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THE FORT GEROM PRISONER. !
United States Consul General Torbert
Calls on Ceballos.
SECRETARY FISH'S INSTRUCTIONS.
Reticence and Indecision of the
Spanish Official.
A Cuban's Answer to tlic Charge of Dutch- !
ering Prisoners.
Havana, April 16, 1873.
Your correspondent called on United States
Consul General A. T. A. Torbert to-day, and bad
a short interview with him relative to the fate
of Mr. O' Kelly, who is still imprisoned in
Fort Gerona, at Manzanillo.
General Torbert informed me that he had
AGAIN SEEN CAPTAIN GENEBAL CEBALLOS
yesterday, to press Mr. O'Kelly's request to
b? tried here. Ho informed the Captain
General that his visit was under
INSTRUCTIONS FBOM SECRETARY FISH,
who had expressed the desire that Mr.
O'Kelly's request be acceded to.
RETICENT.
The Captain General was reticent and de
clined to answer definitely.
NOT FOR SOME TIME.
The Consul General spoke of the trial; but
General Ceballos replied that that would not
be for some time.
i i
SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITY.
The impression was left upon the mind of
the Consul General that after the sumario,
which is a preliminary examination in the na
ture of a Grand Jury inquest, as to the
grt an da for indictment and trial, the case will
be turned over to the now Captain General,
Pieltaiu, who will be hero in a few days.
AN UNDECIDED ADMINISTRATION.
. This perhaps explaias the indetermination
of the Captain General, who wishes to trans
fer the responsibility. His whole administra
tion, thus far, has been of tliis undecided
character.
CORRESPONDENTS IN THE FiLLD*
Secretary Seward's Action in ?He Case of"
Robert B. Lynch? ?Pardoned by the
Canadians Through American Inter
ference.
The case of Robert B. Lynch, Who wits arrested
and tried in Canada for participation in one of
the Fenian raids into that country, possesses at
the present moment more than ordinary interest,
lie was tried at Toronto and condemned to death.
Lynch, who wan a British subject, accompanied the
invaders in the capacity of a newspaper corre
spondent to report the incidents of the campaign
and had no connection with the Feniln organiza
tion. The circumstances of his caso and
the great peril in which he stood, con
sidering the exasperated feelings of the volunteers
called Into Bervicc and of the people gener
ally across the border, causcd the United States to
intervene actively in his behalf. Air. Seward, Sec
retary of State, took high ground in his cor
respondence with the English government, aud in
sisted that there was no proof of Lynch's guilt, and
that his detention and punishment would be re
garded as an unfriendly act towards the United
States. He followed the matter up with remarka
ble viiror and firmness, claiming that Great Britain
should not permit Canada to deprive an innocent
man of his llle. The relations between the two
countries were far lrom being in a satisfactory
condition at the time, and during the discussion in
this particular case, in connection with other un
settled questions, Mr. Seward did not hesitate to
declare t^iat the continuance of peace between
England afrd America was in imminent peril. The
facts relating to the capture and trial ol Lynch
were as follows
THE ARRE8T.
In June, i860, General O'Nell led a body of
Fenians to the Canada line and crossed over to
l>ort Erie. They encountered a body of regular
and colonial troops, and alter some fighting, in
which there was considerable loss on both sides,
O'Nell returned to American territory. Some were
left behind and taken prisoners. Among these was
Lynch. He declared when arrested that he was
present only as a correspondent for the Louis
ville press; that he was unaware of com
mitting any oiTcnco by following, according
to the instructions of his employers, his profession
as a reporter and that ho came over with no hot
tile intensions. At the trial, which took place in
October following, there was evidence introduced
for the prosecution to show that Lynch was among
the invaders; that he appeared armed with a
?word, apparently exeiclslng coihmand, and that
bo was addressed as "Colonel." The accused sol
emnly denied that he acted in the manner stated,
and beiore coming to trial iu order to prove his
assertion made an application
Fou a safe conduct
for persons in the United States who were present
at Fort Erie ; but the Canadian authorities refused
to grant it. The accused wi?s, therefore, left with
out any witnesses to show that he was not armed
and did not exerclso military authority. T ho evi
dence was all one way. A point ol law was made
by his counsel to the effect that the indictment
charged him with being a citizen of the United
States when. In lact, he was a British subject.
Lynch, it appears, wrote to a irtend while in prison
a letter in which ke stated he was an
American citizen, and the Solicitor General
argned that they had good and sufficient ground
for alleging he was not a British subject, for tliey
had it in his own handwriting, He went on to say,
"Any person Is an American citizen who has re
sided here lor any length of time, and we know
well that he came from tho United Stat s." It was
argued on behair of Lynch that ho was In law and
in (act
AM INflLnn SfBJECT, AND NOT AN AMERICAN
CITIZEN.
His counsel exclaimed, "Here is tho life of a fellow
being trembling in tho balance, and we have evi
dence to acquit him, but we are unable to bring it
forward." The gentleman (Mr. Martin) proceeded
to Bay that It was proved Lynch was seen in Buiralo
and beng on that side he hau no reason to disguise
bis intention, being among his friends; but a man,
11 he l>e what was alloged of him, would rather
boast and seek to curry favor by holding out that
be was a Fenian that the crowd might pat him on
the back, if he was engagod with the Kenlans he
would then have been swaggering about telling
them to do this and to do that ; but the very re
verse was the case. lie salt! he was among tliem
merely to report.
