Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1873, Page 1

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Meais and Vv. 42. —N2. 6,866. ening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1873. TWO CENTS. the boat did all that could be done; captain was on the forward deck, giving his orders, caim and collected, and endeavoring te alla; ment; the boats, as far as | could kept in proper order; the y: lowered, with oars ip her, the fire broke oat, to land a passen, as I can recoliect, about one hui gers were aboard, the life; the life-preservers conlt have been reached by a boy five years old; the port steps were in the yawl that was lowered; the buckets were on the hurricane deck. m. Washington, the cook and ‘ing examined when our re- port closed. The investigation will be contin ued to-morrow morning. Letter from Rock Enou Springs. Rock Enow, Va., Angust 13, 1873. Dear Siar:—A party of rovers, comprising the members of St. John’s choir and a number of lady and gentlemen friends, are passing a few happy days at this delightful retreat. need be told where Rock Enon is, for the repu- tation of its remedial waters About five hours by rail over the Foint of ‘Ocks and Winchester roads bring the pleas- eker to the lacter handsome town, and a two and a half hour drive by stage from thence arming retreat, beneath EVENING STAR. ‘Washington Nows and Gossip. INTERNAL REVENUE.—The receipts from this source to-day were &255.4W.91. Cox. De Witt CLuntos, judge advocate U. S. army, died in St. Paul, Minn., yesterday. A pisPatcH from Fort Concho, Texas, states jans have recently stolen about one hundred and fifty horses and mules from set- nYhat neighborhood. BURNING OF THE WAWASET, wi-boat had been 0 minutes before Official Investigation of the Disaster. of the boat, was majority of whom were males; the males were principally in the for- ward part of the boat, and render any assistance to the ladies; saw no in- stance of any male passengers attempting to save the females, unless it was perhaps Mr. Reed, whe threw planks overboard; saw no one over planks and boxes; man ashore who said he overboard with two peach boxes in hi and complained of 2 sore back; he thought he had been struck by the wheel; the yawl-boat was lowered to land a passenger at Chatterton’s Testimony before the Treasury Board To-day, could not get aft to Mild for’ upwards Important Evidence of Capt. Wood and others. afaction; pit Up in | ad The official investigation into the causes lead- ing to the Wawaset disaster was commenced at noon to-day, in the rooms of the supervising inspector general of steamboats, in the Treas- ury department, being conducted by Commo- dore Rose, of Savannah, and John E. Edgar, inspector of boilers at Norfolk. ings are conducted publicly, and it is the desire of the acting supervising inspector general of steamboats that all interested therein should be present. In the room were Captain Woods, Mr. Nash and son, engineer and assistant; Mr. Wheeler, clerk; the steward, fireman and other officers of the boat. ‘THE FIRST WITNESS examined was James D. Lowry, inspector of halls at Baltimore, Md. spection of the last inspection was shown wit- ness, which he recognized. On the 2ith of March last the Wawaset was inspected; com- plied with the law in every respect; had two good boats, which would carry sixty passengers each; I asked the captain when inspection was ers he would like to F if thie 4 ropre Seaton WrxpoM, of Minnesota, is expected | to return in about ten days, and will then ar- range @ plan of fall work for his select commit- tee of the Senate on the subject of cheap trans- & of California Wines—Port, is widespread. stl, Hock and Olaret; als: The proceed- TESTIMONY OF ROBERT ¥ Was mate of the Wawaset. the hall when the fireman told me the boat was afire. I immediately stretched the hose, and asked Mr. Nash to turn the donkey engine on, but there was such a dense volume ef smoke he Imade an attempt to bim to this cl the high bluffs of Fred: up here was most enjoyabl ticularly the stage driv latter having b James Wormle Was standing at Personwat.—N. ing at Swayne, of the Supreme son of Jndge rt, having resigned p in the Department of Justice, this amd two other vacar n materially enhanced by Mr who accompanied as from Washington, and who stinted no effort to make every vody comfortable. were aalted at a wayside spring about five miles from Winchester, where, beneath a grateful shade of tall willows and elms, he spread a juet, fanked by choice liquids, and unched sumptuou = y ives rest’ to could not do it. by going over the hurricane deck. drove me back. ladies forward over the wh jumped over, no one ‘captain; he says to me: try and save some of the passengers.” sawone man jump overboard when the boat was under way, and that was one of the fire- I think everything was done that could have been done to save the lives of the passengers. gangways on eac! enleaf, U.S. A., has retarned from an ex- tended tour though Pennsyivania, and will at | once resume his official duties at the Observatory. ‘To this end the stages Isaw the clerl MIDSHIPMAN in a baltoonatic state Jump overboard and of mind a short time since wrote a letter to the vigation of the Navy department, re of absence, with permission to go out of the country, stating that he desired to Prof. Wise on his balloon voyage to ‘he chief of the burcau, Commodore Ammen, in forwarding the letter to the division of detail, endorsed on the back, referred; the The certificate of in- a ta Cour de oder the re- men; he was saved. bay, we sped another three miles, to taste the waters of 4 ulpbur spring on the hillside. water is furiously “ Luciferous,” possessin, the attractions which linger around the vic! of an excessively stale course we all drank accompanying the ‘The axes were on the side in their places; there ix buckets of water on board. have no license; did not think 1 required any; did not think boats not going outside of the Po: tomac were required to have licensed mates. TESTIMONY OF ROBERT NASH. I was engineer of the Wawaset; I think she was as well equipped as any boat I have ever been on; my department had all the appurte- nances required—fire extinguishers, donkey made how man: “Respecttally oung man seems to be flighty.” led noaction has yet been taken on the subject. THE WEATHER CHRONICLE, just issued by the chief signal officer of the army for the weck “Daring the past week an area of low barometer has moved southeast- he said thirty, and we placed that num- the certificate; found lift preservers in abundance; the pumps and hose were in good order; there were fire extinguishers aboar boat; the life preservers were distributed all over the boat under the promenade deck; I con- sidered the boat A 1 in every respect; I thorough- lyoverhauled her hull last sprin and found everything all right; recently broken. ously of it,the ladies ibation with a significant pressure of the thumb and finger against their dear noses while they triumphantly quatfed . After several hearty pulls at the sulphurous fountain, all simultaneously discov- ered, like Mr. Pickwick, that we “ felt better.”” ending yesterday, say in Baltimore @ boiler hateh Ory No ) Om Exhibit 466 4 Tru Br.§ = a Sr. MARKERITER'S, eliow's Ho. 439 7th stret, between D and Betreets, elght ail. doors above Odi FF LL iS OF CAS PAREL can be soid t by add € oF cal ey De Netesty mail prom: 6th and 7th u. w New York hou: ‘Not R IVERSIDE HOUS PR. GB. HECKENBURG H. HECKENBURG, NT HOTEL, ‘ i The Pavilion PINE thor« superior to any former seascn. The table wil supplicd with all the delicacies of the season fi the Norfolk, Baltimore and Washington marke Pn fliards, Bost jy}-am CHAS. B. PARKER, Proprietor. rfectly sate ‘and thoroughly iron jacket was put around her last spring in Baltimore. ‘TESTIMONY OF W. 0. SAVILLE. Am inspector of boilers for the district of Baltimore; I can only say what Mr. Lowry has said about her; three weeks ago I called the at- tention of Mr. Lowry to the distribution of life preservers on the boat; they were in abundance and admirably placed; have been in the back of the boifer several times; don’t ible for fire to have gotten out of there; there was a plently of room to get around ‘the boilers; the boiler was thoroughly overhanled in Baltimore last March and was ; Leonsidered her as safe as.any steam- n the district; the Potomac comp: d with my orders, and { ha put them to considerable trouble fa my official There 1s another sulphur ring a few hundred yards short of this place, ut of much weaker ‘and everybody refused to taste it be- ‘ked thé requisite rotten-egg standard of excellence. They conidn’t fool us with their weak sulphur water. We arrived here after a charming drive in time for a hearty dinner, of which we ate with appetites decidedly woltish. Old Capper was the man who achieved this watering place—many, many years ago, and there is no disease or poison its wat. So say all the old inhabitants here- doubt this universal belief is to express heinous heresy. am ema upon the devoted head of Some years ago, when the Y. here, a Washingto: place “Rock Enon” for bi reasons, but I notice all the ward through Canada to Maine and New Bruns wick; a second depression has developed into severe storm on the middle A! rainfall for the past week ave fellows in the districts mentioned: St. Lawrea valley and New England, 0.1 inch; middle A ntie states, 3.0; south Atlantic states, 1 ; western Gulf states, 1 er lake region, 0.6; upper lake region, 0. Obio valley and Tennessee, 1.1; upper Missis- pi valley, 0.02; lower Missouri valley, 0.4; engine, hose attached, &c.; everything was per- teetly safe around the boiler; am satisfied noth- ing could have taken fire around it; was not absent over a half @ minute at any one time from the engine room during the day the fire occurred; was not standing over six feet from the engine room when the alarm was given, in sight of my steam and water Tan oat on the the hose waa all right, ntic coast. Tue ‘n Gulf states, 1 the alarm I forward deck engine; the flames drove me aw not take any part in saving passengers: I coult not get at those in danger as they were ait; | could’nt swim; I jumped overboard and caug a peach box, and my son swam ashore with me; I think under the circumstances what was the best that could be done gers that were in the water anything over board. saw a jured in the back, but he thought he was struck by the wheel, don’t sappose be knows himself; the officers of the beat occasionally traded in produce; I did myself. Q. Who was in charge of the engine when yon did this trading? A. The foreman was always leftin charge, and my son an apprentice. An apprentice—not a licensed offiver. AN M. ©. Puts ay Eprtor iN JAtL.