Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10

Debt less cash in Treasury. -..-.... S2140,176613
| Decrease during August. ............ l.626 162
Bonds issued TO the Pacific Railway
Companies, interest payable in
ing............. ............ s64623512
Interest paid by the United States. "a, 325 1896
ton of mails, etc ................ 5,888692
States ....................... 1886, 7o4
On the night of the Both ult. August Gard
ner, while walking on the railroad track near
| Henryville, Ind, was robbed of his money by
a couple Of foot-pads and then tied to the rails
| in such a manner that when the cars came
| along both legs were cut off above the knees.
He died soon after being found on the morn
| ING of the 31st.
kilograms of the 1st from Shreveport con-
| firm the report Of the murder of twelve politi-
! cal prisoners while being taken from Cou-
shatta, La, to Shreveport The six white
men killed were Northern men who filled the
offices of Sheriff, Tax-Collectors, Register and
| Deputy They were formerly Union
! soldiers, and held office under Gov Kellogg.
| The men who took them out of the hands of
| the guard claimed to be Texans. The Gov
! ernor had called out an extra regiment of the
| State militia to aid in maintaining order
On the 1st the Secretary of the Treasury
called in for redemption S15,000000 of 5-20
| bonds of the third and fourth series of Feb
%, 1862, dated May 1, 1862.
At Boston, on the I'd, Goldsmith Maid trot-
ted mile in PA, thus beating her previous
fastest time on record-2:14$l.
Secretary Belknap received the following
letter from President Grant on the Sd:
LONG BRANcH,.Sept. p 1874.
| Gen. W. ". Belknap, Secretary of War
Recent atrocities in the South, particularly in
Louisiana, Alabama and South Carolina, show
disregard for law, civil rights and personal pro-
lection that ought not to be tolerated in civ
/ ilized government 1t looks as if, unless speed
| lily checked matters must become worse, until
| life and property there will receive no pro-
lection from the local authorities until such
| authority becomes powerless. Under such Cir
/ cumstances 1t Is the duty of the Government TO
give all aid for the protection of life and civil
| rights legally authorized. To this end | wish
YOU would consult with the Attorney General,
| who is well informed as TO the outrages already
| committed and the localities where the greatest
danger lies, and order the troops to be avail
able in of necessity. All proceedings for the
protection of the South will be under the Law
! Department of the Government, and will be di-
| rected by the Acknowledgement in accordance
! with the provisions OF the Enforcement act. No
instructions need therefore be given the troops
ordered into the Southern States except as they
may be transmitted from time to time on advice
I
may determine hereafter.
| CSigned1 I. s. GRANT.
! A conference was held at the War Depart
ment in Washington on the Sd, and Atty
| Gen. Williams subsequently issued instruc-
lions to United States Marshals in the South
! ern districts where outrages are reported to
have occurred, calling their attention to the
acts of Congress for the protection Of all citi-
zens in their civil and political rights, and
| stating that United States troops would be
! stationed at convenient points for the pur-
pose of giving needful aid to the MarshaIs in
the discharge of their official duties. The
Attorney General says no interference what
ever is intended with any political or party ac-
ton not in violation of law, but protection to
all classes of citizens, white and cOlored, in
the free exercise of the elective franchise and
| the enjoyment of other rights and privileges
to which they are entitled under the Ccusti-
tuition and laws of the United States
Judge Blatchford, of New York, has given..a
decision in a bankruptcy case to the effect
that, when the assets of a bankrupt fail to
reach so per cent. of the claims proved against
his estate, he cannot have discharge, unless
by consent of a majority in the number and
value OI HIS CIGullOlS, III " Ill NIIS
provision of the act of 1868, which the court
holds has not been modified by subsequent
! legislation.
Lieut-Ge Sheridan has issued an order IN
structing Gen. Terry, at st. Paul, and Gen
Ord, commanding the Department of the
Platte, to take measures to prevent gold
seekers from passing over the Sioux country
to the Black Hills. Should companies now
organizing trespass on the Sioux Indian Reser-
walton it is decided that their wagOn-trains
be burned their outfit destroyed, and that
the leaders shall be arrested.
Snow fell an inch deep in the Green River
Valley, Wyoming Territory, on the night OF
the LIST.
On the Sd, Gov. Kellogg, of Louisiana, is
sued his proclamation offering a reward Of
$1,000 each for the arrest of the persons impi-
Gated in the Coushatta affair. The proclama.
ton was accompanied by a statement of the
circumstances attending the killing, showing
that. in the opinion of the authorities, the
murders were the work of the White League
Another account was published in the Pie
ANNE of the Sd, which insisted that it was the
work of Texan desperadoes, and characteriz
inc the statement of Kellogg as false
A Washington telegram OF the 18th say!
no formal order would be issued from tn,
War Department as to the distribution o
troops in the Department of the South, bu
the whole matter would be left with the de
,, partment commander, who would dispose o
the forces so that they can be used by tn
United States Marshals in case OF necessity.
The Shreveport Ua.) Ereaing Telegram
| (Republican) of the 4th denies that that tow
= furnished the parties who committed the re
e cent Coushatta outrage. 1t says emphatealI
e that Shreveport men were not concerned L
o the brutality. The Times Of the same dat
d publishes statement of Mr.. Abney, lead
d ing merchant of CouShatta, to the effect tina
e an investigation had there by citizens com
b mitt9e had revealed a plot on the part c
armed negroes to murder indiscriminately