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The News and Observer. VOI [Abry Os Congress .0. At At. iTffilE [L&GSffIESTT ©OG3SIUJILMTM ®F &OT TOB3TKI ©AIMIILOKIA [MOOT. REBEL LEADER DEAD GENERAL GARZA, THE TERROR OF THE RIO GRANDE, KILLED IN BATTLE. OETAILS OF THEDESPERITE FIGHT The Attack Was Well Planned and the Regulars W ere Taken at a Terri ble Disadvantage, but Wh«a the Rebels Lost Their Leader They Lost All and Were Soon Put to Flight- Five Men Killed on Each Side and Several Taken Prisoners. Mobile. Ala., March 14, —A cable dis patch from Colon, Colombia, printed in last Sunday's papers, gave a brief ac count of the rebel attack on Bocas Del Torot on Friday last, by a band of In sui gents under General Garza. To night, upon the arrival of the steamship Herald, about 7 o’clock, the Register ob tained from its correspondent at Bocas Del Toro the full details ot the bloody and desperate attack, as follows : “Bocas Dei. Toro, U. S. ok Colombia, March 8. “A desperate attack was made about four o’clock this morning by a band of rebels under General Garza, upon the Colombian troops quartered here, and the battle waged fiercely for three hours, during whichlhe bullets flew thick and fast, and many of the principal build ings were riddled until they looked like sieves. “In order to better understand the following details of the battle it will not be amiss to give a short description of the topography of Bocas, and particu larly that part of it which was the scece of the slaughter. “Bocas Del Toro is|'a city of 3,000 souls; the houses extending along the sea for nearly a mile, one street making the city complete. On one side of this street is the zandimy, in the rear is an immense swamp coveredgj with uuder brush. In front of the city and visible to the eye the U. S. cruiser Atlanta lies at anchor. “The barracks is a small frame, shingle roofed store and dwelling, situated in the centre of the city. Tue store of John Wilson & Co. is 50 feet north. John H. D. Fiukea’ store is directly across the street, about 40 feet. The soldier were asleep up stairs while their guns and ammunition were down stars, the steps being on the outside of the building, thereby exposing the soldiers to the fire of the rebels as they ran down stairs to secure their arms As to the landing of the rebels no definite information can be learned eith er as to how, when or where they landed. The general supposition is that they landed from a schooner at or near a point on Columbus Island known as “Big Bight.” “From this point they marched through the swamp a distance of three miles, to Bocas Del Toro. The mud on the shoes of the dead men proves this to be a fact. As they marched along each government sentinel was in turn made a prisoner The out posts were policemen armed with clubs. “It was 4 o'clock a m. when Gen. Garza and about ton men opened fire on the barracks from the Finke building across the street. “The first man to meet his fate was the government sentinel at the barracks. As the shots were fired the sentinel, who was in command, ran out on the front gallery and met a similar fate. The rebels advanced and kept up a constant lire upon the barracks, where the sol diers were entrapped, as the sea was be hind them. “The regulars made a desperate rush down stairs for their arms and com menced to return the fire. The troops opened fire upon the squad of rebels who were firing from the second story of Finkes’ building and actually riddle the house. Garza continually called to the government troops ‘Surrender you fools.’ He was heard to say in English: ‘The soldiers are shooting high,’ and ran down stairs, where he met his death. He was found dead not more than fifty feet from the barracks. So died the man who was the terror of the Rio Grande, and suc cessfully escaped the U’nited States aud Mexican troops for many years “When the rebels lost their leader they lost their cause. They had the b*st of the battle until daylight, when the government soldiers, seeing the enemy not near so strong as they supposed, rushed from the death trap and forced the enemy to retreat. Once getting their opponents on the run, they pursued them with renewed energy and deadly effect. They shot the enemy to death in the streets, dragged them from houses and chased the remaining few into the swamp “It was nearly 8 o’clock when the sol diers returned to the barracks and the roll was called. The faces of their com rades showed how deeply they realized the fact that their soldier brethren had died in a just cause, fighting for their country. “The United States cruiser Atlanta was three miles from the city during the fight. She heard no report of the guns in the morning, although her lights were visible from the shore. No effort was made to communicate with her until 7 o’clock. Just as a small boat started to her she weighed anchor and steamed away to her practice grounds. The steam launch Mascot was sent by the American consul to await the return of the Atlanta to