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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-05
PETERSBURG.
Republican Committee to Meet-suit
Against Lang Cases.

PETERSBURG. Va, oct. A. special. .-
The Republican state Committee VIII hold
an adjourned meeting on Tuesday night
next AT the residence Of General Mahone.
io decide whether or not convention shall
be held 10 nominate a candidate for congress
from. the Fourth district OF Virginia. !
asked one OF the members Of the committee
today what action would probably be taken,
aud his reply was that he did not have the
least idea what the committee would do.
General Malone is very bitter against
Lapcston, and II is certain that he VIII De
untiring in his efforts 10 defeat him II ne II
a candidate for Congress, as he says he
will be.
An action Of assumpsit was instituted in
the Hastings Court of this city today by
Captain John Lyon, Of Washington, ID. g,
against John VI. Langston, IN whlch Sl,WV
dan.ages are claimed, it is supposed Tor
services rendered by Captain Lyon as Lang
ston's attorney in the recent contested elec-
tion case. The writ j. returnable at the
first rule day in October, next Monday,
when the declaration and bill Of particulars
will be filed.
Judge Bernard to-day rendered his 0pln-
ion i'm the case Of Davis. Russell and others
VS.. X. B, BOlling's heirs, &C., involving Inc
riyht of the present tenants Oi property Oh
BollingbrOok street 10 the renewals Of their
leases for nnety-nine years from ls>'i. when
the original lease expired. lie held That
the leases were 10 be renewed. a. was IN
timated in this correspondence few days
ago that he would do.
In the Hastings Court to-day upon the
petition OF the properly owners Of Oaks to-
bacco warehouse, Judge Bernard reduced
the assessment on that building from $1,000
10 81. 900, aud on the adjoining sheds or
stemmery from $1,000 to $1,000.
Judge Bernard had before him at O'Clock
this afternoon quite an interesting case.
1t was an application from several OF the
trustees of the Third Baptist church lcol-
ored). of which Rev. ii. w. Dickers0n Il
pastor, tor an Injunction 10 enioin and re-,
strain j. II. Allen, Shadrack wilson, ana
Oliver Walker, three rccalcitrent trustees oi
the church, from disturbing the services al
the church and threatening the pastor.
They also ask that commissioner be ap-
pOinted by the court To superlntend lhe
meetings held at the church, and that the
commissioner be required to make report
Of said meeting 10 the court.
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ROANOKE.
Prohibition Convention-Love VS.. Lauda
num-Beheaded by "A Train.

ROANOKE, VA, Oct. Special. The
Prohibitionists Of the Sixth district met here
to-day to.nominate "A candidate for Congress
About thirty members were present, with
W. II. Jennell, of Christiansburg, chair.
man, and ID. G.. Moomaw. of Roanoke. see
retary. Mr.. Moomaw nominated W. NJ. G..
shelburne, OF Montgomery, for Congress.
The nomination was seconded by Mr. j. II.
Fitzgerald. Of Salem, and on motion Of
Rev. :. NJ. Friday, Of Roanoke, it was
made unanimous. MIR. Shelburne accepted
the nomination, eulogized prohibition, de-
n0unced Democracy. proclaimed himself in
sympathy with the Farmers Alliance, and
advocated unlimited silver coinage, an in
creased currency. and n sub-treasury.
Speeches were made by Messrs. Jennell Of
Christiansburg. RAIDER Of Radford, MOomaw
of Roanoke, Fitzgerald of Salem, and Others
The platform of the Prohibition state EX-
ecutive Committee was adopted with the
exception of the endorsement of the Ma
tiOnal platform. Messrs. Jennell, Fitz-
gerald, RAIDER and DR.. ID. d. Leslie were
made a Committee of Ways and Means
with power to appoint committeeman in
each county.
Joseph A. Spencer, young man, pro
cured marriage license yesterday. but his
girl gifted him this morning. and he swal-
lowed large quantity Of laudanum and Is
in critical condition..
NJ. Page, alias Night Hawk. a notorious
negro. was run over this morning while
drunk by the ears. and beheaded, the head
being carried seyenty-tye feet frorl the
trunk. COroner's verdict in accordance
with the facts.
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VOL. IV.---NUMBER 1,4S5.
TO OUR READERS.

