The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-09-18

Peru. The leader of the band and thir-
teen others have been arrested.
Beecher again preached at Twin
Mountain, n. H., to large throng on
Sunday. II is stated that he has never
preached with more vigor or effect.
The Indians have been engaged in
running off stock between North Platte
and Willow Island, recently. Horses
to the number of ten have disappeared
Fears of a second year of famine i'm
India have proved groundless. There
is partial failure of the crops in some
districts, but not greater than in orli-
nary years.
\ terrific collision occurred on the
Great Eastern Railroad, near Norwich,
England, on the morning of the llth.
Twenty persons were killed instantly,
and fifty were Injured, some it is feared
fatally.
The masons, bricklayers, hod-carriers
and helpers in Jersey City, Bergen,
Hudson City and Hoboken have aban-
doned the eight-hour rule, and it is an
nouneed that all are working ten hours
day without an increase OF wages.
The Local Optionists were badly
beaten at the election at Merced on the
18th. The whole number Of votes were
lS3, of which the Optionists got II, Civ
ing the liquor-dealers a majority of lGl.
Everything was conducted quietly. No
saloons were open during the day.
The great strike of cotton operators at
Bolton, England, began on the 9Th inst.
-Four mills employing thirteen thous-
and persons have stopped Four mills
employing seven thousand are still run
ming. Trades Unions throughout the
manufacturing districts are collecting
subscriptions for idlers.
The ship Euxine, on a voyage from
Shields to Alden, took fire, and was
burned at sea. Twenty-one of her crew,
who escaped in two boats, have arrived
at st. Helena, after a voyage Of over
], 100 miles, during which neither boat
saw the other. \ third boat, contain
ing the remainder of the crew, has not
yet been heard from.
Circulars bearing picture of Charles
Brewster Ross, the child abducted from
its parents in Germantown, Pennsylva-
mia, on July 1st, have been received at
San Francisco. The circular describes
the child, who is four years of age,
flaxen-haired, and of good appearance;
also tells about the appearance of the
two men who perpetrated the deed.
The Plymouth Church prayer meeting
was largely attended on the evening of
the llth. Nearly all the prayers and
speeches referred to the absent pastor
with affection and confidence. Brother
Cleveland, who had recently seen
Beecher in the country, informed the
congregation that he was cheerful and
unmoved by the slander, and was COM
ing back October 1st to resume his du-
ties.
1t is stated that during the last three
weeks, fifty-seven whites and negroes
have been murdered in the vicinity of
st. Martins and Iberia parishes, Louis
lana. Refugees from Conshatta state
that at least thirty persons have been
murdered recently in and about that
place. a number of cases of Prussian
guns consigned to the White Leaguers OF
New Orleans, marked ladies' and chill
dren's shoes, have been seized.
In response TO a call for n mass meet
ing on Canal street, New Orleans, on
the morning of the 18th, to protest
against the seizure of arms of private
citizens, an immense crowd assembled.
a resolution was adopted requesting the
immediate abdicatiOn of Governor Kel-
logg, and a committee appointed to
walt upon him with the request. The
Governor declined to receive any COM
munication from the meeting because
of reliable information that he had re-
ceived, that there were several bodies of
armed men in different parts of the city
who met at the same call that convened
the mass meeting. He regarded the re-
quest as menace, and could not enter
tain it. The result of the interview was
reported to the meeting. The people
were then advised to go home, get their
arms and ammunition, and return TO
assist the White Leaguers then under
arms, to execute plans that would be
arranged for them.
The disturbances in Louisiana have
been serious, amounting TO a revolution
in the State Government. On the l4th
many of the streets in New Orleans
were barricaded, and the city was in
possession of armed men. Some sharp
fighting occurred, and n number of citi-
zens were killed and wounded. The
Kellogg government is, for the time be
ing, Overthrown, and Lieutenant-GOv-
ernor Penn, who was elected in 1872, /
has assumed the duties of the office, and
will at once install in office all those |
who were elected at the same time with 4
himself Courts will be Organizedan the |
entire machinery of the new Govern |
ment will be set in motion throughout I
the State. Penn has sent dispatch to .
the President, declaring their respect .
for and loyalty to the United States
Government, and their ability to main I
tain peace and protect all classes of citi-
zens in the State, asking only that he .
will withhold Federal aid from their
opponents. Governor Kellogg has teIe-