Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-12-04

ing for him. A few minutes after Richard
sons entrance Mcfarland walked over to
h m without saying word and fired piss
tol wounding Richardson in the abdomen.
The wounded man. without saying word
walked up to the Tribune editorial rooms,
whence he was conveyed to a drug store to
have the wound attended to. He is not cx-
pcc,ed to recover. Mcfarland was arrested
There seems to have been no recent inccn-
tive to his deliberate deed The difficulty
between Mcfarland and Richardson occur
red over year ago At the time referred
to Richardson denied the charge of impro-
per intimacy with Netherlands wife, but
published a card stating his intention to
marry her aftera divorce had been procured.
Trouble in Tennessee.
MEMPHIS, Nov PA terrible affair &C.
CURED at Christianvilic, Tennessee, on
Monday. A party of masked men went to
the house of Thomas Jones, planter. for
the purpose of disarming negroes working
for him. Jones having an intimation of
this. determined to resist, as the negroes
had been pcacab!c and wcl.diSposcd. lie
made the proper means for defence, and
when the raiders came they were received
with fire which caused them to retreat leav-
ing two mortaly wounded. One died the
next morning. 1t was said he was misslcd
into the scrapc. The excitement next day
was intense Officers came and arrested
Jones aud his negroes. Owing to the cx-
citcment Jones was carried to the river in
charge of a Deputy Sheriff and placed on
the steamer Lou;sriIle. and brought here.
while the Sheriff, with the negroes. started
for Troy, but on the way was attacked by
posse who took five negroes into the
woods and shot them down. The Sheriff,
by hard begging, succeeded in saving the
lives of the others. who were taken to Troy
aud put in Jail. The excitmcnt at Upton
is intense as the parties were well known.
1t is supposed other blood will be shed be-
fore the matter is settled in court.
Trouble between Whites and Blacks In Mis-
sisSippi.
MEMPHIS, Nov. 29.-Troublcs in Mis-
sissippi are increasing The citizens Of
Water Valley were greatly alarmed last
night by reported threats by negroes to
| burn the town. and committee went to
Grenada for troops, which were sent down
yesterday afternoon. \ serious riot Oc-
Cured in Winona, Mis>iSsipri between
the blacks and whites. Some fifty shots
were fired. Fortunately nobody was hurt.
Couricrs had been sent to Grenada for
troops, but they were absent at Water VAL
ley. At last accounts further troubles
were eminent. The report is confirmed of
| a fight between the whites and blacks in
Suntlower county, on Saturday week ago,
in which thirteen of the latter are reported
| killed. The leader of the blacks and eight
or ten citizens were are arrested by the
military.
ARRAY in Kentucky.
LOUISVILLE. Nov. 2S.-A desperate
character named Cooper, who had been
whipped by party of Regulators. in Pu,
laski county. caused the arrest of the par.
tics on Saturday morning. The ease was
fixed for trial, aud Cooper and his friends
entered Somerset. the county seat. armed
to the teeth There the accused parties,
numbering twenty. and Cooper with his
conicdcratcs, equally strong. entered into
il quarrel, which eliminated in regular
pitched battle. \ hundred and fifty shots
were fired, resulting in the killing of three
men and mortally woundiny one. The
fight abatcl by mutual consent, both par
ties bcin:. out of ammunition. In the af-
tcrnoon, each party having recruited its
forces, they were about to rc-cntcr the
town. but armed citizens warmed them off.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.--Paul Gcrand,
brothcr-in- law of the Portuguese Minister.
announces that he will be married on De.
ccmber Sd to Miss Wormly, daughter of Il
well-known colorca restaratcur in WASH
ington. Gcrand is Il gentleman of posi-
ton and education. lie is wealthy and
has distinguished relations in France.
Miss Wormly is we'll educated; ofplcasing
manners The event promises to disturb
the social circle" considerably.
1t is understood that the Presidents
| Message fills about three newspaper col
umns. The message and Boutwcll's re-
port will be sent to Congress in writing,
and must be telcgraphed from Washing
ton. The other Cabinets and Bureau re-
ports will probably be mailed through the
Associate Press on Monday or Saturday.
The Treasury, Navy and War reports are
Only Onc-h alI OF tWO-tnlruS as long as last
year.
New YORK, Nov. 29.-Thc ball was cx-
tracted from Richardson this morning.
His condition is more prccarious than ever.
New York, Nov. 3O.-.Thc captain of
the Scottish bark Probe, from Bordeaux, re-
ports that he saw two sea scrrcnts on the
edge Of the Gulf Stream. 200 miles east
of Delaware Bay. One was 20 feet long
and six or eight inches thick, and the 9TH
err about five feet long.
The Times urges the transfer of the ne.
gotiations relative to the Alabama claims to
Washington. 1t doubts report that ne.
gotiations have been re-opcned by Motley.
1t says, however, we have reason to believe
that the British Government was officially
notified sometime since by the Secretary Of
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