Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY

Congressman Mellish, Of New
York, is insane.
A bill has been introduced in the
lower House of Congress to fix the
term of the Presidency ut 6 years.
Tho steamship Siberia, plying
between Liverpool and Madeira, Is
supposed TO be lost with all her
crew and passengers.
At the meeting of the Army of
the Potomac at Harrisburg, Gen.
Wilcox favored inviting ex-Confed-
crate Generals to tho next reunion
Tom Bowling ran two miles at
Lexington, Ky on Tuesday last,
in tho unprecedented time of 3 miu-
utes and q 81 seconds.
Four convicts escaped from pris-
on at Jacksonville, Indiana, re-
Gently, and killed a guard before
they escaped. One Of the convicts
was killed.
Ex-senator Gen. Robt. ToombS,
in company with an old citizen OF
Washington, paid visit of respect
to President Gran: lately. ToombS
remained more than an hour, and
expressed himself much pleased
with the cordial manner in which
he was received.
The fifth quintennial convention
of the Sisters of Charity of North
America, was begun Sunday, in ST.
Joscph's convent, near Emmitts
burg, Maryland; about $50 Sisters
were present.
The Catholic pilgrims to Rome
will leave New Yo *, the 10th by
the steamship Pereiro. There are
about one hundred in the party, in
Guiding Bishop Dwengor, OF Fort
Wayne.
Tho sweepstakes on the 1st day,
at the Lexington, Ky, races, for
three year oids. was won by Nc
Grath's Jury. beating six others in
two straight heats. Time l A 4,
I.46.
In a skirmish near Little Rock,
on Monday, quite number of
Brooks men were reported killed
and wounded. Gen. White hal
one man wounded. The Federal
troops intcrfcred AMI prevented
further bloodshed.
A Ere at Ridgeway, To-, on Sat
urday evening destroyed the entire
village, with the exception Of one
brick building. Between 80 and
40 families arc rendered homeless. /
The fire originated by two boys
cigar in an unoccupiod
house. Loss nearly 100000.
g. A. Haynes, colored mail agent,
pleaded guilty at Wilmington, n, G,
Fri lay, of robbing the mails, and |
was sentenced to four years i'm
He is a brother OF |
the Secretary of the State of South |
Carolina.
Fires are raging in the woods in |
many parts of Michigan, stopping
railroad travel and ondangering /
the city of Muskingum. a large |
of valuable timber has al
ready been destroyed, and unless
rain falls soon the fearful scenes of
1871 will be repeated.
A compromise of the Arkansas
question was agreed on at Washing
ton Saturday night, as follows:
Brooks and Baxter are to issue
calls for the Legislature
to assemble May %, and to abide
the decision of that body as TO
which of them is Governor. They
are to disband all their forces except
a body guard, not TO exceed one
each.
The report CT the relief commit
tee to Gov. Kellogg says that fifty
six Thousand persons are suffering
in Louisiana alone. From April
% to May s the committee shipped
to the overlooked districts S52,4SS
rations of meat, of which the Gov
crnment supplied 162, 1873 Of bread
stuffs and lis, S25 of meat, the re-
mainder proceeding from private
contributions.
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION.
This body met in Jefferson, Tex
as, last week, and about three hun
bred delegates were present. Jas
P. BOyce, of Louisville, presided
Drs. Burrows of Richmond, Jones
eff Nashville, Crane of Texas, Devoti
of Georgia, Vice Presidents. Re
ports of the foreign and domestic
boards were presented, ard
the condition of the church was
emincntly satisfactory.
Republican Senators were again
in caucus Monday last, but cane TO
no understanding about the consid-
Grafton Of the amendatory civil
rights bill. The following order
of business was agreed on: First,
the distribution OF the Geneva a
ward; next, the finance bill, recent
Iy reported as an amendment or
substitute for the House bill, and
then general appropriation bills rs
they shall be brought up from time
to time before the Senate.
The steamer Cheek, from below,
brings the important news that at
8 o'clock Monday morning the le-
wee in front of Friar's Point, Miss,
broke at Maynard's and Miller's.-
The former crsvassee was = hun
dred yards wide, and The latter IF
ty, and as the water outside the
levee was fully five feet above the
level inside, the water poured tbro'
in an immense volume, defying all
attempts to check it, and soon in
undated the town and surrounding
country. These creveses will mum
date very large and rich section
Of Cetton lands. !