The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23

armies na0 Occn gu1lty OF OuCrageS upon
peaceable inhabitants almost unprecedented
in the annals of civilized warfare.
The rumor was telegraphed from Vienna
on the 18th, that Prince Gortechakoff, thu
veteran Russian diplomatist and premier, had
rendered his unconditional resignation.
GENERAL.
An application was made, in the Cir
cult Court, at Chicago, on the 9Th, for Re
cciver and to restrain the Protection Life In
eurance Company from further continuing
business, on the ground that they had issued
wagering policies. No opposition was made
the company to the appointment of Re
ceiver, aud E. d. Cook was named and his
bonds fixed at 500 600. A late statement
fixes the assets Of the company at e276, $50
aud its liabilities at $s56,571.
Gen. Grant arrived in Italy, on the 8th
He was everywhere received with attention
and demonstrations of regard.
News was received from the Texas Dor
der, on the 7th, to the effect that Lieut. But
Ter had, few days before, crossed the Rie
Grande, recapturcd five stolen rises and re
turned to the Texas side. Maj. Schofield had
arrested forty five Of Valdez filibusters, al
Eagle Pass. Valdez himself had escaped.
The Maine Republican State Convcn.
ton met at Augusta, on the 9th. Senator
Blaine, Chairman Of the State Central Com
mittee, called the Convention to order. Gov
Conner was renominatcd by exclamation
When the Committee ON Resolutions sub
mi,ted their report, Gen. Chamberlain of.
fered an amendment indorsing President
Hayes and his Southern policy. Col. Bou.
telle then moved an amendment declaring
Messrs. Packard and Chamberlain to have
been duly elected Governors Of Louis.
lana and South Carolina and en-
titled to their respcc i've offices by
the same vote which elected President
Hayes. and that they should have been rec.
ognized by the National Gov, rnment. The
amendment further declared that the failure
to so recognize them had placed thu Govern.
ment in the " attitude of surrendering to
rebels. threatening, with arms in their hands,
to resist legitimate authority" Both amend
mends were opposed by Senator Blaine, and,
on his motion, tabled. The platform adopt
cd declares for protection to every citizen,
white or colored, at home or abroad; express.
es s"licitude for the condition Of affairs in
sixteen Southern States in the hands Of
those who precipitated the rebellion while
Union men are prosecuted into silence or
banishment;" condemns the action Of the
National House of Representatives in refus-
ing appropriations for the army except on
the conditions imposed; favors a sound cur.
rency based on AID redeemablc in coin, and
demands the resumption of specie payment
without any backward or sideway step.
On the 9th, railway coach, filed with
passengers, jumped the track at Troy, Kan,
ON the St. Joseph & Western Railroad, and
was thrown down an embankmert fifteen
feet high. Twenty-Five persons were injured
some of them fatally.
A London dispatch of the 10th says
the electoral campaign in France, on the
part of the Government, daily becomes moro
active and oppressive. The delivery Of
Republican journals was being forbidden,
and arrests were made for speaking insult
ingly of President MacMahon.
The train leaving Jersey City, N. j., on
the morning Of the 9th, jumped the track at
Ocean Port bridge, and the baggage car and
three passenger cars were hurled into the
water below. Forty persons were injured
four seriously. One of the latter died, on
the 10Th.
The old Free-soilers met at Downer's
Landing, near Boston, on the 9th. Among
the eminent persons present were Charles
Francis Adams, Samuel Hoar, George F.
Hoar, John G. Whittier and others. The
occasion was in honor of the anniversary of
the formation of the Free.Soil parry, and the
nominate n of Martin vanBuren for Presi.
dent, aud Charles Francis Adams for Vice
President.
Senator Conkllng returned from Europe,
on the 10th. A reception and serenade was
rendered him in the evening.
A desperate fight occurred between Gen.
Gibbons command and the Nez Perces, on
the Big Hole River, on the 9th. The former
lost twenty-five killed and forty-five wound
ed. Among the former were Capt. Logan
aud Lieuts. Bradley and Bostwick. Among
the wounded were Gen. Gibbon, Capt
Williams and Lieuts. Coolidge, Wood
ruff aud English. The Indians suffred
severely, forty of their dead being count
ed on about oue-half of the battlefield.
Gen. Gibbon telegraphed, on the 18th, claim
ing that he surprised the Indian camp and
captured it after hard fight, in which both
sides suffered heavily. The Indians are said
to have greatly outnumbered the whites.
A Paris telegram of the 18th says it had
been decided bv the Cabinet to proclaim a
state of siege throughout France, in conse.
quence of the prevailing election excitement
The mass.mee:ing of workingmen held
in Cincinnati. on the 18th, nominated the
following State ticket: For Governor, L. q.
Pond, of Cincinnati; Lieutenant Governor,
Frank skadd, of Cleveland: State Treas
urer, L. A. Hine; Clerk Of Supreme
Court, Frederick Amsperger; Board Of
Public Works, Peter McGreerey; School
Commissioner, Peter Clark. The resolutions
pledge the patty in Ohio to uuceasing labor
for the recognition Of equal rights, and tn,
abolition of class rule; demand the pa, ment
Of wages weekly with penalties for failure to
do 90; eight hours to constitute . days work,
employers be liable for all accidents to en-
ployes; the employment of children under
fourteen years In industrial establish.
ments to be prohibited; all conspiracy
laws to be abolished; the use OF
convict labor by private employers
to be forbidden; gratuitous instruction to be
given In ill educational institutions; patent
and all other laws granting privileges to in.
dividuals or companies to the detriment d
labor to be repealed; the tariff and other
schemes for Indirect taxation to be repealed
and direct taxes on property and income sub
stituted therefor; all transportation facilities
to be placed under Government control, and
al industrial enterprises to be placed under
the control Of the Government 40 fast ~
practicable, and operated by free co.opera.
tive unions for the benefit Of the whole
people.
The workingmen Of Philadelphia met,
on the 1lth, and adopted resolutions recon.
mendipg the organization Of the workingmen
for political purposes, to be called the Pm.