The new North-west. [volume], July 21, 1876, Image 2

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EPUBLICANU NATIONAL TIECET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES,
OF OHIO.
FOR VICEPRE.tIDENT,
WILLIAM A. WHEELER,
OF NEW YORK.
-Now that they are talking of all their
Indian fighting generals, where is Baker?
-The Centennial Commissioners have
finally decided against a Sunday show by a
vote of 80 to 9.
-There were in New York, July 10th,
60 deaths from sun stroke, 14 in Baltimore,
and 22 in Philadelphia.
-It is reported in Virginia (Nev.) that
ore has been struck in the Sutro Tunnel
13,750 feet in from the mouth.
-For the twelve days, ending July 6th,
the weather in Philadelphia averaged hotter
than for the preceding 86 years.
-Earl Derby and the British papers are
now trying to explain their position on the
extradition treaty and procure a new one.
the third reserve-mostly old men, many of
whom have refused to serve.
-Helmbold has escaped from the asy
lum, is doing Long Branch and singing
Star of the evening; star, star,
Buchuful, Bachufal star.
-The great British iron-clad, Thunderer,
exploded a boiler while making a trial trip
on Stokes Bay. Twenty-five of the crew
were killed. The vessel is at Spit Head.
-Delegate Maginnis has been interviewed
by the New York Tribune in relation to
Sitting Bull's history and conduct and gives
a very intelligent account of the whole
trouble.
-The better class of Eastern journals are
entreating against mud-throwing in the
present national campaign, as unworthy of
the intelligence of the age. Fight it out
on the issues involved.
-The only paper we have beard of so far
that stands in with the Sioux is the Vir
ginia (Nev.) Chronicle. The editor of that
paper ought to be turned loose among those
people he loves so well.
-As no man escaped from the Custer
massacre except a Crow scout we may ex
pect now a superb picture in the Poliod
Gazette of the battle on the Little Horn by
"our artist with the expedition."
-Vanderver, the Indian Inspector at
Red Cloud Agency, is trying to patch up a
new treaty, on the basis of the Sioux re
linquishing the Black Hills for five years'
more supplies of food, clothing--and
ammunition.
--Capt. Nickerson, who was sent to
negotiate with the Utes to join Crook and
fight the Sioux, got along successfully until
the White River Agent prohibited his
taking an Indian from the reservation until
the Commissioner consented. Douglas,
the head hobief, wants to go.
-The air is fall of eanards. A Chigago
special of the 11th has a Munehausenish ac
count of a battle with Orook with poisoned
arrows. Crook killed ! Soldiers frantic!
Grand charge of cavalry, and over 1,000 In
dians bayonetted I ete., etc., eta,-gobs of
it. Now is the Dime Novelist in his glory.
-President Grant was~-ot present atthe
Centennial Celebration at Philadelphia.
his absence has been severely criticised by
oppcitlion1aqpers. It seems that he wonld
....... . .tio . .sr ... . ... .. . _ ._ -_
senting himself doubtles had good ause
which may or may not be of a nature to be
made public.
-House, the notorious divorce lawyer of
New York whose advertisement has ap
peared in several of the Territorial papers,
was shot and killed by his wife at their
home in New Jersey about the first of July.
He was the worst kind of a lawyer and she
the worst kind of a woman. She has been
released on bail.
-President Grant is cavorting around
slashing off official heads at a fearful rate
and without any apparent good cause to the
general public. It is said he does not like
Hayes' letter, but the country will the more
heartily endorse that letter that the Presi
dent is demonstrating the necessity of re
form in the matter of appointments and
dismissals.
-There is a chance now for long range
rifle practice on the Little Horn or Big
Horn. The team that can strike the (Sit
tihg) Bull's eye will score the savages and
all "inners" will count for glory. The
Helena and Deer Lodge teams of a dozen
men would kill more Indians with two
hundred rounds of ammunition than Crook's
command did with ten thousand.
-Uncle Sam counted his cash on .hand
the other day when the new Tres.rer wet
in and found he-ad $45,702,891.92 in his
iron pockets--within $5 of the amount the
books called for. In these days of demtor.
alisation it is very imprudent for -ay man
to cary that amount of money and John
athatihas bad his pockets picked so muck
he shaould be cautious by this time.
-Sitting Bull says that if the troops
omne out to him he must lht them; but
if they do not come out he ntends to visit
the (fed Cloud) Agnoy and he will Qoa
sel his people to peace.- VYaledi, r'8 -
port to WasMitgea. It's too lateý Mr.
Bull; that game bs been played once too
often, and if you are not dead, you ought
to be and probably wlll be before long.
-In respose to the telegram of Sheri.
dan stating hat bedid act sed vplunteerst
bat did psde that PIO8 O to heid two
posts on th Ye.lowate. .. Windom, at
Minnesota, alled up Mr. Ieguala' b to
that s.ect which` as beed bfeoe 0 agre
houses and sued by the du1 eaton the
12th. Itmboli bsapy.E I a r .e
* -Altbeoughsim lIate` to a b5l of
July seatles, sit -tgill v dsm*Utix
thank the Phlipsiburg folks for uluAiar
th publiesatle of Mr. Clis Addressa
O itr it appses sit"44 ) a "e : It is
net o-y what we esteem the S.st Cs
tism al apsawrdWbivlnd . btd, hiSak
i Mr. Clagset's bsat `ee . The te..s is
wel eoan; nthebt thad uls i ta
*vs~aat
1jii1
while in the field operating against the In
dians there are under General Terry only
1,128 and under General Crook 1,790, mak
ing in all 2,913. The remaining 4,000 are
located in northern cities and forts."
