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THE SACKVILLE DEBATE.
HO DIFEsTT-C I_<F0R-*1ATI0N OBTAINED
THOM THE FOREIGN OFFIC-L
? OCRS OF TALK ABOUT STAKIM?A
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CoaxprlyrU | 1888 I Bp The Stv York Trltmne.
Landon, Vet- IU.- I he Sackville debate in the
Boom of Commons*, from which something has
baas expe-cted. carno to uothit-g. Mr. Labouchere,
wbo triea hit. luind at everylhing, led ort ; anal
there are not tnanv aenous members ju the House
who care to follow Mr. labouchere'* lead- The
effort Wo obtain from the Go\ eminent a definite
answer t-o the 0,'iestion whituer they mean to leave
th* English Legation at Washington rn*a it till
Bait Mureil com pict ely broke dom. Mr I>a
boachere's demand trw re j .-el led contemptuously.
Me auch intention han l>wn .iniiounccd, nod Sir
Janie* Fergusson; and nothins more could bc
got out of him- Mantel, of [wisitmn <n both sides
who honeMly wish la prevent Ii":,, Salisbury from
"persevering in hm policy of sulks saw it wm:
boorlee* to induce the Honse to put pressure on
Miaiatera, and an important 'iiploniatie difficulty
haa been turned into ? joke wln.ply lieeause it
baa *teet* dealt with in a trivial WPJ, Lord Ihin
dolpb Churchill, who hnd intended to s-vak. left
tha House.
1 hear, however, that private remonstrance* have
bad some weight with Lord l___-ta-IJ*, who mama
yield to them. If not. thc American Government
bar a choic*' between sui>mitt;nR to d dlpli mane
discourtesy and reset-tin;, it in the usual di plo
marie way. Thc pnss herc takes little notice
of the matter. 'I'm* run'**." dtSOBSBflS lt ill?
t-emparedly. "The Daily N-.vs'' sharply rebukes
Lord Salisbury for peevishness and obstinacy.
The Suakim business has been once more
thrashed out in the House of Commons with the
usual proportion of chaff to wheat. List Right's
flebat* was more amusing than instructive. Mr.
Morley spoke, Mr Gladstone upc kc. Mr.
Stanhope spoke. Lord Randolph Churchill
epoka. They were all good speeches,
but when all had been delivered nobody
waa mnch wiser than before, lt mtB known be?
fore that thc Ministry meant to clear out the
demahea from the vicinity of Su.ik.u_, do not
mean to abandon Suakim, and do not mean to
entar upon a campaign in the Soudan Nothing
of real Importance beyond Ihat mult* from three
bout** talk yesterday.
Hie personal incidents were more imprerdve
than the political or military declarations. Lord
Randolph's speech was the event of the evening.
Ha rose without a single ol,, er lrom his own side
and aat down without one. All his aupport came
from Liberals. His speech was throughout an at?
tack on the Ministry nnd Ministers. He told
the Ministry their policy was, tilly and sturid.
He told Sir James Fergus*-' n he hnd met his
Question about Suakim with bb insufficient an?
swer, a flippant answer, a discourteous answer.
He chaffed Mr Stanhope for his announcement that
the Government knew their own mind. It ls an
unusual /thing, mm*6. Lord 1'andoJph, perhn."is
sejrioualy, for a Britnsh Goxernment to know their
own mind. He chaffed Lord Salisbury about his
unlucky ? black man'' phrase. He ridiculed and
denounced both Lord Salisbury aud his colleagues
lu tba Commons for alleging that an opinion
rxptetmeA by the Prime Minister in the Honse ot
I-orda against the retention of Suakim In the
tgyptian interest was a personal opinion. This
telling and brilliant speech was listened to by a
full House with extreme interest, and is relented
by the Tones with extreme bitterness. They
are beginning to understand what they hive to
expect from the leader they have driven from the
Ministry. They heard with delight of his journey
t-, South Aimil's, and with chagrin that Um
journey wart abandoned ; for abandoned ir is, though
Dot primarily ior political NMsm. Mr. Chaplin,
whose strong point it not discretion, challenged
Lord Randolph to move a rota ol ensure on tho
Governments "Give me a dayl" responded Lord
Randolph instantly There could hardly be a
mora open declaration of ho-.tility.
Tn default of serious topics. Mr. Gladstone has
been indulging in a little political gossip. Lord
Hartington & retirement from the National Lib?
eral Club nnd his refusal tc retire from Ihe
Liberal benches in the House of Commons, ace
both discussed with that laborious precision
ciiaratteristic of Mr. GHadrtOM srhea bc wishes
to ba playful. He b;:s, however, ?_ serious
object The breach between the two sections
of the Liberal party is not even yet wide enough
lor him, and he is doing his best to make lt
lore ver ina unusable. " The time has come for
them to go," says the badu of a once unit<*d
party. " The Liberal-Unionists are tha most
effective foes we have to deal with." Besides,
they annoy him. He tells us how, aud tho
passage is pathetic. Whefl he Sfieak1- ifl thfl Hou.-*c
he requires tin* sustaining power ol human sj IB pa
thy. He looks round for it, hopiug to Bflfl I"ro
fes&or Stuart's face, and sees Instead Mr. Finlay's.
I*rofessor Stuart is the impulsive Radical who
led Mr. Gladstone into the DoppiBg difficulty.
Mr. Finlay is an eminent Unionist lawyer. " I
?ay," added Mr. Gladstone, " there is no politi?
cal union whatever remaining between the
Liberal-Unionists and the bulk of thc Liberal
party *
Las* nia-ht in the House he again complained
of Lord Hartington and his friends for sitting
on the Liberal benches. " I am siwa ki ng," bfl
siiid, "for those about me;" thea ht pa fleed,
? but there are some gentlemen about me for
whom 1 am Still lesa entitled to si* ak thafl
for those opiiosite." '1 hes.- gaasj seem slight de?
tails. To those familiar with club life, with
House of Commons lite, and wnCi Mr. Gladstone's
usual reserve on such topics, ihey signify more
than half a do-.cn solemn political harangues.
1'ii.plc were glad lo hear last night that the
Government attach less credit to Osman Digna's
story than at tirst. Experts, however, are still
inclined to believe it trii<* that Emin l'aeha is
captured, bal untrue that Mr. Stanley is with
him. Mr. Joseph Thomson, whoas authority jg
high, expresses singularly positive belief that
Mr. Stanley was not captured, and an equally
positive conviction that he and his whole force
were, annihilated before reaching Wad lal.
With fiir William I'earce dies a mau of genius.
He began life as a shipwright crib-red the great
Clyde firm of John Eider ?fc Cern pany on a
salary of $5(**i, ended n* sole pa ii ncr and owner
of the li dcm shiphiiil'bn-' bflllBflflS in the world,
lt is to him, more than to any other man, that
the short* air-? of thfl At lani ic voyage is due.
He designed and built ail the fasbst Atlantic
?teamen. The Queen made him a 15aronet, one
of the l>ret earned distinctions conferred during
thfl Jubilee year.
Mr. Bright'" condition ls practically unohanged.
