Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 20, 1875, Page 2

they woul1 not hava dona had the Naw York Deinceratn triek od to mtiation as the Pennayl- vaniaoa dild at Lne, % taw TFCTLY OUTANO] DECTARATION. Firk Trmea— Kepnll an, The New York Demacratic pa torm s chiofly devutod ta “realirming” cortain prine pics wiirh wore onunciatod last year at Nyracuse, and fhrea vears ago at Daltimoro, Paople will oxcurn, however, 1ta lack of onginality on the pround that it fa & parfectly ontapoken declirs- ton in faror of bLard money, If iae yeary rories of resolutions (o the Alfred Minzis"vivle are to constisute (he bLeeklone of Demoeralic platforms untsl furthor volice, it will rave o 004 deal of Lroubla {0 Coamitlors on Resos 1 by tha genorel puthe. It s pasable that nfior @ few anuual 1oy atitions of thie whorl anl oney politionl croad, tue nrd nary Detaverat:e votar might gat roma sualchice of it by beart. Ita abyious ada tanitite for being werked into & ERCROIY tiyuis gt aven rewdarit an mvalua. lite el FenLONS T ¥ Jaighe b o givon the lmancial deciaration s of Yis i form a sorwew liar mored 1eer. bane ng - it 1he lieteston clireat At ng other vec L af Juspartz, Luck ng bio catage to do that he et oral hrd tile con age o Insist o0 uaking Bo caueo mons to toe indatinn rndneens of Ohio and lan: i poms.bly ¢, 60V, TILLEN CLATION BULL DY " Nere York Hera d--In.ie;-auenl Demoeratse, Gov. Liden and his ovetfiant Conveutio: do- norve Liearty traisn for ther firm and manly daclaretion the currency. - [f the trnmpet viva forth an uncertain sound," sud the Ifalrew prophet, *who mll propare bimeell for the Lat- tlaz" The & raruse trampet L wiven foria no uncertain sunnd on iollintion, And we o At Iata the eountry on the cortaioty tiat theve will Be from thin tane fore ard a VIgoren g o tinag 10 tho Domoeratic inile.ivn sty 1Lgide the Daina- eratic patiy. i 1 Gov., Tilden has nsanmed 2 dictatorial tof this Conventio, @ qisputed that be Lxn wnoc hae uneqiivocally paeis Ly thy Democrpes of the preat Cpi Ntate to s stoady eni geal.uw o 0ppos- tion o tha mfi itz of tho Demo- cratie iuflauonists, wio were m & fabr way to cap uro tha paity, it Gov, Fridew lind nat el 104 in the Lecs cmi Le hi e victorfuig wav to T or perieh i the atemupt, He by mady Timwelt ko leader of the Democratie b rcuey bost, al s staled ull bis political Tinver ca vecoring au anti-mtlation wajonty in the next Mntioual Convent ow, §1 hawnatonly eronsod the Xuvican, but Lurned 1he bridze be Bivd him, ik o swim, sorvive or potisb,’ theio {s uo fopger auy coutns uben to hum Ut o nzhit 1t oot o thia hue, Hlo wid have nany n tough bactie, Lut iie hag moyo thn un equal chanes of Wuning if by Lea:w his ban- nor “full kich alvanced.” New York wiil be tho prand reliying nont for the anti- suflation ~ Democrzcy of all the Brates. Ttas fartunete for thowm, fortunatu indeed for tho counzre, that they bave at last 8 stundard ‘nesrer who rcorns to tvuet o, has” Gov, arieky, or o utter tunid protesis ke Senator Tharnian, 1f bard monoy wise, Gov, ilden aill \n tor hiswlona of the Dowocratic Vrosidens awindttates Lios bad the wpieny ol political e Lo tuka Ll pfateon Lull by the horns, gore and tons lim—nobudy can yet toll— Patbo izs gono 100 1ar Lo retire out of the wrena, ifthe Democrats ure boeaten in Otio, aund sha'l carty New York by aa increared ma- Jo oy, Gov. Fildsn will go mto the Nauonal Convention nest Bunimer with hia linad tuil of tri B, Thus far e by payiug e gamoe with vonsuinmata skill 4 ANCIZNT, EXDU Liemozrutic Plaecd o poliical action of Ler eitizons, # wed #8 by her jroportions and her power 1 ti:e Unior, at the bead of the Democ-atic co- aimn, the pesplo of the Unmted Kietes havo ked, and have had a right to look, witn tha canest anzin.y, 1o the New York lemoceaic Conveni.n of 1873, £u ths iadursement or the diravonel of o, sonsolcrs, agd mis- cliievons tinascial here=ies which have of late unbap il got thewselves howled and hiwrried anto tho Lical platforne of tho two yrost 8 a:es of Llisand Pennoylvanis, ‘To exect suy sin- cure ropudiation of repudiation, any opposltion to finane a! fntiation not fteclf infixte:l with po- htical buasbuggery and eant, from ihe Repubiicen tarty, is an manifeatly sb- swd in the fnve of tho. tucorded Libe tory of that parly, that seusjble men could searceiv chors but durpeir of the Depublic if ther tound thewselves com.eiled to balievs that the Democracy ot tho Luion a4 3 1olitieal boidy wors ot the polnt of J iniig Lande wita the su~ thors of eur fHusocisl 1o, For the rosson, thoratore, the Lemociatic Convention at Hyra- cuco bad & great uuty to pazforia 1o tho Demos cranie party and the country in rogard to 0.1 na- tioual in finance, Abroad as woll os at Tiome, ail iorcse mon and loveis of froo 1oatitu- o will beid the plaiform vests rday unaui- 1moosly adojited by the Syracnde G mvention ag n most rave, vutspoken, and thorongt fulfil- ment of (s duty, Chat pla‘form is the eéx- pregzien, 1ot ot the opinfon= of No# York, but of the ancient, enduring, wud unchangoa.la dos. Lrines in finance of tpu Dentociacy of the United Hiaten, f5 18 not the voice of New York an- swenng with dedunco the voica of O or the voira of Penusylvauls. 1t 18 the voice of Now York reaZinming the doztrine of the fatbers uud the lounders of Doiocracy 10 Ameiics. Iy an the volice of New York uttering the true, abid- IR 0] tuion-of the overnhelunug majouty of all true Democrats, notin New Yoru only, but in Obiv, 1 teunwlvania, and throughont the Usnion, tow tho heresics ot Repablican financo catio 10 Ls foisted for a poasen upon the plac- ioim of tho Demorrutic party of this or of that tate, in & maitor for leeal mvostiyatiol nd a curion queston of historical politica, ‘'bat the = pies ot Hepublican tinguco have novor had a co, and_nover will bave u plnce, on tie na- tioual platform of tha great Amenican Domo- craiie party, it was the duty of the Lomocrats of New York distinetly to point out and to 1enifirm yerterdny at Byracuse, Thst doty has been done,—dony plawmly, dous deiuitoly, done thuionghly,—and oncs for all, *! CAUKE OF PROYUUND ORATITUDR." Newo Yorn [1enint P t—{ndegieniend fte;olican, iy piutfun of principies sat a ) by the Cou- ventin cutitles that buty to the profonnd grati- tude of wuli bard-mouey wov. It is a3 em_ hatic s denuncution of tho payer-mousy fullncies of the Demucrats of Obio wud Pennsylvan a as it e ba withont ment.omng newey, Koo this wo wro indebted to Guv, Tilden'n miusuce, In tLeso tnues, wheu the wafery of Lhi country is threstened wilh an overwhelming deluge of paper money, aud whou #0 many wen in publio 1ife have awulloned their hard-money vritciples, sod on varfous pro‘exss havo joine 1 the bana of 1nd fanatios who wou d drive e United Buiton anto wotintion and ropudiation, in violation of all renron and honesty, 1t1aa causa of profouud gratitudo thal Laero 1 une prounnent man in the country ta wliom, i homely (hirave, Lard-mnnoy men “ead tio Vs and that thero iy ous State in tho Univn where the Democratic party adieres 20 1w prisciples, e MISCELLANEOUS, | THZ IOWA CAMPAIGN, Specinl Dispateh La T'he Chicaar Tribuna, Tawa Crry, Ia., Sopt. 14, —['olitice nre lively, Tho logulativa tickets of thie county ara: Tha the Ropublcan wido, and Peier A, Doy for Non- ator, and Moasd Bloom and tbe ffon, Goorgo Tanl (preseut incutnvent) for the House, on tho Demociutic aide, ‘Lhey are good men on_ both #idew. ‘The clsuses soe’u to favor the election nf tlxlo.ulhpuhhcl!l ticket, although this couuty ia close, THE MINNESOTA GAMPAIGN Speetal Inarateh 1o ‘Phe Clicsoa Tribune, 81, Pavt, Minn., Sept, 18.—The political cam- puign was openad Liere lat evening by a discus- mon between the Deuwiociatio mud Ttepubl. candidutes for Atiornev-General, nhich proved wore 1ot esting thau wue exceored. aud will probabls vesull in & eenes of § wrunsions bee tueen thy of posing candiats i r tho wovorsl gl\icumlhlu and othier eiger tlaces of tho sate. ILLINOIS COUNTY CONVEN il et tin ?