Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-04-20
NEWS BY MAIL.

The Republicans Of Virginia are organic
ing in every county, preparatory to entering
upon an energetic campaign in the fall
Earl De Gray will inaugurate on Saturday
a series of evening receptions, to which the
ladies of Washington will be invited.
The constitutionalts of the legal-te tender
act was argued before full bench of the L.
s. Supreme Court Tuesday.
Secretary Belknap has reduced the army to
peace footing. All supernumerary officers
have been either retired or mustered out,
and the number of enlisted men brought down
to the legal standard of 10000.
Judge Thomas A. Marshall, one of the
most distinguished jurists in Kentucky, died
on Monday. He has been in public for the
past forty yearly years, twenty-five of them
as judge of the Kentucky court of appeals.
The graduating class at the naval academy
this year consists of fifty three midshipmen,
two of whom are from Massachusetts, one
from Rhode Island, one from Maine and one
from Connecticut.
Letters from the surveying party of the At
lantic and Pacific Railroad in the Indian
country make no mention of attacks by In
dams recently reported. An escort of United
States troops accompanied the party,
The four Senate pages who undertook to
play ku-klux on an apple peddler of Ethio
plan descent in the basement of the Capitol,
one night last week, and two were conse-
quently dismissed, have been pardOned. Their
disabilities have been removed, and they are
again on duty.
A step toward the adjustment of the Penn
sylvania coal troubles has finally been taken.
Tho mipara nd tba bara
pointed committee of nine, these commit
tees have unanimously agreed on an umpire,
and the conference met Tuesday at Mauch
Chunk and began business.
The recent address of the Missouri Repub-
lican Committee, mentioned by telegraph, is
said to have emanated from "a self
tued and so-called Liberal Republican EN-
ecutive Committee. consisting OF twelve men,
ten Germans and two Americans
The Columbia (S. c. Union says there
have recently been numerous instances in the
northern part of that State where men who
voted the Republican ticket have been COM
PEELED to renounce their connection with the
party and to publish cards declaring that they
are in favor of a white mans government,
under penalty of whipping, and even death.
In the Senate Tuesday, Mr.. Fenton made
personal explanation denying that he was in
any way privy to the treason of Mr.. Winans
of New York, and said he knew nothing of it
until he saw the report in the newspapers.
Mr.. Edmunds reported from the conference
committee on the ku-klux bill, and Mr.. Cole
on the deficiency bill. After some debate
the conference report on the Ku-Klux bill was
adopted-32 to l6-and the report on the de-
ficiency bill was rejected-26 to 2S-and a
new committee ordered. The House refused
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PLANTATION. Mr.. Bells resolution on the sub
ject of taxation was debated during the morn
ing hour. The Speaker appointed the spe.
cial committees on outrages in the southern
States and on the Mississippi levees. The
House then disposed of all the Business on
the Speakers table, and adjourned to half
past ten this morning
The Boston journal says there was a ter
rible tragedy at the State Prison this after
noon. William Il. Flanders, one of the over
seers of the cabinet shop, being young man
| about 10 years old, wentup to a prisoner
| named Stuart, who has not been very indus
trios lately, and told him that he must give
| better attention to his work. Stuart made no
particular reply. Flanders then started to -
| to another part of the room, but he had hardly
got his back turned when Stuart caught up a
| heavy post of a bedstead, and struck Flan-
ders fearful blow on the side of his head
| back of his left ear. Flanders instantly fell
senseless, and in dropping struck his face in
the corner of a pile of furniture. The noise
of his fall attracted the attention of the work
men near by, and just as Stuart had raised
the post to strike another blow he was caught
and secured by two of his fellw prisoners.
Other overseers and officers soon arrived on
the spot, and Flanders was taken up and car
ried into the hospital. One side of his head
was terribly crushed and his face was badly
cut and bruised. For several hours he lay
unconscious, and no hopes of his recovery
were entertained. This evening it is report
ed that DR.. Crosby gives some encourage,
ment that the injured may recover. 1t is said
that Stuart is partially insane. The parents
of Flanders live in Concord.