—A spe- cial telegram to the Chicago Inter-Ocean, from Kansas City, Mo., August 11, says: + member of Congress from Wyandotte, by alleged libefous arti: zette, charging hi the doubter. to. Uneh paid. 115 .OOPPER, Erc., Kansas, was attacke cles in the Wyando: with being a back pay lobbyist anda hum!) tbat he cheated the government out 4 bas attempted to bribe a witn ts suit, in which he was attorn r, editor and publisher of the G arrested on Friday and lay in jail nd Sunday, but was released on bali affair creates quite a sensation , as Cobb is qaite prominen lishes a card in the mornin, le against him.” ws always comy Virginians flout the ing pride to ** 2! Enon was not ie ” and that Old Cap is the boy for them, in which sentiment I mo: In aword, the water is d licious. a powerful eradicator of b) ties, and almost tasteless. teeds a splendid bathing: we bad atub-race yester the son of a distinguished naval rings, of which there are @ invalid through a maze of rem iron, alkaline, ared by throwing an that was in- al, only “much ‘TESTIMONY OF CAPT. Was captain of steamer Wawaset; was in the Louse at the time of the alarm; my papers as master of the vessel were destroyed by tire; the fireman gave me the alarm; he stopped me n, the boat ison tire,” [ said, n't raise any excitement;” i [could get down into the hold and ‘put it out without raising any excitement, but in a very few minutes the tlames reached the hurri- cane deck; 1 saw there was no chance to sive her, and ordered her to be beached at Ohatter- the machinery refused to work jnst before she struck; am satisfied no souls were lost forward after she struck; if the bow ropes of the life-boat had not been cut, I am satisfied none in that boat, which was crowded, would have been lost; I had a pilot license when 1 took command of the boat; it ran out last I did not get it renewed because I was a licensed pilot; I had no United States license as was ignorant that it was fiecessary; am registered as a master at the Alexandria custom-house; In case of a tire, under the same circumstances, I would pursue the course I did with the Wawaset; I think the fire originated in the fireman’s room, and when the door was open it burst out in flames; don’t think stopping the boat would have checked the fire; I think if [ ped the boat less lives would ut it was impossible, as the en- heartily concur. SUMMER RESORTS. Hal a the Potomac, ay, the winner 1 denying the charges rr, ere were you when you first discovered A. When I heard of the fre—the alarm—I ran into the engine room and opened the water 1 then looked into the hold and saw the me, and opened the fire extinguisher. almost instantly drivenfout of by the flames, which, in less time than 1 can tell you, extended to the hurricane deck. TESTIMONY OF JOHN W. BOSWELL. ‘Was pilot of the steamer Wawaset; is thirty- three years of age; has a United States license as pilot—or had; it was burnt; the fireman was prised me of the fire, I says. ‘better run her ashore;” he says, ‘* Yes,” and went below; I headed her for nd jumped overboard trom the hurri- cane deck and carried two ladies with me to where they could wade; I then shore, and got two women in them; saw three children on the rudder-chains, dical attendance, q virtues, includin, : — This is a most delightfal retreat, the hotel and cottages are kept in appleepie order, the Menu and the proprietor and his assistants » There are about boarders here at presont, including Washingtonians, Cnder such enviable auspices wi to try to find excuses for staying dust of Tth street and the dog-day sua of Wash. ington as long as there is no lack. THe rRoGRAMME for the open-air concert at jaily.or by B.& P.rail- | the President's grounds by the*Marine Band, Prof. Fries, leader, to-morrow evening, com- mencing at a quarter be is as follows: tep . Grand Potpourri from the Prophet, + (arranged by W, Wieprecht, late general musical director of G Saro’s band,in Paris, winning the alse played by this band at the arousing ‘great enthusiasm The Marine band kK, Fairfax counts, Va. ton’ landing; e six o'clock prompt, 2) ie engine room POINT, MARYLAND. feel at home jermany. and ‘or amusements @ have dancing, singing, rambling among the hills, tub-racing, tourna- ments, croquet, ten-pins, billiards, chess, whist and delightful evening chats on the verandah infront of the house. Mr. Wormley has done wonders here this season, in the way of popu- larizing the place, and deserves the best wishes of allwho have sojourned with him this san mer. We are to go to-morrow to the top of c a-mountain, from whence a grand panor: to be seen, embracing portions of four di among the musical critics. have thoroughly rehearsed it); 3. Autograph Intr. and Waltzes, by Strauss; 4. Rage in Ire- land, serio comic Potpourri, Beyer; “I never forget,” Mellon; 6 Inkerman, Brepsant Thé, Lecocq; 8. Fix hip, the honse has been g the appointments far the first one who aj be “Captain, we har rom Galop, Battle of Romance, Fleur de Tae Womex MUxpgR@p ny Isptans rx bcp ding Wromrsc—a dispatch was received at the | (OU! have sto have been lost, Scuuee BOABD. ‘Twenty-five additional BOA’ mmedated at the LOUD Immense Reduction in Prices! 