EVERY GREAT NEWSPAPER,
Mr. Martin said, sends reporters where any
thing ol Importance is likely to occur, jet no na>
tton would think of hanging a reporter who uas
found with an army for tho purpose of telling tho
public the details of the war. You remember the
great war betwoen the Northern and Southern
States. Reporters were there In every quarter of
importance. The leading papers of England had
yevrcscatalives there. Did they hapg Ku???U of
tbe correspondents taken prisoners In either the
North or the South? Take the late events In
Ituljr. When Garibaldi, contrary to law, luvaded
tbe kingdom of Naples, correspondents went
along with him; but would any one have you
believe that they hanged these persons when cap
tured because Garibaldi was In the wrong or b?.
cause they were reporting on the wrong side. So.
what would the world think U you were to bang
ttiis man? Tbe mere circumstance of his being In
Canada makes no difference. A correspondent Is
not liable, lie goes over as a mere spectator and
gives to the world things as they occur. Lynch
was convicted and condemned to death, aa stated
abo re.
yxbwb of rna ambhican governmknt.
Mr. Seward made a request for tbe pardon of
Lynch, and argued on moral, Judicial and political
grounds that it should be conceded. The English
government declined to accede to the demand.
Mr. Hewardfplnted out that it was the best policy
of that couatry to yield. He said tbe American
government believed the prisoner to be guiltless,
and holdlug him in custody at all wore an aspect of
unnecessary severity and unfriendliness towards
the United States. He added that he proceeded
upon the bellel that their release would be vei\>
conducive to the preservation of peace and a good
understanding between the United States and
Great Britain. The Secretary then expressed
the opinion that "time must pronounce
l et ween thia government and your own
upon the wisdom of the decision at which
they have arrived." The Secretary, writing
la the Knglish Minister at Washington, dealt par
ticularly wltli the case of the newspaper corre
spondent, Mr. Lynch. He said "It seemed to
me that the British government, nevertheless,
might lliid reasouabie ground ior believing that he
(I.ynch) did uot intend to euoourage those who
engaged in acts of vlolouce, and that the absence
ol tills Intention quaillying the questiouol moral
guilt might well be taken into consid
eration. 1 fraukly confess to tho opinion
that, although statutes, executive procla
mations and judicial decisions have all con
curred in treating the aggression of the so
called Fenian raiders Into Canada as merely a mu
nicipal crime, the transaction, nevertheless, par
took o( a political character, ami had relations and
connections witli movements of that character
that have widely manifested themselves not only
in Canada and Great Britain, but in the United
States also." Messrs. Lynch and McMahon were
subsequently discharged from prison; but it will
be observed that Mr. Seward urged this result on
the ground that It "would be very conducive to the
preservation of peace between the United States
and Great Britain." The sentence of Lynch was
commuted, and be was subsequently pardoned.
OPIKIOK8 OF THE PRESS,
The Unjust Accusation Against Mr.
O'Kelly, the Herald Commissioner.
[From the New Yorker Journal, April 10.]
Reierring to tiie imprisoned correspondent of the
U&RAI.D in Cuba, Mr. O'Kelty, It is stated that the
United States government has been applied to
to send a ship to that island especially in his in
terest. The application has been met with the
rejoinder that Mr. O'Kelly Is not a citizen, Having
been but a little over a year in tbe conntry. At
the same time the assurance lias been given that
every exertion shall be made to nave hiiu trans
lerred to ikivaha, where the authorities could form
a court and where an impartial investigation could
be had. The news circulated from Spanish sources
that O'Kelly has brought with him intelligence
from the insurgent' intended tor their agents
in riie various parts ot the Island, whereby ue is
said to be greatly compromised, is, under tiie cir
cumstances, totally discredited.
WAR TO THE DEATD.
A Cuban's Apology for the Bntehery of
Spanish Wonnded ?"??
Allege* That the Spaniard" TV ere the
Hirst to Murder Prlsoner.-Thelr Re
fusal* to Exchange *?rlnoiiers.
To TUE EDITOB OK THE llEIlALD:
The actlvc part you Ha e taken in clearing away
the apparent mystery which enveloped the state ol
analrsin my country (Cuba) cncoura.es me to
write a few words la regard to the letier you pub
lushed to-day from your in every respect worthy
commissioner, Mr. J. J. O'Kelly.
To sav that all true friends of Cuba owo you a
debt of gratitude, and to your valiant correspond
ent tUe most profound a<lmlration for Ids un
swerving energy. hm impartiality and sincerity,
would be to repeat what nas frequently been ex
pressed, anJ 1 can only hope that, at faonio luture
day we may have the opportunity or offering you
a more unmistakable proof of our high consldcra
11 1" uaH now 'proceed to state the object of these
Hues l observe in j our sa.d commissioner s let xr
the just censure, or rather condemnation, he ex
presses at the couduct of the Cuban soldiers to
* ants the prisoners and wounded taKeu from the
Spaniards, and desire io place before the readers
o! the 1IEHAI.U the origin of this course, which
when considered independently of all antecedents,
must necessarily force upon the reader a most un
favorable impression as to the instincts and fi l
ings of iny countrymen. When it is kuown that
this uust outrageous manner of mating war has
been forced upon them by their enemies, the span
lards, the conclusion must., however, bo different.
in the beginning of the war not a single prisoner
was s iot. Such was the consideration shown to
them that our Cuban officers in every case de
prived themselves of the little comforts they cou 1
enjoy in tlieir camp in behalf of the Spanish ??cc?s
" ? ftS prisoners. And I do not speak by
they hel 1 P nrt.iai knowledge of the lacts, a
hearsay, b t by actual wUlch tne
&K?fu n? _ tocomradlct ? tne, ?.??
