NEWS BY THE ENGLISH MAIL.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2468, 15 February 1881, Page 2

NEWS BY THE ENGLISH MAIL.

LYNCH LAW: A MUBDEBEB : ° ' -boasted; Memphis, Dec. 20. A special from Tupelo, Miss, a station on the Mobila and Ohio road, gives the following account of a horrible crime; committed'iir Hie northern portion of Monro country, Miss, last Saturday night. The details are as follows : MiBrown, a rising young man, raised in the neighborhood, married and built a house near Ins parents. His family consisted of a wife and a daughter two years old. On Saturday night two men giving the names of Metier, called and asked to stay all night. The evening being so disagreeable, <hc} r were permit ted to remain and occupy a bed in the same room with the family, it being tho only one where there was a lire. About 11 o'clock flames from the little cottage attracted the neighbors, who found the house so far consumed that nothing could ho done towards saving it: It was the impression that the family had absented themselves for the night, but in the ruins were found the crisp, charred remains of the trio. Excited indignation took full sway, and an investigation developed Iho above facts, when search was at once made for tho two men. It was found that they had separated, one going toward Aberdeen, the other

direct to Polo. The posse that went in pursuit of the Aberdeen-bound man, were successful, finding him hid in a

held six miles from Aberdeen, Last night he was returned.to the scene, when ho told the following story : —“ We wanted money ; were permitted to remain over night ; lay awake sifter re turning until the heav}- breathing of the family satisfied ns of their slumbers, when we arose, administered chloroform, rifled tho house of valuables, consisting of 28doIs, a watch, a suit of clothes, and a pair of hoots, and then scattered cotton over the floor and on the h“d, saturated it with coal oil, set it on fire and left.” The horror stricken crowd composed of 25 resolute men, determined that the devil should he punished with his own weapon, and pinioned him, with pine splinters artistically arranged around him. They dispensed with chloroform,and set him ablaze. Diligent search is’ being made for the other man, who will doubtless share his fate, if caught. A BOW IN CONGRESS. The following is a report of an extraordinary scene which took place in Congress on Dec. 21 : Weaver made a humorous speech arraigning the Democratic party for inconsistency on the financial question,and stating that that party, in its State and National platforms, encamped every four years on ground where the Bepublicans had encamped four years before. He was frequently interrupted by Boagau, Warner, Finley, Bland,and others, and his replies to them were received with laughter on the Republicau side. Sparks got tho floor and alluded to a circumstance that had occurred during the interruptions between Weaver, Bland, and others, in which Weaver had used an offensive term to him—that he was crazy. He went on in a good natured way to excuse the offensive remark as arising from a misunderstanding on Weaver’s part of what lie had said to call it out.

Weaver replied in the same tone of pleasantry and good humor, declining to take offence at what Sparks had said, and intimating that no one could venture to insult him intentionally by ascribing falsehood to him without feeling the force of his right arm. (Laughter and uproar). Sparks on hearing the latter remark, changed his tone from one of pleasantry to one of anger, and said—■“ I spurn with contempt the reach of his arm. The reach of his arm would affect one as little as it affected the last Presidential election.”

“Weaver (still in a jocular tone) — Well that was sufficient, Does not the gentleman see that he ought never to open his month at all when he is excited —never, neA r er ? He spurns the reach of my arm. He can do so ;in the temper I am in now, he can do so. I would not hurt a hair of his head. (Laughter). His apology was ample and I accept it, but I caution him against further use of the term “ falsehood” or “ lie.” That in Ken tuck y. is regarded as a “ lick,” or a “ blow,” and even if he was not as large as a mouse, I would assail any man who would apply such a term to me offensively. The gentleman has alluded to my weight, but I warn him that my lighting weight is 185 pounds. (Shouts of laughter.),., Sparks--Does the gentleman say that I user! the word “ falsehood ? ” Weaver—So 1 understood.

Sparks—Oh, no ; yours was the first offensive wool.

Weaver (still good hnmoredly)—We are all right now. Sparks—You misunderstand me. I say that yon were stating what was not true, and yon were wanting in the qualities of a gentleman in your failing to remedy it. [Excitement and confusion.] That was all that there was of it ; but it was developed at the last election that you wanted those qualities. Weaver (now thoroughly angered and excited) —I denounce. the gentleman personally as a liar on the floor of the House.

Sparks, equally excited —You are a scoundrel and a villain.