-One of the most amusing publie events
that has occurred for a good while was that
lunatic delegate making war in the Peace
Convention. Watterson, of the Courier
Journal, and President of the St. Louis
Convention, showed himself equal to al
most any emergency, by ruling when a
lady speaker was called to order, "that
when a lady has the floor no point of order
is in order," but even Watterson would
have been nonplussed aschairman of a non
combative society, how to dispose of a bel
ligerent delegate charging around with
a sword as long as a stovepipe. The Peace
BSocety should adjourn to meet the next
day after the millenium. Presidential year
is no good time for it anyhow.
-The recent new issue of bonds was
principally sold to New York. They were
made out in Helena and expressed to New
York, the charges being prepaid at Helena.
On arriving at New York the Express Co.
there ascertained they were bonds and en
deavored to extort money rates for trans
porting them. The expense to the Territo
ry would have been some $1,500. The
Company held the bonds and purchasers
demanded them. Finally the Express
Company was told they could keep the orig
inal bonds, and duplicates would be issued
to the purchasers, whereupon Adams & Co.
handed them over. Hamlin ought to in
troduce a bill compelling Montana to pay
the amount demanded by the Express
Company.
r.gut as to mat gun presented by tresident
Grant to Sitting Bull for his friendship and
bravery. There are two chiefs of that
name. The one to whom the rifle was pre
sented has always been friendly, and with
Spotted Tail and Red Cloud accompanied
the peace delegation to Washington where
the present was made. Sitting Bull, the
ferocious, never came into any councils.
While knowing this, we had never heard
of there being two Sitting Bulls, and sup
posed the present was sent to the Posturing
Bovine of the Black Hills. S. B., the
peaceable, ought to apply to the Indian
Legislature and have his name changed.
We trust, however, before the next session
the sanguinary scamp will have his toes to
the moon and the necessity be obviated.
HAYES' LETTER OF ACCEPTANON.
The strong probabilities are that Ruther
ford B. Hayes will be next President of the
United States. His letter accepting the
nomination was therefore looked for as an
indication of the policy of the next admin
istration and as a measure of the man. In
both it more than fulfilled the best expect
ations of Republicans, and aside from
marking out a line of conduct that will
meet the hearty approval of all Republi
cans, it is impregnable as the record of the
candidate to any assault of the enemy.
More than that, the character of the man
is suifcient guarantee that the policy indi
cated will be fulfilled to the letter. On
the currency question and on the Civil Ser
vice question it is a better platform than
that adopted at Cincinnati, and he has
taken a commendable position on the ques
tion of Presidential terms, neglected by
both the Conventions. If his nomination
had failed to unite and rouse to enthusiasm
the entire Republican party, his letter will
complete the work. Tilden may hoist the
black flag, and fill the land with denuncia
tions of the present administration, but it
will not avail. What the country wants is
an administration sodnd on the financial
question, determined to overthrow the
present system of appointments and re
movals, that can be depended upon to
maintain the authority and credit
of the nation and is reliable on
all the issues settled by the war. If
there were nothing else to insure the
defeat of Democracy than the composition
St ý apketttn e of ets lnemehnts
chances would be almost hopeless; and this
is but one of many disadvantages it labors
under, while every move of the Republi
cans so far has-united and strengthened'
the party. It. is stated President Grant
does not like Mr. Hayes' letter, and his
recent abrupt changes in important of
ficers ;indicate the administration is not in
violent sympathy with the nominee. The
people, however, have taken the election in
hand and it is not dependent upon admin
istration favor. There is no doubt Mr.
Bayes has united all potential elements of
the Republican party in his behalf as it has
not heretofore beep united for years; it
remains now to be seen what Mr. Tilden
can do with his fractious legions, and then
the battle will be set. Tilden's letter is
next on the program..
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LUMUUTELVf AUTVa1I.
Governor Potts went to Bozeman on
Monday. The Crows, including those who
left Crook, had camped at Pryor's Fork and
reported themselves out of ammunition.
Tho Indian Department heretofore,, has al
lowed the Post Trader to sell them 100,000
cartridges per annum, but it seems the sup
ply is exhausted. The Crows threatened,
unless supplied, to cross over the Yellow
atone, thus unoovering Bosemnan, to Sioux
raids. Governor Potts went to confer with
the Commander of Ft. ElUIs .ad ascertain
what was best to be, Pad could be, done.
We notiee from Mr. Bogert's letter that 10,
400 rounds had been ise.sdt the Crows.
Major Woods, Agent of the Blooketaup
to latest advises reported all sevens mbong
his people. The Governor obas reuetBed
bhip to consel with them aad t them the
G eteust is seeding all the saldiers that
ae needed to dstro Sitting Bull and all
OTa foud with hia . Governor Potts
hes lsp suggeseted to the Preidest by let
ter tbat ery tradieg est >ou Bioax City
to PFt. enton should be proibitted from
asjig or Wteing any ,arms or
apmunitlow to whites, Balf-breeds or .Idi.
as,asd that tle stock ow .on hand be
Ip4aedheld uptil the Siens wa ipsover.
W he beor Ainan eelhnt suggestion.
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UDITOKMNIAL GUDIB AZ
The New York Herald is very severe in
its criticism of Crook's fight on the Rose
b&a, and assumes to qepdemn him on the
bare evidence of its e0trespondent with
Crook. The editorial~soselwith a remark
which indicates the .whole' tenor of the
article:-" If General Crook is to serve
further against the Indians it should be in
a subordinate capacity." It condemns
him for incapacity and bad management,
and assumes that he was surprised, defeated
and out generaled. In fact many of the
eastern papers are now lauding the master
ly strategy of SittingBull in whipping our
columns in detail, when the fact is be has
shown no strategy whatever, having 2,000
or 3,000 warriors against which our weak
columns have thrown themselves. But of
Crook. There is nothing in the letter
cited to justify any condemnation of Crook,
except perhaps a misplaced confidence in
the Crows. He started from Goose Creek
June 17, with 1,300 men, including twenty
packers and 250 Indian auxilliaries. The
Crows knowing the country were entrusted
with'the advance and ordered to keep an
advance out day and night. On the very
first night the Crows failed to keep a
lookout ahead, and when they advanced
ten miles the next morning struck the
Sioux in force. So the:half #irprise was
due to the unfaithfulness of the Crows.
