The New York Herald Newspaper, September 2, 1874, Page 4

Brigham Young in Trouble with | His Nineteenth Wife, ADULTERY SANCTIFIED. ' The Difference Between Legal Marriage | and ‘Celestial Concubinage.”” THE PROPHET ACCUSED OF PERJURY. | ‘He Blindly Repudiates the Super- numerary Wives. GOOD M@RMONS INDIGN —-——_ The Nuptial Ritual as Performed in the | Latter Day Chorch. ; | SALT Laxey Crrv, August 26, 1874 The community was startied this moruing by | the pabdlication of Brigham Young's legal defence — im answer to the claim of his nineteenth wife tora | bill of divorce and alimony. [t ts just abouta year since this case Was ‘brought before the Third | Diserict Court in this: city, and the plamtif, Mre, Aon Eliza Young, claimed $200,000 ior damages, POLYGAMY. = | stant or severe manual labor, y titer the fultot 3 tho fall of complaivant or refused her domic i allexos the fact to be that dur at ner ii decandabt Visited the suid plainud, at her umes ai matty end. wera duhes would “permit” Befendant wants, thai planuf has and did during the fre- Lake himself articles necessary for procure them, but defendant denies thatin answ ¢ said solictiations, or auy of them or atany time used (oward her opprobriows aud most offer ta oF opprobrious or offensive langdage in any that the articles furnished the said pene fall of hie} wore, et ent imquantity and quality lor her and that of | her Geneudent children, bat avers "hat during all of said tine and at all times until said plaintif® Tere his House as aloresaid. he furnished her with ample means and family. Deiendant denies said time or any part tneroot plaiatd was fo, or was under the necessity of doing, con- Iie or nerselt Tulare, common necessaries of lie for hersel! children, Sithough derendant admits that plauntif may have ne- ceasarily performed some labor during that ume in the management of her domestic affairs, MCT DENIED. IMHO! Defendant denies that plainti® has trequently or at all communicated to Min, or that ie is or was aware of the fact that the plainti had for the last four years, or tor any cousiderabie part thereof, been iu delicate or feeble health, or that vy reason thereot sbe had been or was during that entire period or apy portion thereof, unable to beriorm any mapual labor lu her ordinary duties of | Iife without siitering pain, or that she had been or was fondant dente pininuid, by him sin forced to in constant o anv danger’ of permanent disease. or that she had Leeu in continued oF any need of the services | or advice of @ phi or of medicines or of ivod tian, proper vo such Sitions, Detendant denies that plain- Oi at “divers. oF times in’ the three years last before the diin of the compiaint herein anked'or demanded of defendant to procure tor, | my" with medicines cr food necessary ate to her feeble condition, or that defendant has or alwavs or at any time failed or retused to provide her with either medicines or medieal attendance, or pi food, or the means necemary to obtain them, or ry uence of any failure or refusal of the defendant so nuff has been compeiled to rely solely or at on the charity of Bat om the contrary desendant avers that he has always ana at all mes tur- nished her with all means necessary to procure her suitable provisions andeoch cives and retical temdance as he was advise: was at any time in peed of. - Detendant denies that ia the month of Sait Lake City, or at any other time or_piac informed piaintiff that he would never i manner or to any extent contribute to her support or that she must thenceforth rely solely ou her own exertions for her subsistence of thatol her children. But, om the con- trary, this defendant avers that since that Ume detend- ant has frequently turnished her means of subsistence, 4 after that time and until she voluntarily left it as he furnished her with a good dwelling house $20,000 for lawyers’ fees and an alimony of $1,200 | per month for the remainder of her widowhood. | It is needless to pass ap ovinion upon the amounts here stated, as im all probability the at- | torneys who dsew up the complaint had noides of any such sums being adjudged by the Court. Tne fact, however, that these sums were set forth by | Mra, Young urnished the disciples with an oppor- | tunity of crying out that it was “@ biackmail | operation.” assumed that Brigham Young was a very wealthy man, with an income of at least $40,000 per moath, | so that the dissatisfied wife was fully entitlea to { ali that was asked for, The attorneys for Brigham responded at that | time, and challenged the jurisdiction of the United | States District Court in matters of divorce, and | there the ease was laid over. The passage ‘of the | Poland bili and that granting full jurisdiction in | divorce cases to the District Court brings the case | up again. A TBST QUESTION. The importance of this éase cannot be overesti- Mated, as it will become a test question ana settle forever what the national Congress is going to | permit in this Territory in the uame of polygamy. | Lt baa another interesting phase, for it will define | to the Mormon mind the exact status of the plural | wives—what they are and what they are not, | It has never been expected by any sensibie per- son that Mrs, Ann Eliza Young could get a divorce { from Brigham Young, for the United States courts | could not compel him to give a divorce toa woman | whom the law could not recognize as his wife. | ‘The present action, therefore, was undertaken, I’ | think, with the view of forcing Brighim to come | ‘ato court and define his position. That be hi vow done. | BRIGHAM’S DEFENCE. The points of the defence take everybody out- side of his own ring with surprise, for they are to the valgar pubiic “conspicuously inexact.” He denies that Ann Eliza was ever bis wile; first, be. cause she had been married before and bad not been divorced; second, that he had been married in Kirtland, On10, in 1834, and that the said Ohio wife was still living. Brigham does not deny the adultery, but be svers tnat it was under the | says, thanany other man, his statement aboat | penitentiary. Yours truly, name of ‘celestial, marriage,’ a kind of mutual ; ann Eltza.ana the actual fact to the contrary are | arrangement according to faith. The ‘oilowing ia the defendant’s answer in full :— DEFENDANT'S ANSWER. In the District Court, Third Jadicial District of the Territory of Utah, county of Salt Lake. Ann Eliza Young, by her next friend, George R, Maxwell, plaintiif, vs. Brigham Young, detendant Answe { ‘Now comes the said detendant, Brigham Young, and | for answer to the bill of complaint of said Anno Eliza Young, plaintiff, denies that on the 6th day of April, 1-68. at the couniy of Salt-Lake, Utan Territory, or atany ether time or place, this defendant and the said time the said plaintiff bas been, or that she now is, the | wite ot tbis defendant. For this defendant, on informa. | tion and belief, alleges that belore that time—to wit, om | Wih day of April, 63, at Salt Lake City, Utah Ter- Filory—the said) piainti was married to ane James L. | Dee, whe is still living, and that ever since the said 10th day of April, 1363, the said plaintir! has been, and on the | said 6th day ef April, 1663, was, and stil is, the lawful wite of the said James L. Dee, never, as this defendant is now advised and believes, having been divorced from | the said James 1. Dee. Bat this defendant further save that on the 6th day of April, 1864, and at the time of the | ceremony heréinatier reierred to, he was informed, and | then verily believed. that the plaintiff had prior to that | fame been