Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-03-17

| were cast Tor the following Board OF DlrcC-
tors Oliver Amcs, Elisha Atkins. F.
Gordon Dexter, Benz. +. Bates and Ezra
H. Baker, Of Boston; Sidney Dillon, Chas.
j. Osborn, Jay Gould, George s. Scott,
Samuel NJ. Mills, JAS ID. Smith and Joseph
Richardson, of New York G.. NJ. Dodge, #
Iowa; John Sharp, Of Salt Lake city,
Utah
The Western Union Telegraph Company
yesterday declared quarterly dividend Of
! 10 per cent.
Rev. James Richardson, Methodist Fps.
copal Bishop died at Toronto yesterday.
a special to the n Y. Freeman's Journal,
/ from Rome, says that Archbishop Nc.
Clo,key, Of New York will be one Of tie
new Cardinals to be created at the Procor-
sistory, to be held on next Mondnys
! WASHINGTON, March 12.-The Frccl.
mans Bank is in q worse condition thun
! heretofore supposed, and therefore the Com
missoners Creswell, Leopold and Purys
have asked to be relieved from any further
responsibility, for or on account of said
| trust, provided their bond may be released
! from liability after their retirement and
| new Commissioners substituted in their
| places. They assign as an excuse for their
action, failure to obtain from Congress
such Legislation as they deemed essential
| to the proper and speedy execution of the
trust rcposcd in them.
Ex-Congrcssmnn White of Alabama. de-
| clincs the Assistant Attorney Gcncralshp
Mr.. Alcorn will vote for seating Pincl-
beck.
Confrmstions Rankin, Pension Agent
Vicksburg
Nominations Boswell, Postmaster Cam
den, South Carolina.
The Senate had two hours wraugle over
business in executive session. They will
vote on piuchbeck Tuesday. His rejection
is almost certain. The last part of Nor
tons resolution declaring Kellogg he le-
gal Governor Of Louisiana will not come
up.
CoNcoRp, March l2.-Thc returns are
incomplete. The Republicans claim IL
majority in The House. The Democrats
have a majority in the Council which will
prevent removals from Office, The Demo-
Gratis carry the First and Second Congress
sonal Districts and the Republicans The
Third which is a Democratic gain of one
Congressman. The excitement over the
complexion of the Legislature which in
wolves the Governor, is not yet over.
MONTGOMERY, March l2.-Scveral ne
groes applied at the ticket office of the
theatre last night to purchase tickets of adj
mission to the parquet to Cal Wagners
Minstrel performance and ,KG.rsGn .snsr refused.
dolpb, arrested Cal Wagner upon CON-
plant Of four negroes, for violation of the
civil rights bill A bond $4,000 was signed
for Mr. Wagners appearance before Com
missioner Dinnwick this morning at 10
o'clock. The negroes who made the appli-
| cation are notorious politicians, and two
of them were defeated by their own color
for county Offices at the last election.
WASHINGTON, March 13.-Miuister
Schcuc< requests his recall from the Court
of st. james on account depressing private
business.
NEW YORK, March ia morning paper
says the prospects now are that, instead of
an agreement between the Pennsylvania
| Central and the Baltimore and Ohio Roads
there will be a general railroad war in the
course of a few weeks, in which rate, will
| be cut to very low figures.
CONCORD, March l4,-The latest figures
are as follows: House, l9l Republicans
| l79 Democrats four towns unheard from.
Senate, and 8, with no choice by the peo-
| pie in two Districts, The Council stands, 3
Democrats and Republicans. In vote
of $4,000 for Governor the plurality will
not reach 100, neither have majority.
Two Democrats and one Republican elected
| to Congress.
READING, March IA general su,pcn-
sior of the wool hat factories on account
of the large stock and dull trade, is an
| announced.
PHILADELPHIA, March l4-The Ma
| tional Fire Insurance Company proposes a
| settlement on basis of 40 per cent
/
indications Of an end of the strike.
SALT LAKE, March l3- Brigham Young
returned home from the penitentiary es-
corted by his friends.
PHILADELPHIA, March l3.-McClure'
paper, the Times successor to the Age,
makes a fine appearance this mOrnir-,
DOVER, DEL, March l3.-A State Sena-
tor gave notice he would ask permission to
bring 10 a bill, to be entitled ian act in
relation 10 certain Glasses Of persons czcr-
cisiug public empl0ym MT The bi pro-
, vile- that Eoepgrs of hotels and tTeTns,
&c, shall not be obliged by law to furnish
|rc'r-, Hment or entertain persons wE0'e re-
Ic.prinr ur retrcshmcnt will be Offer i've TO
th.mri.r portion ofhis customers, o. iniure
h. -iuass There are similar provisions
for aces of amusement and carriers Of
pass.. -...
CHARLESTON, S. c., March ] The
standing committee of South Carol con-
seutod TO Jagger's conservation, and refused
DcKoven's.
The difficulty in the cotton market was
adjusted day. Factors are to sell at de-
livery weight, buyers taking cotton imme-
diately from sworn weighers and re.weigh-
ing it with beam scales. All Differences TO
be referred to a third weigher, whose deci-
sion is final.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, March 13-The
negroes swore out new warrant lur Cal
Wagner and his ticket agent. The former
was discharged and the latter bound over
to appear at the next term Of court, in a
bond of $500. This case has caused several
Theaters Companies to cancel engagements
for this city.
RIcHMoND, March l5.-A personal recon
tire took place this morning between Mr..
James A. Cowardin, editor of the Dis
patch, and Mr.. A. Fulkerson, n member of
the House of Delegates, from Washington
county. 1t appears that Mr.. Cowardin,
who, in company with'two other geIilemen,
were walking along Main street lear the