Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 13, 1875, Page 1

E VOLU CHINA, GLASSWARE, &o. 2 S ™ AT COST. OUR ENTIRE RETAIL STOCK, VENDETTA. The Reign of Terror in COMPOSED OF e DECORATED AND PLAIN OHINA, ‘Williamson and Jack- Dol Be b - e ar son Counties, Vases, Glassware, Fancy Goods, POSITIVELY AT COST UNTIL GLOSED OUT, fo- Ty g Show Caaca and Tablos. KENT & KEITH, Bucceseors to BOWEN & KENT, 202 & 204 Wabash-av. Wl continue onr Wholesale Buaineas aa usosl, How the Bulliners and Hen- dersons Have Murdered Bach Other, GROCERIES, Six Persons Killed, Four Wound- ed, Three Shot At but Not Hit. OPEN. THE NEW GROGERY, 75 Nortg_glark-st. A & D. WEYL Announce the opening of thelr New Store with a cholce atock of Family Grocorien. o mai It our aim Leep ouly the beat 4n Tean aud Cofocs of uli grades, Fina table One Man Assnssinated Merely Be- cause Ile Was Suppos- ed to Know Too Much, spechatty. TE Q 5 Cowardly Ambuscades---Shoot- "W ing from Thickets and ywder, per 1b, 50, 60, Tie—Btandard. ....ues .0 2 ST gl b b, Tl Through Windows. Dlany por I, 40, 50, Glo—Stand; e Eoglish Droakfast, por b, 60, Goo~—8! e Our Btandnrd Toan aro unaurpaased for oxceiien gavor. St 0. 0, D. to all narts of tho United Siates. T. EXATORE SO, 167 Runtls Clnrkant, , FINANCIAL. - CIJCAGO MORTGAGE LOANS, . At current rates of intereat. JOSIAXL . REED, 20 Nansau-st., Now Yorl, roprescnted by JOHEIN H. AVERY &CO., 160 Lnsnilest., Chicrimn, Frat-clnes facilitlen L e\ ek ottt i 17 1 sandne Money to Loan «On Chicage City Propery in large or small sums at scurrent raten. __J. D, IARVEY, £0 Wushington-st, MONEY TO LOAN On Chicago City Property, Improved preforred, $4,00 o hiand; will divido It If wished, MEAD & COF, 153 LaSalle-st. Money to Loan. Casli in hand toloan in suros of $1,000, $1,200, $1,600, £2000, and in Jarger suma to suit, on Chicago sud Tiydo Park Reul Entato, TURNER & BOND, 102 Washington.at. TO RENT. OFFICHS T0 RENT Two Victims Called from Their Beds hy “Friends,” and Shot by the Light of Their Own Lamps. A Sheriff’s Nephew ns an Uncaught Assassin, Witnesses Warned Out of the County, and Leaving---Ome Shot At for Disokeying the Warning, Nobody Hanged or Otherwise Punished for It All. Honest People Afraid to Denouncs Murder-~Officers Intimidated. Tho Population of Two Counties Cowed by tho Ruffianly ¢lans. Is There Any Law at All in Williamson and Jackson ? IN THE . ‘What Will Gov. Beveridge Do . =ty From Our Oun Correspondent. e THE DEATH-ROLL. INQUIRE OF Manroy, Williawson Co., Ill., Aug. 11—="0ld Georgo " Bulliner, waylaid on tho road from his farm to Carbondalo, and shot, Dec. 23, 1873 ; dicd that night. David Bulliner (son of ** 0ld Georgo ), while riding bome from church oo the night of Bun- day, March 29, 1874, in compauy with his brother JMonros, his couein, Miss Btaucil, and several other young men and women, was fired upon from a fence-curner at thd road-side, roceiving two chiarges of buckshot in his broast, died two days aftor, WILLIAM C. DOW, ROOM 10. W T 355Y READY TOORHG, Any one csu apply, Requires no Leating, Hend for *01d Jim " Honderson, whilo at work in flold sainples, in May, 1874, shot ; diod a fow days after. Le a‘ky Roofs Dr. Vinoont Hinchelite, waylaid while ro- . [t i 6 Btingi 6v.Cora urning from a visit to a pationt, and shot, within 200 yarda of his own houss, aod instantly Kited. Capt. Georgo W. Bisnoy (who, after soveral sttompts had been mado upoa his lifo, moved to Carbondalo, thinklog to fiud safety in the town, and took a boueo in the mout thickly-built por- tion of 1t), on the night ot the 33th ult., betwee: 9and 10 o'clock, +** callod up to ace & mun," and shot from outalde through the window of his sitting-room, and lostantly killod. William Bpence, on the night of the 81st ult. (on. whick day Bisney's remains had been buriod at that town), after having rotired for the night to his aloopug-room over his store at Crainsville, “called uv to so0 o man;* when ho came, with a lamp in his hand, to the etore- room below, and was unlocking the door, to admit bis visitor, fired at through tho show- 44 rondy for tav, ~Wo want good and responsible par- Ateu i1y vach county to take ngency for our material. Yor uala by WAL LUTTLE™ BONS, 165 South Wator-st., Cl Texter Park Races and Ball Matches BOLD DY OIIAS, L. DULOIS, AL Foley & Ryan's, 146 Clark-st,, from 1110 1, Temons! Lemons! Lemong! 1,900 boxos by steamers Olympla and Assyria, For maloat 0. ¥, WEDDER'S, window, recoiving a charge of buckshot i his Cornor Wal A Deustoraati: breast; that not Immediately kilungil bim, the e 2 nusnssing entered the storo (Sponce had surmned tho koy in tho lock an iustant bafore he was shot), and a conple of pistol-balle were flred, one into s head aud the other into bis heags. Total killed, 6. WOCUNDRED AND BHOT AT. Mles Stancil, & cousin of ** Dave " Dulliner, on the uight of Sunday, March 29, 1874, while sho waa ridiog homo from church with Lim and oth- ors (the wight “Dave™ was shot and killed), wounded by ane of the shots from the fence- cornor; after a painful illness, shoe recoverer. Jason Ditiaore, working in s fleld adjoining the Henderson place, was, a fow days altor the murder of **Old Jim" Henderson, shot,—it is supposed by mistake, hissssailant supposing him e e e Bcn i tes, 'Frices reaily reduce ' 70 MADISON-ST. J. 8. BARNES & €O. VESSEL SALE. The ecliconer Antares will bo s0ld st west door Re- 1Zubllg Lifo Duilding, 181 TaSalicst, on Ssturds; ug. 14, 8t 10 8, m, FRANK GI{UNDIES, : o OLLECTION AGENOY. DIC 2N all buninioss to 4t with Teabanm iy Lo i0 8p Ity and surround to better T8Y, \mnderstand all it avenuos {o marked success, than | t0 bo one of the Honderkons, whom Ditmora re- ""l"”“’ ,":L';;":: gl‘,:’c‘"h;:i‘“‘ study nothing, ' Par- | semblod in appoarance. Ditmore was but alight- ly wounded, and soon recovered. — Jbb, & workman on the Nenderson place, within & fow days of the shooling of Ditmore,—prior thoreto, I boliove,—was at work in s flld on the llenderson farm, When be saw & man, with a bianket over bia ahouldors, approaching from a fow rods distant. Suddenly the man fell, and Robb, aup- poeing it was in & fit, van toward bim. Robb Lisd procoeded but & faw ateps when be waa shot, The wound was nok scrious, howover, and ho 800D recovered, Next, one Leadbotter, & workman on the Hen- ‘dfi;w Plsca, was shot ab whils warkiog in & eld. Theee shootings, it 1s suppossd, were com- mitted by men who wore out gunning after Heudorsons, but wha, balng discovered, or fanoy~ ing they wore discovered, by the men shot, pop~ perod awsy with intont to kill the men fired as, 80 that tho fact of thelr (tho shooters') lying in wait for the liendersons might not be alvulged. On Buudsy, July 25, Allan Baker, a wotkman at Purdy's saw-mill, 2miles esst of Cazbondale, who, somo time'since, had * fight * with one of the ** Bullier boys,” was in his room, about 10 go to bed, when orah the window BASIEL'S COLLEOTION AGENCY, Btato and Mouroe-uta, WANTED, TNGUMBERED PROPERTY 1n or adjoining thie elty—unlmpraved, . o for choice Partatn, ’ | tn exchasy o *(FURRKR & BORD, 103 Haahington-at L% FRACTIONAL CURRENQCY, Pt e isititarmtat ot ok LI - $5.00 Packages TRACTIONAL CURRENCY IN EXOHANGE FOR ‘ Bills of National Currency, TRIBUNE OFFICE osme s load of buokshot. Daker happenod to bo ont of rangs,—hin shadow cast obliquoly upon the window-curtain, 1t 18 suppossd, misleading tho shooter, who aimed in the wrong direction. Dr.Vincont Hinchcliffe was firad at on two sav- eral nccasions before the night on which ho met hle fato. Capt. Goorgo W. Siancy was fired at on no loes than three soveral uccasious before his was mur- dored, and, on one of thom, was badly woundnd, Hin sasailants thon wers the * Bulliner boys." ‘Total woundoed (abot), 4 ; shot at, 3. Tha markumanship, it will bo obscrved, was axcellent, connidering the disadvantages under which tho markswmen fired,—at night, at men on horsoback, or through windowa with the cur- (aine dropped,—tho score standing: Killed, 6; hit, but not mortally wounded, 4; missed, only 3. WATINED OUT OF TRK COUNTY. Jobn Robinson, one of the witnesncs against Cagle, indicted for ono of tho sbootings t Bis- noy, since Bisney's murder recolved an anon- ymouns written warning that, if he didn't “get," his fato would bo liko that of Sisnoy, Robinson fled to Marion, and avowed bis detormination to leave tho county; but tho Hiate's Attorney placed him under quasi-protection (in fact, the Blalo's Attorney is powerless there to protect anybody, aud himeelf is in peril from siray pia- tal-shota auy night, as ho confesnod to me). Allan Brown, who, having liad a fight with ons of tho ** Bulliner boys,” was shot at, after hav- ing disregarded a warning to leave, and who was suspected of knowing too much about tho Cagle case, has laft. Hoe didn't feel called upon to take further risks of nsasssination in order that Lo might (it ho survived) further justice by divulging what lio know about tho murdora and murdorous nsaaulta, Capt. Bisvoy's elleat so, a young man about 21 years of age, sinco the murder of his father has recoived anonymons cplistien throateniog hiv 1ifo unless bo quitted this region: sud, n con- soquence, he bout word to the State's Attorney that ho shionld pot appear before the (irand Jury, bt was going to Missourl, o hae dis- M:\!cnru(l, and, it 18 cnrreutly reportod. has gono to Misnouri, whither tho rost of the family will 60an sollus him, E.P. Purdy, & wealthy citizon, in no wisg Invoived in the fouds that have led to tha mur- ders and shooting-uiTrays, but who owns & sawe mill 214 miles cant of Carbandale and 414 miles from Crainyillo (the theatro of numerons bloody encounters), in which mill was cinploved Allan Laker, on the 3d of Juno last receved a lottor thtough tho Post-Ofice ** warning " Inm to die- chatye Bakor and two other of his cmploves, nnmed reupeetively Thomas Crenshow and John Andorson. Punly, who s a roputablo, influential mau, nith plenty of fiionds, waun's ilispored to bo frightenod 8o onsly, nud did not dis- charge any of tho inem. Nest, Baker was Bbot ot through tho windaw, us dotailed shove, A few days after. on going to the mill to begin work in tho morn- ing, Mr, Purdy found the bo'ting cut, ani on the liac-block wore ranged tour chiarges of powdor &nd lour cartridgey, —indicating o grim fashion, 1% is pupposed, that on equal number uf charges and bucksnot wera 1n reanrvo, to bo jadgod; a3 #oon 08 opportunity presented, in the vitals of him (I'urdjz, and tho threo men—Daker, Cron- shaw, and ‘Avdorson—nhom ho had not dis- charged pursuant to notice, About tlus time, Bakor vrudently took bumsolf ‘out of range, by quitting tho region. ‘I'hroo days nfter, tho men employed at Purdy's 'mull were at dinner. Their buarding-houso twav on tho edgo of a corn-field, and, conecious of tiseir poril, but afraid to coufess it, the men had been, half-Jeutingly, balf-sor.ously, reforriug to tho poskibiiity of shiots comivg into their midstat tho tablo, from out the corn-flield, Thereupon onoof them, just to try the nerves of his fol- lown, sprang up, and, looking toward tne corn- field, shouted: **Got out of there, you s—— of a b—, or 1I'll sboot tha head off you!’ To the astopishmont of them ull; a man did st once got up and get out of that corn-tield, ond from with- in easy rungo of the dining-room. 'Llhe workmeu armed themuolves with shot-guuk, and pursied ; but the lurking rascal had tho start, and cecaped. “Phe story may sound Niie thore robber-talen that ueod to send uns to hed sbivering with terror whon wo were little folk. Bnt 1t waa told o by an eyc-witnows, who vau ono of that dinner- party, and who in & well-known, respousible cit- 1zen, o §8 no coward either; but, had his veracity uot been vouchod for beyond doubt, his manner in tolling it, his reluctancs to talk abont it, and tho souso of poril with which it yet in- spirod bim, would have convinced mo ho was telling the hiteral truth. George Witliamy, a workman in thoe famo vicin- ity (who by hiu nelghbars 1 suxpected of knov- ing somutllluiubmll some of tho murders), has alao received his * warniog," and is proparing tojoave. : Deeides, not loss than & dozan mon biavo Iately saddonly quitted this part of Williamson County. Pousibly somo of them bave fled becauso of their implication in the murders. Dut no man bas gone toward whom suspicion waa directad, while thoso whom all tho circuinstances inculpato are here to-day; and the current opinion i, that those who bave gono bad received ** warnings," which they do ot dure cithor to communicate nor disrogard. In addition to atl this, it is_mattor of current history that Jonnings, late Stato’sAttornoy, ru- nigned his oftice becauso of tho threats and ** warnings " received by hini. Foreter, tho edi- tor of o uow Uomocratic weekly paper, who, n this Domocratio County, last winter dared, in tolerably Lionest pbrase, denounco the murder- ous banditti, and domand that the laws bo en- forced ngainst thew, found it but unbealthy aud