The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-29
NEWS IN BRIEF.


NEWS froas fhe CaDtf0fs
Thomas Biggins, the il sane man who testi
fed before the Congressional Committee in
yestigating the conduct OF the Insane Asy-
lum, Washington City, that President Grant
appeared at his bedside in the spirit, has
catered q suit a. ainit General Grant in the
sum OF one hundred thousand dollars for
false imprisonment, in causing him to be
sent TO the asylum. The complaint recites
that the plaintiff was laid hold of, and. with
great force and violence, pulled and dragged
about and carried by force to the insane
asylum, aud held there against his will for
eight months, and then compelled to go to
New York and take passage to Liverpool, to
the great detrime bt Of his business.
IL was decided at a Cabinet meeting oD
March 2I, to send a commission OF promi.
nent public men TO Louisiana before taking
final action in the affairs of that State. The
Cabinet has agreed that an extra session of
Congress should be called about Monday
June 4.
Minister Washburne has sent in his resig.
nation Gs United States Minister to France,
and II has been accepted.
The President has appointed Joseph c.
Of Evansville, Ind.
A telegram wss received from Governor
Chamberlain, on March "a, saying he would
be in Washington or the 9th, In compliance
with the Presidents invitation.
Ex-President Grant left Washington Sat-
urday night, March "a for Cincinnati, where
he remained four or five days, going thence
TO Chicago, Galena and st. Louis. Return
log East, he will stop at Harrisburg to enjoy
the trout fishing in that vicinity, and then
proceed to Philadelphia, at which port about
the 10th Of May, he will take pas for
Europe with members of his family. Since
his term of Office expired, many persons
have called on him to ask his influence in
their behalf with the new administration,
but they did not secure it.
The British Government has intimated q
desire 10 negotiste q new extradition treaty
with the United States.
The West.
A Chico dispatch says that the persons
engaged in the late massacre of the Chinese
have been arrested-two boys by the name
Of Slaughter, and three men, Stainbrook
Conway, and Roberts. Conway was first ar
rested On the charge of sending threatening
letters to citizens who were workinr
up the case, and through him the othel
names were obtained. Conway and tht
Slaughter boys wrote nearly all the letters
Two other men, Ames and Wright, wer,
also arrested on the charge of arson
presumably in connection with the Chimes,
trouble, though the dispatch does net 81
state. Six of the arrested parties are re
ported to belong to the Order of Caucasians
The South.
Governor Hampton, of South Carolins
on the 10th, gave guarantee to the Pres
dent that IL troops are Withdrawn no vi,
ence will occur or be allowed, but that b
will proceed against Chamberlain by leg,
means only, and under a statute enacte
by the Republicans, in 1868, to enable thel
TO put out some Democratic incum ben
This statute provides for the summar
eviction OF any person intruding himse
into public Office by a warrant issued by
Circuit Judge. The party evicted und,
such warrant is authorized by statute
assert bis claim or pretensions in the cour
II he wishes, but he must give way first al
at once on issue and presentation of Il
warrant TO the officer elect.
Senator Demas, colored, who has be,
acting with TIE Nichols Legislature, tot
his seat in Packard's Senate, on the NOR
ing Of March 81, completing, it is claimed
quorum in both houses. The extra sessi
has been extended. The Nichols Legis
ture also extended its session to the 3Oth
March. After obtaining quorum of t
Senate the Packard Legislature pass
through both houses a general appropr
tion bill and mileage and per diem
for themselves. They also adopted
concurrent resolution quoting Section
Article 4, of the Constitution of the Unit
States, and Sections 6, 1897, 5,299 and so
United States Revised Statutes, and setti
forth that there existed in New Orleans,
capital Of the State, domestic violence 9
illegal conspiracies and combinations
obstruct the execution of the laws,
evidenced by the seizure by armed {
lawless bands Of the State Arsenals and
Supreme Court of the State, and call
upon the President, under the Conititut
and laws, for aid to suppress the same.
The Brooks, Of Boston, owners of sew,
million dollars worth of property in \
Orleans, paid their taxes to the Mich
collectors on March 70. Many large pl
erty owners have paid their taxes to
Nichols government, including Mr.. b.
side, the largest property owner in /
isiana.
Nine men arrested by the Nichols DO
for enlisting men in the Packard mi
were brought before Judge Whitaker,
the Superior Criminal Court, on an
plication for a writ of habeas corpus, wi
was refused, and they were remandet
prison without bail.
General Brcpfffes.
Ex-Governor Emory Washburn, CT M,
chusetts, died, on the 18th of March
pneumonia. He was seveuty-five year
age.
In the case of Mary E. Oliver VS..
Senator Simon Cameron, an action for br
OF promise, in which fifty thousand do
damages are claimed, the defendant has
his plea as follows: "And now come
defendant, and, for plea to the declars
hled against him in the above entitl ed
says that he never promised as alleged
On account of the burnining of the
proaches of Long Branch bridge, six I
east of Cameron, No., an extra freight
on the Hannibal and st. Joseph Ra
was wrecked there few mornings S
The engineer on the locomotive was ki
and the fireman and a brakeman
seriously injured.
Abner Hsines, member of the Ohio
Senate from Butler and Montgol
Counties, was found dead in his boar
house, in Columbus, recently, lying q
foot Of high pair of stairs. Sci
Haines was over seventy wears of aoe