Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1887 — THE SOUTH. [ARTICLE]

THE SOUTH.

A shock of earthquake lasting two minutes terrified the people of El Paso, Texas, on the afternoon of the 3d inst. Buildings ■were cracked, the plastering of houses fell, and household articles were thrown down. An offensive sulphuric 6mell preceded the vibrations. Severe shocks were al6o felt at Albuquerque and other points in New Mexico. Clay & Woopforo refused $ 100,000 for the famous stallion Hindoo, conditioned bpon his living four rears after the purchase. .. Col. Jones S. Hamilton, lessee of the Mississippi Penitentiary, and ft. D. Gambrel, editor of the Suoriirand Skidd, fought a duel at Jackson, Miss. Gambrel was shot- dead, and Hamilton mortally wonnde<L , .Thd&Suseof the aflrav was an article published in the Sirord mid Shield severely criticising Col. Hamilton's private and public character. . Jeff Davis has written a caustic review Lee.” Davis takes exception:to-many of the English Generals statements, and, while not finding fault with the opinion of General Lee’s military ability expressed in the book, he considers General Wolseley's criticisms of other Southern leaders -unjust and unwarr an table. The review contains interesting matter in the way of estimates of the relative value., of the services of the Confederate leaders... .At Louisville, Ky.. - a police -magistrate -released- ma w-writ of habeas corpus John J. Comeilson, who cowhided and caused the suicide of Judge Beid, the magistrate thus overruling a decision of the Court of Appeals. The affair creates a sensation in legal circles. A xrMBEB of colored people assembled on the wharf at the head of Lizardi street to be baptized by immersion, Bays a New Orleans telegram. A large number of persons followed the baptismal party to the wharf to witness the ceremones. They leaned on the wharf railing, which gave

way under the great pressure of the crowd, and about fifty p«r»otn were precipitated into the river. There were a Humber of skiffs in the river in front of the wharf railing. Many of the oocupanta of these small boats ware injured by people and broken railings falling upon them. Many of the skiffs were upset, und eight of the occupants were drowned Leprosy has appeared in some of the parishes near New Orleans. It is not contagious, but hereditary, and is confined to a few families. A hospital is to be established to care for all such cases..... Richard Goodwin and Grace Blanton, colored, were lynched near New Orleans, on the charge of arson.... The State Farmers' Alliance of Texas proposes embarking in manufacturing enterprises on an extensive scale. It has already appropriated $500,000 for the erection of a cotton-mill.