Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-08-20

Especial. TO THE DAILY sENTINEL.]
The Cherokee Election.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. IS.
Secretary Lyons, of the Executive
Department of the Cherokee nation,
has arrived. Hesays it will be impOs-
sible t o tell whether Ross or Thompson
is elected chief until after the official
count of the ballots, the contest hay
ing beer SO close as to leave the result
still in doubt. Ross appears, however,
now to have q majority of SO. The
ballot boxes are in the Executive De-
partment and will not lie opened until
the council meets in November.
A Split In a Republican Convention.
MEMPHIS. Aug. Is.
A special to the Appeal SAYS the Re-
publican Congressional Convention of
the First Mississippi district. which
met to. day, split. One wing, number
ing "a delegates. Withdrew land assem-
bling in front of the hotel, nominated
G. Wiley Wells, ex-United States Dis
trict Attorney, as their candidate for
Congress; while the other, numbering
80, nominated A. II. Howe, of Pamela.
Wells is supported by ex-United States
Senator Revels. The majority OF col
ored voters favor Howe.
An Outrage by "a Railroad Conduc-
tor.
ST. PAUL, Aug. Is.
A freight conductor on the Lake
Superior Railroad, named King. was
accused by a half breed Chippewa
through the Chicago County Post of
having attempted to outrage a halt
breed girl, a passenger on his train
from Kettle River to Hinckley on the
7th instant. King has been suspend
ed from the company's employ pend
ing the investigation. He denies the
charge.
Indian Affairs.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Aug. IS.
The Sioux Commission started from
Fort Thompson on the steamer Duriee
yesterday morning.
A report was brought into Yankton
Agency to-day by All Indianthatt the sol
diers and indians had some trouble on
Saturday, and that n OF the Indians
was killed and several others wounded.
The Illinois Ku KIux.
DU QUOIN, IT., Aug. Is.
| Inc ldttSt ItoNS thO SN1t VI N0f
I'm franklin county says two arrests
have been made since the fight. Great
excitement prevails round Benton.
The Sheriff is in close pursuit of the
remainder OF the band.
Threatened I~msurrectiOn ana Mas
sacre Of Whites by Negroes.
AUGUSTA, Ca, Aug. IS.
Eighty negroes we're arrested to-day
and lodged in Jail on account OF a re-
ported attempt AT instruction 10y them.
The alleged plot contemplated the
massacre OF whites on the 10th instant.
No further trouble is apprehended.
The Body Of the Missing Aeronaus
Found.
CHICAGO, Aug. Is.
The finding of the body of w. s.
Grimwood, the unfortunate ~aerOnaut,
is confirmed in every particular. The
apers and memoranda found upon
the BODY were received this morning
ut the Journal office and will he pub
lished this afternoon. The editor Of
that paper was unwilling to furnish
the memoranda to the press until IL
was published in his WI issue to-day,
and it Is thought impossible to indi-
ate the character of the notes or the
amount of Information in regard to the
voyage which they contain.
sheridan, Sherman and sIocum.
CHEYENNE, w. T., Aug. Is.
Generals Sherman, Sheridan and Slo-
cum arrived TO dav. They were met
at the depot by the officers and band
from Fort Russell. General Sherman,
with his daughter and General Slocum,
lunched with Colonel Stanton, after
which they drove TO Fort Russell, and
at 4 o'clock p. NJ. departed tor Denver.
General Sheridan, accompanied by his
wife, Colonel and Mrs. Sheridan, went
west Ell route to California and Ore
gon.
The American Minister 10 Hayti In
TrOubie-MOre Of the Negro Plot
tn Georgia.
New York, Aug. 10.
A West India letter says the Ameri-
can Minister, MIR. Bas>ett, Ia POrt.au-
Prince, daily expects HI outbreak
among the Haytien people. lie has
GENERAL Carol lodged In his house un-
der protection OF the American flag,
and refuses to surrender him tn the
Government. He has requested the
United States Government to send
him a man-of- war for his protection.
Mr.. Barrett's house IL surrounded by
"A guard, who daily insult him and his
family. Carol was one of the chief
leaders of the outbreak recently
against the President and has been con.
demned to death.
Tie Times has a special from Angus
ia, Georgia, about thS reported at
tempted instruction OF negroes. II
says two days since a letter was found
at Willialnson's store, in Washington
county, a place where the colored
militia drills, ordering the massacre Of
the whites on the 10th instant The
order was signed by one Harris, and
stated that Rivers, a colored militia
general of South Carolina, would be
present and direct the movement. The
order says: "Kill every white man and
take every gun you can; have all Your
companies ready: kill with axes,
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