Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-01-01
RESCUE OF SAILORS.
Damage BY Zee On the Mississippi-The
Louisiana ImbrorIiO.

Louisiana tmbrOgltO.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The Northern
train, due last night, was fourteen hours
behind. All safe.
The schooner Hannah Little, the crew
of which were rescued by the steamer Reg
ulator, which was from Wilmington,
North Carolina, on the night of December
18th, during a heavy gale from ;. :. T.,
struck on Point Hatteras shoals. The
vessel soon became water-logged and roll
ed over on her beam end, compelling all
on board to get up on her side, in which
position they remained until rescued in
almost an exhausted state by the steamer
Regulator.
The Potomac is frozen solid.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 27.--An ice gorge at Hen
and Chickens broke this morning and
with terrific force swept the dry docks,
cut down ten coal barges and steamer after
steamer was torn from the wharf.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 27.-People crowd the
bluffs to watch the destruction of boats by
the ice.
There are only three days supply of coal
in the city. The gas company are without
a days supply. Coal is two dollars per
barrel. Suffering among the poor is an
ticipated.
The river has risen three and a half feet
since last evening
Baltimore harbor is closed to the mouth
1
n narrow channel open for steamers.
Light wagons cross the river on the ice
at Little Rock, Arkansas.
BOsTON, Dec. 27.-The ship Peruvian,
from Singapore for Boston, was wrecked
off Cape Cod. All on board were lost. Part
of the cargo washed ashore at San Francis
co.
BosroS, Dee 27.-The bark Kada-h
from Manila hither, is ashore. The Cap
tain and six of the crew were lost.
BUFFALO, Dec. 27.-The water famine is
over.
BALTIMORE, Dec. Cleo. Leary from
Norfolk hither, has arrived safely.
| MONTGOMERY, Dec. 27.-E. r. Mitchell
acting financial agent for the State of Ala
bama, left this city few days ago to nego-
! tiate bogus bonds issued by the Court
Room Legislature. u is thought he will
not stop in New York but go to Europe.
Railroad Aceiden, i'm Kentucky.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 27.-The Louisville
! south-bound train was thrown from the
track by broken rail near Glasgow this
morning, The baggage car was burned
A large number of passengers We're on
board the train. None were killed. but
several were seriously hurt
WILMINGTON, Dec. 2S.-Andrew Strong
has been killed. Only one member of tn,
original band of Robinson county outlaws
Is awe, Inc person WHO hHieu OtroHs
received 81 600.
LITTLE Rock, Dec. 2S.-The city is en-.
tirely out of coal. No trains have arrived
from Memphis for three days.
MONTGOMERY, Dec. 24.-In view of the
recent action of the Court House Assem-
bly, in authorizing the issue of two mill
lions of bonds, the Daily AdUertiscr, O
Democratic organ, this morning, warns
capitalists against investing in the bonds
for the reasons: /. That the action of the
Court House body was in bad faith toward
the compromise submitted by the AttOr.
ney General of the United States, and ac
cepted by both bodies 2. That but one
party, and that the non tax paying, was
represented in the body authorizing the
issue. 3. That said body had no authori-
ty to act for the people of the State. 4
That no Governor was present in either
branch of the Court House body when the
act was passed.
a financial agent will leave for the
North in a few days TO negotiate the sale
of the bonds.
The train leaving Cory, Ohio, known
as the cross cut road, went through the
trestle over Goose Creek. Two cars were
burned, thirty-tive persons hurt and nine
teen killed.
The weather at Milwaukee is the coides
ever known. The thermometer is 800 be
low zero. A man was frozen on the street
The steamer Wild Cat and the barge
Swallow have sunk in ice below Cairo