The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-12-20

selves. or else that the present unbearable
conflict of authority be quieted by tie estab'
lishment Of . military government over the
State.
The war for the possession Of the State Gov
ernment of Louisiana was waging with great
activity at last ccounts. The Eighth Districi
Court Of New Orleans had found Pinchbacl
guilty Of contempt in assuming to act as Gov
ernor in disregard of its injunction, and SEN
fenced MIN to imprisonment. An attempt war
made to arrest Pinchback, but he was protect
ed by the United States troops. McEnery,
the fusion candidate for Governor, has APP
pealed to the President to hold his decision in
abeyance until the other side could be heard
but Attorney General Williams telegraphed to
Pinchback announcing that the President
recognized him as Governor, and the Kellogg
Legislature as the only lawful body.
Washington.
Barney Woods was hung at Washington.
last week, for the murder Of Samuel N. Cheese
man, in August last.
1t is said an attempt will be made during
the present session of Congress to secure the
admission of Colorado and New Mexico az
States.
Judge Macarthur, Of the Criminal Court q
" a%shington, rules that a landlord is the
proper judge of who shall be received into
his house.
The President has appointed Gen. Croxton.
Of Kentucky, Minister to Ecuador.
VIM. Carey, Of Galena, ILL.,, has been APP
pointed United States District Attorney for
Utah. vice George C. Bates, removed.
The Commission appointed to inspect the
Minnesota division of the Northern Pacific
railroad, in their report to the Secretary of
the Interior, say they have found it judiciously
located, we'll constructed and adequately
equipped.
The House has passed . bill removing the
political disabilities Of Lucius Quintius Cur
thus Lamar, recently elected to Congress from
Mississippi.
The President and family attended the
wedding Of ex-Secretary Borie's niece, at Phila-
dclphla, last week.
Senator Ames has resigned from the Mill
tary Committee, upon which at the last ses-
sion he was fourth, and Logan fifth. The
action Of the Senate in rearranging the COM
mittees tins session, placing Logan second,
with the design of making him Chairman
when Wilson resigned, was very distasteful to
Mr.. Ames.
The investigation by the select committee
of the House into the Gre it Mobilier scandal
commenced at Washington last week. The
committee decided to admit the counsel of
Cakes Ames and H.. S. McComb. but to ex-
clude ali other persons not officially sum-
moned, and to maintain strict secrecy in their
proceedings.
The Senate has confirmed the following
nominations by the President: James l.. Orr.
to Russia; julius White, Minister to
the Argentine Republic; Nelson Trusslcr,
United States Attorney for Indiana Samuel
Bard, Postmaster at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Foreign.
Advices from the Cape of Good Hope report
> fierce battle in the interior between two fac
ions Of native Africans, many Of whom, it is
stated, were armed with Enfield rifles, and
other improved weapons. About 1000 natives
were slaughtered.
The Counties Reform bill has passed the
upper house Of the Prussian Diet by q vote Of
lf6 to 81.
A Paris telegram the .ppoint-
ment Of Goulard as Minister Of the Interior;
Leon Say, Minister of Finance; Fourier, Min
of Public Works and Colmont, Project
Of the Department Of the Seine. It is added
hat these appointments indicate the termina-
OF the crisis. and secure TO the Govern
nent the support Of the Right Center and
Left Center.
In London six houses were blown down aud
'orty persons injured by the late gale.
Jules Favre inc fourteen other moderate
with ninety-two members Of the
eft Center, have given to the National As
,embly their views Of reforms needed to as
Iure peace to France. They suggest the pro-
ongation of Theirs term four years, the cleo
ion Of q Vice President, the partial renewal
II the Assembly yearly, the establishment Of
he principle Of Ministerial responsibility, the
reation Of a second Chamber, and the settle
nent Of the relations between the Executive
nd Legislative Departments.
Gsmbetta, together with Louis Blanc and
other French Radicals, has issued a mani
este, in which he demands that the National
assembly be dissolved AMI q new election
'cld, in order to secure an Assembly free from
factions that disable the present body, and
Undivided in its support of Theirs and the
Intelligence comes from London Of the loss
the North Sea of the emigrant ship Frank
from Hamburg for San Francisco. Eighty
ersons are known to have persisted.
Paris and Versailles we're recently visited by
terrific gale, killing several persons and
ausing great damage to property.