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i KHTABLISHEI) 1850. l
}J. 11. ESTILL, Klitor and Proprietor, j
TI MS IN'THREE STATES.
iEOGGIA, FLOlim.A AND SOUTH
CAROLINA I*L'T IN TYPE.
4 kckin£ Story of Alleged Murder
from Newberry—A Window Light Made
of 6,000 Pieces—Columbus to Have a
Monster New Keservoir—A Conti
nental Kill.
GEORGIA.
A nepro hoy ha* been fined S5 for jumping
>n a train while it was in motion at Fort
Valiev.
The President last week discontinued the
,r 1 oßli'c at Double Branches, to take effect
July I, IHS4.
Jsbn Culler, of Perry, and Miss I-ore da
Horne, of Spalding, were married Wednesday
*t tbs former place.
Sergeant Bates is out with an explanation
vindicating himself from the charge of de
frauding a bo el keeper out of a board bill.
An election was held in I.aGrange Tuesday
m the public school question. and "no public
school’’carried the day by aa overwhelming
majority.
On the ITth of February the Fourth Sunday
i' h oi district, consisting of Baker, Calhoun,
Dougherty, Karly. I.ec and Worth counties.
Till meet in convention in Albany.
At iatxington the ground for the negro col
• ge f>r the Methodist denomination w as sor
veyed off and deeded by Dr. W. H. Jarrell to
High Max well, col., ;t trustee of said college.
Building will probably be commenced early
naxl fall.
T. G. T.Jliert. who lives aliove Nicholson,
ieft home last Friday morning afoot to go to
Harmony Drove and has not been heard of
since, lie was traced to Jefferson and there
ist. ho cause is assigned for bis conduct.
H" was a man some CO years old and leaves a
rife and three children behind.
The A'cAo says: “The Council of Lexington,
tlilslum regular meeting, placed the sm-et
tax at fair dollars a year—more than any city
.n the Soulli requires. A clamor wa* mi
nedialcly raised and we hear it said that the
sugusl body will make it optional to work on
lie streets or pay 75 cents for each day that a
■at m-m docs not work. We can't see much re-
JiictiO* in that.”
The l.incolutoTi >*•* says: “Mrs. Fannie
Warren, one of the largest share holders in
be -sir G hi Mine, sold her interest, (it being
v oue-ar h interest/to T. J. Ilarda•' '. of
. harleslon. for J:: 1 0. The deyl w;if fc-ut ty
Mr. Ho i< i: head list’week for record, and it
.• xpros— •?, the above consideration. If it is
Zftr a jUlt w e tnav look for further purchases
toon. Ail sales of interest, however, will be
subject to the ten years lease of Dr. Lane and
..plain < ade. No one need be surprised if
this miae nhotild turn out to be worth a mil
lion tio lUM."
Titrs>J M y Julian Allen, a voting man iu the
.11 ploy mem „'. f ' v, h !* & Wood. was engaged
u timing the °/ "•* i'hink kiln, at
Blaaahard ,*t Findley’s mill at tiaiues
till*. Ihe workmen had junt _m-hed a scaf
fold ahoiit seven feet high, and WCr*. Jirepar
ng to e muticuee their labors when a pair *> f
• iptioi* fell to the ground. Young Allen, who
was v> ry sprightly, caught hold of the scaf
fold and swung off in order to recover the
unsetmv tool. While doing so his hands slipped
imi ho fell with his bowels across a sleeper,
lie died Wednesday morning.
It h m be. n discovered that the iron easing
through which the water of the Artesian
House well at Albany flows is possessed of
magnetic power. A knife, when rubbed on
the inside of the piping where the water conies
boiling over at the rate of fortv gallons per
minu'e, partakes of this magnetism, and will
raise a needle the same as it would if it had
icon brought in contaet with a regular mag
net or piece of 1 adstone. In drilling or bor tig
the well the drill doubtless passed through a
stratum of loadstone, and. in being drawn up
and down through it, transferred the in
due of ihe easing or outside pipe.
The Montezuma Record says: "Mr. Heimcr
■ias a w indow light in one of hid parlor win
lows which is remarkable for its design and
caccat on. The glass is the full size of an
.rdisary window, and it required 6.000 small
ob oes ef glass to make it. In its centre is a
likeness of St. I’aul, not painted, but composed
if tasse small pioees of glass, each piece
shaped and colored before it was placed on
lie wo dow. It has the appearance of having
■wen carved, but it Is relief work prod seed by
t Iding thousands of small pieces of glass.
1 lie coloring is composed of every hue of the
am-how. and the likeness of >t. I‘anl is col
ored almost as natural as life. Mr. Heiraer
Java th. window was mad* 1 in New York to be
.lured on exhibition, and was sold for SSOO.
The Ithmatlite say* that years ago. near
Mouut Hope, in Hancock county. James Mc
t rav was having a well dug, wh-re at the
teptb of about fifteen or twenty feet he struck
what la for thi- section a peculiar formation
.if rock. He contained to work in the rock,
going twelve or fourteeu feet deeper, when
the project was abandoned. The particles of
rock removed from the well contained well
formed and fully developed sea shells. Some
time since Mr. J. M. 110 and. in the sains
neighltorhood, endeavored to dig a well and
vas met by the same rocky formation, and
had to abandon it. There is nothing unusual
n the topography of the country where this
ormation is found. It is clear opeu piny
wooi Is land. The rock is com posed *-x
--dusively of Ah se shells. Of course this sub
virutuin*of s-a shell rock iu its full extent can
sever he known.
The work of constructing anew reservoir,
costing 110.000 and having a capacity of from
ai,ot>o.tlbo to tk1.000.000 gallons of water, will he
begun at Columbus about February 1. The
reservoir will cover an area of thirteen or
fourteen acres. The present reservoir
has a capacity of 20,000,000 galtons.
*o the building of the second will
jive Hie company a storage capacity of
*!out 100,000.0<K) gallons. At the present rale
>f consumption this would be sufficient water
.> supply ttie city for two hundred days
vithsnt "a drop of rain during that time.
The company bus in contemplation the build
nit of third reservoir should it ever be re
imred by the growth of the city. It will be
dt ja.-t below the present one. ou land
purchased of Mr. J. T. Holland. The capacity
would l* nearly 360 000,000 gallons, and the
[■ply <>f water would be obtained from the
Mi Klvy creek and the Stewart branch. The
' irk of budding the new one wilt be coin
deled in tiO days.
The Oclethoriie Echo says: YYe were shown
1 is week by Mr. George t . Smith, of this
•v. a curiosity in the shape of money. It
continental bill for four dollars, dated
7 6 On what may be the frontside is some
rude -eroll work on tin* edges, iti which Is
vo-k-d. "The I’nited ( olonies. Continental
t urn no. Four Dollar-." a cut of a hog
iingui a spear head, with the motto, "An
V .r< .1 i IVfa Decora," and tlie inscription,
scrv p aiidy printed m old style type,
■ i Ins bid entitles the bearer to receive
• ir Spanish milled dollars, or the value
thereof in gold or silver, according to a reso
'niion of Congress, passed at Philadelphia,
M iv , 1776,'’ and signed A. Fay bout and Jo
the surname having become ex
'■• t . \ gorgeous border surrounds the
ell. r side, at the ton of which is "Four
DoMars." followed by what wa- intended for
sere!) work, but which looks more like skele
ton- or limbs of trees. The bill is by 3
.:ich' . printed on common card board and
ars tfee imprint in large letters. "P in led by
Hell A -etlerr in Philadelphia, 1778.’’
