davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-06
THE MORNING STAR.
of the sunLen steamer

The Detroit Advertiser of August 4 says:-
Before the close of the present week iC is
highly probable the hull of the ill.fated steamer
Morning Star, which was la ely sunk by collision
with the barque COrtlandt, will have been raised
IRON her bed IN the bottom of Lake Erie, and
placed in Campbell, Owen & Co.'s dry dock, in
this city, where she is to be repaired. On Friday
last her bows we're raised entirely out of the
water, go as to expose portion of the engine
room, and the hull was dragged by the North
west distance OF twenty or thirty feet, with
the hope that the motion might cause the stern
part to come to-the surface. 1t did not, how
ever; the steamers hull remained in the mud,
and the fact necessitated the employment of
additional buoys to raise her entirely.
The appearance of the Wreck-aS much of it
as can be scents that of great destruction, and
the fact of her going down so soon after the
collision is now easily accounted tor. Her
stem, including the forefoot, lockwood, plaL Ks
and timbers, for distance of twenty or twenty
five feet, is entirely toru away, leaving tire.
mepdous hele, through which the wa .er must
have poured with fearful velocity. 1t is possible,
however, that the steamer may have struc6
heavily on her nose when she reached the
bottom, which would aid materially in dlsplac
ing her timbers. Her upper works are pretty
generally smashed up, but have been held to the
main part of the ship by the rudder chains. The
air in the cabin becoming compressed as the
steamer went down, seems to have had much TO
do with breaking them up, aud it is possible
the hull may have been similarly affected
When she is fully raised, however, this will be
fully determined. The steamers engine does
not appear to have been injured much. Her
boilers are badly damaged. The hot plates haV
ing come suddenly in contact with the cold
water. contracted greatly, and aided by the
immense pressure OF the water, were dente1
inwardly and broken in several places. This
discovery was made by an attempt to pump air
into them to exclude the water and make them
aid In buoylng up the hull.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-06
FROM BALTIMORE.
Special Despatch to The Eoening Telegraph.
The Railway Trains-A FrightruI Tra-

GSpectut LIeSDutCN 20 IIte hOefttty ISteYTupHs
The Railway Trains-A FrightfuI Ira.
gedy.
BALTIMORE, Aug. cit is now officially an
nounced that trains will commence running
through on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to-
morrow. The Northern Central again runs
regularly.
The Colored Border States Convention ad-
journed last night sine die. The entire sentiment
of the Convention was towards sustaining the
Republican cause.
Business is dull.
Andrew X. George, Clerk of Judge Scott's
City Court, was terribly beaten yesterday even
ing, in the vicinity of the Almshouse, in the
suburbs of the city, by number OF ruffians,
and died this morning from the effects OF his
wounds. He had called at beer saloon for
refresh ments, and was beset by the murderers.
He was about thirty-three years of age and
married. The police are after the offenders.
[sECoND DEsPAToH.1
BALTIMORE, Aug. 6.-It was a cruel hoax this
morning about Andrew X. George, Clerk of the
City Court, being dead. He had been assaulted,
and some wags wrote Coroner Carr a letter,
signing his brothers name, asking him to hold
an inquest. The Coroner went, and found George
alive, and slightly bruised.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-06
FINANCIAL -IT.EMiS.

