The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-09-04

Memphis, two white men were ambushed
while on their way home by party OF eight
negroes, who fired upon them, wounding the
horse upon which one rode. On the follow
Ing day, sixteen negroes, said TO be members
OF league and implicated in the attack,
were arrested, and after preliminary exam
nation were bound over and taken TO the
. county Jail at Trenton, ten miles distant.
II having been rumored that the blacks
throughout the county were meditating the
release oftheir brethren by force on the night
of the 25th. double guard was placed about
the jail, and while thus guarded force Of
some two hundred and fifty masked men rode
into town, compelled the sheriff 20 give up
the keys OF the Jail, and having taken out the
prisoners rode of with them. just upon the
edge Of the town six of the negroes were shot,
four being instantly killed and two MORALLY
wounded; whs, became of the remainder
was not known. although il was rumored
that they had subsequently shared the fate of
their brethren. This affair naturally caused
the greatest excitement among the negroes,
and general rising was anticipated, but up
to the night of the 26th everything was quiet.
A dispatch from Fort Sill, 26th, saws: In
telligence having been received ut this point
that Big Red Foot, one of the principal hostile
Comanche chiefs now absent from the reser-
walton and on the war-path, was at Wichita
Agency where he had taken refuge with fifty
Of his band, General Davidson left here on
Friday night with four companies of the 10th
Cavalry, numbering about $50 men, TO arrest
the Chief and his Indians. Big Red Foot and
his band were found at the agency, As had
been reported, and after some par
ley, General Davidson ordered that
they should be deprived OF their arms
While the disarming was going on,
the Kiowas, under Lone Wolf and Woman's
Heart, turned on the troops and fired on them.
Immediately upon the discharge of their guns
the kiowas ran, the troops pursued. and a
lively running fight began between the SOL
diers and the Indians. In the skirmish three
soldiers were shot, and many of the Indians
were killed; how many, is not known. Dur
ing the fight the Commanche lodges and camp
were burned. 1t also appears that further
troubles are expected at the agency, a. more
troops have gone forward from here since the
receipt Of the news. The Indians have killed
four citizens near the agency.
The Liberal Democratic State Convention
Of Illinois was held At Springfield on the Goth.
Ex-Governor Palmer presided. Charles Car
roll, OF Gallatin. was nominated for State
Treasurer, and 5. NJ. Etter for Superintendent
Of Public Instruction. The Convention
adopted the platform a put forth by the Gen.
trail Committee and heretofore published,
with the following amendments
The restoration Of gold and silver as the basis
OF currency; the resumption OF specie payment
as soon as possible without disaster 10 the BUSH
ness Interests OF the country by steadily opposing
imitation. and by the payment OF the national in
debtedness In the money of the civilized world.
The Kansas Republican State Convention
met at Topeka on the 26th. T. Dwight
Thatcher. of Douglass, was chosen President,
and j. A. Martin, OF Atchison, Secretary Of
the Convention. Governor Thomas A. Os-
born was renominated on the second ballot.
the vote being Osborn. l04 Horton, IS;
Smallwood, 80; Anthony, IL. The Platform
and Resolutions are published in another col
umn.