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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 18SG.—TWELVE PAGES.
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WIRED FROM WASHINGTON.
A FEDERAL commission to inves-
XIOATE THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
w nronn’1 Argument In the C»,e of Kd-
round, A Co., Ilepubllcau Managers
„f the Senate, v». Orover
Cleveland, President.
WasbiNOTON, March 18.—The chair laid
before the Senate a concurrent resolution
of the hcgialatnre of Virginia protesting
aeuinst the proposition to place foreign iron
ores on the tree list. Inferred
The intcr-State commerce hill was made
,V. soecial order for March 30, and the
MTy bill for March 31.
The Senate passed without debate a bill
sion or removal of officers. I a attempt-
exor cise any such jurisdiction
the Senate Usurped an authority not con-
ferreduponit by the constitution or the
laws. It had no more right to demand'of
the President the evidence on which he
acted or the reasons for his action than it
bad to demand of the Supreme Court
reasons for it* decisions or to demand of
the House of Representatives its reasons
for passing particular bills. It bad no
more power over the subject than had the
I resident to ask the Senate for it* reasons
tor rejecting a nomination. The attempt
w . ft * a ’ b°W u.urpation on the part
of the Senate.” 1
Brown maintained that the tenure of office
law, which he termed “an absurd law,” was
in palpable violation of the constitution.
It attempted, without authority, to limit
the legiblative power which the constitu
tion conferred on the President in making
removals from office. In conclusion
The people of this
providing for a commission of live persons t
to investigate the alcoholic liquor traffic, its Brown said: people of this
relations to revenue and taxation, and its country constitute the high court of appeals
• “““ft J2S5& »»d it is tho judgment ot that WuhTn ’
TIIR WIFE OF A WEALTHY TEN
NESSEE FARMER MURDERED
Bjr a Negro WhiUt Her IIu«»l>aml i» Attend
ing » Funeral—Tlie Murderer Cap
tured by a Mob and Probably
Summarily Lynched.
general economic, criminal, moral and and it is the judgment of that hteh court
«*. {'resident has uredX power
Um, crime, jioclal viM, public hea th and of VeToM buTATL had failed to^M
geacrai fw.u, V. I sufficient energy. If there is any
bcdi w i ok omission; not that ne bad made mistaken
Honors shall not be! advocates of prohibition, i n making appointments or removals from
and that they shall serve Without salary. office-doubtless he had made sorne-
The Senate also passed without debate a b u t that hi, mistake has been that he
hill I> u*idmg for the study of the nature omitted to use hia power with sufficient
of alcoholic stimulants and narcotics and force. Whuu the people of the United
their effects on the human system. The states called the President to the high and
bill applies to schools in all the Territories responsible position he now Alls and placed
and District of Columbia and to the mill- ; n his hand, as a great trust the executive
toy Mid naval academies and Indian j power of this government they expected,
schools. .... __ .... m carrying out his policy, that he
At 4 o clock the judiciary committee s would put in office and retain
resolution concerning Garland came up. office as his assistants persons ui
VanViyck offered«« an amendment to ability „ nd integrity, who concur in his
to resolution the loUowmg: “And in all po i ic y alld are rcady to rend()r
important
inch cases of removal.tn«'matter of confir- and faithful service iu carrying it into
mation shall he considered in open session effect. The executive officers of the gov-
of the Senate. ernment should not be filled with political
Sewell, occupying the caair, remarked, S pj c s, plotting how they can soonest over-
“The amendment will be printed and lie I throw tho ntlminictmtirm mwi avinnuthUinn
printed and lie throw the administration and sympathizing
over.” . ... I more with those who, from the outside,
Brown then tookuthe floor in opposition make war upon it than they
to the report of the majority of the com- dp with the President and his
mittee. He said it seemed to him that friends, who are attempting to bus-
there was but a single question at issue be* tain his policy, which is intended
tween the 1 resident aud the majority of to advance the best interests of the country,
the Senate. That question was. Had the Let the Piesident exercise the power con-
President, without the advice and consent I ferred on him by the constitution, and
of the Senate, the power to remove a led- remove from office those who are not in
erul officer when in his opinion the public accord with his administration, and not
interest required such removal? This was ready to do faithful sendee in aiding
practically a legal question. As the con-1 to carry out his policy, and fill their
Mitntion was the supreme law, if places with honest, capnble men, who
it conferred the power of removal on are friends of the administration,
the President, that settled the question, and the universal accclamation
no matter how many acts of Congress might I of the Democracy and the honest masses of
have been passed in violation of tho consti-1 the people of this country will be, ‘Well
tntion. It the constitution did not itself done, good and faithful servant.' Mr.
directly confer the power, but conferred I President, the people (tho high court of ap-
upon Congress tho power to legisluto upon | peals), to whom alone the President is re-
tbftt question, then one must look to the I sponsible for the manner in which he oxer-
acts of Congress in determining the power cises his discretion in the matter of re
ef the Presidents removals, whether
THE WICKED WORLD.
EHIN GO BRAGH!