G. W. S.
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THE CIVIL SKIIVK'K STORES DS-TOOY-ED,
London, De*. 16.-The CT* ll Service Stores, t* Sn.
138 Queen Victoria st., this city, wert- nearly destroyed
iy fire this Bflntag HM l"-- Ifl ?40,000
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A lill K.MIiNAIiV ( PA.r.P.P.X'.iiiS.
Londonderry I??*. 1-. 'J lie l,ir,*i,'i*i.:iiy of tht
Siege of Uitiih i.ili-tiy by thfl PreBCb 1.* muter
Janies ii. of ?atflaaa* wa* esflebcaiad Isrtsj um,
much enthusiasm. Ihe Mayor and tim StttflSM
marohed In procession to the oatbedral, the MagflSOSI
lireseoled to the cit)' two new flaps to replace t-imss
o?j*ti_red hy the Freaofc, and a sermon appropriate to <
the occasion wm preached. The festivities to-night
"?l.i Include a display ol fli-eworka, a banquet and a
ball.
ALL THE IRISH VOTE6 AGREED TO.
Wet. coat op ibish BBorECUTiONg debated im
THE HOUSE. OP COMMONS
London, Deo. 10.?In tbe House of Commons Last
evening, in tho debate on the vote for criminal prose*
rut-lous In Ireland, Mr. sexton asserted that Uie money,
Instead of being employed In the detection of arlme,
was employed In the ore-alloc and fabrication of
offences, in a long speech he censured the Govern?
ment policy and declared that tf the polee refraJmyl
from Interfering wltb Hie people in Ireland nlne
tenihs of the charges onder the Crimes Act would be
avoided.
H. H. Fowltr (Liberal) asked why the costs ot
prosecution In Ireland were double those tn England.
Mr. Balfour admitted the importance of the Question .
but lt must be remember-nd, he ??i*l, that a majority
of the prosecutions In Kngland are private, while In
Ireland private prosecutions are unknown.
A protracted debate on this and the prisons vote,
mainly supported by the Parncllltes, ensued. Finally,
at _ ,'i0 this morning, all of tho Irish votes were
spreed to.
A FRENCH MAN'.OF.WAB GOING TO PANAMA.
IT 18 BUMOKED, TOO, THAT AN' AMEBICAX VE*
BBL WILL BE SENT.
Tarts, I>c. 18.? Owing to fears that the Panama
Canal Company's dlfTJciiltle* may give rite to disorders
on the Isthmus, the French Government has deolded
to send a man-of-wv to Colon to protect French In?
terests.
It ls expected that the United States will teni! two
warships to Colon.
Washington, Dec. I*.?It ls said at the Navy De?
partment this afternoon that a Naval vessel will
probably be sent to Colon to protect American ln
teteetfl In Panama, but that steps have not yet been
taken in that direction. It tt customary to statiion a
vessel In that neighborhood during the winter teason.
Nothing ls known of any trouble* on the Isthmus.
AN ANCIENT MILITARY BODY BROKE** CT.
OAVBM WHICH LED TO THE DISBANDING OF
TIIK .IGNORABLE ABTILLEKT COMPANY.
London, Deo. 1?.-The Ilonorable Artillery Com?
pany, the oldest military body In the world, and a
portion of whose members visited America recently,
has been disbanded.
The Maes of Wales had become discontented wltb
the manner tn which the finances of the organization
were managed, and also with the lack of discipline
which existed in Its ranks. He had urged th" mern
bers to abandon their charter privileges and bi*come
a part of the regular volunteer forties. This sugges?
tion was opposed by a majority of the olin -f. and
as a consequence the Prince of Wales, the Duke af
Portland and others sent rn their resignations, aud
forwarded a complaint of the condition of the com?
pany to ihe Queen. Her Majesty withdrew the com?
pany's warrant, and the effect of ber .icdoa ls to dis?
solve the company as a military body.
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CONSERVATIVE GAINS IN COLCHESTER.
London, Dec. 18.?A Parliamentary election was
h> Ul I'i the Colchester Division to-day to fill rhe scat
made vacant by the death of Mr. Trotter. Ml- Brooks,
the Conservative candid*-**, received 2,123 votes, and
Mr. Gurdon, Gladstonlan, 1.689. In the last elec?
tion the Conservatlre candidate received 1,096 and tho
Liberal 1,701.
FCN*EBAL OF PRINCE EUGENE.
Turin, Dec. 18.?The funeral of Prince Eugene of
Savole-Carlgnan took place today. The linke of
Aosta attended the ceremony on ."half of King Hum?
bert. The Cabinet Ministers and many distinguished
persons were also present. The body was laid In the
tomb of the royal family.
ELECTIONS FOR THE 6KRVIAN PARLIAMENT.
Belgrade, Dec. 18.?The elections In Bervla for mem?
bers of the Skopr?chlna havo resulted In the return of
460 Radicals loo Liberals and two Progressists.
HEAVY FOGS IN LONDON.
London, Dec. 18.?A heavy fog ls general tn all
parts of England. The thick weather caused a delav
of two hoisre In the Queen's departure lrom Windsor
to Osborne this morning. All shipping movements on
thc Thames batt been stopped by tho fog.
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SIXTY-FOt'R EVICTION NOTICES ON ONE ESTATE.
Dublin, Deo. 18.?Eviction notices have been served
on sixty-four tenants on the Marquis of Lansdowne'**
Luggacurran estate.
A TICKET AGENT MISSING.
HE LEAVES IDS ACCOUNTS IN BAD SHAPE.
EMPLOYED BY THE NEW-YORK AND NEW
DAVEN RAILROAD-THE AMOUNT OF DE?
FALCATION NOT VET KNOWN.
Another trusted employe has fOBfl wrong, and while
the accountants of the New-York, New-Haven and
Hartford Railroad are engaged tn examining Into thc
accounts ol Ticket Agent Harris, detectives will he
employed In seeking for the absconder. Harris bad
been In the employ of the New-Haven road for a
number of yearn. He was first employed ar, a door?
man at the Grand Central Station and his faithful
aesfl and attention to duty resulted In his being
piumoted about six years ago to be ticket agent.
John n. stat.u. who had taken an Interest In the
young man, became his bond-man In the tum of
ffi.ooo. During these years Harris continued to lea.!
an apparently honett life, and no suspicion tm ever
entertained that he was not what he seemed, a perfectly
trustworthy and efficient emptive. He was married
and ls the father of Uireo young children. On Monday
ho did not report for duty, and as the day passed and
nothing was heard ol him his superiors became
alarmed. Yesterday he again failed to make 1,1
appenranre st the Gland Central Station, and Inquiry
d,-ve|o;,.*,i the fact that Harris was not at home.
Then an investigation was set on foot and lt was found
that his accounts were not straight. His books will
bo thoroughly examined.
As yet. the amount of his defalcation 1= nnt known,
and no estimate could tic gotten last night. Tho agent In
charge of th* New Haven Kalin.ad Company's office las!
night refined to discuss the matter and dec lilied le
give any Itifornii'lon ctfhremlng the ml- Ing mm. bs
yond th<j fact that he had absconded. I is wife, the
agent said, BBS hc.iri-hil,lien over her Lu-hand's es?
capade and lt would be cruel Ifl disturb her.