After an engagement in which only the
Indians, packers and two or three com
panies of regulars were engaged, the Sioux
retreated. Crook then started with his
whole column to strike the Sioux village
(perhaps it was best] he did not) when it
was found the Crows were .e -.- ,
the advance was checked and Crook Jhad
to withdraw. Thus the partial surprise
and failure to follow up the 'Sioux was
owing first to.the negligence and second
to the defection of the Crows. The Herald
correspondent'says:
"cHad his scouts proved faithful, so that
he could have been prepared to occupy the
commanding positions with infantry in
advance of the- main column, hewould
have had warning of the concentration of
the enemy to impede his course, and could
have driven him back into his village and
ended the campaign by destroying it. It
will be seen that the blame of the miscar
riage of the scouts belongs to the Crows.
whose instincts, vigilance and knowledge
of their own country was relied upon to
render every move of the force intelligent."
With these lor the facts the Herald
seems wholly unjustified in its criticism of
Crook. It is the old thing over that we
heard in the war:-" On to Richmond "
and "on to Washington" and cursing this
general and lauding that general by rattle
headed editors a thousand miles from the
field and knowing no more of military
affairs or the "bottom facts" of the case
than a monkey knows of heaven. If an
officer is a drunkard, or an imbecile or a
coward, condemnation is proper. But
when'agallant and careful general who has
won victory on hard fought fields is in the
presence of the enemy, fighting our battles
and carrying our flag honorably, risking
his life and bearing the responsibilities
that we may have peace and protection, it
is unmanly and mean to traduce him and
humiliate him and hound him, more
especially when every information available
exonerates him from blame. Let the
soldiers fight the battles without stabbing
them" in the fback, and if we newspaper
men do not like the way our soldiers fight,
let us go and do some'of it ourselves, and
perhaps we will have a better appreciation
of their services afterward. If the necks
of half a dozen New York editors had been
broken in '61 it would have saved a hun
dred thousand lives in the war for the
Union; and it might not be amiss to break
a few now, just for luck. When brave
soldiers and good officers are meeting the
foes of our flag the editor or attic penny-a
liner who traduces or unjustly criticises
them ought to be stuffed witha, torpedo
light procession march through him for
dessert.
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CORPORATIONS - STATEMENTS -E
QURltED.
The law of Montana concerning corpora
tions (Codified Statutes, p. 409, sec. 15) re
quires corporations organized for product
.re or industrial purposes to publish each
year-within 20 days from the first of Sep
tember-a statement of the amount of capi
tal, the proportion actually paid in, and the
amount of exsting debts. In failure of
this the Trustees of the Company are liable
for all the debts of the Company then ex
isting, and for all that shall be contracted
before. stch rport is made. We call atten
tion to this qatherm are several such corpo
rate companies doing business in this
county oaly one of which published a report
in 1875. The law is referred to so that
arties interested can look it up for them
selve. It is a matter of some importance
to Trustees.
'ustera Pight--he two Pliacipal Sasu
Obile lle-di-- nbcemeut Delaye&
BRaxAneK, July 18.-Col. Burke, agent
at Standing Rook has just arrived. He
gvhe~ a good account of his Indians, and
says they are all on the reservation except
afew who re hunting. They are, however,
uweasyj because no provisions have been
seat for them, and' because they realize
that a change of policy most result from
the late massacre.
A gentleman came in with Burke who
talked witN an Indian just. in ffrom the
hostilis. He says nine bands, in numbers
more than he otld eonaut, engaged Custer,
sad lost msei men than be, the Unoopapas
lolng 100 killed and 86 wounded. Among
thie kited were Craey Horse and Black
Moon, two sit the prielipal hostile chiefs.
The latter eflirst, Crazy Horse second
an BSitting Bult third in rank and influ
bL- Smitth saysti.body tagreat chief
was Ibuwid,enId . art time was supposed to
ilethiatitttng l la abut, men who know
i tF oace sIgeiitat esofrmiag the In
}an "'ybt`0W as fextant. The story in
Eiielsbe litr ieasrsemes thgosh
pareb res, sod is beiteed here.
Ststaemat sat oventes and
tin *ti1
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NOTES OF THE DAY.
Mai who play croquet are now called the
third sex.
Black Moccasin was the big chief in the
Custer fight.
General Merritt's FifthCavalry left Lara
mie to join Crook, July 14.
Cheyenne couriers are afraid to go to
Crook since the Custer fight.
The Servians were victorious over the
Turks in a fight on the 12th.
The Saturday Review says that Bret
Harte's long story is a failure.
BretHarte's play was to be brought out
ot Hooley's, Chicago, July 17.
A true American is too proud to beg and
too honest to steal. Ke gets trusted.
Destructive storms have occurred at
Loudonville, Ohio, and Freedom, Penna.
Elder David Woolley Evans-one of the
editorial staff of the Deseret Nzews, is dead.
The propeller St. Clair was burned on
Lake Superior and twenty-seven lives lost.
The famous old Castle Garden, New
York, burned July 10. Total loss $45,800.
Colonel Marshall Lefferts, commander of
the famous Seventh New York regiment, is
dead.
Mrs. General Custer was the dadghter of
Judge Bacon and the niece of Senator
Christiancy.
The President has nominated F. D.
Grant to 1e first lieutenant of the Fourth
Cavalry.
