Nebraska herald. (Plattsmouth, N.T. [Neb.]) 1865-1882, May 15, 1867, Image 1
i V v " . ev H "Jf any man attempts to haul doict the Jlmrrican Flag, shoot him on the spot. VOL. 3. PLATTMOUl'll, NliBliASKA, WEDIN 1DAY, MAY 15, 1867. xNO. 6 TJIE 11 KIlAJLi D 2.IS FUBLISHLD DAILY AND WEEKLY -WEEKLY EVERT. WEDNESDAY BY If. I HATHAWAY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. HOnGce corner Main street ir. and Levee, second Terms: Weekly, Vaily, $1 per month. $2.50 per annum; Jlatcs of 1lccrtising. 7 n ,qi:ar (space of ten lines) out insertion, t-1 .SO E40.1 nib-e.jnvnt insertion - - l.'O 1 ti fe. i ral c;n!s notexceedinR six lines 10 HO C Br quarter culumD or let, per annum 35 " nix mouth 2H '0 ' " tlin e months 'R 0 (4tuir column twelvemonth f.o.oi " six months 8" 00 litre mouths 2o in s'-olumn twelve months - !' 00 six months - 6O.00 three month! - - 8o.0 AN transient advertisements mast be paid for in Via W V? re p-ipared to d all kind of Job Work I short n-)tice, and in a tyle that wi.l ivo salU- C MAXWELL. BAM. M. CHAPMAN Maxwell & Ci.apma.i, ATTORNEY'S A T LAW, A x r Solicitors in Chancery. T.ATTSJfnUTH, - X KB RAM? A. OflL-e oer Iilack, Butttry 4 CVs Dru Store. rl It. R LIVINGSTON, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, 1 rders bi professional servient to the citi'-n of t county. . , , trr- He-i.Ience in Frank Whites h me, corner of I lk and .Sixth streets; Otlice on Main Iet, oppo- . Court liouse, FUttmuUih, Nebraska. WILLITT POTTENGER ATTOUNEY AT LAW, LATTSM0UTII - NEBRASKA. J. N- WJSET, ttr': Life, Accident, l ire, Inland and Transit INSURANCE AGENT V l:i t.ik nk t reis.T-RMer.it' s in tn iuom reuaun- Jjj"l thee at the book store, I r ooth, Nehrat- P. M. DORHIITGTON, EEAL ESTATE AGENT I'LATTSMOVTIT, rn-npt ntfntion riaid to tne van hae arid al cf au. paviix-nt of Tax. ., and all bu.ines Uii.iog to a gmrjl Laud Astwy. Titles iuves- R.fr. hy (rmi-Mnn to 3 o. t .5. Puluty. Juiliie Sd Judiri i! Pit., Fnlls ,'l , S-braka; Mumr K.i .1 Kurbauk, r.iyminer ''. -. A. L-ivenwoith. K;in.i: II J. II. Btirbai.k, t! A-t r-or N-ioa-ka. t-tl: '!.v, N- l) ; Hon. T. M. u ' u- ' r'arf-mourh. N r-li , I'ol H K Livmton, .' ,- . il n-ki l-i Vt. Vol., I'iatt'iiioutb, N-l).; ti a t ' J. H. Wh.fl-r, L". S. In.iia.i A:.-st, I'awrire t" T! rba's V-'tleion, No 111 Kroadwav, New S ik; irv-y, Ilfirnch i U-orna Wr-hiUfciton, D. C ; y, a'ni'e Sl Co , hi :ipo, I. Is ; K. U Kitch. '6 'er. N- Y.. Hrt,f. Heuiy Arling ''Hariford lTer.t'," N- Y. oc25 IT. wriEILKtt, I. C. UWH I. II. TCherler & 'o., ieal Estate Agents, Commissioners of Deeds AND Tire and Life Ins, Ag'ts, PLATTSMOUTH, A. T. 'Tlection promptly attended to. and proceels re- ? ted at current rates of Kxchanpe. Taxes paid in .rn Iowa and Nebraiit lor ioii reMuer.ts. I itI-.- I. jd inve-.tigHid- Mouey iwni'd ou Ueal Estate r rc.Ue. Land Warrju:.- . cate4. CLAIM AGENTS. nt furcolIc:un of clnun" nunirt (love rnmen M ho id cts. their idw- and inu.of A ent i t .he iiutch.tt and hale of Lauds aud CUy protr-.-ing uf leocaient,'. ni:ii:iti:xcns: Bon. S. II. Elbert, D-imr Ci:y. C. T. f4rs. Koiinlze Brn., Oniah.i, Neb. Jld jno it M-U-lif, Nebraaa City. U. V. Filiey. ft. L ui-. Missouri. tr. Plo Lewis. Boston, Sla-wirhu-ietia. H W Intrr.ars. Chicago, Il'U'oii. U M M.-ii:i!l. Cinini.ati. Ohio. Tootle tiuntia, Platt-inoKih Nebraska, X- U lii. h, 1 Lne Ri,r-i Michigan. Hon V Fello, I'.loonifiia, u iMionnin. lion T 51 M rqueit, i'latl.-nioutii, Npbri'kL V. I.ewif. A'to. nev at liw, bufTlo, N.w York. Car'er. Haaej i Curl. Uei Atoiuea, low. W I dJtwtf CLARKE, PORTER & ERWIN, ATTOKiNEYS AT LAW, nd Solicitors in Chancery, Jf-i.v st., orrosTK the cwrt-uocse, PLATTSMOUTII, NFD. wiTLOBD J. CLARKE, tB F08E5T POBTItt, W W. ERWIN. Wm. Stndi-Imnim & Co., Oris door uesi of Donelans Drug-slore, Dealers la Ready-made Clothing, GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, BATS. rATS. BOOTS. SHOES. TlilWKS, VA Mi general stock of OUTFITTING GOOD3 'or the Plains; a!ao, a large lot rf RUBBER CLOTIILYG. REVOLV ERS Jl.YD A'OTIOjYS. W bought low and will sell che.in for cash. Cal ,'"""ue our ock before t ou b.iT r. where el.el m ' Wm. BtADELMdXX a CO. II.tltD 0 Till: ' U ELL JIE1X- We find an editorial from the Chica go Times, published without comment in the Nebraska City ' News, which i i - .i t Dears oown ramer neavy upon mose men woo claimed to be conscientious in thPir support ot toe conservative movement last trammer, weinaice