The New York Trioune OF this morning thus
speaks of yesterdays money market:-
Gold continues rampant the fears of tmd
mnue to be eager buyers at the market advances
i49h closing iia}s. There undoubtedly remains a
us be que psd Gy but e oa t9s side
advance is the dstrust of the party who striving
ofpnItisg down the Rebellion caused solely and en-,
e N Sy 2yd he aet saG PLENTY t acts @ &
Mr.. Wade Hampton, and other vigorous patriots'
and whose memories are not treacherous some
OF the repudiators here who seem TO have torgotsen
from now ali talk Of Reputation viii vanish like
eecy On ne eect9 % Of s S so s S &c
party no contracted It will see tn at IL Is paid In
the people did with the Government whea eS every ~
paper In the land rang daily the changes for more
and the to the loans We're as only ssc
hundred battle fields and hundreds of thousands OF
desoated homes who have parted with their best and
et The second part Of the call is represeated by
should be met as Inc other deSt Was Sun met, % without
hnchlng ano 20 the uttefmost. The present specua-
price during the war, and the amount controlled By
e fRg @ %s Ths ing Sa s the 9Sd
s2,6t9,974H Government bonds opened firm, with
an o new s @ and d. @ Tse @ IA
regard 70 lO.4os has advanced these bonds 70 lOs,
Them for S7s or 6Ss as the profit is now per cent.
gold bonds as the 10 4o by the decision OF the seSre.
tsry of the Treasury, who defines The payment of
principal and Interest In con without further ac.ion
Of Congress"
The New York Herald has the following
"The railway share market opened weak but after
II became strong, aud Erie which sold at sc
the opening advanced to SO before the close. The
street was as much surprised by this reaction by
and IL is completely beogged as to the influences AZ
the programme OF the party which engineered the
decline, ana hence the sudden upward movement
instead of the confidently predicted further decline
to much lower figures Whether Erie will advaace
decline from It's present point is uncertain for 1t
depends entirely upon clique manipulation, and out,
siders will therefore do well to leave 1t severely
alone. Po operate such stock is TO play against
loaded dice and designing swindlers, and the man
who either buys sells Erie might without any more
rlsk stake his money at the faro table. The whole
mark ct improved In tone sympathetlcally; but the
warning which Erie has afforded should not be lost
upon the holders of speculative stocks in general and
the outside public will do well to leave Wall street to
the cliques. Money continues easy, and loans
made AZ three per cent. on Governments and four
change to note"
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-06
DISASTER.
Terrible Explosion ln Alexandria, Vas-
sever Men SeElOuhlY Iniured.

Terrible Explosion ln Alexandria, Vas-
Seven Men Seriously Injured.
The Washington Express of last evening
says:-About 6 O'Clock yesterday evening, the
steam engine Augusta belonging to the local
trains between Alexandria and this city, ex-
ploded her boiler while waiting for the freight
t1ain at the corner of Duke and Henry streets,
the steam standing at one hundred and thirty
pounds, and four gauges of water. The engine
was blown to atoms, portions OF II being carried
several squares in every rectioU. A section OF
the boiler was blown through the house OF z.
Keirgan, Esq, in the vicinity carrying away the
corner of it, cracking and shattering the walls
and windows very badly. P. ONPIlps restau-
rant on the opposite corner, was demolished in
the rear portion, but fortunately the inmates
sustained no injury, although their peril was
great.
A child's carriage standing near the engine,
child providentially escaped with very slight
il uries and was rescued by DIR. Sno wden, of
the Gazette entirely unconscious of the danger
It had escaped. Had the explosion taken place
ten minutes later the loss of life would have
been irightiul, as the engine would have been
attached to the train containing the through
Southern passengers northward. OulY SIX per-
sons were seriously iDjured-John Field, negro,
supposed mortally, his wound being bad irac
ture of the skull; ChIres Joyce, engineer,
81 lghtly in the forehead and both thighs; William
arm broken; John Roby, fireman, in the fore
head and leg, and a negro girl and woman
scaded by the escaping steam. For time the
excitement and alarm was very great, but when
it was ascertained that the accidents were so
few and slight the tumult abated. aud the Gro wd
drawn to the spot by the occurrence LETT for
their homes and places OF business.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-06
TRACED Y.
Terrible Shooting ARRAY in Shrews-
buFy.XL.

