American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-10

mcntS, will be armed, paid and equipped by
the Territory, and, if necessary, Governor
| sheldon will take command of the Terrific
rial troops in person, and cooperate with
the military in future campaigns.
A DUEL has been fought near War
renton, Va, between Robert \. Campbell
and James c. Scott. The affair resulted in a
painful though not dangerous injury to one
of the principals, and also in the arrest OF
all the parties. The difficulty grew out of
politics, Mr.. Campbell being a ReadJustcr
and Mr.. Scott a Conservative.
AT Youngstown, o., Rev. Gordon
Mackey, pastor of the Little Brown NJ. p
Church. was arrested, charged with shoot
ing with intent 10 Kill jeff. Meals.
Ur to the jlst ult. inquests had been
held at Savannah upon fory->ix bodies. vic
tins of the recent storm. These were re-
covered in the immediate vicinity OF tho
city. Reports from OUTLYING districts rep
resent the loss of life and property simply
appalling.
The Pottawatomie Indians ut Green
Bay Agency, Wis, are in revolt. All the
citizens in the vicinity have fled for fear OF
their lives.
SIERRAvILLE, Cal. has been almost
entirely destroyed by fire. The total loss is
placed at Sc, 200.
WILLIAM F. MARTIN, a condemned
murderer. who escaped from the Lebanon
(Mo.) Jail in November last, through the
connivance of the Sheriff's niece, who ac
companicd him i'm his flight, has been re-
captured in Sullivan County, Tenn, and
taken back to his former quarters. His
companion, whom he claims to have SUISSE
quently married, has stuck to him to the
last and returns with him 10 her old home.
GEORGE w. KNowLToN, with several
aliases, a noted gambler and confidence op
orator, has been arrested at Chicago on
charge Of numbering one David Rauck at
Fort Pierre, Dakota, in 1878. Knowlton
was confined in the Atchi Jail. from
which he escaped about a year ago.
HON. TRANQUILITA LUNA, New Mex
ico's Delegate to Congress, arrived in Santa
Fe on the I'd. from a two weeks campaign
after hostile Indians. From him it is learned
that Nana's raid was more disastrous than
at first reported. Fifty-six miles from Ma
vajo Springs he found fifteen dead bodies on
the roadside, and ascertained that the In
dams had captured and taken with them
two Mexican women, one American girl ana
five boys. Mr.. Luna, with thirty-five men,
followed the band till his rations gave out,
and protected settlements from their raid.
Tiffany, Indian Agent at San Carlos, reports
that Indian runners have come in from
White Mountains with rumors of fighting
near Fort Apache. One Lieutenant and a
number of soldiers are said to be killed in
the fight on Zebisque Creek.
THE National Free Thinkers Con-
vention assembled at Hornellsville, n. ",
on the I'd. Some 800 delegates were pres
ent.
THE Georgia Legislature has defeated
the bill appropriating $4,000, 900 for the
erection of a new Capitol.
DESTRUCTIVE forest fires are raging
in various parts Of Ontario, and many farm
buildings, crops, ETC., have been swept
away. The prolonged drought has rendered
every inflammable thing dry as finder,
and there is no water with which to fight the
fire. Several people have persisted in the
flames.
A PARTY engaged in raiding for arms
in Cork, Ireland, encountered police pa
troll, and in the conflict ensuing farmers
son named Hickie was shot dead and three
other raiders and policemen wounded.
CAPTAIN PAYNE, of Oklahoma fame,
is said to be reorganMing his colony for an
other move on the Territory. 1t is said that
the would be colonists will move this time
from the Texas border, where it is claimed
a narrow point of public land runs down to
the Red River, thus obviaiing the crossing
of the fifty-seven miles Of Indian lands upon
the Kansas side of the Territory, which
gave the boomers so much annoyance last
fall when they sought to enter from CaId-
well. The colony will move some time in
October.
LEADING New York journals having
intimated recently that the Star-route mail
cases would never be prosecuted, it is semi
officially announced from the National Cap
ital that at least half dozen representative
cases will be ready for presentation to the
Grand jury Of the District at its coming
session. and will be presented without fear
or favor.