SScrisaa?
ss-suruB: sa
r rSnr.i and sav If every consideration was not
iu rr. them and If, after a lew days' detention,
t he 7 were uo t al 1 released on parole, ..s well as all
those of the soldiers who preferred to leave (lor a
crcat many remaiued) the Cuban camp.
tet arttcularly Colonel Luiros nurrate his own
exifer encc-nc that a.tcrwards equalled, if not
surnaMed, Vaimuswda lu brutality and cruelty.
When the news of the Vara uprising reacliedbau
; rubi this worthy Colonel was sent out
w?m, i ?oo i .en to disperse the rebels. He left with
great pomp, usuaf butl.otore lie had advanced
n *nv miles in the road to Bayanto was routed, and
found himself aud the troops under his command
enveloped bv the Cuban army aud forced either to
deliver himself and division luto the hands of the
hluiscV0 What did he do then 1 Knowing that the
SS-^sr.'iJSw -asiisss
jfti-ft <hit fli'itl iiiiuinBt them, nnd tlia tnrt liorf
never MU-pec^dLulrosoisuci raia w Cuba.
towanls The only bed to bo had In the
Cuban1 camp, andthatHe.onglngtotjeCnban Gen
i c" a w ms Tr e a led 'as a com ma nder o*f the Cuban
forces more than as a prisoner, aud finally released
the case of Chler Engineer Orbaneja,
taken prisoned near Majari, the same consldcra
"K ! present humlredsupon hundreds
of similar cases in the beglnnlnK aftbe war, an
as well could 1 show tJuUthcse same men w o
wire so kindly treated became afterwards tne
most cruel instigators of all the butctorM MM*
only of real revolutionists, but of hundreds oi inuo
?*What conld the Cubans do * PTesldentCespedcs
repeatedly sent commissioners to the Spanun
commanding officers with the special rem' ie. at 1 that
the lives ol the prisoners should be wared and ?
changes made, as is welt kuown. The o nly _r??ult
of sach propositions was to increase
the Spaniards and push them to greater butchei?j?
with all kinds of prisoners, whether taken wiin
n mis in hand or w?unded. In fact, the Cubans en
deavored by every means within their reach to
conduct the war as becoming civilized P*0?l0'
and tliev failed. Kay, their own generesity whs
turned against them, until the sense of necessity
forced upon them the conviction, horrible as it is,
that their only Hue ef conduct toward the Span
lards should bo war to the death.
The effort my countrymen had to make to arrive
nt this final decision can easilv be supposed when
i he mildness and generosity of their character are
considered. It is no doubt abominable that war
should be thus conducted between two civilized
peonies ; hut the supremo law of necessity dees
not recoVnl/o any human convention. It Is a sad
fUI s hVVpr.lceed6 nel mrther. My heart, even at
su' h a distance from those scenes of horror
?i iens and 1 hasten re turn away my thoughts
from such heartrending spectacles. Perhaps when
ISr n-k I, win be able to write here all the lacta
?r ? .w irnn, he Will not fall tO SHOW What I
ft'-UWa viz., that, frlintnal as the conduct
of the {"bans ...ay appear, It has been forced upon
tuem bv the Spaniards. A y
THE MODOC WAR.
Latest Boportn from the
front.
PREPARATIONS FOR BATTLE.
No Communication with Head
quarters Since Monday.
HONORS TO THE DEAD
Public Reception of (he Remains of Gen
eral Canby and Dr. Thomas.
SCHOFIELD TO GILLEM.
More Troops Offered and the Total Drslrur
tion of the Savages Demanded.
THE INDIAN AUXILIARIES.
Description of tlie Lava Beds and
Battle Ground.
THE HERALD COMMISSIONER.
A Merited Compliment from the Army
in the Field*
San Francisco, April 13, 1873.
The remains of General Canby and Dr. Thomas
reached Yreka this evening. A procession of citi
zens went to receive thorn. Flaps were at half
mast, and Secretary Delano was hanged m efflgy.
General Canity's body Is in charge ?f the Masons,
and the body of Dr. Thomas will be sent to this city.
ADDITIONAL I'AKTlCtTLAKS OP THE MASSACRE.
The following additional particulars of the mas*
sacre of the Peace Commissioners have been re
ceived:?
Captain Anderson was at Colonel Mason's camp
when the attack wax made on the Peace Commis
sion and party, lie says Lieutenants Sherwood
aud Doyle were allured out from the camp by a
white flag. They went four or five hundred yards,
wliere they met what they supposed were only
two Indians, who said they wanted to talk to
"Little Tyce" (Colonel Mason). They were told
that they (the oillcers) did not want to talk, aud
for the Indians to go back to their camp and they
would return to theirs. As the oillcers tnrned
around, the Indians, four in number, fired upon
them, wounding Lieutenant Sherwood in the arm
anil thigh, the latter being a very serious wound,
the bone having been shattered by the bullet.
TUB SCENE FROM THE HIUNAL STATION.
Captain Anderson, who was on duty at the signal
station on Hospital Kock, saw plainly the attack
upon Colonel Mason's front, and telegraphed Gen
era! Gillem to notify the Peace Commission immi
dlatcly. Colonel Biddle, who was at the signal
station at General Gillem'* headquarters when this
message was received, at onee placed his held
glass upon General Canby, as the party pat to
gether, about one mile distant, aud very soon
afterwards he perceived
TUE WHOLE PARTY SCATTERED.
The Colonel followed the General's course with
his glass while lie ran about fifty yards, when he
threw up his arms and fell backwards dead. Two
of the Indians who were following him jumped ou
him, and one? believed to be Captain Jack?
STABBED HIM IN TUE NECK.
His body was aitorwards completely stripped. Dr.
Thomas was atso entirely stripped. His purse, con
tut. ting about sixty dollars, was iound under the
body, the Indians having dropped It.
