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Show GENERAL. Ku Kluxing la Tennessee. Memphis, 17. Forty masked men entered Pontotoc last Friday nigbt, for the purpose of driving off OoL Flour-ney, Flour-ney, editor of the radical paper, who had been warned to leave. Tney fired on a party of citizens who met them and inquired their purpose, when tne citizens returned the fire, dropping one of the maskers, and the others fled. The wounded man proved to be a young man who lived near. He persistently refused to divulge the names of his comrades and soon died. Next morning morn-ing a number of persons were found to have left the country. Drowned. Rockland, Me., 17. A boat containing contain-ing Captain Reilly Brown, his brother and two children, crossing from South Thomaston to Sheep Island, on Monday, Mon-day, was capsized and Captain Brown was drowned. His brother swam ashore with the two children. Committee on Ka Klnx Outrages. Washington, 17. Sixteen of the twenty-one members of the select committee com-mittee on Ku Klux outrages, met this morning, Senator Scott in the chair. The absent were two Senators and three Representatives. The sub-committee appointed, in compliance with the resolution of the joint committee, to inquire into the condition of the late insurrectionary Southern States, as far as regards the execution of the laws and tbe safety of the lives and property of citizens of the United States, and to prepare a plan of proceedings for the discharge of the duties imposed upon said joint high committee, presented the following resolution and recom mended its adoption: Resolved, thai for the present, a sub-committee ci seven members be appointed to pro- ooed at onco with tho invcxtif.'alion,and until otherwise- ordered to continue the miino in Wiishinetmi, with jiuwer to dmsolve. the committee when in their management it might lie expedient to do so. A meeting will taku place to-murrnw, to-murrnw, when tho proposed resolution will be acted upon. The Murderer Union'. Iiinglmmpton, N. Y., 17. Ituloff rose at threo o'clock this morning in apparently good Kpirit.i, hud has not .shown tho least Eigns of breaking down, lie has not paid the lex:t attention to religious matters, but occasionally indulges in-dulges in violent and profane language, abusive of Governor Hodman and others, for cutting him off before the completion of his work. lie has by this conduct lijrfeited what litllo public sympathy and respect he yet retained, and not a word is now heard in his favor. The gallows will be out in place this afternoon, and the execution will take phiee in the yard of the jiil at noon to-morruw. As the enclosure is small the place will not admit more than seventy spectators. Against lVontun Suffrage. . Washington, 17. Mrs. Sherman, wife of General Sherman, Mrs. Dahl-gren, Dahl-gren, Mrs. Catharine E. Beeeher, and other ladies of prominence, are industriously indus-triously engaged, through the proper channel, in procuring their signatures to a petition to Congress, protesting against an extension of the suffrage to women. In furtherance of their object, ob-ject, a monthly periodical sustained by these women, is published at Baltimore Balti-more under their auspices. Bowen's Bigamy. The trial of the second bigamy case of lion. A. C. Bowen, contestant in Congress from South Carolina, is set for Tuesday next. AV'oman Suffrage Again. A bill has been introduced in the louse of Delegates of 4he Territory of Columbia, to extend to females the right to vote and hold offices. Noinlmatlons. The Presi lent has nominated Robt. Milroy, U. S. Marshal for Wyoming Territory; C. S. Stanton, son of the late Edward M. Stanton, Secretary of the Territory of Columbia. Col Thos. G. Pitchers is detailed Governor of the Soldiers' Home, Col, Lee return ing to his former position of deputy Governor, vice Col. Rodenbagh; relieved re-lieved at his own request. Senate Special Session. Washington, 17. At ten minutes past one, Mes-rs. White and Ramsdell were brought into the Senate, under arrest. Carpenter, from the select committee, com-mittee, offered a resolution that required requir-ed the Vice-President to propound a question to them as to what excu-e they have for not answering certain interrogations in-terrogations relative to the premature publication of the treaty, and whether they were now prepared to answer all proper questions asked by the committee. com-mittee. Carpenter made a statement, -howing the undoubted right of the Senate to make the interrogation and the impropriety of making public matters mat-ters of such vast importance, lie said there was two courses, either of which they must pursue. First, the Senate must go forward and compel obedience to the rules, or confess in the face of the world, its want of nerve and weakness. weak-ness. Fenton oflered a substitute for the pending resolution, putting the question ques-tion to be propounded as follows : Did you receive a copy of the treaty either from a Senator, or clerk, or secretary of a Senator, or any offic r or employe of the Senate, or any member of his family. This, Mr. Fenton said, was as far as they ought to go. Wilson supported the motion, speaking speak-ing in favor of a free press, and saying this proposition would vindicate the Senate, and theo they might stop. Morton took similar ground. Thur-man Thur-man said if anybody was responsible for the publication of what purported to be the treaty, it was ihe managing editor