Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-01-12
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FOR GOVERNOR.
From the AIurrreesboro CTenn.) Monitor
The Jackson Courier, of last week,
comes out in favor of Robert G. Russ,
editor of the Shelbyville Commercial,
! for the Democratic candidate for COVER
nor, on the ground that he is the only
simon-pure Democrat in the State. We
/ believe the CaHicr is insincere in the
support OF our friend Robert for that eX-
allied office. II IL q rampant Demo
cratic paper, and 1t simply has evil de-
signs upon said party in advocating the
election OF Robert c. TO office.
CONSOLIDATED.
The Columbia 3aa, one of the best
weekly papers in Tennessee, has cOusOl-
idated with the Herald of that place,
under the name Of Herald and Mai.
MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY.
From the Charleston :. G. Courler.l
The tragedy on board the German
bark Adoph, at Wilmington, North
Carolina, OF winch brief mention has
already been made in our Jelegraphic
column, was one of the saddestand mos
mysterious affairs that has happened in
that city for years. The particulars of
| the occurrence are as follows: The bark
entine Adolph, Captain Heinrichsen,
arrived in Wilmington from Richmond,
/ in ballast, on the second instant. The
I vessel had been eight days on the pass
are. and had encountered some very
| heavy weather, and the crew, consisting
of five fine, stalwart men, besides the
mate and captain, were pretty well
! broken down with their labors. On Fri
day night all hands retired early, so as
to get good nights rest preparatory to
| discharging the vessel of her ballast
! Saturday. Early in the morning, pur-
suant to an engagement made with him,
the stevedore appeared for the purpose
of beginning work. This was about six
j o'clock, and as none of the men were
stirring, the mate went to arouse them.
He found the door of the fOrecastle fast,
and there being no response to his calls,
he was compelled to break it
in. He entered, and horrible
sight met his ey,s. Two of the five
men were dead in their hunks,
a third, the carpenter, was lying on the
| floor, about at the last gasp, and the re-
manning two were in their hunks, with
! ewes closed, senses fled and breathing
| heavily. The Mortified mate, whose
name is Heinrich H. Fahrbrod, stag
gered out into the open air and called
! for assistance, when the men were
all brought out and laid in the open air
on the deck. The two who were dead
were covered with canvass, and u mes
senger was hastily dispatched for phy-
sician. Before the arrival Of the ply
sician one of the surviving men had eX-
pired, and the other two died on the fol-
/ lowing day without giving any explana
] 10 he Of :
supposed that the men became cold dur
/ ing the night, and that the cook arose
aud kindled a fire in the stove in the
galley, using bitUminOus coal taken on
| board at Richmond. There were cracks
in the stove, and it is thought that the
carbOnic oxide gas which is eXhaled
| from the coal caused the death of the
crew. As for the circumstances attend
ant on the affair they will never be
! known, as there is not one living man
| left of all who slept in the fOrecastle
| that night. The captain, mate and crew
of the Adolph the crew being composed
OF the five men who died were all from
the province of Pomeranis, in Germany,
and had been lifelong friends.
BUTCHERY IN BALwIN.
From the Mobile Als.) Register
a
the negroes employed by the owner Of a
turpentine orchard near MOntrose, and
resulted in the killing of five negroes.
From the meagre reports given US, it
appears that two of the negroes got into
8 dispute, and one shot the other dead.
A brother of the deceased then ran to
him who had fired the fatal shot,
and split his head open with an
ak. A friend of the relative
of the last party slain, then killed the
second murderer with an ak; in few
seconds he was rendered a corpse by the
same deadly weapon in the hands Of
fifth negro. Before the body Of the
fourth negro was cold, the fifth had his
head and neck split open and was lying
dead upon the party he had just killed.
We have no recollection of an affair of
such magnitude and brutality ever Oc-
curing before in this State, and il is al
least consolation to know that the en-
tire affair was confined exclusively to
negroes, no white man having the
slighte 4 connection with it. Our mar
rative is authentic, and can be relied
upon, however improbable and chimeTi-
cal it may appear. Ii will be observed
that but one of those connected with
this deplOrable affair remains alive, he
is still at large, and he sheriff of Bald
win county has been in the city for
several days, endeavoring to find the
guilty party.
SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS.
From the Chattanooga Tenn Commercial
Yesterday, when the Nashville train
came by Stevenson, distance of thirty
eight miles from here, they encountered
snow-storm. The engineer said he
could not see as far as two feet in adj
vance of the train, and that the snow
was nine inches deep Oh the track. As
the engine ploughed through it, the
snow would fly over the tender. When
the train arrived at the depot the engi-
neer was unable to speak from exposure
to the storm.
LABOR REFORM.
The Labor Reform party, of Tennes-
see, has issued a call, through its eXecu-
tive committee, for a convention to
assemble in st. Louis about the twenty
second of February, to be composed of
the labCring and producing classes of
the south and west, to take into coDsid-
Grafton measures to cOunteract the in
fluence of the "blOated bondholders''
and monOpolists.
AN OF flOEh hlLLEDs
From the. Chattanooga CTenn) Commercial
The Dale coal company is located in
Dale county, Georgia, a short distance
from ShellmOund, on the Nashville and
Chattanooga road, at the village of Coal
City. Early on the morning of January
9Th, a Mr.. Crawford, who lives at Coal
City, had difficulty with a negro in
his employ, engaged in getting out cross
nd hat #fnr
road. Some ugly threats on the part of
the negro against Mr.. Crawford, caused
him TO procure a warrant for the arrest
of the negro. The officer whose duty ii
was to make the arrest, deputized and
called to his assistance Mr., Kline and
others. The party went to the house of
the negro Just before daylight and
knocked at the door. There were five
cOlOred men within who ordered the
posse away. Mr.. Kline pushed open
the door, when he was shot from within
with a dOuble-barrel shotgun, sixteen
buckshot taking effect 10 the left breast,
and also received in the neck what was
supposed to he a Tifie-shOt. Mr.. Kline
was instantly killed. The two men
who did the shooting fled and are still at
large. The other three gave themselves
up and are now under arrest.
MOBILE.
The municipal affairs of Mobile are in
quite muddle. Messrs. Reid, Semmes,
and Wicks, the Democratic candidates
for mayor, tsx-colleetOr, and clerk, re-
ceiyed majority Of the votes and GER
tificates of election. Moulton and 9TH
ers, the opposing candidates, claim that
they were elected. The case came be-
fore Circuit-Judge Elliot, who decided
in favor of Reid. 1t was then carried
before Chancellor Fielder by MoultOn
and his friends. In the meantime Reid