Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-13
NEW YORK.


day laden with railroad iron and
boilers for Calcassian Pass, La.
Yesterday she returned to Staten
Island, in consequence of a murder
having been committed on board,
and the captain and five of the
crew are in Richmond county Jail.
A sailor named Daniel Cavanagh is
charged with killing VIM. Hogan,
messmate, during an alteration.
Hogan is described as quarrel
some fellow, who endeavored to
provoke Cavanagh to fight. The
latter struck him with a handspike
from the effects of which he died
the same evening. The crew re-
fusing to 90 to sea with the corpse,
the ship returned.
Chas. R. Titus and Samuel Hoyt
have been arrested, charged with
forging hundred thousand dollar
check on J. B. Colgate & Go.
Ex>Goy. Hoffman resigns from
the Tammany Society and proposes
supporting Robinson. NE5I
SYRACUSE, Sept. 11.-After the
githdrawal of the Tammany delega-
ton and the nomination of Lucius
Robinson for Governor, the conyen-
ton took recess till 7:3O, and up
on reassembling completed the
ticket as follows:
For Governor-Lucius Robinson.
For Lieutenant Governor
Clarkson N. Potter, of Winchester.
For Secretary of State-Allen
G. Beach.
For Comptroller-Thomas W.
Olcott. 81
[ For State Treasurer-James
Mackin.
For Attorney General-A.
-Schoonmaker.
A resolution was offered to un>
seat the Tammany delegates who
had bolted and admit the contesting
delegations as regular representa-
tives of New York city. It was,
however, tabled.
The Tammany delegation held an
independent meeting at SHAKESPEARE
Hall this evening. s. 6. Courtney
! called the delegates to order by say
ing that 10000 voters in New
York and 10000 in Kings county
had met there to vindicate their
manhood. He spoke very bitterly
of Governor Robinson, referring TO
him as man "owned by the great
trickster Of Cipher alley He
said Robinson had thrown down the
gage of battle and the delegates
present had accepted it.
Hon. David Dudley Field was
then elected President and made a
brief speech, saying the regular
convention had tried to force the
nomination of Governor Robinson
down their throats, but it could not
be done. Mr.. Dorsheimer then
presented the name of John Kel.
ley as the Tammany candidate for
Governor, and recommended the
appointment by the Chairman of a
committee of fifteen with power td
take such steps with regard to the
remainders of the ticket as they
should think proper. Applause. I
John Kelly was Unanimously y
nominated for Governor by the
Tammany seceders.
John Kelly in accepting the NOM
ination of the independent Tam>
many Convention for Governor said
he did not expect to be elected, but
expected to defeat the man who had
committed great outrages upon the
State of New York. The men, he
said who attempted to tyrannize
over you will be beaten by $4,000
majority and they ought to be
beaten. IL would have been as
much as the party could have done
to get majority even with union
and harmony. Let the Convention
and those connected with it now take
the consequences of defeat. After
the confirmation of Kelly's nomina-
ton and the appointment of a CON-
mittee to take action with regard to
the nomination of full ticket, if
desirable, the Tammany delegation
adjourned sine die. 81
After passing resolutions request
ing the Democratic organizations
in New York city to rally to the
support of the regular nominees oi
the convention and resolutions
Withdrawing all recognition and
preference of the Tammany asso.
citation over other Democratic or
ganizations in New York city, the
regular convention, at 10 p. m, adj
journed sine die.