of the paper in which it appeared. appear-ed. He should vote for Mr. Fenton's substitute, though he did not believe it logically correct. Carpenter opposed the substitute. Par alyzcd. Harrisburg, Pa., 17. Mrs.Burnside, one of the daughters of Senator Cameron, Cam-eron, was struck with paralysis this morning, and is not expected to live. Associated Press Protest. New York, 17. The Associated Press of the State of New York to-day adopted a resolution that the deten tion of the messages of the New York Associated Press in ihe London cable office, whereby important commercial and general dispatches were delayed from one to seventeen hours, after dispatches dis-patches filed at a later hour than those addressed to the New Y'ork Associated Press were receivsd, is not only a violation vio-lation of law and equity, but deserves the forfeiture of the charter of the company. Express Robbed. Columbus, O. The office of Adams' Express here was entered at 2 a.m. Two men sleeping in the office were drugged, and the safes robbed of forty or fifty thousand dollars in currency. There is no clue to the thieves. Gloomy Crop Prospects. Memphis, 17. The crop reports are still more gloomy, owing to the con tinued rains and cool weather, the cat-terpillars cat-terpillars and vermin. The young cotton cot-ton is destroyed and many planters are without means to replant. Heavy Fire, Honesdale, 17. A fire last night destroyed de-stroyed the store of J. Cumuiings, Miner & Co., J. Snyder, Knapp & Jenkins, and W. & L. Weston. The loss is about $250,000. The Mace-Cobum Match. New Y'ork, 17. Coburn and friends met at the Clipper office to day with a view to arraumng an early meeting with Mace at some other place than Kansas City. Neither Mace nor any of his friends were present, except Harry Hill, who showed a letter from some Virginia officials, guaranteeing an uninterrupted fight there. Coburn put in a claim for the stakes. Monetary and Stocks. New York, 17. Gold strong. Sterling Sterl-ing unchanged. Govts, firm. Sixes of 81, 171; 5-20's, 62, 11; 64-65, U l; new, 13g; 67, 13f; 6S, 13J, 10-40's, 9. Currencies, lo-',-. Stocks heavy. W. TJ. T., 59i; Pao-ific Pao-ific mail, 44 1; Wells, Fargo, 46;. Ku Klui Matters. New York. 17 The Tribune has a long account from Columbus, S. C, giving details of an attempt of the Ku Klux to kill the Republican couuty officers, all of whom, however, saved themselves by flight or secreting themselves. them-selves. The sheriff subsequently arrested ar-rested the supposed leader of the gang, and he will be tried under tbe recent Ku Klux law of CoDgress. The Herald's special from Shelby, North Carolina, says the arrested Ku Klux appeared before Commissioner Moore yesterday, together with eighteen others, whose names were included in the warrant, and who voluntarily vol-untarily appeared, not having been arrested. ar-rested. The complaining wunesses were not present, alleging tear of their lives if they attended. The story is discredited and the commifsioner has ordered the witnesses to be arrested and brought to Shelby to-day. Tbe prisoners seem anxious to have the trial. Excitement Concerning ItulofT. A special fniiii Kluiira, N. Y., says the country is in u frenzy of excitement over the approaching Tito ofHiilnfT Over athouand iipplieatiousliavc been niado to tho sheriff to witness the execution, while under the law only twelve persons are permitted to be present. pre-sent. All the attempts of the counsel to securea commutation or respite have failed. Governor Hoffman tclecraphed them last evening that he had decided not to inteif re. That seals RulnfT's late. Pteparations for the execution are progressing rapidly. Storm at Chicago. Chicago, 17. A severe storms of wind und rain passed over the southern suburbs of the city yesterday evening Several buildings were blown down Une woman was killed by the falling timbers, and several men were injured. in-jured. The exercises of the craduating class of the Baptist Theological Seminar' took place in the First Baptist Church last night. Among the graduates i-E. i-E. K. Chandler, of Mc.Minuviile, Oregon. Or-egon. Mrs. Lincoln and Tad arrived here last evening. A Ravisher Summarily Disposed of. San Francisco, 17. Passengers by the steamer Pelicm, from Eureka and Umpqua, report a frightful affair oc curring at that port on the trip up to Eureka. There was on board a family from Indiana, consisting of a father, mother and four children, the youngest a girl of eleven, who was sick. On the night before the arrival of the steamer at Umpqua, the steward, a Malay, who is married to a white-woman white-woman of this city, entered the sick L'irl's room, drugged and lavished her. On the child's recovery it seems she identified Smith, as the perpetrator of the outrage, but he denied, sajint: he had only entered her room to close the windows. lie was tied, and on the arrival ar-rival at Umpqua, the citizens assembled, assem-bled, tried him and sentenced him to death. He was then placed in a boat, and a man, selected by lot, rowed him up the river out of sight. A pi-tol shot was then heard, and the citizen returned alone. Smith had been a very quiet man, and generally bore a good character, but there is no doub: of his guilt. The weather is cool and clear, with the wind fresh from the north-west. The first regiment, Colonel Barnes, went over to Alameda this morning, morn-ing, presenting a fine appearance. They will be reviewed by the Governor at 4 p.m. |