Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-04-07
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

No War to- be Provoked with Mexico.
wAsHISoToN, April 5.-Commissioner
John G. New is TO be Treasurer of the U.
s. vice Spinner, who resigned to-day.
New takes possession June Both.
President Grant to-day, in conversation
with the writer hereof, remarked in reply
to question, that he was somewhat
aroused lately at newspaper statements of
what he would do in relation to the recent
outrsges by armed bands of MeIicans in
vading the Texas frontier. Such state
ments were mere inventions, as he had not,
since those events, expressed his views TO
any person, not even to the Secretary Of
State, who, like himself, had been absent
from the city.
II was already known TO the public that
orders had been issued to the military for
the protection of our citizens on the frontier,
but in addition to this, nothing had been
done. The Government was not fully ad-
yised of the extent Of the outrages. al
though it had been officially informed of the
arrest of a mail carrier and the burning Of
n postoffice by the invaders. The Mexican
Government had repeatedly been reminded
of outrsges heretofore committed by MeXi
cans on citizens of the United States, both
in Mexico and on United States sol, and
would hear from this Government in short
time concerning those more recently CONS
mitted through the Department Of State
There would be consultation with the Sc.
cretary of State on this subject, and proba-
bly, it would be brought to the attention of
the Cabinet. Butmesntime, all newspaper
statements as to the action of the Governs
mcnt would be mere speculation.
| We must, he remarked, determine hereaf-
ter what is proper to be done in the pre-
misses" He could see no reason for appre-
hension Of war between the two countries,
but of course, no one could tell what might
take place in the future. Nothing, howev-
er, would be done by this Government to
provoke such a result.
! The President, on beng asked whether
there was any truth in the rumor about the
resignation or removal of Commissioner
Douglass, said he had no such knowledge,
and therefore the runner was untrue.
The President was also questioned in re-
| gard TO other rumored removals, when he
said: Mr.. johnson, the Commissioner of
| Customs, would be retained; so will First
Comptroller Taylor, of whose honesty and
uprightness he was fully assured, and also
of Second Comptroller Broadhead."
The President said there was vacancy
in the office OF Minister to Peru, occa-
stoned by the resignation Of Mr.. Francis
Thomas, Of Maryland, but he bad not yet
selected his successor.
The vital statistics of the Board Of Health
for the District of Columbia for last week,
show total of 80 deaths, while the rate of
mortality of the white population was 22.l6
per 200 per annum, and the mortality OF
the colored population was $500 per 1000
for the same period
BosToN, A prl 5.-No serious damage is
yet reported from the flood. The rain con-
tnued to fall last night and the Merimac
was swollen almost beyond precedent. The
rain has ceased and the prospects for escape
are encouraging.
SAN FRANCISCO, April j.-Uniyersity
Mound College was burned to-day.
MOBILE, April 5.-The trustees and bond
holders have agreed to postpone the sale of
the Alabama and Chattanooga railroad to
the first Monday of May.
ST. PETERSBURG, April j.-The 'seces-
sions from the Catholic to the Orthodox
Greek Church continue on u large scale in
| Russian POLAND.
LONDON, April 1.-The Times Berlin
correspondent says; The reason of fear for
the impending deposition of the Archbishop
of Brestan is the occasion of delicate COM
plications between Prussia and Austria, be-
cause the position of the Arch Episcopal
| Diocese lies in Austria.
IBRooKLYN, April 5.-Prof. w. F. Walk
err, a well known scientist died from an
overdose Of the fluid extract of hemlock.