Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-05-20

rs to set out for Custer City without suf
/ ficient numerical strength to ensur,
le successful defense in case of attack by
If Indians. Captain Egan's command
# has gone forward TO the Red Canyon
+ and consists of three companies o.
g cavalry. 1t is sufficient, it is thought
: to check fOraging bands Of Sioux IN
i til the main expedition sets out fol-
e Big Horn. Indians fired into small
= party near Cheyenne Ranch, q few
t days ago, killing an old woman
named Leggett, from Louisville, Ken
lucky, and horse under man Of the
same party. After q brief fgh. the
savages retired.
New ORLEANS, May, ia Times
special, dated Summit Mississippi,
t May 10, says - Information was re-
/ ceived last night Of row between ne
groes and whites at Laurel Hill, West
i Feliciana Parish, near the Mississippi
, line On Friday night about thirty
negroes went to the store of a white
man in the vicinity, called him to the
door and riddled him with bullets.
i A posse from Bayou Sara went out on
Saturday for the bcdy. The negroes
would not give it up and fight en-
sued; three negros were killed and two
white men are missing. The negroes
are gathered 11OO strong and are said
to be under arms Whites are going
down from ne ghboring counties II
Mississippi; a serious fight is expected
A special to the Republican, from
Bayou Sara, 18th, ssys:-eight colored
men have been shot dead, four banged
and about twenty wounded; no whites
killed. Persons Just in from the scene
report six blacks killed but this state
ment is considered exaggerated. Tween
ty cOlored mel are reported held as
hostages; their fate is uncertain but
the supposition is that they will be
killed also. The number OF negroes
killed VIII probably never be known,
precautions having been taken to re- 1
move the dead secretly. The number
of regulators under arms is said to be
500, from East Baton Rouge and East
and West Felic;ana, and Wilkinson
county, Mississippi. The colored peo-
pie are said to be arming in selfdefense.
On Saturday and Sunday nights
of cOlOred men crossed to Z
Point COupee to escape those hunting
them. Governor Antoine has received ,
the following dispatch from DR.. Kauf- :
man, sheriff of East Feliciana Parish, :
dated Bayou Sara" In reply to your o
telegram l have to say, that seventeen
colOred men are killed and many
wounded on the line Of Mississippi k
and Louisiana. a large number of v
armed white men are approaching this b
own; | cannot summon and secure a d
posse cOmitatus for the support of the o
;IvIl authority and the suppression of h
lots and prevention Of further blood "
he'd; nothing but military authority fl
will keep peace. Therefore l respect y
ully request that military be placed at Ct
ny disposal" The dispatches have
,een laid before General Augur, com
handing the department, who has re- ~
erred them to Washington. G
INDIANAPOLIS, May 16.-Between &C
wo hundred and three hundred dele II
ates to the Independent National Ii,
ireenback convention arrived today, Ilo
tanning to represent twenty-one States. ~
Dther delegations are expected to ar 40
i've tonight. At an informal meeting V
ED tonight, the question of postpone
lent Of nomination of the Presiden-
al ticket until after the Cincinnati Pr
nd st. Louis conventions were held, Oh
-as fully discussed. The New Eng 80
md delegates favored postponement pa
lille a large majority are for I'M an
lediAte action. lh
INDIANAPOLIS, May 18.-The Ma
onal Greenback Convention succeed !
in nominating a candidate for Pres ."
ent on the fifth ballot. The ticket is :
follows: For President Peter
Ooper, of New York; for Vice-Pres mic
ent, Newton Booth, of California -
be convention has adjourned sine die.
PHILADELPHIA, May 1S.-General =
awley was to-day reelected President
the Centennial commission by &C n
amation. ~
ST. PAUL, May ia party of Black 41
ills pilgrims, who returned to Bis
arck after a ten days stay in the ?.
ills, report a fight on April 2, be-
cen their party outward bound and IN
dams from Standing Rock, led by n
ave, in which Slave and three other S pggi
dians were killed. General Terrv's all
g Horn expedition was delayed by a es s
avy rain, and moves out from Fort the tn
ncOln tomorrow. MAJ
Is
CINCINNATI, May l6.-The polite Pho
situation tonight is unchanged.
lurman's friends are still confident TN
at they will carry the convention, L.
at least secure an unpledged dele Nm N
ton to the National convention. A II
'eting called for tonight in the in Y,