Knoxville, Tens. , March 17.—A horrible
crime wag committed to-day near Louden,
thirty miles below here. The wile of Thog.
Gray wag murdered by a mulatto, twenty
years old, named John Gillespire. Captain
Gray, who ia a wealthy farmer,
went to 'a funeral, leiving the
negro at work on the premiaes.
Returning two hours later, he found hig
wife dead on the floor, shot in the back of
the head. Their infant child wag playing
in her bkod. Gillespie mounted Gray's
horse and fled. It is supposed he attempted
to outrage Mrs. Gray and then fired
two loads of shot into the back of her
head from a double-barrelled shotgun.
One hundred men were Boon in pursuit,
swearing to lynch the negro as goon as
caught. To-night Gillespie was captnred
within ten miles of the scene of the mur
der. He confessed the crime. He will un
doubtedly be lynched before morning.
A Young Woman Kill. Her Iletrnjer
Memphis, March 17.—At 8 o’clock to
night Emmn Norman, a young lady, 2D
years of age, shot and killed Horry Arnold,
O rietor ot u grocery store at No. 103
b street. Arnold betrayed Miss Nor
man about eighteen months ago and has
made repeated promises to marry h«r.
Five months ago he married Miss Nellie
Keley, and to-niglit while standing in front
of his store door, was shot through the
heart by Miss Norman, who approached
him from behind. Miss Norman resides
eight miles in the country and came to
town this afternoon for the express pur
pose of killing her betrayer. She was ar
rested and locked np. She expresses great
satisfaction at tho fatal result of her shot.
■^■•■■■Smovals from office, will order a non-suit in
with or without the consent of the | the great case of George F. Edmunds and
Senate. Let us examine the constitution, company, Republican managers of the Sen-
Brown then read from the constitution sec- n te, versus Grover Cleveland, President of
lions relating to the oxocntivc power, to the United States.”
show that the President possessed the wholo At the conclusion of Brown’s remarks
of that power, except ns to particulars in I Spooner took the floor in support of tho
rtu the constitution specifically qualified, majority report At 6 o'clock, Spooner
It did qualify tho appointing power of the I still having the floor, tho Senate went into
President as to certain officers, by requir- executive session, and in about half an
ing the advice and consent of the Senate I hour j on the doors being reopened, ad-
their appointments, hut placed jonrned.
such qualification on b*s I
power of removal. After an examination Naval Cadet. Dismissed for Hawing,
oi tho constitution to establish those points, | Washinoton, March 17.—The Secretory
Brown took up the question of contempt)’ of the Navy to-day issued an order dismiss-
mneoc. construction and precedents eatab-1 fromthe Naval Academy Cadets Waters
lulled hr the practice of the government, i of jieorgia, Gillespie of Virginia, Stacy.of
beginning with thiryear 1789. Ho quoted | Now York, and Guidon of Texas, who bal
declaration* of Mistingutahed members of Teen tried by court-martial andconricted of
the first Congress on a question involving I “biurifiR” Naval Cadet Dnpgs, in January
substantially, be said, tlio question in-1 After tbe record of tbo court in this
volved litre. In that debate Mad- c<u '° bad been received at tbe Navy
inon W declared, it is said, that it Department friends of tbe nonnsed raised
compares with tho nature of thincs that the P oint tba * court tried them
those who appointed should have the WR * without jurisdiction. The question
power to remove; but I do not conceive I referred to the Attorney-General, and
that this * utimeut U warranted by tbe I Rave an opinion that there was no doubt
^conititntiou. Madison bad also said: * l ~ : •***■•' ti„ — ia
Ten Negroes Killed aud Three Wounded.
New Orleans, March 17.—A Winsna,
Miss., special says: At Corrolton to-day a
fearful tragedy occurred, in which ten ne
groes were killed and three wounded. Some
'weeks ago two negroes attempted to assas
sinate J, M. Siddell, Jr,, inflicting
some painful hut not dangerous wounds.
The negroes engaged in this dasta-dly at
tempt are known to be the most defiant
and lawless in the country, and since: the
attompt on Mr. Siddcll’s life have been
more openly defiant than ever. For gome
reason not known they swore out a warrent
a few days ago for Siddcll’s arrest.
It was at this trial to-day that
the killing occurred. The negroes present
were mostly armed. About 10 o’clock a
party of armed men, numbering about
forty or fifty persons, rode np to the court
bouse. They dismounted, and entering the
bnilding, at once commenced firing on the
negro with the above reanlt. They then
returned by the samo route they come.
They do not live near Carrollton.
A later dispatch from Winona throws a
little more light on the horrible assassina
tion at Carrollton to-day. At tbe magis
trate’s trial before Mayor Elam in the court
house, to-day, in connection with thereoent
trouble between a few negroes and J: M.
Siddel, Jr., about twenty colored (men
were present. Tho trial had been goit% on
hut a little while when fifty white mm,
now St. Patrick’s Day Was Celebrated l>jr
Patriotic Irishmen In Several CUlea.