legally divorced trom the said James L, Dee. BRIGHAM’S FIRST MARBTAGK. And the defendant, further answering. alleges that at the State of Obio, on the 10th day of January, A. D. 1&4, this detendant being then an married man, was duly and jawiully married to | Mary Ann Angell by a minister of the Gospel, who was | then and there by the laws of said State authorized to solemnize marriages. And that the saia marriag je was then and there fully | consumwmated, and that the said Mary Ann Angell, who ig still living, then and there became, and ever ‘since has been and still is, the lawful wite this defendant, allot which said facts the said complainant, on the 6th day of April, #58, and for along time prior thereto had | fuil knowledge and information. | CKLWETIAL CONCUBINAGR. | But defendant says that he and the said complainant | were on the 6th day of April, 1368, memvers of the | Church of Jesus Christ ot Latter Day Saints, and that it | was doctrine and belief of said Church that members thereof might rightiully emter into piuralor celestial | Mind derendant admits thaton the 6h day of April. | And detendant admi: ation e ay 19m at Sait Lake Cioy, Uiah Territory, In accordance | with, and pursuant tothe said doctrine, custom and be- | liet of said Church, a ceremony was performed to unite | the plaintiff and de‘endant in what is known as such | plurai or celestial merriage: the said first wite of this detendant veing men living and undivor win then and there well knew, Bui detendant denies that on the day | 6th he aud the said | , oF at any other time, } MT invermerried in an; other or different sense or mitted and set forth. De. ndaBt and then and there w knew that by reasow of said marriage in the manner aloresuid, she could not bave and need not expect the soclety of persona: attention of this detendant, agin the them mformed by ihe ordinary relation botweem basband and wile. Detendant denies that about a year alter the said | Jeged marriace with plaintif, or at any other time, Jendant commenced or practised toward the said plain tif’ @ sysiewatic or amy coorse ot neglector unkind: | ness, or cruel or inhuman treatment, ending in an abso. | lute desertion of Ler or otherwise. Bur, on the contrary, | this defendant alleges that be has diwaysand at ail times treated the said plaintiff with due kindness consideration. Detendant denies that during the year 1969, or at any time, he constrained the complainant against her ex- reased wishes or remonstrance to remove to a [arm be- fonging to detendant, situated tour miles from salt Lake City, oF to semove to'aRy place egainst Ler wishes. fendant denies that during ail the time or any of | the time sald piaintif? resided on bis farm she was com- pelled to perform, or under the necessity of periorming, menial services iu order to obtain the necessary means of subsiatence, of for any purpose. } AN OBJKCTIONARLE MOTEER IN-LAW. As to what trieads or companions the said plaintift may have had with her during her sojotrn on the said farm, in her compiaint, mentioned, this detenJant Is unable t state. But he demes that he ever prohibited her trom having, or forbade her to have other or differ- ent companions with her besides her mother. Defendant denies that he did, after mother of the said plainufl became infirm and unable-to render assistance to said Plaintiff, or at any time, object to her remaining longe: on the piace ax a companion or otherwise to the plaintif. his visits to the said farm a teational ve Der stand, or that he gave her am cease Yo understand. cr inter that his visils were not for wer, bat for the pur} of supervising te work op’ the (arm. derendent Says at all such times a e treated said piatntil with kindness and mucu atieution a3 Was consistent with ANN RLIZA DRS} Defendant Jenics that guri ie piaintitt d to the end meagre a wanner $. ‘or any of the tim reside on defendant's farm she was re- ‘st And most meagre, or to Coarse . oF that frem necessity she todress | y jolly unsuitable or at all ansatabl fst Loa and position in Ife." Bat, on the con Getendant alieves that Goring ail of suid ane aint was provided by this defendant with plenty of Food and clothing and means to xeep the sand piatntiee end her tauily as well provided torand as ot dreaed as was usual or consistant with the simple man- here and customs of the country at that time. Defendant thatin the full of 1672 Ne provided a residence for the said plainti® m Sait Lexe City, and that sne dh Jn said city tn de‘endant’s house irom that ume until on or about the Lothday of Juiy, A. D, 187%, mentioned time defendant says that the said pi pg png Ry py Frow ledge or consent aay jor fear or violence or hostility from defend 4 jictivet jant, did leave, desert and aban- Son derentants Nouse and premises, st oo se, slave which ume ny ‘aot sol aid of assistance from d tet vor has he give: eo iL dei was constrained by her or oF fears of violence irom the vi ition of defendant to vacate but while she resided there he ee v pig means to live, \d that never, vy enason ta tear that ‘ie would’ treat her wi | fturpiture or household articles, to procure means ‘The attorneys, on the other hand, | 4; | growing out of | obligation wo provide for the mainten | Judge to effect this purpose. | of perjury against the Prophet 1 sought evideuce | Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth wards, tit’ Iaermarried, oF that mace that time. or at any | Of the divorce and was furnished with this tran- | | number one. e in. “Defendant says that he hasno knowledge, information | or belief as to plaintiff being compelled to sell at a sacri- fice such furniture, if there was any such agshe claims | vo have owned, purchased or bad givem to her, or any sup- that | port herself and children. But dent alleges it en She was not compelled soto do, and that there was no | Smnmenot Ty has neceasity for her doing so atany time between the 6th day of April, 1868, the time of the alleged marriage of | plaintif’ with this defendant and the time when. plain- tiff lett defendant's house as aforesaid, on or about the 15th day of July, 1873. | A SERIKS OF DENIALS. Defendant demies that he has or had for a perioa of more than one year, or for any time besore the fling of the bill of complaint herein wiltully or without cause, jeserted plaintiff or absenied himself from her society, or that he had deserted her at all Defendant deni jat Dy reason or in consequence of any act or wots of detendant, or of any treatment or neglecs of ie by detendant, either {n the nature ot the preiended cruel or inhuman treatment in the com- | plaint set forth or for auy neglect, bad, cruel or tabuman treatment of any kind whatsoever, the said plaintii and defendant cannot live in peace ahd union together, or that by reason or in quence thereof, their mutual ypase or the welfare of either of taem requires ‘tio a 3e] ne Detendant denies, on information and belief, that the sum of $20,000 or any sum whatever, would be @ reason- able or proper fee for tne plaintiff's solicitors and counsel in asserting her pretended legal or equitable rights alieged marriage. Defendant denies that $1,000 or any other sam exceed- ing $100 per_month, would be a reasonable allowance to the plaintd, even’ if defendant was under any legal ee, education roper medical attendance of said plaintit and her children during this litigation. ‘A LARGE FAMILY AND A BEGGARLY INCOME. Defendant denies that he is or nas been the owner wealth amoun' he 1s or bas. of in the monthly receipt trom his prop- erty of $40,000 or more. alleges thi and beliet ceed