The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-09-12

J asperated tney could Dear II no longer,
and during the summer of 1868 a party
| of some forty or more, headed BY a for
mer army Captain, went forth to search
for the rascsls. Bud Evans, three othe-
Evans, his kinsmen, man named Fox,
another named Stallians, with II others
were taken in quick succession by the
Captain and his followers. and all were
put to death without trial or delay.
Evans, the leader, the first taken and
chained, threatened dire vengeance upon
his captOrs, and said,
His Time for Revenge would yet
| Come.
The Captain replied to his threats that
! when he got through he would not be in
| a condition to seek revenge on any one
his time had come, he begged
and pleaded for a short delay,
wished his wife sent for, and
asked time to say his prayers. He was
told that through his long career he had
dispatched many of his fellow beings
without mercy, granting them no time
! for prayers or anything, and that the
same as he had meted out to his kind
would in turn be extended to him, and
so he was executed. This action broke
up the outlaws entirely, and those of
| Evans band who were not killed left the
country or lived in quiet retirement, and
until the recent troubles little has been
heard of deeds of lawlessneSS until the
affair ut PickettSville, started by the
incendiary threats and deeds by the
| blacks and the subsequent break into the
jail at Trenton to take out and merciless-
ly shoot unarmed and helpless prisoners.
No Advances 10 he Made 10 Clubs.
WAsHINGToN, September 1.-THE
Postmaster-General has directed that no
advance or payment be made to clerks or
EMPLOYEES, on account of salary for servl-
ces not rendered. and for which Compen-
Sation is not fully due at the time of pay
mcnt. This j. construed ~ forbidding
advances on account of salary, To clerks
going home to vote. \ similar order will
be issued by the Treasury Department.
The virginia Cotton Crop as Large as
Ever.
The September returns to the depart
mcnt of Agriculture show very heavy
decline in the prospects of the cotton
crop in all States except Virginia where
it about holds his own. The State
averages are rs follows: Virginia, 9S;
North Car oina, 81, decline of II dur
ing August; South Carolina, SO, decline
OILS; Georgia, -. dcrlinco II; Florida,
II, decline of -; Alabama, 81, decline
of .; Mississippi, -. decline OF 4;
Louisiana, g. decline of 81; Texas Gi,
"A decline of IL; Arkansas, A., decline
of 40; Tennessee, A. decline of b.
The leading cause Of the decline is tn"
prevalence over large section Of the
cotton area of severe drouth accom-
panied 10y intense heat.
New Items.
New YORK. September 1.-The in
FAINT daughter Of Mr.. llagcr, Of Green
Point. abducted two day, ago by it,
nurse was found yesterday in the street,
in this city, in n starving condition. 1t
was taken to hospital, where it died to-
day.
a steamer from Havana brought 1900,
600 in gold coin; receipts for the week
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Don Carlos interviewed.
New YORK, September ll.-Don
Carlos has been again interviewed. and
in speaking of the prospects he could
hold out to the Spanish people, he said:
Il would like to promise Spain great
deal in the way of a liberal and progrcS-
sivc government, but am not sure of
being able to fulfil any such promises.
Thing- that seem easy now may prove To-
be difficult or impossible when come to
the throne, but the word Of king is
sacred. and tn" times are two uncertain.
The circumstances under which | may
arrive to power are tOoSrrious. and far be-
yond all human foresight for that wordto
be lightly given. | will not
promise anything that | may not
be- able to fulfill, however willing
| may be to give things. When the
time comes | would like to give Spain
Constitution. II responsible Ministry and
promising rWi bnHo, what Amadeus
promised and could not fulfill, and being
King and gentitc ho,n"e had to abdlcat"
to avoid breaking his word and if A.
lowed my hands t" be- tied up by proml-
SIS would be- Obliged to do the same.
intend to give Spain liberal and free
government; shall bear in mind the
ends of the government, freedom, pros
pcrity and the happiness Of the people,
or a. you Americans put it, the greatest
good for the greatest number, but |
reserve to myself the consideration Of
the means to be adopted to obtain that
end.
Controversy Between the Pacific
Mall Steamship Company and the
Trnns-C Continental Railroad.
New YORK, September 1.-THE latest
phase of controversy between the Pacific
Mall Steamship Company and the Trans
Continental Railroad is a rumored COM
bination. embracing the railroads be-
tween Philadelphia, New York, Balti-