The policeman stationed In tbs waiting-room said
that everybody was surprised when the ticket agent's
1*1 thOIMISIj WIS made known. Ile had SSflB hlSB and
his wife In the ofllce together often, especially when
Hants was making up his monthly report, for at tho.su
times she assisted him. They si*enied to be a bapp)
couple and the policeman Moated tho Idea that he
hal eloped with another woman, as some rumors
said.
TIIE WORK OF Ml Mi: I IMS ROILED.
A BEC OND ATTEMPT TO WBKOK A TB All"" I-*T MIS
boou ib nrasccBM_yt7__
Kt. Louis, Dec. 18.-A dispatch from Springfield.
Mi,., ta "The Post-Dispatch" says: "A second at?
tempt to wreck tho Texas SXpcflflfl train on the St.
LOMlfl and bat Francisco Railroad was made at 4
o'clock this morning at Lyman .station, four miles
cast of this city. Hie switch -bolts were remove,],
the rails spread to throw the train over an embank?
ment, but the switch target waa left lu proper con?
dition. Fortunately for the two hundred pflapls OS
the train, a wild engine was running ahead, and this
plunged through the switch at a forty mlle speed.
Tho engine was dostolttbed and Ihs lail* lara BB
for a quarter of a mlle. The fireman, with a broken
ankle, dragged himself hack for store than a Bille
and tagged thu train, taring lt from destruction.''
THE OOBTBBT J.V TIIF. ltlClI\If)SD DISTRICT.
Klchmond, Va., Deo. IS (bpeelall.?Judge Edmund
Blinni, who claims to have been elocted to Cor.
gi ess from this district over George I>. Bise, will
serve notice of contest on Bise to-morrow In Washing?
ton, lt. addition to the claim of general ohstrue
don to tho casting of votes hy Republicans In one
ward of this city, by which Waddlll wai deprived of
CO ' legal votes, lt ha* Just been discovered thal Wise's
?Ml majoritv of Jess than 300 was camed by a
lyttCR of tai-e regis trot los which ears Ihe Dssao
mau twint.' illegal reese in oaa areeraei in this etty.
A OUI PAPA TU)S IS MMBADta, COBB
Mart den. Coan., Dee, lft, Al the saaBa] ,*n-. emt
(on today Wallace A. Miles (Daahl was cbOSCM M.i\,,i
i) a plurality of Ml over D. S. Williams (Hep.) The
tepub-loau* elected nine of sixteen Councilmen rated
or. A majority of Demooiate id the Council hold
ivar, na__ng that body Democratic*,
BOMBARDING CARE HAYTIEN.
FIRE OPENED UPON TEE REBEL STRONG
HOLD.
A 7BUC"_* GBAlfTRD THAT THK CTTL-F.N9 MOBO
LHAVE THE TOWN?THE OALENA SHOCU)
BEACB HATTI TO-DAY.
Legltlme bas attacked the stronghold of the la*
surgents, but whether Capo Haytien ls tn ruins to.
day cannot be learned until news comes by cablt
by way of Kingston, Jamaica, or until a vessel arrive*
from Hayti bringing later news than was brought
by the Clyde steamer Saginaw, which arrived at
Quarantine yesterday morning. The vessel brought
a number of passe ugai. from Santo Iwmlngn, Monte
Christi and other ports where she touched, antoni
whom were Dr. August, a full blooded Hay Man. and
J. B. Hernandez, from Santo Domingo. Mr. He-man
doa Is a bpaulard and could nnt give much Informa?
tion about tbe Hay Han troubles in addition to uliat
has already been reported In The lYlbune. ne gave
the reporter of Ttie Tribune thc following facts:
On December 1, Uie day before the Saginaw arrived
at Cape Haytien, the Haytlan war vessels Dessalmes,
Toussaint l'ouverture and two small gunboats were
In the harbor and opened bombardment upon the
town, which ls the stronghold of Qeaero. Hyppollte
and his army of insurgents. They fired about lifv
shots at the town, which did little damage. Then
the foreign Consuls and the business men of the
town raised a flag of truce and sent a petition tn
the eomman-icr of tho Dexsallnes, begging him tfl
discontinue) tho bombardment for thirty six hours at
least, so as to allow the uon-oomtiatants to esca-ie to
a place of safety. An arm'stlce was granted for th**
time asked for, but Wltk the assurance that If thc
town was not surrendered to I.egltime's forces at. fhe
end of that time, the hostilities would bo resumed
and continued until thc town was laid In ashes.
The gunboats and other vessels withdrew, but whether
they returned or ot at the end of the thirty-six
hours ls unknown as the Saginaw stopped those
only a few hours
The Bag-Ban took her clearance from Porto Plata.
Santo Domingo, for Cape Haytien. Captain Kelly
said that the Haytlan Consul Lhere gave him hts
clearance for Cape Haytien without question, which
fact Indk-afcd that he ha/1 not been officially Informed
that the port was under blockade. While at Cape
Haytien lt was learned that the American steamer
Haytien Ropubllc was still at Pori-aul'ilfTce. The
Saginaw lay at Quarantine last night, but Mr. Clyde
said that she was not detained there hy the author?
ities, but iho water was too rough for her to lie
safely at the pier at the Congress Stores, South
Brooklyn.
The report published In The Tribune on Friday that
a number ol mariners had been sent down to Hingston,
from which place they sre to be sent to Port-au
Prince to bring beck the Ha". Hen Republic, was con
llrnied yesterday by tl.e owners of the steamer. A
Mr. Brooks, who alleged that he was Uie counsel
of tho AttSfl Steamship Company, had said that ths
mariners tent doun were .ngag'-d by the Atlas Com?
pany, at the rc1 jest of Minister Preston and General
contreras. The two latter deny that they had any?
thing to do with the airangement, officially or un
utliclaUy. A type-wrftten statement In the Atla* uno
office, which the rcpresectatlves admitted was " about
correct," wa-, to the efTect that seventeen mariners,
seine of them baring mantels' certificates, were pas?
sengers ou the steam,t Alene 0:1 the last trip; that
they had signed articles |n the British ( OBSOPt office;
that 'hey WON to coe rei-*' th'* crew Of tbfl Il.iytletl
Republic, which ves-cl was to b** tent to some " con?
venient and Important port of the United State*," there
to bo snrrendeicil to Ute owners upon the authority of
Provisional executive Leglttma tims arrangement,
li li laid, wa- well known bj thia Government before
th'- Amertoan Nar] vessel! Galena and .antic were
teal to llaytl; sad tbi Haytien Uepublio waa to bave
sailed otu ,,f thc harbor of Port-au Prinoe yesterday,
although tbe Galena and .'antic could not possibly
reach there until to-day.