George Eliot sold "Daniel Deronda" for
$60,000 and a percentage that will yield
Sergeant Bates would carry the flag through
the Big Horn country.
There is talk of abandoning the Blaine
investigation now that he has resigned his
seat in the House.
There is an agreement within the Demo
cratic party that Mr. Hendricks is to be
nominated for President next time.
Secretary Chandler is elected Chairman
of the National Republican Convention,
and McCormick, of Arizona Secretary.
They are having a red hot time of it
down east, with the thermometer at 110 m
the shade, and sun-struck people in every
city.
The geographers say that Montana is a
sterile country, although the inhabitants
raise great quantities of hair.-1eew York
Herald.
The June revolution in Hayti only lasted
ten days. The revolutionist is now in
custody, and will be allowed to leave the
country.
The Indians make a circular cut in the
top of the head, take the hair with a twist
between two fingers, and, giving it a yank,
have a scalp in a jiffy.
Charles Francis Adams, in his Taunton
address, says that the African represents
the past, the Indian the present, and the
European-American the future.
On the day when Sitting Bull was born a
buffalo bull sat down on the ground a short
distance from the tent of that warrior.
This circumstance named Sitting Bull.
There are signs of an earnest movement
in New York to select William M. Evarts
as the Republican candidate for Governor
of that State in the approaching contest.
Harry Norton, in the Reporter, says that
J. Gules Germain, of the "Peoples Market"
Virginia, Nevada, has taken down the
name of Wyttenbach and put up his own.
The New York Tribune and Times praise
Governor Hayes' letter of acceptance ; the
Herald applauds all but his remarks on
the school question ; the World criticises
the letter to some extent.
After all, Mr. Hayes is not to carry Ohio
so easily, if at all. The Democrats out
there are daubing on the war paint to an
unusual thickness and evidently mean that
the contest shall be a hot and heavy one.
Plila. Times.
It -S i6er most emphatically denied that
Judge Davis expressed his preferences for
Mr. Hayes for the Presidency in a letter to
Mr. Defrees, of Indiana. Mr. Defrees
says there's nothing of the sort in the letter
and he ought to know.
John Dixon died in northern Illinois on
the 6th, aged ninety-one. He was a native
of New York, but removed to the scene of
his death in 1828. During the wars with
the Foxes, Saca and Winnebagoes Mr.
Dixon remained in his cabin, which, at
various periods, was' visited by Black
Hawk, Scott, Taylor, Lincoln, Jeff Davis,
Baker and others, who were then officers
in the volunteers. He has been since well
known through the State by the name
then given him by the Indians, "Nachusa."
Sitting Bull Reported Killed.
C CcAoo, July 14.-A Tribune's special
from Fort Lincoln gives further details of
the Little Horn fight, in which it says that
Bitting Bull was killed, and also a white
man named Milburn, Sitting Bull's chief
adviser.
North Carouna Nominations.
NEW YORK, July 13.-Thos. Settle,Pres
ident of the National Republican Conven
tion of 1872, was nominated yesterday for
Congress, and W. A. Smith for Lieutenant
Governor, by the Republican State Con
vention of North Carolina.
Nomination and Endorsement.
St. PAUL, Minn., July 18.-At a Repub
lican Congressional Convention held to-day
at Owatonna, Hon. Mark H. Donnell, was
nomiinted by acclamation for re-election to
Congress from the first district of this
State. The Convention ratified the nomi.
nations of Hayes and Wheeler, apd fully
endorsed the platform adopted at Cincin
nati.
The Bear on the War Path.
IERLIN, July 14.-A correspondent te
ports that 25,000 Russian volunteers are
ready to march to the assistance of theSer
vians, and have asked the Roumania gov
ernment for permission to pass thr)ugh its
territory. ,This application is a source of
the greatest embarraessme td Roumania
a thoritie.
Iaw Vow , July 14.-Tl 44cutive
.pnaittee of the Liberst Republean State
Sttastwafter sa fulIatrehgs of opin
p, . b iswa 3t, appea tiathe the mnem
s- ,emleey favoaed the iayes and
essewtlkek, 4t was detesrala 4 te at$.a
mpteeeu emoat Sarntoga on thaeed of
zw You;, July 14.-The Libal 8sate
Sention ; ves vet *i delas v or
WahIei'd.h LLne=WWeiase to
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This ew elzk Campaign
Nzw YToK, July 10th.-The present
Tilden programme is to nominate Horatio
Seymour for Governor this fall, with the
understanding that if he carries the state
he will resign and take the Secretaryship of
State under Tilden, thus leaving Dorshei
mer to be governor.
'Good " Indians Saucy.
Sioux CITY, Iowa, July 10.-A Ft. Sully
special says there is considerable uneasiness
on the Upper Missouri at the action of the
so-called friendly agency Indians, they
having heard of Custer's defeat through
their runners. The news causes increased
impudence and contempt for government
authorities among them. A large party of
Brules and Cheyennes have camped on the
opposite side of the river from this post
within a few days.
Reanforcements-Booty Captured.
CHICAGO, July 14.-A special to the Tri
bune says that four companies of the 22d
Infantry, consisting of 12 officers and 140
men, have arrived at Ft. Lincoln, and will
leave for Terry's command on Sunday.
The wounded are recovering, and there will
be no more deaths.
It is thought Sitting Bull's band obtained
nearly $20,000, the soldiers having just been
paid.
Appointments.
WASHINGTON, July 11.-The President
has sent the following nominations to the
Senate : James M. Tyner, of Indiana, now
Second Assistant Postmaster General, to
be Postmaster General, vice Marshall M.
Jewell, resigned ; and James E Hapeneker,
Jr., United States Attorney for Delaware,
District of Columbia, fort iat po~ii~ tiU,
ing hereby withdrawn.
No More Troops Needed.
