The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-05-05
THE LATEST.

MACON, MISS, April 2G. Last n;,,,.
ut hall past s n'ch,ck, one Of f.a n,,s ,s3
fearful aud furious cyclones III ruek tha
north part of this place, resulting i, !
sad loss OF life aud n wholesale a.
strnsion Of property. The day l,ad
been unusually cloudy and snlry. ami
at about lir l.our abeye statet, ,w,,
terrible currents of.ir, one from az
northeast, the n'her from the suuth.s
west, l,sa1ing clouds charged viii,
electricity, we're hurled together ,ivht
at the tatcd locality. It was a wai af
! clouds. Besides The ;Ecessapt li..,t.
ming. balls Of E,e were seen wLirl;nr
across the clouds. varying in size from
chestnut to that Of mans head
Right ia the centre of that part Of the
town arnund the railroad station tia
sto, ms met, and the work of destrnc.
ton commenced, and in less time than
I can tell it the place was iu ruins.
Tie loss Of life was fearful.
Through heating rains and against
pitiless winds our citizens rushed ia
the scene to aid the sufferers.--
Through the night squads OF men com.
bined ard went to work to remove tLe
debris and gather up the wounded.
the dying and the dead that were scat
tered everywhere. The scene begrars
all human attempts at description.
To-day the citizens have closed their
tplaces of business, and are devoting
the day to caring for the dead and
wounded. Eighteen were killed ont
right, and forty more or less injured.
some perhaps fatally After the storm
some of the ,nins caught fire, but it
was checked before spreading to any
extent.
At about 10 o'clock a perfect water
spout visited the scene to render it the
more horrible. Men and women were
found today decapltated, limbs torn
from the body and otherwise mutil,,t
ed, quarter OF mile from their homes.
Stock was all killed inethat vicinity.
A bolt of goods from store was found
eight miles from town in tree top.
There was total demolition 10 houses
that yesterday were the pride Of tie
city.
WASHINGTON, April 90 The Kel-
logg discussion was resumed to-day by
Sen ator Jonas, who made a very &C.
we're speech npon the Kellogg Legisla-
ture and Kellogg himself. He showed
that there never had been quorum 10
the Packard Legislature, and the
courts had refused to recognize it,
while the Nicholls Legislature, which;
elected spofford. had been composed
of both sides. Mir. jonas cited rs ali-4
thoiity fur Ills position Senators Mor-s
ton, Huar, Edmnnds, Sherman -ail.
r ninent Republicans. His speech
was very satisfactory tn the De,n0-s
Gratis, but greatly annoyed j. Madison
Wells, who was present. In the piO-S
eress of discussion Mr. Blaine made a
very loud aud aggressive speech, char
ging that Mr.. Kellogg and Mr.. Batter
of South Carolina, had been admitted
pursuant to q bargain to admit both,
or us he called it. gu honorable under
standing. This compact Mr.. Blaine
charged that the Democratic Senators
were about to violate upon the de-
maDd of the South for solid vote. -
The speech was fiercelv sectional, and
evidently intended to keep up Mr.
Blaines Presidential buom. Blaint's
charge made the Democratic Senators
very indignant. Nv. Butler first re-
PEELED it, and after him Mr.. Bailey. nf
Tennessee, who called in vain for
specification uf the agreement. ard
who wer parties to it. tn this there
was no reply, save by Mr.. Blaine. the
other Republican Senators allowing
him tn get ont Of his sciane in lis nwsl
way. Mr.. Bdyarti, in very eife,tive
and ind g'nl;,t manner, ,rpelic'l this
gross accusation. hpt., ii. himself and
the Democratic Senators. saving !hss
there could he no srcIi l!,;ag lis IN
honorable understanding on saci, !,
question. Mr.. b ainc tried 10 ~riggle
ont of his calulnny. aud maintained
his install swagger. Mr.. Hillluie dawn
on him severely. The debate went IF
then on other points. Mr.. G mixing,
moved adjenrnmrnt, aud may speak
Tomorrow. repelling the diss,artfnl
position assigned to the Republican,
Senators, but if lie does not, ,c will
probably be called to speak nut. Ke.-
logg himself denied that he had made
any such bargain, aud this vile false
hood of a bargain, which ] denounced
when first made, was not championel
by anybody save Blaine, who is bid
ding for the carpet-bag vote. The de-
bate was lively and personal.