Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-28

was IN New York l was boarding In first class
mouse, and was finely dressed. i attended church,
anu mad quite pleasant day. Two years ago
was Id Boston, but not so well fed or
clothed. l was on theology. There is no money
IN theology left $4,000 law bu,iness in Chi
eago IN 1877 for theology. went into theology to
as much trouble to get in nv work on theology as
Paul did He hungered and thirsted, and was naked.
and had no certain dwelling place !; but he preached
tne gospei, ana ne understood it, although he bad
a hard time. since he left the earth his work
and name have come down the ages
Christ and Paul did their work, and let the
result with the Almighty Father, and do the same
On Christmas, 1878, was in St. Louis was in
very reduced circumstances had been on Theology
a year. had spent year travelinc mostly in the
East, trying to preach the gospel by ecturing and
selling my lectures in Washington, New York Bos
ton, Chicsgo and other cities. felt that the Lord
put this work me- and did the best could /
had no friends, and Little money. Christmas 1877,
spent IN Philadelphia / was well fed ard
clothed, and was trying to lecture. Christ
mas, 1875, / was in Chicago, and was
working with Mr.. Moody, and writing my lecture on
Christs second coming, A. D. 1870. To day, Christ
m g, / suffer in bonds as patriot; but am in
honorable company. Washington was patriot ;
Grant was patriot. Washington led the armies Of
the revolution through eight years Of bloody war to
victory and glory. Grant led the army of the Union
to victory and glory, and to-day the nation is pros
porous and happy. They raised the cd war
cry Of Rally around the flag" and thou
sands of the choicest SONS Of the republic
/ went forth to battle, to ctory or death.
Washington and Grant, by their valor ard success
| IN war, won the admiration Of mankind. To-day,
Oh lstmas, 1881, suffer in bonds as patriot be.
cause had an inspiration and the nerve to smte
| great political party TO the end that the nation
might be saved another desolating war. l do not
pretend that war was immediate but l do say EN-.
phatically that the bitterness in the Republican
party last spring deepening and deepening,
hour by hour and that within two three years or
| lie 8, the nation would have been in fame of
| civa war. In the presence OF death all hearts
| were hushed Commerce ceased for weeks and
weeks the heart and braG Of the alton centered
| in the sick man in the v ..ite House. At last he
| went the way Of all flesh, and the nation in
| mourning; and to-day, Christmas, 1881, / am on
trial for my life, charged with numbering the late
President. There is not the first element of murder
| in the case to institute the crime Of murder Two
| elements must coeXist-fist, actual homicide Sec
ondly, malice in law or malice in fact. The law pre-
sumes that there is homicide in this case
and therefore NJ malice in law. Malice, in
| fast, depends upon the circumstances attend
ing the homicide. Admitting that the late
President died from the shot, which l deny,
as matter of fact, still the circumstances
attending the shooting eliminate the presumption
OF malice, either IN law or fact. Had he been prop
erly treated he probably would have been alive to
| day. Whatever my inspiration intention, the
Deity allowed the doctors to finish my work gradu
| ally. because he wanted to prepare the people for
| the change, snd also confirm the original inspra
ton was well satisfied with the Deity's conduct
OF this ca so far, and have no doubt but that He
will continue further to direct it to the end and
that the public will later see special
providence in the late Presidents removal. Nothing
| but the political situation last spring justified
his removal. The break in the Republican
| party widening then week by week.
and oresaw a civil war. My inspiration was to re-
the late President alone and thereby close the
breach before it got wide that nothing but heart
rending and desoating could close it. The last
war lost the nation million of men and billion OF
money. The Lord wanted to prevent repetition Of
this desoation, and inspired me to execute His will
| Why did He inspire me in preference to some one
| else? Because had the brains and nerve probably
| to do the work. The Lord does not employ incom.
| petent persons to serve Him. He uses the best
material He can find.
A Terrible Steamer Disaster.