MR. MEACII AM'd WOUNDS.
Mr. Moacham was shot in three places, one ball
entering at tho inner comer of his right eye,
another inside of his head and the third passlug
through his right forearm. The first two balls arc
both believed to have lodged within his cranium.
He also receiwd a cnt in the left arm and a scalp
wound about five inches long. He was found about
flity yards from the spot where the slaughter began
In a direction opposite that taken by General
Canby. He was also entirely stripped, and when
found was bewildered in mind. Captain Anderson
spent an hour with him yesterday morning, when
he was conscious and in no palu. Mcachain says
he thinks he
8HOT SCHONCniN IN THE ABDOMEN,
and blood was found which indicated that ?ne of
tho Indians had been wounded. The soldiers who
were ready started on a double-quick Immediately
upon the firing of the shots. They met Dyar and
Riddle and his wife befoie they were half way from
the camp.
THE INDIAN8 RETIRED
and kept up their retreat attout six hundred yards
iu advance of the soldiers, who followed thoin half
a mile beyond the murder grounds where they
remained until dark, when they were withdrawn,
an they were not provided with supplies.
THE EXPECTED UtillT.
Tuesday was to be spent in closing upon the red
devils, and If a general assault was not made to
day It certainly will be to-morrow.
The Bodies of General Canby and Dr.
Thomas Lying in State at Yrcka?.\o
Further Kcwi from the Front.
San Francimcu, April 14, 1873.
The remains of General Canby an* Dr. Thomas
have been -lying In state at Yreka in the Masonic
Ilall all day and were vi?ltcd by nearly the whole
population. Over one thousand persons have
viewed the remains. At iwelve o'clock about three
hundred children of the public schools paused in
procession by twos. The coding ara wrapped in
the national colors and strewn with wreatns and
flowers. An expression of great sorrow is visible
on every counteuauce.
THE KEMAINH OP ORVERAT. CANBT
will be forwarded to Portland by this aiternoon's
stage In charge of the General's aid, Captain R. llj
Anderson, who will be met at Kosebu\ on Wedn w
day evening by a special train for Poi tland. \
THE KKUAIN8 OF DR. TUOMAS
will leave for Redding by private conveyance ai
two o'clock this afternoon. They will arrive there
Wednesday evening.
NEWS FHOM THE FRONT ETP1CTRT>.
No couriers have arrived from the front np to
this hour (one P. M.), but they arc hourly ex
pected.
There is nothing later from the Modoc conntry
than was contained in last evening's despatches.
BEFORE THE BATTLE.
Ammunition Going Forward? Condition
of Mr. Meacliam?Prepn rations for Bat*
tie? The Pitt Indians Unlet.
Ban Francisco, April 14. 1873.
A special messenger arrived atlreka to-night
from the lava beds. There i? nothing definite from
the seat of war. There had beeu no fighting up to
the time he left.
AMMt'NmON ANP ITTTUM
had been crowded forward with despatch. The
surpreon had extracted rour bnllets from Mr.
Meachain's wound, and there is little hope of hu
recovery.
There were various mmors as to when an attack
will lie made. Some say to-day and sumo to
morrow, tho commanders waiting the arrival of
the Warin Spring Indian scouts, who are to Ito
used bvtwecQ the line* ox Uenprai OMciu and
Colonel Mason's commands, they, With cavalry, |
making
A THIRD LINH,
anil all advancing together, flow the north, south
and east of the lake to the west. It is believed the {
battle nil! be a hard one, ami that no quarter will ]
be shown the Modocs.
The Pitt River Indiana remain quiet ana peace- i
able, but it the Modoos escape there will be danger.
EPIZOOTIC TROUBLES.
Every horse In the Hot Springs, Surprise Valley
and Big Valley, is down with tue epizooty.
GENERAL 80H0FIELD TO GENERAL GILLE11
More Troops Offered if \ndtd? The
Prompt and Sure Destruction of 8av
ages Urged.
*>an Francisco, April 14, 1873.
General Schofleld naH Kent the following dispatch
to General Gillem
"Please in.orm me fully of the situation so I may
?end more troops if necessary. If the Indians es
cape from the lava beds I may send troops to oper
ate against them from another direction. Let me
know fully what you wish. I suppose you liavo
force enongh to destroy the outlaws, unless they
succeed in eluding you.
"Nothing short of their prompt and sure destruc
tion will satisfy the ends of justice or meet the ex
pectations of the government.
"JOHN M. SCHOFIELD."
DESCRIPTION OF THE LAVA BEDS.
TUo country along the line separating California
from Oregon, in which the lava beds are situated,
has been the theatre of military operations against
the Indians at different times during the past
twenty years. It has been traversed by emigrants
who settled In the neighborhood, and it Is well and
favorably known as a cattle range. With the ex
ception of the irregular volcanic region, south of
the lakes, the laud has been surveyed aud laid out
in sections. 81111 very little accurate information
can b? had concerning the retreat wkcre the
Modocs have continued to defy the power of tho
government. It is kuown, however, to bo cut up
with Assures, yawning abysses, lakes, high moun
tains covered with^now and abounding with cuves.
The lava beds cover an area of 100 square miles.
