Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-15

pers but no mails. Accompanying the
train were several prominent officers
of the road and a number of newspa-
| per men.
Affairs I'm Mississippi.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14th.-Affairs
In Mississippi remain about the same.
The Attorney General read despatch
es to-day from postmaster Pease, late
United States Senator, and Lieut..
Guthrie, who is in command of the
military post at Jackson, to the effect
that there was no disturbance, and
sending troops down there would be
unadvisable and impolitic.
storm and Loss Of Life.
MONTPELIER, Sept. l3th.-Violent
storms have occurred here and great
damage is done to the crops. A water
spout destroyed fifty houses at st. Chi
nan. Nine dead bodies have been re.
covered and sixty persons are still
missing.
Pcrry's Flagship AHoat.
ERIE, Pa, Sept. 14th.-Commodore
Oliver Perry's flagship in the battle
on Lake Erie, the frigate Lawrence,
which has lain up in Presque Isle Bay,
Erie, Pa, for sixty-two years, was to-
day successfully raised by John Dun
lap, of this place, and will be taken to
the Centennial next year for exhibi-
tion. A large crowd witnessed the
raising of her, and enthusiastically y
cheered her as she appeared above the
water.
Arrest OF Counterfeiters.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Sept. 13th.-The
Courier Journals Nashville special
says: Five more counterfeiters have
been brought to Decature. The band
numbers hundreds, extending through
Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mis-
sippi, Texas, and back north through
to st. Louis. The band had regular
constitution and bylaws, and was
composed of some of the most promi-
nent men in the states mentioned.
Counterfeit Elves on the National
Bank of Paxton, ILL.,, and Traders
Bank Of Chicago, U. S. Treasury Notes
and Fifty cent script, and have been
mostly circulated through Tennessee,
among the poor classes and farmers.
It is estimated that one hundred thou
sand dollars has been thus distributed.
A basket full of counterfeit stuff was
captured with the men arrested. Some
had the money sewed up in their
clothes and wherever it could be hid
den. Detectives have been working
on this case for six months.
Cable mates.
NEW YORK, Sept. 14th.-The U. S.
Cable Company announces the follow
ing tariffs for messages over the new
cable. The name of the place where
the message originated is to be sent
free on messages from Ma: yland, Dis
trict Of Columbia, Delaware, Pennsyl-
vania, New Jersey, New York and all
points in New England, twenty-five
cents in gold per word. On all mes
sages from all points other than is
indicated above, local telegraph rates
will be charged in addition to above
rates.
Shot By an UnknOwn Party.
COLUMBUS, s. c., Sept. l4.-Joseph
Crews, who figured conspicuously in
Lawrence county during the Ku Klux
days, and in the Legislature for sew
eral terms, was shot by an unknown
party between here and Newberry, on
the Sth, and died last night. The Gov
ernor has offered one thousand dollars
reward for the arrest of the assassin.
The crops are very good in this Sec
tion.
Mineral Resources Of Alaska Claims
Of British subje
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE Treas
ury Depart ment has received from the
Collector at Sitka, Alaska, copy of a
report made by an experienced men,
Der, who has made extensive exami-
nations in Alaska, with a view to as
cer]aing its mineral resources, in
which he states he has discovered de-
posits of greater richness than any
known to exist in America, and prob
ably in the world. The Collector GER
titles to the character and scientific
ability of the miners making the re-
port, in letter written subsequently.
This officer reports that large num-
bers Of British subjects, hearing of the
discovery, have gone to the locality
and located there, and applied to the
English government to be incorporat-
ed as town, claiming to be on Brit
ish soil; while the United States off,
GERS claim they. are considerable dis
tance within our lines. The question
of territory has been submitted to the
State Department, and it is possible
that an interesting international ques-
tion may be raised, should these
mines prove to be as rich as reported.
Eastern Money Matters.
NEW YORK, Sept. 14th.-In Wall
street to-day rumors of failures were
not so thick as yesterday, and it was
evident from that rumor that the
managers had become a little fright
ened from the fact that the members
of one of the firms, Yesterday, report.