The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-04-30
WEST AND SOUTH.


WEST AND SOUTH.
The Illinois Legislature adjourned sine die
on the 18th.
In the Louisiana House, on the 18th, the
report of the Committee on Elections, embo-
DYING the terms of award of the Congresson-
al Committee, was adopted by.a vote of 81 TO
Is Most of the members displaced made
speeches intimating their acquiescence. The
following i the full text of the resolution
adopted with regard TO the Kellogg Govern
mcnt
Resolred, by the General Assembly of the State
of Louisiana, That said Assembly, without APP
proving the same, viii not disturb the present
State Government, claiming TO have been elected
in ls72, known AZ the Kellogg Government, or
seek 10 mpeach the Governor for any past oidcial
act. and that, hereafter, we will accord TO said
Governor all necessary and legitimate support
in maintaining the laws and in advancing the
peace and prosperity OF the people OF this state
and that the House of representatives. as to its
members a. constituted under the award of Geo:
y. Hoar, w. A. Wheeler, W. l.. FRYE, samuel
y. Marshall, GARRISON y. Potter and VIM. Wal
ter Phelps, shall remain without change, except
by resignation or death of members. until
new general election, and the Senate as herein
recognized shall also remain unchanged, except
SO far as that body shall make changes on con
tests.
1t is reported that 500 Cheyenne warriors
crossed the track of the Atchlson. Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad on the night of the
18th, fifteen miles east Of Lakin. They We're
going north, passing through the State Of
Kansas. A company Of troops was sentfrom
Fort Dodge in pursuit, and the Indian trail
was followed about twenty miles, when il be-
came evident that the Indians had separated
and scattered over the prairies. They are
undoubtedly on the war-path and bloody
work may be expected any day.
Estillette. compromise Conservative, has
been elected Speaker of the Louisiana House.
He was supported by Kellogg and received
the solid Republican vote. The vote stood
Estillette. 6j; Witt, 81. The terms Of the
award were carried out in the Senate by un
seating Elan, Democrat, and by seating +. ;.
Goode, Democrat. in place of Crozier, color
ed, Republican. A joint resolution recogniz-
ing l. Kellogg Government was adopted,
with but two dissenting votes.
At Commerce, Mo-, on the 10th. Travis
Harris was hung for the murder of his
father-in-law, Squire Masterson, ina Novem-
Der last. At Beaufort. ;. c.. on the same
day, Scipio Bryan and Elijah Atkinson, both
colored, were hung for the double crime of
murder and arson, committed in June. 1874.
The execution was witnessed by about 5000
colored people. Both murderers made full
confession. And Isham Brown, colored. was
hung four miles from 6reensburg, La, for
the murder of james W. Clinton, an attorney.
Of st. Helena Parish, in December last.
Brown was convicted on circumstantis evil
dence, but made confession before he died.
\ dispatch from Fort Laramie. 10th, says
that Captain Meyers company, who were
sent after the mining party, nj Harney's Peak,
has secured the whole Of them, consisting OF
fifteen men, one woman and a boy. They
were expected 10 arrive at Fort Laramie on
the 18th. There have been heavy SHOWS in
the Black Hills. and high waters every
where.
A destructive fire occurred at Charlotte y.
c., on the 10th. Among the buildings burned
were the depots of the North Carolina and
Charlotte and Columbia and Augusta Rail-
road Companies. About 1900 bales Of cotton
were lost. The total loss j. put at s2jO, 600,
about two-thirds insured.
The stage from DownicvilIe to Saci amento.
CAL, was stopped on the 18th by highway
men. and the Wells-Fargo treasure box taken.
containing $500 in gold-dust, bars and coin
The Mexican Minister at Washington hsv-
ing charged that Americans. mostly EXON
federate soldiers, disguised as Mexicans and
Indians, were the actors I'm many Of the To-
rays upon the border, a committee was APP
pointed at Brownsville, Texas. TO ascertain
the facts in the ease. The committee COM
prised among is members the Collector of
the port, the Deputy Collector, and the POST
master. They reported, after full investi-
CATION. that the charge Is absolutely false;
that no American has ever been caught
among the many captured, nor i there
known to be a single one in the frontier
States of Mexico, and they challenge sny
proof or name Of a single individual subject
to the charges.
A New Orleans dispatch Of the 10th says
that the Conservative caucus had resolved 10
seat in the House four Democrats who were
declared elected by the Returning Board,
but whose places were supplied In the Hahn
House by four Republicans after the with
drawal Of Speaker Witt and his followers in
January. The Conservatives contend that
all Conservatives returned by the Returning
Board were under the award to be seated
while the Republicans contend that these
four men were not To be disturbed. Marshal
Packard is said TO have stated that If the four
Republicans were ousted he had instructed
his men in the senate to adjourn for three
days. and IL at the end Of that time they were
not reseated, the Senate will adjourn sine die.
lie laid the Republicans did not, and would
not, agree to any arrangement which would
deprive them Of majority on joint ballot,
which would be the effect Of the contemplated
change. Another political crisis seems
therefore 10 be inevitable.
At somerville, Tenn. on the 18Th. young
man named Oscar Burton was shot and killed