Huntsville gazette., 1882-01-28
NEWS AND NOTES.

NEWS ANU NUIEO.
A Summary Of Important ETenta
rxGoy BULLOCK dropped dead on
80 sidewalk in Worcester, Mass, 18th.
Apopexy' -.
ara meeting held in Washington to
Celebrate the centenary OF the birthday OF
nor;el Webster, Jan. Is, committee was
annointed to procure monument to COM
"id,, ~fr crate the fame of the dead statesman.
LIEUT.. MCDONALD, Fourth U. 5.
g,.,,,lrr who has been scouting in New
r@...ioo. with twenty Indian scouts for hos
.r- ,n,cbes crossed the line into Chihuahua
and was arrestedby the Mexican authorities
for the invasion.
TUE National Board CT Health has
declared smallpox epidemic in the United
ctotes and directed the inspectors Of several
- .ho mast important quarantine stations to
sao that the regulations Of the Board are
properly enforced.
A CONCESSION has been granted to
tho Mexican southern Railway for COLOMBIA
ton along its routes. The Government pays
S35 per individual and $50 per family. Not
less than 800 families must be settled during
the first five and 1000 the first ten years.
Three-fifths of the colonized must be Euro
peans. This company is negotiating to pur-
chase the Tehuacan Railroad.
GOVERNOR MURRAY's message to the
Territorial Legislature OF Utah says that sin
no sense is sovereignty of the church over a
State Of the Union with constitution and
laws; that political power is welded by
church authority throughout Utah; that the
officers of the church exercise authority in
temporal affairs; that the sovereignty Of the
church is supreme and its practices are fol-
lowed, the laws and courts of the United
States to the contrary.
THE new turnpike bridge spanning
Rolling Fork, near Lebanon, Ky, was un-
dcrmined by a freshet and fell while six men
were working on it. --Aloysius Hayden was
instantly killed, John Black had an arm
broken, and man named Mattingy was
severely cut on the head. James Wathen
leaped into the water, distance Of sixty
feet, and swan out unhurt. E. Perkins
was severely wounded and suffered concus-
sion of the brain, causing delirium. Joseph
Shively had an arm broken.
The most extensive confagratior
known in Atlanta, Ga, since the burning OF
tlie city during the war occurred January
2st. 1t is said to have originated in Frank
Blocks bakery, corner of Alabama and
Pryor streets. A strong wind was blowing,
and for three hours the fire ragged with the
greatest fury and threatened to destroy the
entire business portion Of South Atlanta.
The total loss is estimated at $500, 900. John
0. Wckham, of Richmond, Va, was
burned to death in his room at the Windsor
Hotel.
GUITEAU addressed the jury, Jan. 81,
reading from manuscript, with an attempt
at every conceivable form Of oratorical and
dramatic effect. At times the intensity Of
his utterance seemed to reflect upon him.
self, but the effect was transitory, and, with
the exception of one instance, there was no
indication OF breaking down. Leaning to-
ward the jury, he solemnly said: ~ tell
you, gentlemen. as sure as there is God
In heaven, if you harm hair of my head
this nation will go down in blood. You can
put my body in the grave, but there will be
a day OF reckoning" Mr.. Porter began his
closing argument on the 23d. After sketch
Ing the circumstances leading up to the
crime and pointing out with fervid Ian
guage the damning wickedness of its execu-
ton, with an irresistible torrent of denun-
clatOn and inyective he analyzed the pris-
oner's character, pointed out the glaring
defects in the insanity or inspiration theory
mde'ense, and declared the crime the re-
suit of diabolism on the part of cow
afdly rutlian thirsting for notorety.
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AVERY important measure introduced
III the House by Mr.. Beltzhoover, of Penn
sylVanla, provides that it shall be lawful for
any citizen of the United States to present
10 the Supreme Court a petition setting
lorth, under oath, his reasons for believing
lhat, from sickness or any other cause, the
resident OF the United States is unable to
uischarse the duties of his office, and to ask
mat the President show cause why such du-
ties should not devolve upon the Vice. Pres
ldent. The court shall then rule that the
President shall reply to the said petition.
and upon such reply being filed the court
Shall decide; that, if in said proceedings,
the supreme Court shall determine that the
PRESIDENT is unable to discharge his duties.
tnlS decision shall be so rendered, and the
'lce-President shall thereupon act as Presi-
ue"t until, for sufficient cause, the Supreme
court may decide that the disability has
ceased to exist, when the President shall
1Salh assume the duties of the Presidential
Office.
IHE bill to establish uniform paper
currency introduced by Mr.. Hazeltine, of
1HsSotrl, provides that all paper currency
n0" IN circulation, or that shall hereafter be
'>suea, within the United States shall be
iu'ue lawful money and full legal tender at
i's lace value for all taxes, revenues and
uepts, public and private, and shall be is
Suea directly by the Government; that all
solu ana silver certificates and certificates
Vi deposit shall be retired and cancelled on
presentation, and be redeemed ne nrovided