RICHMOND (Va.), December 27th.-News
was received here this morning from West
Point, on the York river. of terrible disas-
ter to the steamer West Point, of the Clyde
line, plying between that point and BaIti-
more The West Point arrived at West
Point early yesterday, and gang began to
discharge her cargo. They cleared out all the
freight between decks, and had gone below
into the hold to take out quantity of kero-
sene oil, when at 10 minutes past H. midday,
an explosion occurred which blew off the side
of the vessel into the river, and set fire to the
ship. Nineteen persons. including four of the
crew and near y all of the stewards hands,
perished The first and second officers es-
capped, one of them being badly injured. The
Captain, being on shore, was saved. The
crew were mostly from Baltimore, and the
laborers from Richmond and West Point
The West Point was new ship, having only
made a few trips. She was valued at $780,
| 600; insured.
tsECoND DIsPATCH.l
| RICHMOND, December 27th.-The West
| Point explosion is unaccounted for. 1t oc.
Cured near the forward hatch, and the vessel
| was instantly in flames The twelve colored
men in the hold were killed or burned to
| death. Five others jumped overheard and
| four Of them were drowned. The steamer
was cut loose when it was found impossible
| to save her, and she drifted two miles upon
| the Damunky river, where everything burned
| except her iron hull which broke amidships.
| Her chief stevedore, L. S. Bradford, is
among the killed, and Peter Geoghehan, Of
Baltimore, the first officer, ard William Bo-
hannah, were badly burned. Eighteen of the
nineteen dead are colored. Three others
were injured.
THIRD pIsPATcHl
RICHMOND, December 27th.-The beats
cargo was made up of miscellaneous freight,
among which were several hundred barrels of
oil, sixty of which was gasoline oil, and
becoming ignited, the flames spread with
such frightful rapidly that there were no
chances of saving the vessel nor any one on
board, even if there was not one killed by the
explosion. The forward portion of the deck
and great part of the starboard side was
thrown out, and there is no doubt that all 10
the hold or near the forward hatch were in
stantly killed. -Four men were drowned.
There YVES gang Ct FIVE men stow
ing cotton in the after hold, and
as soon as they heard the explosion
and saw the rapid spread of the
! fire, they, together with boy who was assist
ing, made for the starboard port and plunged
into the river. just then large hatch slid
off the deck, and falling upon them disabled
| four, so that they sank at once. The 9Th
saved himself. Passengers on the Richmond
and Dsnville Railroad, which runs into West
| Point in connection with the Baltimore lipe,
| who arrived to-day from West Point, st Ate
that they ale utterly unable to account for
the disaster. They say the only fire that was
on the boat was under the Il oiler, which runs
the hoisting engine, and the engineer 1unnir
it remained at his post and was unhurt. The
ho,d had betn opened near'y two hours
| when the explosion occurred, SO the theories
of boiler or of a confined gas explosion are
| done away with John Jarvis, colored fire.
man, was in the main boiler cleaning it out,
and Of course had light, ard this was the
| only light known as being on board the
steamer. The West Point was built in Bal
timore, and cost SO 600. This was her
second trip. This is the third time the yes.
| sci, or portion thereof, had undergone the
ordeal of fire. There is probably full IL
surance, but no particulars are known.
Destruction by Fire.
| ATTLEBoRo (Mass.), December 27eh.-A
disastrous FIRE occurred in Robinson's jewelry
factory this morning, which destroyed the
| building, containing several heavy firms.
The total loss is Sl17, 900; insured.
SULLIVAN (Ind), December 9th. The
losses by the fire here only amounted to about
S33, 600.
MILWAUKEE, December 27th.-Further
particulars of the fire at Durand, WIS.,, 8 ate
| that the entire town, with the exception of
three buildings. was destroyed. There were
twenty-iour building in the village TIE loss
is estimated at $685. A high wiad pre-
vailed The fire was accidental.
MARTIN (Tex.l December 9th. = Last
| night Adams grocery house and all the build.
Ings between Carter's bank and Woods cor
ner were burned. Loss, $4,000; partly IL
sured.
A Republican Victory in the South.
WAsHIsGToN, December 27th.-A private
telegram received here from Pensacola, Fla,
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