4N CONSEQUENCE OF THE LATENESS OF THE SEASON, AND IN ORDER TO RE- DUCE STOCK, 1 AM OFFERING Light Cassimere Suits, at_7 White Duck Suits... Light Colored Cassimere Pants), « and Veats to match. ¢ 3» 6, Light Oassimere Pants, singi- 3, 70, Youths’ Cheviot Suits. Boys’ Cassimere tuite..... Fine Biack Cloth Frock Coats Menton, at corresponding low prices. B Lanes Aswarxc Exrae Sizz 5 BP Purchasers will fina it to their advantage to give me a call BF Persons going to the conutry, or to different r wanrebes replen- Watering Pinces, can have th ished at a sual expense A4.eTRAUS, POPCLAK CLOTHING HOUSE, 2011 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUS, Between 10th and 21th Streets, sys Three Doors from Elovexth Sére burned to death; have no idea as to the orig of the fire; saw the captain pass a lady from the e forward deck: saw no male pas- sengers assisting the females; saw no efforts made'to get the metallic boat overboard; could @ boats from the were at the wheel-house; I don’t think westruc’ in over 44 feet of water forward; don’t think y lives were lost forward after the boat struck, except Miss Bettie Reed. TESTIMONY OF J, W. REED. Was passenger on steamer Wawaset; reside at No. 520 11th street northwest, in this city; I was standing at forward port gangway, on main leck, when I heard some one say fire, and ked around and saw smoke issui boiler house; | rusbed to the forward deck, and the flames immediately after extended to the hurricane deck; I did not attempt to get aft, as I knew there was no chance to get there, although my brother-in-law’s family, my aunt, and cousin were there; I begged the passengers before the boat stopped. states of the Union, and one day this week Wormley will drive us over to Capon Springs, dustant from here about five miles. <2oe Gov. Boora ow Kartroap Monoro_trgs.—Goy. Booth, of California, has made u speech on the railroad question which excites considerable comment. After review- ing questions of disintegration of party ties, the growing tendency towards centralization of aggregation of corporate wealth, fluence ot the cred! nance company, he War deparcment 8 regarding the killin, . Richards in Wyomin, Fort Stambangh, sho: were outraged took occasion to-day giving additional of Mrs. Hal! territory, near th these ladies eir murder, and the to make the descent he settlement when the men were absent the mountains. Captain James that he had a skirmish with a band of Apaches near Thyson station, in Ari- zona, killing one and wounding three others, he subsequently captured fifty Indians who were off their reservations, and marched them to Prescott after disarming them. Davis reports that he has establish for the protection of the Sabina settlement in Texas, the Indians having recently committed several murders in that neighborhood. MOVEMENTS OF THE Paestpeyt.—Speaker Blaine gave a reception in Augusta, Me., last night to the President and party. A large number of gentlemen, with their ladies, were present. Among tem were Governor Perham and staff, executive council, and Senators Hamlin and Morrill, Congressmen Hale and speaking of the re- he President of the citizens of Au- gusta, Maine, on Wednesday eveni A general invitation had been given zens to attend the reception, and by aisles and every ani persons anxious to see the resident. Not until nine o’clock,or an hour after the appointed time, were the doors of the executive council thrown open, when the eager visitors crowded in, salu 4 and $3 | were each in turn, as they passed in single file, presented to General Grant, who shoo! ‘eeted each one with a quiet the room. twenty minates after the commencement of the introductions, the President bad shaken the bands of 445, and stilt showed no signs of a desire to relax his ef- torts to gratify for once the eager masses who | swarmed in a3 earnestly as ever. —~eo-- neer was driven from his post in an instaat; ere was no possible way to get to the aft part of the boat te instruct the of the life preservers; no officer was in attend- boats; the boat was not over six or seven minutes beaching; the boat beached in about 150 yards from shore; there ‘was not over 4}, feet of water; | think she struck for when [| left she began to swing the attention that was given to the mngers was forward; I assisted iy. fell on the wheel-house, who ran through the blaze; I passed her belew to the clerk to ard deck; I think that it was Miss Reed; she was lost; I have no idea as to the cause of the fire, unless there was matches in the fire- man's room, or some smoking, don’t think any lamps were kept burning there; nt was on the main deck; we car- ried no freight in the hold; there is a door leading from the fireman's room to the boiler room; the communicating hatch and closed; don’t know who opened that door; I don’t think we had over one hundred and aboard; there was a it we kept no register of allowed us to carry assengers in the use PLAIN TALK OF ‘nce upon the small ilot-house—the: HIGHLY ELWPORTANT! and to the corrup mobilier contract proceeded to illustrate the absolute railways to monopolize the commercial of the country and to ruin all com; system of special and discriminating rates for Applying his remarks to the Central Pacitic railroad, and reciting its inter- ference in political and mercantile affairs on the Pacific coast, he claimed that his general propositions were neither exag, In speaking generally of land subsi- dies to railroads he says: “To-day there is not a piece or species of