in, taken togeth ,000, and that his gross in- | | come from all his property and every source does not exceed 34,000, per month. Detendant turther says that at the time of the ssia Alleged marriage this defendant had and still has.a very | large family; that his said tamuy now consisis of sixty | three rs0n8, all of whom are dependent upon this deiendant for maintenance and support ereof the defendant. prays judgment of the Court | that he be hence dismissed with his costs herein | WILLIAMS, YOUNG & SHEKKS, and { Defendant's | HEMPSTEAD & KIRKPATRICK, Attorneys. BRIGHAM’S AFFIDAVIT. Territory of Utah, County of Sai Lake, os, —Brigham being duly sworn on his odth says ° faa ee vo wn Salt he bas wi abscnied to visit her at | his friends, and 4 bold, defiant. insult to Americau civili- e to several millions of dollars or that | On the contrary, defendant | t according to his best Knowledge, tiformation | er does novex- | all the laws, rites and ordinances ; this holy matrimony, in the Dew and everlasung ‘covenant, doing tills in the presence of God, an- gels and these witnesses, of your own iree wili aud choice” Toe bride answers “Yes,” ‘The President then says:— “In the name oi the Lord Jesus Christ, and by | the authority of the hol: rieathood, [ pronounce | you legally ana iainny man and wie, lor time and for ail eternity, 1 seai apon you the biessings of the) resarrection, with Power to in the morning of the first resurrection, clothed with glory, tmmor- talities, principalities and powers and exaltutons, together with the biessings of Abraham, isaa’ and Sa55b, aA. nag unto you be faithful and maitiply aining to a the earth, thac may Dave joy and rejoicing ost Gi rite ie fhe day of the Lord Jesus. “All together with all | other blessings pertaining to the mew and ever- naa covenant, I seal upon your beads, through ‘our faithfuiness unto the.end, by the authority of ‘the boly priesthood, in the nate of the Father nd the Son and of the Holy Ghost, Amen." DELBGATE CANNON'S POSITION. Inthe face of the solemnity of this marriage ceremony, the plurai wives will never forgive the het for repudia them and for ‘making a ction in favor of frat wife, and tt is now Imost certain that this is the und that Dele- gate Cannon will take tm presenting himeel! at the Opening of the next Congress. THR PROBABLE RESULT, ‘This case Will next come op in court about the Tth of September, and the at: eys will no doube secure the allowance ol am alimony pending the tigation. Brigham will have no reason ever to complain of want o! attention irom this, time hence. His days are ful of troubie. CONGRESS AND THE “TWIN RELIC.” Letter from Congressman Merriam, of New York, on the Representation of Polygamy et Washington—Cannon’s Re-Hlection a Defiant Insult to Ameri- can Civilization—His Proba' Expal- ston. Sar Lake Crry, August 26, 1874. The following lecter was written to a gentieinaa of this city by the Hon. Clinton L, Merriam, Con- gtessman from New York. It seems rather apropos of Brignam's present matrimonial troubles :— Locust Grove, Lewis Saraat »N. Y., August 15, 1874. My Dxan Sin—Thauks for the informa given by your letter. Tam glad there, is power in the bill we passed for some practical g:o1. Ihave always telt it a stigma upon American character that our nation, spected every tside of Utah, should v and held at hal of bigoted tana in the heart public; that laws were less of execution there as asp if our nation had reached utterdecay. The Mormons should not be deceived by the forbearance of our gov- been the earnest desire of legislators to be so,ienient as to wake it im) tor their selfish Teaders to charge persecution. But it has preven an | error, for it bas been charged by them to our cowardice, Unprineipied demagogue leaders, who will age any form of religion to ensitve and rob a le, have as listle honesty in ling with the outsi world. Whatever | may be even. im charity. is sure to be misrepre- reiention of absolute sway over ignorant nishe enching that all seni | Minds 4s easiest accomplished by others are their common enemes. nation can no | longer afford to be numbled in the eyes of mankind by | tale tender sentiment. All violators of law should be dealt with as criminals, andl think the re-election of Cannon will now open, the eyes of some Sei believéd that railroads and inining would problem of polygany; for, after the action of the last Reasion of Congress, Cannon's election tor another term isa direct insult, ab indecent insult, to the forbearance of = the democrats opposed mn, but when the vill came before the Bo polrearase hereaiter b a seat in Congress” both Voted “aye.” There was @ tacit understandi | it this law was passed many who had prossed expulsion would be satistied tor the present, as Cannon's ractices were as fully condemned and as completely | Regraded by the passage of such a law as be could have been by expulsion. This, of course, did not satistyus all, but tt was at | least # good thing to do, and since his oven defiance of friends and foes, I teel sure of his expulsion early the | next session, and also of the passage of the law in both | ouses shutting polygamy out forever: Tnere is no animosity in this country, either among Congress, seeinss the Mormons as a | class. They have ag good a right to worship in perfect Freedom as any other people and will be protected in a zation, | You will reinémber thi a rights, but when men call themselves priests, and aaa reas arp of reigion violate die laws of our land aud. practise crimes abhorrent to the civilized plain. = Jt ama; that as the masses of the Mormons are own to be, could have the brazen effrontery to send. a fepresentative iawbreaker into the presence of the lawmakers of a pr Obrisdan nation. Pol y statute books. nt men that poly; ages if has debased and br incredible that Mormonism, all its barbarisins, Youn That he has | could live an hour in this age of the world. It is to me Yount otf dering snamerand Rnowaane wader, | Come ire. Bouy Uh age of he Tonos men | gmnds the contents thereof, and that the same is true of | S,MYStOrY COW Sony “leitunews visible in every fis own knowledge, except those matters therein stated | Jv'tiec* Can’ “Ganture’ so, many victims, even | on his mforma tion and belief, and as to those mattershe | in tne jastnesses of Utan and perpetuate their slavery. believes it to be true. AMlant further says that he is the | eyradation and infamy. 1 repeat, the people of the detendant in the above entitled suit, United States have no feeling of ‘hatred toward the | BRIGHAM YOUNG. | ,Subseribed and sworn to before me thas 25th day of | August, 1874 —Josmru F. Nounnan, Clerk. PROOF OF ANN ELIZA’S FORMER DIVORCE. | As Brigham Young is @ prophet of the Lora and | knows somewhat more of truth and heaven, ne ) worth preserving, as be is charged with perjury } and will have to answer it. Mrs, Ann Eliza avers | that the divorce which Brigham here denies was ) readily granted through Brigham’s interest with } the Probate Judge, and that he (Brigham) dia send Delegate Cannon with a letter to the Probate On the grave charge script trom the records :— (Page 516) 1865, Dec. 23. Ten o'clock A. M. Court opened. Kecords of iéth and 20th insts, read and signed. the ot Ann Eliza Dee vs. James L. Dee, in di- vorce, wascailed up. This casecame on tor hearing | va pence fe! fico Piss Desay ann a ebb, and upon the investigation thereof ex parte Gefepdant, James L. Dee, feilin 6. GT wend and Ann Vine being swol one ets plain jon bye sahee as a fee ana thereupon, aring the evidence an jul: ‘advised 1 the premises, it was