,l.,pi the middle Of October II is ex.
...,oi that the new press now in pro
Of construction will be in position,
.,fvith The Increased facility thus afford.
.s ne form Of the paper will be changed "a
.,.of eight pages Of type in conformity
v,h mai OF the leading metropolitan jour
,.,.oft the country. This will give 10 Rich
m.,l. Virginia. and the contiguous terri
,., "a modern newspaper, thoroughly
....n,eA Tor the collection and cola
,.r NJ news, an exponent OF true
n.n.eracv, having the interests OF
OH raris Of the state at heart, and OF
..f.. ,l the reader and the advertiser. The
....rvill De- printed on a Hoe perfectlng
,...,u with the latest improvements. capa-
,f.0. turning out. pasted and folded, four,
..,. .ht ten, twelve, sixteen, or twenty
,.-aa.c-. and unrivaled by any other prOss
,rfe country. These Improvements and
.,lrans are but tokens Of our determine
..., ,. give Virginia and the south first
.,... lsily newspaper. Of which they may be
....l and in which we shall take great
..H.
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THE GAR ALARMED.
Additional Precautions for the Protection
of the AufOcrat.

Copyright 1890. by the United Press.
LONDON, Oct. 4.-Adyices from Russia
represent the Car as taking new precau-
tions for the protection of his person. None
except Cabinet ministers are admitted 10 an
audience without the presence of an officer
Of the guard and the eastern custom of
tasting food before il is placed on the
sOyereign's table has been revived, after
having been III disuse since the days of the
Emperor Paul. The Russian autOcrat
seems suspicious of every one around him,
and even his fayOrite adyi-ers are said
TO dread an interview with him. The
recent attempt to wreck train on
which he was supposed to be riding has
greatly added to the Cars irritation and
mOrOseness, and he is known to have given
orders for the immediate deportation 10
Siberia Of the large number of persons ar
rested on suspicion Of having been con-
nccted with the act. Among these unfOrtu-
mates are two sentneis whose duty il was
10 guard the part OF the line whore the OBJ
structiOn was placed. Sentenced by court
martial to be hanged, they have had their
doom commuted 10 a lingering death in the
mines. Three peasants, who were arrested
near the spot, have been terribly knoutcd,
one of them fatally, although there
is said 10 be no ground Whatever 10
suppose them guilty of any connection
win the train wrecking. The two others,
half dead, had their lives spared Tor the
time ia order that confession might be
cNt0ried from them. The wife OF the one
who died under the knOut went mad when
she heard of his fate. The letter contain
ing these particulars came by way of w.
rich and is from source of unquestiOned
authenticity. The further statement j.
made that the Nihilsts are unusually
active. and that the friends Of the victims
of the Siberian massacre do not mean that
they shall 20 unayengcd
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ConeratmIatory II. solmiIon..

WEST PoINT. VA, Oct. r.. special. AT
meeting of the members Of Jerusalem
Christian church, the following resolutions
were offered and adopted, but one dissent
ing, l.. l.. Litilepage, who did not think
members Of the church ought 10 90 to law :
That as certain reports affecting the char
icter of their pastor, &. l.. Morrison, had
b zen fully investigated by Jury in the
County Court OF King William county, Va,
in our presence and hearing, and found to
be utterly untrue; and whereas, Of theii
own knowledge the. lite Of Mr.. Morrison
from the beginning OF his residence in Viz
ginia until row has been that of cultured
Christian gentleman and preacher
That W. tender 70 our brother {. L..
Morrison our sincere and heartfelt con-
gratulations upon his yindication.
That we deprecate the unwarranted
course pursued towards him by some of our
ministerial brethren. Aud we heartily en-
dorse the course pursued by him through
out the entire trouble; and further, we sin
cerely recommend him 10 the fraternal con-
iidence OF Or churches and preachers"
l.. ID. Robinson was chairman OF the
meeting, and James :. Robinson was clerk.
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IRON AND sTeeL MAGNATES.
The First Stage OF Their Journey Of IN
spection of ore Lands.


PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. IA lCn-
special train Of paror coaches flashed over
the rails of the Pennsylvania road from New
York this morning, and after swaying and
whiIZing at the rate of half "a hundred miles
an hour drew up with shrek and ltn.-
bic at racOny. The train carried over seven
hundred people, who represented IN their
persons practically all that is known t.
garding the science OF metals I'm England,
Germany, and France. The passengers
were the delegates 10 the International Con
gress of The Iron and steel Institute, whose
inal session was held IN New York.
and whose visit 10 this city completes the
first stage in their journey OF inspection
through the manufacturers ana JTc lands ri
Pennsylvania and the West. inf trnr
stopped at racOny 10 give the panty an OPP
portunity to lev the great D.stJn saw
works, over which they we're shown iaine-
diately on alighting By the members ol q.
Reception Committee. After an hour spent
in these works where the visitors were Oc-
casioually critical. f. quenly inqHillng
and generally apprceiatite, tie party en-
barked on the cOmmOdi0us steamer Co.um-
bia for "A trip on the Delaware ID view the
harbor.
On Monday, BY invitation OF the phlla.
delphia and Reading Railroad Company, an
excursion train will leave the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad station at 20 a. NJ. for
PhGnixvilIe. At the Academy Of Music on
Monday evening brilliant reception vii
be held-the event OF the yisit-to which ali
the guests have been invited, and elaborate
preparations have been made To insure its
success. This winds up the festivities
the tourists leaving next morning fOs l.eb-
anon, where the well-knOwn millionaire
Robert Coleman will entertain thela.
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sOLpIERs' nOME OrEN.
MILTON.
Bright Tobacco Prospects ani Farmers
Encouraged-SenatOr Vance.

MILTON. y. c., oct. Special. Tie
prospects for our tobacco market at this th
beginning Of "A new tobacco year are ycrl
hattering, and the breaks on Our warchous'
floors have been very encouraging lester
day our warehOusemen were kept busy
handling the golden weed, and to-day Tia
town il full of tobacco wagons from Per
son, Caswell, Halifax, and fittsy Ivan.
counties. The character of the OH rings J.
good and shows Il very large proportion o.
good to fancy wrappers. Tho price paid
while below what such tobacco woul'
have brought some months ago, seen'
| to give general satisfaction. iol
the farmers who sold yesterday
went home delighted. lne crop IN ihr
section is practically all housed, only
very small percentage Of it being still on
the hill. The weather for the last entire
week has been extremely damp, and IN,
farmers have had considerable trouble keep
ing their packing-hOuses dry. In many
cases they have had 10 keep up fires li
packing barns as regularly a. if they were
curing the tobacco.
Ex-Governor Thomas j. Jarvis delivered
strong, dispassi0nate speech in lance!-
vile Yesterday.
The weather was very bad, but still 50
great was the desire of our people TO hear
Jarvis that the courthouse was cOmlOrtlbly
filled. Mr. Jarvis is i clear and forclblc
speaker, and bis speech was listened to with
wrapt attention. He plead for Democracy
pure and simple, and told the people ho
was for Vance.
Evcry body is looking forward to the lN'h'
and makns preparations t. hear senator
Vance. Ii is expected lh,t he VIII dra"
the largest crowd ever seen in the county.
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LyNCHBURG.
More Military Coming-The Approach
ing Fair-Close of the Tobacco Year.