The work ol caulking the decks of the Richmond and
tilling her bunkers with U-00 tons of coal, and Other*
w!-e preparing tier for a voyage, which work wuk
Interrupted bv the siorm on Monday, was resumed
yeeUtday. sin- v.ui probably na natty ta n ;elv*
1,,-r powder by to morrow, but wli] get lt from the
magazine ob lillis Is'aud. in the upper Bay, and wli]
not take lt on board at tho Kary Yard, Ss did the
(ialcna and the Vanflc No ord_n hue yet been rsv
Mired bc the vestal to put to sen, and the impres?
sion yesterday was thal **he would not be sent to
Hayti after all.
THE 7W1L OF BZ-IBEABUEBB ROYCE
Wllllmantic, Conn., Dec. 18 (Special!.? The '.Ha! of
Henry P. Boyeo, ex-treasurer of the WHiimanflo Bar?
ings I i.st i tu to, which suspended last March, and who
was Indicted for falsification of his account* to cover
defalcations, has been going on iii the Superior Coarr
of Windham Conni] for th'* past week. Boyeo admits
tho fa!\e entries, but .-ays that they were made toto-ly
to de.-eive the Lank Commissioners In onW tn ooo*
Bl ,1 from them certain oTSfdas paper of J. II. <t
M. E. Ingersoll, ol New-York, regarded as wort!,)- .
by thc Commissioners and directors, bal claimed to
ic good ly Bogee. He denise thal the bank or any?
one had ben defrauded-, or that he has defaulted at
all. He bays he feels himself In a nu-j-ure responsi?
ble for the large amount of Ingersoll paper In the
bank, and has therefore withdrawn overdue Inger?
soll notes from th," bank at tlmeh and substituted
Urinion-, entries to deceive the Commissioners while
he vi* trying to gel the Ingersoll! Co nay the on r
due notes. Tho State claim*, that not onlv did Boyce
let the Ingersoll! have lan/o amounts mi w.irtnlr>s
security, but he h_s abstracted bank moneys for his
own benefit.
LlTWATins OYF.H JOliS c. OALEOWtS BOWE,
Charles tun, s C., Dec. is (Special!.?gome months
ago Thoma* G. CteSMOB, a toil fa-law of John C.
Calhoun, died, leaving 1i!r personal property, aic'iut
lng to about f.100,000, tog.ther with lort Hill, th*
homestead of ('album, to the State for an agricultural
r-oll-ge. Clemson's rsiatfTSS did not ?ni.sjx-et that he
had any personal property at all, and were much
nurprtsed at the will. Ills granddaughter, MISS
Isahella I-eo, daughter of Oideon Lee, a New-Vork
stock broker, wa.*, the heir to the propel ty. Her
(alhtr at onoe began suit to have ( lennon*! will
annulled and thl property Oven tn her. The first
action was taken to daj In the Untied Mates District
i'ourt, where the counsel foi .Miss Lee a,ked for an
injunction restraining the executor from conveying the
property over to the Man*. Judge BtiBOBSOO granted
Iho Injunction and now the case will go to trial
>n Its merit*. Thc bequest is before the legislature
md after a hot debate wai accepted by the Eiouae,
mt lt ls thought the bennie will hare ti.e whole
??alter postponed pending mi-s Lee ?* mi/aiion.
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A WATMBMBLOB TRVST OUCASIZF.D.
Collin,ola. is. C., Dee. li (Special). A meeting of
tOtOB-grOWen of the Mate was held at Blackville
e-terilay for thu purim*-,? Of organic ng a Water
lelon aillanco ur Mst Planters of over (I,out) acres
rc re present. The melon growing region extends
rom BranehrfOfl tu Augusta, tia, along the lino of
be South Carolina Railroad and ls embrace,! In liam*
ell aud Alkea Conni es. Last year the shipments
hence were 8,000,000 melon?. Colonel M. Brown
nM elcctetl president, Wd P. li- BngOod secretary and
reaeuier. Au executive eommlttea of teven u.i
Ito sleeted. The trust win meet on December 2H,
lien rule! xxiii hr. adopted and when, lt i- expected,
rrangemente frill tx made t*>.>Kit.^ to the lim ting
f tho acreage and the Bxlng of prices, 'i i - i
on win probably establltb agencies jn New *, ,(rk,
h ladelphia, Baltimore*, BOflton and i Manga
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vt.vr.vt; sri ALLE0ED ATTEMPTED EEIEEEE
Philadelphia, Dec. 18 (Special).- The special SOSS
iittoo of lalee! Ooaaetl sppolated la Inraetlgnte the
knrgm ot bribery in iwnorfrton with th** par irg. af
io Philadelphia and Northern and th** Philadelphia
id Bortbeastern Balboad billi awl In Balee! Council
!:amber to-day Meei Oooncflmaa Grnhnm road a
lataasaal ehargtai Boberl ii. Estes, tim fsthti of
ie present rlCO ptoetdeal Of the proposed road, and
iii Nobiit wtth irving oflTered hiss (.000 shea ? al
ock to lappar! tin bfl! dow befon councils, "la
Ippatt "f whal I have said.'' ho added, "I request
ju to subpoena John lianlsley, John Nobllt aud
ell Nobllt, who know Shoal the frans act lon." Bub
isaas were al once ISBUSd for thc men named, to
ither with several members nf Connells who are sup?
ped to have been approached. It ls now tinted that
imlna] charges of bilberj will he preferred a;aln?t
ote accused by Mr. Orahfl-B. Mr. Nobllt
fused to talk abo it tbs matter to-dai. and Mr.
ilur U absent from tho city.
ALL SOT A BELAIITB ol SEEATOE (OLOPITT.
Washington, Dee. I. (DpeetaD. aaaator L'okjulM
eontlderabl] ??,n,>>.--I by a pren dispatch non,
nrer, statin*.' that oae B. M. Han whs wai si
st?*ii iii thal ut\ yesterday on a eharge of iwtndMng,
bli oephew, Baaator Colqulti toys thal DaU ls no tel
Ive of his, but is a Geer gio man. lt ls understood
at Hall was appointed a speelal aj-vit of the len
al Land office through Hie pood "lilies of Senator
ilquitt and other Influential Democrats aad thal
i wa! recently dlschargtd
T^E STORM WIDESPREAD.
G-U.ES AND FRliSHETS NORTH AJiD SOUTH
THE LOWEST BAROMETER IN EIGHTEEN TEAKS
RECORDED AT BOSTON-BAD WASHOUTS ON
XHK RAILROADS AND SEVERAIi NAR?
ROW EfiCAPKB-DEBTRDCTION Ul
T"iE CUMBERLAND VALLBY
BNOW IN NORTHERN
NEW-TOKK.
r!TT__roairti to th* raintnrn.1
Poughkeepsie, Dec- lft- The storm yesterday cre?
ated havoc In what lt known as the Shovel Cut,
across the river, half a mlle weat of the Poughkeepsie
Bridge terminus. The embankments of the out, twen?
ty-live feet high, tumbled In, and tho tracks for a
thousand feet are covered with mud three feet deep.
A steam drill was carried 100 leet by the torrent
and cars were thrown over the edge nf an embank?
ment. A locomotive lt embedded in mud four feet
<leep, and the western end of the cut lt now a pond
several feet doep. la will take a week to repa,r
damages, and the loss cannot be calculated. The
most serious part lt the dotcntlon of the work on
Hi" bridge approach.
