The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-09-10

Louis Rehm, Teller of the Planters National
Bank of Louisville, few nights ago stole
s1lO, 600 In cash and bonds from the vaults Of
the institution, wrapped it In sheet and buried
it. He then inflicted several wounds upon his
person and represented that burglars had done
the Job. Upon being calmly questioned he
confessed TO having committed the deed, and
assigned RS a reason that he had recently lost
heavily in speculations and wanted TO make his
losses good.
Dispatches from Yazoo City, Miss, give brief
and imperfect accounts of riot between ne
groes, at apolitical meeting in that place. on the
I'd inst One of the speakers denounced some
one as a thief, the lie was given and shooting
commenced. Fifty shots were fred Several were
wounded, and Dick Mitchell, late Republican
candidate for Mayor, was killed. and w. ii.
Foote, prominent colored politician, was
MORALLY wounded. The dispatches state that
no whites were engaged in the affair, but it is
added that they were arming.
Louis Rehm, the Louisville bank teller, con-
fesses that he had been robbing the bank for
some time, and covering the thefts by false
entries.
On Friday, the Sd of September the good
citizens of Fort Smith, Ark, were RECALLED by
sight that never before met the view OF any
other people within the United States in time
of peace namely, the simultaneous hanging OF
six murderers on one gallows. The culprits
were John Wilmington, white, aged 81; Daniel
Evans. white aged 90 Smoker Mankiller, an
Indian, aged 10; Samuel Fooy, half-breed In
diam aged 26; James ii. Moore, white, aged II;
Edmund Campbell, negro aged 20. Two
thousand people witnessed the CHASTITY spec
tacle. All of them died game"
More race troubles are reported in Nlissis-
sippi. During the progress of colored polit-
ical meeting at Clinton, on the 4th of September
white man in the audience called one of the
speakers liar which led to an indiscriminate
! fight. Over a hundred shots were fired, and
three whites and four blacks were killed, and a
large number wounded on both sides.
At the recommendation Of the grand jury of
Washington county, Ga, all the negroes in
dicted for completely in the alleged insurrec-
ton have been discharged from custody.
Touching the riot between whites and
blacks at Clinton, Miss, press dispatch from
vicksburg gives the following vereion of the
origin of the row There is law prohibiting
the sale of liquor in Clifton. Young men from
Raymond brought bottle with them, and
while speaking was going on, Martin Severly
and some of his friends went of a short dis
lance to take drink. The negro Marshal for
the occasion approached them and forbid their
drinking. This order was not regarded, when
the negro attempted to take the bottle out of
Severly's hand. Severity finally struck the
negro over the head with bottle Senator
Caldwell (colored) started to settle the diff
Guilty, aud was followed by some 20 negroes,
whom he ordered back, but about 100 more
came rushing up, while some one fired shot
which was followed by general firing and
stampede.
dispatch from vicksburg Miss, dated Sep
TENDER 7, says: "a white man named Heffer
is reported lynched at Utica yesterday morning.
Two negroes are also reported killed at Ray
mond last night. One of the negroes who mu-
tated the body of Sively at Clinton is reported
killed. John Neal, one of the whites wounded
at Clinton, is since dead. The total number of
negroes killed in the fight at Clinton is now es-
tmated at twenty-five. All is quiet now in the
lately disturbed districts, and the negroes are
suing for peace. No further trouble is appre-
hended in any quarter. Gov. Ames has issued
proclamation calling on all armed bodies of
men, organized in defiance of law, to dispense.
Washington.
The following is the statement of the public
debt for the month just closed:
Six per cent. bonds ......s 81 ,0s5, $3.50
Five per cent. bonds. ..... 623, 032, $50