LYNCHBURG, Va, Oct. Especial.
Lieutenant Withers, Of the Home Guard,
this morning received communication
from Captain H. NJ. Piegg. stating that the
PittsyIvania Guards would arrive here on
next Wednesday evening at $40 o'clock,
with thirty live men rank and file, all pro-
yided with blankets and with ratiOns Tor
breakfast. Lieutenant Withers replied
stating Saturday that breakfast would be
provided for them here.
The first four days Of the new tobacco
year shows falling of in sales IN the sew
eral warehouses OF this city Of II 800 pounds.
During the whole Of last year the decrease
i'm sales was 9, ,223.1 pounds.
In order 10 help accommodate the numer
Gus visitors that are expected here next
week TO attend The fair, the City Council
Yesterday removed for the time being all
license tax ON private families that may
take in boarders. The hotels and boarding
houses are already full.
At meeting OF the Board of Directors OF
the West Lynchburg Land Company held
this morning. an offer was read from
Charlottesville syndicate desiring to pur-
chase 100000 worth Of West Lynchburg
lots. The Oller was accepted.
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Cable Notes.

LONDON, Oct. i.-Wm. Casti0ni, the
swiss radical and revolutionist, who, a fter
killing state Councillor Bcssi ut the out
break Of the Ticino revolt. fed from Swtz.
erand to this city, was this morning ar.
rested by the police.
MADRID, Oct. THE reappearance OF
cholera in Toledo is announced. AT Berese
four cases of the disease, one Of them fatal,
are reported.
LONDON, Oct. 4.-The Dockers' Congress
adjourned sine die to-day. The congress
decided not TO join In the eight-hour move
meDt.
, PARIS. Oct. 4.-Inf0rmation has been re-
ceiyed In this city from Noume, New Gale
donia, OF the escape Of sixty leper convicts
who had been confined in the penal estab-
lishment ut that place,
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The Msw YORK CUsroM-HoUsE
Kept Open Uniii Mihnight-LiysIy scram-
bic Among Importers.

NEW YORK, Oct THE cu,tom-housc
pr scented an unusual scene Of excitement
this evening. The cause was the new tarn
lay. and . great crowd Of brokers and m-
poricr' pushed and abused each other in IN
ardeayur 60 get m place Ia order to enter
har iair-arryln- goods. The custom
house oses 40 . p. g.. all according u
the decision ol Friday ali Goods arriyin.
after thHt hour Wela to come in under the
new lnN and Dee taxed accordingly. So
great Was the crowd aad 80 earn.
est the appeals made % the col
.eclor tlat DE determined 10 keen
'pen until , J.. ". In tae mean time. be
.ele-rap.ed 20 Washington. anl when the
reply came that he could Use his own dis.
cfetlOn. De announced that ne would keep
open uniil midnight. The last vessel TO be-
entered Was the LluUia. She had beer
sighted on the outer bar at 9:3i Z. NJ, and
her captain came up in special tug, and,
on landing. took cab and drove 10 tn
cust0m-house. lie arrived in the building
just AS The hour OF midnight arrived, and en-
tered his vessel amidst the cheers OF the as.
semblsd brokers and importers.
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hurried o1 TO Bavaria do not succeed il
their mission now.
A STRANGE CASE or TRANCE

4 STRANGE CASE or TRANCE.
\ strange case of trance comes from
Cannes. Nineteen days ago young girl
named Pauline Woigner, twenty-five wears
Of age. fell asleep. and since then she has
remained in cOmatOse condition. She ap-
pears TO open her eyes very slightly twice
during the day, but takes no notice of any
one, or OF anything that may be going on in
the room in which she lies. She has taken
no food, and in consequence her body has
become greatly emaciated. and the general
impression among the physicians who have
been watching her case is that she will
gradually die of congestion OF the brain.
TIE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
The enormous sums of money commanded
by the Social Democratic party is shown by
the fact that il has purchased a well-knOwn
restaurant at Erfurt, which will be used for
party purposes, and for which the price
paid was $4,000 marks, while another res
taurant. which contains a large hall in
which meetings may be held, has peen
looked for, and will shortly be purchased.
BERNHARDT's CLEOPATRA.
Sarah Bcrnhardt is positively delighted
with her new part of cleopatra" and de-
clared 10 DalZiel reporter that in all her
career she had never been lucky enough to
get IA character with which she felt more en-
tirely at home. and which seemed TO be
better suited 10 her dramatic powers or her
temperament. She had just left rehearsal
and seemed bright and happy in the thought
that Cleopatra will be tie cOnsummatiOn of
her brilliant stage career.
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RICHMOND. "A. SUNDAY, OCTOBER