New York, March 17.—St. Patrick's
Day’s procession formed iu Washington
Park and marched up Fifth avenue, headed
by the Sixty-ninth regiment, Col. Cava
naugh commanding. There wore ten thou
sand men in line, representing nil the Irish
societies in the city. All along the route
the procession was greeted with cheers from
the multitude. Earlier in the morning sol
emn pontifical mass was celebnated at tho
cathedral in Fifth avenue by Archbishop
Carrington. The Sixty-ninth regiment oc
cupied seats in the main aisle,
Baltimore, March 17.—St. Patrick’s day
opened bright and beautiful, and at an
early hour the green emblem was overj -
where visible. At 8L Patrick’s church the
principal religious celebration took place
and tlie edifice was crowded to overflowing.
Archbishop Gibbous occupied tho throne
and solemn high mass was celebrated by
Rev. Fraucis Fowler. Uov. Father Hickey
of Germantown, l’a., delivered a panegyric.
The muaio was very fine. About thirty of
the clergy were present, ns was oIbo Alex
ander Sullivan, of Chicago. A committee
of the Hibernian Society to-day sent to
Parnell a draft for £800. It was collected
years ago for tho Smith O'Brien fund, and
was in the custody of the Hibernian Society.
The accumulation of interest brought the
amount up to tho aum named.
Admirers of Parnell and his sympathizers
in his efforts to obtain home rule for Ire
land, celebrated St. Patrick's Day by hold
ing the largest and most enthusiastic meet
ing ever held in this city in aid of the par
liamentary fund. Concordia Opera llouso
was filled to overflowing ond presented
a brilliant appearance in its dressing
of green, intermingled with the siars and
stripes. The stage was occupied by some
of tlie most prominent clergymen and pro
fessional men in tho city. Letters of regret
were received from Archbishop Gibbons,
Senators Gorman and Logan and Congress
man Findley. Monsignor McColgan,
vicar-general of tho archdiocese of
Baltimore, was one of tho vice-presidents
of the meeting. A subscription was started
and tbe secretory announced Unit over
$7,000 had been subscribed to aid tbe causo
of Ireland. Alexander Sullivan, of Chicago,
was the orator of tbe occasion. Ills
remarks wero listened to attentively
and enthusiastically applauded A
musical and literary entertainment followed,
and short addresses wero made by Repre
sentatives McAdoo, of New Jersey; Brady,
of Virginia: Taraney, of Michigan, and
Murphy, of Iowa. Brady said that the
sign of sympathy felt by Americans for
Ireland was shown to-day on tho
floor of the lionse ot Representatives at
Washington, when two-thirds of tho mem
bers were decorated with green ribbon.
Archbishop Gibbons was unable to attend
the meeting, but his letter expressed his
sympathy with the cause.
PiTTHBcno, March 17.—In the parade this
afternoon of the Ancient Order of Hiber
nians, in honor of St. Patrick, an orange
greon banner was carried as a symbol of the
unity of Ireland. Fully &,000 men were in
line. The beat of order was maintained.
The weather woa pleasant.
Montreal, March 17.—St. Patrick's dsy
wss duly celebrated throughout the Domin
ion by quiet processions and imposing relig
ious services.
BY THE CARLES.
Our Mlolste
Cm or Me
MR. GLADSTONE'S CABINET FALL
ING TO PIECES.
Chamberlain amt Trevelyan Tender Tlitlr
lteslguatlons In Consequence of the
Premier’s Irish Policy, which
They Cannot Support.
, .Mexico Coming Home.
Cm or Mexico, March 17. —Unite d Slab
Minister Jackson bus left for home on tljr.
months’leave. It is reported litre that In
is fo have a conference with Secrctsrj
Bayard regarding certain claims of Am
icon citizens pending against tho Mtxir
government Consul-General Porch is a
investigating a number of similar caa's.
well moulted, and each carrying a Va. NewAJuleans, March 18.-A special froii
cheater rifle, came galloping rip, and sur
rounded the conrt-honso. They then fired
into the building, instantly killing ten ne
groes and wounding three others so that
they died Boon after. With tho exception
ot a few who escaped through the windows,
all tho other negroes in the building were
wounded, some of them seriously.
_ >]( of the j uriadiction of tbe conrt. He said
you say on officer shali"not ho'displsccd but that t**e charges against thecadets oerlniuly
by aud with the advice of the Senate, the constituted tho offense commonly known ns
President is no longer answerable for the lyizing, within the meaning of theinw, and
conduct of an officer,” Brown cited a mini- the court not only had jurisdiction in such
berof extracts irgm Chief Justice Marshall I cases, but was bound to entertain the com
and from Judge Story’s work on the con-1 plaint and determine its truth or falsity.
Mitution and the opiniouB of the Attorney-
(lenerid to prove that the responsibility of
the President was not to tho Senate, but
to tbe people, in cases of removals from of-
A Illieck ltrute Hanged by a Mob.
Chattanoooa, March 28.— Join Gillespio,
who murdered Mrs. Thomas Gray, near
Loudon, Tcna., ye-terday, was hanged by
a mob ot two hnndrod men last night near
tho scene ot his crime.
lice. “We have, then, he Bald, “the con
current testimony of our most distinguish.