her anchorage. She hove in sight about 5 o’clock in the afternoon. As soon as the commander of the At lanta learned ihe facts, without a moment’s delay, each officer was called and given instructions. “Inafew minutes all was bustle on the ship. A steam launch was lowered, a Gatling gun was put aboard with three boats in tow, containing 75 mariners, Bocas Del Toro was reached at 8 o'clock iu the evening. The doctors from the Atlanta rendered valuable assistance to Dr. Fauss, an American doctor, attend ing the dying and wounded. “Garza and his men were in front of the rooms occupied by Messrs. Kraus man and Feuss, in the second story of the Finke building. How the latter es caped no one can tell. They could not get out of their rooms, and were com pelled to stand an awful fire for nearly three hours. Every bottle of medicine in Dr. Feuss’ room was blown to atoms. The doctor, however, was soon about among the wounded, relieving their suf ferings. “Five of the Colombian soldiers are dead and several wounded. Five of the rebels were killed and 35 taken prisoners. The names of the rebel leaders dead or under arrest are: Killed, Perura Castro and Joz Antonio Zarza; captured, Sibore More. “The officers of the Atlanta are not in clined to believe that the Garza killed was the notorious bandit of the Rio Grande. They say he would never have made an attack with so small a force. Notwithstanding their ideas he was identified by one of his fol lowers and several men who knew him in Mexico. A young man who was his friend in Costa Rica says it is none other than Gen. Garza. He is a tall man with hair just turning gray, about fifty years old. He and his comrades were buried before the Atlanta marines came ashore.” THOI GHT HIM A GHOST. A Man Believed to Have Been Drown ed Suddenly Appears. Special to the News and Observer. Greensboro, N. C., March 14. Mr. J. M. Newcombe, who was sup posed to have been drowned while com ing from Baltimore to New York, ar rived here last week, and his brother, Mr. C. G. Newcombe, supposed him to tie a ghost, , It seems that owing to fright and ex posure. he had become crazed and wan dered aimlessly all over the United States, visiting Baltimore, New York, Chicago, New Orleans, and finally arriv ing here. His son took him home to day. Mr. Newcombe Reaches Home. Petersburg, Va., March 14.—J. M. Newcombe, the grocery merchant of this city, who turned up in Greensboro, N. C., a day or two ago, after having been mourned by his family as dead for the past six months, arrived here this even ing, accompanied by his son, who went after him. Mr. Newcombe is in a very feeble condition. UNDER MILITARY CONTROL. Troop* Called out to Suppress a Race War in the Town ot Winchester. Winchester, Va , March 14. —For the second time since the war Winchester is practically under military control. On the sth instant Thornton Parker, colored was arrested for attempted criminal as sault on Mrs. Melton, a respectable mar ried lady, near Middletown this county. The details of the crime are disgusting Parker, after being fully indentified as the assailant was lodged in jail here aud indicted on Monday by a special grand jury and his trial set for to-mor row. Threats of lynching have been made and the negroes of the city have expressed their intention to rescue the negro and burn the town. Suppressed excitement and indigna tion have been manifest for several days, especially when the negroes paraded the town in groups on Tuesday night and were disbanded by the police force. The municipal officers, therefore, de cided to place the city under military protection to day. Three companies, seventy-five men, of the Second \ ir ginia Regiment, under Col. J. C. Baker, arrived here on the 7:39 p. m. train and are virtually in charge. Everything is quiet to-night, and the presence of the troops will probably pre vent. any further disturbance. Story of the Crime. Staunton, Va., March 14. —On last Tuesday a negro violently assaulted Mrs Melton, a white married woman, living iu Middletown. The lady’s hus band was not home at the time and the cireumstam-ae attending the attempted rape were of a most revolting character. The woman quickly resented, closed ana bolted the door in the negro's face, but he broke in the win dow, aud when Mrs. Melton went to the yard he followed aud knocked her down twice, and was only foiled in his purpose by the desperate screams ai d struggles ot his intended victim, and he made his escape for the time being. He was afterwards arrested and fully identified by Mrs. Melton. Feeling ran high against the negro and he was lauded safely in jail, only with the greatest difficulty. The officers who had the prisoner in charge were followed bv a mob and cries of “lynch him,” “get a rope,” “swing him up,” etc., were heard. Such was the public indignation that as a precautionary measure he was taken to the Berryville jail. , , When it became apparent that he was in imminent danger of being lynched and he was quietly removed again, this time to jail in Front Royal. In the meantime a special grand jury was sum moned (the county court of Frederick being in session) and the prisoner was indicted and his trial set for to-morrow. If he is found guilty he will, under the new law, be punished by death. The in dications are that he will swing. RALEIGH, N. C.. FRIDAY, MARCH !5, 1895. TRIAL OF GOODMAN ARGUMENT IN THE FAMOUS MURDER CASE CONTINUED YESTERDAY. A VERDICT EXPECTED TO-DAV. This is the Tenth Day of the Tiial and it is Drawing tb a Close—Strong Ar ray of Legal Talent oa Both Sides— The Tragedy Rehearsed and the Tes timony Attacked—Good man’s Coun sel Make a Desperate Effort in his Behalf—The Court Room Crowded. Richmond, Va , March 14.