Albany, N. _"., Dec. 18.?The 6torm which prevailed
here yesterday and ended fo-day was equivalent to
two feet ol snow. Kain fell steadily yesterday aud
last night, and after midnight lt snowed for sev?
eral hours. Tho Hudson has risen rapidly and ts
overflowing the piers and wharves of the city. A
Hs** of over seven feet was noted at noon to-day.
Locally ihe storm had many of the characterisd-*
ol U-st year's blJzzatd. The lowest barometer SVOI
recorded by the blgnal >">*rlrer here was noted to-day?
-..Ort. The river ls still rising, though the south
wind now blowing and the falling ol thc mercury
will probably chock the flood.
Troy, Dec. ld.?The Ice which formed last week
In tho Hudson and Mohawk Biran at this city was
weakened last night by rain, and thl-. morning broke
np and moved south. At noon to-day the water had
risen lifted feet since laal evening, roaching the
bigh watermark of list spring*! freshet. A number
ol cellais along tho river-troni are flooded, a boy
waa sniffed OB a cake ,,f Ice from \Sateriord a mlle
down thc river. A boat pursued and rescued him.
Amsterdam, N. Y., Dec. 18.?The water In the
Mohawk at this place has risen considerably since
last night, and now the houses on the flats In the
1'lfth "Aaid aro flooded.
Lockport, N. Y., Dec. 18 (6pectal).?Snow began
falling early this morning and has continued more
or less all day. Trains are late and H_ye aro no
connections from New-York nor malls to-night.
Canajoharie, N. Y., Doc. 1S.-A blizzard In the
Mohawk Valley to-day caused trains on tho Central
and West Shore Kail?<? uls a delay of from two tu
four hours. The Mohawk Uiver Is high.
O-swego, N". Y., Dec. 18.?All trains In and out
of C-wogo are delayed by the storm. All tho tele?
graph wires are down north of here. Tb ree or
four Inches of snow has fallon and lt 1*. drifting
badly.
Watertown, E. Y., Dec 18.?A severe sleet storm,
turning to snow, prevailed hero last night. Two or
three Inches of snow fell. Telegraph wires to the
north and south of this city ai. damaged, but not
In this immediate vicinity.
Saranao Lake, W. .'., Deo. 18 ...-perla.).-Tl.,
heaviest storm of the season set In last night.
j lp to this evening snow had fallen to a depth of
At. The theimomeler lt ten above zero.
AH the tra'nt which arrived at the Grand Central
Station during Monday night and yesterday morning
?Acre late and inparted h*-avy storms and washouts
In the northern part of tbe State, and on western lines.
The Chicago and Cincinnati express, which was due
here at ll '.IS a. m. yesterday, did not arr.ve until
2'30 p. m., and the conductor leported that owing
to thc heavy rains and high winds tho Mohawk River
had Hooded the tracks, and In places near Palatine
J:ii'1ge th*' water was almost on a level with tho car
plai forms. Tho Washington express from Boston,
wh ch comes over the N, w-Vork. New-Haven and
Hartford Uoad and was due at Forty-second
st. st 2:08 a. m. yesterday, did not arrive until
c. Mt Tiie Chicago limited was five hours late and
arri veil la Ne*-I ort at 2 a. in. yes et.my This
fain has never been so much behind time before,
'.,*(,i .turing last winter, w hen tho travel wa?
delayed by heavy snowdrifts.
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HEAVY DAMAGE IN PENNSYLVA-fTA.
MANY BBISGZa SWEPT AWAY?A HURRICANE IN
THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY.
Scranton, Dec. 18 iBpeclali.?So heavy a rainfall
In December has never been known here. It rained
for twenty ci ii lit hours, resting late last night. The
ground was frozen hard and thc tala ran int? the
creeks as fast ns lt fell, and made a flood. To-day
the Lackawanna Uiver wa* higher than lt has been
In many year-,. The tracks ol the New-.lersey Cen?
tral Railroad were washed out south of scranton and a
bridge was carried off. Ths roinpav. loses about
a.o,ooo. Several fimlMf whoso houses had been
,nded by water were rescued In boats at I
o'clock ibis mornli | Matu outhouses and animals
wore swept into the raging river.
V. Ilkesbarre, Dc., li Opt-claH.?The heavy rain?
storm of the post tew days bas wrought considerable
damage In PltUtoa and vicinity. A largs number ol
ti.e houses and business placos In the lower part of
the town had ihelr ccltari flooded. Tho now branch
of tho Lehigh Valley Road bfltwea. PlttntOO and Fair
view tattered M-reiely. All the bridges were swept
Sway or so much Weakened ?r, to be unsafe, and the
li**k was washed out In several places, lt will be
many si eeks before tralflc can be resumed. The Sus?
quehanna River at thia point has risen fifteen feet, lu
twn days.
carlisle, Penn., Deo. 18.?Reports from the tur
roandlng country, as well as In n number nf towns In
Ihl ' saberlaad Valley, shaw that thousands of dol?
lars worth of valuable property was deetiuyed last
night by one ol the Bast disastrous rain and wind
i lo; ms which SOS ever visited tills section. In thc
mra, districts dwelling hen-,- were lini'QOJSd. barns
blown ilo.vn, trees uprooted and fences blown to
pleflea.
in this elly awn li gs were blown In the streets,
shutters and "chimneys blown down and other dam
Ige done. Thc loss cannot tie estimated, but thou
tanda of dollars worth of property luive been de?
stroyed, e
Mount Carmel, Penn., Deo. 18. - Last night a furi?
ous rainstorm swept over this section of the coal re?
gion. The collieries bore aro Idle and In some the
water ls rifling bo rapidly that tbe operators bute been
Compelled to holst their mules out. Considerable
damage was alto done In the agricultural districts.
The lo,-, wlil bc heavy.
Philadelphia, Dec. 18 (Spec I al I.?The brig Onalaska,
I apt iln 'iii.gs, for this port from Falmouth. Ja
Bialea, with a cargo of logwood, went ashore two
n.lles east of Cape May last Sight, during a southeast
gall, IhS crcv weis. rOOOMd tills morning by Captain
Booy, of ihe (old -Sr.rintr .-tallon. The Onalaska wa?
di iven to leeward hf tha irate, and the captain thought
h. was od ? ii"- iii-uioo, n. afton be not into shoal
l uter, a, I looa alter Into the breahMU. The rossel
all] probably bfl a total r ...
Ire-re ls a .-'rion-, treshet In the hr.huy'kill River
today, and much destruction of property has already
malted The river ii even feel above high-water
n.ark and both thoms srs badly washed.
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TUE GALE BAGE8 IN CANADA.
A TALL CHIMNEY IH.OWS DOWN IN MONTBEAX?
TBAUrfl DELAY-CD.
