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SPAIN. THE CARLISTS DEFEATED AT OLOT—MANY PRISONERS AND THE TOWN CAPTURED. MADBID, March 21, 1875, General Campos has defeated the Carlists before Olot and entered the town, Nine handred Carusts were made prisoners, (The town of Olot, Spain, near which tne Car- list troops have been deteated by the Allonsists, | and which bas been taken trom Don Carlos’ | oMcers, is situated in the province o1 Gerona, | twenty-one miles northwest of the city of Gerona. | Olot bas @ population of 13,000 persons and is of | great importance as a manufacturing centre. A destructive carthquake occurred at the place in the year 1421.—Ep, HERALD.) | THE ALFONSIST ARMY RELIEVED OF A GRAVE CHARGE, MapniD, March 21, 1875, The report published in a Parts newspaper, last Thursday, that Bermon, a Frenchman, and editor of the Carlist official journal, had been shot by the Alfonsists, is without foundatton. | FRANCE. Paris, March 21, 1875, The Assembly adjourned yesterday for the Easter recess, after brief sitting, the proceed- Ings of which were not important. ENGLAND. A MASS MEETING OF IRISHMEN IN LONDON— CONDOLENCE WITH THE FAMILY OF JOHN MITCHEL, ‘a Lonvon, March 21, 1875. ‘The Irishmen held @ mass meeting in Hyde Park to-aay at whicn it 1s estimated 30,000 people were gatherea. Resolutions were adopted demanding the re- lease of the Fenian prisoners, condemning co- ercive laws in Ireland, and condoling with the family of the late John Mitchel. THE MOODY-SANKEY REVIVAL THREE SERMONS IN ONE DAY—IMMENSE CON- GREGATIONS IN LONDON. Lonpon, March 21, 1875, Messrs, Moody and Sankey preached in the morning, afternoon ana evening at Agricultural Hall, Atthe three meetings the audiences num- bered respectively 16,000, 14,000 and 19,000, There was some confusion in consequence of the vast crowds in and around the hall, especially in the evening. THE ENGLISH BOAT RACE. SME OF THE CONTEST BETWEEN THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE CREWS. Lonpon, March 21, 1875. The time of the winners in the University boat Tace yesterday is ofictally announced to be 22m. 28, LOUISIANA’S FATE, SHE WHEELER AWARD RECEIVED BY GOVERNOR KELLOGG—ELEVEN CONSERVATIVES FORMERLY EXCLUDED HAVE SEATS IN THE HOUSE—THE SENATE REPUBLICAN. New On.gans, March 21, 1875. The Wheeler award has been recetved by Governor Kellogg, but has not been offci- ally published. It is understood, however, the committee have decided that about eleven conservative members not returned as elected by the Returning Board are entitled to seats and that apout six conservatives, whose slection was Claimed by the conservative commit- tee, are notentitled to seats. The arbitrators decide that Elam, claiming to have been elected to the Senate on the conservative ticket from the district which includes the towns of Coushatta and Colfax, is not entitled toa seat, and that in Grant parish there was no election for member of the House, and the conservative contestant ts awarded a seat in the Senate. The award, it is understood, leaves the House democratic and the Senate republican, with a small republican Majority ou joint ballot. Ail seven of the arbi- trators signed tie awara, Mr. Wheeier is expected to come to New Orleans to aid in carrying out the adjustment. [t is in- timated on good authority that Governor Kellogg willcall an extra session of tne Legisiature, to meet about the 12th or 1th of April. ‘The iriends of the adjustment claim that there Will be no difficulty in carrying it into effect, pub- lic sentiment being now strongly in Javor of a set- Uement of the political difficulties, THE GEORGIA HURRICANE. LIST OF THE CASUALTIES—SEVEBAL NEGROES KILLED. AUGUSTA, March 21, 1875. The following 18a list of the casualties by the tor- nado yesteraay:—Near Thornton, John L, Stevall | aud wile aud two daughters of Jonn N. Morgan were badly wounded by falling houses, and sev- | eral negroes were killed and wounded. At | Appling the houses of 8. Hutchinson, Solon Reese, | John Boston and others were destroyed; Mrs. Martha Darcy and Miss Maggie Batley were killed: Miss Malone and Mrs. Grey were seriously wounded; one end of the Court House was piowh in, At Camack every house except ore was de- | stroyved; Mr. Fielding, telegraph operator, was | badly bratsed, ‘The tornado struck a train 0! cars, demolishing 1 completely and killing Tom Gesitog instantiy. All the trains coming to Augusta, ex- cept the Central, were delayed, but no serious damage was done to the railroads. ‘There was no loss o! lite or damage to property in Augusta. ‘The latest news irom Camack says Mrs. Wright had two ribs broken, Mrs. Jones had her back LE arts and & son of the Rev, Mr. #itcher was ilied. The tornado caused fearful destruction along its track, demolishing houses, treeg and iences, and silling persons and stock. Baptists were holdmg amesting at Elam Chureh, near Camack, when the storm demolished tt, killing three and wound- ing twenty-five persons. Resiaences and outhouses Were demolished on many piautatious in Warren, McDume and Columbia counties, n° Georgia, the destruction extending into Edgefield, Aiken and Barnwell couns in South Carolina. in some Places persons wi biown a distance ol sixty yards, very house on Mrs, P. E. Walton's planva- | ton, including a fine residence, was destroyed. | Ju Colambia county three negroes were killed and twenty-live persous wounded. Ten hoases un Dr. Hamiiton’s piace were destroyed. It is impossible to give a correct idea of the amount of property destroyed. 