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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19
RAILROAD NEWS,

The Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
adopted new schedule last Sunday by
which train is run from Nashville to Chat
.ahoo8a IN . hours, the time being changed
from Y to 80 miles per hour. Trains will
also be run between Nashville and Louis
vile IN 65 hours, making the time from
Louisville to Chattanooga, distance of 337
miles, only u hours.
linen Cincinnati Commercial, Sunday: The
trustees OF the Cincinnati Southern RaiI1roU
raso1 -lSo III jl session yesterday afternoon. and
Ir,'l, 1SSolVed, by unanimous vose, on motion of
trustee trustee Mack, to- notify the sinking fund
tTbolililll-sloners tba that they will at once, with
fn flloir approval, proceed to advertise the road
10 lDr sale or lease. Bids will be asked for on
T IA t1e plans of lease and on the form of sale.
ine pest bid will then be presented to the
sinking fund commissioners for their an
Rroyal; as required by law. This is the hest
the % c;tiu ~ railway news that has been given to
'he citizens of Cincinnati for long time me
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19
FOR AND AGAINST.
The Friends of the President IN
thusiastic and Demonstrative
Likewise those Of the
EX Senators

ALBANY, N. Y, May 18.-The Adj
mlnlstration members of the legis-
lature are unit in their determine
tlon to vote for no man for Senator
who is not known to be in cordial
sympathy with the Administration,
and they will under no circumstances
vote for any man who has antago-
nized General Garfield or has avowed
his purpose to do so.
Thirty-ive members of the assem-
bly,, including Speaker Sharpe, met
last night in the room of the Repub
lican general committee. The utmost
secrecy is maintained as to the pro-
ceedings. The Republican commits
tee adopted resolutions indorsing
the action of President Garfield on
the Robertson nomination.
ALBANY, May 18-The following
are resolutions of the Republican
general committee of Albany county ::
Resolved, That we deeply deplore
the course recently pursued by the
President in attempting to force the
Senate of the United States to ap-
prove Of the nomination of VIM. II
Robertson, to be collector of the port
OF New York, when no vacancy exists
IN said office, and without other cause
than to pay personal political obli-
CATION, which obligation was created
through the treachery of said nom
inee to the regular Republican or
ganizatlon in the State, and that we
earnestly and confidently express
the hope that the legislature of the
State of New York will promptly
stamp its condemnation upon the
act by re-electing Senators Conking
and Platt to the posi- ions they have
felt called upon to resign in the
Senate
l. is pretty we'll settled that the
senate will not agree to go into an
election to fill the vacancies in the
Uni; ed States Senate.
Two papers are being circulated
by the assembly, one sustaining
President Garfield and another de-
nouncing Conkling and Piatt Only
~ names are necessary to defeat the
election Of Conkling and Platt, aud
it is said that over 40 have already
been secured
New YORK, May 17.-The Evening
Posts Albany special says of tie
matters in the legislature Two
papers are in circulation to-day for
signatures. The first paper, in gen>
eral terms, agrees to stand by the
President. The second commits the
signers not to vote for Conkling,
Platt, or any other confederate who
will act IN opposition to the Presi-
dent. The pape s are now receiving
s'gnatu- es. It is asserted they will
receive about fifty signatures til
afternoon. Petitions, letters ar
dispatches by the eart-load are COZ
ing In, protesting against the res
election of the eX-Senators.
When the news of Judge Robert
sons confirmation by the Senate as
collector Of the port of New York
was received in the city this after
noon, members of the Republican
central club, Of which Sheridan
Shook is president, fired q salute of
100 guns in the City Hall Park.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19