They appear to have been brought into existence
by upheavals from below. The roughness of tho
upper surrace remains, while all underneath is
honey-combed by cracks ana crcvices. Tho largest
?uve is known us
BKN WRIGHT'S CAVK,
which Is said to contain flftoen acres of
open space under ground, In which
there Is a good spring and many open
ings through which a man can crawl, the
main entrauco being about tho size of u common
window. In this cave, it is understood, Juck aud
his followers have fortified themselves. The
gulches and crevices range from a few feet to one
hundred leet in width, and many of tliem are one
hundred feet deep. The Indians can travel through
all these lava beds by trails only known to them
selves, and stand on biufl's over persons fifty yards
beneath and where it would require along journey
to go to tliein. They can sea men coining at a dis
tance of Ave miles without being visible them
selves. They also can permit their pursuers to
come within a few feet of the bluff and shoot liowu
and retire, if necessary, to other similar bluffs. If
pressed too closely the Indians can drop into crev
ices entirely inaccessible to troops, and follow
some subterranean passage, with which thaj are
lully acquainted, aud gain another ambush from
which it would cost teu lives to dislodge them. It
is represented that the Mudocs can shoot irom the
tops of cliffs withaut exposing an inch of their per*
soas. In the lava beds ure a number of small
plots
ABUNDANTLY SUPPLIED WISn BUNCH GRASS,
which outtle find by long and circuitous trails.
The only thing the Mo Iocs lack Is ammunition.
Those wh? visited the military headquarters dur
ing tho past few mouths were delected on several
occu-Dtis stealing cartridges, and even some or
the women were caug'it in tho act. Tiie troops
are well posted so as to prevent the Indlnns escap
ing. Their only line of retreat would seem to be
in a southerly direction into tho I'itt River Moun
tains. The tribes In that quarter are or a warlike
character and have given the goveramcnt consid
erable trouble in times past. In 1858 and 18S9
their ambushes were sa effective and their manner
of warrare so advantageous that at first very little
progress was made in reducing them to submis
sion. The Pitt River savages, when pressed cloxly,
would take to their canoes aud paddlo to (he
islands In the la^es, where they could not bo fol
lowed. After much care ami trouble several
boats Were built and transferred across the lava
beds, and the Iudians wero cut off from these hid
ing places. One of the latest measures of precau
tion taken by General Canhy wns to place boats
on Tule Lake.
CnANCES OF KfiCAPE.
The troops, in pursuing tlic Modocs, have to
follow them on foot, and In pnssing through the
gulches and crevices must expect to llod the
enemy on the high bluffs above them at every
point, or making their way through concealed pas
sages to secure retreat. The canuon and howitzers
commiml all approaches to and from the cave.
Five hundred hand grenades arrived last week at
Van Hremcr'a, and tlio sn;>ply of shot and shell
is ample for prolonged operations. There is no
disguising the serious dltllcuitles tiiat Colonel
Gillcm has to encounter. The Modocs know every
nook and corner in the lava beds, and will, of
course, seek to iind sjlety in (light, it would be
very uiilortunato, indeed, if tiiev succeeded tn
effecting a Junction with the Pitt, Iilver Mountain
Indians.
OKOLOOIOAI, FORMATION OF THE LAVA BEDS.
The peculiar geological features of the lake coun
try In California resemble the county Antrim, In
Ireland, In which Is located the celebrated Glauts'
Causeway. The ccieutiflc interest of the latter Is
enhanced by the beauty of its terraced formations
and its great rlclmcss and variety or coloring.
Like tho lava beds, the uos.Ut is from three hun
dred to five hundred feet In thickness, and, like
them, too, the pillars, caves, wells, Ac., In the
Giants7 Causeway, appear to be the i exult of some
great convulsion of nature, an upheaval equal to
the effect of the explosion of vast quantities of gun
powder placed underucath tho suriacc. Miners
Have not, heretofore, explored tho lava beds, but
after the cases of .lack and his tribe me disposed of
hy tlio troops no douDt there will bo a thorough ex
amination of this volcanic tract, which will always
remain identified with a piece of very black Indian
perfidy.
CEttiUL GfLLE9>3 IVDiAi AlAJLLiAUILS.
j Tho band of friendly Indians brought front the
Warm Springs reservation In Oregon arc entrusted
'Vitb an important duty. They are intended to act
i/as scouts and also to intercept any movement, of
i the Modocs to escape in a southerly direction.
Theno Indiana are known as the confederated
hands in Middle Oregon, and comprise seven of tho
Walla Wallas, Wascos, Tenlnoz and Deschutes
tribes, numbering too men, women and children.
The leader, D >nald McKfchzte, is, no doubt, a half
breed, and well acquainted with the mode of war
fare Jack and his party have adopted. The Warm
Springs reservation cGutalns over a million acres,
located in the central part of the State, and the
tract of conntry is such that notiody wants it. Tho
tillable portion occupied by the Indiats cons.sts of
600 acr"S, and though even this portion is not very
good land maoy of the families, hy reason of their
industry, have stcceede 1 measurably In their farm
ing operations, and ar'-" considered self-sustaining.
TUB MOU AI.H or OCR 11 ED ALttES
have greatly Improved, so that polygamy, the buy
ing and selling of wives, gambling and drunken
ness, liavo ceased to be common among thera, as
in the past, r.itch of tbein has a small plot oi land
fenced in and cultivated By Its owner. Many of
them have good herds of horses and cattle, which
arc rapidly increasing. Those who own houses
dress as white men and attend church and Sunday
school with more or less regularity. A few of them
arc professing Christian*. Some of the children
read quite floently, wlMiont understanding what
they read, and have been Instructed in arithmetic,
geography and wilting. Tho Methodist church
lias charge of the Waiw Springs Agcncy. I'udcj
the treaty made with tlies ? bands In 1855 they re- |
cetve an annuity, In beneficial obiects, for a limited
period, of $4,000, alter which Uiey are entitled to
$2,000 annually for live years. FmployCs are main
tained for tlieir benoiit at a yearly expense of
$0,100. Tbe head chief 19 paid $ooo per annum by
the government.
VALUE OF INDIAN SCOUTS.