1t will reach sev> erai hundred thousand dollars, Fearivl suffering 1g already reported in the devastated territory. The storm was the severest ever Known in tnis | ed and the universal destruction unparal- leled. THE COMMISSION TO VERA CRUZ Fortress Monaog, March 21, 1875, The United States steamer Despatch arrived here to-day from Washington en route for New Orleans, where she will receive a commission con- | sisting of Senator Sherman and others, and satl tor Vera Cruz, their object being so secure a coal- ing station at that port. A TEXA BANDIT CAPTURED. Tenn., March 21, 1875, A despatch from Sherman, Texas, last nignt, states that Detective Patrick Connel haa arrived | there with Matt Morris, the last of the gang con- | cerned in the robbing of Messenger Brady, of the | Southern Express Company, in this city, on the ist of February last. Connel states thit he found | Morris in the mountains at the nead of the Red | River, about one hundred miles west of Sherman, | in Company with a woman and two rougnhs, and } that he was only enabied to bring Morris of by uiting @ pistol to his head and threatening to Jil bum i! any resistance was offered. ‘The woman | had avout $1,090 of the stoleu money, but refused | logive tt up. itis a notabie fact that, in all the | robberies committed on this company, the robbers ve been captured. Morris Wili be bronght here bs Stand Mis trial with his three accomplices, now a Jat. IREASURER CARDOZO VINDICATTED. | | eee | | | CHARLESTON, 5. C, arch 21, 1876, The Legislature debated the removal of Treas arer Cardozo all day yesterday and took a vote at midnight on the adoption of the address demand- ing his removal. The address was not adopted, ihe vole being—in the Senate, yeas 11, nays 18; ind in the House, yeas 45, nays 63, ‘This is re- rarded as a vindication of Governor Chamberlin’s Administration and of the integrity of the present | Management of the State Onaaces .The couservae tives generally voted to sustain Cardozo, | MEXICO CONCILIATORY. | the lighthouse service. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH WASHINGTON. | Governor Hendricks’ Presi- dential Aspirations. The Massacre of Americans at Acapulco. Senator Johnson and the Louis- jana Question. FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. Wasnincton, March 21, 1875, THE MASSACRE AT ACAPULCO—MISSION OF THE SATANAC. The United States steamer Saranac, Captain Walter W. Queen, was ordered to Acapulco, Mex- ico, from San Francisco nearly ten days ago, and has probably reachea ber destination. The object oO! her voyage 1s to investigate the report of the massacre of American citizens residing at that place, who, it is Said, have suttered martyrdom on account of their being Protestants. The instruc- tions of Captain Queen require tbat he shall not be aggressive nor demand anything, but is to ascertain the actual facts, which, itis understood, he will do first through our Consul at that place, and then he will hear the Mexican side and re- Port to the Secretary of the Navy. If satisfaction jis not given to our naval representative, ho will remain at Acapnico to await further orders, Our government has recetved from the Mexican government assurances thas the disgraceful affair at Acapnico in January last is most emphatically condemned as the work of a mob of fanatics, and that the government of Mexico is not only anxious to suppress the persons participating in the attack on helpless men and women, but the. Minister of War has sent such additional troops as wiil enabie the Military commandant at Acapulco to preserve the peace and bring the offenders to justice. The last official despatch to the Minister of War irom the military commandant at Acapuico was to the ef- fect:—"There 13 nothing new at this piace, The public tranquillity has been entirely re-estab- lushed.”” GOVERNOR HENDRICKS, OF INDIANA, PREPARES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL BATTLE. Governor Hendricks, of Indiana, prominently Mentioned as the next democratic candidate for the Presidency, has engaged the finest suit of rooms at one of the princtpal hotels here for the entire session of the next Congress, This fact has awakened the few aspirants for that honor to a realization of the nearness of the time when the Democratic National Executive Commit- tee will meet and decide upon the place where the nominating convention shall be held. Governor Hendricks, it Is said, means to take the fleld in person, and looks to the democratic influence in the next Congress to insure his success, MR. JOHNSON'’S SPEECH-MAKING~—WHAT HE MAY OR MAY NOT SAY STILL UNKNOWN—WILL THE BEPUBLICANS ALLOW HIM TO TALK?—THE EX-PRESIDENT RETICENT. The expected speeck of Mr. Johnson, of Tennes- see, the ex-Presidenr, which will be delivered in the Senate to-morrow, if no unforeseen circum- stances arise, is the general theme of conversa- tion to-night, as it has been all through the day, and every one is on the tipetoe of ex. citement to know what the ex-President is going to say and how he will act. This excitement is participated in, not alone by the populace at iarge. but by Senators alike of the democratic and republican sides, The former, who affect to look upon bim witn a seem- ing Indifference on account of his not having gone into caucus with them, say there is no telling what Mr. Johnson 1s going to say, nor what line of argument he willtake. He has not, as tar as can be ascertained from a canvass among them, sig- | nified what his views will be, ana they amost | intimate that they do not count them as of any importance. The southern Senators, while they speak of him respectfully, do not regard nis in- dividuality nor any programme he may carry out- as bearing any relation to the orthodoxity ot their party, nor to their future politival pians. It is known that Mr. Johnson was ye: terday or some time earnestly en. | gagea in private consultation with Senator Eaton, of Connecticut, who made the