Southern Claims,
Washington, March 17—The Senate com
mittee on claims, in its report adverse to a
private claim which had been disallowed by
tbo Sontbern Claims Commissionongronnd
cd cotutuMitsJtonL iudeesand PrAidenta I ot msufficient proof of the loyalty of tho
rad a number of our most distinguished cl “ im ““ t > W* tbe . re te ,5,*“ ly ot ‘J' 08 ®
Repnb ican statesmen, a? well as fi? un- "^ted
broken practice ot tbe different Presidents . tba “ —
i practice . -
through all uflimniHtrations from
b> 18117, that the
17891 vntuuiittee do not deem it jnst or wise to
had onoD tbo door to this flood of claims, where
1 no substantial ef equitable reason is shown
move Federal officers, whether civil or
President
power, without consulting the Sennto, I 5°
to remove Federal officer*, whether nivil or * or 80
milittry. 80 much for tho constitutional The United States yb. the Hell Telephone,
coiwtructiou of the question for the first Waruinotom, March 17.---It hns been
three-quarters 0 f a century of the republic, finally settled that tbe government’s suit
Unfortunately, at the end of that period I against the Bell Telephone Company to test
two sections of the country became engaged the validity of it* patents shall be brought
J? cl .' fl War - At the end of that struggle the at Columbus, Ohio, and tho United States
dominant party in Congress, at a Attorney for that district has been in-
uiue when passion aud prejudice j structea accordingly. The bill is completed
*»;re ut the highest, found in the chair mul will bo filed to-morrow or next day.
■ i resident (Andrew Johnson) elected by Judge Thurman, of special counsel, is now
hem hr Vice-President, who had been a I at Columbus and has perfected all necessary
Democrat all hi* life, and had been put arrungemeuts at that point
Jqxm the Republican ticket because of bar-
mg been a consistent Union man. The The Grasshopper In Ohio,
tiling of antagonism between President Cnicioo, March 17.—A special dispatch
*£?u . the lle P ublicAn majority of pn blishetl here this morning asserts that
me rD li.it*. .MMiiin ints.nuitl.Ml nn.l tln.vila. I II_ e ... :..
Senate became intensities!, oml they do- {[, e ( anu erH in tbo northern section of Ohio
“named, in order better to serve ar0 mU(dl alarmed over the appearauce of
party ^ purjMises, to _ hedge him | .warm* of young grasshoppers. Several
‘ htir ,—--j
la so that he
I not exercise the powers f,inn„rs, it is stated, have diacovered their
. -* - — •- e.x . ^ a i lve w ith young gruas-
: half an inch in length.
Hmt tanners, 11 is siai
. ‘b'ee-qnartera of a century had „trawberry beds
,r* B ««raised by tbe President Congress hoppers, about h
j^n. in 18*17, passed the tenuro of office | P
Blown recited at length sections of bi
PERILOUS ADVENTURE.
•bowing that it r^drSd the President to " mT,'Hn'T’” 0 "'*
10 lllc »<’nato. among other things, ev- Ooln, *ot., M i«« Hour.
Jente aud reasons for suspending oflieersi Btaunlon \ indicator,
lunng the recess of the Senate, lie stated Dost week at Crozet station, on theChesa.
hat when paasion had in some enensure I peake and Ohio road, Captain C. I, Morton,
■Maided that section was modified, in 180’.), general agent of the Ktannton Life, was ln-
the administration of vited by the engineer of the fast express to
resident Grant, so ss, among other things, I ride on the engine thirteen miles, to Char-
|0 dispense with the statement of reasons. InttesviUe, and see how the fast train went
“the law of 1867, he said, were law to-day over a smooth track. Before the
»Ml Were in accordance with the constitri- train had gone a mile, however, the
' on, there was no donbt that the Senate blast of the engine got ont of fix
j?'" 1 ' require the President to give to the and a great volume of flame and
fs.ic me rrwmeui w give w me *» 177 — , .
^uute evidence and reasons for bis re- smoke burst out of the fire-box, envelop-
ll ,,Ta ' >n officer; lint the modification of I ing everything. The clothing of the cn-
p* law made in 18(13 did not leqcire the ginecr ond fireman took fire, and they
resident to state evidence or reasons, and | were driven ont of the cab back on to the
far as removal was concerned, it put the tender. The engineer s clothing, bein:;