a few extracts for iho benefit of those wha are not fully posted a to how they arw viewed by the great lights cf con servatism : "The attempt to form n new politi cal and conservative orgamxation m ppoiuon to the radical party was, as it .should have been. s-hort-liYed arid futile. Anything opposed to rocres sion in this country i a failure perse." We agree with that sentiment, es pecially the latter clause. The Re publican party is the party of progres sion, and it has been fairly demon strated that any opposition to its prin ciples is a failure jei se; and the state ment of the Times to that elfVct, and its endorse nent by the iYeirs, only shows the necessity of the leaders of such opposition, no matter under what name or in what direction it is made. Then the Times strikes the "well mean ing" supporters of the conservative movement, and the iYieirs endorses the blow, as follows: "The mitake of these well meaning, but imbecile, conservatives is now ap parent to themselves." This is adding "inult to injury." After having been on a crusade against the party which they acknowledge all opposition to is a "failure per se," and "should have been bhort-hvtd and fu tile," then to turn in and declare thai the "well meaning" aupporters of their opposition are ' imbeciles," is certainly great ingrt-titude, at least. What do the "well-meaning" supporters of Mor ton's conservatism think of it? Do they believe him or his party friends to be honest in their political ruurf' Thy make a distinction between the "well meaning" and those who knew they were in the wrong. They appear to admire those who supported the con servative measures knowing that il was wror.g and ''should be short-lived and futile," but an utter detestation of those who were "well-moaning" in their sup port. But the "heftyeat" thing in the whole article is io the following para graph : Slavery can no longer be a hinge upon which political organizations can turn; hut the negro being free, and a citizen under the Constitution, it Is merely an old democratic, principle tbm he shall exercise all the immunities of citizenship, and this includes the right of suffrage." The only way we can account for this brazen a;srtion that suffrage to the negro is "an old Democratic prin ciple," is that the Times and .Acti'S take the same view of the case as the Dem ocrat of this city to whom we referred a few days since; that is, that they have a large element in their party that never goes to rLurch or reads newfpnperi-; hence they presume to say to them tnnt this idea of negro suffrage is "an old Democratic principle," knowing that the "sharp"' ones in the party do not care a fig for principle of any kind and trusting that the "well-meaning" ones are of the class who da not know the difference. Admiral Semmes, in his lec ture on the cruise of the Alabama, tells how the pirates knew their game bs follows: "When we were afloat in the Ala bama, if we were in doubt as to the nationality ef any ship we were puru ing, we bad on'y to take a look at her, at whatever'disiance she might bp, through our telescope, to determine at once whether the wa a Yankee or not. If he excelled the chips of all other nation in symmetry of her hull, the length, the grace, and the taper of her epar.-; if her canvass was whiter, her ails larger, more beau'ifully set and 'sheeted home,' and hoisted in a more sramanlik manner; if, in short, like a bfauti.ul woman, she ravished the beholder as well by the swelling and gracef il outlines of her drapery, we were always sure she was a Yan kee." RGFTJenver papers of the 2d, state that there is a great scarcity cf sugar in that market. At that date there was only one store in the city which had any for sale. The mountain folks are said to be quite as destitute; their supply of suirar was exhausted a week before our Denver date. rSiEighi thousand emigrants hare arrived at New York since the first of this month. the apfohtionhext. . We referred briefly, in ypMerdny's issue to a communication it. i.'ie Omaha Republican on this question of appor tionment, signed "T." He says all Nerth Platte and South Platte feelings should be done away with, and the good of the whole State sought in our legislation. In this we agree with him but there are t. few points we would have had a little more explicit. He says, "Nebraska is Republican to-day in every department of her Siate Gov eminent, executive, legislative