The LttGrange Rcporter publishes the fol
-wui j: "During the holidays a poor, half
•' tied negro, John Henry, living near
le. ate, n itbout leave, the Christmas
Ae J one of bis race, for which he received,
it tlx hands of a quintette of colored fiends,
v ost brutal whipping. The records of
bin a oui rages for which Southern white
now languish m Northern prison-,
■•.•• Haiti nothing more inhnman than
e details of this cruelty iu
ctcit uisi a a witless negro by liis own color
• trilling offense. The blm k brutes were
' ii Brav. Norvall Bodd e. Howard Harris,
it. ry Mullins and Shade Hammett. A* Levi
• ame up he was a s) induced to lash
Hi’iv. The whipping wits done with thorn
vines and knotted plow lines, and ou
■ ure I indy of the idiotic boy. His tle-h
w; fearful’y gashed and swollen from the
which numbered nearly 75h. Mr. W.
Porter saw over twenty niarks'above Hen
■ wai-t, where the skTn had lieen broken,
f i hem being four inches long. The
•vi i part of his m ly was also much lacer
ated ” J lie negroes are under iKinds.
FLORIDA.
Tavares ha* two mails per day sow.
!.e sbiirg is sinking au artesian well.
I ' -heriff Hvches, of Sumter county, is
bad.
1 'bar tv calico ball will lie given at Pulatka
L* n nary 251.
Tto Ta !ali:is-ce public library fund has
;ie bed over $7<K). ,
Hu -t. \ugustiue mail line has beenex
-1 to Port Orange.
nil rlacbeu,” on the Florida Southern
'I • l' ( .ad, has now three large stores.
Tie debt on the school house at Enter
r - b.jen paid by public subscription.
Vie tor L. Johnson, late editor of the Al
ii .1 c ; /fi. rwenlly burned, died a few days
i-‘> in lli.it eitv.
‘ J 11. tianlner. senior editor and pub
and also founder, of the Mariana
r tired from that paper.
Monday James S. Denham was ejected
•r the fourth time Mayor of Monticeilo.
re n i- not a vole east against him.
St - rtjsirte.l that J. F. Thompson, formerly
■ Hie Advance Gnattte, is to -tart a paper
- '’iu iv hen* on the line of the Pensacola anti
Atlanta- ltailroad.
’* "aw in. a iifteeu-year-oM son of Hr. S. M.
n. wa- killed I>t the accidental discharge
f' 1 tun in the hue Is of Samuel E-kridge, at
1 ai gerine. recently.
’ " town by the name of Windsor has
, c-tablished on the east slmre of Lake
1 "u ni. in Aiaehua county. It is three
■ fi in Gmelle Station, on the Florida
*’ bu rn ltailroad.
1 * -tcamer Meirimac. of Lawrence, Mass.,
•'> i1 by <, en . it. p. Butler, and bnilt to run
on the beautiful Mcrrimac river, is coming
to Jacksonville to Ik- Bold. She was foun tto
be of too much draught for the rocky, shallow
Merrimac.
The Tavares says: "On Snnd&v
morning about 10 o’clock quite a serious ac
cident occurred to train No. 2, on the St.
John'* and Lake Eusti-ltailroad. ' bile re
turning from Lane Park one of the truck
under a box car jumped the track at the
second rut. near the junction of the St John’*
and Lake Eustis, and the Tavares, Orlando
and Atlantic Hailruads. There was a strong
head wind bio win/, and the dense smoke from
the engine prevented the engineer from see
ing the rear of the train, and the car ran
along in this manner for alKiut TOO yards, when
the box was torn from the trucks and dragged
along a short distance further. When the box
was torn off it careened over to one side, tear
ing a flat ear half oflT ale >, and throwing out
four colored men who were in the box car,
the car falling upon them. When it fell over
it scooped up a telegraph pole which was
lying along-ide the track, one end of the pole
entering the end or the c tr and lining it from
off the colored men. Had it not been for Ibis
the men would have been literally torn to
pieces. As it was the car only remained over
them for an instant, bruising them across the
chest and shoulders. Two of them were in
jured internally, one it is feared seriously.
One of the others had his hand considerably
mashed, while the other was not much injured.
The wounded men were cared for.”
SOt'TH CAROLINA.
Maj. Thomas Frost, Jr., is Charleston's new
Chief of Police.
W . J. Salley, w anted for forgery at Aiken,
has been captured at Leesville, Fia.
sainucl Keller, a colored barber, charged
with murder, has been acquitted at Orange
burg.
Mrs. \V . Joyce Mixson lias been appointed
Postmistress at Barnwell, vice \V. S. Dixon,
removed.
A negro named Waller, whose reputation is
allsgi-d to be decidedly lent, will l.u uppointoi
Postmaster of Greenwood if lie can secure
bondsmen.
Nontb Carolina has no divorce law. It is
the only Slate in the in ion iu which a marri
age, lawfully contracted, is indissoluble ex
cept by death.
The laws of South Carolina require all phy
sicians who graduate in medical colleges out
>de ihe State to pay a fee or |2O before they
are allowed to practice in the stale.
The Supreme Court has remanded the case
o' Riley Anderson to the t ireuit Court. He
will be rvceulcneed and hanged He kille i
his niece nu ber child in Greenville county.
Wesley Butler, colored, has been convicted
at Orangeburg of criminal outrage on a 7 \ ear
old colored girt named Isabella Richardson.
The penalty is death. Sentence had not been
pronounced at last accounts.
New spring term of court promises to be
very ihUTeeiirg. A trial justice on trial, a
breach of promf-l Ptefl for ?*...!' damages, a
suit Tor damages to character foi* |is,trC, it
murder ca-e, and eight or ten smaller offense*.
An election has been ordered to ho held on
Toes ay, the 6th day of February, to decide
Whether or not Ihe town of Aiken shall sub
scribe the sum of fa'hooo in bonds to the capi
tal slock of the Carolina, Cumberland Gap
and Chicago Railway Company.
Gov. 'I iionips..n has made the following ap
pointments: >V. \\ . Williams, M aster in Equi
ty for a iken county; L. P. lairing. Jury Com
missioner for Sumter county, vice W. Si. Raf
fled!. resigned; C. C. Bristow, trial justice
for Williamsburg county, vice John A. Green,
resigned.
A petition has been read Is*fore the Colum
bia City Council from the proprietor o ihe
cock-pit. now located almost in the shadow of
the city ball, praying for the reduction of his
license from |I,OOO to $:00, last year’s figure.
The petiiion advanced the proposition that
cock fighting hud the support of a large ma
jority of the representatives of the state, as
was shown by a vote on a bill to prohibit the
snort, which bill w as defeated at the last ses
sion of the Legislature The petitioner also
cited the good order of his establishment, and
claimed that the fl.ttUO license would be pro
hibitory. The petition was referred.
The Columbia correspondent of the Charles
ton A etcK and t'owUr wrote tne following:
“A shocking storv comes from Newberry
county. Michael Kinard, an old white mail
nearly eighty years of age livet between Pros
perity and Newlierry, about seven miles from
the former place. He is well to do. but has as
sociated for years almost exclusively with ne
groes He is a root doctor, and is called by
the negroes a magician. lie his been living
with a negro woman for many year-. He had
a white daughter, Laura, about 30 years old,
who recently came into some property. She
lived in au iHithoase in his vard. On Tuesday
morning last she was found lying dead in the
fireplace of her house, so burned about the
face and upper poriion of the body a*
to be almost unrecognizable. ’ Her
father refused to admit any while
person to the place, and one of the’neighbors
having his suspicions aroused went for the
Coroner, who had to enter the housejbv force.
