The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-01-30
GENERAL NEWS.

arrived in New York, on Wednesday, on
the steamer Republic.
Theodore F. Randolphe (Democrat)
has been electen L. S. Senator by the New
Jersey Legislature by strict party vote.
The Beecher-Tilton trial still goes on.
The examination of Moulton was closed on
Wednesday morning after having been
kept on the witness stand nearly eleven
days.
internal Revenue records show that
the amount Of spirits in distilery ware
houses, on the LIST of January, was II, $780,
OBS gallons, or 200, 900 gallons more than
the amount in bond on December list.
The Senate Naval Committee have
agreed TO the report of their sub committee
recommending the abolition of the navy
yards at Philadelphia, New London and
Washington, and of the Naval Hospitals at
Washington, Philadelphia and Annapolis
When the Rhode Island Legislature
met in joint convention on Tuesday, Mr..
Dixon was withdrawn from the Senatorial
contest, and General Burnside was then
elected T. S. Senator on the first ballot, by
a vote of 81 against AZ for other Candidates.
king Kalakaua passed through Ogden,
and was waited upon by the Mayor and
deputation of Mormons from salt Lake
City. An address by the Mayor was read
and kalakaua promised to send written
reply from San Francisco.
Several plans have been brought before
Congress for changing the mode of elect
ing the President and Vice President, none
of which was received with favor by the
House. The necessity of a change in the
manner of electng the chief M tgistrate, is
pressing upon Congress, and will have to
be met at an early day.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
notified the Attorney General that the Cen
trail Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads
and their branches have failed to pay the
five per cent Of their net earnings to the
Treasury after sixty days notice. The
Attorney General will accordingly bring
suit against these companies
The upper story of the Navy Depart
ment building, at Washngton, was burned
on Monday afternoon. The fire started at
half past twelve o'clock. in the east end of
the main building, and by two o'clock was
completely under control. 1t was thought
that the flames originated from a defective
tlue, as the room where they broke out was
unoccupied. being used for the storage of
records. Many of the official documents
Were burned OF seriously damaged by water,
with which the upper floors were flooded;
but it is said nearly all the papers destroyed
can be replaced. One or two naval officers
on duty in the building, narrowly escaped
sutfocation while attempting to remove
valuable records from the burning rooms.
The damage by water was at least equal to
that by fire. and the condition of the old
h,,l Il, c H.,
be required to retit it for occupancy.
The Tennessee Legislature elected ex-
President Johnson Tuesday last on the 90
ballot. The vote stood: Johnson, SO; Ste
phens, %; Henry, II; Ewing, Q; Key. 8.
The announcement of the vote was greeted
with "the widest excitement and enthusi.
asm." Last evening Mr.. Johnson made
thirty minutes speech to an assemblage of
ten thousand people in the public square at
Nashville, and reaffirmed his devotion to
the Constitution and to the principles of
the National Democracy. The reception
i'll Washington of the news of his election
is said to have cansed much rejoicing among
the Democracy, and even to have satisfied
some Republicans, who took comfort from
the defeat of the Confederate cand-
dates who were opposed to the ex- Presi-
dent. The general opinion at the capital
is that he will make a lively Senator, and
prove an annoyance to his political oppo-
nents.
The freight war between the railroads
leading from Chicago to the East is getting
more intense. Contracts have been made
for grain to New Yorl, at thirty two and
aiialf cents per hundred pounds, while the
regular rate is forty. The Grand Trunk
and Boston and Albany roads also entered
the contest, and announce they will take
fourth class freight from Chicago TO Port
land for thirty five and to Boston for forty
There is also a war between the Grand
Trun!: and Great Western railroads of
Canada i'll regard to passenger traffic. The
rates haveing been reduced between Detroit
and Buffalo from 81 to 50, the Lake Shore
aud Michigan Southern have announced
that they will be compelled to make a SINH
lar reduction between Toledo and Buffalo,
should the difficulty not be settled within a
day or two. There is a probability that
this difficulty will bring about a large re-
duction in passenger rates between Chicago
and New York by all lines
"A narrative crimsoncd with the blood
shed and lawlessnesS of the days of pioneer
civilization on the frontier comes by tele-
graph from Missouri. The James boys are
lfateFnal uauu OF rufllanS and robbers
who for several years past have been COM
hitting murder and pIllage in the western
part OF that State. 1T was they who led
the band of outlaws that not many months
since stopped and plundered a train on the
Iron Mountain Railroad. For this and
other bold crimes price Was set upon their
heads by the authorities, and the detec-
tives have been on their trail ever Since !
The chase after them was a disastrous one
to two of Fullerton 5 officers, who caught
up with them last SumEler only to be Shot
dead in the ambush into which they were
trapped by these Missouri banditti. Not
outstanding this demonstration of their
warlness and desperation, other detectives
have kept up the hunt, and on Tuesday
morning they attacked the house in which
they were supposed to be lodged. Hand
grenades were fired through the windows,
a child was killed i'll the house. and a sharp
light between the rutiians and the officers
took place in the yard. After this the
story grows somewhat mysterious, but it
seems that two Of the James brothers were
captured and spirited off on a special train
whose destination was said to be Chicago:
that another one escaped in a wounded
condition, and was being hunted in the
woods around the town of kearney by the
citizens.
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