Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-02

Hon. HENRY STANSBERf, Attorney
General in President Johnson's Cabinet Is
dead aged 7o.
TIE House Of Commons, by vote OF
IL TO 50, has rejected bill for the Abortion
Of capital punishment.
THE temperance question IS assuming
- ramount Importance in North Carolina
a,d threatens to disrupt both political par
ties.
NETTING of the Cabinet was held
.+1orc Branch on the 22d, all the members
Lo;rc present. The object OF the meeting
has not transpired.
EX-GOVERNOR NELSON DINGLEY,
r. has received the Republican nomination
for Congress in the Second Maine District,
n nlace Of FRYE, chosen United States Sena-
tor.
EX-SENATOR Dorsey denies the re-
mort that he has abandoned his residence In
Arkansas. He says he will build him
house at Hot Springs and make that place
his home.
CONGRESSMAN SPEER, of Georgia,
who was elected as an Independent Demo-
crat, it is reported has declared his purpose
to vote with the Republicans in the organi-
zation of the next House.
GENERAL GRANT called upon Presi-
dent Garfield at Long Branch on the 2oth.
The two shook hands cordially, but beyond
the ordinary courtesies of the occasion, no
conversation took place.
A MONTENEGRIN officer went to the
Winter Palace at st. Petersburg, on the 23d,
and demanded an audience with the Princess
of Montenegro. Being refused he stabbed
the officer on duty. The Russian officer
then shot the Montenegrin dead.
TROOPS have been dispatched to a
point in San Juan County, Utah, 125 miles
west Of Durango, where an outbreak IS
threatened by Pah Ute Indians. A number
of cattle men have disappeared and are
thought to have been killed.
WoRKINGMEN's organizations in New
York City are making an effort to obtain a
half-holiday on Saturday. Some establish
ments have already yielded to their de-
mands, and the workingmen express de-
adoption.
THE Italian residents of Marseilles
are quitting the city in large numbers. The
animosity between Frenchmen and Italians
l. aa,.tc
of France, including Paris. Counter dem
onstrations have taken place in Naples, Pal
ermo, and other Italian cities.
JACOBS, one of the Democratic candi-
dates for United States Senator in New
York, has withdrawn his name, on account
of doubts regarding his eligibility, he being
a member of the Legislature. Clarkson B.
Potter, formerly Representative in Congress
from the Westchester District, has been
substituted in his stead.
GENERAL BRADY, through counsel,
made an application in the Washington
Criminal Court, on the 23d, for an immedi-
ate investigation of the public charges made
against him in connection with the star route
frauds. Col. Cook, Special Assistant Attor-
ney-General, opposed the motion, on the
ground that the Government had not yet
prepared its case, and would not be ready
before the September term. The Court de-
MED the motion.
A PROCLAMATION has been issued
prohibiting the importation of arms into
ireland Al
Limerick, Londonderry, Waterford, Gal
way, Sligo, Drogheda, Dundalk, Greenore,
Nora and Wexford. The City and County
OF waterford have been placed under the
Ifotecllon act. Arrests under the Coercion
act continue, among the more prominent
persons being Cox, League organizer, and
Hozel, Secretary of the Government branch
OF the Land League.
IHE famous Pond divorce case at
Boston resulted in verdict for Mrs. Pond,
the defendant, the Court holding there was
no evidence in the case upon which a decree
OF divorce for adultery could be granted.
Especial interest was taken in the trial from
Inc TACT that Major Pond was at one time the
agent and protege of Henry Ward Beecher,
ana 'he marriage was brought about mainly
through Mr.. Beecher's sintercession, the lady,
II would appear, being brought into it some
what against her better judgment.
GOVERNOR CRITTENDEN, at nearly
.le last hour granted respite offour weeks
y 'he Talbot brothers, sentenced to be
i .'"seu at Maryviile, Mo-, on the 24th, for
iiufdero of their father. The date of their
eNso0''on Is postponed till July o. Extra
u'uafy oly efforts were put forth to obtain
eoutNe clemency, and it is understood
:. ouc important evidence was presented to
~ 1,'o governor not produced at the trial.
"euty thousand people had gathered to
''ness The execution, and as threats of
.lioning We're freely made, the armed guard
"oout the Jail was doubled.
John 1. DAVENPORT testified before
VI we investigating Committee at Albany. N.
-, On The 23d. He corroborated substan-
th 'he statement Of Senator Strahan as to
'ue tender of the Office of e. s. Marshal to
i'uer, on condition that he should vote
- oohGllng, but said he had no author
,c 'i0rn PRESIDENT Garfield to act in the mat
CO.,. had conversed with the President re-
.uins IL, but Strahan's position on the
- ltoriai question was not ,neptioned