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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02
A Bold Dash for Liberty.

George and Joe Braswell and
Apple were brought here from Coo
vile yesterday ny the Sheriff of
nam County, and placed in Jail for
keeping. They were, with VIM. Pc
taken to COokeville ON the 9th inst.
trial, but the investigation was p
poned, and they were brought ba
Saturday night, while the prison
were at the house of the Sheriff, 81
miles from Cookevillc, the Brasw
were chained together, but the otl
were unincumbered. As the gus
were preparing to give the prison
their supper Petty darted out of
room, rushed through the hall and
into the yard. As he ran off the Sh'
and one of the guards fred at him.
is thought Petty was hit, but he II
aged to escape. The Sheriff retur
home yesterday, and he says he will
give up the search till the runawa
recaptured. Petty is awaiting trial
murder. -NaShrilLe american.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02
A Mysterious Railway Casualty.

An accident Of a peculiar nature &C.
CURED to a Midland Railway train re-
Gently between Waubaushene and Grill
liza. When approaching Shells Cut
tho two forward wheels Of the forward
truck Of a freight car, situated near the
center of the train, became detached
from the others, sprang of the track
and ran up a steep embankment a dis
lance of twenty feet, ~dislodging a large
stone and Embedding themselves in the
earth. The train continued on Its way
for two miles before the mishap was
noticed. How those wheels got away
from the Others and oil the track with
out disturbing the rest of the train puz'
zles all Of them Toronto Globe.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

A PETITION, signed by a number of
prominent citizens of st. Louis, asking
for the appointment Of Federal Super
visors of Elections in that city, was
presented to Judge Treat on the a3d,
and by him referred to Judge Dillon,
with instructions to make the appoint.
ments asked for by the petitioners.
The Court therefore appointed Mr.. E.
I. Allen Chief Supervisor for
the District, and instructed him
to report to the Court the names
Of Supervisors for the respective dis
tricts. Col. Broadhead opposed the
granting of the petition in an argument
of some length, in which he took the
ground that the law under which the
Court proposed to act was %unconsti-
t%utional, and in evasion of the rights
guaranteed to every State.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

Z OK the 10Th the Government supply
train was attacked by Indians between
Forts Fetterman and Laramie. T. M.
Coleman, wagon-master, was seriously
wounded in the ankle, and several
horses were killed. Four Indians are
reported having been killed and wound
cd. On the 10th a party Of hostiles at
tackled Colonel Otis's command of four
companies, who are guarding the trans
;portation Of supplies from Glendivc to
Tongue River. The train was driven
back, the Indians capturing 60 mules.
Colonel Otis reports the Indians very
troublesome about Glendive, number.
ing 500 to 800, and harassing the
troops on every side. Reinforcements
have been sent from Fort Buford.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02
WIT N WISDOM.

A RECENT number Of q lady's mage
in its "Housekeepers' Depar
ment," informs its readers that "Vi
ginia housewives make the best {
pickles" This is o horrible sugge
ton.
IKE has had an irritating skin di
ease. Mrs. Darlington says '.the Cha
lotte Russo broke out all over him, ar
II he hada't wore the Injun beads US {
omelct It would doubtless have caluu
mated fatally"
A MAN rushcs into q s.amp-ofc
"Quick; q postage stamp!" sc
what denomination, sir!" "The chea
est you have" "Where is the letter
go toP" at isn't for any letter; T.
cut my finger. "-New York World.
MATER TOMMY Che had been We
naughty and was now amusing himsd
with his Scripture prints)- Here
Daniel in the lions den!" Manu-
acknowledgement, what was he cc!
into the lions den forP" Master Toll
my with triumph)-"'Cause he wi
good"
LITTLE JonNNY has peculiar views
to original sin. One day he was abo|
to be punished for some m~isdemeand
when he pleaded at wasn't me, ma
ma dear, it was the bad man." "Wd
Johnny, I'm going to whip the bad d
of YOU" "Ah, yes, but that will hp
me a precious lot more than it will 7
bud man."
A GOOD Roman matron was delight
on Sunday because her husband look
so serious during the sermon, but as
convictions turned out to be MOTH
but symptoms of cholera morbus,
was obliged to forcgo the pleasure
reading tracts to him, and to contI
herself with building, - and maxi
Il mustard poultice.-2Cml Sentinel.
MIR. TrrrER tells n New York repq
err that during the stoI
on his passage hither, 81
in my berth and saw my baggage 4
about, and thought of the power of
Almighty" We shall see anon wi
l the poet shall have to say when he tr
. els over our railroads and has his b.
{. gage handled by an expert who
5 travelled $4,000 miles n year for ele'
0 ycars.-Ctn. Commercial.
. Mrs. SCRoGGINs-Well, Betsey, q
how be you this dayP Mrs. Jone
= Bad, Martha-very bad; I'm ago.
Martha -a-goin' to the other lal
e Mrs. Scroggins-Wcll, Betscy, il
p true, and yer must 60, you'll sec
Emery up there; tell i'm l keep
c mangle, and T. childer is well, and -
d Mrs. Jones (peevishly)-Nay, Il
: Martha, yer can't expect as can &c
wanderin' about the clouds a-lookin'
o your Emery wi my bad leg!--A0n
Fan.
=. The worthy father presents his 5
rs n reward for merit for his proGl
l. mt school, with n handsome gun,
ID allows the boy to make one Of the h'
i ing party. The ingenious youth esl
y II hare, fires ut it, but, horror Of
al rors! his father, who has stopped
IL pick up a bird, rises at the very
u mcnt right in the line of fire, an
n peppercd. The boy casts down
IN fowlins.piceo and bursts into an AZ
c. of tears. They console him by re
senting that the author OF his being
tunately wore buckskin breeches
escaped absolutely unframed. 81
not that" sobs the heart-broken CHI
IN ''if lie hadn't been there I'd have ki
=, the hare!"-lGri Figaro.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