He began a inquest, at w hich Drs. Mclntosh
and Gilder, of Newberry, were present. The
father said that the evening before his
daughter had been unwell, and that he had
giveu ber a j>owder to cure tier, at first re
fusing to mention the ingredients of the
powder. He finally gave them as bayberry,
boneeet, alder and skull cap. The physicians
thought that there was no indication of poison
in the powder or in the stomach, but the Jury
were not satisfied, and sent the stomach to a
l harlestou chemist to have its contents ana
lyze I. They will not render their verdict
until the analysis is made. The father de
clined to allow the body to be buried. There
is said to be much feeling on the part of the
neighbors, anil strong suspicions against the
faiher, which it is hoped may not lie verified.
Ravages of the Flames.
New Orleans, La., Jan. 19. A dis
patch from Minden, La., says: "Eleven
hundred and forty-five bales of cotton,
stored at Murrell’s point landing, were
burned last night. It was owned by sev
eral firms and individuals. The total loss
is $53,000. The insurance is unknown.”
FIRED BY' A BURSTING BOILER.
Cincinnati. Jan. 19.—The boiler in the
Cincinnati Corrugating Iron Company’s
Works exploded this afternoon and set
the building on fire. The building was
also occupied by the Cincinnati Wire
Nail Company, and George 11. Bonte t
Cos., twine manufacturers. The total loss
is about $103,000. The respective losses
are. Corrugated Iron Company, $45,000;
Bonte & Cos., $50,000; Wire Nail Company.
SS.OOO. Many narrow escapes were made,
but no one was seriously injured.
Con hided by a Bank Teller.
Charlotte. N. C., Jan. 19.—G. W.
Chalk was cow hided here to-dav by C. M.
G. Butt. Teller of the Merchants and
Farmers’ National Bunk, because of a
letter written by Ch ilk to the Gastonia
Gazette making grave insinuations against
official acts of Air. Butt when ho was
cashier of the Traders’ National Bank of
this city. Mr. Butt met Mr. Chalk in Ihe
law office of T. M. Pittman and demanded
a written retraction, and upon Air. Chalk
refusing Mr. Butt cowhided him. Mr.
Chalk made no resistance, but called for
the jmlice. Bath men were arrested and
taken before the Mayor for a breach of the
peace. Mr. Butt was fined SSO and Mr.
Chalk was bound over in S2OO to auswer a
charge of libel.
Illinois I hvckmatiiigr Divorce Seekers.
Chicago, Jan. 19.—Judge Shepard in
the Superior Court to-day decided that in
order to secure a decree ol divorce under
the Illinois statutes it was essential that
the complainant sbotWd be a nsidentof
the State one entire year prior to ihe filing
of Ihe application for the divorce, and it
must be proven that both parties to the
suit were residents in the county where
the application is made at the time the
offense charged in the bill occurred. As
suspicion has always been entertained
that a large number of applications for
divorce were made bv Eastern people "bo
took up their residence to that end, it is
expected that this decision may go a long
way toward breaking up that practice.
War on tlie Liquor Dealer* in Chicago.
Chicago, Jan. 19.—The officers o f the
Citizi us’ League, an association whose
object is the suppression of the sale of
liquors to minors, nave outlined their at
tack on the grand jury by challenging the
right of a number of saloon keepers "'ho
are members to serve on the panel. This
has occasioned a sort of open war with
the liquor dealers of the city, who have
called mass meetings for next Tuesday
night to defend their confreres. The Citi
zens’ League makes a claim that the
grand jury lias been made up heretofore
with the sole view of defeating ajiy in
dictments sought to be obtained against
saloon keepers.
A Family Poisoned by Rough on Rats.
Louisville. Jan. 19.—Seven members
of the taiiniy of Henry Kendall, a resident
of this city, have been poisoned by tlie
vermin poison known as "Rough on Rats,”
which had been put in biscuit by mis
take. Kendall and one sou cannot re
cover.
The Orangemen of Tyrone.
DUBLIN. Jan. 19.—C01. Stuart Knox.
County Grandmaster ol the Orangemen,
has issued an appeal to the Orangemen,
of Tyrone, to march on Thursday next
and demand justice for the murder of
young Griffin, who died of injuries receiv
ed at Dromorc on the let iust. j
Tie Lost ColuMs.
Bad Steering Works
the Wreck.
MILES OFF HER COURSE
A Pilot’s Alleged Crimina
ting Confession.
HIS WHEEL DESERTED
Captain Wright’s Chart
Not Followed.
PICKING UP THE CORPSES.
Several Bodies Recovered by
the Wreckers.
SAD SCENES ON THE SHORE.
Hundreds of People Seeking
News of Relatives.
Boston, Jan. 15). 1 p. m A dispatch
from ('apt. S. E. Wright, "ho is at New
Bedford, says tint the wreck of the City
o' Columbus bears north one-half west
from Gay liestd, one and one-hall miles
from shore. The bow is out of water,
while the stern lies in about four fathoms.
The upper works are gone. It the weath
er moderates it may be possible to save
some part of the vessel. If wreckers were
sent at once the vessel might possibly be
raised.
Mr. Nickerson, President of the compa
ny. left Boston at 3 o’clock this morning
on a special train for New Bedford, at
which place be will look after the saved
and take charge of the remains of those
who perished.
THREE MORE HAVKI).
Boston. Jan. 19.—Another list of the
saved includes, besides the sixteen laken
in the cutter Dexter. Roderick McDonald
and Thomas Butler, fireman, aud Leary,
a seaman.
A WHOLE FAMILY' LOST.
Haverhill, Mass.. Jan. 19.— Rev. C.
A. Rand, "ho was lost on tin* City of Co
lumbus, was rector of Trinity Church
here, and was just starting on a vacation.
Ilis wite. daughter, lather aud mother
also perished.
SURVIVORS REACH BOSTON.
Boston. Jan. 19, 4 i\ m.—Fifteen sur
vivors of the wreck of the City of Colum
bus arrived here this morning bn a special
train from New Bedford, many of them in
a pitiable condition, aud some too dazed
to render an intelligent account of the
wreck.
MR. FAIRBANKS’ EXPERIENCE.
V. W. Fairbanks, ol M. L. & F. W.
Fairbanks, of Gorham. Maine, one of the
survivors, who says he was in his berth
in the steerage, but awake, and was some
what uneasy when the accident occurred,
is of the opinion that th* steamer struck
upon the rocks several times liefore she
came upon them finally. Hi* noted three
successive shocks and thought it might
be that a high sea was hurling ice against
the side.
FROZEN TO THE RIGGING.
When the steamer was j mimed upon
the rocks the water rushed Into the steer
age, and fie scrambled out, taking the
greater part of bis clothing. As the ves
sel filled she keeb and over, and he got into
the rigging, where he eluuglor hours with
the sea breaking over him at frequent in
tervals. At one time some of the rigging
gave way and fell upon him, and be re
ceived a blow across the forehead which
stunned him, and another in the chest,
but his fingers, which were then frozen,
clung to the rigging, and he was not
swept off. He attributes his safety to a
rubber coat, the skirts of which he had
tied around him, and thus kept his cloth
ing dry. Many more, he thinks, would
have been saved but lor the high sea run
ning.
HIS LEAP FOR LIFE.
The boats could not therefore approach
the wreck. When his turn came he
jumped into the raging water and alter
reaching the surface was swept within
reach of the rescuers. He sa v\ two who
mde a perilous leap overboard washed
away to death, and believes that many
met the same fate.
