Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-26

/ The state Department has official
advices from Cuba, of the commuta-
. ton Of Dockaray's death sentence to
| imprisonment for life.
The dismissal Of Col. Whitley, Chief
of the Secret Service Division of the
/ Treasury Department aud his Assist
ant, Nettleship, has been decided up
on 10y the Secretary Of the Treasury,
who is now looking about for n success
sor to the former. The Secretary has
been delaying his action in the matter
Of these removals until the subject Of
/ the Harrington Safe burglary is taken
up by the Grand Jury. The Secret
/ Service system will be reorganized.
/ WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-Thc tol-
/ lowing telegram was received here to-
! day, from Gov. Osborn, of Kansas 2
] have information through Indian
agent Stubbs, and other sources that
/ the Usage tribe of Indians have at "a
/ general council declared war against
| this state. Depredatious have already
| been committed 10y them on our south
cru border. The State has but few
arms, and The United States troops
heretofore guarding the line, being
now in the Indian Territory alta great
/ distance from the Usage reservation
|
/ this state t. q great danger. with
arms We can defend our borders. Can
/ you furnish me two thousand carbiues
and accuuurements, and one hundred
/ thousand cartridges, uu the account
| OF the State of Kansas
The telegram has been referred to
/ the War Department.
/ Master Nelson Houston has been
ordered to the photographic office.
| WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. 24.-It
has been ascertained from Il reliable
| source, that Spain, instead of carrying
| into effect the understanding of the
| Fish-Palo protocol, viz: TO investi-
| gate the conduct of those of her au-
/ thorites who have infringed upon the
/ Spanish laws or treaty obligations,
and to punish those who may have Of
Tended, has made a demand for indem-
nityin the affair of the Nirginius, and
for other alleged wrongs suffered by
. Spain owing to the filihustering eXpe-
dltions fitted out in this country and
| landing or attempting to land men
and munitions of war on the Spanish
! American coast. TO this demand our
| Government has replied in firm but
courteous terms, asserting the untena-
! bleness of the position of the Spanish
| Government, and reminding it of the
remissness or ineXcusable delay in
making reparation for wrongs suffered
by American citizens in person and
property. The last information from
Minister Cushing is that he Is still
presenting our demands in Spain. 1t
seems certain the clause in the prOto
col providing that reciprocal reclama-
tiOns shall be the subject of cOnsidera.
ton between the two Governments
will not end satisfactorily, in which
case II will become the subject Of ar
bitratiOn as per agreement, provided
the Constitutional assent of the Senate
Of the United States shall be givcI
TO il.
The 71Osby .Payno nimcuIty Settled
WARRENToN, VA, Aug. 2l.-Th,
and Capt. A. d. Payne, has been thi
day amicably and houorably adjusted
, lSigned) EPPA HUNTON,
JAMES KEITH.
AUGUSTA, GA, Aug. 2i--On Suuda,
night a white man named Edwarl
Owens, undertook to remove a colore,
man named William Simmons from
the house of a negro woman. Sim
mons resisted and Owens stabbed him
from the effects of which he died. Tn
evidence before the Coroner's Jury dis
closed the fact that Simmons wa
drunk and disorderly and that Owen
interfered at the request of the woman
The jury returned II verdict of justifi
able homicide.
A white lad named Burnes, Stable,
another named Awtry fatally las
night in Hamburg.
To-day Preston Sims and Tom Car
ter, both colored, got into "A difficulty
Sims was seriously stabbed by Carter