—A Char lottsville, Va., special to the Dispatch says: The trial of Conductor Goodman for the killing of Colonel H. C. Parsons, is rapidly drawing to a close. Eight of the best criminal lawyers in the S f ate have been engaged in the case. Nine days have already been consumed in the evid ence and the argument, and it is rea aon able to expect that before another day’s end the verdict will have been rendered. When the court convened this morn ing, Mr. B. T. Crump resumed his argu ment for the defence. At the risk, he said, of wearying the jury, he did not intend to skim the evi dence, giving extracts here and there, but to review it in detail. He then pro ceeded to take up the evidence, piece by piece, and show its inconsistencies. Mr. Crump said he too, knew Colonel Parsons well, and he stood there to de fend his memory against the insult which the counsel for the prosecution had heaped upon it when they claimed that the prisoner had dragged Parsons by his coat lapel a distance of fifty feet without resistance. Parsons went cut voluntarily. He weighed twenty pounds more than the prisoner. The whole evi dence went to show that Goodman was retreating at the moment we was shoot ing, and must have been backing from what he considered danger. Martin’s testimony corroborated this statement. If it was not true, and had Goodman taken Parsons to the door for the pur pose of killing him, the body of Parsons would have beeu pushed oat from the door, and would not have fallen in the direction which indicated that he was advancing. Mr. Crump made a most adroit argu ment to prove that the prosecution was wrong in its theory that the first shot en tered the head. Martin saw the first shot, and had the hand of Goodman been raised as it most have been. Mar tin would have seen it. Col. R. T. W. Duke followed Mr. Crump in a pathetic appeal for justice. He heard, he said, Colonel Craig’s speech and saw the magnificent acting by that gentleman, and from that speech he was certain that Goodman was inno cent. In all his life he had never re ceived a fee for prosecuting a man for his life and liberty. Colonel Duke in dulged ir: some delightful reminiscenses, speaking for a half hour before court ad journed for dinner As soon as court reconvened, Mr. Parrish began his speech. The court room was packed—indeed such a jam has never been before seen there on the occasion of a trial. Quite a number of ladies were in the “box” to the left of the Judge, while his honor’s reserved platform was occupied by as many men as could lx? crowded upon it. The prisoner was attended by his wife, two daughters, and baby boy, and by their side sat two ladies. Beginning with a reference to the law affecting this ease, Mr. Parrish called at tention to Mr. Letchers in bringing to the attention of the jury the verdict at the former trial and said that it was a travesty upon justice. The speaker then read the decision in the Ward-White shooting case, which was tried in Abington, and applied it to the present case. The prisoner was entitled to the bene fit of every doubt. Certainly the defence had created a reasonable supposition that the prisoner was excusable or justi fiable in his act. For the first half hour Mr. Parrish spoke upon the instructions He was very bitter in his denunciation of Mr. Craig for telling the jury that the de fence were entitled to no benefits of the instructions, which related to killing in the heat of passion, hecause that was in consistent with the plea of self-defence. The defence was entitled to the benefit of both instructions, regardless of Mr. Craig, who represents the “hatred and persecution” of the prosecutors. Mr Parrish grew eloquent when he came to speak of the “Unwritten” law in Virginia, which allows no man to de stroy the peace and sanctity of the home circle. He drew a beautiful picture of Captain Goodman’s working his way up from brakernan to conductor, and sup porting a little family, and was ex tremely severe when he came to speak of Parsons, the proprietor of a big hotel. In speaking of the letter, he inquired : “Did you ever read anything so vile, so bitter, so foul.” He was particularly caustic in his denunciation of Parsons for writing such a letter, and touchingly pathetic iu picturing its effect upon Goodman. He expiained in detail the various diagrams of Gladys Inn, and reviewed the evidence bearing upon the tragedy. At 6 o'clock, the court adjourned. To Observe Bismarck’s Birthday* Berlin, March 14.