upsmuubla to remain in tbin town (Marion), and susponded publication and loft some time since, leaving tho fleld to oditors, the leading one of whom told mo that ** the people mised up in tho troubles, wors all good citizena nm‘ friends of his," wherofore he (tho editor) ** dida't care to *mix up’ In it by talking about it.” INEXORABLE JUSTICE VINDICATED. For nll this serios of cowardly, culd-blooded aspavsinations and attempts to comunit murdor, no man hias beon hianged ; not ono Lian been seut to tho Ponitoutiary: one, John Bulluer, who was undoubtedly proved guitty, was acquittod by a Williamson Couuty jury on o flinay alibi; one of the murdorers, **Tom" Russoll, ngainst whom the evidonce waa conclusivo, swas dischaig- ed on preliminary vxamivation for one murder, and suffored to walk out of the Court-room and rido off by the vigilant Deputy-Sheriff, who was thore in walting with a warrant for Russoll'n arcoet for mnother murder; “Jim Norris," sgainst whom the evidonce is overwhelming, aud who i undor an indictinont for murder (ono of tho series), is a_rulativo--cousin, I learn—of Bherift Norrs, of Williaison County, and that worthy official can't be porsusdod to catch Jim ; nnd, when requeated by another couuty ofticial to depite & man, who kuew whero that person waa hiding, to take Jim, doclined, on tho ground tlat nobody but he Slhn Sherift) could take the biood-stained James! 'I'iis Ilearn on the very best—in fact, indisputable—authoiity ; and, when Bberift Norrls takes * Jim," and gives satisfactory sssurauce that meithor Jim nor his * frienda " will murder any informants, hu (tho Bheriff) ehall have their namea, Oagle, anothior of the pariies implicated in ono of the attempts to murder Hisnoy is now in Jail st Maria, awaiting trial; and, since Bimney's murder, thero is not the slightest prospect of that mau's belug couvicted, gauuue now thers s Do testimony sgaiuat him. And this worthy Cagle, duriug bhis imprisonment, has amnsod bhimaelf with threats to murdor thoso who pro- cared his arrest, as soon a4 ho gets out ! Those—excluding, of courso, tho numerous fist-fights and drawing of pistols, eto.—sum up the results thue far of the wars waged by thy Bulliners, Hendersons, Crains, and their adhbo- reuts. Dut tho campaigu iv far trom boeing ond- od, and the chiefy and their rotainers are luble to go gunning aftor esch other, or anybody wiio “mlzos up " in the trouble, of any dark night, whon ouly cowardly misci ts, such as they bhave proved thomuelves, have uerve cnough to venture on blood-lotting, MULDEHERY' QROUND. The theatre of all these horrors I paesed through yostorday on the railway fioin Carbon- dale to this place (Marion), ‘Ihe entiry dis- tanoo is but 18 milles; but tho maurderers’ &mund ia coufined to the Eiglit-Mile and estern Procincks of Williamsou Couuty, and & narrow strip adjoining on tbe wost, i Jackson County,the whole embracivg little moro than two and s half Congressioual towuships. Notmithstaudiog the blood-and-thunder accounts to tho consrury, it is a very tiue agricultursl ro- glon, and haa beeu well settled for sfwcou or twenty yoars. Splendid farws line tho rosd on elther sice, the buildivgs o most of thew are oad, as & whole, the country thoreabout ,Baoh n‘f.‘,“umu. ‘Nusk Carbondale ttero ré cote sldable tracts yat covored with the original forest; and thore are, to the routh and cast, awampy grounds, But, as for imponetrable forests aud vant awampa, where men might hide for monthw, and all that nort of thing, ro far as thin region is goucorned it I8 ahoor nonrenso to talk about thom, Thero ara here pinnty of places whora tbo friends of tho murderers can securely bida thom fust an longz &y the whols commubity is paralyzod with terror, and noman dare puraie nor any man to way that a murderer is 8 murderer, ar in not a good citizen and & much-wronged ono too,—whnch Is exactly tho mtnation to-day n Willismkon and Jackson Counties, Tho 1ane in which Dr, IHuchelife was ahot, witlin a faw rody of hisown house, i only a quarter of s miilo distant from tho ratlroad-station. William Hpotcn's wlora at Crainville, iu which bo was murdered, in losn than 50 yarda from tho rail- rond-station a¢ that place, and is surroundoed b; a cluster of dwollings sud shops. Capt. Bisnoy'a lioteo, in which ho was murderrd, is situated on one of the most prominent corners in the city or town of Carbondale, which boaxts 3,000 popula tion, The murder was committed betwoen ¥ and 10 o'clock in the evening; atores on the ramo street wero yut open, and a crowd collected witbin fiftoen minutes; but not one man in all Carbondato was thero that night who hind the courage, or the regard for law, to oven roposo purenit of tho murdercrs, even after tho Iatter had boon tracked to whara they mounted their horeas; and this though the tracks loft it uncertaln whether, whilomniderers worn talked ahout, there was moro than ono nan who fled! Certainly thern was nut—ag what evi- denco has been disclosed abows—more than {wo sasnswins who that night took flight. DENIZEN# OF MULDEUELS' GROUXD, Tut to,roturn to Murderers’ Ground, from which, for the prexent, let us excludo the city cr town of Corbondale, though ons of thess mut- ders was thero committed, and thongh, alao, 10 seems to Lo the best spot ona conld relect for committing sn ontrageous murdor, without fear of molestation afterward. A glance at tho group of idlers gathered ut the mev- cral wag-stations oh the ronte hetween Corhondale and anon—porticularly st Crainville aud Cartervillo—was euflicient, Only too obviousaly, they were true types of the tho ruflianly element that bine gatued the ascend- ant in Williamson and the eariern portion of Jackson Councy. 