last speeca on the pending resolution, closiug with a stirring reierence to Mr. Jounsoa’s status, and that they both canvassed the propriety and possibility of getting the democrats to agree upon a day when the devate could be closed and a vote takeu on the main question. Mr. Jobnson stated to-night, in reply to a request for iniormation as to what wonid be the substance of bis prospective speech, that he did not know whether be would speak at ali, because, after the reading of the journal, @ motion mignt be made to go into ex- ecutive session, and, although he has the floor, he might not be able to speak. He says that he has not prepaied any speech and never does; that he | simply takes the heads of his subjects and speaks from them. “Indeed,” said he, may not even do that. I may go outside of them entirely.” He declined to give any outline of | his contemplated speech, ashe thought that would not be proper, more especially as he was unadie to Say Whether he was going to speak at all, and, if he did, what his arguments would be. He pro- nounces the statements already made o1 bis having entirely novel views to advance on the Louisiana | question as gratuitous and not autnorized vy him. He appeared calm, yet concefned as to the task before him and was unwilling to be communicative on the subject. The repuodlicans, in the comments made by them upon Mr. Johnson, and the sensation he has created and which is still unabated, avow them- | selves a8 disposed to extend every courtesy to | him in order to bold himas an “uniixed quantity” | in the discussions of the Senate, as contrasted with the weight of the democratic side, and hence trere does not seem to be any reason for the apprehension seem- ingly felt by Mr. Johnson that a check to his demonstration might occur in their moving an executive session when he was about to speak. Some, however, affect to belleve that this would be the quiet way of the republican majority per- petrating a huge joke on Mr. Johnson and his ad. mirers, alter they should flock, as is anticipated, to the galleries to-morrow, when in this event they wouid be obliged to go home chagrined and disappointed, ENFORCEMENT OF THE THIRD RATE POSTAGE REGU: | LATION. | Postmaster General Jewell, finding himself in the | position of the painter who was going to please the world with bis cleverness, went to New York to- night to rigidly enforce the new Postal law regard- ing the carrying of third rate matter, and will | leave to the Forty-thira Congress the honor of having passed a law objectionable to the masses, aud one which an ex-Senator, who was Chairman of the Committee on Post OMces and Post Roads in the Forty-third Congress, can afford 10 assume. GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, + a i WASHINGTON, March 21, 1875. | THE LIGHTHOUSE SYSTEM RETARY BRISTOW ON ITS PROPOSED RE-ORGANIZATION. Among the miscellaneous documents recently printed was a letter irom the Secretary of the Treasury to the Senate Vommittee on Commerce, In relation to the bill to promote the eMctency of The pili contemplated the abolishment of the present hgathouse board, which is attached to vbe office of tne Secretary of the Treasury and which 1s clothed with the power necessary (Oo conduct, under his superintendence, the management of the lighthouse establishments, | ing against the company. Many new members | aad the gubstisation therefor of an administra- | tive bureau in the Treasury Department, of am anomalous character, and a bosrd which 1s de clared to be ouly advisory in its functions, al- though in some of them it 1s really administra- tive. The proposition to transfer the gencral ad- ministrative functions of the present board to a bureau to be erected in tne Treas- ury Department, whose principal ofMcers were to be two military officers connected with another department of the government did not commend itself vo the Secretary's view; first, for the reason that the instalment of military officers in such eminence and power in the Treasury would ve unprecedensed and cnt of keeping with the spirtt, purposes ano organization of this branch of the government; and secondly, because the lighthouse establishment is purely a commercial and mar- itume institution, and could with no propriety bave & multary oMlcer as its chief executive. Ihe con- stitution of the proposed board and the mixed character o! its functions, appeared to the Seere- tary calculated to render it inefMictent and ob* structive to progress. The proper organization of @ lighthouse system 13 a matter o! grave national importance, Involving, as 1t does, vast interests of commerce and humanity, and in this country, on account of the nature and extent of our sea and lake coasts, presents a problem of un- usual diMculty. To be eMcient it requires the combination of the science and mechanism of the day anda practical knowledge of principles and of details, which can only be acquired by long familiarity and study. It demands a combination of Knowledge and skill possessed by different classes of individuals, and for this reason sbould include the co-operation of the mariner, of the engineer and of the scientist, to avoid, on the one band, expensive and impracticable schemes, and on the other undue adherence to fixed tdeas, The Secretary gives other reasons adverse to tno proposed legisiation. Professor Henry, chairman of the Lighthouse Board, in a letter aqdressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, says it is proper to Observe that none of the statements and reasons furnished have been derived irom the Board nor from any present member of tne lighthouse establishment, They are evidently all procured from a single source. The report of a former omMecer of the establishment, sent