Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-12-15
TELEGRAPHIG SUMMARY.
DOMESTIC.

] IIdlu from NtN oth on inc pennsylvania
Railroad jumped the track near this place
this morning aud ran intoa freight train.
No lives we're lost. The road is tcmpor-
arily blocked The collision occurred at
4 20 this morning at Harsimer's Junction,
near the cut
JERSEY CITY, Dec. The limited Wes-
tern Express, which carries the morning
papers either jumped the track or was
thrown oft by a misplaced switch. The
train was running at the time about 2j
miles an hour aud ran into an eastern
bound extra freight train. The two engines
were demolished together with lot of
freight cars. The track was blockaded I'M
ill 10 o'clock today. The mails were trans
icrrvd by wagons TO aud from and the pas
seugcrs we've transferred. The damage
done will he between $4,000 and $50 600
MEWuls, Dec 1.-THE origin of the riot
at Rolling Fork, lssuqueua county, Missis-
-ippL on Saturday night, November 9th,
by party OF negroes who assembled at the
vi lage and we're drinking and carousng.
One OF them pushed against youth whom
he met in the street, using rough language,
at the same time the youth drew a knife
and inflicted scalp wound. The negro
then fled into the street for safety, when the
negroes became very much exaspcrated and
a
rant was obtained for the youth charg-
ing him with assault and battery, with the
intention TO kill, but before it could be
served the negroes broke into the store and
beat the young lad severely with on iron
bar, tnanlly one OF the parry shot the boy
in the thigh. At the report of the pistol
the negroes ran, bat the whites had begun
to assemble and fearing general riot pur
sucl and captured ten of them put them
in storohouse and placed u guard over
Them During the night one of the guard
not upon duty came out ON the porch with
gun on his shoulder and was ordered
away 10y sentinel on duty as
he turned his gun which was
cooked, struck against window and was
, discharged. The negro prisoners thinking
that they were being fired upon, stampoded
and the guard opened up an indiscrminate
firing, wounding two of their own number
and two negroes all slightly, but the pris-
oners escaped. On Sunday the most intense
, excitement prevailed there, as it was learn
: ed that Moan Parker and Arthur Brooks,
! two notorious negroes were trying to organ
, ize the negroes for an assault on the place,
= and the whites were organized under the
t Rev. Mr.. Ball, a Baptist minister, who ar
g rested Brooks and Parker, and in an at
I tempt TO rescue them the rencountre report
7 ed last night occurred.
New YORK, Dec. Ito morrow's Times
will contain the following
FIFTH AVENUE HALL, N. Y, Dec. II.
The Republican National Executive
f Committee will meet on Thursday Janu-
I AIRY 18th, at "A. NJ, at the Ortington Hotel,
h Washington for the purpose of fixing the
2 time and place for holding the next Re-
: publican National Convention, for the nom
ination of President and Vice President
: Signed +. ID. MORGAN,
Chairman.
o WV. Il. CHANDLER, Secretary"
. RICHMOND, VA, Dec. l3.-The eau
. Gus this morning spent an hour in flliibus-
Z tering during which time three ballots
e were taken, but the result in all three failed
4 to elicit anything definite, as in each ballot
!. different candidates were voted for. The
highest vote ranged from 81 to "a.
Adjourned till l o'clock.
RICHMOND, VA, Dec. l3.-In the af-
ternoon session, after the summary DISPOSE
u ton of numerous resolutions looking to
/ bringing the conference down to real bust
= ness, resolution was adopted providing
If that all persons to be- voted for should be
!, placed in nomination, and the one receiv.
i ing the lowest vote on each ballot be
II ufOppeui Hnu tue person 30 utOppeu 10 Dt
C nominated only twice, and if any person be
y Withdrawn after being nominated he
n should be re-uominated only once Under
h this ruling the following names were pre-
2 scented to the conference
% Messrs. Goodc, Letcher, Johnston, Smith
Stuart, Flournoy, John w. Daniel, Of
Lynchburg; W. J. Robertson, of Alber-
marie county; j. W. Shelley, of Smytl
county; Robt. A. Coghill, of Amherst; A.
b. Cochran, of Augusta; John 4. Harris,
e of Rockingham and j. II. Tucker, OF
O Rockbridge. The conference then took a
If recess of one hour for dinner.
IS PHILADELPHIA, Dec. l3.-Bishop Simp-
II son has denied the statement that he had
y expressed an opinion on the subject of the
g third term. lie deprecates any attempt to
n connect the Church with political nomina-
a tiOns or elections.
y SALT LAKE, Dec. ia meeting of the
= methodist ministers in this city adopted
: resolutions protesting against the action OF
Il Bishop Haven and the Methodist preachers
Y Of Boston, also nominating Grant for the
# third term.
:. New YORK, Dec. ia motion was
It made by the District Attorney in the Court OF
d Oyer and Terminer to forfeit recognizances
! of VIM. Tweed in various indictments found
: against him for conspiracy and forgery.
:, Dudly Field represented Mr.. Chas. Devel-
! in, one of the bailsmen, and when the lat
: ter was called on to produce Tweed his
Q counsel handed in an affidavit showing
a cause why recognizance should not be for
st feited, and setting forth that the plaintiffs
n themselves made it impossible for the bonds
Is men to produce the defendant, and after
IS reooguizances wore entered into the plain
't tins took the defendant out of the bonds
men hands on a civil suit, and turned him
over to the Sheriff. That the claim ON Mr..
Develin was thus unfounded, and should
fail. The District Attorney argued that
i il was the duty Of the Court to order a for
. fixture, and that Mr.. Fields points could
} be argued at the general term, and also
n that the bonds were merely suspended by
y the imprisonment Of Tweed in civil suits.
/ The Court reserved its decision until Mon
% day.
Al GODS LOVE TO MAN.
Is What is more tender than mothers love
d To the sweet infant fondling in her arms ?