Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-07-02
mittee on retrenehment, on ordnance. ON

compensation of employees, on repairs Of
Executive Mansion; special committee
on the rules Of Southern railroads, on ed,
ucation in the District Of Columbia, ON
soldiers and sailors bounties, ON recon-
struotion, on the revision Of the laws OF
the United States, on the treatment OF
Union prisoners, ON the pay department
on the Niagara ship canal, on The inyesti-
cation oSeharges against Hon. l. Don
nelly. and ON the correspondence between
the Missouri delegation and Senator Hen
derson. OF the two latter committees,
the first has made is report, but has not
yet been discharged; the latter has fin
ished its investigation, but the prepara-
ton of the report has been postponed
for the present The above list does not
include the Committee on Impeachment.
MlssIssIrrI-0n Tuesday last General
Biddle, commandant Of the post of Jack
son, Miss, demanded the surrender Of the
Governors office. Gov. Humphreys re-
fused TO yacate Gen. Biddle asked il he
would have TO use force in order 20 get
possession. Gov. Humphreys replied that
he would. Gen. Biddle then brought IN
squad OF soldiers and took possession OF
the office. Gov. Humphreys has fitted up
another room for an office, and claims Il
be Governor of Mississippi. On Mondry
the election commenced for the ratifca.
tion Of the proposed Constitution. Thir'
tv-ninc precincts heard from give Dem
ocratic majority of over 1000. The Ra.
ideals carried ten Of the thirty-nine pre-
cincts. Tho Radicals have the American
| flag printed on the back of their tickets
ARREsr oF ALLEGED MURDERERs.-
Jared Chapman, formerly Of Norwich
CT, and Isaac Applewhite were arrested
At New York saturday. by order of III,
Mayor Of Fcrnandina, Fla, on the charge
Of having robbed and murdered mar
named O'Rourke at Feruandins on th;
18th. The facts os the case are quite in
| teresting:
"Chapman went to Fernandina abou
| ,ix months ago TO engage in the business
Of gardening, which he followed until tn,
10th or llth of the present month. A
that time he concluded to visit his family
at Norwich, and having but little money
| shipped as coal-passer on the steamship
.. L. al
while on his way TO the ship. he met Ap
| plewhite, who was a stranger 10 him, and
IT whom he inquired the hour for the de.
! parture Of thu ship. After conversing fol
short time, Chapman went 10 his sup
per, and Applewhite returned 70 the YES
| -cl. After eating his supper. ChnpInanr
llso went Ia the steamer with his luggage
and quantity Of vegetables which h,
intended to dispose OF in the New lorl
market Applewhite went OH the decl
and assisted ia taking the baggage ant
I freight on board, after which time-sis
q'clock--both men solemnly aver that
| they did not again go on shore. Ihi'
~tatemens is substantAted by all Of III,
crew Of the Flag.
it Is alleged that about ten o'clock tha
night these two men were ON shore, anC
after robting O'Rourke beat him SO terri
bly that he died soon afterward, ORourkc
before his death. said that his two assail
,nfs wore heavy whiskcrs, which peculiar
! lty of tho men, together with the fact O
their having left the place on the SAINT
night, pointed to them as the criminals
| At the time of the arrest they appeared
much surprised, and claimed that they
did not know the reason for their arrest
/ They also demanded 10 be taken immcdi
ately back 10 Fernandina to answer tn,
I charge. The prisoners are intelligent
men. Chapman is native of Connecti
cut, and ipplewhite studied for the bar
but having become much reduced IN oi-
cumstanees through the war, was obhget
to ship as coal-passer to obtain living
/ They are now detained at New York t,
await directions from Florida"