system ofcoolie slavery, and protested that
circumstances to Congress were practical
ly unheeded. t--.-4
New ORLEANS, April 27.-The following
is from the official report of the Chief En-
gineer of the State:
THOMPSON, 9P. Nippon return from
Bonnet Care crevasse this evening found
very limited news from other crevasses;
nothing definite or worth publishing. By
kilograms we learn the river has fallen
three inches at Vicksburg, two and half
inches at Baton Rouge. 1t is now eight
feet eight inches below the high water of
1867. At Vicksburg it is thirteen inches
below high water mark this year.
Baton Rouge found Bonnet Care Gre
vase eleven hundred feet wide to-day, but
the current and waves had decreased in
with water and the surface of the river
was lowered. -.....-..-.. - =
The high water mark at Layn's is al
most twenty-five feet above the level of
Lake Ponchartrain. The levee beyond is
twelve feet high. The natural surface of
the ground at PoFches, where the crevasse
commenced, is but ten miles above the lev
ell of the land. IT.. .s--.--
To-day the river had fallen and planta-
tons are covered with water to the base of
the level. The force of the current through
the crevasse has decreased, and probably
no more water passes to-day than on yes
terday. D -'Hsit
am indebted to Col. Walton forthe cal
culation of the volume of water passing,
that he made this morning before our ar
rival, which shows one hundred and eigh-
ty thousand cubic feet per second, or one
sixth of the whole volume of the Missis-
sippi at that point. ..
The work of saving the ends of the levee
is progressing slowly ON account of mex
perienced laborers and the changing con-
ditions of the field The operators steam
pile drivers got hard aground away from its
work, the hand pile drivers are only work.
ing and are doing good service at the low
er end of the break.
The temporary works at the upper end
have been washed away, and are now ex-
posed to the current and are caving in
gradually. sl-ar HH Get gaHl s1sN
Financial arrangements must be made to
prosecute the work with systematic and
concentrated labor, or what we are doing
will be simply thrown away. ,,.-f.
In my opinion it is utterly useless to at
tempt to close the crevasse, for preparations
could not be made before the river falls, land
damages yet to be done is question of q
months duration and is not of much ex-
tent. .--..,-sE frr - ..e- - -f..f-.T
He closes by hoping that means will be
provided to save the ends of the leyee, and
that his end will have to be rebuilt.
NEW YORK, April 27.-Twelve persons
were arrested for going into the bounty
claim fraud, involving over Q million dol
lars.
ELIzABETHToN,- n. j., April PA
train from Plainfield for New York struck
one of Barnum's circus wagons this morn
ing, near Crawford, killing three men out
right and dangerously Iwoundingg two
others. - .LAt[ s4N4 - -
SAVANNAH, April 27.-The Republican
of the 9th says: The Supreme Court of
South Carolina has lately declared in ia
vor of the validity of the. contracts in
which slaves were the consideration. The
Court was unanimous On the question.
MEMPHIS, April 27.-The first race to-
day was won by Banquet Time: 2:1S.
Second sweepstakes, mile dash, was
won by Sea-Bird," beating "Sir Rufus"
Lady Fairchild" and Compton Time,
1:494. Third race, all ages. corsica"
won in two heats, beating "Tanglefoot, "
"Derringer,p /" Eli Jackson" Quarter
master" and Sue Dougherty" Time,
1:49t l:4S4. ra 49,
RICHMOND, April 27.-Lucien Beard,
the notorious horse thief, with Alfred Ha-
zells and J.1W.f Watson, two men from
North Carolina held by the United States
authorities for passing counterfeit money,
escaped this morning at three o'clock.
NEW ORLEANS, April 1.-TWO colored
graduates of Howard University, District
of Columbia, were applicants this morning
before the Supreme Court for admission to
the Bar of this State. The applications
were refused on the ground that although
parties who have practiced before the SUI
preme Court of any State can be admitted
upon motion before the Court, yet these
candidates, coming from a Territory. do
not come within@the letter of the law and
VIII nave TO pass examination before a
committee appointed by the Supreme
Court before they can be admitted to the
practice of the law. n
Judge Dibble, gives Sheriff Sautinet.
colored, one Thousand dollars in the suit i'm
the eighth District Court against the pro-
prietors of the Bank Saloon, for ten thou-
sand dollars damages, for refusing to fur
nish refreshments on account of color. -
Poverty Pointand Moire crevasses have
been closed. Nothing from the Bonnet
Care crevasse to-day. There is no material
change in the flood on the jackson Rail-
Toad