‘un Ta 2he Chronas 7 1oNS: ARLISVILLE, 5 1 of this county b convenuon st h Place to-dav, and adoited aa tho.r 1 lattony the ©ue miaue by (hoir Btate Convention, and they nowicatod Lewis Corbin, of Polk “Lownahy), tor ‘treanurer. The Lepublicans aud Dewucraty hold their County Convention next week, Lacon, I, Bepe. 1. The Marshal County, dil., Repubhesn Convention wet bure lo-day, and nominsted Haaron J. Depue for Trewenser und George . Wightuwan for Burveyor, Perfeot harmouy prevailed iu tue Convention, HARD MONEY, &vecral Diapaich fo The Chicaga Trioune, Dersoir, Mich., Bopt, 19.~The Siate Reform Centrsl Comuities has iswied a ca’t fur & hard- Asuuey conveution to be beld here Oct, 14, A NEW MEXICO ELECTION, Banta Te. N. M., Bept. 19.—Nearly complete veturux fudicale the Hon, 8, B. Blki . Elkiug’ sleotion 8 Delsgate by about 4,600 mejosiyy. iane, and it eartainic wil mov'be vbjected to | anta, aud for tuat much ha deserves ! oldie pacsod the Brni- ! iten- | e E INDIANS. i TH i - Doings of the Sioux Commis- sion at Red-Cloud Agency. Troubles of Varions Kinds in Con- nection with the Noble ! Red Man, | The Wonderful Gold-Storles Knocked ; of elemertiry taiton for the w- . of Drewmociatic waida, Mz, Tidlen in the Head by Reliablo Faformation Lo Wants $26,000,000 fo $30,000,000 for the Black Hills, but Won't (et Over 33,609,000 or $6.000,000, Postponement of Action on the Pro- posed Constitution for Indian ; Territory. 1 Sy The Intertribal Fair—-Things on Isxhibition--=Specehes of Whites and In- dians, i | i i | | i . | i | i BLACK HILLS, THE BIOUX COMMISHION AT RED-CLOUD AGENCY Spessi Correaronsenceof The Chtsago i'rivene, Ren-CLory Acexcy, Hept, 9.—The Blonx Tn- dan Commission aro now comfuitsbly houeod ineide the stockale of the Agency.—the liousn of the Ageut, and wall-tents, afford:ng ,ampia accommodationa forall. The Comission have fornied & moen of theirown, have their own cook and tervants, aud are entirely 1solate) and inde- pendect, waren tho uss of tho houss, Daily nossnus are hield fu the morving for three hours, proparug the work for the Grand Council, and tho Comission would bo ready for that ovout in o faw hours, wers the prospect good for an inmodiats gatheriog of the various tribes. THF FLACE CHOSEX by the Commission for tha holding of the Conn- cit is at Crow Iintts, about 6 miles eaet of Bed- Clond Amoncy, where ploaty of woud and wator is found for the wauts of ;ha [udlans, and which, at the unmo tins, wilt silow the Commission to reiain therr prosant qnarters. Red Cloud and wll lus Chiefs are heartily 1o favor of the Batts, and mll carry most of the Indisns wih (hem. Bpotted Tail, howover, is de- tirmined o forea the Commi4sionors (o Shatron Crook, 25 mules esstwarl, and hnaa corraled nearly o tho Miwsour: River Indians at his , whiere he holds thom. Theid Agents ace now witt them, endeavoring to bring them arotuul to au axreemant to the Orow Batte place, with every prorpeot of succqss. Bpolied Tail's obutivacy in this watter is ewsily lraced to two thinga: firet, to is jealousy of the Red Cloud people; aund, eecondly, to bis being coazed up to it oy woine white men of dvubtful color, OId Bpotty is a great follow at bluff, but inust yield in tlis cosp, Tho Council wiil be held at Crow Dutte, or not at all ; for it waald be utter foolish- ness to aliow the uobls old bluffer to drag the Commission juat whero he plsassd, and wonld be & virtual surreuder to him i the more im- portant mattora of ths treaty. (A dispatch from Laramis, Sept, 16, saya that tha Commusgion hsd apprnted a Committes of #ix Indisaw—spottad Tail and two of his band, and Red Cloud and ¢wo of his—to walect tha place of hulding thae Coancil ; stipulating that it must ba vear euough to Red-Cloud Agouey to al- lowthe Commisuioners to return thers each nmight,.—Ep, TRIBUNE.] A EATE VIAIT was paid to the Ciumission yosterday by Rod Cioud, Young-Mau-Afraid-of-His-ilorses, Amer- ican Ho:io, sud soms dozen other big men, Red Cloud is sharp aud shrowd, sud as diplo- mat.c na any whitsa Chiof could be. Ha oame simply £2 assure thoe great Chiefy of the Com- wisaion that he waa glad to wse thom, aud that his aoldisra would protect thom from sil harm, aod that Awmorican Hores would cowmmand the aword of honor, All of which was duly.acknow|- edged with muny Iowa " ; after which ths red dipiomat called nttention to TIE UONSE QURSTION. Thia arises from the fact that the Hub.-Uom- miazion Rent out to make the preliminary ar- rangemautn with the soveral trihes found it im- possible and dangerous to go to the mild Bioux, on Powder and Tonguae Rivers, and arrangs for the repressotalion st tha Counsil. 8o Youug Man, the hereditary Chiof of the Oyalall proposed, o the interast of poacs, to take his Lost men and go o thom, yome 300 wmilos, snd do hia bsst with them ; for whioh servica tho Hub-Comminsion promlicd oompensstion in iurees, The mianion wan euccassful, siuce £0) luiiges of the wild Sionx ure now eamped on tho White Earth, The Indiau Daparimeut adyerila- od for tha horess, bnt tuen withdraw the ad- vertisencot, . All tlim the Indisus know, and hencs many inquiries. In order to hold Yonog Muu and the £u0 or 500 lodeea he lesds. the : romixe was made that the lio;aea should be turnislied, a4 % mattor of common honost: n articls sumowliat acarca [n thia partieular o ty. With the pladge of Hendtor Allison _lied Cloud veewmed aatistisl and the party wi.ldrow. TROUBLE AREAD. The.wild Indians ‘hat Young Man succeed. ed 1o bringing In are indesd wild, many of them being eutirely ciad 1o mkiug aua furs, and ali of them their arms at a1l tmes. You can scarcoly ap- proach ous, save in the company of & more civil- ized Indian; and then yon alvays flud the wid dividusl nervounsly fiugering a mv{ revolver or ropesiug sifle, B.itiog Bull in the greatest Chief aiong the wild oues, aud Le 1efusos to huve anvebiug to do with the Connall, aud will make war to protest his ights fn the country northof the Black ihills, 1le has sbout 301 Iniigen with bum, and his men are well armed And mounted, Ife imght be fonnd a thorn in the aide of the minfog Black-Rillars next year. BOME OTHER TROUDLE. Nearly ona mounth ago, the proper densrtmant waa npprisod of the loition of the Conucil at Hud-Clou i Avency, aud the immadiate necesnity of moving supl furward fron Hidney and Chevenne, W 8 the couditlon of things here to-dny ¢ There 18 uot one pound of flour here, uor lias theie bosu any isuued '.ero for the last thirty days. McCaun, tho contractor for the preseut vear, has uot dulivered ona pound on the new year, aud thero shiould have besn thirty duya’ suoply on hand July 1, 1573, ‘There is not vue pound of caru that can be 1sued, and bat a fow powids of tobucco. ‘e Commissioner of Ingisn Aftuirs dosires that the rations of flour, cora, all tubuceo shall bs ample: but none of the contraotors are prodded up with tho oftlcisl prod to s performanca of their duties. How the thousaodu of Indians are to be wubsmted is & sorious question - to the Comuwirsion, and not eamly sottled. 