Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-11-22

SENATOR GORDON, in a Speeca b>so-r the
georgia legislature, after referring drnrecat-
lhgiy 10 ne recent speeches OF senators Blaine
aid ConklIng and Secretary Shcrnan SAID:
VIII The masses OF republican voters sustain
these leaders in such policy OF oppresSionP l
cannon believe II. cannot bellegc they WIN be
sustained by thai Wing OF the party Walch sun
ported President Hayes In his patriotic rerosnl-
ton OF the fact that the war was ended I'm the
NllhdIaWal o1 The troops, and leaving Louisiana
ana South Carolina the rights OF Self--nVprn-
menL iApplauSC.l wish you also 10 know
my counllymen. there are hundreds of thou
sands OF patriotic men in that party who, il
lley saw Their danger and reacriOalrk danger
10 them. would unite with you TO avert H.
There aIe thousands OF Christian men in that
party who do rot Symp9thise win those
wrongs. whose hearts bled Tor oar recent AZ
nictiOuS. and whose purses were cmnloyed
10 relieve the southern sGGeflng IAp-
plause.l That was a spectacle t1at pre-
sented The better side or tleSc men, and
ii was spectacle that touched and moved the
great southern heart and caused il 10 beat once
more IN responsive throbS 10 the great heart OF
The north. as deep calieth unto deea Ruud an
r!aUSe,l and southern prayers asCnnlod that
JehoH an would not only reward them az house
and fold, but that this great southern woe made
national ol godllEe sympathy, might become
lIe grave uf al Se1jional animoSitieS. Bul now
what revolution and contrast. - the very
moment when southern suffering and northern
bcneficence were binding together these es-
uan6td sections, these grave Senators seek 10
reopen wounds that were healing and regtye
passions that were dying. AT an hour when
good VIII was being restored. When the races
We're al peace. when both races ALIKE We're
enSCylnS Tie blessings OF education and good
government. these leaders bring ouf The bloody
shirt again. run ii mp the party staff and iiy it.
as s3 lilp0l Of a new civilization and he stored
UnlCn."
Not | EVER EICTIN.-A telegram from Long
Branch. NOV. 10. says:-Benjamin N0Oliey died
in Long Branch on Wednesday last OF yynat the
physicians pronounced TO be gelUlue yellow
lever lie lad come from NorfG'k ~ on me
In l,a
DIotLer. Joseph No0lley. the Weil-aao.yn Ful-
ton llalict Iisl merchant. Willie the funeral
services for Benjamin WoolIey We're being per-
formed on Friday, a dispatch was received from
NoIloIk announcing the death OF joseph Wool
ley. TIE Gead mans son. 4 dispatch was sent
10 tie norfolk telegraph operator asking the
cause OF death. and the reply was yellow
fever Joseph Wo0lleF had many friends here,
and The news OF his death was received with
sor1uw. 70 the surprise OF those who thought
him DEAD Joseph NOoley alighted from a train
Ecle On saturday evening. ia perfect lealtb IL
seems Ifat lie had heard in Norfolk OF his
iathefa Sudden death, and. Giscrcitlng the
story. t tCiCgi2phed 10 Long Branch: " Tel me
II lathei Is Uead.n This message. When delivered
10 tie Ncolley family here. had IN s9ne way
teCil tfE- Cd % as To read that joseph Wodlley
Hl-c sender was dead. Young Mr. W9Juev noT
Friday night. AID arrived here Oh saturday
evening EHeh 10 the joy of his relatives.
THE SApnE>T CASE or DESTIrr-las that ever
occurred Ia NClioll-, Va. WAS ungli1 he'd on
yttiiC- sl tci i2eSjStN- IN the lSc 81 = -S Emily
k.:lotl 10 lad dropped dead IRON weakness
NiG-e - ring sewing machine. IN her deS-
lefaie Efforts 10 get nOur1Shment FOR her sick
and eillCS, chi 'dIen. Every part ice of furni-
tue il Tie selling Lad been sold 10 sustain
the starving family. except q shucs mattress
ana TIE machine. The authorities took charge
ol Tie case. MI the family were prOStratel
TIE BURNING OF THE ST. Louis SLEEPER on the
Baltimore and Ohio train. near Cumberland
Md, by an exploded OIL lamp, was a Thrilling
accident. Every berth was occupied. and when
the fire broke out the train was running 25 miles
an hour Neither the conductor nor The porter
OF The car was al his post, but a passenger had
presence OF mind enough TO pull the bell-rope.
Meanwhile the fire swept from curtain TO cur
tam, and clept so fast along the wood work that
the screaming passengers had only time 70 lean
from their befthS in their night Clothes None
or them saved anything but what they had on
their backs, and when the train stopped, the
shoelesS, shiNertng crowd OF 35 had 10 tralnp
through the mud and rain 10 the PittSburg
sleeper in the rear, clad In decidedly unique and
scanty costume. The st. Louis car was speedily
cut oil from the rest OF the train and was al
lowed 10 blaze away until il was entirely con-
Sumed. with its contents. The passengers were
promptly forwarded to Cumberland. where they
secured clothing from their trunks in the bag
gage car, and proceeded on theirway a number
belng New Orleans refugees returning home