GOVERNOR TILpEs has written a let
ter to the Hon. A. S. Hewitt in refer
ence TO Southern claims, in which he
says that, should he be elected Presi-
dent-''the provisions of the Fourteenth
amendment will, so far as depends on
me, be maintained, executed, and en-
forced in perfectand absolute good faith.
No rebel debt will be assumed or paid.
No claim for loss or emancipation
Of any slave will be allowed. No claim
for any loss or damage incurred by dis
loyal persons arising from the late war,
whether covered by the Fourteenth
amendment or not, will be recognized
or paid. The cotton tax will not be re.
J funded. ! shall deem it my duty to veto
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Tpr oo,oo,onv 80 ,,nyn1;pu tho WITH
cna,oanie, ,,n,sn,
1repo.n ~. -" ~, e." ao,h a. 49,
no.auo ", J ~ ,arro conoourSo -, [nson,e
nr;rc,nouv presbytsri,ns.
T,ur prosi5on, hos ,nnroyo5 Tho oor-
80, =, w., ~ tt,,nhos -, rIinois o.
ho Acsnt Tor ,bo Indians nj Green river and
s,,ndiny Rock AGENCIES. Dakota.
A W.su,NcroN disnotcb savs that
-. rn.o. No. 80, -, .cn,o,,a =,
w. nanor,man, -, So ,ha, poss Ta,ood
ha 49, auarto ,ho Nv VII S,o,o an.
n,nied on,v Inv n servant. His disease was
c~o,,umn,ior
Tor ELMER +. WAsupuRSp, Chief
n, Treasury de,cc,ives. has becn requested
IN resi,n- accordipg 10 n washington dis.
match No cause ASSIGNED.
Tuoy,s E,,,s ro,e.+oller of tho
D. =. Sn,,o,,i ~, W. WI hos nh
- lev sac nno ., ~ hort,s -
Iii a, -, ao 80 81, ,ha Gov ~, y
.,a,hn,,., c,oru,.n and r., hoar on,-
nec,ed With tho hant since a mere lad. He
hos a vito and three children who reside 4,
Rrooklyn,
CrN b.srpt T. Icxrp has been
romiro,a, ,or c,,,re.s hv tho onubI;oors
al Nin,b New yorl, District.
Coyvnxo, U,vrs and ror,y Isft 90
-N" 90,
ui.i, w. ,Ta Tortanni,i ~ "
woor Nppr oo~,-;r-Iov of Jobr
60 A.. -. ~.
- Va AZ, NV. N"'",o ~
mas . H"' ~ !" n'nAl "a"
y,
ware bnrt. hut ZONE scrinusIv,
HoS. CHARLES T.. DE LONG. ey-NIin-
is,er 70 .Janor d,ea AT Virginia ci,v. Nav
on tho oath q, tvnbo;d tsyer
Coyppxop live bod n r,bl;c ,o
ca.
,orr;a, T-h;hi,;nn on n.t oe thot ,o;nc
ohio,s,am nv al, o,Irs;on Do ~ ~
,La noI,,;o., nontast ,y,s In sayinn ,ba,
..,hatavar NAV ho Tho rasrl, =, ,ra nrosan,
onhomar,I n%n,,,,oaI str,,s wo yvonld al, ro.
member that we are Americans In IN,
evening he was rendered a reception ant
banquet at the Union League House.
Mr.. O'CoNoR POWER and Mr.. Par
nell. who were entrusted with the Irish
Centennial, address. have resolved not I,
present it formally to President Grant, mas
much as the State Department insisted upol
its being presented through the BIRTHS
Minister.
HE Register and Receiver of tn
Land-ofice at Salt Lake have been suspend
ed from duty by orders from Washington
pending investigation of the office. Col
M. M nane, secretary OF the territory
HE late francis L. Biair n On
pressed the wish that, as all his old asso
: ciates had died before him, his remain
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