'Their hko I bave never ween before, #avo among the poor whita trash of Wert Fennerneo and ol Mickissipbl. Diety roughe, clad in tow shirts.” butternut homespun, awi cowhido boots, hanging round tho *drug. wtnres * (heta grog-sliops aro s designated), t drink Deuzing, disenns who 18 **tho best i, und, if enotzl Lonzino have boen consumed. tu kortle that great question by lighting it cut then und there. Jlen, us one roo lewmitis of them, who nre bora bullies, every mother's zon of thei, snd who atu 80 proud of Lotuing us Las- uy knocked doan some other may, oid, whilo hio was doww, kicked, choked, bit, snd goujed hit, untit the victor hias spont Lis streugth aud his rage. Vellows who seek u quarrel with overy new-cowor, aud are not ewtisfied until they lave Ho beaten, kicked, aud gouged i, or been so bestew, Licked, and ged, in ihoir turn, Follows who will zht for their friends,"—that s, if & Iricud gost to a fight and be getting Lho woist of it, they will pitch in, sud, two or throo to one, lick the other tellow withit an inch of hus lif lows nut a man of whoum attacks nuozber when Loth aro anned and the chances aro even, but who snoak around of nights Lo waylay their enc. mies or shoot ot them throuwh windows, ad has beon dono here. Yellows who wotk as hitle as needs bo, and drink all the liquor they can get, and mout of all taen adinire a mav of their own sort who Liss money a8 woll. To him, 1w their pbrago, thoy * tie,” thoy sake up kis figuts and ficht them out, snd sftorward diinic when ho treats, LEAUERS OF TIE HOSTILE CLANS—TUE DULLI- NEDS. Men of the latter sort wero tho Bulhners and tho Hendersons, betwoen whom and Sisuoy orig- inuted tho teud that hae calminated iu this ge- iy of asynusinations, Tho Bulliner famly scttled in Willismson County in 1864. Tho family then consisted of *Old George " (tho father), and * Dave,” Jol Monree, sud Hinanuel (sons), tue latter whom wore then young men. ‘Io tho tribe added, by maerniage, Wosley Council, a Lrothers m-law. ‘Tho Bulliners wero, or, gavo ont that thoy wero, * Uniou refugoos” from MeNair County, Tennonsor, Thoy bronght with them capital and five utock to the swmount of about £15,000, bought jaud, and engaged in colton- growing,— Oid Goorgo " al8o buyiug up noatly the cutire cotton-crop of tho cuvuuty, whicl, st that Lime, way consderablo, Thoy weto a big- boned, brosd-shoutdered lot, wonderfally do- velopsd in musclo, sud * bull, vod tellows,” oxcout to poople who didn't pen to agreo with them. ~From thelr listory, as re- counted to mo by & mnumber of old settlers, I should may the Bulliners wero niost agroeabio to those who agrsed in ail thiogs with them, apd remarkably disugreeabio to those who 1u vory swall thigs disagreol with the Bullinors. Tho suriounding rougns that the Bulliners load *rund wouldn't be **put upon” by sny- body, aud hicked unmorcifully shoover interfer- ed with them. This, aind the fact that they bad monoy, st ouce gave the Bulliners & commaud- ing inllusnco 1 their neighborhood, and they speedily had their clan of retainers, ready to fight for tho Bullinems whenover thore weron't onvugh Bulliners 1o do tho fighting, aud moro rnn;l{d to drink at tho Bulliners' exponso wherovor invited. TR TENDERSONS, 1In 1805 (he Heudarsons camo from Tennossoe, aud settled in Willinmson County, near tho Bulliners, about o milo and a quarter from what is now Cartersville Btation, on the 1ailroad between Carbondale apd Marion, Of tho Hendsrsons, there wore *01d Jim," *Old Bill," sud “Old J and Jim aud Fielding, youug mea, sony of *+Old Bill, and * Sam" and * Iad,’ soos of ** 01d Jo,” hoth young moa, **Old Jim” was o fellow of immeoso stature and herculean strougth, sud, bosides having mast money, was uaturally the leader, For the rest. the Hendor- sous, though poranssed of n little less money, wers of procisely the skme type as tho Bulliners, and, in thoir turn, aoou becamo t&uun 84 impor- tant peoplo in their naighborhood, and had quito as many recruits ready to fight st theirr udaing and ta drink at tbewr expenne. DEGINNING OF HOSTILITIER Of course, tho neighborhood was too small to bold two such fawlics. Not & grost whilo olapsed bofors somo of the Bulliners net Field Henderson st a drinking-shop (‘*grocery,” in the lingo of Williamson), aud, boimg two or threo to one, duly threshed him. About a woek ufterward, tho Hendorson who Lad been beaten went over futo a flold whers David Bulliner, 8r.—a brother of ** Old (lecrge’ (David, 8r,, shortly after roturued to Tenncesoo, and was therefore omitted from tho euumery- tion of tho tribe,)—was ut work. Henderson boro with lim~ a braco of loaded pis- tols, and domanded ‘*eatisfaction,"—want- od to fight it out thon and (thore. David Benior had small appetito for that sort of figntiog, sud respectfully declined the shooting~ match ; whoreon Henderson warned him that Lie would liave to ** get out of this county.” A few months atter David Bonior—** Old Dave,” s ho was called—1id got—went back to ‘Tennessao. Hinreturn weakeued the Dulliner forces by so much a8 his fighting abilities counted for, aud Lostilities were not Imwodiataly renswed. Iut the bad blood of the Bulliners and the Hender- sons was roused ; and, with theso somi-savages in this eomi-savago locality, bloodletting was sura to come of it.—which only s question of time, forthe Lullivers and the Hendsrsons nevyor toase roveuging themsalves, AISNEY OXT6 MIXED UP WITII THE DULLINERS, In 1809, Bieney, who owned a farm in tho nahinbaxhuod. bad * s diflculty " with ** Dave " Balliver rolative to 25 bushols of oats which each claimod to have bought of — Burion, which waa settled by a lawsuit. In tho onsumg yoar, 1870, they quaireled about an acoount, aud, in the altorcation that eusucd, Davo Bullinor charged Bieney with swearing to a lis iu tha sult, whereon Bisney struck him on the arm with 8 spado, cuthing s deop gash. Bullinor ran hame, and soon reappearod st Sisnsy's houso with his father, *Old Ueorge,” and hia two bsothers, armod. Bisuey saw them when ehout 30 yards distaut, and appesred as tie doar sruod with & Bponoer ritle, *Old George,” shouted, -+ Hore wo como, G—dd—n yon! to kill yuu," sud, with the * boys,” advanced at s 1un, tiensy fled to a corn-fiold baok of Lis houso, whero be was shot in Le leg by oneof tho Bulliners, ** Old George " thon ordered Lis boys so stop fighting, aud, "it ia aid, belpad Bisuey 0 his houzo, aud assisted Bisney's wifo to dress tho wound. For this, the Bulhiuors wore prosa- cuted, and jiued 8100 each, snd 1uoy was flned o liko amouut for bittog Dave Dulli- uor with tho spade. Sisuoy then brought suit for damaged for tho shootng, which was com- romised uo paymont of $200 by tbo Bullinors, Thid was tho oé)eumg of hostilitios betweon the Bullinerd and Bisnoy, Hoou #fles, Hidnoy was whipped, lo s fist-Aght CHICAGO, FRIDAY AUGUST 13, 1875. at Cartorvills, batwaon himsslf aod somo of his friends, and Wealoy Council (the Bulliners’ brothor-in-l1aw) snd divers malo members of THE. *'CRAIN FAMILY,"” of the Bullinors and Iiendersons. 