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20
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April
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1877
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Francis 51. Weaver, Indian Agont for the Sonlheni Uto Agoncy. Potor C. Sbannon, Chiof Justieo of Dakota Territory. Jacob J. Boremau, Asaociatc Justice of Utah Territory. THE LOUISIANA COMMISSION. The commission was képt bngy on the lOth Hatoniug to the statements and argumenta of tho varioua Qomwittoes UuU caued apoji tliem. Firnt they reccivod a doicgation of colorod men, who portmyod the liardships and KtruggleB of tlicir race, and the necemity for protection. A Jelcgation next uppearod lieaded by ex-Gov. Baker, who, with several othors, prcBentcd stafamèpta and opuuqns. A similar vohmteer cominittco followed, composed of old Union men of the Stat Kix gentlemon oame next roprosuntinp tho judicial dist riet k of the State, and gave their opinioiiH ocóserning the allo_glancc in their several district te tho Tackard Qovcrmncnt, ml the abilityof Packafd t maintaiu bimsélf. llic Mayor of the city rind live mombera of the Councilcalledand' ti'iidcri'd tlie conrtesios of the city. They alf jircsciilcd a statement of the finaneial cmdition of the city. the ratea of taxation, otc. Othcr citizen called, BingTj aml in group, from different BectionS of tho Stflto, and gave information to tho commisHion rcgpectiiig tho situation in their several loeahtioa, nrging thc opinions on the eominission. ■Yei.nesdaï, the llüi innt, was another bnsy day with tho commission. Tlu! membors of tho State Board of Educatiofi called and exÍuaiucd tho affair of their dp&rtnaent at enth, after whicb th commintiioii divided, and had interview with (ïov. Nicholls and Oov. l'ackard, pending considerablo timo with each. In the afternoon a delegation of thirtocn eolorod men appeared witb Mr. rinehback at the licad. Among Ibcm wero tlurce colored memljers of the NichollK licgislutuii'. They wcreall opposed to tho l'aokard Government and in favor of tho reoognition of Nicliolln, nnd presented their views of the cac at some length. A deleoatiok of tliirtj" planters, roprcsenting the Liberal-Conservativa element of politics. called upon tlie conmussion ou tlic 12th, and diil bat they could toward enligataning tho members regoarding the status of afTair in their respectiva sectionn. The ooaudaskm afterward divided, some of them calling apon Packard, whilo tho others confcrred witli Nicholls. The rosult of these conferences was uot rovoaled to tho public. The commission was in oxecntive sossion most of tlie day on the 13th, bnt nothing as to the nature of thoir dcliberation -ñas allowed to lcak out. Thcy sent a long clpher dispatch to tho President relating the reult bt their conferencos up to date. They stated that thoy fomid the Nicholls party indiispoaed to make auy concossiems, wliile tho P.ickardites were ready to enter into an an-angement for a joint TiPginlature to determine the pending questions; but, this beiug rejected by the Nicholls party, the Pnckaid party desire the President to decide which íh the legal Governor. The coinmission received a dispatch from tlie PrCRÍdent, but declined to make knowii its contenta. New Ori.eaxs dispatches of the lGth sUte that the Nicholls Legislature adopted tho proposition of thc eommi-ision to unseat seven members seated en oonteat, nnd install an equal munbor of mcmljcrs from thc Packard Lcgislatuve, thii giving to tho former body a legal quorum, and a small Democratie tnajqrity in both branches. The Nicholl Lcgislatnre alito adoptod resolutious recogoizing the obligation resting upon tho State Government to carrj' out in good faith thc, rhirteenth, FoHrteenth and Pifteenth amcndinents to the constitutiun of the United Staten ; gtmrantoeing to tho colored people complete proteetion and equality in right and privileges Of i'rrson and properú, and tho enforcement of the laws without discrimination on account of color ; and profPering the olivo branch to all politica! enemies. THE KAST. The liquor-dealers of New York Stnto find themselves in a bad box very unexpectediy, and great dismav and excitemont are the result, It secms that the Board of Eicise has excoeded its powers in granfing licenses to retail de&leirg otber than the keepers of hotel and taverns. and. a decisión to this effect having boon rundored by tho Court of Appeals. the'temperniice folk are abont to commence á general mevenient against the retailers who have thns incnrrod the penalty of the law by selling liqnot without a liccnsc. Tiie Hamilton milis, at Paterson, N. J., havo been destroyed by firo. Loss, L100,000. Tiie verdict of the Coroner's jury hiventigating tho canse of the deaths of the two Jewetts, in the rtcent ■' bombsheir tragedy in New York, wiis to the effect that the eider Jewctt lost lm Ufe by the explosión of the hand-grenade thrown by Orville D. Jewett, and that tho latter died f rom the effectsof a pistol shot fired by himsolf. THE WEST. Tuebe is storod in Chicago elevators 3,100,000 bnshels ot wheat ; 1,083,217 bnshels of corn ; 715,002 bushels of oats ; 186,392 bushels of ryo, and 714,981 bushels of barlev- making a grand total of 8,830,767 bushcls," against G.319.C71 bushels at this period last year. TwENTï-rivE buildings in the business portion of romeroy, Meigs county, Ohio, were dostroyod by öro last week. The loas is ostimated '. 100,(HH). Bï a cavo-in at a mine Yuba county, Cal., a fw days ago, kcvou men, B. F. HeBdèrson, James H. Monk, llichael Swceny, David Hotliara, Michaol McWilliams, Thomas McDonald. and Saninel Kleeman, were itistantly killed. Hix others were moro or leas tnjursd A di!q)ateh froni Deadwood (ííty saya that 100 of Crazy HOrae'a band of Indians "havo taken the lieid ag&in. Tiie canee of thw renegado niovenieiit is suppuscd to lx tho deception ])nctici'd by Hpotted Tail in repreeenfjng that only thi ansa taken by thfm in the Custc r li-lit would lx: demanded of thejn upon their surronder at lied Cloud, wben, in reality, tho Government demanda of thom all anus ii'nd ininies. Advicek from Huutlifastcrn Kansas state that the grasshopper eggs have failed to gènninate. l'armers are jubilant in consequence, and a big erop of everything except IocurU ík looked for in that regjon.. . . Advices from Camp Shejidan report tiie arrival thero of a large mimber of the hostiles of Crazy Horse's bnml. ïflej woro fairly loaded down witb arms. even the women and childrcn carrying pistola, bnl had littlo ;ininuinition. ;ind were in that condilion of phy.ioal emptlnoss ia whicll the gfintU sa vage most roadüy turna te thonghts of imjüco. T1i y were suppliud with provisión, and thei entered the camp with great parade. IHK SOUTH. Tuk President' order for tho withdrawal of tho troops which had been tationed in the Ntato 1-IoiiKo it Colma) iiu. S. C niñeo Doccmber lant, wax carried iuto effect on Tuesday, tlio lOth inst. On tlie name day Chamberla'in isKiud a pmoiamfriioii, adfreMed "To tho Itopublicanx of Sonth Carolina," withdrawing froni all fnrthcr contest for the GÓmorahip, oipresHiug lihunelf "phwilllng to prolong a-strugglewbieh can onlv luiii' MUiYriug to thone whoengago in it." Chiimlxilaiii alao surrendered to Hampton all iii" iuiks. macado, sta, ia tho excentivo office, thusvickling up cvervthing, aftci' which hc graoefuUy stoppod down and out, aud Ilampton quietly took possession. Vkhï oxtensive rereoM fnmde in the manufacture of tobáceo In North Carolina have recontly beon discovered. Sonie tliirty manufactnrerH in the connty of Snrrey, charged with participatlon in thse fraiulnlen't tranaactions, have beon iudictid. The frauds dincovered aro estimated by rsyemne agenta to exceed onetlurd of the total amonnt of interna! revcnuo taxeH collocted in that State. . . .Knther late in tbe duy. the Grand Jury of Caroline county, Aid., whcro tlio notorious Benuctt-May ilniwas fought ècane uionths ago, have b'een instructtKl to iudict al! tlio parties, principal aud otherwise, engaged In that affair. Tuk Kcafer family, arrested at X'ort Smitli, Ark., on a charge of being the KaiiRan liondorn, after examination bcforo United States Jndge Parker, at that place, wcre relcaned. The parties frum Kanata failed to identify theni. IIkavv raiiu have scriously injured the growing crops in .South Carolina Twoyoungmen, namcd JoiiC4 and Wakely, fought a duel a Roek, Ark., tbe otller day. Tlie bccoihIs loodod tbe jiitols with blank cnrtridgcs and imlhílv was hnrt, though the two prmcipala wero badty scared. All pnrties wero arrested and Bned. WASHINGTON. rm-siDK.vr Haykk wil] occupy, during the heateÜ term, the Iiouko at the Soldiers' Home, in which Mr. Jjincoln lived in slimmer dnring liis Presidency. Thi.s is som!thing quite nnnsnal in WiKhingioi) society, and i a jpr&Ctn-ij which ha not been pbseweá sinco the waldaye. It ík Baid ex-Congrossman Kasson, of Iowa, nil probably bo appointed Minister to Spain. In view of thr (uitainty of a Euiopoan war, it is not unlikely that Horace Maynard may be rotired from ('nstantinople, and a ver mach broader man put in his place. Ma.i. I!i:mi, rccently tried by court-martial on a charge of inulting 1 hf wife of a brotherofficer, and .icjitcnc--l ti lie disminsd from tinsi rvii'c, bas forwarded to the War Deparhnènt %reqncHt for dplay in the prfesfehtatlon of the case to the President, claiming he has additional (ividence wlüch wül fi.'iid to a mitigation of th suntenco. ïhe requeet bus been granted.,u Adelegation of Frieiíd fnlleá on Ui (Uut, a few days ago, and preBented ■ petitSon