Before the rescue was attempted a sin
gl • boat with several Indiaus in it came
off from Gay Head, but they could not ap
proach the wreck. They were engaged in
picking up floating matter.
WHERE THE BLAME LIES.
While they were in the rigging together
the pilot told him that be fixed the course
of the vessel and fastened the wheel, and
as he was very cold, went to the smoke
stack to warm himself. He remained
there 20 minutes, and when he re
turned to liis post lie found
that the ship bad veered around.
When be ascertained that the vessel was
among the rocks, and that it was prob
ably impossible to save her, he put. her
right on the shore, and ran her as high as
he could, with the result that although
she drew seventeen feet of water her tore
toot was iu eleven feet.
DROWNED IN THE CABIN.
Mr. Fairbanks is of tile opinion that
many of the passengers did not leave the
cabin until their bodies were washed out
by the waves, which soon tore off the after
piirt of the deck and carried our bodies,
lurniture and baggage before the eyes
of the horrified survivors. He says
that O-ear lasgi was inthejriggiiig with
him, and that he perished before aid came
to hand. Not a woman or child was seen
by him alive after the vessel went ashore.
He thinks that Mr. Morton, of the Boston
Uhbe, did net succeed in gaining the
deck.
A CABIN PASSBNGER’S STATEMENT.
John L. Cook, of Portland, Me., a cabin
passenger,says that lie felt that something
was wrong. He reached the deck and
then hastened back and informed his
state-room companion that the vessel was
aground. Hegof into the fore rigging where
were the Captain, a man named White,
and the two Farnsworth boys, all ot
whom were saved. During the long
morning hours this little company saw
others dropping from the rigging into the
sea, with but little hope that their own
fate was to be of a similar character.
THE CAPTAIN'S COURAGEOUS NESS.
The Captain maintained a cheerful and
courageous manner throughout, and was
the last being to leave the wreck. The
first sign of relief was a life boat coming
from the station. Tne point is but a mile
and a half away from the wreck, though
the conditions rendered it the work of
hours. Soon after noon the revenue cut
ter’s boat arrived, by which Mr. Cook
was taken off, but the work was
so difficult that it took 2 hours
to reach the cutter. He says that no one
who could not swim left the wreck alive,
and that the plunge of a swimmer into
the wnwr was appalling and was certainly
fatal to those not physically strong. G. J.
Hammond, of Hyde Park, was among the
lost, liis body has been found.
H. YVIKDMAN'S STORY.
11. Wiedman, oi Lawrence, "ho was in
his berth was awakened by the first shock.
He aroused his companion, Frederick
Sargent, of Merrimac, "ho was lost. The
vessel then toppled over. He reached the
main rigging with great difficulty, front
which, after swimming about one huudred
SAVANNAH, SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 1884.
VIMIYVKD SOUND.
The Scene of the Wreck of the City of Columbus,
January 18,1884.
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Dotted lines represent usual coarse of vessels.
Tizi-Vll's Bridge, wlitre meuij ui *;ouiuitius lost.
Capt. Wright, in his report published in the telegraphic columns of the MORNING
News yesterday, stated that he “passed Crossrip Light-house at 12 o’clock t mid
night) and continued by the East and West Chop, wiih breeze welt by
northwest. 1 assed Nobskat Light, with her course west southwest” This is the
regular sailing course for vessels bound South through Vineyard sound \fter
passing Gay Head, a straight course takes a vessel to Block Island From the min
it "ill be seen that the City of Columbus was from three to five miles out of her course
;imi with the wind t>k>winr almost a trale otr shore, the ship must have been headed
almost on the rocks to have gone ashore. The telegraphic dispatches this morniuo
give a clue to the cause of the terrible disaster.
feet., he was taken by a boat from the
life station. He too tells of the
sweeping away one by one of those who
were in the rigging, as the cold caused
them to relax their holds or the influence
of the waves tore the rigging from their
grasp.
A LADY’S FATE.
When he was leaving the cabin he
saw one man who was engaged In re
straining a lady and two boys in their
stateroom, evidently determined not to
become panic stricken. None of this par
ty were seen afterwards, the cabin speedi
ly yielding to the overwhelming attack of
water that was being dashed into it by
the sea.
HOW THE SURVIVORS APPEARED AT
BOSTON.
Boston, Jan. 19. 8 p. m. —On the arrival
of the special New Bedford train this
morning 5,000 people were at the depot
and immediately surrounded the 15 dis
heveled men and boys, survivors
of the wreck, as they stepped from
the train, ail of whom core outward
marks of the struggle for life through
which th'*y had passed. Hardly one of
them was clad in a complete suit of
clothing. One man had a cloth
wrapped around his head. His
shirt was torn and his
coat rent. Another had the appearance
of having his garments all drawn violent
ly the wrong way to their serious harm.
One came limping painfully because of
bruises his legs had sustained. The most
cheerful ot all in appearance were the
Farnsworth boys, who appeared not to
have suffered severely from their expo
sure, and who were neatly clad in clothing
furnished by the citizens of New Bedford.
They were placed in carriages and driven
at once to the offices of the Steamship
Company.
bKKKING LOST RELATIVES.
Scarcely had the survivors arrived at
the office when several men and women
who had lieen anxiously awaiting them
rushed to the rescued men, hastily scan
ning each face as it appeared. Every one
was disappointed, for their friends were
not among the rescued. Anxious rela
tives and friends soon came in, a few
meeting husbands, fathers and neighbors,
but most could find no familiar face. Only
a few waited to listen to the story of the
sailors, but the moment they heard the
sad news they left the office, too much
buried in their own loss to be able calmly
to inquire into the particulars. The pa
thetic instances were many and the scene
was one long to be remembered by the
spectators.
BGKNK OF THE DISASTER.
Devil’s Bridge Reef, upon which the
City of Columbus was wrecked, is formed
like a shepherd's crook. It begins near
shore, jus - north of the light, and runs
westerly about half a mile, and extends
in a northerly direction a few hundred
yards further. The buoy marking the
outside ot the reef is distant about a quar
ter of a mile from the west end of the
reef, not over three quarters of a mile
from the shore. The Captain is reported
ns saying that the steamer sank inside the
buoy, and about one and one-fourth miles
from Gay Head. This must he incorrect,
because, according to the coast survey
chart, his ship would have been In from
10 to 16 fathoms of water.
OUT OF IIKR COURSE.
It is not usual for steamers hound from
Boston for ports as fir south as Savannah
to take the course pursued by the Colum
bus. They generally sail south of Nan
tucket, giving the dangerous shoals ex
tending 50 miles south ot that island a
wide berth. In the winter season
they generally enter Vineyard Sound
between Cape Cod and Nantucket, pass
through the sound to Gay Head and enter
the ocean at that point.
CAPT. WRIGHT'S CHART COURSE.
The prescribed chart course from Vine
yard Sound to Long Island Sound is 4 or 5
miles north of Gay Head, and it seems
probable that Capt. Wright, in laying
his course for the ocean, departed from
that course too soon, steering re'atively
northwest, a course which brought him
inside the buoy, marking the outside of
the Devil’s Bridge, and consequently lull
upon Lite reef and close to the shores. The
direction of the wind was off the shore,
and the vessel must have lieen steered
close to the ledges to have overcome the
force of the gale, and to have reached the
place where she was wrecked.
FITCHBURG'S DEAD.