abroad oy the Board to obtain iniormation for its use, lately in print, forms the basis for the proposed aboli- tion of the existing lighthouse organization. Our lighthouse administration was not, as stated, modeliea alter that of France, but sprung, from careit consideration of our peculiar ctrcum- stances and necessities, from along study of the lighthouse organizations of all the leading mari- time countries; noris there, as the report would seem to imply, @ slagle military engineer In the French Board nor in any of the districts nor at- tached in any way to the French lighthouse ser- vice, All the engineers in the French lighthouse establishment belong to the civil service of the government. Professor Henry refutes the four main charges against the present organization, He says, on the subject ot tllum/nants, the introduc. tion of mineral oil for lightheuse purposes is of recent date and it 1s not yet fully in use in France and England. In France the order to use min- eral ofl has been given and the necessary steps are being taken to carry the order into effect. So, too, in England it is coming into use, but much colza is sti consumed, To pass from one oll to another is a work of time, a3 new lamps must be manufactured or those it use converted, Besides this, before mineral ofl can come into general use Proper steps must be taken {or its safe transpor- tation and storage. It is well known that the Board could, for many years previous to the use of lard, have imported the best colza, an excellent iiluminant, at a lower price than it patd our own manufacturers for sperm. It endeavored, how- ever, to promote the production of colza oll in this country, rightfully belleving that such an en- couragement to a new branch of home agriculture and manufacture was a truer measure of economy than the saving of the money duiference sent out of the country te a foreign market. it would seem, under these considerations, that the Board, in introducing as its illuminant lard ofl from our own market, tbough at a greater cost, is not without justification, In consideration of the facts stated, it appears that our lightship service, instead of being more ex- pensive, in fact costs considerably less annually than at avy former period. It 13 unquestionably true that many articles could be imported for the use of the goveriument at aless pecuntary cost than is now incurred by purchasing in our own market, but it is not clear that the saving in money value is a suficient reason for failing to encourage and stimulate home production. More- over, the policy of procuring, even at greater ex- pense, articles of consumption or use from our own people, is our best guarantee against an in- terruption of the supply in case of foreigm war. Professor Henry shows the tmpracticability and uncertainty of depending on gas for illuminating purposes, to say nothing of the expense attending such experiments, and in the conclusion of his letter says there 18 no liguthouse establishment in the world, known to tne Board, controlled by military men, ANTICIPATED DECISION OF THE QUADRUPLEX TELEGRAPH PATENT CASE—A CURIOUS QUES- TION. The quadruplex telegraph question excites Much interest, especially among telegraphers. By the duplex system two messages are transmit ted over one wire at the same time in opposite directions, and by the improvement of Edison, known as the quadruplex, four messages are sent over the same wire simultaneously, two in each direction, Ihe history of the case belore the Commissioner of Patents is briefy as fol- lows:—In 1871 Thomas A. Edison assigned to George Harrington an interest ia certain in- ventions then made and to be made in the automatic or fast system of graphy, Subsequently Edison inventea certain improvements in duplex telegraphs, and in 1873 he conveyed to George B. Prescott an interess in the latter inventions, and this conveyance or assignment is of record in the Patent OMce. By its terms the patents for the inventions in duplex telegraphs would issue to Edison and I’rescott. | in 1874, and belore the patents to these inventions | had issued, Edison filed an application, setting ‘orth that his assignment to Prescott was made under @ misapprehension of the force and effect of his previous assignment to Harrington, and praying that the patents might issue to Edison and Harrington. Prescott, on learning these facts, obtained an injunction from the Chancelior of the State of New Jersey, enjoining the Commissioner against such issue, and the case Came up betore the Com- missioner of Patents a month ago upon the appli- cation of Prescott for the Issue of the patents to himself and Edison, tn accordance with the assign- ment of 1873, Prescott appeared before the Com- missioner by Messrs. Roscoe Conkiing, J. Hubley Asiton and G. P. Lowrey, and Edison was repre- sented by Messrs. John H. B. Latrobe and M. D. Leggett, ex-Commissioner of Patents, Tne Com- missioner of Patents will make puolic his decision to-morrow. It is understood he holds that | Edison’s agreement witn Harrington was made beiore the Inventions in question were in exist- ence, and his assignments to Prescott were made alter the inventions were completed; hence the legal ttle is in Edison aad Prescott, to whom the patents must issue, The Commissioner further holds he is not called upon to decide the question Of the equities in the case, bub thas the legal title to the patents must be decided, so tar as the Pat- | ent Office is concerned, by the facts which are of record in that ofice. SERIOUS RAILROAD STRIKE. POTTSVI Pa., Marci 21, 1875. Large and well attended meetings of the Mee chanics’ and Workingmen’s Benevolent Associa- tion have been held in this region to-day by the employés of the Philadelpola