TIERE is a native dog in Newfound-
land, now 16 years old. He is gray
and his fangs have fallen out, but he is
provided with a cosy kesnel and food
that does not need much mastication.
Around his neck is a glazed collar hay
ing three medals, one of silver and two
of gold. One of the latter is from the
Royal Humane Society of England; tho
other is q gift of an American captain,
and the silver one is from a former
Mother Superior of st. Michacl's Con-
vent in St. Johns. All three testi-
monials are in recognition of the ami
malls sagacity in saving lives.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02
A Tale of Horror.

UNoFFENDING MAN SEIZED,
CARRIED OFF, n SHOT Hill PRAY
ING.
Especial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gasette.l
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1B.-The following
is contained substantially in the Official re-
port of the South Carolina White Line
massacre, which has been submitted 10 the
President in connection with Governor
Chamberlain application for troops. The
Captain Butler mentioned Is known az
Gone armed. Butler,' and Is the brother Of
the General Butler Of the Hamburg massa-
ere. Coker was "a colOred member Of the
South Carolina Legislature. On Sept. 10, n
rifle club, commanded by Captain A. T..
Butler, went to Ellenton and took a wood
train, with which they proceeded to a sta
tion called Robbins. Here they found Coker
quietly seated on his ~valise, waiting for Il
that - Radical Niger Coker.' Cap.
said: Cocker, Pm the niger ruler,
and you have got to go with
me- Then the unfortunate man was sur
rounded by Buffers command and dragged
into one of the cars of the wood train,
which then returned to Ellenton. Arriv-
ing there, Coker was taken into an open
field, and Captain Butler said to him
=. Cocker, what's your businessI' g." an
q Representative from Barnwell County &c
the South Carolina Legislature was thu
reply. "All the better,' said Butler;
- Representative or no Representative, you
are Il Radical Niger, and have got to die
- For Gods sake, give me time to pray, ,
cried the unhappy negro. "Certainly,'
answered Captain Butler; ''pray away, bu
pray quick Coker then knelt down anC
began to pray. While he was in this posi-
tiUn Butler stepped back six or eight fee
and shot 1T him twice. lie fell forward OF
his face, bleeding and dying. Butler thei
made a sign to his men, and six Of then
fired into The wounded man. He died. Tn,
men who killed him took his watch, money
and his gold shirt buttons, and then. leaving
the body to rot, returned to Robbins
These facts are sworn to by three eye-wit
nesses, who state that Coker's only erin
was his Republicanism.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

THE Pottsville correspondent Of the
Reading (Pa.) Eagle writes: "The
body of Wright Bringhurst, who died
on Tuesday of last week, was opened
on Saturday last in accordance with the
request of the deceased, by DIR. Warren
foyer, who found q bone, the length OF
a finger, grown in his heart, causing
blood to stop flowing from m partin into
the other, and giving him great pain.
One Of his lungs was all dried up, his
death being caused in part by consump-
tim
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

THERE Is q disagreement between the
urtwo parties in Colorado as to whether
the recent election for Congressman in
inf that State was for the ~unexpired term
10 in the Forty-fourth Congress only, OF
for both that and the full term of the
,9WF oEty-ffth Congress. The Republicans
: claim the latter to be the case, while the
+ q Democrats hold that there is no law TO
warrant the election Of a Representa-
Z tive for, more than one term at one
election. The Democratic State Com
mittee, in this view Of the case, has is
sued a call for all Democrats to vote for
a Representative Ct the Forty-ffth Con-
gress on the It'll Of November, and viii
contest Belford's right to a seat after
~ the expiration Of his present term. The
= Republicans viii take no part in the
election, relying upon the legality Of
-pstkeir claims for both terms.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