Fitchburg, Mass., Jan. 19.— George
H. Kellogg, of this city, and Captain L u vi
Lawrence, of Ashley, are among the
missing passengers of the City of Colum
bus'. Mr. Kellogg was a Councilman,
and for many years Chairman of the
Democratic Senatorial Committee. Capt.
Lawrence was a Captain in the Fifty
seventh Massachusetts regiment.
LAWRENCE’S HEAVY DEATH LIST.
Lawrence, Mass., Jan. 19,—The fol
lowing passengers on the steamer City of
Columbus belonged here: Henry Wied
mau, Henry L. Daniels and mother, G.
Hines, James Brown. John Walker.
James Fawcett, llenrv L. Batchelor ana
wife, all of whom are among the lost, ex
cept Mr. Wiedman.
MORE ABOUT THE VICTIYI9.
Boston. Jan. 19, 9:00 p. m. —Edward
Sprague Rand, who, together with his
wife, was among the lost, was one of the
oldest and best known conveyancers in
Suffolk county. Mr. Rand was nearly 75
years of age. lie was a graduate of Har
vard ot the class ot 1828. Oscar tasigi,
the Consul General for Turkey lor the lust
seven years, and also Treasurer of the
Vassaliioro Woolen Mills, was very
well known among mercantile men in
this city and New Y'ork, by whom
he was held in high regard for his integ
rity and business capacity. He was 38
years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Wright, of
Lvnn, were among the lost, and the an
nouncement of their death was received
with sorrow in tlmteity. Mr. Wright was
a brother of Col. Carrs! D. Wright. Chief
of the Bureau of Statistics and Labor,
and was one of the best known
men in Lynn. Among the lost
were Dr. Horace C. Bartlett, of
Lyndon, Vt„ and his wife, who were going
to Florida on account of Mrs. Bartlett’s
health. Dr. Barlett was a son of the late
; ex-Congressman Thomas Bartlett, and
j vas al>out 50 years ot age. Mrs. Dwight
i B. Rich, residing at No. 57 Clarendon
street in tiiis city, whose name does not
appear in the passenger list, because she
was making the voyage as the guest of
the Captain, was among the lost. She
was about 60 years of age aud leaves five
children.
SOME OF THE DEXTER’S DEAD.
New Bedford, Jan. 19, 8 p. m.—
Another of the bodies brought here bv the
Dexter has been identified aa F. K. Hale,
a produce dealer of Boston. TRe body of
C. Richardson will be taken to Boston to
night, and that of Helen Brooks will be
ta’- en to Northboro, Mass. Notone of the
women on the steamer was saved. But
one woman’s body ha thus far been re
covered.
A LADY’S BODY WASHED ASHORE.
Wood’s Hole, Mass., Jan 19.—The
body of a lady about 45 years old, was
found at Cedar Tree neck, Vineyard sound
to-day from the wreck ot the City of Co
lumbus. Six seamen and one passenger,
who were landed at Gay Head, are sup
posed to be still there. No communica
tion whatever has been had with Gav
Head this morning.
DISTRESSED MOURNERS.
New Bedford, Mass., Jan. 19, 10 p. m.
—This morning the early train from Bos
ton came into this city heavily laden with
relatives and friends of the unfortunate
victims of the disaster. Manv ol' the pas
sengers had received their first intelli
gence of the catastrophe from the morn
ing papers. Upon their arrival here the
distressed passengers could gain but little
information regarding individual victims,
and they have since been wandering to
and fro along tne wharves importuning
all they meet as to the wreck.
The revenue cutter Dexter has sailed
with the tug Nettie (or the scene of the
wreck, both to search for bodies. All the
bodies brought here on the Dexter have
been identified except one. The Dexter
will return this afternoon, aud until then
no further information can be obtained
from the.wm k. AH the tugs in the port
have gone to Gay Head.
ENGINEER FWLLIPB’ STATEMENT, 1
Mr. P. Phillips, first assistant engineef
of th City of Columbus, says: "When
we struck Mr. Morrison, the chief engi
neer. exclaimed, ’The vessel’s ashore!’
We shut down right off and then backed
off. Then we got belle to go ahead, and
she drove right on to the reef again. It
did not seem ten minutes before she sank.
I had just time to get a life preserver.
The boat was outside the buoy, but there
was a terrific current.”
A SAILOR’S STORY.
John Maddern, one of the sailors, says:
“When 1 came on deck I heard either the
Captain or mate, i don’tknow which, say,
"We shall lose the poor ship, but don’t be
a’artned, we’ll be saved.” Then there
was a rush for the boats. They were all
cut adrilt. but five of them were broken
up at once. The other one got off with
lour men on board, whom I think were
sailors. I made for the maiu rigging
with engineer and first assistant engineer,
and got on top of the after house, on top
of which was the raft.
LAUNCHING THE RAFT.
The weight broke the roof of the house.
Then we shoved the raft into the water
and Mr. Phillips, the first assistant
engineer, and myself got on board, but 1
was afraid that we would get washed oft',
so I left it and went back to the mast.
The after house did not stand ten
minutes, Billy Murray, Mike Day, one
of the passengers, the chief engineer and
mate staid on the raft. Mr. Phillips
told them that it was broken and that
they should get off, but they staid on it.
Did not see them afterwards. We clung
to the rigging for eight or nine hours, 1
guess. Every once in a while a man
would get numbed and drop off dead.
When the cutter came up 1 jumped into
the water, but got foul a piece of wreck,
which held me under the water until I
thought 1 was done for. 1 managed to
get loose and swam lor the boat. 1 was
just sinking when someone seized my
hands and pulled tne on board. Two of
my ribs are broken.”
SWIMMERS THE ONLY' ONES WITH A
CHANCE.
Thomas O’Leary, one of the firemen,
said that he saw two of the boats filled
with people and dropped into the water,
but he knew tnat none of them had plugs
in their bottom and nooneseemed to know
where they were. He got into the rigging
and, after suffering fearfully for hours, a
rescuing party in a boat took him oft'.
Only those who could swim had much
chance of being saved.
THE FARNSWORTH BOYS.
Two boys are among the survivors,
George W T . anil Herbert W. Farnsworth,
12 and 17 years of age, respectively, ot
Townsend, Mass. They say that it was
very dark when the steamer struck, and
that the vessel remained upright, drifting
backward, while the passengers crowded
on deck. Alter drifting several lengths
astern the vessel lurched and the sea
swept everything. The lads climbed into
the rigging and were saved through the
energy of John White, a seaman.
They report that they saw one boat con
taining seven women upset and the sea
soon demolished it. A subscription has
been raised here to forward the boys to
their destination.
THE ENGULFING OF TIIK WOMEN.
John White says that it was fearful the
wav the women were swept uwuv. Some
I saw rush on deck with their husbands,
and as the full force ot the storm broke
upon them, realizing that all was lost,
they threw their arms around their
husbands, necks and bade them good
bye. A few moments later
they were swept overboard, for
no power on earth could save them. A
mother with her child held tight in her
arms was borne away by the waves al
most before reaching the deck. Notone
woman reached the rigging. The ma
jority were washed overboard by the
waves, while a number were probably
smothered in their berths.
THE FATAL MOMENT.
When she struck we stood for a moment
till the quai term ister came and said that
the steamer was making water. He then
went for the boats and got them all ready.
The ship listed to port, and then all who
could got on the starboard side. Some
were washed from the port side into the
sea. In five minutes she righted and
sunk. From the time she struck until
she listed w as 15 minutes.
THE WARNING IN THE CABIN.