1ha tesult whereof was, that from thence the Bullinors and the Crains wore fant allien; and tho Crains, bav- ing Lican reinforced by brother-in-law Counctl againet Hieney, 10 their tarn wero ready to rein- furco tho Dulliners ayamst the Henriarsous,— whirh they procacdad to do in various instances, About thia timo, John Bulliner reduced tho rmm girl of the eettloment, who havpenod to 10 8 cousin of Tom Ruesell, which lad to a quar- rel, and thoreafier Nunsell was to Lo reckoned among the adherents of tho Hen:lersons, TILE HOSTILE FACTIONR wero then thua arraged: Ou the ono side, the Builinora and Crains; on the other, the Hender- souns, Tom Ruesoll, and the Sisneyw, aud ons Willism Ulack, who hiad also got mixed up; aud from thenco flghts and broken Leads wers tho order. Omitting tho long detail of thove which Lan boen furnished by overybody hera I have talked with, and the which fills an jmpor- taut piace in tho ustory of Wilhamson Couuty, let mo leave this Lranch of the rubject. Tho rumpus continued during the fall and winter of 1873, leading to & bumber of prosocn- tious, which reeulied 1n acquittal or tho imposi- tion of paltry tiues, until the buriners grow more serious, “OLD GEORGE' DULLI¥ER WAYLAID AND MCR- DERED, On the 22d of December, 1873, ** 014 Georgo" Bulliner started from his farm to Carbondale, On the ruad ho was fired on from » thicket, re- cerving & Juad of buckrnot in hia ride and Lo That night be died, without making suy wsiat ment to tho autbonties, Dut, when ho felt that his bour had comoe, he summoned lia soun to Lin bedmde, and fiw' it 1w currentiy believed here), communicated to thew the names of Lis murder e, sud exacted from them au oath to avenge hin_death, No warrant was {ssued for his murderers, who- over they might have been; hobedy wos rreste od : no efort wan mwado to briug tho ascasdius to Jjustice. Tho Lulliners waited. ASSASHINATION OF DAVE BULLINLR. On Bunuay night, dlarch 2, 1574, as havid and Monroo Bullner, togotber with their cou-in, Miss Htaucil, were, jn company with sevoal of their acquaiutunces, reburnisg from chuieh near their farm, the two Bullners, who vero riling o 2 littlo tn the rear of the party, wero ired upou fiom bebind 8 fence,—two sbit-guns and some s#mall siwme beiug discuarged as them, Tho two young meu turped toward taeir co ceuled sseailunts and returued the firo,— ! Mouroo ecwmptying s revolver, BiY sbots, aud vDave™ firing five times, when' he was mortally wounded, two Lucksho! peneteating Lus beart, Botwithstanding which Lo sursived two dayy. ‘Then Lus rewaiun wero sent ta Tenneseoe, ns bad been thoss of Uil Gieorpe.” ta be thoro laid nmoug tho bones of his ancestors, For the murder of *“Dava” the Pulliners had Tom Jiuxecll and o fellow nuwaed Pleasants, who ‘was o comrade of R.'s, arrested. Thougi suspie cion pointed toward Plensants, there was 1o di- rect testimony against biw, aud the proeccution u# to bitn wes abandoned. At the prelminary ex- amination, Dave Bulliner's dyin.; decloration’thac Rus=cli was the mav who Lad ehot him was ndinitted ; Russell was proved 1o bave beeu s.on Jurkiog 1 the vicivity with his ebot-gun; au oli white hat, 1dentitied ne Ru-sel's, uud picked up near the fence-curner fre winch Butliver had boon fired at, was produceil i court; a portion of tho gun-wadding was discovered Lo bo u piecn of the St. Louis tlbe uewspaper, aud corre- spoaded with o fragmeot found in’ ovo of tho barrels of Russcil's shot-guu. By tho evidenco of Dr, Vincen: Hinchiclilfo,the Postmaster,it was proved that the only copy of tho Globe taken at that oftico was taken by Russail's tather. BUSEELL'S ESCAPE. Dut, in the teeth of all this ovidence, Russell was et go; but was mdiesod at the April torm of the Willimmean County Circuit Court,aud,un tnal, ucquitted by tho Williamson Countvjury, Whiie tho jury was out, o Special Deputy-Sherul from Jacksoa County was waiting with a warrant fur Russoll's arreut on an indictent for the murder of ** Old George " Bulliner, found by the Graund Jury of Jackson County, und tho Doputy, who, winguiarly enough, chuuced to bo o friend of Ttussell's, perinitted thad worthy to_walk off, Russell has _not yes been arresicd, Nobody in Williatnson County trics to arrcet bim; ovidently nobody darcs attempt it. This fatlure of justice in tho case of tho mur- derers of *01d George " and “Dave" Bullinec sat tho current of public sympathy in their favor, sod to-day tho tacit sentiment of Lalf Williameon Couniy seems to Lo that, if tho Bulhuors aro guity of the murders of which they aro auspected, they ars fully Justitied in a0 avengiug the aesassination of their fatuor and brothier, BEINFONCEMEXNTS FOR TIE BULLINERS, Abuut tho time of Ruesell's escane, word soinehiow camo from T'enuessce that tho Bullin- ors thora hnd determined that no more of their family rhould Lo seut Lome from Willism- gon Cunuty iu wooden overcoats, snd soon after there appeared in William- won Coumty *Old Dave" Builiner and four or five young men, rolatives, who au- nounced that they had conte to Lelp the boys out with the crop, but oach of whom, 1t was noticod, bore a double-barreled shot-gun. *Old Dave " soon returned to Tennessoo. Of the othors, nothing 18 known, OLD JIX HENDENRON SHOT DOWN. Now tho bluudy work began. In May, 1874, + 01d Jim " Hendaruon, leador of tho Honderson faction, was ehiot down in ono of lis tields, snd died about ten days afterward. In his dying declaration, ho cbarged Jobn snd Monrod Bulitner and Jim Norris, a desperado chun of theirs, with his marder. John Bulliver and Norris wero iudicted. John Bulliner stood trial. His animus towsrds the murdered man waa shown, also threata; besides, was the dring declaration of Henderson, who bad evory opjortuuity, in davhight, iu an open flold, to” recogmzo hia assailants, that Johu Bulliner was of them; aud, under the cir- cumatances, evident that eachof tho as- anilants was guilty of murder in the ilrst degree. But Buliiner set up st alibi, brought frienls from Tennossoe to prove it, und was triumphautly acquitted. THE RHERIFF'S COUSIY, “Jim " Norris, was not arrested. ITo ia the man that nobody but Bheriff Norrs could arrest, and bhonff Noiris takes care not to amest “Jim:™ aud, when lataly prind formed where ‘‘Jun” was in biding, near Marion, obstinatoly refused to deputize mon, who know his hidg-place, to arrest him, **Jim " doosn’t geom to fvol tho necowsity of hiding, bowever, since, on last electiou-day, ho appeated at his preciuat, with a couple of revolv- o {u bis belt, and wauted to know who was going to arrest him, ‘Almout imwediately following the murdor of “Uid Jim " Hondorson wus tho shooting of Dit- moro, who clously resembled one of the Ilender- sous, and tho shooting st other of iuewr