—The Prussian government has ordered that all schools be closed on April Ist, Bismarck’s birth day. Special prayers will l>e offered in all the evangelical churches for Bismarck on Sunday March 31st. THE FIRING AT TIIE ALLIANCA. Captain Grossman to Make « Certified Statement of the Affair. New York, March 14. —Captain Cross man, of the steamer Allianca, which was fired on by a Spanish gun-boat near the eastern point of Cuba, while on her last trip from Colon, has received the follow | ing letter from the Department of State: “To Capt. Jas. Crossman, Commander of the Allianca. “Sir: T have received your letter of March without date, but which reached the Department to day, March 13, which reports the circumstances uudor which I the above named steamship on her home ward voyage from Colon, Columbia, to New York, off the north Cuban coast, cn the Bth inst., was fired upon by a Spanish gun-boat. “The Department desires to receive from you a statement of fact in the form of an affidavit, accompanied if possible, by a sketch chart, showing the course of the Allianca in passing Cape Misi, and : the distance of the vessel from the near est point of the Island of Cuba. “The affidavit should be explicit upon these points. “Awaiting such, I am, sir, “Your obedient, “(Signed) Edwin F. Uhl, “Acting Secretary.” Capt. Crossman said that he would ! send a chart to the State Department, \ showing where the attack occurred. It was in latitude 20.10 N., longitude 74.15 W. He said he knew his vessel was at least four miles off Cape Misi, which is j the eastermost point of Cuba. He con ! tinned : “The man-of war which attacked us was broad off our port quarter. I will ! say right here, and this is a statement which 1 have not made before, that had ! the rnan-o f -war signalled us with the in i ternational code I would have stopped immediately. She raised no such sig als, however. Her fire was practically a command, and I am not a man to take ; orders from anybody except my superior officers.” A little more iu regard to the identify of the Spanish man of-war was learned this morning. Capt. Crossman said that he could plainly see that she had a cop per bottom. In the opinion of expe rienced seaman this indicates that she must have been a wooden hulled ship, for copper boftoms are, as a general rule, used only on wooden ships. If that be so, the Allianca’s assailant was evi dently of Spain’s old ships, for Spain has not built a wooden ship within the last ten vA*rs. The State Department, should, tnereioie, the maratime circle think*, have little difficulty in discover ing the identity of the man-of-war. TO START FOR LIBERIA. A Steamer Chartered to Take 200 Negro Colonists to Liberia. Philadelphia, Pa., March 14.—The Danish steamer Horsa sailed from here this evening for Savannah, having been chartered by the International Emigra tion Society to take about 200 negro colo nists from Savannah to Monrovia, Libe ria. The steamer is under command of Captain Henry Wibourg. The emigrants will be accompanied by an agent of the society. The Horsa will probably arrive at Savannah on Sunday and, if possible, sail for Liberia the same day. The society has organized its first party of emigrants with great care, se lecting them mainly from Mississippi. In making the selections only men, both single and married, of good physical condition, have been chosen and per mitted to join. The married men will be accompanied by their wives and fami lies and the society has made arrange ments to give the unmarried colonists ten acres of land and the married ones twenty five upon their arrival in Liberia. The Liberian government will shelter the colonists for three months until they have built their own homes. Good me chanics, carpenters especially, it is claimed, can have plenty of work at good wages, while those familiar with farm work, can engage in coffee-grow ing. RHODE ISLAND DEMOCRATS. They Meet tn Convention aud Nomi nate a Strong Sfate Ticket. Providence, R. I , March 14.—The Democratic Stale Convention to day Dominated the following ticket: For Governor George L. Littlefield, of Paw tucket; Lieutenant Governor, A. 8. Mil ler, of Providence; Secretary of State, George W. Green, of Woonsocket; Attor ney General, George T. Brown, of Prov idence; General Treasurer, John G. Perry, of South Kingstown. The committee previously appointed to report on a proposed change in the system of representation in the Stare convention reported in favor of propor tional representation. This awakened a discussion, it being claimed that it took the control of the town and gave it to the cities. The matter was finally post- ; poned to the next State convention by a vote of 123 to 57. Republicans Nominate Unanimously. Providence, R. I , March 14 — After i the adoption of the report of the commit tee on resolutions the following State ticket was nominated without opposition: Governor, Charles Lippitt, of Provi dence. Lieut. Governor, Edwin A. Allen, of Hopkinton. Secretary of State, Charles P. Ben nett, of Providence. Attorney General, Edwin C. Dubois, of Fast Providence. General Treasurer, Samuel Clark, of Lincoln. AFFAIRS IN HAWAII I ANNEXATION LEAGUES VIGOR OUSLY EXTENDING THEIR ORGANIZATION. LADIES WEAR CONVICT STRIPES. Judge Advocate Kinney Goes to San Francisco to Present Testimony Against the Schooner 11. C. Wahl herg—'The Ex-Queen Refuses to Lease her Residence and Hopes to Soon he Allowed to Return, but her Influence Over the Population is Feared. San Francisco, Gala., Marthl4.