and Reading Ran: roaa Company, Comprising engineers, firemen, | conductors and road hands. Two thousand men who have becn asked to resign their membership in the association have resolved to stand by the union to a man and relinquish the employment of the company. To-day 18 the last they will ain in their cinployment. A large numoer ol the men have been suspended in consequence, Axivices received iron Mahanoy, Plane, st. Clam, Schuyl- kill Haven and other points indicate a oiiter feel- were losiailed at the meeting, tele- | THE VINELAND Precarious Condition of the Victim. TMGDDY, | CARRUTH’S STATEMENT. | ee Story of the Murderous Deed by Eye-Witnesses. A ‘DELIBERATE ASSASSINATION. Croel Provocation Leading to a Desperate Revenge. VINELAND, N, J., March 21, 1875, Vineland, notwithstanding a heavy snow storm, has becn all day in a state of intense excitement. The shooting of Carruth is an event of tran- ecendent importance. Remembering that he ts the leading editor and the politician of the party that is now in power, while the person who shot him is the founder of the town, tts most influential citizen, respected, wealthy and generally admitted to have established this community by the 1 -rce and originality of his genius. HISTORY OF THE NRARLY FATAL DIFFICULTY. ‘The town ts divided into two parties. Ail con- demon the ras2ness of Landis in shooting Carruth, but his friends argus that ne is an ex- citable man, highly sensitive about nis honor, and that he has been goaded into this act of revenge by the continned editorial assaults of Carruth. On the other hand, tne fiends of Carruth say that the attacks were not malignant or personal, but simply the chaMng, jibing and merry conceits of an editor who cared only to make nis journal sell, and who took ad- vantage of the prominence of Landis to satirize yim, Itseemstnat tor some time past Landis has been losing his influence in Vineland, Thir- teen years ago he came here and purchased a large tract of land. The situation is about half way between Philadelphia and Cape May, and the Isnd when purchased was cheap and unattractive, Landis by dint of persistent advertising, especially in weekly and agricuitural journals, a system as comprehensive as that of patent medicine men, succceded in at- tracting a large settlement, The town was formed upon rigid and novel principles. Tne sale of liquor was prohibited. The streets and avenues and houses were all arranged according to a pre- conceived method. These rules were earnestly entorced. Landis, as tho head of the*-colony, and resposible for this discipline, naturally made ene- mies, TE INDEPENDENTS. Many of the settlers who came, as settlers so often do, expecting to find a land flowing with milk and honey, with tropical sofl and unprece- dented advantages, were disappointed when they found only an open sandy Jersey plain. This disappointment, which came, perhaps, as much from the indolence of the settler, led to strong feeling against Landis, a feeling well expressed by one of the malcontents to-day, who said, “Bus for the law Landis would nave been shot long ago. It was this discontent which Varruth and his journal represented. Carruth nimseif came here not more than six years ago and took charge of the paper three years later. He took an im- portant part inthe grange movement, being the head of the grangers here, the party opposed to Landis’ dictation—the independents. He with his frefids defeated Landis in the local elections, three years ago, and the inde- pendents have ever since held the town oMces amd have bsen increasing in power. ‘This defeat, which brought the influence of Lan- dis, at one time almost imperial, to an end, chagrined nim and has been the underlying causa of this tragedy, which has brought himself intoa prison and his rival to the verge of the grave. A VISIT TO THE WOUNDED MAN, The HERALD reporter visited Mr. Carruth this afternoon at the printing office of tne Jndependent, where he atill lies in a very critical condition, but | without any change tor the worse, which is con- | Sidered a good sign by the attending physicians, Drs. Brown and Faller, The newspaper office is on the main street of the town, Landis avenue, a few rods from the railroad station, opposite and just above the real estate office of Landis, It is in a two story brick building, at the head of a narrow flignt of stairs, where, aiter turning a sharp angle to the left, is a door 2 feet 8 inches wide, opening into the ed- itorial office of the Independent. It is a narrow room, only 83 feet wide by 2014 feet long, broad. | ened at the street front bya recess under the | Stairway, making it 17 feet in width at that part, aud dividea by a railing from the narrower part of the room where the recess begins, In the small space inside this railing are ofice desks and chairs, and at the right is a door 2 feet wide leading to the composing and press rooms of the | establisument. This apartment is a square, with 26 ieet 1rontage and 80 teet deep. | Alter entering and looking toward the right | there isa galley stand, three feet wide, coming | flush upto tne jamb of the door and extending along the wall for a distance of eleven fect, where it terminates at another narrow door o1 the same width as the o:her, opening on the hall, whence entrance 1s obtained to the edttorial room, before | descrioed, There is alarge press, a small one. a large Imposing stone, case, stand and other office | Materiais crowaing the room, and makiug the passaye way between the two doors only three | | leet wide, and rendering quick progress trom one | to the other sttil more difficult on accennt of the | sharp corners of the galiey stand, whica extends | 22, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. ; Mr. Landis