1t shows a mauagement worihy of either a Na- poleonio mind or that of our frisnd Damphool ; .Lnl the ubpiojudiced rosder may make his choico. ¢ ‘' HOW THR OLD THING WORKS, Thoey have discovurod s new way of doing thiuge when the lunr sud coru rativus are ebort, By order of the pioper autbiorities, where wuch & stnte of thiugs occuu, they increass the ration ot beof to une and & haif pouuds per dsy, Thus, j+Booler's numerous balls are wade toserve as *| profis s trotting coin sud four, aud all st tho regular contisot- price. Can it be that, becauss the margin on the flour-cuntinat 1 all, tha Ring ¥ IMoro beef to the froot,— sud that, too, where stears sre made to vieigh the | ounda thal m:lv“mlun to good eat- ter Tdou't pretend to fathom the business bat, 1o 8 man fiom the Btutes, the thing looks Qacidedly uu though & gawe was bsiug plsyed Upop bowie one, wud that it was not on I slor. Of éourwm, 1t good thing to make the ludian take In hia's " all the time ; the Bquaws are poor coi d thair tlap-jaoks are very herd oa poor le'e ton, It is purely for waniary purpoxea (bat the tlour is withisid. Anowdier i i | ; other sbidence that i should THE CHICAGO evidonce of our kindly disposition to yo gentle Bavage, 4 nOUYING TOR NILIA. So far as 1 can Jearn, ihera Ao no enthnsiaate on tho Commiamion in rogard o tho purehne of tho 18 mek Hidn conntrs, Tho Ll sto:ios shoat tho richnos . of the diegings fall apon leadon | cars, for rel aole intormation Las bzew fuund®y that kuookn all the ghitter oat of the mountainn , of gald we have heard #o much aboat. The conutry is very goad, tn spoty, fof grazing pur- poses. It is too far marth to ever make any. tiung in tho asricultual ling, 8o far a8 it rolates | to the growth of grain, sid, o:an this carly i H 1o fail seanon, fo6 bt au_tned thisk forins in evere pare on uiot pools. Theco 18 a good sup- iy of umbnr thare, And good weior, Bomo goid has heon fuund, but not enougl to pay for tho Jsbur of getting b, I have seen specimons to-day wined on Kapid Crook, bat 1t twok foar men bwo daya to got 4.5 0 dust, Of ourso their appniatun was romswhat dofectiivo ; af, trebling the tind, nea:le eveev coumon Taburer in Clucago makes more cioar money, I havo aleo aoou quactz, sard to coma from tho Hills, thy wuuln} Renay 215,000 to the toa; hat the faet that tno man who found it entered the Hils one day, and bronght s ** Hud ™ oub tan noxt, places wreat divecodit on the plory. LThen, the quattz piesonled has nover, m auy other nning dietriet, baon found shiort of a dopto of fiom 40 to 1,000 foot. 1t is ouly oto of thw mauy “aaling” procosisd adopted toor.aton great frurore. The eapturo of & man with 7 ponds of gold-dus: golug into the Hills, 18 an- YRAUD 1S NEING PERPETRATED bv romebody wtereatad in way-urading ports ana tho transportation busincss. Tnera is vothing to warraut the claum of rich d.guings 1w the Hilla. Theie s some gowd thors, —bud more of it _in the corn-tields of Hlinom snd lowa, The roporta of Ivof, Jounoy [ waken At their par-valuo. Dr. Newton, a thorough vnl.xglnh with ths Jonuey party, in of the opinion that no gold in }ay10g quadtity.. will be found,—that is to say, 10 corteupond with the groat oout of general A thorough mumng. Maj. Dart. who had just comen fiota the Mills, rojorte that, with six men, he woried two days, cleaasd up Lwice, and gut 31,060 the tirat time, ana 23 ceuts tha weoond, T'nene aro nad andumpla truthe; aud toe organs that abuivk for tho great goiden wealth said ta Le ,ound there, cau take 3s much comfort ay portidlo out of chem. At Iast nccounts, Prof. Jemiey was i the no; thwestorn purtof tho Hills, aud noarly though with bis work. Cul. Dodgs and cowmand #ill les 0ioafow days for tius Agoucy and the railzoad. At preseut, wix minors 218 ou L'ranch Coovk, s cliurgo of the proporty of the muuers who wore coapailed to *gic up and git." Lhev wre unader the supecvisiwn of Capt, Poll.ck, whu also Lay sumo twen'y-four wew uuder a1 , Bent out by tue Sivux Uity Sranaportation Com, any a3 tle uuiform rate of 215 per tead, and o doaditeads. TP PRICK FOR TIP UILLS, What the Iudiaus will ask wili v » ** stunner” to commence with. Lvom $30.000,000 to 3560,- TRIBUN 000,02 18 buing talked of by them, and & long troatr nitat, Of comse, they do not want that in caely; bnt they do want it "in Bosler’s boof, MeCann's tlour, und tho usual shoddy guod far- miahed by the comractors, ‘Lhey wil want s Tew nuallions a8 o bonus, \What they will reasive from the Counnies1oa will nut exceed ¥35,000,00 or $6,000,004 ; aud, i€ that mucy; it will bo peid tus spnultios runmng thioagh at ioast ten or fif- toen yoars. Wo are now paymg thom aboat BLLO0U00 anuually ; or, 1 might be battar sasd, tue cuntisctors receive thiat uich, whilo the tu- dign R6L8 8,0LR A8 LOKL Lo may on &bOIL Ono- hall. 'To avert tuo expepss of & var with thom it wauld ba abut as wall to pay the cost of it to Bosler & Co., aud tuan wa would be anead in tho eaviog of the 1ives of men and horsea. BENATOE KOWE. At the urgont request of Seuator Allidon, the Hou. T. 0. Hows, Sanator froa Wisconavu, wos rdded to the Comm ssion at Cheyenne. Sonator Howe cams ovar.—a loug Jouruey of tive very | duosty daye' duration. lis wus appointed by the Preaident ; but, on tie iay following our ar- rival, & courier camo from Larawis wil o che- paich stating that tho Pros.dont was of the opinion that, a8 Sonator i{owe was a member of the Rod-Cioud Agoncy Investigating Oomumnittos, he ocould not not on the Ireaty Comwission, "Thie Senator at once lott for'tho States by wsy of Clioyenae, 4 WHEX THE COUNCIL 18 TO DE HELD is hard to say. 'The prellminary ons wil ocour early next week., but the general counoil wiil hardly take placa betors the 20th of So_tembor, Bugch ars the slow-pacad movomsnts of tho noole red, They bave more timo thau snything elss, aud propore to delay everything to tho fullest possiblo nmit. ‘Ther: no hurrying of thewm In a matter of this kin: With the jealousy of Chiefs to contend with, the ezalied ‘notions of the fudiaus as to thoe prica to be demanded, tha atter absence of supplies, tha work promises to be longer by many daya than wae aoucipaled, and the task one rsuirng the closost work and beet judyment of the mon comporing the Cown- mlssion. 'T'ne lowa members are now hojefal of resaliing howe ia tims to vots,—sboul the middle of Uctober, PERSONAL. Dr. 8avillo, the Agout bero, in company with Mr. Boster, the cittie-contractor, came in this atternvon from the south. Tue Dootor's heart is very bad justnow, to use the ladian lingo, and the report of the Comm.tieo that recenly want through bim hera will not make bim fos) avy_better. Mr. Iyrrell, of the Auditor’s oltice for Indian Affairs, I3 olso wich the party, on o tour of oMol examinatiun, Uon. Terry bas uot yot arsived, but i1 expectod by Bundsy. Cant, Nickerson and ILient. Bourke, of Gon. .t deliberating over tho proposed Constitution, carrying | 0 postpone action therson until the mnoual i Crook' utad, Jeft santerday for Fort Fot:erman, Maj, Burt, of the Ninth Infantry, rodo down frow :Le Blaok Hilis in lesa than ten days, in order torepresont the New York Tribuns at tho powwow. Mr., Daveuport, of the lerals, accom- panfed him. Dayeuport's hoart is aleu very bad. An Indiao found kim ridiag a pony that had baon stolon and taken to the Hills,whero Davouport bought hun, ‘The Indian took the lumy. and Davengort is looking for tho astlor with a navy- revalver, Lows Roschaw haa bven emploved as one of the iuterpretera for the Coounision. e in 8 half-breed, aud one of I'rof. Marsh's witnosaes, and, therefors, under the ban ju this country, among the regalar residenta, Toe Commaudant of Camp Robinaon, Maj. Jordan, and otheis, wera entortainod st the tables of the Comminaion yesterday, ['ho usual dulvas were had, with toasts and remarkably shiort respouses. ———— INDIAN TERRITORY. THE GRAND COUNCIL AND THE INTERTBIDAL PAIB. Special Corrcanondence of The Chicago Tribune, Muaxoare, Croek Nation, L T., Bopt. 14.—Tho Grand Couucil of all the tribos, after convening at Okmulyos, upent conwidorable over a week in and Nuslly resolvad, by a very decided majority, Grand Council (s new one) that assemblen at Okmulges in May, 1876, Before adjourning, resolutions wero passed aleavowing auy sympa- thy with the seotiments of the Caddo meoting, s publinhed in Tug ‘Uainuxe, and strongly op- pored to the proponed Territorial plan of Col, E. 0. B mdinot, The Graud Council, by & vale of 47 to 42, agreed to mest at Okmu'goo next year, Maj. Ingalls pres.ded in place of Superintendent Houg, who wag compelled to leave, on account of ollicial busineas, tha Saturday befors the ad- Journmont. Buuerintendent ioag was saveroly hurt, en routo to ta place from Okmulges, by & rofractory team.