ordered and decreed by the Court that the bonds of matrimony heretofore existing between the said parties be and the same are hereby forever dissolved ; that said Ann Eliza shail have | and rerain the custody and control of her two infant children, James tdward and Lorenzo vee, during their minority, and that defendant pay costs of ‘suit. E, SMITH, Judge. | The first part of Brigham’s defence here goes to | the wind, for there is nothing more eertuin than | that the diverce of Ann Eliza Dee from James L. | Dee was a fact patent to ail here, and tono one | was it more certain than 1t was to Brigham him- self. Why he should be so unwise ag to act in this | Manner no one can guess. | WIVES OR CONCOBINES? | But he stumbles into a worse difficulty when he makes the statement ‘that the said Mary Ann Angell (bis first wife), who is still living, then | and there (in Otic) hecame, and ever since has been and still is, the lawfai wile of this defendant.” | ‘dhis assertuon tat his first wue is the lawful wile | uppiies that all the others are something else than | Jawial, and right over this there wiil be a glorious | row between rebellious plural wives and their | poiygamic husbands, » Up to this time the Mormon Prophet, apoaties and elders have demanded that their second or tentn wives be received with all the honors ac- | corded to the first wife, and indeed Brigham’s fa- vorite wife, to whom he introduces ail the Gentiles that become familiar with Lim, 18 his seventeenth | wife. Itis rarely that amy one seea Mrs, Young | She is a most excellentelady, but is | very teeble, | “h PLAY UPON WORDS.” The attorneys jor Drs, ann Kliza will present * im court the evidence that tue piural marriages are performed in the Mormon Endowment House by the same priests, in the same manner, :n tne same language and with the same ceremony as that ofthe marriage of the first or legal wives, and that it is bui & play upon words to say that the ‘celes- tial narriage”’ is abything different from the legal | marriage. THR MORMON MARRIAGE RITUAL. Here is the Mormon marriage ceremony, which | has bever before seen daylight in® newspaper:— When the day set apart for the solemnization of | {he Marriage ceremony has arrived the bride- groom and lis wife and also the bride, together with their relatives and sach other guests as may | ‘be invited, assemble at the place which they have appointed, Tbe serive then proceeds to take the Dames, ages, native towns, counties, States and countries of thé parties to be married, which he Careiuily enters on record. The President, who is | r , the Prophet, seer ana Revelator over the whole Charen througnout the worid, and who alone holds | the “keys” of authority in this solemn ordmance (as recorded in the second and filth paragraphs of the “Revelation on Mar je"), cails upon the 4 tage 4 , bridegroom and his wife and the bride to arise, which they do, fronting the President. The wie stands on the left hand of ner husband while the bride stands on her left. The " thus question to the wite:— ee caw iecrece | “are you willing to give this we | husband to be his lawful and weddeu wile tor | time and for alleternity? If yquare you wii man- fiest it by placing her right hand within tn hand of your busband.” The right ‘napde:o oy bridegroom and bride being thus joinea, the wie takes her husvand by the lett arm, as if in the at- ticude of walking. The President then proceeds to ask the Jojlowing questions of the man “Do you, brother caning him by name), tal sister (caliing’ the bride by ber wame) by the right hand, to receive her unto yourself w ve your lawful and wedded iwife, and you to be her lawful and wedded husband for time and for all eternity, with @ covenant and promise om your part that you will fuifll all the laws, rites and ordinances pertaining to this hoiy doe rinente in the hew and everlasting covenant, doing this in the presence ot God, angels and these witnesses, of Jour own free will and choice?" The bridegroom answers “Yes.” The President then puts the question to the bride:— “Do you, sister (calling ber by mame), take brother (calling him by name) by the rignt band and give yourself to him, to be Ms latoful and ‘wedded wise tor time and eternity, with @ cove- Gant and vromise on your part thet rou will /uldl Mormon masses: it is only toward their brutal leaders, | toil, but who ts: | of the fanatical a1 of our ctvilizati | harems and let go free the debauched dau ghters of the athered multitude, then the strong arm of law must jo it, and drive those apostolic debauchees into the | CLINTON L, MERBIAM. + CITY HALL GossiP. Aldermen Jobn J. Morris, Edward Gion and | George Koch, a special committee from the Board of Aldermen, proceeded yesterday to the new | wards for the purpose vf selecting a proper loca- | tiom for the civ and criminal courts for the Mrs. McGlynn appeared yesterday at the Mayor's | omce and complained that an augtioneer named Henry Zinn, doing basiness at No. 21 East Twen- tieth sireet, sold to her oa Monday last three mat- tresses, warranted to be stuffed with horse hair, for wich she patd $35. On receiving the mat | tresses at her house she ascertained that instead of fine curled hair the mattresses were filled with | cut straw. Mr. Patrick McGlynn, the com- piainant’s husband, went at once to the auc- ‘tioneer, apbraided him on the alleged swindle and demanded back the money. This, of course, Zinn retused to grant, upon ‘which the rieved party seeks redrevs trom the Mayor. niess Zion re- turns the money, he stands # 1air opportunity of | losing his license. ‘The hearing in the complaint made sgainst one of the City Marshals for allowing one of nis depu- ties to return judgment unsatisfied and receiving | @ fee for the same was postponed until to-morrow, | Mr. B. J. Lewis Jost @ horse a short time ago, and ailefforts to ascertain its whereabouts proved futile for a jong while. He finally found out that sucn an animal had been taken to the blic pound # Kingsbridge, and sold by H. P. Curley, the Poundmaster, alter @ lapse of six or seven days, for $75. Complaint is now made to recover | the money, but according to the ordinance govern- | ing this pound, it 1s stated tnat Mr. Curley was | Justified in disposing of the horse, { | Mayor George G. Clarkson, of Rochester, was st.) the City Hall yesterday and paid nis respects to Mayor Havemeyer. THE MAYOR'S MUDDLE. it has been stated on what may be considered good authority that Governor Dix will rendor his decision in the case of the Mayor to-day or to- morrow, and that his conclusion is that there ts nothing contained in the charges against, Mr. Barenseer that would justly the Governor in re- moving him from office, ‘This action may safely be foreshadowed from the correspondence between Governor Dix and Messrs. Kelly, Ottendorfer and Wickham, and Mr. H. L. Clinton. lt was expected that the enti subject would have been reserred to a referee; in ‘tact it is safe to say that Henry Nicol had already been selected to take further testimony in tue se. It is now some three months since the charges have been prelerred, but the Governor has taken his own good time toreach a conclasion, fhou- | sands of persons are auxiously waiting to see a | Jnaie of the matter, and any result is better than a dread uncertainty. BELLEVUE HOSPITAL. First Meeting of the New Medical Board. Yesterday the newly appointed Medical Board, | under the Commissioners of Charities and Correc tion, met in the board room of that institution’ There were present Professorg James R. Wood, Alonzo Ciark, Austin Flint, Sr.; Stephen