The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-12-21
= General News.

ut TTeSltteltl Has tcCpShiLSu
) sc. Francisco De Z,lnapna as
con al If Mrxicv at ew Orleans.
ecrrt, ry Sherman has received
from San Francesca III offer of ON.
million trade dollars, deliverable
there frtm China within sixty dmys
An ofii..er is expected in Wash
ington daily tn translate Congress
man malls. If outh Caroline,
from the House of Rrpl esrnfatives
q the p-nitrntiary, pursuant to n
regent Judicial decision.
, Great Britain has invaded
Afshanistan with al army Of o.
900 Soldiers, AMI ms captured
three unimportsnt forts. The
ine~r, it rs said, has an army Of
200 00ilm.n Ia oppose the invaders
rts. Sp akcr announced the fui
lowing cominlt ee on. yellow fever,
under the resolution adopted yes-
'rrday: Yonhg Of Tennessee, Glib,
son of Louisiana, Hooker Of Mis-
issippi. Gnde of Viryinin, Morse
{. q .Als-sachnsetts, Partridge of
,ieprgla, Garfield Of Ohio. HormrI
of Prunsylvania. Chittenden Of
New York. s3H
J.. - ,~s-. :,
The only woman who Was ever
a,t,tled to the franking privilege.
rs far IA knO,n, wac Martha
Washington. An act passed in
april. 1s00. directed that 'all let
'ers and packages to and from
Martha Washington, the relirt oi
the hate George Washington, shall
he received aud conve. ed by tn.
government free of postage during
her life.."a
SENATOR Edmunds gave notice
last week tn ~ "n Monday the 16 h
INST, he wuuld ask the Senate t.'
attend tn one Of the In''st impor
ta,lt pieces 1T unfinished busire.s
bekore the conntry-hamely. the
lnkstion If providing " WA fo,
tho election of President. which,
xliallsnvoid the dangers and excite
ments cnnsequssitszon, the election
# ls76 aI-s ssEai 4 81
Corbin is in Washington press
ing his claim to Cen VI. F Butler's
,eat in the Senate. and his frirpds
state that the Committee OH PRIV
,lrses and Elections will shnrtl,
r,.poit in his favor. There is little
pi,sl,ecs OF tin. report being adopt
ell. as ii ~ understood that Srna
t,rs Patterson and Conover ar.
unchanged in their views n.on the
matter, aud will vote with the
Democrats to cuhtirrn Senator But
Ter lii bis seat. The proceedings IN
favor If Corlnn will serve one good
pur 'os,. however. 1t will give the
Democrats precedent, winch VIII
I've promptly avalled uf, Ia bounce
the great American liar. otherwise
known as W. 2 Kellogg. as earl,
after The f.,uith If next March as it
resolution to that effect can be- ~
porte. from the committee. AMI
the committee VIII inse no time IT,
drawing mp the resolution. either
The 10 Br,arly, Capt. VI l.
Scbv~ll, arrived IN New Orleans III,
rl,r 9th inst > from Red river with
two barges ia tow. She met WI b
MI actident III Old river Frida.
night. Fuitber particulars are to
the effeci that she lit an unknown
obstruction in the gut, on her star
board side forward; she careened
t., the lar-Soart;. dumping over
hoard the cotton on that side. and
in rightiug up dumped the cotton
un her starhoard ON q barge she
had ID tow. In all, 500 bales Of her
Cargo. which CONSISTED of 1853 bales.
went overheard. On the barge ut
tine time was Capt Scovell, two
passengers. one IT item Sheriff
Williams. Of Mansfield. who Wat
bringing down eight convicts t.
Baton Rpuge, who were also ON the
barge, with the watchman OF the
ioat, Martin Leonard, and two 81
rhe roustabO.is. Capt. Scovell was
ruck and bruised about the head
and body by the stage, the pas
-epger escaped unhurt, but ever,
pne of the rest we're more or less
hurt BY the falling cotton. the
watchlnan being killed instantly
Sheriff Williams was hurt in the
face. The wounds of Capt Scovel
were flight Tho Bryarly took il
= foot of water before the leak was
stopped, which wan afterward,
pumped ont. She lay by unit