WASHINGTON, July 13.- General Sher
man continues unconcerned about General
Crook. He characterizes him as cautious
and brave, and says he is well supported
by infantry and cavalry, and is able to
defend himself against any possible attack.
He says the .entire Indian force does not
exceed 3,000. Crook has 2,000 with his
reinforcements, and Terry 1,800. No more
troops are needed to subdue the savages.
A Singular Meeting.
PHILADELPHIIA, July 14.-Don Carlos
visited the Main building and Agricultural
Hall this morning, and after lunch took a
cup of coffee and smoked at the Turkish
pavillion, when his brother, Don Alfonso,
and his brother's wife, Donna Maria de
Los Neuvas, passed by and recognized
him. The meeting was unexpected and
most cordial. They have not seen each
other since Alfonsu's defeat at Catolina, in
1874. One lived a refugee in Austria and
the other in England. They have been
since their arrival in this country hunting
for each other. Don Carlos was in Mexico
when Alfonso was in California.
Lopping off Heads.
WASHINGTON, July 13.-The President
to-day ordered Morrill to remove forthwith
First Auditor Mahan, Supervising Archi
tect Potter, and Washburne, Chief of the
Secret Service. He also indicated his de
sire to have Dr. Broadhead, late second
comptroller made first auditor, and Little
field, late chief clerk in the second comp
troller's office, to be fifth auditor. These
two men were dismissed by Bristow for
cause. Mullett will unquestionably be
Potter's successor. Blackburn, late pros
ecuting attorney of Hamilton county,
Ohio, is to be made Solicitor of the Treas
ury.
Jewell's Head in the Basket
WASHINGTON, July 11.-A few days ago
Postmaster General Jewell, being asked
about a report that he intended to resign,
laughingly replied that so far from resign
ing he expected to remain in his place
until the end of the present administration.
Yesterday afternoon, however, after calling
at the Executive Mansion to transact some
much to the surprise of the P. M. G., told
him his resignation would be accepted.
Mr. Jewell immediately wrote a letter ac
cordingly. The most intimate friends of
Jewell are unable to account for the action
of the President, exeept on the ground of
political considerations.
Don't Like Hayes' Letter.
CHICAGO, July 14.-The Tribune's Wash
ington special says that President Grant.in
conversation with an Ohio citizen, in no
way connected with public life, criticized
very severely Hayes' letter. He said he
considered it in very bad taste, and thought
it reflected on the present Administration.
The President further said that he hoped
the time would come when the American
people would be permitted to elect a Presi
dent for as long a time as they choose. The
President's entire manner indicated
dissatisfaction with the political situation,
and personal chagrin that no consideration
had been given to the question of third
term.
Postponed.
WAsHrnGTox, July 13. -The banking
and currency committees this morning
postponed action upon the specie resump
tion question until next Monday. The
Democrats of the committee have agreed to
propose and pass the committee bill repeal
ing the present resumption act, but at the
same time provide some as yet undeter
mined method of preparing the Treasury
and country for resumption.
The UnfInlshed W tshkagtOe Konument
WAsseeTOrx, July.--The Senate pass.
ed unaninimously to-day a resolution propos
ing that Congress assume and direct the
completion of the Washington Monument
in this eity. This is to be done asamark
of respect and honor to the memory of
George Washington spd his compatriots of
the Revolution. The preamblas acompa
nying the resolution are fall of patriotic ex
pressione and arge in appropriate terms
the n sstyof completing this unfinished
work, ylhich., in its present shape, is an
eyesoremand a diam to the nation. It is
to'be-hoped that the House will adopt the
resioiitipn iritqi a nanimity equal to' that
of the Seaate.
%elurthni rssa Eaysg
New YTo, Jly ~h'8.-=Gar aohura, in a
private letter, Iay-r-"' There is astriking
contrast between the hard and soft money
mntulr in the ot.o.atic . atfoiru and
thie eadidates, ad _the sstrong, fearless
asaertion m rtli duity in the fiapelial
paraph' of"a Governor lHayd letter of
acceptaas. :The iet*u he expresses about
cIvel eleasry fam ia every pespeetwo v,
rpap I h bver npew ottere in i' fw
e4 b e I . aab mus&i ma., t o(
iee st bI aatb. e n1 sea srenne4.ia
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~r ei~~ij I~Ely~rEe~~Ci
AN INTERVIEW WITH SHERIDAN
What He thinks of the Campaign.
The day after receiving the news of the
Little Horn massacre a Philadelphia Times
reporter called on tseneral Phil. Sheridan,
who said, among other things already pub- IE
lished, the following:-
"It's terrible," resumed the commander, r
"but there is no occasion for this general h
alarm. The army is not in a demoralized t
state-far fromit. We intend to give the v
beastly Sioux another turn, and just as a
soon as possible. The status of the oppos
ing forces is as follows:
" The whole Sioux nation cannot muster t
over 4,000 warriors, and not over 3,000 (1 c
think not more than 2,500) fighting Sioux e
are in the Little Horn valley. where Custer F
and his brave men were butchered. Some
men say that the red savages are led by (
white fiends, but this is all bosh. My ex
perience on the plains has been about as
thorough as that of any other army officer,
and I tell you, Mr. Times, the Indians
that is, these hostile Sioux-stand in no
need of white leaders. They are as shrewd
and crafty as they are brave and blood
thirsty. Against these 2,500 or 3,000 hos- t
tile Sioux in the Little Horn valley the
army presents a force of about 4,000 men, I
mainly cavalry, all first-class soldiers, and
well supplied with Gatling guns. General
Terry's forces are now near the mouth of
the Big Horn. I have just ordered twelve I
companies to his support-six companies of
the Twenty-second Infantly from the De
partment of the Lake and six companies of
the Fifth Infantry from the Department of
the Missouri. These troops will go by
rail to Yankton, Dakota, and thence by
-avmper to ine mue, -. i~, Yellowstone,
and up the Yellowstone to the moutrn o
the Big Horn. Inside of ten days General
Terry will have over 2,000 good soldiers
well supplied and ready to make an ag
gressive movement. General Crook, at
the head of Tongue river, will soon be
reinforced by five companies of the Four
teenth Infantry, en route from Salt Lake
via Fort Fetterman to his camp. His foree
will then exceed 1,600. I have also given
him authority, if necessary, to draw to his
aid eight companies of the Fifth Infantry,
now stationed at Fort Laramie and vicinity.
