Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-03-30

NUMBER 20. ~
State 1t had become impossible to serve
civil process. The civil authorities were
unable, by reason Of the Ku-Klux organi-
zation, to enforce the laws
Daniel Ellis and wife were murdered In
their house in the village Of RawsonviIle,
near Ypsilanti, Mich, on the morning of
the 18th. The bloody deed was done with
an ak, which was found near the bodies
The murderer is supposed to be Franklin
Ellis, son of the deceased, who has for
some time shown signs of mental derange-
ment
Recent advices state that the vigilants
of Nevada were sending notices to sus-
pected parties to leave instantly. The de-
mand was invariably complied with with
slacrity. Eight had been banished from
Virginia and sixteen from Gold Hill.
A dispatch received at Washington on
the 21st, from Columbia, s. c., says Gov
ernor Scott and State Comptroller Nagle
had received Ku-Klux demand for their
resignation and departure from the State
instanter.
A New York dispatch of the 22d says
the smallpox was increasing in that city,
Brooklyn, and everywhere in the vicinity.
Gov. English has appointed Friday,
April z, as the annual fast day in Connect
icut. Maine will fast on the 18th of April
The following is the message sent to
Congress by the President on the 23d:
To the Senate and House Of Representatives
A condition Of affairs now exists in some States
OF the Union rendering life and property insecure,
and carrying of the mails and collection OF rev.
enue dangerous. The proof thar such state Of
affairs exists in some localities Is before the
Senate; that the power to correct these evils is be-
doubt, but that the power Of ,Se Executive Of the
United States, acting WITHIN the limits Of existing
laws, is sufficient for the present emergency Is
not clear: therefore / urgently recommend such
legislation as in the Judgment Of Congress shall
eectualy secure life, liberty, and property in all
part. Of the United sta es Il may be expedient to
provide that euch law as shall be passed In
| pursuance of this recommendation shall expire
a. the end Of the next session Of @ congrsss There
legislation during the present session.
(signe6 q. s. GRANT.
Geo. G. Lemon & Co. were recently in
dicted in Chicago for keeping an office for
the sale of lottery tickets, and the court
decided them guilty of violation of the
State law relating to lotteries and gift en-
terprises. An appeal was taken. .
The Committee on Judiciary of the
Pennsylvania Senate has made report 10
the State Senate relative to the coal trou-
bles. The committee are of the opinion
that the system of arbitration which has
produced such valuable results in England
should be given an immediate trial by its
application to the entire anthracite coal
region. @ qc
On the 24th President Grant issued the
following proclamation:
WHEREAS, 1t is provided IN the Constitution OF
the United States that the United States shall pro-
tect every State in this Union. on application o.
LEGISLATURE cannot be convened, against domestic
WHEREAS, It is provided in the laws OF the
United States that, in all cases of insurrecion in
any State, or of distraction TO the laws thereof,
States, on application of the Legislature OF such
II te or the Executive. when the Les islature can
not be convened, TO call forth the militia OF any
and naval ierces as shall be Judged necessary for
the purpose OF suppressing such insurrection, or
cansing the laws 10 be duly execntedi and.
biz ations of armed men, unauthorized by law, are
now disturbing the peace and safety of citizens OF
|
Of violence In said State Of character and to an
extent which render the power of the STATE and its
officers unequal TO the task OF protecting life and
| WHEREAS, The legislature of said Stsre Is moi
now in session, and cannot be convened in time tc
me ne ~ 9, sSaS ~,
such part of the military force of the United State:
as may be necessary and adequate TO protect said
lence hereinbefore mentioned aid enforce the due
execution OF the laws and,
| WHEREAS, The laws of the United States require
| that, whenever 1t may be necessary in the judg.
ment Of the President to the military force fol
the purpose aforesaid, he shall forthwith. by pro-
olamation, command such insurgents TO disperse
and retire peaceably to their respective abodes
! within limited time
Now, therefore I. Ulysses S. Grant President ol
the United States. do hereby command the persons
| composing the unlawful combination aforesaid tc
disperse and retire peaceably TO their respective
AIs In witness H where Whereof have a hereunso unto set m,
hand. and caused the seal Of the United States te
Done at the city of Washington, this tventy-foursf
day OF March In the year OF our Lord one
Thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, ant
Independence Of the United States the ninety
tsigned) q s. GRANT.
BY the President: a-r
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary Of State.
A Washington dispatch of the 24th
says Col Higgins, of Aberdeen, Miss, As
sistant United States Assessor of internal
Revenue, who arrived at Washington OF
the 23d, reports that he was seized dwhils
making assessments in his district-Mon
roe County, Miss--recently, by band o
disguised men. He was severely horse
whipped and warned to leave the country
at once Other United States officers haC
been warned to leave the State under pen
atty of being dealt with In the same man
ner