Montreal, Dec. 18 (Spcclali.?A regular blizzard
has vl?it?*d this city. Thfl train service on all tho
mads has been greatly delayed, and trains between
SOTS and QnehOO, a distance of OBly 180 miles, have
been linallie to gil Ihieagh for a whole day. Twn
trains which lefi here for Qaohoe last night had not
Miffed ben up to * o'clock tonight, and the pafisen
gBffl ar? suffering very much lrom the coll. A dls
jatch from Quebec says that a -torm which ha-s been
raging than since Sunday has risen to a bllzzaid
this morning. All communication ls cut t tf between
town and country, and po train! are looked for until
r to monow, if they got through at all
Many tall chimneys In the etty have also been
blown down by :h" gale and In one Instance there
S 1-, a narrow escape from gnat lol of Ufo. Thfl
i * ? i?-ni*- 'n the neighborhood of Bogers, Kin
lents tn ino neignnnrnoon or Bonn, King ,v
i foundry, In Crail L, were startled ai ti o'clm k
. Drains ?'> s oolae something Hhs u earthquake.
lt turned ont to bc thfl fill ul a larg" chimney over
Iihi feet In height. It fell in upon the machine ifiop
Had lt been an hour later most nf the bunded
workmen engaged in the shop would have neon killed.
Tho damage lo tho building wlU bu great,
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TTE STEAMER DESPATCH BLOWN AGROUND.
Philadelphia, Dec ls?The I'nited States steamer
Despatch, which for flflflM time has beeu anchored In
Hie Delaware near Cramp's ship yard, was blown
aground by the heh w nd Hits niornit.g. and four tugs
wets BOSuceessful ls their efforts t,, gei hei mt duiiai
Ihe ?:?: toother effort will be mil* to-morrow, lt
is :iot though) thal any tortoni darna.,- will result
fruin ihe grouDdlo : of lae learner
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mon wimi-. ami a item ib bbb jembex.
Ben Brun rick, N i . Dee. lg (gpodal). The ns
seal ralae eansed a fra bel ls the Barltaa fo-day, aad
considerable damage was done to hourn, and Item
along the shore. Two of the factories were cloted,
tho rising water putting out the tires.
?t-aat-s cut. N. J., Dec. lo.-VThen the rain
HIGHWAY RUBBERY IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
A YOUNO WOMAN 8 PURPE. TAKEN EBOM HER BY
A NEGBO? A PRISONER HELD.
Miss Elizabeth Talbert, daughter of Benjamin S.
Talbert, me Wall st. broker, has had an uncomfortable
encounter with a negro robber. She lives with her
parents In the brownstone house No. 13a West Ono
hundrcil-and twenty-sec-ond-st. on Monday afternoon
she attended a meeting of a charity organization con?
nected with the church at Madison ave. and One
huii-dnxl-and twenty-first st. It was after 4 p. m.
when she started to walk home In the rain. An
errand called her out Of her way to the grocery
at One-bundrcdand twenty-fifth st. and Lenox-ave.
A friend, who hail walked with her, left her at thc
grocery and Ml"** Talbert started down the avenue
alone.
At One-hundred-and-twenty thlrd-st., she heard a
step at her side and her umbrella was pushed down
over her head. Her pocket-book wa-> .snatched from
her hand. The n?xt moment she saw a man running
awa.\ from her through One-hundred-and-twenty thlrd
Bt. towarri the North River. Ml.-s Talbert ran after
him shouting " stop thief.'' They wero the only per?
sons out In the sion.) In that block, bul -ho u.ade
*uch a close pursuit over the slippery sidewall, that
ihe thief could not run away from her. suddenly
l.o turned with an oath aud railed out: "What da
voi want! If you don't shut your mouth I'll lix
you.''
Then, for the first lime, Mis, Talbert noticed that
tie va* a negro. She was frightened and ran back
lo the grocery for a-->istance. Two of the grocers
started In pursuit of the negro, but he had ill-ap
peered from tin* neighborhood. Lalor, when Ulai
lalbert and h>-r father went to the Eas! One hundred
ind-lweuty-slxth lt polios station to report Hie n,i>
cry, they found a Derra mulei arrest then*. The
prisoner wa, Brewster clark. Janitor of a Hat hon-,;
n i-ia-t Ont-hundran-aod-twent) leventh-st. He hail
Dees arrested on a charge ol Insulting Hannah Bulli*
ran, a respectable young woman of So. 2.*>oo Filth
ive., half au hour after Miss lalbert was robbed. Ile
lad resisted arrest and the [silice hail been oblige.? j .
o club him vigorously before they could take him I
IO the police station. Miss Talbert thought Clark was
lie negro who hail l to lon her pocket book, bhe said
he pui-se contained gio and a gold thimble. Clark
lenled that he wns guilty, but he wan held for ax
ni,mar un In the llailein Police Court yesterday.
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UOLDlPllS BVAMDUB A DlxYFTED CROPSD.
Bullalu, N. Y., Deo. In (Special.- Tbe lackawanna
la'lroad, which maintains t .* I.i^ coal t-v.sil-s at tho
not of Erle-st., opposite the United States life-saving
tallon, has recently sought to extend IL- trestles, and,
t ls eharg'd. encroached upon a frantage of twenty
ret on thu Buffalo River owned by the (lovemment.
mme time ago lt wad found that Ihe trestles were
.Towing too miall for the road's buslni-S, and this
all tho construction of new works wss begun, part of
rhlcn, lt lt said, were Intended to extent! over tho
lOVOiBBMBl land. In spite ol waining duly given to
he company's officers, Carpenter Andiew T .lon-v.
nd BOO men went to woik on thi new trestles this
norning Hofore long Lieutenant Donglass, of the
iegular Army, with a detachment of men from Com
?_.., ? 0 and D, I ui','d vat.-*. Infantry, arrived on ihe
and sedersd sll wmk stopped. The workmen
Uereetly retired, and the Ltcuienant posted a guard
boat me disputed territory. V. J j. MeWlll i bi
?? mi ItatS anent of th* i.ai'kawantia. *a*/s that his
outpost bm sot ?ocroached upon Qovernmont land
nd that the Butter ll now In th,* courts.
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.1 MtrjUtn lUI.il. AT SEW llliPSsniCK.
Now.Brunswick, N J., Dec. in BSapthMt, The
rta! of Ciustl Va-sho began tti-day. Vasko lt charged
nth murdering Michael skakan, a comoanl.n, after
. quarrel tn a Perth Amboy saloon.
stopped last night lt wss tuec*eded by a high wind that
did much dama-ge along the coast. The beach pa- I
ett'nii b* I "Sine 'i the r?' ~1 s.ate? Hotel was hln^n I
down. The lots ts 1*3,000. tMgns went tailing
through the ali, and veivthlng that-was not -se?
curely fastened was blown down.
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PERILOUS TRAVELLING IN NEW-KNGLAND.
DANGEROUS WASHOUTS AND NARROW EACAPB8
FBOM DISASTER ON SEVERAL ROADS.
