Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-07-05

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The miners of Amadas county, California
are riotous, and the Governor has asked for
troops 10 maintain peace. IL is thought there
will be no collision, however.
The laying of the corner stone of the new
State house in Albany, New York, was cele-
brated in that city last Saturday with hearty re-
joicings.
Twenty four car loads of strawberries, COM
prising Do 600 quarts of the fruit weighing $50
tons, passed through Wilmington Del, for the
North in single day recently.
Gen. Hartsuf, who was recently ordered be-
fore retiring board. has been retired with the
full rankof ma or-general in the l nited States
army.
Capt John McCaferty, Q .Fenian officer, ar
released by the British Government on the
same terms granted Rosa and his fellow exiles
The Matoon, Illinois, Journal says that
novel race is being run on the Grand Prairie
now. 1t is one between the tracklayers of the
Bloomington and ohiS river railroad and those
van for $4,000. Which ever road gets through
laying the track fret wins tho money
The Connecticut Senate has voted to appro-
pirate $500, 600 for new State house atHartford,
and authorized that city to appropriate Isl co.,
600 to the same purpose.
"A London dispatch says the Fenian convict
Burkehas been released from Imprisonment
upon condition that he reports yearly to the
magistrates. .. s.. .-a .". ..
II is reported that the Suez canal Is filing up
purchase from the company, but that the
khedive refuses to buy.
Since last October eight hundred assistant rev.
enue assessors have been removed under the law
consolidating the districts. This is thirty-three
per cent of the whole number. II = VA y
Hon. Horace Capron, Commissioner of Agri-
culture, has rendered his resignation to the Pres
dent. He will visit Japan and develop in that
Empire the industrial ideas ofthe United States.
The stone cutters employed on the new State
house at Albany, New York, have been paid
81 so per day of ten hours but asking the same
for eight hours have been refused.
Dr. Bulls, the Republican nominee for Gov
emo of Iowa, was thrown from a sulky at De-
corat, Monday, and sustained injuries supposed
to be mortal.
Prof Marsh, of Yale College, with his scien-
tifc class have gone West They viii, during
their trip, explore the hitherto unexplored
scientifically Walla-Walla Valley in Oregon.
Present prophecies from Delaware and Mary
land are, that the peach crop will reach 800
coo, baskets-about half a million more than
were gathered in 1863, which was the champion
peach year.
The demolition of Brattle Square church will
leave only three meeting houses in Boston erec-
ted before the revolution. These are, Christ
church, 1923; Old South 1880; Kings chael
1854
The rupture between Secretary Boutwell, and
Commissioner Pleasanton is so great that the
resignation of the latter will be rendered, it is
thought. Deputy Commissioner Douglass will
succeed him
Owing to ill-health, and at his own request,
Gen. George StCneman has been ordered before
the army retiring board, in session at San Fran
cisco Capt. George B. Hoge has been ordered
before the same board for examination.
In the Brazilian Chambers a vote has been
taken upon the clause of the speech from the
throne relative to the emancipation of the slaves
| belonging to the crown, and resulted in a ma
jority of twcnty-eight for the Government.
The hackmen of New York have held n meet
ing and established an uniform aud equitable
scale of charges for passenger fares. They de-
extortionate drivers. ...f
The upper Mississippi is getting so low that
packets find it impossible to make anything like
regular time. Dull business and low water
have caused several packets to lay up at St.
Louis. On the rapids water is very scant.
new way of buclling the tiger has been
tried in New York, being simply an effort to
! by threatening TO institute legal proceedings
against them if they don't buy off the victim
who probably never lost cent in his life,
| The decision of the Supreme Court of Ten
| nessee declaring the warrants issued by the
| County Commissioners void on the ground of
the of the issue, creates great
excitement in Memphis. 1t is believed that the
amount issued will reach 81, 10000
| On Wednesday morning. as a lady living in
Elizabeth, \. j., was about retiring, she at
tempted to extinguish the light by blowing
! down the chimney. The flame caught the gas
| in the upper part of the lamp,the latter eXplod
! ing. The oil was thrown over the clothing of
the lady, and she was burned to such an extent
that recovery is impossible