The Rutland Herald brings us the details of
the Gilman murder, in Shrewsbury, Vt, on
Saturday evening already briefly reported by
telegraph. The Rutland journal saJs:-
For many years teud has existed between
the Plumley and Balch families, numerous law
suits growing out OF the same, aud suit being
pending between them in the Rutland County
Court. A few days ago two horses, owned by
Isaac H. Balch broke into field of corn owned
by Zba Plumey, doing considerable damage,
and as consequence the animals were i'm
pounded. Disinterested persons were appointed
10 appraise the damages, which they were en-
gagged in doing on Saturday afternoon, in com-
pany with, George Butterfly, a sonln-
preached by Balch and John Gilman
aud his son, John Gilman, Jr. Some words
followed between Balch and the Gilmans on
one side and Butterfly on the other, as to the
merits of the question under appraisal, whicn
they seemed to SETTLE and ali started toward the
road, distant about thirty rods, nearing which
Balch and Butterfly shook hands, the latter re-
marking that he was "Willing 70 let by.gones be
by-gones,n and that he would stand the drinks
for the crowd" With this explanation Batter
fly started for the house of lis tathern i-laW to
get pint Of rum with which to keep good his
promise. He WAS absent, however, ABOUT an
hour, during which the appraisers had departed,
4 Young Gilman renamed IN the held within
y ew feet Of the road, his father and Balch
standing in the high way. AT the expiration OF
The time mentioned Butterfly returned, in COM
pany With Horace r. Plumiey, Frederick
Plumley, and Hiba, their father Horace imme-
uldtely dpIlOdtutu Nllulhl, pOlulluB IL lOuucu
shot gun at him, and ordered him out OF the
field, with which request Gilman expressed his
willingness to comply, but the gun being in
what he evidently regarded too close proximity
to him, he seized hold of the barrel of the same
an attempted unsuccesstuy to wrench it from
the hald of Plumley. At this juncture, Frede-
rex Pl m'ey approached Gilman, and threat
ened TO stab him with a picEtork, with which
he was armed, unless he quilted the field. Gil
man turned to ward off the blow OF the fork
and in doing so oosed his hold on
the shot gun, in the, hands of Horace
when the latter deliberately fred upon him, the
charge Of shot taking effect in the region of the
heart Two workmen in the employ of Balch,
named Winn and Quarter, then came up, and
cross-hring ensued, during which several VOL
leys were discharged, resulting in inhicting o
severe wound in the left leg of John Gilman,
Sr., and "a flesh wound in the right leg AS we'll
as scalp wound on the person of Horace r.
Plumley, who fred the first shot. A Coroner's
jury was organized on Saturday evening, and
the result was verdict "that the deceased
John Gilman, Jr., came to his death from the
effects OF charge of shot, discharged from a
weapon in the hands Of a person to the jury
unknown" This verdict was rendered that
Horace Plumley may receive the benefit Of
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-06
FROM TENNESSEE.
The Enfranc chissmsnt OF Rebsls-Yho
Governor TO Control the Military.

Special Despatch TO Tie KOentn0 IeIegrdph.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 6.-The question as
TO whether the subject of enfranchising the
Rebels should be taken up at this called session
was discussed in the House during the entire
day yesterday. At its close resolution was
adopted by the decisive vote of "a to IS, de-
claring that it was not expedient to take up the
question. The decision has occasioned good
deal of feeling and not little belligerent talk
from the coercionists. Nothing OF consequence
was done in the Senate.
1t is understood that the House Military Com
mittee will report a bill in a day or two giving
the governor fall authority to call out all the
force that may be necessary for the enforcement
of the laws and the protection Of citizens,
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-06
FROM ST. LOUIS.
DemOcrat POlitics-Seronad ads to General
rant-EnthusIasTtc Demonstration.

ST. LOUIS, August 6.-The Democratic Con-
yention met yesterday effected a permanent
organization, and adjourned. The John P.
Phelps men were beaten by this. The probability
is, if Colman does not receive the nomination
there will some third man be put iu to defeat
Phelps. His Provost Marshal record under
Lincoln is Objectionable. The Democrats say
they will give him but faint support If nomi-
Dated. One hundred more delegates to the
Democratic Convention arrived this morning on
the Rob Roy. They were sand-barred. The
majority are against Phelps.
General Grant was serenaded last night. There
was a long torchght procession, although no
public notice was given.
Daniel Rabener, who killed Policeman Kiuner,
was found guilty of mansaughter and sentenced
to two years in the penitentiary.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-06
THE EUROPEAN MARKETS.
This MOrAiAg ga Quotations.