THE whaling bark Florence arrived
at San Francisco on the 21st, from the
Arctic Ocean, bringing 100 men of the
crews Of the Arctic whaling fleet, IL
vessels Of which are reported lost
in the ice, with a portion of
their crews, with no hope of their
escape. The Three Brothers, with 9TH
ers of the crews on board, made for
Honolulu. The number Of those on
board the abandoned vessels is believed
to be 80 or 60, q portion of whom are
Kanakas. The value of the vessels lost
is estimated at about 100000, mostly
Ensured.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

BOMBAY is threatened with a famine,
on account Of the failure in certain dis
tricts Of the monsoon crops and the
subsequent extreme drouth. The col
lector of Poonah reports that not q sin
gle blade of grass is visible for miles.
The tanks and rivers are drying up and
cattle are dying from starvation. The
collector at Sholapore gives still worse
reports. The Government has opened
relief works and is employing people in
~excavating tanks and making roads.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

THE Indiana Secretary of State au
thorizes the following as the result of
the recent election: The highest vote
cast was for Treasurer of State, viz. {:
Democratic, 2l2,019; Republican. 206,-
21S; Independent, 16,0S2; total, 434,-
8l9. The average plurality for the
Democratic State ticket is 5,s46; that
for Williams over Harrison for Govern.
or being 5,1S9.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

EVERY one carries arms in Sicily,
excepting priests. Gentlemen carr
revolver in their pockets when they
to Il ball or casino. Youths of 10
armed with it Mt the lectures in
Lyceum; law has no force-every
is u law to himself. The military
powerless against the thefts, ASA
and murders perpetrated in the c
country.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

INDIAN AGENT MITCHELL telegraph
ed the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
from Fort Peck, on the 18th, that mes
sengers from Sitting Bulls camp re-
port that the entire body Of .hostiles
had crossed the Yellowstone at the
mouth Of the Big Horn, en- route for
Fort Peck. He adds that they have
made o~vertures for peace, and asks
what course he should pursue. In re-
ply, the Indian Commissioner tele.
graphed that the only conditions Of
peace must be the unconditional sur
render Of Sitting-3ull, who wonld be
treated AZ . prisoner Of war.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

A DECISION of general interest to the
holders Of life-insurance policies has
recently been rendered by the United
States Supreme Court. The suits in
question were those of policy-holders
residing in Mississippi during the War,
and who were debarred by the Wan
from renting their annual premiums
against Northern companies, and the
Court held that the companies could
lawfully declare such policies forfeited
by reason of non-payment, but the as
sured were entitled TO the equitable
value Of the policies arising from pre-
miums actually paid, this equitable
value being the difference between the
cost Of a new policy and the present
value of premiums yet to be paid on
the forfeited policy at the time of the
forfeiture.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

A CHEYENNE dispatch Of the Oath
General Crook, being satisfied
that Red Cloud and Red Leafs bands
Of Sioux were about 70 depart with q
view Of joining the hostiles in the North,
they having refused to comply with
orders to come into the Agency to re-
ceive rations, determined on disarming
them, and at daylight on the morning
Of the Esd inst, General Mckenzie,
with eight companies Of the Fourth
Cavalry, successfully surrounded these
two bands, consisting of 800 lodges,
and captured bucks, squaws and ponies,
without firing a shot, and they were
marched into the Agency after having
been disarmed and dismounted. Spot
ted Tail, who has evinced an unswerv-
ing loyalty to the whites, was made
head chief and Red Cloud deposed, and
| Spotted Tail and Little Wound have
agreed to furnish General Crook with
all the warriors he may need to coop
crate with him in the coming campaign,
which will be inaugurated at once.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

Tnr managers Of tho Chicago and
Paducah Railway have purchased the
charter Of the Decatur and State Lire
Railway, with the intention, It IL said,
Of At once constructing the connecting
links for q through line from Chicago
to st. Louis. The location of tho new
road will be midway between the Chi
cago and Altorf and the Illinois Central,
and 1t will be when completed the
shortest railway line between the two
cities.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

YESTERDAY being a pleasant Sunday
IN ost of the boys who attended Sunday
school brought home u good many
chestnuts, which n kind man had given
hem.-NorWich Bulletin.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

The President Of the Charleston
Chamber OF Commerce, the Method ist,
Catholic and Episcopal Bishops, the
leading Presbyterian, Lutheran, Baptist
and Jewish ministers, and the Presi-
dents Of the National and other banks
in Charleston have united in an address
on the condition of South Carolina, to
the people of the United States, which
denies that the white people of South
Carolina are disloyal and disaf,
fected 10 the United States
Government that any part Of the State
is in instruction; that the law can NO
be duly enforced within the limits O.
the State; that any lawful cause exist,
for Federal interference that the white
people OF the State are disaffected to.
wards the colored people or desire t.
infringe on their political or civil rights
that the rifle clubs in the State are com
binations against the law, or that in tn,
recent rae collision the white peopl,
have been the aggressors.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