—but not dangerously. A CHOOTAW PUOOLAMATION, Chief Coleman Cole, of the Clhootaw Nation, inw proclamation recently issued, doolares that Iuteudors (white meu) must be put out of the Nation, as the country was the Chootaws' only, and uot the white man's. The matter of the proclamauon would be really Jaughable if the {utant was not 50 serious, MILITABY, Uompany I, Fifth Cavalry, have arrived at Fort Qibaon, for assignmont to satlvo daty at that jost. Maj. Upham, Fifth Cavalry, bas as- eumed oorumand, rellaving Lieut. Woodruff, of the Fifth Infsoiry, ai commauding oficer, The Major i quite & favorite in this waction, having served hore while s Captain in tha Bixth Cavalry, WILD TRIBNS, Elevan of the wild tribes, usmely : Cheyannes, Arspaboes, Kiowas, Apaches, Caddoss, Co:nsn- ches, &c., have arrived, and are encamped on Pecan Croek, about 8 mlles of thia place, Thev bave been eujoying the '*sights” for the last two days, and appear well pleased with their wislt, The United Btates Government, through tho A ent here, has provided amply for thoir wanis during thelr stay; sud, from conversation; with them, i find the desire universal to become like their brethren bf the Ureeks and Cherokees, Bome of them ase really splendid specimens of physical maubiood. and surely with vioper culti- vation of tueir intallects, mighs take rank with the foremost men of their tmo. They take grost inturest in the doinge of the Fair-feople, und, *from early morn til dewy eve,” may be seoq coming aud going bstween their campand the Vair-grounds, of beaveds wro MONDAY. clo:hed with the cast-off unifarms of our army- oilice:s, and apposr as proad ss Lucifer, . aperial Corratvonden s of [ra Chicasn Tritine, Miskoark, Creok Nation, tud. Ter.. Suit. 15, —Tha Fair_opanod to-day witn incroasing intars ©ai, the trains BAVING brought persons in large numbers from Missonrl, Kansas, and Tezas; and the prairie roadu were carls flled with attired people enroita for tho axaibition. Bands of muste fram Hadalls, Ma., Ometinati, Arkan- sag, and Hlanas tirovn, Tox,, eulivenad the scans Wit choisn aits, and sverstinng * went m rry ay & marriago-ba Tho wild Intisun o 1y hioke cxug, und _(with the exception of Whirlwind, 8 Chayoune Cluof, who in quita ill, bat 1w attonded by hin Limadsomely-diassod guaw) reached tho grounda fn gool seanon, TROCESHION AND NAXNERS, A procossiou vas Lhea farmed of all thy tribes presout, tod by thiea squa v on Lursebacs, baur. i the white ilag of peace, An they passed in reviaw, bannars with tho fol'ow.ng devices woio barne hy the varions delega.dons ; Cheraizea—*t Agticultura tha sourcs of all woalth,” Creeks =4 With malve towand none, with ba all, et us do rlght as Go.d giver us {3 860 Lhe right Lin oln o R 4 Ty Iabor we thrive, O anea='' Qome and aee, [Aplaw:] Foliow me,” Ardpthnes—t Fari better than chisoe,” Creyrnnes— Peace with it peaple, Cometnchea— Proaarvs our trastla Of courso the bands mado ths procossion quite livoly, and tha wild tellova onjoyad tha tiung bugely, it their coanlanances tuld the ! Alter tho |rocswsion, dinnar was called, THE AW, Nut s few horeos, *heop, cattle, and hogs, aro exh:hited. The [14lt ia but poorly sup, lied with coreals, vogeiablos, fruits, and Howers. 'Tho best colloction sppnars from Tullshasse Mann)| Tubor_School, Creek Natwon, 1n chargo of tho Rov. W. 8. Robortean (I’ranbyvierian) quilts, bad-clothing, neediowork, aud a of tapestry, are very gucd. [ noticed, amony othsr things, & yair of kuas-banda presented to Laowin Ross (brother of tha famoms old Chisf, Joha Roas), for bravory, in the \Wor of 1811: a boautiful ¢radle mada’by Wa-ches, an Osige adquaw (wify of Plul Block, interpreter) ; and a full war-dress of Esa-habbo, Cinet” of Co- maoches Many natterns or Choyoune, Shaw- pee, Kiowa, and Aranahos moocasing ; huuting POuches ; bows, KPAReA, (UIVATE ; OUIOUA Youts ; hunung-shirts ; tanaed robes ; mcal »belts, with sealun attacaed ; & fnir apscimen of ‘s Comancha brie's jucket and dress; sud tomanawks, bn- dios, wnd enddlo-mountings of very beautiful workmanslip aud denign, comp:iisod the list con- tribuied by tha wild Indinos. BPEECIE DY (OY. GRAWFORD. 5 In the sftarnoon, the P'roaldont aunounced that tho public sposkers wonld ba hoard, and iniroducad Qov. (ioorge A. Crawford, of Fort Beott, Kan., who was warmly recoivad, Thn apoakior was glad to be here, and comphmantod tho [udiass on the evidences of progross among tham. 1lc said that thiey had advaatages far su- porior Lo those sajoye | by onr fathers 100 vears 30. Thoy biad tha'plow, lovin, and anvil then, hut not tha teloeraph, sowing tnachine, reapor, stcam ongius, and many other noans -1 rgoncion of civilization and progress, Lat was honorable in all; Christ, the Carpenter’s Bon, et His glorlons sigast on it ; Weshiugion and many of the illustrious fathors of the Rs. public were toilera on thie farm and in the work- shop ; and Lincoin felt not mshamed that he bad wplit raits for & livolthaod, nor Johnson that hio had totled ou his beuch, nor Grant that ke had workod if the taunory, Thers was nothing d shonoring in Iabor. Big Chiel anca said it wns wquaw's work: bud 1t 1w uot so mow. Go thon, and raiso cattle, horses, sheep, aod fann-products, Eojoy the fiults of your tol, for it "is_ the Thoblest mersago than can be left yon. e, ’s ons of the Coytennial Comnusaloners,, then cordially invited all the tribas prosent and in the Terri- tory, to contribute libersily to the nation’s big Fair, The whola world was paying us tributs; and shall our native triben not coms up to tha land of Penn, aud view ths mucestral places of their onco micbty forefathers? He ocompli- monted in high terms the grand progress mado by tho Clorokes, Creok, and ather nations of this Torritory, and waa prond to name among his warmoat Iriends tho present Chisf of the Cherokees (3ir. Roas), the worthy descendant snd inberitor of tha tilles and honors of tha lustrious Jobo Ross; and, in ordar to listen to hia eloquant tangus, he conld afford to be silent. Ho wound np with & beautiful exordium, urging the tribes to still further achievements in the arts and acionces, & higher civilization, snd a no:‘:ler lifo. He was warwmly appleuded through- out. BLOLY. APEECH BY GEX. SHANKS. Gou. Shanka was next iutroduced, as the rop- rescotative of tha (toveroment, aud spoks as follows: A now era had dawnod nipon this groat Torritory. He =as giad to meot 8o many of the raproasutatives of the natlons hers, and congrat- ulated them u_on their auspicions gatbering. It baa boen aaid that this is & white man's fair, and wonld be used to overturn thelr pressnt status and deprive ttiem of thoir lands, Not 8o, for the Government of tha United Htates has novor violated a single troaty of the 372 treatios made with tho Americau Indiana; but the wholo trouble graw out of uneasy and pradatory white mon, who, througli tho Sanato, bind, from tims to time, theso Lraaties cusuged for thoir own selfish ends, But, in 1871, the United States Congross, by law, probiblted any further tresty, and vou aro to-duy as secure in your rights 28 any peopls under the shinivg ann. It has been the pride and boast of our country that etornal justico 1 oue of Ler firment corner-stonos, and you need not fear the rosult, Daring the past summer, thin spasker had been with tha Arapahoes, Chy- ennes, Apaches, Cuminches, and uthers, and evorywhero fouud the desire for Ewgraau prova- lout, Ife was woll troated In thelr camps and tholr homes, and they dosira to be at ponce. This year the Comanches had raiscd 200 acres of corn ; the Kiwan, £00; the Arapshoes, 145 ; and tho -Ponetecha Comanches, 1,600 ; and ali thoy a-k {8 an opportunily to achisve succoss. Tney want friendship withont dosign ; and the wild Indian ean peueirats with \mnflmg eayes your charscter anil intent, as far aa any other tsn. Lot confidonce be restored ; open the way for olvilization And progress to these people ; cultivato their minds and hearts ; and the na- tions represonted will, in a few years, be a proud monument to the Amorican paople. Cume next year and make & grand Fair: briug all your produots ; change