public proj asin and Goat island to all our national domain; trom the remotest in the mountains to the rolling waters o} rivers of all the plains, upon which some in- cipient or full-grown monopoly has not fixed its covetons eye, and which it does not seek to ob- Kind of political corruption » or a lamp; I transportation. rated nor sen- not to jump over! as I was satisfied we would water; I am satisfied my cousin would have been saved, bad she staid on the hurricane deck until the boat stopped, but she jumped in deep water before the boat struck, and was lost; saw the officers of the boat passing water on the tiller rope; Mr. Boswell remained in the pilot- house until the flames drove him way; saw life- preservers; could have reached them easily hever once thought about getting one, know! at the eame time I could not swim; 1 saw a gen- tleman ashore who used one for himeelf an daughter; don’t think from the time I saw the first smoke until the boat beached was over five minutes; never thought wood could burn with the boat was consumed; think at could have been done was dune e officers oe = —_ = think about 125 passengers were the fire alarm was give TESTIMONY OF JOHN FORMAN. Was fireman on board Wawaset; I went below after a pair of overhanls; it would have boen my turn on watch in less than a half hour; I opened the fireman’s door and saw smoke in the rear of the back connection; { at once reported the fire to the mate, and rty, from China Burleigh and others. red and fifty ness was shown certifica' Q. Did you not know that your certificate Pe to carry fifty passengers and A. I was under the impression that we could carry 150 passengers; if we only carried fifty, it 1 am satisfed there is a ‘The certificate was shown Mr. Lowry, who nized it as a true transcript, bi vestigating board that Capt. dead) was captain of the boat at the time the inspection was made. Capt. Woods.—I am pretty sure our certifi- cate allows us to e boat before: 9,10, 12 and $19 5. S and g10 7 snd @s Sand 96 White Marscilies Vests. nen, 2.00 and 93 2, 2.60, 3 and 34 + 1.26, 1.75 and g2 7.00 tain through some or bargain and sa Aw Exorine Famity.—Henry prietor of the Fulton ciub house in Brooklyn, undertook to play the cruel parent toward hi oungest daughter, Tilly, a blooming lass o 6, and her lover, James Kelly,a young ma bears a good reputation inthe Lith war The consequence was that Miss Till; friend, Miss Mar: his friend, Mr. Atlantic avenue, near Buftalo, and the pai eptered a carriage which wasin waiting ar were rapidly driven to the residence of an Epi<- man. in Jay street, where the united. Their movements by Tilly’s brother, who hastened The old man rushed o'clock the hall were well filled n't pay for cot mistake somewhere. the Governor, and Foulke(since 10.12 and $15 Fine Biue-Cioth Frock and Sack Coate__.§ to §12 Also, s great many other articles too numerous to Boyle, met Mr. ly,on Monday, ve the lives of byfthe hands a: smile. When I k gers; I exam- Sreand whim port; am satisfied e complied with all requirements of the la id not use the pumps during the fire; the fire extinguishers were double cyliuder; never had occasion to use them, ami they were ut on the boat; case of fire to d charged when were to the crew bad no fire organization on board the boat; the ‘axes of the boat were in their place; there were no printed instructionson the boat as to the use of the life preservers; that is something new to me; I never knew it ‘was required: reservers were easily accessible to the rown person; we had between fe preservers on board; they float the heavi- was attached to the to inform their father. down to Atlantic avenue, but too late. Then he police station and demanded the arrest of the runaways, but was informed by the sergeant in charge he could not move Nothing daunted, Mr. Karcher and dashed madly about at night he met Miss Boyle, who informed him that the newly-married York, but te what locality she di Noxt morning, after a futile attempt to procure ir. Karcher thought the matter over, and concluded to forgive the rebellious couple. The remarkable feature of the case is that Tilly is the third daughter.of Mr. Karcher who bas eloped. DrowxixG oF A YouNe Lapy at Wrt- De..— The Philadelphia Ledger jush,& saleswoman three years em- Rervericay Gatns tn THE Kentucky Le- Returns have been received from all the senatorial districts of Kentucky, and from all the legislative districts but ing the results of the recent election. next senate will be com ind six repul legislative districts no’ probable that three will return the democratic and three the republican candidates. this assumption the house will be com: eighty democrats and twenty last senate was com crats and four republicans; thi one democrats and nineteen gives, as far as heard from, a of two in the senate and one it - Or the twenty senators whose term expired with the last legislature but one was reelected; of the one hundred members of the last house of representatives but fifteen were reelected. then to the Captain; | few to the nearest don’t know what caused the fire; saw nothing in the fireman’s room indicating negli, not been inthe room befor> that ti was no oil in the room; I always wash forward; have no recolletion of seeing any waste of any in the matter. leaped into a bugg; town in @ vain sear of thirty-two . Of the six yet heard