The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-02-20

Inflated vessel wailing piteously and begging
in heart-rending tones for news OF the missing
ones. The lfe-service men fred three lines
ton gave out. At this time 100 men we're seen
clinging to the rigging. Fifteen OF the sur
vivors then formed u line in the surf by join
ing hands and succeeded in saving twenty-six
Of their comrades.
Philip Watson (~colored) was hanged at Gov
iugton, KY, for wife murder and William
Wieners suffered a like penalty at st. Louis,
for the murder of A. V. Lawrence, a barkeeper
in q variety theater.
The Memphis CTenn.) chamber OF m
have passed resolutions in favor Of the Bland
silver bill.
The survivors Of the wrecked steamer Metro
polls arrived at Norfolk, Pa, and were cared
FOR by the citizens. Nine Of them were sent to
the hospital. Among the survivors the opinion
prevails generally that the vessel was rotten
and unseaworthy, and should not have been
allowed to put to sea. An Investigation will
be made. The captain Of the Metropolis in-
sists that she was perfectly seaworthy.
William sturges, prominent in railroad circles
filed q voluntary petition in bankruptcy at
Chicago. His liabilities are over 1000, 06O.
J. Madison Wells, Of the Louisiana returning
board, who made his escape recently when the
other members Of the board were arrested,
voluntarily surrendered himself at Rigolet's
| Station, La, and was brought to New Orleans.
From Washington.
Mayor E. A. Burke, Of New Orleans, who
was sent to Washington in the interests OF
Tilden and Nichols. after the Presidential cleo
tons of 1876. denies the allegations OF Hon.
W. E. Chandler, of New Hampshire, that there
had been q corrupt bargain between represent
tatives of the President and congressman to
vote for Mr.. Hayes title in return for the with
drawal Of United States troops from Louisiana
and the recognition of the Nichols govern
ment.
The Senate committee on foreign relations
has decided, by a majority vote, to recommend
that the nomination Of Henry W.. billiard, as
minister to Brazil be confirmed.
! The cabinet has decided to resume the coin
age of the trade dollars at the Philadelphia
mint.
have made public the proposed newtarif bill.
It provides that on and after January l, 1879,
all articles not named in the bill shall be free
of duty. It makes heavy reductions in the
number of articles and some Of the rates Of
duties. 1t abolishes the charges and COM
missions in ascertaioing dutiable values under
the present law, and adds five per cent. to
Iuuh6 ll0 uuIllDlO fhlQO d Y lAC lnbu AokSL6h
port Of expectation. 1t discriminates ten rer
cent. against,'the products Of all countries dis
eliminating in duties against us. This will
add ten per cent. t. all importations from
France and several other countries. 1t gives
free raw materials to manufacturers for ex-
port prohibits the importation Of obscene
articles or books protects trade marks ; tries
to prevent the importation Of diseased live
animals limits wearing apparel to 5000 :; adj
| vito ofooro p1ouu ard nfhnr Qfaarp Qurior11furol
machinery free extends the free importation
Of articles imported by religious, educational,
scientific, and artistic associations. encourages
the importation Of superior breeding animals
and of foreign inventions admits life-saving
apparatus free, and all foreign materials used
in bodybuilding; makes further provision
for carrying out the treaty Of Washington
abolishes all customs districts where it costs
more than half to collect the revenue, and adj
mits free all articles intended for government
uses.
BY q new rule several hundred lobbyists
have been excluded from tho floor of the
House.
Mexico has paid the second instalment Of
$500, 900 on account Of the award made by
q Joint commission in favor of American citi-
Zens.
The public debt was decreased s. 1868, 076.53
in January. and since June, 1877, it has been
decreased S15, ,S57.
Commissioner Du Luc, of the agricultural
department, requested the resignation Of Mr..
Dodge, the statIstician of the department, and
Mr.. Dodge declined to comply with the request.
The commissioner thinks that tea can be grown
in this country, while Mr.. Dodge maintains
that it cannot be grown here. Hence the re-
quest to resign.
Francis Murphy, the temperance ~agitator,
with his son and daughter, called on the Presi-
dent aud Mrs. Hayes, the other day, and met
with a pleasant reception.
A meeting Of Republicans in Washington was
held to decide what steps to take to protect the
Louisiana returning board.
Foreign News.
Terrible suffering prevailed among the thou
sands Of Mahommedan f~ugitives who were
seeking transportation across the straits OF
Bosphorus, and hundreds persisted from hun
ger, cold and exhaustion.
J. e. S. Ritterhausen, Hamburg cotton i'm
porters, who failed recently, have both COM
mitted suicide.
Large mass meetings all over England have
been held in favor Of peace.
The Russian steamer Constantine sunk an
Ottoman steamer at Batoum on the Black sea
by means of q torpedo.
There are $50, 900 refugees, victims OF the
war, at Constantinople, and as they are nearly
all destitute and deprived Of the means Of ex-
~istence, an outbreak is feared.
George Cruikshank, the celebrated. English
artist and caricaturist, is dead.
Greece has declared war against Turkey, and
the government has ordered an army Of $4,000
men to cross the frontier and occupy Thessaly,
Eprus and Macedonia, in order to prevent
massacres of Christians in those provinces.
The peace preliminaries and armistice have
been signed at AdIianople, and the Eastern
war is practically at an end, the Grand Duke
Nicholas having ordered q suspension OF hos
Titles. The peace conditions are as follows:
The erection Of Bulgaria into o principality ; q
war indemnity or territory in compensation
Montenegro, with an increase Of territory for
each reforms in Bosnia end Herzegovina;
an Interior understanding between the sultan
and the car regarding the Dardanelles the
evacuation Of the Danubian fortresses and
Erzeroum.
The British consul at Shanghai telegraphs
that 5000, 900 reople are now reported desti-
tute in Northern China. The foreign relief
committee appeals to England and America for
aid.
A dispatch from Shanghai, China, announces
that an asylum for women and children in the
city Of TienEsin, has been burned, and that
more than 1000 persons are said to have per-
ished in the fire.
Ten persons were suffocated or trampled to
death during the excitement caused by q false
alarm of fire at a circus in Calais, France.
The Greeks carried the town Of Domoco,
containing q garrison Of 1000 Turks, at the
point OF the bayonet,.. losing $50 men. Five
Turkish men-of-war have started for the Greek
coast
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY,