Show by teley telegraph I 1 ra P h r ren pen WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH lua lum congressional SENATE washington 14 morton presented a petition from the colored men of indiana protesting against the recent decision of the supreme court of that state as to te the rights of colored children in public schools and asking that the proper law officials of ahe government be directed to appeal to the supreme court of the U 8 anthony presented a memorial from F and J rives publishers of the late congressional globe asking congress to purchase their building and material cameron submitted a resolution providing for the appointment of two members of the senate and three of the house to take measures for the proper reception at the capital of the king of the hawaiian islands agreed to A bill for the relief of settlers on the public lands introduced by harvey from the public lands com corm cittee mit tee was passed it provides that settlers who have been obliged to leave their lands on account of the ravages of grasshoppers have the right to return to such lands and authorizes the commissioner of the general land office to modify the homestead laws in their favor the provisions of the bill are also made applicable to those who may be driven off from a similar cause next year HOUSE under a call of the states various bills were introduced and referred one by tremaine Tie maine in relation to indictments for libel in the district of columbia it provides that where a libel appears in any newspaper published elsewhere but circulated in washington no indictment shall be found in the district unless the party li belled shall reside there and in that case it may be r removed to the TJ 13 clr cir cut cult or district court for the tiie place where the newspaper is published allbright for free banking and aud to retire legal tender notes one by speen reducing letter posta postage e to one cent ohie ofie one by smith for me the relief of the southern states by the compromise and settlement of their debts one by VV hittig for a commission to investigate the political and legal condition of the Southern states one by to repeal the law for the prepayment of newspaper postage one by maynard to amend the national banking acl ach AMERICAN AM E RICAN NEW BEDFORD ll il the me merchants r and ship owners today to day decided to prosecute in the court of the alabama claims for constructive damages on acco account of prospective catches of whales which were destroyed or frightened out of by the shenandoah in 1865 VICKSBURG ll 11 reports from the interior state that are returning to the fields nield the city Is quiet crosby and meyeral of the negro leaders are still retained partly for their own safety but al also aiso 0 o for trial washington 11 at the rein re in lii berment of the confederate dead today to day dr garrett of this city son inlaw in law of ex governor wise of virginial virginia delivered the address not general philip cook as was stated in the noon dispatches it was strongly tinctured with rebel sentiment PHILA philadelphia DELellIA 11 wool is dull and steady stocks unusually light for the season colorado washed 30 20 6 35 do unwashed 23 6 25 extra mr merino ino ano pulled 45 47 no 1 and super pulled 45 6 47 cala fine and medium 30 35 do course 25 0 35 indianapolis ll 11 the western bureau of railroad commissioners met here today to day and ordered a reduction of seven cents on the winter schedule for fast freight this Is supposed to be the beginning of a war against the balti baltic more ind nd ohio railroad for their refusal to loin join the saratoga compact BALTIMORE II 11 judge of the circuit court baltimore county has instituted a suit against the baltimore american for libel damages for caiti bising the action of the court in certain cases NEW YORK ll 11 richard B irwin was arrested today to day by the sergeant at arms of the house of representatives judgment has been entered in the supreme court of this circuit the samaria samana bay co for for arms supplied the waterbury vermont reform school is burned burne dloss loss insurance suran cc washington 12 hagers appointment to the railroad committee vice kelly keily Kell keli is a gain aln ain to the friends of an honest investigation of railroad affairs jones will go on the mining committee besides the post office TheIn the indian dlan dian appropriation bill contains an item of seven thousand dollars for the care of the bodocs among the new general provisions of the bill is one exacting exact g labor jabor f ram abie able bodied indians in return for or supplies furnished king ling kalakaua was suffering so much from a severe cold when he reached his hotel that a physician phy was called in ST PAUL minn 12 during a drunken quarrel between two roughs boughs named oneill and hall at bismarck D T today to day hall shot oneill through the heart the murderer surrendered in beaver falls renville benville co a few nights ago john maugans Mau gins glas residence was burned and his wife and child perished in the flames the wife fearing to follow her husband through the flames and am escape I 1 T 12 at A t a counell council cou nell of the peace pence commissioners commissio nedi nevi and indians today to day resolutions were presented by the delegates expressing ing gratitude on behalf of the indian