froul tho Universal Peaco Union, asliing himto continue the Indian poace pollcy. The President said that he was in favor of penco everyihrn-. :s fully expressed in his inaugural address, which i'ndicatcd ivhat his courso would bc for the next four yrars. He, hmveviT, was not so fnr advanced ás the Quakers, and there might bc occasion sometimos to resort to niiHtiry oporationg. POUTICAL. Tuk Aasociated Press agent telegraphs trom Washington : ''It can bc Btated on authotity thnt the Prosident mado 110 bargain wfaMevat with, oriroiniodaiiytliin;;ti, Cliarnli-il:iin as a condition of his retiring trom the Govcmorship." iTisgivcn ont fröw Washington that the President does not intend to rccall Mr. Pierrepont, bat that he will remato at the Court of St. James for somo time to come. The oflicinl canvas of the vote cast at tho recent New Hampshiro election reveáis the fact thnt the cmistitntional innendment wero all adopted except those fltrildng out tlie word 'Protestant" from Uw Bill of ItightH, and pro hibiting removal from office for political caimon. Tho aniendmont abolishing tlie religioua tost as a . qnalincation for office had a narrow escapo, receiving but thirtcen votes over the requisito two-thirds. GENERAL. Oveii $500,000 -worth of fresh beof was sliipiied from New York to Kngland during the month of Jlarch. Johk F. Tbacï ha resigned the Pi"osidoney of tho Chicago, Itock Island and Paciric rnilroad, on account of ill health Oen. G, W. ('nstis Leo has brought an ation for the reoovary of tlio celebrftted Arlington estáte, near Washington, fomierly the property of den. Robert E. Lee. It was f orf oitcd to tho Government during the late war, by tho non-payment of taxe, and turncd into a national cemetery. Twelvo persons are known to havo lost their lives bv tho burning of tlio Kouthorn Hotel, in St. Louis, namely : The Rev. A. 15. Adam, of England ; Goorgc Frank Gonloy ; Ilemy Hazen : Mrs. W, & Stewart: Charles Ticrnan ; Audrew Ëivmau; H. J. Clark and wifo ; Kate Ileilly, KatcDolan, and M:irv Moran, Bervants : William Felix Mxatsbat, of iingland. The latter wan o suicide, cominittcd undcr dcrangcnient brought on by intense excitement. Mi's. Scott, mother-in-law of Andrew Eismau, and Frankie McClellan, the actress, who was dangerouslv injured, are slowly rocovering. One, two, or three othurs had broken limbs or "wero othcrwise moro or Iosh liurt, but above list comprises all Tvho aro known to havo been killed. It is said that the largo fortune of John F. Tracy, late President of the Rock Island railroad, estimated as high as 14,000,000, has been swept away. Ho bas been afliicted for omo time with softeuing of the brain, and his unfortunato stock speculations are attributed to t his cause. FOKEIGN. Conktantinoplk has bcon visited by another disastrons conflagration. Nearly 500 houses in tho Greek (juarter were burned. A St. Petersburo dinpatch says that, at a grand couucü of war, the Kussian Cabinet hal decided to ao;opt the Turkish circular as a complete rejection of tho protocol, lïoumania has callod out hor reserves, Turkcy has declined to renew the amiistico with Montenegro, and is puslnng her forcea toward tho Dabubo, ltussia bas called in all her furloughod soldiers, and ev(u-ytliing Uctokens wur. Reports from Servian sources represent that the Turkish forces in Jiosnia are threatened with starvation, and that thero are apprehensions of a massacroof the ('lirihtians if tho Moslem savagea bocome desperate tlu-ough privatiou. It looks as if England has abandoncd all ex pectation that a European war can be averted. a well as any intention to intoi'ixao furthor iplomatic effort iu behalf of pacification. jord Derby recently addresscd a note to the íritiali roprcsintative at Constantumplc. in vhich he tated thftt the divorgence botween ho views of liussia and thc Porte ppearod so wide aH to reneter fnrther disussion uselesí, and tliat he could not sec vhat fiu'ther steps England could tukc to vert the war which appeared inevitable, rho Paris Monitmr (semi-oihcial) declares it is he inflexible resolve of Franco to remain neural. A Pabis telegram to the New York World aya tho deñant attitude of Turkey is explained D private letters from Constantinople. The )ttomanR are rendered confident by aesuraiices hnt Poland, the Crimea, the Caucases, Persia, ind even India wU furnish moral and material úd against Eunia in the course of the iinpondiug war - A dispatch írom St. Petersburg saya : " The war íeeling here is intense. There never was such a popular war as this une will be. ye have no brag, nO blnster, no excitement in the streets, no procossions, no Binring, no nhouting, but a qmet resolution is depicted on every face, and is maftífest in evenbody's langnage."

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