from the chade to the piow ; ana eviuce to the world that & triumph i8 before you. [Great applause.] SPEECI LY OHIEY RoBS, Chief William P, Hows, of the Cherokees, was then oalled fur, and said; The kindly senti- monts expresacd this davin the hearingof yon ail awakens s reaponse in every bosom. He ras dalighted to kuow that there wero high hopes in the future for us. Ha becn reared on & farm, but was not now en- raged in that ocoupation. And, whilo bo complimented the careful _farmer, ho was uusparing o his cclticia.ms of n- diferent and carclese farmor. Sowmo yoars ago, on the banis of the Washia, he mot Ensoe. be, the great Chivf of tho Comaiclies, now present, who portiaved ta bim the tilals and dificultios amony Lis own people, part of whom were loath Lo quit tho chase and assume civilized habits, 11a alludad to & most miserable cabin that he bad vasned tho night in, and snia, 1f that was an evidouco of civhization, he wautad nous of 15, Ue biad occas.on recentlv 1o allude to tho great solugvements of the Uunited Hiates 1n the lnat hundred years. At ths same time, he remem- bered that tho Bewinoles Lad an Osceols; tho Cherosees, & Hequovah; the Muukogoes (or Cruokn) & Woatlicrford, whom Gen. Jackson Ercuouucad to be the brevost man he had ever uown, The Chlef tuen read some very incer- euring statistios, which will foliow hereafter, and cloaed with a magniflosnt po. traval of the futuro of thie great cauntry, whou the gardens, fields, snd orchards shail "bloom; the cattie upon a thousand hilla be thera; miues be opsned under wina lawd ; sud the ora of a graud prospenty be snd atide with thom and their damm!lnél éor- wver, L B THX TIIRD DAY OF THE FAIR, Hpecial Correnvonasiice of ['ha Chteagu Tribune, Muskoure. Creek Natlon, Ind. Ter., Sept, 16.— The third day of the ludian Fair opened with cloudd of dust, aud a great concourse of paopla for this country. Miss Mary Brower, of the Canadisn Distriot, Cherokce Naiion, took tha Hrst premium—s side-saddio—as the bont ludy-equestrisn; snd Mra, Jane Huwkins, (colored), of tha Creek Nation, took the second, whict wa al80 a side-aaddle. By unanimoun re- gnunl of sil paries, three squawa, of the ‘omanchie, Cheyenno, and Kiuws tribes, en- terud tho tield, amid gron: cheary, and compoeted for suother wide-waddl: This was very ludicrous, when the fao: fa taken into considera- tion that the squaws ride astride their ponl A tand of five or six of the difterent Oblof. waro welectod to award the promium ; but, fear g Jealousy among themselves, they wisely re- mljnd to white judges that duty. 3in-ne-hs, of hd Cheyennes” (wife of Phillp McQuaker, the famouw interpreter, who apeaks all the lndian lauguages), was the favored ons. LITEHARY EXERCIEES. Tho Rev. W. A. Duncan, of the Cherokee Or- hau Asylom, then spposred oo the scone, with weoty-five or thitty pupils, wbo favored the sudi- 8uce with somo besutiful siugiug. Allss Barab Duncan read an essay on ** Jutewperanco,” and Miss Kizzle Winslutt (Creok) oue on ** Nigh! Both evinoed oonsiderable oultuse, and were well SEPTE MBER 20, 1876. raceivod, Tho wild Indians waro ireatly {ntorestad in those oxercisns, aml ga.d that thoy, too, wantod their chililean to o to uzhoal anld bacomo wiso, ‘The Cammi too decldod that tho premuun of 8 1) be Iy divided hatwoen the ‘anthors of tho n abave montionad essvs, Tha three bands discoursed some very elo- quent mueio to-day. A minstral troups of for-- mer alsvas, from "Toxas, are delighting hundreds of tha visitors maht.y. Aftor dinner, M. W. Reynolds, Bsq., editor of the Sun, of Darwons, Kan.. addeeenad the as- wemb'age. 1o complimonta i the Ind ans on the succvea of the Fair. and hopod that the{ would cima haro every year with fueroasing interodt, Ho told tiem thiat knawledge was power, and the only way to hecome groas i4 to becomo oducatod. HYEECNTA RY INDIANS. Pacer, Chint of tha Apanhes, rpoke, throngh Inw intorpretar (Maltby), &% fohuwa: {lo was glad 1o he hare and minzle with his beathrsn of the other natiog Ha ho, ed that this woadnat tn Lha inse red-man's Fair the ** whito man's road, and property, like hin whiir brethron, Hi litelo aon had' learned to 1ead Enclinn, and told him from the neepanors the doinw of (ar-RwAy poo- lo, and (hat thare was a yrat world outsiuto. Tho Falr pleased bim. 1e had lenrned much, and would tali hin paoplo, when he returned, all that lie sar, Iivory ono troatod hum well, and ho wa+r happy for coming, aud would come uext Fear vatn produets of hin peaple. Tieso-liabba. tno groat Cliol of the Penetocha Gomanchos, next adid vared the people, throagh McCuskor ‘iuto{)ru:ur). #y folluwe; " I want to have nlittlo tulk aith'yon. My bomo Is towards tao setting aun, I came ty the Okmulgeo Grand Council aod was glad at wiae 1 hoard the Chiofe talk there, I will tatk to my poop e, aud tall them to follow the whiio- mau's path, I came lere four nights ago, und havo learnod mucy. § hinve oshioite:d many relici of my tribe at this Fair, and iuteud to hring moro with me to tho ¥air next yoar. I have baon told that thia groat Territory Delonvs to us, and we waat it for cursolveas and our chil- dren always. I tsua hoins with me lund feolings for ths good treatment 1 hava recvived. I look to my moroe civilized brothera for souncil in vur nreat work in foliowing the white-man's path, All [ have to say more fu, thas I wantto do right. 1 thauk you," Joshua ltoss, Esq., the officient and gentlo- manly Bocrerary of the Fair Asiociation, then de- livoted & vary plonssnt address on Agrioullure aud the Aria of Poaoe, and predicted a glorious futura fo) the people of thess natirua and tribos in that diroction, sbd eoaplimented hia rol brotliers on tho eentiments that they had ex- prasged to-day in bis heariog, CIUEES OF WILD TRIDEA, Tho following 1a tho List of the Chiefs of the wild tribos that are in attoudance, who are ac- oorapauied by their squaws sud many of their yonuog mon ¢ ml'[llfi‘ul—l'lmr, Black Hawk, Little Bull, Wolf-on- o- L1111, Keapus~Sun-Toy, Black Bear, Nap-Wat, Dauger- ous Eigle. Comunchea—Cheevers, and Taber-nau-l-kns, Cheyennea—Hunting Hear, Little Dear, Whirlwind, BtousCaif, Waite Snield, Arapahsst—Yeilw Beir, Boar Tiobs, Quo-s-hoila, Kechis—Tow-a-hun-ta ta, Cndduse—(loorge Wasaington, Joseph Bo-nle, Dig Man, The wild tribes aoam to take the groatest in- torest in ovoryihing thut transpires aronnd thewm, sud arc making in;juirios and soom to bo gathort ing intorma ion, throu:h thelr intorpreters, from all persona atound them: and, if thin Fuir nnd oshiors can bo the meaos of redooming thom frm barbarism,—the wild chase to the poacolul plow,—who can eatimats the good that will follow ? Theso peopis seem to bo taking & new doparture, and in all goud conscisnce let us eay, *Giod speed thom." ‘To-morcaw will be tao closing day of the Fair. C. 8 o et S FAIRS. THE MICHIGAN FAIR, Speeral Dispateh to The Chicaga Tribune, Eaer Sao1xaw, Mich., Bapt., 19.