The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-09-04

proportion Of horses arrived, there were
no formal ceremonies
MONROE, La.,-Seps. Fresh .x-
cis.ment sprung up last night 10 conse-
auenoe Of a report that the negroes
were missing in the northern part Of
the parish, and were coming 70 burn
the town About - negroes. mounted
and on foot, were found at Capt Hill
locks place A parley ensued. and the
negroes refused TO disarm They said
they would come back with 500 Capt
Theobslds. with one hundred men,
blockaded the road with rails. The
news spread rapidly. and armed whites
from this and Morehouss parish went
10 the scene. The excitement was in
tense bat nothing occurred, and no gun
was fred. The armed negroes said
they were told to arm by the sheriff Of
the parish. colored man, and came to
Monroe 10 burn the town. In the
Southern part Of the parish, where the
houses were fred into and the trouble
began, leading citizens report all quiet
Some scattering demonstrations, they
said, were made last night. but moth
ing serious. The situation is decidedly
anxious, but leading citizens are pro-
ceeding with both prudence and mod
Grafton.
The steamer Jimmie Baker, lying at
Trenton wharf, exploded her boiler.
Eight persons were killed and wounded;
two colored deck hands were and the
barkeeper. Joe Sintos, is expected to
die Capt. F. s. Austin and the pilot
were wounded. The boat is worth
IS, 900, and is total loss
ELMIRA, N. Y. Sep. 2.-Judge Gray.
Chairman Of the Democratic State Con-
vention. telegraphs the State Committee
that it should no. name the candidate
for Governor in the place Of Seymour,
but should either recall the Convention
or call new one. Judge Gray says he
received telegram from Gov. Seymour
declining the nomination for any Office.
that he withheld it from the convention
by tho advice Of the Chairman of the
| State Committee, who recommended
that no mention be made Of it until the
committee confer with Gov. Seymour
The chairman Of the latter committee
reported that. Gov. Seymour would &C
cept tho nomination If made unani
inously. and if they so made it not to
read the dispatch.
NEW YORK. Sep. "A London dis
patch says subscriptions to the new four
aud half per cent. funding loan are
actually coming in from private in
vestors, banks and insurance companies
both here and on the continent
Sr. LOUIS, Sept. 2.-Thc Globe Dem
oerat has letter from Kcnsett. Ark
detailing some atrocities committed b.
relieious sect called Cobb. at Gun
that an old man named Cobb, rules tn,
colony, and is regarded by his follower
as Jesus Christ. and is obsyed accord
ingly. For some time past such nos
has been heard at Gum Springs. that ,
few days ago c. ID. Humphreys. of Sea
vey. and Mr. Blake, Of Ell Phase, de
termined to ascertain the cause, ant
they therefore visited the locality. ant
as they were passing by the hut. from
which issued strange sounds, a mar
named Dern, one Of Cobb's followers,
accosted them. saying that God was in
the hut, and invited them to enter and
see Him. They alighted then from
their buggy. and Humphrey was a,
once seized by four men and Blake by
four women. Blake broke loose from
his captors and ran about a hundred
yards, when, on looking back, he saw
the men cutting Humphrey to piece.
with long knives. He FASTENED tc
town and reported the case, when a
party Of citizens at once started for the
scene OF murder. On arriving at the
Springs, they found Humphreys head
cut of and stuck on fence paliny 4
boy. riding by. had been compelled
60 get of his horse, bow 10 the head
three times and utter prayer. A par
ley ensued between the leader of the
citizens, J. c. Black. and Dern, of the
Cobbites. during which the latter took
Humphreys head from the fence, sew.
eral times and shook il back and forth
and then replaced it on the paling, at
the same time ordering the citizens to
leave. At last Dern and his crowd ad-
vanced on Blake and his party in 0
menacing manner. when the latter fred
upon them and killed two men wound
ng another The remaining four men
and four women and two children were
arrested and taken TO Jail The other
Cobhises were also arrested aud taken
to Jail. There was great excitement
among the people, and lynching was
threatened. The next day preliminS