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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-01
the Late District L.gIsIature,

A correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun, writing up the closing of the
Legislature of the District of Columbia,
rendered defunct by recent law Of
Congress, says:
The looking-glasses, towels, combs,
and brushes, several water. cookers, a
quantity of soap, papers, and stationery
| in general, and pieces of carpet and
rugs, were all grabbed and taken away.
Half u dozen of the chairs, IL Is said,
were given away or sold to cigar
dealer on Pennsylvania avenue, be-
tween Ninth and Tenth streets. 1t is
well known that these people had no
right to take this furniture, which now
belongs to and cost the District govern
ment several thousand dollars. The
colored Waterman says that some of
! the members even wanted TO take
away the oil paintings on the walls,
the portraits of the former mayors of
this city, but that he told them if anv
one of them touched them ne wouN
have them arrested. Major Richards,
when informed of this to-day, station
ed policeman in charge, and nothing
| further was taken, and an effort will
| be made to recover what is missing.
lone of the delegates was observed
] waning away lIOll Tue nan III q SUN
and dignified manner. 1t turned out
that he had a feather buster rammed
down his breeches leg, with which
trophy he succeeded in getting home.
All of the articles taken were from the
Hall of the House of Delegates. Moth
ing, so far as ascertained, was taken
! from the Council chamber.
This afternoon Major Richards sent
word to the members of the House of
Delegates that he would give them
until tomorrow morning to return the
| furniture abstracted, and if they failed
to do so he would arrest every one OF
them. The effect of this order was that
nearly all of the furniture was returned
this evening with the exception of five
chairs, which the members say IL they
will not be further exposed they will
return tomorrow. The silver pitcher
that belongs on the Speakers table has
not yet been returned"
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-01
CRIMES EAST AND WEST
Bloody News from Different Parts
of Kentucky.

LOUISVILLE, June 23.-At Glasgow
Saturday night, in disreputable
house, negro named Maxey killed
another negro named Everatt. Next
morning the people, black and white,
turned out en- BsGSSc in pursuit of the
murderer. They caught him, but he
broke away, and picked up IA large
stone with which he menaced the
crowd. A negro named Jack Martin
drew pistol and fired upon Maxey
but missed him and slightly wounded
a white man named j. A. Shierely,
who was close beside of MaXey, where's
upon Shierely, supposing Martin was
trying to rescue Maxey, fired upon him
(Martin) with a fatal effect Maxey
was then overpowered, brought to
town and jailed.
A man named John Brougham was
assassinated yesterday morning by
Hugh Elicit in Pulaski county. Ell
lett's wife left (nim and took up with
Brougham some weeks ago.
BALTIMORE, June 23.-Frank Me-
Donald, son OF VIM. Mcdonald, mil
lionaire, and who owned Flora Temple,
has been arrested on the charge OF
numbering a gambler by the name OF
Berry Amos.
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EAST TENNESSEE ITEMS.

The Cleveland Banner says The
people at DucktOwn are making big
preparations for celebrating, in a
per and becoming manner the ap-
preaching Independence Day"-the
4th of July. Balloon ascensions, fan
TASTES, fire works, sack and wheelbar-
row races and creased pole climbing
are advertised in the programme for
the occasion. Addresses will be de-
livered by n. j. Taylor, DR.. Albright,
A. 5. Jarnagin, and Henry Jory. AS
Ducktown never makes a failure in
anything she undertakes, we predict
that they will make a grand and i'm
posing affair of it.
The Athens Post says: The excite
ment about small pOx at this place has
subsidized. The two cases reported last
week have recovered, and no new ones
announced. The large stories going
through the country on the subject are
simply exaggerations. The facts are
just as we have stated them.
The same paper, speaking of our Gus.
tom house, says
The custom house at Knoxville Il
piily approaching completion, and
4 be ready for occupancy in few
vs.. We took a look through the
Gliding last Friday. 1t is a grand and
lhpOsing structure, without and with,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-01

