The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-11-07
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.

Smith NJ. Weed denies that he ever sent
the cipher dispatches from South Carolina
attributed to him by the New York ITib-
me; also, the implied charge that he tried
TO bride member of the Canvassing Board.
Aterrible storm swept along the Atlantic
coast on the 23d, causing great loss Of life and
destruction OF property. At Philadelphia
over 40 church steeples were blown down;
seven persons were killed and many others
injured. Many other places suffered
TO a less extent. The steamer Express,
from Baltimore for New York ,foundered at
sea on the morning Of the 23d, and Of 81
persons on board, only 10, so far as
known, were saved. The ship A.
S. Davis, of Searsport, Maine, went
ashore south Of Cape Henry, n. c., and of
10 men on board all were lost but one. OH
err marine disasters reported are the sinking
of a number of vessels of the oyster-fleet of
Philadelphia, and a number of schooners
and other small craft atVarious points along
the coast.
Charles S. Whittier, formerly Treasurer
Of the Town of Methuen, Mass, has been
sentenced to State-prisOn for six years for
embezzling $4,000 of the public funds.
Miss Amelia Linkham, pretty and intel.
ligent young lady Of good social standing in
Lumberton, Robson County, n. c., on the
oath, shot and MORALLY wounded a young
man named Edmund Hartman, who had Sc
duced and betrayed her under promise of
marriage. Hartman was connected with a
Baltimore clothingho The fair assassin
was lodged in Jail.
The steamship City OF Houston, of the
Mallory Line, from New York for Calves
ton, foundered off Frying pan Shoals on the
Florida coast during the gale of the 23d.
The passengers and crew were all rescued
and taken to Fernandina, Fla. The vessel
and cargo are total loss.
Henry w. Tyler, well known desperate,
Of Parkersburg, w. Va, on the 25th shot
and killed his wife, then put bullet through
mis- own head, dying a few moments after
1t is supposed he was under the influence of
liquor at the time.
The Philadelphia City Council have voted
public reception to Gen. Grant upon his
return from Europe, and the General has
signitied his acceptance of the proposed
honor.
Jim LaXton, colored, was hanged at States
vile, \. c., on the 18th, for the rape of a
white woman.
The Manhattan Savings Institution, at the
corner of Broadway and Blocker Street.
New ork, was robbed on Sunday, the 9th,
in broad daylight, Of securities valued at
nearly $4,000, 900, most of the bonds being
non-ntgotiable. There was also $1,000 in
cash taken. The janitor's story of the trans
action is that just as he was dressing, about
half-past6 O'Clock, seven masked men rush
ed into his room, handcuffed him and his
wife, and under threats Of killing him COM
PEELED him to give them the keys to the bank
and the combination Of the vault lock. They
then deliberately went through the bank
vaults, and got off safely with their plnn-
der.
A number Of arrests have been made By
United States officers in South Carolina of
persons charged with intimidating voters. !
The atfidayits are mostly made by colored |
men. Bail has been accepted in all cases for |
the appearance Of persons at the next Unit |
ed States Court.
Charles H. Hartwcll, the conductor who
is charged with having caused the late acct
dent on the Old Colony Railroad at Wellas
ton, Mass, has been adjudged guilty of .
at his preliminary examina-
ton, and is held to bail in the sum of $4,000
Carl Schurz delivered an address, chiefly
upon the financial question, at Boston, on he
18th, TO an over-crowded house.