workmen, noted sbove. — Those porsous, shot and shos st without doubt eaw thoir assallants, and could identify theai. Dut they sbare 1u the genora! panic by which all Williamson and Jacksou Countios H#eomi para- Iyzod, and actually pretend thoy dou't know who tired at thom, aod tha couldu’t idintify and can't dosenibo thoir ausnilauts. THE UINCUCLIFYE MURDER, Next, the other side had its turn: vengeanos wha oxocutod on one of the Bulliusrs' adberents, Dr. Yincent Hinclcliffe, o worthy citizen, and of & biguly-respectable family. Ilinchchiffo's testi- mouy ngoinst Russcll has alieady beon motod. Buat, osidon, Lo arrested, ~or aided w the arrest, of “Texas Jack,” alins tiordon Clifford, ong af tho most notorious ruf- flaus in Wililamson Couuty, who was suspected of boing an accomplice of Norris’ lu the murder of ous of tho Buliiners, Tho story, as it runs horo, is, that *‘l'esas Jack™ observed, in the heating of Hincheliffe, that tho right men had not boou arreated for the Bylliner murders, and added sawething indicating that Le, **Toxas Jack,”™ kuow who the guilty parties were, ote, ‘Thoreon Hiuchelilfo produced his revolver, and told * Jack" Lo (**Jack ") should have upportunity to toll on trisl somcihing to that sffect, *+'Tuxns Jack " was indicted oy an uecessary, Kave bail, aud ran away; and it all warked " Mincheliffo as the victin of tho ant! bnlhner facttun. Aftcr soveral unsuccessful at- towpus hiad beun made on ik fife, oo the 11th of October, 1874, about midday, while roturniug fiom u visit to s patient, Dr. Hinchehifo was shob within 150 yurds of his door,—both Limsolf and his Lorse belog iustantly killed. Un tho pselim- juary oxamivation, witnosses sware thoy wero clojn enough to hear the report of tho fircarms an THE EXDLTANT YELLS OF THH ASSAnsING, But thowo witucsses discreotly avorded identify- {ug the wurdeiers,—looked the othor way, pors haps,—and uo pursuit was mado, Circuwmstances pointed strovgly ta Bam sud Field Heuderson. lioy wora Indicted, and admidted W bail £3,000-cach, —bwil for murdor iu the firet dogres, which tribe appears to liavo heon not unlike that | icann dailp Teibune. Tnt it ba ramambered, 4 the case Is pending, withuut Lo o chtest prospect of 8 cnnvmlou: sinca such 19 the terrar that nobody dare hunt up ovidenco, aud 1o witnera dare tofl what Lo knows, RIANEY'S TURN NrxT, “Then followo the murder of Capt, Ganrgo W, Birney, whowo **troubles” with the Buihiuers have been briatly sketched, Hietoy wne shot ag through the window of his honse, about the 21th of December 1874, —nome of the rhiot (huckaliot) striking lun in the arin, and fotlicting a slight | wotnd. Ho wad alko, in tho fall of that year, | fired upon from a feunce-corner, aa Lo ‘wi to the barn tn the morning to feod hin horses ; or, to bs more acenrate, Le was not fired unon, Lut only aitemptod to he, for tha caps snapped. Tue would-be muiderers took to their heatn ; bt Sisnoy identilied tham hoth. and,on his testi- mouey, they were indicted, mamely: our Nhor- iff's consin, *'Jim" Norris, and * Tim " Cagle, ono of Norris' rufiianly acsociaten. Of course. Norris wasn't caucht, and won't bo; but Caglo in s jail, awaiting his trisl, Sianey way 8 man of conrago; bad served with lLonor aa s Captain iu sn_Illinoia regiment ; and, from 1606 to 1858, was thernf of Wiltismson County. But, in copumuonce of theso repeated attempts upon his lifo and of * warninga " which he had rcceiv- ed to quit the country, ho moved to Carbondale. —expiresnly, a8 Le statod to numorous of L fricuds, to get whera ho conld teel assured ur protection, At Carbondalo ke opeued a store, aod, with his family, lived in the samn house, which szood nt one of the most promivent stroet- corners in Carboudnle. On the night of the 2:th uit. between Y and 10 o'clock, whils n number of the neighboring stures were yot open, the report of a gun was Leard in tho vicinity, As by common iostinct, everybody mey's. ** As soon o8 wo beaid the o of my wioimants, * wo know t Signey was kalied ; overybody know it sould be ¥i-uey's turn next.” Within ten or fifteon minutes, a crowd” bad gathered al Sianey’s. ‘Lho house is a plain, two-story, frame, with & two-story L reaching Lack alung tho crond steeet. “The gronvd-tloor ruom of this L wis tho family sabiing-room. the windows of which uren upun a louyg purch frovting the sido- walk, All wos in darknoss. Ilcaniuy eries and ehrieks of tha women inmide, tho crowd ered, Alight was procared. sud they beheld Swnoy seated il an ais un he sat when shot. ir. us with a tertille wound, 43¢ inchoy iu diaweter, dn Lis body. LIFE WAS EXTINCT era help arrived. An czutaination of tho window whoved that the shot—evulently fron o shot-gun Joadad with sluge and Luckshoi~had been Gired torongh the porch-wingow, ‘The wire-ganzo kereen was toru, 08 was tim curtuin insde, Lhey alo fonnd inside thoe 1oom Oserion Stanley farmer pretty well kuown in theso parts, and wbo hives in the northern part of Uniou Cuuuty, adjowing Jackson aud Willlmnson Couutics, BTANLLY'S BTURY, astold at tho inquest, way, tiuat, gettiog into town at datk, sud having to leave early nexu morning, be called to ask Blsuey to indorse a vote for Lim (Stanles). Simney was sbed when Stanioy knocked,” sod 8.3 daugnter, whe came to the door, asked who was there. Stauley gave s moamo, and Birney oamo down-stairs with a light, and let Lita in. A few minutes after, Stanley stated, thie ehot wan fired from ouihide. Btauley's story wn 10 calling way contirtaed by Sisnoy's daughter, wiho, befure the sbooting, bad again rotired and fallen aslocp. Tt ia reporied in the community generaliy that Stanles aud Swney wore friond: sod Mr. E. Hiudman, a worchunt bere, stated that, in a sot- tlewent with Sianley, Lo bad ofiered to tako tho lutter's note with Sisney's indorsement, Fur- ther, Siency was eurcty for Stasley as adminis- srator of 8o ertate, ON TIE OTHER RAND, Stanley is well kuown as o rough charactor. 