Another thing must be considered. Our
troops lost 13 officers and 261 men, with
82 wounded. We can stand the loss far
better than the Sioux can. I know the
Seventh Cavalry to be one of the most
gallant corps in tle army. I brought the
Seventh up, educated it and it has been
my pride. The Seventh was with me in
the lower campaign against the Indians, in
07 and '68, and the Seventh acted most
gallantly. In the late fight % ith the Sioux
these brave men knew that defeat meant
torture and lingering death. You can de
pend upon it, the men of Custer fought as
desperately at the forks of the Little Horn
as the Greeks did at Thermopylae, or the
Scots at Bannockburn. The loss of the
Sioux must have been far heavier than the
loss of our troops. The Indians always
carry their wounded with them, and their
operations will thus be greatly hampered.
The people need have no fear, the army
will soon bring the Sioux to terms. Cus
ter's death is a great loss, for he was a
brave and useful officer, but he was very
impetuous. I believe, without egotism,
that I was his only superior officer who
could control him. He was inclined to
dash with the fury of the whirlwind with
out regard to consequences. In a former
expedition against the Sioux he made a
very rash dash, and came within an ace of
being cut off and slaughtered with his com
mand. Custer was my friend, and I regret
his death as deeply as any other man ; but
the truth is that his ambition slew him.
He aimed to win a great battle without
waiting for reinforcements he knew to be
near, and instead of laurels he won a coffin.
That Cunster fought gallantly no one who
knew the man will doubt"
NEW YORK, ury- v.-A washingtObl
special says Senator Davis, of West Vir
glaia, was prostrated in the Senate Cham
ber, and was carried in a lifeless condition
to one of the committee rooms where,under
application of restoratives, he recovered
sufficiently to be removed to his own resi
dence.
Senator Morton was so overcome by heat
that he left the Capitol at an early hour,
and betook himself to his hotel, where, late
this evening, he is stretched on chairs in
the street outside the hotel. He was the
picture of exhaustion.
Mr. Thurmanof Ohio, was rendered so
unwell by the heat, that he had to keep his
house.
Dispatches from Boston, Philadelphia
and other neiglhboring cities, report the
heat intense. In this city 22 cases of sun
stroke are reported.
The President Says. "Tell It All,
WASHINGTON, July 13.-The following
letter was yesterday sent to ex-Secretary
Bristow by the President :
WASHINGTON, July 12, 1876.
DEAR SIR :-Through the press, I learn
that the committee of Congress investiga
ting the whisky frauds have summoned
you as a witness, and that you, with great
propriety, I think, have declined to testify,
claiming that what occurred in the Cabi
net or between members of the Cabinet and
the executive, officially, is privileged, and
that a committee of Congress has no right
to demand an answer. I appreciate the
position you have assumed on this ques
tion, but beg leave to relieve you from all
obligation of secresy on this subject, and
desire not only that you may answer all
questions asked in relation to it,. but wish
that all members of my Cabinet and ex
members of the Cabinet since I have been
President, may also be called upon to testi
fy in regard to these matters.
With great respect, I am your obedient
servant,
(Signed) U. S. GRANT.
The Po itionof I ngland.
LownDO, July 14.-An influential depau
tation, will wait on Lord Derby on the
Eastern question, and will present a peti
tiou signed by Earl Rnasell as the patron
of thle leaue an u4 qi the Christians of
Turkey, iand reoiting among other things,
that all Europe sympathises with the op
pressed Christians, while England alone
supports their oppreasors, thus meriting
the taunt that their Christianity is only a
profession and their love of liberty -an
empty boast. The petitioners pray Lord
Derby in the ;Intkest f the ma, twii th.j
held support, l thoral ama d polioea~ea
he . elat.n' goveranent ,ad pesierit the
sof Earpe sad urhtM a tu
tioleeslbtveresms whatever.
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WHAT THE OaLY LIVING EYE
WITNESS OF THE FIGHT SAYS.
STORY OF CoULEY, THE CROW SCOUT.
Lient. Bradley, of the 7th Infantry who
led the advanee of Gibbon's command that
rescued Reno, was in Helena Sunday, en
route to Ft. Shaw. The Herald interviewed
uim and the following narration of Curley,
the Crow scout, the only person who went
with Custer into the fight and came out
%live, will be read with interest :
Lieut. Bradley, with' his scouts, on the
morning of the 27th of June, crossed to the
opposite side of the Little Horn from which
the command was marching, and deployed
out through the hills in skirmish line. (The
evening previous three Crow scouts had re
ported to the Lieutenant that Custer's reg
iment of cavalry had been cut to pieces.
This report was not credited by Terry and
Gibbon; yet it was known that they were
approaching the Indian village, and the
scouts were if possible, unusually vigilant
and active.) About 9 o'clock, a scout re
ported to Lieutenant Bradley that he saw
an object which looked like a dead horse.