from it is weighed six pon ublicans. The its and in readiness for use; it was thrown overboard; the TESTIMONY OF LORENZO BROWN. Was a fireman aboard the Wawaset, has been so engaged for ten years, when [ heard of the boat was cut bya e house of Sante fall; the moment she was is uublican gain flames met me and drove me back; I thon tried to get at the donkey engine, but could not; I do tobacco in any are no lamps in the fireman's room, all except at the water male says:—Miss Emeline Fegenbi of this city, and for the last did not see any | ployed at the store of Mr. George W. Zeigler. Be ttearisses 2Se1. JOHN G. BARTHEL, SIAM UYER AND SCOURER, Bo, 114 Fock-anp-a-BaLr Steer, door ‘South of Ovlontzation Hail’) (o Itake this method of informing my friends, pa- | *b0ut six wee So es ‘HR Pouiticar Ca: e Mississi the conservatve and, ackson yeste Gaecaiirhisis.o aroets Beis FRANCE TO BE A MonaRcay ry Six Waexs— Persars.—a special ‘London, says it is stated upon the highest at Count Chambord has — Mr. Wheels k nse save any female passer 5 it was ten minutes after the alarm of hie was given be the boat was beached: was drowned at Wilmington on Tuesday eve- ning, whileon her return from an excursion. She was on the Ariel city at 8 o'clock in the morn Hook. On the return trip the boat was over- announced his intention the constitution for France by the members of the ri, and —_ and will ne proclamation of the monarchy }; the oil used inery; in the imé TOOM; 1t was the only lamp coal oll was qonlteon ae ther TESTIMONY OF THOMAS LEWIS. ‘Was deck hand on the Wawaset. [His evi- dence was mainly corroborative of the previous witness.) He testified that he saved two women prepared tof the assembly i Be 5 #23 EY FI F Es F gee 5 8 i Ey E MPAIGN IN MISSISSITPt. executive committee of democratic i E 5 5 i i ae oe fe & az 4 i g 7 : i i if Fi rs g E i i H Hl i i thing deck when ladies ge I Be i 4 i a MooxLiGy?T Weporne on TH: Long Branch News, August lth, sa) riage ceremo: Ocean renin ger fy A Ver Mopest Lymn yr mo Clin- aif i : i 5 i i ; H i i i | i : e i i tj f if iy li i Hs | HL fl 8; 8 i E i THE GALLOWS. Execution in Alexandria. WILLIAM JACKSON HANGED. The Woman Murder for which he Suffered Death His Last Hours on Earth and Dying Words. [Special Dispatch t The Evening Star.) ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 15, 1873. To-day, between 12 and 1 o'clock, Wm. Jack- son, colored, sufferea the extreme penalty of the law—death on the gallows—for the murder of Mary Fletcher, a woman with whom he was living near the brickyards between this city and Washington. Jackson, who was quite a black man with kinky hair combed up from bis forehead, was about 49 years of age, and came to this section of the country from North Caro- lina in 1868, and worked about in the brick yards, He “took np’ with the deceased about 176, and they lived as man and wife in a small! building near the brick yards of Gantz and Appleman. In February, 1572, the woman was confined and about a week afterwards it is al leged, be attacked her with a club, PRACTURING HER SKULL, and death resulted the following morning. J as tice Peterson held an inquest on the body, and the principal witnesses were Diana Peterson and Lucy Johnson, (“Crooked Mouth Lucy” who testified that Jackson attacked her with = club, and a verdict was found that death was caused by wounds inilicted by Jackson. He was taken into custody, and committed to jail and at the November term of the court he was tried and convicted, Justice Peterson, m addi- tion to the two colored women, being a witness. Messrs. Kent and Neall appeared as his coun- sel,and the defence was that, although he struck the deceased he did not inflict the fatal wound, but that it was caused by her falling out of bed. ) SAVE JACKSON'S LIP! ged on hof March last, but his counsel having the case to the Court of Appeals, the sentence was not carried into effect. ‘This court refused to reverse the action of the lower court, and in June he was resentenced, and the time fixed for August let. An effort was made, how- ever, for a commutation of sentence, and the Governor granted a respite until to-day. SINGULAR FATALITY. Since the trial Justice Petersondied suddenly found a few months ago dial i the Virginia end of the Long bridge, and th having been important witnesses ay prisoner, many of the colored people. have looked upon their deaths as judgments of the Almighty tor their course during the tri PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXRCUTION Yest , Sheriff O'Neal telegraphed Gov. Walker in reference to the case, and receiv the answer that the executive would not int ferefurther. The scaffold was therefore erected ani other preparations made. At an early hour this morning large crowds of people began to gather about the jail, in the yard of which, southeast of the building, the seattold on which Manly was hung on the firs' Friday in May last was erected. Bat a «| number were, however, admitted before o'clock. é TRE PRISONER'S LAST HOURS ‘The privoner spent a quiet night, and on arising this morning bis irons were taken oft and he attired himself ina plain suit of black cloth, with a white shirt, and attached to his left lapel ablne ribbon. He ate a heaty break- tast, and Revs. J. A. Aldridge, Alex Emmer- son, and Henry Marshall, of the Baptist Church, shortly afterwards called