Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-27
Exit Fisher.

has rendered his es'gnatiOn of the Office OF
| United States District Attorney for this
! District, and il has been forwarded by the
Attorney General to the President. Fisher
will retire upon the qualification of ex-
Gov. Wells, of Virginia, who has accepted
the Office but who is now absent from
Washington.
! Chief Clerk Avery Relieved"
The Secretary Of the Treasury to-day
was officially informed of the Indictment of
| Chief Clerk Avery, and will relieve him
| from duty this afternoon or tomorrow.
The Secretary has not yet designated his
| successor.
Resignation Accepted.
Chief Clerk Avery rendered his resigna-
ton to the Secretary Of the Treasury this
afternoon and it was promptly accepted.
Suits Against Delinquent Mail Con-
tractors.
The POstOfice Department has sent to
! the Department of Justice the names. of
| thiriy-nine mail contractors, to be prose
! cuted for failing 10 perform service after
their bids were accepted. They will be
sued for the difference between their bids
and the amount paid by the Government
after reletting them, which, on the thirty
lime routes for one year, amounts 20 S417,-
Oo7. The Department will also bring civil
suits against the contractors, for camases
sustained by the Government in providing
temporary service after their failure to full
fill the contracts. The routes were subse-
qUently let for four years, and should the
Government recover the above amount,
suits viii be commenced 70 cover the losses
for the remaining three years.
Missionaries 10 the Heather.
A meeting of ministers and others was
held to-day Tor the purpose of considering
the subject Of inviting MessrS. Moody and
Sankey TO visit this city and hold a series
of meetings. A committee ives appointed
TO lay the matter before the churches and re-
quest them TO appoint delegates, 10
assemble at noon Monday next, to extend
the invitation and arrange for tine erection
Of a suitable building for meetings.
A RumOr Denied.
Recent newspaper statements 10 the
effect that the President had, on the 10th of
June last, addressed a letter to Secretary
DelanO asking for bis resignation, and that
Delano had visited Long Branch and be-
sought the President 10 retain him in the
Cabinet, are without any foundation
whatever. No such letter was ever writ !
ten by the President; neither has Delano |
been to Long Branch this season.
The Reign Of Blood I'm the Indian |
Territory.
Special TO the Cincinnati Commercial
Ex-COngressman Parker, of Missouri, I
the ,'ew United States Judge for the Dis |
--ir+ Of Western Arkansas, has arrived here. |
He renorts an astounding amount Of crime /
in that county,
thousand SQUARE II lies, and contains one
hundred thousand inhabitants. The great
bulk Of the business comes from the Indian
over which the jurisdiction is eX-
,lusivelv criminal. The inhabitants arc
.wO-third Indian, One-thlrd negroes and
whites; all bear arms; they are
argely adventures and tugltlVes from
ustice. The population is one per
5On and One-third to the square mile. Ihe
1eople are not thrifty; property rights al2
iisTegarded; the Indians consider the
whites and negroes intrudeTs; hOTse-steal- |
NJ is a business. The TsIftOry is pan
iemOniun Of crime; lite is cheap, Muir |
leTs are committed frequently for two or
hree dollars in money, or pair Of shoes.
Al the last May term of the court there |
we're eight convicted Of murder, and seven
# manslaugEter, and eight cases Of murder
continued tO.ueXt term. There are thirty |
light indictments IN the court for murder, !
be parties not yet arrested, and seventy. |
wO United States Commissioners wTits in
he hands Of the Marshal for parties who |
re charged with mUrder and not yet in
Ected, making a fearful total Of one hun
Ired and thirty-thTee known hOmicides.
This does not include hOmicide5 committed
y Indians on Indians, to which cases the
lrisdicliOn OF this court does not extend.
uCh cases are numerous; not less than a
0zen such have occurred within fifty miles
f Fort Smith during the past two months.
Another Dash az the whisky Ring.
The Internal Revenue Bureau, to-day re-
eived The information Ct the seizure of ,
1ree more distilleries in Fekin, Illinois. !
'hese distilleries were seized as the result
f the examination OF the stubs Of the rev.
nue. books collected here. These books,
he authorities think, will furnish the evi-
euce for the seizure Of fifty more distiller- q
es and Teciifying establishments before '
october. {