The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-10-22

There was great excitement at Friar's
Point. Miss. on the 9Th. growing out OF the
attempted invasion Of the town by several
hundred armed colored men, headed By
Gen. Pcase. colored. and melted. it i, said.
hy Brown. the colored sheriff OF soahnma
County. The origin Of the trouble seems 20
have been a difficulty between senator Al
corn and sheriff Brown. the latter being a
friend 81 GOV. Ames. The white citizens.
headed hy General Chalmers and senator
Alcorn. advanced from the town. driving the
negroes before them. -Four negroes were
killed in one encounter. Senator Alcon
telegTaphed 10 Acknowledgement Picrrepont
ON the eth. that the white men Of the county.
without distinction Of party, were united for
defense, and that 1.-the negroes who had
been misled are fast being reconciled. -
Ii j. said that Galveston harbor l. greatly
benefited by the recent storm. il having
washed and deePcned the channel over the
bars several feet. There j. now a depth II
IA or - feet 81 water on the bar. and Liver
pool steamships can come up to the wharf
without Tightening.
Cincinnati and Chicago horses are suffer-
ing considerably from a new attack of the
epizooty and the disease also prevails in
many parts 81 Canada.
A number u gentlemen from Alabama.
Georgia and Tennessee, interested in river
improvements, held a convention at Allan
IA, Co., on the 9Th. b. &. Yancy presided.
The United states and Mexican troops are
10 aid each other i'm Kidding the border coun-
try Of hostile Indians, who are now raidng
in various localities.
Jefferson Davis had an enthusiastic recep-
ton at Clarksyille. Tenn. on The eth.
Intelligence has reached Fort Mohave.
Arizona, that Prof. G. ii. JOY. meteorologi.t
in Wheeler exploring party. had died from
thirst and exhaustion while attempting the
ascent 81 a mountain peak south 81 the old
san Gabriel Mission in California. George
Thompson and james IIasson very nearly
met with a similar fate while going up Cucu-
mongo. IN the same range. Neither tasted
food or water for forty-threc hours.
The Directors Of the Mississippi Valley
Trading Company have recently been in
conference with the National Grange COM
mittee, ~ Louisville, concerning the quc.-
tion 81 direct trade in Grange products with
England.
The Irish citizens 81 -. Louis are thinking
Of erecting a monument 10 O'Conncll IN that
city.
Al Charleston. Tallahatchie County. Miss.
on the Sih. a negro named Blackwell. who
was under arrest By the sheriff, shot and
killed white man named Wall and then
made his escape. lie was pursued by the
sheriff and posse and oyertaken and killed.
George speer, q negro, was hanged NJ Fay
eiteyille, Georgia. on the sth, for rape CON-
mittcd on a white girl fifteen years Old. on
the 3th Of May. lie met his fate unmoycd
and defiant.
A convention % colorcd men IN Georgia
have issued an address. in which they de-
clare that there was no foundation for the
recent insurrectionary reports in the state:
that the negroes are denied their rights IN
the state. and that the ku-klux are ram
pant. They say they are not allowed 20 sit
on jurics. and DO not receive protection from
the courts.
The Memphis Cotton Exchange ha- offered
premium 81 II 900 for the best bale of cot
ton Of the present crop grown in country
tributary 20 Memphis. for exhibition AZ the
Philadelphia Centennial.
Or. Footc was shot and killed. few miles
below Little Rock, on the sth by grocery
keeper named IIage, with whom he be-
came involved IN personal difficulty.
Governor Cole, ~ the Choctaw Nation, in
his annual message 20 the National Council.
recommends the adoption Of the colorcd pco-
pie formerly held as slaves Ivy the Choctaws