The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-10-17

Of ThOrnburg and Carlton came together
on the headwaters Of Snake River, some 40
miles northeast Of, Camp Sheridan. The
troops Of both commands suffered greatly
from want Of rations and water. The tndi-
ans, after leading the troops into the sand
hills, scattered and left no trail. Assurances
have been received from both Red Cloud and
Spotted Tail that they will use their infu-
enee TO secure the peaceful return Of the
Cheyennes to their agency.
The troops sent out from Fort Leaven-
worth after the Cheyennes returned on the
18th. The number Of white settlers, ranch
men and .herllers killed by the Indians dur
ing their sweep through the Northwestern
partof Kansas is estimated at 70 at least,
many being killed who will doubtless never
be heard from. Some - or 30 women were
outraged and murdered.
There are reports Of Indian outrages in
Western Texas. In Kerr County, 60 miles
northwest of San Antonio, three girls and
boy, named Dawdv, were scalped and killed,
the girls being previously subjected to the
most inhuman treatment.
The Republicans of the Second Missouri
District have nominated Nathan Cole for
Congress. The Republicans Of the First
Louisiana Congressional District have In
dorsed the nominee Of the National Green
hackers, Mr.. II. c, Castellanos.
The Missouri Republican State Conven-
ton, held at st. Louis on the 9th, nominat-
ed A. f. Denny, Of Randolph, for Judge Of
the Supreme Court, Il. Baldwin, editor OF
the Warrensburg Standard, for Superin-
tendent OF Public instruction, VIM. N. Nor
val, of Livingston, for Register of Lands,
and John B. Tracey, Of Greene, for Rail-
road Commissioner. The platform de-
clares that gold and silver coin
are the recognized standard money
OF the world, and that all our currency
should at all times be kept at par with gold
and convertible into coin at the will of the
holder; opposes the repeal of the Resump-
ton act; condemns all attempts TO array
labor and capital against each other; ar
raigns the Democratic party as a constant
disturber ofspublic Tranquility and conf
dence, etc. as falthiess to the obligations Of
the National honor, and as the chief sup
port of wild schemes Of imitation, repudia
ton, etc, etc.
Judge Dillon, of the United States Circuit
Court at st, Louis; having further heard the
case Of the Union Trust Company Of New
York against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain
and Southern Railway, has entered DEGREES
that the defendant is in default of interest
on the consolidated mortgage bonds due
April l, 1877, and that the complainant is
entitled to recover the amount.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Company
has organized under the territorial laws OF
Arizona, with d. d. Cotton as President,
and it is said that work viii be begun at
once.
Thomas Strother, engineer, and Michael
O'Barr, fireman, were killed by an accident
on the Louisville, Nashville and Great South
ern Railroad on the 9th,
Elijah Gates, State Treasurer Of Missouri,
and Joseph w. Mercer, eX-State Treasurer,
were arrested at Kansas City on the 10Th.
upon indictments found by special Grand
Jury, both being charged with receiving
benefits from State deposits, which is a PEN
itentiary olense, and the latter with the
additional crime of ENLIGHTENMENT, The
parties were taken to Independence, where
both We're admitted to bail. i'-
Gen. Gideon j. Pillow died at his home
near Helena, Ark, on the 9th, aged u. 4
John Brown, colored, was shot and Killed
near Warsaw, Hancock County, H., on the
night of the 9th, by w. p. Andrews, while
attempting TO dispoil a newly made grave
upon the latter's farm. An accompice es-
capped. H.t
Bill Longley, the famous desperate, said
to have committed 81 murders, was hanged !
at Giddings, Texas, on the 18th, in the pres
ence of a multitude Of people. He express
ed penitence for his numerous crimes, and
received the last sacrament of the Catholic
Church before being swung of.
The relief boat Chambers reached Vicks- 1
burg on the 11th, having afforded mitch med
ical relief to the suffering sick in many iso- I
lated localities. 1t was decided, after pro-
eeeding TO Port Gibson, to return north and |
unload the balance Of her cargo at Vicks- |
burg, making that a central distributing
point. ""
At Mount Vernon, Ind, on the night of |
the 11th, four negroes, named Jim Good, /
JEFF. Hopkins, Ed. Warner and Bill Cham. |
bers, were taken from the Jail by disguised |
and armed mob and hanged to trees in the !
Court-hou yard. A fifth man, old Dan I
Harris, was literally cut in pieces by the |
frenzied mob in gaining entrance to the Jail.
The crime alleged to have been committed /
by the four negroes was their forci-
bic entrance into house Of ILL
fame in the outskirts of the village
and the brutal treatment of the
inmates of the place, three white girls.
There were eight negroes in the party, and,
while the officers were searching for one
named Dan. Harris, Jr., at his fathers
house, the latter fired out Of the window
with shotgun, killing Officer Thomas.
This WAS the old man who was cut TO pieces
in the jail. The Sheriff and an armed posse
made determined resistance to the mob,
and several shots were fired before the off,
GERS gave way, one OF which put out the
Sheriff's eye and another wounded deputy.
The cbaired remains Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Conquest and their infant child were
found in the ruins of their burned dwell
ing, two miles west Of Clio, Mich, on the I
morning OF the 10th. All three had their
throats cut.
Eugene A. Cronin, OF Portland, Oregon,
who obtained some celebrity at the time OF
the canvass Of the Electoral vote, is dead.
Harlaud, the attorney for Samuel j. Tilden
in the mining suit at Marquette, Mich, who
IS charged with the abstraction of certain
Important books used in evidence in the
Ease, has been held to bail in the sum Of Sf0,-
100. He claims that the books were legally
,eplevined.
Robert o. HebeTt, son of ex-Gov. Heberf, !;
5 the Republican and National candidate ,,
or Congress in the Third Louisiana District. ,
a Denver telegram of the l4th reported
evere snow-storm west of the Rocky M0Im-
aims, seriously impeding traffic. p asam !
, Returns from all The Congressional Dis ,
riots in Iowa show that HAD the Green
hackers and Democrats pooled their issues ;
hey would have carried five out of nine dis
riets. Leading men of these two parties
Ire therefore claiming that an election
hould be held in November, according to
he Hast act Of Congress, and have gone so
ar as to call Convention in the Burling- :
an district for tho nomination Of a ,5,,5; 4