ed as an experiment OF small scale,
to familiarize Indians with selfgov-
eminent under the future territorial
organization. A number of prominent
Indians will take strong ground in
their coming annual elections In favor
of sectionizing their country into ter
ritorial governments and citizenships
in the United States.
WASHINGTON, June Ono appoint,
ment of Judge for the Western District
of Arkansas In place of Story, resigned,
will be made till next winter. In the
meantime Judge Coldwell will, under
the law, hold court in that district.
General Sarber will resign the mar
shalship of the Western District, and
General Pagan will be appointed to
succeed him.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
instructed the Assistant Treasurer at
New York to sell one million dollars
of gold each Thursday during the
month of July.
The custom receipts during this
month are larger than during June,
1873. There is also an improvement in
the internal revenue receipts.
The Treasury Department several
the four million appropriated by Con-
gress to supply deficiencies.
The public debt statement on the
first of July will show a slight decrease
The Government will pay twenty
two millions of gold for the July in
terest.
Gov. HILBERT leaves tomorrow fol
the Allegheny Springs, Montgomery
county, Virginia, where he will remain
several weeks. Persons interested IL
the preliminary arrangements for tn,
grand levee survey can address hin
there.
The President is expected to return
on Wednesday.
A telegram has been received from
Henry Il. Blow, one of the DistriC
Commissioners, announcing that h,
| will be in Washington tomorrow.
1t is believed now in official circle
that all three of the Commissioners will
accept.
Gen. Young to-day arranged witt
Postofiice Department to- place mai
service on the 0ostanoula river il
Georgia.
Postmaster. General Creswell vii
surrender the portfolio of the Postofiic
Department Tomorrow, flushing u
the month and the fiscal year. Til
work of the department is all well VI
and the clerks were busy to-day pre-
pairing the documents which requiI
his inspection and signature, and the
will all be finished Tomorrow, leavin
a clean slate for Hale to commend
work with on Wednesday.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-01
THE SYRACUSE DISASTER.
Farther Particulars of the Sad AFFAIR

We find the following additional
particulars of the Syracuse disaster in
our exchanges:
The occasion of the gathering last
night was festival, given by the la
dies of the church, and "a concert by
the Little Old Folks. At the rear of
the church are Sunday school rooms,
occupying the first floor, and church
parlors occupying the second floor.
Part of the editice was in use for the
festival and concert at the time of the
accident. Supper was being served in
the central parlOr, which had been
prepared for the occasion with tables,
etc. This room, which was forty feet
square, was filled with people, the ses-
sion room below being deserted, save
by few persons. The number in the
supper room is variously estimated
from $50 to 800, mostly grown persons.
At the time the floor gave way the
children of the congregation were in
one of the ante-rooms, preparing for
the "ancient concert But for this
fact, the list of the dead must have
been very much larger, as many of the
helpless little ones would have been
crushed to death i'm the mass of hui
manity crowded into the V-shaped
vortex, caused 10y the falling timbers
At the moment of the falling of the
floor the scene within the parlor was
one of happy enjoyment. While all
were pleasantly engaged, without a
single sign Of warning, the floor sud
denly gave way beneath them, and in
an instant all were buried in mass of
ct
falling timbers, furniture, ETC.. and in
utter darkness, the gas having been eX-
tinguished by the breaking of the gas
pipes. An instant after the fearful de-
scent had been made, all was silent as
the grave; but Immediately heart
rending appeals for help were TO be
heard from hundreds of those who
were in agony. Immediately after.
persons were seen issuing from the
doors and windows, which were smash
ed out by the frightened people, and
an alarm was sounded
The uninjured within the church
who were able to free themselves from
the mass began at once 10 assist in res
cuing the others. The firemen aud
police We're quickly at hand, and la
bored nObly in the work of rescue.
The scene within the building was ter
rible in its details, and that without
the edifice hesrt-rending, indeed
fathers and mothers searching for their
children, husbands looking for
wives, wives inquiring for husbands,
brothers for sisters and children for
their parents, Of whose fate all were
uncertain aud in dread. Quietly but
rapidly the work of extricating the
people was carried on by the aid OF
lanterns. AS fast as the living and
dead were rescued, they We're passed
out through the windows and doors,
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Z" HOBBS"
Tho dystery" UnEOIded I'm Solemn
style.
From the GainsborO' News.l
CHAPTER 1.