8ix yuars 630 his brother was kitted st an olcetion by % man named Casu. Stortiy after. Cash wos waylaid on the raad and sho: dead. Nobody was ever prosceuted for it; no arrests wero made, but enspicion |xwmtcd 1o Ktanlog. Next, Sisuey's Jite baviog already been sttempted, e would have only come down stairs, atd ko exposed him- welf to be nhot, at call of friend—or supposed friend. Stanlev wnas such, which would bave rendered Lims efficicnt as 8 confederats in tho murder, ‘Then Btanley ty roported to have bosu harboring *Jim" Nurns, jointly indicted wlth Caglo for the attstope ou the lifo of Bisnoy. I Cogle woro convicted, it is believed, with appar- ent good roaron, that he would tell what ho lkinows about Norris and the roet implicsted n tha murders aud reries of murderous asaaulis Intoly comtaitted, in tho Iatter of which bLe, Ca- wle, participated, It is surmised thst Cagle had iutimated that ho would “talle™ if convieted, and it s mattor of wsurmise whather ' Norris knew enough about the Caxh murder fto threaton Btanley. At all events, uono of theso matters were probed by the Coroner's ury ; bo lawyer was present to conduct the examiuation ; and, on his own statenient, Stanioy waa lot Ro, and, it I8 report- ed, has left the Ntate. No pursuit of Siuncy's asyaeying was wade, though, that night, ono of thetn, 1t theto wero moro than one, was tracked 10 8 mill near the edgo of tho town, where evi- dently lie bad mouunted a totss, Bisnor's family have woved out of town, ‘Lo eldest sonm, iv consequence of ** warnings " by bim recoived, hins gone to Miwouri to sottle,—sending word 10 tho Ktato's Attornoy that, 1 cousequenco of the waruings. ho daos not feol safe, aud cannot stay to prosecuio aoybody. And now no efforts are being made to briug the s-gassins to justice, MCRDER OF A MAN WHO KNEW SOMETHING. Sisney’s remnins woro sent to Crawmville for ioterment on thedtth, Willimm Spence, a middlo- aged Scotchman, and & rich wan and of wwtivenco fur this region, lept the chief utore there, Atit Nuwney's freuds gathered after tho fu- neral, while wsiting for the train. Cou- versution naturally turned on Sisuey’s doath. Sponce incautiously remutked to tho effect that, if what Lie (Sponce) knew wero told, somobody would bave to wuffer for theso thinge (the as- sassinations), sud addod that it was time thoy were atorpod. Fuo nexs morning Sponce wae found doad in his store, with » fnghiful shotguo wound in Liin v, and & pistol-hols 1 his brain sad au- other in_ his heart. Novody can bo found who will admit that ho knows ony- thing about it, more than huving hesrd the ropot of fiearmn, Yet thero wero poople living within 100 feet of the store. Wituesses here, tao, wore terror-stricken, But, frow what little Las duscloped, the theory is, that Spouce, who was known to hava retired early, was catled, by some * fricwt,” from hus sloepiug-room above lffa storo. lle cane down and unlocked the door,—it was found unlucizod, with the key on tho insido,—and, before ho could open it, was shot hwough the window ; that, nut immediately killing tho ausassins euterod, and with their pistols fla- 1uhiod the work,—tho pistols being hold close to the beal and tho heare, as ovidenced by the powdor-burns, ‘runks in to store were broken opap, aud an vmpty pockut-book was dropp.d uesr the door: but nothiug appears to have been stolen, and the wholo was evidently a ruse, a8 thioves who go to plundor never begin by wakiug up s mau to bo ticst mucdored, Nobody has beon atrestod for the Bponce wurder. NOBODY DAREN UTTER A HUSFICION for fear of mocting s fute. OFf all the men to whom 1 applied tor informatlon av Carboudale sud at Murion, not ono would talk about the mat- ter without first insisting that in no eveut would bis naute be wadv public. ‘Then each wanted 10 go where wo wouldu'l Lo watehied, and when wo got thero would soleranly axsure wo nobody was suspectod, Nobody wanted to “‘mix up" the wattor ; he, my iuformant, would be spotted for talling to mo, ote, In fact, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY I8 DEMORALIZED WITH ALVLIONT ; nndlnwrynnn sooms alraid i3 will be his tura next. “ Don't talk so loud ! you might be heard I wan said to mo by two diffcrent gontlvmen, * Woll,* wmd L has it cows o it pass that, it this sud Jackson Couutios, you daren’s call murder murder, wud are afraid to buwy up tho assawing 7 Hlave you thoughtof a Vigi- laute Comunttee 2" ; 1t wa did, we should flud the mon 1'xlnpllnlod in those murdere upou the Commitios,” wus the reply. "‘{law do you oxpoct munder to be punlihed aud this killing to hio stopped, It public” opinion 1 cowed by thy susassine 7 L uslod. 0h 1" was everynheru the respuneo,—and I sukel tho question of a dosou dulloreut leading citizens,—** if the murdercrs aro uot caught by e from vutsido shid counsy, they will uever bo caught at all.” Sfiuh {3 tho sitnation herv. T almost feol like deseribing wocioty bere s divided toto two clunses, —tho AUNRDEIOVS CLABIES, AND THX LILY-LIVERXD HON- EST ¥OLK, Honest citizons speak cautiously, with bated bruath, of tho Lorror that envelops them, Tuey keop uocandlos lighted iu their Louses afier dark, for fear of giving eome bloodthiruty ruf- NUMBER 354, flan, who may have ovetheard them, op to fire at them through the windown, and fends of the cla & hundrod men aro konw to whom th( tho nssassing to | vendotta, barbaroy aro the participant and old sottlors, ac fluence. They ovit ortunlty Th Gghie v6 spread nnthl perhaps ‘n‘lved, and pedpls do not “ro whisper of bringlog 0. The leaders of the £t in. and barberous s £ it, are mosn of wealth 2 correnponding local in- *y anticirate fighting it out inbushwhackinj &iton. Thelr warnings to witncasod, and the, "blooded murder of poor pence becanne hol = Ctoo much, have natucals 1¥ tnapired tha peof &% ¥ith alarm, which ia in- \ teimiflad by rocolley g vof the twonty-odd other . ciuders in Williand 2 County that have gone unsuniched, Prag € iy, tho law has cosaed bo . aflord protection sy, .t violonce in Willlamson | Gounty, aud, so ‘1ar ns the Dnlllners, Hen- dersous, and - tho rest, are concerned { there i1 no nctive public spint to enpport . tho officern of the faw. Tho herolc trostment i would be to hang soms of the Bnlliners, and| Hendersone, and jinencils, et al, by virtas of henteuce of Judgn Lyuch, If it do not come to that, and if tho tull power of the Atate be not exorciand to bring them to jnstice, 1t is quits likely tha vondetta will ho eontinuned until one . or the other of the hostilo clans bo exterminated- Iaunyru. INTISTS, Papers Read Holore the Conventiom ne Hetroit. i Dernorr, Aug. 12.