—Tto twonty- sevanth anvual fair of the Michigan Stato Agri- cultural Socloty closod yeatordny. In gencral merit the exhilution has far exceoded any provi- ous fair of the Bociety. One or two depart- ments presontsd s rather amall display, but most of thom were oxcellent, The stock has boen the bent colloction ever eaen in the Wost. ‘The pomologieal display surpasssd any previous exhibition ; the pouliry was good ; the fino-arta hall well flled and fastefully decorated ; the agrioultural hall presented some of tho bost eamplan of the vogatable kingdom ever dieplay- ed here or oluswhere; the munufsoturers’ hall* presented s rather small diplay, but s0ome very creditable ones ; tho machinery hall way not 80 well fllled as Iaat year, but thera wore #owne machio~s that wera perfect marvols, and wlich sttracted s graat doal of attentlon; Tne collection of farw imploments and farm ma- chinecy waa the best evor soen at a Michigun Stato Fair; the trials of spexd were good, thoogh, unfortunatelr for the Socloty and to the Rreat disanpointment of the horsemen and the orowda wha are intorested in snoh displays, the raine prevonted the people from attending, and wheo they came, they found the track in such condltfon that the’ fun was anyihing but exciting, and tho races soomed tam>. I'he fair hos not besn & complata snocesa inanclally, an will he seon by the followiug statemant, whion W & very closs sapprosimation to the aviual re- coipts and disbursementa: Gste reveipts, $11,- 817: membarship, $1,200; rent of booths, #2,200: apesd premiums, $1,331; total recelpts, $16,280. The vremiums and expennss will ag- Rrogate shout 821,000, laaviog A deficiency of about $5,000 to be paid from balancos on the precediug falrs. JOHNSON COUNTY, Speeral Dianateh to T'he C Towa Ciry, Ia., Sept. 18,—The Uounty Fair for this county (Johnson) closed to-day. Although tho thréo first days were rainy, yoatorday and to- day wera pleasant, and there was a large attond- avce, which naved it fluancially. The display of cattle, alieep, aud hogs wore good, thore wasa fair dhphy of machinery, and the soeds and vegetables wers bard o baat, There wns also a respeactable exhibition of fruit. ‘The domestio or fine art display way creditable, and up to former oxhibitionn, Ax is ususl, thore was a gond ex- hibition of the speed of horsocs, soveral of them making good tims. Upon the whole, the exhibi- tion was a credit to the farmers of old Johnson, MINNESOTA STATE FAIR. 8pectal Dupateh to Tha Clncaga (ribuna, Br, Paur. Minn, Bopt. 18.—The cold, wet wonthor continuing, the State Fair mauagers tois morolog postpoued ludefinitely tho races, ball games, and shootivg matches set for to-day, sad suthorized the exhibitors to remose ther Eoodn, Comparad with provious fairs, this hae een nuunuaily succe-atul, deapite the steadily unfavorable weather, and tho Hoclety, whioh is substaatially naw, lisving beon reorganized iu- der the lawy of last winter, promises for next yoar ta have un oxhib tion equal to the best in iho alder Western Btatus, CENTRAL MICHIGAN FAIR. Bpeeial Currespondsn e of tha Chicage Tribune, Laxsino, Alioh., Bept. 18.~The Coutral Michi- gan Falr will be held 10 this aity from Sept, 48 to Oct. 1, and promises to be creditable to the managemant* The railroads aroreduocing fare to balf rates, aud froight will bo free. Three thousand doliars bave been affurod in promiume, and the courss put fu the best condition for the aces. KANSAS CITY EXPOSITION, Bveetal Davateh to The Chlcago Tridune, 1o wauto | ta travel | nd liavo homen, facma, ; for ono hour, follownd by the [lun. A. D). Duf, ¢ was coatinued until Monday. Kanaas Ciry, Sopt. 18.—The Exposition, which | olosed to-day, haa bean the moat auccessful aver known to Kaneas Oity. Tuousands of strangers have ponred {oto tho city each day from Kansng aud Missourl, and thousands of doliars have been left amongst meichanta aud hotela. At least 20,000 peopls were on tha ground to~-day, NORTHERN INDIANA, Bpecial Dievateh i The Chicane Triduns, Fonr Warns, Iud, Sept. 18,—To-day the ‘Northaru Indisna Eair concluded with » moder- ate attandance, Durlug the week tha reoslpta Linve beon larger than [ast year, and the fair has beon 1a moat rospects & briiliant success, e A PROBABLE SUICIDE. Special Dupatehs lo The Chicano Trivune, 7. Louty, Bopt. 19.—An old Iady named Mrs, Allotta Carr, living 1a this city at No. 8717 North Ninth street, was found doad this moruing under siugular clroumstauces. For savesal years sho bas been subjeck to fits of mental de- preasion, and, for a loug time, her conduct bas beou uuch as to azouse suspislon that she had deplé(un upou hor own life, 'Fur this reason her childien kent a close aud constant waich upou Ler moveweuts, one of the sons slesping 1o tho room with her. Thiv worniog the sou awoke snd found his mother gone, sud upon vearch aho was discovered in the waah- house, with hor head {n a tub and covered with water, Life wax extinot, It is thought by msoy that it was a cave of suloids, bub Ler family be- liove shat, wiyl iug about in her delir- i, 8hs accid y {nm she tub, and did not have wirength to extricate heiself, Mrs. Carr was amoug the old residents of Bt Lows, and was lughly respocted. CRIMINAL NEWS. Preliminnry Ixamination of Two Willlamson County Ase snasins. Tho Sensation Created by the Testi- mony of Musio, an Accom- plice. Otlier Criwfual Matters, THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY KU-KLUX. Spectal Diratels to Tue Chicann Triduns, CanpoNpaLy, Lil., Bept. 18, —~The evidence in tho uxaminstion of tho Craine, charged witl being acconplices in the murler of William Spouce, was conuhided At Maniun Saturday noon, Judge W, J. Allen, for the preaceution, spoke nlto for the prosecution. At 4 p. m. the came The evideuce, which f¢ was maid would ba given by defendanta’ witaonaew Lo prove nilbis, otc., swas unsuceossful, Murie’s testimony was not disputed {n tho Joast. ‘The wherenbouta of Bluek Bill Craln on tho | vight of the murder was wworn _to, byt did not ctear him of holug | an aceotnplics Lo the alfair. ‘fhe lon. W. N, Mitchell, of Marion, on Fridsy curolled 100 good cltizous, who wore organlzed into 2 company of militia and fursished with armn on Saturday, to be rondy for any cmorgoney. Theeo men promins their lives, white othera plodge thalr fortunes, for tho rostoration ; of peaca in Willinmson County. Tho peopls of Boathern Illinois ara rojoicing at this auccoasful unearthing of this baud of ontlawa. John Bal- | Iner, with bis two accomplices, Allen Baker and | Sam Crain, will be examined st Murphysbro, commenocing Wedneaday, for the assassination of Col. George W. Smnoy it this city lsat July, S, Lowa Globe- Democrat, Mantox, Willismaon Co., Ill., Sept. 17.—~The preliminary examiuation of the two Williata Crzing and Jop Crain, for the mmnrder of Mr. Hponmo at Craluville, Lias been gotg on for tho past two days, When Blunsic was called, his name oreatod & great atir fo the court, hundreds Tisiag up to see tho man who Lad holped com- mit the murdor and was now about to testily axainst his associates, 1lin statomont was as fallows ¢ I know Willlamm Bpense, dncensed, I have known him about s year, "§ wea ltving Iu Gralnsvitle when lin was kiliod, wi Iwan driving = team most of the fimo, 1 know Jep, Urain and the two Willlam Craina that re on trial, T have kuown Jep. Orain slx or sov- ©ud yeurs, the other two less than a year. On the Fri- day befora Byeuro was killad, I and Jop, Craln were st Murshall ‘Crain’s house, and Jep. Crain sald he utod Bpenso killad uext, 'There was sonia talk, and p. mald be would gu snd stay that night Lisck DiPs, mwl for us fo moot him back Hampten's bout 10 o'dlock in thu day, Itwas four miles to Diackpills Wa wurs to go fo tho field and walt; aud thoy, tiat is, Dlack Bl and Jep. Graln wete to wait foF s ; Dy we, I mesn Maratall Orain and my- self, Tha party that gut there first was to braak some wacds or bushes, and then go up on tha hill a-out 150 rards, and thors fire & platot every hour to lot them 0w we Wora thers, Marshall Urain sud me got thors first; we broke the wonls sud theu went up on the hill. ‘We got there a this is lialf » milo from any bonse, M, 1 hiad shot two or threas pistols befors ti they cawe abous 110'clock, 1 do't remember all what was said; we agreed to kiil Spsnss that night; 1 was to ga back home uud get some whisky, and moeet them sgaln that night back of Yaller Bil's, 1o the woods, atout a quar- tor of a milo from Cratnvills, We mot’ Liero betwssn nundown and dark, ru and Maraoall Crain, and Black 13ili T oo’ some whisky that I got from Joe Duliiner, in Cralnmills, Jep said if anyvody go in trouble, Lo was to asat in getting {hem out, and if be could mot do that tusy waa $a bo took ont; Yelow DIl wasn't concorned in wanted tha murdof, When we met on Friday, J’ur me 10 got & gnn for Black Bill from Johin' Dulliner, 1 told hiin T would not do it, tat X would ba sure to by scen, but I could get one of Johu Detmore, if that would do, Detuworo lived in Cratuvilie, I