The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-06-04
WEST AND sOUTH.

John Lightner has been appointed Collector
of Internal Revenue for the st. Louis dis
trict vice Con. Mcguire, resigned.
Ferdinand Never has been appointed SUI
pervisoi of Internal Revenue for the States
of Missouri. Kansas. Arkansas and Texas
and the Indian and New Mexico Territories.
in place of John Mcdonald, removed.
Ex-senator Young. of Wisconsin, was shot
and fatally wounded recently by his son.
who Immediately shot himself dead. The
boy had fallen into bad ways, 1t Is said. and
| INDUCED in forgery, with complications fol-
lowing hira up TO the point OF this terrible
crime.
Mrs. Lincoln made an attempt to commit
suicide by taking poison on the evening of
the day upon which she was adjudged by the
Court to be insane and ordered TO lunalic
asylum.
Pete Mccartney, the notorious counter
feiter, has again escaped from the officers
while being conveyed from Marshall to Aus
tin, Texas.
Col. A. c. Mathews, at present Collector
OF the Ninth Illinois District, has been APP
pointed Internal Revenue Supervisor for the
district comprised in the States OF Illinois,
Michigan and Wisconsin, vice Mudd. re-
signed.
Gray Beard, one Of the Indians condemned
to Imprisonment in Florida, jumped from
the train near Lake City. on the 21-t, and was
shot and killed by one Of the guards.
A Sioux City dispatch of the 2lst says: A
courier just arrived reports that Gordon's
train, consisting Of A. four-mule teams and
10 men well armed, were captured on the
ok. NJ.
from Fort Randall. II. T., and are BOW en-
route TO that post in charge Of the troops.
No resistance was offered 10 the troops. The
point where the party were captured was in
Nebraska. some $50 miles west Of this place
and 40 miles south Of the Indian reservation.
The party had given up the idea Of going to
the Black Hills, and concluded TO move on to
the Big Horn country till the Hills were
opened.
number of prominent citizens Of Sioux
City telegraphed to the Secretary Of War.
asking that the Gordon mining party be re-
leased from military surveillance. for the req
son that they were captured while on their
way TO the Big Horn country, and had aban-
doned their design Of entering the Black Hills
until the Government treaty was CONSUMING
ted. General Sheridan. to whom this matter
was referred, tclegraphed in reply: Gen.
! Terry, commanding the department of the
Dakota, has directed that the Gordon mining
party be released, IL the capture was made
outside the Sioux reservation; but in case il
was made inside, to require a promise from
each individual composing IL not 10 violate
the conditions Of the treaty Of 1869 with the
Sioux Indians, which forbids any trespass on
the part OF the whites until the Government
gives permission. The Gordon party. or any
other party, has no more right, under the
treaty Of 1863, TO 20 to the Big Horn than
they have 10 go to the Black Hills. snd il
might just IS well be understood at once that
IL, or any other party, will not be permitted
to go TO these places, until instructions which
now govern the military are revoked
The memorial ceremonies at Memphis. on
the oath, were very grand and impressive,
and we're participated In by both ex-Confed-
crate and Federal soldiers. The procession
was over a mile in length. At the head Of
the mounted ex-Confederates rode General
Forrest and the surviving members Of his
staff, while the Mexican veterans were
led by General Gideon j. Pillow. In one
carriage were two large flags. Federal and
Confederate, made entirely Of flowers.
The latter was partly furled. and the
National flag flung to the breeze. The number
OF ex-Federals participating in the process
sion was about 100. representing nearly
every State i'm the Union. The exercises
took place in Elmwood Cemetery, and the
orations were delivered by Judge James o.
Pierce, late Of the Federal army, and Luke
+. Wright. Esq. The orations were in keep
in with .fvff o.
thing passed of well, and the general i'm
preston prevails that nothing since the war
has occurred TO 50 completely break down
the barriers between the North and South,
and unite the whole people.
Twenty-Five buildings were burned at Lex
ington, KY, on the 23d.
dispatch from Des Moines, Iowa, 23.l,
says that information from various sections
OF the State Is TO the effect that the grasshop-
pers are causing no damage in the State, nor
Is any damsge anticipated. Crops were never
In better condition, nor the prospect for an
immense yield more suspicious.
The Black Hills Geographical Surveying
Expedition LEFT Fort Laramie on the oath. 1
Numerous mining parties have been en-
csmped In the vicinity, awaiting the move |
ments Of the military, with the evident inten-
ton Of following their trail for the Hills soon
after their departure. Scouts bring in re-
ports that trouble Is brewing among GER
tain warlike Cheyenncs and dissatisfied
Sioux, who have been holding councils in
the neighborhood OF the Black Hills to de-
wise means Of hsrassing, and IL possible i'm
tercepting exploring parties. The Chcy-
enres belong to y tribe that lately left for
Fettsrman. The Sioux are largely young In
dams 10 hostility TO Red Cloud and Spotted
Tail. and are taking advantage Of their alb