Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-10
DOMESTIC.

A Washington special Of the 30th ult. says
Senator Patterson, of South Carolina, had ar
rived there to consult with the President and
Attorney General in reference to the alleged
troubles between the races in the South par
ticularly in his own State. According 10 his
statement the condition of affairs was very
threatening and the negroes were in need of
Federal protection. He wants troops sent
there and kept there until after the election.
Gen. Clusters Black HIS exploring eX-
petition returned to Fort Lincoln on the
evening of the Both ult., having in fifty
nine days marched about 900 miles and part
of the command 200 miles further. Twenty
six days We're spent in the exploration of the
Black Hills, the command travelling in its
valleys about 300 miles. Gold is reported to
have been found at various points, and
in Clusters Peak, seven miles south
of liavey's Peak, in almost unlimited guam
titles. \ Bismarck %, To- special telegram
says the precious metal was found in the
grass-roots to the extent of five cents per pan
ful, increasing in amount till at the depth Of
eight feet twenty cents to the pan was the
yield, with every facility for mining at hand
The bed rock was not reached, and yet shot
gold was found, and the miners estimate
that single man could take out So
to 800 per day. Twenty of the boys
took gold claims, declaring their inten-
ton to occupy them SO soon as peace
able possession of the country could be
obtained. The Running Water region,
where the Indians report nuggets lying
around loose forming rpples in the brooks,
and the Gig Horn region, in which gold is
known to abound, were not explored for lack
OF time. Iron in large quantities, and gyp-
sum beds, plumbago lead, silver and galena
were found, and according to the accounts
given by members of the expedition the
country is paradise, The losses during the
trip We're three men of dysentery, one man
killed by n comrade, and fifteen horses and
mules abandoned Not shot was fired
mt the Indians and but few indications of
Indians were seen. Gen. Custer says, in his
report; "We have marched about 900 miles,
and my command, with replenished supplies,
is in good condition to take the field to.mor-
row.
A dispatch from Shreveport, La, on the
3lst ult gives particulars of the alleged as
sassination of party of prisoners who were
being conveyed out of the country Ii is
stated that few days before the white people
at Coushatta had, at a public meeting, de
clared the county offices vacant and made a
threatening display Of shot-guns and bowie
knives. Six of the officials who remained at
their posts and attempted to maintain their
rights were thrown into Jail, us were
also six of their colorcd adhcrentS. They
were subsequently being taken to Shreveport
for safety, when they We're oyertaken,
about twenty-thrce .miles below that
point, by forty or fifty armed men,
suppose to be Texans from beyond
the Sabine, who took the prisoners
ont of the hands of the guard and killed Ho-
mer Twitchell, Bob Dewitt and Frank Edger-
ton on the spot. The other three, Howell,
Holland and Willis, escaped, but were recap
tured, and are supposed to have shared the
same fate. The prisoners requested TO be