Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-01-05
Proceedings Of Inc COngrcssiOnR
Investigating Committee.
NEW ORLEANS, J;

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. i.
This extract is from the testimony
of Hon. J. H. Oglesby before the Con
gressional Committee, last night. Il
can't explain about the increase IN the
value OF State bonds since the election.
The two and a half millions issued to
the Chattanooga Railway is uniyer-
sally reprobated. These bonds were
issued before kellogg's administration.
l cannot say that Kellogg has made
any great failure in State finances; l
consider. in this respect, that the con
dition OF the city is better to-day than
ever before in twenty-five years. We
have not had a protest in II bank in
eighteen months, and the number of
failures in our city have been tar less
than in any other city of its size in our
country. The cotton crop is larger
nomical. and there is less credit BUSH
ness. The factories have not advanced
as profusely as in former times, but
the crops are to-day raised with a less
expenditure than in past years. Now
we have a large number of small
farmers, who annually produce from
four to ten bales of cotton, and, for
this reason, we cannot foretell the eX-
tent of the crop. These small produc-
ers do not draw on our capital in an at
tempt to work reform measures. One
reform measure was to change the con-
dition of the police law. We had the
appOrtiOning of the city for the pay
ment ofthe Metropolitan Police, which
has been reduced from 500, 900 to
S400, 900.
Legislative Investigating Commit
tee-Several Officers Guilty of
Forgery.
NICKSBCRG, Jan. 4.
The Legislative Investigation Com
mittee adjourned last night to meet at
Jackson Tomorrow. \ prominent
Republican member says they have
had a witness who testified that Cor
doza, eX-Circuit Clerk, Davenport,
Chancery Clerk, and Dorsey, ex-Cir-
cult Clerk, all colored, have been guilty
OF forging, and CORDOBA also OF embeZ-
element, for which they had been in
dicted and would have been tried but
that the December term of court was
broken up by the riot, and forced the
resignation OF Sheriff Crosby. Dis
trict Attorney Lee testifies that, in his
opinion, an impartial trial should have
been given them. The testimony also
goes 10 SHOW tlaC tne cOlOreQ people
believed there would be no trouble
with the leaguers. and consequently
were not prepared for any; that the
whites first began firing on Grove
street, after the blacks had retreated
about a mile; that the colored men
were under the impression that the
colored militia was to be organized in
Nicksburg that day, and they came in
for that purpose; that all knew Crosby
to be deposed, and many did not know
what they were coming for. Some
brought women and children, and half
were not armed; that a large majority
turned back when they learned that a
difficulty would be the result if they
persisted in coming in; that upon the
first fire from the whites the blacks
fled, panic stricken. A witness testi-
ties that he estimated the killed at from
60 to IS blacks and two whites, with
very few wounded on either side. One
witness testified to having seen two
men killed, and that but few colored
men were buried.
Congressional Proceedings.