and engaged wish him in religious exercises until the hour tor leaving his cell, Sherif! O"Neal this morn- ing about 11 \ o'clock received another dispatch stating that the Governor would not interfere. THE CROWD IN THE JAIL YARD. Avout 11 o’clock a. m. Capt. Webster ant Lieut. Smith, with the police of the town, en tered the yard and arranged themselves arou the scattoid, after which the applicants for mission entered the yard to the number of hundred or more, including a number of coi- ored women, and took the positions assigned them, seemingly nu: Caring for the rain, which was falling im torrents, INSIDE THE JAIL. ‘Those in the presence of the condemned had by this time been reinforced by adozenor more and the prisoner was taking au active part in the religlous exercises, leading off in the hymns. At the close ot a prayer, about 11:50 he arose from his knees and shock hands with most of those who were in the room,exclaiming, “Thank the Lord, the time is near at hand,” and then led off in the hymn, “ther retage Lave I none; daily hange my oui on thee.” Sheriff 07 , at precisely 120°clc entered the apartment and asked the prisoner if he bed ‘anythin to say. Standing up firm’ Jackson replied: “Ihave nothing w say. I have t nothing to say to any one man.” The sheriff en read the sentence of the law and the re- spites of the governor, and also informed Jack- son that he (the sheriff) had telegraphed to Richmond and received the answer that the governor weuld not interfere further. The Closing Scene. All except the ministers then left the apart- ment, and the prisoner's hands having been tied bebind him, they started to the scaffold, Jack- son im front with Sheriff O’Neal and a deputy; following them the ministers. The prisoner, as be walked, was uttering a prayer evidently. while the ministers were singing, and he walked up the steps with a Hignt step, and, going to the southwest corner of the scatfold, addressed the assemblage ina rambling manner. JACKSON'S DYING SPEECH. He said. “You see where I am going to-day. God and everybody knows that I am innocent. I keep nothing back. If I done it I dou’t know it, and if I did it I pray God to forgive me, and T hope you will ail forgive me, too. Iam not a wilful ‘murderer. Father in Heaven! take charge of me now. and may I feel prepared to die. ‘et this be a warning to you all before you give a blow in wrath; take a lick and go away, and say nothing about it. Good bye, friends: od bye, foes; good bye, world, f am gone! O'Fatier in Heaven! 10 T am not prepared to die, prepare me; I have little babies in Heaven which I hope to meet thisday. Jesus, if T am not prepared to die, in the twinklisg of an eye prepare me.” i dust as he commenced bis remarks he drop- ped th the ground # note Mr. Biddle, who has been friendly to him. ‘The falling rain at times drowned bis voice, but he raised ic higher and higher until be could bo ktard in every part of the enclosure, THE FATAL DRO. At the conclusiun he stepped back on the trap, and called out, “Bring me some water, leate,” and while sn officer ran into the jail Tor it he raised bis v: ice in prayer, but he could be heard, except the words 0, Jesus, help ek noon, not sauied iy tan cele te nest ee t m nt = fo foot on the spring, and Jack- broken, and It was then cut down and placed in a neat coffin, and will be interred this afternoon. [ASSOCIATED PRESS ACCOUN' ALEXANDRIA, Va., Al 15.—Wm. Jack- son, convicted of the ‘of bis wife in Feb- : / i E $ le a i A i TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR This .ifternoon’s Dispatches. Associated Press Reports. pron Fie ctmee T- A Shocking Crime in Ohio A GIRL OUTRAGED ABD A CONSPIRACY TO BLOW UP TRE VICTIM AND KER FATHER. Buatixeron, lowa, August [5.—A capeteh from Mansfield, Obio, says some time ago ¥ Dobbs, a farmer, attempted to re 4 & white girl pamed Barnard. He failed in bis attempt and was arrested. Suit is now pending in court against him. Inorter to prevent the Anoe Of the girl and ber fatherws Dobbs employed two rufians named Ligh! and Winfield to blow ap Barnard’s house. Winfieht x possession, was found a quantity of powder and a fuse. The afair crea! uch excitement. a ‘s Paralysis. , July TA Londom letter dated July Sist, says Mr. Motiey’s friends have for some time kno at his health was delicate, and will not be surprised to learn that he is now condined te le hote tack. He has slight paralytic stroke. It occurred as Mr. Motley was taking Lady Mar- garet Beaumont down to dinner. ftis tarm suddenly fell powerless by his side, and the side itself was somewhat affected. He’ was carried to bis hotel in Dover street, and has not sinoe left bis room. The physicians agree in regard- ing the paralysis.as by no means ser Ukely te trouble him for any length ‘On inquiry yesterday it ascertained that he had been getting on t iy with the excep. tion of conside algic pain. New York Notes, THREE WOMEN CHARGED WIT MURDERING A MAN. York, July 1&—Three women have rested in Brooklyn charged with com- in the murder in Albany, last wook, of a Wan, whose name and former ssience have not been made known. One of the women it said to be the widow of the man murdered. ME. MOWBRAY MORRIS, years manager of the London Times, gly ll, with but little hopes ot re- seeenenipieniiebeme Dead Patapecrmta, August 15.