The employment of red men as soldiers lias been
found to work very satisfactorily. The Commander
of the Department of the Platte a lew weeks since
published a general order, in which he warmly
commended the efficient and faith rul services of
Indian scouts, and, at the same time, he impressed
upon coinmauding officers or posts and expedi
tions to take palus in reading and explaining to
theso auxiliaries the high estimate in which their
services are held by the government. The Warm
Springs warriors are expected to prove useful allies.
They have, according to the reports, been always
well disposed towards white people, and consider
they have a grievance against the Modocs, which
they now propose to avenge. The number of In
dian auxiliaries can be considciably increased
from tbe Klamatn aud Yiauax reservations.
The red men there have long been at
war with the Modocs, and are, conse
quently, ancient enemies. They still enter
tain Iho feeliug Incidents to such relationship
aud would, no doubt, be pleased with the oppor
tunity of giving active assistance to General 011
lein'a battalions. Hut really there is a sufficleut
force in the lava beds to carry out the purposes ol
the government. If, however, more men aro re
quired the Indians close by ought to be placed In
the Held. In Arizona friendly Indians have ren
dered valuable aid in punishing marauding and
rcfractory Apachcs.
I\ JILUOUIl 71.
Meeting In Rlehmond In Honor of the
Memory of General Ciinby.
Richmond, Va., April 17, W3.
Agreeable to a published call a large number of
citizens, mostly republicans, assembled In the
United States Court room here to-day to give ex
prcBsion to their views concerning the tragic death
of llrlgadler General K. It. s. Canby, of the United
States Army. Alter the ?lganization of
the meeting feeling tributes wero paid
to the memory of General Canby by Dr.
E. II. Smith, Hush Burgess, Mayor Worthington
and ?there, all of them highly eulogistic of his
Christian character and' soldlorly bearing. A pre
amble and resolutions were then adopted expres
sive of the deepest sympathy for the widow of the
General, testifying to the dcllcacy, ability, wlstiom
and courtesy with which he managed the affiurs of
this State while military commander here; grate
fully remembering his friendliness and protection
to the weak; deploring Ins death as a loss to the
nation, aud setting forth their indignation at the
treacherous manner of his assassination while dis?
charging the duties of a peaceful mission.
A copy of the resolutions will be forwarded to
Mrs. Canby and to the Secretary of War.
Upon motion of Captain Jackson, President of the
meeting, tlio following resolution was also
adopted
,, Resolved. That we commend and heartily Indorse
the instructions of President Grant, issued through
the War Department, directing General Canity's
successor iu command to visit this culminating
crime of savage warfare npon peaceful citizens
with swilt and complete punishment.
After a number of other testimonials to the many
virtues and military genius of the distinguished
dead, the meeting adjourned.
T3S DLftlLD'S EffTEUPBISE.
A Wftl Deserved Tribute to the Herald
Commissioner from the Army.
Camp on Tule Lake, Cai?, I
March 20, 1378. J
To tiie Editor ok the erald:?
Having just read the acoouut of the "Rattle In
the Lava Reds," written by Mr. Fox, the IIbrai.d
correspondent with this expedition, I think it due
that gentleman to express the satisfaction TeH by
i this command for his truthlul and graphic descrip
tion ol the events of that engagement. The visit
that Mr. Fox lately made to Captain Jack In his
! stronghold was a bald, brave act, and was in strict
' accordance with th it spirit of enterprise that seems
to animate ;ill connected with tin- IIi:kai.i>. A lew
davs ago he placed hlinselfas a hostage in the hands
ol the Mod oca while Captain Jack came out to "talk"
wtth General Canity, in fact he is wining to do
anything or go any where to advance the interests
oi the Journal he represents. My only motive iu
writing this note is to da Justice to a gentleman
who well represents a Journal which takes more
Interest lu thu army than any other newspaper In ;
the country. The Army tmn Navj Journal should
do this work, but it doesn't SOLDlliK.
.TWEED AT PORTLAND.
Thf "Bmi" Simla Up In a Ho*
tel? Tired of Travelliiigaa>'I Shall Pro
ceed Directly to K?w l ork."
Portland, Mo., April 17, 1873.
William M. Tweed ttu<l party arrived la this city
at eight o'clock this evening and took apartments
al the Preble House. They will proceed westward
In the morning.
Tweed remained clone in bla apartment at the
hotel, and declined all visitors except the corre
spondent of the Uekald, to whom lie explained
! that he had retired because he was weary from his
lour: ridjs from Mont real, lie was evidently cou
I slderably wearied and very chary.
In response to the direct question as to his desti
nation lie replied, "I shall proceed directly to New
York." As he would respond to no further inter
r orator l?a your eorrespondent retiiod.
Mr. Tweed's party is live in number? two ladles
ami three gentlemen.
The rumors that Tweed enme here to seek a de
parture to Europe by the Allen steamer on Satur
day are considered to be idle.
HEW JERSEY.
Governor Parker Calls nn Extra Session
ol the MriuU? Formation of the New
York and Philadelphia Railroad.
Trenton, April 17, 1873.
Governor Parker has issued a proclamation call
ing a special session of the senate on the 24th inst..
for the purpose of considering the nominations
made by liiin of two persons irom each Congres- I
lonal district to prepare amendments to the con- I
stltntion ol trie State for submission to the next
Legislature. This is done In accordance with a
resolution passed on the 4tu lust, by the l,egls
hit urc empowering the Governor to make such
nomination* with the consont ol the Senate.
The organization of the New York and Philadel
phia Railroad <'i?inpauy In tin; Interest or the
National Railroad was-oempieted to day. The time
oi its existence extended to ?'.?? years, instead of
n;ty, as at flrst instituted. Sfventeen directors,
with Samuel N. Wilson m President, Robert R.
