Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-04-28

! NEW ORLEANS, Aprll Z0,-l lne Senh'e
to-day resolved itself into Court Of I'M
peachment to impesch Charles Clinton of
| high crimes and misdemenor in office, and
notified the House of their action. A com
mittee was appointed to prepare rules to
govern the Senate when sitting as a Court
of Impeachment and joint resolution was
passed suspending Auditor Clinton from
office, pending impeachment
NEw ORLEANS, April 24.-The hulls Of
the Exporter and Bodman were towed
across the river The Kyle foated a couple
of miles and sunk Capt. Reeves of the
Exporter had party aboard. The most uf
the ladies were ashore. His daughter was
among the lost
! LATEsT-The estimates reduce the loss
to about 60 The captain and wstchman
of the Dodman report about 25 women and
children lost from that boat and the same
number is estimsted by the spectators.
| Among the frantic crowd upon the Ex
porter's forecastle about 20 were rescued,
among whom several were ladies. Some Of
| the rescued were badly burned, among
! them persons who went aboard the burn
ing boats to assist in saving life, and some
instances Of extraordinary hcroism and en-
durance. All three of the boats were tied
| to the same ring bolt and in the hurry
cutting the Kyle's moorings, and the three
| boats drifted out. There was lamentable
want of order among the skitfs and tugs
that endeavored to save lives. One boat
had oil, which 6oated burning on the water.
among those struggling for the shore. The
estimates of tie lost are reduced to from 30
! to DO. ."rh
LOUISVILLE, KY, April 24-Several
thousand ticket holders in the late Library
! lottery have placed coupons in the hands
of Blanton and Duncan, to bring suit
against the managers for breach Of con-
tract, 10 recover the money,
| WAsHINGToN, April 26.-The wires
North which were prostrsted by the storm
Saturday night and yesterday morning, are
still down.
A collision occurred on the Baltimore
4 and Potomac Railroad this afternoon about
+. o'clock, Just outside of the tunnel near
1 the eastern branch, between The 4:53 train
4 from this city and the 5:l3 p. NJ. Eight or
ten persons were severely injured and both
trains badly wrecked. Careful inquiry
gives no Southern names, either incoming
or outgoing, among the injured.
CmCAGo, April 26.-Lieutensnt Austin,
of the Sixth Cavalry, reports fight with
the CheyeHnes in Kansas. Nineteen In
| ulduSi lHCluulilB lNO Cultls huu tuc hlehl-
cine man, were killed. The soldiers lost
one sargeant and private.
New YORK, April 26-John NJ. Convor
formerly Secretary Of Col. Fisk, was arrest
ed for 800 900 delfalcation. lie was Treas.
urer of the National Stock Yard Company
The Postmaster G GeneralI Ito-day issued ar
order cancelling all awards of contract,
heretofore made in favor of Jerome j
Kinds, Patrick Laughlin, John w. Della
ney, William Wicss and VIM. c. lddings
these being the names contained in the
proposals fraudulently imposed upon the
Department by the completely of clerks a
the last regular letting. The order directs
the contracts TO be Immediately awarded &C
the respective bidders whose proposals are
next lowest in amount to the proposal,
thus rejected. The routes referred to arc
all in the State Of Texas. The fraudulent
bids having been made with full knowledge
Of the amounts of the bona fde propo
sails, only few dollars below them, the
loss to the Government occasioned by the
present order will be very small.
Delano will not resign until the cloud
resting over his department is dispelled.
Gov. Bard has resigned the Atlanta
postmastership, to take effect June !.
Sarah Walter alias Puss Oakley, tho
child stealer, has been sentenced to three
months confinement with the understands
ing that upon her release she return tc
Norfolk.
The President will appoint two paymss-
ters in the Army tomorrow, vice those the
Senate failed to confirm