and ju dicial. How Ion? this state of things is to continue depends very much upon the manner in which the Legislature thah deal with this vexed question of apportionment. i ne apportionment question is tne Pandora's box out of which all of our apprehended troubles are to isue. Surmount this wisely and the career of ttie Republican party of Nebraska is full of promise tor the future. Repeat the follies of the closing hours of the ast session of the Territorial Legisla ture, and the political power of Nebras ka will pass in'.o the hands of the oppo sition. There are many people in this part of Nebraska who would like to know who "T." is driving at in the nbovo; whether it is the Republican party of Nebraska minus a few individuals about Omaha or whether it is the few individual Republicans. We should ike to know who "T." thinks it was that committed the "follies of the clos ing hours of the lust tension of the Ter ritorial Legislature." Somebody wa? to blame in tho?e "follies," and there appears to have been some difference of opinion as to wha it was. We have not hesitated, neither do we now, in eiidjrmg the action of the Republican members, minus the few Omaha men. and we sve no reason why "T." should be so vague ia reraru to the matter. It he intends his remarks to apply to the few, we see. no cause for leaving it in doubt; but if he intend them as a censure upon a majority of the party in the "last session of the Territorial Legislature,'' then we can understand why he is not more explicit. The peo ple of Nebraska are determined that they will not Lave the "wool pulled over their eyes" any more; and do not see the necessity of niinciug matters or having "scft words" uttered a part of. the time and revolvers flourished at others. There was no disposition on the part of the Republican majority last winter to raise the issue of North Platte and South Piatte; but a ddsire to have right and justice prevail, as the party always does. If our Omaha friends, "T." included, desire the "state of things" to which he refers, to continue, it will be no trouble to insure such continuance by allowing just and equitable legislation. But if they will consent to such continuance on the con dition that the party must succumb to the d-sires of a few, then well, we are unable to tell the result We can only h'pe tnt the remarks of the cor respondent "T." were not intended to reproach the great Republican party of Nebraska, but as a reproof to the few factious ones who sought to rule tho party by a combined effort with the Copperheads. B A writer in the New Orleans Republican, furnishes the following apt extracts from fpeeches by colored men at Jacksonville, Fla.. on warning his hearers against bribery : "lie d man nebah so pooh, if him hab no cont, no shoes, no bread, he mus not sell his vote not for five dol lah. nor for five hundred dollah, nor fifty tou-iatid. If he do we will spurn him from us foreber, for wid a great price obtained we dis freedom." Another young, smart, but rather unpruned speaker at the same meeting also in a warning voice, said : "Beware of General Whifkey and Captain Greenback, Twr weeks dis day yoiivdepu ite your voies for de fu?t time. Dtm'i go to de corner shop. You goes in colored and you comes out black. (Great laughter.) You ca'ls for one, one calls for two, two calls for tree, and tree toe much and four am more dan most ob you can stand. Votin should make usketp sober not get drunk." A prty of men numbering 30 marched one Thos. Gepnart out of the Taylor county, Ky , jail on the 8 h inst., and hung him to a tree. The parties gave as a reason for hanging Gephart, thathe was a murderer and a pest to society, and would propably es cape the law if tried. FLV4MIAL.. The New loik Shipping List ob serves: Weiiavt- but to reiterate rie old t-tory of dill limes in commercial circles the vdume of trade, for the most part, guaed by the dictates of mt niMa ecoiomy. in view o tne uncertainties .euchin? the future o' prices, nienhmts ani capitalists a not diipoed toencourage ventures of a hazarduous character. Our markets do not repond lothe panicky feeling r-. ported in Lonton. The decline in cot ton at home aid abroad contiuaes, and cotton fabric sympathize to some ex tent. Nolwiilsta;.ding the decline the shipment ti Liverpool continue n a liberal t-cale. The big prices of flour serve to materiilly curtail ihe consump tion, and the turn of the