** Back to where it stood oily, waahorning nercely, and he snatcbc.
r*"? re the act of 18«7 was passed off the top of the manhole of the tank
t.lal. ***ere the eonstitntion had and jumped down into the water. Cap~
themattar. Itcrntrowered the Presi- Morton climbed put of the cab window
at- 'f 1 Bis discretion, without producing and clang on to the outside of the engine,
l iaJr vl .i’ nc ® °* Riving any reason, or send-1 which was flying tat* of fort;r
g to the Senate any papers, to suspend I miles an honr. The siluaUon all around
J ei'il officer appointol by end with the I waa most perilous, hut the engineer after
2S** of lbe Benat., except judgea of quenching his burning clothing scrambled
th l;? U1 the * n<l ol the next session of out of the water rushed into the ttamqimd
I “*• Senate. • held there until be could get hold of tho
riled’7,? BmB np a number of casea lever and reversehistogine. »®®®
IS" ."»a»WPO»t of the majority of the slackened the speed, the tram
1 i.m ^ ; et i ana, after analvziug them, 1 and the fire wa» extioguuhe<l wilb wnlet
points *tavoivS? were’not fromthe tank. TB.;nUriorofth«e.bw-
1 uS7. t0 tke P° l “t herein < t ueatiooed, and badly burned, and the cushiononwhich
therefore afiorded no snp- Capt Morton bad. been sittingw« Burned
ton .... .7— ‘“weiore snotoeo no snp- I CapL amuiu u— ™- r-r- “j.—
K to’J, th *» r Kument st tempted to be based npl The face and handsotthe
He continued; “‘ he Senate has I and fireman were badly scorched, a* were
"Jtnsdiction of the question of snspex-1 Cspt. Morton’s
London, March 10.—Despite all stories to
the contrary, it is learned to day authori-
tiyely that both Air. Joseph Chamberlain,
President of the Local Government Board,
and Mr. Trevelyan, Secretary for’Scotland,
have placed their resignations in the hands
of Mr. Gladstone. The Premier has, how
ever, declared fo accept the resignations.
His answer to tho tender of them was
a most conciliatory one. Air. Gladstone
suggested to both gentlemen that they de
fer final decision on their resignations un
til alter a personal discussion of the ques
tion at issue between them and him. To
this both Chamberlain and Trevelyan have
assented. It is now known that the
subject of dispute is Gladstone’s
Irish expropriation scheme. The
exact sum which will be required
buy out ail the landowners of the
aountry, according to the - Premier’s plan,
is £150,000,000. Tho proposition to in
crease the public debt of Great Britain
that much in order to purchase peace in
Ireland ia claimed by the radical leaders in
the cabinet to be asking far too much for
what will be obtained.
There wus to have been a special meeting
of tbe cabinet to-day. It lias, however,
been postponed for the purpose ot giving
tho resigning ministers time for reflection,
in the hope "that both will change their
minds. Their perapnal friends declare that
neither Chamberlain nor Trevelyan will
altet his purpose of refusing to participate
in the government which is to be responsi
ble for Mr. Gladsone’s land scheme.
Both Chamberlain and Trevelyan were in
their usual places in the llouso of Coin
mons to-day and chatted with Gladstone,
Parnell is in poor health, and it is probable
that lie will have to give up his idea of
speaking at the National festival in London
to-morrow.
The News says that Chamberlain and
Trevelyan have written Gladstane a state
ment of their views on the land scheme.
The cabinet conncil has consequently de
cided to postpone any action likely to lead
lo dissension. It is an honest effort, without
acerbity on tho part of the majority and tho
minority to arrive at the best solution for
the welfare of Ireland. In the meantime,
both Chamberlain and Trevelyan w ill con
tinue discharging their official duties. Tre
velyan has invited the Scotch members ol
Parliament to a conference to-morrow on
the crofters question. Chamborluin agrees
to giving Ireland home rote, but is opposed
to baying out landlords. The present
crisis will probably postpone the date ol
Gladstone's statement to Parliament on the
Irish question.
Althongh it is expected that Parnell's sup
port ot Gladstone will bo solid, it becomes
more and more evident that Chamberlain
will secure a large foUowing. Chamberlain
and Trevelyan left the Uqnse after tho dis
posal of question* on notice paper.
Trouble Brewing itetween France
Germany.
Berlin, March 18.—Tho Notional Zoitm
and other papers contain similar artiul, s to
that of the Post yesterday, attacking Franco
in military and political circles. Ibis feared
that De Freydnet will be powerless to op
pose the desire of partisans for revenge. . :
ice ami
Zoitnng :
tiules lo
THE LOSS OF THE OREGON.
THE CARROLLTON, MISS., TRAGEDY
Further Particulars of the Wholi
Slaughter of Negroes In a Court Itooui
and the Causes "Which Lcil Thereto.
The Chess Chsmploushlp Tournament.
New Orleans, March 17.—Tho sixteenth
game of the world’s ohess championship
match between Stcinitz and Xnkcrtort took
place this aiternoon. Only a few members
of the Chess, Cheoker and IVbist Club were
iresent. Tho game was beguu with Ruy
sopez. At C o'clock the players adjourned
till 7:30. On tlie forty-ninth move Zuker-
tort resigned. Time— Stcinitz, 2:45; Zuker-
tort, 2:10, This makes Steinitz 7, Zuker-
tort 5. Zukertort is not looking well, nnd
says ho did not sleep a minute last night.
A MONSTER FLOATING PALACE.
The Uascogne to Accommodate l.SOO Pas
sengers nud Cost *1,000,000.
New York Times.