went thera Triday evening Lo borrow Lis gun, but He did not wast it out’all night, and went theio Baturday morni{ng be- fore ho wan up'and got 1¢: It was losded, When I met Binck Diiland the others Idid not bave the gunj it yas at Maraaall's house, We drank soma whisky until dark, and then went Marshall's houss aud stayed thera uutll 9 or (U o' Marabal nsd snothier gua tiere, John Bulliner's Black Bill took the gun I got from Dounore, After wo got 1o Marshail's houss, wo wajted for everyihing to get still, 80 a3 to §o up and kill Hponse,” Jep was the Orst man to suggest killing Hponsa; ho said, " Spanwe s the noxt ona” Thin wax on ¥riday, July 30. Atter Marshall Craln got Lis window sbot into he was afrald to stay at Bome, and staged at my ‘louse sometimes, aud sometimes at Yullor Dille, 1o askod me If he g0t in troubls would I stand Ly him, so sa to be » witness for him, I tnally said I wonld, & day or two after ho poks to me about it, He- fore starting for Hpanee's, wo arranged that Msraball Crain hould do tue shootlng; Lo hud & mvolvor; ha told mo e shot him with Joun Dotmora's gun, It was & conple of huudred ysrda 10 Bpensa's houne; it Waa DOt 0 Tory HFM night; we went along through the woods, womotimen suresat and sometimes ons was behind, Black Bill and I wers to watch aud seo if leybody came, Wa got thore about 10 or 11 o'elock; ére was no light in the house; a family lives sizty or soventy steps from the 'house. 1. weni within ten stops tha door on tho east with Dlack Bill, be standing closs behind i sbail went up ‘and called Bpouss by name; sakod who wea there: he sald ¢ Jobm Hinuey,” and wanied aome shrouds for s dosd cbild; and Marsh waited a few minntes and then called again, and Hyxnase said he would be down as soon s be vould get lia ehoos oo, Bk BUl and 1 wara oast of the front of ke houss, Then 1 saw s light shine agin the giaes of the daor, Maraliall fired with & shotgun; I only hoard boih barrels wore fired et once: he sl bim then with tha pii he pat his hsnd through the window that he hi ot wita his shotgun and ficed at Spensa with bis pistal ouca. After the gun I Liears Byause groan, I waa then right at the corner of ttia houus, Black Biil with me, Marshall jabbed womy Rinss out of the window and went in, aud slayed two or tliroe minutes, and brought out a posketvook, Wo went on the rallroad east ; wa dropped the pocketbook betweon the store aud the cattlo-yards, Mireh ox- aminod It aud axid there was no motey In 1t 3 we wont on and got to Terry Crain's fleld, and wout'on 1o the road tuat leads o0 Landram’s Mill, sud toora I lefe them and weat home sud went o bed. Hays I, ¢ T am arrested what aiall 1do 77 Biak Bil} aafd, “ Jave me and Marshall subsceused and we will uwoar youclear,” Ibhaven't seou the Datmore gin wince, I did not soa thess partios the nast day ; I was at Oraln. ollo pactof the tmo 1 dldn®t oo ina bodye” Twan fuvited, but T did not foel like it, Yaller Dili was in town; I had some talk with him sbout this affair; Moratlall wax preesnt: i wie st Lundrum’ wil, on the Monday evening sfterwards, Yaller DAl paked Msraball, “Did - you 4ot any Jawalry 7 Marshall said * No," Yaltar Iili unkod, * If anybody got his watch ; it had his name in it, and you will be detected snd pull hemp aa surn sy Lie L% [1Tcra Diack Dill Taughod.]” X had told Yaler Ditl nothing stout 8panse's veing ki . 1 bappensd ok np hore, | forgot bow tye subleet camo up. Yallor Bill sdviesd Bluok Bill to take bis wifas Louto, und then get out of the country. I ton’t kuow whora Atarabaht Urainie now; he said bo was golng to take his wifs 1o Missourl, snl fhen b waa comlng ba k., Thia resson Joj. wantud Hpeuse kiilsd ws, ho thought Do wisa apy of Blauey's, Jep, said if we couldu't §i¥osv ourselvea aut of Jail, & mob would take us out; Yo neeln't boskearsd i wa wero o deil & monih or tlres nonths, Bomebody suld xomething about et~ tiug the keys {roin ol Chatloy, tho Jallur, and Lo sald they wonid sm .ah down, If naed be, he ‘doar, Mur- sliall Crano toid me he lad weut the Detmore gun Lome, Tlis field of Mra, Haiapton's, where we et Buturday morniug, 18 twenty-two or iwunty-thres miles “south of Craluvillu; wo ot there abiout 9 or 10, and statd uatil 11 or 12, ‘e wera all walking—st 'lasst Msrshall snd o was; we went tu Weat, Crain’s—Marvhall and me—and eat a cold snack ; nobody was at boe, West, {8 & broth- erof Marahall, Jop. and Yollow BUI are brothers ; Marstall 14 8 Lrothor of theirs, Twas cautioned by Yullow Bill Munday evening_to stop drinkiug or I ould lowk 0ut ; o sald 1 & Tisre if gaiing too many 10 this thing, soyhow,” T was drioking & goad del at that thwme, The morning aflor Spause was killed, [ aylight, saw Yallar Dill fieat, and asked | 1o go upand gst 8 pint of whisky ; he said ke would ; he went down to seo Brows, 1o get him to get ftat the drug-atare ; ho got down and found Hpeasy was killed, aud d1da got it, (Yyosa-ecumination ; Tha Bret conversation sbout Marehall Cran Afteruoon ; no- L e Killug 8, waa in the Bouse lived, sbout 3 or 3 oclock in th Lody'slss was there bus us three ; Jop had nsver sald suyihing about kiliig Bpense befors b talked about Hianey ;1 b 1wa or thires Lies bofor Ay 't was there uight Byonss wia killed ; s whils sfter Marsb's house b vhoi into, three or four days, he told ms ke was olug 10 kil Hlsuey; I'knew blm well before Fia fiouse was sbat ‘tuto; It was tws or teee days after that that' ho atald st my bouss; the fret tine he atafd two mights hand-running ; abous the third night be brosched the aubject ; bo 6l ba thoughit It was vote of tho H'an sud Le'was golngto bave ruveuge; he aito about it the uoxt day, He thought Il 'was John Bisney m who did it, He f b got Iu trouble would § hdf bl out, 1 o ewear him out ; by that I mesu that anything that 8 necassary o got Litn out [ was It lo swear {0, whether 1t was iras or not ; thero was to be :& pey for mest sll, I understood I my W ewosr 1o anythin b b out, 1 would bave dome it T suppse i1 bad Kept on as I was thew, full of whisky, This was & ronth beforo ihe Bpause. Jopsal Vo blapio Fard o cards, said o would said ho would conversation about Killing wis (e Dext oue that bo come down ko the houss and We all soecnied b0 be wilking; Jep 0 over and sce black Blll; Marvhall ll B ; Jop wanted the kun for liack Bill ; there was no propodtion fur pay ; Jep left Mar- stall wud me (hera; 1 waa drioking that duy right s.uari; on Baturday 1 saw Marahall at bis house, and T wout down withs tha gun; didn't see the folks Uiers ; [ Deversaw the {oks wt Mareball Crain's Bousos It Was Just daylight ; I wenh 1nlo e Bouse and Lok tha gun with meil was 34 wead hows sud got hreakfant: afler hrankfant T atarlad ot for John Ty, ner, At Marahall svorinok i o 2ot g 200 yarde ; we swent o to el sy wera to leave these ot 4 X 0. g T hink fhe Ahota wo fhied on the il wern thiriy mfnuten apart Twent hotio alane ; 1 vas pretty drunk & Maranaig andd Tovent and got'sometlung to tat and then we weny back 0 the bl 3 ALeshalf stahd, T went direstly hayae then went tn Carierville; fofe theen pretly nesrnigy! st went homie s Twea Mill drinking ; wa took threg pints of whiaky to the fil, On further ox- minacion, tha witness tastifed 1hat 1o Diad heen offered no fndncamenta o tell fhe tenth, ap. rept protection and money enough to 1aava tows on 81 had no geounds on whieh to seape eotvictlon, " On (ho Friday preceding the murder ho et Jon about 2 or 4 o'lock; went to Cartarville aft. the intorview with Jen; gt m fNuart thers of Montoo Dulliner; Marehall Cealn took a piye over o ntiplon’a fleld, 1n referenes 1, the convaraaflon he had’ with tho priwner; 11 tho Jatl, ke textifed that lie ma ie no atatement e lie remombered that e hunweil hud killed Spoyens tall Mr, Landruna that, at iho time Buruen waa kilie]' hie (the witnear) wan ot ‘home and abed, 110l him 5 Hie, becang Tlid tn Fght (hen to tel tae teuth s when tie'enme i on Mowizs 1 told Tm the trath s T miyls have told Oreq McGawan, tn jail, that thesn partcy wera not guilty; wieo that tis parly who revealw agalnat then wold be sel tp i bidness, It way sliout 10 o'elock when Biack 131) and Jep met Marslal] and 1 Lack of Widow Hamptan'a fisld, Letrrest cxanvmatfon : John Du'liner had twa mins, 1 aaw Marthall Crein on Sunday sventng hack of the Hampton field, when ha suspectsd that T wpy Dateaying, hecstne be could not at Drst Ao somy whisvy that I promin-d to tring_him, and threatens| to kil tun if ever T il Ao a0, Wo stald that night Warren Crain's, a hrother of Maraball', The state. ment I made to Tandrum shout haying no councction with the murder way hefare T made (he full confession, My resson for telitng ths truth was, that T felt Tougly to tall it. anil averyhody knowed me, and knawad Jiaw 1 got into i, LThey knowed 1wouidn't gotluta iy wrongtully. FROM NiW MsXICO, Baxta Fr. N, M., #ept, 19.