New YORK, May 18.-Southern flour
firm, and moderate trade; common to fair
extra, SIS. OOa5. 40; good to choice do, S.. so
a7OO. Wheat opened 4a!c higher; after
ward advance lost; closed about steady
ungraded spring, S1.15. Corn without de-
clded change; options better; ungraded, 49
a5Se Oats 4aac lower; No g. 44a4433c.
Coffee dull and unchanged. Sugar firm and
IN far demand; fair to good refining, 7Sa
73c; prime, 75c; refined frmer and in good
demand; standard A, 81. Molasses firm
and quiet; New Orleans, 30a55c; Porto
Rico, 36a55c. Rice quiet and unchanged
Wool dr,l and in buyers favor; domestic
fleece, 35a45c; pulled, 20a38c; unwashed
l2a30c; Texas, 14a26c. Pork a shade
stronger and rather quiet; old, $1,000;
new, ZIG. 75al7.0 co. middles quiet and strong;
long cle1r, 8ssc; short, 98c. Lard fairly &C.
tive, bat closing weak, $11O7k BALL 129B
Freights firmer
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presses, four small presses and large stock
of printing material &c 1t is a heavy loss
He had some insurance, but how much, Col
Helms doesn't know.
VIEW OF THE BURNED DISTRICT.
Special dispatch to the Chronicle.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, May IS, 1881
A large number of people visited the
burned district to-day. The territory
burned contains $50, 900 square yards and
extended from the American Office, on the
south side of Church street, to Market
street, and two squares from the Union and
American block through to Marhet street
The total loss is estimated at
from 1926, 900 to $3.50 900; insurance,
5000, 900. The Knoxville Insuranc Com
pany loses 81 800. The entire burnt dis
trict is to be rebuilt Immediately. But for
the efficient work of the citizens the city
would have been destroyed thirty or forty
buildings having been ignited during the
confagration.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19

HE Louisville Commercial, in com
menting on wool and cotton, saws
"The Statistics published by the
Treasury Department show what an
increase there has been in the amount
of wool and also of cotton retained
for home consumption. As to wool.
1t was 1901 million pounds in 1862,
IN 1870 it was 2O9 millions, and in
1850 1t had increased TO 1869 mill
mons pounds, whilst the production
mas also greatly Increased. AS to
@ colCon' IN 1880 the amount 50 re-
Ser'ed was more than one-tbira of
the whole crop, being more than ga
million pounds. This countrT i ~" 90
empire IN itself, and it is constantIn ~ Ir
becoming less dependent upon o. her
countries either for raw material or
for manufactured goods"
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19
MINOR DISPATCHES.

HALIFAX, n. S., May 1S.-The steamer
Columbia arrived here from London yester-
day. The captain reports that on the 6th
instant latitude 48 Q 81, longitude % Sc,
he sighted deserted bark, which proved to
be the Queen, from Pensacola Fla, Febru-
ary 10, for London. Her bulworks, stanchi-
ons and masts were gone, and the sea was
making clean breach over her.
MILWAUKEE, May 18.-Arch-Bishop Hen
nj is very i'll and cannot live many DAYS
longer. His condition last night was some
what improved, but he has grown very
weak, and his death may be expected at
any time.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19
Signal Office Bulletin.

WAsHINGToN, May 1S.-The chief
signal officer furnishes the following
special weather bulletin: The indi-
cations are that slightly warmer,
easterly to southerly winds, light
rains and partly cloudy weather will
prevail in New England and the
Middle States during Thursday. and
that decidedly colder northerly
winds will prevail in the Mississippi
Valley from Iowa southwark to the
Gulf.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19
Consecration of a New Protestant
Episcopal Church.

DANv1LLE, Va, May, 18.-This
morning the new Protestant Episco>
pal Church in this city was conse-
Grated, Bishop White, of the Diocese
OF Virginia, officiating, assisted by
Bishop Peterkin, of West Virginia.
A very large concourse of people
was present, and the ceremonies
were exceedingly impressive. The
church edifce is one of the most
elegant in the South.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19
WASHINGTON.
Miscellaneous News from the Ma
tiOnal Capital