nations to the board of commissioners ners for their sympathy and their expressed desire to better the condition of the indiana India wi thanking the president for his lenient and kindly policy asking congress to respect the stipulations of their treaties with them and declining to make a move toward changing their national constitution except cephas as provided in the stipulations they enumerated a number of grievances which they ask may be remedied among which are do de lays in paying moneys due grants of their lands made to railroads without consulting them unjust discriminations in railroad tariffs made against the them m the failure of the U B S to protect their lands against trespass and the agitation in congress on the subject of making in indian territory a state A discussion of the resolutions followed and a number ot of able abie speeches were made by the indians A large num number berof of cherokees presented a counter petition as asking king congress to legislate for indian ter to secure a U 8 court a general leal legislature slature and a delegate in congress VICKSBURG miss hilss 12 11 A large body of citizens today to day set forth a statement of the origin of the late difficulties the statement is signed by B G humphreys ex gover ner and other prominent individuals a 8 and says that cardoza was elected state superintendent of edu education dation that ames then illegally appointed dorsey his successor upon an affidavit by tho the state auditor of public accounts do coracy having been arres arrea arrested ted and imprisoned for issuing forged certificates resigned and ames again made mado an illegal appointment and the appointee still holds office the investigation vesti gation showed cardoza was also guilty quilty george VV davenport the negro chancery clerk on the discovery that forged warrants were in circulation was repeatedly called on to report to the board of supervisors but refused even permission to examine the records at the october term of the court dorsey davenport and cardoza were indicted by in an examination many documents were discovered to le be missing and some records record committed to sheriff crosby were stolen the sheriff is also tax collector and his bond given by law is worthless when the sun bun supervisors er and attorney declared the trie bond illegal the board refused to order a new now one and it was alleged acted under the bhe influence ot 01 sheriff crosby who published a card in november Ne vember stating that he would retain the office till ousted by the supreme court and called on the tax payers to pay up the tax tam payers held a meeting demanding the resignation of crosby he resigned and the others fled governor ames after au an application from crosby crosb na issued a proclamation com m minding ing the taxpayers to disperse there simultaneously appeared a card among the negroes signed by peter crosby denouncing the whites and calling the negroes to his rescue the same day an adjutant general and ald aid de camp arrived in vicksburg also captain hall halis of the negro militia who w 0 received orders to hold hoid himself in readiness on sunday night chancellor hill prepared an order granting abtil 1 an 1 n injunction against crosby acting 9 as sheriff during an aninger interview with the chancellor and officers the next day crosby was asked to send orders dispersing the negroes wha wh were rumored to be marching on the town crosby promised nevertheless tho the negroes marched into the town on monday and a con col conflict filet ensued fifty to one hundred negroes belog being killed and wounded and about thirty ca captured p all of whom have been released axce except t x four leaders the statement se declares clares ciares that the negroes came to town under Cros bys orders and concludes by an appeal to the judgment of the country as to whether they are right to denounce officials who they say have banded to plunder and ruin their section and ask the country to sustain them in resisting forcibly encroachments encroach ments and illegalities which they cannot otherwise resist BOSTON 13 at charleston this aate afternoon moon wm H jones killed mrs mr s 0 B R barry at her residence on school street and immediately afterwards cut his own throat jones was a married man with grown children the two families were intimate and respectable the deed was premeditated and done with a razor there were no witnesses the balance of the barry family being atchu at church reb the bodies were found about half past four by a son of the murdered woman lying on the floor four feet apart each with the throat cut NEW YOUR 13 the jury in the croker case were unable to agree and were discharged the semi centennial annl anni anniversary versa ry of the american merican A tract society was held this eveni evening Dg the annual report sirl sorl shows an average annual issue duning during n g the fifty years of over ten million publications over half a million of which have been volumes which cost during the year fifty thousand dollars sixty eight millions of pages valued at have been distributed th throughout rou gh the mission schools prisons and hospit hospitals aLsy and in printed gifts to foreign coun countries count tries rles the plates for printing which cost publications have beell issued in languages the society since its