The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-10

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President, Gen. Geo. w. Wingate d
New York; first vice president, Ad<
lutant-General j. L. Beauregard Oh
New Orleans; second vice president
Gen. j. V. Derver of Wilmington
Ohio; corresponding secretary, Mai
w. Borum Wettmore of New York
recording secretary, Adjutant-G en-
eral w. II, Alexander, ofDes Moinesf
Iowa. Discussions then took placl
relative to the virtue of encampE
ments as the best methods of many
aging. These were participated i'll
by Gen. Fox of Connecticut, Maury
ofVirginia, Beam of Louisiana, Van
cleve of Missouri and Col. Hunt o
Ohio.
NASHVILLE, March Sat meet
ing of the board of exposition
managers tonight decided to givdt
the aggregate $500 in premium
for the competition of military drilli
10 be held on the oath, 25th and 26tlI
of May. Large prizes are $1,000 fol
the best drilled infantry companies
and $500 for second best drills and
will include artillery, target and
military rifle practice.
New ORLEANS, March ga speI
cial from Little Rock TO the DenoI
crot reports Il horrible murder I'd
Jonesboro, Craighead county. Misl
sissippi. Miss Matte Ishmael, aged
IL, was left alone in the house Wild
her father went to the mill. On hid
return he found his daughter lyina|
on the floor, weltering in pool Oh
blood. She had been murdered Will
n club or axe. The object of th,'
murderers was robbery, her fathel'
being wealthy, and il being sup1|
posed that large sum of money.
was in the house. The place ya1
ransacked, but no money found. Al
number of negroes have been arr
rested.
The trial of ID. l.. Paine for inyadl
ing the Indian Territory was coml
menced to-day AT Fort Smith.
MEMPHIS, March ga fire on|
Sunday night at Bolivar. TENNESSEE
destroyed ten buildings; loss about
$4,000; insurance $l1 900. Mooro|
81 Hardy, Lowens Yaphand. Bailey|
Il. Campbell, II. j. Joyner, ben Cpl
perheimer, John Austin, Il. i, Mcr-|
ril and Gen. S. l.. Nicely occupied
and owned the buildings burned.
VICKsBURG, March ga fire on|
West Washington street between|
Grove and Jackson streets, destroy
ed all the buildings on the blocks.|
Loss, $4,000; partly insured.
PHILADELPHIA, March S.-Presi i
denL Roberts, of tho Pennsylvania
Railroad Company announced to|
the stockholders of that. road aid
their meeting to-day, that the di-
rectors had concluded 10 contractI
for the purchase of majority of theI
stock of the Philadelphia. Wilming-
ton 81 Baltimore Railroad Company /.
Resolutions were adopted by the|
stockholders approving Of the di 4
rectors' action.
MILWAUKEE, March 9.--Tho Re-
publican senatorial caucus at Madi.
son was in session last night. ID
created great interest and exciie-
ment and balloted all the evening.
On the 4Sth ballot the vote stood.
Cameron 40, Keys 20, Williams g..
llazletOn 3, Dixon 10, Bingham 8.
IL is believed that Dixon will go io
Cameron or Cameron to Dixon
thus securing the nomination of one
or the other. There is the best of
feeling here between the Dixon and
Cameron men.
RICHMOND, Va, March 8.--Charles
L. Workman, of the old and well
known firm of Charles 4. Wortham
a. Co., of this city, is dead. He was
in the eighty-ninth year of his age.
The deceased had been n prominent
business man many years before the
late war, and by his strict integrity
had won the admiration and esteem
of the community.
New ORLEANS, March S.--Thc
man-o1-war Kearsage leaves for
Washington tomorrow via Mobile
and Havana. The flagship, Tennes-
see, leaves Thursday for Key West,
Havana, thence to the navy yard
at Annapolis. Alliance, on her way
up the river, is understood will re-
main for some weeks at Memphis.
NEW ORLEANS, March 8.--The
jury in the Derace murder case re-
turned verdict of guilty of man.
slaughter against each of the De-
race brothers, Fernand, Armand and
Henri,all are strongly recommended
to mercy Of the court.
WASHINGTON, March S.---Thc
Democratic caucus committees did
not complete their revision of the
membership of the Senate commit
tees yesterday. No caucus were
held this morning by members of
either party.
DANvILLE, Va, March S.-Nelson
Foster, colored, indicted for the muir
der of Ben Lampkins, colored, who
was killed here in January, was
tried in the corporation court here
to-day and acquitted. He proved
an alibi.
LONDON, March S.-The dispatches
report another earthquake, which
occurred at Cosamocciola Monday.
Eleven more bodies were found and
reports show 26 persons killed and
179 wounded.
LONDON, March 8.---The bark
Frederick Perthis last reported at
Graston from Wilmington has been
totally wrecked at Inverallocy. Her
crew were saved. One whole boat
capsized at Queenstown and seven
people drowned.