in England he made speecnes | in favor of temperance in Chester and | other places, and he wrote, also, an article | temperance town, and so deep an impression was | between them, THE VICTIM'S STATEMENT, | The reporter found the wounded man lying ona | | smil bedstead in an apartment adjoining, into which he was carefully removed yesierday, aster | lying near wWoere he Was slot inthe composing Foum for over twenty-iour hours. He lay on tue bed, With his eyes closed, but conscious, and an attendant was careluily sponging his head with arnica, Two abrasions on the riht cheek bone nad the forehead had caused ooch eyes to become | much swollen end olackened. fle appeared to be man o! forty-five years, about five feet six luches in height, rather stoutly built, with brown | hair and whiskers, He had reiased to make any | alte-mortem statement to tue Coroner, | saying, when +o requested, that he had | nothing to say against Landis, and wished to ieave things as they were, When questioned, | however, he said distinctly, “I have never pad | any unkind feeling toward Landis or any desire to | lnjere him; but Lalways had an toveterate hatred | for a humbug and an unpostor.” He said nothing | Tuore at tus time and was unwilling and unabie to | talk far buc suosequently expiained, inanswer | to questions. that when he came into the ofice | and saw Landis Walting he did not for a moment ream Of his purpose Until be saw the pistol 1a Landis’ band. ‘then, without a word on either ae, he ran to escape, upon Which Lanais, with. out & word of explanation, d. ‘The lollowing 1s | the story of the snuoting as told by the compusi+ vors Woo Were in the ofice at the time:— THE STORY OF EYE-WJYNESSES, | Shortly aiter ten o'ciocs, Landis came | nto ihe editorial room, opened the door | of the printing ce uid asked where Mr. | cCarruta was, Henry Wilbur, the foreman; B. | Prank Ladd aad Millio Case, compositors; James Wiley, apprentice, and Kudie Wrigut, emce boy, Were in the printing ofice, Mr. Wilbur tn- | jormed Landis that the editor was vot in, t wourd send for him, and accoraingly despa tue voy to look for him, Mr. Wilbur says th | was led to observe Landis closely, from the fact | that he had not visited the Jndependent otice tor | | three years, vecause of the unrienaly reiations | between bimselt and the editor, He says that | Landis showed no excitement whatever in bts manner, but perfect coolness and deliveration. | Upon hearmg Carruth was notin he took a seat in the editorial roomin a corner where ne coud see both doors. Aiter adelay, the guration o: which 1s variously given at from five tu ten mine utes, the boy returned and reported that he cowd not find his employer. The foreman sent him out again and the messenger having met Carruth re- | turned up the stairs aimost Immediarely with him, | THE SHOOTING. | The editor was beard by the compositors enters ing the sanctum. A moment after ne suddenly opened the door to the printing oflce, came in aud closed it, looked hurriediy back into the sanctum | through the panes of glass in the door, meviog his bead from side to side as if he Was either dodging something or trying to get a better v winds. Te paused only a mo- ment and ‘au toward the other door through the harrow way between the type racks along ‘he wail and the imposing stone. The distance between these doors, as before | leet. He bad run aboat eight t | read tated, is eleven | isfaction If it should cost nim $1,000, t s when Landis | Sprang through the doorway, took one lung stride Jorwurd, thrust bis right band out and fred bee fore any ove even saw that he held a pistol. Car- | ruth, without a word, dropped instantly on his | face within two tect of the por of @ cape, the viood flowing from a _ dul- let hole in the back of the bead, between the ears, Landis came and stood over him, making no attempt to escape, waved hia | hand and said, “That man nas oven the cause of all the unbappiuess im my family,” and someching more, wien nobody distinctly heard, One of the en said, “Go for an ofcer” and Landis cried, “Yes, go toranoficer |” One of the printers rau down stairs and gave the alarm, und Deputy Sherif Cortis aud Dr, Bidweil rushed in with the crowd, The former Loox Landis Into cnstody, and the latter appited himself to tae wounded man. Landis was taken across the way to the office of nis lawyer, Mr. House, where Town Constable Babcock took the prisoner in charge, conveying Dim In a private carrtage about an hour afterward to the County Jail at Bridgeton. There was great excitement all over the town, but there were no toreats of lynching, as was reported, 4 DELIBERATE DEED. Ailthe witnesses to the shooting agree as to | Landis’ manner being cool beiore the act, although he became excited alterward, On the way to jail he exprossed sorrow for the deed. All the wit- | Desses declare that not & word was heard vo pass between tie two men in the office previous to the Sboottng, itis evident that Landis came prepared | to shoot, and, even if he had beea in a state of | excitement when be came tn, had abundant time to cool of in the ten minutes he was obdilzed to Wait for nis victim, Itisimpossivle to arrive at any impartial conclusion as to the exact causes Of this uniortunate proceeding, The people cau- not regard it as credible that a man of tne standing of Landis shoula do an act which on its face has every attribate of deliberate and pre- couceived murder, Tne early call and the ten minutes of waiting for Carruth, the absence ol any angry words, and the pursutt of his victim when he attempted to fly and his quiet surrender when the deed was done, are ail extraordinary, No motive has been assigned, None has been dis- covered but revenge; and accordingiy