tion OF Harrison's and Reeds sectional.
anti-southern policy. lie says that when
ex-Assistant Postmaster-General Clarkson
visited the Pacific coast last summer, some
Republicans of san Francisco gave him q
banquet, to which he, Mosby. was invited,
but he declined to attend IL on account OF
Clarkson's treatment Of the Southern peo-
pie, and especially his war on Southern
women who held small country postofiices.
Colonel Mosby also says that il he were in
Virginia he would vote for General Lee for
Congress-
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reached here this morning, having accom-
plished the distance from IT. Petersburg,
two thousand miles, in thirty days. lie
proposes making a bicycle tour around
England.
LOUISE MICHEL.
Louise Michel has returned to this city.
This invalid and much-traveled agitator
has received hint from the authorities
that the newspaper rumor that IL was pro-
posed to incarcerate her in a Maisou dc
sante is incorrect.
THE PARNELL FORGED LETTERS.
Sir Roland Blennerhassett, who helped
Houston in the selling OF the Piggott-Par-
nell forged letters TO the Times newspaper,
has been appointed TO the position Of lD-
spectOr of RefOrmatories in Dublin, at a
salary OF 600 year.
AMERICAN STONE COMPANY.
The list Of subscriptions to the capital
stock Of the American Stone and Furnace
Company opened here to-day for London
and the United Kingdom OF Great Britain
and Ireland.
AMERICANS IN PARIS.
Among the Americans registered at the
American register last week were: II. &.
Nichols and family. New York; DIR. and
Mrs. COmstock. St. LOUIS A. &. Hutchin-
son and Mrs. Hutchinson, New Orleans; ID.
y. lockwood and Mrs. Lockwood, Buffalo
Colonel and Mrs. Palmer. Richmond; Mr..
and Mrs. hhnelander, Chicago; +. =. Roth
schild, Portland; Mrs. 4. Van Randolph
and family; Mrs. L. Van Rassalaer, Pbila.
delphia; W. A. Way, ID. l.. Wilson and
family, Pittsburg; and +. {. Walker, De-
trOit.
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GENERAL AND PERSONAL,


CHEyIOr, O., oct. i.-Ga-oline, wiii
which this town is lighted at night. was she
cause OF "A terrible burning accident Last
night. Edward ConnOr, one OF the lighters.
bad just started on hi, trip in light cart
drawn by one horse. In the curt were -.
pint cans Of gasoline. Al the first lamp enc
Of the cans became lighted. The whole lD;
exploded, end the horse and man were -ct
on fire. The man, badly burned, was thrown
from the wagon. while the horse ran tifouth
the streets screaming in agoay, until iC
dropped dead.
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PANITZA'S PLOT.
One of His Accomplices Publishes - PAM
phlet Concerning II.

SPECIAL CABLE TELEGRAM TO THE I'm -.
Dunlap Cable Co.
BUCHAREST, oct. IN. Risop, who was
accused of being an accomplice Of Panitza,
and was banishod from Bu lgaria. has just
Issued a pamphlet at B.lTade. treating Of
the plot. He states that the conspiracy
failed because it WAS too much talked
about III the Provinces. He adds that Pan
itz - plan to concentrate the action Of the
Revolutionary party in sofia will yet be car
ried out. Many people who were engaged
i'm the plot are still in Sofia. ready to act
when the opportune moment shall arrive,
but this time they will change their tactics,
and instead Of Kidnapping, will resort To
murder
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Looking for "a Man,