—Cor respondence of the United Press per steamer Arawa: Honolulu, March, 7.—W. A. Kinney, late Judge Advocate of the military com j mission, goes to San Francisco to-day to present testimony in behalf of the llaw | aiian government in the case against : the schooner H. C. Wahlberg, which brought arms for the rebels from San Francisco. He is accompanied by George Town ! send and Charles Warren as witnesses. These are the men who were specially j employed by Major Seward in communi cating with the schooner on her arrival. Warren remained aboard the schooner several days, while waiting for .the Waimaualo to intercept her at sea. William Daxis, the then master of the steamer Waimaualo, also goes by the i Arawa, his sentence of ten years impris ! onment being suspended on condition of his leaving the country for good. He gave important testimony in several ! cases. Davis is the prisont r who was J absurdly reported by a San Francisco j paper to have been tortured. The ex Queen has after all refused to | lease her Washington Place residence. Apparently she hopes soon to return there. The government feels the neces sity of separating her from access to the native population who would instinct ively pay homage to her as a semi divine personage. The Hawaiian annexation leagues are vigorously perfecting and extending their organization. They expect soon to en roll most of the natives in the organiza tion. The Royalist ladies for wearing con vict stripes materialized yesterday in dresses and hats of such material worn by two women in front of the prison. The principal lady was the well known consort of a leading rebel. Her examnle is not likely to lend lustre to the move ment. THE SAMOAN REVOLUTION. The Rebels Now Three Thousand Strong ami Well Supplied with Arms. San Francisco, Cal., March 14.—Cor respondence of the United Press, per steamer Arawa : Apia, Samoa, Feb. 27—The rebel party has gathered in great force at Leuleumoega, in Aana. They are three thousand strong and well supplied with arms and ammunition. They are to meet in council to-day to 1 determine the course to be pursued. It will doubtless be the usual program; im possible demands made upon King Mal ietoa in reference to his abdication or a suggestion of divided authority. These J>eing naturally declined, war will ensue without any doubt whatever. The missionaries from the outlying stations say that nothiug is being plant ed and that nothing in the nature of work in any way is being done. A half caste named Taylor recently circulated a report that the late Robert Louis Stevenson was some few months j ago in some way connected with the im portation and sale to Ateua rebels of a quantity of rifles and ammunition. Lloyd Osbourne, the novelist, in a letter to the local press, has resented this attempt to vilify the dead and the public generally discredit the report. Taylor has been arrested and charged with criminal li bel A Negro Woman Trie* to Suicide. Special to the News and Observer. Greensboro, N. C., March 14. A colored woman named Lee attempt ed to commit suicide night before last by hanging. She procured a rope and at tached one end to a beam in a barn near by, slipped a noose around her neck, got upon a box and jumped off. But for the timely arrival of someone she would have been strangled to death. As it was she was unconscious when taken down and it took hard work by a physician to bring her back Trouble with her husband is the cause alleged. A Big Smoking Tobacco Factory. Special to the News and Observer. Greensboro, N. C , March 14. Messrs. R G. I.ea, of High Point, a manufacturer of plug tobacco, and J. I Tate, of Mebane, manufacturer of smok ing tobacco, have formed a co partner ship, aud w ill hereafter do business in Greensboro, manufacturing both plug and smoking tobacco. A large four-; story brick building is to be erected for ! them at once. Cuban Insurgents Gaining strength. London, March 14.