The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-09-02
From, ST, l.Ouis.

ST. LOUIS, August 3l.-The Democrat
has the following special from Little
Rock, Arkansas, dated to day:
Governor Clayton has returned from
Lewisburg; the instruction is quoted,
the court re.instatel and the trial re-
sumed. The difficulty commenced by
the rebels breaking up the Court win
an armed force and disarmlng the Union
men. The latter soon collected nun
bred strong and took their position IN
cotton field, and whipped three hun
dred rebels. Several of the latter were
shot and missing. Union loss, none.
Governor Clayton arriving, addressed
the insurgents, ordering them TO DIS,
persc. Meanwhile the Sheriff arrived
with posse three hundred strong, and
quiet was restored.
A Denver dispatch says: A courier
from Latham reports that on Saturday
the Indians Were in strong force ut FIRE.
mont's orchard. Sam. Ashcroft with Il
party of volunteers was chased fifteen
miles up the Platte river, when, being
reinforced by Godfrey's detachment,
they fought the Indians and killed four
of them. One hundred and thirty vol
unteers are now in the field and rein
forcements are gathering from all direc-
tions. Provisions and ample supplies
of arms and ammunition have been sent
to the forces. Captain Downing's COM
pany, raised here, returned last night,
having secuted the entire country from
Bijou Basin to Cedar Point without
finding the Indians, but the trail of a
large force was seen directed north
ward. 1t is probable that Latham's
volunteers are fighting these Indians.
The Government has closed the con-
tract for building the soldiers barracks
at Omaha ut cost of one hundred and
seventeen thousand dollars.
Gold shipments from Central City
last week $4,000.
The Indians had run off seventy head
of Government horses and mules from
near Cooper's creek, west of Fort San
ders.
ST. LOUIS, September l.-Another dis
patel says the Indians drove of the
wood choppers on the south side of the
Platte river, on Saturday, and set fire TO
500 cords eff wood. Superintendent
Denman says the hostile Indians are en-
tirely confined to the Cheyennes. The
Siouxs say they will not participate.
A Denver dispatch says family named
N,ff, numbering nine persons, residing
at Jennings camp, were found murder
ed last Saturday.
Steamer Success, from Fort Benton,
arrived at Omaha yesterday with 200
passengers and 100000 in treasure, and
a large amount of silver ore.
The number of fires in this city in
August were twelve; the total loss
sl7i, Al; insurance S279, $50; probable
loss to insurance companies Sl29,57l.
The Republican gives the following
version of a recently reported trouble
in Arkansas, based, it says, upon reliable
information, as late as the evening of
the 9th ult.:
Conway county, forty miles above
Little Rock, has large negro popula-
ton, of whom a considerable portion
are Democrts. Recently some Radical
negroes surrounded the house of Dem
ocratic negro, and after killing his dog
tried to get him out of his house. The
assailants were arrested and in making
up negro jury a Democratic negro
was summoned, and the Radical blacks
drove him away with drawn weapons.
Surprising he would return to his
friends, the black Radicals went off and
collected number of men and arms;
two white men who tried to persuade
the negroes to desist were fired upon,
one of whom was mortally wounded
and the other had horse killed under
him. At this stage of the proceedings,
Messrs. Henkle and Gibbons, Radical
members of the Legislature, Summoned
the colored people in great numbers,
aud two or three hundred whites and
friendly negroes assembled at Lewis
burg, on the river, for mutaal protec-
ton, they having been threatened
with indiscriminate murder. On the
9Th a crowd of 800 Radical negroes
were harrangued at Little Rock and
two companies were raised to proceed
to Lewiston, but Gov. Clayton was in
duced by the representation of citizens
to fsrego the expedition, and agreeing
to accompany him to the scene of dis
turbance and guaranteeing to assist by
arrest and punishment of those who
should be found to be the true offend
ers. This was the condition of affairs
up to the evening of the 9th, as we
learn from reliable dispatches.