Smith, A. L. Loomis, H. B. Sands, Wiliam B, Eager, Jr., and — Krackowizer, | Commissioner Bowen vialted the hospital and had a conversation wita Warden Brennan. At two o’clock Professor Austin Flint, Ste the chair and called the meeting to order. Some nusiness was then gone through of @ private na- ture, which ended in an adjournment to the 16th st. Warden Prennan was at his post, as usual, busily preparing for the excursion up the Sound to-day with the convalescent patients, After the Medical Board adjourned the Warden had the orderlies and nurses called Gown, and gave them the invi- tation to the excursion and picnic, with instruc- tions for the océasion. ‘The Bellevue will be ready to take on the excursionists at ten o'clock. SEX IN OROQUET, The Oid Boys Debarred from Joining in the Gentle Game tn Central Park. wf New Youk, Sept. 1, 1874, To THe Epitor oy THE HERALD:— In bebalt of many Gothamites, I appeal from the decision of the Park Commissioners in the matter of croquet, Gentlemen are mot allowed to participate in this game in our Central Park, which, it is unanimously decided, deprives | the game of halt its interest, Why is this thas? Tg mob ae in eeee et Pi rookiyn, ihe boys of New York base b: the older boys, cannot pia ada btu snd fam sure it is the wil should be changed | trance to Sellers’ store. ‘iis guard, consisting of | was greatly excited over the condition of affairs. | The whites, though | the negroes and drove thet from every house but | sellers’, in | moral irom & feud which began in a private quar- | | see Vooley and his friends dri “B01 THE WAR OF RACES. History of the Disturbances in Kentucky and Their Causes. A STORY OF PRIVATE FEUDS. Bace Antipathies and Political Antagonisms Not Elements in the Conflicts. LOOSE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, Pistols and Whiskey the Keys to the Situation. LOv!svILLE, August 20, 1874, Whoever expects to find a race issue in the recent troubles in this State will be disappointed. Neither in Garrard nor in Owen county have the disturbances sprung from antipathies between the whites and the blacks. Even political differences in the party sense had little to do with the out- breaks, and in both cases the men engaged in the aistarbances were whites. Ido not know that thie is significant o7 the political condition all over the South, but 1 do know that in Kentucky all earnest and right minded democrats discounten- ance any attempt at associating the recent con- ficts with any such idea as’ war of races, and | deprecate the tenor of the first despatches which were sent to the Northern press. In both instances the trouble arose irom private quarréls, and the untversal opinion here is that it is absard for either party to champion the feuds of individuals or endeavor to give them political importance. THE GARRARD COUNTY: CONFLICTS, in Garrard county, where the first fighting took place, tne whole trouble sprung from a private quarrel, Mr. E. D, Kennedy is the Circuit Olerk of the county. His term of office is about to expire, for though a candidate for re-election he was beaten by Jonn K. Faulkner at the late election. This deteat.proved a great disappointment to nim, but the only responsibility the negroes had in the Matter was in not voting for him. It 1s tobe as sumed, I suppose, that the blacks had @ perfect | right to vote for his opponent if they chose, but Kennedy thought otherwise. and strutted about the town of Lancaster with a loaded pistol in his hand threatening to kill any of the negroes who might come in bis way. He failed to meet any of them, however, but in their stead he came across William Sellers, a white man, whois regarded ‘as 3 leader of the blacks, Sellers isa member of the Kentucky Legislature, and @ native of this State. He has been taking a very active part in politics, and naturally enough Kenneay attributed to Sellerg the failure of the negroes to support nim, The two men chanced to meet after | dark, as.I have already intimated, while Kennedy was in his threatening mood, and a scuffle ensued. Both were armed, and in thg fight Sellers shot Kennedy, but only stunned him. This happened on Friday, the 7th inst., and nothing further oc- curred till the following Monday. In the mean- time, however, Sellers remained in his own house, while Kennedy, recovering from the effects of the pistol shot, absented himself for a day or two from | the village. Then followed the more wariike and | tragic parts of this Ks DRAMA OF KENTOCKY LIFE. The sequel shows that the Northern democrat, accustomed to attribute all the woes of the South to negro or carpet bag governments, would bardly expect in the sternly democratic State of Ken- tueky an enforcement of the law as feeble as in erther South Carolina or Mississippi. Instead of arresting both the parties, and pre- venting any further breach of the peace by holding them for trial, each was allowed | to gather about him a@ party of nis friends | and make private war upon the other. Kennedy | intrenched himself in the Uourt House, posting a guard at a window which commanded the en- five or six men, continued to-occupy the clerk's office for about @ fortnight. In the meantime , Sellers gathered a still larger force in his own-' house. Menaces passei between the two garri- sons from day to day, and the whole community ‘The negroes up to this time had had nothing to do with the trouble between these two men. They were not free, however, from the impression that iu some way it concerned them, and it was only necessary that they should be abused by the one party and urged on to acts of violence by the other, to induce them to take part in the fight. | Both these things occurred, and on the night of the 18th a party of blacks attacked the Kennedy guard. The fight was kept up for several hours, during which four ’ of Kennedy's friends were wounded. None of the negroes were hurt. A day or two afterward @ party of negroes fired on Kennedy's house, and about the same time some of the olacks attacked two white men—ooley and Yearkey—iriends of Ken- | Nedy, wounding the latter. Then Kennedy’s house ‘was set on fire, but it was not seriously damaged, | The house was fired by negroes in Kennedy's em- ploy. It was at this point that ! THE “WAR OF RACKS" BEGUN. | Ir. the beginning, as we bave seen, the diMculty | was nothing more than a private quarrel between | Kennedy and Sellers. M% would have stopped with this had the officers of the law done their duty. | But neither of the men were arrested, when both | should have been held for trial, and each was al- | lowed to gather a party of his friends about him | for protection against the other. The firing upon | Kennedy's friends, before referred to, was the | Airegg result of violence and abuse of the negroes | by of his party. One of these was Eb. voo- ley, aon of Kennedy, who went about the streets | | the whole day, in company with three other ersons, abusing everybody who voted against eputed lather, and even striking some ‘ot the blacks. This incensed the negroes, who resolved to kill Cooley, but omly succeeded in wounding | Yearkey. he firing of Kennedy’s house, whicl followed this attack upon Cooley, proved a signal for general uprising of the negroes, and they at once took possession of the town. For the next | three days there was a perfect reign of terror in Lancaster. The negroes were in the ascendency, | and, many of them were vicious and threatened | the lives of ail the whites. Kennedy left the vil- | Inge the same day for fear of his life, but returned the next day with about a hundred armed men from the