The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-04-05
NEWS IN BRIEF.
if~s.s from. sI.e Capital.

purchaser CT silver on the recent decline in |
price which followed the liberal sales in
London by the German Government.
The Treasury Department recommends !
vigilance on the part Of the custom officers,
in the matter of the importation Of horses,
cattle, sheep and swine, so as to provide
against the introduction of the rinderpest,
which is pronounced infectious es well as
contagious.
The following gentlemen, having ac-
cepted, are announced as the Commission
TO visit Louisiana: Judge Charles B. Law
renee, of Illinois; Ex-Governor j. c. Brown,
OF Tennessee; General Joseph L. Hawley,
Of Connecticut; General John NJ. Harlan, OF
Kentucky, and Wayne McVeigh, of Penn
sylvania.
Il is intimated that the first object of the
Louisiana Commission will undoubtedly be
to secure Legislature which both parties
will acknowledge, and on which everything
else will hinge. The President expresses
himself as entirely confident of success, and
the tone OF his conversation with Southern
gentlemen is most cordial and conciliatory.
He requested Gen. Gibson and Col. Levy, of
Louisiana, to repair to New Orleans and as
sist the Commission in carrying out his
scheme of pacifcation.
Governor Hampton wrote letter to the
President, on March 80, saying that he might
not have the opportunity to see him again,
and as s5uring him that he could and would
secure absolute freedom, and peace, and
equality to both the white and colored citi-
zens OF the State SO soon as the troops should
be Withdrawn, but intimating at the same
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compromise whatever. In very warm words
he thanked the President for the mann er in
which he had been received, and expressed
his confidence that the President would be
true to the loyal and patriotic sentiments of
his inaugural address.
Internal Revenue Receipts for March,
1877, $9,25O,297, against $S,293,252 for
March, 1876.
The Vest.
Edward Moran, of Cheyenne, who left
Deadwood, Dakota Territory, with a team,
was stopped by two armed men, FIVE miles
from there, who tied him to tree and
stripped him, taking from him two hundred
dollars in dust and some currency, and his
watch and chain.
The South.
The New Orleans Times publishes the fol-
lowing dispatches:
"wAsHISGTON March 26.
Hon. s. b. Packard, Neio Orleans:
"Your dispatch CT the oath is received. The Sec
retaIy Of War has sent to Gen. Augur the follow
ing:
Gen. c. C. Augur, NeD Orleans, La.
"a Commission will shortly visit Louisian a. In
the meantime the President desires that the stua-
tion remain unchanged. Please report what
changes in the situation, If any, have occurred
since the close Of the late administration.
rs.,.d W. McohARr' Secretary Secrets IF asyrr,, War"
WASHINGTON March 26, 1877.
I" To Cor. S. B. Packard, Ne~ Orleans.
President Hayes said yesterday to Ellis and
others in the presence OF Congressman -, thai
Nichols has no legal courts. His Supreme Court ii
rendering judgments and entangling property, wher
its judgments entirely worthless.
ISigned.l "W. p. KELLOGG"
Governor Hampton, of South Carolina, OIL
the 26th of March, wrote letter to the Presi
dent accepting his invitation to visit Wash
ington, for the purpose of consulting on The
South Carolina difficulties.
Packard and Nichols have both writer
proclamations claiming the Government o.
Louisiana as in their possession.
The President has appointed a commission
to go to Louisiana aud investigate thor
oughly the condition of affairs there.
Colonel George w. Adair, real estate
agent, of Atlanta, Georgia, has suspended
Liabilities, $144, ,591; assets sufficient to pa.
in full if properly managed.
General Augur, at New Orleans, tele
graphed the Secretary of War on the 2Sth 0
March, in answer to an inquiry concerning
oLon -, tba Ia hot ha hol -,
particular change to mention, with the e1
ception that the Packard and Nichols Coy
ernmeDts have been using strenuous effort
to strengthen their respective positions. Ii
formation has been received that Packar
continues to arm his militia, principal
colored, but the adherents of Nichols sa
they have no apprehension of danger &
their armed friends are far more numerou
and effective than Packard's, while az
ditional force from the adjoining States ca
be procured if necessary.
Governor Hampton Attorney Gener
Conner and General Butler reached Wi
mington, North Carolina, March %, on the
way to Washington. An immense crowd
people accompanied by band of music, m
them at the depot, where speech of we
come was made by Hon. A. M. Waddl
Governor Hampton aud General Butler r
piled. Hampton said he would ask no re
ognition at the hands of the President. T
had been fairly elected by the people
South Carolina, and ne believed if the Del
ocratic party administered the Governme
of that State, peace prosperity and hap!
ness would follow.
Fires.
Friday noon, March 80, a disastrous fl
occurred at Eminence, a thriving town
Morgan County, Ind, destroying almost t
entire place. Thirteen houses were total
destroyed, including the principal busin,
house, Masonic aud Odd Fellows Hal
and the best residences. Two dry goo
and one drug store were burned. The
is supposed to have originated from a
fective hue, and when discovered h
gained such headway that all efforts to
rest its progress were futile. Loss estimat
a. from $4,000 to $4,000. The amount
insurance is unknown, but it is thought
be small.
GeseraI BrecftEes.
Guy Kimball, aged sixty-fve, of Dalto
N. H., while in a fit of drunkenness, b.
his wife to death.
A special from the scene of the food
Stafford, Conn.,, March % says, little is l.
but shattered walls, wrecked timber, a
here and there gaunt chimney uproot
trees bristle everywhere, and on the CT
smiling meadows now buried deep in m
are scattered remnants OF some sort. Men
already at work in gangs repairing. I
Converse and Granite Mills, although
riously injured, will be preserved.
During heavy sDow-storm near Half
Nova Scotia, on the last of March, hi
mass of snow, detached from the SUNNI
hill near the Belts Cove Copper.mi
swept down and completely buried t
houses. One man and five children W
taken out dead from the ruins Thirty.i
persons were in the houses when
avalanche commenced.
While the Boone County, Kentuc
officers were taking a mulatto to Jail in t