THE official vote Of Ohio at the late
election, as published in the Cincinnati
papers, shows the following result:
The whole number of votes cast for
Secretary Of State was 631,065, of
which Barnes (Rep.) received 1856,
Bell (Dem.) 3ll,4l0, and Chapman
(Prohib.) 1899. Barnes's plurality,
6,446. The Republicans elect ~ Con-
gressmen with aggregate pluralities of
SO,o4s; the Democrats elect 8 Congress-
men with aggregate pluralities of 49,
eiS. Republican plurality on Congress,
6,230.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

out. would have resulted In the slaugh-
ter Of nearly al the negroes In the
placs. The presence Of troops brought
about an agreement bywhich both arm
ed whites and negroes disbanded.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02
Another Repo-, OF the Affair.

The New York Times Charleston dispatch
says: The following account IL from an i'm
partial and credible eyewitness, and may
be relied upon as substantially correct. The
steamer Pocasin left Charleston at 8 O'Clock
yesterday to convey q number of Democratic
and Republican speakers and their friends
to the joint discussion, or 'divided-time'
meeting, which had been announced to take
place at Cainhoy, about 90 miles from this
city. Fearing that trouble might occur, il
was arranged between Sheriff Bowen and
the Democratic leaders that neither party
should bring arms on the boat. The Demo-
cratic speakers, Jeryey and Sicker, and o.
Connor, the Democratic candidate for Con-
gress, were accompanied by about POO MEM
bers Of the Butler Guards and other white
men, who carried no rifles, but were
WELL WITH PISTOLS.
Sheriff Bowen, W. j. Mckinley, and G.
Gaillard, Republican speakers, had Just 10
of their friends with them. No trouble Oc-
Cured during the trip on the river, and the
steamer reached Cainhoy at noon. Here
the Charleston party was met by a number
OF negroes, and proceeded quietly to the
or 400 colored men assembled. They had
come from all parts OF the parish, many OF
them from wild and remote districts, and
most OF them were armed with old
shOt-guns and muskets. These they placed
upon the ground, or against trees. Alarge
IA " Y thSy iaiu III IA va W
an old building near the speakers stand.
This they did with nc purpose of secretinp
their weapons, as has been claimed, but sc
that they could easily lay their hands Oh
them when the meeting closed. The guns
and muskets were all the private property
Of the freedmen. There were M militia
rifles among them, and the statement thai
there was a militia company on the ground
was not true. The meeting was opened
with the understanding that each party
should be allowed two hours for speeches
Before the regular proceedings, Sheriff
Bowen earnestly requested the people Il
listen TO the speakers, and to be orderly ant
quiet. .JeIvey, the well known Democra
OF Charleston. was then introduced. ant
spoke for nearly an hour without interrupt
tion or disturbance OF any kind. He wal
followed by Mckinley, for the Republicans,
who had only spoken q few words, when h
"Look out!o Mckinley looked around n
the direction indicated by the blacks, an'
then, In 4 very excited tone, exclaimed
pointing to u number OF white men wit
were approaching the arms In the old house
"THosE MEN AVE GOT GUNS.
They are going TO sheet me and the hest o
y0uu' He then jumped from the stand
The colored men were greatly alarmed, ant
ran from the meeting place In all directions
taking their arms with them. Ten or
dozen OF the whites secured u number o
the guns In the old house and pointed then
toward the negroes. Sheriff Bowen, seeinl
THU demonstration, called on O'COnner 4
! keep his men quiet. O'Conner tried TO d.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

Cart. LLoYD, Of the Eighteenth In
fsntry, U. s. A. who was ordered to
lhe scene Of the recent disturbances near
Aiken 8. g., reports that on his arriv-
Il IT Rouse's Bridge he found q body
Of 800 mounted men under command
Of A. r. Batter, who had thrown out
Skirmish lines. surrounding the negroes,
and says there was undoubted evidence
u : well digested plan, which, IL carried
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

GEN, RuGEs, At Columbia. s. c., re-
ported to the War Office on the 2Sd
that syery thing was quiet throughout
the State. He does not anticipate any
trouble Of q serious nature, as the pres.
moo Of the military win have the effect
Of deterring both parties from making
adisturbance.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

President GRANT has issued a proc
lamation, designating Thursday, Nov.
80, as a day for national thanksgiving
and prayer.