neighbormg counties. Then Sellers de- serted the town and took refuge with a detach- Ment of United States troops in the neighborhood, while the negroes took possession of his house and fortifed themselves there. The people ivi jn the mnelghborhood were ght | ened a from their house: id the ne- | roes took possession Ol 180, In meantime’ Renheay’s party e Steperia for battle and the attack was not long delayed, er in numbers, surrounded Here the blacks were called upon to sur- | render, but they stubbornly refused, amd the house | ‘was set on fire. Every mao in the builuing would have been burned alive but for the interference at | this-point of the United States troops, Who put an | end to the riotous proceedings. ‘THE LBSSON OF THR FEUD. Naturally enongh it is dificult to draw a political rel between two white men and ended in ons | flict of races”’ between biack and white, Aga mat. | ter of course great differences of opinion prevail as regards particular acts, even among the people of Lancaster. Many persons, regardi Of politics, justified the course of the negroes and desired to | no irom the town. of our people,” says the News of last Tharsd ‘sanctioned the burning of Sellers’ house; others did not. Some condemned the in- terference of the troops; others did not.’ One thing, however, is certain, ana that is that as soon as the United States troops were repiaced by State | troops on the day following the fight, a new reign of terror began. No man dared express an opin- joo rae to the riotous proceedings of the day | before, Persons who denonnced the burnin, Sellers’ house were abused and threatened. Those | — who had discountenanced or were indignant at the whole affair dared not even mention it after | Ken: "3 Victor The story certainly, {rom be- | inning to end, is s very rem ftows ‘4 lawieasn on the pai f the people and an impotence in the adminisiration of justice which the better class of citize! over the State have determined shail not exist much longer. ‘THR DIFFICULTIRS IN OWEN COUNTY. Turning trom the difficulties at Lancast: Garrard county, to the sttil more recent trou Monterey, in county, we dad very litue real ble on in ‘NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER | 2, 1874.—-TRIPLE: SHEET. difference between instance | have show: almoss ide! was inedy Russel! wi On au been gards the two factions, but of long continua: and which have existed between Southern famili from time immemorial. in Kentucky these qu: he of the Russells ts @ Deput al; the Smoots are universal events in each. In the frat that all the trouble aprui from & personal encounter between two men. the secona inasance the troubles came out of an teal state of facts. and Waikers Ku Kiux. Ltr! case i jane , in the otuer case ty Welkers ainst the Smoote. rEnivea States Mar- admitted to have ‘Thia is ali tnere 1s of politics as re- art from this @ feud Sxiste between the Walkers Smoot, It is not unlike other feuds rels are almost feudal, and may lust for genera- very litte re: asthe iamiles and their retainers iT -Walker-Smoot feud leara, That is al importance, however, since m9 was the Ku Klux operations of ‘Smoot party one of the ressive measures of the gave it renewed vital- Last May in an Fog 48 to arrest some of the kers was killed, which, @ matter of course, made the latter faction burn b resentment, No retaliatory measures were attempted at the time, but on election day an event occurred which led to fresh hostilities. i Living near Monterey, tothe Smoot ty. resolved that ne should not Kinx. RBEN BARR, ty, 18 @ man named Green B The Russe! be all . ‘The Walkers and Russe! Low: ed to vote at the late election, owing to his having been a Ku even went so far as to threaten to kill bim if be appeared at Mon- terey on election day. That the threat meant something was apparent from the fact that the whole party were well armed with shot gans and pistols. Notwithstanding the threats, Barr went to the village. fle tled nis horse in the woods about 200 yards irom the town and then went to the store ir. Head, where he was seen by some of the Russell party. Here the threats wererepewed, one of the party remarking in tones loud enough for Barr to hear that if be did not get out of the town very ing’a store and locked the door. left u horse, Apjosi he would be killed. Mr. Head, think- Mcuity imminent, put the men out oO! his ne Soon aiterwards Barr store by the back door and started for his AS be was crossing the bridge over Cedar Creek, which was vetwoen the village and the woods, he was seen by some of the Russell party, who immediately started in pursuit. Barr gain: his horse, however, before he was fred upon, and start as his peer. turned the fire, emptying bis revolver. ed for his home. reuers William Graves, Looking back he recognized roe Curisto- james RusaeH aod @ man named Wilson. fames Russell fred two shots at him and Barr re- ended the fight at Monterey, and Barr coatinued om bis way home. house was surrounded by the same pa ee by Wiilis Rusgell, the Deputy United States jarshal; but Barr esca) Russell party went bac! rant and party relused to be arrested or arms, but agreed to appear at the Court Monserey for trial on the 22d of August. to Monte! rey. Soon alter arriving there the rty, accom- to the woods, and the PECULIAR ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICB. ‘The next day Barr went to Owenton, and by the advice of County Attorney Perry he took out @ war- fainat Graves, Christopher, James Russell lison for shooting at him with intent to kill, and @ peace warrant against Wikis Russell. These were placed in the bands of @ deputy serif. Tne v0 deliver up their Honse ta The model culprits appeared im the town on the day appointed, and proceeded to hold a model court. roceedings it is ‘fhe hardl; incidents of these model ly worth while to relate. Tit ce 1t to say that the accused persons and their triends were ali armed, as were aiso the witnesses for the com- monwealth. Both sides were emer; emer’ named Mefford, detall and was it was CY, gency hand. gency led by the Sheriff ready Plain Three Hall and Miner, to for any that an men, nad been accompany County Attorney Perry into the town. Outside of the village they were met by Barr and the common- wealth’s witnesses, all armed. At the mstance of Mr. Perry they remained behind, and he and the three men who had come with him went into the village. shot Perr! was fire Perry an was not jong in the village till and this was lollowed b, which Mefford was killed, a riot, in Barr and the {friends of the latter were driven from the town, which remained in the hands of the Russell- Walker party. 