organization has spent over in cooperating with other missions s washington 14 the president t sent to the senate this afternoon the nomination of wm win C hopping for postmaster at sacramento the president has nominated alexander martin for and refiner of the mint at san francisco and jas crawford tend nt of the mint at carson city nevada the president has nominated D B R pardee for U S district judge for louisiana vice durell resigned and J H R beckwith united states attorney for the district of louisiana the bill to repeal the so called press ress gag law was referred to t the he rouse vouse house judiciary committee after refusing to suspend the rules and pass the bill NEW nev 14 the police superintendent perin received a dispatch from fort hamilton L I 1 this morning stating that wm moshier li lerand lenand and jol jos joseph jeseph eph douglas burg burglar burglars larv lars were shot at last night and that douglas before dying declared that moshier knew all about charley boss ross the child stolen from philadelphia de a T the steamship au august qu gust st andre from frova antwerp went ashore on romer sheal shea last night and lies in a dangerous position the have been brought to this city five children the entire family of john dotterwich Dot fell through throng 1 a the ice iee at preakness Pre akness N J yesterday and all were drowned A washington dispatch says that the committee sent to europe to examine the jetty system at the mouth of the danube and other rivers with a view to ascertain whether it could be adopted in deepening the mouth of the tho mississippi sis sippi are now at the southwest pass it is understood that generals Com comstock comstoch stoc ani and wright are of opinion that the system is impracticable for the mississippi and that the fort st philip canal is being beings examined ly by another commission as being the only way to avoid the mud lump blockade which has F so a seriously interfered with the coni commerce of the river the committee appointed ty ly the president to report upon the best method of improving the levees or of the mississippi and reclaiming the lands are unanimous in the opinion that the government should be gin at once a comprehensive system of rebuilding and improving the levees bordering on arkansas mississippi and aud louisiana as otherwise the crevasses ore cre caused by the floods of last spring will vil expose expose the inhabitants of the submerged districts to more serious trouble than they have haite yet exl ext experienced erlen ced and will III ili utterly impoverish them i the lou nou lon at hoboken hoboka fi numbering nearly six hundred men has dissolved and the funds are being divided among the members qu quarrels arrela growing ng out of the strike made dissolution on and distribution necessary 14 detectives say that mosher one of the burglars shot near brooklyn last night and who was accused by his pal with being the abductor of ef charley noss ross resided before the abduction on nio bio monroe near second st in this cIt yand that he owned a horse and carriage A washington dispatch says that the reported intended retirement ofa of ustice justice Sy swayne vayne rayne from the bench is entirely without foundation the justice is in fine health and fees no desire for rest it is stated that the rumor was started by parties who are intriguing tri guing for the removal of bristow from the cabinet and wished to create an opportunity to shelve him respectably i john mcarthur to wh whom 0 m was offered the mullett Mullet fc succession will decline and it is now stated that the position will be offered ed to mr of st louis louls vicksburg dispatches say that business is resumed but that the people are well organized and watchful of the negroes trouble Is ia apprehended when the legislature legis a meets in e extra ara session bession on thurs day because of the contemplated attempt to alter the state lawn so as to vest the appointing power to fill vacancies in the city and county officers in the governor A dispatch from vicksburg to tho the times dated last night says late this evening a number of gentlemen living on a plantation in the neighborhood rode into vicksburg and informed the mayor that the negroes in the country were underarms under arms and in squads of twenty or thirty were marching towards the city the mayoria mayor immediately called companies cum com pinies of special police and they are now assembled at the court house the citizens are alarmed and some of them fear that the town will be attacked tonight to night a majority of the people however have no fear for the town but think it probable that the negroes may commit depredations upon unprotected white families in the country districts two companies of well armed white men have just gone to the outskirts of the city they will guard tho tha principal approaches during the night washington dispatches say that king kalakaua is filled with amazement at the magnitude of the country he has just traversed the idea that railroads could run or miles in almost a direct line in any one country had bad previously been beyond his mental grasp he expressed himself much gratified a at t the kind kindness ness neis of his hid reception at san francisco and en route hither which ho he says was far be 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