Boston, Deo. 18 (8p**rlaJ).? The heavy rain storm
which began early Monday morning did not oease till
2 o'clock this afternoon, when about three Inches ol
rain bad fallen. Of this amount, two and one-quarter
'ell within twelve boura. Tbe normal rainfall for
December Ifl only 3.54 Inches, and eJready 4.08 inches
has fallen. The storm ls notable for the low point
reached by tho barometer at the Signal Sendee sta
Hon tn Boston. At the 8 o'clock observation this
morning the record was C8.8fl and at half past 9 lt
had fallen to 2S.82. This ls the lowest recorded In the
"IKlite-en yesrs that the station has been maintained
here, with one eiceptlon, on January 9, l*8fl, when
the harometer rejistc-red ttXTB.
The rain has caused several bad washouts on differ
ent railways in New-England. The New-York and
New England tcutfered most extensively. AU
of tho through trains to New-York ou this road have
been greatly delayed since 7 o'clock last cve-elng in
consequence of a washout at Esst Thompsonvllle,
Conn. At thu point ls a dangerous culvert, known
as the "Coffee Factory''' culvert, which ls
always carefully watched In times of heavy storms.
In spite of the precautions taken, however, the
train w-hlch left New-York at ."5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon met with a slight mishap at this place.
Tha train wa-s In charge of Conductor Crowley, and
knowing well the dangerous locality, he was ap
preaching lt at a slow rate of speed. The surface of
the road bed at the culvert appeared to be all right,
but suddenly tho earth gave way, letting the track
down several Inches, the locomotive ploughing Into
tho mud. Beyond the alight Jerking of tho nain,
no unusual commotion was felt and no ons was In?
jured, Wonl was dispatched to Wllllmantlc, and
alv* to Boston, showing the state of affairs, and
a large gang of workmen was dispatched to the scene.
A special train was made up at Boston and sent to
bring In tho passengers on the delayed train. At
11.30 last night the "special" left East Thompson
ville and arrived In Boston at about 2 o'clock this
morning. Tho Washington express train, duo in
Bofltoa at 7 o'clock this morning, was met at the
washout by tho train whleh left this city at 7 o'clock
last evening, the passengers transferred and brought
to Boston, arriving here shortly after 10 o'clock
Oils forenoon.
A trestlework on the Fitchburg Road, fifty feet
long, over tho Deorfleld River, at the east portal of
the Hoosac Tunnel, wa* swept out by Ice and water
last night, and travel over the road was suspended
until snout noon to-day.
i. onsldorahls dan,agu was done to property at North
Adams.
A disaster on the Old Colony Road wat narrowlv
escaped. The 11:05 p. m. train from Boston ^truek
a bowlder which had sill from tl.e bank at Huhne
woll's Cut, near Canton Junction, laef night. If tore
the steps off from one eldo of the car. A flagman
stopped t.he next train, which was delayed two boors.
T*e bowlder was so large that lt resisted all attempts
af removal, and lt was not until lt had been Mown
up with dynamite at 2 o'clock Mils morning that trains
could pass- Tho bowlder had become loosened by
frost and rain.
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TTIE CONNECTICUT RIVER BOONUN}.
Hartford, Conn.. Dec. 18.?At midnight the Connecti?
cut Uiver was nineteen and one-half feet above low
water mark, and was steadily rising at the rate of
three in'hcs an hour Owing to the wid" valley.
freshet, of this magnitude never do serious damara
hero.
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A DESTRUCTIVE CALE IN TIMORA.
Patfltahai-gi Va., Dec. 10 fSpecial).?Details of last
night's storm In Uie adjacent counties, received to?
day, show K to have been the worst known In Mils
section for many years. Tho wind at times blew
a perfect, hurricane, and lares trees wero liteiallv
torn op by th?lr roots, others being denuded of their
branches. Bains and csu houses fell an easy prey to
the fu-ry of the storm, while many fences and chim?
neys w?re dotn-011 tihed. The storm annean* to have
been most severe at Olcksford, Oreensvllle County, j
on the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad. A number pf
stores ami buildings there wero unroofed, and many
-mall houses wr-te blown down or badly damaged.
Iiuttnu the storm, which lasted two hours, tire brcke
ont In two or three dllfercnt parts of the town, ^nd
bnt for the untiring exertions of the citizens the_o
would certainly have been a serious conflagration.
The wind blew furiously lu thtt olly last night, aa
companied by heavy rain, but nu serious darna has
teen reposted.
THE STORM CENTRE OFF NEWFOt'NDL.VND.
The storm reported off the coast has mov'd away
In a northeasterly direction, and last night was cen?
tring off the Newfoundland coast, rendering naviga?
tion for Incoming transatlantic vessels dangerous.
At. ihe Signal Station la the Equitable Budding It was
said that the barometer, which had risen hero and
on the New-England coast, was lowest at tySstbJ,
E. S-, although the weather there was somewhat
warmer. To-day Lue weather will be much colder,
ail New-Yorkers may expect cold, piercing, hl?rh
winds during the day. During yesterday heavy rain
wat falling throughout the country generally, the
heaviest fall being registered In the Mississippi Val?
ley, while snow stormi prevailed In the North ern and 1
Northeastern state*. I
SEARCHING THE SWAMPS.
DETERMINED MM HUflllM FOE TIIE XE*
GRO ASSASSLNS AT WAllALAi., M3S8.
THB BLACKS BELIEVED TO HAVE TLED TUM
COUNTRY-NEGRO CABINS BCRNID-FUNER.
ALS OP THE MURDERED MEN.
Memphis, Tenn., Dee. 18.?A dispatch to "Tba
Evening ftelmltar" from Mertd an. Mist., sa yt:
"There ls no change In tbe situation at Wahalak.
Tbe village was crowded this mornlog w th men from
the surrounding country. Parties bave been search.
Ing the swamps and every other plaoe where rh*
negroes wbo did the kjlllcg oq Sunday night aro
supposed to be secreted, hut up to 10 a. m. oort
one ot the blacks had been found. It lt tuppesM
they have left the country. All the persons wbo left
Meridian yesterday for the scene of the tragedy have
returned and report everything quiet at Wahalak*
No;*.mg remains ol the cabins occnpled by the negro
George Maury and his confederates but the r smoulder?
ing ruins. All the stock owned by Maury waa
killed an'l everything around the premises was burned.
Tho bodies of Henry Maury and s**th Cobb, the two
white men who were Wiled, wero brought to the
village yesterday and were burled today. Joba
Dow, who was severely woueded, it still alive, bul
In a critical condition. It Ia not known what further
action will be taken by the determined men on the
ground."
Meridian, Ml!!., Dec. 18.?The following it-try of
the murder! and riot at Wabalak ls told by the pease
who arrived last night on the mall train:
baal Thursday a son of G F. Nicholson, a promi?
nent farmer of Ketnper County, was driving along
the road, when he met George Maury, a negiM des?
perado, driving In the opposite direction Young
NIchoNon't vehicle, by iccldent, came in oolllsloa
with that of the BBgrei wbo kept In the middle of
th? road, as If determined to drive the boy out. Th*
negro curled the youth, when old Mr. Nicholson
Interfered, The negro thereupon diew a revolver,
but Insteid ol flriag, closed with Nlcholion, and
knocked him senseless with ihe pistol. Tho negro
then fled.
