The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-08-04
y. S. GRANT.
DENT DEFINES HIS POSITION.

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DENT DEFINES HIS POSITION.
Judge Dents position is at last un.
equivocally defined. He will accept
the conservative nomination for Gov.
ernor of Mississippi if it is rendered
him, and will tomorrow publish q
pronunciamiento defending his politi.
cal status In it he declares himself
in full accord with the Walker plat
form. in Virginia, which having receiv,
ed the negative Endorsement Of the
administration, he accepts as the poll
cy of President Grant. The evident
motive of the new effort is to bolster
up his oft repeated assertions that he
will receive the support of the Presi-
dent in the forthcoming convass. The
truth is that the only interest in the
matter exhibited by the latter is that
which naturally follows from the init
mate relationship which the Judge
bears to him, but l am able most pos
itively to assert that he will allow the
heads Of the several departments to
use the patronage of their offices in &C
cordance with their own opinions. 1t
is therefore certain hat the influence
of the Administration will be used for
Judge Dents opponent.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
ST. LOUIS, July 30.-A serious ac-
cident occurred on the Hannibal and
st. Joseph Railroad yesterday fore
noon near Cameron. The train bound
west was passing on the switch, which
happened 70 be misplaced, when the
two rear cars were thrown from the
track and down a small embankmen'.
Severed persons were injured. j. Ba-
ker and daughter, of this city; Mrs.
Cameron, of Morristown, Pa, and
Mrs Mary Carr, of Osborn, Mo-, Sc
riously ; a. T. Smith, of Kansas 4; P.
G. Kinney. of Portsmouth, O; Kate
Pickney, of Fremont, Nebraska; and
Rev. D. Cameron, of Morristown, Pa.
slightly; Charles L.. Wilson, yard-mas
ter of the road, and a brakeman, name
unknown, were badly bruised up.
PARTICULARS OF A BLOODY RIOT
CHICAGO, July 30.-The following
are the particulars of the bloody riot
occurred on board the steamer
on the Mississippi river.
One hundred and fifty raftsmen
came aboard the boat at Davenport, |
and the clerk ordered two of the negro
deck hands to stand guard at the gang
way and not to let any one pass with
put his permission. One of the RATS
men tried to pass this guard and make
MS way to the cabin, when the deck
hands ordered him Lack Until his tick
1t was examined by the clerk. He
not liking this commenced pitching in
the deck hands who got the best of
him, when the raftsmen to the number
If over one hundred came to his res
cue, stabbing and beating the two
leck hands till about dead, then
throwing them into the river They
hen made an assault on the rest of
he deck crew, succeeding in killing
.hree more of them and throwing
heir bodies into the river. One of
he raftsmen was also killed in the
n~eelee, making six in all killed. As
ioon as Hampton was reached, Cap
ain Rhodes landed the boat, when the
,aftsmen dreve the deck crew ashore
several of them with stones,
IS soon as this was over they went
hoard the boat and ordered the cap
ain to proceed up the river or they
would burn his boat, he being in their
,ower and fearing they would carry
heir threat into execution headed the
,oat up stream, and in the meantime
to the sheriff of Rock Is
and, who chartered an extra train and
eft with a large force of men well
.rmed. They overlook the boat at
clinton, and Immediately took posses
ion of her and started for Rock Is
and. On arrival Mt Rock Island
here were over five thousand on the
bank, together with the crew
rho were driven off the boat and with
heir assistance succeeded in recogniz-
ng forty-two of the men, who were
AIKEN to Jail under a strong guard. A
lrge police force is posted about the
Ill and no further trouble is expected. .
lock Island is full of raftsmen who
ave come ashore, but an extra force I
f policemen has been stationed about :
lie city, and it is thought that all will I
e quiet for the night. !