The Lieutenant found it to be a dead caval
ry horse, and, going a few yards further on
to the brow of the hill, looking into the
valley below, a terrible scene was presented
to view. It was
CUSTER'S BATTLE FIELD,
literally strewn with the dead of the gal
lant Seventh Cavalry. Lieut. Bradley rode
hurriedly over the field, and in a few min
utes time 'ounted one hundred and ninety
seven dead bodies. Custer fell upon the
highest point of the field ; and around him
within a space of five rods square, lay forty
two men and thirty-one horses. The d'iad
soldiers all lay within a circle embracing
only a few hundred yards square. The
Lieutenant immediately reported to Gibbon
which was the first intelligence of the bat
tle received. A few moments later a scout
arrived from Reno's command, asking for
assistance, and Terry and Gibbon pushed
---.--x n he rescue.
Not a single survive, o- C-- =+res °mt
mand was found, and even up to the time
Gen. Terry made out his official report to
Gen. Sheridan it was supposed that the last
soul had perished. But when the command
returned to the Yellowstone they found
there a Crow scout named " Curley," who,
as verified by Major Reno, rode out with
Custer on that fatal day. He alone escap
ed, and his account of the battle we give
below. It is interesting, as being the only
story of the fight ever to be looked for from
one who was an actual participant on Cus
ter's side-Curley being, in all human prob
ability
aoiiity
THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF HIS COMMAND:
Custer, with his five companies, after
separating from Reno and his seven com
panies, moved to the right around the base
of a high hill overlooking the valley of the
Little Horn through a ravine just wide
enough to admit his column of fours.
There were no signs of the presence of In
dians on that side (the right bank) of the
Little Horn, and the column moved steadi
ly on until it rounded the hill and came in
sight of the village lying in the valley be
low. Custer appeared very much elated,
and ordered the bugles to sound a charge,
and moved on at the head of his column,
waving his hat to encourage his men.
When they neared the river, the Indians,
concealed in the undergrowth on the oppo
site side of the river, opened fire on the
troops, which checked the advance. Here
a portion of the command were dismounted
and thrown forward to the river, and re
turned the fire of the Indians. During this
time the warriors were seen riding out of the
village by hundreds,and deployed across his
front and to his left, as if with the inten
tion of crossing the stream on his right,
while the women and children were seen
hastening out of the village in large num
bers in the opposite direction.
During the fight at this point Curley saw
two of Custer's men killed who fell into the
stream. After fighting a few moments
here, Custer seemed to be convinced that
it was impracticable to cross, as it only
could be done in column of fours, exposed
during the time to a heavy fire from front
and both flanks. He, therefore, or
dered the head of the column to the right,
and bore diagonally into the hills, down
stream, his men on foot, leading their
horses. In the meantime the Indians had
crossed the river (some distance below) in
immense numbers, and began to appear on
his right flank and in his rear; and he had
proceeded but a few hundred yards in the
new direction the column had taken, when
it became necessary to renew the fight with
the Indians who had crossed the stream.
At first the command remained together,
but after some minutes fighting it was
divided, a portion deploying circularly to
the left, and the remainder similarly to the
tage being taken as far as possible of the
protection afforded by the ground. The
horses were in the rear, the men on the
line being dismounted, fighting on foot.
OF THE INCIDENTS OF THE FIGHT
in other parts of the field than his own,
Curley is not well informed, as he was
himself concealed in a deep ravine, from
which but a small part of the field was
visible.
The fight appears to have begun, from
Cnurley's description of the situation of the
sun, about 2:30 or 3 o'clock p. m., and
continued without intermission until nearly
sunset. The Indians had completely sur
rounded the command, leaving their horses
in ravines well to the rear, themselves
pressing forward to attack on foot. Confi
dent in the great superiority of their num
bers, they made several charges on all
points of Custer's line ; but the troops held
their position firmly, and delivered a heavy
fire, and every time drove them back.
Curley says the firing was more rapid than
anything he had ever conceived of, being
a continuous roll, like (as he expressed it)
"THE SNAPPING OF THE THREADS IN THE
TEARING OF A BLANKET."
The troops expended all the ammunition
in their belts, and then songht their horses
for the reserve ammunition carried in their
saddle pockets.
As long as their ammunition held out,
the troops, though losing considerably in
the fight, maintained their position in spite
of all the efforts of the Sioux. From the
weakening of their fire towards the close
of the afternoon the Indians appeared to
believe that their ammunition was about
exhausted, and they made a
GRAND FINAL CHARGE,
in the course of which the last of the com
mand was destroyed, the men being shot,
where they laid in their positions in the
line, at such close quarterb that many were
killed with arrows. Curley says that Cus
ter remained alive through the greater part
of the engagement, animating his men to
determined resistance; but about an hour
befose the close of the fight received a
mortal wound.
Curley says the field was thickly strewn
with the dead bodies of the Sioux who fell
in the attack-in number considerably
more than the force of soldiers engaged.
He is satisfied thattheir loss will exceed
3OO killed, beside an immense wounded.
Curley accomplished his escape by drawing
his blanket about him in the manner of
the Sioux, and passitg through an interval
which had been made in their line as they
scattered over the flld in their final charge.
He says they must have seen him, as he
was in plain view, but was probhbly mis
taken by the Sioux fbr one of their own
number, or one of allied Arreaoe
or Cheyennaes.
In most p the account given by
Carley of the fi s confirmed by the
position of the made by Custer in his
movements, and general evidences of
the battle field. ly one discrepancy is
noted, which la -the time when the
fighteame to an
Ofeeu of Reno' mmand, who, late in
the afternoon, fro high points sureed
the count `in expectation of Cu.
ts's a ommanded a view
estweisve and 4 fk.Itisevident,
therefo, that oem. of C rs co -
treys :thiai x ages
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THE BLACK HILLS.
Very Discouraging-The Country Over
run-Some Rich Claims, but no Work
for the Miner-Wages Low and Pro
visions High-No New Mines.
DEADWOOD CITY, D. T., June 3, 1876.