market for breadftufT t-ince our last has been in favor of the buier. The money mar ket remains ea-y, the raie on call bt; inrr 5 to 6 per ji'nt., while discounts range from 6 to 8 per cent, on firm class Mgna'ures. The notes of parties whose credit is tot fully assured, how- . ever, are sunjstea to cun.purativefy nich huures. foreign exchange is higher nnd rates still tend upward. TO HUSIXESS 31 CX. The advice of such a veteran editor as he who presides over ihe Louisville Journal is certiinly worthy of con id t ration. Hear a hut he fays, aud thos.; e-king the patronage of the pu hi n: .hnuld poniler it well: "We hav? been carrying on the L iu'iville Jour nal between thipy-ix and thir y-seven yenrs. JJunog all this lime we havr know i no man of Inij-inets in the city 1 fail who advenued liberally. And we have known no one to succeed in my considerable, if even in a re?pectablr- egree, who dida'l advertise liberally J Do not tell us. oh candidate for the cus tom of th 'ommanity. that you canno; afford if! advertise because your bui ness is dull? Ah! why is it duil? Li tei,! and we will tell you. It is dm! cause you don't advertise and you don't ad vertise because it is dull. Si tae vacant circle is coinpleio. We tell you, it you are doing ill, to adverti-e thit you may do butter. Srt youi mark of business success, and ndvtrtist- up- I. V,.u caa (III if y. .'1 even in hard tims. A little nerve it needed in advertising as well as uning any other tfl ctive means of succe4 Your men who have no more nerve than a wet rag advertise little or not a; a 1 1. You may suppose we are givinc advice that wo think would benefit our selves. Yes, we do think it would ben; efii us. but benefit you immesely more Think of this and you will agree with us, be wise enough t act accordingly." ESTRev. John Wesley, in his jotir nal gives the following account of i; ulkuig clock : "On Monday. April 27, 17G2. being at Lurgan, I embraced the opportunity which 1 had desired, of talking to Mr. Miller the contriver of the statue whictt was in Lurgan when I was there be fre. it was tli e figure of an old man standing in a case vi h a cuitain drawn before him. over againt a clock, vhicl? Ktoud on the oppu-ite side of the room Every time the clock struck he opened tha door with one hand, drew back the curtain with the other, turned bis head as if looking rouud on the company, and then said with a clear, loud, ar ticulate voice, 'past one, or 'two,' or 'three, and soon. But so many came to see this (the like of which all allow-! ed was not to be seen in Europe) that Mr. Miller was in danger of being ru ni ed. not having lime to attend to hi.-bur-iness. So, as none offered to pur chase it. or reward him for his pains, he took the whole machine to pieces." "I love to laok upon a young man. There is a hidden potency con cealed within his breast which charm' and pains mt." The daughter of a clergyman hap pening to find the above sentence at the close of her father's manuscirpt a he had left it in his study, sat down aDd added : Them'a my sentiments exactly, papa, excrfjiling the 'pains." A lady ays the first time she was kised she fell like a tub of rose swimming in honey, cologne, nutmeg and cranberries. She felt as if some thing was running through her nerves on feet of diamonds, escorted by sev eral little cupids in chariots drawn by angels, shaded by honey suckles, and; the whole spread by melted rainbows. CSf" Sol. Mi.lerha ascertained the cause of the recent earthquake. The "Confederate dead' had just learned, the result of the Connecticut election; and their shouts raised the roof of their present habitation. E55The Idaho Siahsman has an account of an attack upon the Mage a; Fruit's Ferry, on the 26th ult., by In'; dians. There were sir men in the stnge, of whom three were killed: Younger, the driver, and Ullmaii ana Buohee, passengers. The other three passengers escapud. The Indiaa numbered eight, armed with rifles; and bows and arrows. They ambush ed the stage and mortally wounded the driver at the first fire. The Fort Uuforcl 3Iasacre. We have before expressed the opin ion that the reported massacre at Fort Buford, at the mouth of the Yellow stone, was a canard, manufactured for some mercernary object. We are now confirmed in our opinion. Although mure than a month has passed since the reported murder, and the report has been telegraphed and confirmed all over the eastern country we