—Tho body of the Ttev. F. J. Tolby, Methodist miuster for Cimar. ron sud Elizabothtown, was found botween Ciarron and Elizabetntown. Ho had been whot thraugh tho leart. IHis horne was found tied to a troe n ahort distancs from the body, No cluo to the tnurderor s yet, At Lort Stauton, & day or two since, an old feud betwenn John I1. Rellly ana Juan Patron resultod in tho fatal shooting of the latter. Itig roport d that Railly acted in solf-defonss, Patron firing the st shot. A VICTIM OF MURDERERS, Special Dupateh to rhe Chitan Trivune, Dernorr, Mich., Sopt. 19.—About four weeks sgo Albort Moliter, of RRogera City, was shot ong evoning in his office, his baokkeeper belug shot doad at the same time, Molitor bas lingored along until last week Lo was brought homs to Dotroit, and died hero last svening. Tho mur. derers hinve not beon discovered, A DESPERADO DEAD, Loumvirre, Ky., 8apt, 10.—A dispateh from Pine Hill, Ky., reports thodeath of Josse James, wounded there nevoral days ago, when witha gong who robbed the Huntington, Va., bank, James was well known thufhnu; the country ay tho natorions Missourl outlsw whose deprada- tione produced much excitemont soms timo ago, FROST AND SNOW. TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW. iver vu Loue, Quebec, Sopt. 19,—During thy storm yosterdsy, 13 inches of enow fell, ani much damags was done to fruit. ILLINOIS. Bpecial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. Bracxnenny 8rattoN, Kave Co., 11, Bept, 13, —Luat vight was tho coldest of the senson, The froat has made a clean eweop on Jow lands. The morcury in tho thermometer atood at 84 above at sunrise, Corn, buckwhent, and Iate potataes sre generslly killed, excapt on high lands, 8Sinca tho leavea only of corn aro injured, it will ripon if we have no heavy frosts for two or threo weeks. Late corn should o out up aud phocked bofore tho cob freozes. Thaeve willboa large amount of unsound corn. Thoe growth is stopped, and it will shrivel on the cob. Therois but littls corn so ripe but thal & howvy fross would materially injure it. Spectat Diapatch to rae Chicago Tridune Dwiout, 1ll,, Sept. 19.—Confirmlog our dis. patch of Saturday night In rogard to tho damaga dono to the corn orop, we bave to-day (Bundsy) oxamined the stalk, and find it uninjured. The leaves aro all white and pendant. Thore 1 every indication to-night of another froat, Special Dianateh fo The Chicago Tribune, Dwianr, 11, Sept. 18,.—Wo hed a hoavy frost Tast night, and ico this morning in the bouse, Thers scoms to be groat diversity amung tha farnicrs aa to Lhe smount of damage thu frost has done. Bome think that 25 per cont of the crop is itnjured, othors again put it down as low a4 10 per cent. Wo havo just returned from our awn tleld, where we bave been cutting u) for hog feod for a month. 'The lenves are killed, and the stalk unharmed. From our own obuor- vation aud oxperionce we are frea to say that wo consider this froat rathor 1n the light of a bless. ing than of & loss. The stalks were 8o largs and so full of eap that for the last two wosks tho corn stood etil], Tius frost has now qhocked the growth, and will maturo the corn very soon, Special Dispaten tn 'Ae Chicago Tridune, Broowivaton, Iil, Bept. 10,—A alight frost occured in thia region last night, It did but little dsmago. Neariy all the corn crop is o tally matured a8 to be invulnerablo, Special Dispateh (o The Chi-azo Tribune. Jouter, IlL, Bept, 18.—There was a heary biack frost io thia vielmity Iastin ght. Towats and other tonder plauts were badly nipped, but 80 far as can be learusd no injury was dono to vorn, and, from rej-orts received from farmers in this neiguborhood, it in likely tuat crop it sutliciontly matured to be out of danger. Speerat Dupateh to The Cltoauo Trioune. Dixon, Ifl., Bapt.18,—Wo lLad s henyy frest hero laut night. Ice formed half-an inch thick, Corn bins suftarcd badly, and late plauted i complotely ruined, particuiarly on bottam lands. Potatoes aro damaged at least one-faurth. GALEsBrng, (., Hept. 18.—~There was a heary frost here Jast night, but it {s thought no dam- 80 has beon done, Proura, 1L, Bept, 18.—~Thare was a light frost laet night, The westlier 18 now very cold, and We shail probably have a heavier frost to-night it it doos no moderate, Farmers In this region report that the coru is entirely out of danget irom frost. AMany samples of ripe corn are on tno market, Manoa, 1il., Bopt. 18.—Thers was frost hers last night, and it was 80 cold that Ice formed in somo of tho corn-flelda weat of town, Corn it t00 far advane: d to bo injured muoh, Baxpwion, Ill., Bept. 14.—Faimers report this momiug ooueidorable damave doue to cora by frost last night. The weatbor to-day s very canl, Cuttricorns, Iil, Bept. 18,—There was hieavy froat Isat mght. ut no sorions dan wad done to corn. Thers aro prospects for an other heavy fruat to-oight. DPrincezox, 11k, Bept, 18.—Thors was a alight frost last might, but ocorn is too far advanced to be injured by any common frost, LoxTiac, 11, “Sept, 18,—1ho heavy frost of Inrt mignt ' cooked " vegetation in thie city, and did sone damage to the corn crop. It is estic mated that from & fourth to a third of the corn in thia cunnty was injured so as oot to be No. 1, and the farniers are” feeling quite despoudent. The whole of this county (Liviugaton) is planted in corn, and the xggrogate losa will be immonso. arecial Inapalen to i'he Cuicago I'ribune. Warrian, ., Bopt. 18.—We had s sovera frost last night. Corn, however, is too far slong to be much iojured, Sveews. Diavateh to TaqChicago Tyidune, Famuuuy, tll., Sopt, 19.—Cousiderablo nlarm wau causod by the heavy frost of Saturday morne ing in this sectiou, The corn bladea were cub aud all vinos kuled, but it is found that sevens oightha of the coru Is out of dangor from frost. The flelds promise n yleld generally of ity Lushols, and sume one hundred, per acro, Correapondence of T'he Chicage Tribune. Granviix, Patuam Oo., DI, Sopt. 18.—A Lieavy frost hera thls morning, This fs tho first, and, if not followsd by another to-nihe, will not fajure corn. The corn-crop will be itnmense in any eveut, but 1t would Improved bys weuk or two miore of warm weathar. WISCONSIN, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Triduna, Bxrotr, Wis,, Bept. 18.—Our fimt damsgiog froel of (his sesson came last mght, hurling corn sowewhat and wilting vices genermily. There is no prospact of w frost to-night, .od cotn {e not 8o muoch Injured but what it will im- vrove m good doal yet if we can bave & woes o two more of good woather. IOWA. 8pecial Dispateh to Ine Chicaae Tridune, Towa City, la., Bept. 18.—No frost iu this sess tiou yet. Corn bids fair for a large yield ic taiy part of the Blate, Specias Dupated to The Chicage Tridune, Exoxus, Is., Hept. 18.~This locality was viss ited by a light frost last night, but it did 0 damage, s« Lho corn was all vat of the way. Apecrat Digpalzh (0 1ia Chncage Triouns, Dxs Moinks, Is., Bopt, 18.—The “corn in tbit Blate is now eafe, except periians, in the i extromo wnorthorn counties. The yioud will bo B L¥UIBEY OUO,