Weaver thereupon, amid great uproar, left the place where he was standing and advanced menacingly towards Sparks, who in his turn moved towards Weaver ; but both were immediately surrounded by members who prevented them getting to close quarters, and made them put on their coats, which each was in the act of taking oil; as he advanced into the area. Of course, the greatest confusion and disorder prevailed on the lioor and in the galleries, but in the midst of it the Speaker took the chair and called upon the Sergcant-at-Arms to do his duty. Just then, however, there was nothing particular to be done by that oilieial, as the combatants bad been removed by their respective friends, and there was no danger of their assaulting eafch other. After the disorder had subsided the Committee rose and the House adjourned. Next day the two members apologised to the House. • ! BOYCOTTING” GLADSTONE. The correspondence between Captain Boycott and Gladstone is published. The former asks the assistance of the Government to indemnify him for some of the losses caused by his having to quit Ireland. Gladstone replies that the Government has already assisted Boycott with troops. To this Boycott re-

plies that the army was sent to' Loughmask against his wish, and merely to preserve tlie peace, an 1 regrets that the Government refuses him compensation..

Captain Boycott is : “ Boycotting’!, Gladstone, and the various steps’ in the process arc watched with equal amaze ment and delight by both Liberals and Tories. Gladstone’s cool reference in his last answer to Boycott to what the Government had already done lor the Captain, and the snub conveyed to him in Gladstone's allusion to the exertions made by the Government to enforce the existing law through the. Courts, have, led Boycott to address a third letter to the Premier, in which he explicitly asks for £OOOO as the reparation due him from the State. The amount asked is considered by impartial persons to he small, in comparison with what Boycott has actually lost by his departure from Ireland. The Tories intend to make all the capital possible, not only out of Boycott, but out of all the victims of “ Boycotting.” and intend to press the matter as a special grievance against the Government. New York, Dec. 17. The “ World’s ” London special says: It is stated in town to-night that there >vas a painful scone between the Queen mid Mr Gladstone at Windsor over the Irish question, her Majesty urging the Premier very decidedly to resort at once to force and crush the disorder in Ireland." The Liberals who circulate this story ascribe the Queen’s interference to the personal influence of Lord Beaconslield, in whom she has undoubted confidence, and who recently made her a visit. IRISH REFUGEES IN LONDON. The “ World’s ” London special says : The entire interest of the hour is centered in Ireland and the land question. It is clear to most people that the Queen’s Government no longer has an existence in the sister island, but has been superseded, at least for the present, by the Land League, whose decrees are now promulgated in open day, executed with promptitude and vigor and respected implicity. The League has. opened its own law Courts for the trial of cases and disputes, and the ordinary tribunals might as well be closed, because no witnesses will appear to testify before them, nor will any of the juries couvict. ’lire shopkeepers in town, who are obnoxious to the Land League, are now “Boycotted” relentlessly,and for the moment Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom .only in name. Gladstone has gone to Harwarden, and the other members of the Cabinet have departed to their respective homes to spend a “ Merry Christmas,” leaving “ a most sorrowful Christmas to thousands in Ireland,” Tire movement of troops goes on, and the *• Spectator” this week says that if it is necessary the 'Government could throw 150,000 men into Ireland next week, merely by calling out the reserves and embodying the militia ; but the soldiers really offer no protection against the sentences of the Land League, for they have no power to act except in case of actual insurrection. The constabulary are entirely powerless. London, mean while, is getting full of Irish refugees, and to day a lady writes to the papers, begging that some vacant sheds in the South Kensington Museum may he set apart for the use of her fellow exiles. There is not so much exaggeration in this request as your readers may think, because these people arrive in London without money or friends, and wander about the streets of a great, strange city, utterly destitute. Families that were comfortably off, or even rich, a few mouths ago, are now iu actual poverty. THE LIND REVOLUTION. The representatives of the Radical element in the Cabinet are absolutely supreme, and they seem determined to let events take their course. In the clubs and the London papers tbei’e is, as the cubic informs you daily, a great outcry against the inaction of the Government- ; but to me, at least, it seems that the country at large does not care—is not so very deeply moved. The .Radicals everywhere feel that the present events iu Ireland are but a prelude to a similar successful agitation against the landlords in England. Already numerous committees are quietly being formed in English counties, somewhat on the hasisof the Land League, and a demand is springing up on all sides for lower rents and the right of purchase after a certain occupancy. The land revolution begins in England at the moment of its greatest success in Ireland. The working classes are favor able to it, and this week every mention of Gladstone’s name at public meetings has been received with tremendous cheers —an unmistakable indication of the feeling of the masses. I may add, that in the coming struggle of the gentry against the people the former cannot even count on the tradesmen, for those last, once their warmest allies, are now bitterly exasperated against them, owing to the establishment of cooperative stores, which have so eaten into the business and profits of the British shopkeepers. Altogether, as you can see, the situation is extremely menacing for property interests, and English land seems to have become the least safe, as hitherto it has been the most coveted of all investments.