Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1869-01-18
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Accident.

/ i-7ao .,a Accident. sag vI,.- 9s
/ 4r;sJf EFa HARRISBURG, Jan. 16.
+. A frightful explosion of burning fluid
occurred this evening, by which young
lady, Miss Kate Rupert, had her person
horribly burned from her forehead to her
feet fI z3slfs buG sfIlssf' e l4
Thrown from the Track. -ii
(ss4 si 10 tu WORCESTER, Jan. 16.
A freight train on the Vermont & Massa-
chusetts railroad, was thrown from the
track to-day, while passing over the bridge
between, Athol and Royalston. Nine cars
were smashed and,the bridge badly dam.
aged. Conductor Webber and another man
were slightly injured. Ia IN G+s.
Sentenced 10 be Hanged. .,r,
oi a7av sr5o7t BALTIMORE Jan. 16.
George Bailey, colored sailor, who has
been on trial at Princes Anne, for the MUIR
der of the captain and mate OF the schoon-
Ter Brave, was convicted on Tuesday last,
aad on "Wednesday was sentenced to be
hanged. His, three comrades in crime
Ro unds, Wilson and Wells, are in Jail un-
der sentence of death. The day of their
execution being fixed for the 9th of March
nextsEia dfIW EHE ,GaWt y2gGsl' a. 2E3Irs q
rs, ,Congressional Committee =
-ihul aaT ".saeIiiv 81 Troy, Jan. 16.sgr
Judge Dickey, the subcommittee man,
Of the special committee, of the House of
Represen tatives, to Investigate the frauds
committed at the late election in this State,
made but short stay here. He examinedi
only one orr two, witnesses. A list of one
hundred witnesses had been prepared, but
he: declined to summon them, remarking
at he and his colleague were heartily
tired of listening to cases of individual
fraud. He, therefore, confined his investi-
CATION to the manner in which naturaliza-
tion papers We're issued in the Troy justice
court, u" i''" s-.'.A-l r'l' =. 'N' t7l ssr5r ti
gnfd!E1s VIndl.s.. Affairs. ID yi14go1g
1isdf 2aibDioui .h;ST. LOUIS, Jan. 16. q
An Omaha dispatch says it is reported
that number of Indians, recently engaged,
in war in Colorado and Kansas, have
reached the Powder river country, where
"a council was held bysa large number OF
chiefs. n The object of the council was un-
known. The Indians were quiet at Fort
Fetterman and also along the Upper Mis- I
souri,. A Denver dispatch gays party has
from pursuit of Indians in the
Lache la Poidre Valley, having succeeded
in recaptnring one hundred horses and kill
ing one Indian, ....-..-.
General Sherman has received the fol-
lowing dispatch: 50 ~
In THE FIELD, FoRT CoBB,15l d
/ sfA INDIAN TERRITORY, Jan. !, 1859
GENERAL-The destruction of the CO.
manche. village by Colonel Evans COM
mand, gave the final blow to tue backbone
Of the Indian rebellion. At twelve o'clock
Hon the night of the 31st of December,
delegation OF the chief men OF the Chey-
enues, and Arapahoes. twenty-On one in num-
Der, arrived at this place, on foot, their
animals not being able to bring them in.
They said they ruled the villages, begging
for peace and permission for their people
to come in, asking no terms, but only for a
paper to protect them from the operations
of our troops while en- route. They report
the tribes are in mourning for their losses,
their people starving, their ponies dying,
their dogs all eaten up, and no,buffalo. We
had forced them into the canoes on the
eastern edge of the Staked Plains, where
there were no small game or buffalo. They
are in q bad fix and desire to surrender i'm
mediately.t l. have aeceded to their de-
mands and will punish them justly. and i
scarcely make an error in any punishment
awarded, for they all have blood upon their
hands. iGs : -5l41f1 u rCaC n -. -.-Ela
Yesterday we read few papers, the first
for month, and / see it Is alleged by In
dian agents, that Black Kettles band were
on their reservations at the time they were
attacked This Is false. The reservation
extends but thirty miles up the Washita,
from Fort Cobb, The battle took place
one hundred and thirty miles up that
stream from here. 1t Is also alleged that
the band was friendly. No one could make
such an assertion who had any regard for :
truth. The young men of this band
commenced the war. can give
their names. Some of Black Kettles
young men were out depredating at Fort
Dodge, when the village was wiped out.
Mules taken from the trains, mail matter
carried by our murdered couriers, photo
graphs stolen from the scenes of the Out-
RACES on the Solomon and Saline rivers in
Kansas, were found in the captured camp;
and in addition have their own illustra-
ted history, found in their captured camp,
showing the different fights or murders
this tribe were engaged in, the trains at
tackled, the pay parties attacked about Fort
Wallace, and the women, citizens and SOL
diers killed. 1t is at the service OF any
one desiring information on the subject.
Black Kettle and his f mily to come, in,
through the Arapahoes chief. Little Rover,
in nv interview with that chief at Fort
Dodge in september last. They did not
come. lT Yours, respectfully, 4li.oa ,-
lsisned Msior. General e; Il; cemmapding snhnsDdha
Verdict. -
- PITTSBURGH, Jan. IL. ,
| The following is the verdict of the cor
oner,s Jury on the recentaecident at Cork's
Run. Pan Handle railroad - rts1sw r..-I
The Jury believe the accident was caused
Iby an embankment giving away, owing to
lseyere rains, which allowed the track to
settle. prec. .pitating the sleeping car over
said .embankment, and that from the evil
l,dence before the jury all due caution was
fobseryed by employees Of the road to keep
the track in order. 'f '5''i'.' 1oN %
+ aiPortland Board of Trade atn
7 1sAf- "sp PORTLAND, Jan. 16. o.
4 The Board of Trade has passed strong
resolutions in favor of a reciprocity treaty
with Canada; also, fayoring an appropria-
| lion by the Government for a Niagara ship