Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-09
Latest kilograms.
EASTERN.
Accident on the Rail.

BALTIMORE, January 9Th. BY a
collision of the express and freight
trains on the Baltimore and Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, the engine and express
cars were destroyed and the mail agent
killed. No passengers seriously in
jured.
New Workers Indignant.
NEW YORK, January 7th. An indig-s
nation meeting is called at Cooper In-
stitute for Monday evening, to protest
against Federal interference in Lou-
isiana.
Late Foreign Adyices.
HAVANA, January 7th.-Four hun
dred soldiers. have arrived from Spain,
aud 1000 more viii leave Cadiz on the
10th. I.z.
horrible Confessions by sgurierers.
MEMPHIS, January 5th.-Fouf me-
groes have been arrested near sharon
for the murder and burning of the
Borum family. One of them confessed
that there were six engaged III the
murder. He said that they killed Bo-
rum, bis wife and the negro, and then
burned the children alive. The con-
fession has caused a great excitement,
and 20 men have started for West Point
to burn the. negroes. 81
y. g ss -sSendtoriaI Elections.
Y AUGUSTA, (Me), January 7th.--H Han
nibal Hanlin, eX-Vice President, was
to-day renominated by the Republican
caucus for L. S. Senator. His re-
election is sure. l,ssf a.5f ss5s5#
:, LANSING, Mich, January 7th--At
the Republican Senatorial caucus to-
night, Chandler received 81 votes for
nomination as u. S. Senator. There
is.little doubt of his election. There
was strong opposition to his. renomi-
nation, owing to his known habits of
intemperance. .sI k3e s.#.
The pennsylvania seratorship.
PHILADELPHIA, January Sth.-The
Pennsylvania Legislature met on
Tuesday. On Monday next a United
States Senator will be elected. On
| Joint ballot the Democrats have eight
majority. VIM. A. Wallace, for
number of years chairman of the.
Democratic State Central Committee,
| has the best chance. He says that he
will receive not less than so votes out
of the 12S to be cast for United States
Senator, and Clymer, Black, Cowan,
Barr and Buckalew will only get COM
plimentary votes. Simon Cameron,
1t is reported, is trying to buy up
enough democrats to secure the elec-
tion of a. Republican Senator, but he
will fail in his designs.
The yicksburg Investigation.
VIcKsBURG, Miss, January 7th.-
The committee to- day examined
Judge Arthur, of the Circuit Court.
ae testified that Cardozo, Davenport
and Crosby had swindled the county
and State. One negro testified to be-
ing shot in the shoulder as he and an
other negro were passing quietly
aloiigrthe street in Vicksburg, on the
morning of the trouble, by one Capt.
Cowan. A colored woman, living
three and one-half miles out of Vicks-
burg, testified that on the day of the
fight, after the firing had ceased, five
white men came to her house, and
after searching the house for arms,
shot and killed, in cold blood, her
husband and her eldest son, a youth of
Is, neitherof whom had been away
from home that day, thinking if
| they stayed at home no one would
harm them. Two or three of the me-
| gro witnesses refused to testify, for
| fear they would be made to suffer for
it in some way.
Congressional Notes.
WASHINGTON, January 17th.-The
House has passed the bill for the re-
sumption of specie payment #.=#
Chas. Albert, the attorney of Irwin
was again before the Ways and Means
Committee. Heread an opinion from
| Reverdy Johnson that, as the counsel
| of Irwin, he had no right to disclose
the names of parties to whom he paid
money on Irwin's account. Albert
| was excused till Saturday to make up
his mind about answering the COM
mittee's questions.
Huntington, Fanchot, Colton and
| others are here from California, to
watch Tom Scotts movements, and to
force arrangements to control the Cal
ifornia epd of the route, if the new
continental railroad project succeeds.
Latest from the Crescent City.
New ORLEANS, January Sth.-Both
houses of the Kellogg Legislature
were in session to-day. Everything is
quiet at military headquarters. All
reputable citizens of New Orleans look
forward to q peaceable solution of the
| question. Remonstrances are con-
stantly being forwarded to Washing
ton against Federal interference.
| Sheridan is daily becoming more obi
Gus. Reports from Shreveport and
the Upper Red River, through Repub-
lican channels, are to the effect that
Republican officials are afraid to enter
upon their duties, on account of Dem
ocratic threats. - - s1si79
Opposing Views ON 4the Louisiana
Question. stisss z.a M
=. WASHINGTON, January 9th. - Re-
publican opinion is divided relative to
Louisiana affairs. Some condemn, abb
solutely, military Interference in the
absence of actual insurrection; others
hold that it was justified by Kellogg's
unofficial declaration that an illegal
body had asserted, itself in control of
the Legislative body of the Govern
ment. The question whether the Re-
publicans in the Assembly were
legally organized seems to turn on the
decision whether the quorum was re-
| quired of majority of a full House,
or only of the whole number to whom
| the Returning Board had granted cer-
tificates. Nearly all express disgust
with Kellogg, who has failed to take
advantage of the aid extended him,
and is weaker now than at the begin
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