have na knewledge of the matter, except as we get it from our eastern exchanges. We have acquaintances throughout mat who! country, who are in communica tion with friends here, who would cer tainly have furnished some of our cit izens with information if (here had Wtti any trouble. Mails from Forts Rice and Sully have recently come through, and ihey bring no news of trouble at Fort Buford. One thing is certain if a correspondent of the Chi cago and St. Louis papers, at Fort Rice, wa? nblft to obtain all the particulars a nmi.th ago, some other person at these posts o ight, by this time te have been able to learn that there had been a iiiaisarre. and the news ought to reach Sioux City at least within a month after it does those cities. We are forced to the conclusion that ihe'city papers have been victimized by sonif bcoundrel, who desired to create a nensation. and secure tor himself a little notoriety. We shail not believe that our friends at Fort Buford are murdered until we receive information to that effec through some other source. Sioux City Journal. A Maw Who Had a Right to Talk Among the prominent mem bers of the Republican Convention re cently held in Richmond, Va., was a colored man named Joseph T. Wilson. He was a resident of Norfolk, had been a Sergeant in the 2 J Louisiana Native Guard, and of the Fifty Fourth Massachusetts. In the course of a spirited debate on the subjeci of confis cation of Kebel property, bergeant Wilson spoke with withering effect of cettain whites who now for the first time professed to be Unionists. He said: "I am an Ameiican citizen. Perhaps I have a better right to the title than some who call tl emselves, p.. .,i!r eives so, tor i have on my body the marks of eight bullets, giim-d in defense of ihe flan. 1 have stood in the flames of Pert Hudson; fought in the storm at O'ustee. en have camped at James lland, while they were making money out of both armies, or were in safety in the North ern cities.'" A man bearing such me mentoes of his service in behalf of the flig, no matter what might be the color of his skin, had the right to talk and it is no wonder that he could talk with effect. Worth Knowing. cultural paper says tnat planting orchards or An ngri people when any other should have kinds of shrubbery, they the- north sides of the trees and shrub marked iri some legible manner before they are taken up, and when they set them out, have them put into the ground with the marked side to the north in their natural position, so that a larger portion of them will live. Ignoring this law of nature is the cause of so many transplanted trees dying. If the north side is exposed to iutj south, the heal of the suti is too great for that aide of the tree to bear, and, therefore, it dries up and decays. As this is the shfdri-tree planting season, we throw out this hint for the benefit of those in tt rented. Hi'MArr Weakness. We heard a man once a noble specimen of true manliness and physical strength, but now a shattered wreck, nearly in the relentless grasp of the "delicious trian gles" of delirium tremens say yester day: "I would give a year of my life to be endowed with the moral strength to keep a temperance pledge!" EviU can sometimes be relieved only by kneeling down by them; aud the flip pant bid to Divinity for strength to keep out the cumbrous coils of a sin whose fetters its victims will not at tempt to bieak, is as irreverent and nnpicus as the mimic prayers that go to Heaven from knees crookeu in mock ery before the foot-light of the thea tre Ex J5FThe Registry in Washington is completed, shoeing 15,500 voters, out of which there are only 069 majority of wLitea. tJr2fA delegation of Tennesseeans, head r-id by Sam Tate, had an interview with the President on the 8th, urging him to send regular troops to overawe Hrownlow's niggers, and to enable them to hold a good Conservative elec lion. The President declined. SFJudge Sharkey, at present a petitioner before the Supreme Court, is charged with being the author of an infamous decisiou consigning a widow and her children into slavery. The formsr had been the wife of a Missis sippi plaater, who had legalized his marriage with her in the Northern States. The latter had been educated in Olno. Returning South, they were seized upen by relatives of tne deceased planter, acd oa application to Sharkey were doomed to slavery. Across the Ocean on a Raft. The nautical tame ot