The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-09-18

the truth Of Gov. kelloggs statement, and
says that Major stephenson's statement, here
tofore published, Is substantially correct, and
that the negroes and their white abettors
were the aggressors. II is also denied that
the citizens Of Caddo parish had anything TO
do with the affair.
The Republicans OF Nebraska have nomi-
mated j. G. Mcbride for Treasurer, and Gen.
George II. Roberts for Attorney-General.
The resolutions favor free banking; recog-
nize the power of the General Government
TO regulate commerce between the States, and
recommend the Government 10 establish and
operate doable-track railway from the Mis-
souri, River to the Atlantic; deprecate presi-
Dental third term; and approve the Civil
rights bill.
steele. Democrat. is reelected 10 Congress
from Wyoming Territory by majority be-
tween 500 and 800. The Democratic ticket
generally was successful Throughout the Ter
ritory.
A committee appointed by the Minnesota
Legislature TO investigate the transactions Of
the late Auditor, Charles McIlrath. on ac-
count of the school and swamp lands which
were in his charge a. Land Commissioner ear
falcstions on the part Of McIlrath 10 the
amount OF $685. II is also sscertained that
McIlrath had executed no official bond since
the commencement of his last official term.
and the school fund of the State will therefore
be an absolute loser TO the amount above men-
toned.
: The Shreveport Telegram, a Republican
paper, denies most emphatically that the muir
derers Of the Coushatta prisoners were citi-
zens Of that place, and adds that the Governor
must have been misinformed.
Governor Osborn of Kansas on the 9Th
made another request to the President for
arms to protect the frontier from Indians.
The Governor says in his letter to the Presi-
dent, that since the 10th of June last sixteen
citizens of Kansas are known to have been
murderedty the Indians, and that not one Of
the murdersrs has been unprecedented or pun
ished. He therefore argues that SIS the Uni
ted States military forces furnished are not
sufficient 10 protect the settlers. arms should
be furnished the latter so that they may pro-
tect themselves.
The st. Paul papers state that the defalca-
ton of McIlrath, late Auditor Of Minnesota.
will amount to 100000. That gentleman.
however. published card in the New York
papers Of the 9th. requesting a suspension Of
public opinion until he could have an oppor-
tunity Of refuting the charges made against
him: stating that the investigations of the
committee were entirely ex parte and made
for political effect, and that at the proper
time he would vindicate his character against
the assaults made upon IT,
General Sheridan has sent the following
instructions to Gen. Terry. at st. Paul, and
also to the General commanding the Depart
ment Of the Platte:
should The companies now organized At sioux
City and lankton trespas. on IN. sioux Indian
reservation, you are hereby directed 20 use the
force at your command TO burn the wagon
trains, destroy the outfit and arrest the leaders
contning them at the nearest military post IN the
Indian country. should They succeed in reach
ing the interior. you are directed 10 send such
force of cavalry In pursuit "a will accomplish
the purpose above named should Congress
open up the country for settlement by eXtingui-h
ing the treaty rights Of the Indians. the under
signed will give cortial support to the settle
meut OF the Black Hills.
white man named Hall. who was locked
up in Jail for being concerned in the murder,
by six masked men, of an old negro in Put
nam county. Tenn, was a few nights since
himself taken out Of the Jail by a party of
masked men and shot.
The Democratic and Conservative State
Central Committee of Louisiana have issued
an address to the people Of the Union. in ref
erence to the present exigency of affairs in
that State. They say that the people of that
State have for two years appealed in vain to
the General Government for protection
against the illegal acts Of the Federal District
Judges in the State; that having failed. their
only hope Of relief is in participating in the
election held under the very auspices of the
usurping State Government; that the num-
Der Of murders and crimes committed in the !
State have been magnified and distorted for |
the purpose Of securing Federal Intervention. |
and that under the Enforcement act the mill |
tary forces of the General Government are TO |
be placed under the control Of the United
States Marshal. who is also the Chairman Of
the Republican State Central Committee. and
the District Attorney. who Is also one Of the
main pillars of the Republican party in the |
State. and that such troops will be used to |
overawe and intimidate their political oppo-
nents in the coming election. The address /
concludes:
In this emergency the people of louisiana an
peal 70 their iellow-cifizens OF the Union for /
hearing. They ASK the judgment of an enlight- |
ened public opinion. They assert their fidelity /
to the Nation. but they sperm an odious usurpa-
ton gnawing at the vitals OF the State They /
respect and cheeriully give obedience to the Cen
ersl Government, but they discriminate between |
the well-dehned action Of that government and /
the fraudulent perversion of federal functions by
subordinate officers. Conscious Of the honesty /
OF their purposes, and Of the justice of their l
cause. they sre en.rg,ticaly enlisted in the work /
OF their political redemption.
The places in Louisiana designated for
troops to prevent outrages are New Orleans.
Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Alexandria, Mon
roe. Harrisburg and st. Martinsville.
Mrs. Zerlinda Samuel, the mother of the |