Another of the rescued men was en
gaged iu the steward’s department. He
says: 1 was iu the saloon when I feit
the vessel strike. Pres ntly the Captain
came into the saloon, and told every one
tube quiet. He said that we would have
to leave the ship, and again asked every
one to be as composed as possible. Then
the people made a rush to get on deck,
and the sight, was heartrending. I never
6a w such a scene. There were 18 w omen
on board, including the stewardess. After
wards most of the people came into the
saloon and were supplied with lite-pre
servers.
THE SCENE UN DECK.
I then went on deck again, and the
cries and screams weredreadiul to hear,
w hile some were praying. 1 went up into
the rigging, and was there eleven hours
until the cutter Dexter arrived. A num
ber were benumbed with coki, and fell
from the rigging and were drowned in
sight of us. Attempts were made to float
the life boats, but they keeled oyer as soon
as they touched the water.
A VESSEL THAT PAID NO HEED.
Between 7 and 8 o’clock in the morning
we saw a collier bound east, but they
took no notice of us. and we could not
signal, as all the signals had been washed
away with the house. In the course of
the morning the steam stack gave way,
and in its fall brought down a portion of
the rigging, which hit another man aud
inyself on the head, cutting us badly.
AID FROM THE LIGHT HOUSE.
At daybreak signals were made to us
from the light house, and between 9 and
10 o’clock a life-boat came as near a pos
sible, Ik t that was not within thirty yards 1
of us. Those who got on board her had
to swim from the ship to the boat. Men
who could swim ordinarily could not then,
because they were so cold. Others who
never could swim were dashed away
in trying to reach the boat.
MC’AKTIIY’S RESCUE.
Eugene McCarthy states that he was
awakened bv the steamer striking. He 1
went on deck when he met a fireman and
asked him if anything serious had hap
pened. The latter said no, but just then j
the water came pouring over-the stairs
and the ship began rolling. McCarthy
jumped overboard but was swept on hoard |
again, and he then climbed into the rig
ging. When the revenue cutter's boat ar- j
rived he jumped for it, hut the distance
was too great and he fell short and sank
twice, but as he was going down a third
time a boat-hook was thrown under his !
arm and he was nulled into a boat.
Boston, Jan. 19, 11:45 p. m.—The in- ■
suranee on the steamer City of Columbus ’
is $244,980.
THE CAPTAIN ON THE PILOT’S WORK.
The statement of W. Fairbanks, of Gor
ham, Me., in which he says th it the pilot
of the City of Columbus told him that he !
lashed the wheel and went to warm liiin
sell by the smokestack, being absent 15 I
or 20 minutes, was read to Capt. Wright
this afternoon on board the Storm King, i
and in reply the Captain said: “At the!
time of the disaster the second officer was \
in charge ot the ship, and was in the pilot
house superintending the steering ol the
steamer, which was being done by the
quartermaster. The pilot house
was heated by steam and was very
warm, so there was no necessity of leav
ing it to get warm. No person but the of
ficer in charge could change the course of !
the steamer. There was no attempt made !
aftt r she struck to drive her turtber upon
the rocks.”
HOW THE WRECKED STEAMER LIES.
A special from Wood’s Hole says: "The j
6 tea in tug Storm KingJeft here this morn
ing in a driving snow stonn to visit the i
scene of the wreck of the City of Colain- '
bus. Bhe returned at four o’clock this at- j
ternoon, and Captain McDonald reports
thnt the Storm King reached the wreck and j
went close to it. At this time the wind
was from the northeast, and the sea was
comparatively smooth. The steamer ap- ,
pears to be hung on the rocks by her bow. !
Most of her bull is under the water. All |
the deck bouses are gone, and her cargo is l
washing out. We saw no bodies on or
about the w reck, and as it was coming on j
thick wo were obliged to leave her aud re- j
turn here.”
The Storm King will leave for the wreck
again as soon as the weather will permit.
Great quantities of wreckage have drifted i
ashore along Vineyard Sound.
BODIES STILL BELOW DECKS.
Lieut. Rhodes, ot the cutter Dexter,
whose gallant conduct has already been
mentioned, states that the last man in the
rigging of the steamer was Mr. Richard
son, who, after being taken off, expressed
ttie opinion that while most of the bodies
were washed overboard, there were still
some in the hull of the ship. If the sea is
smooth enough an attempt will he made
to-morrow to find bodies.
THE COURSE CHANGED.
Capt. Wright states that he gave the
course of the vessel to the second officer
when off Tarpaulin Cove and that it
should have taken her well clear of every
obstruction. The Captain thinks that the
officer must have altered her course to the
southward.
THE NELLIE AT THE WRECK.
New Bedford, Jan. 19, 12 p. m.— At
6 o’clock this afternoon the tug Nellie ar
rived bringing five bodies from the wreck
ed steamer. Ail the bodies were frozen
stiff, and the arms of all were stiffened in
positions indicating that the victims had
frozen to death while clinging to wreck
age. One ol the bodies is supposed to he
that of N. J. Morton, formerly of the Bos
ton Globe. It blew a gale and the sea
ran very high.
A PRETTY GIRL’S CORPSE PICKED UP.
The Nellie stood off to the northeast
ward of the wrecked steamer, and picked
up the body of a well dressed
young woman about two and one
half miles to the eastward of ihe Dev
il’s Bridge. She vva9 apparently about 22
years old. She had long dark brown
wavy hair and dark eyes. From her
dress pocket was taken a package of jew
elry done tin in a handkerchief, consist
ing of a gold brooch, earrings, necklace
and locket, as well as a little steel purse
containing a small sum of money.
There were no papers found on the body.
THE NELLIE’S VIEW OF THE COLUMBUS.
The Nellie then ran close in towards
the wreck, which showed about fifteen
feet of the bow and topgallant forecastle
above water. The masts were all stand
ing except the foretopmast. The sea was
running too high to permit of a close in
spection of the wreck, and the Nelli**
again steamed away on an eastward
course.
THE SEA STREWN WITH BODIES.
About a mile trom the wreck the body
of a blonde man. with full sandv beard,
was picked up. He had on a card lean
jacket and a stylish suit of clothes. Th*
Nellie next picked up what is supposed
to lie the bodv of Mr. Morton. The feat
ures are swollen from the cold and salt
water, and even his intimate friends in
this city cannot say that the remains are
those of Mr. Morton. His features had
less of that territde expression than those
of the other victims, which were distort
ed frightfully from fear and suffering.
Another body picked up by the Nellie
was that of a woman probably 40 years of
age. Her form was emaciated, and cov
ered only by her night, dress. She was
badly bruised, probably by contact with
floating debris from the wreck. The fifth
of the bodies taken on board by the tug
was that of a man apparently 25 years
old. He was dressed like a seaman, aud
was probably one of the crew.
ALL THE CORPSES IN AN EDDY'.
Nearly all ot the bodies were found In a
line due east from the Devil’s back ledge
where two currents formed an eddy and
kept the bodies floating around within a
radius of a mile and a half.
Owing t<> the heavy sea great difficulty
was experienced in getting the bodies on
board of the tug, and Capt. Hart reports
having seen bodies which it was impos
sible to recoY’er, owing to the gale and
thick snow. In the lap of the younger
woman was found a tiny pair of baby’s
shoes. Nearly all of the bodies had *>n
life preservers, and were floating on their
backs.
EIGHT SURVIVORS AT GAY HEADLIGHT.
Capt. Hart,of the tug Ntdlie.reporto taat
; when off Gay Head Light this afternoon
a boat put off from Gay Head manned by
i two men who reported that ten survivors
j in all had landed there, one of whom died
yesterday, making two that have died
among those previously reported as hav
i ing landed there. There is no communi
cation at present with Gay Head, but it
is probable that either the Dexter or
! Nellie " ill call there to-morrow and bring
the survivors here.