The Gascogne, one of tho fonr new
steamships of tho French line, will leave
Havre for this port ’on July 31, and
will lie due here on Angust 8th. Her first
departure from this port will be on Angust
l lth. She will bo under tho command of
Captain Santcll, tbo popular and able navi
gator, who is at present in charge of
tbe steamship Amenoue. The Gascogne
measures G.8U0 tons. Iter dimensions are:
Length 509 feet, breadth of beam 52
feet, and depth ot hold 38 feet.
The hnll is entirely of steel and
is divided into several water-tight compart
ments. The Gascogne was built under tbe
superintendence of tho bnrean veritas, and
will rate as a vessel of the very highest class.
Her engines, which are of the newest type,
will develop 8,100-hone power, and will
enablo her to make 18 knots an boar. The
propeller will weigh 2(1 tons. There will bo
accommodations for 225 first-class,72 second-
class and 9U0 third-class passengers. The
main saloon and ladies' room will both be
furnished very elegantly, and the first cabin
state-rooms, of which there are 85, will con
tain every facility for comfort.
The Gascogne has four decks, on the upper
one of which she will be able to carry, if re
quired, seven C inch gnus. The masts,
four in number, are of steel. There will be
22 lifeboats, all supplied with automatic
fastenings, and with a total capacity for
3,000 persons. These boats will be capable
of crossing the Atlantic alone. Tbe vessel
will be lighted throughout by electricity
and heated by steam. In addition to tho
fresh water reservoirs, which have a capaci
ty for 30,0(8) gallons, there is a distilling
aparatns, which can provide 1,500 gallons a
day. Tbe coal bankers will have G,i;00
cnbie feet of space. The Gascogne, when
completely fitted ont, will cost about
$1,(>.l.oou. The Bretagne, Champagne
and Bourgogne, the other three new vesfels
of the French line, will be of the same size
and model as the Gascogne. They will be
the largest French mercha nt vessels, and,
alter the City of Rome, the largest ships of
that class in the world.
Tbe first of the fonr new steamers to ar
rive here will be tbe Bonrgogne, which will
leave Havre on May 22 and this port on
Jnne 9. She will be followed by tbe Cham
Winona, Miss., gives particulars of the cir
cumstances leading to tho tragedy enaoted
at Carrollton, Miss., yesterday nnd of the
tragedy itself. Tho tragedy began some
months ago in a trilling altercation between
a young whito man named Moore nnd a
colored man named Brown, t. M. Liddell,
n friend of Moore, afterwards got into a
difficulty with Brown through reference
to Brown's treatment of Moored in which
Liddell struck Brown with his fist and wss
shot in the elbow by Brown and was fired
nt by several other colored men. In tlie
farther course of this difficnlty, Liddell
was shot a second time ami two colored
men were shot slightly. Following this the
negroes made affidavits against Liddell and
others, charging assault with intent to
ninrder. These coses came np yoaterday
for trial and were culled at uoon, when the
court house was immediately filled with
negroes, who stationed themselves around
and about Brown's brother. The attorneys
were proceeding with the cose when there
suddenly appeared about one hundred
white men, all of whom were well armed.
Perceiving their entrance, Ed. Brown
drew a pistol and fired in the direction
of Liddell, who was between his attorneys,
anil thereupon th* firing became general.
Ten negroes were instantly killed, and two
others have since died. Some escaped by
jumping through tlie windows, a dis
tance of at least twenty feet from the ground.
On most of tho dead bodies arms were
fonml. Tho room was completely filled
with smoke. Tbe judge’s bench is t n the
north side of tho room and the benches
facing it are towards tho south. It is
very largo court-room, with windows all
around. On the south wall were conntcd
135 shot holes, in the wall
the passage leading down stairs
ten shot boles,and in tbe benches thirty shot
holes. One shot struck a northwest win
dow sash and glanced into tbe wall. Five
o hors show on the north wall from the di
rection of tho benches. Large pools of
blood wero on tho floor of the conrt room.
Tbe ^ob left as quickly and as quietly
they came in.
, ber tram Queens county, .to,open
stalls in all railroad stations to pahlio
THE E. T., VA. A GA. RAILROAD
Ordered to Be Bold liy the United Stales
Court,
Knoxville, Tesn., March 18.-Judge
John Baxter of the United States Circuit
Conrt to-day ordered the sale of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad,
on the application of the Central Trust
Company of New York. The sale is to oc-
enr after aix weeks’ advertising, and not
later than the 25th of Mny. Payment is
to be $100,0(8) cash on tbe day of
sale and the balance cither in cash or in
first mortgage Loads issued under mort
gage liens foreclosed at a valuation equal
to their distributive share if tbe entire
amonnt were to lie be paid in cash. No
bid will be taken for less than $10,000,(88).
The total indebtedness is aliout $10,000,
0(8). The sale will include all
lines from Knoxville to Brunswick,
Bristol and Meridian, with branches and
other property, including certain stock in
the Knoxville and Ohio railway and the
Memphis and Charleston railway. Pur
chasers will take tbe road subject to all
prior Talid liens, which omonnU
to about $7,500,000, This takes
the road out of the hands of tha
receiver as soon as the sale ia confinaad.