Friend Ludwall :-I will now, in a few
words, let you know what I have learned
about Deadwood Gulch. Our expedition
arrived at Crook City, on Whitewood, the
24th day of May, all in pretty good health.
We had but little trouble with the Indians,
having ivst but one man, George Miller, of
Gallatin City, M. T. * *
Whitewood and Deadwood gulches are
the only ones that pay to work ; but wheth
er they pay all over I cannot say. There
are a few persons who are making small for
tunes every day, but most of the popula
tion have to rustle to make a bare exist
ence. Scores of people are coming in here
every day, and others are leaving. A great
many of our party intend leaving and going
down the Missouri. You will no doubt be
surprised when I tell you that not 25 men
out of the 200 that left Bozeman have had
a day's work yet. I have had three-fourths
of a day's work since I came here. Wages
are from four to five dollars per day. Cus
ter City is almost deserted. I heard to-day
that a house can be purchased there for ten
dollars, and a man c.,n take his choice for
twenty dollars. Rapid Creek is about the
same or worse.
Mining property has fallen in price very
much in this gulch [Deadwood] since I ar
rived here. One claim that was offered for
$2,000 the day I arrived, can now be bought
for $200. There are about ten stores-log
cabins; but some large buildings are now
under construction. The place is ovcrrun
with saloons and boarding houses. We
_-,1've four saw mills, and lumber is solo at
$60 per thousand feet; but in a few days
all four mills will be in operation, when the
price will come down to about $40 per
thousand feet. Quite a number of men
have taken up hay ranches. The land is
not worth much for farming, but they say
it is better to be doing something than to
be loafing, and that the ground may be
worth something in time. But I don't
think the climate is good for farming. One
day it is cold enough to freeze, and the next
it is hot enough to melt the nose off a brass
monkey.
The foregoing is my experience in the
Black Hills. And I will now add that as
soon as I can raise the money I will leave
this miserable place for more fortunate
lands. I wish, therefore, that you will let
me know how times are in Montana as soon
as you can. Is there anything going on at
the planing mill ? And is a fort going to
be built on the Yellowstone ?
This is all I have to say this time. Give
my regards to my friends, and tell them
this letter must be sufficient for them all,as
we have a great deal of trouble in sending
and receiving letters. When you write,ad
dress to Deadwood City, D. T., via Chey
enne. Your sincere friend,
O. MALEMIIURO.
-Bozeman Times, July 23.
VOLUNTEERS FOR INDIAN FIGHT
ING.
Col. McClure Tells Who are Best Indi
an Fighters.
From the Philadelphia Times, July 7.
The Sioux are the most warlike race on
the continent ; the ablest-bodied, the bravest
and the most skilled in their peculiar war
fare, and they are equal to a conflict, man
for man, in the open field, with the' best.
disciplined troops. It was simply a waste
of men and treasure to send regular soldiers
against them in their own country, for they
can hold it indefinitely against thrice their
number of such an army. If there is to be
war with savages, let it be war, not bloody
sacrifice. Call the skilled frontiersman to
the Little Horn region, armed with the
weapons by which he protects his humble
home in the mountains; give him com
ao~av1es who, like Washington- of Brad:
dock's field, can compass the strategy of
the savage foeman, and there will be little
if any war. A command of the pioneers of
the West, equal in numbers to the slain of
the Little Horn, would march from the cen
tre to the circumference of the Sioux pos
sessions, and dot it with civilization in
every valley, without losing a score ornen.
Forty frontiersmen marched from-the west
ern side of the Sioux territory, more than
two hundred and fifty miles through it, to
relieve the besieged garrison of Fort C. F.
Smith, in 1867, and without firing a hostile
gun they brought deliverance to nearly
two hundred soldiers. The advancing col
umn was small, but impregnable. It could
not be surprised ; it could kill at the long
est range with certainty, and it scalped as
it killed. From it the savage instinctively
fled, and there was peace without death.
If the sad news of the Little Horn butch
ery shall be confirmed it will mean a war of
extermination. We shall blot the barbari
an out from his hunting grounds because
he has vanquished an army in battle.
Right or wrong, such is destiny ; and, since
it must be, let the unerring rifle and k3en
blade of the frontiersman meet the savage,
and he will recede with his kindred to the
Northern lines of his Western home.
A Warrior in the Peace Society-A Funny
Row.
PHILADELPHIA, July 13.-The session of
the Universal Peace Society at Carpenter's
Hall this evening, came to a summary and
peculiar termination. About noon Dr.
Charles Pinkham, of California, began to
address the meeting. His manner was
excited and his remarks were wild and
disconnected. It soon became manifest
that he was insane, and calls of order were
heard from all points. President Love
.persisted that the speaker be allowed to
proceed, and Pinkham went on, becoming
more and more excited and violent until at
length he sprang upon a chair, brandishing
a sword in a furious manner. At this
point several of the members went after
the police, and several ofiocers came in to
remove the disturber, but President Love
insisted that he should not be interfered
with, and that th9 principle of neo-resist
ance be consistently adhered to, and there
was a consequent clearing of the hall. A
large crowd from the outside gathered, and
there was great excitement. At length
Pinkham became quiet, and said in expla
nation that he had been possessed of the
immortal spirit of Washington, but had at
last sceeded in shaking the spirit. The
spirit, he explained, had attempted through
him, to pronounce a new deolaration. There
is great dissatisfaction at President Love's
course°ay and heretofore, and-members
say that if he oecupies the chair t~-morrow
there will be no attendance.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given to all whom it may concern,
n having or claiming any interest to, or owning
any PacK e following desribe4 to wia
The PmnolesBi on-feert icl [Iniares oselaim num
bwwa ivel itfurom diserse en the Orey Hfiale
ie the udivided eoneoamb iltrest in claim nnm
id.Cs.(. ast from dtbcvervye the Pasott lode
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