The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-15

/ NEW York JuIy 13.-Arrangements have
been entered inro between the counsel for
/ the people and the defendants counsel, IN
the suit of the people against Peter B.
/ Sweeney, hy which hail is to be reduced
! fr"m So, 600. 600 tn $50, 600. This action
has been taken IL secure SSeeney's yolun-
| tary Appearance in court, he being at pres
emf in Paris, ana beyOnd the reach of civil
process. K is said that the counsel for the
I people, in the ring suits, says number of
The smaller fry have offered tn pay sums
ranging fran $50, 900 To $500, 900 To escape
prosecution, and that $50 600 would be
paid IN day or two by one of this ciSss.
miscellaneous.
ATLANTA, Ga, July THE press asso-
citation of Georges met to-day There was
large attendance. ]. II. Estill, of the
Savannah Nelos, was reelected president.
NV ORLEANS, July THE Cotton Ex-
change has appointed fourteen delegates,
]. Chaffee chairman, to the National Cotton
Exchange convention, TO be held at White
Sulphur Springs. Virginia, July 81.
GALVESTON, July THE Collector of
Customs has information that the Mexicans
crossed 400 cattle into Mexico nine miles
below Rio Grande City.
NORFOLK, Va, July THE sinking of
the tug Lumberman, last night, has Gre
ated profound sensation here. Various
rumors are afioat as to who was to blame,
but no definite conclusion can be arrived at
until an official investigation takes place
Ten persons were drowned, and only three
bodies have been recovered. Two of these,
Joseph Wilson aud Miss Borum, were found
near FoIt Monroe, nearly two miles from
the scene of the disaster. The body of
Miss Frederick was found near Sewills
a Of In lnh
Artillery Blues have to-day been firing
| twelve-pounder guns about the spot where
| they are supposed to be lying.
Dmlng thunder storm this afternoon,
in Portsmouth, two boys, named Guthrie
and Hubbard, were struck and killed by
! lightning, and the schooner Windward, ly-
| ing at the wharf, had her mainmast
splintered. -
SAN FRANCISCO, July THE Democrats
of the first district have nominated w. A
Pieper for Congress.
A fire at Tulare City yesterday destroyed
the entire business portion of the town.
Loss, $4,000. ~
KEY WEST, July NO deaths from yell
low fever here yesterday. The weather is
cooler, with occasional rain and squall.
The sicknessi is abating.
BROOKLYN, July ga large meeting of
the Plymouth Church pewholders unani-
mously advanced the salary of Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher from $50, 600 to $4,000
ST. PAUL, July S.-The Democratic State
convention platform declares that the con-
stitutional amendments must be accepted in
good faith by all parties; that the national
| government must be limited to delegated
powers; the great bulk of rights of the
people must find their safeguard in the
| States, and the people themselves return to
| gold and silver as a basis for the currency
of the country, with preparative and effec-
tive measures to secure presumption tariff
for revenue only, with honest administra-
tions; non-proteetion to sumptuary laws.
Nominations for Governor, d. L. Buell.
for Lieutenant Governor, G. H Durant.
CHICAGO, July S.-A meeting of the Ty-
biographical Union and employing printers
resulted in mutual concessions. The rates
are forty-seven cents per 1000 ems on morn
| ing papers, and forty-two or evening pa
pers. The rednctlon is three cents per
| thousand.
CHARLESTON, July S.-The trial of Par
ker, the ex-1reasurer of South Carolina, for
frauds against the State amounting to near
| ly $500, 600, was begun in Columbia before
Judge Carpenter. The jury.is composed of
five whites and seven blacks. The prose-
cution is conducted by Attorney General
Melton, and the accused, who has been in
Jail fo- several months awaiting trial, is
represented by strong array of counsel.
| The Attorney General, in his opening ad-
dress, promised to show by the clearest
proof that Parker had appropriated over
| $400, 900 of unpaid coupons. The hearing
of the evidence was begun, and will proba-
bly, consume several days. The trial will
| be watched with intense interest.
ST. LOUIS July S.AFloods were caused
| by the overflow of the Charitan river, and
water is in the streets of East St. Louis.
Miles of track of the Mobile and Ohio
| Railroad are under water. Great damage
was caused by the flood, which far sur
passes that of 1874:
MADISON, Wis, July s-The Republican
State Convention nominated Harrison Lud-
dingtOn for Governor, and Geo. H. F.
Eaton for Lieutenant Governor. The plat
form embraces the following: A gradual
returned to specie payments; no third term
tariff for revenue, so adjusted as to be least
oppressive to the. people; the State to con-
troll railroads within its borders; efforts to
punish revenue frauds approved.
NEW ORLEANS, July 9.-Emile Gerard,
| a storekeeper of Labadieyille, Assumption
Parish, was shot and killed by drunken
negro, July 4.
Alexander Newton was to-day sentenced
| to be hanged for the murder of Justice
Bourbon. {: The day is tosbe hereafter ap-
pointed by the Governor.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, July "a desperate
attempt was made to rob the express mes
senger, Burke, at Long Point, Illinois, on
the Vandalia road. The, engine was cut
loose and the engineer killed. Burke bar
! ricaded the doors and kept the robbers out
until help arrived.
MILFORD, Pa, July "a bill in equity
was filed in the clerks Office, in this county,
against the Erie Railroad Company for
consolidated mortgages amounting to $780,
600, 900. The court appointed President
PHILADELPHTA, July 9.-Wm. Brown,
who murdered his wife Saturday last, near
Paramount Park, was captured this morning.
OAK BLUFF, Mass, July 9.-The tele-
graph cable connecting Martha's Vineyard
| with the mainland was successfully laid
across Vineyard sound to-day.
| ST. LOUIS, July 9.-The Buell-Chandler
libel cases viii turn on whether the filing OF
a special in the telegraph office constitutes
a publication in law. & II
CHARLESTON, July 1O.-The proceedings
In the trial of Ex-Treasurer Parker to-day
were very important. Ladd, the missing
witress, who had attempted to abscond,
was arrested and testified that Parker told
him that $3.50, 600 in coupons and State
bonds had been given him, of which his
share was $3.50, 900; this was when the
final settlement was made by the State with
tie financial agent, Kemptor. Ladd also
swore that Parker asked to have these cou-
pons funded by an agent of Parker. The
coupons belonged to the State, n q q a
The difference between Savannah and
| Charleston Railroad and Central Railroad,
are so far adjusted that there is no further
interruption to the through travel.
ST. Louis, July 10.-The constitutional
convention now in session at Jefferson City
and the city scouncilt of St. Louis have
passed resolutions highly Complimentary tc
the late Gen. Blair, and deeply deplorine
his death. The latter body will attend the
funeral, and viii cooperate with organiza
tons and individuals in showing respect tC
the deceased. Governor Hardin and othei