—The session of the Amer- fean Asaociation for the Advancement of Sclonce is proving s complote suoccas In everything but nnmbern, only 123 having sa yes reaponded to thotr names at rollcall. The citizoas of this ' boautiful eity are doing all in thoir powerto| mako thin moetiog s ploasant ono to all concern- | ed, and thero inno doubt but that thoir efforta will bo crowned with success. Ac the genoral aession this moring lavite- tions to vimit varions poiots of interest were ro- ceived and proporly acted upou, after which I'rof. Mause's renigtiation 88 o member of the Standing Committao was accopted, and Prof, F. W, Clark, of Cinciunati, wea olectod iu lus place by ballot, ‘Tho general meeting then adjourned, the #ections resssembling at once at thoir respective rooms., In Bection dovoted to mothomatics aod physica, the following wers chosen members of thio Gieneral Nominating Coummittes : Geor N. Hough, Atvany, N. Y.: J. N. Stockwell, Clavetand, O. ; H. F. Eddy, Cincionatl; Dr. 1. C. Loiton. Columbia Collogo, New York, The followiug papers woro read boforo the section: * Desenptive Geomosry,” by 8, Ed- ward Warron: **The Solar Atmowphers,” by 8. P.Lapgley; * Probiems in Watson Co-ordinates," by Thomas Hill: **On tho Distribntion of the Asteroids,” by Daniel Kirkwood ; * Ou Some In- cqualities of “the Long Period in the Moon's Motion," by John N. Stackwell. 1n tho sub-section of Chomistry pspers wers real as follows: ‘'On the Omission of, Dynamical Quaotiuas from Chemical Formulm,™ by IL F. Walling; ** Chemistry of Throe Dimen-, sionw," by I, W, Clarke; *On Cortaln New Tapgeten Compounds,® by Albort R. Leeds; *“On Improvoment of Bunsoo's Meth for bpecitic Gravities of Gases,” by T, C. Mendenhall ; ** On Carbon De- terminationn in Iron and 8ieel" by John W. Langlev; ** Comparative Determinaticns of the Holubilitica of Alkaloids in Crystalline, Amaor. plous and Noscent Conditions,” by Albert B, Pres- cott: and ** Notos on the Colorado Tellurium,™ by F. W. Clarko. A subsoction of microscopoa was organizod, and oflicers will bo olectod to-morrow. Bection B, dovoted to goology and biology, soemed 1o appasl strongly to tha public tasto, nnd the Locorder's Court-room, in which tha sessions were beld, was thronged throngbout tho sessions, Dopers wero read as fol- lows: **Aro Insccts Any Mutorial Aid to Dlauts in Portilizing,” by Thomas Mechan; * Distributlon of the ~Balearichia aud Loptilia of North Amorica,” by E, D. Cope ; “ Loousts as Food for Mon, ", liy Charles V. Roilly ; “ Fac_Simile from Natu ! Ancient Rocks, with Verbal Explanations,” by Charles Whit- tlesy ; * Notice of Some Prebistorio Remains from Michigan and Illinois,” by A. Wincholi; « Iiecent Mound Lxplorstions st Daveoport, Ia.," by J. Farqubarson; * Physical Gicology of the Teap Formation of Lake Suporior, Iians aud Verbal Lxplanations,” by Clarles Whit- tlewy ; **On tho Geology of the Southorn Coun- ties of Now York, and Particularly of tho Cats- Lill Mouutaiu Region," by James Hall ; ** Recti- tication of the Geclogical Map of Michigan.” by Aloxunder Winghell; * New Npocimens of Fossls from Caoada™ by J, Ve Dawson ; * On Soma Now and Remarkabla Coal D'lants from the Lower Coal Mcnsures of Obio, usud Their Typical Rolations,” by E. B.Ao- drows ; * Existence of Glacial Actioun upon the Summit of Mount Washiugton, N. 11" by C. IL. Hutebcock ; ** Indian Mouuds and 8bell " Heaps near Pearacols, Fla.” by Goorge M. Steinbers *“ Notes on Aborigual Maney of Californls, by Lorenzo G. Yates. Thin evouing the membors of the Association, after Listening to an address by Dr. Jobn . Secoute, of Philadelphis, becama™ the gucats of E. A. Brush, ono of the oldest residonts waeslthicst citizens of this city. The weather {s delightful, and everything con- spiros to mako au excoptionally plossaut moot- ing. TILE IND1ANS, ANOTHER LETTER FROM WELSH, Prmaverruia, Aug. 12—The Evening Tele graph to-day publishes an opon letter from Wil- liaw Welsh to Presidont Grant on what he terms tho **libolous attack of Secretary Dalanc on Walkor, Clerk of tho Board of indian Commis- eiouors.” 1o says ho belioyos #ald lbol was concootod and published by Cowan, Assistant-Secretary of the Interior, with the cordial approval of Delano. Wolsh chiarges that thevo attacks woro made on Walkor becauso he axposed frauds which 1t was thio duty of tho Intorior Dubartmont to check. Wolsh then charges Dolauo with makiog & wil- fuily falao report to tho Prosident in reforence to tho amount of stock subscribad to the Northern Pacitic Railroad, and threateon to publish fur- ther siatements of still more objectionablo acts, and concludes: ** Your protection of Gou. Par- ker whon hio was conyicted of walfoasanco a4| Commirsioner of Indian Affairs secis wholly unuccountable, except on the hypotlesis that< *lovo in you 14 blind."" THE PROPOSED GRAND COUNCIL, Wasnwiutoy, D. C., Aug. 12.—The following dispatch was recoivod at tuo Indian Dureau from the Rov. 8. 8. Minman, dated Choyenne River Agoucy, Aug. 11: The Inisus st Chovenne and Blanding Rock consent to go to ted Cloud fur a grand conncil, We have di- rected thy Agent to furutsls thew ratious for Lhe jour- ey, s alro to attend W person if powsible, Thers will probabiy bo a1 ludiats prosent st the counel Yosidea thoss belon:ging to Ttod Cloud and Spotted Tl Auncies, 1t in importaut that prosents ahoitid be cont for them, and horees ordered 0 be purchacsd. ‘The fatlury to remove o whitca from tho Black Hitls is atill causing s trouble, 8rovx City, In, Aug. 12.—Ths Bi0n0x Com- miggion, of which the Rov, 8. D, Hiuman is: Cuawuian, arnved at Fort Bully to-day, on routa for the (rand Council 10 be Leld at Ked Cloud's, Ayency lu Beptember, whon it is axpected thot tinal treaty fur the possession of the mineral district of Dakota will be made. The oouncil with tbe Northern Bioux at Btanding Rock Agoncy was satisfactory in evory respeot, snd. thie Grand Council will”be attended by s large delegation from the Northeru Agoncloes, Spectal Dipatch to The Chicago Tridune. Wasuinaton, D. 0., Aug. 12.—nformation hag roschied bore (hat tho Sioux intend to demand damages for the eutry of miners to the Black 1lills counntry. Bpotdad Tuil ises tho amount st £7,000,000. THE OSAGE COMMISSION, Svecial Duapiteh o:4ha Chicaoo Tridund, TupmxpENCE, Kan., Aug. 13 —Indian Tuspso turs Kimbail, Van Yorhoes, Neal of Qlio, aad Hawks of Iilinois, Commissioners tu investigate the charges agaiust Agent Gibson, of the Osages, arrived at Ceffooville this evening on’ their way to the Osage Ageuvy. Thoy will arrive at ths Agoucy on _Buuday, and an iovestigation wily begin ou Mouday. Persons direos from ths Agency report tbat Gov, Psunieuoposh will mako wOwe Krave cliarges agaluwt Agous Gibeon. NEAR CORINNE. 3 Sarr Laxx, Aug. 12.—A past of the Iudians In * thy ueigbborhood of Cornue loft to-day for their reservations, Tho balance promiso to leave to-worrow. No further troublo s anticipated.