The Osceola times., 1877-10-06
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Massachusetts, has the largest state
debt-$s3, $50, ,464--of ell the states. vir
ginia and North Carolina follow close after
On the 18th instant six hundred and
forty Cinnamon, including several families
left San Francisco by steamer on their re,
turn to the Flowery Land.
Harold Power, announced as an unri-
vailed siager Of drawing.room buHo songs,
has arrived in New York from England. He
is the son of Tyrone Power, the famous Irish
comedian.
Tne Cincinnati Commercials WASH
ington special says Tom Scott is to resign
the presidency OF the Texas Pacific railroad
company, and be succeeded by Ex-Governor
Brown. of Tennessee.
John s. Morton, who has Just con-
fessed that he made an overissue Of Phila-
delphia street railway stock to the amount
Of nearly million of dollars, is a great
grandson Of John Morton, one Of the signers
of the Declaration OF Independence.
The transient or floating population
of New York city on any one day Is esti.
mated as follows: Immigrants, temporarily
staying in the city, 5000; seamen and boat.
men, 5000; visitors at hotels, 10000; visitors
at boarding houses, 10000. Total, $4,000.
To settle upon compromise in the
will case, in which Miss Mary Dsnser, the
gamblers daughter, left 100000 to charita-
bic institutions, cost $2s, 900 for counsel fees.
The various societies still get enoungh to
pay them for making the contest, which
promised to run ia the courts for years had
not all parties yielded to propositions for
peace and a settlement.
A press dispatch from Portland says
the steamer California had just arrived from
Si,ka. Chaplain Collins, of the United
States army, a passenger, brings information
| OF adeplorable state OF affairs at Sitka since
the withdrawal OF the troops from that
place. There Is now no protection either
Tor life or property. There is not the sem.
blanee Of law, either civil, military or naval
and no power whatever to restrain the law.
less elements. At present there are not
more than fifteen white residents at Sitka,
besides their wives and children, and to OPP
| pose this number are several hundred In
dians. Since the departure of the soldiers
the Indians have become very bold and
impudent; get drunk and swagger about
town day and night, and have no respect
whateverfor the rights Of the white residents.
They informed Chaplain Collins that they
were in,hourly fear Of their lives and prop
erty, and that they intended to abandon the
country as soon as possible. The collector
OF customs st that port Is poweriess, and his
authority utterly disregarded. Already the
Indians have begun 10 plunder the govern
ment buildings, carrying away doors and
windows, tearing down and burning for fuel
the stockade abort the deserted garrison,
aud there is no authority to interfere and
prevent the demolition. Sitka Jack, the
leading Indian chief in that territory, has
| notified number of northern tribes to come
down to Sitka, where they will hold grand
powwow about the 1st Of October. Among
the settlers the meeting Of the Indians will
be the signal for the general plunder Of the
town and the probable massacre Of the in
habitants. A government steamer was at
that port only few weeks ago, but the
Indians regarded it with the utmost con.
tempt saying they could very easily capture
it il they desired. Generally, feeling of
insecurity has completely parslyzed business
in the territory, and unless the government
speedily offers protection to the settlers, 1t
will be totally abandoned