tiOnal Capital.
WASHINGTON, May 19.-Judge Rob
ertsOn was confirmed without roll
call, also Merritt Badeau withdrawn.
The President sent the following
nominations to the Senate to day :
Aleck BOreman, to be United States
district judge for the Western dis~
trict of Louisiana Ross VIII
kinson, to be United States Marshal
for the Western district of Louisiana !;
Thos. Ii. Reeves, United States mar
shal for the Eastern district of Ten
nessee; Geo. IL. Thomas, United
States attorney for Kentucky; Rear
Admiral Edward L. Nicho to be
chief of the bureau OF yards and
docks in the Navy Department.
Postmasters-W. A Elicit, at
Clarksville, Tex; Mrs Grace G.
Cochran, at Anderson Court~hous
S. G.
Mrs. Garfield rested better las!
night than any night during her
illness. She has very little fever this
morning, her mind is perfectly clear,
her strength improved, and her con-
dition in every way more favorable.
The Senate, to day, confirmed the
following Southern nominations 4:
Alexander Boreman, United States
district Judge for the western dis
trict of Louisiana; Mary Fl. S.
Long. POstmistress at CharlOttas
vile, Va.
The following additional Southern
nominations were sent to the Senate
to>day: Fl. B. Tal,aferro, to be
United States attorney for the
western district of Louisiana; Jas.
C. Weeks, to be United States
Marshall for the western district of
Louisiana, and Madison Davis, to be
surveyor of customs at Atlanta.
The following nominations of en-
voys extraordinary and ministers
plenipotentiary were sent to the
Senate to day: Thomas A. Osborn,
of Kansas, to Brazil, vice Hilliard, re-
called; Judson Fitzpatrick, of New
Jersey, to Chill, vice Osborn, trans
ferred; Stephen A. Hurlburt, of
Illinois, to Peru, vice Chris
tiancy, recalled; Lewis Wallace,
of Indiana, minister resident to
Turkey George III. Nancy, of Ten
nrssee, minister resident to Colon
bia, vice Dychman recalled; Jere~
miah Rush, of Wisconsin, charge
d atfaires to Paragua and Uruguay,
wee Daniel Wells recalled; Horace
n: Taylor, of Wisconsin, consul at
Marselles, vice Gould recalled
When the nomination of Edwin
a. Merritt, to be consul-g4neral at
London, was called up from the
table IN executive session this aftar~
noon it was instantly confirmed
without debate and without anH
manifestation of dissent. The con-
tirmation was effected by common
consent, in the absence of objection.
Tue nomination of William r.
Roberl son, as collector of customs
at New York city was then called up
and confirmed in precisely the same
without demand for a vote
If any kind or a word of discussion.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19

CHICAGO May 18.-Flour steady and I'M
changed. Wheat active, firm and his CHER; No.
z Chicago spring, $1,O24 cash; $1.O2sa
l:o35 for June. Corn active, firm and
higher; 43c cash; 42Ic bid for May
Pork unsettled and generally lower S16. 40
for cash; $16.45 bid for June. Lard active,
firm and higher; $1O65 for cash, June,
July and August Bulk meats irregular
shoulders, $3.50; rib, 1886; clear,
$3.50. Whisky steady and unchanged.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19
Convention of Cotton Planters.

VIoKsBURG, Miss, May 1.-THE
Cotton Planters Association are in
formed that liberal arr' lgements
have been made by the citizens of
memphis for entertaining the mem-
oers OF the association at the annual
convention C, to be held there May 25
Ihe exhibition of improved machin-
cry Will probably exceed in extent
any previous display ever made in
the South. The exhibits will in
clude the improved attachments for
making yarns from seed cotton.
Ihls promises to be the largest and
most important convention of cotton
planters ever held. The fare will be
reduced one half on all railroads and
anchor line steamers.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19

A SPECIAL from Washington to an
exchange says: Applications are
pouring into the treasury to-day
from holders of S per cent. bonds,
who want to change them to new
BIS, and Secretary Window says
there is every indication that the
refunding will be Immediately and
successfully accomplished.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19

A REPORT from Bedford, Indiana,
gives an account Of the strange
phenomenon of a cloud, as low as
the tree~tops, which rushed over the
town on the 18th inst, with roar of
a hurricane. Only thirty-fve Sec
onds interviewed from the time it
was seen approaching until its dis
appearance. The sky was clear at
the time, and the sun was shining,
A reduction of from 10 to Is de-
grees in the temperature followed
the passage of the cloud, and con-
tinued for about ten minutes. The
same phenomenon occurred at
Bloomfield.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
New York Stock Market.

