, 1875-01-07

v1cksBuRG. Jan. Before Congress
ional COMMITTEES to>day, number of
witnesses examined. The general pur-
port of the testimony WAS, that there is
no hostility 10 negroes as such. but q
determination TO put an end to corrupt
ion and malfeasance IN office, without
regard to color. l1s-- 4
Last Saturday night Richard Berum.
of Lee county, Mississippi. and two
children and o little negro. we're mur.
dered and their bodies consumed in the
building in which they resided. Such
remains as could be found were taken
to West Point. for intermens. Intense
excitement prevails there. No clue to
the murderer. ~"
New ORLEANS, Jan. 2.-Congressional
Committee meet at the Custom Honse,
Evidence given that color-d clubs exist
cd which voted with the Conservatives
because tired of existing evils. Others
testified to depression of business in
New Orlasns. attribu,ing 1t to exorbi-
tant taxes and general want of conf
dence. and the general impression that
misrule and fraud occssioned the trou-
bles. False reports have been circulate
ed that Senator Major General Barber
had been shot through the body; that
the body of Police Judge Macarthur had
been found in the canal with bullet
hole through his head; that Ex Cover
nor WetPs throat had been cut from ear
to ear; hat hundreds of large timbers
were being carried into the State House
for barricading purposes. The above
reports were freely circulated to-day.
New YORK, Jan. 2.-Pacifc Nail sub
sidy Investigation to- day. Phelps testi-
fed he was second Vice President Of the
Company; was in service from 1854 to
1873, his duties being confined to the
China and Japan branch. StockwelI
told him money was spent in obtaining
subsidy in Washington; he supposed if
there was an investigation they must
send Irwin out of the country. This
was in September. 1872, after previous
session when legislative subsidy failed.
Irwin told Mclean thst it could not be
procured without the expenditure of
Ealf million Of dollars. Mclean re-
ported this at meeting of the Board Of
Directors. when it was promptly voted
down. In the course of the session to-
day Hatch asked to reply to q press
publication that some checks for money
paid in the subsidy business had passed
through the banking house Of Rufus
Hatch & Co. The chairman declined.
He said Hatch would have every oppor
tunity to answer when Irwin had been
examined. The Directors of the Pacific
Mail Co. had protracted and animated
meeting this evening; business not made
public; Directors saying to reporters. in
answer to inquiries. they were minding
their own business and newspapers
should mind theirs.
VINErA. Indian Territory. Jan. p
Everything quiet until o'clock, this
afternoon, when the news came that the
mob were at Prior's Creek last night.
killed three men, supposed TO be some
of those captured yesterday. Trouble
anticipated, as one Of the men captured
is Senator from this district.
A letter to the st. Louis Democrat
gives the following version of an affair
reported to have occurred near Chew
ton, last Thursday: Jack Doubletooth.
one of the leaders of the riot at Tale
quah. and Thomas Cox. hite man.
brought load Of whiskey into Territory
from Kasas. At Prior's Creek depot,
Sheriff Konsin and Colston, with posse,
attempted to spill the whiskey. under
law. In the encounter Doubletooth was
killed. 1883 -.
WASHINGTON, Jan. q Rumors are in
circulation to-day that Treasurer Spin
ner, Assistant Treasurer Tuttle, and
George McArtee, Chief of Bureau of
Engraving and Printing in Treasury
Department. had resigned. They and
Treasury officials deny that there is any
truth in the report. The President was