CAPT. WRIGHT’S ACCURACY QUBS
TIONEI).
New Bedford. Jan. 20, 2 a. m.—Capt.
Hart, one ot the most expert pilots of this
harbor, said to-night that Capt. Wright’s
statement that he only spent 20 minutes
below after having descried Gay Head
light must be incorrect, as it would have
required an hour and a quarter to have
made Devil’s Bridge from where the light
was observed. Capt. Hart also said that
the City of Columbus was at least two
miles off her course.
A I’ THK NATION’S CAPITAL.
Change* in the Knnte of the ltomney
Marsh Canal to bo Discussed.
Washington, Jan. 19.—The question
of the Romney marsh will be brought up
at this session in a controversial way.
Gentlemen interested iu the matter do not
think that the cut through that marsh,
for which an appropriation has been made
and partially expended, is the best one.
A call has been made upon Gen. Wright,
chief of Engineers. He was told that the
route for which the appropriation was
made is three miles longer t han the present
tortuous one, and does not give any of
the desired advantages. Maps were, pro
duced and Gen. Wright admitted that the
route at present being worked is not the
best. It is claimed that no good can
come lroni its completion except to the
owner of Warsaw Island. An effort will
be made to induce. Congress to change the
appropriation so that the route 9iiall be
that known as Havesbaw’s Cut, on the
ground that it is the shortest, most avail
able and least expensive. The case has
been presented to Representative Nicbolls.
HEIFER’S EXPLANATIONS.
The sub-committee of the House Com
mittee on Accounts to-day began an in
vestigation to ascertain what persons
"ere discharged by Mr. Keiter at the
close ot the last session who have since
rendered no service. Mr. Koiler was
before the suit-committee. He denied
that any such changes had heed made by
him. lie said that Mr. Tyson, one of the
stenographers, resigned, and he appointed
liis nephew, B. F. Gaines, to the place.
He presented the resignation of Mr.
Tyson, written on March 3, last. The
resignation thanked Mr. Keifer for many
favors he bad accorded to the writer. Mr.
Keifer said it had all along bei n under
stood that Mr. Tyson would resign after
holding on long enough to come in for an
extra month’s pay, and that Mr. Gainer
would he appointed. He said further that.
White, whom he appointed .Speaker’s
clerk, was no relative whatever of
his. notwithstanding the widespread
publications to the contrary. He was a
poor tramp boy whom he had picked up,
sent through college on a free scholarship
in Ohio, and afterwards had him taken
into his law office. Mr. Keifer also
states that he alone, ot all in the House,
was opposed to opening the reporter's gal
lery at the close of last session to mem
bers’ families, but that he could not re
fuse to recognize a motion for
unanimous consent to do that or anything
else. Ail that has been printed against
him on these subjects, he says, origi
nated from a clique of newspaper corres
pondents who were mad with him because
he defeated in the House a bill they were
trying to lobby through. Gen. Boynton,
of the Cincinnati Gazette, be puts at the
head of that alleged clique. Mr. Keiter
is evidently trying to crawl out.
JUSTICE'S WICKED MENIALS.
Ralph Ballen, a special examiner of the
Department of Justice, finished his testi
mony before the House Committee on Ex
penditures in that department. At a
meeting of the committee to-day, he spoke
of investigations that bad been made in
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana,
Mississippi and Pennsylvania. These in
vestigations were made in the office of
Marshals Deputy Marshals and Uuited
States Commissioners, and were in
reference to irregularities in these offices.
Messrs. Van Alstyne, Hemphill and Stew
art were appointed a committee to hear
Rallen’s testimony on the system of book
keeping now in vogue in the department.
Examiner Ballen recommended that Mar
shals be required to make weekly instead
of semi-annual statements. He said that
these officials had no regular system of
bookkeeping and in some instances tlie
records kept amounted to nothing. Mr.
Nightingale, special examiner, will ap
pear before the committee Monday.
THE TREATY’S RECONSIDERATION.
The friends of the Mexican treaty as
sert that it is not dead, and that the clause
limiting the time for its ratification will
not stand in the way of its reconsidera
tion. In short, that difficulty, it is said,
had already been provided for by an un
derstanding with the Mexican authori
ties, and the ratification of the treaty even
after the expiration of the time provided for
it will be accepted by ihe Mexicans. Sev
eral Senators who voted against ratifica
tion had not made up their minds to do so
till just before the vote was taken. Since
it requires only a change of one vote to
ratify the treaty its friends are very hope
ful of its vietorv at last.
Action upon Senator Morgan’s motion
to reconsider the treaty may be delayed
some days.
In tle House.
Washington, Jan. 19.—The House
met to-day for debate only on the Fitz
John Porter bill, and having gone into
committee of the whole, the floor was ac
corded to Mr. Cuteheon, of Michigan, a
member of the minority of the Committee
on Military Affairs. It was, he said,
embarrassing for him to stand here in the.
face of the opinions of military men so
distinguished as the gentlemen from
California and New York, Gens.
Rosecrans and Slocum, to differ
trom them in regard to a military
in itter, butdiis embarrassment disappear
ed when lie remembered that the princi
pal question in this ease was not a matter
of military strategy, but of the sifting of
the facts ot the law.
Mr. Green leaf, of New York, spoka in
fav-irol the bill.
Mr. Browne, of Indiana, tollowed in op
position.
Mr. Me A’loo. of New Jersey, advocated
the bill, an 1 M•. Taylor, of Ohio, closed
(he debate for the day in opposition to it.
The House remained in session till 5
o’clock, and the debate was much more
animated and interesting than is usually
the case on Saturdays, and the attendance
was large. The House adjourned till
Monday.
A tVoman t* l ominand a Steamer.
Washington. Jan. 19.—A strong pres
sure is being brought to bear upon the
Secretary of the Treasury to issue a
license to Mrs. Mary A. Miller as Captain
of a steamboat plying on the Ouachita
river, owned by hei husband, who is an
invalid. The question has lieen referred
to the Solicitor of the Treasury for an
opinion us to the legality of granting such
a license to a woman. The Solicitor will
give an opinion Monday, in which he will
hold that as the aw is silent on the sub
ject, there can lie no legal objection to
the issue of the desired license. The
ability of Mrs. Miller to perform the duties
of Captain is conceded on all sides.
1*01*0(1 in Griddle Cakes.
New York. Jan. 19.—Yesterday morn
ing some griddle cakes were prepared
with wheat flour t the residence ot
George Graham, in York street. Brooklyn.
William, aged 7, Jennie, aged 14, anil
Three children of the family,
George, aged 10, ate of them and became
sick, with symptoms of poisoning. Med
ical aid "as summoned and the children
are improving. Mrs. Graham was sick,
having been confined recently, and the af
fair gave her such a shock that she died
this morning.
Kmperor Jofipph'fi Visit to Koine
Rome, Jan. 19. The Pope has received
; assurances that the projected visit of the
! Ern|>eror Francis Joseph, of Austria, to
the King ol Italy , will be so conducted
| as not to wound the susceptibilities oi
; His Holiness.
f PRICE RIO A YEAR. I
| 5 CENTS A COPY. j
WILLIAM GUION ASSIGNS.
HIS LIABILITIES $2,000,000, BUT
HIS ASSIOTS UNKNOWN.
The Great Steamship Company Not Af
fected ly the Failure—Mr. (iuioa
Thinks nimself Bankrupt, But the
Assignee Thinks Not—So Preferred
Creditors.
