Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-01

no probability that the Sl40 QUO ,O0O
coin In the treasury will be ex
hausted, much less that there will
he any necessity to provide for the
S66. .000, 900 not now covered by the
;uin In the treasury. The Secreta
~ of the Treasury is said TO con-
template accepting greenbacks FOR
luties after the turn of the year.
Ex.super yiss"g Architect Pstter
EKpinius.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30th.-ex-
supervising architect Potter states
that the Chicago Indictment
sgainst i'm contains no special
averment of fraud OF his part. He
supposes the indictment Is II blow
at his successor, architect Hill, t.
whom he has transmitted the sys
tem of doing the business of the Of
ice as he himself had received il
from his own predecessor, Mullott.
L.awsossnsss la KensucAy.
LEXINGTON, KY, Nov. S0th.-
Jacksnn, the county seat of
Breathitt county, distant abour
ninety miles from Mount Sterling,
has been the scene of a serious out
break and bIoodshed during the
past week. The place has bad
reputation for lawlessness and 1t is
not a great while since the State
Guard was required to preserve Or
der. The present trouble results
from a collision between two rival
bands of outlaws, one under Capt.
Bill Strong, of Home Guar,i fame.
and the other under Jack Ackman.
rhe Strong party took possessiOn
Of the town on Monday, COM
mitting many acts Of lawlessness
aud, growing reckless from
rink, the Ackman party,
twelve or fifteen strong, rode into
the town and made an attack on
Strong's party. Thirty or forty
shots were discharged, two taking
effrct on William and DAME. Free
man. The former was shot through
the body and the latter through the
head. They were r'moved late in
the evening to their homes several
miles up the river. Daniel Free.
man Is recovering, but William
is dead. Strong aud his followers
received no injuries, but barricad d
themselves ia little log cabin, an
hundred yards from the Court
House, where they had previously
stacked their arms. Ackman and
party sought shelter In the Court
House and q regular interchange Uf
shots was kent up during the whole
afternoon. One Of the Frepmans
fell In the middle OF the street when
shot and was forced TO lie there for
wO hours, his friends fearing to at
tempt his removal. During the
strife hideous yells aud shouts of
defiance could be heard from both
parties. The next morning, Tues
day, it was discovered that Ack-
man and party had Withdrawn from
the Court House and quartered
themselves near the river bank,
while Strong's held their fort un-
taken. About 10 o'clock Strong re-
tired and soon thereafter straggling
drunken men, well armed, began
tn parade the streets in uefiance of
AL law and order. 1t was soon
whispered that the guard which |
had been sent to Lexington under
charge of the Sheriff to bring back |
Jason Little, charged with wife |
murder, would soon return, and
that an effort would be made to re-
lease the prisoner. A willing lead
er was found In Justice Of Il Q
Peace named J. G. b. Allen, sup
ported by the Litties, Crawforis
and others, about forty, who loiter.
Q about the streets impatiently
waiting for the guard 10 come,
with Judge Randall, to quell tie
They had the Deputy
Sheriff and County Judge detail n
guard OF fifteen men, who went u =.
der the leadership of County Judge
John w. Burnett. About 8 o'cluck
p. NJ. they returned with the pris
,ner and safely confined him in
all, the guard numbering twenty
i've well armed men. No effort al +,
'elease was made; but, Immediate
y after the guard returned from
he Jail to the street and began to 9
lisperse, thinking the danger over. 9
wferd aud Little began an at. !
ack on Judge Burnett. threatening !
o take his life. The excitement !
'egan to run high. Yell after yell
ent the air, and suddenly u volIey n
CURED In on the guard, who, taken 3
y surprise, sought shelter ut every n
uarter. During the discharge of 4
his volley Judge Burnett Was shot :,
trough the heart aud Instantly a
He'd. Then continual fire was a
egun and kept up during the ,t
hole evening. Allen and his men G
ere In the Court House yard aud n
,nght shelter behind the CIerk'- ~ y
'fice and In the Court m
.puse, while the guard retreated ci
p the street to Strong's barricaie. na a
he forcess now numbered thirty ~
forty Oh each side, the men were ",
| well armed aud being good pc lre
Ots, could lltheir man from one til
Indred 10 two hundred yards. by
Ierever he might appear during
Q shooting. A posse of ALIENS At
IN with axes at empted to burst
9 Jail door and rescue the pris
er. At this point Tom Little, of
mptoD, a brother nf Jason Lit 81