ail parties await the defence of Landis befure arriving at a Judgment of tue severest character. CONDITION OF CARRUTH. Dr. Gross, eminent Hhiladelphia surgeon, who was summoned by Landis, and whose first | examination was unsu sil in finding the ball, Will come nere to-morrow 70 make another effort. Carrath’s condition was easier to-night, but his chanes for ine 13 desperate to the last degree. Dr. Gross says that he has seen recoveries from wounds Of a similar character and by no means despairs of his ltle, THE ASSASSIN IN PRISON—HIS ANXIETY ABOUT HIS VICTIM—A CONSULTATION WITH HIS LAWYERS, BRIDGETON, N. J., March 21, 1875. Mr. Landis arrived at Bridgeton, the county seat ofCumberland county, about half-past one, ac- companied by the Deputy Sheriff, Thomas T. Cor- tes, and two assistants. Mr. Landis was in the carriage of Mr. Cortes. There was no demonstra- tion on the way, no fceling but one of sadness, Mr. Landis was driven at once to tne prison. A small crowd was waiting. Upon | Teaching the Jali his first act was to write two de, spatches, to Professor Gross, of the College of | Medicine of Poiladelphia, and to Dr. McClintock, | asking them to come to Vineland regardless of expense and attend to the wounded man, LANDIS UEARS FROM HIS VICTIM, Arumor was in Bridgeton that Carruth was dead. This annourcement Landis heard with a Great deal of emotion. The news was com- munieated to Mr. Landis he stopped in front of the telegraph office op his way to prison. In response to a despatch, however, news was received that Carrutn was still living. This gratified Landis extremely, and he sent the most Urgent messages to the surgeons in Pniladelpnia. Upon arriving at the jail Mr. Landis said to Mr. Wilson, the jatler, “I wish no privileges that are not granted to other persons,” and he was at once put into a cell in wnat is called the women's department. The other part of the jail was filled. DEVOTION OF MRS. LANDIS, His wite remainca with him, He urged her to g0 home, but she said she would not leave him, and they were locked up together. Benjamin Brewster, bis counsel, arrived from Philade!phta on Saturday morning, and remained With him until three o’clock in the afternoon. j Mr. Brewster instructed Mr. Landis not to make any communications tu any newspaper correspon- dents, and accordingly be declined to see the re- presentative of the HERALD. Mr, Brewster was accompanied by William A, House, of Vinelana, also the counsel of Mr, Landis. Nothing 1s known of the nature of the consultation, Mr. Brewster and Mr, House declining to make any communica- tion to the press, preferring to await the result of events. CRUEL PROVOCATION OF THE ACT. The friends of Mr. Landis say that, while they all regret and deplore an act that will naturally cast a cloud upon the life of aman of so muca | promise and genius, a man who has done so much | to bulla up the interest of Vineland and tnis section of New Jerscy, there was the acutest provocation, extending over years of cruel and persistent persecution, galling to a man of sensi- tive nature and high-toned honor. ‘!nts course, they say, did not extend alone to the business in- | terests of Mr. Lanats, but to his domestic ite, Sparing not even his wife and children. This last satire of Carruth directly re.erred to | Landis’ wife, although no name was mentioned, | ana t¢ was the culmination of years of assault. | Aithough Mr. Lanais was in Europe ior the better part of last year the attacks continued. Among other things was a burlesque account of an interview between Mr. Landis and the Queen of Knogland. Caricatures were en- graved and printed in Carruth’s newspaper in whieh the wie and children of Landis were tn- troduced. These assaults at times were directed against bis honesty. So iat as misrepresentations ot Vineland were concerned, ‘during the stay of in Frazer's Magazine, explainiog the operation of the Local Option law, which makes Vineland a Made that @ special edition of 10,000 copies was | orderea. THE INSANITY PLEA FORESHADOWED. Another important lact 18 mentioned 1a connece tion with the case, which your correspondent learns from high authority. His friends have observed, with wonder and pain, the suffering under which he iabored from time to time, under these assaults, and they claim to believe tnat bis mood when he shot Truth was that of despera- tion, almost amounting to insanity. NOTHER EDITOR ASSAULTED, THE RESULT OF A JOKE ABOUT A DEAD CAT—A MILITANT GROCER, Norwatk, Conn., March 21, 1875, An event took place here last evening which threw the whole town into excitement, the occa- | | | Slon being an assault on Mr, Nathan Requa, one of | the editors of the Hour, by Captain Isaac Selleck, | a prominent wholesale grocer. it seems an arti- | cle was published in the Hour of March 13 In which Mr. Selleck was made the subject of a joke, the facts relating to which belug gathered by Mr. | Requa and the article written by Mr. BW. | Maples, proprietor of the paper, Mr. Selleck the paper containing the article, | and was greatly incensed thereat, tak- | ing it as a reflection upon him = and | denying the facts upon which the joke was based Suspecting Mr. Requa as theauthor he had, dur- ing the past week, said there must be a retraction and full apology or else there would be a dgnt. Mr. Maples was also notified, but when the Hour came out yesterday, instead of the retraction there appeared, in large letters, an item more provoking than tie first. Seizing @ copy of the paper he visited Requa’s piace of business and, thrusting it in the face of Requa, asked if he (Kequa) wrote the apology. An ailirmative reply Was given, whereupon seileck struck Requa FIVE TERRIBLE BLOWS onthe head, whicn resulted iu closing one eye, | breaking the bridge of his nose and producing otver injury. Mr, &. K, Lockwood stood near the assaulting party, but was unable to interiere, Mr. Selleck leit the store, and in the street re. | ceived the congratulations of tis friends. The lolowing 18 tae article which appeared in the Hour: | Ink Suutecr's Cat.