The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-09-11

whose crops have been destroyed by drouth
and grasshoppers.
Complete official returns from the Ohio
election are AS follows: Against the new
Constitution, 147,2si; against license, s,2s6;
against minority representation. $4,000;
against railroad aid, PSI ,242.
In consequence of the rumored formation OF
various expeditions upon the frontier, bound
for the newly discovered gold diggings in the
Black Hills, General sheridan has issued an
order forbidding all parties 10 enter the Sioux
Indian Reservation without authority OF the
Secretary Of the Interior or Of Congress.
Topeka, Kansas, dispatch Of the 10Th,
says that ex-senator Pomeroy has brought
suit for the recovery Of the historical $1,000
package Of greenbacks which figured in the
York exposure.
The Memphis Cotton Exchange ON Aug. -
reported n depreciation Of thirty-four per
cent. in the cotton crop prospect in that dis
trict since the previous report.
threatened conflict between the whites
and blacks at Coushatta, Red River parish,
La, was reported on the 10Th. The origin OF
the trouble was not stated. but IL terminated
i'm the dispersion Of the blacks by the whites.
after some resistance, the casualties being two
negroes and one white man killed and one
white seriously wounded.
Gen. Clusters Black Hills expedition re-
turned to Fort Lincoln its starting point, on
the 3lst. The General reports 10 Gen. Sheri-
dan as follows: "Our route from Bear
Butte was by way Of the Little Missouri
River. until the head.waters of the Heart
River were reached, when we moved almost
due east to this point. We explored and To-
Gated that portion Of the Little Missouri hith-
erto unknown. We have marched about one
thousand miles, and my command, with re-
plenished supplies, is in good condition TO
take the field tomorrow dispatch from
Bismarck gives the following additional par
ticuars of the result Of the expedition:
The result is satisfactory in every respect, ex-
cept, perhaps, TO Custer, who did not have a
chance 20 fire a shot az hostile Indians Twenty
six DAYS spent IN the Black III lis and near
- o miles OF tae valley trayersed hy tie entire
command. Gold in unlimited quantities was
discovered at various points; also, silver and
lead, galena, plumbago, mountains of iron, and
ineNnsustible beds Of gypsum. The search for
gold was not exhaustive, halt- Were made brief,
but az one point. In what Will hereafter he known
as Custer's Park. shaft was sunk 90 the depth
OF eig h. feet, and from the grass roots down
gold was found, amounting 10 cents per pan At
the depth Of ght feet. The bedrock was not
reached, and yet shot gold was found. Tue Run
ming Water region, reported by the Indians 10 be
exceedingly rich, and the Big Horn region.
known TO abound in gold, were not explored for
lack OF time Casters Gulch, where twenty OF
the boys took gold claims, declaring their inien-
ton % occupy them 50 soon as peaceabie possess
sion OF the country can be obtained. II situated
seven miles south of Harney's Peak, 80 miles
from Bismarck.
Ex-secretary Mccullough has written
letter to q committee in Cincinnati, by whom
he was invited to deliver an address upon the
sublect vr the currency aud taxation. The
letter j. forwarded in lieu Of the address.
Mr.. Mccullough in this letter favors the
withdrawal Of legal tenders, and the grant
ing Of free banking lie argues a coin basis
cannot be reached while legal tenders are
afioat. He favors low tariff for revenue.
and says the coal and iron of Pennsylvania
and the wooden manufactures Of the East
need protection no longer.
The Shreveport (La-) Times Of the 3lst had
special dispatch from Minden. stating that
the Coushatta prisoners, while being con-
veyed TO Shreveport. were taken from the
guard by party of forty or fifty armed men,
supposed TO be Texans from beyond the Sa-
bine, and three OF them hung. The fate Of
the other three was not known. This occur
renee took place at Netherlands plantation.
thirty-fve miles below Shreveport, on the
east side Of Red River. and near the boundary
line between Bossier and Red River parishes
The Arkansas Constitutional Convention.
by vote Of three TO one. rejected PROPOSE
ton to republic what i known a. the Hal
ford bonds. This was the second decisive
vote against Reputation.
A private dispatch received at Springfield,
ILL.,, on the 1st, gives information that the
surveying party Of Short and Thrasher were
on the oath ult. attacked by the Indians some
where In the vicinity of the boundary line be-
tween Kansas and the Indian Territory |
and that o. +. Short and his son and John |
JAY Kenchler were killed. The murdered
men were all from the vicinity Of Springfield |
A New Orleans dispatch Of the LIST SAYS I: |
The Governor has called out an extra regi- I
ment of State militia 10 be composed OF
picked white men. The orders were issued \
some days ago in view Of apprehended White /
League disturbances, and the entire absence 4
Of United States troops from the State. Re 4
cruiting has been quietly going on, and il is 4
stated that a number of ex-soldiers Of both 4
armies have volunteered. The regiment will I
be added TO Longstreets brigade, and will be ,
used mainly to keep down disturbances in
and around the city.
On the afternoon Of the 3lst ult. the stage
running from Waverly to Carrollton, No.,
was stopped by three masked robbers. who
presented pistols at the heads Of the passen-
gers and levied contributions amounting to
about $500 in cash besides a gold watch. II
is stated, and again denied, that the robbers
were the James brothers.
There are two entirely conflicting versions
Of the causes which led TO the massacre Of the
Coushatta La prisoners. From Shreveport