young Br-nne. rf the New York Herald, ha crazed half the spnonies ef that city, and three men have just announced their intention to attempt the pasage of the ocean on a raft. The following is their description of the craft: "It is neither boat, nor yacht, nor schooner, ano yet it com bines the principle features of each and all. It fluats as a raft, and cannot be swamped nor submerged; il carries canvass when needed, or two masts. with a jib and spanker, and other tog gery whirh a landsman knows not of Lverv shiD can carrv the ratt. It can be packed imo a box of twentj -five feet lontr bv three feet deep, and in five minutes can be inflated and pitched overboard, like a wool pack, and fall ing on the mot tempestuous sea, it can not be upset, overturned or swamped.' EAST'S. E. Mc Cracken E-q. return ed to the city I uesday evening niter a short visit to Cass county. He informs us that the farmers in that county have sown an unusually large number of acres in wheat and oats which are now up and promising, Great preparations are being made for corn. Perhaos cne third more grain will be raised in that section this year than any previous one. This is the first time he has vis ited that county for two years, and he informs us that in that time the num ber of acres in cultivation has been ful ly doubled. Such reports we receive almost daily fro'm all parts of Southern Nebrar-ka. Pt ess. Cowan Rewarded. Senator Cow an, of Pennsylvania, as a reward for selling himself to Johnsonir-m, received a nomination as Minis'er to Austria, but the Senate very properly refused te confirm him. A a partial comfort to the ex Senator, however, his son has been appointed Special Secretary of the President. So the Cowan fam- ly ought nt to be wholly inconsolable. M CSS" Tho Richmond Enquirer say: Some of the Sou'hwesl Virginia Red- strings are advocating annexation to West Virginia to escape negro votes. It wou'd be a good idea to annex ihe whole State to West irginia. We would mus get into trie union, and ac cording to some cf the legal doctors. get rid of the State debt at the tame tune. f.f3r C. A. Sherman has obtained a verdict of S9 000 damages against the estern Stage Company, for loss of his wif. child and mother, who were drowned by the upsetting of one of the Company's coaches while crossing Boon river, in Iowa. The trial took place at Lincoln, III. An appeal has been taken to ihe Supreme Court. J5gThe Superintendent of a Sun day School, in Hartford. Connecticut. recently made his annual report, in which he reccommended that tfce adult members should go to work and do all in their power to incase the infant class during the coming year. tS" A correspondent in the Iowa Homettead, writing from Florence, Iowa, says there is a disease prevailing among the hogs of that region which is called "thumps," and says it is accom panied by very hard breathing and pal pitation of the heart, and that co cure for it has yet been found. -5" A letter bearing the following inscription was dropped into the New ark post office without any stsmp: "Bummer's letter; shove it ahead; dead broke and nary a red. Postmaster. shjve tni through; when I get paid I'll pay you." Cty A plainer gentleman than Gov. Mui phy. ef Arkansas, is not to be found. He wears ordinarily a pair of common soldier's blue pants, and looks like a discharged soldier seeking em ployment. JPSfCol. Conger, who took the diary from J. Wilkes Booth's bodv. is in War-hington to testify to the alleged spoilation. It is intimated that the missing pages were cut at Dr. Mudd's. t&Vm. Lloyd Garrison has sailed for Europe. He was presented wiih S30.000 by his friends before starting, and the amount is to be raised to $50,000. 15FA large meeting of negroes was addressed at Richmond, Va., on the 7th, by Haywood of Massachusetts, and Marsh of Virginia, favoring con fiscation. ESfSenator Wilson addressed the convention from thh court-house in Au gusta. Ga., on the afternoon of iheSih The freedmen gave him a torchlight procession in the evening, 2?" Letter received in Denver from Boulder City state that indications are positive of an enormous crop of grbsshoppers in that section of Colora do this season. CSFThe State Republican Conven lion of South Carolina held en the 8 h. was attended almo-t exclusively by colored men. The negroes elected a president, and there was only one white man among the Vice Presidents. Chicago, May 7. All disturbances