Adjn,ant-Genera Mcdonald has roceiy "a
"A letter from Wilson Graham, OF Milwauksc,
Wis, making inquiries about Edward l,cy-
nolds. He is supposed 70 have been a com
.missioned officer in the Confederate army,
and attached to Mississippi or Louisiana
command. The writer says t'fst REYNOLDS
probably died about the close 0. the war, In
1865. The letter adds; - 1 take the liberty
OF writing 10 you and inquiriug whether
any person OF that name was a commis-
stoned officer in the Confederate army. Il
living. he is an heir Of his brother George,
who was lost on the steamer Eigin on Lake
Michigan in lSj0.-
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=. 7 .,DIU IDU, IUl II,
CAPITAL NOTE,

\ postolice has been established at Nero
Fairfax county, with Annie NJ. Nero, post.
master.
Several days will eiapse before contracts
are formally entered into Tor Tie consiruc.
tion ot the three baitic-ships and the fast
cruiser.
Captain j. T.. White, superintendent Of
thc Chicago division II the Railway Mail
service, was to-day appointed general super
ntendcut Of the service in place Of J.
L0wlie Bell who becomes s. >ccOnd-Assistant
PostmasiCr-GencraL
President Harrison tonight received a
dispatch from Delegate Dubois. Of Idaho.
stating that the Republicans had carried
Idaho By 300 majority. The Legislature
will stand Republicans forty -four, Demo
eruts ton.
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BERLIN. Oct. 4.-Count Won Moltke has
asked the Emperor to excuse him from ac-
cepting the latter's invitation 10 visit him
at Berlin on the occasion OF the nne,eih
anniversary OF the Counts birthday, which
occurs on the 18th OF October. The weigh
of advancing years makes IL injudici0us for
journey and general physical exer,ion in
yolved IN an acceptance OF the Imperial in
vitation.
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WARSAW.
Democratic Clubs I'm Richmond County
Y. VI. 4. Association.

WARSAW, VA, Oct. 4.-LSpecial. The
Democrats Of this county have organized
several Jones clubs. The club at this place
is preparing to raise large flag Saturday
next.
The young men here organized Chris
tian Association sunday last, with Mr. ;. >.
Jehries president.
Messrs. jones X Wexford have completed
their storehouse, and it is considered 10 be
the prettest in the Northern Neck.
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BASE- BALL.
Results Of the Narlou. Games played
Yesterday.

National Leaguc.-At Cleveland: Fn-t
=; phiialclphia-. 3.
-econd game-"leNelauds, :; Philad,l-
phas 3.
At Cincinnati. Cincinnati.Boston zane
postponed, rain.
At Chicago: Chicago-Ncw York game
postponed. rain.
Players Leaguc.-At piitshurg: Fis,L
game-Iittsburgs, 10; Bos ms, q. Second
game Pittsburgs. 3; Boslr =, :.
At Buffalo: Builal0s, o; BrOokiyns. :.
At Cleveland: Clcyelands, &; Philadei.
phias, IL; & innings; game called on ac-
count of darkness.)
At Chicago: Chicagos ,; New ioIks =;
o innings; game calle'! on account OF darA-
ness)
American AssOciation.-At Rochester
ROcncstcrs, ,; BaltmOres. ;.
At Syracuse: First game-Syracuse Q.
Athletics, q. Second game syracuse. Is,
Athletics, /; g innings; game called on
account OF darkness.)
a Louisville: Columbus 6; lOuisyilles, 3.
At Il. Louis st. Louis. ,; TOledos, 4.
The Cincinnati National League Cub
was sold to-day TO the Brotherhood for S;S.-
fND
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NORFOLK.
Arrival OF the Crew of the Steamer Glen
rath.

NORFOLK, Va, oct. Especial. -
Twenty-one of the crew of the steamship
Glenrath. which was wrecked several days
ago by running on the wreck Of the steam
ship Aberlady Bay, OF Cape Lookout. ar
rived in Norfolk tonight. The crew all took
10 the boats after the wreck. and reached
the life-saying station at Cape Lookout
after being mt sea eleven hours. Their
steamship, which was bound from Peusa-
cola. Fla, sunk before they lett her None
of the crew saved any Of their effects.