Corson, secretary, and wuiuiui \V. SteUe, treasurer,
compose the orga illation.
A CJUNIY TREASURER ARRESTED.
ttovernor Mo<e< .Making It Hot for De- I
fsnltlni C'ai|i?t>B?t??n In Sonth
Carolina,
Columbia, S, C., April 17, 1873.
A telegram received at the Executive Depart
ment here from the Sheriff of Greenville county
states that, atrrceably to orders issued to him by
the State Treasurer, he has arrested James M.
Allen, the treasurer of the county, on a charge of
being a defaulter to the Stale. Allen was formerly
State Senator from Greenville, but was defeated at
the last election, and wus subsequently appointed
treasurer of tHo county by Governor Moses. The
amount of defalcation with watch he Is charged is
140, collected as taxes. It is stated that
Alien held claims against the State to a large
iigure, widt h W?N not paid, ana tkat in conse
quent he re. uses to turn over the taxes collected
I iv hi i? until a settlement Is made with him. It Is
als'i Stated that he will he prosecntcd to the fullest
extent ot the law by tno state Treasurer, similar
proceedings Will doubtless also be instituted
! against nil the defaulting carpet-baggers, and by
tuis means ttte State may recover a portion of the
money out ol which it has Iteea swindled.
RIOT AT KNIGHTS VILLE, IffD,
Indianapolis, April 17, 1873.
Thcro wai considerable disturbance tills .after
noon at Knightsviiie. About five o'clock, wlii'e a
free fight was progressing, several arrests were
made Tiy two policemen, whereupon a party of
eight or ten women appeared and rescued the
prisoners. Further disturbances are anticipated
to-night.
Frederick Hughes w as sentenced to six months
in the Penitentiary by the Conrt of Special sessions
yesterdav for an assault committed on Wolfgang
Scnlesselon Sunday night last, in avenue A. UVtfUes
was uue Of thQ was works strikers,
SATANTA km BIG TEEE
Groat Excitcmcnt in Texas Over Pres
ident Grant's Request.
A Full Release Asked for tlie
Murderers.
ACTION OF TIIE LEGISLATURE.
The Governor Ordered Not To Set;
the Villains Free.
Petitions from the People Supporting thff
Legislators.
Vindictive Attitude of the Caged
Chiefs.
HcrNTBVII,L]9, April 10, 1373.
The probable action of Governor Davis, on the
question or pardons for Satanta and Big Tree, us
requested by the President, la the topic here just
now. Writing, as I do, from a personal knowledge o|
the data and the feelings of tlio people of the State^
1 must claim credit for Riving your readers tacts,
rather than mere suppositious. I can also safel?
assert that 1 have no prejudice In the matter what*
ever. \
THE MURnEltOU3 CHIEFS. ,
Satanta, the clilcf of rour or Ave Indian trlbc%'
aud Big Tree, a sort of lieutenant to htm, have beett
confined tn the Penitentiary located at this place
nl nee November 17, 1871. The facts of their captnro,
their trial, sentence to be hanged, and the action ol
Governor Davis In commuting their sentence#
to life in tnlB prison, your readers are
doubtless fully conversant with already, prompted
by what at that time was generally considered a?*
questionable charity, Governor Davis treated
those noted chiefs as anv other clans of criminals,:
and chose to give them a lease 01 life. Doubtless
li" was fully advised and did what. In mature
ludginent, was considered right. With his action,
at this time, we have nothing to do at t.ils writing,
since the arrival of these chiefs at the prison, the
most strenuous efforts Have been made by tho
tribes to which they belong towards their release.
These efforts have beeu seconded by oillcera
and attaches of the general government, but;
so far in vain, the only result being a visit to Wash
ington of these two chlels, wlt.i the principal men
of their tribes, then gathered at St. Ixnils.
CONFIDENT OF UfcLBASE.
Satanta camo back to the prison feeling very
confident that the "(lreat Father" at Washington
would use his lniluence and have him and his lieu
tenant pardoned. He was so certain or is that lirt
fixed the "moon" at wiiich ho and Hlg Tree won d
I rejoin tlielr people, and his "moon" Is now wan
ing though tlie President has requested his pardoa
ami that of Ills sullen brother, Pig Tree.
These two Indians wero cauir.it in one or tne
many murderous acts wiiloh have character izea
their Hvcb, uml the courts of the Western district
ol this state proceeded to deal with them alter taa
manner usual in such cases. Out of regard lor the
lact that the prisoners were Indians, or something
catiallv as good as a reason, their sentence was
commuted by the Governor at the reques: of tlu
President.
BUTE It FBHLTNG OVEK THE PttESIPBNT'S RnQI7B?T.
The neoplo of this Stale did not take any purlieu
lar pains to show their dlsple.isure at this request
una the subsequent act of commutation: but the
latter action of the President lu reciuestiuff a lull
and free pardon lor these Indians has met tuo
inoHt unoualifled, adverse action from the Lctrtflfr
tnre now Id session, and the most bitter comment?