—The Central News correspondent in Madrid says: “Private telegrams from Cuba do not confirm tho j official statement that the rebellion has ! : been virtually crushed. They declare that the insuigents gain strength dailj ” PRICE FIVE CENTS. UNDER THE DOME. The capital was almost deserted yes terday. Half a dozen belated legisla tors dropped in to take a last look at the scene of their passing greatness; a few strangers watched |the laborers cleaning up the House and Senate chambers; the clerks w T ere busy closing up their work, and a hush and a quiet that have been unknown for sixty-three days pervaded the entire building. The Auditor and the State Treasurer were kept busy pay ing the balance due the laborers and other employes, and catching up with their work. Senator Fowler of Sampson said in a I speech in opposition to the creation of ' more offices for Republicans: “The Pop ! ulists have been getting buzzard long i enough; they want some turkey now.” j This statement supports the charge that I the Republicans gobbled up the good of i flees to which they thought they could read their titles clear, and gave the | worthless offices, the ways to which are ! blockaded by the constitution and law | suits, to the Populists. It was not well understood at the time why Senator Sanders, of Union would not vote for Jeter Pritchard for United States Senator. Mr. Sanders was elected as a Populist, and as such he felt that hr could not consistently support a corpora tion lawyer and a gold bug Republican for Senator. He is a conservative man, with nothing Republican in him, and he very properly refused to vote for a cor poration attorney, who never spoke a kind word for free silver in his life until he heard a Senate bee buzzing in his ears Among the Populists who could not swallow all the medicine prescribed in joint caucus were Senators Forbes of Pitt, Stephens of Caswell, Sanders of Union and Lind-ay of Rockingham. There are others who would not go to Radicalism. They generally pursued an independent cause and refused to “go it” blindly under the crack of the bosses lash, every time he desired a pull all-to gether. It is a noteworthy fact that when the pie was handed round dodo of these Senators got a piece. Populism seems to have a had effecr upon some ministers who imbibe it. Why this demoralizing effect? Two mem hers and one employe of the General As sembly who write Rev. before their names celebrated the approach of sine die adjournment by gettiug on jags At intervals during the session they have* been noticed to walk rather unsteady, and to have an unnatural thickness of tongue, and irreverend breaths. All this is very strange, and leads to the belief that it is not perfectly safe for ministers to rub up against the corrupting environ ments of politics. Let it not be overlooked that Mr. Nor ment is a friend of manly sports, and so he wants cock fighting—a most refined and elevated past time - to be legalized in the State. He ought to ask for an ap propriation to foster this charming amusement. Cock a-doodle-do! Three cheers for the Representative from Rob eson ! Our “imp” of the office begs leave to add this spontaneous outburst of po etic inspiration in celebration of the member’s brilliant achievement, so we give him room: “The Doctor created a mighty laugh ii> the morning, When he moved to make legal the game of cock-fighting; The Lobby look’d, laugh’d and said that it was adorning The Record of nonsense that made it more than benighting.” —Wilmington Messenger, There was so much conflict in the Leg lslature about New Hanover matters, growing out of differences of opinion among Democrats, that the Democratic representative from that county did not escape criticism at the bands of Demo crats in and out of the General Assern bly. He had a difficult position to fill From time immemorial the Democrats of New Hanover have claimed and enjoyed, if there is any enjoyment in it, the priv ilege of dividing into factions and abus ing each other as much as they pleased. The man who can unravel the Chinese puzzle would be lost if he should try to discover all the ins and outs of the inter nal warfare among Wilmington Demo crats. Mr. Rascoe, the member from Bertie, took occasion to pay a very hand some compliment a few days ago to Mr. Herbert MeClammy, the member from. New Hanover, which was warmly ap plauded. He voted against Mr. McClam my on ihe Criminal court, but said that he wanted to express the thanks of the Democratic minority for theable manner in which Mr. MeClammy had represent ed them on the Elections Committee and on the floor of the House. The services rendered by Mr. MeClammy on the Elec tions Committee were of conspicuous ser vice tohispaity. He studied the evi-. denee, and presented it with great clearness and force, and let no chance for protecting the Democrat in their scats pass by unimproved. Tho Repub licans who came here to turn out the Democrats, evidence or no evidence* found Mr. MeClammy and his Democrat ic associates ou the committee too vigil ant to permit them to carry out their schemes. Largest Sailing* Vessel Afloat. Fort Monroe, Va., March 14— The ship May Flint, formerly the steamer Persian Monarch, which has been rebuilt <t Newport News, and is now the largest jailing vessel afloat, passed here this af ort-oou for Baltimore to load coal for “5 in Francisco.