Tha queation of confirmation will corns up
at a special term of the Federal Conrt fa
Knoxville, In Jane, or the regular term fa
July. Judge Baxter's decree bu been
tered in Georgia, Alabama and Mlsalaalp
„ . ,pi.
It is gen, rally uudoratoo I that the preseal
recently proposing the rtcr
psffic, whichsaiU /romHavre on Jnne 5 | sanitation scheme, trill bathe purchasers,
and this port on June 23. Tbe Bretagne,
which will be tha last of tbe fleet to arrive.
is a new word lately add'd
li* ailYertUed to leave Havre on August it the Texai language, and signifies a lively
and thu port on August 28. j time of th* Dcnnybrook i ...•
Tlie Story of tho Collision Generally Dis
credited.
Nf.w York, March 18.—There is a great
deal of discussion among navigators as to
what caused tho loss of tlie Bteamer Oregon. 1
Tho collision with tbe schooner is growing
in discredit, owing to the slender testinjony
in its favor. Two other theories are ad-
vnnaed—one that tho Oregon struck a float
ing torpedo, and the oilier that her side was l
torn open by an explosion of some desorip- ift j
tion from the inside. Steamship officials { , I
are absolutely dumb so far as regards any- . J
thing calculated to solve the mystery; but j, j
the more the matter is investigated by dis- j ;
interested men the stronger becomes the • .
conviction that the disaster was not caused. ■
by a collision.
MATCHER MAKER COURTNEY.
The Career of a Millionaire With A Val
uable Secret.
Wilmington, Del., March 14.—Henry B.
Courtney of the famous Diamond Match
Company, who hnsjnst died, leaves behind
him a curiously mixed memory of business
success and domestic scandal, Courtney
came to this country nearly a quarter of a
century ago, an illiterate Englishman of
low tastes, bringing with lim only hi»
valuable and exclusive knowledge of tbo '
art of making matches, not matrimonial, >
bnt of the brimstone variety. His fiist
partner was Edward Tatnall, whose old
Qaakor family have been selling lnmbcr
and grinding corn_ hereabouts for moro
tbnu 100 years. Tatnall got ont of tho
match making business a poor man, and
remains so, while Courtney persevered,-to j
become a reputed npllionaro.
Courtney’s practical knowledge becamo
of most avail when W. H Swift, a shrewd,
wide-awake, well-mannered and thoroughly
reputable business man, became bis part
ner, The business grew rapidly, and lit
tle Wilmington opened its eyes, when, ^
during tho civil wur, tho inquisitive in
come tax developed tho faot that the part
ners each drew $17,000 per year in profit* •
from the concern. When the tariff legis
lation of a few years since let in farther’
light upon the match trade it waa shown
The News Stand Monopoly In London.
London, March 10.—An attempt to break
np tho news stand monopoly eDjoycd by
the Right lion. W. It. Smith has failed.
The House ot Commons this evening voted
down a motion of Arthur O’Conner, mem-
that the government’s internal revenno
from mstehes was more than $200,000 per
nnnuin, most of it paid by tho groat manu
facturing concern that had grown ont of
the Swif A Courtney parterahip.
Bv thia time tho Ann had bcon auccc s
siveiy changed from Swift A Courtney to
the Swift ft Courtney A Beeehor Com
pany, and the Diamond Matoh Company,
and the last named corporation had con
ceived and in largo part executed tho
scheme of controlling all the match facto lea
of this country and Canada. The fac
tories under the Diamond Match Company*
book
com
petition.
A Monster Salvation Haelcet,
London, March 18.—The salvation army
is completing arrangements for holding in
this city a monster international religious
convention. Tbe managers announce that
they hare sccnred five of the
largest hslls in London for the
accommodation ot thousands expected
to attend. The convention will opon on
May 28tb next and will lost one week. The
regular delegates who will be present to
represent the army's religions movement in
different foreign parts of tho world
will number twenty-five hundred.
These delegates, the mnnagors say, will
include Hindoos, negroes, Maoris and
American Indians, l’assage for the Ameri
can delegates bis already betn secured
aboard steamer Assyrian Monarch, which
will sail from New York about May 15th,
No Occasion for Fasting and Humiliation.
London, March 18.—Gladstone, in the
House of Commons this afternoon, reply
ing to William Johnston, Conservative
member for Belfast, declined to recommend
to tbe Queen tbe appointment of a day for
national humiliation and prayer because of
the distress prevalent among the poor and
unemployed of the kingdom. The premier
said, ns bad as the distress was it did not
justify tbe action proposed.
“IRELAND A NATION.”
rarnellltes Celebrate Mt. Fntrlck’e Day In|
London—Ireland's l*ros|>eeU I
Neve.* Brighter.
ILondon, March ?7.—A banquet in honor!
of St. Patrick's day waa given at tho Can
non Street Hotel this evening. There were
250 guests, including Earl Aahbnrnbam
and many 1’arnellite members of Parlia
ment. Jlimy telegrams were rend express
ing confidence in Parnell and tbe Irish
commonera. E. Dwyer Gray, who]
presided, regretted the absence]
of Parnell. who was nnweU.|
Amid great enthusiasm he proposed a toast,
“Ireland, a nation," adding that if ever al
race on the face of the globe had proved its
right to nationhood, the Irish had done sojj
In spite of centuries of bitter struggle, uni
paralleled sacrifices, and unequaled suffer
ings, Irishmen bad shown that they were
determined to obtain tbe rights of
a nation, and never was their
determination stronger than now.
