The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-02

to- morrow. The indications are that the
Investigation will be tedious, owing to the
large number of witnesses and the amount
of documentary evidence to be introduced,
The legislative investigation committee
is in session with closed doors, and refuses
to allow white citizens to be represented by
counsel, which has caused the whites to
publish protest again the er pdrte inves
tigation
New ORLEANS, Dec. 31-Before the in
vestigating committee, to-day the first wit
ness was Gen. E. Nogden, who testified
that he was the commanding officer of the
White League. The objects of the league
were clearly defined in the constitution,
which was here submitted and read. The
organization was simply for defensive pur-
poses, which the condition of things in
Louisiana required; they called it the
White League because they could only rely
upon white people in their condition it
had nothing to do with political affairs; in
New Orleans there were twenty-five nun
dred to twenty-eight hundped men on the
rolls; witness organized out of these, two
regiments of infantry, one of artillery; was
Penn when he was acting Governor it was
September; some of the organizations were
now armed. Witness gave an account of
the conflict of the l4th of September, and
said it was brought on by an attempt of the
Metropolitan Police to prevent the League
from getting some arms from the levee.
Witness admitted they did not go out on
peaceful errand didn't know the strength
OF the league in the country parishes; was
not commander OF the league in the state
but had no doubt they would obey him if
he issued orders; the club had taken no
political action since the 14th of Septem-
ber: passed no resolutions limiting to any
member to discharge the negrocp who ,,oe-
ed the Republican ticket; he had squads
of leagueIs at the polls at the last election
for the purpose of preventing disturbances
which he heard would be attempted knew
no Republicans belonging to the league
was informed that many negroes voted the
Conservative ii ket; many colored men
came to him for protection from Repubh
cans after election, and he gave it to them :;
politics are pretty much divided on the col
or line: the Conservatives made some eff
forts to secure some Of the colored votes,
but used no intimidation during the few
days of Penn government he did not be-
ueVe IL Wuulu nave Ueeu pFuuenl lOF a man
to express sympathy with the Kellogg
government, on account of the excitement
prevailing. Witness was asked to furnish
the names of the negroes who asked him
for protection, which he did,
ST. Louis Dec. 3l.-Two men named
Fuller and Clemens, living at Fredericks-
burg, Ray county, in this State, quarreled
last Saturday about some whisky and
Clemens shot Fuller with double barrel
ed shot gun, putting the contents of both
barrels into peSe h FbalsE batlsR eSe into
Clemens almost disembcweling him.
Both men died.
Conductor Rich, and his son, and Jerry
Mahoney, who have been on trial at Kan
sas City, several days past for the murder
of William Strobe and Henry Barnett,
who were found dead on the railroad track
near Kansas City about two weeks ago,
were honorably discharged yesterday.
DEs MONIES. Dee. 3l.-Adam Aul
mann, one OF the largest brewers of this
City, well known among the German peo
pie of the West, died, to day, from the
, effects of wounds received in the Mexi
can war.
2 QUINCY. I'll. Dec. l. A photographer
named Hail. who has been in the emplo,
S of j. I. Bradshaw, here, for over "a year