BY dLLuTLLIc JNOE6,
LONDON, August "a. M.-Cousols 94b @994 for
both money and account. U. s. Five.twenties,
7ls; Illinois Central, 9l; Erie Railroad, SO.
FRANKFORT, August GA. M.-United States
bonds, 754
LIVERPOOL, August Ga. M.-Cotton opened
easier at the closing prices of last night. The
sales of to-day are estimated at 5000 bales.
Breadstufs.-Ho. 2 red Western Wheat has
advanced to los. Sd. All other quotations are
unchanged hom yesterday,
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-06

GRAPH oFFIoR. NAAh'
A. "'"''''''''''o IL A. .m'......S0l2 p M..,,,.8s
steamship Branee. HOWE NeW Mog@iNG YSrR o,n MI,
6afgue aa freeman Dennis. Fletcher HaVre, K. A Son
Barque Matilda. Slower. Bremen, Peter wrIpbt,ssor,
bfiG Nigreta showers, Marsellles, L. westergaard q
sehr W. +. Phelps. Cranmer, Boston. Davis, Fales a.
schr PennsylyanIa. Smith, Richmond. d Cooper.
scnr % 9ienwood' S Lawrence. New Bedford. Penn Gas
schr 9sTsaSsti sSt NshSs Bo,atpn Mershon Cloud
sc6r J. p McDevitt McDevitt, Providence a,
schI @ Merping M star & Lynch, Providence. do. DO
schr Reading RR. No. 49, Robinson. Bristol, do. do.
sHa Sis
Tug 4oSsoa enn Hs4snSer MsM iSak for e Clyde
bsrges w. p. Clyde d Co. W" VI
barres sspeWS.ff Gyde co. Baltimore with tow
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Steamship Brunette; Howe, "a hours from New
sSSns XNHDt G@sRes s from
scSE bps T. Wos pse dSys nom T paD,s1o
lumber % NorcTOss Sheets '.''t0' with
with mdse 70 David Cooper. ''A"noria'
schr slenwood lawrence HON % aortSsRFs Point
Jas 81 %asoS sUnes nom rOn Salem
Steamer & IL L; Cav. Iier 10 hours from Baltimore,
stsa%sT r %illi1s; cgnSG ls hours nom BaltI.
mdBe w.
Steamer Bristol. Wallace. "a hours from New York
with mdse TO w. ?. Clyde 90.
Tug Lookout AlexsndeI from Baltimore. with
tow of barges TO w. p. Clyde d Co.
Tug Chesapeake; Mershon, from Baltimore with
tow Of barges 10 w. p. Clyde d Go.
MEMORANDA.
Barque Ephraim Williams, Hon, for PhIladeInhIa.
sailed from Charleston yesterday.
Bsrqne Mary o Fox. Ross, for Philadelphia, sailed
from Havana 10th ult N~
Barque Maggie Bennett. for Delaware Breakwater.
sailed from Tunas l7th ult
Brig Philip Larrahee, hence for Weymouth, Mass.
was below Boston 4th lost.
10Th ult.
schr shannon, hence, at Tunss 18th ult
SchTh Mabel Hall, Hall, and Champion, -, hence
schr searsviiie Sears, hence, at Boston 4th inst.
Schrs Seventy-six Teel, and L. j. Trafton, Tapley.
schTs Geo. a squire, TImmins, and O. Shaw. Shaw
scbr CiaTs Rankin Rankin hence at Lynn Sd inst
Schrs H v, Miller, Miller, and Breeze, OvertOn
hence. al Portsmouth, I'd inst ,.,,- :,
ken6urg for Philadelphia, sailed from Providence attn
Instant. -, 49,. ~, -,
phia at New York yesterday.
schr b. r. Lowell, Leavitt hence, at Portsmouth 1st
SehT M H. Read Benson, for PHILADELPHIA, sailed
from New Bedford 4th inst.
6chr II. p Chase, Collins, hence at Lynn lst inst.
[BY TELEaRAPH.1
NEW YORK, Aug. : Arrived steamships e.
from Liverpool s9d % Ocean na, Sueen es5s fsom ASpnw'
BREsT, Aug s-The steamship Europa, fror
York July 2bth, arrived here en- route Ior HP
DOMESTIC PORTS.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6TArrived, steAmsf
Ship Constitution. Hstten. from Liv
Ship Vanguard, Russell from Car
BaTque Evefhsrd Deiius, Harb
BaTque A. A. Drebert Ross. fro
Brig q 7, TomPkina, Walters, trI
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-06

