Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-13
EASTERN DISPATC HE'S.
by Overland Telegraph.
TO THE DAILY SENTINEL,

The Theory Of b Death Of Rev.
erdy JOhnsOn-his Dcath Com.
ann nieated 20 line Maryland Leg
f.iatnre.
ANNAPOLIS, Feb. II.
DR.. Steamer, who examined the
body of Reverdy Johnson shortly at
ter IL vas found, gives The following as
his theory Of the cause of death: Mr..
Johnson either stumbled over a piece
of coal, or being seized with vertigo or
incipient symptoms of apoplexy, and
striving to save himself, moved toward
the west, staggering along by the
nortberly side of the Executive m IN
sion, at each step his body gaining ad-
ditional momentum, so that having
reached the door leading into the base
ment, he swayed around to the south
and fell, his head striking against the
sharp corner of the grant, base OF the
house, which gave the first wound in
his head, and on reaching the pave
ment Of rough cObble stones, a second
wound was received in front of the
first. Al this instant, probably. the
bones of his nose were fractured and
one Joint of the second finger of his
right hand was dislocated. Whether
his subsequent struggles may account
for the abrasions on his knees and fin
gers of the left hand, cannot be posi-
lively asserted. The wounds in the
scalp were accompanied with fractures
of the external bones of the Uranium
and base of the skull; also with the
probable ripturs Of The arteries at its
base. aud Death must have eSulted i'm
stanily. Mr.. Gwinne, Attorney Gem
u..t =, L. Nt.tn - 900 IL. l..., IF A.
Johnson. is of the opinion that he was
seized with vertigo and fell. as he had
had a similar attack, lasting three
hours, while attending a trial in South
Carolina several years ago.
When the General Assembly met to-
day it Mas Immediately infornei by a
communication from Governor Carroll
Of the death of Mr.. Johnson, and both
Houses adjourned. They will Assem-
BILE in the hall of the House at 3 O'Clock p.
NJ, and then 90 to the Executive man
sion and escort the remains to The. de
pot, where they will be taken to Balti
more in n special car. The Governor
said in his communication that Mr.,
Johnson died from an unaccountable
and unwitnessed accident.
Another BrOokIym Preacher ia
Trouble Rescued From Drown
ins.
NEW York, Feb. IL.
Rev. Fred. Bell, the reformed pugi'
list minister, a. he is called, WAS last
| night deposed from his charge of the
| primitive Methodist Church, of Brook
lvn. on charges similar tothOse against
| Beecher. The affidavit of one lady par.
| isboner, upon which the action was
taken was presented IA that Of a dyin-
woman, she being in the last stages O
consumption.
Rev. Father Adams. a Brooklyn
clergyman, yesterday jumped from the
| ferry boat into East river, and re scuec
from drowning a woman who at
tempted suicide by leapin1 from thu
same boat. Adams VAS incumb ereC
| with his clerical garb, and both were
nearly drowned when rescued.
The Ilabcock Matter - Friends o
Grant Betting On BabcOck's Ac
quistaI.
CHICAGO, Feb. IL.
A Times Washington special says
| the friends Of Babcock are striving Il
offset the evil tidings from ST. Louis by
cunning hints of a otning something
i'm his favor which shall hang the jury
and give him the day In the end. Bets
are openly made by friends of Gran
that Babcock will escape scot free. Il
il learned in circles, informed IS to the
situation in st. Louis, hat these ex
pressiOns are based on the calculation
that one Of the jurynIen, ID. w. Tanto
ris. is depended upon Ia bold cut
against his fellows and, under no cir
c~umstances, to give a vote against Bah
cock.
Gen. Ord on the Border Troubles
A Tribumc's Washington special say
General Ord was before the HOUSE
special committee on the Texas border
trouble yesterday, and detailed q
length the condition of affairs along thu
| Rio Grande. lie said raids are almost
Ut daily occurrences, and 1t is impossi
| ble to stop them with the present mil
itary forces under his command. Thu
| Rio Grande river Is of such q nature
that the channel Is constantly chang
| ing. and whenever the river recede,
from the American side, leaving a stril
| of land where a channel existed, thu
| Mexicans settle upon IL and claim t.
| have exclusive jurisdiction, and refuss
to cross on the Mexican side. Tht
| raiders are aided by these squatters
aud their presence aggravates the exist
ing evils. General Ord said further
| that the negro troops of his cOmmanC
could not be relied on In case OF trOu
ble. That they were of the worst class
Of Southern negroes, and that white OF
ficers did not dare to leave their wives
alone, These troops also made trouble
In tho families of Mexicans living or