The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-04
WASHINGTON NOTES.
General Grant Will Not BE President
migration from Ensland-1he Dixon
Murder - Freedmen Bank-Other
NOtes.

Murder Freedmen Bank-Other
Note..
WAsHINGToS, August 28.-Letters re-
celved from General Grant, OF late date,
contain no reference TO the Nicarsguan
Canal presidency, which Admiral Ammen
says he has accepted. The Admiral is
quoted as saying that he communicated
with General Grant on his return from the
Paris conference. In his letter he enclosed
one from prominent Republican, express
ing his aversion to General Grant having
anything to do with the projected canal,
and Insisted that he should hold himself
free to promote the interests Of the Repub
lean party. The reply of Admiral Ammen
saws: Il think that General Grants past
services, as a military man and President of
the United States for eight years, should
exempt him from any further demands upon
his time for public life, and leave him
free agent to act on whatever demand might
De made by any enterprise asking his ser
vices" 1t is this that General Grant has
approved, and he promptly endorses the
letter of his friend, Ammen, ard authorizes
him to say that his engagements are closed,
and that he must not be considered a can
didate for any political office in the United
States.
IMMIGRATION.
The latest statistics on immigration show
a continued increase in the number of sub
iec,s Of Great Britain arriving in his coun-
try. Fully one third of ali are from Can
ada and another from England, where
- cpnh Of the
ricul,ural industries. The feature OF the
fact is that nearly all the immigrants from
Great Britain are bringing money with
hem to purchase land and are coming in
colon es, all prepared to start thriving COM
murities in the west on public lands They
are going to the northwest, Dakota and
Minnesota receiving the majority.
A gentleman who has had a large ex-
periencs in stock raising in the west re-
turned on a White Star Line steamer few
dsys stree from London. He says there
were FIVE hundred steersge passengers from
England who had bar dtd together to start
a colony in Dakota On the passage over
he went among them great deal, and sev
eral times at their request made speeches to
| them, giving the resuits Of his experience
| in Tire far west. The men OF the party
were intelligent and had plenty of money
to make coed beginning in their new
| homes.
Owing to the great demsnd for public
lands, both by foreign immigrants aud by
our own people who are leaving the essi,
the land office is far behind in its work. OF
the immigration from Great Britain hardly
any percentage remains in the east.
LOSSES By BANKS.
The Comptroller of Currency has re-
ceived a report OF the examiner of national
banks for the States OF Missouri and Hi
nois He states that the losses to creditors
| in Missouri through State banks and private
| bankers since 1876 have been 50 200 600,
while the loses through national bank. in
the same State since their organic alton fiji
| teen years ago have been less than 81 900,
900. In the State of Illinois, the losses
since 1874 have been s., 800 900 by private
banks, while the loses by national banks
slice their establishment in 1868 have been
less than 81 500 900. The total losses
through the last five years have been more
than three fourths of the total loss of all
the national banks in the United Stales
since the system was created.
MURDERED DIXON.
ST. LOUIS, Angus, Washington spec
ials say: 1t was Understood from severa
confidential friends that when Frank Dixon
and his companion, Flanagan, were com.
PEELED to take refuge in Vicksburg from the
intolerant populace of Yszoo, that the pa
pers of the murdered Dixon, which would
throw come light upon this whole affair,
would be forwarded to the mother at
Washington Immediately. Several days
have elapsed since the time that they were
dne here and much anxiety il felt as to
their safety. 1t is feared the parties were
not permitted to mail or express them. 1t
ia known through q correspondence here
that Dixon had prepared full statement
of the exact condition Of affairs in that Sec
ton, in which the authority of persons
subsequently, implicated in the murds r
was given. He fully vindicsted bimself
from the later aspersions Of these same
men, and also cleared himself Of the charge
Of attempt to incite the negroes to disturb
the peace.
The statement was on his person when he
started out, and when his dead body was
brought back could not be found. The doc
uments now looked for embrace about 100
letters relating to the campaign, received
BY Mr.. Dixon, within the past few months,
and were of a very friendly nature. Among
those, it is stated, are several letters from
Barksdale, the assassin, and Mccormick,
the chairman of theDemocratic committee,
show that their relations were excellent up
to the time Of Dixon joining the independ-
ent movement AID the attempt to make it
appear that he was much of q desperate
character is disproved by their own
words; that the popularity of the indePend-
ent movement was apparent to Mccormick,
and il 10 claimed that At . secret meeting it
vas admitted thst the only way to prevent
the defeat Of the regulars was to break up
the Independent Organization. 1t was effected
IN Dixonis murder. It il claimed thai
i thera II eVidence that Baykndale's nomina.