The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-02-23


river, with 1900 bales of cotton, collided
with the steamer Richmond twelve miles
above New Orleans on Sunday morning.
The Saline sank in few minutes. The |
Richmond was considerably damaged, but |
rer dered ell the assistance posi- taking all
the passengers and some 800 bales Of cotton off
the Sabine. The Sabine will probably prove
a total loss ...... The Governor Of Virginia has
committed the sentence Of Woods. a ruflian
negro, to have been hanged on Friday for
the murder Of Lewis Schwarts, to life i'm
prisonment.
Mas. ELIzABETH D0UcHERrY was accident
ally shot and killed by her little grandson
at Paris, KY, on sunday.....Capt. James
Beggs, Of Covington, late Deputy United
States Marshal, has been arrested and sent
to Jail at Louisville, on account Of q deficit
Of about $4,000 in his accounts.
JOIN W. JENKINS, prominent Republican,
has been arrested by the Sergeant-at-Arms
of the Virginia House of Representatives,
for refusing to testify in the effort to ascer-
tain the character Of certain lobby schemes.
DUEL was fought at Bay st. Louis on
Thursday, between General A. 8. Rodep,
Chief Of Police of New Orleans, and hon.
George w. Carter, formerly Speaker OF the
House in the Louisiana Legislature. They
exchanged shots with rifles at sixty PAGES
without effect. The differences were then
amicably adjusted. The Methodist Book
Concern at Nashville was destroyed by fire
on Thursday night. Loss $4,000 insured
for $5,0O0......A destructive FIRE occurred
at Sharpsburg, Bath county, KY, on Tues
and five of the best business houses in town.
Three men were arrested, charged with
starting the Are, and it was with difficulty
that the mob could be prevented from
hanging them.
Washirgton.
Mrs. ADMIRAL DAHLGREx has laid claim
before each house for the amount due from
the Government to her late husband for the
use of guns upon which he had a patent.
This claim was fully recognized by the
Navy Department, but previous to the Ad-
miral's death he had made no collections.
.....The President has appointed Sayles j.
Bowen, ex. Mayor of Washington, Minister
to Ecuador.....A Another expedition under the
command of Commander Crossman will soon
be fitted out by the Navy Department to
survey the Nicaragua route for an inter
oceanic canal.
TIE location of the new Government
buildings in Chicago was decided upon on
Monday. The square purchased 10 two
blocks south Of the former position on Dear.
born street. The other sides Of the square
are Clark, Jackson, and Adams. The price
agreed on is 81 100000.
IT appears from official documents that thu
number Of steamers on the Atlantic coas
inspected in 1871 was l,4l0. The value o
property destroyed by FIRE, explosion, COLI
sion, and wreck, was 81 1874 900; lives lost
; 3l9. Number of steamers inspected il
} water flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, 1917
property destroyed, $l,4l4,00o; lives lost
; SOS. Number OF steamers inspected on tn
lakes, GAO; property destroyed, SAs6,oeo
: spected on the Pacific coast, 1870; lives lost
7 2oe. No statement of property destroyed.
The Senate, in Executive session o.
Thursday, confirmed the nomination o
Gratiot Wash burne, son of Minister Wash
) hume. as Assistant Secretary to the Lega
ton to France, and also that Of Samuel c
Wineard, as United States Attorney 70
, Washington Territory.
a Foreign.
! A DISPATCH from Cork reports that terri
: BILE storm has prevailed for the past fe'
days on the southern coast Of Ireland, an
c several disasters, with serious loss of If
are reported. Three vessels, whose name
have not been ascertained, foundered o.
3 Ballycattan, a village 20 miles southeast {
4 Cork. and their crews perished.....Th
. Grand Duke and party arrived at New Oh
leans en- Monday.
a OK the 9Th inst. Lord Mayo, Governo
. General of India, was stabbed by convit
:: at Port Blair, Andaman Islands, and die
y soon. Upon receipt of the news in the Ems
! lish House of Commons eulogies were PR
noun ed bv Mr.. Gladstone and Disraeli, an
bv the Duke Of Argyle in the House (
8 Lords, referring in terms Of the highe'
. nraise TO the great public services Of the ID
ceased Caleb Cushing, j. Bancroft Davi
o william M. Evarts, and NJ. r. Waite hav
!, | arrived in Paris, and are in close consult,
q in regard to the business before the Genev
u Beard Of Arbitration. Prayers were offere
!. on Sunday in all the churches at Sheffiel
70 for the prevention of war between Englan
and the United States....M. Rouher, 70
merly Minister of State under Napoleon, hi
70 been elected to the French Assembly fro
a the Island Of Corsica.
% THE Right Hon. John Evelyn Denniso
. late Speaker of the House Of Commons,
j. eazctted as viscount Ossington. He a
r reared in the House of Lords on Tuesds
0. evening, and the oath having been admit
l. istercd, he took his seat as q peer...... Mini
IS ter jaw, of Austria, arrived at Kome {
Il, Tuesday to meet Gen. Sherman. both
y, whom were presented to King Victor En-
" manuel, who gave them cordial receptio
D. The Franco German postal convention b
n, been signed by the respective government
e. who are parties therets......It is rumored tn
an interview between the Gear and Emper
Of Of Brazil has been arranged to take place
l.. Nice. :. kilograms from Bombay announ
"a that the assassination Of the Earl Of Ma
=. causee an INTENSE excitement in India.
tn Calcutta and Bombay the murder was