Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-20
A Passenger Train Pree!pitated into a
creek-Several Persons Injured.


Creek-Several Persons Injured,
ST. Louis, July l3.-The south
bound passenger train on the st. Louis
and Cairo narrow.gauge railroad
jumped the track on an eighteen foot
trestle YESTERDAY, six miles from Mur-
freesboro. The whole train, excepting
the locomotive, was thrown into
creek, and almost every passenger or
the train was injured. Chas. Fink.
Express Messenger, will probably die
W. JoL es, Mail Agent Potter, Conduc.
tor, and Smith, Brakeman, were serious
ly hurt. The train was running twenty
miles an hour. The coupling between
the engine and tie rest of the train
broke, leaving the locomotive on the
track.
Execution Of Two MurdeIers.
| CHARLEsToS, July l3.-Daniel Pearce
and George Stevens, who waylaid,
murdered and robbed q young man
named Edings, near this city, on May
llth, under circumstances of peculiar
atrocity, were hanged 81 IL: IS o'clock
this morning. They were baptised
previous to execution, By a Catholic
priest, with whom they left full con-
tession CT their crime. They died
without struggle. About 200 persons
witnessed the execution.
North Carolina Aaatrs.
WASHINGTON, July 13.-North Care.
lima affairs are red-hot. Marshal Doug.
las filed his final answer to charges fled
against his deputies By Specis, Agent
Hester.
John Nichols, late Superintendent
of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum Al
Raleigh, is making an effort to have
Col. ]. J. Young, the present Collector
OF Internal Revenue for the 4,h Dis.
trict o. that State, removed. There Is
also another movement on foCt TO re.
move Collector Powers, Of the - Dis.
trict, whose place the colOred ez.mea.
Der OF Congress Hyman WAITS.
Enforcing Hsyess Civil Service Order,
PHILADELPHIA, July l3.-United
States Marshal kounz received an ctfi.
cial letter from the Attorney. General
calling attention to the Civil Service
order OF the President requiring
every officer of tie General
government to take no furth.
or part in management OF oliti.
cal organizations, This order was com.
piled with by the Marshal who gave
the necessary instructions to his depv.
ties and court officers.
schurz's Support of Haysss Order.
WASHINGTON, July l3.-Secretary
echurz is represented 80 giving bois.
ferrous support to the Presidents orde-
forbldding ottlce-holders from active
participation In politics. The other
Secretaries think be is over.zealous IL
not conduing bis efforts to bis Depart.
ment In fact, Schu-z is becoming
meddlesome.
The Haytien Mission The Neero Ra.
public Prefsrs a White Minister.
WAsHINGToN, July l3.-There arc
Ioose statements that tue President,
some time ago, rendered the Haytier
Mission to Prof Langs,on. and that
yesterday Langston had accented tho
place. He may be too late, as +, isu..
derstood that recently Hayti has irdJ.
Gated, with great diplomatic del!cacy.
a preference tor white man As Minis.
ter for the United States.
Marsh 7utnsl, o! Texas,
WASHINGTON, July l3-No acticr
has been taken BY the A .tornev.Ger.
erai III regard 10 charges of ma,,ess.
snce in office recently fled against
Marshal Purnel, Of Texas, further th4n
10 forward a copy TO the Na-Shsl
with instructions to submit his reulys,
soon as possible. AS soon as A resporss
shall be received from Marshal Parbe
lhe Attorney.General will take the M.
pers and examine carefully ali the cir.
cuslancesin the case.
obeyirg Hayes's Order.
Boston, July l4.-At a meeting Of
The Republican State Central Commit.
zee the following named gentlemen
Ieh9ereu their resignation as members
Dt The Committee: Chas. II, LascL
Boston Custom.house weigher. Wr'
A. Simmons, Collector Of Boston mort.
Jos. 5. Lewis, formerly of LINN ro
moved from the State; j. Frank Dal.
,on, Clerk in Custom.house; C, G
y lrne, Postmaster at NewL urynort.
30 = MPrri', Secretary, Postmaster a.
Z 1wmnce. The Committee voted to 6oiJ
ne next Convention at Warcester oT
he I0'h OF september. y"
Railroad Accideu..
fhiLADELPHIA, July l4-As the ex.
,ress train from Washington for New
| orE, which arrives at this place At 7
,,m'' was emerging from Gray, ferry
unnel, jumped the track. The bag.
'age car was demolished and the train
ct on fire. Joseph Miller, fireman,
vas Killed, and engineer Fry seriously
D lred. A passenger named Flame had
ls leg cut and Sustained other ;r;,rioo