An advance of Il from yesterdays closing price.
Foreign Exchange on London:-60 days, 1O93
@1l0; 8 days, ll0@l10s. On Paris:-60 days,
Of. l64@5f. 1873; 3 days, 5f. 15405L III.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-06

doubts in the case. as he claims that he &C ed IN
self.deiense, or that the discharge of the weapon
was accidental Young Gilman was resident
OF Little Falls, n. T., and was but temporarily
at Shrewsb bury, TO help his father through hay
ing and harvesting. He was about twenty-five
years of age.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-06
PHILADELPHIA STOCK KxOHANgB sALEs TO.BA
Reported by De Haven q Bro No. 40 q. Third street
BEFORE BOARDS.
500 sh Read R,-b6O. 46 is 100 sh Read R....bs0 20
100 do........ DsO 40 100 do....... sl0- 40


-Messrs. Jay Cooke q Co. quote Govern
ment securities, ETC., as folio ows;-U. s. IS. OF
1881, l16l@1l6t; old 5-20s, 1l42@ll5; new s EOS,
1864, lll@1lll; do, 1865 1l2a0bll2t; 52Os, July,
10si@lO9; do, 1867, lO9@lO94; do, 1868, 169
Gl094; l0-40s. l09t a I09}. Gold, l49b.
-Messrs. William FAINTER a Co., bankers,
No. 56 S. Third street, report the following
rates OF exchange to-day at IL o'cocK:-
United States 6s, 1881, l16Gll6t; y. 8. 62Os,
1862, l14s@ll4i; do. 1864, 1l0b b0lll; do, 1866,
1l2AG1l24; do. July, 1865, IOs4@lOs5; do. July,
1867 lOsl@1O9 1868, lOSb0lO9; 6s, lO-40s, 1898
@lO94. compound Interest Notes, past due,
ll940; September, 1865, 11slalls}: October,
1866, 1ls@ll83. U, $. Pacific Railroad Cur
rency Bonds, lV2s@l02b. Gold. l49i ,9l49i.
-Messrs. De Haven q broIher, NO. Az south
Third street, report the following rates of ex-
change today at p. M.:-U. s. 6s of 1881. ll6k
@1i6s; do; 1852, l14is59ll4l; d. 1854. ll03@
1881; do.,. 1867, new, ld8i0lO9t; do, 1868, lO8I
@lO9t; do, IS, 10 40s, 1904 0lO9A; Due Com
pound Interest Notes, 1l94; do, September,
1865, lls4; do. October, 1865, ll7i. Gold, l49S
@149f. Silver. 14O@142
- The following are this mornings gold and
foreign quotations. reported by Whelen Bro
theirs, Gold Stock, and Exchange Brokers, No.
& rd a.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-06

Northern Democratic letters have evidently
been received i'll the Office of the Richmond
Examiner. The issue of last Saturday reads the
ex.Confederate officers a severe lecture for their
late speeches. and says their only effect will be
TO supply their enemies at the North with excel
lent ammunition.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-06

What our Republican friends In Maine can
do in the pending campaign is apparent from
what they have done in the past. At the State
elections OF the last four years the total votes
and the Republican majoriues have been as
InllnMe.-
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-06
LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

For additional Marine Ne,os see Inside PAGES
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA ......... .AIJGJTST a
STATE OF THERMOMETER AT THE EVENING rp,n
GRAPH oFFICH. -N'
IA, M...-."...75I III A. M............ IL p NJ Or
The Portland daily press., 1868-05-07

