The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-11-27


thority under the new Constitution. TO relin-
quish their offices, etc, within five days.
lie adds, in conclusion, that in case the
President refuses TO recognize his
claims, he shall not resort TO force TO main
tain them, but will leave the matter TO Con-
gress. The proclamation was signed by v.
v. Smith AS Governor, and by Edward
Wheeler rs Secretary of State. Soon after its
publication Governor Garland obtained war
rants for the arrest OF Smith and Wheeler,
and also Of John q. Price, manager Of the
Republican office, from which the procama-
ton was issued, for conspiring 10 usurp GER
tain offices in violation of the statutes of the
State. Price was arrested and held under
$4,000 bail, but the whereabouts Of Smith and
Wheeler could not be ascertained.
A desperate named Dan Gallagher, who
murdered bartender named Leahy, was re-
Gently taken from the officers by a party of
masked men at Hearne, Texas, and hung.
BY means of shrewd trick, some Cincin-
matt sharpers, on the 18th, in broad daylight,
managed to steal and carry away from the
American Express Company's office, in that
city, an iron safe containing large amount
of money-said to be from $4,000 to $4,000
The North Carolina Legislature met and
organized on the 10th. The House stands, "a
Democrats, "a Republicans, and Indepen-
dents; the Senate, IS Democrats and II Re-
publicans.
, The Alabama Legislature also met and or
ganized on the 10th. The Democrats have
"a and the Republicans SO votes ON joint bal
/ lot.
! j. d. White, the Republican candidate for
/ Congress in the Ninth District of Kentucky,
I is elected. The Democrats elect the other
nine Representatives from that State.
General Emory issued an order on the 10th
for the removal of the United States troops
from the State-house in New Orleans, the or
der to AXE effect on the following morning.
IL was believed that the order was given in
pursuance of instructions from Washington.
The steamer Empire, ewned by the Empire
Packet Company and employed in the lower
coast trade, while lying at her landing, foot Of
Cont Street, New Orleans, about o'clock
on the morning of the 18th, suddenly went to
the bottom only her texas remaining above
water. There were quite number OF
passengers on board, but as the clerks
books were lost and number Of
passengers had left the boat after its arrival
ut New Orleans, it was impossible to ascer-
tain how many were drowned. Captain jean
freau, commander of the boat, had four chill
dren drowned, hut saved his wife. He puts
the number Of lives lost at about thirty-flye.
I He Says the boat was not overloaded, and he
does not think she broke in two, which is the
opinion Of the pilot and some others who
were on board.
J General Sheridan, on the 18th, received
dispatch from General Augur. dated " South
ern Column supply Camp" Nov. ;, stating
that lie had just returned to that camp from a
scouting expedition on the staked Plains to
the southwest He had had several brushes
with the Indians, furnishing them severely.
A dispatch from McClellans Creek. 18th,
states that two hundred Cheyennes who re-
Gently engaged Captain Farnsworth's COM
mand of twenty-five men, and were defeated.
encountered ninety-eight men Of the United
\ states cavalry and infantry, in command of
Lieutenant Frank ID. Baldwin, chief OF
scouts, and after fight lasting five hours,
were driven from the field. The Indians lost
their entire outfit, and left behind them two
little white girls named Germon, whose pa
rents. brother and older sister. were mas
sacred in Kansas. The white family were
moving to Colorado. Two other sisters,
aged thirteen and fifteen, are still in the hands
of the Indians. Fresh and picked troops had
gone in pursuit Of the retreating Indians. who
were moving for the Staked Plains.
Dispatches from Prescott, Arizona, say
that the official returns show that Bean has
been elected to Congress over Stevens. The
election is to be contested, it is stated.
Thomas Allen, President of the Iron Noun
tain and Southern Railway Company, on the
18th telegraphed as follows to President
Grant. concerning the alleged troubles in Ar
kansas:
President Grant. Washington,
There IL no more crime and disorder in Arkan
sas than in any other equal quantity Of humani
" on earth Our trains, running daily through
the state 300 miles, bring us into Immediate con
tact with those people. The conuptiOns Of few
selfish politicians happily are about ceasing, and
with an improved and advanced Constitution. the
state is entering bright career Of material pros
perity People exposed to fire, frost and grass
hoppers in the Northeast seeking safety in the
timber Of Arkansas.
In consequence Of reports that many I'M
authorized persons are soliciting aid for the
grasshopper sufferers Of Nebraska, the Ne
braska Aid and Relief Society have issued a
notice instructing contributors TO the funds
Of the society TO forward their donations
through local or branch aid societies, directly
10 Alvin Saunders, Treasurer. and l.. b.
Chandler. Secretary Nebraska Relief and Aid
Society, Omaha.
FOREIGN.