Nkw Yoke, Jan. 19.—William H. Guion,
ot the late firm of Williams fc Ouion,
steamship owners, has made an assign
ment lor the benefit of his individual cred
itors. The firm of Williams H. (iuion was
yesterday dissolved in consequence of the
embarrassment of William G. Ouion. Mr.
Guion's liabilities are rumored at $ - 2,.
000,000.
Mr. Guion’s troubles concern only him
self, the firm of Williams & Guion not
being at all affected by the assignment.
The cause of Mr. Guion’s action, or the
amount of his liabilities or
assets could not be ascer
tained. Mr. Guion would not be seen,
and the people in his office and his coun
sel disclaim any knowledge of his affairs.
Assignee Brown said:
“What 1 know about the matter is that Mr.
Guion has made a clean assignment without
preferences. As to the liabilities lean form
no definite idea, but 1 do not believe that they
will reach $2,000,' 00, or one half of it. As to
the assets, nobody can even approximate
them. Ido not know ttiat Mr. Guion is in
solvent. He thinks he is, and has asked me t
be his assignee, to which I agreed, but I have
seen no papers, and antit the schedule is made
up 1 can sav nothing more I don’t know the
cause of the trouble.’’
A COLORADO BANK FAILS.
Lkadvillk, Jan. 19.—The City Bank of
Leadville made an assignment yesterday
for the benefit of its creditors. The hank
has been in difficulty for the past year,
and the failure creates little excitement.
Die losses are con fined almost exclusively
to the stockholders and directors, who
will realize about 50 cents on the dollar.
It is alleged that all other creditors were
paid before the bank closed.
LIABILITIES $170,000, ASSETS SIIO,OOO.
Vicksburg Miss.. Jan. 19.-The liabil
ities (ii Mager Bros. A. Cos., who made an
ssigninent yesterday, are SI7O,O!K>, and
the assets SIIO,OOO.
KNGLiA \ l> Wl) KUYFT.
Gen. Gordon’s Mission—The Concilia
tion of the Soudan Tribes.
London, Jan. 19.—1 t is believed that
General Gordon’s task is to conciliate th®
various tribes in Soudan. He will be a®
accredited agent ot the British Govern
ment, and will receive his instructions
onlv from Sir Evelyn Biring, the British
Consul General at Cairo, as the mouth
piece of the British Government,
being in no wise answerable to the
Khedive. Gen, Gordon was given to
understand that the government would
strictly adhere to its intention to evacu
ate Soudan. Prior to his departure Gen.
Gordon informed the King of the Belgian®
that he hoped to fulfill bis engagement tor
service on the Congo river after his re
turn from the Soudan.
ENGLAND'S RESPONSIBILITY.
The Pall Mall Gazelle, editorially com
menting upon Gen. “Chinese” Gordon’®
mission, says that henceforth Great Brit
ain has the full and undivided responsi
bility of Soudan. Gen. Gordon, in going
to Soudan as a representative of the Brit
ish Government, must entail, as a natural
corollary, the assumption of a similar re
sponsibility for the affairs of Egypt proper,
HOSTILE CHIEFS PROMISE LOYALTY.
London, Jan. 19.—A dispatch from
Suaknu says that upward of fifty hitherto
hosti'e chiefs have visited the Egyptian
camp and promised their support. The
rebels have captured, within three hours
march from Suakim, Sheikh Moussa, who
recently brought in half of histrilie, which
bad joined the rebels. His tribesmen
have gone to rescue him, and a portion of
the garrison has gone out tosupport them.
Ostnan Digna, chief of the rebels, has
sent a communication refusing to negoti
ate with the Egyptians. He occupies a
position on the S'nkat route,twenty-seven
miles from Suakim.
KHARTOUM'S HELPLESSNESS.
The position of the troops and Eu
—t Uhqrtnnm Is mo.s
Their retreat is cut off. The Arabs hold
both sides of the river. Berber also is
threatened, Hordes <>f Arabs are closing
around tlie place* The geueral cry is:
“Who shall help us, we are lost!’”
Carlisle in Philadelphia,
Philadelphia. Jan. 17.— The reception
to Speaker Carlisle at the Commonwealth
Club to-night was attended by over 700
gentlemen, comprising the most protni
nert Democratic statesmen and politi
cians of Pennsylvania and the country
at large. Accompanied by ex-Speaker
Randall. Chairman Morrison, of the Com
mittee on Ways and Means, and War
Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, the
Speaker, arrived in the city on Friday
evening, and took up his quarters at the
Lafayette Hotel. The party were taken
in charge by a committee of prominent
Philadelphians and spent to-day in visit
ing points of interest in the city.
The assemblage to-night was exclusive
ly Democratic, for ti.e obvious purpose of
making the Speaker feel perfectly at
home, and he contributed his personal ef
fort to make the event purely a social
one, by avoiding any expression concern
ing the prevailing topic of the protective
tariff.
Minnie Hauk and Her Husliaml Under
Arrest.
Pittsburg, Jan. 19.—Minnie Hank,
the prima donna, and her husband, Herr
Voltke, were arrested this morning on a
charge of assault and battery preferred
against the prima donna and her husband
by Madame Aubertin, a waiting maid,
who alleged that because she had refused
to accept certain terms and leave the
prima donna’s employ, Herr Voltke be
came enraged and struck her. Herr
Voltke denied the allegation, and said that
the assault was made by Aubertin. Alter
bearing both sides of the story the Mayor
dismissed the case, and the maid started
off to hunt up an Alderman to prefer
similar charges la-fore him.
Alfonso’s Patriotism.
Madrid. Jan. 19.—The Correspondence*
says that the Liberals have disappeared
iroin power, not by a national death, hut
by suicide. King Alfonso seeing that
for hint to favor one section or the other
of the party would widen the differences
between them, and hoping that when in
opj*osition their misfortune might perhaps
unite the diverging elements, thought the
time had arrived to summon the Conser
vatives to power. This, says the Correa.
W'lidencia. is the understanding we have
of the patriotic intention of King Aifonso,
w ho is with justice.proclaimed the most
liberal monarch in Europe.
A County’s First Hanging.
Rawlins, Wy., Jan. 19.—Leroy Dono
van, convicted of the murder of William
Leighton at Rock -Springs in May, ISSJ,
was hanged here yesterday. Donovain
was 23 years of age. He was also known
as John Lee, and was by some supposed
to be a son of John D. Lee, the Mormon
of the Mountain Meadow massacre noto
riety- He killed Leighton for his money.
Donovan was the first white man exe
eued in Wyoming county by due process
of law.
The Nutt Trial to be Argued Monday.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 19.—1n the Nutt
trial to-day the case for the prosecution
was closed, and the defense declined to
offer any evidence in surrebuttal, but
offered to let the case go at once to the
jury on the Judge's charge. This was
objected to by the prosecution, and it
was agreed to limit the time lor argument
to seven hours, equally divided between
the prosecution and the defense. The
argument will l*-"i" Monday.
A Lady Sues a Paper.
Cincinnati, Jan. 19.—Jars. Mary E.
Paige has brought suit against the Cora.
inerci"l-G<ize.Ue for litiel, placing damages
it $150,000. She is the widow of Simon
a wnalrhv n:*n of \Vw'*oi*in.
> o iifAUtl lit lVUiltuChy .
Louisville, Jan. 19. 3 r. m—The Dem
ocratic caucus took ten ballots for UniPd
St U'S Senator last night without chang
ing the vote.