Huntsville gazette., 1882-01-14


Committee -.
rur New York Chamber OF Com
recommends sweeping changes In
Nrine laws --
rup Secretary of the Interior has in
.-,ted Indian Agents that they have pow
~ nut fwbite) inruders off the reserva-
sw amd NAV call on the military to assist
Them.
Srx.roR VESTS bill for the construc-
10, =, railroad bridge over the Missouri
n;,.,r o;obt miles west Of st. Charles, by
, ,So vsolul e. St. Louis Railroad, has gone
70 the War Department for examination
and inquiry by the engineers. The bridge
1,.;u bo an Improvement on any yet con-
'.-otod in tbe State over the Missouri, and
f,yorable report is looked for from the
Board of Engineers.
GEN. j. E. JOHNSTON publishes the
following explanatory card:
When the article headed Gen Johnston's
Narrative" appeared in the Philadelphia
Press of December Is, L wrote to the editor
that the conversation on which it was evi-
IDENTIFY founded was not an interview" and
the article was so inaccurate that would not
undertake to correct it. This was published
by him promptly As that article ap-
accurate, and 1 am charged with hav-
ing accused Mr.. Davis of appropriating the
i confederate funds carried through North
Carolina, write to 20 deny the charge did
did say was that the President ought to have
accounted tor that money. 1t is the we'll
known. practice in this and all other civilized
countries that those having the disposal of
public funds shall account for them. What I
said on that occasion was in an accidental
conversation with one whom / con-
sidered much above the class of interviewers.
Therefore | had no fear of the publication of
what | might say, and said good deal that
nothing would induce me to say for publica-
tion especially on the subject of the funds at
Greensboro. That part of the conversation
plicatlon twice made by me that a part of
that money should be paid to the army then
commanded in North Carolina, which had re-
celved no real pay for many months.
THREE Oskaloosa Qowa) lads select
ed as target for rifle practice a magazine
owned by the American Powder Company.
Five hundred kegs were exploded with ter
rife noise and dire consequences. The boys
we're hurled several hundred yards from
the magazine and all instantly killed, being
burned and mutflated almost beyond recog-
milton, their bodies presenting a sickening
! Ight A large number of houses were bad
kSrecked, and many persons injured by
flying glass and wood. Nearly all the busi-
ness houses in the city were damaged, show
windows being smashed in and the goods
scattered about in confusion. The body of
John Phillips was found fifty yards down
the hill, clothing nearly all gone, back por-
ton of the head carried away, and the body
otherwise horribly mangled. John Stedman
was blown through wire fence, hundred
yards away, and fearfully torn. Gerald
Joyce was found in the creek $50 yards
away, with the head almost completely
gone.
The Guiteau case was opened on the
1th by Mr.. Davidge. He read the prayers
Of the Government, which ask the Judge to
instruct the jury that if the prisoner knew,
at the time of the shooting, the difference
between right and wrong he was at that time
sane and responsible. Mr.. Porter made
something of a.stir by reading Judge Davis's
charge to the New York jury in the Cole
man murder case. Mr.. Scovile impatiently
objected to any more such dramatic efforts
70 influence the jury. Mr.. Reed opened for
the defense, citing number OF cases, and
submitting that the question of what consti-
tutes insanity was one for the jury to de-
eloe. JAM 9 proceedings opened with this
from the prisoner: 81 have received some
W letters, majority of them from ladies.
"heh get time l shall attend to them. I
"'n' 10 send my greetings to the ladies of
america and thank them for their sympa-
NY lhey don't want me to be hanged.
uo'ic opinion is fast changing. I received
'"''lrday check for 81 200 from the Stall
warts OF Brooklyn, and another for $500
rom the Stalwarts of New York. want
3n's jury TO understand how public opinion
~ vi thls case." ScovilIe concluded his
"suhent, which was diversified bva tilt
"tn Mr.. Porter. After recess Mr.. Corkbill
lead an exhaustive argument upon iuris-
ulction. Mr.. Davidge followed, DISCUSSING
'he prayers Of the defense.
lHE recent tragedy in Ashland, XIV.
having excited intense indignation and
,ufeats OF lynching, the steamer Mountain
uifrwa chartered to convey the prisoners
rum Catlettsburg 10 Maysville. While
maA'ng steam, the train from Ashland
.OHeu IN with about 500 determined reaula-
WIZ WIZ on board. The Sheriff, with guard Of
va na, ~en' by an adroit movement took the
ss@vu'rs as from the Jail to the wharf. As soon
st.s.1, ~e crowd beheld the prisoners tbey
dnn''. su uoWn the bank with loud yells of in
rosaa' a'aon' gathering arms and missiles
h" huY iof an assault. The Sheriff, seeing
wien moo descending, boarded the ferryboat
Tba us party and turned her down. stream.
Girl 'noo @ took possession of the Mountain
Tbn a Gnu commenced determined chase.
snro steamer not yet having sufficient pres
SSe' soon fell behind, but subsequently
ne ;ns got IN shape and commenced gain
a sb"l ,apiaiy on the aow-going ferry, and in
ume approached SO closely that
for,,s sap'ure seemed imminent; but
hoo, "ua'ely the Mountain Boy, faster
,,;n appeared on the scene on her regular
barIp up from Ashland to Louisa. She was
ana ,'u =, py the Sheriff, pressed into service,
W.. sHe party rapidly transferred to her.
MAJ the transfer had been successfully
r,nas Tue Girl, black with an excited, en-
and n51u =, and bowling mob, appeared in sight,
the Rou Rue exciting chase was resumed: but
som ooy soon distanced them. Further on