Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-04-22
Frouhles i'm the Cherokee Nation.

As stated IN the Gazette OIL Saturday. at
Muskagee Indian Territory, u man accused of
murder was acquitted, whereupon relative OF
the murdered person shot the defendant dead,
! and then shot the Judge on the bench An TO-
discriminate fight ensued. in which eleven per
sons, among whom were three United States
/ Marshals, were killed.
The Fort Smith New Era gives the following
particulars of he affair." On the llth instant
white man, named J. j. kesterson, living II
! the Cherokee Nation. near the Arkansas line
came here and filed information before United
States Commissioner Churchill against one
Proctor, also white man, married to Cher
! nkee woman. for assauting him with intent tc
kill. He stated that while in his saw-mill OF
the 18th of February last, Proctor came in anc
E! walked up, without provocation. and shot hi:
wife dead He then fired his revolver at him
the ball striking just above the left eye; before
he could fire agrin Kesterson escaped 1t i.
further stated that Proctor is undergoing trla
for the murder of his wife at the courthouse
! in the SuaSe District, about fftyseven mile!
northwest. A writ was issued, and deputy
marsllals were instructed to go to the court
house and remain until the trial was over anc
! if he was not convicted to arrest him on The
other charge fr 'ctor is known to he des
perado, AMI it being in the neighborhood where
! D.puty Marshal Bentz was killed over month
ago, and where in fact deputy marshal is sho
at almost on sight. it was necessary that ;
strong posse be sent. The party also had writ
for the murdeTers of Deputy Marshal Bentz
who are supposed to be in the immediate vi
cinity. and inten led to resist arrest.
/ Last Saturday morning, the 18th instant
DEPUTY MarshalS Jacob G. Owens and jacob
G. Peavy. with William Weed, Joseph G.
Vaunev. James HaSkins Paul Jones, and Flu
gene Bracket, as posse, left for the scene o.
acton At Evansville they were joined by Ri
lev Ward aud William j. Morris, and a
! Dutchtown by luan named Beck, who is par
|! Cherokee Iudian The party proceeded, aDc
when, about p. VI. on Monday, they were
within fifty yards of the court, house they dis
nmuted, hitched their hurses, and qulcty walk
ed towards the east side Of the house in file b,
twos They stopped at the corner, and Beck
stepped around to the front door, and looked
10, Seeing large number OF people inside
armed to the teeth. he turned immediately t'
come away but not before he was fired uion
and dangerously wOunned.
At the same time a vollcy was poured from
the court house upon the marshal 5 force with
ont, who then commenced to return the hre
Ii appears that Beck had some friends in>ld,
the court house. who, when they saw him tai
opened fire on his enemies inside, and present
~ the fighting was general. |, was hrIcl, how
ever. but terrible in its result. The sheriff wa
killed and the inlye received three bnrksh"
in his knee.
\ demand has been made nl"n the author
ties of the nation to ASSIST in taking The murder
rcrs, dead nr alive.
This is the most terrible affair ever known il
LII tro Ill.
iealously with which the more intelligent por
ton Of the inhabitants of the Indian Terrltor,
are msled by bad white men.
Lieutenant General Sheridan has ord ereo
General Grerson. with two companies Of in
fantry, to reoccupy Fort Gibson, and captur,
and drive out tie murderers and marau'l~r> IL
the Indian Territory.
Dip Yor EVER Did you ever see WI
man throw stone at Il hen? 1t is one Of th'
most ludicrous scenes in everyday lille. W.
recently observed the process The predator!
fowl had invaded the precincts Of the flower
bed, and was induStriouSly pecking and scratch
ing for the nutritious seed or the early worm
bliSsfuy unconscious Of impending danger. -
The lady now appears upon the scene with ;
broom This she drops and picks up Il rocky
fragment of the Siurlan age, and then make
her first mistake-they all do it-oi' Selling the
proicctile with the wrong hand. Then, will
malice afore-thought, she makes the furthe
blunder Of swinging her arms perpendicllIarly
instead of horizontally thereupon the stone
flies into the air, describing all Irregular clip
tical curve, and strikes the surface Of the eartf
as far from the hen as the tllrower stood at The
time, in course due west from the same
the hen then bearing by the compass north
northeast by half east. At the, second at
tempt the stone narrowly missed the head OF
4he t thrower herself who, seeing that an,
further attempt at the kinl would be suicidal
did what she might have done at first, startec
after the hen with an old, familiar weapon
the moral of which is: Stick to the broom
stick. -Pivrideace HeralL
HORACE GREELEYs ADVICE TO CoLoREI
MEN.-The following letter addressed tt
Thomas W. Conway, of New Orleans, by Mr.
Greeley, appears in the Republican OF thai
city:
linn. r. W. Conwny Ncc O,leous Sir
have yours Of Dist instant. think colorec
people will he benefited by, and should sym
pathize with the Cincinnati Convention, be-
cause it tends to free them from the odium OF
completely with the villaiuies and robberles
which have been perpetrated in the abused
name of Republicanism during the past five OF
six years, especially 10 the South The mon
strous exaggeration of taxes and debts in most
of the Southern States is the fruit of white
viainy The thieves who perpetrated these
robberies are now seeking to escape the just
punishment of their crimes by bawling Justify,
Grant" Grant - I'm for Grant > 'Hur-
rah for Grant The Cincinnati movement is
at deadly feud with these robbers and their
evil deeds Let the honest and upright color
ed men join it then, and thus rid themselves OF
crimes which others only have perpetrated.
Yours, HORACE GREELEY.
Court OF APPEALS. This Court adjourned
its winter term on Saturday last 1t sat one
hundred and thirty days, and decided sixty -one
causes besides hearing arguments in good
many others. The decision in the Building