Once upon time the wise men of the
land of Tennessee assembled them
selves together, as was the custom OF
the country, in city builded upon a
rock, called the City of Rocks, where
dwelt the chief priests and rulers. 1t
came to pass that said wise men were
called upon to select from among the
people of the realm master of finance,
which position was then held by one
Edwin, whose surname was Penne-
baker. Now in those days evil counN
sells prevailed, and though no one could
be found to accuse Edwin for the man
ner whereof he had managed the peo-
Piles treasury, the wise men found 1t
in their hearts to turn him out Of
the kings palace and put in his
stead certain scribe of the house
of Hobbs, from the country beyond
the river called Tennessee, which
being interpreted means crooked.
And the chief priests and rulers and
publicans and sinners of all the coun-
try round about were exceedingly re-
jolced thereat. But this action of the
wise men was not pleasing to the sight
of the Most High, and " humid at
mosphere" was caused to gather in
and about the apartments of the mas
ter of finance, which was nigh unto
the place where the Governor abode,
| aud the master of finance whose sur
name was Hobbs, being of the house
of Hobbs, sickened; and behold he
was so very sick that he dicharged his
chief scribe, and about the first day oI
the fifth month, in order to save him
self from the plague that tioated in the
very air of his apartments, he shook
the dust thereof from of his feet anC
departed to the land whence ht
came. And his chief scribe
being greatly offended at tn,
treatment whereof he treated him, ap
pealed to the courts of Caesar for re.
dress. and the matter thereof remains
undetermined unto this day. And ii
is saying now, in the mouths o
many, that for the great sacrific,
whereuuto the said Hobbs sacrificed
himself, and for the many trouble
! that compass him round about on &C
, count of the action of his chief scribe
he had placed in the pocket of him
r the said Hobbs, by someangel of char
ity, whose name is unknown to tn
people of that land, the amount il
: value of forty-eight thousand Jewisl
, half shekels of silver.
, This write | of thee, Oh Hobbs
that future generations may know o
thy trials and Affections, and of Th
, rich reward which is said to hay
: awaited thee on account of the sacrific
thoudidst make for thy people.
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CHRONICLE FLASHES FROM EAST
TENNESSEE.
Rich Lead Mtae Found in Jefferson
County.
WHITE PINE, JEFFERSON COUNTY,
June %, 1874.


June 25, 1874.
EDITORS CHRONICLE: AS you take
great interest in the development OF
our common country, have conclud-
ed to drop you line on that subject
Something over "a year past Mr.. +.
Z. Morton leased the lead mines that
are in this settlement, or that potion
of them that belongs TO Mr.. Alexander
Felkpor, and on last Friday, the 18th
inst, he discovered fine vein of lead
ore. At the depth of one foot from the
surface he discovered the first indica-
tious of lead, and at the depth of three
feet struck mass of pure galepa, which
is about nine feet long and three feet
wide aud something over two feet
thick at one place, resembling in its
shape that OF a large OK with his head
and legs taken off and it is computed
to contain p cubic feet OF pure galena,
that is so per cent. lead, and estimated
to weigh eight tons. He has stripped
the vein about thirty-five feet and in
doing this he raised about two tons of
ore, varying in size from that of a
hickory nut 70 Jumps that will weigh
100 pounds, aud at each end of the pit
there are large masses Ofgalena that are
not cleaned off yet, that will weigh
several hundred pounds and it may be
tons when they are fully developed
There is another Kind of ore connect
ed with this mine, that answers in its
appearance to that of the horn silver
ore as described by Dany in his work
on mineralogy He has taken out about
1000 pounds of this ore. These are the
most prominent features of the mine
at this time. Mr.. Morton is certainly
entitled to all honor, and the gratitude
of this section of our country, for his
patience, energy, and perseverance in
this enterprise. He has been here over
three years working at this mine. He
was associated with the company Of
DIR. G. ID. Fairfield, Z. n. Underwood,
and +. p. Morton their lease was
forfeited under breach OF contract.
Mr.. Morton tOoK new lease, and has
pushed it forward under great disad-
vantages and financial Embarrassment,
but nothing discouraged by this, when
he had nothing to hire and pay hands
with, he went forward labOrlng with
his own hands, and by that iud>r-is
able energy which is pecuha
he has made the discovery Much
promises him a rich reward A.
mine progresses ! may wri Ann
Respectfully, w. II, E,KE,
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BAD SESSION FOR JOBS.
what is Said About the Congress Just
Adjourned.
Was. ingtOn Special to Chicago Tribune.l