i;i the city are quelled and everything is quiet. Most of the manufacturing establishments are ruming again, but in some cases with a short complement of hands. Ouly very few of the em ployers concede to the eight-hour sys tem, aud in every case pay only for the werk done. There is no difficulty to procure hands, as many came to the city from the east; but several of the manufacturers prefer giving the old hands a little more time to consider their action and return to work. The upshot of th whole matter may be stated, that the eight-hour law has ac complished nothing. Many workmen still hold out, but no increase of wages or shortening tif time is likely to result from it. Chicago, May 7. The Tribuno's special from Lawrence says that six settlers were murdered near Fort Riley by the Sioux who were recently burned out by Hancock. Saturday morning, a despatch from Hancock to Sherman passed through Lawrence. It is understood to be a call for 20,000 troops. Grasshoppers are appearing in some parts of Kansas; and threaten great mischief. Colorado papers complain of the scarcity ot articles usually imported from the east, on account of the late railroad blockade, now. Trains run all right Chicago, May 8. There is little change reported in the condition of the eight hour revolution. Many men are resuming work, but the strikers still hold meetings, and assert a determina tion to hold out to the last. Most ot the estblihments are running with a reduced force, with the probability of obtaining all the men necessary in a few days. The strikers have organized committees who endeavor to intercept and turn back workmen that are com ing from other cities. Indianapolis, May 7. The muni cipal election yesterday resulted in the success ot t;e Republicans Ly a redo- d niiijouty over the Democrats and light h iur men. The other municipal elsctions ia In- Chicago, May 7. The Kentucky rf turns uiJicMe the election of all Dem ocratic Coiij: ressmen. There was a large meeting of the workitigmen at St. Louis last night. The addresses and resolutions made in:si d on the strict enforcement of the eight hour system. Most of the work inginen have avowed a willingness to ate pt reduced wages for eight hours work. 'I he riotous demonstration in Illinois oppsitt- Si. Loui, was preventtd only by the zealous efforts of the more in telligent mechanics. There was quite a fall of snow to day, which will damage the fruit. New Orleans, May 7. The chief of the police has forbid any interference with the negroes in the street cars. The hurricane on Sunday burst the ban!:s tf the river below the city. Damage not known. The steamer Young America was wrecked aud her cargo lost. Washington, May 8. A letter from Colonel Wyncoop, Indian agent at the Upper Arkansas Agency, says that on the 3 l h ult., it was rumored that considerable stock had been driv en eff tho Smoky Hill route by the Sioux who are flying to the northwest. Hanc :ck is still at Fort Dodge. The Indians at my Agency have not retaliated for the wrongs inflicted upon tht in. Tne writer fears trouble from the depredations on the innocent tribes. A special from 'Lawrence reports that Hancock is falling back temporar ily. The defeat of Hancock is expect ed, and horrible massacres of the de tainments. The Indians seem to bs combining for the last struggle of su premacy along the Smoky Hill route. The council with the Arrapahoe chiefs resulted io (he declaration for peace ly the Indians. New York, May 10. Marshal Un derwood proceeded on Friday to Fort Monroe to set va the writ, and returned on Saturday with Davis, who will bs lodged at the Spottswood House until afttr a hearing. Owing to limi.ed space in the court-room tickets of ad rnision will be is.ued only to the bar and press. -The statement that Chase will take part in the trial is denied. He sees no reason for changing his opinion on the impropriety of holding the court in Virginia under military rule. The Tribune says bail will be offer ed for Davis, but probably be refused, as speedy trial is determined on. Tho 23J iut. is f pule en cf as the day fixed for the trial. The World says Davis counsel and friends are anxious to have Chase pre side When brought to Court they will state (hey are not ready for trial, and move to admit Daris to bail. Jl-llsburg. May 10. Delegate Hooper telegraphed tnat 600 Sioux urn der Spotted Tail, crossed the Platte 2 miles above here, gring north.