—In Selleck Bros.’ store barrels of side, and more din consequence amer ior a New Hi 3 Was ade , afer thy ing of mortificaion had subsided, commended 4s a good one and promised Mr, Selleck a fine box of cl- gars the next time he went to Now Mayen. A few days ter. Mr. selleck — visited the hun City ‘and was shown the ctzar, hohe pro- | nounces y good, th mupand | Mr, selic me home ty ening che box to treat tis Iriends a terri was lise overed, for bY some unexplained process the cigars were missing and «dead cat rested peacetully iu (heir places Mir. Selieck hushed the matter up for a time, bat ithas finally leaked out, A LEGAL ACTION. So soon as Requa 1 recovered bls equamnity, he took counsel and entered a grand juror’s com- piaint inst Selleck for assauit and battery, Selleck Was arrested and gave bonds for his ap- | pearance at trial on Tuesday evening, in Not walk, From the fact of the heretotore intimate relations existing between Mr, Selleck, Mr. Mapies and Mr, Requa, the greatest surprise is occasioned by those who Know the ;artics best that such a circumstance should gro ootola newspaper ttem. The friends ot the res pecive parues Will appear as Witnesses in the trial, and | as Captatn Selieck had declared that in the jauure have sate result is looked forward to with peculiar interest, \ of a proper apology appearing he would | meal trassi | nights and wenk nerves, try Enxen | lute clinical physi 7 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. RELIEF OF THE LANCASTER aT RIO JANETRO— DAMAGES TO THE PENSACOLA IN A GALE [FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) WasmINcton, March 21, 1875. The United States steamer Lancaster has bees ordere’ to proceed to Boston from Rio as soon after the arrival of tne Brooklyn as 1s deemed sa’e by her commanding officer, sne being in an almost unseawortny condition. She will be sum. ciently repaired at Boston to render her a sutt- able receiving ship for the Navy Yard at Philadel phia, instead of the Potomac, which 1s no longer serviceable, The Brooklyn, en voyage for Rio Jan: eiro, will probably arrive at that port about the last of this month. lniormation received at tne y Department shows that the search fer th> rock supposed to be in latitude 25 deg. 15 min, and longitude 41 deg. had been unsuccesstal. ‘This 1s the rock which Was sought for by the Fors tune, and has been repeatedly reported by wat and merchant vessels. THE PENSACOLA IN A GALE. The United States steamer Pensacola, whic® suffered among her soars and rigging in the gale encountered on her way tothe Sandwich Islands, will, 16 1s thought, tonch at San Franctsco for re pairs, Instead of going 1o Panama, as was at fires supposed, MOVEMENTS OF THE VESSELS OF THE GULA SQUADRON. Q NEW ORLEANS, La., March 21, 1875, The United States steamer Shawmut sailed from here to-day. The steam frigate Worcester, flagship of the Guilt squadron, with Advriral Mullaney on board, will Sail for Havana via Pensacola for coal. ‘The iron-clad Canonicus and the Kansas, Come mander Alfred: Hopkins, will remain at New Ore eans, ARMY INTELLIGENCE. NEW ORLEANS, March 21, 1878, General W. H. Emory, when relieved Come mander of the Department of the Gulf, goes to Washington. Of his staff Captain W. W. Sanders, Sixth infantry, goes to Fort Buford, Dakota; Cap- tain E. M. Hays, Fiftn cavalry, to Arizona, an@ Captain Luke O'Reilly, Nineteenth infantry, goes to Camp Supply, Indian Territory. PROTEST AGAINST THE TOBACCO TAX. Sr. Louris, Mo., March 21, 1875. The tobacco manufacturers of this city have protested against the recent ruling of Commis. sioner Douglass that the additional tax of four per cent must date from the 31 instant, and have forwarded petition to that offflctal ing him to reconsider his ruling. ney take the ground that the bill imposing the additienal four per cent aid not be- come @ law until after business hours on the 34 inst. ; that the revenue officers sold stamps under the old law all that day; that purchases of stamps were made, saies effected and contracts made under the old regulaticns, and that therelore the decision of the Commissioner 1s retroactive and unjust. STRANGE DEATH IN A LODGING HOUSE. PHILADELPHIA, March 21, 1875. The suspictous circumstances attending the finding of the dead body of the man supposed te be Leonard F. Dunn, of Delaware, in a cheap lodg» ing house on Callowhili strect, aro still betog im vestigaied by the police. The case has now every appearance ofa homicide. A post mortem examination to-doy disclosed the fact that death resulted from a iractured skull and profuse intere cranial hemorrhage. Four of eignt persons ar« rested are siili in custody, awaiting the result of the Coroner’s inquest, which will,1n all probabil- ity, be held to-morrow, 4. man who called at the Morgue to-day said he had recently got ao- quainted with the deceased, and he understood his name was Joshua Leonard, and that he had Telations living somewhere tu Connectica', CONVICTED MURDERERS. POTTSVILLE, Pa., March 21, 1875, Michael Flanagan, on trial here for the murdes of James MoGorlich near Mahanoy City last De cember, was yesterday found gifiity of murder 1s the second degree. Joseph Brown, who is to be penges here om Wednesday next for the murder of the Krames family, is now more repentant, and has a wor snip in his cell. He will probably make a full com jession before the day of execution. 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