The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-09-04

anu revenue tarlH.
The Republicans of New Jersey on Thursday
last nominated Hon. George A. Halsey for
Governor by reclamation. The convention
demanded an early resumption of specie pay
ments
The biennial election in Vermont took place
Tuesday for state officers, congressman and
legislature. The indications are that the Re-
publican majority on the state ticket although
Judge Peck, the Republican candidate for gov
ernor, has the most popular Democrat in the
state for an opponent, will be quite up to that
of 1872. Messrs. Hendee and Joyce. Republic
cans, are elected TO Congress by large MAORI
ties. In the second district, however, it looks
as though Judge Poland would fail of re-
election. From the returns received, Denni-
son, Independent Republican, leads Poland.
There was good deal of Independent voting,
the cities aud large towns in several cases
electing Democratic representatives through
the aid of liberal (rum) votes
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
The rigorous policy inaugurated against the
bad Indians has had decisive and salutary eff
feet. Only one outrage appears during the
past week-the murder of six surveyors of Law
renee, KS, 20 miles from Fort Dodge. on
wednesday of last week. Gen. Davidson from
Indian Territory reports that his expedition
against the war-path Indians has been success
full and in consequence, large numbers who
were growing uneasy, have returned to their
reservations praying for peace. This same re-
port comes from all directions. The savages
see that the military mean business, and bust
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direction of Gen. Sheridan is pursuing hostile
Indians, who are to be punished wherever
found. The same is true of all the border com.
mands.
The Black Hills expedi ton of Gen. Custer
has returned to Fort Lincoln. He confirms all
that has been reported of the rich country he
visited. He marched about 1000 miles and re-
ports that his command is in good condition to
take the field again. Miners and explorers are
anxious to visit the new country as soon as the
Indian title is extinguished or as satisfied that
the government will not interfere.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Saturday at Henryville, Ind. two. men met
another named Gardner walking on the rail-
road track near the town. They seized him,
robbed him and then fastened him to the track
over culvert. Before train came along he
loosened all the cords but one which bound his
ankle to the rail- Thus confined, the train run
over him crushing his leg so that he fell into
the culvert where he was found. After telling
the story he died. Two men have been arrest.
ed on suspicion.
Horace Williams of East Leverett Mass.
aged %, shot himself Saturday because he
feared arrest for abusing horse.
Henry Bait engineer of switching train at
Springfield, Mass, has been arrested for caus-
ing fatal accident at crossing in that city
recently.
Among the larger fires the past week are the
following: Clark Thread factory Newark, N
j, loss $37, 800, insured; Cleveland, O., loss
1926 600; cooper shops of Kimball, Shaffer &
Co., Baltimore, loss $4,000; steam mills of
Walter Fessenden & Sons, West Townsend,
Mass, loss $4,000;
ToUTHERN TROUBLES.
During the week the reports of violence in
| several of the Southern states have been fire.
quent enough and sufficiently outrageous and
bloody to convince any candid mind that there
exists powerful organization of white men in
those states which is determined by intimida-
ton and cruelty to overawe the colored citizens
and thus eliminate their influence in political
affairs by keeping them from voting. The con.
dition of these people is most deplorable; for,
used to abuse in mortal fear of the violence of
their late masters who look upon them as the
cause of all their woes, ignorant, superstitious,
the press, the telegraph and all the means of
communication in the hands of those who are
just now trying to show that they are seditious,
the African of the South is little better off, and
not so safe as when he was the property of his
present prosecutors
Last week our record closed with the murder
of sixteen negroes, in Jail for alleged, but not
proven, attempt to create disturbance in Glib.
son county, Tennessee, from which they were
taken by band of masked men and murdered
in a manner so fendlsh as to put the men
| committing the deed on level with Ithe sava-
ges on the Indian border. So outrageous was
this act that Gov. Brown of that State has Of
fered reward for the murderers, but no one of
them has yet been arrested.
Following after this is bloody affair in
Conshatta, one of the remote parishes of Lou
isiana on the Red River. First comes report
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political leaders, both whites and negroes and
the resignation of parish officers to save their
lives; then the murder Of six of these leaders,
white men, while being taken as prisoners to
Shreveport, by party of masked men alleged
to be Texans Taking the story of the "whits
leaguers" for it, they are at fault but they are
not to be fully credited. The advioos are to
the effect that it is tho plan OF the "white
leaguers. to rnn out. of that country every
white Republican. Gov. Kellogg has raised a
regiment of picked white men to be attached to
Gen. Longstreet's brigade, whose duty it will
be, so far a. they are able, to prevent white
league outrages.
Reports of violence in individual cases come
from various states, and are SO well authenti-
Gated that the Federal authorities will doubt
less give them attention, though President
Grant is extremely adverse to any exercise of
federal power in states which ought to be quiet
Further particulars may be found elsewhere.
BUSINESS CROPS, ETC. -f
Reports from the larger cities indicate that
the fall trade, especially in dry goods and boots
and shoes has begun in good earnest. The
Stock however, is quite large Manufacturers
are not very hopeful at present Money in the
big places" is easy and cheap on good tpaper.
Crop reports continue favorable except for the
hog crop, which will be about two-thirds last
year. Drouth is iniuring cotton in some states.
The reports from our own state continue favor
able, though slight frosts occurred in Aroostook,
Washington and elsewhere last week, doing
little injury. Fruit in Eastern Maine is report
ed better than anticipated.
The general impression in money circles is
that the changes brought about by the curren-
cy act of the last Congress is an improvement
on the old order of things.
Granger Governor Taylor of Wisconsin, in
speech the other day, declared that the railroad
would lose less than per cent. of earnings as
compared with last year because of the new
granger laws.
FOREIGN.
In Spain there is little new. The war goe
on without much change, though if a balance
were struck the Carlists have lost during the
week. Russia declines to recognize the Repub-
lie. Considerable small fighting is reported in
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