The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-08-17

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'.LoUsvnLE, kY.. An$Sl4, ~.
The Chicago Tsi1sse has uttered mos,
jafsn,o % and utterly unfousded libel uroa
me, for which have ordered suit Ia he in.
stantly Instituted for 100000 damages.
As that libel will doubtless be repeated by
other uuscrupulous journals, ssk the favor
Of your readers In various localities to send
me copies Of such papers 80 that may in
ss,tuie suit aga inst them also and tcacl,
them that there are some men who will put
them iu peril of paying dearly for the in.
excusable license claimed BY such men If
libelling grossly those who dare u differ
with them and coll their souls thcirown. Ny
political actions are subjects for comment.
II the editor had been wiser, It would havc
Immediately struck his mind that man
guilty Of such conduct % he charges me
with, would long since have been attacked
In the southern papers and exposed in the
local journals where reside. lie has now
the high privilege OF proving his assertions
or Of paying for them.
very respectfully,
BLANTox DUNCAN"
Jacksonville, Fla, 1.-THE Couser vative
Convention nominated Hon. w. d. Blax-
ham Governor; Gen. Robert Bullock, 1t.
Governor, Hon. G. L. Niblack and Hon.
e. Jones for Congress.
Damaging - 0eslittaa
New. York, Aug. 15.--The 7In,es has an
afadavit of Tbos. J. Connolly formerly On
Internal Revenue Inspector, annexing
letters which Connolly swcars were address.
ed him by Senator Doolittle in the latter
part Of the year 1865 In which ~ agree.
ment was made To give Doolittlc, at the
Isttcr's suggestion, Of the proceeds 1T sale
OF nifty thousand bales Of cotton to Ike sold
by Connolly It having been seized from the
rebels while Gen. Banks was in command
ut New Orleans. It Il also claimed in these
letters that Connolly's position was obtain.
Cd by Doolittle for this purpose. The Times
says it has the originals of these letters in
ito possession.
Twenty three cases Of sun stroke in tho
city yesterday; five fatal. Seven cases in
Brooklyn.
The Races at Ds1hls.
Buffalo, Aug. 0.-The attendance at the
races to-day was full 5000 In the first
race for 2:25 horses, Rosalind burst blood
vessel while scoring, and In the frs. heat J.
II. Burke, who Was leading. dropped dead
on entering tho home stretch. The race was
won by Fullerton in three straight heats.
Time e:s5; 2e4s; 2s5.
The great race for &10, 900 between Gold.
smith Maid, Lucy, American Girl and
Henry. was very exciting. The Maid sold in
the pools for 800 to @25 against the field
In the first heat the Maid broke, and the
American Girl shot ahead, but was over.
hauled by Lucy, who won by length, in
2l64; the Esid second. In the second
heat the Maid broke badly. The American
Girl took the lead snd kept It, winning by
half length In 2:l7a. The third and fourth
heats Lucy won-the Last one by head over
tue Maid. Time, 2:194.
Nseth 0areaina SstsasA.
Greensboro, n. c.. Aug. II. Judge Settle
Republican mass meeting here
last evening. He claimed that they were
celebrating the grtasest victory ever achiev.
I'd in the State, in view tina. the party with
no name had declared that AZ North Carroll.
u" went In August 80 would go the U.ion
in November. It had made . let,cr fight
lhaa II ever would Ike able 10 make again. 1t
fought, however, under black flag, ol,scrv
ing none of the rules of honorable warfare.
md being aided by Tammany money and
smissaries skilled IN al OF Ils manipulation
IT the registration books, tho ballot lNxcs
md the election returns. In spite of alt,
however. the Republicans Ind elected Cald.
we'll Ivy 1900 majority, and the Executive
Department Of the State will be in the
hands Of honest men for the next four
'esrs. although hy gerry Wandering tic Dem.
'crats have elected majority of the Legis.
allure. l" regard TO himself he believed
hat lie was fairly elected to Congress, but
he refusal Of the right tn vote Of hundreds
~ the Ku Klux sad Tsnmsnyitcs in this
district, leaves On apparent majority for bis
opponent. He claimed that the Republicans
ave gained over seven thousand votes in the
'ecent election, mostly among the white PEG.
'le in the western part Of the State.