, 1874-10-02


s;l"ss, ssccovera, ut,a a1nrr.es sloss'
| biuu:ntcr-.SlUsss NVlio Attempts to
| Si,3ot G4s,arE.
| F,ou the lft,,,rhis .dralnnche Sept. a7.
Iii 3'l!Ie lan tho reHn of tho country CONTAINED
accalu!s or tlle shooting Of one George r. Long
by Congressman /. II. 6loas, OF Tlisctmbia, Ala.
4 The circumstances were as follows: Mr.. Sloss,
whom he returned home from Washington,
learned that Injurious and aanderous re-
lis dausbtor, Hiss Manic, q young lady Of il
years, by Long. The reports wcro Of tho most
slauderont character, aud When Alr. 6!oss sno-
| cccded III trncing up their author his rngo nat
ura!l} knew 10 bounds. Long ig considered
o1nl Of like ilk, WHO hnd openly threatened
! Vengeance should ar. s1oss sock peraoilul
retlrehs, that gentleman concluded to e!n--
PSy eogn %c ho '0iG vaeeGa WITH enaf of
bt'csHhot. Ao stationed hlmaell near Il second
! stoiy window Of u building which Long freluont-
| ly pasHel. no hnd boun there but II sloat tlllo
| until llo cspied tho traducor Of Ills daughters
boon companions. Waiting until his man
got well Ill rungo, Mr.. Sloss turned both bar
1c}a looHo, nnd lodged thirteen OF tho shot
IN the uuatomy of Long, who foil sonaoIcBa to
shutter by his trions|B, while air. Sloss sugrcn-
! dere hlHclf to tlln proper autloritioB, aud waa
rcleaacd OH bul!d.
The cnsire community justified tho action Of
alr. slose, while tl:er Hymsaataiea wese Acasti!y
extended to 4AllEs AlAiuie aB q victim OF slau-
| derulls persecution. Lung aoon rccorarol from
ll!H lsntly wounds, ind few Guys si.eo was onco
moro on tho strceta. About that time, Mr..
! S'osg-wllo is an Independent candidate for re-
ecction to Congress- ted out to oanvasB lis
district. aud llnB sirco tenn hbsoht from homo.
| Airs. SioHB aud Miss Manic wore loft ut lione
| 1!0uo. From Homo roason tho mother kept
wasch on the daughter, whom sue confined to
hc1+bed-roo1n in tho neond story Of their resi-
denco. Inst Wednesday, alips Mamie asked per-
| miuHIon to 60 dowI-A0irB Tor 4 drink OF fresh
water. Mrs. 6joHs. suspoctlnG nothing granted
! tho reqnost, nnd tho young lady wont down
! stairs. Not returning in n short timo, Mrs.
S1uBs suspicious became aroused, aud sho
| woni IN quest Of her daughter, X search Of
the promises only roycaso,l TINT the young lady
| had got ,lt' \ mysterious tsisappoalunco. With
rare dlvingtioll as to tho ca,so aud probable
WlleleaboutB OF her orring daughter, Mrs. SIoks
picaed up brace Of six~sllootUrH aud Htartod for
the office Of " vary popular 'Enmiro. only TOW
a4na.oh distant. Whon she arrived khe found
Long and lor daushtor tho centre Of circle Ut
lug their congratulations Ill tho heartieat ot ma,,-
nots. The gond old Indy lesoled cr artillory
and demanded lier daughter or gore. Che WAS
detorminoa 10 hnvo ono or both, uItit tho Hqaiio
interpoaod, md, ia tin bandcst of toncs i,ilro-
duced her daughter rs Mrs. Long. seoiug hat
sho wah too lRte, Airs. bl0ss proceeded to relieve
her mind. and thon With her iuiploulontH of war
faro tugled under her ar1tl, .aallicd forth for
home, while tho groom aud bride proceeded i'll
allothor direction
alr. Lung III . nan Of very good family, but
was Objectionable upon acounnt of Ills associa-
tlons. It IL only faw months ngo that. in u
ingnt, ho lad AiH face from eyebrow to chin
timo got slash aorous tho throat that eana
fow yenrn ago, whlo passing from ono
gar to anotlor. ho missed Ills footlng and foil
between tho cars. caught on u brake. In which
n0Httj0I fu1lr t3lrpr -nnHrfArN nf