Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-07-21
WASHINGTON.
The Yellow Fever at Key West.

WAsHINGroN, July IA telegram re-
ceived at the Navy Department yesterday,
from Key West, reports two deaths from
yellow fever but no new cases.
Posto1fice regulations have been modif ed SO
that custom house officers may examine for
eign letters suspected of containing arti-
cles liable to duty Suspected letters shall be
held until the person to whom addressed is
notified, and the letter opened by him in
the presence Of the custom house officers
A dispatch from various authoritative
sources deny the presence of yellow fever
at Norfolk.
Capt. S. 7. Gushing succeeds Col. c. l..
Kilbumas ComInissary of Substance for
the Department of the South.
There was a terrific rain storm in this
vicinity last night.
WASHINGTON, July 19.-Sccretary Bris-
tow and Attorney General Perrepont will
return tomorrow, anu Robson is here
The Star has good authority for say
ingJudge Fisher remains District Attorney
William Burnett, Supervising Inspector
General of Steam Vessels, and Supervising
Inspector A. Lowe, of New York, and viii
liam Rogers, of New Orleans, will on the
18th of September commence a series of ex-
periments with safety valves at the Wash.
ington Navy Yard. Prof Barnard, of Coll
umbia College, New York, has been ap-
pointed Chairman of the Experimental
Steamboat Commission.
The Presidents and Commanders of the
various Catholic Benevolent Societies of the
District of Columbia, have called Conven-
tion for Friday to make arrangements for
celebrating the Centennial of Daniel O'Con-
nell.
The Postmaster- General has requested
the Attorney General to designate counsel
to attend to the application pending in the
United States Circuit Court, in New York,
for mandamus to compel the postmaster
at New York to receive q book package
for mail transmission to Philadelphia at the
old rates. The Postmaster General SAYS
that he knows but little of the merits of
the case further than that the postmaster
was acting in the line Of his duty, and in
accordance with the law.
Judge Spence, tho Assistant Attorney
General for the Postofiice Department, states
that there may be some plausible ground
for the position taken by the plaintiff in
this case, but that n decision in favor of the
mandamus would greatly confuse the SER
vice, as there were several important
amendments in the law which originated in
the Senate among them the new law con.
cerning the postage on newspapers, &C.,
sent from the Office of publication, all of
which would be thrown back upon the old
law, if the mandamus should be granted.
WASHINGTON, July 19.-Judge Thur
man had an interview with the reporter of
the Baltimore Gazette. He is represented
as saying, in effect "The Democratic
party of Ohio are divided on the currency
question. The financial opinions of the
NJ, ,l,,, .1,tC Il, l.
ly as local opinion. 1t is unjust to charge
on this account that the Democratic party,
as a national organization, is animated by
the spirit of imitation There are infation-
lists in both political parties. 1t is true
serious errors were inserted in the platform.
l did my best to avert the threatened evil
But because others disagreed with me | see
no reason why l should bolster up the Re
publican party. Errors committed in
Ohio can be corrected. They need not be
an excuse for greater ones. The Republic
can party of Ohio are also divided on the
currency question. The financial plank of
their platform can be construed to mean
either hard or soft money"
In replying to the charge that he evinced
a lack of moral courage for not denouncing
the initiation plank of the Columbus plat
form at the ratification meeting, he said the
place and time were not,appropriate. 1t is
a great injustice to condemn one for opin-
ions never uttered / have said or done
nothing to warrant ihe charges brought
against me. My recorl in the Senate is
before the country, and on that record
yet stand. | am to make my first speech
Of the campaign at Mansfield, Ohio, on
July 81, and shall tlen announce my dis
agreement with the financial provisions of
the platform, and throughout the campaign
| shall say nothing to discredit the convic-
tions of life time.