The daily gazette., 1882-03-25
eEMERAL NEWS.

lumber, is ashore eight miles south Of
Hattefas Station. Her crew are safe.
MThe brig Three Cheers, from MaOza-
nillo for New York, with sugar, vent
eshore at Station No. 20, on the New
Jersey coast, yesterday morning. Her
crew get safely ashore.
Count Johanini, Italian Minister 10
Mexico, committed suicide in tile CITY
Of Mexico on the 20th Inst, because Of
pecuniarY troubles.
W Professor j. q. Hawkins, teacher In
the Howard School at Fort Smith, ,Arkan
'sas, COMMITTED suicide on Thursday
night.
B. T. Madison, ex-SherIR OF Alber-
marie county, Virginia, committed sui
eide yesterday morning BY cutting his
throat. -
Jacob Avery, q prominent citizen OF
Blue Point, Long Island, attempted TO
hang himself yesterday, but was cut
down before life was gone.
Henry wv. LoDgfellow, the poet,
died at his home in Cambridge, Mas,
sachusetss, yesterday afternoon, at the
age Of rs years.
Colonel William 1'appan Thompson.
for thirty-two years managing editor
Of the Savannah MerRiug Netos, died
yesterday in Savannah, aged 20 years,
He was the author OF "Maior Jones'
Courtship" and other humorous works.
The House Committee on Post Office
yesterday considered Mr.. BinRham's
Money Order bill. It was decided to
recommend the reduction of fees on
money orders Of less than IS from 10
TO Z cents, and TO increase the maxi
mum money order issue from $50 to
$780,. .. The Senate and House Com
mittee on Education and Labor held
o joint meeting yesterday, and heard
arguments by members OF the National
Educational Convention, now in ses-
sion at Washington, In faver Ofa Con.
gressional grant Of immediate aid to
the States for educational purposes.
Army circles In Washington are
excited by a report that the Presi-
dent inLends 10 place General Nc.
Dowell on the retired list, and
prom ote Generals Pope and Nc.
Kenzle, giving Pope lthe success-
ion to Mcdowell.
1t Is rumored In Washington that
Richard T. MerrIck will be appoin-
ted assistant council in the Star
Route cases,to succeed Cook resig>
ned.
General Grant was serenaded last
evening by the Government work.
ing men in Washington, and acknoW
LEGGED the compliment in q few apA
propriate remaks.
The Senate Of Wisconsin Yesterday
adopted Congressional Apportion-
ment bill, which, 1t is said, will give
the Democrats two Congressmeu
from that State, If not three. The
plan is due to The fusion of the Dem
ocrats with a faction Of the Republi-
cams. Leading Republicans throughs
out the State are very indignant anC
protest against the bill,
John M. Francis, of the Troy New
York, Times Is mentioned in Wash'
ingt0n as likely to be the mex
Minister to Belgium. lie was Minis
ter 10 Greece under PresidentGr
The following executions DOL
| place yesterday in Penna, Frank
and Henry RImberger, for the muir
der Of Daniel Troutman, committe,
on November l4th, 1880; JOnatha
Meyer, IN Mlddletown, for tn
murder of Gretchen Kintzer, O
December 9th, 1877, and John a
Neveling, at Clear6eld for the mur
der OF Samuel Pennington, on Feh
ruary 18th 1880, William HellWago
at leland, Illinois, for the murder
of his daughter.ih-law and John {
McCarty, at Angelica, Now Yorl
fot the murder OF Patrick Markey
Rear Admiral Gustavus 81. Scott, O
the retired list, dIed late on Thursda
night, In Washington, aged 20 year,
He was native of Virginia, and WI
appointed midshipman from that Stat
in 1928. He BECAME Commander
1855, Captain In 1868, Commodore |
1899, and Rear Admiral In 1878. E
did good service duriHR the war, bl
the. principal incident in his cares
occurred In 1873. In tho latter part
that year he was detached from u
command of League Island and o
dered to Havana, TO demand restitl
/ tion for the seizure Of the Virginil
and the barbarlties at SantigO I
Cuba. His mission was successful {
December 17lh; the Virginius WI
surrendered and the survivors at ga
! tiago were given up. He was retirs
In June, 1879,