Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-28
TELEGRAMS, re.

The ST. Louis Republican has special from
st. Joseph, which says the advices from the
plans and mountains report that great body
OF Indians are moving soutnw Old Iu-
Indians have q knowledge Of the troops which
are on the way ont, and are moving south
ward TO open the war in the less projected
them they will give them the sI,p, dash north
aFsin, and spread murder and devastation
upon the region thus uncovered.
The Indian delegation which left Kan sas
City, Friday, for Washington. are the repre-
.entatives of the following tribes: Potawat-
tonnes, Sacs, Foxes, Kaws, Shawuees, X icka-
pooe, Reds, New YORK Indians. Quapas,
Senecas, Peorias, Pinkeshaws. and Kaskasks.
The delegation OF the prairie bands-Pot'a-
ton OF the Ottawa and Chippewa tribes have
agreed by treaty TO abandoa their tribunal or
Panization and become citizens of Kansas.
The m all agent on the North Missouri rail-
road reports that ak men, passengers on the
Northwest-bound tram, were drowned while
attempting 10 cross the Missouri river the
ice at st. Charles on Friday morning The ice
was too heavy for the terry boat 10 attempt to
run across. and these men, being anxious TO
pursue their journey, undertook to make the
journey in asmall boat, which was crushed by
the ice, and all were lost.
1t is on cially reported that the freedmen
throughout Florida are rene wing their con-
tracts in large numbers. There is a numerous
immigration from South Carolina and Geor-
gia for the purpose of obtaining work or colo
nIZing on The st. Johns river or South thereof
General Ely bad arrived from South Carroll
ma with colony of eight hundred freedmen
COLONIZATION agencies in the southern part Of
the State seem very popular.
A difficulty had occurred In Fernandina
Florida, By some citizens resisting a seizure
made by the sheriff Of property sold for taxes
The sheriff was driven of. and appealed to
Governor walker for militia force. The
Governor had no men, and asked the inter-
ference of the military. Colonel Sprague de-
clined, and the Governor applied TO the Presi-
dent for assistance. All is now quiet the
parties awaiting instructions from Washing
ton.
A long and violent discu ssion arose in the
Missouri Legislature on the adoption by the
Senate Of the concurrent resolution approving
Governor Fletcher's action in suppressing the
outlaws in certain counties Of the State, and
conaemning the attacks made on him as having
atndeDcy TO create spirit OF hostility TO the
civil authority.
Official letters from Florida state that the In
dams in the Everglades are determined to keep
the negroes in the tribe as slaves, DENYING
that the white mems laws are applicable 10
tnen on the subject. The negroes claim their
liberty, and nave appealed to the military for
assistance. 1t is feared there will be trouble in
Florida touching the matter
The Patapsco chemical works, on Locust
Point, Baltimore, were burned 10 tue ground
Ia
consisted Of three large buildings. two stories
high 100 feet long by rs feet wide. Loss S6O,OOo;
insurance, S15,OO0.
The body OF the man Ellis, who perished in
the great snow storm of December 81, has be-R
found only short distance from his own
house at New Marlboro, Mass He left a
widow and eight children in the greatest des-
titution.
avenue, Chicago. attempted the shoot his wife
Friday night. The ball grazed her face, not
inficting any injury. Schroeder fed and has
not been seen since. 1t is thought he has COM
mItted suicide.
In Milwaukee, La Crosse, Prairie dn CHEN
Madison. Wis, st. Paul, Minn, the snow
storm W as the heaviest which has fallen for
many years. Eighteen TO twenty ches deep
on level. and drifting badly. The trains are
all hauled off.
The Missouri House passed a resolution TO
appoint committee to inquire into the exor-
biant rates Of freight and fare on the railroads
in that State, and report q bill Tor the govern
ment of such matters.
The United States steamer Mosswood was
burned to the waters edge, at the ship-yld
where she was undergoing repairs, in Balti-
more yesterday morning. Her engines may be
saved. Loss s20,0I0.
Baltimore harbor was opened yesterday bv
large lumber of worKmen with axes, aided
by the city tug Baltimore. 1t is the work of
private enterprise.
A fire in Chicago, Friday night, DESTROYED a
new block OF six brick buildings, owned by 7
ID. Jackson, Of South Adams, Massachus usetts.
The loss Is S17, 1000; insured for $4,000.
Rev. Joel Lindsay, who has been on trial for
whipping his child to death at Albion, Orleans
county, N. Y. has been found guilty of man.
slaughter in the second degree.
1tis reported that Major General Heintzel
men will be assigned by General Grimm to the
OF ce Of assistant commissioner of the Freed.
mems Bureau in Texas.
Lx-GovernCr Parsons, by request, has adj.
dressed the Alabama Legislature in con nventiou
m nj N Or.K1 10,
amendment
The trial OF the thirty ladies Of Greenfield,
Ohio, for moHbng the liquor dealers, was con-
sioded sst wees the Jury returned the ver
U.H. Crosby Saturday bought the Chicago
opera house OF A. HI. Lee, the lucky ticket
holder In the late lottery, for two hundr Ell
thousand dollars.
Maine. The roadsides are obstructed, and the
snow in the woods Is reported to be i've feet
deep.
The Legislative Council of Colorado has
passed resolutions requesting the removal of
Gov. Cummings.
James W. Nye, United States Senator from
Nevada, arrived in San Francisco, Saturday
night, en- route for Washington.
A bill to provide for carrying the financial
transactions Of the State on the coin basis has
been introduced In the Nevada Legislature
meeting in aid Of the Cretans was held
Saturday night, at the Cooper Institute In New
York. Mayor Hoffman presided.
The railroads centering in Chicago are
free from snow, and the trains are running on
regular time.
The bark delaware, from Demarara for Bal
timore. went ashore at Cape Henry on the 25th
inst.
The steamer OriZaba, with four com panies
Of troops for Arizona, sailed from San Fran.
cisco Saturday.
The report tnat Stephens, G. o. 1. r, sailed
for Europe on Saturday is untrue. 1t is said
positively that he is now living in Brooklyn.
The snow is two feet deep in Kansas, and
badly drifted. The Union Pacific railway is
blockaded.
Governor Cox, Of Ohio, declines a renomi-
nation.
The Louisiana Legislature meets to-day.
THE RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME OF THE
Boston ANTI-SLAyERY MKN.-Ia the Anu.
Slavery Society, IN session at Boston, the fol.
lowing resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Resolred, 1. That the safety and honor OF the
nation demand three things: The removal Of
the President, the setting aside Of the present
so.called State governments Of the South, and
the remodelIng Of the Supreme Court. And