Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-02-09

for himself. In his opinion it was good to sus-
gest day for adjournment in order % ensure a
greater dispatch OF business. Unless some &C
ton was taken to dispatch business Congress
would be here until the middle of July or
August He did not expect Congress to ad-
Journ on the very day fixed but the tendency
would De to dispatch business. He thought IL
was iair proposition, and Mr.. Beck had no
right to intimate that his motives were i'm
proper.
Mr.. Beck said that Mr.. Dawes hsd only a few
moments go stated that all who voted against
the resolution would do 30 10 defeat businssS
MI. Dawes denied that he had said so.
MT. Beck objected to fixing day until ALI
the appropriation bills at least lad been Nasal
He did not desire 20 see the most imrortsn,
legislation put off until the last DAYS ana thpn
have il determined by a conference renort
which none could understand.
Mr.. Kelley Pa argued that the whole ten
dency of the resolution was evil, and evil only
He thought the country would demand that In
the long session there should be a full consider
alton of all business He moved TO lAy the res
olution on the table. Rejected-yess 1l3, nays
lbs.
Mr. Cotton (Iowa) then moved to refer it to
the Committee of Ways and Means, and that
order was made.
A PLUCKY MAINLAND FARMER-Hs Can
lures be CTeir If Potomac NchOonsr.-On FRI
day morning last, whilst the boat OF the schooner
Willie" of OnancOck, Accomsc county, Va,
was engaged in a raid on the wood pile OF Mr..
George W. Carpenter, IL was discovered by that
gentleman, who, taking his gun with him. sue
ceeded, before the crew were aware OF his pres
ence, 30 to speak, in surrounding them. The
whole crew, consisting of one white man and
three negroes, were captured and marched, at
the point OF the gun, 10 the mest-house of this
gentleman, where they were safely locked up
The captain, Columbus johnson who had re-
NAMED on board Of the vessel, seeing what had
taken place, succeeded in making sail and re-
turned TO Quantico, where he had procured the
aid OF two men and returned, IL is supposed. for
the purpose of rescuing the prisoners. Mr. Car
penter recognized the vessel as soon as she cast
anchor in front CT his house, and in companv
with his son and Mr.. Mudd, who resides with
MIN, and the white man previously can
tured, proceeded Immediately 70 board the
vessel for the purpose OF capturing the captain
on board the vessel a desperate hand to- hand
light Immediately took place, the white man
Carpenter had brought with him taking sides
with the captain, as might have been expected
making the combstants thus four to three
Victory finally perched upon the banner of
Carpenter, the captain ANONYMOUSLY seeking
safety by fight in the small boat, and the Others
surrendering. As soon as Mr.. q. could make
san, he pursued the captain, but night over
taxing him he was obliged to abandon pursuit
The two men from Quantico were released and
returned home. The three negroes and the
white man were committed 10 the county jail.
and the vessel handed over to the county an
thorlties, and now lies safely moored OF Chapel
point, waiting for the captain to come and claim
her'-Port Tobacco ma Times.
AN ALLEGED ARsCoNDING REvENUR CLERK.
A telegram from Lynchburg, Va, TO the Rich
mond Enquirer, February 9th, says: Zone ,Jno.
Z. Henry, clerk in the United States revenue
Office of this city, absconded to-day taking
with him large sum OF government money
The exact amount is not known. The detec-
ives tonight found twenty thousand dollars
hat he had secreted in the false bottom of a
drawer, which he failed TO take with him. Ii is
thought his intentions were TO 90 10 Europe
Detecuyes have been put upon his track, and
nc is hoped he will soon be captured. Henry's
character heretofore has been irreproachable
lie had been intrusted with the revenue re-
eeipts to deposit in bank, and at each deposit
would hold back a certain portion until his
stealings had accumulated TO a large amounf
sst in his arrest" ~
John Henry, and his father-in- law, Mr. John
z. Wright (editor of the Lynchburg Press, are
on his bonds for 81, 600, but his father denies
that ne ever signed the bond, declares il a fraud
ana that the two witnesses declare that thev
never signed and cannot read or write TIE
accused is about twenty five years of age. has
Wne, and has always been highly respected
ASINeULAR MURDER TRIAL IN CHARLES
TON, ). C.-The trial of James aud b. l. beet
rus Tor the murder of Harry West, in Charles
ION, >. U, in July last was closed late Satur-
DAY night with verdict of guilty of murder in
the case OF the former and Of manslaughter i'm
the case OF the latter. All the parties were
accused were defended by three leading law
yers, and prosecuted by the attorney general of
the state. A peculiar feature of the trial was
counsel a
black jury, composed exclusively of black men
OF the most ignorant and uneducated class the
reason assigned being that these would be free
from the prejudices caused by newspaper re-
ports OF the atrocious circumstances Of the
murder. The jury were out three hours The
defence has moved for a new trial.
FRIGHTFUL SPECTACLE AT A wAKK-
Patrick Kerwin, who kept liquor store a.
Nandewater and Pearl streets, New York city
and lived overhead, died last Friday. The bodv
wi
candles at its head. On the coffin was a white
sheet, which a gust of wind blew toward the
candles, and in an instant il was in flames. The
watchers seized the burning sheet and pulled il
from the coffin, which was badly scorched. The
names communicated to a window curtain, and
the FIRE threatened to destroy the buildiDg. 1t
became necessary 70 call the fire departm ent
Mrs. Kerwin, who is on the point of death had
to be carried out OF her bed to an adjoining
building. When it became apparent that the
IRE would become serious the coffin was carried
out The furniture was damaged.
a RACE OF DwARPs.-The Geographical So
ciety OF Italy has received from Alexandra
with the news Of the death of the explorer Mi
AMI, and various chronological objects two living
idusls whom be had forwarded OF the tribes
OF the Aka or TikkuTikki, and whom the
learned traveller had bought ofthe King Munza.
1hese individuals, saws the London Medical
RecoId-of whom one is eighteen years old and
forty inches in height, and the other sixteen
years and thirty-one inches high-are stated bv
Miami TO belong to the race of dwarfs described
by Herodotus, and recently reAiscovered by the
German explorer Schweinfurth, who described
them carefully. They are pot-bellied, very
thin hmbed and knock-kneed, with spherical
and Irognaihous crania, very long limbs, cop
per skins and crisp, tow-like hair.
BoATMAE DROWNED IN CUMBRRLANp.-
Early yesterday morning a cap seen floating in
the water at the basin wharf led TO the dis
coyery OF the body of drowned man a short
distance from the cap. The entire body. except
one foot and lower part of the leg was vet COW
cred by water. The body was removed from
the water to building in the vicinity and Cor
oner Strong notified OF the drowning TIE Co.
oner summoned jury, and with them pro-
ceeded to the place, where an inquest was held
over the remains. From the evidence OF two
persons before the jury, il was ascertained that
the body was that of young man named las
Gordon, who, during the boating season last
year, was in the employ of Mr. Geo w Jones