Was. ington Special TO Chicago Tribunel
Upon the whole, this has not been q
good session for lobbyists. No jobs of
of magnitude have slipped past the
vigilance of the House, the majority
of whom are new members, fresh from
the people, and deeply impressed with
the public desire for retrenchment and
reform. Quite frequently comparison
has been made this session between
this and the last Congress to the
great advantage of the old body. The
improvement is, however, perceptible
only in the House. The Senate are
the same old collection of pompous
marplots that they were in the last
Congress, with few really able and
conscientious men among them to
make more conspicuous their general
uselessness. The few lobbyists here
are not cheerful. Their time and
money had been spent in vain. It il
noteworthy that the Pacific railroad
| jobbers have not had the nerve to
make any sustained effort on the
treasury. They were greatly discour-
aged at the reception given their
schemes In Congress, and by the press,
and after freely showing their hands
they subsidized. This is most remarka-
BILE in view of the fact that this lobby
was without doubt the best, contained
the most able men and controlled the
most money of any that has put in an
appearance for some years. There will
however, probably be lapse from vir-
tue next winter. The thieves are
growing thin and must be cared fol
| apppdilV
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where ready hands assisted TO convey
the dangerously injured and dead to
physicians offices aud the neighboring
houses.
The excitement without the church
was terrible. aud, a. each body was
carried to the adjoining houses, the
mass surged back and forth, all terri
bly, anxious to ascertain who IL was,
and whether dead or alive. At the
height of the excitement not LEES than
10, 900 people were crowded into Mont
gomery and Jefferson streets, and in
the adjoining premises.
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in. Indeed, the interior, in arrange
ment aud finish, is unsurpassed by any
public building we have ever seen.
The Knoxvillians ought to be proud OF
the custom house, and no doubt are.
From the Greeneville National
Union we learn that the Changers OF
that county will have 4th Of July
celebration at that place, at which
speeches will be made by ex-President
Johnson aud Rev. n. G.. Taylor.
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More About the Beecher Scandal.

New YORK, June 25.-Among the
documents which Theodore Tilton
publishes in his long open letter to the
Rev. DIR. Leonard Bacon, on what
is commonly known as the Beecher
and Iilton scandal, is the following;
May l, 1874.
Henry Ward BCechor:
SIR-Mr f. b. Carpenter mentions
to me your saying to him that, under
certain conditions, involving certain
disavowals by me, q sum of money
would or could be raised TO send me
with my family to Europe for a term
of years. The occasion compels me to
state explicitly that so long as life and
selt-Tespect continue to exist tOEhether
in my breast, | shall be debarred from
receiving, either directly or indirectly,
any presents or other favors ut your
hands. The reason for this feeling on
my part you know so well that |
will spare you the statement of it.
Yours truly, THEODORE TILToN.
MIR, DEECHER's ASSISTANT.
Tilton follows this with reference
to what he declares fact, that, al
though he had received from the clerk
OF Plymouth church, on the 18th OF
May, communication announcing
that his Crilton's) offer to appear for
trial had been read by the Rev. Mr..
Halliday, assistant pastor of Plymouth
church, and submitted to the eXamin-
ing committee, by whom it had been
rejected, Mr.. Halliday had some forty
days afterward, emphatically denied to
several newspaper reporters that such
an offer had ever been received, and
branded the whole story as false from
beginning to end.
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FOREIGN.
The Russian Duke Diamond Thief
Exiled.
The Pope Pleased with America.

