Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-10-13
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r,-pruER DETAILS FROM CHICAGO.
The Riot in Philadelphia.


villages are entirely destroyed and two partially
Others were threatened There were large
stores tn these towns filled with winter stocks.
A steamer sent to their relief from Port Huron
returned with forty persons, several OF Wnom
we're badly burned. All the telegraph offices
along the shore are burned. r. b. Hubbard OF
Huron City, shot all his fine horsee and cattle to
nrovcnt their perishing in the fire y light ram
Yesterday seems to have abated the fires. Pro
fessor Charles Scott, of Hope College, persisted :;
also, minister whose name Is not ascertaneu
LOUISVILLE Oct 12-The woods and praIrles
are burning along the New Albany and Chicago
CIyCTyHATI. Oct l2-An express train on
the Panhandle Railroad yesterday evening ran
into freight train. The conductor Jno;;, H.
Williams, of the passenger tram, was NiIea'
No other persons were hurt.
BUFFALO, Oct. PA tightening train for
Chicago encountered Il heavy rain, Slcet and
snow, but proceeded with undlmlnshcd speed
1t run to New York hithcr on the fastest time
ever made.
NEW ORLEANS. Oct I2-Grccnwalrs Opera
Hon.e and the entire theatrical company give Il
clear benefit on Monday night for the Chicago
sufferers.
morrow for the benefit Of Chicago.
Bidwells Academy of Music and Hart Ray
man and Romcys Ministries give grand com
rlimcntary benefits to hicago on Monday
night cr.
have agreed to donate their Mondays earnings
to the printers Of Chicago, and suggest sim
liar movement to printers throughout the
The The Chamber of Commerce Is raising money
CHIcAG6 Oct. 12-FIour hams. and espc-
ciallv blankets and bedding are wanted, but con-
irib1tions should come in the way Of drafts
payab1c to the order of David A. Gage, City
Treasurer Of Chicago, and addressed to him.
According TO the Philadelphia Ledgcr, the
riot in that city was caused by drunk negro
youths insulting ladies and killing a negro who
voted the Democratic ticket.
SALT LAKE, Oct l2-Ihe argument IN the
Brigham Young case is progressing.
The Mormons have subscribed $4,000 for
Chicago. Brigham Young gave $1,000. The
city will send S500)0.
New HAVEN, Oct 12-Dr. Noah Foster has
been inauguratcd as the President of J ale Col
lege
CHICAGO. Oct l2-Mayor r. B. Mason tcle-
graphs to the committees and persons desiring
% aid Chicago sufferers, to send money instead
of purchasing supplies. as shelter. fuel and win
ter clothing is most needed.
DETROIT, Oct 12-The fire in Windsor, OPP
posite here, burned the principal business pOr-
ton Of town. The incendiary has bcccn ar
rested.
Tue revenue cutter Fcssendcn reached Port
Huron with Il refugees from Lake Shore, two
Of them being fatally burned.
NEW YORK, Oct. l2.--The Home Insurance
Company, after paying 100000 Chicago loss
claim 81, 10000 assets left.
WAsHINGToN, Oct l2-Sccond Assistant
Postmaster General Smith has resigned on ac-
count of i'll health. john l.. Rouctt succeeds
him ROuett is now marshal eff the second dis
trict of Alabama.
The following proclamation has been Issued
by the President:
WHEREAS. unlawful combinations and con
spiracics have long existed and do still exist IN
the State of South Carolina, for the purpose OF
deriving certain portions and classes OF the
people of that State of the rights, privileges,
Immunties and projections named in the Con
-stitution of the United States and secured by
the act of Congress approved April the TWEEN
tiCth one thousand eight hundred and seventy
one, entitled AN Act to enforce the provisions
of the Fourteenth Amendment to the COnstitu
ton Of the United States and
WHEREAS, In certain parts of said State, to-
Wit; IN the counties Of SpartaubUrg, SpCck,
Marion, Chester, Laurens Newbury, Fairfield,
Lancaster and Chesterfield, such combinations
and companies do so obstruct and hinder the
execution OF the laws Of said State and of the
United States rs to deprive the people aforesaid
of the rights, privileges, immunites and pro-
lection aforesaid. and do oppose and obstruct
the laws of the United States and their
due execution, and impede and obstruct
the due course of justice under the same and
WHEREAS. the constituted authorities of said
State are unable to protect the people aforesaid
in such counties, and
WHEREAS, the combinations and conspiracGs
aforesaid, within the counties aforesaid are or
ganized and armed and are so numerous and
powerful as to be abletO defy the constituted au-
thoritiCs of said State, and by reason Of SAID
counties, the conviction OF such offenders and the
preservation of the public peace and safety
have become impracticablc in said counties
Now therefore, |, L. ). Grant President Of
the United States of America, do hereby COM
mand all persons composing the unlawful COM
binations and cOnspiracses aforesaid, to disperse
and to retire peaCeably to their homes, within
five days of the date hereof, and to deliver
either to the Marshal of the United States for
the district Of South Carolina, or to any of his
deputies, or to any military officer Of the United
States within said counties, all arms, ammuni-
ton, uniforms, DISCUSSES and other means and
implements used, kept, possessed or controlled
by them for carrying out the unlawful purposes
Tor which the combinations and COnspiracieS are
organized. ..
ISignedl [. 5. GRANT.
1t Is estimated that the loss to the revenue by
the fire in Chicago Is S4,O00,0OO-
BALTIMORE, Oct 1.-The following Is the
declaration of the bishops, in counsel October
II, 1871:
We, the subscribed, bishops of the Protest
ant Episcopal church in the United States, be-
ing asked so to do, in order to the quoting of
the consclences of sundry members of said
church, do declare our conviction as to the
meaning of the word 'regenerate.' In the Of
ices for the administration Of the bantism of in
fants, we declare that, in our opinion. the word
regenerate IS not there so used as to deter
mime that a moral change in the subject of ban
ts m IS wrought In the sacrament
This declaration is signed BY all tho b;sbons
CINCINNATI Oct. l2-AgrSeabla 70 +fo Ia+ost
esum9tes, the Senate stands-Democrats Is.
publicans, Sc '''Ne' n ne
The Hamilton county delegation stands Son.
ate-l Republican and Democrats. House
SAN FRANCISCO, Octl2-The stage was stor,,od
and the express box was robbed in SonFora
county by masked men. 'oiioIa
The citizens are protesting against the courso
OF Vincent Collyer against peaceful settlers in
favor of the Apaches HI