He hoped that before long Gladstone would
be enabled to solve the problem'. Irish
men wished to legislate for themselves in
their own country, and wonld loyally ac
cept any measure giving them that priviJ
lege, thus benefiting both countries ini
stead of endangering the empire. Other
toasts followed.
Mr. O Brien, presiding over a meeting of
4,188) Irishmen at St. George's Hall in Brad
ford to-night, made a sjieech in which he
said that Ireland's prospects were never
brighter thsn now. It would not be the fault
of the Parnollits if this most promising
chsnce of tffecliug a reconciliation of the
people should be madly and wickedly sac
rificed. I
Attorney-General Burnell was banqueted
in London this evening by some of his coni
Htitnents. In an addrras he said «E«t Eng
liahmen might rest assured that Gladstone!
Irish sebame would be jnst and equitable amu
would unite the liberal party aim strengthen i
the best interests of the empire. Coercion,
he said, had failed, and it would therefore
be wise to rive Ireland judicious borne rule.
If Chamberlain should resign bis seat in the
cabinet the country wonld accept bis resig-
nati ,n. There wee no excu.e f ir deserting
the gorernsBent short ot very gr».«
McCarthy, speaking at : .
evening, aeid the Nationalists «i*hed to
r n’.gemea,because Ireland .1
*»0 )*» *b« b the Irish -!. . . : ...
: :■ n • s ol opinion.
purchasers of internal revenue stamps-
gave the Diamond Match Company a practi
cal monopoloy of tbe business and enabled,
it to crush out small manufacturers. Sena
tor Bayard, who is a friend ot Swift's wsa
denounced for his reasonable contention
that so easily collectable nnd slightly bur
densome u tux should not be removed, and
Mr. Swift said dryly to those who de
nounced him as n monopolist that if ho
poHsaesscil a monopoly, he wonld not lio
awake of nights mourning over it. Tho
troth is, that while the revenue rebate did
give the Diamond Match Company n great
advantage over its rivals, tho main fuctora
in tho conoern's success were its great com
mand of capital, tho business sagacity of
its head, and its ownership of the valuable
patents and secreta.
The exact nature of Henry B. Courtney’s
hold upon bis partners wss known perhaps
to few besides the members of the concern,
but people shrewdly guessed that he must
he a valuable man to lead the life he did,
retaining his uncouth manners, and vet
keep his place in the company, liis do
mestic relations were s matter of notorious
:<issip. He alternated between a little
twelling in Brandywine village and a plain
farmhonso a dozen milea in tho oountry.
His companions both here and there were
men whom his partners wonld not know.
These men followed Courtney np and
down, and joined in hia peripatetic orgies.
His children ran wild, and grew np almost
without education. An everyday sight in
Wilmington was the black-bearded, hook
nosed match maker driving furiously be
hind his cream-oolored ponies. Six years
ago one daughter ran away with and mar
ried a young gardener. The story got into
the newspapers, tnd tbe girl's mother,
imagining a reflection upon herself in tbe
published account, and suspecting Court
ney's old partner, Edward Tatnall, aa tho
source of Information, waylaid Mr. Tatnall
on tbe street, and gave him a severe cow-
hiding while Courtney stood by and ap
plauded, crying, “Give it to him, Kate—
give it to him r Tatnall successfully sued
for damages.
Courtney’s estate la vaguely placed at
several millions of dollars, and it is gos-
sipped that one son is the depository of
thu father's alleged trade secret A swarm
of children inherit, and Wilmington, mind
ful of the fact that Courtney came to this
country as Henry B. Cougbtree, eagerly
awaits develomenta from across the water
when it shall have been learned in Eng
land that the emigrant of 1853 died a mil
lionaire.
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Chloroform and Chloral.
Boaton Utter to the Alhsny Journal.
A specialist of high repute sara he baa
many women under his care who intoxi
cate themselves—though not with liquor.
Chloroform is the wont intoxicant in the
lisL A woman who uses it ia never cured,
while she may be of the opium habit or
the love of stimulants. One of the most
brilliant journalists on tbe Boston press
soma years wonld take chloroform to such
a degree he would be half idiotic tor days,
and a singular deafness was produced tem
porarily, an inttrmaty which finally became
chronic, and then be let up on the chloro
form. Chloral has taken s strong hold of
society women, who use up their nervous
force and energy, and who moat bava
something' to repair the nervous waste
quickly without waiting for net oral rest
and time. A lady told me not long
that she took s • little chloral” ei. rv night
she eeuid notUvs without it. and-m-
added that lota of womb she ku,.-* ,i; i „
also, or.- i. ;*t surprise.) t- fi t . . ,
' Rm.l.ury - well 1 :
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