Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-12-25
rELEGRAPHIC.

NAsHvn LIE, Dec. 2D.-Springf1eld,
Robertson county, was thrown into
quitea state of excitement yesterday
afternoon by an attempt on the part
of the prisoners confined in the jail
at that place to escape. When Mr..
II. III. Murphy, son of the jailer, en-
tered the jail with supper for the pris-
oners, one of them named Shoenake,
who is represented as desperate char
acter, attacked him, telling him that
he intended to make his escape or die
in theattempt. In the confusion that
ensued, Shoemake and thirteen others
out Of the nineteen in the jail escaped,
the remaining five being secured by
Mr.. Murphy, who then pursued Shoe
make, shooting him through the
heart just as he leaped across creek
short distance from the jail, thus
verifying his assertion that he would
escape or die in the attempt. The
citizens then turned out and recap
tured the balance of the fugitives, and
locked them up in their old quarters.
Three of them were slightly wounded.
A number of attempts have been
made heretofore by the prisoners in
they have uniformly. failed. ~
Especial Telcgraphic Correspondence of the
Louisville Couricr-Journal.l
WASHINGTON Dec. 18-Congress
was duh to-day. In the House the
credentials of Menard, the colored
member from Louisiana, Were pre-
scented, and duly referred to the Com
mittee on Elections, the seat being
contested. There does not appear to
be much probability that he will get
his seat, owing to the fact that the
vacancy he assumes to fillwas caused
by death, and that the boundaries of
the district were changed by the
Louisiana Legislature before an cleo
ton was ordered, thereby changing
very materially the district, in which
the original vacancy existed. 80
RICHMOND, Dec. 1S.--The farm OF
Ex-Governor Wise, SO long held by
the Government, was yesterday sur
rendered to the ownerby the Govern.
ments 1t was also ordered yesterter.
day that payment be made to the
owner for the rent of Libby Prison.
RICHMOND, Dec. 10. -Hunnicut's
, paper, the New Nation, which
, stopped its daily issue some week,
!. ago, wholly suspended to-day. The
: editorrepresents the Republican man
ayers here as having prescribed him
| announces himself q candidate fol
Congress in his district in opposition
: to the regular nominee. .@'1e-tt
!, LONDON, Dec. l9.--The French
official Journal says that tn,
changes in the ministry are a contir
nation of the Emperor's programm,
i of policy, which is liberal at HON,
! and pacific abroad. iGsaa'gatl bic
D LONDON, Dec. .1S.-The Marquis o
Salisbury denies the truth Of the re
port that the Government has deter
e mined to recall Earl Mayo from In
dia. -.-..
The Times, in an article on the re
:, cent proceedings in the American
. Congress concerning the nationa
credit, fears the ambiguity of purpos
: apparent in the resolution against re
pudiation, and argues that if tn
. world was certain the United State
y would pay the interest on their deG
= in gold, aS England and France dc
= the annual burden Of the countr
!, might be reduced one half; for Enp
. land pays no more interest than th
!, United States, although her debit
!, twice as large. r.ra ~ tt +
8 The Standard exults in the compl,
II tion of the postal treaty betwee
I'D
r triumph of the Tory party, and d.
l. clares that the benefits to mankin
: by the convention are immeasurabl,
! The Times, in an article OH the in
= pending war in the East; holds tha
~ Greece Is the aggressive party, b
m cause she ordered her vessels to fiji
= upon all Turkish men-of-war. ri
Times thinks the powers will brin
such pressure to bear upon the Athei
ian Government that peace wi
speedily be restored.
y The Standard and Star both a
|: tribute the outbreak in the East {
the obstinacy of the European powe
=, In maintaining the statu quo of IL
4 Ottoman empire. 10
, a dispatch from Constantinop
II charges the Greeks with commencin
70 hostilities. 1t asserts that i'm Their
=. cent naval encounter in Archipelag
:, the Erosis fired the first shot, Il
~ Turkish man-o-war returned the fl
: with effect, and the Erosis put on a
> her steam and ran into the harbor
,, syria. The dispatch adds that Il
y, y Eroisis was struck several times an
81 her:mast and smokestack badly dan
10 aged.