The paper that has larger circulation than
any other Democratic paper in the country is
entitled to some considerable attention as in
dicating the views and purposes of that party.
The La Crosse Democrat of this week among
other things says that in the coming election
the Democrats will have "a free vote or a free
.fght, meaning by free vote, as the context
shows, an election in which negroes are not
allowed to participate. In another place it
hints that some of the speeches of the gentle
men who attended the cele bration of Jeffer-
sons birthday, on the 18th of April, were not
published by the New York World 1t saws
that " Hon. w. W Eaton, of Connecticut, one
OF the clearest headed politicians of the land,
spoke boldly, truthfully and pointedly in favor
Oh repudiation. Hon. Edward Ingersoll, one
OF the most popular, powerful and influential
pohlcans and statesmen of Pennsylvania as
ne is one Of the best lawyers in the country,
said the bonds were illegally issued, uniustly
protected, and would never be paid" Then it
eulogizes John Morgan, the Rebel guerrilla,
and expresses its approval of the assassination
OF Lincoln in the most emphatic language. A
poem on Stonewall jackson in which that
soldier is spoken of as the peer of Washington,
an article in which Lincoln is spoken of as
that old cuss" and variety of profane and
obscene articles on miscellaneous topics make
up the table Of contents of the most opula
Democratic paper in the country for April
2Sth.
The Portland daily press., 1868-05-07

THE MAINE STATE PRESS, is published at the
same place every Thursday morning at $500 year,
fuv t.ioL 1v m adj
The Portland daily press., 1868-05-07

The JUDD CAsE-The disgusting revela-
tons of the Judd divorce case, no being tried
in New Haven, Conn, afford the New York
World an opportunity to sneer at New Eng
land. To this the New Haven Journal makes
telling reply, alleging that not even a
witness in the case is "a New Highlander" 1t
adds:
The Rev. Mr. Judd LII. D., is Of the Dem
ocratic school ofpolitics, and during his short
ministry here was seriously accused of disloy-
atty to the Union. His title of doctor of the
Civil and Common Law, was derived IRON
one OF those little colleges of which New York
State, Is so full, and which, without a reputa-
ton beyond its own county styles itself an
University" he was an office-hOldsr in New
York city, appointed by President Buchanan.
and we presume that he was an honest one
for he testifies that he made nothing out OF
his ot1ice except his salary of $1,000 year.
lie added somewhat to his income By prepar-
ing speeches Tor a Democratic Congressman.
from New YORK city, and by translating the
scriptures for a New York religious society.-
His wife is thorough New Yorker, the Wild
ow OF New York lawyer, and present resi-
Gent Oh that city. Their introduction to New
England was accidental, and their residence
III New Haven was not conducive to the pros
perlty OF the church over which they minister
ed. New York may take all the credit due to
tnelr virtues and must shoulder all the respon-
siDility that any community can bear for their
faihngs.
The Portland daily press., 1868-05-07

THOMAS HUGHES, the author of atom
Brown at Oxford" who is now in Parlia-
ment, declined, it will be remembered, to
spend any money to secdre an election. His
agents, however, spent about seven hundred
pounds, which he is now called upon to pay.
This is extremely unpleasant to Mr.. Hughes,
and he announces that if he is a candidate
again he shall ignore all the ordinary election
eering machinery, and depend solely upon
public meetings and other legitimate means of
influencing public opinion. Ii he succeeds,
he will pave the way for poor men TO get into
Parliament and take long step toward re-
forming the venality and clap-trap which
are characteristic of English elections in a
far greater degree than of our own.
The Portland daily press., 1868-05-07

A FIENDIsH PLoT.-Seven men recently
entered into solemn written agreement to
throw the pay train on the Jacksonville, Ind -,
Railroad from the track, murder all the per-
sons in charge of the train and divide the con-
tents of the Paymaster's safe, which it was
expected would amount to about S3o,0cO They
also agreed to kiln any one of their number
who might be wounded in the engagement
with the men in charge of the tram, or any
one who might betray them. One of their
number, however, informed the railroad Of
ticials OF the plot. and the conspirators got
wind oft and abandoned their plan. Most of
them have been arrested, and they certainly
deserve the severest punishment.