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visions and clothing. Negroes and
many poor whites from o section ol
$50 miles around Memphis, have
flocked in hearing that they could
get something to eat. As fol
clothes, hundreds Of poor people are
going around the streets, especially
colored women. with hardly any
thing on at all. Sights in this re-
Espect are most distressing. So fol
no serious outbreak has occurred,
but the better classes are in con-
stant terror of riot. The city is
in the hands of colored police alto
gether, and while they behave very
well, there is still q lurking fear OF
them on the part of the whites.
Boston Sept. 14.-At Lynn the
Democrats last evening elected Is
Butler and 10 anti-Butler delegates
to the State convention. The Dem
ocrats of Taunton elected 81 dele
gates, all favoring Butler. Brock
ton and Hopkinton elected anti
Butler delegates.
HAT CREEK, Wy, Sept. 14.--The
orth-bound coach was stopped at
about IL o'clock last night by six
armed men. Two passengers were
aboard, one lady. who was unmo~
Tested, and a Mr.. Goldsworthy,
from whom they took ten $40 in
money. but returned it on being in
formed that he was laboring man.
After robbing the mail sacks the
coach was allowed to proceed north:
meeting the down coach it was
warned. When the down coach
reached the place of robbery it was
halted. aud while the robbers were
engaged in going TIL ough the pock-
cts of two passengers and the mail
sacks. the two messengers, who
were riding about two hundred
yards in the rear, came up, dis
mounted, and crept up to within
fifteen yards of the robbers, when
they were commanded to halt and
We're fred upon. The fire was re-
turned and one OF the robbers fell.
The others retreated to the gulch,
keeping up steady fire on the rob-
bers, who returned it, but dared
not leave their positions. The coach
in the meantime had driven on. Af-
ter waiting some time and seeing
that they were not strong enough to
dislodge the robbers, the messengers
mounted their horses and reioined
the coach, leaving the mail sacks
lying in the road, near the body of
the dead robber. The messengers
o confident that two of the rob-
bers who got away are badly wound
ed.
CUsIra ClrY, D. T., Sept. 49,
The freight outfit of s. M. Booth.
which left here on Monday, was
stopped in Red Canyon Thursday
afternoon by band of road agents,
and robbed of horses, provisions,
clothing and money. Booth lost
81, 200. The telegraph line re-
pairer was also stopped and robbed
of his arms, provisions and camping
outfit.
New ORLEANS. Sept. 1.-THE po-
litical campaign is developing quite
lively. The National party. head
ed by F. Hatch. an old Democrat
and collector of the dort before the
war, has telegraphed to Gen. Bea-
regard, now in New York, offering
him the head of the state tickot, in
opposition to Major Burke, the reg
ular Democfatic nominee.
NASHVILLE, Sept, b. Col -iecfor
Woodcock has received letter an
nouncing the destruction of one of
the largest illicit distelleries yet
found. This still was of four huns
dred gallon capacity, and the dis
tellery apparatus was valuable. It
was located n.s~ Trektown, in a
neighboring county.
PORTLAND, Sept. 14.-The house
complete stands 65 Republicans, 2
Democrats elected by Republicans,
81 democrats and 81 Greenbackers.
leMEaRH1s, Sept. 15.-To- nights
show an increase in the death rate.
One hundred and twenty-seven
deaths are reported, Of which forty