The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-11-20

"A quarrel growing out of an old feud be
tween Geo. Hopkins and Mr.. Bayley o
RTowneton, Horny county, Mo-, resulted II
killing Hopkins and mortally wounding Bay
Icy. Both were highly respected citizens
Hopkins being public administrator OF the
county.
Two of the iron works in south st. LOuii
have stopped, throwing about two hundred
men out of employment. The Vulcan iror
works stopped two Of their three furnaces and
closed their rail mill, discharging about foul
hundred men. Other works have also stopped
some OF their furnaces or discharged some Of
their employees and all have reduced wages
twenty per cent. Many manufacturing estab-
lishments in the city have materially reduced
their working force, but have not cut down
wages
On account OF the general reduction Of the
wages of the employees of the East Tennessee
Virginia and Georgia railroad company, the
engineers fremen machinists and blacksmiths
quit work. Some delay in trains resulted, but
the company has succeeded in supplying the
places Of the engineers and tiremen, 10 as not
to interfere with the passenger service. The
company has ordered reduction OF 20 per
cent to be made. Employees are willing to
work OH short tine, but object to a decrease
of per diem. The company will not recede.
No demonstrations have been made by the
employees The men obstruct the running Of
freight trains but do not interfere with mail
trains.
Representatives of twenty southern rail
roads met at Chattanooga last week. and unan-
imously adopted resolutions affirming the
justice Of any reasonable reduction Of wages
by companies; recognizing the right Of any
employe TO refuse to work at the wages Of
fered; condemning in strongest terms as un-
justifable and indefensible, all combinations
for the purpose Of resisting the rghtful au-
thority Of any company by interfering with or
attempting to intimidate others willing to
work at wages offered; pledging each other in
no case to employ any one discharged on ac-
count OF insubordination or combinations to
stop operations on any road by intimidation Of
or interference with others willing to work,
and to promptly inform each other, by printed
circular, Of all such combinations, with names
of parties engaged Railroad companies in
the United States are invited to cooperate
No adjustment of the trouble between the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad
company and them striking employees has yet
taken place. The company gotta train Of If
ION 1oodad fraiulf from KnOYyilla IN
Bristol being the first freight moved on the
line from Bristol to Chattanooga in six days.
The company still refuses to receive freight.
The strikers made no attempt to stop the
train, but sent a committee of their men on
an engine to prevent the company's master
mechanic, who WAS acting as engineer, from
placing any non-aoclety engineers in charge OF
an engine. Mail trains run regularly. Thu
men are quiet but determined and the compa-
ny is firm. The directory met this afternoon
and unanimously adopted resolution Irdvro-
ing tho acting officials in reducing the salaries
and claiming for them the right to regulate
the pay Of employees as they may deem best.
-Adyices from Little Rock state that two
negroes, driving two-horse team, stole some
hogs from DR.. Eagle, one of The leading farm
ers of IIonoake county. On missing his hogs,
Dr. Eagle in company with two OF his kins-
men, and Mr.. James Sullivan, startad in pur-
suit. One Of the Eagles was an officer. About
dusk the party came up with the negroes and
took them in charge, after little struggle
During the night the two negroes escaped and
reported in the neighborhood, which Is COM
posed almost exclusively of negroes, that Ku-
Klux had attacked them, and raised posse OF
about thirty negroes to go in pursuit Of them
In the morning Eagle and his posse proceeded
in search of the two hog thieves, when they
were suddenly confronted by an armed body
Of negroes and fired upon, killing all three
OF the Eagles and mortally wounding sulli-
van. On hearing Of the affair, the sheriff Of
Lonoake county summoned fifty men and
went in persuit Of the perpetrators OF the
deed. Tho killing occurred near the line OF
Pulaski county and Lonoake.
The United States Supreme Court has de-
cided, In the case Of the state OF South Caro-
olina, er REL Wagner against Stoll, county
treasurer, from the Supreme Court OF the
state, involving the question Of the validity OF
the issues of the Bank Of the State during the
war. The charter of the bank, framed in 1872,
provided that it's issues should be receivable
for taxes, but the county treasurer now refuses
to receive them ON the ground that they were
issued in aid Of the rebellion, and were, there
fore, no tender The court below sustained
the objection, and the judgment was for the
treasurer. On former argument of the case
in this court that judgment was affirmed, but
upon re-argument had at this term there is a
change of opinion and the judgment is now
reversed, the same Judge writing the opinion,
the court holding that as the faith of the state
was pledged for these bills, the holders were
entitled to rely upon that credit and to its pro-
lection. The credit OF the state could not be
withdrawn without an open and clear declara'
tion to that effect, and such declaration wat
not made until 1868, by the repeal Of the char
ter, which was too late to render the bills nt
tender in the present case. One other cast
was decided by the decision in this. Justice
Hunt delivered the opinion. Justice Rradle!
dissented.
FOREIGN
Two recent fires in Valparaiso caused
loss of 100000. -r. .
Sir John Duke Coleridge has been ap
pointed chief justice Of the English court
common pleas.
The Spanish steamship Murillo. seized a
Dover for sinking the emigrant ship North