LONDON, June pa Florence Jour
nal says the Pope has been presented
with the copy of an address sent from
the United States of America 20 Arch.
bishop Ledochowski, at Posen. The
Holy Father In replying spoke most
cordially of America: He said the
United States is the only country
where l am really Pope in the eyes
of the Government. | am always
afraid lest the European Governments
shall oppose or control my acts, where
as l can freely send pontificial docu-
ments to the United States without
fear of opposition on the part of its
Government.
LONDON, June 27.-The Pail Mall
Gazette has information that the Gar,
rs punishment to his newphew, the
Grand Duke Nicholas, son of Grand
Duke Constantine, for purloining his
mothers diamonds, has banished him
to tCaucausasias for life, and has de-
prived him of the Cross of st. George,
which was bestowed upon him for his
achievements in the Khiva campaign.
BERLIN, June 27.-The report that
| the conference Roman Catholic Bishops
of Fulda, will endeavor to make com
promise with the Prussian govern
ment, is not true.
Marshal COucha and two STAFF Omecr.
Killed.
MADRID, June 29.-Dispatches Wer,
received by the Government thi,
morning conveying the startling in
telligence that Marshal Concha wa
killed yesterday in an attack 10y tn,
Republican troops upon the Carlis
entertainment at Muro, three killome
tiers from Estella. When the nationa
forces learned the death of command
er they returned to their former posi-
tons without disorder, leaving n,
trophy in the hands of the enemy
The command of the Republican arm,
will be taken by Gen. Zobola.
The President of the Council an,
Minister of War, Senior Gather, will
succeed Zobola as Minister of War
and Senior Sogasta, Minister OF the In
terror, becomes President of the Coun
ell.
MADRID, June 29.-The Carlists hav
been outflanked. Their position ma
be considered critical. 1t is anticipate
they will abandon Estella and endeavo
to reach Lasamezcuas.
PARIS, June 29.-The house of tn
editor of the LePdSs, a Bonapartist OF
gan, has been searched bv police, VIII
: seized a number of documents.
Mansard, Bonapartist, has write
, letter in which he acknowledges thI
/ q committee exists for the furtheranC
of plebiscite, and that Rouher is II
President. His statement is made i
the face of Rouher, who denied in tn
: Assembly any knowledge of such
: committee.
General Amandeau will Tepreser
France i'm the Brussels Con gress.
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BOSTON, June 29.--A full bench of
the Supreme Court of Massachusetts
has decided that the School Com
mittee Board is sole judge OF its own
membership. This decision sustains
the action OF the Boston School Board
in refusing seats to women and the lat
ter must go to the Legislature to OBJ
tain That privilege.
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HOME NEWS.
A Frightful Accident, The Result Of
CareIeSSneSS.

SYRACUSE, Y. a., June 24.-The fol-
lowing are the details of the falling of
church floor in Syracuse: A correct
list of the killed is 10, mostly young
ladies and children. The accident was
caused by the giving way of the joist
that supported the floor. The joist ran
from both sides of the room to a cross
stringer, the middle of which was
supported by iron rods from the roof.
The stringer gave way, pulling the
ceiling and roof down upon the people
and precipitating them into the room
below. The work of recovering the
bodies was exceedingly slow, as 1t had
to be done in the dark, and it was
feared every moment that the walls
would fall in.
Later News Makes IL Worse.
SYRACUSE, n. Y, June 24.-The
Central Baptist Church disaster proves
to have been fully as serious as tele-
graphed last night. The bodies of four
teen persons killed have been recover
ed, and a further search this morning
shows that this is the number of per-
sons killed outright. Several persons
are so severely injured that they will
probably die. The number of minor
casualties Is nearly or quite one nun
dred, among them about a dozen per
sons with broken limbs and ribs. The
cause of the disaster was the defective
construction of the building. The sup
porting truss was composed Of planks
spiked together. The excitement in
the community continues very great.
LATER.-Upto one o'clock this after
noon two additional deaths have occur
red. Several of the injured will be
crippled for life.
BOSTON, June 27.-Lieut. Governor
Talbot sent to the House Of Represen-
tatives his message vetOing the license
liquor bill. A discussion ensued on
the question as to passing it over the
veto. An attempt was made to cut
off the debate by the previous ques-
ton, but it failed. The vote was or
dered for Monday at p. NJ.
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MIR, DEECHER's ASSISTANT.

The Astors own 1860 houses in New
York city. VIM. b. Aston, the senior
of the family, is worth $40 ,0O0,0 600.