New YORK, May 18.-11 A. M.-The stock
market opened irregular, but in the main
strong and higher. The chief features of
speculation were Elevated Railway shares.
Manhattan sold up p per cent to 30; Met
rropolitan, 81 per tent. to 9399, and New York
per cent to 1O7. The general list moved
within a very narrow range, except in Gin
clnnatl, Sandusky and Cleveland, which rose
to 8 and reacted to II per cent.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19

In the wine saloons in the Place
Manbert, Paris, there are half doz-
en- wholesale dealers who buy all the
cigar stumps they can, from idle boys
and poor old people, which they man
ufacture into smoking tobacco. Tue
length of the stump counts some
thing in the price, Much of this
tobacco is sold to the working class,
and much is also exported.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19
New York Cotton Market.

New YORK, May 18.-Cotton steady:
sales, Ito bales; uplands, 10 9-16c; Or
leans, lO l3-l6c; consolidated net receipts,
5,6ll bales; exports to Great Britain, II 500
bales; to Continent, 6,295.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19

NEW YORK, May 16.-Cotton- re-
ceipts, $40 bales; gross receipts, 1926 :;
bales Futures closed steady sales 10000
bales; for May, 10.45a1O.47; June and
July, O.56alO.57; August, 10. 62a1O. So :;
September, O.33a1O,34; October 995a-
9.91; November, 9.S5; December 9.S5 ::
January, 9.95; February, 1O.O5a1O.O7.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19
FIRST EDITION.
11.30 P. NJ.
The Readjuster convention meets
in Richmond, Va, on the I'd of June.
The New York Tribune saws that

The New York Tribune says that
an endeavor is being made in Lon
don to secure the appearance of
Booth, Irving and Mccullough in
such a piece as Julius Caesar" and
thus bring the three greatest trage-
dians of the day on the same stage.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19
FOREIGN.

Flashes by Submarine Gable from
the Old World.
CoNsTANTINopLE, May 1S.-The
Porte has applied to the French au-
thorltles for the surrender of Midbat
Pasha.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19

IT seems that the Greek question
is not yet settled. A disturbing tell
e5ram comts from Athens which
asserts that the Porte, secretly ass
sisted by Austria and Germany, in.
tends to prevent a peaceful settle.
ment. 1t is further stated that
England's isolation encourages the
three empires to settle The Balkan
question as they desire. The Bull
garian troubles are also associated
with this idea, and it is now con>
sidered certain that Prince Alex
anders "master stroke Of states
manship is a vir uaI transfer of
Bulgaria to Russian rule.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19

Miss Matte McCampben proposes to give
concert on the 9th of this month, the
object being to raise funds to complete her
musical education She has been advised to
do o-by many friends, and the best musical
talent of the city has been enlisted for the
occasion. The programme will be given to
the public in due season, and we can promise
our citizens a rich treat.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19

The trial of the suit of William
s. Williams against the consolidated
telegraph companies, to restrain
the issue of SIS, 100000 capital stock
Of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, was begun in New York
on the 18th inst. before Judge Truax,
of the superior court. The counsel
employed in the case are ex>Judges
Fullerton, Porter and Whitehead,
A, j. Vanderpool, ex~Secretary Bis
tow, Everett p Wheeler and others.
Jay Gould and DR.. Vorvin Green
were early in attendance, and will be
called as witnesses. The opinion is
that the trial will occupy the atten-
ton of the court for more than two
months.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19
THE GREAT NASHVILLE FIRE.

Some Meagre Details of the Immense Con-
f1agration.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19

Special dispatch to the Chronicle
The daily gazette., 1881-04-06
A LITTLE CLEAN OF HOPE.
THE REVISED NEW TESLA
MENT.