1t was thus the model culprits held their a la bat tl then model court. THE SUBSEQUENT PROCERDINGS. Soon alterwards Serif Clark, with & posse, went to arrest the Russell-Walker party, which was still in Monterey, but they refused to be arrested, and gave the Sheriff an invitation to leave the place, which be accepted, Subsequent; rger party was sent on the same erran 4 he Russet-Walker ean being Outnumbere: took the woods, this time tae Smoot’s to had taken no active part, in the affair, but while some of the Sherif’s party woods for the "Russelis they met three men in the nat sight, titre | bim to alker party they fled was afterward ascer- | road. One of them r; be one of the Russel! him. art} The man who were searcnil the red at certained to be John C. Smoot. They shortly af- terward met John Smoot, the father of the Smoot | boys, and compelied bim to act as their guide into | the woods toward which young Smoot had fled. At juncture boy oo firmg was beard in the woods, | this J | The party then shou ted for his son to come this the Waiker-Kussell party suddenly showed themselves and freda volley at the old man. eds emptied leaving old man Smoot | the woods. John C, Smoot was afterward found their ‘The sherim’s pistols. and retreated, badly wounded in the woods with three bullets in bis head and a start ‘ed from Russell and nig ‘ load of buckshot in his back, having been killed Hd | the Russell party. hid- den inthe wood when the sheril jonterey and, it 18 said, could havé | arty were and his posse kilied every one of them, but refrained, as the; allege, because they only wanted to kill the raf urried in that diection, and aiter | EOP RME rsa San ate Sosa Klux. Thus it will be seen there bas been killing | on voth sides. Wiliam Smoot, who is accused of the shooting of James Walker, in May, yesterday surrendered himseli and has been sent to Owenton | for trial, The surrender ‘of Smoot was followed to-day by that of the Walker-Russell gang, so that | the trouvles in Owen county like those in Garrard are substantially over, at least for the present. NO POLITICS IN THE DISTURBANCES, The non-partisan character of the disturbances | is the singular part of these troubles, In Gar- | vointed out | or otherwise, and sa) public offer ‘Wis parpese may aot wie athe hf herif.” now, reigs boassd with the intention of committing © flog oF seers a ar “therwins. breaking’ the peace tor arreek Fa Rich person forthwith and take him betore some Justice him ia a bond, with security, to keep the comant bim to jail. e substance of which Judges, Justices of the Peac orift Ue Mayors, Aldermen, Marshals a1 ‘gnd towns are conservators of the being the chief conservator), the: vent an of law, to preserve arrest offenders against the law, and it is not able to do so without assistance, to uty, summon as of the male inhabitants of the county (without reg: ‘age or occupation) as they think proper. ‘Officers or citizens who fail or refuse to tl respective duties are guilty of misdemeanors If Sheriff cannot obtain force enough in his county to megs the demands of the law, it is the duty of the Gove: on the application of the Sheriff, to send the necessa! force from another county, With such ample authority, coup! the power to roe it the civil officers are without excuse if law is not executed in their counties, They are responsible for riots aad jail break- ing, and public sentiment should dem: high tr id public opinion uld boldly sustain oor iy Pies eeaee to protest society and rer) be ‘wit author "if, trom ignorance, cowardice or Mant of Adetity, public officer fails of doing his duty let Deople, whose Servant he is, turn, him out of office through the ¢ law a race him. 7 o ihe offsisia i tae country will not susbain or ald camer exerciee of their Authority: let the oicers 9 nd he will, without delay, soud With rioters and law bre do 21 and horrible exceptions, you But those exceptions are Not deserve taken by the world | as the rule, and the effect upom your reputation, if not ous as if the - counteracted, will prove as disustr t demnation were deserved. Let every community #1 ms of indignation against these outrages, rit that wall fortify amd sustain. your is in suppressing riots and in prevent The commission of crime. Declare that every man, white and black, shall receive an equal measure of vection trom tne law's strong arm, and thatevery ol der shall be brought to speedy punishment. Promptly and courageously upon such and your State will once, more be ce ei and order. Yotr homes will be se- mm violence. Your wives and children can in security., There will exist no longer animosities races, eae jalla will deoome ont they casnt to be, houses of cu: and pro houses of ciGveved ani yonr state will regain he has temporarily lost by the acts of a few wicked ag reckless men. A few men in every community baw. the power to control the @ your love for your State andess you value life liberty and the material prosperity of the country, no time in meeting the responsible duties you owe yparselves, your families and your country. This ve you irom military rule, and worse even than that, from anarchy, and probably Hoping else will. ih persons against any earnestly emioin upol those localities where there have recently been - shed and disturbances, that, they compel the disband- ment of all untawful organizations, and that they use the utmost vigilance in bringing the guilty parties te punishment and that they resort to every lawful Femeay to prevent jurther violations of the law, to the end that the majesty of the law be maintained and se- ciety protected. Bone Ri the Capitol of Tennessee, this 29th of August, ‘1874. JOFIN C. BROWN, Governor. ARMY INTELLIGENCE. Changes of Troops in the Department of the Platte—Foul Treachery of @ Soldier—He Murders and Robs Comrade: (e. #.J Omaga, Nob., August 28, 1874. Captain Charles Wheaton, with his Company @ Twenty-third United States infantry, has arrived st Omaha Barracks and taken post. Captaim Wheaton is the advance guard of the Twenty-third regiment, changing station with the Eighth United States infantry, the former coming from and tae latter going to Arizona. The other companies of the Twenty-third inantry are now en roule for THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PLATTH, and expected at Omaha by the Sth of September. Six companies will be stationee at Omaha Bar- racks, one company in the North Loup Valley, Nebraska, and the remaining three companies along-the line of the Union Pacific Railroad, This regiment has been on duty in Arizona during the past two years, and is kpown as General |. Jefferson ©. Davis’ regiment. General Davis, when relieved from the command of the Depart- ment of the Columbia by Genera! 0. 0. Howard, will come East and assume command of bis regi- ment, with headquarters at Omaha Barracks. Colonel Richard J. Dodge, the Lieutenant Colonet of the regiment, will, probably, be avsignea to the command of the new post, now being built in the North Loup Valley, Nebraska, and the Major of the Twenty-third, Alexander J, Dallas, to the com- mand of one of the forts along the Union Pacific Ratlroad. CHANGES AT FORT LARAMIE, General John H. King, Colonel of the Ninta United States infantry, had arrived at Fort Lara- mie, Wyoming Territory, with Captain Pollook’s E, Major Bart’s H and Colonel Devin’s BCom. panies of his regiment, and relieved the garrison of the Fourteenth infantry at that post, General King had also relieved General John E Smita (Colonel Fourteenth infantry) from command of the fort, district of the Black Hills and the Sioux expedition. General King will make ols head | quarters at Fort Laramie, rard couaty the only, political element in the | troubles was the disajpointment of a candidate for re-election and the consequent altercation with the leader of the party opposed to him. ‘The subsequent abuse of the negroes and the excesses which grew out of {t were political in no larger | sense. Everybody here laughs at the idea of there | being @ confict of races in these disturbances. Owen county the political element-in the difficulty, notwithstandin: even less significant. ie Ku Klux‘antipathies, The Walxers = weil as the Smoots are democrats, and 1 am tempted to be- | lieve that the only reason why assisted Deputy Marshal Russell in punishing latter for Ku Kluxing was on account of the famtly feud, independent of every other consideration. I have been over almost the whole the but theré is no such w ever, what is aliost as bad. carry fhearms, dried