The following day Mr. Nlcholion told his friend!
of tho negro's assault, and on Saturday lt was
determine)" to oiganlro a posse and anest the millan.
Information of thu determination of Ihfl whltei reached
Ihe negroes In some way. It ls said that two white
men gathered a party of negroes together at church
Sunday night, and after haranguing them organized a
force of ton of them to resist any attempt to arrest
Miury, or an attack on bis bouse. These w**|e*
aro known to the people of Wahalak, but their names
cannot be learned, lt ls the settled determination
to lynch them when found, and the people argue tbal
when they are hanged lt will be the proper time to
mako their aflBNfl known.
The negro force raised by the two white men wenl
to Maury's bouse, when the church meeting ad?
journed, and concealed themtelvei In the smoke and
cotton houses. Very soon after this the posse of
white men came up the road and halted in front of
Manry't house. Four of them walked ip to Um
house, bnt found lt deserted They t;ien went to the
smoke house, where they found three negroes. These
men were asked where Maury was, bul
they feigned Ignorance. While the whites were trying
to gain some information from them a man on the
outside shouted I ? Here ls Maury. Suppose you
come and arrest him."
The whites rushed In a body front the building, and
as they emerged wero met with a volley from elghl
or tflB muskets and shotguns. William Vaughan
was seriously wounded by buckshot in thu left arm,
neck ai. 1 shoulden, and another man, whose name the
whites wli not reveal, received a slight wound In
the hand. This volley came from the cotton house
and was promptly returned by the whites, but fhe
negroes, being behind &tout plank walls, received no
Injury. Tha white- soon discovered that they wore
fighting at a great disadvantage and moved around to
the north s de of the stroetuis. Nasa they received
another volley, resulting lu tbe instant death of
Henry Maury and tho wounding of bis brother, J.
F. Maury, In the arm ne*r the elbow. The whites
now drew off and the firing ceased temporarily.
Notwithstanding their losses, however, the pome
dctorndncd to make another attack on 'ho cotton boase,
approaching lt this lime from tho south fide. As they
carno up to the budding they received tho third volley.
the negroes apparently awaiting tim order to Are, as
they had done In the two previous Instances. At this
third volley Seth Cobb received twenty-two buokshot
In the breast and stomach, tearing the entire front
part of his body away. John Dow, another of the
whites, was probably mortally wounded by a trlttol
ball In fhe groin. The w.'.ltes again diew off for con
itiltstlon, when lt was decided that another attack on
the building with their reduced force would be use?
less, anil they determined to walt for daylight and
relnforrcmentt.
While they wore consulting tbe ?flflBjSflfl rushed fruin
thc cotton bouse to Maury's lu.use In a body and
proceeded to fortify that building, and tho whltei
wi nt back to Wahalak. Yesterday morning another
force of tiffy men was raised and proceeded to Maury'!
place. It was found to be entirely deserted, even the
H'ddlng and furniture having basa removed. Ths
nfeltis burned the bnildlng and noaiOd th* wood* for
'he negroes, but could And no trace of them.
White people from the adjoining towns poured
Into Wahalak aJ> day and joined In the search, bat
ts none of the negroes except Maury were known,
nothing waa accomplished. One negro waa seen
lurking In the woods and was fleed upon by a party
if whites, but he Instantly disappeared When the
po-se from Meridian, under command of Captain
rhomas Jamison, reached Wahalak they were told
that their services were not required. Tbey say
tho whites throughout Semper County are very
much. Incensed and think that more trouble will oe.
?ur. It ls certain that If any of the negroes who fired
m; tho whites are caught they will be killed at
jio-c. Tho feeling, however, runs more against tba
two white men who are said to have nrganfted the
Mgrofla
Not a single negro ls known to have received any
njury. Two white men besides those already re?
ported were wounded, but as their hurts are flight
heir names are not given. It does not appear thal
tho whites. In attempting to make the arrest, were
leting under any legal authority, but they are ius
a,ned ly the entire white population of Romper
tnd tho adjoining counties, and lt ls unlikely that
lay proceedings will be taken against them.
RACE COLLISIONS IN* OTHER STATE**.
Li Bfl Pl I ATC. KI'.HT IRWni EEBtEAEEt ANO
WHITES IN TSMVUtrar-VBOOBUI IN
lOOlH C\ROMNA.
St. Louis, Dec. 18.?A lill pal ft from Jackson, Tenn.,
0 "The Post-Dispatch" says . ?? A desperate light ba*
ween negroes and WhllM took plac?> in one of fhe EM*
riots of Mad Non County last Friday. '\\ 111' Hicks, a
legra, snsd Prier Brown, a white man, for a settie
iient. While .Mary Brown, daughter of the defendant,
rsa on the willies*, -.land. Hick.-, questioned her In ail
BSalttng manner; and wheo her brother 'Tom' Inter?
ned and ashsd Hi- li aol to tanah Us ?ister. ihe
logie swore he would say what he plcas.-d, and
?oohed young Brown dowu with a heavy stick. V
Saflrfll tight then followed, |j, which several negnvn
Ifltfl stabbed, and Mood flowed freely, peter Brown
va-, kuockfd senseless with a brick, and ls probsblr
atally wounded. Ihfl negroes .sent to the cit? on
'imlay for ammunition. Ihey aro armed with shot
USS, pistols and knives, and meal that they wlil gat
1 arrested. Officers went fitun herv yesterday to ar
i-i them Th" neall ls not yet known, bul a tlous
rouble ls feared."
Charleston, S. C., Dec. Irt.?At Blackville yester
:o L Dewitt (whltei shot Tyler (colored). who hal
HOfli himself with a double-barrelled _hatf_a to k ll
fwltt. Tyler had been sn-.pee ted of kill ng a mole
f Dewitt's, In revenge for Dewitt bavltn as.t-.trd a
0 lo red man with whom Tjier bad a law ult. T)ler
nnouneed his Intention to shoot Dewlt on -igut.
'he shouting took place In a Moat t the iuwil
lhere ls some excitement In the sam county un
ccounl of the dlsapp-aiauee of Hubert M rt- i white*, *
lc ls supposed to have been tnuid'-r-l lyal and ot
?grass aha had Mads n,rests aga n.-u hi biwtMa
his bruit.. i aud another ha. tone ott tn aaslstaa e,
nd on their retain they lonna Rotor**** r?s with a
ole In lt, amt his gun. but no tia fl ,*f ;..!- ?
A nc.iti named Worthy, who wss ulm in Nen terry
'ouati last flntnidai by J- W, ntuaae\m, un ?**, iiir.i
[>da>. Worthy was adnilolslciing ' a conj uni
al gatton to bli wit *, -a '?*.*.?
non ordered ulm ott, tad War* , weat, bul return
Hg shortly aflciwaid, he was tilled v.th po. ol balls
1 HauasiM.
Jonenboto. ca., Dec i- (t*pecuii.- Last n ght Jolt
aB| a oouitat'le, went out lo arrest Ho.ne Ortffln
negro, who had stolen a h.n.e. (.ililli: attack-it th*
ousiable with a hug* such. ?*d wai shut deed h.
ba lattttx.