—Elias Dorand died yesterday, aged 80. Le was bor France, and served under Napoleon I as physi- n the army. After the fall of Na store on the present site of the Ledger building. which was the most celebrated of the kind in tam, emt ing ten tho presented by him, oce ery in the Jardin des Plantes —— From To-day. THE SPANISH WARK. Mapp, August 15.The Cortes has ap- proved the bill cailing 80,000 of the reserves into active service against the Carlist and re. publican insurgents. TRE CHOLERA INCREASING IN GRRMANY. Loxpoy, July 15.—Dispatches from various places in Germany where the cholera prevails, state that the disease is increasing in violence. - Seriously Pritaperrma, Av Meredith is seriously ill. He was president ot the constitutional convention, and was obliged | t relinquish the post before adjournment. 5 ae - Fire, BURLINGTON, IOwa, August 15 tn Reed's hardware store in W is a ig, and dest pies @ sep: in Poris. ed by a Gravel Train. } WCASTLE, Dat, August 15.—Wm. Foster, | y Wasrum over by agravel train at noon | to-day and killed. | - se. “ Pravine yor Reticiovs Swi the Fulton street prayer meeting, Friday, « erable clergyman arose and reque nest prayer might be offered for an ¢ member of a ¢ dentially business ng th hurch fn su as to defraud him.out of $13,000, which the young man could not re . as it Wasa conti- dential operation. The clergyman character- ized it as ‘a downright piece of swindling. Another aged man said **it was not an isulated case,” and told of a man who had lost # through the rascality of # church whicb bad reduced to poverty, and finally brought him to the grave, leaving his widow 1a great need, while the canse of their misfortunes “roiled In wealth.” After the meeting closed the dishonest memBere were denounced un- sparingly, one business man declaring vehe- mently that the exposures were right, “as soct- ety was honeycombed.” ¥. Tribune, & broker, who he manner A PECULIARLY BAD SUICIDE was that of Dr G. A. Maack, of Cambricge, Muss., who took poison at Highlands, N. J., last’ week. it appears that he had no relatives in this country, but he bad beon invited over here to pursue his favorite branch of science, comparative 200- logy, by Prof. Agassiz, from which it may be interred that he wasa young manot marked acquirements and much promise. He was @ graduate of the university of Munich, and though but 33 years old, had been attached te the scientific corpse of several expeditions to South America, and had assisted in several railway surveys in Brazil. [tis probable that his nervous system had been injered and his constitution impaired while in Brazil to sucb ab extent as to effect hie brain, and he was un- doubtedly insane. Professors Agassiz and Gray made arrangements for the interment of his body in the Chapel Hill cemetery, near the Highlands, to await the futare disposition of his friends. TSE ATLANTIC AND GREAT WesTeRN Rart- ROAD Scanpat.—The New York Post says: Henry F. Sweetzer, the general manager of Atiantic and Great Western railroad, was, it will be remembered, in Novem! . through the agency of James B. Hodgskin, the treasurer of the road, charged with having em. bezzled the property of the road. Mr. Hodgskin wrote to Geueral MeCh: the president of the road, a letter, which was published at the time, to the effect that Sweetzer had practical- ly admitted bis guilt, that Le had been makin, preparations for a repetition of the Fisk and Gould system, and that he had msds restitution of $75,000 im cash. Mr. Sweetzer has now brought suit against Mr. Hodgskin for libel, laying bis damages at $200,000. Mr. Hodgskin was arrested the other day at Meadville, and gave bail. His arrest was, it is said, the first in- timation of the suit brought against him. THE RECENT COLLISION ON THE BALTIMORE axp Potomac RatLroap.—The wrecked cars by the collision on Wednesday afternoon at the Townsend-street junction on the Baltimore and Potomac railroad were removed from the track in about balf an hour after the occurrence, and the trains were running as usual. But for the damage done by the freshet there would have been but little detention. Mr. George Dunn and Mr. Von Nell arrived soon after the col- lision ané puta large force of men at work to clear the track. The cause of the accident is to be investigated by the railroad aathorities. An inguest is to be held this afternoon upon the y of George Allen, the fireman who met | with Lis death by the unfortunate occarrence, when it is — the facts connected with its origin will be developed.—Aalt. Sun, Lth. A Devocist’s Fatat BuuxpEn.—There ix cousiderable excitement in Kinkston, N. ¥., over the death of a little sonof William Holmes. The child bad been suffering from cholera in- fantum, but had nearly recovered. To quict restiessness the attending physician geve a pre- scription, embracing four grains of aqua cam- phor. A draggist named Ectinge, by mistake, used spirits of champhor. The child was seized with convulsions after taking the medicine and died in a few hours, unfortunate = and serious result have caused great feeling. A Powprr Mitt Biows cr ny Ligutyine. It is not often that s powder mill is blown ap by lightning, but an accident of that kind re- cently occurred at the Black Beck works, near Ulverston, England. In the course of a violent ‘storm a belt the canning house and ex- alist and author s7-The lumber J.D. Nes B57 Deacon Davis, of z i Te i i