they use provocation. Whiskey is distille that Kentucky owes all her woes. on the former the slightest d in abundance, | and is exceedingly apprectated as a beverage. | these two things it is the universal testimony here To These are evils which must be repressed by the punishment of the crimes which spring out of them, and when this is done murders will be less irequent and outrages | iniantry arrives at Fort Sanders Compan: like those in Garrard and Owen cou if Pistols and whtskey are the com: on occurrence. jes of un- keys to the situation in Kentucky, and when the too free use of these is abandoned we shall hear nothing more of a conflict of races in the State. entucky trying to find a “war of races,” | Instead, I found, how- | Men everywhere Proclamation by the Governor of the | State—An Interview with His Excel- | lency—“Crimes and Disorders Must Be Pat Down.” NASHVILLB, Tenn., August 29, 1874, Your correspondent called upon Governor John C, Brown to-day to kuow what iurther course he intended to pursue regarding the recent outrages | perpetrated in this State, | He said he intended | to use the utmost endeavors to suppress all sortsof | crimes and disorder: ‘rhey must be put down, and the State saved from dls grace. The Grand Jury were now engaged in the investigation of the Trenton massacre. As they met 10 secret no one would be likely to know what they would accomplish until indictments were found and warrants of arrest issued. hoped the jury would be successiul, and desired to see the perpetrators of the outrage tried, convicted and punished, THE GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION. His purpose now was to issue a proclamation, of which the following is copy. in the moruing papers. To rm and The the state It will be published " g reward of $300 for the appretension of Green, Exacorivs Orrice, H as 0 x P KOI OF TENN KSSkR ;— sat the re wholly mes: RACK Nasnvitur, Tenn., August 29, 1874. Nctat, MINISTERIAL AND ALL Orricens mmand of the Chief Executive of inadequate to the entorcement of the law without the hearty co-operation of all civil offi- cers, supported by a healthy public sentiment. Appeals | is office for military assistance or are daily made to thi Fp tha to organize companies. The recent atro- | Tr we woul ie State have engendered # feverish and un- naturai excitement in the public mind to such an exient would tend rather to agg! ting troubles, The jaw affords ample protection to society it stables, duty, duty The: public sentiment will deman that the iawtul remedies tor existing and apprehended | evils are overlooked in a morbid anxiety to i" 'Y protection, fennessee has no militery power. called out by the General Ansemb). ave mill- militia can be and then only than w alle- Dreserve our State government and the liberties of our people, we must cease to lo ower to enforve the law and punish crin rifts, judicial and ministerial officers will do ‘their The leading mon in every community create and control public sen- tumen' my ‘The civil officers of each county have ample authority under is the and tt fy the law both to rincipal conservator of Unt is his duty to re it event and punish crime. By Section 4,933 of the Code of Tennessee, ‘the Ts Sherif | uninjured ran to CAMP DOUGLAS, UTAH. General Smith, with Captain Bainbridge’s A, Kem nington’s B, Burke’s C, Atchison’s H and Carpen- ter’s K companies of the Fourteenth infantry, marched to Cheyenne and proceeded by rail to Camp Dougias, Utah, where he relieved the gar rison of the Thirteenth United States infantry. DISPOSITION OF THE OLD GARKISON. The old garrison of Camp Douglas have been ordered as follows:—Captain Bisbee’s Company B Fourth United States iniantry, to Fort Bridger; Captain Ellis’ Wes ine J D, Colonel Nugent's pany E, Captain Jourcey’s Company’ H aad Uaptain McGinnés’ Company I, Thirteenth United States infantry—one company to Sidney Bi Neb.; one company to Fort Sanders, Wy. T., two companies to Fort Fred Steele, Wy. T. commanding officer will designate the captains and companies to occupy these stations. Genera? Morrow, Lieutenant Colonel Thirteenth infantry, and at present commanding the regiment, tn the absence of General De Trobriand, who is im Europe, will take post and assume commend of SIDNEY BARRACKS, reheving General N. A. M. Dudley, Third United States cavalry, who, on being relieved, will take ost at and assume command of Fort McPhersen, ebraska, As soon as a company of the ee yoy ar. fi teenth intantry, Captain Dost commanding, wilt be relieved and proceed to Camp Dor thers to take post. Four companies of the irteeath infantry: will garrison, the it of Beaver, in Southern Utab. All the companies of the Fights Unitea States infantry have been relieved from duty in the Department of the Platte and are én route for their stations in Arizona. 4 SOLDIER'S TREACHBRY, The murder reported by telegraph on the {sth of a soldier in the Wind River country seems to have been @ most atrocious affair. full par- | Mculars have been received by mail and the following are the facts;—Uompany L, Captain Brent's, was proceeding to Camp Browa, Wy. T, to relieve Captain Bates, B Company, Second United States cavalry, and when s corporal and four men, acting a8 an escort, had reached the north fork of Foe. River, seventeen miles from Brown, oue of escort, private Green, rode up to another soldier, named private Mahoney, and, without a moment's warning, drew @ pistol and shot Mahoney th: the lungs. Green then opened an in fire on the other men, shooting one through the side and another through the bowels, As one of the men, private Ryan, fell, the soldier refraining isentangle his feet front the | stirrups, and while he was doing this Green made are elected by the people and will do their | it, | | i ¢ in his county. | of | He returned the fire, and i woul per | effect, ag one of the men uttered an exclamation of off tnto the bluffs, taking with bm two of the wounded men’s horses. An ambulance, coming along soon afterwards, took the wounded men into Fort Brown, Mahoney dying before he reached the poss The Other men will recover. PURSUIT OF THE MURDERER. General Ord was telegraphed and asked to offer ‘The General replied saying ne could not do 4 there being no appropriation for such cases; but stated that any one delivering him dead or alive should have the three horses, they being worth considerably more than the amount of reward named. At last accounts several parties were im pursuit of Green, and one of them close on his trai. The murderer, no doubt, ere this has been killed or apprehended, Robbery seems to have been the only motive for the commission of the crime, RIVBB THIEVES THWARTED. ‘The latest outrage and attempted murder ae- credited to the river rogues of Brooklyn occurred on Monday, when a party of four men rowed up te the wharf at the foot of Montague street, near the Wall street ferry. After carefully surveying the surroundings, and supposing the coast to be clea from observation or interruption, taree of the thieves jumped on the dock and rulled a hogshead of sugar toward the boat. The nigh James Wheeler, detected the movement ata tase nin Ward them cried ont to the fellows tosur render, They ran and, jumping into the boat, one Oi their number turned round and, taking delib- erate aim at the watchman, fired several shots. appear with pain aud fell over inthe boat. The other wee plied their oars right vigorously and were 4008 out of range of vision, t being cloudy at the time.. Wheeler found that one of the dalis fred a6 Dime bad passed through toe rim Of bis Date