from the people at large. What makes the matter,
pecol arly emDcrrassltig? to use a , Pjf
siuii? is, that the request came at a time w lien the
Legislature and the people at large were making
cilurts to protect the long stretch of frontlet
from the ravages of the Indian trllies to which
Satanta and Me Tree belong. Having the ueceBsarj
Iotcqs and equipments, and in lair Uuanclal curcum
maucos, Texas had, less thau a mouth since,
sought the privilege from the general government
to tirovi le protection, and had beeu refused. Close
upon the heels of this peremptory rclusal to grant
such u reasonable request comes the most unrea
sonable one ? of pardons for toes# two noted vh
1, tins of the same tribes, who have foi^ years psst
murdered men, women and children on the
frontiers or this .state. I* it at all strange that
TIIE LEGISLATIVE BODY SIIOI'LD KI'?E 1'P
as one man and instruct a rclusal of the President 8
request, and that the people oi the State echo these
Instructions, and are covering tho Executive ta.de
with petitions asking him to keep these two
savages where they are. ft makes nil the diner
ence in the world to know an Indian as ho Is, a*
these Western people know liirn, and to suppose
him such and such from tho "big talk" HtaudpolntJ
as tlie yua*er policy people know him. rite lirst
of these people have a full realization of hlin; the
second, those who deal with him with the jmjr
roundings of a peace commission, only see him
when he is full to the brim of good t.ings and par
ticularly anxious to make pence? until the Com
missi >uerB get back to Washington.
John Bunyan once said, "Always talk to
a man lor favors Just alter dinner." Th?
Peace Commissioners have followed John a
advice with tho Indians aud lound them
exceedingly full of peace. riieso Texas
neople see the Indians between meals and haver
lound tnem exceedingly tiresome, or. aa old
Welle r would say of ihe "vlddeis ? MonstroiA
for'ard, Sam; monstrous lor ard." Natui.illJ
enough these Texas people don't have a very add
ing lattli in the Indians' promises to reform, and
wo cannot blame tnem when, In the very face ol
ail the promises made to the (jtiakef-po.lcy people^
tiif.si: KUi) MUN
havo committed indescribable crimes upon the
almost helpless people ol the irontier. Appeal alter
appeal from those ironlier luuiides has reached
the legislative bedy now in session, and the effo t?
oi this body to provide all the protection possible
have been atdy seconded by the Governor# l nJ"r
the present circumstances this protection wUi
not l>e very thorough, and lor tins reasou a.d waji
sought at the hands of the general government.
Instead of granting it a request comes lor the re
1 ease of two of the most desperate members ol
these murderous tribes, tho v, ry two who possess
tlie lutluonce aud tlie disposition to carry on a
wariare throughout their lives, lo those peoi'.e
tills seems a somewhat singular action on me pa. fi
ol %o general government, and I liilnk, when all
the (acts are known, It Will appear so to the people
of other ,KDIAN9 ^ THBY ABB. i
These people, knowing the Indians astliey?.Q?
0P1\ desire that these two, and oi hers th?taie
caught raiding upon the State, shall be dealt wlrtt
a* any of the criminal classes. Murderers are
either hanged or coniined in tlie State Peniteutiary
101 li.'e. 'I his is but carrying out the law. rh. so
Indian duels were lound guilty of not one but man#
murders, and are but paying the penalty ol violat
ing the law ol the Stat-:, ihey are tne wards ol
the State, aud the Governor alone has the disposi
tion of thcui during Ins terra oi oillco, and 1 niosi
sincerely builcve mat a majority of the people ol
the Stalo desire that Governor DaYis snail
aEFtlSK TO SET THEM FIlKEJ
not, however, as a retaliatory meaaure for ' the i re
fusal of Irontier protection, but as a measure ol
seli-deience lor it Is plainly manifest to tlio o
thoroughly conversant with me Indian
that these two chiets will go from this prl* on n J
reformed or witn such an e ""J*1, i^m irom a te
strength ol the state as wiU ' Ctcr them Irom a^te
of violence in the future, but, on the contrary^
with a leeling of hstred and * ndictlvcne^ slu ^
ened to the keener edgo by their long y el extreme.^
ll ' The'ldf a advanced, that this treatment or prl?oiy
liii vill have a good effect both ou the chiefs a:ol
t.rMdVveYops ouiv a Laid Ignorance ol tho
li dlau n iture. If tins coutiuenient Is to accomplish
so nu ? h o " tne trioes at home. It will increiis?
with it* length, aud the rule should l?e to keep
them for life, So that the frontier will be safe, we
are reliably Informed that tho conflnemcnt so far
has n^t made any marked reformatory change In
the duels, and there Is nothing on which to hinge
hucii l ope, since coining here these chiefs havo
shown nothing lu demeanor or speech which coubt
be accepted as remorse, penitence or shame, theia
only thought bclug an escape from this bondage. A
HATANTA . ;
is about fifty years ol age, or a light copper co or^
and quite cheerrul when compared with hi* secon?V
Klg Tree, who is joungcr aud possesses a suiku
disposition.
BIO TREE
talks but little, nna when be does tlie '.urden of hli
speech Is his freedom and his inwntious wneii
Tree. These are born of hides hi*
tunta, older In crime and 'ndjan J"1"0- ? ic, #
intentions mere, and maUi P ou m sa, wi hicn oj
course are made under protest Md Will not^e;
kept longer than they scne h u to tscape !?-?
\U mi^iiirasantlv sltuated-lf such an expression
used at all tu connection with a prison^
Tii.^neonlo of tills state do not discover an\ marked
I^Xuveuesa toward these Indian chiefs, simplf
dS ing that the, be punished as the law dired*.
MKCtTIVK INTEKFEIIKM'H ?W^KU TO.
They do not like tho lntnrference ol ihe Prc^dei^
nnr his desire to let loose upon an almost _uu|r >>-?
tected frontier tnese two bloo ithirsty dilefs. a
I am of the opinion that It will require ? , rtwej
force to protect them on Kor the*
If they are pardoned an, set at Ijberi,. ror ^^
sako of the Immigrants wno are njawu* ^
upon the western Borders of this ?????
hoped that tho Governor of he ?i?h w
\ the request of Presideul t,rat.i.