With reference to the revised New
Testament, Rev. DR.. Schaff makes
some statements to the New York
Evening Post which are ofimportance.
Seeing that the Doctor was one of the
company of revisers, he may be sup
posed to speak with full knowledge.
He says "Fhe changes are SO many
that scarcely verse in the New res-
lament remains sunaltered. In many
instances, however, the alterations
concern punctuation aud minor words.
OF course any alterations will arouse
criticism, but / think that we eau hold
our own, and we are prepared ito do
battle for what We have done and
sanctioned. We have worked between
two fires, the radicals wanting far
more sweeping changes than we would
sanction, and the other party rolling
their eyes in horror when comma was
or small letter replaced by
q capital. The controversy will
go on for few years. At
the end Of five years, at the latest, l
expect to see the new version accepted
by all but the most narrow.minded
The daily gazette., 1881-04-06
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN
GREAT BRITAIN

Great Britain began the business of
counting noses Monday morning. The
work involves more of the facetiOus ele-
ment among so staid people than with
| us. The census is by no means SO old
story that people take to it naturally.
Macaulay, writing his history so late as
| 1S47, was only able TO give approximate
figures of the population of turee king
dons at the date of the accession of the
House of Hanover. The first pr pposal in
Parliament to take the census was re-
ceiYed with an amazing outbreak of pub.
lie Indignation. Many opposed it on re-
ligious grounds, taking the divine injunc.
tion to Moses as the text. But the most
obstinate and pugnacious resistance wss
upon the part of elderly ladies and great
families, who resented them. In cases
though the law makes refusal punishable
by considerable fines, the scruples OF the
females we're wiDked at when they sent
private lists to the Home Office. The
most inmate details are provided for IN
the list of questions, and the information
thus gathered will make such volumes
as future historians can consult with an
assurance of knowing every fact OF i'm
portance in the lives and laboIs of the
80, ,000, 900 inhabitants of the three king
dnms. The census man Is not so we'll
paid in E gland as here. He gets about
ten dolloars for every hundred names,
buJ to get these names he must first vi
sit every house In his district, leave q
schedule TO be filed and get a receipt
from the head the house. The Queens
Indian subjects were enumerated last
week. The introduction of the census in
to that part of the Empire was attended
with peculiar and piquant difficulties.
The natives have vague horror of the
enumeration. THY tear that 1t is pre-
lude to drafting or tax paying and it is
said that so soon as they get hint of
what is coming the cunning native be-
takes himself to tree-top and lets the
census man interview the empty house
for Notwithstanding at night tor food
or refreshment. The census for the Bril-
tsh dominions upon which the sun never
sets will be completed and submitted TO
Parliament in May. In 1871 the census
gave Great Britain "a, ,696.063. An esti-
mate based on births aud deaths last
June gave population million more
The present census will, it is estimated
give Great Britain 36,000,000. In the
tables making up the total, ireland
steadily decreases, going, from S,l75,124
in 1841, to 5,363, 500 last year. Scotland,
on the other hand, increased in the same
time from 2,364, 1856, in 154l, to 3,66l,-
202. When the tale from all her pos
sessions comes in complete, the Queen
will find herself at the head ofmore peo-
pie than any sovereign in the word, save
the Emperor of China Times.
The daily gazette., 1881-04-06
AMERICAN sHAD FOR GREAT
BRITAIN.

At the meeting OF the Fishculture As
sociation, In New York, Wednesday
Mr.. Page, the vice president, stated hat
he had recently had q conference with
Prot Huxley upon the question OF the
introduction Of American shad into the
English Irish and Scotch rivers, and
promised him that half a doz-n 6peci-
mems packed In Ice would be sent to
England in time for the fish exhibition
at Norwich, England, In Easter week.
He had also held con Versa'ions with
other persons Interested in hsh, culture
In England, who had requested him TO
make arrangements for sending over
half million shad eggs and some speei-
mems OF American herring.